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Darren Gordon's body was discovered by a dog walker in the woods around Hesslewood Hall, Ferriby Road, Hessle, on Thursday.
Police said Mr Gordon was "identified as a suspect" for the murder of David Rylands, who was stabbed on a footbridge in Hull on Wednesday.
The force added Mr Gordon's death was "not being treated as suspicious".
Det Ch Insp Matt Baldwin who is leading the murder investigation said: "Enquiries into David Rylands' murder and the circumstances leading up to it are continuing, however, Darren Gordon was a significant interest to the case.
"It is clear from the investigation to date that one man was responsible for the stabbing of Mr Rylands, which ultimately led to his death at Hull Royal Infirmary a short time later.
"Forensic work is ongoing in relation to the scene at Selby Street footbridge and the woodland at Hesslewood Hall to obtain further clarity around Darren Gordon's involvement in David Rylands' murder."
They are now certain of the rarity of a transformation of subatomic particles hinted at previously.
The way this unfolds casts doubt on versions of the theory of physics known as Supersymmetry (Susy).
It was hoped Susy could explain gaps in the most established theory of how the Universe works.
The vast LHC machine, housed in a circular tunnel that runs for 27km beneath the French-Swiss border, smashes beams of protons together at close to light speeds.
Detectors positioned at key points around the underground "ring" are then used to scour the wreckage of these collisions for signs of new particles and physical phenomena.
The theory Susy proposes that each particle has a heavier version of itself which could explain the ever mysterious dark matter, believed to make up a quarter of our Universe.
However, the rate of decay found was predicted by the Standard Model - the framework for particle physics devised in the 1960s and 1970s - even though it's now seen as an incomplete description of nature.
It is not yet able to explain gravity, or indeed the dark matter and dark energy which together make up 95% of the Universe.
Some particles naturally decay into others and the types of decay can help physicists refine key theories. Here scientists found a particle called a Bs meson decaying into two muons for the first time.
The findings were announced at the EPS conference in Stockholm and had the 5-sigma level of significance required to reach the level of a formal discovery.
This builds on a previous announcement of the findings which had lesser statistical significance as the team had not yet analysed all the data.
The observations at LHCb and CMS were so rare that Bs mesons only decayed into two muons about three times in every billion collisions.
The LHCb team announced: "Finding particle decays this rare makes hunting for a needle in a haystack seem easy."
This is due to the hundreds of millions of collisions the LHC produced every second, with each one producing hundreds of new particles that leave electrical signals in the giant detectors.
Val Gibson, leader of the Cambridge particle physics group and member of the LHCb experiment, told BBC News that it was the rarest decay they have observed so far.
"The reason it's so rare is the fact that it doesn't decay easily into the final quark particles we know about. It has to go through a loop process, like a quantum loop. It's not a straight road but it has to go round a roundabout before it can get to the final state particles.
"Because it's got this roundabout in it, it means that other heavy supersymmetric particles [could potentially] enter the roundabout and make a big difference to the decay rate," Prof Gibson added.
But the quarks did not have heavy particles blocking the decay.
"There was no observation of Supersymmetry, you would have to fine-tune the theory to explain the measurements found," Prof Gibson explained.
"The Supersymmetry theorists have not given up, however it is becoming harder and harder for them to explain these findings.
"Measurements of this very rare decay significantly squeeze the places new physics can hide. The UK LHCb team are now looking forward to the LHC returning at even higher energy and to an upgrade to the experiment so that we can investigate why new physics is so shy."
Tara Shears from the University of Liverpool also works with the LHCb, but was not involved with this particular discovery. She said: "Supersymmetry is starting to look less likely to be a good description of the universe."
"The catch is that Supersymmetry is quite a loosely defined theoretical model which means it has many uncertainties in it. It's impossible to rule it out altogether.
"This result has has really put the squeeze on the possibilities of the different ways Supersymmetry could be possible," she told BBC News.
But John Ellis, professor of theoretical physics at King's College London, told BBC News that the results were not evidence against Supersymmetry.
"It is as if the experiments had looked through a powerful telescope and not seen a new star they had been looking for.
"If the telescope is pointed in the wrong direction, it will not find it. Supersymmetry is a complicated theory with many parameters, and there are directions in parameter space where the Bs meson into two muons 'telescope' sees nothing."
• The Standard Model is the simplest set of ingredients - elementary particles - needed to make up the world we see in the heavens and in the laboratory
• Quarks combine together to make, for example, the proton and neutron - which make up the nuclei of atoms today - though more exotic combinations were around in the Universe's early days
• Leptons come in charged and uncharged versions; electrons - the most familiar charged lepton - together with quarks make up all the matter we can see; the uncharged leptons are neutrinos, which rarely interact with matter
• The "force carriers" are particles whose movements are observed as familiar forces such as those behind electricity and light (electromagnetism) and radioactive decay (the weak nuclear force)
• The Higgs boson came about because although the Standard Model holds together neatly, nothing requires the particles to have mass; for a fuller theory, the Higgs - or something else - must fill in that gap
The temporary closure of the Carlisle site hit supplies of McVitie's ginger nuts, Crawford's custard creams and Carr's water biscuits, among others.
United Biscuits said there had been "substantial flood damage" to electrical equipment and ovens.
Manufacturing director Mark Taylor said customers had written to ask when the biscuits would be back on shelves.
How have we coped without biscuits?
A number of shoppers "rather than buy another pack, they actually hunted down the store manager, harangued him for 10 minutes about why ginger nuts weren't there and left the shop without buying anything", he said.
Storms Desmond and Eva caused widespread damage in Cumbria, Lancashire and Yorkshire.
Nearly 40 million litres of water and 540 tonnes of debris had to be cleared before normal production at the Carlisle site could resume, the company said.
Hundreds of staff, suppliers and contractors worked to get the lines running.
"It was a fantastic team effort to clean the place up, repair it and get it back in great shape," Mr Taylor said.
"We can announce officially the biscuit crisis is over."
The factory employs 640 people and produces 80,000 tonnes of biscuits a year.
In the past, such events were sometimes followed by palace conspiracies, loveless marriages or succession wars.
But today they are largely peaceful affairs - unless they take place in a restless country, which Spain now is, where the economic crisis has fostered a reappraisal of the transition to democracy upon which the outgoing king built his legitimacy.
That is why thousands of people, many of them young "indignados", are planning to demonstrate in the evening in the Spanish streets, demanding the establishment of a republic.
Spain is not waging a war of succession, but instead a war of meanings - about the meaning of monarchy in a post-traditional society, and the meaning of Juan Carlos himself in Spanish history.
And it is very likely that the abdication is a move aimed at winning that war.
Four decades ago, when he acceded to the throne, the young Juan Carlos could have hardly foreseen that things would turn out this way.
Born in exile in Rome in 1938 then married to the Greek princess, Sofia, in 1962, he was appointed by the then-dictator Francisco Franco as his successor in 1969 - five years before the latter died in his bed.
Although he had been expected to give continuity to the dictatorship, Juan Carlos I de Borbon revealed himself as a firm and shrewd ally of those who wanted Spain to become a modern democracy. That was what happened.
In such a difficult task, he worked together with Adolfo Suarez, also a member of the Francoist apparatus, who was appointed prime minister by the king in 1976.
They were not the only makers of the Transicion, but they were probably the most important ones, since they manoeuvred to change the dictatorship from within.
When confronted by a military coup in 1981, the king stood firmly on the side of democracy and his reputation was definitively established. That is why Spaniards who preferred a republic declared themselves juancarlistas.
However, the legitimacy he earned by steering the country through democratisation has been undermined by the events of the past decade.
His son-in-law, Inaki Urdangarin, is involved in a vulgar scandal of corruption, whereas the king himself was pictured in Botswana together with an elephant he had shot.
His public persona lost gravitas just as his health deteriorated. The country started to discuss whether he should abdicate. He did not seem inclined to do so.
Yet, unexpectedly, he has done just that.
In his moving but serene TV address to the country, Juan Carlos claimed that a new generation was justly demanding a leading role.
He meant his son, the soon-to-be Felipe VI, but was also acknowledging a wider point about the need to rejuvenate and refresh Spanish institutions after a long crisis that has damaged their legitimacy, especially among the jobless young. The recent European elections have confirmed this trend.
As Spain searches for reasons to explain the deep crisis from which it still suffers, eyes have turned back to the Transicion, seen now by many as a mere pact between insiders and outsiders that did not change anything substantial.
This is a gross misconception - but surely one a new generation is entitled to. By abdicating, Juan Carlos is adding to the feeling that Spain is seeing off the Transicion. New faces are needed for a new time.
The king's exit may thus be his last service to the democracy he helped to create, and whose flaws he did not entirely escape.
However, his place in Spanish modern history should not be in jeopardy.
He looks like winning the postmodern war of succession that is being waged in the Spanish public sphere. And deservedly so.
Councillor John Wilmot has resigned to become an independent councillor for the Hucknall First Community Forum, which he has formed.
It follows the resignation of Ian Campbell, who left the party without a majority in August.
The Conservatives have called on Labour, which said it will continue to run the council, to form a coalition.
Mr Wilmott, who was deselected as a candidate for next month's district elections in Ashfield, blamed "in-fighting" within the party for his resignation.
"It's been a terrible time and it's really affected my health," he said.
Labour remains the largest group at the county council with 32 councillors but no political party has an overall majority.
There are 67 councillors in total, so any group requires 34 members to form a majority, with the Conservatives the closest with 21.
Conservative leader Kay Cutts said she wanted committees to better represent the new political make-up of the council.
"They should probably think of having a coalition of all parties so we can take this council forward for the next two years," she said.
Council leader Alan Rhodes said the party will continue to run the council.
"We live in a democracy - we won the county council in 2013," he said.
"We're developing our Labour program based on our values and what people told us to do. We will continue to do that as long as possible."
24 September 2013 Last updated at 15:09 BST
Peckham Vision, which represents businesses, churches and community groups, said local people are being forced out due to rising costs.
Co-ordinator Eileen Conn, who's lived in the area for 40 years, said the pace of change could have a negative effect: "If there is suddenly a rush of money from elsewhere that's got nothing to do with local developments.. that's not going to be good for Peckham," she said.
Savills UK has published a map showing the gentrification of London between 2001 and 2011 and it profiles areas which have changed due to a number of factors, including an ever-expanding population.
BBC London's Warren Nettleford spoke to Professor Chris Hamnett, from Kings College London, Luke Wooster, from Wooster & Stock Estate Agents, and Eileen Conn, from Peckham Vision.
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Ferguson was visibly enraged after Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir sent off Nani for a high challenge on Real's Alvaro Arbeloa after 56 minutes with United leading through Sergio Ramos's own goal.
Real took advantage of the dismissal with quick goals from Luka Modric and Cristiano Ronaldo on his return to Old Trafford to confirm a 2-1 win on the night and 3-2 aggregate victory to reach the last eight.
Nani is the fourth Manchester United player to be sent off at Old Trafford in the Champions League after Rafael da Silva, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt
Source: (Opta)
United assistant manager Mike Phelan replaced Ferguson at the post-match media conference and said: "It's a distraught dressing room and a distraught manager. That's why I am sitting here now.
"I don't think the manager is in any fit state to talk to the referee about the decision. It speaks volumes that I am sitting here now rather than the manager of this fantastic football club."
Phelan continued: "We are extremely disappointed and wondering what has happened and why it has happened.
"We feel as though we had the tactics right for the game on such a big occasion. We felt we were comfortable at 0-0. It was where we wanted to be, then we scored the goal that put us in a commanding position.
"We were in reasonable control and then the game totally changed. The decision was amazing but we had to carry on because it is hard enough playing Real Madrid with 11 men.
"Referees are there to make decisions but there is also an element of doing the right thing. All the media and a television audience watching all over the world will have an opinion on the decision but it was a disappointing one and it spoiled the game."
Simon Hamilton said Northern Ireland had a "wealth of experience" in dealing with mental trauma during the Troubles that the new service could build on.
He has been working on the plan since last year, but the funding announcement coincided with a mental health summit.
The cash will meet "early set-up costs" to get the service "off the ground".
The minister said the first aim of establishing the new service was to "comprehensively address the legacy of the Troubles and address un-met mental health needs".
Mr Hamilton will attend the opening day of the mental health summit, hosted by Action Mental Health.
He described the issue as an "absolute priority" for his department and added Northern Ireland was the "only part of the UK to see an increase in spending by trusts on mental health in the last two years".
"While our mental health services have come a long way in the last decade, we have much more to do and I am committed to further reform and innovation," the minister said.
In 2013, Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt proposed that an international trauma centre should be built as an alternative to the Maze Peace Centre in County Antrim.
Mr Nesbitt, who has campaigned for better mental health provision, made the suggestion after £18m in EU funding was withdrawn due to political disagreements over the peace centre on the former prison site.
The Calderdale Flood Commission said authorities must "act now" to deal with the "immediate issues and future risk".
Almost 2,000 homes and more than 1,000 businesses in the Calder Valley were affected by flooding over Christmas.
The report said incidents were "projected to get worse" due to changing weather patterns, climate change and ageing infrastructure.
The commission - set up to consider the "causes, impact and response" to flooding in Calderdale - also said changes in land management and use were major factors in increasing the likelihood of flooding.
Paul Cobbing, chair of the commission, is due to present the report with recommendations to Calderdale Council later.
The full report can be read here
Mr Cobbing said: "We all know that the Calder Valley is particularly vulnerable to flooding but, due to climate change, the threat of more severe and more frequent flood events is increasing.
"We believe the solutions we implement today must not just tackle risk as it exists now, they must also take into account the increasing year-on-year risk."
The report calls for a significant investment in flood risk management in the Calder Valley and welcomes the creation of a board to "coordinate and monitor" flood risk management and response.
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs said it was "committed to helping with the recovery" and was investing £52m in flood protection in the the Calder Valley.
It was also looking at making affordable insurance more accessible, a spokesperson added.
Paul Kearney, whose home in Mytholmroyd was flooded when the River Calder overflowed, said: "It's always a worry when it rains, and hearing the report that it's likely to happen again it does make you think hat it could happen anytime soon.
"We just have to hope for the best and hope that the things they do to make the river safer are going to work."
That was the choice one shopper made recently at a Japanese convenience store.
The non-Japanese man was seen openly drinking from a bottle of lemon iced tea which he had taken from the shelf, resulting in an argument with store staff.
"What did I do that was wrong? It's written right there on the label," he apparently questioned angrily.
After an explanation by the cashier, it became evident that it was all lost in translation. Free Tea was the brand name, not an offer of a complimentary drink.
The formerly outraged man sheepishly replied: "The store should change its label."
The heated argument was witnessed by Twitter user Domoboku in Tokyo, real name Akiyama Kojiro, who shared his account with his followers.
He told BBC News he had tried to help translating for the foreigner and the staffer, but there was a "bad atmosphere".
His take on the episode generated more than 34,000 retweets and was liked by more than 18,500 users, with people sharing their own experiences of linguistic confusion.
The confusingly named tea is a product of Japanese beverage giant Pokka Sapporo.
The drink "encourages people to be free from a stress-filled society," read an official description on its site.
Mr Kojiro, noted the "irony" of it drink's name and health properties, because the beverage clearly did the opposite in this case.
"This tea ended up causing a stressful problem for both the traveller who came all the way to Japan and an honest shopkeeper," he mused.
The abundance of freebies in Japan, like free oolong tea at restaurants and pocket tissues distributed on the streets, could have added to the confusion, he said.
"Foreigners may misunderstand what a wonderful and free country Japan is!"
He also said that Japanese people too were often sometimes confused by language.
"There are many examples of odd Japanese translations," he said.
"Everyone make mistakes. And I want to emphasise that using foreign languages, we need to be generous and understand each other."
The German sailing team said Heil, who was third at a recent test event held at the same Guanabara Bay venue, was told by a Berlin hospital that he had been infected by multi-resistant germs.
Recent water quality tests revealed drug-resistant bacteria in the bay.
"I have never in my life had infections on the legs," Heil said on a team blog.
"I assume I picked that up at the test regatta. The cause should be the Marina da Gloria where there is a constant flow of waste water from the city's hospitals."
Heil's claims come after South Korean windsurfer Wonwoo Cho was taken to hospital during the week-long test event, with his coach Danny Ok claiming the cause was "probably from the water" at Guanabara Bay.
It led to the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) threatening to move the sailing and windsurfing events to the Atlantic Ocean if the situation did not improve.
But in a statement following Heil's infection, it said: "While work remains to be done, ISAF, Rio 2016 and all relevant local authorities are confident that the venue will be ready to host 380 sailors during the Olympic Sailing Competition in one year's time."
Three of the courses earmarked for the Olympics are in Guanabara Bay and three are in the Atlantic, with up to 1,400 athletes set to compete in water sports at the Games.
Research has shown that "super-bacteria" found in the water is usually found in hospital waste and produce an enzyme, KPC, resistant to antibiotics.
Nearly 70% of sewage in Rio - a city of some 10 million people - is spilled raw into the waters of Guanabara Bay.
A US appeals court on Tuesday granted a new hearing for Kris Maharaj, 78, who has been jailed for more than 30 years for a 1986 double murder in Miami.
The ruling means that Maharaj's lawyers will be able to present new evidence which they say proves the two men were killed by members of a drug cartel.
His lawyer claims a Colombian hit man killed Derrick and Duane Moo Young.
Maharaj's lawyer, Clive Stafford Smith from human-rights organisation Reprieve, applauded the decision, saying "it is a great day for Kris, and I hope now we will finally get him the justice he has long been denied".
But a spokesman for the Miami-Dade State Attorney's office, Ed Griffith, told BBC News: "We stand by the outcome of the very lengthy and fair evidentiary hearing that Maharaj received in the state court, where the judge found these witnesses and/or claims to not be credible or have any merit."
The defence team plans to present new evidence from six cartel associates to argue that the two men, who were business partners of Maharaj, were killed after members of Pablo Escobar's Medellin drugs cartel caught them embezzling laundered drug money.
The new ruling from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta says "new evidence" would demonstrate that Maharaj could not have been found guilty of the Moo Young murders "beyond a reasonable doubt".
The judgment adds that the statements by the witnesses, which include Escobar's preferred hit man John Jairo "Popeye" Velasque, "independently corroborate one another".
They will also present evidence that one hotel guest on the night of the murders, Jaime Vallejo Mejia, was a member of the drug cartel.
The former businessman, who has been in poor health, had been on death row for 15 years but had his sentence commuted to life imprisonment in 2002.
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Alapati Leiua's try gave Samoa the lead but three Sam Davies penalties brought Wales within a point at the break.
Wing Evans' first international try put Wales ahead after 42 minutes, only for Manu Leiataua to restore Samoa's lead.
Wales rallied and Evans' second try eight minutes from the end clinched the victory on a slippery pitch in Apia.
It was Robin McBryde's team's second win on the two-Test tour, which saw them start without 12 players on British and Irish Lions duty in New Zealand and saw a further four called up by Warren Gatland before the Samoa game.
It was revealed afterwards that Wales won despite having 10 players taken ill before the match with a sickness bug.
Ospreys lock Rory Thornton was handed his Wales debut in a side which showed seven changes from the one which had started in the previous week's 24-6 win over Tonga.
Samoa made six changes and a positional switch after a 78-0 defeat by New Zealand in Auckland.
The hosts made the perfect start when following a period of pressure Bath scrum-half Kahn Fotuali'i floated a pass to Leiua, who crossed in the corner with Tusi Pisi adding the conversion.
Samoa made life hard for Wales in difficult and wet conditions and a Pisi penalty extended their lead.
Two penalties from fly-half Davies calmed the tourists' nerves as they clawed their way back into the game.
Despite trailing, Wales had a measure of control and Davies' third penalty brought them within a point of the hosts at the break as Pisi failed with a drop goal attempt.
Wales went ahead for the first time within a minute of the second half with a try created by back row forwards Aaron Shingler and Ellis Jenkins.
Shingler charged down Pisi's low kick and from Jenkins' kick and chase the ball was played out to the left wing, where Scarlets' Evans was on hand to cross.
Samoa restored their lead with hooker Leiataua capitalising on sloppy Welsh defensive play to slide over for his side's second try before Pisi added the extras.
But Wales secured victory in the last quarter of the game with Evans, last season's top try scorer in the Pro12, crossing in the corner for a second time.
Wales had lost four times to Samoa before this meeting, and they had to withstand a late onslaught before claiming a sixth win over the Pacific Islanders.
Wales coach Robin McBryde revealed a sickness bug swept the Wales camp, with ten players taken ill before the match.
"We've had a little bit of an illness in the camp and the players could have used that but they dug in so deep," McBryde revealed to BBC Wales Sport.
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"I'm just so pleased for the players. It's been such a difficult tour in such a short space of time.
"We put ourselves in a very difficult position. We were 10-0 down early on and Samoa didn't disappoint," he continued.
"We knew they would be physical and get stronger and they did that.
"We didn't help ourselves and hurt ourselves on a couple of occasions but the way the boys dug in and got through the arm wrestle was fantastic really."
Wales: Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues); Cory Allen (Ospreys), Tyler Morgan (Dragons), Jamie Roberts (Harlequins, capt), Steffan Evans (Scarlets); Sam Davies (Ospreys), Aled Davies (Scarlets); Nicky Smith (Ospreys), Ryan Elias (Scarlets), Dillon Lewis (Blues), Seb Davies (Blues), Rory Thornton (Ospreys), Aaron Shingler (Scarlets), Ellis Jenkins (Blues), Josh Navidi (Blues).
Replacements: Scott Baldwin (Ospreys), Wyn Jones (Scarlets), Rhodri Jones (Ospreys), Adam Beard (Ospreys), Thomas Young (Wasps), Tomos Williams (Blues), Owen Williams (Gloucester), Scott Williams (Scarlets).
Samoa: D'Angelo Leuila; Alapati Leiua, Kieron Fonotia, Reynold Lee-Lo, David Lemi (capt); Tusi Pisi, Kahn Fotuali'i; Viliamu Afatia, Maatulimanu Leiataua, Paul Alo-Emile, Chris Vui, Faatiga Lemalu, Piula Faasalele, Galu Taufale, Fata Alafoti Faosiliva.
Replacements: Seilala Lam, Nephi Leatigaga, Bronson Fotualii-Tauakipulu, Faifili Levave, Vavae Tuilagi, Dwayne Polataivao, Henry Taefu, Tila Mealoi.
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa).
Assistants: Mike Fraser (New Zealand), Rohan Hoffmann (Australia).
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The 23-year-old can play at right-back, centre-half or in a deep midfield role and had a year to run on his deal at the newly-promoted Championship club.
O'Connor made 24 Burton appearances last season, scoring once.
"His versatility made him very attractive to us," manager Derek McInnes told the club website.
"He has a good defensive edge to his game and he has good experience for someone so young.
"He has a good maturity about his game so I am very pleased we now have him on board. I think he is someone who will prove to be really important to us over a campaign.
"Anthony is good in both boxes and also good in the air. He is another in the squad with a bit of height and presence."
O'Connor began his career at Blackburn and had loan spells at Torquay and Plymouth before joining Burton last summer.
The Dons have not revealed the length of contract O'Connor has signed but he will be eligible to play in next week's Europa League qualifier with Fola Esch of Luxembourg.
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The competition goes on for 23 days, with nearly 200 cyclists from all over the world taking on the 2,000 mile challenge.
Here are the Brits to look out for...
Chris Froome is not only top of the Brits, he's the Tour's reigning champion and favourite to win again this year.
He has won the race three times already: in 2013, 2015 and 2016.
Now he's hoping to add 2017 to his list.
He's not had the best run-up to this year's event though - he finished fourth in the traditional warm-up race, the Criterium du Dauphine, so he'll be hoping to pull it out of the bag for the real thing.
Mark Cavendish is most famous for his daring sprint finishes, which have brought him lots of success in previous years of the Tour.
It's not just the overall winner who matters in the Tour de France - each stage of the race has a winner as well, and that's where Cavendish does best.
He's had an incredible 30 stage wins, which is just four fewer than the all-time record holder - Eddy Merckx.
The flat roads on this year's tour will suit Cavendish's style, but he's also suffered from illness this year which might have affected how well prepared he is for the 23-day challenge.
2017 is Geraint Thomas's seventh Tour de France, and he rides in support of Chris Froome - helping to push him to victory.
Thomas wasn't actually planning to ride in the Tour this year. He was concentrating on another competition, called the Giro D'Italia instead.
But he had to withdraw from that race after a collision with a parked motorbike, so he's changed his focus to the Tour de France instead.
Simon Yates is just 24 years old, and his twin brother won the White Jersey for being the best young rider on last year's Tour.
Yates specialises in climbing, so the steep mountain roads in the Tour de France suit him well and he'll be hoping to have similar success to his brother!
Steve Cummings has raced in the Tour de France four times before, and has had two stage wins.
It wasn't clear if he would be part of the 2017 Tour, after he got injured in a crash earlier this year.
But after a great week at the British National Road Championships, he was finally confirmed to take part.
2017 is Dan McLay's second tour.
He's a sprinter, and won an impressive four top-ten finishes during his first Tour de France in 2016.
He came 170th overall in 2016, but being a fast sprinter, like Mark Cavendish, could put him in with a chance of a stage win.
Luke Rowe is a 'domestique' rider, which means that he works for the benefit of the team, rather than trying to win the race himself.
He's best known for helping teammate Chris Froome who he's supported on both of his last two Tour victories.
Ben Swift is another sprinter appearing for his second Tour de France in 2017.
As well as having speed, he's also known for getting over lumps and bumps on the road better than most sprinters, which is a useful skill on the Tour!
2017 is Scott Thwaites' first appearance at the Tour de France.
As well as getting through the race himself, he's hoping to help Mark Cavendish in the battle for stage wins.
Vilson Meshi, 30, was found dead inside an Audi A4 on Pincey Mead near Pitsea Road, Basildon, on Saturday.
Two 16-year-old boys and a 15-year-old, all from the town, were arrested on Wednesday night.
They are still being questioned over the death, police said. A post-mortem examination found he died from smoke inhalation.
Mr Meshi's friend, Anthony Chooah, has described the victim as a "cuddly bear".
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Mr Chooah said he was at a loss to understand why anyone would kill him and was struggling to come to terms with the attack.
"He was probably one of the nicest people you could ever meet," he said.
Mr Chooah added: "I've been spending a lot of the last four to five days in constant tears, having anxiety attacks.
"He was a big cuddly bear... but someone has taken his life."
But there's one group of people with whom President Donald Trump is still hugely popular.
After his first weeks in office, his approval rate among Republicans of 86% is second only to that of George W Bush among all of the party's presidents elected in the last 65 years.
So what are the things that they like so much?
Despite being a Republican, property developer John Delia says he was "too embarrassed" to vote for Mr Trump in November's election because of the controversy about his candidacy.
But he says he was "relieved" to see the New York billionaire win the race - and what has happened since has pleased him even more.
Mr Trump's platform of new jobs, American business and economic renewal has sent the US stock market to record highs. It is investors like Mr Delia who are feeling richer as a result.
"I invest in the stock market and I have succeeded in the short term," says the 26-year-old, based in Columbus, Ohio.
"Investors are definitely feeling more confident. They think Donald Trump is going to bring more jobs and infrastructure, and help us move forward."
From a business perspective, he says he is not fazed about allegations of improper ties to Russia, legal challenges to Mr Trump's travel ban, or complaints about racist rhetoric from the administration.
"Yes, he's a bigot but at least you are aware," says Mr Delia of the US president. "He speaks honestly.
"No matter what happens, most investors just want to make money. We are not going to pay attention to the drama. We're just trying to stay ahead of the curve."
And it is especially Mr Trump's promise to "clean up" America's inner cities that makes Mr Delia, who started his own property portfolio at 20, feel positive about the future. He hopes investment will pour into his own urban development projects.
"I think I'm going to make a lot of money," he says.
The next interviewee asked to remain anonymous, because he says the polarised political climate in the US has left him feeling "a bit paranoid".
"I often feel the country is being torn about and being a white/Christian/conservative makes you a hater and a racist," he says.
But in a social media conversation spanning several days, the 36-year-old coal miner from Indiana explained how Mr Trump's presidency was having a direct impact on his life.
Before the election, the father-of-four says he expected to lose his job in coal within five years, but with Mr Trump in office "it could be as many as 15".
He puts this down to the president's cancelling of an Obama-era environmental regulation known as the "stream protection rule". The bill put restrictions on coal companies wanting to expand and tried to stop them dumping mining waste into streams and waterways.
While environmentalists point out that the rise of cheap natural gas has contributed largely to decline in the US coal industry, the Indiana coal miner we spoke to says the policy put a "stranglehold on coal companies".
"During 2016 our company was in the process of getting permits to strip some land that would add life to the mine," he says.
"The permitting process was put on hold concerning a impact study on the land. Management told the miners that if we didn't get any new permits and most of them were on hold indefinitely, we would be out of work in a few years."
Now Mr Trump has lifted the rule, he feels "hopeful" that he will be able to continue the work done by his great-grandfathers for years to come.
"Some people really dislike the coal industry... but it's the best paying job around and I'm blessed to be able to work and support my family."
Marilyn De Reggi was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer just a month before her late husband, Aime, had his first stroke.
The 76-year-old says her experience of having to "fight hard" for him - while being unwell herself - left her with a low estimation of government-subsidised healthcare.
She welcomes Mr Trump's efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare as "extremely important". And while she also supports Mr Trump's tough immigration policies, she sees his push of an alternative system as one of the best things he's done so far.
The Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, helped 20m previously uninsured Americans get health insurance by making it a legal requirement.
However, increases in insurance premiums - which were also a problem before the health law - have irked many Americans. Critics have also decried it as an unwarranted intrusion into the affairs of private businesses and individuals.
Mrs De Reggi, a retired musician and teacher who lives just outside Washington DC in Maryland, says the cost of President Obama's signature healthcare plan has left younger members of her family struggling.
And although medical costs for her and her late husband were covered by Medicare (a different government-run programme available to elderly patients), this made her "very aware" of the problems with federal involvement.
"I encountered the worst of care with my husband and the limitations of government making decisions for you," she says.
The couple went through "a lot of savings" after Aime was denied access to certain sorts of care under Medicare because of his age and condition, she says. Instead they had to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to secure the treatment they wanted.
She is now against "the government making medical choices". "I'm interested in a programme gives people a choice and where there aren't committees that decide what happens to you at a certain age," she adds.
"I think the thing that [Mr Trump] has done so far that will have the greatest long term impact on the law is the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court," says David Rogers, a housing lawyer from Texas.
"I think he brings predictability in the law. The law is not going to change dramatically and that is good."
The Supreme Court has the final legal word on many of the most sensitive US issues. Conservatives celebrated the selection of Judge Gorsuch to fill an empty seat on the bench because of his views on issues such as birth control and euthanasia.
But it is his approach to gun rights that particularly pleases Mr Rogers.
The 52-year-old says he expects the judge to protect the Second Amendment - which guarantees the rights of people to keep and bear arms - because he is known to maintain a strict interpretation of the US Constitution.
"I believe in guns," says Mr Rogers. "Going to the gun range is something I do at the weekend with my children... With Gorsuch, I feel like I don't need to worry that's going to be taken away."
Judge Gorsuch's appointment still needs to be confirmed by the Senate. But if it goes ahead, "Washington isn't going to actively make my life harder", says Mr Rogers.
"Gun rights feel safer under Trump."
The letter was sent by the Nantwich Education Partnership group to parents from 16 schools in the county.
The heads claim games such as Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty contain unsuitable levels of violence.
They warn parents they could be reported for neglect in some cases.
The heads state that playing such games or accessing certain social media sites can increase early sexualised behaviour in youngsters and leave them vulnerable to grooming for sexual exploitation.
Mary Hennessy Jones, the head who drafted the letter, said: "We are trying to help parents to keep their children as safe as possible in this digital era.
"It is so easy for children to end up in the wrong place and parents find it helpful to have some very clear guidelines."
Prime Minister David Cameron announced this month that adults in positions of responsibility could face prison sentences of up to five years if they failed to report allegations of the neglect or abuse of children.
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Police notes read out revealed a social worker had confirmed the pair were at least known to each other - a few days after she went missing in August 1994.
Arlene, 15 from Castlederg went missing after a night out at a disco in County Donegal in 1994.
Her body has never been found.
Det Con Gareth Jenkins told the inquest in Belfast that the Omagh-based social worker had confirmed that a "relationship existed".
He added: "What sort of relationship that was, without having anything written down, it would be unfair to comment further."
She was last seen with convicted child killer Robert Howard, who died in prison last year.
Howard was acquitted of Arlene's murder by a jury unaware of his long record of sex crimes, including the murder of a south London schoolgirl. He always remained the police's prime suspect in Arlene's death.
Howard, 71, had been due to give evidence before the inquest. He died at HMP Frankland in County Durham last October.
The court also heard that social services found Arlene had a poor attendance at school, was a smoker and drinker who did not go anywhere without make-up or money and who "looked about 19 years old".
There was also a brief mention of a "relationship" with a second older man.
At the time she was living with her brother, Martin Arkinson, in Castlederg and had, on occasion, gone missing, staying with her father or another relative. However, she had always made contact within 48 hours.
After two days family members told social services that Arlene was missing, but it took two more days before police were informed, the court heard.
The initial missing person investigation had two main lines of inquiry - that Arlene had travelled to Birmingham to obtain an abortion or that Howard was involved.
Although he was aware Howard had been on bail for serious sexual offences, Mr Jenkins said he was unsure whether he was still signing bail when the schoolgirl vanished.
"It was not a criminal investigation at this stage where I had taken my initial answers," he said. "It was not solely focused on Robert Howard. It also focused on the possible travel to England."
The police investigation was heavily scrutinised during Howard's trial.
Mr Jenkins said he had done everything possible but, as a junior officer, could not decide the course of an investigation.
"I had raised my concerns about irregularities in the accounts that the three or four people had given," he said.
Meanwhile, the court has heard harrowing details about an alleged sex attack carried out by Howard.
"I was terrified," said the victim in a statement read out to the court.
In another development, the coroner has requested further clarification on the public interest immunity application request by the Police Service of Northern Ireland to withhold a number of confidential documents.
Another behind-closed-doors hearing may take place on Friday to discuss the matter but this has not been confirmed.
The inquest has been adjourned until next week.
Police were made aware of alleged racial abuse at around 07:40 BST on a tram travelling towards the city centre after a video was posted online.
Two men, aged 20 and 18 and a 16-year-old boy, were detained on suspicion of affray, Greater Manchester Police said.
The video shows a man on a tram at Shudehill being called "an immigrant" and told "get back to Africa".
Footage indicates that the man targeted then retorted with: "How old are you? Are you 18, 19? You are extremely ignorant and not very intelligent. Do you know that?"
One of the men continued to shout "get off the tram now", as he spoke.
One of the group, who were holding beer bottles, then apparently approaches the man and flicks alcohol at him, as a passenger shouted: "There's a baby there - there's absolutely no need for that".
As the youths got off, the victim said to himself: "Seven years in the military," as other commuters told the three, "You are an absolute disgrace. A disgrace to England".
Police said the suspects were being held in custody for questioning.
The Tyne and Wear Integrated Transport Authority (TWITA) says it wants bus firms to run services on particular routes and be paid a set amount.
The authority say the Quality Contracts scheme would "simplify" bus fares and make them "more affordable".
But bus operators say the idea is "flawed" and want to try and block it.
Under the new scheme, the five councils that make up the transport authority will keep the fares collected, but they will then have to make up any shortfall between this money and the cash paid out to bus companies.
The authority also claims the idea would enable some loss making routes to be kept open.
In recent months bus companies in the North East have made cuts and changes to services that have angered many passengers.
The North East Bus Operator's Association (NEBOA) says the Quality Contracts idea is "flawed".
Chairman Kevin Carr said: "The quality contracts are going to be very very expensive.
"They do rely on passenger growth and if passenger growth is not there then it could be very very expensive and the ratepayer will have to subsidise the difference."
He added that legal action could be a possibility if the two sides cannot agree.
"At the end of the day the business would be at risk and we just couldn't afford to lose a business within the north-east of England and therefore we'd have to do everything in our power to ensure we maintain our operation," said Mr Carr.
Houghton and Sunderland South Labour MP Bridget Phillipson has set up a petition to drum up support for the Quality Contracts idea, collecting hundreds of signatures.
She says councils in the region are already putting tens of millions of pounds into financing bus travel and wants them to have more control.
She said: "What this system would deliver is greater transparency about how that money's being spent but also it would give local people more of a voice because they are frustrated that there isn't one simple ticketing system, that they don't have a say when routes are cut."
However, not all politicians are convinced that the Quality Contracts idea, which is already operating in London, is the best way forward.
The Integrated Transport Authority is also considering another idea - a new partnership between bus firms and councils.
Some think adopting this idea could be a middle way and end any danger of legal action.
Newcastle Lib Dem Councillor Greg Stone is a member of TWITA.
He said: "What could be achieved by a voluntary partnership arrangement between the public and private sectors would lead to better results for both sides on this.
"I think the way we're going is going to lead to a war between the transport authorities and the bus companies.
"That will only end up hurting the passenger in terms of the cost to the taxpayer and the cost of a legal battle which I think is looming large on the horizon now, and with the way the Quality Contracts proponents want to go I can't see the bus companies taking this lightly."
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A 0-0 draw against Slovakia and a 3-0 win for Wales over Russia means Hodgson's side will face the runners-up in Group F - potentially Portugal.
England drew 1-1 with Russia before beating Wales 2-1, but failed to score with their 30 shots against Slovakia.
"Soon we will make someone pay, we will score goals one day," said Hodgson, 68.
"You just don't know, the way we are playing I am not frightened of anybody."
Hodgson made six changes for the final group game - including resting captain Wayne Rooney - but did not believe that his rotation cost his side against a stubborn Slovakia.
Jamie Vardy and Daniel Sturridge both started after scoring as substitutes against Wales on Thursday, while Jordan Henderson, Jack Wilshere, Nathaniel Clyne and Ryan Bertrand also came into the starting XI.
Rooney replaced a lacklustre Wilshere 10 minutes into the second half but Hodgson defended his selection of the Arsenal midfielder.
"If people are going to pick on one player that's a pity - Jack Wilshere did fine," said the 68-year-old.
"People were trying to tell me after the Russia game that I should have changed Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane. It was actually four changes from the side which finished the Wales game. You can't have it all ways.
"When did England last come to a tournament and have three such dominant games in a row? We have taken the game to the opposition, we have controlled the play."
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The pundits on BBC Sport were not so kind, however - with John Hartson accusing Hodgson of taking Slovakia lightly.
"England totally underestimated Slovakia," the former Wales striker said.
"Six changes was far too many. Wales needed to win against Russia and they made one change."
"Roy Hodgson got it wrong," said Robbie Savage.
"There are too many excuses from the England point of view. You have got to score to win games and they haven't done it.
"They played Slovakia and they can't break Slovakia down - too many excuses."
Former England duo Chris Waddle and Danny Mills were frustrated at the team's failure to break down a side with a packed defence.
England had 65 shots on goal in their three Group B games - but scored just three goals.
"England have got no width. James Milner would give you width, he can do a trick and put a cross in," said Waddle.
"It's easy to say now, but they knew in all three games that people were going to sit deep and frustrate England."
"Why change the two full-backs when Kyle Walker was playing well, Danny Rose was playing well," added Mills.
"Those players will now have 10 or 11 days between games, that's too much."
Former England captain Alan Shearer felt Hodgson missed the chance to build on their last-minute win over Wales.
"I didn't agree with Hodgson making that many changes as I think it is vital to get momentum," said Shearer.
"In Euro '96 we beat Scotland and our confidence was sky high, and then we beat the Dutch 4-1. It was a great opportunity for Roy and this team to do that."
But former England midfielder Danny Murphy defended the display.
"We have played better than a lot of people expected us to and overall I think we are moving forward," he said.
"Finishing second shouldn't harm us that much, there are so many positives to look at from this England side at the moment."
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The tournament runs on a four-year cycle but has been brought forward a year to avoid clashing with the Sevens World Cup and Commonwealth Games in 2018.
The pool stages in Dublin are already sold out, debutants Hong Kong provide a compelling underdog story plus England and New Zealand are packed with talent - so what else do you need to know about the 2017 tournament?
As reigning world champions and the number one side in the world rankings, everyone wants to knock England off their perch.
But the Red Roses are in confident mood heading into the tournament, having beaten perennial rivals New Zealand away from home in June, and will be the only team in Ireland who have trained full-time since January.
Despite recent confirmation that full-time contracts for XVs are ending, the team have known since April and say they won't let anything disrupt their defence of the title.
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The 26-year-old flyer has petrified players on the sevens field for years, with her stunning side-step and raw speed seeing her score numerous tries, and the Olympic silver medallist and former World Sevens Player of the Year has now switched her focus back to XVs.
The daughter and niece of former All Blacks, her rugby pedigree runs deep and whether on the wing or in the centres, she will be one of the most potent threats over the next two and a half weeks.
There are two tough pools in this World Cup and Wales, ranked 10th in the world, have arguably found themselves in the toughest.
Pool A sees them line up alongside four-time champions New Zealand and 2014 runners-up Canada, the sides ranked number two and three in the world.
The fourth team are debutants Hong Kong, who are ranked 23rd, and although Wales will hope to beat them, can they upset the other two sides?
The Wallaroos won the first ever Olympic sevens gold medal in Rio but XVs has never been their strong point, and with their focus on the shorter form of the game they have only played a handful of Tests in XVs since the last World Cup.
Captain Shannon Parry, who tasted success in Rio, says they're underdogs but thinks it makes them more dangerous as the pressure is off.
The pool stages in Dublin are already sold out and fans are trying to get hold of tickets by any means. A party atmosphere is being predicted, and those lucky enough to have tickets will be able to enjoy a fan zone as well as the rugby.
After just two weekends of the Six Nations in February, 2.2 million fans had tuned in to watch the women's Championship.
But at the last World Cup in Paris, 2.5 million viewers watched the France v Canada semi-final on TV and it is no mistake that Les Bleus' kick-offs are all prime-time back home. Can they deliver this time for their supporters?
It's a first for Hong Kong - no team of either sex has ever qualified for a World Cup previously. Don't expect the team to be all smiles though - they've been drawn in Pool A with Canada, New Zealand and Wales. Gulp.
The Italians are back at the World Cup for the first time since 2002. Now ranked ninth in the world, it is also the first time they have qualified by right, as previously they were invited to take part. Much credit goes to the patient pair of Veronica Schiavon and Sylvia Gaudino, who played back in 2002 and have been selected again for 2017.
Most teams get good luck messages before heading overseas for big tournaments - the Black Ferns had one from two-time World Cup-winning All Blacks captain Richie McCaw. But surely one from Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau tops the lot. We can't see British Prime Minister Theresa May encouraging players to "stick a tackle"!
In 2014, Ireland's women became the first Irish side to make a Rugby World Cup semi-final and they are aiming to make at least the last four once again.
Hopes are that home advantage in 2017 will propel them even further, but they need a change in fortune after losing captain Niamh Briggs to injury less than a fortnight before the start of the tournament.
If they are to lift the trophy in Belfast on 26 August, they will have to do so without their inspirational full-back and leader.
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The move is part of a proposed shake-up of stroke services across the five health trusts.
Every year, there are almost 3,000 hospital admissions and more than 1,000 stroke deaths in Northern Ireland.
According to independent health reports, Northern Ireland's stroke services fall below national standards.
Currently, services are spread across 11 hospital sites. However, specialists would argue that expertise is being spread too thinly and that it is denying some people access to the best of care.
A stroke victim's experience
Gary, 45, had a headache that did not respond to over-the-counter painkillers. He went to Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital later the same day.
"They spotted whatever the signs were, they thought initially it was either a migraine or a stroke," he said.
"It came as a complete shock to me, particularly because of my age.
"I thought stroke was something that, maybe, older people got and I think maybe the statistics bear that out, but people of all age groups get strokes.
"It is important, the time element, because the quicker you get seen and get the clot-busting drugs... the better the outcomes are for you."
Dr Brid Farrell, a consultant in Public Health Medicine from the Public Health Agency, said the current system does not provide the very best of care to patients.
"Stroke service here is provided by skilled, dedicated and hardworking staff, but the current organisation of services sometimes makes it difficult for staff to consistently provide the very best care to patients."
Two recent independent reports have highlighted the need for change including the regulator, the RQIA, raising that there was not a clear regional model for delivery of stroke care and that there seemed to be an unsustainable number of hospitals providing stroke care.
Without a doubt, the move will result in fewer acute stroke units across Northern Ireland.
If the specialism is to be confined to about four hospitals it would mean other hospitals would provide a clot busting treatment for the patient before they are transferred, if required, by ambulance to a specialist unit.
There are a total of seven proposals which, if agreed, would mean a major overhaul of the service.
The proposals include providing an appropriate number of hyper-acute stroke units in order to deliver specialist early inpatient care to the most seriously-ill patient.
Other services will include seven-day assessments to those men and women experiencing a suspected mini-stroke (TIA) or clot busting treatment "thrombolysis" at fewer hospital sites.
The location of the most critical units will be controversial. In fact, BBC News NI understands that for those hospitals that lose their specialist stroke unit there could be huge implications for their status as an acute hospital in the future.
The move would be the first significant test of health reform as proposed by the Bengoa Health Review.
In a highly unusual move, civil servants have said it is necessary to have a "conversation" about reform before the actual consultation begins - indicating just how sensitive this is.
Both stages will last about 12 weeks.
While some might see that as constructive, others might describe it as time wasting.
Nowell has impressed for Exeter since returning from injury in December.
"I hope he can maintain this form and drive himself into the England side," Baxter told BBC Radio Devon.
"Then show form in a very good England set of performances in the Six Nations and he gives himself a fantastic opportunity to go on a Lions tour."
Nowell, 23, has won 18 England caps and was part of the side which whitewashed Australia on tour in the summer of 2016.
But, having missed the start of the season because of thumb surgery, he managed just one replacement appearance against Northampton in September before being injured in England's training camp in Brighton in October and spending two more months on the sidelines.
"He's playing extremely well. He's worked extremely hard, he's had a frustrating injury period and he's worked hard through that," added Baxter.
"He's reaping the rewards for the hard work that he's put in. You're also seeing him reaping the rewards for the team getting him on the front foot as well.
Nowell says playing for the Lions is an ambition of his, telling BBC Radio Cornwall: "I performed at Exeter and that got me my chance with England.
"The next step, if I do get a chance to play for England, is perform well and then the Lions does come next."
Winston Rea was one of dozens of former paramilitaries who provided testimonies to Boston College's Belfast Project.
A judge was told the police needed tapes of Mr Rea's interviews in order to meet a legal duty to probe serious crimes spanning three decades.
Mr Rea had issued proceedings to try to stop the PSNI obtaining the material.
However, on Monday a judge said the police were entitled to seek the tapes as part of an extensive investigation into terrorism.
Mr Rea's legal team is considering taking the case to the Court of Appeal.
The Boston College interviews were given on the understanding that tapes would not be made public until after the deaths of the interviewees.
However, in 2013 detectives investigating the 1972 abduction and murder of Belfast mother-of-10 Jean McConville secured transcripts of former IRA woman Dolours Price's account.
That material was handed over following court battles on both sides of the Atlantic.
Mr Rea, a former loyalist prisoner, had sought to judicially review the Public Prosecution Service's (PPS) attempts to obtain his interviews.
Kane scored two late goals for Spurs as they came from behind twice to beat West Ham on Saturday and maintain their unbeaten start to the league season.
The 23-year-old, who missed seven weeks of this season through injury, has five goals in seven club games in 2016-17.
"Harry Kane is always very important, he is our main striker," said Pochettino.
"You miss that type of player when he does not play for 10 or 11 games.
"He is one of the best strikers in the world."
Kane's brace provided a dramatic finish to Saturday's match at White Hart Lane.
West Ham had led twice, through a Michael Antonio header and Manuel Lanzini penalty, either side of Harry Winks' goal for the home side on his Premier League debut.
But, in the final minute, Kane was on hand to finish Son Heung-Min's low cross before scoring the winner from the penalty spot after Son had been tripped by Winston Reid.
It leaves Spurs fifth in the table, three points behind joint leaders Liverpool and Manchester City.
"The table looks much better, we are three points off the top and 12 unbeaten from the beginning," added Pochettino.
England international Kane said: "What a win, it looked like it would be a disappointing afternoon. I thought we had played well and we left it late, what a night, what a performance.
"We wanted to win and give the fans something to cheer about and a lot of them will go home happy."
Tottenham's next game is in the Champions League at Monaco on Tuesday. The London club are currently third in Group D, four points behind the French side and two points and a place behind Bayer Leverkusen with two to play.
"It is an important week and we didn't want to go into that game having lost the first one," added Kane. "It is a must-win game, we're excited, we'll train tomorrow and travel on Monday."
The verdict follows an unannounced inspection by Ofsted inspectors.
Social services was told to review its child protection plans immediately including cases that have been closed in the last three months.
The council described the report as "deeply disappointing" and pledged to make extra funds available for investment in the department.
Chief executive Sheila Wheeler, said: "We now have the right people in the right place doing the right things.
"Ofsted has recognised our investment in the service and our appointment of a nationally recognised interim director of children's services, Peter Lewis, to steer us through the changes we need to make.
"We do acknowledge that our speed of change has not been fast enough."
By Ruth BradleyPolitical reporter, BBC Somerset
The 17-page report lists a range of failings: vague child protection plans, different social workers visiting children each time and children taken off plans too soon.
But a strand running through seems to be ineffectual managers.
"Management decisions often lack a clear rationale," Ofsted says. "Management oversight of cases is not robust;" and "cases are being held by team managers…delaying assessing children's needs."
While there was good work it was down to the individual social workers rather than effective management.
An interim director of children's services, Peter Lewis, was brought in this April. Presumably the council is hoping he will lead from the top.
She added £1.4m had been invested in children's services for the current year and some improvements had been made already.
Peter Lewis was appointed by the government to oversee changes in the London borough of Haringey in the aftermath of the Baby P scandal.
Currently, there are 300 children and young people subject to child protection plans.
Inspectors found these plans were being closed too soon in some cases.
On the shortcomings in such plans, the report stated: "Very few child protection plans are sufficiently specific.
"They do not give clear indications of what needs to change and by when, and so do not support the monitoring and review of progress by core groups and review child protection conferences.
"As a result, decision-making about reduced risk is not always sound, and some child protection plans have ended too soon."
Senior managers at the Conservative-run council have been told they must all sample the child-in-need work across the county to check risk indicators had not been missed.
Risk indicators can include domestic abuse, or drug and alcohol misuse by the child's parents. It could mean some children will be put back on plans.
Peter Lewis, interim director of children's services, said: "We would hope the evidence is there to support those decisions but our first duty is to the child and to make sure the child is as safe as we can possibly make them."
A number of areas of improvements must be completed within timescales of three and six months following the visits by Ofsted in June and July.
This includes improving the quality of assessments and reducing delays for children and young people who need access to mental health services.
The pair entered a house in Dorothy Road, Leicester, at about 10:30 BST on Wednesday, and attacked the man who lived there.
They stole a safe containing cash, watches and other items before leaving in a van.
Leicestershire Police said they did not believe the raid was racially or religiously-motivated.
A video filmed by a neighbour and posted on Facebook appears to show the pair arriving at the house.
Det Con Nev Walker said: "We are keen to speak to anyone who was in the area at the time and saw the men entering the house, loitering in the area or making off in the van.
"Do you know where the silver van went next? Have you seen any abandoned clothing? Have you heard any rumours about who may be involved?
"Small details will help us piece together information and could prove vital in bringing those responsible for this incident to justice."
The Australia Twenty20 captain picked up the foot injury during the T20 Blast victory over Durham on Friday.
The 28-year-old, who has scored 76 runs in six T20 Blast matches this year, underwent hamstring surgery in April.
"In a worst-case scenario, it could be the end of the season for him," director of cricket Martyn Moxon told the club website.
"He set off to run for a ball in the field on Friday and he felt a little crack in his foot.
"He's had a scan and, from an initial reading, it looks as though there's some kind of a stress reaction."
Moxon confirmed that fellow Australia batsman Glenn Maxwell would cover for Finch if he were ruled out for the remainder of the season.
Defending champions Yorkshire have had several issues with their overseas players this campaign, with Pakistan batsman Younus Khan pulling out of a short-term deal with the club.
Khan was replaced by India's Cheteshwar Pujara, who played in the first half of the season.
New Zealand's Kane Williamson will join the club for the final three games of the Championship campaign.
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United hold a 1-0 lead over Celta Vigo heading into Thursday's semi-final second leg at Old Trafford.
Mourinho says a busy fixture schedule made it necessary to prioritise.
"Seventeen matches in seven weeks is impossible. It's not a gamble, just a consequence of our situation," he said.
"It was a simple decision, based on common sense."
The Europa League champions are guaranteed Champions League football for next season, as are the top four finishers in the Premier League.
The Red Devils are currently fifth in the league, four points behind fourth-placed Manchester City with three games remaining.
Mourinho made eight changes as United's 25-match unbeaten run in the league was ended by Arsenal on Sunday.
The Portuguese coach is confident the Europa League remains United's best chance of securing Champions League football and insists he will have "no regrets" if his side ultimately fail to win the competition.
"Let's see if we can do it," he added.
"It doesn't matter what happens. No regrets, we are giving everything we can, the players and myself."
United striker Wayne Rooney backed his manager's decision.
"This club belongs in the Champions League," he said.
"Realistically, it's going to be difficult to do it through the league. We have to concentrate on winning the trophy."
Rooney continues to be linked with a big-money move to China, while Everton and the United States have been suggested as other potential destinations.
However, the England forward indicated he is keen to stay at Old Trafford.
He added: "Would I like to stay? I've been at this club 13 years," he said. "Of course, I want to play football."
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They described a controversial off-the-record meeting with the attorney general as "constructive".
They said officials expressed a commitment to altering guidelines on issuing subpoenas in criminal investigations involving reporters.
Several major US media organisations boycotted the meeting.
The New York Times and Fox News were among them.
The justice department is facing questions over its seizure of phone records and emails from journalists.
The records were taken as part of investigations into leaking classified information to the media.
A review of how the justice department conducts investigations into reporters prompted this round of off-the-record meetings.
After the first of them, on Thursday, executives from news organisations which chose to be present said government officials agreed to significant changes.
Executive editor of the Washington Post, Martin Baron, said it was a "constructive meeting".
"They expressed their commitment to the president's statement that reporters would not be at legal risk for doing their jobs," he said.
Jerry Seib, Washington bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal, said there was also a renewed commitment, from the government, to supporting a federal shield law for journalists.
Such laws are in already in force in many US states to protect journalists from having to reveal confidential sources.
The Associated Press news agency had said it would not attend, but would "offer our views on how the regulations should be updated in an open letter".
New York Times Executive Editor, Jill Abramson, said it would not be "appropriate" for the newspaper to attend an off-the-record meeting.
"Our Washington bureau is aggressively covering the department's handling of leak investigations at this time," Ms Abramson said.
CNN, CBS, Huffington Post and Fox News were also absent.
Politico Editor-in-Chief, John Harris, explained the publication's attendance by saying he routinely has off-the-record conversations to discuss news coverage and newsgathering practices.
Mr Baron said he would prefer to meet on the record, but added: "Journalists routinely participate in off-the-record sessions, whether they prefer those conditions or not."
The 33-year-old has made 16 appearances for Teddy Sheringham's strugglers since joining in the summer.
McCombe, who left Doncaster after playing 59 games over three years before moving to Stevenage, last played on 16 January in the 3-2 defeat by promotion contenders Plymouth.
He becomes the second Stevenage player to leave by mutual consent in two days, after fellow defender Mark Hughes.
It brings the country close to breaking the Netherlands' record of modern-era uninterrupted economic growth.
Australia's economy had contracted in the third quarter but the surprise 1.1% rise pulled the annual figure back to a 2.4% growth rate.
The recovery was attributed largely to strong exports and consumer spending.
Mining and agriculture enjoyed relatively strong growth in the three months to December.
Iron ore and coal are Australia's biggest exports and reduced demand from China has cooled a mining boom and hurt the Australian economy.
Australia has not had a recession - defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth - since June 1991.
It is now just one quarter short of the Dutch record set between 1982 and 2008.
Treasurer Scott Morrison welcomed a 2% rise in business investment in December - the first rise after a dozen quarters of decline.
"Our growth continues to be above the OECD average and confirms the successful change that is taking place in our economy as we move from the largest resources investment boom in our history to broader-based growth," he said.
ANZ analysts said the figures confirmed that the weakness in the third quarter "was only temporary, and underlying momentum in the economy remains solid".
Capital Economics chief Australia economist Paul Dales said the economy was firmly "back on track".
"The decent rebound in real GDP in the fourth quarter doesn't just dash any lingering fears that Australia was in a recession, but it also boosts hopes that the surge in commodity prices will trigger a rapid recovery," he said.
"The outlook for the next year is reasonably bright," Shane Oliver of AMP Capital told the BBC. "We are seeing a pickup in export volumes and we have seen a big rebound in key commodity prices."
Mr Oliver added: "Growth should probably get back to 2.5%, maybe 3% over the course of this year."
Estimates by the country's central bank point to economic growth rising to about 3% for 2017 on the back of recovering commodity prices.
A Defence Ministry spokesman said he saw "nothing specific and nothing new" in the report.
He also denied the Russian military used cluster munitions in Syria.
The human rights group said it had evidence that the first two months of Russian air strikes in Syria had killed at least 200 civilians.
Some of the attacks "may amount to war crimes", one Amnesty official said.
Amnesty is also researching concerns about the US-led coalition air strikes in Syria, its report said.
The US has rarely acknowledged civilian deaths in its air bombardment of the so-called Islamic State (IS), which began in September 2014, although some monitoring groups say the toll could run into hundreds.
'Russian strikes kill scores' in Syria
Activists criticise Raqqa air strikes
Russia began air strikes in September 2015, saying it was acting at the request of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. It is targeting IS and other groups it designates as terrorists - some of which are backed by the West.
"We examined this report," Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told a briefing in Moscow.
"Once again there was nothing specific or new that was published, only cliches and fakes that we have already repeatedly exposed."
In the report, Amnesty said it had "researched remotely" more than 25 Russian attacks that took place in Homs, Hama, Idlib, Latakia and Aleppo between 30 September and 29 November.
It said there was evidence that Russia's military "unlawfully used unguided bombs in densely populated areas and inherently indiscriminate cluster munitions".
It had interviewed witnesses to the attacks by phone or over the internet - and had audio and video evidence, as well as "advice from weapons experts".
However Maj-Gen Konashenkov said that as Amnesty International carried out its research remotely, it had no way of checking on the ground that there were no military targets in areas where civilians were killed.
He pointed out that militants used weapons mounted on vehicles and that "each vehicle is considered a tactical unit and represents a legitimate military target".
As for cluster munitions, "Russia does not use them... we have no such weapons on our base in Syria."
Attack on market : Idlib province : 29 November 2015
One of the deadliest attacks detailed in the report occurred in Ariha, Idlib province, on 29 November. Amnesty says at least one suspected Russian warplane fired three missiles into a market when there was no obvious military target nearby.
A local activist group said 49 civilians were either dead or missing feared dead.
"It was a normal Sunday - there was nothing unusual. People were buying goods - children were eating," activist Mohammed Qurabi al-Ghazal told Amnesty.
"First there was a loud explosion - dirt flying in the air - followed immediately by shock. In just a few moments, people were screaming, the smell of burning was in the air and there was just chaos."
The armed group Jaysh al-Fateh controlled the area, but did not have any presence inside Ariha itself, he said.
A report by another group, Human Rights Watch, three days ago accused Syrian government forces and their Russian allies of making "extensive" use of cluster munitions against rebel groups.
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday Russia was "conducting its operation in strict conformity with principles and norms of the international law".
The Kremlin has previously described similar reports as "information warfare" aimed at discrediting its operations in Syria.
President Vladimir Putin said in October that reports of alleged civilian casualties had emerged before the first air strikes were even carried out.
More than 250,000 people are believed to have been killed and millions of people have been forced to flee their homes since the conflict began in Syria in March 2011.
Central Sussex College has said it will close its East Grinstead campus this summer and its Haywards Heath campus next summer, with the loss of 43 jobs.
Principal Sarah Wright said the college's debts were too high and it had to reduce its costs.
Sir Nicholas Soames, Mid-Sussex MP, said "catastrophically bad decisions" had been made.
Chairman of governors Chris Maidment said the college would now focus on delivering vocational education. Technical courses will be moved to its Crawley campus.
Ms Wright, who joined the college in 2013, said decisions were taken between 2008 and 2011 which saw the college take on mortgages worth £30m.
She said it then borrowed government money in 2013 to keep running but the financial situation was a "significant, ongoing struggle".
The priority was to minimise disruption to students and deal fairly with affected staff, she said.
"We've taken these decisions with very deep regret and very deep reluctance," she added.
In a briefing on its website, the college said 19 academic and professional/technical staff will be made redundant this year and a further 24 staff would leave next academic year.
Students who are halfway through A-Level and vocational courses will be able to finish their studies.
Sir Nicholas said he had written to education secretary Nicky Morgan for help.
West Sussex County Council said it was working to identify alternative further education opportunities for young people in the area.
Talks are under way between the college, council and government about whether the Haywards Heath campus could become a school.
Gareth Davies retains the scrum-half spot ahead of Rhys Webb, who is named among the replacements.
Webb, 27, was recalled to the squad after six months away from international rugby with injury.
Lock Luke Charteris is on the bench where Paul James comes in to cover the injured loose-head Gethin Jenkins.
"We've named a pretty experienced side for Saturday," said Gatland.
"We have a couple of guys back from injury on the bench, Luke Charteris, Paul James and Rhys Webb and that is a bonus.
"There is a huge amount to play for on Saturday and it will go a long way to deciding the Six Nations.
"It's great to have Rhys back in the squad. He has been training really hard and brings a lot of energy and experience to the team."
Webb made his comeback from injury for Ospreys in mid-February and has not played for Wales since injuring a foot against Italy in September which led to him missing the World Cup.
Davies took his place at the tournament and scored a crucial try when Wales beat England 28-25 at Twickenham.
Charteris played in the opening two games of Six Nations campaign, but missed the 19-10 win over France with a knee injury and resumed training on Monday.
Record cap holder Jenkins suffered a calf strain against France so will not add to his 122 Wales appearances.
Both teams are unbeaten going into Saturday's match, with England boasting a 100% record under new coach Eddie Jones in pursuit of their first Grand Slam since 2003.
Wales have beaten Scotland and France after drawing 16-16 with Ireland in their opening game.
Wales Team: Liam Williams; Alex Cuthbert, Jonathan Davies, Jamie Roberts, George North; Dan Biggar, Gareth Davies; Rob Evans, Scott Baldwin, Samson Lee, Bradley Davies, Alun Wyn Jones, Dan Lydiate, Sam Warburton (capt), Taulupe Faletau.
Replacements: Ken Owens, Paul James, Tomas Francis, Luke Charteris, Justin Tipuric, Rhys Webb, Rhys Priestland, Gareth Anscombe.
Mia Ayliffe-Chung, 20, who was killed at a hostel in Queensland in August, did not die as a result of terrorism, police have said.
Despite this, her death was included on a list of 78 alleged "terror" attacks released by the Trump administration.
Rosie Ayliffe said Mia's death must not be used to persecute innocent people.
How the BBC covered Trump's list of 'under-reported' terror attacks
The White House released the list of attacks to back up Mr Trump's claim the media was "under-reporting" attacks committed or inspired by the Islamic State group.
The list included the Bataclan theatre attack in Paris, the shootings in Sousse, Tunisia, which killed 30 British tourists, and Ms Ayliffe-Chung's murder.
The 20 year old, from Wirksworth, died from multiple stab wounds, during the attack at Home Hill, near Townsville.
Australian police have ruled out the possibility her death - which was widely reported by media in the UK and abroad - was the result of a terror attack.
Mr Trump's comments come amid a legal bid by his administration to restore a travel ban on visitors and refugees from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
In an open letter to the president, Mrs Ayliffe said: "Treating immigrants as disposable commodities and disregarding their safety causes deaths throughout our so-called civilised world."
French national Smail Ayad, 29, has been charged with the murder of Ms Ayliffe-Chung and that of Thomas Jackson, 30, from Cheshire, who was also stabbed and later died in hospital.
Mrs Ayliffe added: "The possibility of Mia and Tom's deaths being consequent to an Islamic terror attack was discounted in the early stages of the police investigation.
"This vilification of whole nation states and their people based on religion is a terrifying reminder of the horror that can ensue when we allow ourselves to be led by ignorant people into darkness and hatred."
Mr Trump has insisted "the threat from radical Islamic terrorism is very real" and has vowed to have the travel ban reinstated.
Gavin Dawes, 33, ploughed into Jonos Sasvari while driving in excess of 80mph in a 30mph zone, a court heard.
Pedestrian Mr Sasvari was killed when Dawes went through a red light at a crossing on Brighton's seafront.
Sentencing at Lewes Crown Court, Judge Jeremy Gold said: "This was an appalling course of driving as is possible to imagine."
He added: "You, Gavin Dawes, are solely responsible for the death of a 78-year-old man."
Officers began to pursue Dawes when he failed to stop for them in the Bear Road area.
After mowing down Mr Sasvari, he drove away with his front windscreen smashed, bonnet dented and number plate hanging off.
Dawes, of Phoenix Rise, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and two counts of dangerous driving at an earlier hearing.
He was sentenced to nine years, but will serve an additional 15 months for a previous dangerous driving incident which he was sentenced at the same time. It will run consecutively, totalling 10 years and three months.
He was also disqualified from driving for 10 years after his release from prison.
Daniel Frier, defending, said Dawes felt "guilt, remorse and sadness".
Richard Woolgar, 35, of Donald Hall Road, Brighton, was also jailed for 12 months for dangerous driving.
He was seen driving erratically alongside Mr Dawes, in the minutes before the crash, but the vehicles went separate ways.
There is an ongoing investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) into what happened, including "the actions and decisions of the police officers who were in the area at the time".
Shaminder Singh spent about 40 hours a week, over 10 months constructing it by hand at his home in Coventry.
The 31-year-old forklift truck driver said: "After finishing work in the morning at 06:00 I just have a couple of hours sleep and then I get back on to this."
Mr Singh has offered to auction the model for charity.
Construction of the 50cm by 20cm (19.5in by 8in) model began in Mr Singh's living room in Wyken, Coventry, in September 2016.
Details such as the royal box, grand folding roof and corridors were all created using bamboo toothpicks bought from supermarkets.
"It's been hard work. Small work and it's taken a lot of time to make it," he said.
Hours were spent scouring the internet for photos of the real Wimbledon to double check the intricate detail as he's never actually seen the building.
"I would like to go but tickets are very expensive," he said.
The model maker has previously built a tiny Old Trafford and a plastic miniature stadium in memory of Australian batsman Phillip Hughes.
The British rider's comments follow a damning report into doping and criticism from former Olympic road race champion Nicole Cooke.
Froome, who has never failed a drugs test, tweeted: "If it can help clean up the sport I love, let's do it."
But Cooke believes he should not have been granted a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) to race in and win the 2014 Tour de Romandie.
She also criticises Brian Cookson, the new boss of the International Cycling Union, for failing to get to grips with the abuse of TUES, which legally permit riders to use banned substances for medical conditions.
Team Sky's Froome, who won the 2013 Tour de France, was granted a TUE for a steroid because he was suffering from a chest infection.
"I don't think it is at all right that Chris should have the race and prize money taken off him retrospectively, but Cookson needs to issue a very clear message: he should be apologising to the rest of the riders for failing them," Cooke wrote in The Guardian.
The 31-year-old Welsh cyclist added: "That TUE application should not have been approved; Froome and Sky should have had a clear choice of either riding without steroids or pulling out."
Cooke said Cookson, a founding board member of Team Sky, had left himself open to accusations of favouritism, although she praised him for commissioning the report in the first place.
Responding to Cooke's accusations, Cookson said: "I made it a firm pledge that I would separate myself from all anti-doping processes, specifically to avoid any potential conflict of interest."
The design work for the centre, at Ddole Road in Llandrindod Wells, is complete and the council is looking to appoint a construction company.
The unit will be able to house thousands of records, with documents dating from 1318 to the present day.
The work is due to be completed next summer, to open early autumn.
It followed concern from the National Archives about the council's ability to meet legal obligations in 2011.
The bottle reached a beach on St Mary's where it was spotted among rocks by Francesca McCarthy.
Inside was a message from a couple from the US who had dropped the bottle in the sea to mark a second honeymoon.
Ms McCarthy said William and Catherine Tallman were "ecstatic" to hear of the find.
The pair, from South Carolina, had dropped the message in a bottle into the sea while on a yachting holiday in May last year.
Ms McCarthy, who runs the Karma St Martin's hotel, said: "The message was so well preserved, I was really surprised to find it had come all the way from the Bahamas."
Mr Tallman, 45, who dropped the bottle into the sea to mark his second honeymoon, said he was "very surprised" the message had been found.
"It must have travelled about eight miles a day, which is sometimes faster than I sail," he said.
"I have dropped eight or 10 bottles over the years out of curiosity but this is the only one that's been picked up."
The amateur photographs are among the few records of excavations at Sutton Hoo in 1939, the National Trust said.
School mistresses Mercie Lack and Barbara Wagstaff took pictures as archaeologists studied the construction of an Anglo-Saxon burial ship.
Their photographs are now on show at the Sutton Hoo visitor centre.
It said it believes Ms Lack and Ms Wagstaff were tipped off by an archaeologist and arrived on site shortly after a helmet, gold jewellery and other treasured possessions had been removed.
The impending outbreak of war meant the keen amateur photographers captured a phase of the excavation that received little public attention.
During their time at the site, archaeologists were looking into the ship, now thought to be used to bury Anglo Saxon King Raedwald, who was laid to rest with the artefacts already found.
The National Trust said the photographs showed archaeologist Basil Brown, who made the discovery, and visitors including Princess Marie Louise, the granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
The collection also includes some of the earliest colour images from an archaeological site, which have allowed experts to gain further insight into the painstaking nature of the excavation, the National Trust added.
Until now, the majority of the prints have been kept in storage to conserve the collection and only a handful has previously been seen before, published in books.
Angus Wainwright, the National Trust's regional archaeologist, said: "These photographs are important not only for the light they shed on the excavations, but as a historic collection in its own right. The fact that there were only a few British women photographers around at that time makes the collection even more special.
"We hope that this exhibition will help us unearth more about the ladies behind the camera, as well as trace the individual who kindly donated this amazing collection to Sutton Hoo."
Rachel Lynn, whose surname was McIntyre at the time of the incident in Inverness, had been holding the baby by its ankles over her shoulder.
Following a hearing, the Nursing and Midwifery Council panel has determined that she should be struck off.
Ms Lynn has 28 days to appeal the decision.
An interim suspension order prevents her from working as a nurse while she considers whether to appeal.
The panel said her fitness to practice was "impaired".
The hearing was held after Ms Lynn was convicted in January this year of wilful ill-treatment of the child while under the influence of alcohol and in June 2014 of a drink-driving offence.
She was ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work following the incident involving the four-month-old child on Lawers Way in Inverness on 16 June 2014.
Inverness Sheriff Court heard that the child, who suffered a fracture to its skull, made a full recovery.
The girl was found in the Green Park area near Wimpson Lane, Southampton, at about 17:30 GMT on Tuesday.
She was taken to hospital for treatment following the attack but has since been discharged.
A 13-year-old girl arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm has been bailed until March.
Hampshire Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
Thailand's army, which took power in a coup in May, declared martial law over on Wednesday after almost a year.
But a section of the new constitution has been invoked instead under which the military retains significant power.
Critics have said Article 44 could lead to more draconian leadership and gives PM Prayuth Chan-Ocha unchecked power.
Security forces are still able to make arrests without warrants and detain people without charge, while Gen Prayuth - who led last year's coup - can rule by executive order in the name of national security.
The media remains heavily restricted and political gatherings of more than five people are still banned.
The US said it had wanted to see an end to detentions and the limits on freedom of expression.
"We are concerned that moving to a security order under Article 44 will not accomplish any of these objectives," a State Department official said.
"We would welcome the actual, full restoration of civil liberties in Thailand."
The move was also criticised as inadequate within Thailand.
Thitinan Pongsudhirak, a political scientist and director of the Institute of Security and International Studies at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University, told reporters Thailand was "functionally in the same boat".
"Similar restrictions are still in place. And where there are pockets of dissent and political expression it is likely to be more draconian."
The Thai military government - officially known as the National Council for Peace and Order - has promised to restore democracy and hold elections in late 2015, but there is concern it is consolidating its power before then.
Officials had said the civil restrictions were necessary to maintain stability after the political unrest that preceded the coup. But the government had come under increasing pressure both from rights groups and from the vital tourism sector to end martial law.
On Wednesday, Gen Prayuth insisted Article 44 would be "exercised constructively", telling Thais: "Don't worry, if you're not doing anything wrong, there's no need to be afraid."
Jersey Fire and Rescue's inshore rescue boat was called out on Monday afternoon after reports of a woman trapped near to the lighthouse.
The woman was taken from the rocks unharmed and back to St Helier in an RNLI lifeboat.
It is understood she had been taking photographs and had not noticed the tide surrounding her.
La Corbiere is on the south western corner of Jersey and is popular with tourists, although the area is known to be rocky with a strong swell. The fire service said the incident highlighted the need for visitors to be aware of the tide times.
Rice and oil plantations accounted for 38% of mangrove deforestation between 2000 and 2012, the research showed.
As well as being important carbon sinks and rich in biodiversity, mangrove forests provide fuel and food for coastal communities.
The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"Aquaculture has largely been held responsible for causing mangrove deforestation, particularly in countries like Thailand and the Philippines," explained co-author Daniel Richards from the National University of Singapore.
He told BBC News that a study of eight countries around the world between the 1970s and the early 2000s found that 54% of deforested mangroves were replaced with aquaculture ponds used for fish or shrimp/prawn production.
"Our study found that aquaculture was still important but we were surprised that in South-East Asia between 2000 and 2012, just 30% of deforested mangroves were replaced with aquaculture.
"The impact of other drivers, like rice and oil palm agriculture, was greater than we expected."
Mangroves - natural defences
•Mangroves are salt-tolerant evergreens that grow along coastlines, rivers and deltas
•Found in more than 120 tropical and subtropical nations
•The plants' root systems have been shown to dissipate wave energy
Dr Richards observed: "Almost 25,000 hectares of Myanmar's mangroves were converted to rice paddy between 2000 and 2012."
He added that while there had been a few previous studies that had highlighted the role of oil palm production as a cause for mangrove loss, they had no idea of the scale of the deforestation.
"Sixteen percent of all deforested mangroves in Southeast Asia were replaced with oil palm plantations during our study period," he said.
"We usually think of oil palm as an issue which affects tropical forests on land but our study shows that demand for oil palm is also driving deforestation in coastal mangrove forests."
Dr Richards and his colleague, Daniel Friess, used Google Earth to monitor how land was used once mangrove forests had been felled.
"We viewed [more than] 3,000 deforested mangrove patches, and recorded the land-use that they were replaced with," Dr Richards said.
"This study also builds on some great existing data sets that were provided by scientists at the University of Maryland and the US Geological Survey."
He warned that mangrove forests in the region were "very threatened":
"Our study focused on quite a recent period of time but mangroves in South-East Asia have experienced widespread deforestation for decades.
"Previous research suggests that around 90% of Singapore's original mangrove forests have been lost."
The region is home to about one third of the world's mangroves, including some of the most biodiverse.
The researchers said mangroves were important to people because they provide fish and crabs, wood and charcoal, and can help protect coastlines from erosion.
Mangrove forests also stored very high densities of carbon so had a role in regulating carbon in the atmosphere, they added.
In other regions, such as Sri Lanka, the value of intact mangrove forests has been recognised by authorities and measures have been put in place to protect them.
Dr Richards said that the importance of mangrove forests is becoming better understood, but it was a slow process.
"It is encouraging that our study found low rates of mangrove deforestation in Vietnam, the Philippines, and Brunei, and this is partly due to stronger protection of mangroves in these countries.
"There are initiatives to restore mangroves in some countries: the Mangrove Action Project in Thailand, and Blue Forests in Indonesia, are working with governments and local communities to protect and restore mangrove forests."
But he warned that more needed to be done: "Indonesia has more mangrove forests than any country in the world, and the mangroves in the more remote parts of the country, such as Indonesian Papua, are almost intact.
"However, these mangroves may be at risk of deforestation [as a result of] recent plans to grant concessions and develop the agriculture industry in this region.
"If we want to protect Indonesia's remaining mangroves then we need to act quickly."
16 December 2016 Last updated at 15:41 GMT
When we celebrate New Year at midnight in the UK, in some parts of the world it will still be 2016.
And it will have been 2017 for around half a day in places like New Zealand and Australia!
Want to find out who gets to celebrate first, where's left 'til last and why? Check out Jenny's video.
The Crewe captain, 23, was also a target for Wolves and Blackburn Rovers.
Murphy led Crewe to a mid-table finish in League One last season and also at Wembley.
Luke is young, hungry, wants to work hard and very obviously talented
"I feel he was the best player in his division last year," Leeds boss Brian McDermott told the club website.
"Luke certainly fits the profile of player that we're looking to attract - he is young, hungry, wants to work hard and very obviously talented.
"I'd like to thank the owners for making this deal happen. We had spoken about Luke earlier in the summer being one for the key signings we're looking to make."
Murphy is the latest on a long line of Crewe players to move on to bigger things, following last summer's most recent departures of Nick Powell to Manchester United and Ashley Westwood to Aston Villa.
"Luke's going is another proud day for us as a club, because it would be another million-pound plus player leaving us," Crewe manager Steve Davis told BBC Stoke.
"We cannot kid ourselves and we never have at Crewe, for when the time is right for a player to move on. Then they go with our blessing.
"Our young players know, especially the ones that have come through the Academy, that we wouldn't stand in their way when it comes to the right career move."
Investigators are probing payments made to the Uefa president by Fifa counterpart Sepp Blatter.
The FA announced in July it was backing the Frenchman for the role and said on Wednesday: "We are still of that view."
However, it added: "Events of recent days have raised a number of issues which do need to be fully examined."
Platini, 60, is being treated "in between a witness and an accused person", say Swiss investigators.
The FA board met on Wednesday and later said it maintained its "unanimous" support for Platini.
Blatter has said he will step down from football's world governing body in February, with Platini among those who will stand for the post.
Explaining its support for the former France international, the FA said: "We thought he was an excellent president of Uefa and could bring those same leadership qualities to Fifa."
But it stressed: "We are following the ongoing investigation initiated by the Swiss attorney general which Mr Platini is co-operating with in full."
Swiss prosecutors are looking into a payment made to Platini in 2011 for work he completed for Blatter almost a decade earlier.
Last week, Swiss prosecutors announced they were investigating Blatter on suspicion of criminal mismanagement in relation to that payment.
The attorney general's office said he was suspected of signing a contract that was "unfavourable to Fifa" and making a "disloyal payment" to Platini.
Both men have denied any wrongdoing.
The pair are also facing an investigation by Fifa's ethics committee over the issue.
It is the second time Sisu will take the council to court. A judicial review previously found for the council.
The row concerns the council's sale of its 50% share in the arena to Wasps Rugby Club in 2014.
Coventry council leader George Duggins said they would "meet the challenge in court". Sisu has not yet commented.
The row stems back to 2012 when the club was taken to court by then-stadium operator ACL over an unpaid rent bill, which resulted in the Sky Blues played home games at Northampton Town's ground for the 2013-14 season.
The club's owners said the rent was too high and should be renegotiated, but weeks later the council loaned £14m in public funds to ACL saying it was protecting an asset for the city.
Sisu questioned the legality of the council's move, but it was upheld by a judicial review in 2014 and in December 2016, the Supreme Court said there were no grounds to appeal.
The city council said it had been notified of Sisu's latest proceedings. It is understood Sisu will argue it was not offered the same terms as Wasps over the sale of the ground.
Mr Duggins said there was a "substantial legal bill" from the first judicial review for £750,000 which he said "will be on its way to the owners".
In a statement, the club said: "Coventry City FC does not pay any attention to, or concern itself with, off-pitch legal matters.
"The football club is solely concentrated on matters on the pitch, and securing enough points to maintain our League One status beyond the current season."
The latest development comes after fans were arrested following a pitch protest over the way the club is run.
Mr Duggins told fans: "Continue the protest, if you must do, you have public opinion on your side - not just in Coventry but nationally - but don't spoil that by stepping outside the law"
It tells the story of young dinosaur Arlo who has lots of fears. But with the help of a new friend, he goes on a journey where he learns to be more brave.
The film's director, Peter Sohn, has worked as a writer and animator but has never directed a full length film before.
He was the voice of Squishy in Monsters University and the character of Russell in UP was even based on Peter's face.
Martin has been speaking to Peter to find out more about The Good Dinosaur and what it was like making the movie.
Magdy Eskander was accused of touching the then-14-year-old while carrying out an examination at Darlington Memorial Hospital in 2011.
The 59-year-old had denied three charges of sexual assault, and was cleared by a jury following a trial at Teesside Crown Court.
Another charge regarding a second girl was dropped earlier in the trial.
The court heard that during his career as an orthopaedic surgeon he had examined about 600 children a year, and always insisted on a chaperone in the room.
He denied sexual assault, saying it was "offensive" to be compared to a "low-life paedophile".
The jury took just three hours to clear him.
After the verdict his legal team, speaking on his behalf, said it had been a "difficult and distressing time for everybody".
Dr Richard Stacey, from Medical Protection, said: "[Mr Eskander] has welcomed the opportunity of clearing his name.
"Now in his retirement, he is going to concentrate on his church and charity work."
The bodies were discovered in a property in Cornhill Terrace shortly after 22:30 on Wednesday.
The area has been cordoned off by police who are treating the deaths as unexplained.
Det Insp Allen Shaw said the inquiry was at a "very early stage" but police officers believe the incident is "contained".
He added: "As our investigation continues there will be a strong police presence in the area and I would like to thank the local community in advance for their patience and cooperation."
A flurry of punches sent Hopkins through the ropes and, after he failed to return to the ring in 20 seconds, he was beaten by technical knockout.
Hopkins said he was "shoved" and hit his head in his fall in the light heavyweight bout.
He added he twisted his ankle and "couldn't stand up".
Hopkins confirmed the fight would be the last of his 28-year career, which he ended with a record of 55 wins (32 KOs), eight defeats, and two draws.
The former two-weight world champion defended his world middleweight title 20 times between 1995 and 2005 and is the oldest man to hold a world title, aged 49.
The American had never been beaten inside the distance before his defeat by compatriot Smith Jr in his first fight since losing on points to Russia's Sergey Kovalev two years ago.
Smith was ahead on points on two of the judges' scorecards before he ended the fight with a series of punches which culminated in a left hook that sent Hopkins through the ropes in Los Angeles.
"I've seen him fall and I kept hitting him," Smith, 27, said. "I landed that left hook at the end there to finish the job.
"I hit him with four or five clean shots there, good shots right on the button.
"I didn't expect him to get up but he is a true champion. I came here to do my job. This is my coming out party. I had to finish him."
Meanwhile, Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk, the 2012 Olympic heavyweight gold medallist, defended his WBO cruiserweight title with a knockout of South African Thabiso Mchunu in the ninth round.
Black Lace's Dene Michael and actor Billy Pearce also feature in the new version of the Gerry and the Pacemakers classic, You'll Never Walk Alone.
Money raised from sales will go to the Bradford Burns Unit.
Fifty Six people died when a fire broke out at Bradford City's ground during a match against Lincoln City in May 1985.
Mr Michael said: "It would be nice to raise quite a lot of money. We're hoping to get to number one and you never know with these things.
"If people get behind it then I'm sure we can raise quite a few pounds."
Songwriter Flint Bedrock, Clive Jackson from Dr and the Medics and singers Gareth gates, Owen Paul and Billy Shears are also involved in the recording.
Town, who are guaranteed a place in the Championship play-offs, lost 2-0 at St Andrew's.
Birmingham survived with a last-day win at Bristol City as Blackburn went down.
Huddersfield have been asked for their "observations" but Harvey told BBC Sport Huddersfield "probably deserve the right to plan for the play-offs".
Blackburn manager Tony Mowbray questioned Town manager David Wagner's team selection after that penultimate game of the season, saying "maybe he is not aware of the way the British game is played and the integrity of all the leagues".
Rovers were relegated despite beating Brentford 3-1 in their final game, finishing two points behind Birmingham. Nottingham Forest also avoided the drop, on goal difference, by beating Ipswich 3-0.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek, Harvey said: "Over a 46-game season there are lots of changes to teams, and they only tend to get highlighted at the very end.
"We certainly understand why Nottingham Forest and Blackburn were disappointed by Huddersfield's decision.
"But Huddersfield make their decisions based on their reasons. It's very subjective what a full-strength side is, because a full-strength side is the 11 players who are selected by the manager at the time to do a particular job.
"If people believe the team could have been stronger and would have given them a better chance of winning, that's where credibility gets questioned."
Blackpool and Wolves were fined for fielding much-changed teams in Premier League matches in 2010 and 2009 respectively.
The 44-year-old was discovered by officers called to an address on Delarden Road in Pallister Park at 23:45 GMT on Thursday.
Cleveland Police said it was conducting inquiries in the local area to piece together the circumstances of the death, and appealed for information.
Detectives are currently questioning a 21-year-old man and another aged 53.
It claims that over 80% of people using their pension pot to buy a retirement income get no proper advice about it.
The TUC is basing its figures on what happened in the year following the pension "freedoms", first introduced in April 2015.
However the government said free help was available from the Pensions Advisory Service, and Pension Wise.
In its analysis, the TUC said no one who withdrew a cash lump sum from their pension in 2015/16 got professional financial advice.
Just 15% of those setting up a drawdown policy received official help.
By contrast, 73% of those buying an annuity - an income for life - did consult a financial adviser.
The TUC said it was concerned that financial advice was too expensive for most people, and that many low and middle-income savers could buy the wrong products, or fall victim to pension scams.
"Pension freedom may sound great on paper," said Frances O'Grady, the TUC general secretary.
"But it is not liberating to leave hundreds of thousands of people to fend for themselves in what is now a very complicated and expensive part of the pensions market."
A similar warning was sounded last week by the pension provider LV=, which said pensioners could become part of a "mis-buying crisis".
It said use of Pension Wise - the government's guidance service - should be made compulsory for savers accessing their pension pots.
Pension Wise offers free general guidance to those over 55, but not tailored advice.
The changes introduced in April 2015 mean that anyone over the age of 55 can withdraw as much money as they like from their pension pot, subject to income tax.
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"We want everyone to have a financially secure retirement, which is why we have introduced wide-ranging reforms to make pension saving easier and clearer," said a spokesperson for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
The TUC also wants the government-backed National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) to offer retirement incomes as well as a savings scheme.
The government is considering the idea at the moment, with submissions closing on 5 October.
Graeme Schoneville said he hit a rock on wet gravel before the car rolled off the forest track.
Joy Robson, 51, died at the scene of the crash at the Snowman Rally near Inverness in February 2013.
The fatal accident inquiry (FAI) will also investigate the deaths of three people at the Jim Clark Rally in the Scottish Borders in 2014.
Iain Provan, Elizabeth Allan and Len Stern lost their lives at the rally near Coldstream.
Mr Schoneville gave evidence to the inquiry at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Wednesday.
He said: "We came to a corner and the road surface changed and the car began to slide, which was okay - we'd experienced that plenty of times.
"As I tried to correct the slide, the car then swung in the other direction and impacted a rock."
He added that all he could then remember "was a loud bang" at the back left hand side of his Honda Civic.
Mr Schoneville said: "It just went black inside, the car just somersaulted in the air.
"I can remember it rolling: sky, then dark, sky."
The car landed on its wheels among some small trees.
He told the court: "Immediately after the crash, the car landing, (we were) aware of a lot of people round about the car and we could obviously see a commotion and we knew that somebody was potentially under the car.
"That's why we exited the car as quickly as possible."
The people surrounding the vehicle were lifting the car, he said.
Advocate depute Andrew Brown QC, for the Crown, asked him: "Presumably you were very concerned?"
"Yes," he replied.
He became aware later in the day that a woman had died and a child had been injured in the accident, the inquiry heard.
Mr Schoneville, who began rallying in 2006, said he had effectively not returned to racing since the incident.
"I tried to, it never felt the same," he said.
He and his navigator were not injured in the incident.
The inquiry heard there were no mechanical defects with the car and the gravel on the ground was wet at the time of the crash.
Mr Schoneville said the Snowman Rally had always been popular with members of the public.
Asked about spectators standing close to the road in places, the witness said: "Obviously, with hindsight, it's not safe."
He also said: "The rule of thumb is that you should never stand on the outside of a corner."
Another witness, Michael Hossack, told the inquiry that people had been standing "unusually close" to the track.
Mr Hossack, who filmed the event, described seeing a car in mid-air before it struck a spectator.
The inquiry also heard that marshals tried to move people on but were often ignored. It was common for spectators at rallies to breach safety rules, the inquiry was told.
Conway crossed twice in the opening 23 minutes, but Ospreys responded with tries from Dan Biggar and Ben John to trail 14-12 at the break.
Wing Conway added his third try, and despite Ashley Beck's response, Cian Healy had the last word for Leinster.
The Irish province will now face Glasgow in Dublin in the semi-finals.
Reigning champions Ospreys needed a victory to have any hope of snatching fourth place from Welsh rivals Scarlets, but it proved a bridge too far against a slick Leinster outfit, who finish the regular season in second place in the table.
The home side, still bouncing from their Amlin Challenge Cup semi-final thrashing of Biarritz six days ago, quickly set the tone for an open and attacking encounter.
Sharp passing and inventive running angles immediately put the league's meanest defence on the back foot, resulting in two early Conway tries.
Both scores, though, should have been prevented.
Ospreys wing Ross Jones was culpable for the first after just seven minutes, allowing Fergus McFadden's grubber kick to slip through his fingers and legs near the right touchline.
Conway picked up the loose ball and had a clear run to the line. Sexton converted superbly.
Ospreys prop Adam Jones, one of five from the Welsh region named in the Lions squad this week, was the next to be found wanting defensively.
His soft tackle at the base of a lineout out allowed Leinster scrum-half Luke McGrath to break clear, and Conway was perfectly placed on his shoulder to take an inside pass to race in for a second score.
Sexton's conversion completed a breathless opening for the rampant home side, but Ospreys were in no mood to relinquish their hold on the league title without a fight.
Biggar took it upon himself to start the comeback, catching the home defence dozing with a quick tap penalty.
The fly-half had some way to go, but some more weak tackling, notably from McGrath, allowed him to wriggle his way over. He added the extras from the left touchline.
A second try soon followed as Ospreys showed they had the handling skills and dynamic runners to match their host.
A deflected clearance kick fell invitingly for Tom Habberfield and he promptly glided through the serrated defence into Leinster's 22.
Quick ball was secured from the ruck and centre Ben John had too much power for Sexton in the right corner after Tom Bearman's well-timed pass.
But three minutes either side of half-time reasserted Leinster's dominance as they established a 12-point lead that they never looked like relinquishing.
After Sexton's penalty with the final kick before the break, Conway gave the hosts the perfect start to the second half by completing his hat-trick.
Again, wing Ross Jones was caught out defensively as his opposite number collected his own kick ahead far too easily. Sexton's conversion from the right touchline went over off the left-hand post.
A second Sexton penalty extended the lead, but again Ospreys showed a commendable appetite to fight back as they sensed their grip on the title slipping away.
A marginal forward pass call denied Ashley Beck a try under the posts, but the centre's long pass then found Tom Isaacs in acres of space to cross over unopposed, with Biggar converting.
But any thoughts an unlikely late comeback were soon banished by Sexton's penalty and then replacement prop Healy produced a fitting finale to a enthralling contest by sprinting clear for the home side's fourth converted try.
Leinster: R. Kearney; Conway, McFadden, Madigan, Nacewa; J. Sexton, J. McGrath, L. McGrath, Cronin, Hagan, Cullen, Roux, Ruddock, Jennings, O'Brien.
Replacements: Goodman for Nacewa (79), Healy for J. McGrath (62), Cooney for L. McGrath (62), Strauss for Cronin (62), Bent for Hagan (68), Toner for Cullen (68), Murphy for Jennings (58).
Not Used: O'Driscoll.
Ospreys: Fussell; Haberfield, Beck, John, R. Jones; Biggar, Webb; D. Jones, Baldwin, A. Jones, A. Jones, King, Tipuric, Lewis, Bearman.
Replacements: Morgan for Fussell (70), Isaacs for R. Jones (56), Spratt for Webb (16), Bevington for D. Jones (47), Arhip for A. Jones (60), Allen for Bearman (70).
Not Used: Griffiths, Evans.
Att: 16,000
Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)
Assistant Referees: Mark Patton, Stuart Gaffikin (both IRFU)
Citing Commissioner: Eugene Ryan (IRFU)
TMO: Alan Rogan (IRFU)
Captain Asghar Stanikzai's 62 from 47 balls had fired the underdogs to 153-7, having been 51-4 with nine overs left.
But Tillakaratne Dilshan hit 83 after a solid opening with Dinesh Chandimal, while some poor fielding helped Sri Lanka reach their target in Kolkata.
The 2014 winners have struggled of late but won with seven balls to spare.
Afghanistan, coached by former Pakistan batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq, reached the Super 10s with three wins out of three in the first round, including a 59-run victory over closest competitors Zimbabwe.
The Central Asian side only began playing Twenty20 internationals against ICC members in 2010, and are ranked ninth in the world, one behind Sri Lanka.
One of their most impressive performers in qualification was Mohammad Shahzad, but here the opening batsman was out cheaply, top-edging an Angelo Mathews delivery to Dushmantha Chameera having made eight runs from 12 balls.
From there it looked as though Sri Lanka would go on to force a critical advantage, with Rangana Herath claiming two wickets as three batsmen fell for just 15 runs and Afghanistan slumped to 51-4.
But then stepped forward Stanikzai and Samiullah Shenwari, who scored five sixes between them to move Afghanistan forward at an impressive rate in a vital partnership of 61.
Even with Shenwari out for 31 from 14 balls, Stanikzai continued to bat superbly, the highlight of his highest T20 international total a soaring six off Thisara Perera as Afghanistan scored 106 off their last 10 overs.
Sri Lanka were crowned champions in Bangladesh in 2014 but have since had to rebuild their Twenty20 squad following the retirements of Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.
They won just one of four matches at the Asia Cup in the build-up to the tournament - against the United Arab Emirates - but remain the best-performing team at the World Twenty20 since its inception in 2007, now with 22 wins from 32 matches.
Here they were also missing Lasith Malinga, the fourth most prolific wicket-taker in Twenty20 internationals, who was not fit to play, and their best performances came with the bat.
Openers Dilshan and Chandimal steamed ahead with a partnership of 41, the former delighting the crowd with his trademark scoop shot before the latter was out cheaply, caught at mid-wicket.
After Thirimanne fell to 17-year-old Rashid Khan - the second youngest player to appear at a World T20 after Pakistan's Mohammad Amir - Thisara was moved up the order and made 12 before being run out for 85-3.
At that stage the Afghans might well have believed they were still in with a fighting chance, but Dilshan continued to score and several errors in the field allowed boundaries to creep through and relieve any pressure.
And fittingly it was 39-year-old Dilshan who secured the win with a boundary to square leg, the final flourish in his third highest international Twenty20 total.
Man of the match Tillakaratne Dilshan: "I needed runs because I got two ducks in the warm-ups. I'm really happy with how I batted.
"150 was a good total. We still had to bat smart because they have quality bowlers. When you come to these tournaments, I always think the first match is important. Our senior guys have to stand up and do it for the team."
Afghanistan captain Asghar Stanikzai: "We felt we were 10-15 short but Dilshan took the responsibility and played very well.
"We also missed a few in the field and made some big mistakes, we need to improve that."
Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews: "It was a much-needed victory, we haven't played that well in the recent past. The bowlers bowled pretty well but credit should go to the Afghan batters.
"We're not looking too far ahead, if we click we can do wonders as a team, but we're just taking one game at a time."
Afghanistan face South Africa on Sunday (09:30 GMT) while Sri Lanka play West Indies later the same day (14:00).
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Dywedodd Chris Grayling bod y trenau hybrid diesel-drydanol fydd yn cael eu defnyddio ar y lein yn golygu bod "dim angen" trydaneiddio i'r gorllewin o Gaerdydd.
Ond dywedodd Llywodraeth Cymru bod peidio trydaneiddio gyfystyr â "thorri blynyddoedd o addewidion i bobl Cymru".
Mae'r llywodraeth honno eisoes wedi galw ar Lywodraeth y DU i roi'r grym a'r arian i'r Cynulliad ddarparu trenau trydan ar gyfer y gorllewin.
Dywedodd AC Plaid Cymru, Dai Lloyd, bod y penderfyniad yn "dro pedol sylweddol iawn, iawn", tra bod Cyngor Abertawe'n dweud ei fod yn "frad".
Mewn erthygl i Wales Online fore Iau, dywedodd Mr Grayling y bydd Abertawe'n cael "holl fudd" rheilffordd drydan ond "heb y misoedd o waith" a "gwasanaethau bws dros dro".
Yn ei ddatganiad yn ddiweddarach, dywedodd bod angen "ailystyried y ffordd rydyn ni'n moderneiddio'r rheilffyrdd" a "thrydaneiddio dim ond ble mae 'na fudd go iawn i deithwyr na fedran ni'i gael drwy dechnolegau eraill".
Ychwanegodd y bydd gwelliannau eraill yn cael eu gwneud i'r rhwydwaith, gan gynnwys trenau uniongyrchol i Ddoc Penfro o Lundain trwy Gaerfyrddin a newidiadau i orsafoedd Caerdydd ac Abertawe.
Mewn datganiad, dywedodd Llywodraeth Cymru bod gan Lywodraeth y DU "ddyletswydd i Gymru".
"Rydyn ni wedi galw'n gyson am drydaneiddio'r rheilffordd hyd at Abertawe", meddai llefarydd.
"Mae Llywodraeth y DU wedi gwrthod datganoli cyllid isadeiledd y rheilffordd... felly mae'n ddyletswydd arnyn nhw i fuddsoddi yng Nghymru.
"Os yw'r adroddiadau'n wir, bydd gyfystyr â thorri blynyddoedd o addewidion i bobl Cymru."
Dywedodd Rob Stewart, arweinydd Cyngor Abertawe, ei fod yn "ddig" ac mai "brad" oedd y penderfyniad.
Fe ddywedodd bod Llywodraeth y DU wedi addo y byddai trydaneiddio'n digwydd, a'i fod yn codi amheuon am eu hymrwymiad i Forlyn Abertawe yn ogystal.
Mewn cyfweliad ar raglen Y Post Cyntaf fore Iau, dywedodd AC Plaid Cymru ar gyfer Gorllewin De Cymru, Dai Lloyd, ei fod yn "siom enfawr" ac yn "benderfyniad gwarthus".
Ychwanegodd ei fod wedi cael "addewidion pendant gan wahanol lywodraethau" dros y blynyddoedd ac "felly mae'n cynrychioli tro pedol sylweddol iawn, iawn".
Dywedodd Owain Davies o CBI Cymru hefyd bod y cyhoeddiad yn siom.
"Dwi'n siomedig iawn. Mae'r rhaid dweud ro'n i'n edrych 'mlaen i gael y rheilffordd wedi'i drydaneiddio", meddai.
"Mae'n dangos bod Llywodraeth y DU ddim yn barod i fuddsoddi yn yr ardal hon o Gymru sydd angen y math yma o fuddsoddiad.
"Os nad ydy'r cyllid ar gael, rhaid iddyn nhw ffeindio fe."
Norway is not in the EU but enacts most EU legislation in order to maintain access to the single market.
"Europe without Britain I don't think is as strong a Europe as with Britain inside," Mr Brende told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
The UK will hold an in/out referendum on EU membership by the end of 2017.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has launched a diplomatic campaign to garner support from other EU leaders for his EU reform plans.
New curbs on migrant benefits are a priority for the UK Conservatives, but they also want to cut EU bureaucracy, give national parliaments a bigger say over EU laws and remove market barriers in key areas such as services.
Eurosceptic opponents of the UK's membership argue that being outside would enable the UK to control immigration from the EU and trade more freely with major powers outside the EU.
Mr Brende said Norway was "among the fastest in Europe" in implementing EU directives, "because the single market is so important", with almost 80% of Norwegian exports going to the EU.
The foreign minister is from Norway's Conservative Party, the country's main centre-right party.
Norway is in the European Economic Area (EEA), along with Iceland and Liechtenstein, which allows them to trade in the single market.
Some British Eurosceptics look to Norway's position as a model for the UK if it were to leave the EU.
"In the EEA we have to implement all EU directives... we're not around the table when they're discussed in Brussels," Mr Brende said.
"We see Britain as an important voice also in the EU, we know Britain is now seeing a recovery in its economy, and we want to see the European economy also revive…
"Part of this is also addressing the bureaucracy in Brussels, in a no-nonsense manner. I think Britain is that kind of voice in the EU...
"Britain also can have more influence inside the EU than outside."
When asked about trade with the rest of the world, Mr Brende said a future EU-US free trade deal, currently being negotiated, could be "a challenge" for non-EU countries like Norway - and the UK if voters said "No" to EU membership.
Tiny marine plants induced to grow by the iron sink to the ocean floor taking carbon with them, a German-led team reports in
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Iron fertilisation is one of the oldest ideas for a climate "technical fix".
But much more research is needed before the approach could be put to use, the scientists say, and cutting emissions should be the priority.
There have been about 12 iron fertilisation experiments at sea down the years, stimulated by the pioneering theory of oceanographer John Martin.
In the 1980s, he proposed that in many parts of the oceans, the growth of phytoplankton - tiny marine plants, or algae - was limited by lack of iron.
Adding iron, he suggested, would enable the plants to make full use of nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus; and as they grew, they would absorb carbon dioxide.
This has since become the most researched of all the proposed "geoengineering" approaches - technical fixes for climate change.
Many experiments have shown that adding iron stimulates the phytoplankton to grow and absorb CO2; but whether the carbon is released again as the plants die, or through respiration of tiny animals (zooplankton) that eat them, has never been clear.
The new paper, which relates to the European Iron Fertilization Experiment (EIFEX) performed in 2004 in the Southern Ocean, is the first to give a clear positive answer to that question.
EIFEX deposited about five tonnes of iron sulphate into an eddy in the Southern Ocean currents. Scientists showed that the water in the eddy was pretty much self-contained, its rotation largely isolating it from the rest of the ocean.
Releasing the iron caused a big bloom of algae, which died off again in the days following the release as the iron concentration dwindled.
Over a seven-week period, scientists monitored the water inside and outside the eddy before, during and after deployment of the iron sulphate.
"We had instruments that we could deploy right down to the seafloor, which is at 3,800m depth," said Victor Smetacek, lead researcher on the new paper.
"We also had water bottles that we could close at specific depths, removing the water samples, and we did a huge number of measurements on the phytoplankton and its environment - the nutrients, the iron, and the zooplankton," the Alfred Wegener Institute scientist told the BBC.
These measurements showed that about half of the carbon absorbed from the surface waters was taken down to the sea floor when the phytoplankton died.
"We've quantified this response and were able to guess at the reasons that made the algae sink out of the water column," said Prof Smetacek.
"The organic carbon in the dead algae leaked out and became a sticky mess, you could say, and this picked up other particles and we have these large flocs (flakes of solid matter) sinking out."
Carbon dioxide is constantly being exchanged between the surface of the ocean and the atmosphere.
The presumption is that once the carbon has made it to the ocean floor in solid form, it will remain there for centuries. Meanwhile, the surface water, which is now relatively depleted in carbon, will absorb more from the atmosphere.
Dr Michael Steinke from the UK's University of Essex, who was not involved in the study, said it provided "the very first evidence of a man-made conduit between the increasingly CO2-burdened atmosphere and the deep sea".
However, one clear lesson from the number of iron fertilisation experiments down the years is that each patch of ocean is different; to work well, it needs to have the right mix of nutrients and the right kinds of organisms.
The biggest experiment of all, Lohafex, dealt a blow to hopes of utilising ocean fertilisation when
it reported three years ago
that six tonnes of iron produced little extra plankton growth.
"Will this [new paper] open up the gates to large-scale geoengineering using ocean fertilisation to mitigate climate change?" asked Dr Steinke rhetorically.
"Likely not, since the logistics of finding the right spot for such experiments are difficult and costly. Of the twelve fertilisation experiments of this kind... this group's experiment is the only example to date that demonstrates the all-important carbon burial in the deep sea sediments, away from the atmosphere."
Prof John Shepherd from the UK's National Oceanography Centre, who chaired the Royal Society report
Geoengineering the Climate
, said impacts on sea life needed to be taken into account before iron fertilisation could be contemplated as a real-life "technical fix".
"Whilst the new research is an interesting and valuable contribution in this evolving field, it does not address the potential ecological side effects of such a technology and it still just a single study in what is a poorly understood field," he said.
Prof Smetacek's own analysis is that even if it were deployed on a vast scale, ocean fertilisation could only take up about a quarter of the extra carbon dioxide being deposited in the atmosphere by humanity's industry, transport and agriculture.
"This is not a solution - the first thing we need to do is reduce emissions, that's absolutely essential," he said.
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He said items like chocolate, cheese and wine would be hit by a "triple whammy" of tariff checks, customs checks and workforce shortages.
The comments come as the government works out what Brexit should mean for trade and movement of people.
Supporters of Brexit have accused Remain supporters of scaremongering.
Foreign Secretary, and prominent Leave campaigner, Boris Johnson predicted last week that the UK would get a trade deal "of greater value" with the European Union than it has currently as part of the single market.
He added that talk of "soft" Brexit - retaining some form of membership of the single market in exchange for some conceding of control over immigration - and "hard Brexit" - leaving the single market but having fuller control over migration - was purely "theoretical".
Mr Clegg, who is now the Lib Dems' spokesman on Europe, predicted that "hard Brexit" - automatically reverting to World Trade Organization trading rules - would affect UK consumers.
Last week, Tesco removed products made by Unilever - including Marmite, Comfort fabric conditioner, Hellmann's mayonnaise and Ben & Jerry's ice cream - from its website, after the manufacturer raised its prices, citing a fall in the value of the pound. The row was resolved, with the supermarket selling the items once more.
Mr Clegg said: "It's clear that Marmite was just the tip of the iceberg. A hard Brexit will lead us off a cliff edge towards higher food prices, with a triple whammy of punishing tariffs, customs checks and workforce shortages.
"The only way the government will be able to avoid this outcome is if it maintains Britain's membership of the single market."
A Lib Dem report says £11bn worth of agricultural products the UK sells to the EU each year would be hit with an average tariff of 22.3%.
Tariffs on beef exports would be set at 59%, chocolate at 38%, cheese at 40% and wine at 14%, it adds.
The event at Rothiemurchus in the Cairngorms National Park will take place on 31 July and 1 August.
Primal Scream, The Maccabees, Lianne La Havas and Honeyblood will also be performing at the 25,000-ticket event.
The festival will be the only UK and European leg of the band's world tour to promote their album Wilder Mind.
The boy was taken to Raigmore Hospital and received treatment at the accident and emergency unit after the incident on Wednesday.
The school has been closed to S1 to S3 pupils while repairs are done to the window in the part of the school that they use.
Highland Council said the building remained open to S4-6 students.
Head teacher John Rutter said: "Following an incident at the school yesterday, a pupil was taken to Raigmore Hospital and received treatment at the accident and emergency unit.
"We cannot comment further."
The announcements include investments by Vodafone and Barclays designed to support start-ups; and the opening of a video games studio by one of Japan's richest businessmen.
The news was timed to coincide with the Olympics to maximise publicity.
It follows recent announcements from Google, Facebook, Amazon, Intel and Skype about new projects in London.
Tech City - a hub of digital and creative businesses located in East London - accounts for the bulk of the latest news, including:
Elsewhere, Sophia Search - a University of Ulster spin-out which provides software tools to help firms catalogue and analyse their data - has secured $3.7m (£2.4m) of investment allowing it to hire new staff in both the UK and US.
Airwatch - a US company that helps companies manage what apps and content are installed on their employees' smartphones and tablets - has announced plans to hire 75 new staff, doubling the size of its European headquarters in Milton Keynes.
And Tribal - a British software service provider to the training industry - is creating 40 new posts in Sheffield after winning more than £32m worth of contracts from Australia and New Zealand.
Further details will be announced at a London event organised by the government's UK Trade and Investment department to take advantage of the fact the Olympics have attracted many foreign officials and business leaders to the city.
"The government is determined to make Britain the technology centre of Europe, with London's Tech City at its heart," said Chancellor George Osborne ahead of the event.
London's tech ambitions face competition from elsewhere in Europe.
Berlin, Tallinn, Barcelona and Paris are among other cities with rising start-up scenes, while slightly further afield Israel's "Silicon Wadi" - based in and around Tel Aviv - has also benefited from its links to the Israeli military.
However, over recent months London has been able to claim several coups.
In April, Microsoft's Skype division announced it was creating about 100 posts to help upgrade its video chat program and work on a version for Xbox games consoles.
In May, chipmaker Intel said it was opening a centre in the capital to test "smart city" technologies using sensors to monitor and adjustment things such as water supplies, traffic flows and air pollution.
Then in July, Amazon revealed plans to build a media development centre in the city to improve its on-demand TV and movie services, which include Lovefilm.
The same month Facebook said it was creating its first engineering team outside of the US. Although the team only involves 12 people, the firm said it intended to recruit more once they had settled in.
Google has also set up a "creator space" at its Soho office to help members of its YouTube service create professional-looking videos.
The facility includes a green screen to allow users to be superimposed over pre-filmed backdrops as well as professional editing suites and cameras.
The department, which represents Wales in the UK government, will now have two ministers instead of three.
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth has been transferred to the Northern Ireland Office.
He will combine it with his role as minister for faith and integration at the Department for Communities and Local Government in England.
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns and part-time junior minister Guto Bebb, who is also a government whip, retained their roles.
A Wales Office source said there was a plan to ensure the department's voice was heard in the House of Lords after Lord Bourne's move.
The Wales Office has only had a minister in the upper house since 2012. Before that a peer acted as a spokesperson there.
Sergey Vovnenko was jailed for 41 months for hijacking computers and selling stolen credit card numbers.
Eric Taylor, who stole and then published sensitive information about celebrities and public figures, received three years' probation.
Both were also involved in attacks on security researcher Brian Krebs, who exposed their online criminal activity.
Mr Krebs said Vovnenko was one of the administrators of a discussion forum that traded in stolen payment cards and personal data, in a blogpost reporting the sentencing.
Mr Krebs won access to the forum only to discover Mr Vovnenko's plan to send heroin to him and then, via an anonymous tip-off, get the police to raid his home. Prompt action by Mr Krebs foiled the attempt to frame him.
In 2014, Vovnenko was arrested in Italy then extradited to the US for trial for his part in running the card fraud forum and for compromising computers from which saleable data was stolen.
As well as serving a 41-month sentence, Vovnenko will also be supervised for three years following his release and must pay compensation of $83,368 (£67,000).
Taylor was arrested in 2012 as part of a massive series of raids on criminal hacker groups around the world, co-ordinated by the FBI.
Taylor was a member of a hacker group that published some of the stolen data exposing sensitive information about celebrities, prominent public figures and ordinary Americans.
He targeted Mr Krebs after the blogger exposed his part in hacking a Russian underground forum that harboured information stolen from a US consumer data firm.
In the hoax attack, Taylor used an instant message service to make it look like Mr Krebs was reporting that his home had been invaded by Russians who had shot his wife and were holding him hostage.
The report led to Mr Krebs being briefly handcuffed outside his home while officers swept his home seeking the Russian criminals.
Mr Krebs was released after police realised it was a hoax and because paperwork revealed that the blogger had reported the possibility that he would be subject to this type of attack some weeks earlier.
The 27-year-old left the Cards to join the League Two club last summer, after spending two years at Kingfield.
Arthur has made 12 appearances for Crawley this season, but has only started three league games.
"Chris needs games. This is a good move for him to a club and set-up he is familiar with," Reds boss Dermot Drummy told the club website.
The length of Arthur's loan deal has not been disclosed.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.
Jenni Morton-Humphreys, from Bristol, found her bike on social media. She met and tricked the culprit to get it back.
She said: "I cycled on the pavement, fell off a couple of times, then I saw a corner, took it and cycled as fast as I could and didn't look back."
Police say such actions gives suspects a head start in destroying evidence.
An Avon and Somerset police spokesman said: "We'd advise against people taking matters into their own hands due the risks involved and the fact it provides criminals with an opportunity to destroy evidence before we can investigate them.
"In this case we've carried out a full investigation into the theft of the bike and have kept in regular contact with the victim throughout.
"We have exhausted all current possible lines of enquiry pending new information."
The £800 Cube bike was stolen about six weeks ago from a bike rack at the Harbourside in Bristol.
As soon as Ms Morton-Humphreys realised it had gone, she posted photos of her bike on a Bristol Cycling Facebook appealing for its return.
Within two hours a member of the Facebook group saw it advertised for sale for £100.
He then remained in touch with the seller, saying his 'sister' wanted it and arranged for them to meet the following day.
Ms Morton-Humphreys took a friend who remained close by for safety during the sting.
She said: "I made sure I didn't have any other possessions on me in case they said 'why don't you give us your phone, or give us your money or bank card' or something.
"If I just gave them some keys and cigarettes they would think I would come back.
"In fact it was two keys to the bike locks that they had cut off my bike."
After cycling away, her friend told her the seller "just stood there looking confused".
Ms Morton-Humphreys, whose sting has gone viral on social media, said she now uses her "less expensive" bike to travel around Bristol.
She also said she was more worried about her bike's safety when she came face to face with the culprits, in case it was vandalised.
The charges relate to a range of fireworks-related offences in the run-up to Bonfire Night. All of the incidents took place in the north of Edinburgh.
A spokesman for Police Scotland said their behaviour was "reckless" and presented a "serious risk" to safety.
He said officer will work to identify all those responsible.
On Sunday 22 November, the police were called after youths threw fireworks at a Lothian Bus and onto the road in the Restalrig Road and Restalrig Road South area.
Ten males - one aged 12, four aged 13, three aged 14, one aged 15 and one aged 17 - were charged in connection with the incident.
The following Tuesday, 24 October, reports were made to police that young men were aiming fireworks at pedestrians and passing traffic at Scotmid, Restalrig Road South.
Two 13-year-olds and a 15-year-old were arrested and charged following the incident.
The 15-year-old has also been charged in connection with an incident at the Gulf petrol station in Restalrig the same day, where a firework was set off in another youth's face.
Several young people were seen throwing fireworks around on the evening of Thursday 26 October, according to reports by residents in Cables Wynd House.
Those responsible also targeted a police car, which arrived at the scene to investigate.
Three males, a 13-year-old and a 17-year-old, have since been charged.
Chris Johnson had the home side in front early on but Miles Hippolyte, Bob McHugh and Craig Sibbald all struck for the Bairns before the break.
Sibbald notched his second shortly after the restart.
Defeat means Raith are without a win in their last eight games and are now five points off fourth-placed Falkirk, who trail Morton by a point.
Ryan Stevenson made his starting debut for Rovers and his presence up front had an immediate impact. The former Hearts striker played in Johnson, and although Falkirk goalkeeper Danny Rogers got a hand to the shot he could not keep it out.
Stevenson's involvement was short-lived as he had to be replaced after a clash with the Bairns keeper. His loss appeared to rattle the hosts and Falkirk capitalised with a stunning equaliser.
Hippolyte was almost 30 yards out but his curling free-kick ended up in the top corner of Kevin Cuthbert's goal.
McHugh then turned the home defence and slid the ball home from the edge of the box.
Rogers made a magnificent one-handed stop to deny Kyle Benedictus an equaliser and it proved to be a huge turning point, with the visitors extending their advantage within seconds.
Sibbald turned well around 20 yards from goal and his shot took a slight deflection on its way in.
And Sibbald again with a strike off the legs of a home defender wrong-footed Cuthbert to stretch Falkirk's lead.
Match ends, Raith Rovers 1, Falkirk 4.
Second Half ends, Raith Rovers 1, Falkirk 4.
Attempt missed. Declan McManus (Raith Rovers) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Raith Rovers. Conceded by Aaron Muirhead.
Attempt saved. Myles Hippolyte (Falkirk) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Mark Stewart (Raith Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Bobby Barr (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Taiwo (Falkirk).
Foul by Jason Thomson (Raith Rovers).
Tony Gallacher (Falkirk) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Falkirk. Luca Gasparotto replaces Paul Watson.
Attempt missed. Declan McManus (Raith Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Substitution, Falkirk. Scott Shepherd replaces John Baird.
Ross Callachan (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Myles Hippolyte (Falkirk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Myles Hippolyte (Falkirk).
Delay in match Mark Stewart (Raith Rovers) because of an injury.
Delay in match Jason Thomson (Raith Rovers) because of an injury.
Corner, Raith Rovers. Conceded by Peter Grant.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Hardie (Raith Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Ross Callachan (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Taiwo (Falkirk).
Corner, Falkirk. Conceded by Bobby Barr.
Corner, Raith Rovers. Conceded by Peter Grant.
Substitution, Raith Rovers. Mark Stewart replaces Kevin McHattie.
Corner, Falkirk. Conceded by Kevin McHattie.
Foul by Jordan Thompson (Raith Rovers).
Robert McHugh (Falkirk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Declan McManus (Raith Rovers).
Tony Gallacher (Falkirk) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Peter Grant (Falkirk) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner following a corner.
Corner, Falkirk. Conceded by Chris Johnston.
Goal! Raith Rovers 1, Falkirk 4. Craig Sibbald (Falkirk) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Robert McHugh.
Corner, Falkirk. Conceded by Iain Davidson.
Second Half begins Raith Rovers 1, Falkirk 3.
First Half ends, Raith Rovers 1, Falkirk 3.
Corner, Raith Rovers. Conceded by Mark Kerr.
Kyle Benedictus (Raith Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Kyle Benedictus (Raith Rovers).
Robert McHugh (Falkirk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Edgewater Fire Chief Tom Jacobson said the fire started on the ground floor and quickly spread through the building on the Hudson River.
The city's mayor says about 500 residents have been displaced. Two residents and two firefighters suffered minor injuries.
The fire was still smouldering on Thursday morning.
Local media reported the fire begin at 17:00 local time (10:00 GMT) and continued to burn for hours.
Resident Hamza Abdul told the Bergen Record newspaper he was working when he got a call about the fire.
"I can't believe it," he said. "It's all ashes now."
The apartment building, across from the Manhattan skyline, also housed New York Yankees play-by-play announcer John Sterling.
Wellington District Court heard the unnamed woman suffered "mutilating" injuries after her overalls became caught as she was cleaning the oven.
She was only freed from the oven, operating at between 85C and 180C, when the machinery was dismantled.
Work safety officials said an ambulance was not called for 20 minutes.
The ambulance crew also got lost on their way to the factory, meaning the woman had no pain relief for 40 minutes, WorkSafe New Zealand added.
She suffered severe burns, skin loss and muscle loss, and has had surgery three times for skin grafts and to remove dead tissue, and is expecting to have further muscle transplants.
The court found there were no proper procedures in place for cleaning the oven and that safety guards had been left open.
"Had the guard been in place, then the victim's hand would not have been caught and ultimately burnt," said WorkSafe's chief inspector Keith Stewart.
The Meycov Food Limited, trading as Rutherford & Meyer, was also fined NZ$12,500.
The Swiss insurer announced in July that it was considering buying its British counterpart for £5.6bn.
RSA said that the approach had been unsolicited but that Zurich's decision not to proceed had not been a result of anything unexpected in the due diligence process.
Zurich warned profits in its general insurance arm would miss forecasts.
"Given the deterioration in profitability in certain parts of the General Insurance business, and following his appointment as General Insurance CEO, Kristof Terryn is conducting an in-depth review of the business," Zurich said in an update on third quarter trading.
It estimated that it would lose about $275m (£177m) as a result of the explosions at a container storage station in the Port of Tianjin in China in mid-August.
Overall, it expects an operating loss of about $200m from the general insurance business.
RSA shares closed 20.8% lower, as some banks and investment houses advised clients to be less enthusiastic about the stock.
The falls came despite the company announcing that its trading results for July and August had been "positive and ahead of our expectations".
The Dadaab camp is home to more than 300,000 Somalis.
President Hassan Sheik Mohamed told the BBC that forced repatriation was not in the best interests of either country.
Kenya says it wants to close the camp over security concerns, saying attacks on its soil have been planned there.
Kenya did not follow through on a previous threat to close down the camp, made last April following the deadly attack by a Somali militant group al-Shabab on a university 100km (62 miles) away.
The al-Qaeda linked group has staged several attacks on Kenya in recent years.
Authorities needed to agree on "the best way to bring these people in an orderly manner and in a dignified way based on the international laws... We don't want to have our relations affected with Kenya," President Mohamed told the BBC Somali service.
He said Somalia was grateful for Kenya's support in accommodating the refugees over such a long period and was committed to getting its people home.
Dadaab was set up in 1991 to house families fleeing conflict in Somalia, and some people have been living there for more than 20 years.
But the complexity of the investment, and the chaotic time during which the UK bailed out the bank, mean you can choose any answer you wish.
Overnight, the government has sold 5.4% of the bank for £2.1bn, booking a loss of about £1bn in selling the shares at 330p apiece.
The Labour government in charge at the time of the financial crisis injected £45bn of fresh capital into the bank in the form of new shares.
The money came in three parts in 2008 and 2009 as the bank reported record losses. The average value of the shares when they were bought was about 500p each.
UK Financial Investments argues that fees the government charged RBS mean that the break-even price for the government is actually 441p per share. And the government could very well sell further batches of shares at a value closer to that amount.
The government has recovered money in fining the bank for bad behaviour for its role in the Libor and foreign exchange scandals, and through tax revenue - notably the bank levy - which it wouldn't have received if the bank had gone bust.
Taxes and fines wouldn't be considered by many as orthodox returns for investors. But this is money the Exchequer has benefited from.
But on the other hand, that 441p price ignores the interest the Treasury would have had to pay to borrow the £45bn to buy the shares. Interest it has been paying for more than five years while no dividend has been paid by the bank in return.
It also ignores the value of cheap money offered to the banks, including RBS, in the wake of the crisis.
So arriving at a definitive answer is tricky.
Finally, the reason the shares were bought in the first place must be remembered: to keep the doors of one of the world's largest banks open. Nobody can say how much would have been lost if the company had been put to the wall. But it's likely to be more than any losses the government might sustain with its share sale.
The other question being asked is why the sale is occurring now?
In February, shares in RBS were being traded for more than 400p, compared with the 330p the government sold them for. Selling at the higher price would have bagged the Treasury an extra £440m.
Harriett Baldwin, economic secretary to the Treasury, said Chancellor George Osborne was following Bank of England Governor Mark Carneys' advice in June that a sale should now begin. Mr Carney said at the time it "would promote financial stability" and benefit the wider economy.
And if Mr Osborne wanted to get started, it was probably this week or wait until September, as more of the City investors who would buy the shares disappear for their summer holidays.
Things may get stickier for share prices by then, Mark Taylor, a former IMF and Bank of England economist who is now Dean of Warwick Business School, told 5 live.
"August is a dead news month - come the autumn there'll be a report from the competition watchdog on the workings of the banking sector, there'll be various other news coming out in the financial markets - so we don't know which way its going to go," he says.
"I think the other reason is just really that, politically, the government want to get RBS off its books during the lifetime of this parliament, so, they've got to start selling some time and now is as good a time as any."
The Northern Ireland international, 25, made his debut for the English League One club on Saturday after signing a two-year deal on Thursday.
"It was a chance I couldn't really turn down, with the status of the club," he told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound.
"It was a no-brainer really. There was a lot of going back and forward but finally they managed to get it done."
Kilmarnock rejected three earlier bids from Charlton for Magennis but finally accepted an offer reported to be around £250,000.
Magennis revealed there was "various interest" in him after he played in three of his country's four matches at Euro 2016, an experience he feels made him a better player.
"It raises your profile and if you can do something that grabs somebody's attention it always bodes well for you," he said.
"I learnt a lot when I was away. Six weeks with 22 players is a long time and the majority of those players are in the Premier League and Championship so the standard of their training is very high.
"I was able to learn from different types of strikers like [Kyle] Lafferty and Will Grigg and what midfielders expect of you, like [Steven] Davis and Oliver Norwood."
Magennis, who insists he was "happy at Kilmarnock and progressing under Lee Clark", is determined to start scoring for Russell Slade's side.
"The English game is pretty intense and a lot more physical but that benefits my game," he added.
"I'm a physical player, but hopefully I will get up to speed and adapt.
"It's just about getting my head down and working hard and hopefully the goals will come."
Venezuela closed parts of the border a month ago and launched a major anti-smuggling operation.
Mr Maduro says up to 40% of Venezuelan goods are smuggled out of the country.
Meeting in Ecuador, the two presidents also said they would return ambassadors to each other's capitals immediately.
"Common sense, dialogue and peace between our peoples and our countries have triumphed today," said Mr Maduro after the talks in Quito aimed at defusing the crisis.
The Venezuelan leader ordered the closure on 19 August after three Venezuelan soldiers and a civilian were injured in an attack in San Antonio del Tachira near the border.
He has since extended the measure to a total of three border states.
The closure was first imposed for 36 hours but has since been prolonged indefinitely.
The two sides on Monday agreed to a "normalisation" but did not set a date for a re-opening of the border.
Government officials from both sides are due to meet on Wednesday to work on the details of the "normalisation plan".
More than 1,500 Colombians living illegally in Venezuela were also evicted as part of the anti-smuggling operation.
Another 20,000 are estimated to have left fearing deportation.
Some said they had been mistreated by the Venezuelan security forces, prompting Colombia to recall its ambassador from Caracas in protest.
Venezuela later recalled its ambassador from Bogota.
President Santos said on Monday that Venezuela "should have respected the rights of Colombians" that were forced out.
The 2,200km-long border (1,400 miles) between the two countries is porous and there has historically been a steady flow of people both ways.
It is a haven for smugglers and criminal gangs, as well as Colombia's left-wing guerrilla groups, who often extort local residents.
The Colombian leader said on Tuesday: "I agree that criminal organisations working in the border area are a big problem, but the best way to deal with it is by working together."
The Venezuelan president agreed to investigate allegations that Venezuelan jets violated Colombian air space earlier this month.
The allegations, and their dismissal as a Colombian fabrication by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez, further ratcheted tensions between the two countries.
Monday's talks were facilitated by Uruguayan President Tabare Vasquez and his Ecuadorean counterpart, Rafael Correa.
The summit was preceded by two meetings between the Colombian and the Venezuelan foreign ministers.
Vintage bus enthusiasts in Glasgow have thrown open the doors of their collection at the the city's Bridgeton Bus Garage.
The garage was holding tours as part of the Glasgow Doors Open Days festival over the weekend - which allows the public access to buildings all over the city.
The Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust will also hold its own event in October, as well as running buses to the Riverside transport museum.
The inaugural service from Belgrade to northern Kosovo was heralded as an important transport link by Serbia.
It said the slogan "Kosovo is Serbian" painted on the train was a celebration of cultural heritage.
But Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008, saw the train as an act of provocation.
The Russian-made train had been decorated with large images of Serbian Orthodox religious icons from famous monasteries in Kosovo, while hostesses were dressed in Serbia's national colours.
"This is like a mobile exhibition presenting our cultural heritage," declared Marko Djuric, who heads Serbian government's office for Kosovo, ahead of the trip.
The train was due to travel from Belgrade to Mitrovica, in northern Kosovo, where most of Kosovo's remaining ethnic Serbs live.
Currently, it takes 10 hours to travel by train from Mitrovica to Belgrade, and Serbia says it hopes to establish a direct service.
Neither Serbia nor Russia recognise Kosovan independence, which was declared eight years after a war in the former Yugoslav republic.
But Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic ordered the train to stop in Raska on the Serbian side of the border, saying Kosovan special forces were trying to blow up the track.
Kosovo, which Serbia claimed was planning to arrest the driver if the train crossed the border, has denied the accusations.
However, Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, who contacted the US and the European Union to express his country's concerns, said: "I believe that turning back the train was the appropriate action and its entry into the independent and sovereign Republic of Kosovo would not be allowed."
Mr Vucic accused Kosovo of overreacting, telling a press conference he decided to stop the train "to show that we want peace".
"We sent a train, not a tank," he added.
BBC Wales has been told the retired player and Kate Weaver-Gibbs were involved in the incident involving a motorbike last week.
There are no further details available about the accident. The Foreign Office has been asked to comment.
Reports in Italian media suggest only Ms Weaver-Gibbs has been injured.
Ms Weaver-Gibbs, who is in her early 30s, is a beauty and travel writer who is originally from south Wales.
In a magazine article published after their wedding, she said they met at the Pelican pub in Ogmore-by-Sea, in Vale of Glamorgan, after she finished studying at Bristol University.
The couple were married in 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa.
They moved in 2009 to Aspen, Colorado, and the following year to South Africa, from where Scott Gibbs did media work.
Mr Gibbs, who is now aged 45, retired from rugby in 2004, having played 53 Tests for Wales, and on three tours with the British and Irish Lions.
He also played rugby league for Wales and for St Helens, winning the Challenge Cup.
He made his Wales union debut in 1991, with probably his most famous moment the last-minute try against England in 1999 which helped his country to a 32-31 win.
For the Lions he was named Man of the Series in the winning 1997 tour in South Africa.
Part of the Barrymore acting clan, she was thrown into the spotlight at the age of seven, appearing in Steven Spielberg's 1982 box office smash ET.
After a high-profile derailment during her teens which saw her admitted to rehab for drug and alcohol abuse, the star got back on track in the mid-1990s.
Thanks to her girl-next-door demeanour, she has firmly established herself in the world of romantic comedies over the past decade.
She also has her own production company, has produced a number of films and a TV series and, last year, directed her first feature film, Whip It.
Add to that a Golden Globe win earlier this year for her portrayal of Jackie Onassis' cousin in Grey Gardens and it's clear to see how she has earned the respect of her Hollywood peers.
For her latest film Going the Distance - in a departure from her usual kooky comic film roles - she plays a more self-assured, confident character who knows what she wants.
Starring opposite her on/off boyfriend Justin Long, Barrymore plays Erin - a straight-talking, career-driven, aspiring journalist - who ends up in a long-distance relationship after a one-night stand.
Because the film is R-rated in the US, it afforded her the opportunity to be a bit more risque with her actions - and her language.
"I think she's refreshing," says Barrymore. "This is totally a woman I relate to. I definitely go out for a drink with my friends after a bad day and talk dirty with my girlfriends.
"And I appreciate she's trying to figure out, 'I don't want to give up everything for love, but I don't want to end up alone with a career and no love'."
When it comes to her own relationships, Barrymore - who has had two short-lived marriages - manages largely to stay out of the public eye and ensure her private life is kept private.
Barrymore's reputation as a hard-working professional has undoubtedly helped her rising position in the Hollywood power stakes.
Mike Goodridge, editor of Screen Daily, says the secret to Barrymore's success is her "America's sweetheart" likeability.
"Hollywood is a highly nepotistic culture that supports continuity in clans, but you just can't help but like her and everything she does," he says.
"And she's parlayed her likeability as a romantic comedy star into getting things that she wants made."
At the age of 20, she set up her own company, Flower Films, which has produced hits including Charlie's Angels, 50 First Dates, He's Just Not That Into You and cult movie Donnie Darko.
Collectively, Flower Films projects - which the actress also stars in - have grossed nearly $900m (£583m) at the box office worldwide.
Last year she diversified still further, directing Oscar-nominated Ellen Page in roller derby film Whip It, but it was received with muted success in the US and UK.
"She's developing some of the films and that's the difference," says Goodridge. "There are some actors who just put their name to a film but that doesn't mean they produce anything.
"She has a functional production company which develops material and then takes it to film studios."
In a traditionally male-dominated industry, Barrymore says it's a good time to be a woman in Hollywood.
"Women are kind of rocking it," she says. "There's a lot of female-driven film and television shows - it's a wonderful time for women."
But Barrymore is definitely not resting on her laurels: "I'm never going to sit around and complain about the sexist thing. As a woman, you have to pave the way for yourself and not sit around."
She adds: "Right now my heart is really in directing, but I'm doing a drama this fall and we're producing a bunch of films.
"Then I want to find that thing I can be in love with again for three years because that's how long directing takes."
Goodridge says her success will continue for a long time to come.
"She's always had hits along the way. She's sort of an evergreen and people like watching her," he says.
"She's a fixture and that's something you can't say about a lot of women her age."
Jac Evan Davies died following a blaze at his family home in Alltwen near Pontardawe in the early hours of 27 July.
His mother Jennifer Davies, 28, escaped the blaze along with her 11-month-old baby and daughter Kelsey, six.
Her other son Riley, three, was rescued by a firefighter.
South Wales Police later arrested and bailed a 28-year-old woman on suspicion of child neglect.
"A 28 year-old woman has been released without charge following advice from the Crown Prosecution Service," a police spokesman said.
The inquest for Jac Davies is still to take place.
Diana: Her Fashion Story will display iconic outfits from throughout her life - from before she was married to after her divorce in the 1990s.
Curator Eleri Lynn said the exhibition showed how the princess was "growing in confidence throughout her life".
A "White Garden" celebrating Diana's life will also be planted in the palace grounds this summer.
Princess Diana commissioned this tartan coat and skirt from designer Emanuel for an official royal visit to Italy in 1985.
The boxy style may have been fashionable in the 1980s but many commentators thought little of the coat.
This silk chiffon evening gown was worn by Diana at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival, and for a performance of Miss Saigon at the Theatre Royal, London in 1989.
It was created by Catherine Walker who took inspiration for the dress from the gown worn by Grace Kelly in Alfred Hitchcock's 1955 film, To Catch A Thief.
Princess Diana hit the headlines when she danced with actor John Travolta at a state dinner in the White House in 1985.
The velvet silk evening dress which she wore that night was designed by Victor Edelstein and was said to be one of her favourites.
This cocktail dress, which Diana wore for a concert at the Barbican in 1989, was considered an unusual choice for a princess given it was based on a masculine tuxedo.
Designer David Sassoon said it was an example of how Diana started to "break the rules" as she experimented with styles and learned what clothes worked for different occasions.
This sequined evening dress created by Catherine Walker in 1986 was said to be typical of Diana's "Dynasty" phase when the media noted her taste for "large shoulder pads, lavish fabrics and metallic accessories".
The princess wore it for an official visit to Austria in 1986 as well as two charity balls in 1989 and 1990.
Diana increasingly worked with Catherine Walker during her life to develop what the designer called her "royal uniform".
She wore this red day suit created by Walker for her famous visit to the London Lighthouse, a centre for people affected by HIV and AIDS, in October 1996.
Diana: Her Fashion Story will open on 24 February
Figures from 120 prisons suggest children make 500,000 visits to parents in prisons in England and Wales and the charity says these visits can cause them "long-lasting distress".
It says the children are in a "policy black hole", with little government effort to monitor or identify them.
The government says prisons "encourage offenders to maintain family links".
But the children's charity is calling for a minister to be appointed with responsibility for prisoners' children.
Jake is eight-years-old. He sees his father, who is serving a 24-year prison sentence, once a month. Visiting his dad involves an eight hour-round trip.
''I don't really like it that dad's so far away and it's a really long journey.
"It feels like you're there for the whole day because you're up so early. The first time I went it was scary because there were loads of officers round me.
"I was searched and we had to stand up like a star. There's these Alsatians that are really big and scary.
"Sometimes we're allowed to sit on his lap and do stuff like that, but he's not allowed to stand up and it's quite sad.
"We're not allowed to take pens and paper to the table. I would like to be able to go into the sports hall and play basketball with him.
"The part that I don't like is that I used to see him every single day of my life but now I don't really see him anymore.''
Jake's name has been changed.
Barnardo's chief executive Javed Khan said: "Every week, thousands of innocent children pay the price for crimes they did not commit.
"The distress of a prison visit can be long-lasting; a child should not be left to pick up the pieces on their own.''
The charity says it is estimated that there are 200,000 children of prisoners in England and Wales, though it is unclear how many of them get to see their imprisoned parent on a regular basis.
However, figures provided to Barnardo's by 120 public prisons in England and Wales following a freedom of information request suggest they make 500,000 visits in total.
This is the first time these figures have been collated - a sign, says Barnardo's, that the problem is being overlooked.
The Ministry of Justice says prisons "encourage offenders to maintain family links through on-site visitor centres, family days and help from voluntary organisations".
It adds: "We are also introducing family engagement workers at most female - and a number of young adult - establishments".
The rules governing each visitor centre vary greatly. In some prisons, physical contact is discouraged, meaning a child might not be allowed to give a parent a hug or sit in their father's lap.
Often prisoners are prevented from moving from the visiting room table to interact or play with their child. The experience can be traumatic says Barnardo's.
A report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman earlier this year found that some prisons "fail to achieve an appropriate balance between supporting family ties and ensuring security," and that many are failing to apply procedures in "a fair and consistent way".
The visits are not just important for children, says Barnardo's, as they also have a positive effect on the prisoner. Ministry of Justice figures show that offenders with family ties are 39% less likely to reoffend.
Barnardo's is calling for a minister to be appointed with responsibility for the children of prisoners. This is a matter of urgency, says the charity, because so many of these children feel isolated and need support.
Research from the Cabinet Office's Social Exclusion Unit also shows that many children of prisoners will themselves end up in prison - 65% of boys with a convicted father will go on to offend themselves.
But US President, Barack Obama, says that his family sometimes struggle to get on the web at home.
He says the White House has some 'dead spots' with no signal at all.
In a TV interview for American channel CBS, Michelle Obama said that their daughters, Sasha and Malia, get 'irritated' by the patchy signal.
The Obamas live in the White House, although it's one of the most famous buildings in the world it is really old which might be part of the problem.
The president says he has been trying to improve the wi-fi signal in time for the next President moving in.
Former Crystal Palace trainee Daniel was a free agent after leaving Isthmian League side Leatherhead in April.
The 23-year-old has prior National League experience from spells with Torquay, Woking and Welling.
Dover start the new National League season with an away trip to Hartlepool on Saturday.
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With Stoke's Jack Butland out with a broken ankle, Burnley goalkeeper Tom Heaton is in line to be included in the national squad for Euro 2016.
Stockdale, 30, was named in several England squads during Fabio Capello's reign but remains uncapped.
"It is always nice but I would take promotion this season over an England call-up any day," he told BBC Sussex.
Both Heaton and Stockdale have been ever-presents in the Championship this season, with Heaton keeping 17 clean sheets for the Clarets compared to Stockdale's 15 for the Seagulls.
Brighton are third in the Championship table and Stockdale is prioritising his club commitments, despite having the ambition of playing internationally.
"It is always something you work for," he said. "You don't really set goals and say 'I want to be in the England squad' because sometimes you can be unrealistic.
"I know there are very good goalkeepers and I am not saying I am better than anyone. I will just do what I can do for Brighton."
Albion started the campaign with a 21-match unbeaten run in the league and are now two points off the automatic promotion places, which are currently occupied by Middlesbrough and Burnley.
However, with the top two facing each other next Tuesday and Brighton travelling to Middlesbrough on the final day, the Seagulls know wins in their final five games of the season will see them return to the top flight for the first time since 1983.
"It is brilliant to think that we have five games and just have to look after our own business," said Stockdale. "It is a strange feeling to be this close but yet so far away.
"Everyone sees the team spirit we have put together over the last few weeks. We are in a good place and all we can do is play our games."
It happened on Princess Road close to Asda at about 17:15 BST on Thursday.
Officers called to reports of a disturbance in the street found the 19-year-old with a number of stab wounds and stomach injuries.
He is undergoing surgery after what appears to have been a targeted attack and remains in a serious condition, Greater Manchester police said.
Supt Steve Howard said police are investigating reports of a group of men chasing a lone male down Greenheys Lane at around the same time.
He appealed for witnesses to come forward.
Kazakhstan's Vassiliy Levit and Ireland's Michael Conlan lost bouts in they both appeared to win comfortably.
Under new rules, they cannot appeal against the judges' decision.
Bunce said the judges will "not work again at these Olympics".
"What happened to Conlan and Levit is heartbreaking and wrong," he said.
"After 200-odd bouts and 11 days of boxing, we have seen two absolute stinkers.
"Appeals were dropped for this tournament and that creates a bit of a problem. At least two decisions would have been appealed and overturned.
"They are semi-isolated but we are in the medal stages - that's when the judges start going crazy."
Russian world champion Evgeny Tishchenko was booed by the crowd after his unanimous points win over Levit in the men's heavyweight final on Monday.
Tishchenko suffered a cut to his head and spent most of the bout on the back foot, but the judges scored all three rounds in his favour.
On Tuesday, Belfast bantamweight Conlan lost by unanimous decision to Russia's Vladimir Nikitin in the quarter-finals.
World, European and Commonwealth champion Conlan was awarded the second round, but the first and third rounds went to Nikitin despite Conlan appearing to win them.
"My dream has been shattered. It's been robbed," said Conlan.
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has changed several rules for Rio 2016, allowing professionals to compete, removing the headguard, scrapping the appeals process and changing the scoring system.
Five officials judge each bout and a computer randomly selects three whose scores are counted.
Traditionally, judges would use a computer scoring system to count each punch.
But now the winner of each round is awarded 10 points and the loser a lower number, based on a criteria which includes the quality of punches landed, effective aggression and tactical superiority.
"They have changed the scoring after 36 years," said Bunce. "Instead of one person pushing a button, the judges are now sitting at ring side and making a judgement.
"Perhaps the judges are as confused and bewildered as the people in the arena and on TV.
"There is a roster of 60 judges here in Rio. Everyone knows who they are and those six judges will not work again at these Olympics."
Olympic bronze medallist Richie Woodhall added: "This new system of scoring awards points on good defensive skills and going forward, whereas with the other system the judges would press a button when a punch was landed.
"Now the judge refers to the style of boxing. Conlan showed he could box on the front and back foot and he did not get it - it was a poor decision."
Conlan said: "I came for gold and I've been cheated."
However, Tom Virgets, a member of the AIBA executive committee, said the governing body was concerned by the result of Conlan and Levit's fight.
"We have a lot of educating and evaluating to do," Virgets told BBC Sport.
"We are getting better but Rome ain't built in a day. Along the way we have to constantly sharpen the blade with our officials.
"We are changing them from being robots who press a button to being analysts of a bout."
The Irish Athletic Boxing Association has called for a review of the scoring process.
"It is in the best interests of amateur Olympic boxing that the scoring and judging process is reviewed," read an IABA statement.
"We will look to work with other national federations and AIBA to ensure that this happens."
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Average prices rose by inflation only, as providers in Britain realised they had reached a "crunch point", the Family and Childcare Trust report says.
Education and Childcare Minister Sam Gyimah said government investment had boosted access to affordable childcare.
But the author warns the fees "freeze" is not sustainable in the long term.
The report says government reforms to wages and pensions will raise the staff bill and contribute to financial pressures on childcare providers in the near future.
And new funding arrangements for free early education are failing to meet the full cost in some areas, forcing childcare providers to raise the amount they charge for additional hours, says the report.
The 2016 Childcare Survey for the charity, based on responses from 197 local authorities in England, Wales and Scotland, found the price of sending a child under two to nursery part-time (25 hours) is now £116.77 per week, or £6,072 per year.
This is a 1.1% rise since 2015 and compares with much steeper rises over the previous seven years.
Since 2008, nursery fees for under-twos have increased by 48.6% and 51.8% for over-twos.
Report author Jill Rutter said: "Bearing in mind the massive price increases of the past few years, providers have now realised that if they increase prices any more then they will be pushing parents out of the market and that they simply won't have a market.
"If they push prices up this year they will drive away their customers. It's a real crunch point for nursery funding."
She said nurseries were able to act in this way this year because providers' costs had not risen much.
Their key items of expenditure - staffing, food and equipment, had not increased, but she warned that this situation was unlikely to last, and that funding issues would be amplified when children's free entitlement is extended in England from 15 to 30 hours a week.
From April 2017, the government will increase the grant it pays to local authorities to fund the scheme for three and four-year-olds to £4.88 per hour.
But the Family and Childcare Trust says this often falls short and childcare settings often ask parents to pay much higher rates per extra hour over the free entitlement to make up the shortfall.
The report also warned that an estimated 40,000 three-year-olds were not taking up their free places in England.
It said: "There are still 36 local authorities where at least one-in-10 three-year-old children are missing out on free early education."
"Many of the three-year-olds who do not receive early education come from disadvantaged families. If they do not receive early education, these children are likely to be further disadvantaged when they start school.
"The Family and Childcare Trust believes the government must address the low uptake of free early education among three-year-olds as an immediate priority."
It is calling for the free place entitlement to be made a legal right and for nurseries to be subject to an admissions code.
Mr Gyimah said there was record support available to help parents access "vital", high-quality childcare, with rising numbers of places on offer.
"Thanks to record investment by this government, £6bn a year by 2020, and with our plan to double the free childcare offer for working parents we expect take-up numbers to rise."
In Wales, all three and four-year-olds are entitled to a minimum of 10 hours of free foundation phase early education.
In Scotland, three and four-year-olds are eligible for 600 hours of free childcare a year (the equivalent of around 16 hours a week during term time).
In Northern Ireland, under the pre-school education programme, there is an allocation of funded places for children in the year before they start school.
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They say climate change is to blame - the birds need fish for their food, and the fish are staying in colder seas further north of Britain.
To work out what's really happening, researchers are starting a massive count at one of Britain's most important homes to seabirds - Bempton Cliffs in East Yorkshire.
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The cows have been seen "running around with black bags hanging out of their mouth", according to a pub landlord in Hungerford Common, Berkshire.
Resident Alison Judge said the cows appear "for a Thursday morning feast".
Hungerford Town and Manor said having a central collection point for bins would help reduce damage made by lorries.
It said it had introduced a communal collection point in the Down View area so the bin lorries no longer had to "back up beside homes".
But the landlord of nearby pub, The Downgate, has expressed concerns over the collection area being set up close to his property.
David Yates said: "The problem is, you don't want customers sat outside on the tables and looking at litter all the time.
"Not only that, I'm a little concerned for the cows, which I did tell the Town and Manor about, because unfortunately you've got cows running around with black bags hanging out of their mouths."
Robert James, commons secretary for Hungerford Town and Manor, said a solution to the problem was being investigated.
Campaigners have said the law was discriminatory as most couples end up using the husband's surname.
However, the court said the law did not violate the constitution, public broadcaster NHK reported.
It did, however, deem a separate law that stops women remarrying within six months of a divorce unconstitutional.
Both sets of laws date back to Japan's 19th Century Meiji era.
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Judge Itsuro Terada noted that among the Japanese there was already informal use of maiden names, which eased the impact of the surname law.
He said parliamentarians should decide on whether to pass new legislation on separate spousal names.
The Japan Times cited studies in the past 40 years which show that more than 96% of Japanese couples opt for the husband's surname.
The surname case was brought by three individual women and one couple in a civil partnership, who argued that the law was unconstitutional, discriminatory and archaic.
Two lower courts have already ruled against them and public opinion on the questions was split.
Women in Japan were traditionally able to retain their maiden names after marriage, until 1898 when the law was enacted as part of a feudal family system where all women and children came under control of the male head of the household.
The system was abolished in 1948 - but the surname law has been retained.
Separately, a divorced woman had filed a legal challenge to a law that states women cannot remarry within six months of divorce.
The law was originally intended to help determine the paternity of a child born shortly after the divorce.
The Supreme Court agreed with her that it was unconstitutional, but in its ruling left room for the possibility of retaining the law with a shorter waiting period.
The two sets of laws were previously debated in the 1990s when a government panel suggested changing them, but were retained unchanged when conservative politicians opposed the move.
Its popularity means malware is now responsible for 51% of all the incidents analysed in the annual Verizon data breach report.
This analyses almost 2,000 breaches to find out how firms were caught out by cyber-thieves.
It also found that measures taken by some firms after payment systems were targeted, stopped new breaches.
The rapid rise in the number of successful ransomware attacks was widely expected, said Marc Spitler, senior manager in Verizon's security research division, simply because so many malicious hacking groups were adopting the tactic.
"Ransomware is all about how can they get more money per infected device," he said.
A separate report by security firm Symantec found that the average amount paid by victims of ransomware had risen to $1,077 (£834).
Consumers were likely to be hit straight away with ransomware, said Mr Spitler, but attacks on businesses were stealthier. Often, he said, attackers burrowed deeper into a company's infrastructure to find key databases that were then scrambled before payment was sought.
In most attacks, booby-trapped attachments sent via email were the main delivery mechanism for ransomware and other malware, found the report.
"These attacks are all about getting a foothold on a system," he said, adding that once attackers were inside an organisation they typically looked to use the back doors for many different types of attack.
Darren Thomson, chief technology officer for Symantec in Europe, said its statistics suggest about one in every 131 email messages was now harbouring some kind of cyber-threat.
"They are arriving in Word documents and Excel spreadsheets," he said, "the messages people get many times a day."
The Verizon report also spotted a shift in the targets of cyber-attacks with 61% of victims now being companies with fewer than 1,000 employees.
The good news, said Mr Spitler, was that some industry sectors that had been hit hard before, now appeared less often in its attack statistics - suggesting their digital defences were starting to work.
"The lack of large retailers suffering point-of-sale intrusions was a glimmer of hope," he said.
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Now he licences his name to luxury developments across the word and this week launched a tower in Mumbai - his first Indian venture.
At more than 75 storeys high and gold in colour - individual apartments will cost millions of dollars.
The tycoon tried something similar in India a few years ago - but pulled out of the deal.
He told Yogita Limaye in Mumbai why he was now so keen on India.
Peterborough-born Olver, 22, becomes Warriors' fifth pre-season signing ahead of the 2017-18 campaign.
He makes the same move as Saints prop Ethan Waller, who signed in January, while Wasps winger Tome Howe and Jersey forwards Pierce Phillips and Simon Kerrod agreed terms in February.
Olver will be competing for a place next season with Ryan Mills and Tom Heathcote, who have signed new deals.
But although he has largely played at stand-off, Mills has already indicated that his preferred position is at inside centre.
"Sam is a hungry young player who will provide further competition for the number 10 jersey," said Warriors director of rugby Gary Gold.
"He has experience of working alongside some top-class fly-halves and we're looking forward to seeing how he develops."
Olver, capped both at Under-18 and Under-20 level by England, first signed a professional contract at Franklin's Gardens in March 2013, since when he has made 13 first-team appearances.
He also spent time on dual registration at Moseley, for whom he played against Warriors in their Championship promotion-winning season.
Jones, 56, oversaw 13 successive Test wins, including a Six Nations Grand Slam and series whitewash of Australia.
He follows past winners including the late Jonah Lomu, Jonny Wilkinson, Martin Johnson and Dan Carter.
English coach Ben Ryan won the Special Award after coaching Fiji to their first Olympic gold medal at Rio 2016.
The award is not given out every year, only if "considered appropriate".
The 45-year-old follows previous winners including Wilkinson and Ireland's most-capped player, Brian O'Driscoll.
Through her writing and artwork, Stojka raised international awareness of the plight of Roma people under the Nazis.
Hundreds of thousands of Roma were rounded up and killed during World War II.
Then just a young girl, Stojka was interned in multiple concentration camps and only five members of her extended family of over 200 survived.
"I have survived on paper and pieces of leather when I was hungry," she later told one interviewer.
"I remember Auschwitz every waking moment of my life."
The Budapest-based European Roma Cultural Foundation described Stojka as an "outstanding Austrian Romani woman... and a key figure for the history, art and literature of Romani culture in Europe", reported Reuters news agency.
Ceija Stojka - pronounced "Chaya Stoyka" - was a Roma from the Lovari tribe, born in Austria in 1933 - the year Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany.
Her family lived as horse-traders, travelling through Austria before World War II, when they were deported to Nazi concentration camps, along with other Roma, Jews, Poles, homosexuals and political opponents of the Nazis.
Her father and brother were killed in Auschwitz, while she survived with her mother and four remaining siblings.
Only 12 when she was liberated from Bergen-Belsen, she bore the identification number from the concentration camp, tattooed on her arm in blue ink, for the rest of her life.
She returned to Austria with a brother and sister, and lived for many years selling carpets, before taking up painting at the age of 56 - reportedly often using her fingers or toothpicks as her painting implements.
Most of her work depicts the death camps, but there are also idyllic pictures of family life, in their painted wagon before the Holocaust, says the BBC's Central Europe correspondent Nick Thorpe.
Her 1988 autobiography, We Live in Seclusion, and a film made about her, drew international attention to the plight of the Roma in the past and present, our correspondent adds.
She will feature heavily in a film documentary, Forget Us Not, set for release later this year, which follows the stories of some of the five million non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
"I reached for the pen because I had to open myself, to scream," the activist said at an exhibition in Vienna's Jewish Museum in 2004.
Europe's Roma population of up to 12 million still faces widespread discrimination today, rights groups say.
After a goalless first half, Ryan Huddart's own-goal gave Dover the lead on 52 minutes, before Ross Lafayette doubled the advantage against his former club on the hour-mark.
Ryan Bird pulled one back for the Spitfires on 81 minutes, but that was just the start of the late action. Five minutes later, it looked like the hosts had rescued an unlikely point when Andy Drury poked home the rebound following Adam Dugdale's long-range effort.
Just a minute later the game turned again thanks to Jim Stevenson's strike, and there was still time for Dover striker Ricky Miller to make sure of the win.
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Match ends, Eastleigh 2, Dover Athletic 4.
Second Half ends, Eastleigh 2, Dover Athletic 4.
Goal! Eastleigh 2, Dover Athletic 4. Ricky Miller (Dover Athletic).
Goal! Eastleigh 2, Dover Athletic 3. Jim Stevenson (Dover Athletic).
Goal! Eastleigh 2, Dover Athletic 2. Andy Drury (Eastleigh).
Goal! Eastleigh 1, Dover Athletic 2. Ryan Bird (Eastleigh).
Substitution, Dover Athletic. Ricky Miller replaces Moses Emmanuel.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Ryan Bird replaces Jason Taylor.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Scott Wilson replaces Yemi Odubade.
Goal! Eastleigh 0, Dover Athletic 2. Ross Lafayette (Dover Athletic).
Own Goal by Ryan Huddart, Eastleigh. Eastleigh 0, Dover Athletic 1.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Jai Reason replaces David Pipe.
Second Half begins Eastleigh 0, Dover Athletic 0.
First Half ends, Eastleigh 0, Dover Athletic 0.
Adam Dugdale (Eastleigh) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Middleweight champion Cummings takes on experienced Polish contender Robert Swierzbinksi at the SSE Arena in his first home fight in over a year.
He destroyed Austrian Gogi Knezevic in three rounds to claim his first professional title in March.
Frampton faces Mexican Andres Gutierrez in a world featherweight eliminator.
The former two-weight world champion has not fought since his loss to Leo Santa Cruz in their WBA title fight in Las Vegas in January.
Frampton initially expected to fight Santa Cruz for a third time this summer.
However that bout failed to materialise and he now fights Gutierrez, who has lost just one of his 35 fights, in a WBC world featherweight eliminator.
Cummings' former international amateur team mate Steven Ward is also set to feature on the Frampton undercard.
The 2010 Commonwealth Games silver medallist has been a professional for just over six months and will feature in a six-round light heavyweight contest, against an opponent yet to be named.
Rio bronze medallist Tai, 18, lowered the S9 100m backstroke record after touching in one minute 7.66 seconds to win gold in Sheffield.
She also took bronze in the 100m butterfly, with triple Olympic gold medallist Firth, 21, breaching the S14 mark in the same race (1:4.62).
Both swimmers were competing in mixed category races.
Tai, who took seven-tenths of a second off her best, said: "It seems so surreal.
"I've not been close to my PB in a while so to knock lots of time off it and get the world record is crazy."
The "smart ships" will use artificial intelligence to plot the safest, shortest, most fuel-efficient routes, and could be in service by 2025.
The AI will also be used to predict malfunctions and other problems, which could help reduce the number of maritime incidents.
The companies plan to build about 250 self-navigating ships.
Developing the technology is expected to cost tens of billions of yen (hundreds of millions of dollars).
Shipping firms Mitsui OSK Lines and Nippon Yusen are working with shipbuilders including Japan Marine United to share both costs and expertise, according to the Nikkei Asian Review.
Nippon Yusen has already been working on technology to enable ships to use data to assess collision risks. It is also working with Norwegian maritime company DNV GL to collect and analyse data on vessel condition and performance.
Japan Marine has been developing a similar data analysis system with the aim of diagnosing breakdowns before they happen.
The first ships will retain a small crew to oversee certain operations, but there are plans to develop completely autonomous vessels in the future.
In 2016, Rolls-Royce announced plans to develop unmanned cargo ships, starting with remote-controlled vessels that could be operational as soon as 2020.
"This is happening. It's not if, it's when," Rolls-Royce vice president of marine innovation Oskar Levander said at the time.
"We will see a remote-controlled ship in commercial use by the end of the decade."
Navigation and basic operations will be automated, while a human "captain" based on shore will continue to look after "critical decision-making".
A door had been damaged at Tesco in Aberdeen's Great Western Road, but officers were instead sent to Glasgow's Great Western Road Tesco store.
More than three hours after the initial call on 3 April, officers were sent to the correct store.
The closure of the Police Scotland control room and call centre in Aberdeen happened last month.
Non emergency calls are now handled at centres in Glasgow, Motherwell and Midlothian.
And emergency calls are passed via central service centre responders to the North Area Control Room in Dundee for dispatch.
Supt Matt Richards, of Police Scotland's Contact Command Control Division, said: "A call was received at around 5.30am in relation to damage caused to a door on Great Western Road which had taken place overnight.
"The call was graded appropriately based on the initial information provided and allocated to officers.
"After receiving further information about the location of the store, officers in Aberdeen were in attendance by 8.50am that morning.
"Enquiries into the incident are currently ongoing."
The Scottish Police Authority previously said Aberdeen's emergency control room would only be closed when it was safe to do so.
The move is part of Police Scotland's cost-cutting plan to centralise control rooms.
Abdullahi Hassan Abdullahi, 21, of Elthorne Road, Archway, admitted carrying an offensive weapon.
Highbury Magistrates' Court heard members of the public called police, who arrested him in Islington shortly after midnight on Thursday.
A district judge told him: "You can anticipate a sentence of imprisonment"
The court heard he was carrying the blade in a "bag for life" which he dumped - along with the mask - when he saw police.
Anthony McKen, defending, blamed his client's behaviour on peer pressure and fear of violence and Abdullahi said he was carrying the sword for self defence.
But District Judge Mary Connolly said: "If he is in fear of violence why is he out at night with a hockey mask and sword? You are at home behind closed doors.
"Peer pressure doesn't put you out on the street."
She added: "This is a really serious offence. You are found out at night wearing a hockey mask carrying a very large offensive weapon in dangerous circumstances because others were around.
"You can anticipate a sentence of imprisonment - that is what is going to happen to you. It is a question of length."
He was released on bail to appear at Blackfriars Crown Court for sentencing on 1 September.
Gregory Rivolet, 31, spent four hours looking around the site and said about 100 cars, which he thought dated back to the 1970s, were 19m underground.
Mr Rivolet, an "urban explorer", has not disclosed the exact location of the mine, which is in Gwynedd.
He said: "There was something so surreal about this exploration... and then you see the most unexpected thing, a mountain of old cars."
The IT engineer added: "The road is pretty dangerous in this area, especially when wet. It was probably too expensive to tow cars up and out into the nearest town.
"It was very dangerous as the mine is really unstable. Pieces of slate were falling from above our heads."
He said the mine opened in the 1830s and closed in about 1960.
One, he likes his home comforts - not that Air Force One is exactly slumming it - and two, he knew that all his critics were waiting for him to do something gauche or stupid in some faraway foreign clime.
But that simply hasn't happened. He has navigated his first foreign trip with aplomb.
Yes, there have been odd little moments that have caused eyebrows to arch and social media to fizz.
Melania batting his hand away when he tried to hold it. There was the moment that Bibi introduced them in Israel as "the President Donald Trump and the first wife".
Well, close. He could have either said the president and third wife; or the president and first lady.
Then there was the press release put out by the White House with a spelling mistake, which read: the purpose of Donald Trump's Israel trip is to lay the groundwork for a lasting peach.
And who can forget the Montenegrin manoeuvre in Brussels at the Nato summit? The poor prime minister of that country barged out of the way so that Donald Trump could get to the front of the pack for the cameras. I thought the best bit was after he'd muscled the poor man, the way the president pulled his jacket together, as if to say "job done".
But this is all froth. The more important take-out is that he walked tall and didn't fall over. The low bar that the naysayers had set he jumped over easily.
In Saudi he delivered a well thought-out, bold, and optimistic speech on how the fight against extremism and religious intolerance could be won. Yes, you might disagree with the policy of siding so closely with Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states - but he made a lot of friends, and generated a great deal of excitement about the possibilities ahead.
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In Israel there were no missteps either.
But let's just raise the bar a little higher. He had said before leaving Washington that peace between Israelis and Palestinians would not be that difficult. But did the president move the peace process on during his visit?
Well, in his speech at the Israel museum there was nothing about next steps, talks, confidence-building measures.
On that score, it's hard to see what has changed. Did he win the Pope over? Didn't much feel like it.
And for all that he gave his fellow Nato members as they stood beside him a tongue-lashing (it was so much like a headmaster lecturing an unruly class, I half expected him to turn to the French president who had an ironic smile on his face and say, "Macron, stop smirking you cheese eating surrender monkey"), did he get the pledges of extra cash that he wanted?
But one other striking thing about this trip. The president and his team stayed as far away from us - the press - as possible.
When I travelled with President Obama, there would be quite a lot of social interaction at each location - cocktail parties where you would have a chance to talk to some of the key policymakers. It may not have given you a news story, but you got context.
There has been no interaction this time round. And one other thing: he's barely tweeted.
We started wondering whether he didn't have data roaming on his mobile phone package. The only tweets have been to say how much he enjoyed meeting this one or that.
And the net effect? He hasn't fuelled any of the fires burning about Russia and the FBI, leaving the army of US correspondents travelling with him with nothing to do but report on the trip - the Pope, Saudi, the visit to the Western Wall. Exactly what the White House would have wanted.
The focus has been on his agenda. The takeaway, as Americans are fond of saying? Maybe tweet a good deal less and travel abroad a lot more. Imagine how boring that would be for us!
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It is understood the man was from Northern Ireland.
The crash happened on the M1 southbound close to Junction 11 near Monasterboice in Drogheda, County Louth at 12:45 local time on Thursday.
The man died after the truck he was driving struck a van before overturning on the roadside embankment.
A section of the road remains closed while forensic investigations are carried out.
Police have appealed for witnesses.
The mayor of Drogheda, Kevin Callan, said about 50 emergency services personnel attended the scene to deal with the crash.
"Everybody in the town is quite shocked to hear the news," he said.
"Number one that there was a crash of this size, but also the fact that somebody has lost their life.
"I think I speak on behalf of everyone in Drogheda when we extend our sympathies, and our thoughts and prayers are with the family of that person."
There are now almost 300 confirmed cases, with the majority found in mature woodland sites, says the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
The disease caught the UK unaware, scientific adviser, Prof Ian Boyd, told a briefing.
Nature groups criticised the latest control plan as "too little too late".
Less than a month ago, the Environment Secretary Owen Paterson published the government's initial action plan on ash dieback and acknowledged that the disease was unlikely to be eradicated from the UK.
At that time the disease had been confirmed at 115 sites in England, Wales and Scotland.
Outlining their more detailed response to the outbreak on Thursday, officials from Defra now say that 291 cases have been found including several in Northern Ireland.
One hundred and fifty five cases are in mature woodland sites, with 119 in recently-planted areas and 17 in nurseries.
Defra's chief scientific adviser, Prof Ian Boyd, said the old system of biosecurity had failed to detect the arrival of the Chalara fraxinea fungus in the UK.
"It simply fell below the radar to be honest," he told journalists.
"It's a very difficult thing to identify."
The government also gave more details on how it will curb the spread of the infection. Mr Paterson said there would be money to fund an early warning system to spot tree disease staffed by volunteers.
"This includes funding for a pilot project to develop a tree health early warning system using volunteer groups like the Woodland Trust," he told the House of Commons.
"And the development of a plant health network of trained people to support official surveillance for Chalara and other pests - the Woodland Trust will play a really important role in this."
Despite Mr Paterson's praise, the Woodland Trust were critical of the control plan and in particular the lack of funding.
The Woodland Trust's chief executive Sue Holden said the ash crisis had exposed the government's lack of investment in trees.
"It has been forced to focus its attention on ash dieback and it is clear the government is playing scientific catch up, completely unprepared for the crisis our ash trees are now facing," she said.
The control plan was also criticised as "too little too late" by the National Trust. While welcoming the government's commitment to reduce the rate of the spread of the disease, it said it was "deeply concerned that this commitment is not backed up by strong actions".
The Trust is concerned by the government's focus on breeding resistance to the disease rather than laying the emphasis on techniques that could slow the spread.
"Through this action plan we are effectively surrendering the British landscape to this disease before we've fully investigated ways of reducing the rate of spread and buying time," the National Trust said in a statement.
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The government's plan was given a lukewarm welcome by the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) which said that while it was sceptical that control measures would have any material effect, it supported genetic research efforts.
According to HTA director of business development, Tim Briercliff, the plan didn't address the financial needs of nursery owners many of whom had been left in difficulties because of the outbreak.
"These are small, rural, family businesses," he said, "their demise would merely expose the UK to more imported material in the longer term."
Meanwhile, a group of independent experts called on the government to appoint a chief plant health officer to deal with tree disease.
The interim report from the tree health and plant bio security expert taskforce says that the UK's bio security should be strengthened to reduce risks at the border and within the UK.
It noted that plants can be imported into the UK and marked as originating from the EU if they transit through a member state, even if they were initially purchased outside the Union. The expert group saw this as an area for "significant improvement".
The taskforce argued that the government should appointment a Chief Plant Health Officer, equivalent to the Chief Veterinary Officer, to provide strategic and tactical leadership to manage the risks associated with outbreaks of disease like Chalara.
The advisory body also suggested the development of a UK risk register for trees and plants.
The hosts suffered a double injury blow early in the game when Frankie Kent and Lloyd Doyley were both forced off.
But they took an 18th-minute lead through Kurtis Guthrie, who netted with a low 25-yard drive after being found by Denny Johnstone.
Barnet goalkeeper Josh Vickers denied Craig Slater and Alex Wynter also went close, while at the other end Sam Walker produced a fine save to deny Curtis Weston from close range.
Colchester doubled their lead in the 42nd minute when Brennan Dickenson squeezed home his shot.
John Akinde headed home Mauro Vilhete's cross with four minutes remaining but it was too little, too late for the visitors.
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Match ends, Colchester United 2, Barnet 1.
Second Half ends, Colchester United 2, Barnet 1.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Kane Vincent-Young.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Matthew Briggs.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Brennan Dickenson.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Tom Lapslie.
Substitution, Colchester United. Tarique Fosu-Henry replaces Denny Johnstone.
Goal! Colchester United 2, Barnet 1. John Akinde (Barnet) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Mauro Vilhete.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Brennan Dickenson.
Attempt missed. Craig Slater (Colchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Bira Dembélé (Barnet).
Attempt missed. Mauro Vilhete (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Craig Slater (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Craig Slater (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Barnet. Ruben Bover replaces Nana Kyei.
Attempt missed. John Akinde (Barnet) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
Alex Wynter (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by John Akinde (Barnet).
Attempt saved. Owen Garvan (Colchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Barnet. Justin Amaluzor replaces Curtis Weston.
Foul by Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Barnet).
Tom Lapslie (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Mauro Vilhete (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Kane Vincent-Young (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Mauro Vilhete (Barnet) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Mauro Vilhete (Barnet).
Denny Johnstone (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Denny Johnstone (Colchester United).
Tom Champion (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay in match Bira Dembélé (Barnet) because of an injury.
Foul by Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United).
Bira Dembélé (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Denny Johnstone (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Elliot Johnson.
Second Half begins Colchester United 2, Barnet 0.
Substitution, Barnet. Jamal Campbell-Ryce replaces Luke Coulson.
First Half ends, Colchester United 2, Barnet 0.
Attempt missed. Brennan Dickenson (Colchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Breck Bednar, 14, from Surrey, was stabbed to death by Lewis Daynes, then 18, in his Essex flat in February 2014.
Weeks earlier, Breck's mother reported a change in his behaviour to police.
An Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) inquiry found her call should have alerted officers to the possibility he was being groomed.
In January, computer engineer Daynes was sentenced to life in prison and told he must serve at least 25 years.
Chelmsford Crown Court heard how he lured Breck to his flat in Grays, Essex, after months of talking online on gaming websites and social media.
Mrs Justice Cox, sentencing, said she was sure the murder was "driven by sadistic or sexual motivation".
The IPCC says it has written to the relevant National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) lead officers to urge them to share best practice nationally on the handling of grooming reports.
The investigation found the Surrey Police call handler - who spoke to Breck's mother, Lorin LaFave, in December 2013 - and their supervisor lacked knowledge of dealing with grooming concerns.
It also found Ms LaFave was not provided with information about specialist agencies, such as the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, which provides a reporting service and advises parents who suspect their child may be being groomed.
The IPCC added that a Police National Computer check should have been completed.
A record had existed on the national database for Daynes for a previous alleged rape of a minor in 2011 in Essex.
IPCC commissioner Jennifer Izekor said parents were increasingly aware that child abusers or extremists could use the internet to target victims online.
"Where they have concerns, parents must be able to turn to the police and expect those concerns to be taken seriously," she said.
Police call handlers needed to be properly trained to recognise the danger signs and to give the right support and information, she added.
"Sadly, in the case of Breck and his family, the support they needed was not given.
"Lessons must be learned; that is why I have written to the NPCC to ask them to consider current national guidance and to alert forces across England and Wales to our recommendations, so forces can satisfy themselves that they have the right training and procedures in place."
IPCC investigators previously served a misconduct notice on a staff member at Surrey Police contact centre. Another staff member, who took the call, resigned from the force last August.
The IPCC said that, had both of them stayed in the force, they would have had a case to answer for misconduct.
Surrey Police said it carried out a review of practices in its call handling centre and implemented changes to improve the way information was handled and shared.
The NHS has been accused of a "lack of leadership, stagnant activity and frustratingly slow progress" by AMs.
A report said a 2015 survey found a third of patients reported being given a meal that was unappetising.
The Welsh Government said it had already introduced healthy eating initiatives in the NHS.
In 2011, a previous report by the auditor general for Wales called for a computerised catering information system and standardised nursing documentation to ensure measures on screening patients for nutritional problems were followed.
But a report published by the assembly's Public Accounts Committee on Monday said there was still no progress on a computerised catering information system.
AMs said it was "intolerable" it would take another three years for the nursing documentation to be completed and no health boards had a named non-executive director responsible for patient nutrition.
The report said provision of appetising meals for patients appeared to fall short of the standards the committee expected.
AMs cited a 2015 national survey which said not all patients were offered a replacement meal when they missed one because they were off ward, nor were they all offered snacks even when advised to eat them.
"Hospital catering and patient nutrition is a key element in ensuring that people make a full and healthy recovery while in hospital," said Nick Ramsay, the committee's chairman.
"Although there are some positive results, key elements of the original report from 2011 have still not been implemented.
"It is entirely unacceptable that almost a decade will have passed before these matters are resolved and patients receive efficient and effective meal services that provide the basics of appetising and nutritious food and water to remain hydrated."
The report makes a number of recommendations, including that the Welsh Government tells health boards to name a director in charge of hospital catering and patient nutrition.
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "We have already introduced a range of initiatives aimed at patients, staff and visitors in relation to healthy eating - including mandatory food and fluid nutrition standards for patients, mandatory healthy food and drink vending standards and guidance for food and drink served to visitors and staff.
"We are currently considering ways to improve healthy food provision in hospitals even further, including an upcoming review of the mandatory standards."
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But not in one poor suburb on the outskirts of Delhi, where youngsters are sent to learn.
Sharing a few laptops between them, they're being taught some basic online skills - how to search for information, how to send money to their families in the villages and how to book train tickets.
None of the children have access to computers in school. Nor do they own one.
Children of migrant workers from Bihar, they study in a government school in the neighbourhood.
Like 16-year-old Priyanka Singh, who says getting online has changed her life.
"Earlier we had to pay agents a lot of money to book our train tickets or trust strangers to carry our money back home. Now I can help my father do everything online," she says.
In India, more than a billion people - that's the equivalent of the populations of Europe and the US combined - are still offline.
To try and bring the internet to the reaches of people like Priyanka Singh, a group of global companies have teamed up to try and bring down costs.
Internet.org is a consortium that aims to connect 'the next five billion'.
Perhaps the most high profile partner is Facebook, whose founder Mark Zuckerberg says connectivity is a fundamental right. He came to India this month for the launch.
The number of Indians using the internet jumped by about 25% last year from 2012, but the numbers are still small compared to the population.
And the biggest barrier to changing that is cost.
The next wave of potential internet users is lower skilled workers, like shop assistants, or street vendors.
But earning less than $200 a month, and often struggling to make ends meet, many question whether they can really afford internet access.
"The internet is something that we are uniquely suited to help spread," says Mr Zuckerberg.
"We are an information technology company and an internet company. We understand these dynamics well."
More than 80% of India's access is now via mobile phones.
But connections can be painfully slow, especially in crowded places. This does nothing to encourage new users.
Swedish equipment maker Ericsson is working on ways to improve connectivity without the need for expensive infrastructure - like technology to boost existing mobile signals indoors.
Called the Radio Dot System and the RBS6402 picocell, these are devices which can be fixed in places like shopping malls, sports arenas or even big office buildings.
Christian Hedelin, who heads the radio unit in Ericsson, says as smartphones get more affordable, the number of users is rising.
"To carry a large amount of voice traffic is one thing, but when people start using smartphones, everyone starts to want a good mobile broadband connectivity," he says.
"That's where you need to have dedicated hotspot coverage through small cells, to be able to cater for both capacity as well as performance."
According to Ericsson, smartphone prices are expected to fall by 40-50% over the next three years.
This means the number of subscribers able to afford smartphones and services is expected to reach more than 700m by 2020, up from 110m in 2013.
But telecom operators in India are already struggling, with overstretched networks creaking under pressure of data demand from subscribers.
Despite being one of the largest telecom markets in the world, with more than 900m mobile phone users, operators in India have far less spectrum than global companies.
So Ericsson says with a mix of small cells like theirs, wi-fi hot spots could complement networks to improve quality of performance for users.
Currently India is still largely a voice market, and data only contributes 10-12% of revenue. But this is expected to rise to 35-40% by 2020.
Ericsson also predicts that the mobile broadband subscriber base in India could grow to 600m by 2020, from around 100m now.
Telecoms operators seem to agree.
Like Norwegian firm Telenor, which currently owns a stake in its Indian venture Uninor, but is set to buy the company fully, after a government decision last July to remove restrictions on foreign ownership in local telecoms companies.
This will make Telenor only the second firm after Vodafone to have a 100% foreign-owned telecoms company in India.
Telenor's global chief executive Jon Fredrik Baksaas says the company will invest nearly $13m.
Uninor is still a small player, with just 40m mobile subscribers, operating in only six of the country's 22 telecom service areas.
This year it has extended networks by deploying 5,000 base stations and has seen 40% growth.
Mr Baksaas says the Indian government must try to make more spectrum available if it wants to realise its vision of Digital India.
"[It] has strong plans to grow the economy going forward under the vision of 'Digital India'. Telecom is an enabler of economic growth," he says.
The Narendra Modi-led administration's ambitious plan is to offer government services to all Indians online, including through smartphones by 2019.
So the company will be looking to bid for more spectrum soon.
Back at the slum, whether the push comes from government or business, the sooner they can get more regular internet access, the quicker these students can put their new-found skills to good use.
The newcomers to the online world say owning a smartphone one day is a far more likely ambition than having a computer.
But when we visited, the students had what they say is a regular occurrence - a power blackout.
Unless India finds solutions to some very basic problems, despite the government programmes and industry push, reliable and affordable internet access will remain a distant dream.
A further 56 people - including a pregnant woman - have been rescued.
Survivors said there were about 100 people on board the boat, which sank in the early hours on Friday morning.
Lampedusa, about 80 miles (120km) from Tunisia, is one of the nearest gateways to Europe for African migrants.
Officials have said the initial figure of about 100 people on board may be inflated.
The migrant boat, reported to be 10m (33ft) long, sank about 12 nautical miles off Lampedusa.
Nato ships pulled two survivors out of the water, while others were found on an uninhabited outcrop of land.
A coast guard spokesman quoted by the Associated Press news agency said 56 people had been accounted for, all of them believed to be Tunisian.
Prosecutors have opened an inquiry into whether there were people traffickers on board, the AFP news agency said.
But Laura Boldrini, spokeswoman for the UN refugee agency UNHCR, told AFP: "The idea of people smugglers is by now obsolete.
"Today it is the migrants themselves who take turns in sailing the boat. They are often people with no maritime experience."
On Thursday, 56 people drowned, about half of them said to be children, after a migrant boat capsized off the coast of western Turkey.
Another 45 of those on board - said to be Iraqis, Syrians and Palestinians heading for Europe - managed to swim to shore, officials said.
In 2011, at least 1,500 people drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe, Amnesty International reported.
Many of them were fleeing upheaval in Tunisia and Libya, in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings.
The group included Abdul Haqq, who did not agree with men and women mixing, and gay housemate Fehran Khan.
The Daily Mail gave the programme zero stars and described the show as a "squalid, cheap game".
But the Telegraph gave it four stars and said it was a "wake-up call for Islamophobes everywhere."
The two-part show had come in for criticism even before the first episode aired because of the inclusion of Haqq, a former boxer who told filmmakers that if his passport - which had been confiscated by the British authorities - was returned to him, he would want to go to Syria.
The Mail said the programme was "an exercise in stoking up rows and controversy... the BBC launched this calculated attempt to set 10 Muslims at each other's throats".
The Times gave the programme four stars, noting that "including Abdul Haqq was a risky move for the BBC, but what's the point of showcasing a conversation if you don't hear all sides of it?".
It described the programme as "intelligent and sharply illuminating".
There was a varied reaction to the documentary on social media.
Khalad Hussein wrote that he had mixed feelings on the participants and there were not enough "characters" in the show.
Sarah tweeted it "just seems they wanted to add more confusion and conflict, they never make a show like this about any other religion."
Matt Tassel tweeted it was "brilliant television programming. Essential viewing that pulls no punches and opens new doors."
The BBC made no comment about the show, which concludes on Tuesday evening on BBC Two.
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A lawyer for some of the Hillsborough families suggested Stephen Chippendale "could" and "did" see fans more in need of treatment than the first he treated.
But Mr Chippendale said he did not see anybody who needed resuscitation until after that casualty had been seen.
Ninety-six people were fatally injured in the stadium tragedy in April 1989.
The jury at the new inquests heard the Liverpool versus Nottingham Forest FA Cup semi-final was Mr Chippendale's first match on duty at the stadium in Sheffield.
He was one of the most junior qualified ambulance officers based at Sheffield's Longley Ambulance Station.
He said he was not given a tour of the ground by the two senior officers who were also there, station officers Patrick Higgins and Paul Eason, and he did not know about an emergency plan for the stadium.
The officers' attention was drawn to the Leppings Lane end of the ground when fans started climbing off the terraces just after kick-off at about 15:00 BST.
Mr Chippendale said: "I thought it was just, well, the usual idiots trying to climb on to the pitch, get their five minutes of fame."
The jury heard Mr Chippendale and Mr Eason set off for the Leppings Lane end between 15:02 and 15:03.
Mr Chippendale added: "We looked around to see if anybody was injured. We saw the police. At that time they were pushing the crowd back... from over the fencing back in to the stadium again.
"They thought the same thing - they were trying to do a pitch invasion. We were looking around assessing if anybody injured themselves jumping on to the pitch."
The two ambulance men walked in front of the pens and found a man near the goal with a suspected broken leg.
Mr Chippendale said he was punched on the shoulder during that walk but was not concerned for his safety.
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He said it was only after he finished treating the man with the leg injury that he saw people giving heart massage and mouth-to-mouth to injured fans.
But Jo Delahunty QC, who represents a group of Hillsborough families, argued that he noticed fans injured in the pens earlier.
Ms Delahunty showed a picture timed at about 15:05 showing the two ambulance men walking in front of the pens.
Mr Chippendale confirmed he appeared to be looking towards the pens.
The barrister said that in the pens there were "images there of people who appear to be in need of significant help".
She said they were separated from Mr Chippendale by the mesh fence and were "clearly in difficulties".
Ms Delahunty said: "What I'm suggesting is not only could you see what was happening behind those pens, but you did see what was happening behind those pens because we can track your progress."
Mr Chippendale replied he was "assessing the whole area", not just the pens.
Ms Delahunty continued: "This is the closest you got to the pens that we can see over the course of the afternoon and therefore when you say you could see fans squashed against the fencing, that must be the period that you're meaning."
Mr Chippendale said he could see the logic of that statement.
Ms Delahunty then asked: "So, do you accept that you did see people in serious difficulty behind the pens at that point?"
Mr Chippendale said: "Looking at the photograph there, yes."
Asked why a major incident was not declared at about 15:05, he said: "I assumed Mr Eason had done it already."
The jury has previously heard how Mr Eason declared a major incident at 15:22 that day from an ambulance radio.
Jenni Richards QC, who represents the Yorkshire Ambulance Service, said in Mr Chippendale's 1989 statement he had said he only noticed people in distress after dealing with the suspected broken leg.
The inquests, in Warrington, continue.
The House of Lords voted to reject an amendment challenging government figures on the cost of registering younger voters, by 263 votes to 246.
The government overturned a previous change to the EU Referendum Bill on the voting age, saying it would cost £6m.
Its victory marks the end of the parliamentary row over the legislation.
David Cameron welcomed the news in a tweet, saying: "A key manifesto commitment delivered as the EU Referendum Bill clears Parliament. Voters will have an in/out choice before the end of 2017."
Last week, peers amended the EU Referendum Bill, which paves the way for the in-out referendum before the end of 2017, in order to lower the voting age.
But a Commons vote overturned the move by 303 votes to 253.
The government invoked financial privilege rules, estimating the changes would cost £6m to implement, which can be used by the Commons "as grounds for overruling any House of Lords proposal that has cost implications".
The government has also said it would be wrong to change the "tried and tested" election franchise for a single poll.
But Labour, the SNP and Lib Dems all favoured allowing 16 and 17-year-olds - who were allowed to take part in last year's referendum on Scottish independence - to vote on whether to remain in the EU.
Urging the Lords not to challenge the Commons again, in Monday's vote, Justice Minister Lord Faulks warned that to lower the voting age might be seen as an attempt to "engineer" the result of the poll.
"That perception would damage the public's confidence in the result of the vote," he said.
He added: "We don't believe it is appropriate to lower the voting age to 16. And even if it were, this bill wouldn't be the place to make such a change."
However, Labour's spokeswoman in the Lords, Baroness Morgan of Ely, said the vote would be a "once-in-a-generation opportunity" and young people should be allowed a say on the country's future relationship with the EU.
She also disputed the estimated cost of extending the franchise, saying savings could be made, and she challenged the criteria used to invoke financial privilege.
However, a majority of peers sided with the government in the vote, defeating Labour's proposal by a majority of 17.
Edgbaston's return to England's home Test match schedule helped the county turn in a profit of £2.266m.
In chief executive Colin Povey's final year in charge at Edgbaston, it surpassed the previous best record operating profit of £1.15m in 2009.
The county suffered a loss of £668,000 in their County Championship-winning year of 2012, but have now returned a profit in three straight years.
They made a small profit of £4,500 in 2013, then recorded a £230,000 profit for 2014 - the season in which the Bears won the T20 Blast.
New Warwickshire chief executive Neil Snowball, who took over on 6 January following Povey's farewell on 16 December, also points to an 86 per cent increase in attendances and a consequent 43 per cent increase in revenue.
"Whilst hosting an Ashes Test is a great opportunity, the club had to work very hard to maximise this opportunity," he said. "It is also very encouraging to be rewarded for the increased investment in T20 cricket.
"The regular opportunity to watch Birmingham Bears on a Friday night, allowing under-16s in for free has made T20 cricket at Edgbaston a very exciting proposition. We have ambitious plans to grow further in 2016."
Edgbaston is scheduled to host England's One-Day International against Sri Lanka on Friday, 24 June. The 25,000 capacity ground is also to host the second Test against Pakistan from 3-7 August. Warwickshire's home will also hosts T20 Blast Finals Day on Saturday, 20 August.
In the second year of their latest four-year agreement which goes up to 2018, it will be the eighth time the county have been chosen as hosts in the 14 seasons of domestic Twenty20 cricket.
Edgbaston, which hosted Finals Day in 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2011, has now hosted it consecutively since 2013. After a six-year run at Birmingham, Trent Bridge will have it in 2019.
From 2016 to 2019, Edgbaston is scheduled to host 35 days of big-match cricket: A Test match each year - including one of the Ashes Tests in 2019) - as well as five matches, including one of the semi-finals, in both the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy and the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2019.
Some of those leaving are students after the university was closed.
The attacks have been carried out by the radical Islamist group, Boko Haram, which opposes Western education and fights for Islamic rule.
The security forces have been accused of firing indiscriminately and killing civilians after the raids.
Boko Haram has carried out most of its attacks in Maiduguri but has also bombed targets in the capital, Abuja, in recent months.
The BBC's Bilkisu Babangida in Maiduguri says the city is gripped by fear with many people staying indoors.
Correspondents say bus stops are overcrowded as the exodus from the city grows.
Some people are leaving on foot with their belongings and livestock.
On Tuesday morning, a military patrol was targeted in Maiduguri and in the ensuing confusion, four people were shot dead and two soldiers wounded.
There has also been a blast at a church in the town of Suleja, near Abuja.
No casualties have been reported.
Our reporter says the university was closed following rumours that the group planned to attack the campus.
Have the Nigerian security forces gone too far?
University authorities said they had closed the campus because of the growing insecurity in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state.
Students were due to write end of term exams this week, but the authorities urged students to stay at home under the protection of their parents.
A student, Leke Oshubu, told the BBC the campus was tense.
"You can't read, you can't do anything in this kind of situation," he told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.
Several residents told the BBC that following Tuesday's explosion, soldiers fired indiscriminately.
"They just came, shouting 'Hands up' and then started shooting. They think people like us - civilians - are hiding militants," a resident, who asked not be identified, said.
Legislators from Borno state held a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja to condemn the military strategy and to call for an amicable solution to the conflict with Boko Haram, correspondents say.
The head of the military task force in Maiduguri, Brigadier General Jack Okechukwu Nwaogbo, defended his men.
"Soldiers are not animals who will be killing people indiscriminately. Anybody shot or killed by soldiers must have attacked them or is armed, which means he is part of the group we are out to tackle," he is quoted by the AFP news agency as saying.
On Saturday, residents told the BBC that soldiers had dragged men out of their homes before setting their properties on fire following a Boko Haram attack.
Residents have also been ordered to walk with their hands raised as they approach military checkpoints in the city, correspondents say.
Last week, Maiduguri banned all motorbikes to prevent drive-by shootings by Boko Haram.
Its gunmen often use motorbikes to assassinate security officers and politicians.
The group's official name is Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad, which in Arabic means "People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad".
But residents of Maiduguri, where it was formed in 2002, dubbed it Boko Haram.
Loosely translated from the local Hausa language, this means Western education is forbidden.
Residents gave it the name because of its strong opposition to Western education, which it sees as corrupting Muslims.
Pep Guardiola's visitors were far from their free-flowing best en route to their 12th win of the season, but were nevertheless good value for a victory that keeps them seven points behind leaders Chelsea.
Yaya Toure's penalty, awarded after Andrew Robertson's clumsy challenge on Raheem Sterling, set the visitors on their way before Kelechi Iheanacho added a second from close range and Curtis Davies conceded an own goal in the last few seconds.
Hull have now conceded nine penalties so far in the league this season - four more than any other side.
The hosts played well in patches and saw Michael Dawson's second-half header cleared off the line by Bacary Sagna, but their return of one win in 16 matches is a damning statistic that points to only one outcome at the end of the season.
And it will not be lost on Tigers fans that the side bottom on Christmas Day have only stayed up three times in the 24 Premier League seasons to date.
Guardiola's players will not earn many style points for this latest win but the final result is all that matters as they bid to keep in touch with Antonio Conte's flying leaders.
After starting December with back-to-back losses to Chelsea and champions Leicester, Man City now appear to be comfortably back in the winning groove with nine points from nine.
Sergio Aguero was sitting out the final game of his four-match ban and his absence appeared to be felt in a first half of few chances.
Guardiola decided against employing out-and-out striker Iheanacho from the start in favour of a four-man forward line of Kevin de Bruyne, Sterling, David Silva and Nolito, and they did not click into gear until after the break.
And Sterling took centre stage with a probing run into the area which proved the turning point, drawing a needless foul from Robertson that presented Toure with a chance from 12 yards that he did not pass up.
Iheanacho, introduced from the bench in the 57th minute, added a simple second after good work by Silva, before more direct running from Sterling forced Davies to turn into his own net in the fourth minute of added time.
The only real scare for Guardiola during the match was the early withdrawal of England defender John Stones through injury, but his concerns were quickly allayed.
"We were a little bit worried about that but it is just a kick, not ligaments or something like that," said Guardiola.
Hull have conceded the first goal of the game a league-high 15 times this season, but the rate at which the Tigers are shipping penalties is an even more alarming statistic.
With nine conceded so far, Mike Phelan's men are giving away spot-kicks at the rate of one every two matches.
But they have committed just 186 fouls in 18 games so far - just four teams have conceded fewer - meaning they have given away one penalty for every 20.6 fouls committed.
A mixture of poor judgement and ill fortune lurk behind most of those spot-kicks - two things the Tigers could do without if they are to escape from trouble.
Should they continue to give up penalties at even half the present rate, they will comfortably eclipse the Premier League record of 11 penalties conceded in a season, held by the Blackburn team of 2006-07.
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Man City boss Pep Guardiola: "I enjoyed it because we won but like always had to work hard for it.
"In the first half we forgot where the goal was, in the second half, our strikers saw the goal a bit more and after the first goal it was easy.
"There is always pressure for us because the top of the league is tough and the other teams at the top had won today. Every game we play is like a final."
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Hull manager Mike Phelan: "The penalty was the major turning point. Andrew Robertson is heartbroken over it because he knows he has suffered a harsh lesson there - he has got to stay on his feet and shuffle the player across into an area where maybe his team-mate can do a little bit better at making an attempt to tackle.
"But he has learned from that, and he will learn a lot more at this level. He is a good young player, and a good kid to have around but he has made a basic, basic mistake that has cost us.
"Until then, we put everything together the best way we could. I thought we were very very solid and moved the ball around well. We got to their players quickly and definitely frustrated them. We caused them a few problems now and again."
Man City face a big away trip to Liverpool on New Year's Eve (17:30 GMT), while Hull are back in action on Friday, 30 December when Everton visit the KCOM Stadium (20:00).
Match ends, Hull City 0, Manchester City 3.
Second Half ends, Hull City 0, Manchester City 3.
Own Goal by Curtis Davies, Hull City. Hull City 0, Manchester City 3.
Attempt missed. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Yaya Touré.
Attempt saved. Robert Snodgrass (Hull City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by Raheem Sterling (Manchester City).
Ryan Mason (Hull City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Fernando (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Markus Henriksen (Hull City).
Substitution, Manchester City. Fernando replaces David Silva.
Foul by David Silva (Manchester City).
Markus Henriksen (Hull City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Fernandinho (Manchester City).
Robert Snodgrass (Hull City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Bacary Sagna.
Ryan Mason (Hull City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ryan Mason (Hull City).
Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dieumerci Mbokani (Hull City).
Substitution, Hull City. Adama Diomande replaces Sam Clucas.
Goal! Hull City 0, Manchester City 2. Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Silva.
Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City).
Ryan Mason (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Michael Dawson.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Ahmed Elmohamady.
Substitution, Hull City. Markus Henriksen replaces Jake Livermore.
Goal! Hull City 0, Manchester City 1. Yaya Touré (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty Manchester City. Raheem Sterling draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Andrew Robertson (Hull City) after a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt saved. Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross.
Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dieumerci Mbokani (Hull City).
Attempt missed. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by David Silva.
Attempt missed. Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Robert Snodgrass.
Foul by Fernandinho (Manchester City).
Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Gaël Clichy.
Substitution, Hull City. Ryan Mason replaces Tom Huddlestone.
Foul by Yaya Touré (Manchester City).
The bicycle ridden by teenager Femke van den Driessche in Saturday's cyclo-cross World Championships was allegedly found to contain a hidden motor.
The Belgian said she "would not cheat".
Froome said: "It's a concern I've had, something I brought up with the UCI. It would be my advice that the UCI starts checking bikes more regularly."
UCI president Brian Cookson said it was "absolutely clear" there had been a "technological fraud" during Saturday's under-23 race.
And Froome believes the governing body is "taking the threat seriously".
The Briton, who is preparing for the Herald Sun Tour in Victoria, made his physiological data public in December in an attempt to quash speculation about his performances.
"Knowing that I have nothing to hide, obviously I went and did the tests and offered that data up publicly to everyone and I'm really happy how that went down," he added.
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The models LIFEPAK CR Plus and LIFEPAK EXPRESS Automatic External Defibrillators (AED) were the ones affected, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said.
The manufacturers have sent out safety instructions for the devices.
No patient incidents have occurred.
The defibrillators, made by Physio-Control, are public access defibrillators (PAD) - so called because anyone can use them in an emergency.
Approximately 2,600 devices are thought to be defective.
The MHRA said the fault was caused by an internal component that could become stuck in the closed position.
This means the device could fail to deliver an electric shock to resuscitate a patient in cardiac arrest.
It advised people to carry out a safety check on their devices and arrange for the component to be replaced.
If they have not received the manufacturer's safety alert, they should locate the serial number on the label on the back of the device and call the manufacturer's customer support number or visit their website to seek further advice.
John Wilkinson, MHRA's director of medical devices, said: "These devices deliver lifesaving treatment and it is vital that they work in an emergency.
"Those responsible for them should carry out the instructions by the manufacturer.
"If you have any questions, or have not got the manufacturer's safety alert, call Physio-Control's customer support on 0808 258 0094."
The news offers a glimmer of hope for many farmers in developing nations.
Climate projections suggest that 50% of the countries' bean production will be lost by 2050 if farmers do not have access to the new variety of bean.
The discovery was made by plant breeders at CGIAR, a global agricultural research group.
One of the plant breeders involved in the research, Steve Beebe - a senior bean researcher at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - explained that bean plants were, as a rule, very sensitive to excessive heat.
"Typically, beans are not grown in environments where the night temperature is above 18C (64F) or 19C," he told BBC News.
"Night temperatures are especially critical because the bean flower pollinates itself during night hours and the pollination process is very sensitive to temperature.
"When we talk about heat tolerance, we are especially concerned about the night-time temperatures."
Dr Beebe said the team wanted to see if there were varieties that displayed a trait of coping with night-time temperatures in the region of 23C.
"We gathered up the lines that we had in our breeding programme - lines that had been selected for other traits such as drought tolerance, which has been a high priority as well.
"We also pulled some lines off the shelf that were the result of a crossing programme about 12-15 years ago between our common bean and a tepary bean."
Vintage traits
He explained that the tepary bean was a neglected crop, grown by native Americans in the southwest US and Mexico in very hot and dry environments.
"We first started evaluating them for drought tolerance but when we decided to go into temperature evaluations, we selected these along with a much larger line of beans selected for drought or disease resistance," he recalled.
"We looked for varieties that were able to set pods and produce seeds in those conditions. We selected about 30 materials that were promising. That meant it was about 3% of our material that was of any interest at all.
"When we looked at what we had selected, the vast majority went back to the crosses that we had made 12-15 years ago."
Dr Beebe said the tepary bean as a food crop was not a popular cultivar.
"The grain type is very unusual, it is very small - only about half the size you are probably accustomed to. The plant type is not agronomically acceptable because it is very low growing and spreads," he said.
"But it has some very interesting traits of heat tolerance and drought tolerance."
The beans, nicknamed heat-beaters, could help maintain a valuable source of protein and iron for almost half a billion people as the world warms, if researchers are able to get seeds to farmers.
Seeds of hope
A recent report by the The African Seed Access Index (TASAI) said millions of smallholder farmers were unable to access the wide range of crop seeds because they were too costly or simply not available from local seed sellers.
Dr Beebe explained: "Beans and other legumes are self-pollinating so they are not very attractive to private sector seed producers.
"What self-pollination implies is that the farmer can save their own seed year after year, so a seedsman in business thinks that they can sell seed once and then they will have no more market."
But he added that there had been several very innovative approaches to getting seed to smallholder farmers in this situation.
"One of the most successful has been selling seed but in very small packets.
"Seed is often marketed in sacks of 50lbs (23kg) or more, and farmers cannot afford that. If you offer them a small packet that could be as little as 100g - they can buy that easily.
"It will only cover a very small area but for the farmer, she looks upon that favourably because it provides an opportunity for her to experiment with a new variety: does it grow well? Does it produce well? Does she like the grain? Does she like the taste? If she evaluates it favourably, she can either save her own seed or she can go back and buy a little more."
Dr Beebe said selling seeds in small packets also provided a way for new varieties to be more widely disseminated.
As for when farmers will be able to get their hands on the new "heat-beater" beans, he revealed: "As a matter of fact, if a farmer wrote to us today then we could - subject to certain restrictions - send them some."
He added: "But regarding when the seed is widely available to a massive number of farmers is subject to a process that has certain legal steps to it.
"To formally release a variety of crop, it must go through a series of tests, certified by the government, to validate a new variety. Then it needs to go through a seed production process.
"From now, these processes will take at least two years and in some countries, which have a longer process, it could even take four years."
But not through my ears. I'm wearing a SubPac, which is strapped on to my back and allows me to feel the beat of the music as it thumps through my body.
Chris is trying to replicate what it would feel like if, like him, I were deaf. And this is his aim - to give the opportunity for deaf dancers in his classes to feel the music so they can learn his choreography with ease.
"Dance classes are always so fast-paced, and without being able to hear the music you end up just being out of time," says Chris.
The SubPac, which is widely used in the music world to help music producers feel the music without damaging their ears, works by transferring low, bass frequencies directly to your body, providing the physical dimension to sound.
As soon as his aunty introduced him to music videos, dancing became a passion for Chris. But when he became deaf at a young age, after having meningitis, he thought his dreams of dancing and choreography were over.
Through his love of dance, Chris persevered, joining dance classes at the back and allowing his natural ability to shine through.
But he knew that not every deaf dancer would be as confident as him without being able to hear the music.
James Williams, who does business development for SubPac, tells the BBC: "Giving Chris, and those with hearing impairments the ability to experience something that we all take for granted is a rare opportunity.
"Since the focus is on physicality, the SubPac is great for helping dancers with hearing problems to dance in time to the beat."
And technology is giving people with all kinds of disabilities the chance to stay active and keep fit.
Take Simon Wheatcroft, who lost his sight at 17.
Simon was born with the genetic degenerative eye condition retinitis pigmentosa (RP), which causes gradual deterioration of the retina. But that hasn't stopped Simon becoming an ultra-marathon runner.
"I started running for something to do. I used a guide dog to run outside or went running with other people," he says.
He has run the New York marathon and many much longer races, normally with a human guide. But what happens when you want to run solo?
In a bid to do a 155-mile ultra-marathon in the Namibian desert this May he turned to IBM Bluemix - the tech giant's app development arm - to help him create an app.
Called eAscot after his guide dog, the app uses sensors, similar to car parking sensors, and satellite navigation to help him stay on course.
A desert race can be broken down into a series of straight lines, each with its own bearing on a compass. If he veers off to the right, the app emits a high-pitched beep that increases in frequency the further away he goes. If he runs too far left, low pitch beeps warn him.
Silence means he's heading in the right direction.
"I was tired and in pain after the marathons, but I was also happy knowing I had achieved something that once seemed impossible, made possible thanks to technology," says Simon.
"What sticks with me is the feeling of accomplishment," he adds. "Being able to do something that had never been done before. To create an application in a matter of weeks that changed what was possible for visually impaired runners felt even better than completing any race."
Paralympians, too, are using technology to help them compete at the highest level.
Advances in 3D printing, lightweight materials and computer design are having an impact in a number of areas, from tailor-made racing wheelchairs to aerodynamic prosthetic limbs.
"The technology being used, such as 3D tech, is evolving every year and we will see a wide range of new advancements at the upcoming Paralympics that will aid those competing to achieve even greater records across all disciplines," says Nick Braund, head of tech and innovation at PHA Media.
Designworks carried out full body scans of track and field athletes in the US Paralympics team to create the sporty racing wheelchairs.
But what about assistive technology for everyday sports?
When Anthony Netto, a South African-born professional golfer and US veteran, was paralysed after being shot through the hip whilst on duty in Iraq, he thought he'd never be able to play golf again.
As a paraplegic he knew it wouldn't be possible without being able to stand. So he invented the Paragolfer, a machine that can elevate you from a sitting position to a standing position.
Initially invented in 2001, it was finally launched in April this year at Mearns Castle Golf Academy in Glasgow.
Anthony says it's transformed the prospects for people who thought they'd never be able to play the sport again.
"From tears of joy, to smiles from ear to ear, hugs and kisses for grateful heartfelt thank yous - I feel like I've made a real difference to people's lives," he says.
Nick Braund concludes: "New tech innovations like these have allowed those previously not able to take part in sport or exercise the opportunity to compete and succeed."
And that can only be a good thing.
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Fines of 250,000 euro (£181,000) were imposed for each violation.
It followed the news that the company's Paris offices were raided by police investigating the same service.
And in South Korea nearly 30 people linked to the company were charged with running an illegal taxi firm. They included Uber's chief executive Travis Kalanick, police told the BBC.
On Thursday 19 March, an Uber spokesman denied reports, which had surfaced the previous day, that Mr Kalanick was among those charged.
But a South Korean police official told the BBC on Friday that he had been charged.
Uber said it regretted the Frankfurt District Court's decision, saying it represented a "fundamental infringement of our ability under European law to establish and provide a service".
While UberPop, which unites passengers with drivers who do not have professional licences, is banned, the company insisted it would continue to run its services using licensed limousine and taxi drivers in Germany.
A spokesman said it would also appeal against the court's decision and, in the meantime, would introduce an "alternative ridesharing service that we are developing specifically to fit the court's interpretation of existing regulations in Germany".
The spokesman added that Uber would continue discussions with German regulators in the hope of finding a compromise.
The case, brought by German taxi operator group Taxi Deutschland, is one of more than a dozen lawsuits which have been filed in countries across Europe in recent months against the San Francisco-based company.
Dieter Schlenker, chairman of the Taxi Deutschland co-operative, hailed the decision as a move that would protect professional taxi drivers from competition by unlicensed Uber drivers.
The presiding judge Joachim Nickel said Uber violated German laws on commercial passenger transportation because its drivers did not have the right kinds of licences.
And he said Uber's business model violated both national and European Union laws because it did not fully insure drivers or passengers in the event of accidents.
Lawyers representing Uber denied it was subject to rules governing taxi operators, claiming the company merely acts as an exchange connecting drivers with clients.
In response, Uwe Eilers, one judge on the three-judge panel that delivered its decision on Wednesday, said: "In that case, you should include in your business description that Uber offers rides for free."
The judges' decision came after it emerged that Uber's Paris offices had been raided by police investigating its UberPop service on Monday. Staff and other people linked to the firm in South Korea were charged with running an illegal taxi firm as part of a separate investigation.
Uber said its South Korean staff had not broken any laws and called the Paris raid "disproportionate".
South Korean police told the BBC that they had already summoned Mr Kalanick and planned to file for an arrest warrant.
In France, 30 police officers descended on the company's Paris headquarters looking for information, the company told the BBC.
A spokesman said the officers stayed all day and took away mobile phones that were intended for the use of Uber drivers.
He called the raid "intimidation", saying: "Why would they send 30 police officers? We are 46 [people] here. The only things we have are computers and telephones."
Uber said the police investigation was based on French legislation it has already complained to the European Commission about, and was confident would be scrapped.
According to Agence France-Presse AFP, dozens of non-professional UberPop users have been fined since the start of the year.
UberPop has been ruled illegal in France, but the company has appealed against a 100,000 euro (£72,000) fine it received last year, it said.
According to a report from the South Korean news agency Yonhap, 29 people connected to Uber had been charged.
The agency reported Mr Kalanick, who has already been indicted on charges of establishing and running Uber Korea, had been charged again on suspicion of conducting an illegal business, citing local police sources.
But, on Thursday, Uber said that - barring December's indictment - he had not been charged by South Korean authorities.
Among those also charged were the heads of six different car rental firms, who were suspected of connecting passengers with nearby drivers through the UberTaxi app without a licence, police told Yonhap.
According to the reports, police said the Uber app posed a risk for passenger safety because drivers were not screened, cars were uninsured and mobile phone numbers and credit card numbers could be leaked.
Police also said Uber Korea took 20% of passengers' taxi fares as commission and paid the remainder to drivers.
By providing such services, one car rental firm made 96 million won (£58,000) in three months, officers claimed.
Asked about the reports, an Uber spokesman said: "Uber has fully co-operated with the police during the course of their investigation and we will continue to do so as the matter is referred to the prosecution for review.
"Uber does not believe the employees in Korea have engaged in any misconduct or illegal behaviour. We believe the prosecutors will come to a similar conclusion."
Amelia Caller, 22, is accused of buying gas that her friend, Emma Crossman, used to take her own life.
The 21-year-old was found dead at her home in Sleaford, Lincolnshire in January 2014.
Miss Caller denies the murder on the basis she did not think Miss Crossman would kill herself.
In a recording of her police interview, which was played at Lincoln Crown Court on Thursday, Miss Caller said: "I was the only one who knew what she was planning.
"I was trying everything to stop her...I didn't want her to do it."
The court has previously heard Miss Caller, of Great Hale, Lincolnshire, was "obsessed and infatuated" with Miss Crossman, who had a history of depression, self-harm and overdoses.
A series of Facebook and text messages exchanged between the two women, discussing how Miss Crossman would take her own life, were also read out in court.
One message from Miss Caller suggested the pair have "one fun final day out" while another said "I keep thinking what kind of mate murders their best mate".
Earlier in the trial, Miss Crossman's ex-partner, Adrian Kemp, 56, said she had sent messages about ending her life after they had split up.
He said the two friends drank heavily together and he had confiscated gas bought for Miss Crossman by Miss Caller.
The trial continues.
State-controlled Channel One TV said it was the worst disaster in the history of Russian aviation. Russia and Egypt "fully understand each other on issues relating to the investigation of the crash", it quoted Russian Transport Minister Maksim Sokolov saying.
NTV said the black boxes will be deciphered by Russian specialists and the pro-Kremlin rolling news station LifeNews TV said: "The whole world mourns the victims of the air disaster."
"We cannot rule out that terrorists could have had a hand in the air disaster. It is well known that since Russia started a military operation in Syria, a number of jihadist groups have declared a 'holy war' against Russia and its citizens," mass-circulation newspaper Moskovskiy Komsomolets said on its website.
On Ekho Moskvy radio, a former member of the elite anti-terrorism Alpha force, Sergey Goncharov, dismissed reports that the group calling itself Islamic State (IS) might be responsible for the crash. "This is another publicity campaign by IS," he said.
The pro-government paper, Izvestia, reports that the airline owes the Russian state Pension Fund money for insurance fees, but it notes that the company's alleged cash flow problems stem from tour companies not paying their bills.
An aviation engineer, Viktor Alksnis tells the pro-government tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda this is not the first time that "we are stepping on the same rake". He says dozens of small airlines that emerged in "the wild 1990s cannot ensure safety of air travel".
Novaya Gazeta newspaper warns against the tendency by watchdogs to criticise disasters only after they happened. They should focus on trying to prevent them, the article argues. "We have too little information so far to develop versions on the causes of the air crash... The agencies always find airlines' violations after the trouble has happened".
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It is the snappy shorthand for a final settlement that would see the creation of an independent state of Palestine on pre-1967 ceasefire lines in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem living peacefully alongside Israel.
The United Nations, the Arab League, the European Union, Russia and the United States routinely restate their commitment to the concept, and US President Barack Obama is sure to do so once again as he visits Jerusalem and Ramallah this week.
But many experts, as well as ordinary Israelis and Palestinians, now believe the two-state option should be abandoned or at least reconsidered.
Twenty years after the breakthrough Oslo Accords there is no sign of a final agreement.
Meanwhile, the construction of Israel's barrier in and around the West Bank and the expansion of settlements on occupied land make a Palestinian state less possible.
On Israel's left and far right in particular, as well as among Palestinian activists, there is renewed talk of a one-state solution.
The Palestinian Islamist movement, Hamas has never officially dropped its claim to a single state in all of historic Palestine.
Some hawkish Israelis, meanwhile, also discuss another alternative: a "three-state solution".
Under heavy US pressure, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a speech in 2009, in which he first committed to a "demilitarised Palestinian state".
A year later, peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians were revived but then quickly derailed with the end of a partial freeze on Jewish settlement building.
In recent months, Mr Netanyahu's government has announced plans to construct thousands of new settler homes, including in the sensitive "E1" area that would separate East Jerusalem from the West Bank.
If these go ahead, even the UN has said they would represent "an almost fatal blow" to the chance of a two-state solution.
The noted British-Israeli historian, Avi Shlaim has memorably remarked that Mr Netanyahu "is like a man who, while negotiating the division of a pizza, continues to eat it".
"I've always been a supporter of the two-state solution, but we've reached a point where it is no longer a viable solution," he says. "Now I'm a supporter of a one-state solution, not as my first choice, but as a default solution in the light of Israeli actions."
In recent years, more Israeli leftists and Palestinian thinkers have made the ideological case for a single bi-national state giving equal citizenship and rights to all residents of Israel and the Palestinian territories.
Even some on Israel's right - like the former Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, who is a member of Mr Netanyahu's Likud party - say they would prefer this to a division of the land.
A series of books, articles and conferences have discussed various alternatives - from a power-sharing model similar to that seen in Northern Ireland, or a Bosnia-Hercegovina-type federation where Jews and Palestinians would enjoy a high degree of autonomy.
Last year, the former Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei, an architect of the Oslo Accords, said Palestinians needed to start their own debate.
"It could be that despite all the negative aspects and all the differences, we should not rule out the one-state solution as an option," he wrote in the newspaper, al-Quds al-Arabi.
"It should be discussed in an internal dialogue and put to the Palestinian people in a referendum, before it is laid on the negotiating table as an option and thrown in Israel's face like a hot coal because it caused the two-state solution to fail."
Aware that a one-state solution would undermine the Jewish identity of Israel, frustrated Palestinian officials increasingly warn that they may abandon their quest for statehood and push for that instead.
President Mahmoud Abbas has said there is a danger of "an apartheid-style state" being created.
The argument goes that Muslim and Christian Palestinians - with their growing populations - would quickly outnumber Jewish Israelis. If it acted to raise the status of Jews, Israel would be undermined as a democracy and could end up with an apartheid system. Some claim this exists already.
Several right-wing groups in Israel believe new ways must be found to strengthen a single state of Israel. The "Yes to a Strong Israel" campaign backed by settler groups has a growing presence online and in social media.
"I'm 10 minutes down the road from Jerusalem," says Rut Lieberman from Gush Etzion in the occupied West Bank. "For people who want a two-state solution - cutting up Israel more - this would become Palestine. I'm not sure that works."
"I just drove past a contiguous Jewish population of tens of thousands of people. The two-state solution is a dead end. We have to get it off the table."
Among Israel's 500,000 settlers there is wide support for a plan by the Habayit Hayehudi (Jewish Home) party, which joined the new Israeli government sworn in on Monday.
It proposes annexing the 61% of the West Bank known as "Area C", where Israel already has full military control. Settlers would stay, about 50,000 Palestinians living there would get Israeli citizenship, and the remaining 2.6 million Palestinian residents of the West Bank would be left under autonomous local government.
Last November's conflict in the Gaza Strip brought another idea back into circulation - that of a separation of the Palestinian territories, or the "three-state solution".
Some Israeli analysts suggested that with Hamas governing Gaza - the coastal territory should be stabilised and treated as a state separate from the West Bank, where the Palestinian Authority controls Palestinian areas.
A former Israeli national security adviser, retired Maj-Gen Giora Eiland, has proposed that in order to achieve this Israel should change its long-time policy and talk directly to Hamas.
Others say that Egypt - whose president is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, which has ideological links to Hamas - should open its border crossings with Gaza and take responsibility for it.
Egypt and Jordan controlled Gaza and the West Bank respectively from 1948 until 1967, when Israel captured them during the Six Day War.
Some right-wing Israelis also posit that for historic reasons, Jordan is Palestine and should provide a home for the Palestinian people. They foresee only three states remaining - Israel, Jordan and Egypt - which have already signed peace treaties.
Such a neat formulation overlooks the fact that Cairo, Amman and the Palestinians themselves would never agree to it.
"Palestinians will never melt into another entity or identity," says Mahdi Abdul Hadi of the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs.
"Especially after all these years of occupation and struggle and sacrifice, Palestine cannot be moved and placed in someone else's lap."
Much to the annoyance of Israel and the US, Palestinians were granted the status of a non-member observer state at the UN General Assembly in November.
This has earned them the right to use the designation "State of Palestine" on UN documents and possibly to challenge Israel's occupation of Palestinian land before international courts.
However, in real terms a sovereign Palestinian state remains as elusive as ever.
An opinion poll carried out last November suggested that the number of Palestinians supporting a two-state solution remained steady at 51%. But support for a bi-national solution had risen to 27%, up five percentage points from the previous year.
There are serious doubts - on both sides - about whether President Obama can achieve anything and whether he can be trusted.
An Israel Democracy Institute poll this month found that 62% of the Jewish public believed he lacked the ability to bring a real breakthrough in relations with the Palestinians.
As Mr Obama will no doubt find, Israeli and Palestinian leaders are divided among themselves about how to proceed and ongoing political turmoil in the region confuses the situation further.
At the same the conflict continues to fester and cannot be ignored.
It said Mr Assange had in recent weeks released material that could have an impact on the US presidential election.
Ecuador also said its move was not the result of pressure from Washington.
The US denied WikiLeaks accusations that it had asked Ecuador to stop the site publishing documents about presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Transparency activist Julian Assange has sought asylum at London's Ecuadorean embassy since 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex assault allegations.
In a statement (in Spanish), the Ecuadorean foreign ministry said WikiLeaks' decision to publish documents could have an impact on the US presidential election.
It said the release was entirely the responsibility of the organisation, and Ecuador did not want to interfere in the electoral process.
"In that respect, Ecuador, exercising its sovereign right, has temporarily restricted access to part of its communications systems in its UK Embassy," the statement said.
It added that "Ecuador does not yield to pressures from other countries".
WikiLeaks earlier said that Ecuador had cut off Mr Assange's internet access on Saturday evening.
The site has recently been releasing material from Hillary Clinton's campaign, including those from a hack of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta's emails.
It released transcripts on Saturday of paid speeches Mrs Clinton made to the US investment bank Goldman Sachs in the past, which her campaign had long refused to release.
The scripts reveal bantering exchanges with bank executives, which correspondents say may increase concerns among liberal Democrats that she is too cosy with Wall Street.
The Democratic White House candidate's camp has claimed the cyber-breach was orchestrated by Russian hackers with the aim of undermining the US democratic process.
While Mrs Clinton's team has neither confirmed nor denied the leaked emails are authentic, there have been no indications they are fake.
According to the latest leaked emails, Mrs Clinton told a Goldman Sachs conference she would like to intervene secretly in Syria.
She made the remark in answer to a question from Lloyd Blankfein, the bank's chief executive, in 2013 - months after she left office as secretary of state.
"My view was you intervene as covertly as is possible for Americans to intervene," she told employees of the bank in South Carolina, which had paid her about $225,000 (£185,000) to give a speech.
Mrs Clinton - who is accused of being hawkish by liberal critics - added: "We used to be much better at this than we are now. Now, you know, everybody can't help themselves.
"They have to go out and tell their friendly reporters and somebody else: Look what we're doing and I want credit for it."
The Federal Reserve indicated it was more positive about the US economy, but gave no clear indication on when rates would rise.
The Dow Jones closed up 114 points to 17,630.
The S&P 500 rose 15 points to 2,093, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 23 points to 5,112.
"We started off on the right foot and we didn't get anything negative from the Fed," said Michael James, managing director for equity trading at Wedbush Securities.
Northrop Grumman rose 6% after it reported better than expected earnings and raised its outlook for the year.
On the downside, Twitter shares closed down 14.5% following an honest assessment of its difficulty attracting new users in its earnings call after the market close on Tuesday.
Consumer review website Yelp shares were another overnight casualty, losing a whacking 25% after results came in way below hopes. Its chairman also said he was leaving to pursue other interests.
The man, who has not been named, fell unconscious at the event in Hikone, in Shiga prefecture, on 13 November while trying to eat five onigiri balls in three minutes.
He died in hospital three days later without regaining consciousness, contest organisers told Japanese media.
Speed-eating contests are popular spectator events in Japan.
Experts warn that as well as choking, speed-eaters risk damaging their stomach or oesophagus.
6 May 2016 Last updated at 17:10 BST
With Sats tests taking place in schools in England this week some of you might be feeling those pre-test nerves.
So, we asked some top CBBC stars to tell us how they felt before taking a test at school, and what they did to help beat the nerves and feel exam-ready.
Whether it's asking for extra study help, or just remembering to breathe, these guys have got some great advice...
Though far from each other, they form a single territorial grouping under the sovereignty of the British Crown.
Much of their history has been influenced by military and strategic interests.
St Helena
St Helena is probably best known as the island to which French Emperor Napolean Bonaparte was exiled in 1815 after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.
Its inhabitants, known locally as "Saints", are the descendants of sailors, settlers and slaves. The island's economy is dependent on British grants and remittances from abroad.
It is linked to the outside world by a Royal Mail Ship, the St Helena, which makes a five-day journey from Cape Town in South Africa, every three weeks, carrying passengers and supplies,
The British government hopes an international airport completed in 2016 will boost the island's self-sufficiency, "with the ultimate aim of eliminating the island's reliance on aid".
Population 4,255
Area 122 sq km (47 sq miles)
Major language English
Major religion Christianity
Currency St Helena Pound (equal to British pound)
Economy Agriculture, fishing concessions and tourism
Head of state: Elizabeth II, represented by a governor
The territory elects an assembly of 12 members, five of who sit on a local government council, chaired by the governor.
The governor is represented on Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha by local administrators.
Key dates in St Helena's history:
1502 - The island is uninhabited when it is first discovered by Portuguese mariners.
1600s - The British East India Company uses the island as a way station for trading ships sailing home from the Orient and is granted a charter to run the island, installing its own governor in 1659.
1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte is imprisoned on the island after his defeat at Waterloo and remains confined there until his death in 1821.
1834 - St Helena becomes a British crown colony.
1980s - Widespread poverty eases with the Falklands War creating job opportunities in both the Falklands and Ascension.
2002 - Britain repeals a 1981 law depriving Saints of full citizenship, prompting a third of its inhabitants to leave the island to live or work elsewhere.
2011 - The UK government announces plans to invest £250m in the building of an airport on the island's east coast with a view to boosting the island's self-sufficiency.
Ascension Island
Just south of the equator, Ascension Island is 700 miles from its nearest neighbour St Helena. It is a vital staging post for Britain in the South Atlantic and served as a key logistical base for troops during the Falklands War in 1982.
The island was an important communications and operations centre during both World Wars and its Wideawake airfield is now shared by the British and American air forces.
Today, the island is used by the telecommunications company Cable & Wireless for satellite communications; Merlin, which runs a satellite-tracking station for the European Space Agency; the BBC World Service, which has a relay station there and the Composite Signals Organisation, which is part of GCHQ.
The island has a transient population of about 1,000, mainly Britons, Americans and St Helenians involved in the military, telecommunications and satellite tracking. It can be reached by air or by the RMS St Helena.
Britain has expressed the intention of applying to the UN to extend its territorial rights around Ascension Island on the grounds that the island's landmass actually reaches much further underwater. This would give Britain more extensive rights over any oil or gas reserves in the areas.
Status: British Overseas Territory
Capital: Georgetown
Population: 880
Area: 90 sq km (34 sq miles)
Major languages: English
Major religion: Christianity
Currency: St Helena/Ascension Pound (equal to British pound)
Key dates in the history of the Ascension Islands:
1501 - The island is discovered by Portuguese navigator Joao da Nove Castella but remains uninhabited until the arrival of a British naval garrison in 1815.
1823 - Control of the island transfers to the Royal Marines and it remains under the supervision of the British Admiralty until 1922 when it is declared a dependency of St Helena.
1899-1964 - The East Telegraph Company, now Cable & Wireless, administers the island until 1964.
1943 - World War Two: The US military builds the Wideawake airbase and landing strip and remains on the island until 1947. Post-war, a US military presence is re-established.
1964 - The BBC establishes a South Atlantic relay station and administration of the island transfers from Cable & Wireless to a London-appointed administrator.
1967 - A NASA tracking station is built to support the Apollo lunar landing programme but closes in 1990 to be replaced by a European Space Agency station.
1982 - St Helena is used as a base to support British military operations during the Falklands War. The RAF detachment remains on the island after the war to support the Falklands garrison.
2016 - Britain announces plans to protect the island's rich marine biodiversity by creating a reserve the size of the UK in the waters around Ascension Island, with just over half of the protected area to be closed to fishing.
Tristan da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha was once the main trading route between Europe and the Indian Ocean. It is now home to 300 residents who live in its only settlement, Edinburgh of the Seven Seas.
Situated 1,243 miles from its closest neighbour Saint Helena, 1,491 miles from South Africa and 2,088 miles from South America, the remote archipelago includes Inaccessible, Nightingale, Middle, Stoltenhoff, and Gough - which has a manned weather station.
Accessible only by a six-day boat journey from South Africa, its main island is just seven miles long.
Most of its residents are farmers, with cattle among the livestock, and fishing also forms a major part of the island's economy.
Status: British Overseas Territory
Capital: Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
Population: 300
Major languages: English
Major religion: Christianity
Currency: British Pound
Key dates in the history of Tristan da Cunha:
1506 - Portuguese navigator Tristao da Cunha discovers the island but it remains uninhabited.
1700s - The island is used as a temporary base by US whalers before the first permanent settlers arrive in the early 1800s.
1816 - The British navy stations a garrison on island during Napoleon's exile. When the garrison is withdrawn a year later, three settlers stay on to become the founders of the present settlement.
1800s - By 1856, there are close to 100 residents and the island begins to prosper, operating as a subsistence economy. The island is used as a way station for ships en-route to South Africa, India, the Far East and Australia.
1875 - The islands are declared part of the British Empire.
1938 - Tristan da Cunha is declared a dependency of St Helena.
1950 - The British government sends its first administrator to the territory.
1961 - A volcanic eruption forces the evacuation of all the island's inhabitants to the UK with the majority opting to return in 1963.
The far-flung islands support local newspapers and radio stations. There are no locally-based TV services.
County Down swimmer Firth, 20, won the S14 100m backstroke title when representing Ireland four years ago but will be among four Northern Irish competitors competing for Great Britain in Rio.
Larne woman Claire Taggart, 21, competes in Boccia for Britain with 16-year-old Ballymena youngster Katie Morrow (wheelchair basketball) and Downpatrick man David Leavy (seven-a-side football) also representing Great Britain at the Games.
Track and field stars McKillop and Smyth are joined in the Ireland team by seven-a-side footballers Ryan Walker and Cormac Birt plus Dungannon shooter Phillip Eaglesham.
Here, BBC Sport takes a more detailed look at the Northern Ireland competitors.
Seaforde woman Firth will aim to land gold during Thursday's first day of competition when she defends her S14 100m backstroke title.
The 100m backstroke remains Firth's strongest event but she will also compete in the 200m freestyle, 100m breaststroke and 200m individual medley later in the Games.
Firth could be a strong gold medal contender in the 200m IM on the penultimate day of the Games as Russian Valeriia Shabalina, who pipped her for gold at this year's European Championships, will not be competing because of the country's ban from Rio.
Firth, who competes in the S14 classes for swimmers with an intellectual disability, is one of Northern Ireland's top pool stars and competed in eight events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
After winning gold in London, Firth won three silver medals at the IPC World Championships in Montreal a year later before opting to switch allegiance to Great Britain.
Twenty-one-year-old Larne woman Claire Taggart competes in the Paralympic-specific spot of Boccia, which is similar to Boules and requires major tactical nuance and accuracy from its athletes.
Claire was diagnosed with the condition dystonia after beginning to experience difficulties with her walking five years ago.
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But despite now being in a wheelchair, the county Antrim woman maintains a hugely positive approach to life.
"I'm learning to drive again. The only thing I can't do is walk and to be honest, I'm not that bothered," says Claire.
The Larne woman was thrilled by her selection for her first Paralympics and will be part of a strong British squad expected to challenge strongly for medals in both the team and individual events.
Downpatrick man David Leavy will be another Paralympics debutant in Rio after being named in Britain's seven-a-side football squad.
The Queen's University student captained the Northern Ireland team at last year's Cerebral Palsy World Championships after discovering the sport when watching the London 2012 Paralympics on television.
Leavy will be the first ever Northern Ireland player to represent Great Britain in seven-a-side football at a Paralympics.
"It's a real honour to be selected to represent ParalympicsGB and I'm delighted that all of my hard work in training has paid off," says the 24-year-old.
Sixteen-year-old Ballymena girl Katie Morrow was introduced to wheelchair basketball three years ago by Disability Sport Northern Ireland's Wheelchair Basketball Performance Officer Phil Robinson.
2015 was a remarkable year for the Cullybackey College student as she helped the British senior team win European Championship bronze after making her debut earlier in the season, in addition to helping the British Under-25 squad clinch World Championship gold.
Away from the basketball court, Katie is a highly talented swimmer having been a club-mate of Ireland star Danielle Hill in a Larne squad which claimed relay medals at Irish and British Age-Group Championships.
The world's fastest Paralympian will be aiming to win gold medal number five in Rio after his T13 sprint doubles in Beijing and London.
With the International Paralympic Committee dropping the 200m event from the Rio athletics programme, Eglinton man Smyth will run just the 100m at these Games with his opening heat taking place on the first day of competition on Thursday before Friday's final.
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Smyth, 29, set world records of 10.46 and 21.05 as he triumphed in London although his 100m personal best of 10.22 set in 2011 was good enough to earn him a place in the sprint entry alongside Usain Bolt at that year's World Championships in South Korea.
Injury problems affected Smyth in the three years after London but his 10.39 clocking in Florida earlier this summer suggests that he should comfortably retain his 100m title.
As an eight-year-old, Smyth was diagnosed with the genetic condition Stargardt's Disease, which has left him with less than 10% of normal vision.
Like his great friend Smyth, Glengormley runner McKillop will be unable to repeat his double triumph of four years ago after Games bosses also opted to remove the T37 800m from the Rio timetable.
Despite a series of injuries since London, which included a broken wrist after he fell off a bike while on holiday in Rome, McKillop has remained unbeatable at world and European level over the last four years.
McKillop has not lost in Paralympic competition since a defeat at the 2005 European Championships in Finland, which came three years before his first Paralympics gold medal in Beijing.
With the 26-year-old enjoying an injury-free 2016, he will be a strong favourite to clinch a fourth Paralympics gold medal.
Nineteen-year-old Armagh man Ryan Walker will make his Paralympic debut on Friday when he lines out for the Ireland seven-a-side football team in their opener against the world's top-ranked team Ukraine at the Deodoro Stadium.
The tournament, which is played by footballers with cerebral palsy, will continue for the Irish on Saturday as they face hosts Brazil before they face Great Britain in their final group match.
Midfielder Ryan, who hails from Glenanne in county Armagh, has been playing football all his life and is a regular with his Ireland team-mate Cormac Birt and British representative David Leavy in the Northern Ireland team.
Ryan hopes to qualify as a personal trainer in the future.
Toomebridge 20-year-old Cormac Birt will make his Ireland debut in Rio after being named alongside Walker in the 14-man squad.
A former GAA player, Cormac turned his hand to football in 2011 and hasn't looked back since and has been juggling training with his studies as an accountancy student.
The county Antrim man has been capped 34 times by Northern Ireland's Cerebral Palsy team and his seven international goals include a wonder strike from the halfway line against England three years ago.
Belfast youngster Jordan Walker, 17, was selected to join Walker and Birt in the Ireland squad but had to pull out because of injury.
Dungannon man Phillip Eaglesham was serving as a Royal Marine in Afghanistan in 2010 when he contracted Q Fever, a rare airborne bacteria, and the steady deterioration in his condition left him wheelchair bound.
However, the father-of-three took began competing in disability shooting competitions in 2012 and despite the constant struggle to manage the physical and mental impact of his illness, he competed in his first IPC World Cup event in the USA in 2015.
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Impressive performances at the World Cup competition in Thailand in March secured the Somerset-based 34-year-old his selection on the Ireland team for Rio.
"There is no real prognosis apart from deterioration so we don't know where the future lies, but sport has really given me an outlook on doing something positive," says Phillip.
Mr Jones, speaking on BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement, said the economy was buoyant and unemployment was falling.
He added that standards in education were on the rise and the NHS was improving.
"We've seen the best figures for inward investment for 30 years," Mr Jones said.
"We're seeing new confidence in our young people, unemployment is coming down, economic activity is increasing, education standards are going up, the health service is improving and this in the background of a 10% cut to our own budget from the UK government."
The autumn conference comes at a key time for the Labour Party, under the new leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.
It also comes ahead of elections for the Welsh assembly in May 2016.
"Our opponents will accuse us of having run out of steam," said the first minister.
"What we will do is show people that we have new ideas, that we have new ways of taking Wales forward, that we believe in Wales particularly and that we're really ready and up for governing for five years beyond this."
Ch Insp Tony Callaghan said: "There were no arrests; however items were taken away for further examination."
The operation came as Stormont Justice Minister David Ford met senior police officers in the area to discuss the security threat.
The searches were carried out on Wednesday in the Galliagh area of the city.
The searches follow an attempt last month to murder a couple - who are both in the police - in Eglinton, and a bomb at the Probation Service in Derry in April.
Mr Ford said he was satisfied police had resources to deal with the threat.
"Since I became minister of justice, the threat to police and prison officers has been regarded as severe throughout Northern Ireland, so it is clearly significant," he said.
"But what I also heard about this morning was very good positive constructive work, policing with the community, solid community engagement right across the Derry and Strabane district.
"I think this is an indication of the very good work being done by the police despite the threat."
Sinn Féin Policing Board member Gerry Kelly criticised the deployment of the Army during the security operation, and said he would raise the issue with the chief constable.
"Let's not pretend that this not a big issue - this is a stretching out of the use of the British army," he said.
Ch Insp Callaghan said the Army was deployed upon the advice of PSNI specialists about the dangerous nature of the searches.
"We were looking for munitions or explosives, and because of those risks, the Army are the properly trained people to deal with that," he said.
The Commons Home Affairs Select Committee will investigate claims of mistreatment by housing provider Orchard and Shipman.
BBC Scotland has reported allegations that refused asylum seekers were locked out of their homes by the company.
Orchard and Shipman denies any wrongdoing and breaching guidelines.
Labour's Keith Vaz MP, the Westminster committee chairman, visited asylum seekers in Glasgow on Friday.
He told the BBC that he believed the standard of accommodation in the city was worse than in other parts of the UK housing asylum seekers.
"It's a system that's in crisis, there's no doubt about it," he said.
The committee will call representatives from Orchard and Shipman and Serco, which subcontracts the service to the company, to give evidence to its inquiry.
Orchard and Shipman is the only company providing asylum accommodation to have not already given evidence to the committee, which has previously investigated the housing of asylum seekers in England and Wales.
Mr Vaz also confirmed that the committee would start its work in June in order to complete a report before the contracts to house asylum seekers across the UK are renewed next year.
The Home Secretary Theresa May will appear before the committee next week.
"Before the Home Secretary signs the next contract, the committee will have things to say," he told the BBC.
"So we will conclude our inquiry in plenty of time for the Home Secretary to be able to reflect on it before she signs the new contracts."
Mr Vaz said he was concerned that the UK government was providing a better standard of care to those escaping the conflict in Syria than to those seeking asylum via the previously-existing system.
"At the moment, we seem to have a two-tier system," he said.
"An excellent system for the vulnerable persons who have come under the Syrian scheme and a second system that does not seem to be working."
Campaigners have previously criticised the decision by the Home Office in 2012 to change the way in which asylum seekers were housed in the UK.
Agreements with local providers and councils in different areas of the country were replaced by multi-million pound contracts, known collectively as the COMPASS contract, with three large private providers - G4S, Serco and Clearel - which then subcontract the work to smaller firms.
Mr Vaz said this arrangement would be the focus of the inquiry announced today.
"The committee did warn Theresa May before she signed the COMPASS contract that it was wrong to go away from local providers and to three companies, two of which are multinational companies making multi-million profits."
Following the allegations broadcast by the BBC, politicians renewed calls for an inquiry into the provision of asylum accommodation.
Mr Vaz today said that he believed that an independent inquiry was still an option but that this would take longer to complete than the one his committee will carry out.
He said: "I think that we will conclude this inquiry pretty rapidly, but thoroughly. Then it might be appropriate to go further, if people are not able to come before us.
"We've never had a circumstance where a witness has failed to appear when we've asked them to appear. So I'm confident that we have the powers to do this inquiry."
The BBC investigation was told of allegations that asylum seekers could have been locked out of their homes in breach of agreed eviction guidelines.
An ex-employee of Orchard and Shipman said this "brutal" practice was leaving people homeless.
The company said it routinely changed locks only after "the vacation of both granted and refused asylum seeker departures".
It said that, at its own expense, it "often continues to provide support for both failed and successful asylum seekers following receipt of their decision letter from the Home Office and the relevant notice period".
A spokesman added: "We are currently housing around 40 refused asylum seekers - the most vulnerable - including elderly, disabled and families with children."
Orchard and Shipman has managed the £221m Home Office contract for asylum seeker accommodation in Scotland and Northern Ireland, on behalf of international service company Serco, since September 2012.
Asylum seekers in Scotland come from all over the world including Somalia, Zimbabwe, Pakistan and Eritrea.
It recommends that Bronglais General Hospital, Aberystwyth, is at the heart of future health care services, highlighting "enormous" public concern services are under "imminent threat".
And it calls for three health boards to unite to improve care in mid Wales.
The Welsh government commissioned the report and said action would be taken.
The study by the Welsh Institute of Health and Social Care (WIHSC) at the University of South Wales. spent nine months listening to the views of patients, the public and local NHS staff across mid Wales and reviewing the plans of Hywel Dda University Health Board.
Report co-author Prof Marcus Longley said: "People in mid Wales want a health service that delivers high quality, safe and accessible services that are sustainable.
"I am pleased to be able to say that, in the main, care in mid Wales is still in good health and that patients are not getting second class treatment.
"We believe that Bronglais General Hospital is at the heart of these services, but a more co-ordinated approach between the three health boards covering mid Wales is needed to establish its future strategic role.
"The future of this hospital has been dogged by uncertainty for too many years, and this now needs to be resolved."
Analysis by BBC Wales health correspondent Owain Clarke
Bronglais hospital is unique. It is the only hospital in mid Wales, located 50 miles from its nearest neighbour.
For years there have been debates about its future, specifically whether a hospital serving a small rural population could sustain its specialist services.
The study found distrust among the public and clinical staff who felt health managers had been prioritising care to the north and south.
But this study says the hospital does have a future and specialist services such as cardiology or emergency surgery could be sustained if health boards, professional medical bodies and the public worked together.
It also calls on GP surgeries to cooperate more, and for technology such as video links to be more widely used, to allow more patients to be treated closer to home.
The report calls on the health boards of Hywel Dda, Powys and Betsi Cadwaladr, which covers north Wales, to form a partnership to serve mid Wales.
Hywel Dda chair Bernardine Rees said: "We welcome today's study that confirms the importance of Bronglais Hospital in providing safe, sustainable and high quality health care services to the population of Ceredigion and bordering counties.
A Welsh government spokesperson said: "We will begin work immediately on the options available to make sure all organisations involved in health care in mid Wales improve the way they work together.
Operation Resolve, the criminal investigation into the disaster, is launching its Gate C appeal.
Ninety-six fans were fatally injured at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final.
Detectives said the men in the photos could help build a "clearer picture" about the events leading up to the opening of Exit Gate C at 14:52.
Hundreds of statements have been taken from fans who approached the 23 turnstiles that could be accessed from the Leppings Lane end of the stadium.
However, Operation Resolve has been unable to trace a small number of people who could be seen at key times.
This inquiry is separate to the ongoing witness appeal trying to find fans who helped people who died.
New inquests into the disaster are being held in Warrington, Cheshire.
Assistant Commissioner Jon Stoddart said: "I am asking these men or anyone that knows them to come forward. If this is you please call us.
"The aim of this appeal is to find answers and continue to build a clearer picture about events of the day. All information provided will be thoroughly researched by our team."
He added: "My message to the people themselves is clear: we just want to know what you saw or heard. We believe the five men pictured may have important information concerning the events outside Exit Gate C, and this remains an investigative priority for us.
"We want to have as detailed an understanding as possible of the events outside the 23 turnstiles at the Leppings Lane end of the ground as well as the three exit gates, A, B and C, each of which were opened before kick-off."
Mr Maduro made his comments after some pro-government accounts were suspended.
Among them was that of Radio Miraflores - a station set up by Mr Maduro that broadcasts a weekly salsa show presented by the president.
Mr Maduro called on his followers to publish pictures of Twitter's head in Venezuela.
"Let the people know who is responsible for this manipulation," he said.
It is not clear if Twitter has any employees in Venezuela. The company has so far made no response.
Neither is it clear why the accounts were suspended, or how many have been affected.
President Maduro said thousands had been suspended because his followers were an expression of the truth and were a majority.
Earlier his Information Minister, Ernesto Villegas, said 180 accounts were hit.
Twitter guidelines say accounts can be suspended for tweeting abuse, spam or threatening security.
Jonathan Walsh, aged 46 of Barnstaple, was dismissed on 15 June by Northern Devon Healthcare Trust (NDHT).
He was arrested in September 2015 by Devon and Cornwall Police before being subsequently excluded by the Trust.
Mr Walsh faces seven charges of making and distributing indecent images of children.
Right now, skilled adversaries are probing its defences seeking a way in. They are swift, relentless and smart. No weakness will escape their notice.
But I am not without defences. I've tried to harden the most vulnerable devices to stop them being compromised and I've set up warning systems that should alert me if the attackers get inside.
In the end, all that effort was for nothing because the attackers found so many ways to get at me and my home network. And, they said, even if the technology had defeated them, the weakest link of all - me - would probably have let them in.
I found out just how severely compromised my home network was in a very creepy fashion. I was on the phone when the web-connected camera sitting on the window sill next to me started moving. The lens crept round until it pointed right at me. I knew that the attackers were on the other end watching what I was doing, and potentially, listening to the conversation.
It is a gadget my children and I have used to see if any wildlife passes through our garden and one which many people have for home security or as an alternative baby monitor.
I was lucky that I knew my attackers who, at that moment, were sitting in my living room waiting to show me how straightforward it was to subvert these domestic devices. The picture they took of me via the camera was evidence enough.
The attackers were Dan Turner and Kyprianos Vasilopoulos from security firm Trustwave who test network defences for a living.
There were several different devices on my network that looked hackable, said Mr Turner. My router had known, unpatched security issues and the USB-connected back-up drive was also tempting but for him the web-capable camera was "the big red flag".
A few hours' work uncovered a previously unknown bug in the camera's core software that Mr Turner was able to exploit.
"It meant we were able to do things with it that we really should not be able to do," he said. "At that point it was pretty much game over."
The attack the pair developed revealed the internal passwords for the network the camera sat on. Knowing that allowed attackers to join the network with the same privileges as all the members of my family. Maybe that's why my network security system did not spot the intrusion.
It's a vulnerability that exposes more than me to potential trouble. The Shodan search engine that logs net devices lists about 1.5 million that use the same core software. That's not to say that all are vulnerable but a good percentage are probably unwitting gateways to the networks they sit on.
It's these often unregarded devices that are a big security issue, said Greg Day, European security chief at Palo Alto Networks.
Most people overlook them because they seem so mundane, he said. Even though most will be, in effect, a small computer running a cut-down version of the Linux operating system.
"You should look at the pings going out from your home network," he said. "There might be a lot more outgoing traffic than you think."
Using a network sniffing tool, I had a look and I was amazed at how much data was flowing across my home network. Desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones were all checking in online, many constantly, to get updates or to feed ads and other content to apps.
I also found two mystery devices - one of which was revealed to be a printer and the other a digital radio I had forgotten I had hooked up to the wi-fi when I got it years ago.
Increasingly, said Mr Day, it will be the smaller, supposedly smarter devices that will expose people to security risks.
There are industry efforts to find and fix bugs in gadgets that make up the Internet of Things but not all manufacturers are reacting to reports of problems. The maker of the web-capable camera I use has been informed about the bug but it has no plans to close the loophole.
Use anti-virus software and a firewall. Keep both updated.
Update the firmware on your router. Change the default admin names and passwords. Log out when you have finished configuring it. Turn off WPS.
Make sure the operating systems on PCs, laptops, phones and tablets are kept up to date.
Be suspicious of emails bearing attachments, even from people you know.
Check the security of net-connected devices such as IP cameras, network drives and other "smart" devices. If possible, turn off their web interfaces.
Thankfully, said Mr Vasilopoulos from Trustwave, attacks on those home networks are relatively rare. Instead, cyber-thieves tended to rely on spear phishing campaigns.
"Everything starts with email," he said. "That's always the easy route."
These campaigns use carefully targeted emails that look like they have been sent by people a target knows or is likely to respond to. Names for these emails are often grabbed from social media sites such as Facebook or LinkedIn.
To demonstrate how this worked the Trustwave team faked a message to me from an attractive young woman who works at the BBC. My middle-aged vanity was all too likely to make me open the message, click on the attachment and fall victim.
If I had opened it, I would have seen an error message that asked me to OK a macro to help display the contents of the attachment. If I had, that would also have meant game over. Anti-virus software would not have spotted the dodgy macro, said Mr Vasilopoulos. Once running it searches for saleable data and steals it.
"We created a script that can get as much information automatically as it can," he said.
Suitably chastened by both these experiences, I looked into ways to harden my home network. First off was to turn off the web access to the camera. Then I unhooked the digital radio from the wi-fi.
I could go further, said Craig Young from security firm Tripwire, who has spent a lot of time studying the security shortcomings of home routers. About 80% of the top-selling routers on Amazon have security bugs, he has found.
His advice was to update the core software or firmware on a router to the latest version. Alternatively, he said, people could replace the firmware with an open source version. Digital rights group the EFF runs the Open Wireless project that creates such software.
"You should also disable WPS," he said. WPS, or Wi-fi Protected Setup, was supposed to be an easy way to get devices connected to a router. But the push-a-button-to-connect system came with flaws.
"It's a technology where the complexity of the wi-fi pass phrase gets reduced to an eight-digit pin," he said. In some cases, he added, the size of the pin is reduced further and some routers use the same default digits.
"It's a disaster," he said.
He also advised changing the default admin password and disabling the web interface for the router to make it harder to get at and take over.
"Most of the attacks on routers that we see target that HTTP service," he said.
And it did not end there. After I had followed that advice I made sure I updated all the family PCs, laptops, tablets and phones. I used the security software I had installed to scan as many machines as I could. I regularly check online accounts to make sure I'm the only one logging in. Now I'm not sure if I am more secure, or just more paranoid.
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Under the scheme, due to start next January, loans for those putting down 5% deposits would be guaranteed.
Labour said there was nothing to stop people using it to buy second homes.
The Treasury says this is not the point of the scheme but parents may be allowed to buy homes for their children when it is finalised.
The Help to Buy scheme was one of the most eye-catching initiatives in Wednesday's Budget, but Labour has said the policy is beset by confusion amid questions about who might benefit.
The aim of the policy, which will be available for homes up to £600,000 from January 2014, is to breathe new life into the housing market, which has been hit by banks demanding bigger deposits from homebuyers.
The final details have yet to be worked out but it could facilitate £130bn of home loans over three years.
By Chris MasonPolitical correspondent
The day after the Budget is traditionally the day when politicians, journalists and think tanks have a proper, detailed look through the Chancellor's Red Book, which sets out the details of his proposals.
This time a year ago was when we saw the beginnings of what critics would later call the "omnishambles," with all the talk of the pasty tax, the caravan tax, the church steeple tax and the charities tax.
There is no sign of that kind of unravelling this year, at least yet.
Ministers have struggled to clearly and consistently explain how their idea for boosting the housing market would work.
But there are arguably three bigger questions about the plan.
Should the government be in the business of getting so directly involved in the housing market?
Could this plan artificially inflate the housing market and provoke a boom, which critics say contributed to the global economic crisis in the first place?
And, most importantly of all, will it work?
Treasury sources initially stressed to the BBC that it was not designed for second homes but they would not be specifically excluded.
As the government sought to clarify the situation, Housing Minister Mark Prisk denied suggestions by Labour shadow chancellor Ed Balls that the Help to Buy scheme was potentially a second-home "subsidy".
The minister told the BBC applicants would have to "divest" their existing properties if they were to qualify for help.
But No 10 later had to clarify its position.
A Downing Street spokesman said Mr Prisk had been referring to another part of the Help to Buy scheme, called the "equity loan scheme".
This starts on 1 April 2013 and will help people who want to buy a new-build property in England only, unlike the mortgage guarantee scheme, which will be UK-wide.
No 10 insisted the government's overall approach was "clear and coherent" and designed to overcome obstacles in the mortgage market that were stopping people from getting finance and reducing the number of new homes being built.
"I don't think the government makes any apology for recognising the desire that a good number of families have to enter the housing market," said the prime minister's official spokesman.
The BBC's chief political correspondent, Norman Smith, said Treasury officials were trying to work out a definition of the rules surrounding eligibility for the mortgage guarantee scheme that allowed parents to buy a home for their children but not to buy a holiday home.
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There is also concern that the scheme could fuel another unsustainable house price boom, making properties less affordable for young people.
Conservative MP Kwarsi Kwarteng said the shortage of mortgages for first-time buyers was a social problem that the government was right to address.
But he added: "My worry with this is that having a system where you are giving mortgages without increasing the supply will lead to asset price inflation, because obviously if the amount of supply remains the same and you are making credit easier, the tendency would be for the prices to go up.
"I think we could have announced something bolder that actually increased the supply of homes."
BBC business editor Robert Peston said the new scheme was "ambitious" but came with risks as "growth sparked by a housing-linked consumer boom might not be altogether healthy" for the economy.
Mr Osborne hit back at fears of house price inflation, saying the Bank of England would be able "to turn off the tap" on the finance after three years if the market was over-heating.
He said the scheme was needed as the mortgage market was "not functioning properly".
"The intention of the scheme is absolutely clear - it is for people who want to get their first home or have a home and want to move to a bigger home because perhaps they have got a bigger family," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies warned that people may put off purchases until the scheme starts, thereby skewing the market, and borrowers might be more willing to default if their loans were underwritten.
"There may be a good rationale for this policy but there are certainly risks attached to it," the think tank said.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders has said the scheme must be attractive to borrowers, viable for lenders and not overly complex.
Although the benefits would not be immediate, the trade body said it should enable lenders "to offer more low-deposit loans than they would otherwise be able to do" without worrying financial markets and regulators.
The Help-to-Buy scheme was one of a number of initiatives announced in Wednesday's Budget - in which growth forecasts for 2013 were halved to 0.6% and the Office for Budget Responsibility suggested the government's efforts to cut the deficit - the difference between money spent and earned in a year - have stalled and it will remain stuck at about £120bn for three years.
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They will visit the British Memorial at Dunkirk Military Cemetery on Friday, 75 years after the evacuation.
A series of events is planned at the French town this weekend to commemorate the rescue of Allied troops.
On Thursday, about 50 "little ships" involved in the evacuation of troops from its beaches sailed from Kent. Such a trip is staged every five years.
Operation Dynamo, between 26 May and 4 June 1940, saw hundreds of boats of all types rescue 338,000 troops from France after they had retreated from Nazi forces.
This year's main commemorative event will be on Saturday, when an official service will take place at the Allied Beach Memorial in Dunkirk.
There will then be a parade of military vehicles and bands through the streets.
On Sunday a memorial plaque will be unveiled at the site of the MV Crested Eagle, a paddle steamer which was sunk with 300 soldiers on board.
There will also be a commemorative service for the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships (ADLS) on the quayside in Dunkirk.
The ADLS has organised sailings across the English Channel since 1970 in honour of the fishing boats, pleasure yachts and lifeboats that took part.
In 1940, their crews had heeded the government's request to help British, French and Belgian troops stranded after a German advance.
Historians say if the evacuation had not been a success, the allied war effort may have been critically damaged.
Among those sailing with the ADLS was Michael Bentall, 94, who came over from Ontario in Canada for the event.
In 1940 he was a soldier in the 4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, and marched almost 120 miles to the beaches near Dunkirk to escape the German advance.
Eventually he found a rowing boat and was picked up by a navy ship during the rescue mission.
He said: "I didn't come here because I was feeling I had to come because of myself, it was for the chaps that I was with.
"I feel very lucky that I managed to get away in one sense, but I am also sad that I lost so many friends, pals and comrades. I don't understand how I have lived so long."
Aside from Operation Dynamo, two other troop evacuations from France were carried out.
Operation Cycle evacuated allied troops from Le Havre from 10 to 13 June 1940.
And Operation Ariel was carried out between 15 and 25 June, transporting many thousands of troops to Britain from locations which included Cherbourg, St Malo, Brest, St Nazaire and La Pallice.
Between Operation Cycle and Ariel, some 191,870 troops were rescued.
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Writing in her blog, she said she wanted to join the party "just as a regular punter" because she wanted to see a "proper socialist Ireland".
However, in a Facebook post on Monday night, she also called for the Sinn Féin leadership to step down.
A Sinn Féin spokesperson said the party welcomed her membership application and that it was currently being processed.
O'Connor achieved worldwide fame in 1990 with the song Nothing Compares 2 U, written by Prince.
She has often courted international controversy over her outspoken political and religious views.
The pop star currently writes a regular blog on her website, entitled Sinead's musings.
In recent weeks, her posts have focused on the controversial introduction of domestic water charges in the Republic of Ireland and the legacy of the 1916 Easter Rising, the rebellion against British rule.
In her latest blog entry, entitled Strange Week, she wrote: "I'm joining Sinn Féin now. If they'll have me.
"Just as a regular punter who wants to learn and contribute with whatever strengths I might have or learn. I'd like to see a proper socialist Ireland."
She also said that she has "never voted" in an election in her life.
Writing in a later Facebook post on Monday night, O'Connor said she "might not even be the kind of person they [Sinn Féin] want".
She added: "I feel the elders of Sinn Féin are going to have to make 'the supreme sacrifice' and step down shortly in the same way the last Pope did."
Both Sinn Féin and the hierarchy of the Catholic Church have faced criticism over how they dealt with allegations on child sexual abuse in Ireland.
It is not the first time O'Connor has publicly criticised Sinn Féin or other political parties.
In a blog entry last week, dated 1 December, she wrote: "We have a system left over from 1922. Fine Fail (sic)/Fine Gael/Sinn Fein, all of them. They are of the old order. They are of our violent history.
"We need new politics. Young people. Not people of the theocracy. Not people of "The War". Not of any war."
In a statement to the Journal.ie news website, a Sinn Féin spokesperson said: "We look forward to working with Sinead as part of Sinn Féin delivering change in communities across Ireland."
However, the party later defended its leaders against the singer's calls for them to step down.
"The membership of the party selects the Sinn Féin leadership every year at our Ard Fheis (annual conference)," a spokeswoman said.
"As a member, Sinead would have an equal say in that process."
It also said that support for the party in the Republic of Ireland "has grown considerably" since Gerry Adams was elected as a member of the Irish parliament.
O'Connor has a history of hitting the headlines over issues unrelated to her music career.
She sparked anger in 1992 when she ripped up a photograph of Pope John Paul II live on US television.
In 1999, she was ordained as a priest by a breakaway church in Lourdes, which is not recognised by the mainstream Catholic Church.
That same year, she pulled out of a festival gig in west Belfast in protest, claiming the organisers had asked her not to raise the issue of so-called punishment beatings by paramilitary groups.
In 2010, she called for Catholics to boycott Mass until there was a full investigation into the Vatican's role in the issue of child abuse.
In December 2011, she annulled her fourth marriage to therapist Barry Herridge 16 days after their wedding.
Atletico, who had drawn their opening game 2-2 with Girona, led Las Palmas 2-0 within five minutes through Angel Correa and Yannick Carrasco.
Former West Ham striker Jonathan Calleri headed the hosts back into the game.
But Spain international Koke curled home a fantastic 20-yard effort, before adding an acrobatic volley and Thomas Partey lashed in a late fifth.
Atleti keeper Jan Oblak saved a late penalty from Jonathan Viera.
Elsewhere in Spain, Girona - who are now part-owned by Manchester City's parent group - picked up the first La Liga win in their history, with Pedro Alcala scoring the only goal against Malaga.
Match ends, Las Palmas 1, Atlético de Madrid 5.
Second Half ends, Las Palmas 1, Atlético de Madrid 5.
Foul by Benito Ramírez (Las Palmas).
Thomas Partey (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Sergio Araujo (Las Palmas) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jonathan Viera.
Goal! Las Palmas 1, Atlético de Madrid 5. Thomas Partey (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yannick Carrasco.
Attempt missed. Thomas Partey (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Koke.
Foul by Tana (Las Palmas).
Lucas Hernández (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Jonathan Viera (Las Palmas) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by David Simón.
Penalty saved! Jonathan Viera (Las Palmas) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
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Penalty Las Palmas. Jonathan Viera draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Gabi (Atlético de Madrid) after a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt blocked. Sergio Araujo (Las Palmas) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonathan Calleri.
Substitution, Las Palmas. Benito Ramírez replaces Hernán Trujillo.
Substitution, Las Palmas. Javi Castellano replaces Momo.
Goal! Las Palmas 1, Atlético de Madrid 4. Koke (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Yannick Carrasco.
Hand ball by Jonathan Calleri (Las Palmas).
Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Stefan Savic replaces Sime Vrsaljko.
Tana (Las Palmas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Yannick Carrasco (Atlético de Madrid).
Corner, Las Palmas. Conceded by Sime Vrsaljko.
Substitution, Las Palmas. Sergio Araujo replaces Fabio González.
Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Fernando Torres replaces Ángel Correa.
Hernán Trujillo (Las Palmas) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ángel Correa (Atlético de Madrid).
Jonathan Viera (Las Palmas) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Las Palmas 1, Atlético de Madrid 3. Koke (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
Foul by Jonathan Calleri (Las Palmas).
Diego Godín (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Las Palmas 1, Atlético de Madrid 2. Jonathan Calleri (Las Palmas) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Momo with a cross.
Attempt missed. Yannick Carrasco (Atlético de Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Hand ball by Yannick Carrasco (Atlético de Madrid).
Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Gabi replaces Luciano Vietto.
Attempt saved. Mauricio Lemos (Las Palmas) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Hernán Trujillo (Las Palmas) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Luciano Vietto (Atlético de Madrid).
Attempt saved. Koke (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ángel Correa.
Corner, Atlético de Madrid. Conceded by Fabio González.
Paul Cherrett, 62, of King Richard Drive, Bournemouth, admitted 17 offences including indecent assaults and possessing indecent photos.
The offences, against nine boys between 1975 and 2016, took place at Scout camps and other locations.
In August 2016 he pleaded guilty to a sexual act with a boy and admitted the remaining 17 charges on Thursday.
Cherrett is due to be sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on 11 April.
Speaking after the case, the Scout Association said it had reported Cherrett to the police in February 2016 when his line manager expressed concerns about his behaviour.
Its spokesman Simon Carter said: "At the time of his arrest Cherrett had a full and valid Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
"Neither we nor the police hold any records relating to his service with the association that showed that previous allegations had been made detailing any inappropriate behaviour. "
Mr Carter said the Scout Association was reviewing the case "in light of the information revealed in the victim statements" to see if any volunteers had known about the abuse.
Dorset Police said Cherrett joined the Scouting movement in 1972 when he became an assistant Cub Scout leader for the 21st Bournemouth Scout Group until 1977.
He then moved into the role of assistant district commissioner for the Bournemouth West District until 1988.
In 2010 he returned in the role of district Scout active support member at Butchers Coppice Camp site in Bournemouth, the force said.
The fast bowler missed the second Test in Cape Town with a shoulder injury as England survived a dramatic final day to draw and retain their 1-0 lead.
Fellow paceman Vernon Philander misses out on the next Test, which starts on 14 January, with an ankle injury.
The hosts will be led by AB de Villiers after Hashim Amla resigned the captaincy following the second Test.
If England win in Cape Town, they will take an unassailable lead in the four-Test series after a 241-run victory in the first Test in Durban.
South Africa have also named a 14-man squad for the five-match one-day international series starting on 3 February.
Slow left-armer Aaron Phangiso drops out of the squad that won their most recent ODI series in India but batsman Rilee Rossouw is fit again.
"We were highly encouraged by the performance put up by the Proteas at Newlands," said selection convener Linda Zondi.
"The very fact they were nearly able to force a win after conceding 600 runs on the first innings speaks volumes for the character of this group.
"We feel we have all our bases covered and also the options that will enable the team to exploit whatever conditions they encounter at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium and at SuperSport Park."
South Africa Test squad: AB de Villiers (capt), Kyle Abbott, Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Dean Elgar, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Dane Piedt, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Dale Steyn, Stiaan van Zyl, Hardus Viljoen.
South Africa ODI squad: AB de Villiers (capt), Kyle Abbott, Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Dale Steyn.
The Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has highlighted various concerns during a review of lending in personal loans, credit cards and car finance.
While it did not find looser credit scoring on the scale seen before the financial crisis it has told banks and others to address specific concerns.
They must respond by September.
The Bank has consistently expressed the need for vigilance over double-digit growth in the consumer credit market during "benign" economic conditions. Over the same period household income only rose by 2.3%.
Last week, it said banks needed to find a further £11.4bn in the next 18 month to beef up their finances against the risk of bad loans.
They will also face earlier stress tests to ensure they can cope with loans failing to be repaid.
One of the key areas of interest is the car finance market - which the PRA described as the fastest growing consumer credit product.
Personal Contract Purchase (PCP) deals are central to this. Instead of buying a car outright, a PCP allows a consumer to rent the car over a three-year period. Regular payments cover the depreciation in the car's value. At the end of the deal, the customer can hand it back or buy the car outright at a "guaranteed future value".
However, the PRA said many lenders were setting this level very high and were exposed to a significant downturn in the used car market.
As a result, it has told major lenders to estimate the impact of a fall in used car prices at 10% increments.
The PRA review has also raised other various issues including:
No new rules are being outlined, but company boards are being made directly responsible for the response to the PRA to prove they are not taking any undue risks.
The PRA, which looks at the wider state of the economy, regulates 80% of the market for credit cards and personal loans, and about 40% of the car finance market. Its review covered a range of about 20 providers.
It did not conclude that looser credit checks were behind the growth in consumer credit, but expressed worries about future underwriting standards.
The Financial Conduct Authority, which authorises lenders, is conducting its own reviews into high-cost credit, which is expected to be published later in July, and into car finance.
Data released by the PRA show that the length of 0% credit card balance transfer offers has increased sharply in the last five years. The length of these interest-free deals can extend to 43 months - or three-and-a-half years, with the average at nearly 30 months.
The PRA highlighted concerns over monitoring of these deals.
It also said that personal loans were getting cheaper, and that short borrowing terms had a risk of going bad if lending terms were relaxed.
In a separate development, the FCA has highlighted risks with staff incentives at credit firms.
It reviewed 98 firms and found that some had "inadequate systems and controls" to manage the risks of staff earning bonuses by increasing lending.
A report by the UK Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee has concluded a lack of Russian speakers in the Foreign Office left Britain's diplomats ill-equipped to anticipate the events in Ukraine.
According to the report, an absence of Slavonic know-how meant Britain had been unprepared for the most serious East-West tensions since the end of the Cold War.
The consequence: a drive to recruit Russian experts.
In a speech last week at the international affairs think tank Chatham House, the British Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, announced the government was actively seeking diplomats and spies who knew their soft signs from their hard signs, who looked at the backwards "R" in "Toys Я Us" and saw the final letter in the Cyrillic alphabet.
Proficiency in the language of Pushkin and Putin is once again a desirable asset.
In the short term, the emphasis will be on Putin rather than Pushkin.
The new recruits will presumably spend their time dissecting speeches about military doctrine and foreign policy.
Perhaps they will take a leaf out of the Russian-born American writer Gary Shteyngart's book.
For a recent article in the New York Times, he watched nothing but state-run Russian TV for a week, to get a sense of the world-view most Russians experience.
For those of us who have studied Russian and lived in Russia, the renewed valuing of our language skills is a double-edged sword - a source of satisfaction, tempered by the profoundly depressing reason why those skills are back in vogue: Mr Hammond's assessment Russia "has the potential to pose the single greatest threat to our security".
The parliamentary report pinpoints a more general falling away of language skills in Britain's diplomatic service, but Russian has suffered worse than most: according to the figures, only 27% of posts associated with a level of proficiency in Russian are filled by someone who meets the required standards.
The Russian language
So, what is being lost? Beyond dealing with the cold, hard facts of a potential military threat, I would argue that, for improving relations in the longer term, the real value of language skills is in the "softer" sphere of diplomacy - understanding Russian culture and history is key to understanding where the Russian public is today and where it may be tomorrow.
In other words, reading the language of Pushkin could help to explain the popularity of Putin.
From the initially confusing Cyrillic alphabet to noun declensions and cases, Russian isn't a straightforward language, but it's a hugely rewarding one.
It's not just a gateway to the well established greats of Russian literature, but to a rich gallery of sayings, aphorisms and folktales, which still play a prominent role in popular culture.
I remember the short-lived satirical puppet show "Kukli" ("Puppets") using one of those tales as the basis for each episode.
You might recognise the puppets' faces, but if you didn't get the references, you were lost.
An appreciation of Russians' love of word play can also bring insights.
Here, is one small example. Many people at this month's march of remembrance for the murdered politician Boris Nemtsov were carrying banners with his photograph and name. Or, at least, that is what a non-Russian speaker might have assumed.
In fact, the word was not "Борис", the Russian spelling of Boris, but "Борись".
That extra, rogue letter, which resembles a small English b, is the previously mentioned soft sign: a silent Cyrillic character that alters the sound of the previous letter.
In this case, it also changes the meaning of the word, transforming the murdered politician's name into a statement of intent.
"Борись" is the imperative form of the verb "бороться" - "to fight" or "to struggle".
Russian as an academic subject has seen its popularity dwindle in recent years.
For geopolitical and economic reasons, Arabic and Chinese have become more desirable languages for Westerners to study.
For a leadership in the Kremlin smarting from the loss of empire and feeling threatened by Nato's eastward expansion, it is not hard to see how this linguistic neglect might reinforce the sense Russia's interests are not taken seriously in the West.
Ironically, when there was a chance to raise the profile of Russian culture here in Britain, it fell foul of the tensions over Ukraine.
Although not many Britons would know it, 2014 was the UK-Russia Year of Culture. As the diplomatic relationship soured, the profile of the event was lowered.
In Russia itself, language learning has been flourishing.
As the country opened up to the outside world, there was an upsurge of interest in foreign languages.
The younger generation of Russians is far better travelled and more comfortable speaking English than their parents.
And the Russian government has embraced the change. The Education Ministry has proposed making a second foreign language compulsory in Russian schools and, from 2020, including a foreign language as one of the three core subjects in the unified state exam - putting that on a par with Russian and maths.
But, that is beginning to sit uneasily with the current nationalist mood in Moscow.
As Russia has begun to close in on itself over recent years, some voices have suggested this embrace of foreign languages - with English foremost among them - may not be so healthy after all.
In January, Irina Yarovaya, an MP from President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party argued Russian schoolchildren were spending too much time studying foreign languages and not enough studying Russian.
In a report for the party, she was quoted as saying that the large number of hours schools were devoting to teaching foreign languages was "undermining Russian traditions".
What Russia needs, she seems to be asserting, is more patriots and fewer polyglots.
In Britain, the government is saying that patriotism and language skills go hand in hand.
Friday
Aberdeen v Celtic (19:45)
Saturday
Rangers v Heart of Midlothian (12:15)
Dundee v Ross County (15:00)
Hamilton Academical v Motherwell (15:00)
Kilmarnock v Inverness Caledonian Thistle (15:00)
St Johnstone v Partick Thistle (15:00)
Moult's contribution to a 4-2 victory at Fir Park included a 13-minute hat-trick and took his tally to to seven for the season.
"He's scored a fantastic four goals today," McGhee told BBC Scotland.
"We'll see if he can get 20 by Christmas. That would be a fantastic target but it'll be difficult."
Englishman Moult said he was "absolutely buzzing" after becoming the first player to score four goals in a match for Motherwell since Stevie Kirk over 25 years ago.
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"13 is lucky for some eh!" he told BBC Scotland. "It means everything to me and hopefully I can better that and get a few more."
Moult scored 18 times for the Fir Park club last season, but it was the 24-year-old's first start of this campaign after shaking off a troublesome groin injury.
The former Wrexham man scored two low finishes in the box as well as a header and a penalty kick. He also had another first-half header disallowed for offside.
"It shows what I can do - a little bit of everything," said Moult, who joined Motherwell in the summer of 2015.
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"The first one I scored wasn't off-side apparently so maybe it should have been five!
"I'm thankful for the gaffer for putting me in the team today and hopefully I've repaid him with the goals.
"As soon as the final whistle went I was after the ball. All the boys have put a message on it so I'll be busy tonight reading that."
Contingency plans were drawn up in advance by Denbighshire council due to fears over Wrexham-based GHA Coaches.
About 320 people were made redundant when the firm collapsed in July owing £5.2m in taxes.
Its directors face expulsion after a hearing was told upkeep of buses was neglected to keep services running.
Denbighshire was one of the worst affected areas as GHA ran a large number of school contracts and operated all local services in the south of the county, most of which were supported by the county council.
In a report to cabinet, transport manager Peter Daniels said: "In April concerns regarding GHA resulted in officers raising a risk and developing a contingency plan.
"In July, officers immediately reinstated school transport as their top priority [and] during August officers tendered all GHA's school contracts that were closed to the general public."
The aim of the contingency plan was to ensure all communities which had previously been served by GHA would receive some level of service.
"Initially, passengers seemed content and even relieved that at least some form of service had continued. With time, there was a growing concern that reduced reinstatements placed passengers in detriment," the report added.
Stepping into the breach is expected to cost the council an extra £175,000 on school transport this year and next year the figure is likely to be £275,000.
The council has not yet decided its budget for next year, but the report, ahead of a meeting next week, states: "We do know that costs, post GHA, are increasing sharply and that any additional government mitigation for 2016-17 will cease.
"It is also unclear whether the standard government grant will continue as it is. It is therefore prudent to consider exactly what the council can afford in future."
The compulsory test - which has to be taken by all police officers - was taken 93,956 times from September 2014 to August 2015, with 1,863 failures.
The lowest pass rate was South Yorkshire Police - with 5% of officers failing.
The College of Policing, which compiled the data, recommends officers are given the chance to retake the test twice.
It said it was unaware of anyone being sacked for failing the tests and individual forces could decide how to deal with officers who had failed.
Of all 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales the overall pass rate was 98%.
The City Of London Police had the highest pass mark, with all 120 tests taken by its officers proving to be successful.
South Wales police had a 99.6% pass rate, while Surrey and Dyfed-Powys both had 99.5% of successes.
All but two forces broke down the results by gender, with the figures showing a lower proportion of female officers than their male counterparts passed the tests.
Of the 23,154 times that a woman took the test, 22,095 - or 95.4% - were passes, while of the 67,376 times a male officer took part, 66,619 - or 98.9% - were passed.
Some 757 tests were failed by men, and 1,059 by women.
The fitness test, which became compulsory in 2014, has been designed to meet the same physical standard as those used when recruiting officers.
The annual test involves a 15-metre shuttle run and requires officers to run 525 metres in three minutes 40 seconds or less.
National lead for fitness testing, assistant chief constable Jo Shiner, said the results showed "the vast majority of officers tested were fit and meet the standard required of them to protect the public".
"We know from previous years that slightly fewer female officers are passing and the College of Policing guidance on fitness tests has been carefully designed to support officers who are in this position - including advice on positive action measures such as specialised training and mentoring programmes.
"The public want their officers to be fit and able to protect them in the face of danger and these results show they are able to do just that," she added.
The banner which read "supporting the London Olympics" breached the rules set out by Games organisers Locog.
The rules state that only official sponsors are allowed to use logos and text defined in the organisation's
2012 UK statutory marketing rights.
The sign was being used to promote Olympic events in the city.
The torch relay is due to visit Derby on 29 June and Peter Allen, director of marketing for the university, said he was keen to support the event.
He said: "As you can imagine it's difficult to do this without making reference in some way to the Olympics."
But he added that the university was working closely with Locog and the city council to ensure it followed brand guidelines.
Several independent businesses in the East Midlands have also used Olympic logos in their shop windows.
Hobsons shoe shop on the Strand in Derby has put a display with five coloured rings in its window.
The shop's owner said he would keep the rings until he was told to take them down.
The owner of a neighbouring wool shop, John Sallis, had planned to create his own woollen Olympic rings to put on display.
He said: "It's absolutely ridiculous - all I want to do is celebrate the Olympics by putting the five rings in the window to celebrate the Olympic runners coming past."
One shop owner in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, was told to take down her plastic rings by Trading Standards.
Julie Swain, who runs a lingerie shop, said: "We were hoping to have a competition for window designs for when the torch relay comes past. Obviously, I don't think we will be able to do that now."
Keith Regan, from Leicestershire Trading Standards, said: "The Olympic rings are very much protected."
He added that people could get involved by using different types of displays - as long as Olympic logos were not used.
They accuse President Bashar al-Assad's regime of crimes against humanity, in a report for the UN Human Rights Council.
The study says both loyalist and anti-government forces have committed possible war crimes.
Many detainees were tortured, some were beaten to death, and others died from lack of food, water, or medical care.
The findings come from interviews with hundreds of witnesses and cover the period since the start of anti-government protests in March 2011.
The report says thousands of detainees have been killed while in the custody of warring parties during that time.
Syria torture photos 'authentic' - rights group
'How I was tortured in a Syrian jail'
Investigators suspect tens of thousands of people are detained by Syria's government at any one time.
Their report describes the situation of detainees as an "urgent and large-scale crisis of human rights protection".
Survivors' accounts "paint a terrifying picture of the magnitude of the violations taking place," it said.
The civil war in Syria has claimed an estimated 250,000 lives so far.
About 4.6 million people have fled Syria, while another 13.5 million are said to be in need of humanitarian assistance inside the country.
Extract from February 2016 report for UN Human Rights Council
Main detention facilities controlled by the General Intelligence Directorate include Interior Security branch 251 and Investigations branch 285 located in Kafr Soussa, west of central Damascus.
Former detainees described inhuman conditions of detention resulting in frequent custodial deaths.
Officers were observed giving orders to subordinates on methods of torture to be used on detainees.
Corpses were transported by other prisoners through the corridors, sometimes to be kept in the toilets, before being removed from the branch.
Evidence obtained indicates that the superiors of the facilities were regularly informed of the deaths of detainees under their control. Prisoners were transferred to military hospitals before they were buried in mass graves.
Both government and rebel sides are accused of violence against people they detain, the investigators say, but the vast majority are being held by government agencies.
A pattern of arrests since March 2011 targeted Syrian civilians thought to be loyal to the opposition, or simply insufficiently loyal to the government.
Senior government figures clearly knew about and approved of the abuse, says the report entitled Out of Sight: Out of Mind: Deaths in Detention in the Syrian Arab Republic.
Most deaths in detention were documented as occurring in locations controlled by the Syrian intelligence services.
"Government officials intentionally maintained such poor conditions of detention for prisoners as to have been life-threatening, and were aware that mass deaths of detainees would result," UN human rights investigator Sergio Pinheiro said in a statement.
"These actions, in pursuance of a state policy, amount to extermination as a crime against humanity."
The report also accused opposition forces of killing captured Syrian soldiers.
Both so-called Islamic State militants and another group, al-Nusra Front, had committed crimes against humanity and war crimes.
IS, the report said, was known to illegally hold a large, unknown number of detainees for extended periods in multiple locations.
It had set up detention centres in which torture and execution are "routine".
Detainees were frequently executed after unauthorised courts issued a death sentence.
Extract from February 2016 report for UN Human Rights Council
In 2014 Syrian authorities informed a woman from Rif Damascus that her husband and two of her sons were dead, all known to have been held in a detention facility controlled by the Military Security.
The family obtained death certificates from Tishreen military hospital, stating that the cause of death of all the three victims was heart attack.
A third son remains unaccounted for.
The work, which began at 20:00, is taking place on the M8/A8 approach to the Bailleston Interchange and will last 10 weeks.
Delays are expected on the M8 corridor, the M73 and on local roads near the interchange.
The work is part of the wider M8/M73/M74 improvements project.
Transport Scotland said the major diversion of the A8/M8 was needed to remove 13,000m² of existing carriageway and 40,000m³ of earth to connect the new M8 to the existing M8, which is about 5m higher.
Also, 12,000 tonnes of blacktop will then be laid to complete the "missing link", a seven-mile stretch of A-road that lies in the middle of the M8 motorway from Glasgow to Edinburgh.
When the work is complete, the new M8 between Junction 8 Baillieston interchange and Eurocentral will be opened to traffic.
Transport Scotland warned drivers to avoid the Baillieston interchange, which lies about eight miles east of Glasgow city centre.
The transport body said access to all routes would be maintained via the newly-aligned A8.
However, significant disruption was expected on the approach to Junction 8 Baillieston interchange from the M8/A8 east and westbound and the M73 north and southbound.
It said the following local roads would also be affected:
About £500m is being spent on upgrading the roadwork in the central belt and the link between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
It has been predicted that journey times along the route could be cut by 20 minutes during peak times.
It says two hub airports which serve the US have received clearance from the US Department of Homeland Security.
Riyadh's King Khalid airport is the last of 10 airports to be exempted from the ban.
In March, the US banned laptops and other large electronic devices to and from eight mostly Muslim nations.
US officials will check that Saudi airports are complying with new security measures.
King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah and King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh have both been inspected and cleared to allow laptops in aircraft cabins.
Those two airports have direct international flights from Saudi Arabia to the US.
Saudi Arabian Airlines, also know as Saudia, is the only airline that flies direct to the United States from Saudi Arabia.
Earlier this month Dubai-based Emirates and Turkish Airlines said the cabin ban no longer applied to their flights.
A travel ban on citizen from six majority-Muslim nations remains in place, although has been challenged in US courts.
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Thousands of locals and tourists helped to create the world's largest chalk pavement painting in Copenhagen.
The previous record was held by the United States.
Within hours more than a kilometre of pavement had been covered in flags, flowers and fantastic creations.
The new world record of 18,598 square metres is more than 10,000 square metres bigger than the previous record from 2008. That was 8,361 square metres.
The interim UKIP leader said he suspected the Conservative Government "is not fit for the legacy of Brexit".
He made the remarks at a reception in London's Ritz Hotel to celebrate his contribution to the Brexit victory.
In a nod to Donald Trump's call for him to be UK ambassador to the US, he handed out Ferrero Rocher chocolates.
The sweet treats were famously offered in an advert set at an "ambassador's reception" and included the oft-quoted line: "You are really spoiling us."
Downing Street has already rejected Mr Trump's claim that Mr Farage would do a "great job" as ambassador by saying "there is no vacancy".
And Chancellor Philip Hammond said Mr Farage should not "hold his breath" if he expected a call for him to help with UK-US relations.
Mr Farage was introduced for his speech by Leave.EU spokesman Andy Wigmore, with a call for attention from "Ladies, Gents, Lords and... diplomats".
Mr Farage told the gathering: "We've got a problem. In America the revolution is total. Not only have the people spoken and won, but the old administration, Obama and all those ghastly people, are out and the Trump people are in.
"In this country, the people have spoken, but the same players have just been shuffled around the chess board and we are still being run by the career professional political class.
"I am not sure what is going to happen over the course of the next couple of years but I suspect there's another big seismic shock in British politics perhaps going to come at the next election.
"I suspect that the Conservative Party is not fit for the legacy of Brexit. I suspect there is going to be a genuine realignment of British politics over the course of the next three or four years.
"It is unfinished business - the people have spoken but the establishment don't want to listen. There are great battles to be fought and I'm going to go on fighting those battles."
The reception at the Ritz was hosted by millionaire Arron Banks, who was thanked by Mr Farage for bankrolling the Leave.EU campaign.
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Also present were Conservative MPs Jacob Rees-Mogg and Peter Bone, Labour Leave campaigner and donor John Mills and UKIP leadership candidate Paul Nuttall.
Asked if he would back Mr Farage to be the UK ambassador to the US, Mr Rees-Mogg said: "Mr Farage's relationship with Mr Trump could be beneficial for the country but I am not sure he should be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
"Mr Farage is certainly extraordinary in his own way but I think that being plenipotentiary as well may be a bit too much."
Mr Hammond also dampened any ambassadorial ambitions Mr Farage might have in an interview with ITV's Good Morning Britain.
"It isn't for other countries to decide who we appoint as ambassadors - and if I ever need any advice from Nigel Farage, I've got his number and I'll give him a call," he said. "Tell him not to hold his breath."
Mr Farage, who has denied reports that he plans to emigrate to the US, recalled that he had joined Mr Banks and other leading Brexiteers at the Ritz on the morning after the 23 June referendum for a victory breakfast of Champagne and kippers - a reference to the nickname for UKIP supporters.
He said: "When people look back in 100 or 200 years, 2016 will be seen as one of the great historic years - a year of big political revolution.
"Brexit was the first brick knocked out of the establishment wall and then look what we got on 8 November. The election of 'The Donald' was something of a completely different order."
To cheers he said: "For those of you who aren't particularly happy with what happened in 2016, I've got some really bad news for you - it's going to get a bloody sight worse next year."
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Warne had spent time with Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah the previous day.
"Rashid's got all the tools - he's a wonderful bowler and he's got a beautiful leg-break," said Warne.
"If you're patient with Rashid, I think you'll get the best out of him and see a wonderful leg-spin bowler."
England need to win the third and final Test to avoid a series defeat, but will be without paceman Mark Wood who is rested because of an ankle injury.
Rashid had a mixed time in the drawn first Test in Abu Dhabi, taking 0-163 - the worst figures by a Test debutant - in the first innings before capturing 5-64 in the second innings, the first five-wicket haul by an English leg-spinner since 1959.
The Yorkshire player then took 1-84 and 1-107 as England lost the second Test in Dubai.
"What we've seen from Rashid is some glimpses of what he can do at this level, it's about being consistent," explained Warne, who took 195 of his 708 Test wickets against England before retiring in 2007.
"On spinning pitches, expectations are that he's going to come in, rip them and take five-for straight away.
"But when you start Test cricket, it's hard work. You're going to bowl a bit of rubbish, a few full tosses and half-trackers, and get whacked - it's then about how you come back for that second spell.
"There were some things that I worked on with Rashid which I think will be able to help him against the Pakistan players, and there were a few things I helped Yasir with yesterday which I'm sure will help against England!
"Yasir is probably the best leg-spinner in the world, but Rashid can be just as successful."
After missing the first Test with injury, Yasir took match figures of 8-180 in the second Test as Pakistan won by 178 runs.
That took his tally in Test cricket to 69 wickets in only 11 matches.
In his role as a Sky Sports commentator, Warne has been a persistent critic of England skipper Alastair Cook's captaincy, particularly during the back-to-back Ashes series in 2013 and 2013-14.
But Warne insisted the pair had made peace, explaining: "A while ago - about 18 months ago - we had a chat on the phone and sorted it all out.
"It's my job as a commentator to say what I see. It doesn't mean I'm right, but it's my job to do that. I can't sit on the fence and just say the nice things.
"I don't think anybody is the best captain when they start. We've seen Cookie grow, we've seen him bat well and captain well, and he captained very well in the [2015] Ashes."
Gayle Nix Jackson is also seeking $10m (£6.6m) in compensation over the film shot by Orville Nix in November 1963.
He sold the film to a news agency that year but it was later handed to the government for its inquiries.
Ms Nix Jackson says she was told this year the government agency believed to be in possession did not have the film.
The 8mm Nix film was shot from the opposite side of the presidential limousine from where the famous Zapruder film was taken on 22 November 1963.
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The Nix film shows the bullet hitting the president, First Lady Jackie Kennedy climbing on to the boot of the limousine, and secret service agent Clint Hill jumping into the vehicle.
The film is shot from Dealey Plaza, showing Zapruder across the street and the famous grassy knoll, from where some witnesses thought they heard a shot fired.
It is not as complete as the Zapruder movie, as it shows only part of the assassination.
However, the lawsuit cites the Warren Commission - which investigated the assassination - as saying the Nix film was "nearly as important as the Zapruder film".
The government purchased the Zapruder film for $16m in 1999 in a settlement with his heirs.
Orville Nix sold his film to UPI for $5,000 with an agreement for its return after 25 years.
But it was handed over to the government for the inquiry.
Its last known sighting was with the House Select Committee on Assassinations in 1978.
It was believed to have been handed to the National Archives and Records Administration, but the lawsuit says the agency has told Ms Nix Jackson, who lives in Fort Worth in Texas, it no longer has the movie.
Ms Nix Jackson told the Associated Press it was incomprehensible authorities would lose "an important piece of historical evidence".
She said: "I can understand little clerical issues. I don't understand the loss of evidence like this."
The SDLP had suggested parties that supported a Remain vote in last year's EU referendum should strike a deal on candidates for the 8 June poll.
The party's leader Colum Eastwood said putting forward agreed candidates with no party affiliation was an option.
But Sinn Féin's John O'Dowd said this was "not a credible offer".
Some parties opposed to Brexit have held talks about forming what Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill described as a "progressive alliance" in some constituencies for the Westminster election.
The aim was to take seats from parties that back the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
The Democratic Unionist Party and the Ulster Unionists, which both voted in the House of Commons to trigger the Brexit process, have also held talks about the chances of agreeing to stand a single unionist unity candidate in some areas.
It is understood that Mr Eastwood's proposal for independent anti-Brexit candidates was to cover the East Londonderry, Fermanagh and South Tyrone and North Belfast constituencies.
But Mr O'Dowd said it would not be backed by Sinn Féin and any pact would be centred on "political party representation".
"We don't believe that's an acceptable way forward," said the Upper Bann MLA.
"It is political parties that will drive forward change in this society.
"We see that as a proposal from Colum to stymie Sinn Féin and bolster the SDLP - that's not what progressive political alliances should be about."
He added that his party was still prepared to talk to others about a possible deal.
Mr Eastwood acknowledged that "there is probably no chance now" of his proposal becoming a reality.
"If Sinn Féin have ruled that out, I think it's very, very difficult," he said.
"We have always said that we would not do a pact with Sinn Féin alone.
"We wanted this to be broad; we wanted this to be non-nationalist; we wanted to go right across the political spectrum."
On Tuesday, the Green Party said it would not unite with parties that did not share its "vision for a progressive society".
Its leader Steven Agnew said the SDLP's decision to select incumbent MP Alasdair McDonnell as its South Belfast candidate for the snap election ended chances of an agreement in the constituency.
Thousands of motorists rushed to fill up before midnight, after the measure was announced late on Friday.
The announcement sparked clashes in the capital, Jakarta, where protesters blocked roads and fought with police.
Indonesians had been demonstrating on the streets of many major cities all week in anticipation of the rise.
The measure was agreed by parliament on Monday, but MPs did not say when the new prices would come into effect.
Late on Friday, Energy Minister Jero Wacik announced that there would be new prices from midnight on Friday.
"The new price for Premium fuel is 6,500 rupiah ($0.66; £0.42) per litre, up from 4,500 rupiah, and Solar diesel will cost 5,500 rupiah per litre, also up from 4,500 rupiah per litre," he said in a statement.
The subsidies are estimated to cost about $20bn a year, equivalent to almost 3% of Indonesia's total economic output.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had been trying to reform the subsidies since early last year.
But previous attempts were derailed by violent protests.
Indonesia has not implemented a major fuel price rise since 2008, and has some of the lowest prices in the world even after the rise.
Analysts say Mr Yudhoyono's failure was threatening the credibility of his government and putting severe pressure on the economy.
Economists and international investors have applauded the move, but most Indonesians have been unimpressed.
Police clashed with students in Surabaya and Yogyakarta during the week, making several arrests.
Muslim groups held protests in Jakarta and Makassar.
And local media reported violent clashes in Jakarta late on Friday, with protesters blocking roads and throwing petrol bombs.
The police made a number of arrests and several protesters suffered minor injuries.
The authorities deployed extra police throughout major cities on Saturday, but most protests passed off peacefully.
A firearms officer has been arrested over the fatal shooting of Jermaine Baker on 11 December.
The 28-year-old was shot dead during an alleged attempt to spring two convicts from a prison van in Wood Green.
Met Police Federation chair Ken Marsh, said a criminal charge would have "massive ramifications" for the force.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has opened a homicide inquiry following the shooting.
But Mr Marsh said: "If the officer in question was charged, my colleagues would consider very, very carefully if they would still carry blue permits and carry firearms.
"We are talking about police officers who carry firearms by choice and are looking to be backed up by the government for doing this.
"Otherwise, if they are out in the streets in a Paris-style scenario, they don't want to think if they are going to be prosecuted."
Yogi Adityanath, 44, has said minorities that oppose yoga should leave the country.
He once compared Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan to a Pakistani terrorist leader Hafiz Saeed, reports say.
Uttar Pradesh has a population of 200m people. About a fifth are Muslim.
The governing Bharatiya Janata Party won a landslide victory in the state last week with the biggest majority there since 1980. The win came after a campaign personally led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Opposition MPs have criticised the appointment of Mr Adityanath, but BJP ministers defended it.
Venkaiah Naidu, minister for federal information and broadcasting, called it a "watershed moment in the history of the BJP".
"The mandate is for development, good governance and against caste politics."
But Manish Tewari, a senior Congress party leader, tweeted that the BJP's decision to appoint Mr Adityanath was a "harbinger to greater polarisation".
Liberals in India are asking "Why him?" but the Hindu nationalists retort by saying: "Why not?"
Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of seats in India's lower house of parliament. So, the BJP's recent victory there is seen as a boost for Prime Minister Modi, who will be seeking another term in 2019's parliamentary elections.
But Mr Adityanath is widely regarded as a polarising figure because of his well-publicised anti-Muslim comments.
The BJP leaders probably believe that their election formula of consolidating the votes of the Hindu majority will help them to sail through the next general elections.
It's a double-edged strategy: it may succeed or could galvanise the disparate opposition parties to come together. The rise of Hindu nationalists has already triggered concerns among India's religious minorities, and the choice of Mr Adityanath is likely to intensify them.
Mr Adityanath has been elected as an MP five times and is head priest at a Hindu temple in eastern Uttar Pradesh.
He is a strong support of laws protecting cows, and opposes beef consumption.
He recently praised a travel ban ordered by US President Donald Trump to block immigration from a group of Muslim-majority countries, saying India needed something similar.
Saints fly-half Harry Mallinder touched down to put the hosts ahead inside one minute, only for Connacht wing Niyi Adeolokun to hit back on five minutes.
Nic Groom went over after the break to put Saints eight points up before David Heffernan's try cut the gap to three.
Mallinder then kicked a crucial third penalty late on at Franklin's Gardens.
Saints played the final two minutes with 14 men after Jamie Gibson was sent to the sin bin, but Pro 12 side Connacht could not find a way through the hosts' resolute defence.
Jim Mallinder's side, who finished seventh in the Premiership this season, host Stade in the play-off final on Friday, 26 May.
Connacht will join Cardiff Blues - beaten by Stade on Friday - in the draw for next season's Challenge Cup.
Northampton Saints: Tuala; Foden, Tuitavake, Burrell, North; Mallinder, Groom; Waller, Hartley (capt), Brookes, Lawes, Day, Gibson, Harrison, Picamoles.
Replacements: Haywood for Tuala (78), Hutchinson for Burrell (22), Dickson for Groom (66), Ma'afu for A. Waller (61), Denman for Brookes (61), Ratuniyarawa for Day (63), Wood for Harrison (57).
Not used: Olver.
Connacht: O'Halloran; Adeolokun, Poolman, Ronaldson, Kelleher; Carty, Marmion; Buckley, Heffernan, Bealham, Roux, Browne, O'Brien, Heenan, Muldoon (capt).
Replacements: Healy for Kelleher (27), J. Cooney for Marmion (65), Carey for Bealham (66), Dawai for Muldoon (55).
Not used: Delahunt, JP Cooney, Dillane, Blade.
In a post on Twitter, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said: "Mission accomplished: We got him."
Guzman, one of the world's most-wanted drug lords, smuggled cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines to the US through the Sinaloa cartel he led.
He escaped from jail through a 1.5km (1 mile) tunnel dug in the showers.
President Pena Nieto described Guzman's arrest as a "victory for the rule of law" and said it showed Mexicans could have confidence in the state's ability to combat crime.
"There is no group that it is impossible to confront," he said.
Guzman was apprehended following a shoot-out with Mexican marines in Los Mochis, a coastal city in his home state of Sinaloa, in north-west Mexico, the president said.
Five people are thought to have been killed in the raid, which involved the army and navy as well as police.
The capture of El Chapo will be a big boost to President Enrique Pena Nieto's administration.
The escape last July of Mexico's most-wanted criminal was politically embarrassing. It made the government look stupid at best and institutionally corrupt at worst - many people doubted El Chapo's escape could have happened without inside help.
It was made worse too by the fact that the president had previously said that if he escaped again it would be unforgivable.
Mr Pena Nieto has called the arrest "mission accomplished" - hopefully it is third-time lucky for the government with El Chapo remaining behind bars and the president's legacy not being that of allowing a violent criminal to escape.
The US congratulated the Mexican government but did not indicate whether prosecutors would seek Guzman's extradition.
In a statement, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Guzman had caused "significant violence, suffering and corruption on multiple continents".
Guzman's July escape was his second - he was first arrested in Guatemala in 1993 and escaped from Puente Grande jail in 2001, reportedly in a laundry basket after bribing officials.
He was on the run for 13 years before being held again in 2014.
CCTV footage of his 11 July escape showed Guzman pacing his cell several times before heading into the shower area and disappearing at the maximum-security Altiplano jail.
A huge manhunt followed, with flights suspended at the nearby airports. The US government had offered a $5m (£3.2m) reward for information leading to his capture.
Authorities located him several days ago based on reports that he was in the Los Mochis area.
In October, Mexican officials said they had "broken up" and arrested the group responsible for helping him escape.
Guzman's wealth is estimated at $1bn.
Despite being the leader of one of the world's most powerful and violent drug cartels, Guzman was seen by some in Sinaloa - where there are few job opportunities - as a modern-day Robin Hood figure who could offer more security to people than the government.
Following his escape, shopkeepers began selling souvenirs such as baseball caps branded with "El Chapo" (Guzman's nickname, meaning "Shorty").
Defender Laird's fourth goal of the season eight minutes into the second half pushed the Saddlers to within six points of the play-offs, while Chesterfield remain eight points adrift of safety.
Only a fine display from veteran stopper Thorsten Stuckmann prevented the Spireites from suffering a heavier defeat.
He spread himself well to stop Isaiah Osbourne poking home from 12 yards after 25 minutes before Chesterfield's best effort saw Kristian Dennis' strike fly straight at Walsall goalkeeper Neil Etheridge.
Stuckmann made another good stop after 37 minutes, a strong one-handed diving save preventing Kieron Morris' 18-yard shot finding the bottom corner after a fine solo run.
The 35-year-old was at it again five minutes later, getting another strong hand to Simeon Jackson's near-post strike after an error from Spireites skipper Ian Evatt.
But Stuckmann was helpless for Walsall's 53rd-minute goal as James O'Connor glanced on Erhun Oztumer's near-post corner and Laird bundled the ball home from close range.
Walsall's sixth straight home victory is their best run at Bescot since winning the first seven games during their promotion-winning campaign under Richard Money in League Two 10 seasons ago.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Walsall 1, Chesterfield 0.
Second Half ends, Walsall 1, Chesterfield 0.
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Liam Grimshaw.
Attempt missed. Ian Evatt (Chesterfield) header from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Adam Chambers.
Attempt missed. George Dobson (Walsall) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Sam Hird (Chesterfield) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Foul by Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall).
Osman Kakay (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall).
Tom Anderson (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adam Chambers (Walsall).
David Faupala (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Isaiah Osbourne (Walsall).
Reece Mitchell (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Walsall. Andreas Makris replaces Erhun Oztumer.
Attempt missed. Eoghan O'Connell (Walsall) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right.
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Thorsten Stuckmann.
Attempt saved. Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Hand ball by Dan Gardner (Chesterfield).
Substitution, Chesterfield. David Faupala replaces Kristian Dennis.
Liam Grimshaw (Chesterfield) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jason McCarthy (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Liam Grimshaw (Chesterfield).
Attempt blocked. Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Walsall. George Dobson replaces Kieron Morris.
Foul by Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall).
Ian Evatt (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Ian Evatt.
Attempt blocked. Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Ian Evatt.
Foul by Osman Kakay (Chesterfield).
Isaiah Osbourne (Walsall) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Foul by Tom Anderson (Chesterfield).
Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Thorsten Stuckmann.
Attempt saved. Kieron Morris (Walsall) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Hand ball by Eoghan O'Connell (Walsall).
Attempt saved. Liam Grimshaw (Chesterfield) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
The allegations have been made by a company that sells smartphone protection plans.
Samsung said that the results "may mislead consumers" and called on the firm to carry out a revised test.
But one expert said it highlighted the danger of mocking a competitor.
Last September, at a time when there were multiple reports that the new iPhone's aluminium shell left it prone to damage, Samsung posted a tweet stating that its own Edge phablet was "curved, not bent".
Then in February, at the S6 Edge's launch event, Samsung's mobile division marketing chief paused for applause and laughs when she boasted about the new handset's design in a presentation containing several comparisons to Apple's models.
"Not only does [the glass] look great but it's super tough - in fact, it's the toughest in the market," said Younghee Lee.
"Also the special metal that we use is 50% stronger than the metal in other high-end smartphones.
"My first language may not be engineering, but I do know that this [is] tough [and] will not bend."
Samsung is not the only company to have exploited criticism of Apple.
HTC andLG also posted tweets at the height of last year's controversy, with LG going so far as to mark one of its posts with the hashtag #bendgate.
Apple later said that damage to the iPhone 6 Plus would be "extremely rare" during normal use - a similar point now made by Samsung about the S6 Edge, which goes on sale in the US and UK on 10 April.
The current allegations are based on tests carried out by SquareTrade, which used machinery to simulate forces that it said might be experienced by a handset left in a back pocket as well as attempting to identify the force under which different models experienced "catastrophic failure".
It said that:
An accompanying video suggested that S6 Edge owners were at risk of a "pocket full of glass" if they put their handsets under too much pressure.
In response, Samsung said it was confident that its phones would not bend "under daily usage".
"The normal force that [is] generated when a person presses the back pocket is approximately 66lbf (30kgf)," it added.
"Our internal test results indicate that the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge are not bendable even under 79lbf (32kgf), which is equivalent to putting pressure to snap a bundle of five pencils at once.
"Secondly, even though both front and back sides are exposed under the same level of pressure in normal circumstances, this test does not show the strength of the back side.
"Some smartphones have different [levels of] durability in each [of their] front and back sides respectively. SquareTrade has only tested the front side, which may mislead consumers about the entire durability of smartphones."
SquareTrade has issued a follow-up statement stating that it endeavoured to perform its tests "in an unbiased manner".
"We welcome Samsung's invitation to test its devices again with our Bendbot and release the results publicly," added spokeswoman Jessica Hoffman.
One independent expert agreed with Samsung that consumers should not be concerned about the durability of the S6 Edge, but added there was a lesson to be learned.
"This is only a story because it made fun of Apple when it launched the iPhone," said Francisco Jeronimo, research director at the consultancy IDC.
"You'd need to put a lot of pressure in a very specific way to break it.
"But it demonstrates that every vendor needs to be very careful when they compare their devices because it can backfire on them.
"I think that's the biggest lesson for Samsung: next time if it sees a competitor having a problem, it needs to be a lot more careful unless it is 100% sure it would not face the same criticism."
Cancer cells can differ hugely within a tumour - it helps them develop ways to resist drugs and spread round the body.
A study in the journal Nature showed cells that used up their raw materials became "stressed" and made mistakes copying their genetic code.
Scientists said supplying the cancer with more fuel to grow may actually make it less dangerous.
Most normal cells in the human body contain 46 chromosomes, or bundles of genetic code. However, some cancerous cells can have more than 100 chromosomes.
And the pattern is inconsistent - pick a bunch of neighbouring cells and they could each have different chromosome counts.
This diversity helps tumours adapt to become untreatable and colonise new parts of the body. Devising ways of preventing a cancer from becoming diverse is a growing field of research.
Scientists at the Cancer Research UK London Research Institute and the University College London Cancer Institute have been trying to crack how cancers become so diverse in the first place.
It had been thought that when a cancer cell split to create two new cells, the chromosomes were not split evenly between the two.
However, lead researcher Prof Charles Swanton's tests on bowel cancer showed "very little evidence" that was the case.
Instead the study showed the problem came from making copies of the cancer's genetic code.
Cancers are driven to make copies of themselves, however, if cancerous cells run out of the building blocks of their DNA they develop "DNA replication stress".
The study showed the stress led to errors and tumour diversity.
Prof Swanton told the BBC: "It is like constructing a building without enough bricks or cement for the foundations.
"However, if you can provide the building blocks of DNA you can reduce the replication stress to limit the diversity in tumours, which could be therapeutic."
He admitted that it "just seems wrong" that providing the fuel for a cancer to grow could be therapeutic.
However, he said this proved that replication stress was the problem and that new tools could be developed to tackle it.
Future studies will investigate whether the same stress causes diversity in other types of tumour.
The research team identified three genes often lost in diverse bowel cancer cells, which were critical for the cancer suffering from DNA replication stress. All were located on one region of chromosome 18.
Prof Nic Jones, Cancer Research UK's chief scientist, said: "This region of chromosome 18 is lost in many cancers, suggesting this process is not just seen in bowel cancers.
"Scientists can now start looking for ways to prevent this happening in the first place or turning this instability against cancers."
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Zimbabwe have not formally replaced Kalisto Pasuwa, who left the national team job after their exit from the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Gabon earlier this year.
Instead Norman Mapeza is in charge of Nations Cup qualifying, Rahman Gumbo for the African Nations Championship (CHAN) campaign and veteran Sunday Marimo Chidzambwa is leading the squad at the Cosafa Cup.
All three men have had spells in overall charge of the Warriors in the past.
"My task is to look after the team in the Cosafa tournament and when the southern African championship is finished I'm done," Chidzambwa explained.
"I'm not looking at development or anything like that. As with any other coach, I want to get as far as I can … in fact I want to win the final."
The squad that Chidzambwa is in charge of take on Lesotho in the semi-finals of the Cosafa Cup in Moruleng, South Africa on Wednesday.
Chidzambwa has won the tournament twice before as coach and has an unbeaten record in the Cosafa Cup.
The country, whose cash-strapped football association has been the subject of frequent court sequestration bids and previously had property seized to pay outstanding debts.
Mapeza took over as caretaker coach for the start of the 2019 Nations Cup qualifiers, where the Warriors, with a team filled with foreign-based players, began their bid to qualify for the next tournament in Cameroon with an impressive 3-0 win over Liberia.
The next Nations Cup qualifier for Zimbabwe is in March next year against the Congo in Brazzaville.
Chidzambwa was in Zimbabwe's first post-independence team in 1980 and coached the national team first in 1995.
He had a permanent spell from in 2002 to 2004, after which Gumbo took over from him, and returned again in 2009 after Jose Valinhos left.
Gumbo's spells in charge came in 2005 and 2012 he is now preparing to play Namibia on 16 July in the CHAN qualifiers with the second leg set for the following weekend.
Should they progress, they will meet either the Comoros Islands or Lesotho over two legs in August for a place in next January's finals in Kenya.
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Instead of having a full-time national team coach Zimbabwe are using three different men in charge for three different competitions they are involved in.
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The European Commission money will be used for a clinical trial of a new treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
The genetic muscle wasting disease affects approximately 50,000 boys worldwide.
Rebecca Daniel, from Bishop Auckland, said the trial was a "ray of hope" for her five-year-old son Ryan Bennett.
"Any bit of research that is going to improve the prognosis of the condition is potentially going to affect Ryan," Ms Daniel said.
"That's our little ray of hope, that he's young enough and it's a slow enough progressing condition that this research going on is going to benefit us and benefit Ryan in the long run."
It is believed the new anti-inflammatory drug, vamorolone, will improve muscle strength without the mood swings, stunted growth and weight gain resulting from steroid treatments.
Trial principal investigator Dr Michela Guglieri said the side-effects of current drugs "often blunt the benefits".
"We know that steroids improve the muscle strength, prolong the life and improve the quality of life but at the same time there are several side effects which limit the use of steroid," she said.
"This drug aims to maintain the benefit of the corticosteroid that we use routinely but remove the side effects."
The 74-year-old said the amount of "brilliant new stuff" today is "small" and he has seen most of it before.
Speaking at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, Cleese added: "When you've been doing comedy for as long as me, you really know most of the jokes."
But he said Bill Bailey and Eddie Izzard had grabbed his attention.
"This lights you up because these guys have done something new and brilliant and that's marvellous."
Cleese told his audience that "great old comedy" from Keaton and the Marx Brothers was difficult for new comics to live up to.
"You don't expect anything great - you turn on, you watch it for a few minutes and you think, 'It's fine, I've seen something like this before and it doesn't excite me," he added.
But the comic actor, who co-created and starred in classic sitcom Fawlty Towers, said other areas of life still made him laugh - notably politicians.
"What was happening at the Scottish Referendum was absolutely hilarious," he said.
Cleese appeared on The Graham Norton Show last week and made headlines for insulting pop star Taylor Swift's cat as she sat beside him on the chat show sofa.
"That's the weirdest cat I've ever seen in my life," he said.
Cleese was in Cheltenham to promote his new memoir So, Anyway.
Earlier this year, he reunited with Monty Python for a string of live dates at London's O2 Arena, recently saying that he had failed to be excited by the performances.
About 5,500 people are due to be transported from Norway to Russia. Many crossed the Arctic border by bicycle as part of the influx of migrants to Europe in 2015.
Norway announced in November it would immediately deport people who had arrived from a country deemed safe.
The first bus left a refugee shelter in the town of Kirkenes earlier.
Norway previously planned to send the migrants back to Russia by bicycle due to rules that banned vehicles from transporting people across the border without the necessary documents. People were also prohibited from crossing on foot.
Thousands of migrants used bicycles to cross the border last year after discovering a loophole in the law.
Most of them had fled the conflict in Syria.
Seeking asylum on children's bicycles
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The move to deport the migrants has been condemned by human rights groups. The daytime temperature at the border is about -30C.
It comes after Russia agreed that Norway could return migrants with a Russian visa by bus rather than bicycle.
A coach with 13 people on board drove to the airport in the Russian port city of Murmansk on Tuesday night, according to Norwegian public TV.
Tor Espen Haga, a spokesman for the Norwegian police immigration service, told the broadcaster NRK (in Norwegian), that all those transported had either a valid Russian visa or other residence permit.
He said deportations would continue, and "what happens next is up to the Russians".
Over the weekend, about 70 people were brought from other asylum centres in Norway to the reception centre in Kirkenes, about 8km (5 miles) from the Russian border, according to reports.
About 40 people have fled a centre in Vadso for fear of being returned to Russia, Norwegian media quoted the head of the centre as saying.
There were also reports that a group of migrants in Kirkenes had started a hunger strike to protest against the planned deportation.
Norway's police authorities say 5,500 people arrived from Russia via the border crossing in Kirkenes in the second half of 2015.
All of them had visas or other permits allowing them temporary or long term stay in Russia and will therefore be returned, reports the BBC Russian Service's Oleg Boldyrev.
Human rights groups have condemned the move in a letter to the UN's refugee agency, our correspondent adds. They say Russia should not be considered a safe place for refugees.
Increasing numbers of migrants began crossing Russia's border with Norway by bicycle last year, in an attempt to avoid the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe.
Although Norway is not a member of the EU, it is part of the Schengen Agreement which is designed to provide border-free travel.
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.
Robert McNamara, 24, of Scarborough, had pleaded guilty at Chester Crown Court to attempting to enter as a trespasser with intent to steal.
The alarm at the footballer's £6m property in Prestbury, Cheshire, was triggered on 3 August, the court heard.
McNamara was sentenced to two years and eight months.
Rooney, his wife, Coleen, and their three sons, Kai, Klay and Kit, were attending the charity tribute game against his first club Everton when the break-in bid took place.
In a victim impact statement read in court, Mrs Rooney said the incident had caused "sleepless nights" and had made her fear for the safety of their three children while they played in the garden.
She said the couple had spent extra money on security since the incident as she "no longer felt comfortable" at home unless accompanied.
McNamara, of Newby Farm Crescent, Scalby, was arrested six days after he tried to break in and pleaded guilty at Chester Crown Court in October.
CCTV showed him walking around the grounds, with his face covered by a balaclava, and trying a door handle, setting off a perimeter alarm.
Police found a rucksack containing cable ties, a head torch and a balaclava which had McNamara's DNA on it.
A second rucksack found in his home contained a ski mask with black tape over it which the court heard could have been used as a blindfold.
Taryn Jones Turner, defending, said McNamara had served seven years in the armed forces and had "not found life on Civvy Street as easy as he expected".
He had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and was receiving medication as well as being given support by the British Legion, she added.
Judge Patrick Thompson said: "It is concerning as to what your intent would have been had you gained entrance to the property and come across somebody else."
Francis Habgood joined Thames Valley Police 11 years ago from West Yorkshire Police and has been deputy chief constable since 2008.
He replaces former chief Sara Thornton, now chair of the National Police Chiefs Council.
Mr Habgood said he was "honoured and privileged" to have been appointed.
An interim deputy chief constable is in place during the recruitment process.
Cameroon striker Gaelle Enganamouit, France midfielder Amandine Henry, Scotland midfielder Kim Little and USA pair Carli Lloyd and Becky Sauerbrunn are nominated.
You can vote for your favourite online or by text until 08:00 GMT/09:00 BST on Monday 9 May.
Here we looks at the five contenders vying for the BBC World Service honour, which is in its second year.
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Country: Cameroon Caps: 43 Goals: 10
Club: FC Rosengard Position: Forward Age: 23
How was 2015?
Part of the Cameroon team that reached the last 16 on their Women's World Cup debut last year.
Started all four games and netted a hat-trick in the 6-0 group win over Ecuador, becoming the first African to score three times in a Women's World Cup match.
She was in the Eskilstuna United team that finished as surprising runners-up in Sweden's Damallsvenskan, finishing as the league's top goalscorer with 18 goals and helping secure qualification for the Women's Champions League.
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Helped Cameroon qualify for the Olympic Games for the first time in 2012, appearing as a substitute - aged 20 - in their three defeats.
Moved from Cameroon in 2012 to play for Spartak Subotica in the Serbian First League and the Women's Champions League. Scored what was reportedly the fastest goal in women's football history, after only three seconds.
Joined newly promoted Damallsvenskan team, Eskilstuna United, in December 2013, and switched to champions FC Rosengard two years later as a replacement for Germany's Anja Mittag.
Country: France Caps: 48 Goals: 6
Club: Olympique Lyonnais Position: Midfielder Age: 26
How was 2015?
Made it to the Women's World Cup quarter-finals last year with France, before going out to Germany on penalties.
Appeared in all five games, scoring one of the goals of the tournament with a stunning long-range strike in the 5-0 group win against Mexico.
A member of the Lyon team that won the Division 1 Feminine title in 2015 for a record ninth consecutive season.
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Played at Women's Euro 2009 and 2013, when France exited at the quarter-final stage.
Signed for Lyon before the 2007-08 season and went on to score 44 goals in 198 matches and win the Women's Champions League twice. Lyon are in the semi-finals again this season.
Will move to US side Portland Thorns in the NWSL at the end of the European season.
Country: Scotland Caps: 115 Goals: 46
Club: Seattle Reign FC Position: Midfielder Age: 25
How was 2015?
Seattle's leading scorer - and second in the league - with 10 goals in 2015, while topping the assists rankings on seven.
The Reign finished the regular season in first place before a 1-0 defeat in the Championship final against FC Kansas City.
Scored five goals in five qualifying games as Scotland edged towards qualification for Euro 2017 - which would be their first major tournament - and lit up Australia's W-League during the United States off-season with nine goals in 12 games for title-winning Melbourne City.
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Nominated for the first BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award - won by Nigeria striker Asisat Oshoala - having enjoyed fine form with Seattle Reign after her move from Arsenal.
Represented Scotland since the age of 16 and one of two Scots selected for the Great Britain squad that reached the quarter-finals of the 2012 London Olympics.
The 2010 FA Women's Player of the Year and 2013 PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year, her trophy haul at Arsenal included five league titles. Also won the Scottish Championship during an earlier successful stint with Hibernian.
Country: United States Caps: 222 Goals: 87
Club: Houston Dash Position: Midfielder Age: 33
How was 2015?
Captained her country and scored six goals at the World Cup, including a hat-trick in the opening 16 minutes of the final against Japan, sealed with a goal from the halfway line which earned a Puskas Award nomination.
Won the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament, for her efforts in leading the United States to a record third World Cup title, and first since 1999.
The first woman to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final and the first player - male or female - to do so since Geoff Hurst for England against West Germany in 1966 at Wembley.
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A two-time Olympic gold medallist who scored the gold medal-winning goals in the finals of the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
Represented the United States at three World Cups - finishing third, second and first.
Led Western New York Flash to the NWSL final in the league's inaugural 2013 season, she was traded to the Houston Dash prior to the 2015 season and was voted last year's Fifa Female Player of the Year.
Country: United States Caps: 105 Goals: 0
Club: FC Kansas City Position: Defender Age: 30
How was 2015?
Became the first player to win an NWSL end-of-season award for three years running when named Defender of the Year.
Played all 630 minutes for the United States during the 2015 World Cup, and her performances led to Sauerbrunn being named co-captain of the national team, alongside Carli Lloyd, earlier this year.
Captains FC Kansas City and helped them successfully defended their NSWL Championship.
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Bounced back from suffering a broken nose on her USA debut in 2008 against Canada to play at the 2011 and 2015 World Cups, and the 2012 Olympics.
One of three USA players to be allocated to the new NWSL club FC Kansas City at the start of 2013.
Co-captain when the side won the league title in her second season at the club.
Reporting by Sarah Mulkerrins
Defeat by Worcestershire left them 26 points adrift at the foot of the Championship Division One table.
"The captaincy is something I've always wrestled with. It's hard if you aren't performing," he told BBC Radio Solent.
"There's elements of personal pride, but I've got to look past that. How are we going to stay in Division One?"
Hampshire's only win in the Championship this season came when they beat Sussex by six wickets in June.
And they are facing the prospect of relegation back to Division Two, in which they spent three seasons before being promoted last summer.
"It's been a tough fortnight, our form's been pretty wretched really. We've had a few too many of us in the top six that are looking for form and low on confidence and it's not the ideal place," Adams said.
The team have fared better in the T20 Blast, winning five matches so far, and they hope to boost their chances of a place in the quarter-finals with a win against Surrey on Friday night.
But coach Dale Benkenstein questioned his side's resolve in the Championship after Thursday's defeat.
"It does just worry me whether mentally we are good enough to play in this division," he added.
The self-proclaimed Reliant Robins are taking pots of Vaseline to deal with "chafing", Elliot Pettifer, 23, said.
"We're not long-distance cyclists so it's going to be a difficult and gruelling journey," fellow cyclist Matthew Weston said.
The three, all from Mansfield, will set off from London in September.
They want to raise £10,000 for the Derwen College in Shropshire which educates people with learning disabilities and needs £50,000 to fix its swimming pool.
The 300-mile (482km) trip will take them four days.
Elliot's brother Max, 26, thought up the challenge after visiting the college during his work as a digital content manager. But only one of them owned a bike.
"When Max told me and Elliot about the bike challenge we had to go out and buy one, " Mr Weston, a dental nurse in Mansfield, said.
"Basically the three of us have next to no experience when it comes to cycling - we may have dabbled a bit but that's it.
"I think we have definitely underestimated how difficult it's going to be… the three of us even struggled to change an inner tube on one training ride."
Elliot, who now lives in Plymouth, added: "We have had about three training runs, and on every ride so far one of us has fallen off."
After one of their 50-mile training runs, Elliot said he spent the entire next day recovering in bed.
He said: "It is amazing who will support us - my brother even had a donation of £100 from someone at a hairdressers."
The Space Centre, in Ashton, Preston, faced financial difficulty after money it expected to fund an expansion did not materialise.
A former member of staff has been arrested on suspicion of fraud and summonsed to appear at court this week.
Manchester-based Creative Support has now pledged its support to the centre.
About 200 groups a month use the centre's facilities, which include multi-sensory areas. They include soft seating, coloured lighting, bubble tubes and music to help stimulate people and help them relax.
Managers said they were in the process of expanding the charity's premises to handle "the demand for care" in the region when staff discovered £800,000 in grants never actually existed.
Alison Shorrock, Space's Centre Manager said she was "absolutely relieved and delighted" Creative Support had decided to help.
She said: "It has been a really tough year not knowing if Space's future is secure.
"In the first three months after the news the money didn't exist we ran on adrenaline, not knowing if the centre would have to close.
"It's absolutely exciting we are off and running again. I'm so grateful Creative Support had the vision to see how well our organisations matched and wanted to come on board in this way."
The "Kimunji" series features Mr Kim and his father and grandfather, as well as missiles and atomic blasts.
US-based web designer Ben Gillin said his main aim in creating the Kimunji was to mock the "terrible" Kimoji, which he said were damaging to society.
But he told the BBC he also hoped it got people talking about North Korea.
"Kim Jong-un is obviously a terrible person, but in some respects what the Kimoji app is doing to society is also terrible," he said.
Kim Kardashian's Kimoji app - which has more than 500 icons of her, her products and possessions as well as sketches of her more famous body parts, for people to use online - became the top-selling app on iTunes when it went on sale late last year.
Mr Gillin, who lives in Houston, Texas, told the BBC it "blew his mind".
"The content is terrible - I imagine little kids using it. It's ending up in their hands, advancing their minds in certain ways," he said.
He and his wife were laughing about how absurd it would be if Kim Jong-un did the same, he said. Then when an update to Kardashian's app was released at the weekend and at the same time North Korea broke UN sanctions by launching a satellite on a ballistic missile, he spent four hours making up the Kimunji before posting them online for free use.
The icons are based on the "news or fears that we have" about North Korea, he said.
There is one showing Mr Kim crying - which is strikingly similar to one of the more popular Kimoji - and others of Kim Jong-il and Kim Il-sung, from whom Mr Kim inherited leadership of the repressive and secretive nuclear-armed country.
One of the icons shows US basketball player Dennis Rodman, a friend of Mr Kim's who has controversially visited North Korea several times.
That, said Mr Gillin, was "just funny on its own".
He said the Kimunji probably wouldn't have been so widely shared online as they have if he'd drawn on some of the darker sides of North Korea, like its labour camps and starvation.
"In no way do I want to downplay the human rights violations in North Korea - that's super serious and oftentimes overlooked," he said.
"But if my joke makes people look at it in a serious fashion, or look at it at all, then at least they've looked at it."
He also said he wasn't too concerned about angering Kim Jong-un, pointing out that the cast and crew behind The Interview - the satirical film about a plot to assassinate Mr Kim - were "still alive" despite North Korea's furious reaction.
If Kim Kardashian and her husband Kanye West were angry, he said, "that's more funny than it is scary".
"But I don't think they'll let it detract from their business goals."
Four of the 19 players selected - Gemma Fay, Kim Little, Joanne Love and Leanne Ross - have over 100 caps each.
Two more players will be added to the squad next week.
Scotland lead their qualifying group by three points with four wins out of four and four matches to play, including two against nearest challengers Iceland.
Manchester City's Jane Ross is the top scorer in Group 1 with six goals and is included again by Signeul.
Chloe Arthur and Lizzie Arnot, won won their fifth and sixth caps, respectively, in the 1-1 friendly with Spain, also keep their places in the squad.
After Slovenia's visit to the Falkirk Stadium next month, Scotland host Iceland on 3 June before travelling to face Belarus on 7 June. Signeul's team complete their qualifying campaign away to Iceland on 20 September.
Group winners and the best six runners-up will qualify for next year's finals in the Netherlands. A play-off between the other two group runners-up will decide the final team to join the Dutch hosts for the 16-team tournament.
Goalkeepers: Megan Cunningham (Celtic), Gemma Fay (Glasgow City), Shannon Lynn (Vittsjo GIK)
Defenders: Chloe Arthur (Bristol City), Rachel Corsie (Seattle Reign), Nicola Docherty (Glasgow City), Emma Mitchell (Arsenal), Joelle Murray (Hibernian), Kirsty Smith (Hibernian)
Midfielders: Leanne Crichton (Notts County), Hayley Lauder (Glasgow City), Kim Little (Seattle Reign), Joanne Love (Glasgow City), Leanne Ross (Glasgow City), Caroline Weir (Liverpool)
Forwards: Lizzie Arnot (Hibernian), Lana Clelland (UPC Tavagnacco), Lisa Evans (Bayern Munich), Jane Ross (Manchester City)
Coe told the committee he was unaware of specific cases of corruption before they became public in December 2014.
But former athlete Dave Bedford said he contacted Coe about Russian athlete Liliya Shobukhova in August that year.
Bedford added he spoke to Coe about a related matter on 21 November 2014.
Allegations of state-sponsored doping by Russian athletes, and cover-ups involving officials at the sport's world governing body the IAAF, were revealed in a documentary by German broadcaster ARD on 3 December 2014.
That is when Coe, who was elected IAAF president in August 2015, says he became aware of specific allegations.
Bedford, 67, said he was "very surprised and quite disappointed" to find Coe had not opened emails sent in August 2014, which provided details of alleged extortion from marathon runner Shobukhova, who was given a doping ban in 2014.
Coe, in his evidence to the committee, said he forwarded Bedford's emails to the IAAF's then recently formed ethics board, without reading them or opening the attachments.
Damian Collins, chair of the select committee, said Bedford's evidence "raised clear and important questions" about Coe's knowledge of the allegations, while Conservative MP Nigel Huddleston said the answers "undermined" the former Olympic champion's version of events.
In response, the IAAF said former London Marathon race director Bedford "offered nothing new" to the inquiry, and Coe has "no further information he can provide".
Collins then issued a further statement, saying Bedford's evidence "casts some doubt" on when Coe learned of specific allegations.
He added: "There are also questions about why Lord Coe didn't do more to make himself aware of the issues that were contained in the allegations that Bedford sent him."
Bedford agreed with the committee it was "strange" Coe had not opened his email attachments, and said he had no doubt the double Olympic champion knew about the Shobukhova case when they met in November 2014.
However, Bedford - a former 10,000m world record holder - also defended Coe, describing him "as someone within the IAAF who I could trust".
When asked to explain why Coe did not follow up on the email, Bedford suggested he may have decided the "best way he could help the sport was to make sure he got elected as president", as otherwise there was "no future" for athletics.
"In my opinion, looking at all the other alternatives, Seb Coe is the only chance athletics has to get over this difficult period," added Bedford.
He has now announced that he is meeting up with the video-sharing site to discuss how to "improve the comments".
"The point was that comments and feedback that actually matter were lost in an endless sea of spam," he posted on Twitter.
Pewdiepie originally announced the move in a video on his YouTube channel.
He told his 30 million subscribers: "I go to the comments and it's mainly spam, it's people self-advertising... I don't care about it."
After taking a break from any interaction, he made the decision to "turn the comments off forever".
Pewdiepie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, made his name commenting on video games.
Last year YouTube attempted to tackle the problem of popular videos attracting spam comments, links to adverts and rival accounts.
In his video earlier this week, Pewdiepie claimed the site had not been very successful.
"It's been bothering me for so long now, I've been trying to find solutions to it, hoping it would get better... but it doesn't seem like it and I'm just sick of it.
"I just want to connect with you bros. That's all I care about. If you bros aren't with me, what's the point?"
YouTube have yet to comment on Pewdiepie's actions.
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The Barcelona star, who won a treble of Spanish title, Copa del Rey and European Champions League last season, officially started the building process at the Port-Gentil stadium, which will host Africa Cup of Nations matches in 2017.
The ceremony took place on a wide sandy ground where the stadium will be built.
It was the Argentine forward's first visit to Gabon and he signed autographs on team jerseys worn by his fans, before proceeding with the laying of the first stone, accompanied by the president.
"When I was in Barcelona a few years ago, I met Messi who had told me that he would come to visit me in Libreville," said the Gabon president.
"It's a promise he made me. He is a man of honour who just kept his word."
The new stadium will have a capacity of 20,000 and is expected to host matches from November 2016 in the build-up to the tournament.
Port Gentil is Gabon's second city.
The 25-year-old, who can play as a hooker or prop, made his Championship debut in October 2010.
He previously made 21 appearances across two seasons before spells with Exeter Chiefs and Redruth.
"He has already gained considerable experience and at the same time clearly has the potential to take his game to another level," said coach Alan Paver.
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The Dons took the lead when Jonny Hayes' corner landed at the near post, with Caley Thistle's Gary Warren deflecting in Ash Taylor's shot.
Greg Tansey headed wide for the visitors, while Hayes, Kenny McLean and Niall McGinn all missed for the Dons.
Miles Storey should have made it 2-0 but somehow got the ball caught under his feet on the goal line.
The result moves Aberdeen 13 points clear of third-placed Rangers, with the two sides set to meet on Sunday at Pittodrie.
Aberdeen may have been unable to mount a serious title challenge this season, but they are still on course for a record points tally after surpassing the run of home wins set by Sir Alex Ferguson's side in 1986.
They now need 12 points from the last seven matches to do that, but an overall run of 12 victories in their last 14 Premiership matches suggests they are up to the task.
Aberdeen impressed with their pace, intensity and variety of movement going forward in the first half, but the defence remains equally effective as they have now gone 531 minutes without conceding a goal.
Of course this was another painful night for Caley Thistle manager Richie Foran in what has been a steep learning curve for the Dubliner in his first season in the job.
No team in British senior football have won fewer league matches than the Highlanders this season and, while they are not yet entirely cut adrift at the bottom, time is fast running out to turn things around.
The sight of five former Caley Thistle players in such an impressive Dons squad was compounded by the knowledge that current top league marksman Greg Tansey is moving to Pittodrie in the summer.
The midfielder is desperate to leave with the club still in the Premiership, but he missed one of their best chances of the evening when he headed a Henri Anier cross over the bar from six yards in the first half.
The real disappointment for Foran, though, will be that the goal they conceded was a gift for Aberdeen.
It was poor marking by the Caley Thistle defence as Dons pair Taylor and Andrew Considine contested a Hayes corner, the ball eventually deflected in by captain Warren off Taylor's strike.
Despite a battling performance, Caley Thistle simply could not find a way back into the match.
They did have a late let off, though, when former Inverness player Storey had an incredible miss when he failed to convert from point-blank range after a Hayes shot came off the post.
Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes: "We didn't have the same rhythm or flow to our game as we normally have, but there were a number of factors for that as we had the game in our pocket but didn't know whether to stick or twist.
"We are delighted to get the 10th home win on the bounce for the first time since that great Aberdeen side in 1986 with so many top players and a top manager in Sir Alex Ferguson.
"That keeps the distance between us and Rangers and we just look forward to playing them here on Sunday now but we have a lot of hard games left."
Inverness CT manager Richie Foran: "We had chances to go one up but we didn't take them then we give a goal from a set-piece which was really disappointing.
"We work hard on defending those so it was a sloppy goal to give away and Aberdeen looked more confident than we did.
"We are not going to be judged on games against Aberdeen though. We have seven must win games left and I believe we can still get enough points to get out of trouble."
Match ends, Aberdeen 1, Inverness CT 0.
Second Half ends, Aberdeen 1, Inverness CT 0.
Attempt blocked. Billy McKay (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by Alex Fisher.
Hand ball by Greg Tansey (Inverness CT).
Substitution, Inverness CT. Alex Fisher replaces Kevin McNaughton.
Corner, Inverness CT. Conceded by Andrew Considine.
Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by Gary Warren.
Attempt blocked. Ash Taylor (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Ryan Christie replaces Niall McGinn.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Miles Storey replaces Adam Rooney.
Attempt missed. Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Niall McGinn (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by David Raven (Inverness CT).
Attempt missed. Niall McGinn (Aberdeen) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt blocked. Liam Polworth (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Larnell Cole (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by Owain Fon Williams.
Attempt saved. Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Corner, Inverness CT. Conceded by Andrew Considine.
Substitution, Inverness CT. Dean Ebbe replaces Henri Anier.
Shaleum Logan (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Carl Tremarco (Inverness CT) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Carl Tremarco (Inverness CT).
Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by Kevin McNaughton.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Jack (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Inverness CT. Larnell Cole replaces Ross Draper.
Foul by Andrew Considine (Aberdeen).
Greg Tansey (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by Gary Warren.
Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kevin McNaughton (Inverness CT).
Attempt missed. Niall McGinn (Aberdeen) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ross Draper (Inverness CT).
Corner, Inverness CT. Conceded by Joe Lewis.
Attempt saved. Liam Polworth (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ross Draper (Inverness CT).
Attempt blocked. Kenny McLean (Aberdeen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
The United States defender, 20, was part of the New York side that finished top of the regular-season standings in Major League Soccer last year.
His arrival follows that of Brazil striker Alexandre Pato, who has signed on loan for the rest of the season.
Miazga, a centre-half, said Chelsea was "the place to develop and learn from some of the best players in the world".
He made 34 league appearances across three seasons with New York, with his solitary goal for the club coming in a derby victory over New York City FC last May.
New Jersey-born Miazga has made one international appearance, against St Vincent and the Grenadines in a World Cup qualifier in November.
Hughes died aged 25 from a haemorrhage in the brain, two days after being hit on the neck during a domestic match in Sydney on 25 November, 2014.
The five-day hearing is examining if his death was avoidable.
In a statement, Abbott said "it was all a bit of a blur" and that he felt "in a bit of a daze" after the incident.
The inquest, held at New South Wales Coroner's Court, will address the speed of the emergency response and the nature of play on the day.
Abbott, now aged 24, said he had run to Hughes and held his head as he lay on the pitch at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).
"Once in the changing room, I felt confused and upset," Abbott said. "I had a headache, people kept coming up to me but I cannot remember what they said. I felt super tired. These feelings stayed with me for the next few days."
The inquest has looked into whether Hughes, batting for South Australia in a Sheffield Shield game against New South Wales, had been targeted with short balls, or had received unsettling comments from opponents.
Brad Haddin, Doug Bollinger and David Warner, who were playing for New South Wales, have denied there was any element of unsportsmanlike behaviour in the match.
Those sentiments were echoed by Tom Cooper, who was batting alongside Hughes at the time of the incident.
Questions had been raised whether one bowler told Hughes: "I'm going to kill you." But Abbott said he did not remember such sledging.
"I felt the game that day was being played within the laws and spirit of cricket," he said. "I don't remember the ball being fast or slow. Maybe the wicket was a little bit slower that day. That's the type of wicket at the SCG.
"I know there has been a suggestion that the laws of the game be changed so that bouncers should not be bowled, but the same cricket ball will be hit and flying around whether bouncers are bowled or not."
On Monday, the inquest had heard the batsman's death was "inevitable" from the moment he was struck by a cricket ball.
The star has asked acts including Justin Bieber, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus and Niall Horan to perform.
The One Love Manchester concert is taking place at Old Trafford Cricket Ground.
Twenty-two people died in an attack after her show last Monday in Manchester Arena.
Ariana is offering fans who were at the show free tickets.
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The rest of the tickets will raise money for the "We Love Manchester Emergency Fund", set up by Manchester City Council with the British Red Cross.
Ariana previously said in an open letter on social media that she'd return to Manchester for a benefit concert.
She wrote: "We won't let hate win… Our response to this violence must be to come closer together, to help each other, to love more, to sing louder and to live more kindly and generously than we did before.
"Music is meant to heal us, to bring us together, to make us happy. So that is what it will continue to do for us. We will continue to honour the ones we lost, their loved ones, my fans and all affected by this tragedy."
A total of 22,503 people were left with unmanageable debts in the second quarter of the year, official figures from the Insolvency Service show.
That was a 22% rise on the same period last year, the data covering England and Wales show.
But an extensive period of low interest rates is expected to continue.
This is likely to keep a lid on the number of people falling irretrievably behind on loan repayments.
The rise in personal insolvencies were driven by a 15% rise in Individual Voluntary Arrangements - when those in debt come to an agreement on repaying debt with those to whom they owe money.
More traditional bankruptcies, when a debtor's home is at risk, have fallen in number.
Elsewhere in the UK, there was a 50% rise in individual insolvencies in Scotland over the same period, with 2,405 people going insolvent in the second quarter of the year.
There were 755 individual insolvencies in Northern Ireland in the second quarter of the year, an 8.5% rise on the same quarter a year ago.
Bankruptcy: The traditional way of escaping overwhelming debt. Ends after one year, but you are likely to lose all your assets, including your house, to pay something to the creditors
Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA): A deal between you and your creditors, overseen by an insolvency practitioner. Less stigma, 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
The Wales wing, 24, appeared motionless after a mid-air tackle in the loss to Leicester on 3 December, but played on.
A concussion panel review last month concluded North should not have played on, but did not sanction Saints.
The BBC contacted Saints, who referred back to previous statements when they "accepted" the panel's decision.
Saints had also previously said the club was "encouraged to see that the CMRG (panel review) has found that the medics had nothing other than player welfare in mind during this incident".
After the panel's findings, World Rugby wanted more information and has since held "highly constructive" talks with governing bodies.
Following these discussions with the Rugby Football Union and Premiership Rugby, a World Rugby statement reiterated head injury protocols were "not fully adhered to", with the main reason given that Saints medical staff were evaluating a potential spinal injury.
North's later resumption in play was caused by the "non-application" of these protocols, according to the statement, but World Rugby now says it is "satisfied" the club's medical staff have been educated on the permanent removal process.
The statement continued: "While it is impossible to completely remove the risk of error, World Rugby remains disappointed that there was a failure in this case to identify and manage the injury appropriately, in particular considering North's medical history."
North previously suffered four head blows in five months between November 2014 and March 2015, leading to a spell on the sidelines that lasted from 27 March until 29 August.
Premiership Rugby welcomed the support for their strategy to deal with head injuries.
"Within the English game - and in collaboration with the RFU and RPA (Rugby Players' Association) - we are setting new standards in dealing with concussion risk in education, prevention and treatment, and driving a change of culture in the game," said a spokesman.
"We are 100% behind our clubs in the way they have tackled concussion - player welfare is theirs and our number one priority."
After the report of the concussion panel review was published last month, Northampton said in a statement that they "accept the conclusion that George should not have been allowed to return to the field of play, but are pleased that the CMRG has reflected our concerns about the current technologies and processes available to medical teams when assessing concussion".
The statement added: "The club believes that this is now an opportunity for the whole rugby community to reflect on the CMRG's recommendations to ensure the highest levels of player safety and well-being."
First, UKIP left itself open to a dressing down from the Assembly Commission over its use of a committee room to promote its local policies .
Then the DUP ran foul of Transport for London over its eye catching decision to unveil its manifesto against the backdrop of a Wrightbus Routemaster double decker.
TFL made it clear it wouldn't have given permission for the use of the Routemaster if asked in advance because of the "pre-election rules for public bodies".
Which raises the question in my mind: If posing on a bus is forbidden territory for candidates, what protocols were in place for all those hospital visits Messrs Cameron, Miliband and Clegg have been pictured making in recent weeks?
I suspect the DUP's spin doctors won't be overly concerned about TFL's belated expression of annoyance.
They will welcome rather less Mary Hassan's Paxmanesque grilling of David Cameron on BBC Radio One's Newsbeat.
One DUP source argued that, on balance, it was better to be talked about than not, but the party has been relatively sheepish about highlighting its views on moral issues, especially on outlets where their views will be scrutinised by the London media and political classes.
Viewed from Belfast, the question may be: Who will the DUP deign to support in the event that they hold an influential position in a hung parliament?
But the exchange between Mary Hassan and David Cameron turns the query the other way around.
It highlights the potential downsides to either Labour or the Conservatives from appearing to be too cosy to a party with the DUP's track record on gay marriage, the conscience clause and the blood ban.
Mary Hassan isn't the first to raise this point.
Similar concerns were highlighted by the left-wing New Statesman before the campaign got under way, whilst the Lib Dems, eager not to be rendered irrelevant in any future deals, included some DUP politicians' fundamentalist views on homosexuality in a deck of cards they distributed as part of their spoof "Blukip" warning .
The achilles heel in the Newsbeat exchange was the use of the term "coalition".
The DUP has already pointed out that it doesn't want to be part of a coalition, but has in mind a looser "confidence and supply" arrangement.
Both Labour and the Conservatives may be wary of their own grassroots' reaction to a formal link with the DUP given its moral perspective.
But that doesn't mean that - if the arithmetic adds up - either will spurn its backing on a vote-by-vote basis.
If we are about to enter an era of minority government at Westminster, it's conceivable a future prime minister might well turn to the DUP for some votes, whilst doing business with other smaller parties when the issue doesn't match the DUP's moral compass.
I have a feeling I am exactly the kind of person she is concerned about.
Creativity, imagination, self-esteem and even our basic ability to process information could be sacrificed at the virtual altar of what is known as "hyperconnectivity", Baroness Greenfield claims.
She is so convinced that she compares the situation to the early days of climate change.
In a newspaper article last month she argued that the constant opportunities to connect offered by social networks such as Facebook could result in a generation for which "the mind might remain more child-like, reactive and dependent on the behaviour and thoughts of others".
The peer may have received much recognition during her career as a scientist, including 30 honorary degrees, and appointments from the Queen as CBE and the French government as a Chevalier of the Legion d'honneur, but she is not getting many "likes" from the online community for her alarming claims that society's love affair with all things screen-based - from video gaming to social media - may be significantly altering the development of the brain.
The professor claims not to read blogs and online discussions about her or her work, responding only to those who choose to contact her in person - thus neatly side-stepping many of her more vocal critics.
So I tell her they argue that there is no conclusive evidence to back up her claims, and that her media appearances on the subject amount to little more than public scaremongering.
Lady Greenfield thrusts towards me a list that's several pages long, containing the details of 250 research papers, newspaper articles and book titles that she used as sources for her next book, due out in July.
A lot of them are specifically about Facebook and video gaming, and their relation to everything from the release of the brain's "mood" chemical dopamine to living alone.
She says this list isn't exhaustive but enough to create " a snapshot" of contemporary research.
Dr Pete Etchells, lecturer in biological psychology at Bath Spa University, is an open critic of Lady Greenfield's theory.
He claims there are overall issues with the quality of research in this area.
"We don't really have that many good longitudinal studies," he says.
"If you do scholarly searches for articles looking at things like the cognitive effects of video games there are hundreds of studies out there.
"The problem is that some aren't very good. Researchers are trying to get a handle on the right sorts of questions to ask. So, the evidence tends to be contradictory."
That much is clear. Psychologist Dr Aric Sigman wrote in the Archives of Diseases of Childhood last year that advice from medical professionals to limit children's screen time was "becoming unequivocal", and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children under the age of two have no screen time at all.
But in March this year, the Medical Research Council in Glasgow published the results of a large study involving more than 11,000 children, which explored possible links between behavioural problems and screen time spent by children.
It found little direct connection between the two once other factors such as parental attitudes and wellbeing had been taken into consideration.
One major sticking point for the scientific community is that Lady Greenfield has never published a research paper of her own on the subject for peer review.
She claims it isn't because she disagrees with the process itself - "you can fault any paper but that's what science does," she says - but because she doesn't feel she can do the whole theory justice in a single piece of work.
"How can I publish just one paper?" she retorts.
"Does [atheist] Prof Richard Dawkins have one paper which sets out why God doesn't exist? Tell me one experiment I should do that proves once and for all whether computers are evil for the brain."
The crux of Susan Greenfield's theory is brain plasticity, the human brain's ability to evolve to adapt to its surroundings. It is largely held to be scientifically credible - and also fairly ubiquitous.
"The whole way that we learn anything is through our brain changing and adapting to our surroundings," says Dr Etchells.
"If I read a book it will change my brain, if I go to work it will change it."
It's the question of whether, in the case of computing devices, the change is likely to be for the better or worse that is dividing opinion.
Lady Greenfield insists that she has not publicly come down on either side of that fence but given the comparisons she makes to climate change and even smoking, it is clear she is not optimistic.
"On balance, there are some benefits [to screen behaviour], but there are also some undesirable [side-effects], and to ignore that is unhelpful," she tells me.
There are some wonderful examples of the remedial benefits of computer games, she says.
There are also indications that gaming can be linked to higher IQ - in fact, she is working on a video game herself, to educate young people about the workings of the brain.
"Erm, isn't that a bit hypocritical?" I ask.
"It's not about the channels, it's about how they are used," she replies.
Social networks are democratising society like never before, she continues.
"Facebook satisfies identity, it gives you a status that isn't linked to wealth or gender," she says.
"The poor student can have more followers than a millionaire."
Lady Greenfield says that the cost of attracting this virtual crowd, whether on Facebook or Twitter or via a blog, is to surrender unprecedented degrees of privacy.
"Respect for privacy is evolutionary," she says.
"Young people don't realise how important it is. The more information you give away, the more vulnerable you are.
"For the people following, it's like watching a soap opera. But I think there is something troubling about those who want to lay bare something very personal."
Susan Greenfield recalls a breakfast meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, at which she observed that one person attending was so busy tweeting about being there she was not paying attention to the meeting itself.
"We are living online, offline," says the professor.
"We are reporting what we're doing, not actually having the experience."
Ultimately, the baroness argues that society needs to put technology "back in its place".
"Old technology was a means to an end - a car was designed to get you from A to B, a television was there to entertain the family," she says.
"Now the cyber-lifestyle is an end in itself."
Slocombe shot 80 films, from classic Ealing comedies such as The Lavender Hill Mob and Kind Hearts and Coronets, to three Indiana Jones adventures.
In 1939 he filmed some of the earliest fighting of World War Two in Poland.
Indiana Jones director Steven Spielberg said Slocombe - who won Baftas for the Great Gatsby, The Servant, and Julia - "loved the action of filmmaking".
He said the cinematographer was "a great collaborator and a beautiful human being".
"Dougie Slocombe was facile, enthusiastic, and loved the action of filmmaking. Harrison Ford was Indiana Jones in front of the camera, but with his whip-smart crew, Dougie was my behind the scenes hero for the first three Indy movies," Spielberg added.
Slocombe other work included The Italian Job and Jesus Christ Superstar.
Among his own favourites was Kind Hearts and Coronets, the Ealing Studios classic of 1949, starring Alec Guinness and Joan Greenwood.
A decade earlier, as a young newsreel cameraman, London-born Slocombe had shot parts of the Nazi invasion of Poland.
The quality of that footage, which was used in the documentary Lights Out in Europe, persuaded Ealing to employ him.
Steven Spielberg chose Slocombe, then nearing 70, to shoot Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark and then two further Indiana Jones films in the 1980s.
Slocombe was nominated for an Oscar on three occasions, including for Raiders, and was given a lifetime achievement award by the British Society of Cinematographers in 1996. He was made an OBE in the New Year Honours list in 2008 for services to the film industry.
With Dougie Slocombe's passing at 103 we've lost a link to several eras of Britain's cinematic history. His typically humane account of how as a news cameraman he escaped from wartime Poland by horse and trap and then by train would make a film in itself. He became, as he said, 'last man standing' of the great craftsmen who helped Michael Balcon turn Ealing Studios into a force to be reckoned with. Of the films he shot there he most loved the dark humour of Kind Hearts and Coronets - but he told me he was also proud of how Hue and Cry (1947) found black and white beauty in bombed-out London post-war. When Ealing closed, he went on to an extraordinary array of 1960s and 70s films: from The Servant (again, London in gorgeous monochrome) to the explosively colourful Jesus Christ Superstar in 1973.
Four years later, Steven Spielberg drafted him in to film scenes for Close Encounters of the Third Kind: they got on so well that he asked Dougie to be cinematographer on the first of three Indiana Jones movies. Dougie was already 70 when he started the job. I didn't know him until he was 100 and almost blind, but in the long conversations I had with him, his memory remained pin-sharp. The amiability and intelligence which helped make him one of the world's great cameramen were still there. His energy amazed. When he was 102, I telephoned to ask if I could come round the next day to interview him about an aspect of the Ealing years. Dougie said he'd be delighted. But it would have to be in the morning because in the afternoon he was booked in to record a five-hour TV interview - in French.
His other films included Whisky Galore, The Man in the White Suit, Rollerball and Never Say Never Again.
Speaking to the BBC last year, Slocombe recalled working under the Ealing Studio mogul, Sir Michael Balcon, as well as filming on location in a city still scarred by bomb damage.
"I think I'm the last man standing," he said. "All the major technicians and the producers and directors are gone - and that famous repertory company of actors and actresses."
Slocombe's daughter said he died in hospital in London.
The extension to the 19th Century museum in Dorchester includes new galleries, a learning centre, library, cafe and shop.
The Grade I listed building was built to house the museum's collection, which now boasts four million artefacts.
Planners approved proposals to reconfigure and extend existing buildings, install a shop front and demolish un-listed buildings.
The project is due to be completed by 2020.
The museum is to host the Natural History Museum's diplodocus skeleton replica which is touring in 2018.
Dippy on Tour, which will be in Dorchester from 10 February to 8 May, will be the last temporary exhibition to be hosted by Dorset County Museum before parts of the galleries are closed for the refurbishment.
The extension is being part-funded by a £10m lottery grant, with the museum raising the remaining £3m.
The Lions dominated, with Steve Morison crashing an effort against the bar and Aiden O'Brien and Lee Gregory missing glorious first-half opportunities.
But McKay's long-range shot put the Reds ahead at half-time.
And although Millwall's direct approach continued to pose problems, the Reds somehow held on for victory.
Forest's fifth first-day win in their past six seasons looked highly unlikely as last season's League One play-off winners created chance after chance before the break.
Morison should have scored with a close-range shot, O'Brien wasted three headed chances while Reds keeper Jordan Smith was in superb form, notably when he kept out Gregory's low shot.
After the equally outstanding McKay, one of three of six Forest summer signings to start, fired in the opener Forest continued to lead a charmed life.
Morison found the back of the net in the second period, but his strike was ruled out by referee Peter Bankes for a foul by Gregory on keeper Smith in the build-up, while substitute Fred Onyedinma missed the final chance of the evening in injury time.
Nottingham Forest manager Mark Warburton told BBC Radio Nottingham:
"Millwall were very good. They deserved something from the game.
"They were direct, they were effective. They won the first ball and created chances. Too many times we were loose in possession.
"To play like that and get three points, we are very relieved. We had some good points but were way below our normal level.
"Barrie McKay is a real talent. He is an outstanding player who can be anything he wants to be. He has real technical ability and class."
Millwall manager Neil Harris said:
"The ref said it was a foul from Gregory on the keeper. But I felt it was momentum. All we ask for is consistency as managers. Most people have said it is a goal, when they have seen it back. They cannot all be wrong.
"We dominated the game against a really good Forest side. The players executed the gameplan perfectly. We worked into good positions and created good chances. It was a top performance.
"You have to be clinical when you get your chances at this level. It was a good performance, but we have to be more ruthless.
"There were encouraging things to take from this. It is about how we react to this now."
Match ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Millwall 0.
Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Millwall 0.
Offside, Millwall. Jordan Archer tries a through ball, but Jake Cooper is caught offside.
Offside, Nottingham Forest. Kieran Dowell tries a through ball, but Barrie McKay is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Steve Morison (Millwall) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Shane Ferguson with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Tom Elliott (Millwall) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by James Meredith with a cross.
Attempt missed. Fred Onyedinma (Millwall) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jake Cooper with a headed pass.
Foul by Chris Cohen (Nottingham Forest).
Tom Elliott (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
George Saville (Millwall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Matt Mills (Nottingham Forest) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Jed Wallace (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Kieran Dowell (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by David Vaughan.
Substitution, Millwall. Tom Elliott replaces Shaun Williams.
Zach Clough (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by George Saville (Millwall).
Offside, Nottingham Forest. Kieran Dowell tries a through ball, but Zach Clough is caught offside.
Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Jake Cooper.
Attempt blocked. Barrie McKay (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Armand Traore.
Armand Traore (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Conor McLaughlin (Millwall).
Joe Worrall (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jake Cooper (Millwall).
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Jordan Smith.
Substitution, Millwall. Shane Ferguson replaces Lee Gregory.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Matt Mills replaces Daryl Murphy.
Offside, Nottingham Forest. Jordan Smith tries a through ball, but Daryl Murphy is caught offside.
Jordan Smith (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lee Gregory (Millwall).
Attempt blocked. Zach Clough (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kieran Dowell.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Barrie McKay.
Chris Cohen (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Shaun Williams (Millwall).
Attempt missed. Lee Gregory (Millwall) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Steve Morison.
Substitution, Millwall. Fred Onyedinma replaces Aiden O'Brien.
Attempt missed. George Saville (Millwall) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by David Vaughan (Nottingham Forest).
George Saville (Millwall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Jed Wallace (Millwall) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lee Gregory.
As the Battle of Britain raged in the summer of 1940, a fatal flaw in the design of engines used in two of the RAF's mainstay aircraft - the Hurricane fighter-bomber and the iconic Spitfire fighter plane - became apparent.
When they dived and encountered negative g-forces, the carburettor in their Rolls-Royce Merlin engines would often flood, resulting in them cutting out - a pilot's worst nightmare in a dogfight.
The solution to the problem was discovered by Beatrice Shilling, a pioneering young engineering graduate of the University of Manchester.
Born in 1909, in Waterlooville, Hampshire, Beatrice - universally known as Tilly - was obsessed with engines from early childhood.
"As a child I played with Meccano," she recalled in an interview with Woman Engineer magazine. "I spent my pocket money on penknives, an adjustable spanner, a glue pot and other simple hand tools."
"From a child she was pulling engines apart," said Dr Christine Twigg of the university's science and engineering faculty. "Her real passion was mechanical engineering."
Her enthusiasm and natural ability soon took Tilly to study a degree in electrical engineering at what was then called the Victoria University of Manchester.
She was one of only two female engineering graduates from the university in 1932.
Women were so under-represented at the time that her student record card did not have female titles as an option to be recorded.
Tilly was not content to merely study the theory of engineering though.
After completing an MSc, specialising in looking at the piston temperatures of high speed diesel engines, she took up motorcycle racing.
Fitting her bike with a revolutionary supercharger, she achieved speeds of 106mph, said Dr Twigg, and was recognised with the Brooklands gold star for outstanding performances in track and road racing.
In 1936, Tilly was snapped up by the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) in Farnborough, Hampshire, which became a leading specialist in aircraft carburettors.
Four years later, the Allies were worried about the engines of their Hurricanes and Spitfires conking out in dogfights.
Keith "Mad Dog" Maddock is the chief engineer at Hangar 42, a World War Two aircraft hangar which is now used to reconstruct old Spitfires.
When the planes were in negative g-force, he said, the carburettor would flood causing the engine to stall or even totally cut out, putting "pilots in grave danger".
He said the Germans had no such problem and could execute steep dives without any problem.
Mr Maddock said: "Spitfires had to typically go into a half-roll to keep the fuel in the bottom of the tank, and dive on. By which time [your enemy] has gone - and that is the problem - you have lost your opportunity."
Tilly made a small but "very, very important" adjustment which Mr Maddock said solved the RAF's problems at a stroke and allowed the Allies to match the mighty Luftwaffe.
"What Tilly Shilling came up with was the idea of putting a baffle in there - a diaphragm to stop fuel surge," he said.
The RAE restrictor was "a war-winning modification, without which we would have suffered... defeat," said Mr Maddock.
"Beatrice Shilling helped us to win World War Two - of that there is no doubt."
Tilly was appointed an OBE in recognition of her work in 1947.
She is understood to have continued working at RAE until retiring in 1969.
Tilly died in 1990.
Rachel Brealey, director of operations at the University of Manchester's science and engineering faculty, said: "Beatrice Shilling is such an inspiration to our students.
"She made such a significant impact to engineering and responded so brilliantly to the technical challenges of her time."
Beatrice Shilling's story features in Invented in the North West. BBC One on Friday 23 June at 19:30 BST. It will then be available on the BBC iPlayer
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Aberdeen made it 10 home league wins in a row with a slim victory over Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
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Sean Abbott felt "confused and upset" after he bowled the ball that fatally injured Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes, an inquest has been told.
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Ariana Grande has confirmed she'll host a special concert in Manchester this Sunday to remember the victims of last week's attack.
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The number of people being declared insolvent has risen by a fifth on a year ago - but low interest rates mean the total is still comparatively low.
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World Rugby says it is "disappointed" by Northampton Saints' "failure to identify and manage" George North's recent head injury "appropriately".
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It looked for a while that the most remarkable aspect of a relatively low-key campaign could be two of the Stormont parties apparently breaking the rules over their manifesto launches.
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Before my meeting with controversial neuroscientist and renowned social media cynic Susan Greenfield, I do two things - post a Facebook "check-in" from her base at Oxford University (which attracts five "likes" and a direct message), and mention her on Twitter.
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British cinematographer Douglas Slocombe has died at the age of 103, his family has said.
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A £13m extension and upgrade to Dorset County Museum has been approved.
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Barrie McKay's spectacular debut strike earned Nottingham Forest an opening-day win against a Millwall side who wasted numerous chances.
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In what was then very much a man's world, a young woman's ingenuity saved many pilots' lives and arguably helped the Allies win World War Two.
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Mrs May's proposals are set to include a whole raft of measures to give more power to support staff and volunteers.
Forces will be able to identify volunteers who specialise in accountancy or computing for cyber and finance inquiries, she said.
She was "committed to finishing the job of police reform", she added.
Since 1831, civilians have been able to exercise the full range of police powers in the shape of special constables.
Those wishing to volunteer their time currently have two options - become a special, or ask to become a police support volunteer. The latter role has no powers.
But the measures - which will form part of the Policing and Crime Bill - will allow volunteers to be given powers without becoming a special constable, while also creating a core list of powers reserved for police officers.
Mrs May said: "Police officers across the country carry out a wide range of duties, keeping the public safe and ensuring justice for the most vulnerable members of society.
"We value the essential role they play, but they cannot do this on their own.
"We want to help forces to create a more flexible workforce, bring in new skills and free up officers' time to focus on the jobs only they can carry out."
She also said people with IT or accountancy skills were in "particular demand", and could "work alongside police officers to investigate cyber or financial crime, and help officers and staff fight crime more widely".
There are currently 16,000 volunteer police officers in England and Wales, known as special constables.
Specials undergo training, wear police uniform and have the same powers in law as their "regular" colleagues.
They take on tasks such as foot patrol, crowd control and crime prevention and have to be available for at least 16 hours each month.
In addition, there are 9,000 volunteers performing a wide variety of different staff jobs in the police.
The union Unison, which surveyed police forces last year, says Kent has the largest number of volunteers (850), while volunteers in Thames Valley put in the most hours (70,000).
The survey identified more than 60 volunteer roles, ranging from mountain rescue to animal welfare, crime scene investigation to firearms licensing.
Unison says most of the 43 forces are planning to increase their use of volunteer police staff, including Nottinghamshire, which is aiming for a fivefold rise by the end of 2015.
Mrs May's proposals were provisionally aired last year in a consultation, which favoured creating uniformed police community support volunteers (PCSVs), and suggested civilians could carry out tasks like interviewing victims and taking witness statements.
Government officials confirmed some reforms will be taken forward, but the full details are due to be set out later.
Mr May's measures will also confirm the abolition of the role of police traffic warden.
But BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said this was a "technical change", reflecting the fact that - since parking enforcement was decriminalised, with local authorities taking on the role - there are now only 18 traffic wardens employed by police.
Meanwhile, forces in Hampshire and Gloucestershire have already launched a pilot scheme to attract volunteers with digital skills to support "digital investigations".
Under Mrs May's reforms, volunteers are expected to be given the powers to make arrests and carry out stop-and-searches.
Dave Jones, National Police Chiefs' Council lead for citizens in policing, said: "The new approach to designating police powers will help the police service be more flexible when it comes to attracting and deploying volunteers with valuable skills, especially in situations where the full powers of a constable are not necessary.
"The onus on chief constables is to use the powers wisely, ensure they fit the needs of local policing and provide appropriate training so that they help us keep our communities safe."
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New civilian recruits will help police solve cybercrime under a expansion of the role of volunteers, due to be unveiled by the home secretary.
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As early as Thursday morning it will announce it has now put nearly $10bn in the kitty to pay a monster fine from the US Department of Justice.
It relates to the bank's role in the selling of risky mortgages - the so called subprime crisis - which was at the epicentre of the financial crisis.
This will plunge RBS, 72% owned by the taxpayer, further into the red.
It will make 2016 the ninth year in a row that RBS has lost money.
To be clear, this is not unexpected, nor is it a final settlement. The urgency to settle once and for all which existed around the beginning of this month (before the change of the guard in the US administration with a Trump presidency) has eased as a new administration and a new attorney general are now in place.
Guesses on the final bill from the US vary widely from $12bn-$20bn. If this $10bn did prove to be enough for the final bill, that would be considered a good result.
It remains to be seen whether the new US administration takes a tougher or more lenient approach to misconduct by European banks.
Barclays recently walked away from negotiations, preferring to fight the top US lawman in court, rather than pay what the bank considered a fine that was disproportionate to its involvement in the subprime market.
For RBS it is yet another of the "big bumps in the road" that chief executive Ross McEwan has previously warned lie between the RBS of the last nine years and the RBS he hopes it will one day be. Exclude the fines, and RBS is churning out a £1bn profit every three months.
But the sins of the past are grave, as are the penalties. The bank has paid well over £50bn worth since the financial crisis - more than the £45bn the UK taxpayer put in way back when.
RBS and the taxpayer will hope that as painful as this is, it is one step closer to the light at the end of the tunnel.
The raid happened at Scotmid in North Deeside Road, in the Aberdeen suburb of Bieldside, in the early hours.
Police are already looking into four similar incidents in the north east of Scotland.
Bank cash machines in New Deer, Oldmeldrum, Inverurie and Dyce have been targeted.
Police have not commented on reports explosives may have been involved in some of the incidents.
A police spokeswoman said: "Police were called to an incident at Scotmid on North Deeside Road at around 4am today.
"The premises has been broken into and inquiries are ongoing."
A Scotmid spokesman told BBC Scotland an alarm had been set off at the front of the shop, and the safe at the back of the ATM had been targeted.
He said: "Thankfully no staff members were involved."
The spokesman said it was being investigated whether any money was stolen, but no other stock appeared to have been taken.
It was hoped the shop would reopen when police inquiries were complete.
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is consulting on plans to withdraw consultant-led maternity care at one of three district hospitals.
Earlier plans to downgrade services at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, were sent back to the drawing board after public outcry.
The proposed changes stem from a shortage of doctors.
Health bosses still favour downgrading services at the hospital and earlier this month the board agreed to start a fresh public consultation on those plans and others.
Alternatives include withdrawing doctor-led maternity care at hospitals in Bangor or Wrexham, or they could agree to make no changes meaning consultant-led care would remain at all three hospitals.
Those against the plans say expectant mothers who need care from doctors would be put at greater risk by having to travel further for treatment.
The British Medical Association and politicians have also previously criticised the health board for not seeking the views of staff and the public in drawing up its plans.
A final decision is expected in November.
O'Flaherty finished behind English duo Gemma Steel and Jenny Spink in Dublin.
Defending women's champion Fionnuala McCormack was a late withdrawal from Sunday's race because of a hip niggle.
Mullingar's Mark Christie won the men's race in a respectable 29 minutes and 30 seconds, leaving him ahead of England's Graham Rush (29.41) and Irish Olympic athlete Mick Clohisey (29.44).
The event also doubled up as the Irish championship for the 10km road race distance so O'Flaherty and Christie lifted the national titles.
As the Irish men packed well with Sergiu Ciobanu fourth in 30:20 and Kevin Dooney (30:38) sixth, the home nation pipped England by 40 seconds in the team match, which was decided by the aggregate times of the four scorers in both races.
Ireland's combined time was three hours, 15 minutes and 29 seconds and the team element gave the event added excitement even after the first three had crossed the line in both races.
The team success earned the Irish the Sean Kyle Cup, competed for in memory of the highly respected Ballymena & Antrim coach, who died in November 2015.
Kyle formed a remarkable coaching partnership at the club with his wife, the three-time Olympian Maeve Kyle and event organiser Gareth Turnbull came up with the idea last year of marking the Ballymena & Antrim stalwart's contribution to the sport by staging the team event.
Newcastle athlete O'Flaherty stayed with former European Cross Country champion Steel and Spink for the opening 5km in the Phoenix Park before the English duo broke clear.
Steel crossed the line in 34:15 which left her nine seconds ahead of Spink, with Rio Olympics steeplechase competitor O'Flaherty a further 14 seconds back in third.
The women's top six was completed by three more Irish athletes as Claire McCarthy (34:47) was followed by Laura O'Shaughnessy [35:04] and City of Derry's Catherine Whoriskey (35:55).
McCormack was forced to withdraw because of injury on Sunday morning.
With a series of races, including junior events, taking place, over 8,000 runners were in action at the Phoenix Park.
Researchers from several countries, including the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and the UK, tracked 1,900 people, aged between 14 and 24, over a 10-year period.
BBC News website readers from around the world have been getting in touch with their views on these latest findings linked to the controversial drug.
You will find that any data supposedly "proving" that cannabis use leads to schizophrenia or psychosis are of the "cherry picked" variety.
The prohibitionist lobby have been playing this card every few years since the 1920s and, even if it were true, this would be another strong reason why cannabis possession and supply should be legal and regulated, so that quality and supply could be monitored and use by young children eliminated.
I'm now 49-years-old and have been taking cannabis for more than 30 years. If I can find a good, clean source, then I won't turn it down.
I started taking it as a teenager for pain relief. I had undergone a traumatic episode in my life and suffered extreme muscle damage.
My friends told me it was good medically, so I thought it might help me.
I'm not addicted though. I don't climb the walls if I don't get any.
I have a great interest in cannabis and have tried to carry out as much research as possible into the scientific facts surrounding it without being influenced by the pro or anti lobby.
I have had negative effects but only when I have taken doctored cannabis, which has been mixed with things like horse tranquiliser. That is why I try to only use the pure stuff.
When I saw this study, my first reaction was "oh god". If you have any mental illness and you use drugs and alcohol, then it is likely to have an effect, but to say it causes psychosis - that's wrong.
I don't drink but I do take cannabis, however, I would tell children not to dabble - in the same way they shouldn't with other substances.
I smoked cannabis a couple of times when I was 24-years-old. I used to hang around with some people who regularly took it.
I used to work with my father and my brother in the butchery business but after I started taking cannabis I started showing signs of psychosis.
I was diagnosed with schizophrenia and had to spend some time in hospital.
I'm now 55-years-old and those few drags I took when I was younger definitely changed my life and made it go rapidly downhill.
I directly attribute my illness to the cannabis.
After I started taking it, I asked my mum at the family business if I could have a holiday as I'd been working rather hard, it was then I started hearing voices and became delusional.
My mum went to the doctor who asked me if I wanted to go into hospital. Initially I declined but about a month later, I agreed.
I've now been on medication for most of my life and would advise people not to dabble in cannabis.
I am fine now, but I am dead against the thought of taking anything that's harmful to the body.
I have worked as a drug advisor in the educational field for more than 20 years and the rubbish spouted about cannabis needs to stop.
Cannabis, like all psychoactive substances, will act as a catalyst for any pre disposition to a psychiatric or psychotic episode.
As it is usually taken in conjunction with other drugs especially alcohol, it cannot be easily concluded that cannabis alone is the culprit.
The fact that it remains illegal is probably a more relevant indicator as to why it is singled out.
People with a dual diagnosis - who have mental illnesses and take cannabis - how can you distinguish which one they got first?
In my own personal experiences, I know about four or five people who had "cannabis-related episodes" but they were also drinking at the time - so it was difficult to say what caused or contributed to it.
Each person is different, and the way psychoactive substances affect people also varies.
The other thing is that cannabis can sometimes help mental and physical problems. It can benefit certain types of auto-immune diseases.
I'm not pro or anti, but think these studies need to be considered in context.
I smoked cannabis for approximately 25 years and towards the end I felt like I was hanging onto sanity by my fingernails. Some of the worse symptoms included voices in the night, a constant dread of death, suicidal thoughts and intense mood swings. I never thought I would kick the habit until one day I was attacked by someone out side a supermarket due to my psychotic ramblings. This person probably saved my life or a least my sanity. Dominic, Luton, UK
I have been a user of of cannabis for the past 17 years and it has never stopped me from building a good professional career with qualifications and a senior post within a large multi national organisation. I think people forget that these studies can be easily directed at similar "drugs" like alcohol and cigarettes which although are publicised as being bad for your health are completely legal. It's easy to turn around and blame someone's personal failures in life on the fact they smoke cannabis, but in reality the person probably already suffers from some form of psychosis or is plain lazy to begin with. We should stop using this as an excuse and do the right thing which is to decriminalize cannabis, this would make it much safer for the millions of people that use it recreationally. Beavis, Birmingham, UK
I spent many years playing in bands in an environment where cannabis use is pretty much the norm. All it ever did for me was send me to sleep. My observation, for what it's worth: if you're not paranoid when you start smoking dope, you sure will be after you've been at it for a couple of years. David Ballantyne, Raleigh, US
I spent my student years smoking pot and thinking it was not only harmless but it made me more creative (if anything it made me more lazy). But then I gave up as I realised you can't lead a successful life and smoke cannabis. But for years I believed that it was non-addictive and should be legalised. Now I work for a rehab clinic and have been doing some research into drugs. I still believe it's not addictive but I was told by people working in rehab that about 10% of dope smokers end up with psychosis, and one expert I spoke to in London said that "cannabis is the drug that creates the most problems for psychiatrists". Rupert Wolfe Murray, Bucharest, Romania
I blame my son's suicide at the age 19 on cannabis use, he used it from the age of 14. I believe that cannabis use affected him badly, causing erratic behaviour and subsequent mental illness. Janine Gray, Caloundra, Australia
The former Down boss has been the Erne County's manager since succeeding Peter Canavan in November 2013.
Fermanagh failed to win a Championship match this year and were relegated to Division Three of the league.
After losing to Armagh in the first round of the All-Ireland qualifiers, McGrath said his management team would take time to consider their future.
On Wednesday night, Fermanagh revealed their manager was remaining in charge and had received the backing of the county board.
Fermanagh lost to Monaghan in the preliminary round of this year's Ulster Championship, followed by that qualifier defeat at the Athletic Grounds.
McGrath accepted 2017 had been the worst of his four-year spell as Fermanagh manager.
However, the veteran boss has his backers who believe he has done a creditable job, including taking the Erne county to the All-Ireland quarter-finals two years ago.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) carried out an "extraordinary review" of the system in July.
It followed moves by Bangor University to withdraw midwifery students from Glan Clwyd Hospital, and concerns flagged by Health Inspectorate Wales.
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said it had developed an action plan.
Prof Angela Hopkins, executive director of nursing and midwifery at the health board, said: "Most of the recommendations made in the NMC reports have already been addressed."
The review by the NMC examined how closely rules on supervising midwives across north Wales were being followed.
But the investigators found on two measures the midwife services were falling short:
Jackie Smith, NMC chief executive and registrar, said: "The reports from our extraordinary review show that there are serious concerns around the nursing and midwifery education programmes.
"We need to be assured that our standards for education and for the supervision of midwives are being met, and that the public's safety is protected.
"It is essential that all the relevant organisations collaborate to address the issues raised by the review. We will work closely with Bangor University, Health Inspectorate Wales and other stakeholders to improve the situation and strengthen public protection."
Prof Hopkins said: "We would like to reassure our patients regarding the quality and standard of education for student nurses and midwives in north Wales, and to advise that issues raised regarding the supervision of midwives have been fully addressed."
The investigation was prompted by escalating concerns at the health board about how maternity services might be reorganised.
Officials wanted to remove consultant-led care from Glan Clwyd Hospital at Bodelwyddan in Denbighshire - but that faced being overturned by a judicial review.
It led Health Inspectorate Wales to flag the issue to the NMC in June, just weeks before the entire health board was put into special measures by the Welsh government.
At the same time, according to the report published on Monday, Bangor University withdrew midwifery students from Glan Clwyd due to "an unsuitable practice learning environment due to the unprofessional behaviours and attitudes of some clinicians".
The university said it had been working with the health board to address issues raised by the extraordinary review and stated that the situation "had improved since the report was written in July".
"We are now focussing on the remaining areas that need attention, but in the meantime students can be assured that the high standard of their education will be safeguarded," said Prof Jo Rycroft-Malone, who heads Bangor's School of Healthcare Sciences.
The NMC review also contained some criticism of the work of Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) as the body responsible in Wales for safeguarding standards of supervision and training.
But on Monday, HIW said all standards set by the NMC and recommendations made in report have now been met.
Just one councillor out of seven voted against revised plans for the former Aquarena site in Worthing at a heated public meeting on Thursday night.
Developer Roffey Homes said the £45m tower would become a landmark building and would help to regenerate the area.
However, more than 2,000 residents had signed a petition against it, saying it was too tall and "out of place".
The revised proposal follows the refusal of planning permission in September 2015 for a 21-storey tower on the site.
The new plans are for a shorter building - 15 stories, providing 141 homes, commercial space and a public cafe.
Dozens of residents attended the meeting to express their anxiety over the plans.
Liberal Democrat Hazel Thorpe cited public opposition and told the meeting it was not doing enough to solve the town's housing problems.
However, Conservative Councillor Edward Crouch supported the proposals.
"The economic, housing benefits and additional use of this land outweighs the harm," he said.
After the vote, Mike Anderson of Save Worthing Seafront, said he was disappointed but accepted it had been decided.
"The issue really is only about the height of the tower. It is inconsistent with the rest of Worthing, it doesn't fit in," he said.
Daniel Humphreys, leader of Worthing Borough Council, called it "a step forward for Worthing".
"There is a great housing need in Worthing. We've got some fantastic businesses that need houses for workers to live in," he said.
Ben Cheal, managing director of Roffey Homes, said: "Change is hard to accept for people but then [buildings] become regarded as cherished contributions to the townscape."
Evans, 27, has been training with Pompey since leaving Fleetwood Town at the end of the 2014-15 season, having scored 12 goals in 106 appearances for the League One club.
"The aim is promotion - it's as simple as that," the former Macclesfield and Bradford man told the club website.
"It's an honour to be at this club, but I've come here for success and I'm confident we are capable of that."
Evans was offered a contract by Fleetwood at the end of last season but decided to leave Highbury.
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Etienne Capoue volleyed the Hornets into the lead - their fastest Premier League goal - before Roberto Pereyra curled in a second after 12 minutes.
Leicester pulled one back when Riyad Mahrez converted a penalty after Miguel Britos' clumsy foul on Jamie Vardy.
But the Foxes could not score again and remain without an away league victory this season.
Leicester become only the third reigning top-flight champions, after Leeds in 1992 and Blackburn in 1995, to start a Premier League season without a win from their opening six away games.
Watford had been embarrassed 6-1 at Liverpool in their last match and boss Walter Mazzarri demanded an improved performance.
But even he could not have expected the blistering start they made as they went ahead in the opening minute.
Leicester midfielder Danny Drinkwater, who had missed England's matches against Scotland and Spain with a rib injury, gave the ball away and that enabled Pereyra to sprint down the left wing before his cross was flicked on by Troy Deeney, with Capoue volleying past Ron-Robert Zieler.
Pereyra doubled the advantage shortly after, cutting inside Drinkwater on the edge of the penalty area and curling the ball into the corner.
Leicester fought back with a penalty after only 14 minutes, but were frustrated and denied by a resolute home defence as the hosts held on for the win.
Leicester won the league title for the first time in their history last season but looked a pale shadow of that side at Vicarage Road.
Defensively vulnerable and lacking a cutting edge up front, the Foxes slipped to their sixth league defeat of the season, double the amount they had throughout the entire 2015-16 campaign.
One huge concern for Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri would be the form of centre-forward Vardy. Before the game Ranieri said he expected to see a "new Vardy" after he scored in England's 2-2 draw with Spain at Wembley on Tuesday.
However, apart from winning a penalty, which was more down to the reckless challenge from Britos, Vardy looked unlikely to end a goal drought that now stretches to 13 club games.
His only attempt came late on when he shot harmlessly wide and the Foxes need him to rediscover the form that saw him score 24 Premier League goals last season.
This result extends a strange, but worrying quirk for Leicester fans - of their side failing to win any of the five matches they have played immediately before a Champions League game.
They remain 14th in the Premier League, but are only two points above the relegation zone, despite impressing in Europe's premier competition.
With 10 points from four Champions League games and without a goal conceded, Leicester are top of Group G and only need two points from their last two games to advance into the last 16. The first of those comes on Tuesday when they entertain Belgian side Club Brugge.
A concern for the Foxes would be that record signing Islam Slimani, who scored the winner in a 1-0 win over Porto, missed the Watford game with what was described as a "slight groin injury".
Watford manager Walter Mazzarri told BBC Sport: "We got the win and I'm very happy. We played the football that I like my team to play and this time we were good enough to score.
"The way Roberto Pereyra played, not just the goal he scored, he ran the whole game and I am very happy with him.
"It was not easy, we know they are a good team. It was our fault with the penalty, in the last 15 or 20 minutes Leicester pressed a lot and we had to concentrate."
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Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri told BBC Sport: "I said to my players 'well done' as they tried to do everything. At the beginning we were losing 2-0, but we got back in the match.
"Of course Watford defended very well. We tried to do our best, the second half was intense but we did not created good chances.
"Their two goals made the match. Our performance was good, the spirit was good and I am positive. When you play with this spirit, I'm positive."
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Leicester are in action again on Tuesday as they host Club Brugge in the Champions League. A win for the Foxes will take them into the last 16 of the competition.
They next play in the Premier League on Saturday, 26 November when they entertain Middlesbrough, with Watford in action the following day with a home league game against Stoke.
Match ends, Watford 2, Leicester City 1.
Second Half ends, Watford 2, Leicester City 1.
Attempt missed. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Wes Morgan.
Jeffrey Schlupp (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adlène Guédioura (Watford).
Foul by Danny Simpson (Leicester City).
Roberto Pereyra (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Robert Huth (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stefano Okaka (Watford).
Substitution, Watford. Stefano Okaka replaces Troy Deeney.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Daryl Janmaat.
Substitution, Watford. Adlène Guédioura replaces Nordin Amrabat.
Attempt missed. Nordin Amrabat (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Etienne Capoue with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Daryl Janmaat (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nordin Amrabat.
Demarai Gray (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Demarai Gray (Leicester City).
Juan Zuñiga (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Wes Morgan (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Troy Deeney (Watford).
Attempt saved. Robert Huth (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Ahmed Musa (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
Attempt blocked. Wes Morgan (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Leicester City. Ahmed Musa replaces Marc Albrighton.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Etienne Capoue.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Juan Zuñiga.
Foul by Robert Huth (Leicester City).
Miguel Britos (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Younes Kaboul.
Attempt missed. Nordin Amrabat (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Etienne Capoue.
Foul by Wes Morgan (Leicester City).
Troy Deeney (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Sebastian Prödl (Watford) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Etienne Capoue with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Marc Albrighton.
Foul by Demarai Gray (Leicester City).
Valon Behrami (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Daniel Amartey (Leicester City).
Roberto Pereyra (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Shinji Okazaki.
Substitution, Leicester City. Jeffrey Schlupp replaces Christian Fuchs.
Attempt missed. Younes Kaboul (Watford) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Roberto Pereyra with a cross following a corner.
In a letter to the prime minister, Carwyn Jones claimed the general election result showed there was "no mandate" for a "hard Brexit".
He called for an urgent meeting of the joint ministerial committee (JMC) of UK leaders to establish a "broad-based consensus" on Brexit.
Wales Office minister Guto Bebb urged Mrs May to take a cross-party approach.
In his letter, Mr Jones said it was "increasingly clear" a transitional deal was needed.
The first minister highlighted a UK government White Paper proposal to leave the customs union as an example of a measure that did not have widespread support.
"I hope you will recognise that, given the outcome of the general election, your government has no mandate for the sort of 'hard Brexit' which you have championed," he wrote.
"By contrast, it is of critical importance to build a broad-based consensus across the UK and across parties and civil society about how to take forward the Brexit process.
"The JMC is, for the present, a fundamental part of that process."
He added: "It is also increasingly clear that, given the political situation, it will be impossible to both negotiate a withdrawal agreement and put in place the basis for a future relationship with the EU within two years.
"It means we must agree within the UK now, and seek the agreement of our EU partners early in negotiations, the form of transitional arrangements to come into effect in April 2019."
Mr Jones claimed the Welsh Government's own White Paper - calling for continued "full and unfettered access" to the single market - "might form the basis of a UK wide negotiating position that could command considerable support".
The first minister also urged Mrs May to pay "full respect to the existing devolution settlements" and warned against any imposition of new arrangements to handle matters such as agriculture and economic development when EU responsibilities in such areas ended.
"Bluntly, this is a fight which you do not need to have," he said.
Speaking on BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales programme Mr Jones denied that the tone of the letter was threatening.
"Far from it. We will not accept anything that reduces the powers of Wales, Scotland and of Northern Ireland.
"You have to be firm with them," he added. "Scots have done exactly the same. It's absolutely important that we make our positions very very clear."
Aberconwy MP and Wales Office minister Guto Bebb called for Theresa May to undertake a cross-party approach to Brexit, and consider the views of the Welsh Government.
"We are, by definition, in a situation where there will need to be compromises," he told BBC Radio Wales.
"I personally feel very strongly that Brexit is an issue which is really challenging for the UK on so many levels.
"Therefore a cross party approach, not in terms of final decision making perhaps, but certainly the views of other parties, and more importantly in a devolved UK, the views of the devolved institutions must be taken into account.
"Clearly we cannot say the views of the Welsh Government on Brexit should be ignored in view of the fact that the Labour party in Wales has secured 50% of the vote.
"There is a need to ensure that there is an approach to Brexit that tries to bring together as many different views as possible to make sure we have a strong economy post the UK leaving the European Union."
Fellow Conservative Glyn Davies, MP for Montgomeryshire, also backed a cross-party approach, saying in a Facebook message that "minority status might deliver better government" and its "attitude to Brexit might change".
In response to Mr Jones's letter, Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said the UK government's focus would be on "the right outcome" which was to achieve "frictionless trade" with the EU.
A spokesman for Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies accused Mr Jones of "cynical posturing" claiming he "steadfastly refused to engage with Leave campaigners offering to work together after the referendum".
The spokesman accused the first minister of attempting to "rewrite history", saying both Labour and the Conservatives went into the general election pledging to leave the single market.
Senior Plaid Cymru AM Rhun ap Iorwerth said he agreed that there was no mandate for hard Brexit after the election result.
He said he hoped the UK government would "not be able to plough ahead with the kind of hard Brexit that they were planning on implementing before this election".
"They are going to have to move forward in a more consensual way and consensus to me suggests an exit that is rather different to what the Tories envisaged two months ago," he said.
He said Plaid Cymru's position was that "we think the Welsh economy needs to be in the single market".
A UKIP spokesman said: "Theresa May's sacking of David Jones MP as Brexit Minister is a slap in the face for Welsh Tories and UKIP supporters who lent their votes to the Tories last Thursday."
"Remainer Theresa May is obviously preparing to betray us on a clean Brexit," he added.
Negotiations with Brussels on the UK's departure from the EU were due to start on 19 June, and Mrs May is now seeking the backing of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to prop up her minority government.
The DUP supports Brexit - but also wants to avoid a hard border with the Republic of Ireland and to maintain as far as possible the current access to EU markets.
Henry Hicks, 18, was being followed by two unmarked police cars in Islington, north London, on 19 December 2014 when his moped crashed into another vehicle.
Marks on his clothing were more likely blood spots than tyre marks, St Pancras Coroner's Court heard.
Mr Hicks' family had raised concerns about the circumstances of the crash.
Det Insp Gary Wright at Surrey Police reviewed the initial investigation into the teenagers' death, led by Paul Summerton at the Metropolitan Police Service.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission requested Mr Wright to carry out the inquiry.
Mr Wright considered how the damage to the teenager's moped and helmet were caused, how he came off his bike, what caused the fatal head injuries and whether the marks on his jacket and tracksuit bottoms indicated he had been run over.
He told the jury: "Despite there being no skid marks, it's probable that harsh braking was the reason for Henry to fall from his bike or to become unstable at least before there was a smaller impact with the taxi."
He told senior coroner for Inner London Mary Hassell he had no reason to believe the police cars collided with the teenager.
The investigator said he broadly agreed with the previous report stating Mr Hicks probably did not initially realise police were following him.
But he said it was "difficult to document" what Mr Hicks was thinking at the time.
Four police officers, who were in the unmarked cars, are expected to give evidence to the inquest on Tuesday.
The Lions now face a daunting match in Christchurch against the in-form Crusaders on Saturday.
"There is so much strength in depth in this country," Gatland said.
"I don't think there will be a lot of difference between some of the Super Rugby sides and the All Blacks."
And the Lions boss added: "These guys have been together seven months and the All Blacks will be coming together cold."
But All Black coach Steve Hansen refused to entertain such suggestions, saying that poor scheduling and unfamiliarity with each other was behind the Lions' slow start.
He said counterpart Gatland must be "trying a bit of humour".
"I don't think there's any comparison between Super Rugby and Test rugby. I don't know what his thinking is," Hansen said.
"They're in the infancy of this tour, they'll only get better, and they'll be a good side when the Tests come round.
"They only want to win the Test matches and Gatland has made that very, very clear. The first Test is all he has his eyes on and I don't think he's too bothered about what happens between now and then."
The Lions gave an improved performance from Saturday's stuttering 13-7 win over the Provincial Barbarians, especially at the set-piece, but lacked a cutting edge compared to the Blues.
Number eight CJ Stander's first-half effort from a rolling maul was the Lions' only try, while the Blues scored three - with Ihaia West's superb late score, set up by Sonny Bill Williams, sealing victory for the Auckland-based franchise.
Despite the defeat, Gatland is confident the Lions - who play all five of New Zealand's Super Rugby sides on the tour - will keep on getting better as they build towards the first Test against New Zealand on 24 June.
"We will have learned a lot from tonight [Wednesday], and we will continue to improve," Gatland added.
"We played a lot better and put ourselves in a position to win the game. Saturday is going to be another tough encounter."
Wing Elliot Daly added: "We have to learn from this game and move on very quickly.
"The squad is full of very experienced players that have lost games before and won major games. So we are going to push on ahead of Saturday."
The 35-year-old climbed to second, 10 points behind Jonas Hogh-Christensen of Denmark, after a fourth and a third place on another windy day in Weymouth.
Ainslie is still yet to beat surprise leader Hogh-Christensen, who came first and second in the day's two races.
2008 Beijing: gold - Finn
2004 Athens: gold - Finn
2000 Sydney: gold - Laser
1996 Atlanta: silver - Laser
There are four races of the opening series left to sail.
Ainslie came into the Games as many people's idea of a certainty for gold, but Hogh-Christensen is intent on ruining the Briton's quest to usurp fellow Dane and four-time gold medallist Paul Elvstrom as the most decorated Olympic sailor.
"I was really angry and frustrated yesterday, but today I was back in the game," said Ainslie, who has won three golds and a silver at the Games.
I was really angry and frustrated yesterday, but today I was back in the game
"Jonas is sailing really well, he's having the regatta of his life. All I can do is keep pushing hard and hope he slips up along the way. It's still a long way to go but at some stage I've got to start getting some points back."
Hogh-Christensen, who will go back to his job as commercial director of a concert promoter in Denmark after the Games, said: "I've always had the feeling I could beat Ben on my best day.
"If I can keep that up, there is a good chance I can win. I'm a bit surprised it's going this well, but I always thought I had it in me."
Britain's defending champions Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson tightened their grip on the Star class to lead by four points from Brazilians Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada.
"All we can do is paddle to the end," said Percy, who is the oldest member of the British squad at 36. "We are definitely here to defend our title but it is going to be a fight to the end."
Paul Goodison, who is defending his Olympic Laser title, was in tears because of a back injury that is threatening to end his regatta.
"Hogh-Christensen's speed is a surprise to everyone, but Ben is still going quite well. His speed was good today.
"He would have been worried about his upwind pace yesterday but today he had great upwind pace, apart from Jonas. That is a little bit of a worry but Ben is rock solid. He won't be unnerved by it, he'll just be wondering what he can do, how he can go a bit faster.
"I never underestimate Ben. It's been a long time since I've seen him lose anything, even when things have gone terribly wrong in the beginning."
Despite climbing into 12th place overall with a 16th and a second, Goodison trails runaway leader Tom Slingsby of Australia by 40 points with the worst result to be discarded.
In the RS:X windsurfing classes, Nick Dempsey opened his campaign with a fifth and a seventh for fourth overall, while Bryony Shaw had a seventh and a sixth to sit in sixth.
Weymouth local Dempsey, who won bronze in Athens but came fourth in Beijing, said he was "slightly disappointed" with his first day as he chases the gold that has eluded him in his three previous Games.
"It's steady. I haven't thrown it away, I'm still very much in the competition," said the 31-year-old, who is married to two-time Olympic champion Sarah Ayton.
British 49er duo Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes scored a third in their first race of the day but capsized in race two and finished 18th to remain 12th overall.
Morrison was upbeat despite his impromptu swim, pointing out the unpredictability of the class given that leaders Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen of Australia also capsized.
"There are an awful lot of positives out of a fairly major negative, but we're going very fast and for 99% of the time we're sailing very well," he said. "You can't win a sailing event by panicking. Equally, there's no denying the fact we've got a lot of work to do."
Olympic debutant Alison Young, 22, posted two seconds on day two to lie fourth behind Ireland's Annalise Murphy, who has won all four races.
In the women's Elliott 6m match-racing class, Britain's team of Annie Lush and sisters Lucy and Kate Macgregor won twice to sit in a tie for third in the round-robin stage.
John Gilliland also warned the government against tearing up the contracts of those who signed up to the flawed Renewable Heat Incentive.
"They're scared of being victimised, of being made a pariah," he told the BBC.
Tuesday is the deadline for those on the scheme to say if their details can be published by the department.
When it comes to renewable energy, few can boast a track record like him.
Mr Gilliland installed his first biomass boiler at his Londonderry farm 30 years ago and now supplies wood chip from his willow crop for boilers all over Northern Ireland.
He has three boilers drying wood chip around the clock, for which he gets paid £80,000 a year from the RHI scheme, £30,000 of which is profit which he says he uses to pay off debts from his renewable investments.
John Gilliland expects to be one of the few to go public and he has warned the government against taking money from those like him who signed up in good faith.
A spokesperson for the Department for the Economy said: "The Department is currently compiling the responses received and the Minister will consider, in conjunction with legal advice, the most appropriate course of action."
The 28-year-old has signed a three-year contract, subject to visa and medical.
Gibbins told the Warriors' website he was "excited about the opportunity" to join the Scotstoun outfit.
"I feel privileged to be in a situation where I can make a decision like this and I'm looking forward to the new experiences that lie ahead," he said.
Gibbins was a Super Rugby winner with the Wellington side last year and will join up with his new team-mates following his commitments with the Hurricanes and Manawatu Turbos.
The open-side has played 26 times in Super Rugby and has scored three tries.
He was also the captain of Manawatu Turbos, where he played under incoming Warriors coaches Dave Rennie and Jason O'Halloran, and has scored 19 tries in 60 appearances for the Mitre 10 Cup side.
"Each of the teams I've represented, and all the fans who have supported those teams, hold a special place in my heart and there is no doubt I'll miss the people I've been involved with during my rugby career to date," Gibbins added.
He becomes the third player to join the Warriors ahead of the 2017/18 season, with Stormers duo Huw Jones and Oli Kebble already signed up.
Gibbins is a replacement for Simone Favaro, the Italy flanker who was Warriors' player of the season last year but has not been offered a new contract.
Head coach Gregor Townsend said: "Callum is a hard-working player with real leadership attributes and he's another exciting addition to the squad for next season.
"He is part of a winning environment right now at the Hurricanes and is a player Dave and Jason know well from their time coaching him at Manawatu."
The city and county councils have jointly commissioned the £30,000 study in a bid to reduce air pollution.
If agreed, the zone could be introduced from 2020, starting small and expanding as technology develops.
The city centre has been a low emission zone since 2014, requiring all local bus services to use low-emitting vehicles.
City council board member John Tanner previously branded the idea "ridiculous", but now says he is "thrilled" the study is taking place.
He added: "Air pollution has a significant impact on the health of residents and visitors to Oxford.
"Our vision is to create a city centre that people can live and work in without worrying about how vehicle emissions will impact on their health."
But speaking in 2015 he said the city council would not support "a blanket ban" because "ordinary" cars were not responsible for pollution.
The Road Haulage Association also called the proposals "unworkable".
A spokesman for the county council said the ban would initially only apply on a small number of roads, and the timescales would change if technology was not advanced enough.
Last year, Oxford was featured in a report by the World Health Organisation as one of 10 cities with unacceptable levels of pollution.
And European Union targets for air pollution are currently being breached at 32% of 75 locations monitored across Oxford.
Day, 31, played for Scarlets and Bath before leaving the Premiership and playing for Japanese side Toyota Verblitz and Super Rugby team Rebels.
The lock has three caps for Wales, featured in the 2015 World Cup and was named in the 2016 Six Nations squad.
"I've gained huge experience from my time in Japan and Super Rugby and I'm returning a better player," said Day.
Day joins Northampton flanker Calum Clark, Waratahs' lock Will Skelton, Toulouse hooker Christopher Tolofua and Scarlets' full-back Liam Williams as Saracens' signings for the 2017-18 season.
"He is precisely the kind of big, dominant lock forward we have been seeking to bolster our squad, and off the field, he is exactly the type of character who we believe will thrive in our culture," said director of rugby Mark McCall.
With two games left to play this season, Saracens, in third place, have already qualified for the Premiership play-offs while victory over Munster has also put them into a third European Champions Cup final in four years.
He was a legend in Spain, but died in poverty in London and lies in an unmarked grave.
The story of the rise and fall of footballer Patrick O'Connell struck a chord with football fans.
They include Belfast fans keen to nurture the city's link.
They could not let him rest unknown.
Fergus Dowd is among those who want to set up a memorial at the footballer's grave in St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kilburn, and to commemorate him in Belfast too.
He and his friends do not want Mr O'Connell to be forgotten.
And neither, it turns out, do many of those who share his love of the beautiful game.
Johan Cruyff, Oliver Kahn, Martin O'Neill, Franz Beckenbauer and Luis Figo want Mr O'Connell's memory marked too.
But who was Paddy O'Connell?
He was a man from Dublin who won his first professional contract with Belfast Celtic.
He moved to Sheffield Wednesday, Hull City and on to Manchester United, three months before World War I broke out.
There were stories about his talent - he played for Ireland and captained the team to victory even as he was playing with a broken arm.
And later, he disappeared to Spain.
It was there that he is much remembered and much loved - as he managed Racing Santander, Real Oviedo and Real Betis Balompie.
Under Don Patricio - as the Spanish called him with great affection - Betis moved up the ranks from the second division in 1932 to three years later, going into the last match of the season one point ahead of Real Madrid at the top of the table.
It was the stuff of dreams. Betis romped home 5 - 0. David took on Goliath and the result was history.
And on went Don Patricio, joining Barcelona just before the Spanish Civil War broke out.
The club was so associated with the republican cause that it almost folded under the pressure from General Franco's forces.
But in 1937, Mr O'Connell led the team into exile on a tour of Mexico and New York.
The money raised on the odyssey was used to revive the team's fortunes.
He became known as the saviour of Barcelona.
Mr O'Connell left shortly afterwards. Years later, in 1954, his old glory team, Betis heard he had hit hard times and arranged a benefit match.
The last years were hard. In London, he died of pneumonia in 1959. His grave remains unmarked.
Fergus Dowd learned about Dublin man Mr O'Connell at his father's knee.
"I remember the story of the hero and the tragedy of his life," he said.
"Remember, without him there would be no Barcelona - no Messi, no Cruyff, no Maradona. It was O'Connell who saved Barcelona from extinction."
And now a group of fans and football stars and clubs want to mark his place in soccer history in a more fitting way.
They want a memorial at his grave and a monument at the Park Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland - scene of his first professional matches.
For Fergus Dowd, it has been amazing.
"It has been unbelievable - we've had responses from all over Europe. The top people in football have been involved," he said.
"We now have 30 signed shirts from everyone from Cruyff to Beckenbauer. Gerry Armstrong gave us his 1982 Northern Ireland jersey and we have a jersey signed by the greatest Ireland 11 - including Roy Keane."
Now, with the help of soccer players and fans, Mr O'Connell's unmarked grave at St Mary's Cemetery, Kensal Road, London will be a tribute to the man they called "Barcelona's saviour".
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England play China in Manchester on Thursday, their final home friendly before the tournament in Canada.
Sampson, who took charge in 2013, says he has not yet finalised his squad and there are still places to play for.
"As players we have a responsibility to make it as difficult as possible for him," Duggan, 23, told BBC Sport.
"But once the squad is named we'll come together and fight for each other on the pitch."
Duggan was sidelined by knee surgery earlier in the year but now hopes to convince Sampson she should be on the plane to Canada.
"It would be a dream to go to my first World Cup," she said. "I'll be giving it everything in the last few sessions and the game against China to make sure I get that place."
Sampson says there could still be an opportunity for someone to make the squad by impressing in the Women's Super League.
"There is still an opportunity for players to do that whether it's in the game on Thursday against a very good China team or through the WSL," he said.
"I'm sure someone will come out of the woodwork, someone whose off the radar at the moment but will have a great first half of the season and stake a claim to get a place."
Caroline Everest, 18, was last seen by friends at the Corporation nightclub in Milton Street, Sheffield, in the early hours of Sunday.
The Sheffield Hallam University student has not been heard from since and did not turn up for work or a family dinner later that day.
Officers described this behaviour as "extremely out of character".
She is described as 5ft 6in (1.6m) tall, of slim build and was wearing her long, dark hair in a ponytail.
She was wearing a black dress with a black cardigan and was carrying a black handbag with a cream strap.
Supt James Abdy said: "We are carrying out extensive inquiries to find Caroline, including reviewing CCTV, conducting searches and speaking to friends, family and associates.
"We are appealing for help from the public as we are extremely concerned for Caroline's welfare and would urge anyone with information about her whereabouts to get in touch."
He will lead them in the World Cup 2018 qualifiers having been heartened by the support he received from Tartan Army fans.
Strachan, who succeeded Craig Levein in January 2013, said: "It is an honour and a privilege to manage my country.
"And, in a way, that has made the disappointment of not qualifying for Euro 2016 all the more profound."
Scotland finished fourth in their qualifying group and miss out on next year's finals in France.
"Nonetheless, the reaction from the supporters throughout the campaign, and in particular from those who travelled to Faro in their thousands, is an experience that will live with me for the rest of my life," Strachan said in a statement.
"It was a recognition that the players' efforts had been appreciated.
"That appreciation and goodwill has also been apparent in the messages of support I have received this week, from emails and letters to chats in the street."
Newly appointed Motherwell manager Mark McGhee will continue as Strachan's assistant, with former Rangers manager Stuart McCall as coach.
"I want the best for our country and for those players and I believe we can make Scotland proud in the upcoming qualifiers," said Strachan, who won 50 caps as a player.
"For that reason, I am delighted to have been asked to continue in my role and I look forward to working with my backroom staff and the players to improve on the previous campaign and look forward to the World Cup qualifiers with optimism."
Strachan's previous contract was set to expire in November and SFA chief executive Stewart Regan was delighted that the former Coventry City, Southampton, Celtic and Middlesbrough boss would try to lead the national side to the 2018 World Cup in Russia, with England in their qualifying group.
"The board of the Scottish FA has been consistent in our belief that Gordon should continue the good work that has been apparent in many performances and results throughout the previous campaign," he said.
"Similarly, the supporters and the players have been overwhelming in their view that Gordon is the national coach to lead us into the World Cup qualifying campaign.
"The mutual respect and stability that exists is essential to our future success and we all look forward to planning for Russia 2018."
Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia and Slovenia are also Group F, with the Scots' first game away to the Maltese on 4 September 2016.
Scotland have not reached a major tournament finals since Craig Brown's side went to the France 1998 World Cup.
Berti Vogts, Walter Smith, Alex McLeish, George Burley and Craig Levein followed Brown in the role before Strachan was appointed.
McGhee added: "I have total admiration for the job that Gordon has done. I've seen it close up.
"I think he's done a fantastic job and I think people should be pleased he's staying on because we've invested a lot of time, two and a half years, into being the coaching team of the national team and just to throw that out now would be a shame because he has learned a lot, we have developed as a coaching team, as a football team and a squad and I think it would be a shame to go back to square one now."
Prosecutors on Wednesday filed charges against Lula and his wife, Marisa Leticia, over an alleged corruption scheme at state oil company Petrobras.
In his first public comments, Lula accused prosecutors of lying.
He said the charges were aimed at destroying his political ambitions.
He said his case, and the unrelated campaign against his successor as president, Dilma Rousseff, were a conspiracy.
Ms Rousseff was dismissed by the Senate last month after an impeachment trial that found her guilty of manipulating the budget.
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Lula said the Brazilian elite had never accepted him, or his party's social reforms.
"What has raised all that hatred against the Workers' Party was the success of our government, the biggest policy of social inclusion in the history of this country," Lula said at a Workers' Party event.
"Prove anything against me and I will walk all the way to hand myself in and be arrested," he added.
"No one is above the law in Brazil. Do investigate me and punish me if I have broken the law. But be honest and respect my family," said Lula.
A former factory worker, Lula broke down in tears when he spoke about his humble origins.
Lula, 70, served as president from 2003 to 2010.
But during his hour-long speech, Lula also joked that the prosecutors looked like the authors of a bad soap opera, searching desperately for a villain in their closing episode.
At a press conference on Wednesday, prosecutors accused Lula of being the "boss" of a huge corruption scheme that cost Petrobras an estimated $12.6bn (£9.5bn) in losses.
Prosecutors had been investigating whether Lula and his wife, Marisa Leticia, failed to declare ownership of a luxury flat.
They said OAS, a construction company at the centre of the Petrobras affair, had bought and refurbished the property for Lula and his wife.
The company had earned lucrative contracts during Lula's years in office.
Earlier on Thursday, a Brazilian judge sentenced a businessman linked to Lula, Jose Carlos Bumlai, to nine years and 10 months in jail for corruption.
Mr Bumlai was arrested last year accused of taking a loan on behalf of the Workers' Party from a company that was promised contracts with Petrobras.
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The most successful combination in the sport's history will officially bow out at Olympia's London International Horse Show on Wednesday.
Carl Hester, Dujardin's Great Britain team-mate, mentor and trainer, described the pair as "special".
"I am not surprised at what they have achieved," he added.
There will never be a horse to replace Valegro
With 10 Olympic, world and European gold medals in the bag, 14-year-old Valegro is making a farewell appearance in a special ceremony.
Hester, who also co-owns Valegro, added: "Dressage was crying out for something new when they started out together.
"Generally, it was going a bit stale as a sport, and I think Charlotte and Valegro turned the sport back around to what it should be and what people wanted to watch.
"The harmony they had together was so good."
Dujardin said: "There will never be a horse to replace Valegro. He is one in a million, and all I can say is I have been so lucky to have had the chance to ride a horse like him.
"To have had so many years of pure pleasure and enjoyment, no-one can take that away."
Meanwhile Hester, 49, won the FEI World Cup dressage grand prix at Olympia on Tuesday.
The 2016 Olympic silver medallist, on board Nip Tuck, scored 77.54% to take the class.
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Frank Standen, 84, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, started suffering from symptoms days into a trip from Southampton to Cape Verde in November 2011.
He was initially treated by the ship's doctors but flown to hospital on Gran Canaria when his condition worsened.
Fred Olsen said there was no evidence he contracted the illness on board.
After he was airlifted from the cruise ship Black Watch, Mr Standen spent seven weeks in hospital in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and then a further five weeks at Sevenoaks Hospital.
He said the whole experience for he and his wife Patricia, 83, was "absolutely terrible" and he was delighted to have received a settlement from Fred Olsen.
"I feel really lucky to be alive but the whole experience of the cruise, being airlifted from the ship and spending so much time in hospital was absolutely dreadful and really shook me up.
"Myself and Patricia did not get to enjoy our cruise and instead of being at home with my family over Christmas I was in hospital in a foreign country."
Irwin Mitchell lawyer, Clare Pearson, who represented the couple said it was "disappointing that the cruise operator denied liability" and waited until the case was due to go to trial before agreeing payment.
In a statement, Fred Olsen Cruise Lines said it was "very sorry that Mr Standen was seriously unwell" but denied liability for his illness.
"As soon as his symptoms were discovered our ships doctors and nurses did everything possible to ensure he received the best treatment. They quickly identified that Mr Standen would need to be taken to hospital and the ship arranged for a helicopter evacuation," it continued.
"Despite thorough and extensive testing there is no evidence to suggest that he contracted Legionnaires' disease on board our ship. No other guests or crew were found ill on this or any other subsequent cruise."
Legionnaires' is a form of pneumonia which is most often contracted by inhaling mist from water.
His daughter Thays said he was critically ill and had been taken back to the operating theatre at the Santo Tomas hospital in Panama City.
Noriega, 83, was released from prison in January to allow him to prepare for the operation.
He was jailed in Panama for murder, corruption and embezzlement.
Doctors were successful in halting the haemorrhage during the second operation, but Noriega remains in intensive care.
"He is sedated,'' said his lawyer Ezra Angel.
"His condition is critical after undergoing a (second) open brain surgery in less than eight hours."
Noriega suffered from vascular ailments and has been reliant on a wheelchair.
Although he was never the actual president of Panama, General Noriega was the key figure from 1983 to 1989 - and a key US ally in Central America for four decades.
The former military ruler, who is now 83, was jailed following the US invasion of Panama in 1989.
After serving 20 years in the US he was sent to France, where he was sentenced to seven years for money laundering.
Noriega was convicted in absentia of crimes carried out during his rule and extradited from France to Panama to serve his sentence in 2011.
Mr Hancock made the comment towards ex-colleague Gerald Vernon-Jackson during a BBC Radio Solent debate with Portsmouth South candidates.
Mr Vernon-Jackson said "politics needs to be less about personality".
The candidates also discussed shipbuilding in the city, immigration, the NHS and trust in politicians.
Mr Hancock, who is standing as an independent candidate, resigned from the Lib Dems after apologising for an "inappropriate and unprofessional friendship" with a vulnerable constituent.
He had been the MP for the area since 1997 and also for three years during the 1980s.
The former Lib Dem said: "I don't think I would have stood if Gerald hadn't been the Lib Dem candidate. I don't like him.
"I lost trust in Gerald and I wouldn't like to have someone follow me who I couldn't trust, so why should the people of Portsmouth trust him?"
Mr Vernon-Jackson, who was leader of Portsmouth City Council for 10 years, said: "Politics needs to be less about personality and giving an offer to the people of the city and what policies they can put through."
Flick Drummond, the Conservative candidate, said: "Being independent will not give him the strong voice for Portsmouth in parliament."
Labour's Sue Castillon said people wanted someone who would represent their issues and their problems, rather than controversy.
Steve Harris, UKIP's candidate, said Mr Hancock could run if he wanted to.
He added: "Anyone who thinks politics doesn't hinge on personality is nuts."
The candidates also talked about poverty and local issues during the debate, chaired by Julian Clegg.
Mr Vernon-Jackson, Ms Drummond and Mr Hancock all called for better education and good employment prospects.
Ms Castillon said young people needed more say in their future and Labour would give the vote to 16-year-olds.
Mr Harris said uncontrolled migration was making Portsmouth "overcrowded".
Barry Beavis, 48, was sent a charge letter for £85 by car park operator ParkingEye after he overstayed a two-hour limit in Chelmsford in April 2013.
ParkingEye argued such charges were "a commercially-justified deterrent".
The Court of Appeal has dismissed the case though Mr Beavis, of Chelmsford, can refer it to the Supreme Court.
The three appeal court judges unanimously dismissed his challenge, saying the amount he was charged "is not extravagant or unconscionable".
After the judgement, Mr Beavis, who is considering taking his case to the Supreme Court - the highest court in the land - said: "I am absolutely furious that they have not upheld the law as it stands but have created new law."
ParkingEye argued the charges were justified to discourage people from over-staying at a site close to the railway station and law courts.
After Mr Beavis first refused to pay the £85 he received a court summons and was told the charge had increased to £150.
He challenged this last May at Cambridge County Court, where a judge ruled the £85 charge was lawful and did not breach the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations.
His challenge at the Court of Appeal was against the county court verdict.
Prof Stephen Glaister, director of the RAC Foundation, said it was "deeply frustrating" the case has gone against Mr Beavis.
The British Parking Association welcomed the court's judgement saying it "provided clarity on the use of contract law for parking on private land".
"Whilst the judgment does not appear to mention an upper limit, we would not expect our members to increase their charges as a result of this decision.
"The judgment at least confirms that their current charging is lawful and reasonable.
"Remember only a small minority of motorists fall foul of such conditions. Everyone can avoid these additional charges by complying with rules."
This is up from £55m for the same period last year.
Chief executive Jim Brown said it showed continued progress for Ulster Bank "as it supports the economic recovery across the island of Ireland".
This was despite being affected by the weakened euro currency, he said.
"We see an increased profit, reduced operating expenses and a continued trend of impairment releases driven by proactive debt management and the improving economic conditions," he said.
Ulster Bank's parent group Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) reported second-quarter net profits of £293m, up 27% on the same quarter in 2014.
The Northern Party, which was launched on Wednesday, says it is campaigning in Lancashire and the North
Its leader is Michael Dawson, a former Executive Committee member of the Labour Campaign for Human Rights
The candidates include Harold Elletson, former Conservative MP for Blackpool North from 1992 to 1997.
Mr Dawson said the party planned to contest Morecambe and Lunesdale, Lancaster and Fleetwood, Blackpool North and Cleveleys, Fylde and Rossendale and Darwen.
Claiming support from former Tories, Labour and Greens Mr Dawson added: "We've been planning this for months. This is a Northern Rebellion against a system that has failed the North."
He also said: "We'll cost the Tories seats and then we'll go after Labour."
Analysis: Chris Rider, BBC Radio Lancashire Political Reporter
The group behind the Northern Party have clearly worked out their strategy in delaying this announcement so close to the election. The former Blackpool North Conservative MP Harold Elletson and Michael Dawson, the nephew of Hilton Dawson - the former Lancaster Labour MP - have led the way on this.
The two have for a while being involved in their campaign for the north, to bring back more power and wealth to the region.
The clear tactic is to focus on the Conservative marginals.
So, the question is whether the Northern Party is here to stay. Its manifesto sets out various plans to deal with the problems facing the region - health, schools, the economy, housing.
The party says it has been working with various organisations to enable it to make real progress.
Some key members of the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi have left to form a splinter group in central Hyogo prefecture, Japanese media report.
One member said they were unhappy at the way their former gang chief was collecting money.
Police said they would be on alert for any possible violence.
The Yamaguchi-gumi gang is the largest of Japan's organised crime syndicates, known as the yakuza. Police say it has about 23,000 members.
Yakuza gangs have been part of Japanese society for a long time; there are believed to be about 60,000 members nationwide.
The gangs themselves are not illegal, although much of their earnings are gained illicitly through gambling, prostitution, drug trafficking and, increasingly, cyber-hacking.
The new group told reporters it would be called Ninkyo Daintai Yamaguchi-gumi and, although it would not have a boss, would be represented by Yoshinori Oda, 50, a former executive of the old gang.
The Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi gang was formed two years ago after powerful factions split away from the main Yamaguchi-gumi group.
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The series 19 Kids and Counting on TLC stars a conservative Christian couple and their 19 children.
It has been alleged that the eldest son Josh Duggar molested five underage girls as a teenager.
Duggar has not admitted to the abuse but has apologised for his behaviour, saying he acted "inexcusably".
"I would do anything to go back to those teen years and take different actions," 27-year-old Duggar wrote in a statement on Facebook on Thursday.
"In my life today, I am so very thankful for God's grace, mercy and redemption."
TLC network said that it was "deeply saddened and troubled by this heartbreaking situation".
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and victims at this difficult time," the statement said.
Arkansas police said on Friday they had received a court order to destroy records of a nearly decade-old investigation into Josh Duggar. No charges were filed against him.
Police concluded the statute of limitations had passed, according to the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper.
On Thursday Duggar resigned his role with a prominent conservative Christian group amid reports about the allegations.
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, who has been supported by Mr Duggar's parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, defended the family on his Facebook page on Friday.
"Josh's actions when he was an underage teen are as he described them himself, 'inexcusable', but that doesn't mean 'unforgivable'," he wrote.
The coastguard received a call from the ambulance service to rescue the man at about 14:20 GMT on Tuesday.
Teams from Newcastle, Kilkeel and Portaferry as well as the Portaferry inshore lifeboat were involved in the operation.
The man's injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
Senior Maritimes Operation Officer with the coastguard, Dawn Petrie, said the man was playing golf and had "an unfortunate fall".
He was taken by helicopter to the Royal Victoria Hospital.
The Scottish Local Government Partnership (SLGP) comprises of Aberdeen, Glasgow, Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire councils.
They broke away from umbrella group Cosla last year.
Ms Constance said the government "will only negotiate with one body".
Cosla remains the only forum for official government funding negotiations, so the breakaway SLGP lodged papers at the Court of Session on Friday to take legal action to assert their right to be formally consulted.
Ms Constance has now written to the SLGP offering a meeting.
The group has hailed the move as a "huge breakthrough" in their relations with the Scottish government.
Convener Jenny Laing said: "They were never going to give us equal negotiating rights with Cosla straight away but the fact that they have both recognised their statutory duty to talk to all local authorities, combined with the offer of bilaterals with ministers and the SLGP, clearly shows that a process is now under way and that will be welcomed by the 1.3 million people we represent across Scotland."
She added: "The members in the SLGP represent 47% of Scotland's economy. We have the ideas, passion and drive to grow Scotland's wealth. All we need now are the powers to do it."
"The reason we left Cosla was because we felt powerless to fight the cuts being handed down.
"The political landscape is shifting rapidly and we all must work closer together in a new era of collaboration in order to get the best possible deal for ordinary, hard-working families."
Responding last week to the SLGP's threat of legal action, a Scottish government spokesman said: "We will only negotiate on the final settlement with Cosla, the representative body for Scotland's local authorities.
"However, we have a statutory responsibility to consult all 32 councils on the terms of the local government finance settlement."
6 September 2016 Last updated at 19:16 BST
He tells the BBC how, together with his friends, he ventures 25m (82 ft) underground, without ropes or safety gear, in search of copper.
Video journalist: Horaci Garcia
The 22-year-old looked in distress, clutching her right shoulder area, as she failed her first two attempts to snatch 92kg in the 63kg category.
British Weightlifing will assess the extent of the injury before deciding on Rio, with the team named in early July.
Rebekah Tiler set a new record GB total of 227kg to win the 69kg title.
Smith, who won a bronze medal in April at the European Championships, has already secured the Olympic qualifying standard and is the leading British women's candidate for selection.
Tiler, 17, has also attained the qualifying standard and took three bronzes at the European Championships.
British Weightlifting chief executive Ashley Metcalf said: "We will have the time to assess the extent of Zoe's injury before any decisions regarding Olympic selection can be made.
"Our aim is to take the strongest team possible to Rio. The selection meeting for both the men's and women's places is on Tuesday 21st June before the final team announcement to follow in early July."
In the men's 94kg event Sonny Webster outlifted Owen Boxall to take the title and put himself in contention for selection with a total of 346kg to Boxall's 343kg.
It ended with the nation enjoying its best ever athletics session at a summer Games as three gold medals came in the space of just an hour.
Sandwiched in between, there was another track cycling success to savour, as the women's team pursuit took gold in the London Velodrome with another world record.
Britain took their tally of gold medals at London 2012 to 14, tightening their grip on third place in the table, with only the United States and China above them.
Here, BBC Sport rounds up some of the best reaction and analysis from an amazing day for British sport.
Rowing men's four:
Alex Gregory, Pete Reed, Tom James, Andrew Triggs Hodge
Rowing women's double sculls:
Katherine Copeland and Sophie Hosking
Cycling women's team pursuit:
Dani King, Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell
Athletics, women's heptathlon:
Jessica Ennis
Athletics, men's long jump:
Greg Rutherford
Athletics, men's 10,000m:
Mo Farah
Michael Johnson, four-time Olympic champion: "Mo went in with a race plan. He showed great enthusiasm and guts. I am really pleased for him because he had a lot of expectation on his shoulders. He was expected to win and he came through."
Brendan Foster, Olympic bronze medallist: "We have watched him for a long time, we have all supported him for a long time, and what an amazing achievement. What a night and I think it shows we should always have the Olympic Games in London."
Michael Johnson, four-time Olympic champion: "This is a phenomenal performance. After suffering the disappointment of missing Beijing through injury, she then comes back at a home Olympics to prove to everyone that she is the best. Not only that but that she can perform under incredible pressure and win gold. I am truly happy for her."
Denise Lewis, former Olympic heptathlon champion: "It's hard to find the words. We have witnessed greatness, we have witnessed someone who had a dream come and deliver on the world stage. People love her, they really do. She is one of the most-loved athletes around. I am honoured to have witnessed this."
Jonathan Edwards, double Olympic medallist: "Just remarkable. He is a massive, massive talent who has really struggled with injury. There aren't too many who would have had him down to win gold at the start of the Games or even the start of the day. I don't think he can believe it, I don't think anyone can believe it."
Darren Campbell, double Olympic medallist: "It is immense. He is so talented but he hasn't had that bit of luck to get onto the podium in a major championship before. This time he has had that little bit and now he is the Olympic champion. Greg Rutherford, take a bow."
James Cracknell, two-time Olympic champion: "You beauties! This is fantastic, not just for Team GB but for the two women involved. They have over-performed and over-delivered. Good on you, girls."
Sir Steve Redgrave, five-time Olympic champion: "Amazing. They can't believe it. I thought they could do it but I can't believe it."
Chris Boardman, Olympic gold medallist: "If they go any faster, they are going to need parachutes to slow down! To break a world record again after such a short gap between all the rounds is just incredible. What a fantastic experience. Tears all around because they've worked so hard for this. They've been so, so strong."
Rob Hayles, Olympic silver medallist: "That's six team pursuits by these girls and six world records. I don't know any other sport or any other team where that is the case. The sheer dominance is incredible, it must be unprecedented. Off the back of Beijing, people were saying this wasn't going to happen. They are proving people wrong."
Sir Steve Redgrave, five-time Olympic champion: "They were smooth and powerful and all the elements came together. It was close all the way down. The Aussies had to do something in the middle but they didn't make anything up. They didn't make any impact and it was a fantastic race by the GB men's four."
James Cracknell, two-time Olympic champion: "That was brilliant because the team never had a clear-cut margin. The Australians were always there, snapping and biting away at them like a little terrier but that was a stonking performance. They have had to withstand pressure from the Aussies all season, not just in this race, and they have dealt with it."
Daley Thompson: "What a night, Team GB awesome. We have to have an Olympics every year! This makes £9bn look cheap and unbelievably good value."
Rio Ferdinand: "Has British athletics ever seen a better night than this? I doubt it very much. Rutherford take a bow fella, huge from ya!"
Sir Clive Woodward: "Had some amazing days in sport, today was very special, very proud of British athletes, proud to live in this country, totally brilliant."
Gary Lineker: "I can honestly say that was the best day's sport I've ever seen! Above and beyond anything we could have hoped for #Olympicheroes"
Mark Cavendish: "I don't normally stand up off the sofa for much other than cycling, but I did just that while watching @J_Ennis bring home heptathlon Gold!"
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Revenue was $3.2bn (£2.05bn), up 28% compared with last year, but lower than analysts' expectations of $3.39bn.
The company also saw sales volume increase by 34%.
Alibaba earlier announced that it will invest $4.6bn in a 19.99% stake in China's largest physical electronics retailer, Suning.
Shares in the company dropped almost 7% on the news.
Retail analyst Neil Saunders at Conlumino pointed out that Alibaba's revenue growth over the past financial year was 39%, and reached 59% in the year before that: "This is not to infer criticism of Alibaba, but it does suggest that its core Chinese business has now reached a level of maturity that will dampen future growth rates."
Alibaba, founded by prolific entrepreneur Jack Ma, also reported a jump in revenue from people buying on mobile phone and tablet devices.
The business also owns China's largest online shop, Taobao.com.
Alibaba Group's chief financial officer Maggie Wu said: "We made significant progress monetising our mobile traffic, with our mobile revenue exceeding 50% of our total China commerce retail revenue for the first time."
The assailant was shot by the head of security at the Tekoa settlement, south of Jerusalem, after attacking the 30-year-old woman at a warehouse.
The woman was said to be in a moderate and stable condition in hospital.
The attack comes less than 24 hours after an Israeli woman was killed at another West Bank settlement.
Dafna Meir, a 39-year-old mother-of-six, was stabbed to death inside her home at Otniel after a struggle with the assailant, who reportedly fled to the nearby Palestinian village of Khirbet Karameh.
The Israeli military launched a manhunt following the attack, setting up roadblocks and telling residents to lock themselves inside their homes.
There were conflicting reports about the condition of the man who stabbed the woman at the Tekoa industrial zone on Monday.
Palestinian health ministry officials initially reported that he had died of his wounds, but later said he was in a serious condition in hospital.
The Israeli military confirmed he was receiving treatment in Jerusalem.
Twenty-seven Israelis have been killed in stabbing, shooting or car-ramming attacks by Palestinians or Israeli Arabs since October.
At least 155 Palestinians have also been killed during that time. Israel says most were assailants, shot by their victims or security forces as they carried out attacks. Others have been killed in clashes with Israeli troops.
The Greens picked up six seats in the new Scottish Parliament, with the Lib Dems one behind on five.
Overall, the SNP won 63 seats - two short of a majority. The Conservatives have 27 and Labour 22.
Victorious Green Ross Greer has become the youngest ever MSP at the age of 21. He said the result showed "the level of faith Scotland has in young people".
Green party co-convener Patrick Harvie said it was clear his party had "gained huge momentum", particularly in Glasgow.
Mr Harvie was elected in the city, while the party now has another five MSPs from the regional lists.
He said he was "gutted" at missing out on a second seat in Glasgow.
But he added: "I'm even more gutted that there are going to be more Conservatives in the next session of the Scottish Parliament.
"I think that's a sign of the chronic failure of Labour to offer a credible, progressive left alternative.
"I think the Greens are going to step up and play a significant part in providing that alternative."
Youngest MSP Ross Greer was 15 when he joined the party and has also served as a member of the Scottish Youth Parliament.
He said: "We did promote during my campaign that I would be the youngest MSP and we were very open about my age.
"So it's a vote of confidence from the same region that elected Mhairi Black last year."
Ms Black was just 20 when she became the SNP MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South at last May's general election.
Michael Kane, from Glasgow, was left with a fractured skull and broken jaw after a single punch on 1 March.
Nottinghamshire Police, who believe Mr Kane was helping a woman in distress, released CCTV footage of the attack on Stoney Street earlier this month.
A 28-year-old man has been charged with wounding without intent.
He is due to appear before Nottingham Magistrates' Court on 1 June.
Questions surround the participation of many of the old guard with so much young talent around, but there appear four certainties to retain their places: Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson and Sergio Garcia.
This quartet remain in the upper echelons of the world rankings and have been regulars during Europe's recent, unprecedented run of success. There is little to suggest they won't form the engine room for the continent's trophy defence at Hazeltine this autumn.
But for all four, the Ryder Cup only becomes a priority when we get to September and head towards the Minnesota match.
Before then there are big individual goals to be satisfied. McIlroy and Rose aim to add to their major tallies and Stenson and Garcia seek to break their ducks in the four biggest tournaments.
It is extraordinary to think that Garcia has now turned 36 and is still waiting. Remember the callow, precocious bundle of energy who ran Tiger Woods so close on his US PGA Championship debut back in 1999?
Last week the Spaniard began his 18th European Tour season in a windswept Qatar, where he finished in a reasonable share of seventh place. The highlight was a second-round 66 but, worryingly, his putting again failed to match the prowess of his long game.
No-one finishing ahead of Garcia bettered his statistics tee to green but an average of 31.5 putts per round proved his undoing. By the final round the popular Spanish star was again experimenting with his putting grip, ditching the claw technique of recent seasons to go back to a more traditional method.
"I just wanted to try something different," Garcia said. "Obviously I putt with a normal grip on the long putts, probably over 25, 30 feet.
"But I just wanted to go the whole way because I haven't felt great this week with the claw. It actually worked better. I made some good putts. I was quite good and I was quite confident on the short ones."
Garcia ended last year on an encouraging note, finishing fourth in Thailand and celebrating his 28th professional victory by prevailing in a four-way play-off at the inaugural Ho Tram Open in Vietnam.
While such victories are wonderful for the bank balance, they do little to alleviate a sense of career under-achievement. Yes, Garcia has been a fixture in the world's top 10 almost his entire career, but his 2008 Players Championship remains the most notable success.
How different the story would have been had he holed the 12-footer on the 72nd green at Carnoustie in 2007 that would have given him The Open. Instead he went into a play-off won by Padraig Harrington.
The Irishman was again Garcia's nemesis the following year, beating him into second place at the US PGA at Oakland Hills and since then the Spaniard has failed to contend for an American major.
Indeed, the impact of those disappointments contributed to a rankings slump that led to him missing the 2010 Ryder Cup. His commitment to the cause remained evident, though, as he turned up at Celtic Manor as one of Colin Montgomerie's vice-captains instead.
Garcia was too talented to remain outside Europe's top dozen golfers for too long and reclaimed his place for the subsequent victories at Medinah and Gleneagles.
Energised by the 2016 prospects of an eighth Ryder Cup and an Olympic debut, Garcia is approaching this year with enthusiasm and he is not giving up on his major dream either.
"I guess every year that goes by, it feels another chance that has kind of gone by," he recently admitted.
"But like I said, if I get to 45 and I haven't won any, then I will probably feel a lot of pressure then. But I still feel like I'm young enough to be able to do it, hopefully several times.
"If I keep playing well, I'm still going to have a lot of majors to come, so a lot of opportunities are there for me. So we'll see."
Garcia was once the young pretender with the game at his feet - the McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Jason Day or Rickie Fowler of his day - but there is a production line of young talent emerging on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as in Asia, and uncomfortable as it may seem, Garcia must now be regarded as an old hand on the back nine of his career.
"My appetite is the same," he insisted. "Obviously it's nice to see a lot of these young guys playing and playing well, because that means that the future of the game is in good hands.
"I love playing golf, I enjoy every minute of it, and I try to push myself to become better every year, better and more consistent. That hasn't changed."
That outlook can only be good news for Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke and European golf in general. Despite so much young talent around, an in-form Garcia always enhances proceedings. His experience at Hazeltine could prove invaluable.
And who knows? Maybe, if he can sort out how to hold his putter most profitably, this might just be his year.
The victim, who was found near the Post Office on Cleethorpes High Street at about 02:45 GMT on Friday, remains in hospital, Humberside Police said.
A 33-year-old man held on suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent has been released on bail pending further enquiries until a later date.
Police have appealed for witnesses.
A number of taxi drivers are thought to have been parked nearby at the time.
Three groups comprise the Muslim separatists - the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Abu Sayyaf. The MILF and the Abu Sayyaf are breakaway factions of the MNLF.
The communist insurgency, on the other hand, is propagated by the Communist Party of the Philippines' (CPP) military wing, the New People's Army (NPA).
Most of the conflict in the south is in the remote islands of central Mindanao, especially on Basilan and Jolo.
BBC News looks at the main rebel groups.
In Mindanao, the followers of Islam - referred to as Moros or Moors by the Spaniards during the colonial period - make up a sizeable part of the population.
Nur Misuari founded the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in 1971, with the goal of fighting the Philippine state for an independent Moro nation.
An intervention by the UN-backed Organization of Islamic Conference - later called the Organization of Islamic Cooperation - led to the signing of the often-referred to Tripoli Agreement in Libya in 1976. This agreement, however, failed to hold.
In 1986, President Corazon Aquino personally met Misuari to hold talks. In 1989, Ms Aquino signed a law that gave predominantly Muslim areas in the region a degree of self-rule, setting up the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
The ARMM is composed of the mainland provinces of Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur, and the island provinces of Sulu, Tawi-Tawi and Basilan.
But the significant peace agreement with the MNLF was signed in 1996, with President Fidel Ramos. This paved the way for Misuari to run for office and he was elected as ARMM governor the same year.
His term however ended in violence in November 2001, when he led a failed uprising. He was subsequently jailed, but eventually released, in 2008.
In February 2005, supporters loyal to Misuari launched a series of attacks on army troops in Jolo, the largest of the Sulu islands.
The trigger for the violence was thought to be the launch of a huge military operation to target the armed Muslim group Abu Sayyaf - which is alleged to have ties with the Misuari faction.
In August 2007, the group said it was behind an ambush on troops in Jolo, which led to nearly 60 deaths.
In 2008, Misuari was ousted as MNLF chairman. Muslimim Sema succeeded him.
Over the years, the MNLF is believed to have become weaker, and many factions have splintered from the main group.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front is considered the country's largest Muslim rebel group. It was formed in 1981 after its leader, Salamat Hashim, split from the MNLF in 1978.
The MILF has had a long-term aim of creating a separate Islamic state in the southern Philippines.
Since 1997, the group has had a series of peace talks with the Philippine government, most of which were brokered by Malaysia from 2003 onwards.
In 2008, the government under President Gloria Arroyo said it had reached an agreement with the MILF on the boundaries for a Muslim homeland.
However the Philippine Supreme Court ruled that the draft agreement was unconstitutional and the failure of negotiations prompted renewed fighting.
President Benigno Aquino held talks with MILF leaders in Tokyo in 2011 to speed up the peace process.
On 7 October, he announced that the government had reached a framework peace agreement with the MILF after talks in Malaysia.
The agreement is expected to be formally signed on 15 October and a "comprehensive deal" reached by the end of the year.
The approval of the law will be through a plebiscite, with a final peace deal expected before Mr Aquino ends his presidency in 2016, officials say.
The agreement calls for the formation of a new, larger autonomous region in Mindanao to be named Bangsamoro after the Muslims living there.
Some key points include the gradual decommissioning of MILF forces, a guarantee of democratic and human rights, and the expansion of Sharia courts for Muslim residents.
The Abu Sayyaf is the smallest and most radical of the Islamic separatist groups in the southern Philippines. They are known to carry out kidnappings for ransom and bombings to achieve their stated goal of an independent Islamic state in Mindanao and the Sulu islands.
The government views the rebels as little more than criminals and refuses to hold any form of talks with them.
Abu Sayyaf - which means "Bearer of the Sword" in Arabic - split from the MNLF in 1991 under the leadership of Abdurajik Abubakar Janjalani, who was killed in a clash with Philippine police in December 1998.
His younger brother, Khadafi Janjalani, followed as leader. He was also killed by Philippine troops in September 2006.
Reports in June 2007 said Abu Sayyaf had chosen Yasser Igasan, one of the group's founders, to succeed Janjalani as leader.
Both the MNLF and MILF have condemned the Abu Sayyaf's activities, and the US has included the group in its list of "terrorist" organisations, saying it has links with Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network.
Nationwide support for the Abu Sayyaf is limited, but analysts say many locals in its stronghold areas of Jolo and Basilan tolerate the rebels and even work for them, attracted by the prospect of receiving lucrative ransom payments.
US troops have been helping the Philippine military fight the Abu Sayyaf, although they are limited to a training and advisory position because the Philippine Constitution bans foreign troops from taking part in actual combat.
In June 2002, US-trained Philippine commandos tried to rescue three hostages held on Basilan island. Two of the hostages - one an American citizen - were killed in the resulting shootout.
The group has also claimed responsibility for a series of bomb attacks over the years, including an attack on a passenger ferry in Manila Bay in February 2004 that killed 100 people.
From 2008 to 2011, the group conducted a series of kidnappings for ransom. Kidnap victims include a group of Filipino journalists in 2008; foreign members of the International Committee of the Red Cross in 2009; and two Filipino-Americans in 2011.
All of the victims have been released. In some cases, it was not clear whether ransom had been paid.
An Australian man, kidnapped in 2011, is currently still in captivity.
Since launching a major operation in August 2006 against the Abu Sayyaf, Manila has claimed a series of successes - including the deaths of Khadafi Janjalani and senior leaders Abu Sulaiman, also known as Jainal Antal Sali in 2007, and Albader Parad in 2010.
In December 2009, Philippine officials said that they had arrested an Abu Sayyaf founder - Abdul Basir Latip - who was allegedly been involved in kidnapping foreigners and Christians.
Abdul Basir Latip has also been accused of forging links between Abu Sayyaf and other militant Islamist groups, such as Jemaah Islamiah and al-Qaeda.
The New People's Army (NPA) is the military wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), which was established in 1969 by Jose Maria Sison.
The CPP - considered as one of the oldest communist insurgencies in the world - aims to overthrow the Philippine government using guerrilla-style warfare.
The insurgency waged by the NPA over the years is reported to be one of the deadliest in the Philippines, with local reports putting the number at least 40,000. The group is listed on the Foreign Terrorist Organisation list of the US State Department.
While the CPP was initially established with Maoist leanings and modelled after the agrarian revolution, the Communist Party of China had said in 2011 that they no longer support the CPP.
The CPP had its heyday in the 1980s during Martial Law, but its influence has since waned.
Analysts estimate that the NPA currently has at least 10,000 members. They have been credited with the kidnappings of locals and foreigners, extortion and killings.
Many of the NPA's senior figures - including founder Jose Maria Sison - live in self-imposed exile in the Netherlands and claim to direct operations from there.
Talks between the CPP's political arm and the government have been sporadic over the years.
In 2004, a peace process was revived, with representatives of the rebel group meeting government officials in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. But peace talks were suspended after rebels blamed the government for their inclusion in the US list of terrorist groups.
In August 2007, Sison was indicted in the Netherlands for ordering the murders of two former communist associates - Romulo Kintanar in 2003 and Arturo Tabara in 2004 - but the charges have since been dropped.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines in 2011 declared at least 23 provinces free from the NPA. The CPP refutes the claim.
The most recent high-profile formal talks between the government and the CPP were in Oslo in 2011. However, an agreement has yet to be reached.
The 31-year-old opened the scoring from the spot but missed another penalty after the break when his effort came off both post and keeper Andris Vanins.
Arturs Zjuzins equalised with a low strike before William Carvalho headed the Portuguese back in front.
Ronaldo's volley made it 3-1 and Bruno Alves headed in a late fourth.
Portugal now have nine points but remain in second behind leaders Switzerland, who moved to 12 points with a 2-0 win over Faroe Islands.
Match ends, Portugal 4, Latvia 1.
Second Half ends, Portugal 4, Latvia 1.
Corner, Latvia. Conceded by Bruno Alves.
Goal! Portugal 4, Latvia 1. Bruno Alves (Portugal) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raphael Guerreiro following a corner.
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Kaspars Gorkss.
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) hits the bar with a header from very close range. Assisted by Ricardo Quaresma with a cross.
Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Renato Sanches.
Substitution, Portugal. Renato Sanches replaces André Gomes.
Substitution, Latvia. Vladislavs Gutkovskis replaces Artjoms Rudnevs.
André Gomes (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Artjoms Rudnevs (Latvia).
Goal! Portugal 3, Latvia 1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Quaresma with a cross.
Attempt blocked. João Cancelo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by André Gomes.
Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by José Fonte.
André Silva (Portugal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Gints Freimanis (Latvia).
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Vitalijs Maksimenko.
Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ricardo Quaresma.
Corner, Latvia. Conceded by José Fonte.
Attempt missed. Olegs Laizans (Latvia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Igors Tarasovs following a set piece situation.
Foul by André Silva (Portugal).
Igors Tarasovs (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Gelson Martins (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by André Silva with a headed pass.
Substitution, Latvia. Aleksejs Visnakovs replaces Glebs Kluskins.
Offside, Latvia. Arturs Zjuzins tries a through ball, but Artjoms Rudnevs is caught offside.
Vladislavs Gabovs (Latvia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Gelson Martins (Portugal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Vladislavs Gabovs (Latvia).
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Vitalijs Maksimenko.
André Silva (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Igors Tarasovs (Latvia).
João Cancelo (Portugal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Vitalijs Maksimenko (Latvia).
Substitution, Portugal. Gelson Martins replaces João Mário.
Offside, Latvia. Vladislavs Gabovs tries a through ball, but Artjoms Rudnevs is caught offside.
Goal! Portugal 2, Latvia 1. William Carvalho (Portugal) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ricardo Quaresma with a cross.
Hand ball by André Gomes (Portugal).
Goal! Portugal 1, Latvia 1. Arturs Zjuzins (Latvia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Attempt blocked. Artjoms Rudnevs (Latvia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gints Freimanis with a cross.
André Gomes (Portugal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Where could the Liberal Democrats make a resurgence? Where might Labour and the Conservatives lock horns?
Where is Plaid Cymru in play, and what kind of role will independent councillors have in this election?
Here are some of the authorities where these questions will come to the fore as the results roll in on 5 May.
Can Labour hold on to the largest authority by population served in Wales? Can Jeremy Corbyn's leadership prove to be an asset rather than a liability in Wales' metropolitan capital?
The risk for the party is that it is hit on three sides by the opposition groups - with the Liberal Democrats stronger in the centre of the city, the Tories stronger in the north and Plaid in the west.
Can Labour fend that off and retain control, or will they lose out to rival parties on 4 May?
It regained control of the capital at the last elections in 2012 from a Lib Dem-Plaid Cymru coalition.
Since then the Labour group has been hit by internal rows - largely based along personality lines - and there has been a change in leader since the last election.
By-elections and quitting councillors have also contributed to its majority being shaved from 17 to six over the course of the term.
There are currently 39 Labour councillors, with 17 Lib Dems, 9 Conservatives, 5 Plaid Cymru and two independents.
There are 75 Labour candidates, 75 from the Liberal Democrats, 59 in Plaid Cymru, 75 Conservatives, 14 Greens, 12 UKIP candidates, 5 independents and 17 others.
This west Wales council has historically been a good example of a Labour/Plaid Cymru tussle with a significant independent presence.
At the last election Plaid lost two seats overall, while Labour gained 12.
Labour led a coalition with independents until 2015 when a coalition of Plaid Cymru and independent councillors took control.
The authority has been in the news in recent years, with controversy over the pay of chief executive Mark James, and a libel case also involving the senior officer.
Plaid Cymru, which is fielding the most number of candidates at 66, will want to boost its numbers and retain leadership of the authority. Labour will, naturally, want it back.
And how will independent numbers affect who eventually takes the helm?
The authority currently has 29 Plaid Cymru councillors, 22 Labour and 20 classed as independent, two classed as independent unaffiliated and one classed as People First.
Plaid Cymru has 66 candidates, while Labour has 54. There are 52 independents running, as well as 21 Conservatives, 12 UKIP candidates, six Lib Dems, one Green and two others.
Four seats, where the numbers of candidates nominated mean there is no competition in the wards concerned, will be uncontested.
Independents play a big role in local government in Wales.
There have a large presence in many of Wales' authorities, including Wrexham, where they are in control.
That only happened after Labour lost control of the authority, however, with ten Labour councillors quitting the party group in 2014.
With a highly-charged general election campaign taking place at the same time, can independents in Wales make their voices heard?
Can the Conservatives, who are tipped in the north east for general election gains and have a role within the ruling administration, make gains in Wrexham?
And can Labour recover lost ground or Plaid make any headway?
Wrexham currently has 20 independents, 12 Labour, five Conservatives, five Liberal Democrats, eight in the Wrexham Independent group and two Plaid Cymru councillors.
For the election there are 62 independents standing, 39 Labour candidates, 20 Conservatives, 15 Plaid Cymru, 13 Liberal Democrats, three UKIP, two Greens and two others.
Three seats will be uncontested.
Swansea was one of the authorities Labour won control of at the 2012 council elections.
But could it be an authority that serves as an opinion poll ahead of the general election the month later?
This time Labour's 72 candidates will be facing 70 from the Conservatives, in an election that comes two years after the latter party's shock general election victory in Gower.
Can Swansea county Tories solidify that gain by winning seats in the area, despite the fact that the party has few councillors currently?
Labour won the authority from a Liberal Democrat-led coalition, when the Lib Dems lost 10 seats. Can the party make a re-bound?
At present Labour has 47 councillors, versus 11 Liberal Democrats, four independents, three Conservatives, three in the Independents@Swansea group, two non-aligned and two others.
Labour are fielding 72 candidates in Swansea, versus 70 from the Tories, 25 from the Lib Dems, 17 from Plaid Cymru, 11 independents, eight Greens, seven UKIP and 17 others.
If the council elections are going to be any kind of indication of how the parties might do ahead of the snap election in May, it will be authorities like Bridgend that we will be keeping an eye on.
It is here, at Brackla Community Centre, where the prime minister took her general election campaign to Wales.
Theresa May was parking her Tory tanks on Labour's lawn, in the backyard of First Minister Carwyn Jones, and the Tories have been eyeing the seat for some time.
The irony is that the Conservatives are only fielding 36 candidates, although that is more than any other party except Labour.
If the Tories fail to get many councillors elected, will that be any indication of how the party may do in June - and will Mrs May's visit begin to look overly optimistic?
Or will Labour voters stick with the party for the locals, and go elsewhere for Westminster?
Labour currently has 31 Labour councillors, with 16 independents, three Liberal Democrats, one Conservative and one Plaid Cymru member.
Labour is standing 54 candidates, against 52 independents, 36 from the Conservatives, 18 Plaid Cymru, six from the Liberal Democrats, four in the Greens, one UKIP and two others.
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:
Although the results should be known by Friday evening, unless a party wins an overall majority of seats on a council, it may be days or even weeks before the political make-up of the administration or cabinet to run the authority is agreed.
He opened fire inside a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida in the early hours of Sunday, killing 49 people in the deadliest shooting in modern US history.
FBI officials say the 29-year-old, who was killed by police, appeared to "have leanings towards" radical Islamist ideology, although it was not clear whether the attack was a case of domestic or international terrorism.
Mateen made emergency 911 calls shortly beforehand in which he reportedly stated his allegiance to Islamic State.
The group later said that an IS "fighter" had carried out the attack, but did not specify whether it was directly involved or simply taking credit for inspiring it.
What we know
Eyewitness accounts
Meanwhile Mateen's father told NBC News the attack "had nothing to do with religion".
Seddique Mateen said his son became "very angry" after seeing two men kissing in downtown Miami recently.
He said the family had not been aware that Mateen might have been planning an attack. "We are in shock like the whole country."
But there are also reports Mateen used gay dating apps and was a regular at the club where he carried out the massacre.
Ty Smith told the Orlando Sentinel he had seen Mateen at least 12 times at the Pulse, saying he would sometimes drink heavily, becoming "loud and belligerent".
As questions emerged about the gunman's history, FBI Special Agent Ron Hopper told reporters that Mateen had been interviewed by FBI officers twice in 2013 following inflammatory comments to colleagues asserting ties to IS.
The investigation ended after officers were unable to substantiate the claims. However, Mateen was questioned again in 2014 about a potential connection to Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha, the American known to have carried out a suicide bombing in the Syria conflict.
The FBI investigation found no "substantial relationship" between Mateen and Abu-Salha and the case was closed, said Special Agent Hopper.
Despite being on the FBI's radar, Manteen was not on an official terrorism watch list and was able to legally hold a state firearms licence, according to Florida records.
It has emerged that Mateen had worked as an armed security officer for the firm G4S since 2007.
Police say he attacked the Pulse nightclub wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun.
Mateen was born in New York to Afghan parents but had moved to Fort Pierce, a city about two hours' drive south of Orlando.
His ex-wife, Sitora Yusufiy, has said that he was violent and mentally unstable and had beaten her repeatedly.
The pair married in Fort Pierce in 2009 after meeting online, but her parents intervened and removed her from their home just months later after learning of his abuse.
"He was not a stable person," she told the Washington Post. "He beat me. He would just come home and start beating me up because the laundry wasn't finished or something like that."
She told the newspaper that Mateen had not been very religious when she was with him and he had regularly exercised at the gym. She said he had owned a small-calibre handgun and worked as a guard at a nearby facility for juvenile delinquents.
Speaking to reporters later on Sunday, Ms Yusufiy said Mateen was bi-polar and although some commentators were trying to link his actions to IS or religion, the real cause was mental illness.
The couple divorced in 2011.
Police believe Mateen rented a car and drove to Orlando to carry out the attack on the nightclub, according to media reports.
In his alleged call to 911, he is said to have referred to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
In a series of social media photos, Mateen is seen wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the New York Police Department name and emblem.
However, the NYPD said Mateen had no association with the department and the shirts were unofficial merchandise that could be bought at any shop.
The gunman had filed a petition for a name change in 2006 from Omar Mir Seddique to Omar Mir Seddique Mateen, according to US media.
It has emerged that his father, Seddique Mateen, has a television show on a California-based channel that expresses anti-Pakistani government views and sympathy for the Afghan Taliban.
The 35-year-old scored his first goal for the club since joining from Juventus in January.
Bafetimbi Gomis, on loan from Swansea City, headed the hosts in front before Mario Balotelli equalised with his 15th league goal of the season.
Victory moves Marseille up to fifth in the table with two games remaining.
Nice led Ligue 1 earlier in the season but, with two games left and six points behind second-placed Paris St-Germain, they look likely to finish third.
Match ends, Marseille 2, Nice 1.
Second Half ends, Marseille 2, Nice 1.
Yohann Pelé (Marseille) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Paul Baysse (Nice).
Andre Zambo Anguissa (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Younès Belhanda (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bassem Srarfi.
Attempt missed. Morgan Sanson (Marseille) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Andre Zambo Anguissa.
Younès Belhanda (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Andre Zambo Anguissa (Marseille).
Substitution, Marseille. Bouna Sarr replaces Rémy Cabella.
Foul by Paul Baysse (Nice).
Bafétimbi Gomis (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Mario Balotelli (Nice) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Andre Zambo Anguissa (Marseille) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rémy Cabella.
Attempt missed. William Vainqueur (Marseille) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt saved. Anastasios Donis (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Younès Belhanda.
Substitution, Nice. Bassem Srarfi replaces Valentin Eysseric.
Attempt missed. Mario Balotelli (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Arnaud Souquet.
Attempt saved. Patrice Evra (Marseille) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Dimitri Payet with a cross.
Corner, Marseille. Conceded by Paul Baysse.
Anastasios Donis (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Patrice Evra (Marseille).
Attempt missed. Anastasios Donis (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Arnaud Souquet.
Attempt missed. Mario Balotelli (Nice) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Arnaud Souquet with a cross.
Attempt missed. Andre Zambo Anguissa (Marseille) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Bafétimbi Gomis.
Substitution, Nice. Mickael Le Bihan replaces Vincent Koziello.
Attempt blocked. Bafétimbi Gomis (Marseille) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Mario Balotelli (Nice).
Rolando (Marseille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Marseille. Andre Zambo Anguissa replaces Maxime Lopez.
Offside, Nice. Jean Michael Seri tries a through ball, but Anastasios Donis is caught offside.
Mario Balotelli (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by William Vainqueur (Marseille).
Attempt blocked. Mario Balotelli (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Younès Belhanda.
Rod Fanni (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Younès Belhanda (Nice) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Rod Fanni (Marseille).
Goal! Marseille 2, Nice 1. Patrice Evra (Marseille) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Maxime Lopez with a cross.
Attempt missed. Dimitri Payet (Marseille) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Swansea council said it was contacted by South Wales Evening Post after readers reported the problem in Townhill and Mayhill to the paper.
A council spokesman said a potential source of the sound had been located.
Members of the public were asked to contact the local authority's noise pollution team with information.
Defender Dunk and French winger Knockaert, both 25, have signed five-year contracts with the Seagulls to keep them at the club until June 2022.
Republic of Ireland defender Duffy, 25, has signed a four-year deal.
Brighton manager Chris Hughton said the trio had "earned the deals" and he expects the trio to "excel in the Premier League" following promotion.
Dunk made his first-team debut in 2011 and the new deal will see him through more than a decade as a professional with the club.
The Englishman was joined in defence last season by Duffy, who was signed for an undisclosed fee that was widely reported as a transfer record for the Seagulls.
Knockaert, who moved from Standard Liege in January 2016 and has scored 20 goals in 65 league games, had extended his contract with the club in March.
The cameras have been installed at 27 sites on the A9 between Inverness and Dunblane at a cost of £2.5m.
The speed limit for HGVs using the A9 has also been raised from 40mph to 50mph on single carriageways as a pilot project, following calls from hauliers.
Transport Minister Keith Brown said both measures would save lives on the road, which is seen as being one of the most dangerous in the country.
The cameras have been placed on single carriageway sections of the A9 between Inverness and Perth. From Perth the road is dual carriageway.
It is hoped raising the speed limit for HGVs will reduce driver frustration caused by slower vehicles on the busy road, which is the main route between central Scotland and the Highlands.
Fatal and serious accidents on the single carriageway between Perth and Inverness are significantly higher than the national average.
Work on the new camera system, which got under way in May, saw columns, cameras and infra-red lighting masts erected on the single carriageway sections.
Earlier this year, figures suggested that the presence of the newly-installed cameras was already cutting drivers' speed - even though they had not yet been switched on.
Mr Brown said action would be taken against anyone caught breaking the speed limit by the cameras.
He added: "First and foremost they will make that road safer. All the evidence we have had from other sites show reductions in fatalities. Surely everyone should welcome that."
Neil Greig, director of policy and research at the Institute of Advanced Motorists, described the camera network as "one of the most innovative and important road safety schemes in Scotland for years".
He added: "With full dualling still over 10 years away it is vital that safety on the A9 is maintained and average speed cameras are a tried and tested way to achieve this.
"It's a big change and some drivers will have to rethink their whole approach to travelling along the route."
Environmental group WWF Scotland has called for average speed camera schemes to be introduced on more of the country's roads and motorways "to help save lives and cut pollution".
Climate and energy policy officer Gina Hanrahan said: "Alongside the clear safety benefits, enforcing speed limits on trunk roads using average speed cameras and other tools is an effective and cost-effective way to reduce climate emissions, as well as fuel costs for motorists.
"To reduce health-threatening levels of air pollution and meet our climate targets, the use of average speed cameras and other approaches to help reduce excessive speeds should be seriously considered on other major roads across Scotland."
But the camera system has been opposed by campaign group A9 Average Speed Cameras Are Not the Answer, which has called for action to tackle dangerous overtaking on the road.
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Liberal Democrat MP Danny Alexander said regular users of the road were opposed to the system.
He said the scheme should be scrapped and the dualling of the A9 accelerated instead.
The installation of the cameras comes as the Scottish government moves forward with its plan to make the route a dual carriageway for its entire length.
The £3bn project involves the upgrade of 80 miles of single carriageway along the A9 between Perth and Inverness by 2025.
Caroline Jones's mother Mary Benson had volunteered in the Cancer Research UK shop in Harpenden, Hertfordshire for 13 years. She died in October, aged 72.
Ms Jones, 46, said "other than her pants" she will get her look from the store's "treasure trove".
She hopes her Knickers Model's Own campaign will encourage others to visit charity shops.
Ms Jones, who also volunteers as a window dresser at the shop, started wearing charity clothes on 1 January and posts a daily picture on social media.
"It's not a weird world I am entering, I've always mixed up my wardrobe with new and pre-loved pieces - but this year I am not buying any new clothes," she said.
"I will buy some new knickers occasionally though, I think I'm allowed that."
The mother of three said she wanted to celebrate her mother's life "through the fashion lens, in a way I know she would have thoroughly enjoyed".
"Fashion was one of the many things that tied us together," she said.
"Together, we went shopping, we noted seasonal trends, we fell about laughing in mirrored changing rooms often dealing with a zip issue.
"She was always very stylish. The cancer had given her a whole new look - it made her look at her wardrobe differently, she found a new style.
"She would love [this campaign], she would be very proud."
As well as raising money through buying the clothes and donations from those who like her daily picture, Ms Jones hopes her quest will "persuade people to spend more time in charity shops," she said.
A Cancer Research UK spokesman said: "Caroline knows more than most the bargains that can be picked up from Cancer Research UK shops and she is encouraging others to visit."
Ms Jones added: "[The clothes] are there to be re-cleaned, re-worn, re-loved, re-shared, re-enjoyed and reinvented... trust me," she said.
"The shop has told me it is already getting new customers who have seen my page.
"People say getting my picture is inspiring them."
Southwark Crown Court heard Kweku Adoboli was "a gamble or two away from destroying Switzerland's largest bank".
He lost the money in "unprotected, unhedged, incautious and reckless" trades, the jury was told.
Adoboli, 32, of Whitechapel, east London, was cleared of four charges of false accounting.
He had denied the charges, which related to the period between October 2008 and September 2011.
Adoboli, who was arrested on 15 September 2011, worked in UBS's global synthetic equities division, buying and selling exchange traded funds (ETFs), which track stocks, bonds and commodities.
How a star turned rogue trader
He had joined the bank in 2003 and became a trader in 2006.
The court was told that at one point he stood to lose the bank £7.5bn ($12bn).
Adoboli, the Ghana-born son of a diplomat, told the jury his senior managers were aware of his actions and encouraged him to take risks.
He claimed he lost control over his trades during a period of market turbulence last year.
In his sentencing remarks, the judge, Mr Justice Keith, told Adoboli: "Whatever the verdict of the jury you would forever have been known as the man responsible for the largest trading loss in British banking history.
"Your fall from grace as a result of these convictions is spectacular. The fact is you are profoundly unselfconscious of your own failings....
"There is a strong streak of the gambler in you. You were arrogant to think the bank's rules for traders did not apply to you."
The first verdict returned by the jury saw Adoboli convicted of one count of fraud relating to unauthorised trading leading to the £1.4bn loss to UBS.
The judge then gave the jury a majority verdict direction, saying they could deliver a 9-1 verdict on the second fraud charge and the four false accounting charges.
The jury had been reduced to five men and five women after two jurors were discharged.
Read Adoboli's email to his boss admitting the situation
They found Adoboli guilty by a majority verdict of the second fraud but acquitted him of the other charges.
The prosecution said Adoboli had been a gambler who believed he had the "magic touch".
But, giving evidence, Adoboli said everything he had done was aimed at benefiting the bank, where he viewed his colleagues as "family".
Adoboli said he had "lost control in the maelstrom of the financial crisis", and was doing well until he changed from a conservative "bearish" position to an aggressive "bullish" stance under pressure from senior managers.
He told the jury that staff were encouraged to take risks until they got "a slap on the back of the wrist".
After the verdicts, Andrew Penhale, deputy head of fraud at the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "Behind all the technical financial jargon in this case, the question for the jury was whether Kweku Adoboli had acted dishonestly, in causing a loss to the bank....
"He did so, by breaking the rules, covering up and lying. In any business context, his actions amounted to fraud, pure and simple.
"The amount of money involved was staggering, impacting hugely on the bank but also on their employees, shareholders and investors. This was not a victimless crime."
He added: "At the heart of any complex fraud is a simple notion of dishonesty which is something that we can all understand."
Det Ch Insp Perry Stokes, from the City of London Police, which investigated Adoboli, said: "This was the UK's biggest fraud, committed by one of the most sophisticated fraudsters the City of London Police has ever come across.
"To all those around him, Kweku Adoboli appeared to be a man on the make whose career prospects and future earnings were taking off. He worked hard, looked the part and seemingly had an answer for everything.
"But behind this facade lay a trader who was running completely out of control and exposing UBS to huge financial risks on a daily basis.
"Rules put in place to protect the bank's position and the integrity of the markets were being bypassed and broken by a young man who wanted it all and was not willing to wait.
"When Adoboli's pyramid of fictitious trades, exceeded trading limits and non-existent hedging came crashing down, the repercussions were felt in financial centres around the world."
In a statement, UBS said: "We are glad that the criminal proceedings have reached a conclusion and thank the police and the UK authorities for their professional handling of this case."
In a TV interview to coincide with France's Bastille Day holiday, Mr Hollande said: "If you don't respect the rules, you're out".
Mr Macron held the first rally of his new political movement this week.
After he had given a speech, the crowd chanted "Macron, president!"
A former investment banker who became an adviser to President Hollande before securing the economy brief, Mr Macron has annoyed Socialist cabinet colleagues with his presidential ambitions.
His movement "En Marche" (On the Move) was set up in April as a centrist group to foster ideas.
However, he is widely seen as harbouring hopes of running for the presidency in 2017 elections. The Socialist primaries are only six months away and Mr Hollande continues to struggle in the polls.
The president's patience with Mr Macron finally snapped after days of discord in the cabinet.
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The cabinet row burst into the open on Tuesday. Shortly before Mr Macron addressed his movement's first rally, Prime Minister Manuel Valls told reporters forcefully that "it's time to put a stop to all this".
Then, the pro-business economy minister said during an hour-long speech that France had been "worn down by broken promises" and that he realised how much "the system did not want to change".
Mr Valls responded by accusing him of not living up to his responsibilities. "You can't condemn a so-called system and give in to the temptations of populism, when you yourself are the perfect product of France's elite," he said.
Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian stepped up the attack on Mr Macron on Thursday morning, speaking of the government as a football team, with the prime minister as captain and the president as coach.
"Then there are players who have to play as a team," he told RTL radio. "If the best player plays by himself, he won't score. So I wish he'd play as part of the team."
Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said the last thing France needed was a political crisis when it was in the middle of terrorist threat. And then, hours later, President Hollande threatened the economy minister with the sack.
"There are rules," he said. "Solidarity and teamwork come first; then there can be no personal initiatives, and even less presidential ones. You simply have to serve to the end."
While praising Mr Macron's ability, he said that if he failed to respect the rules of staying in the government, he would have to go.
As the political row played out across the air waves on France's day of independence, opposition Republican leader Nicolas Sarkozy weighed in by suggesting it all pointed to a complete loss of authority on the part of President Hollande.
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Haribo claimed the Lindt version was a violation of its "Gold Bear" logo.
Germany's Federal Court of Justice ruled Lindt's bear was neither a violation of Haribo's trademark or an imitation of its fruit gum sweets.
Haribo has been making gummy bear sweets since the 1960s.
Lindt introduced its chocolate teddy in 2011.
Haribo took its rival to court in 2012, arguing the products were too similar and it would cause confusion among consumers.
A German court initially ruled in favour of the German manufacturer but an appeal court later threw out the verdict.
Lindt argued that its gold bear was styled on its Easter bunnies, which are wrapped in gold foil with a ribbon and small bell around their necks.
The bunnies were first produced in 1952.
The federal court said in a statement (in German) on Wednesday that Lindt's product could be described using a number of terms such as "teddy" or "chocolate bear" and not just using the term "gold bear".
It said it wanted to avoid the danger of "product design monopolisation" in the area of three-dimensional goods.
In a statement, Lindt welcomed the ruling and said it would "continue to delight all Lindt chocolate lovers with the Lindt Teddy".
Last week, the European Court of Justice rejected Nestle's request to trademark the shape of it four-fingered KitKat bar in the UK.
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Both the US and North Korea have been trading heated rhetoric since the US announced it would deploy a group of warships to the region.
Pyongyang has reacted furiously and threatened a pre-emptive strike.
Observers say that while North Korea is working towards achieving full nuclear missile capability, it is highly doubtful that it has a working long-range missile that could hit the US.
Several of its recent missile tests, including one earlier this month, have failed.
One view is that North Korea's threats is just posturing and it is unlikely to follow through with an actual attack.
But if North Korea were to actually launch a strike, neighbouring South Korea and Japan could be top targets.
Pyongyang appears to have working missiles that could hit those countries.
Both countries have anti-missile defence systems - some supplied by the US - that could thwart incoming rockets.
Japan's system employs Aegis destroyer ships and land-based Patriot PAC-3 units, according to its defence ministry.
In South Korea, the US is in the midst of deploying its controversial Thaad anti-missile defence system.
Both countries are also currently conducting pre-planned joint military exercises with the US.
Japanese authorities also issued guidelines last Friday to the public on how to survive a missile attack.
They say it would only take minutes for a missile to reach Japan and urged citizens to seek shelter in buildings or underground.
Citizens have been told that if a missile lands nearby, they should cover their mouths and noses and run away - if indoors they should stay away from windows to avoid injuries from shattering glass.
They would be alerted about an incoming attack on TV, mobile phones, radio and outdoor loudspeaker systems via a system called J-Alert.
One prefecture government conducted an evacuation drill last month and several local officials are now calling for nationwide drills, The Japan Times. reported.
Meanwhile in South Korea, which is more used to the North's threats, the mood appears to be less tense with little sign of ramped-up civil defence preparations.
Authorities regularly conduct evacuation drills and also have an emergency alert system.
Due to its location just 56km (35 miles) from the North Korean border, the South Korean capital Seoul is also vulnerable to artillery fire.
On Tuesday North Korea conducted a large-scale firing drill to mark its army's 85th founding anniversary.
Analysts say the country has more than 20,000 artillery pieces and the BBC's Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban says its capability would be hard to neutralise.
Last month Pyongyang launched several missiles into the Sea of Japan, with three landing in Japanese waters. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called it a "new stage of threat".
Japanese authorities have also said that a North Korean long-range rocket launched in February 2016 passed over islands in Okinawa prefecture, travelling 1,600km (994 miles) within 10 minutes.
South Korea meanwhile has a long history of border skirmishes with the North.
One of the most serious incidents in recent years took place in 2010, when North Korea shelled the island of Yeonpyeong at the two countries' maritime border, killing several soldiers and civilians.
That same year saw the sinking of a South Korean navy ship in the same area, killing 46 sailors. The incident was attributed to a North Korean torpedo launched from a submarine.
In 2015 Pyongyang also fired a rocket towards the South Korean town of Yeoncheon on the western border, prompting an evacuation.
War Room, about a troubled family who meet a lady with a prayer room, cost $3m (£2m) to make and earned $9.3m (£6.1m) between Friday and Sunday.
It marks the acting debut of Priscilla Shirer, a spiritual speaker and author.
Straight Outta Compton, a biopic of rap group NWA, fell one place to two after spending three weeks in the top spot.
War Room was written and directed by brothers Alex and Stephen Kendrick, who have been dubbed "the Spielbergs of Christian cinema" by Variety magazine.
"We didn't wake up one day wanting to make a movie about a 75-year-old woman's prayer closet," Stephen Kendrick said. "We asked God to order our steps and the ideas came."
Straight Outta Compton made $8.9m (£5.8m) on its third weekend in US and Canadian cinemas, according to studio estimates.
A Walk in the Woods, an adaptation of a book by travel writer Bill Bryson starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte, is ranked third with $8.1m (£5.3m).
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation was fourth in this week's chart, followed by new release The Transporter: Refuelled.
The weekend was also a significant one for dinosaur blockbuster Jurassic World, which has now made more than $1 billion (£655m) outside North America.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, it is only the fourth film to achieve this feat, after Avatar, Titanic and this year's Fast & Furious 7.
Disorder in the north-east corner of Old Trafford between United and City fans was first reported by a spectator inside the stadium at about 20:50 BST.
Greater Manchester Police said it was examining CCTV footage of the incident.
A 15-year-old boy and a man, 19, were arrested outside the stadium on suspicion of assault. Both have been released pending further inquiries.
A 13-year old boy was arrested after going on to the pitch, police said, and he will be dealt with by summons.
A police spokesman told BBC News their presence had not been requested before the game by Manchester United.
Manchester City fan Andy Savage was at the game - attended by about 16,000 fans who were attracted by a free admission offer - with his son.
He told BBC Radio Manchester: "After half an hour, United fans were streaming in and the stewards were putting them closer and closer to our left, where we were being boxed in.
"Fights broke out and basically it was a free-for-all. There were kids screaming in the City end."
He said fans "were being kicked and trampled on and it was very, very ugly scenes".
In a statement, Manchester United said there was a "minor incident" involving a small number of fans across segregation lines after the Red Devils scored their third goal.
"Stewards resolved the matter quickly. The fans that have been identified will be dealt with through the usual channels."
United said it worked with Manchester City in advance of the game to ensure effective segregation.
The club added: "Police reported some minor disturbances outside the ground after the match."
Manchester City said it was "aware of crowd disturbances at Old Trafford involving both sets of supporters".
A spokesman said: "Club officials are liaising with Greater Manchester Police and Manchester United over this situation and will assist with their enquiries."
United won the Under-21s Premier League game 4-0. They are currently top of the table and need one point from their final game - a return fixture against City - to secure the title.
It comes after a string of recommendations from Dame Elish Angiolini in her report into the handling of the issue at Mortonhall crematorium in Edinburgh
Aberdeen has always maintained that the powerful burners in place at Hazlehead left no ashes.
Neil Cooney said Aberdeen would have to change in line with technology.
Dame Elish said any crematorium that cannot guarantee ashes to return to bereaved families should stop cremating babies.
Mr Cooney, convener of housing and environment at the city council, told BBC Scotland: "We broke no rules, we followed the criteria that was demanded under the old regime, and we really handled it with as much sensitivity as we could.
"The technology has changed and we have got to change with it."
He said any residual ash left under new modern techniques would be returned to undertakers.
A separate inquiry into how infant remains have been dealt with throughout Scotland is expected to report at the end of May.
Former high court judge Lord Bonomy has chaired the Infant Cremation Commission, which will recommend changes to the law to prevent a similar scandal happening again.
Daniel Kaluuya, who was born in London, leads the cast of Get Out - a searing racial satire about contemporary America.
Released in the UK this week, Jordan Peele's horror film has already been a massive hit at the US box office, making more than $100m (£82.5m).
But the film hit the headlines last week after actor Samuel L Jackson criticised Hollywood for casting black British actors in films about US race relations.
Speaking to the BBC, Skins star Kaluuya said he was proud to be in the first lead role of his career.
"You do stuff, people make decisions and it goes out there and people have opinions. And everyone's entitled to their opinion," he said.
"I love all my black brothers and sisters worldwide, and that's my position.
"All I know is this my first ever lead role in a film and I've lost out on a lot of roles because I'm black."
He added: "It's my one shot. I'm going to come through it and do my thing and go home."
He went on to describe Jackson as a "legend on and off screen".
In his original radio interview a week ago, Jackson said he wondered what Get Out would have been like with a US actor in the lead role.
"Daniel grew up in a country where they've been interracial dating for 100 years," he said.
Clarifying his remarks later in the week, he said his criticism was not of other actors, but of the Hollywood system.
Other actors have joined the debate, with Star Wars actor John Boyega tweeting that it was a "conflict we don't have time for".
In an article for The Guardian, Homeland actor David Harewood argued that Britons may be better suited to some parts because they are not burdened by "what's in the history books".
In Get Out, Kaluuya plays Chris, an African-American photographer who goes with his white girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams) to visit her parents at their country home.
Chris is worried because Rose has not told her family she has a black boyfriend.
He initially receives a warm welcome - if a bit odd at times - but as the weekend progresses, Chris discovers Rose's parents have a very different agenda.
"Jordan wrote this as a response to the idea that racism was 'solved' because Obama was president," Kaluuya said.
Peele has admitted he had not wanted to cast a British actor, but that Kaluuya had won him over during an initial audition.
"We spoke on Skype," Kaluuya confirmed. "He was very wary because it's an African-American specific experience, but then we had a chat about what it's like being black worldwide and being black in London."
The film's success has made Peele the first African-American writer-director to earn $100m with his debut movie, according to The Wrap.
How much did Kaluuya identify with the film's themes?
"There are an uncountable amount of instances when I've been paranoid," he said.
"I did a shoot in Lithuania when I was 17. Everywhere I went people were pointing and staring.
"Or when I go to Lidl and I get followed by security guards. Is that because it's me, I'm black or what I'm wearing?
"It's every day, navigating your life, getting stopped by police, I've had it all."
Kaluuya is currently filming Ryan Coogler's superhero film Black Panther in Atlanta, US.
"It's a life-changing experience for me," he said. "I can't wait to finish filming so I can watch it."
Get Out is out in the UK on 17 March.
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Over the weekend Italian coast guards rescued around 350 migrants - mostly from Tunisia and sub-Saharan Africa - near Lampedusa from two boats. A further 81 arrived on Monday.
Maltese authorities also rescued 80 migrants on an overcrowded dinghy.
Lampedusa and Malta are the nearest gateways to Europe for thousands of African migrants.
Lampedusa lies about 80 miles (120km) from Tunisia, while Malta is about 220 miles (355km) from the Libyan capital Tripoli.
Many of the migrants arrive on overburdened and poorly equipped wooden boats.
On Tuesday Italian media reported that two policemen were taken to hospital after being injured in protests by a group of 14 Tunisian migrants in the town of Ragusa on Sicily.
The men were being held at a detention centre in Ragusa when they climbed the roof and began throwing glass and other objects, according to Italian news website Adnkronos.
Last year tens of thousands of refugees fled the uprisings in Tunisia and Libya by sea, overwhelming Lampedusa and Italian immigration services.
A large number of Somalis also try to leave Africa via the Mediterranean, to escape conflict and famine.
Last week about 160 migrants from Somalia and Eritrea were seized by Malta's navy, who also recovered two bodies from the sea.
In April, a Somali athlete who competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics reportedly drowned when the boat she was travelling in sank.
Samia Yusuf Omar was trying to cross from Libya to Italy.
The quality assurance analyst from Newtownards is obsessed with the Ulster fry mainstay and has so far visited 50 towns and 66 outlets to taste and rate the potato bread sold in bakeries and restaurants.
A record of Kirsty's travels and the results of her tests can be found on Facebook, where she has set up a page dedicated to her passion.
On Potato Bread Girl NI, potato bread of all kinds is rated based on five factors - tastiness, texture, toastiness, service and value - and an overall scale of between one and five.
"I go 'potato breading' every Saturday," said 27-year-old Kirsty.
"When I finish work on a Friday evening I do my research and plan where I'll head off to the next day.
"On the Saturday morning, I make a 'before' video updating everyone on where I plan to go and then an 'after' video when I arrive at my destination.
"Then I visit every bakery and restaurant in the area that sells potato bread and bring samples home to toast and rate them.
"I also have a potato bread gang to help me - plastic toys Ducky, Tutti and Sundae (who I always mention in my videos).
"I really look forward to every weekend and never get sick of it. I love potato bread and eat at least two bits every day.
"My goal is to find the best potato bread in Northern Ireland and to create awareness of how unique potato bread is to Northern Ireland and celebrate it as part of our cultural heritage."
Kirsty came up with the idea in 2014 when she was facing redundancy from a previous job and her mum was undergoing treatment for breast cancer.
"Instead of dwelling on all the negativity, I decided to focus on something I love - potato bread - and do something with it," she told Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme.
"It gave me something to look forward to."
Since she began her search, Kirsty has tried various versions of the food including recipes with spelt and black pudding.
While most of us enjoy it as part of a fry-up, she has hers simply toasted without butter.
"I don't think it needs fried," she said.
"And to ensure a fair taste test, I ask for it to be toasted with no butter.
"The best flavour depends on the ratio of potato to flour, and also seasoning.
"I think potato bread gets overlooked when it comes to Irish recipes, although more and more restaurants are making it a feature of their menus.
"Some are adopting it as a starter and I've come across one restaurant that serves it with sliced beef and various garnishes."
Despite her large consumption of fadge, tattie bread or slim, as potato bread is sometimes called, Kirsty insists that her waistline hasn't suffered.
"I haven't put on any extra weight since I started," she said.
"I actually eat very healthily.
"If you look on the packaging, one piece of potato bread has just over 90 calories - that's less than a bag of crisps."
Sherwood Forest Trust, which was placed in special measures for a second time in October last year, is to be taken over by Nottingham's hospital trust.
MP Chris Leslie, former Labour shadow chancellor, said the government should write off the merged trust's deficit.
The combined deficit of the two trusts was about £100m in 2015.
The merger will create one of the biggest trusts in the country outside of London with 18,500 employees serving a population of almost 3 million across Nottinghamshire and other parts of the East Midlands.
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The Sherwood trust has a £2.5bn debt from a PFI deal that runs to 2034.
MP for Nottingham East, Mr Leslie said: "I think we need ministers to make sure we start with a clean slate - it would be far better to start as we mean to go on - 'in balance'."
The Nottingham trust will now go through a formal takeover process for Kings Mill, Newark and Mansfield community hospitals.
Peter Homa, chief executive of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "We've been assured financial responsibility will be dealt with - Nottingham won't be taking on that debt."
He said the trust is in the process of discussing what will happen with NHS colleagues and the Department of Health.
Mr Homa said his trust had "the right capacity, expertise and experience" for the takeover."
Conservative MP for Newark Robert Jenrick said: "The management of Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust have done a very poor job of serving our local people.
"This merger offers the opportunity for more stable finances, better management and better development and retention of clinical staff," he said.
The trust has been warned about both its finances and high death rates.
The interim head of Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust Peter Herring said the merger with Nottingham was an opportunity for a "fresh start".
Mr Herring said it was "too early" to say whether there would be job losses after the takeover, but added any reduction in staff numbers should be covered by "natural turnover" of staff.
The discovery at Toronto's Pearson International Airport sparked a major security investigation.
US Customs and Border Protection called their Canadian counterparts and the mock device was swabbed. No trace of explosives was found.
Travellers on the Illinois-bound flight were delayed for hours and re-screened.
The American was scheduled to take United Airlines Flight 547 on Thursday morning to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.
Peel Regional Police say the suspect is being held in custody and has a bail hearing scheduled for Friday.
The processing of all travellers in the US pre-clearance section at Pearson, where the mock device was found, was halted while it was tested.
US immigration pre-clearance operations at Pearson allow travellers to pass through US customs sites set up in Canada before landing in the US.
Normal airport operations resumed by midday.
The Swede's 94th-minute penalty was awarded after Luke Shaw's goal-bound shot was handled on the line by visiting defender Ashley Williams, who was given a red card.
The point means United extend their unbeaten run to 20 games, but have now drawn nine times at home in the league and 12 overall, while opponents Everton missed the chance to leapfrog them in the table.
Everton's opener came through Phil Jagielka's clever, flicked finish from close range when he had his back to goal.
In response to going behind, Ander Herrera struck the crossbar after Joel Robles parried Daley Blind's free-kick and the United midfielder also forced Toffees goalkeeper Robles into a full-stretch save.
Paul Pogba came on for the second half and headed against the bar from Ashley Young's free-kick, while Ibrahimovic had a goal disallowed for offside in a disjointed United performance.
Relive the draw from Old Trafford
United were staring at defeat for the first time since their 4-0 drubbing against Chelsea in October before Ibrahimovic's coolly taken penalty which sent Robles the wrong way.
The striker said before kick-off that he and the club are "still in talks" about signing a new deal for next season and they are indebted to the Swede for his 27 goals this term, many of which have been on important occasions.
It was a huge let-off for the hosts, who had 61.5% possession and 18 shots, but only three on target, showing their obvious weakness in front of goal.
Much of United's play was in front of the Everton backline - often sideways and ponderous - without displaying any real strategy to breakdown the opposition.
Previous boss Louis van Gaal's slow style of play was criticised by the supporters, but United's last two performances have been a throwback to those days.
In fact, after 29 games in his first season, Van Gaal claimed 56 points and were fourth in the league, while Mourinho has two fewer points and are a place further back.
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In an attempt to get back into the contest, world record signing Pogba replaced left-back Daley Blind at half time.
A reshuffle to the side meant Herrera dropped to Blind's previous position, allowing Pogba to take up his role in the middle of the park.
But less than five minutes later, Herrera swapped positions with Young to go to the right-back spot.
All this took place with full-backs Matteo Darmian and Luke Shaw - whose commitment has been questioned by the manager - sitting on the bench.
Shaw did come on just after the hour mark but only after an injury to Young, while Henrikh Mkhitaryan - dropped as Mourinho was "not happy" with his performance in the previous match against West Brom - replaced Michael Carrick.
The confusion from his players and the muddled changes from boss Mourinho showed the apparent mistrust he holds towards his squad as they struggle to find cohesion and incisiveness.
A busy April for United has started with two draws, with five further league and two Europa League games to play.
Former Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson on BBC Radio 5 live:
From Manchester United, it was a dog's dinner of a performance. They had no idea who was playing where and they played that way. They have gone away with one point but should have had none.
United were absolutely all over the place. I cannot see what they were trying to achieve here. They had no shape about them at all.
Where was Marouane Fellaini even playing? One second he is trying to go forward and the next he is running back - at times he is just chasing the ball like a six-year-old in the playground.
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Having collected 1-0 victories in his two previous visits to Old Trafford with Southampton, Dutchman Ronald Koeman was looking to make it a hat-trick by becoming the first manager in Premier League history to win three consecutive away games at Old Trafford.
The Everton boss was one minute away from doing so.
The Dutchman would have set a record which even Sir Alex Ferguson, Louis van Gaal and Mourinho failed to do in their opening three home games as United manager.
Koeman's side took the lead as centre-back Jagielka nipped in ahead of the hesitant Marcos Rojo and from there on, the Blues defended deep and resolutely but ultimately came away with just a point.
Everton's robustness was typified by the assured 20-year-old Mason Holgate, who made four interceptions and regained possession nine times, which was more than any other team-mate.
The impressive Ashley Williams patrolled the defence and completed 11 clearances for his team, but it was his late error which led to the equaliser.
A flash point in the second half saw Kevin Mirallas petulantly refuse a handshake from his manager when substituted on 67 minutes.
Commenting on the incident, Koeman said: "I can understand players are a bit disappointed if you sub them but the way he reacted was not a team in my opinion and I will speak with him about that."
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho told BBC Sport: "We scored two legal goals but I tell you with a smile on my face because I am not upset with the linesman. A really difficult decision for him, only video assistant replay could help this.
"After pressure, after pressure, after pressure the goal finally arrived and at least you don't have the feeling of defeat.
"The players gave everything. The performance from a football point of view was not good but I am very pleased with the effort."
Everton boss Ronald Koeman told BBC Sport: "It was a difficult game, we controlled it well at 1-0 up, we had chances on the counter in the second half but not always was the last ball a good one.
"It was really disappointing you don't get the win. The penalty was the right decision but it was really hard to take.
"Manchester United were attacking, taking risks, for that we had to kill the game. I was really confident to keep the clean sheet tonight."
United continue their difficult month with a trip to bottom side Sunderland on Sunday (kick-off 13:30 BST), while Everton host Leicester on the same day (kick-off 16:00 BST).
Match ends, Manchester United 1, Everton 1.
Second Half ends, Manchester United 1, Everton 1.
Foul by Jesse Lingard (Manchester United).
Leighton Baines (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Manchester United 1, Everton 1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Ashley Williams (Everton) is shown the red card.
Penalty conceded by Ashley Williams (Everton) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
Attempt blocked. Luke Shaw (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mason Holgate (Everton).
Joel Robles (Everton) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Leighton Baines.
Paul Pogba (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton).
Attempt missed. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Marcus Rashford with a cross.
Tom Davies (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Eric Bailly (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Davies (Everton).
Attempt blocked. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Gareth Barry.
Attempt blocked. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Attempt blocked. Ander Herrera (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Gareth Barry.
Substitution, Everton. Dominic Calvert-Lewin replaces Ross Barkley.
Attempt missed. Leighton Baines (Everton) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high following a corner.
Attempt blocked. Romelu Lukaku (Everton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ross Barkley with a cross.
Corner, Everton. Conceded by Eric Bailly.
Attempt blocked. Romelu Lukaku (Everton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ashley Williams.
Attempt missed. Marcos Rojo (Manchester United) header from very close range is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Paul Pogba with a cross.
Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Leighton Baines (Everton).
Attempt missed. Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Leighton Baines (Everton).
Offside, Manchester United. Ander Herrera tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside.
Offside, Everton. Ashley Williams tries a through ball, but Romelu Lukaku is caught offside.
Foul by Luke Shaw (Manchester United).
Idrissa Gueye (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Everton. Matthew Pennington replaces Kevin Mirallas.
Paul Pogba (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
The AG2R-La Mondiale rider crashed on a descent and lay motionless for some time before he was put in an ambulance with a neck brace and survival blanket.
The rider himself has since spoken from hospital saying he remembers nothing about the crash.
The 32-year-old finished fifth overall in last year's race.
"In a stage like this, anything can happen around any corner, like it did with the crash of Pozzovivo," said Etixx - Quick Step's Rigoberto Uran.
"I saw him crash in front of me. I hope that it is nothing serious, and I wish him all the best."
Pozzovivo, seen as one of the contenders in the general classification, hit the ground head first with about 40km (24.9 miles) left in the 136km (84.5-mile) race between Rapallo and Sestri Levante.
As television cameras zoomed in on Pozzovivo when he lay prone on the ground, Britain's 2013 Tour de France champion Chris Froome tweeted: "Is it really necessary to show these images of Pozzovivo at the #Giro2015? Have some respect for the rider and his family!"
The scenes evoked memories of the third stage in 2011 when Belgian rider Wouter Weylandt died after crashing during the third stage.
Australia's Michael Matthews, of the Orica Green-Edge team, took the stage win in a bunch sprint to retain the Maglia Rosa.
They have managed to remove more than 100 dumped or lost nets left floating in the sea from October to December.
Local fishermen and conservationists helped to trawl 11,814km (7,340 miles) in the Gulf of California, the only area where the vaquita porpoise live.
Its population is estimated to be down to about 60 individuals.
Conservationists say they fear the porpoise will be extinct by 2022.
The main threat to the porpoise are the nets used to illegally catch fish known as the totoaba which is hunted for its swim bladder - fetching tens of thousands of dollars on the black market in China.
The population of the vaquita marina porpoise has dropped despite government measures to prevent illegal fishing with the deployment of navy ships in April 2015.
It went from 200 in 2012 to fewer than 100 in 2014 and now stands at about 60, according to the International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita (CIRVA).
Drones equipped with high-resolution cameras have been used since July to try to spot any illegal movements.
Mexico's environment ministry said on Thursday they had removed 103 nets intended to catch totoaba, shark and other fish between 10 October and 7 December.
But conservationists want to go one step further and attempt to launch a capture programme in spring, says Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho, who chairs CIRVA.
The hope is to make them reproduce in captivity in the gulf, "with the utmost care", he said.
"It would involve locating them, capturing them and putting them in some kind of protective area."
If successful, it would be the first time a vaquita porpoise has been captured alive.
At 1.5m (5ft) long, the porpoise has rarely been seen alive. It is known as the "panda of the sea" because of the dark rings around its eyes.
Jones' Ospreys team-mate, scrum-half Rhys Webb, became the latest player to agree a new dual deal on Wednesday.
"I'd like to think that Alun Wyn will sign but that's not settled as yet," Davies told BBC Radio Wales.
"We'll wait and see really. Ospreys and the Welsh Rugby Union, along with Alun and his advisors, are in discussion."
Wales lock Jones, 30, whose current deal expires at the end of the season, said he was "weighing up" his options in November.
Dual contracts are 60% funded by the WRU and 40% by the regions.
Davies believes there are additional benefits to the dual contracts for the players involved.
"It's more than just playing in Wales and playing for the national team as well," he added.
"I think some of the leading players understand they are looked after pretty well by Warren Gatland and his coaching staff, in terms of the amount of games they play and the conditioning they receive.
"So I think there's a bigger picture than just playing for the Ospreys and just playing for Wales - there are other things to take into consideration as well."
Jombati's wonderful strike from just outside the box pushed the Blues to within a point of the League Two play-off places, while County dropped back into the bottom two.
Newport dominated large spells of the game but it was Wycombe who snatched the three points late on.
Rhys Healey, on-loan from Cardiff, beat two players in the box to cut inside, but saw his shot bounce off the post just before the break.
County winger Sean Rigg let fly from 30 yards which forced Wycombe goalkeeper Jamal Blackman into a good save shortly after the restart.
Newport continued to dominate the second half and had a penalty claim turned down in the 73rd minute when substitute Jennison Myrie-Williams looked to have been tripped in the box by Aaron Pierre.
But Jombati's stunning free-kick which went in off the woodwork won it for Wycombe.
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Match ends, Newport County 0, Wycombe Wanderers 1.
Second Half ends, Newport County 0, Wycombe Wanderers 1.
Scot Bennett (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Scot Bennett (Newport County).
Scott Kashket (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Matt Bloomfield (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Substitution, Newport County. Mark Randall replaces Dan Butler because of an injury.
Goal! Newport County 0, Wycombe Wanderers 1. Sido Jombati (Wycombe Wanderers) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
Scott Kashket (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Darren Jones (Newport County).
Foul by Darren Jones (Newport County).
Aaron Pierre (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Darren Jones (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Scott Kashket (Wycombe Wanderers).
Sean Rigg (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matt Bloomfield (Wycombe Wanderers).
Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Sam Wood.
Rhys Healey (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aaron Pierre (Wycombe Wanderers).
Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Sam Wood.
Sean Rigg (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Luke O'Nien (Wycombe Wanderers).
Josh Sheehan (Newport County) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt blocked. Sean Rigg (Newport County) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Foul by Darren Jones (Newport County).
Scott Kashket (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Tom Owen-Evans (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Tom Owen-Evans (Newport County).
Aaron Pierre (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Tom Owen-Evans (Newport County) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Foul by Josh Sheehan (Newport County).
Aaron Pierre (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match (Newport County).
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Scott Kashket replaces Paris Cowan-Hall.
Ben Tozer (Newport County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Paris Cowan-Hall (Wycombe Wanderers).
Luke O'Nien (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Josh Sheehan (Newport County).
Attempt missed. Rhys Healey (Newport County) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
The Venerable Christine Wilson, 58, who is currently the Archdeacon of Chesterfield, replaces the Very Reverend Philip Buckler, who retired from the post at the end of January.
She said: "I was thrilled, and a little daunted, to be offered the post of Dean of Lincoln."
Mrs Wilson, the Church of England's eighth female dean, will be installed at Lincoln Cathedral on 22 October.
"Recently I have begun to build associations with Lincoln, and the fabulous opportunity to lead a world-class cathedral in inspiring worship, ministry and mission is one that I will... be delighted to undertake," she said.
Mrs Wilson added: "Interestingly, my father has a fantastic link [to the area]. He was in Bomber Command as a radio mechanic on the Lancaster bombers during the war, so I feel I have some roots here that I've just discovered recently."
The Bishop of Lincoln, the Rt Rev Christopher Lowson, said he was "delighted that Christine has accepted the post of dean".
Mrs Wilson is married with two daughters and has two grandchildren. Her middle daughter died from cancer in 2008.
Ten-goal striker Brunt, 22 damaged cruciate knee ligaments.
On-loan Hibernian defender Forster, 22, broke his jaw after colliding with advertising hoardings at The Hive.
"It's two players that we will miss here for the rest of the season it looks like," manager Derek Adams said.
"From my point of view it's hugely disappointing, and the 17 minutes of injury time tells you how serious the injures were," he told BBC Radio Devon.
Forster has played five times for Argyle since making a loan-move to Home Park in January.
"He slid off the end of the pitch and hit the barrier full-on at high speed, it was a really sickening injury," said Adams of Forster, who was taken to hospital after the incident.
On Ryan brunt's injury Adams said: "It caught underneath him. He knew right away that he had a problem, so it looks as though it could be a cruciate.
"It's a big blow to lose two big players for us and when you've got 12 games to go in the season you don't need to lose any more, we're tight enough as we are as a squad and we don't need any more injuries."
The duo won the best live event prize for fronting The Queen's 90th Birthday Celebration on ITV last May.
The top honours had been expected to go to Netflix's fictionalised royal drama The Crown, which led the nominations - but it missed out entirely.
"Tonight, the Queen has finally won a Bafta," Dec said after the ceremony.
He told BBC News: "She's never won a Bafta. She was given an honorary fellowship a few years ago but she's never won a Bafta."
Asked whether they really considered the Queen the recipient of the award, Ant replied: "Yes absolutely. It wasn't our party, it was her party, her birthday."
Dec added: "She put it on, it was in her garden at Windsor, it was round her gaff, so it's her Bafta, she deserves it.
"We're quite happy to take it round any time she wants it," joked Ant. "She pops the kettle on, and we'll pop round with a Bafta."
The duo also won best entertainment programme for their ITV show Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
BBC One's Damilola: Our Loved Boy, based on the death of Damilola Taylor, took home two of the night's big prizes.
Accepting the best single drama prize, Damilola's father, Richard Taylor, said he wanted to "send a strong appeal to young people on the street killing themselves".
He said: "Parents are crying, others are crying, the surge of killing has gone up in the city of London, I beg you all to stop this unnecessary killing of innocent people."
Wunmi Mosaku took home the best supporting actress award for her portrayal of Damilola's mother, Gloria Taylor.
Happy Valley also won two prizes - best drama series and best leading actress for Sarah Lancashire.
In her acceptance speech, Lancashire paid tribute to one of her fellow nominees, The Crown star Claire Foy.
"You have given me the best 10 hours under a duvet I've ever had," the actress joked.
The best leading actor prize was won by Adeel Akhtar for his role in BBC One's Murdered By My Father, a one-off drama about an honour killing.
Emmerdale was named best soap and continuing drama in a year that saw the show praised for its portrayal of dementia.
Actor John Middleton, who played Ashley Thomas in the soap, criticised the "woeful" attention paid to common health problems such as Alzheimer's disease.
"It is the biggest health problem that we have in the Western world and I don't think we are addressing it enough," he said.
"It's extraordinary how not a day goes by that I don't get stopped in the street by somebody saying, 'Thank you very much for doing this story', because it has affected them because of a relative who has had the disease."
The "must see moment" - a prize introduced this year - was won by Planet Earth II: Snakes vs Iguana Chase.
The scene from the David Attenborough series beat off competition from Ed Balls's Gangnam Style on Strictly Come Dancing and James Corden's Carpool Karaoke with Michelle Obama, among others.
And the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme took home the news coverage prize for its story about abuse in football earlier this year.
Joanna Lumley was presented with Bafta's highest honour - the Fellowship - by her Absolutely Fabulous co-star Jennifer Saunders.
She paid tribute to all those who work in the entertainment industry, not just the ones in front of the camera.
"We as actors, we're dragged about in golden carriages... We are furnished with words, costumed, made up, we have stunt performers to make us look better. We have people who drive us, who dress us," she said.
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The FTSE 100 rose 2.32% to 7,046.82, with shares in banks and energy companies seeing big gains.
On the currency markets, the pound was up more than two cents against the US dollar at $1.5455.
The Conservatives have unexpectedly managed to secure a slender majority, to the relief of investors who had expected a long period of uncertainty.
In the run-up to the election, opinion polls had suggested that no one party would win a majority, raising the prospect of a hung parliament.
But the markets welcomed the news that the election outcome was clearer than expected.
"It appears that we will avoid weeks of uncertainty and horse-trading," said UBS in a research note.
Bank shares saw some of the biggest gains, on hopes that the sector will not see any further rises in levies. Shares in Lloyds Banking Group rose 5.75% while Barclays was 3.7% higher.
Energy firms also saw their share prices rise, as Labour had wanted a price freeze and more powers for the energy regulator. British Gas owner Centrica rose 8.1% and SSE shares were up 5.3%.
To state the obvious, investors love the Tories' general election victory.
There are a few reasons.
One (no surprise here) is that Labour's threat of breaking up banks and imposing energy price caps has been lifted.
Second is that investors have been discounting days and weeks of wrangling after polling day over who would form the government - and so they are semi-euphoric that we already know who's in charge.
Third, many investors tend to be economically conservative and instinctively Conservative.
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As well as jumping against the dollar, the pound also rose against the euro, climbing more than two euro cents to €1.3774.
"The market often likes a bit of consistency and stability and if the Conservatives are returned to power... they will be able to push through a lot of the policies and approaches that they have done over the last five years in parliament," said Jason Hughes from trading firm CMC Markets.
However, analysts said the rise could be short-lived as uncertainty over a possible "Brexit" or Britain leaving the European Union affects trading, with a referendum on the UK's EU membership now likely.
Bill O'Neill at UBS Wealth Management said: "Sterling will, in our view, be moved by a number of different factors in the coming days and weeks.
"The Brexit and Scottish devolution debates might influence the path of the pound quicker than we think.
"The good news is that the current fiscal trajectory remains firmly in place. Importantly, the Bank of England will not be confronted by a change in the fiscal framework. This could prompt lower for longer interest rates."
A tree fell onto the line at Coseley affecting services between Birmingham and Wolverhampton.
The disruption, affecting several operators, would last until the end of service, Network Rail said earlier.
A tree also came down at Wylde Green affecting services between Lichfield, Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham New Street.
The line was closed until after 11:00 GMT, with buses running between Sutton Coldfield and Lichfield stations.
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Arriva Trains Wales, CrossCountry and Virgin Trains services were being diverted and not calling at several stations between Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street.
London Midland services were not running between Wolverhampton and Birmingham.
The delays were caused as Storm Barney hit the area with winds of up to 70mph.
A Network Rail spokesman apologised to passengers for the delays.
"Our teams worked throughout the night to deal with weather-related issues to help keep as many trains and passengers moving as possible today.
"The high winds caused damage across the rail network."
Elsewhere, the mast in the Fort Shopping Park in Birmingham was toppled in the high winds, while emergency services reported trees falling on several roads.
Earlier, a spokesman for the shopping centre's owners said the 150ft (46m) tower was being dismantled and removed, adding no people or vehicles were injured when it was toppled.
The Fort remained open with motorists being directed to the underground car park while work to remove the tower, which has stood since 1996, continued. The park said it was the first time it had been damaged.
Motorists were also delayed after a lamp-post between junctions six and seven of the M6 was knocked over by a van. Highways England tweeted, at about 21:00 on Tuesday, that the hard shoulder and two lanes of the northbound motorway were closed due a fallen lamp-post and that contractors were being sent to the scene.
The motorway reopened a few hours later and Highways England confirmed its inspectors were out looking at all light columns.
10 October 2016 Last updated at 14:17 BST
Thanks to the sale of Stevie Mallan to Barnsley, St Mirren have been able to afford significant changes for a second transfer window running, while Dundee United have done likewise despite continued question marks about the finances at Tannadice.
Scott McDonald's move to United from Motherwell was the most headline-grabbing signing made by a Championship club this summer, albeit the Australia striker is in the twilight of his career. After topping a League Cup group containing Premiership city rivals Dundee, Ray McKinnon's side should be strong favourites for the title.
Falkirk, who ended up as Hibs' main challengers last season, have not been as active, but they romped their League Cup group and could be involved in a two-horse race at the top of the table.
St Mirren could mount their own challenge if they start the new league season off the way they finished the last as Jack Ross steered them clear of relegation, while hard-up Dunfermline Athletic could be dark horses after beating Premiership Hearts to the top of their League Cup section.
Relegated Inverness Caledonian Thistle could be too busy rebuilding via the bargain basement under returned manager John Robertson to mount any more than a challenge for a play-off place, but David Hopkin's Livingston are shaping up well to build on their romp to the League One title.
Greenock Morton have done little in the summer market to suggest they can arrest an alarming late-season slump to again secure a play-off place, while Queen of the South are likely to have to rely again on golden oldie goal machine Stephen Dobbie to spearhead their season.
Poor League Cup results suggest that Dumbarton's turnaround in staff is unlikely to save them from another struggle against the drop, with fellow part-timers Brechin City are strong favourites to fill bottom spot after sneaking through the play-offs with two penalty shoot-out victories.
Darren Dods' part-timers probably surprised even themselves by winning promotion through the play-offs after finishing fourth in League One and securing their first visit to the second tier in 11 years.
They have lost some experienced campaigners, like midfielder Alan Trouten, and recruited from players previously operating in the leagues below. Former Alloa Athletic striker Isaac Layne is probably the best known, but Ryan McGeever could be the most astute signing considering his nine goals out of defence in two seasons with Queen's Park.
In: Euan Spark, defender (Dunfermline Athletic); Jordan Sinclair, midfielder (Livingston); Sean Crighton, defender (Livingston); Kalvin Orsi, midfielder (St Mirren); Isaac Layne, forward (Grays Athletic); Ryan McGeever, defender (Queen's Park).
Out: Dougie Hill, defender (Dumbarton); Alan Trouten, midfielder (Albion Rovers); Gareth Rodgers, defender (Edinburgh City); Ross Caldwell, forward; Darren McCormack, defender.
Manager: Darren Dods (appointed June 2015)
Last season: 4th, League One.
Prediction: 10th.
The Sons have been confounding the critics for five seasons now since winning promotion to the Championship. Despite continuing to be part-time, they have steered clear of even the relegation play-off spot and, in Stevie Aitken, have a manager who might have been pinched by a top-tier club by now did it not suit him financially to have a job outside football.
They have lost some experience, such as former Scotland Under-21 goalkeeper Alan Martin, but in Craig Johnston, Tom Walsh and Kyle Hutton they have added midfielders with top-flight experience who will add quality if Aitken can inspire them to rekindle their early-career promise.
In: David Wilson, midfielder (Partick Thistle); Danny Handling, forward (Hibernian); Scott Gallacher, goalkeeper (Hibernian); Chris Johnston, midfielder (Raith Rovers); Andy Dowie, defender (Queen of the South); Mark Stewart, forward (Raith Rovers); Kyle Hutton, midfielder (St Mirren); Chris McLaughlin, defender (Ross County); Dougie Hill, defender (Brechin City); Tom Walsh, midfielder (Limerick); Craig Barr, defender (Raith Rovers). Loan: Ally Roy, forward (Hearts); Sam Wardrop, defender (Celtic).
Out: Alan Martin, goalkeeper (Queen of the South); Gregor Buchanan, defender (St Mirren); Andy Stirling, midfielder (Queen of the South); Darren Barr, defender (retired); Garry Fleming, forward (Alloa Athletic); Mark Docherty, defender (East Fife); Tom Lang, defender (Stranraer). Loan ended: Ross McCrorie, defender (Rangers).
Manager: Stevie Aitken (appointed May 2015)
Last season: 8th
Prediction: 9th
Having missed out on promotion in his first season as Tannadice boss, the pressure is on Ray McKinnon this time as, without Hibs in the division, they have by far the biggest playing budget. With another transfer window behind him, yet more familiar faces have gone and the squad is barely recognisable compared to what he inherited from Mixu Paatelainen.
This summer, he has brought in players who have proven they can perform at this level, or higher, and Scott McDonald, in particular, should be an astute replacement for Hibs-bound Simon Murray despite the Australian striker's advancing years.
James Keatings could be their lucky charm as the striker seeks his fourth promotion in a row with four different clubs after leaving Hibs.
In: Scott McDonald, forward (Motherwell); Tam Scobbie, defender (St Johnstone); Billy King, midfielder (Hearts); Paul Quinn, defender (Ross County); James Keatings, forward (Hibernian); Fraser Fyvie, midfielder (Hibernian); Paul McMullan, midfielder (Celtic); Patrick N'Koyi, forward (Maastricht); Jordie Briels, midfielder (Fortuna Sittard); Deniz Mehmet, goalkeeper (Port Vale). Loan: Harry Lewis, goalkeeper (Southampton); Sam Stanton, midfielder (Hibernian).
Out: Simon Murray, forward (Hibernian); Blair Spittal, midfielder (Partick Thistle); Cammy Bell, goalkeeper (Kilmarnock); Luis Zwick, goalkeeper (Hansa Rostock); Coll Donaldson, defender (Inverness Caledonian Thistle); Sean Dillon, defender (Montrose); Aaron Murrell, forward (Berwick Rangers); Brad Smith, midfielder (Cowdenbeath); Paul Dixon, defender; Charlie Telfer, midfielder; Frank van der Struijk, defender; Wato Kuate, midfielder; Jordan Garden, forward. Loan ended: Tony Andreu, midfielder (Norwich City); Thomas Mikkelsen, forward (Odense); Alex Nicholls, midfielder (Barnet); Brett Long, goalkeeper (Motherwell). Loan: Cammy Ballantyne, defender (Montrose).
Manager: Ray McKinnon (appointed May 2016)
Last season: 3rd
Prediction: 1st
Money is tight at East End Park and the Pars are one of the clubs that have ditched their development squad this season.
They have lost the fleet-of-foot of loan men Paul McMullan and Gavin Reilly, who have ended up at Championship rivals Dundee United and St Mirren respectively. However, striker Declan McManus and midfielder Dean Shiels have both impressed at this level previously and the latter could provide the midfield creativity that the Pars lacked last season.
In: Andy Ryan, forward (Airdrieonians, undisclosed); Dean Shiels, midfielder (Edmonton); Declan McManus, forward (Fleetwood Town); Jean-Yves M'Voto, defender (Raith Rovers); Fraser Aird, midfielder (Falkirk); Aaron Splaine, midfielder (Kilmarnock).
Out: Lewis Spence, midfielder (Dundee); Rhys McCabe, midfielder (Sligo Rovers); Callum Fordyce, defender (Queen of the South); Euan Spark, defender (Brechin City); Michael Moffat, forward (Ayr United); Andy Geggan, midfielder (Ayr United); David Hutton, goalkeeper (Arbroath); Ben Richards-Everton, defender; Reece Duncan, defender; Evan Horne, midfielder; Johnny Galloway, midfielder; Robbie Crawford, midfielder. Loan ended: Paul McMullan, forward (Celtic); Gavin Reilly, forward (Hearts). Loan: Stuart Morrison, defender (Edinburgh City); Brandon Luke, midfielder (Annan Athletic).
Manager: Allan Johnston (appointed May 2015)
Last season: 5th
Prediction: 5th
Bairns boss Peter Houston will again be asked to sustain a title challenge with minimal additions to his squad.
Rory Loy, who was on loan to league rivals St Mirren last season, has come in to replace strikers John Baird and Bob McHugh, who will be in opposition with Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Greenock Morton respectively.
Perhaps more crucially, Houston has lost quality on the left in the shape of Luke Leahy, who has joined Walsall. However, Craig Sibbald signed a new contract after a trial with Luton Town but with no club willing to pay a compensation fee for the young midfielder.
In: Rory Loy, forward (Dundee); Alex Harris, midfielder (Hibernian); David Mitchell, goalkeeper (Dundee); Robbie Mutch, goalkeeper (Aberdeen).
Out: John Baird, forward (Inverness Caledonian Thistle); Bob McHugh, forward (Greenock Morton); Luke Leahy, midfielder (Walsall); Fraser Aird, midfielder (Dunfermline Athletic); David McCracken, defender (Peterhead); Lewis McMinn, goalkeeper (Stenhousemuir); Cameron Eadie, defender (Elgin City); Kyle Johnson, defender; Cameron Eadie, defender. Loan ended: Danny Rogers, goalkeeper (Aberdeen).
Manager: Peter Houston (appointed June 2014)
Last season: 2nd
Prediction: 2nd
Jim Duffy has worked wonders on a limited budget and Morton were up challenging for promotion until fading late last season because of a lack of strength in depth.
Young players from the Premiership on loan have this summer been replaced with tried and trusted Championship performers and Duffy will be hoping that former Falkirk striker Bob McHugh can sustain his League Cup scoring form into the league campaign.
In: Bob McHugh, forward (Falkirk); Gary Harkins, midfielder (Ayr United); Connor McManus, midfielder (Celtic); Jack Iredale, defender (ECU Joondalup). Loan: Ross Doohan, goalkeeper (Celtic).
Out: Kudus Oyenuga, forward (Chelmsford City); Conor Pepper, midfielder; Jon Scullion, midfielder; Jamie McDonagh, forward. Loan ended: Aidan Nesbitt, midfielder (Celtic); Jamie Lindsay, midfielder (Celtic); Lawrence Shankland, forward (Aberdeen); Luke Donnelly, forward (Alloa Athletic); Bryn Halliwell, goalkeeper (Gartcairn).
Manager: Jim Duffy (appointed May 2014)
Last season: 4th
Prediction: 6th
In his second spell as Caley Thistle boss, John Robertson has been to some obscure corners of England and the European mainland to reshape the squad inherited from Richie Foran.
Collin Seedorf is the best known - but only because the defender last with Waalwijk is the nephew of former Dutch international Clarence. Midfielder Riccardo Calder had a previous spell in Scotland with Dundee on loan from Aston Villa, but his last port of call was with Lincoln City in the National League.
Latest signing Connor Bell is an Englishman who has spent the last year in Servette's Under-21 squad after nine goals in 26 games for Rhyl in the Welsh Premier. Meanwhile, it's going to be fun listening to the BBC commentary team get their tongues round the name of fellow striker Felitciano Zschusschen, a Dutch-born Curacao international who was with Saarbrucken in the German third tier.
It may take time for Caley Thistle's coat of many colours to weave its magic in the Scottish Championship, if it ever does.
In: John Robertson, manager; Charlie Trafford, midfielder (RoPS); Zachary Elbouzedi, midfielder (West Bromwich Albion); John Baird, forward (Falkirk); Mark Ridgers, goalkeeper (Partick Thistle); Joe Chalmers, defender (Motherwell); Riccardo Calder, midfielder (Aston Villa); Collin Seedorf, defender (Waalwijk); Coll Donaldson, defender (Dundee United); George Oakley, forward (AFC Wimbledon); Felitciano Zschusschen, forward (Saarbrucken); Connor Bell, forward (Servette); Alex Cooper, midfielder (East Fife). Loan: Matthew Elsdon, defender (Middlesbrough).
Out: Richie Foran, manager; Ross Draper, midfielder (Ross County, £100,000); Greg Tansey, midfielder (Aberdeen); Alex Fisher, forward (Motherwell); Josh Meekings, defender (Dundee); Henri Anier, forward (Lahti); Kevin McNaughton, defender (retired); Louis Laing, defender (Hartlepool United); Scott Boden, forward (Wrexham); Jason Brown, defender (Peterhead); Lewis Horner, defender; Dean Ebbe, forward. Loan ended: Billy Mckay, forward (Wigan Athletic); Billy King, midfielder (Hearts); Larnell Cole, forward (Fulham). Loan: Daniel Hoban, goalkeeper (Brora Rangers); Stephen Foster, goalkeeper (Nairn County); Aidan Wilson, forward (Wick Academy); Alasdair Stark, defender (Wick Academy).
Manager: John Robertson (appointed June 2017)
Last season: 10th, Premiership
Prediction: 3rd
Livingston have added former Motherwell youth Dylan Mackin and Josh Peters, who had a spell with Hibs, as they look to ensure they compensate for the loss of Liam Buchanan, whose 27 strikes last season helped the West Lothian side win League One but who himself stayed in the division with relegated Raith Rovers.
But former Hearts forward Dale Carrick topped the scoring charts as Livi won their League Cup group ahead of Premiership outfit Partick Thistle and Peters, still only 20, was sent back on loan to former club Forfar Athletic, where he scored 16 goals to help the Loons win promotion from League Two last season.
However, the return of veteran former Rangers and Hearts goalkeeper Neil Alexander could be the most significant addition.
In: Neil Alexander, goalkeeper (Aberdeen); Dylan Mackin, forward (Motherwell); Scott Robinson, midfielder (East Fife); Ross Brown, midfielder (East Fife); Josh Peters, forward (Forfar Athletic). Loan: Nikolay Todorov, forward (Hearts). Loan: Joe Thomson, midfielder (Celtic); James Penrice, defender (Partick Thistle).
Out: Sean Crighton, defender (Brechin City); Jordan Sinclair, midfielder (Brechin City); Liam Buchanan, forward (Raith Rovers); Morgyn Neill, defender (Stranraer). Loan ended: Charlie Telfer, midfielder (Dundee United); Craig Halkett, defender (Rangers); Liam Kelly, goalkeeper (Rangers). Loan: Josh Peters, forward (Forfar Athletic).
Head coach: David Hopkin (appointed December 2015)
Last season: 1st, League One
Prediction: 7th
Queens have lost some experienced players, as well as speedy wing man Dom Thomas, who was on loan from Motherwell and has moved to Kilmarnock.
The additions have been mainly young, inexperienced and limited - and new signing Alan Martin, the former Scotland Under-21 goalkeeper, could have another season battling to keep a side clear of relegation trouble rather than realising the Palmerston side's promotion play-off ambitions after his move from league rivals Dumbarton.
In: Alan Martin, goalkeeper (Dumbarton); Callum Fordyce, defender (Dunfermline Athletic); Andy Stirling, midfielder (Dumbarton); Shaun Rooney, defender (York City). Loan: Chris Kane, forward (St Johnstone); Jason Kerr, defender (St Johnstone).
Out: Andy Dowie, defender (Dumbarton); Dale Hilson, forward (St Mirren); Jamie Hamill, midfielder (Stranraer); Chris Higgins, defender (Ayr United); Scott Hooper, defender (Annan Athletic); Aidan Smith, forward (Annan Athletic); Jim Atkinson, goalkeeper (Annan Athletic); Owen Moxon, midfielder (Annan Athletic); Ayrton Sonkur, midfielder (Annan Athletic); Steven Rigg, midfielder; Dean Brotherston, forward; Richard Murray, defender; Jay McInally, defender; Shane Glean, defender; Cameron Copeland, goalkeeper; Sam Henderson, goalkeeper. Loan ended: Dom Thomas, forward (Motherwell); Connor McManus, midfielder (Celtic).
Manager: Gary Naysmith (appointed December 2016)
Last season: 6th
Prediction: 8th
Jack Ross' massive January overhaul finally dragged St Mirren clear of relegation trouble last season and it is not just the recruitment of two Ross Stewarts, both from Albion Rovers, that will have caused more confusion in the dressing room after another summer of personnel changes.
Despite the sale of midfield maestro Stevie Mallan to Barnsley, the Saints will be looking to join the battle at the other end of the table this time and central defender Gregor Buchanan, formerly of league rivals Dumbarton, could be one to blossom from the chance of full-time football.
In: Darryl Duffy, forward (Mohun Bagan); Craig Samson, goalkeeper (Motherwell); Ian McShane, midfielder (Ross County); Gavin Reilly, forward (Hearts); Cammy Smith, forward (Aberdeen); Gregor Buchanan, defender (Dumbarton); Lewis Morrison, forward (Kilmarnock); Harry Davis, defender (Crewe Alexandra, loan to permanent); Dale Hilson, forward (Queen of the South); Jordan Kirkpatrick, midfielder (Alloa Athletic); Ross Stewart, forward (Albion Rovers, undisclosed); Ross Stewart, goalkeeper (Albion Rovers, undisclosed). Loan: Liam Smith, defender (Hearts).
Out: Stephen Mallan, midfielder (Barnsley, undisclosed); Kyle Hutton, midfielder (Dumbarton); Kalvin Orsi, midfielder (Brechin City); Ben Gordon, defender (East Fife); Jordan Stewart, defender (Clyde). Loan ended: Rory Loy, forward (Dundee); Craig Storie, midfielder (Aberdeen). Loan: Nathan Flanagan, midfielder (East Fife).
Manager: Jack Ross (appointed October 2016)
Last season: 7th
Prediction: 4th
The 32-year-old made his name through his scoring feats at Hibernian before signing for Celtic where he played infrequently in his two-year stay.
He returned to Hibernian and had spells in China and with Bristol Rovers before returning to Scotland.
He has been playing as a triallist for East Fife in recent weeks.
The New Bayview side are fourth in Scottish League Two and are aiming for promotion, with the play-offs the most likely route.
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Directed by Jamie Lloyd, the reworking of Christopher Marlowe's play features two new acts by Colin Teevan.
One sees Faustus become a Las Vegas illusionist after he sells his soul to the Devil.
The audience at Monday's gala opening included fellow Game of Thrones actors Alfie Allen and Natalie Dormer.
This is Harington's first stage role since he appeared in the original production of Laura Wade's Posh at the Royal Court in 2010.
In January, the actor told the BBC how he was learning the art of stage illusion for his role.
Here's a round-up of what the critics thought:
You are warned that you are about to see adult material, scenes of a sexual nature, nudity, loud music, smoke, fog and, yes, "bangs". I guess they just forget to mention the rest, which includes a scene in which Kit Harington's rather stylish underpants are turned blood red in the shower. Ladies, you have been warned...
It's all wildly OTT but I must admit I rather liked it.
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This is a very busy production; it's cacophonous and fidgety, occasionally ingenious, often absurd. It never shuts up…
There are an awful lot of bodily fluids. Blood but also spittle, spatter and leakage. Mouths froth. Wounds ooze. Amid all this, Harington is nothing if not game. He drools and moons. He spends a lot of time on stage in his pants.
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The Game of Thrones star looks great in this Marlowe revival but his delivery is stubbornly earthbound, and the production verges on being totally incomprehensible...
It says a lot that the most memorable moment of the night comes not with Faustus's midnight-hour finale, but when Jenna Russell's melancholy Mephistopheles gives a tongue-in-cheek rendition of Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell after the interval. Anyone sensible would have got the hell out before that.
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Doctor Faustus was meant to work like magic: hot actor, hot ticket. Instead, it's just a hot mess.
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The lead actor acquits himself well in the circumstances. Given that he is obliged to bare his buttocks and parade in bloodied boxer shorts, I was tempted to dub him "off-with-your-kit Harington". But he is much more than a TV icon and, when the production allows him, he gives us a sense of Faustus's flailing despair: I'd certainly like to see him venture further into classical theatre.
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However much prolific director Jamie Lloyd and playwright Colin Teevan may have tinkered with Christopher Marlowe's 16th-Century text, at least one thing is certain: Faustus is going to hell.
But even if the last act can't be spoiled, there are still some pleasant surprises to be had from this lively, lusty and irreverent production, which takes aim at celebrity culture, religion, Pope Francis, David Cameron and Barack Obama alike.
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Lloyd is bringing a new generation to the theatre, and deserves credit for that. This is theatre you Blu-Tack to your bedroom walls; Marlowe as a two-hour music video.
The flip side is superficiality, and it often feels as though Lloyd isn't chasing down ideas so much as dressing them up. At best, it's a head rush; at worst, a headache - a jumble of depression and suicide, celebrity cults and internet culture that means this Faustus fails to cohere.
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Doctor Faustus is at the Duke of York's Theatre until 25 June.
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Game of Thrones star Kit Harington has returned to the West End stage in a play that gives a modern twist to 16th Century drama Doctor Faustus.
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The 24-hour industrial action is part of an ongoing dispute over staffing and the role of conductors on driver-only operated trains.
A strike planned for 4 April on Southern routes was moved to 8 April after the company offered fresh talks.
Saturday's strike will be the 31st day of action in the year-long dispute.
Southern said it planned to provide "almost its entire normal Saturday timetable".
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Talks between the RMT union and Southern's parent company, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) were held on Tuesday to try to find a breakthrough to the bitter dispute.
However, RMT leader Mick Cash told his members: "Regrettably there have been no specific proposals from Southern to justify suspending the industrial action.
"I have informed Southern that we are available at any time for further meaningful talks to resolve this very difficult dispute.
"In the meantime, I urge you to continue your outstanding support and solidarity and stand shoulder to shoulder with your colleagues during the industrial action."
The move followed rejection of a proposed agreement by members of the drivers' union Aslef, who have been holding separate strikes over the same issue.
Aslef leaders and Southern are due to meet again to try to find a solution which is acceptable to drivers.
Members of the RMT will also strike on Saturday at Merseyrail and Arriva Trains North in similar disputes.
The action will affect people travelling to the Grand National at Aintree.
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A strike by the RMT on Southern rail will go ahead on Saturday after "no specific proposals" were put forward by the company in talks, the union said.
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A major search and rescue operation was launched on Wednesday evening after Mr Ahmed was reported missing.
It is understood the teenager was with friends who attempted to rescue him when he got into difficulty in the water.
Police Scotland said its thoughts were with Mr Ahmed's family.
Mr Giggs was granted the injunction in April 2011 after a 14 April article in the Sun on an unnamed player's alleged affair with model Imogen Thomas.
Despite the order, Mr Giggs was widely identified. The High Court heard that he had now consented to being named.
It is considering whether he can sue the Sun for alleged breach of privacy.
Mr Giggs had been granted an injunction on the basis that TV presenter Ms Thomas appeared to have been trying to blackmail him.
However, the 2003 Miss Wales and former Big Brother contestant took legal action against him and, in December 2011, Mr Giggs accepted that she had not been blackmailing him.
In court on Tuesday, Mr Giggs's lawyer - Hugh Tomlinson QC - said the injunction that had been supposed to stop his client being identified as the subject of the Sun's story had been breached by thousands of people on the internet.
Mr Tomlinson said there had been "large scale and continued breaches of the order by a number of malign individuals" who had put his client's name in the public domain.
Mr Giggs, a former Welsh international who has played for Manchester United for 20 years, was widely identified on social networking sites and in a Scottish newspaper.
In May, Lib Dem MP John Hemming also named Mr Giggs during an urgent Commons question on privacy orders.
Using parliamentary privilege to break the court order, he said it would not be practical to imprison the 75,000 Twitter users who had named the player.
Mr Tomlinson said his client was claiming damages from the Sun for the subsequent re-publication of information in other newspapers and on the internet.
"He has suffered damage and distress by the chain of events that has been set off by the publication of the article in the Sun," he said.
"We say the printing of information on the front page of a national newspaper can give rise to an action for misuse of private information."
Mr Tomlinson said the Sun article had "generated a large media storm" and that the damages claim was about "providing effective protection" for Mr Giggs's right to privacy under the European Convention on Human Rights.
For News Group Newspapers - which publishes the Sun - Richard Spearman QC said the newspaper had behaved "entirely properly".
He said the original account of the affair published in the Sun was an "extremely generalized and anodyne" account.
"We didn't identify him. We didn't intend to identify him," he said. "On the damages for publication, it is dead in the water, this case."
Mr Spearman said the Sun had informed Mr Giggs about the article before it was published, giving him an opportunity to seek an injunction.
He said legal action had been "spun along for a long, long time", but Mr Tomlinson said that allegation was "wholly without foundation".
After hearing legal arguments at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Mr Justice Tugendhat reserved his decision on whether the case should go to trial.
It is one of the biggest donations by a businessman towards easing a humanitarian crisis which has left more than two million people homeless.
Some Nigerian businessmen have been accused of failing to fulfil pledges made to the government last year.
However, an official told the BBC Mr Dangote had kept previous promises.
Nigeria's government is urging people to return to areas recaptured from the militant Islamist group.
A leaked World Bank report estimates that about 30% of 3.2 million private homes have been destroyed in the state, which has been worst-affected by the insurgency in north-eastern Nigeria.
Prominent Nigerian cleric Bishop Mike Bamidele said that churches had also been destroyed, and the government should help rebuild them, Nigeria's privately owned This Day newspaper reports.
Mr Dangote, who has an estimated fortune of $17bn, announced the donation while visiting refugee camps in Borno state with its governor Kashim Shettima on Monday.
Welcoming the donation, Mr Shettima said: "Our people are in dire straits and there is only so much that we can do with our limited resources."
Mr Dangote said his main priority was to help curb malnutrition and hunger in the camps, and to then create education and job opportunities for people.
"This is not the first time I am coming here and it will not be the last," Mr Dangote said, adding that he had previously donated about $6m to tackle the humanitarian crisis in Borno and two other north-eastern states affected by the insurgency, the This Day newspaper reports.
Usman Kumo, media assistant to Borno's governor, told the BBC Hausa service that as far as he was aware Mr Dangote had fulfilled his previous promises.
The north-east in extremely under-developed, with Boko Haram exploiting high levels of unemployment to recruit young fighters.
Some 17,000 people have been killed by the insurgency.
In December, Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari said the militants had been "technically defeated".
However, the group has continued to carry out suicide bombings, and attacks in north-eastern Nigeria and neighbouring Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
Boko Haram is affiliated to the Islamic State group, and says it is fighting to establish a caliphate in the region.
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The first minister had called for an independence referendum to be held in the autumn of 2018 or spring of 2019.
But Ms Sturgeon told Holyrood she would now delay her plans to introduce legislation for a referendum.
However, she later said it was still "likely" a referendum would be held by 2021.
Ms Sturgeon has been considering her options since the SNP lost 21 seats in the election earlier this month.
She said the Scottish government would delay its proposed referendum legislation until at least the autumn of next year - although it would still need the permission of the UK government for a legally binding vote to be held.
In the meantime, she said she would "redouble" her efforts to secure the best possible Brexit deal for Scotland, and to keep the country in the European single market.
Ms Sturgeon stressed that she continued to be "strongly committed" to Scotland having a choice on its future at the end of the Brexit process.
And the first minister later told journalists she believed it was still "likely" there will be a second referendum on independence during the lifetime of the current Scottish Parliament, which is due to last until 2021.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May had earlier urged Ms Sturgeon to take the possibility of a second referendum off the table completely.
And Unionist opposition parties in the Scottish Parliament claimed Ms Sturgeon had not gone far enough, and that "nothing has changed".
The pro-independence Scottish Greens urged the SNP leader not to retreat on her referendum bid, and to "continue fighting" for another vote on the issue.
Ms Sturgeon has previously said that the prospect of an independence referendum was a factor in the election result, which saw her party's share of the vote drop from 50% to 37%.
However, the SNP remained by far the largest party in Scotland after winning 35 of the country's 59 seats at Westminster.
Anyone waiting to declare that Nicola Sturgeon has been forced to do a U-turn over her plans for a second independence referendum will have been sorely disappointed today.
She has been forced to backtrack on the timing. The first minister is no longer insisting that any independence vote takes place before the UK leaves in EU in March 2019.
But she has told the BBC that there could still be another referendum before the end of this Scottish Parliamentary term in 2021.
In the parliamentary chamber this afternoon she said had listened to voters and reflected on the result.
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Ms Sturgeon said she had repeatedly been told during "hundreds" of conversations since the election that people were worried about the uncertainty caused by Brexit, and wanted a break from making big political decisions.
The first minister said people also wanted greater clarity about the implications of Brexit to emerge, and that it was "too soon right now" to make a decision about a referendum.
And she said people wanted the Scottish government to "focus as hard as we can on securing the best possible outcome for Scotland".Ms Sturgeon argued that the general election and the "weakness" of the UK government had "reopened the possibility, however narrow, of averting a hard Brexit and maintaining membership of the single market".
She added: "I want to reassure people that our proposal is not for a referendum now, or before there is sufficient clarity about the options.
"But rather to give them a choice at the end of the Brexit process, when that clarity has emerged.
"I am therefore confirming today that having listened and reflected, the Scottish government will reset the plan I set out on 13 March.
"We will not seek to introduce the legislation for an independence referendum immediately. Instead we will, in good faith, redouble our efforts and put our shoulders to the wheel in seeking to influence the Brexit talks in a way that protects Scotland's interests."
Nicola Sturgeon intends to focus upon securing the best possible deal from Brexit for Scotland. She believes, further, that such a mission is made more feasible by a UK Government weakened by the absence of a single party majority.
So what has changed, in practice, as opposed to rhetorically?
Not, you understand, that the UK Government and the Conservative Party regarded the demand as urgent in the first place. The Scottish Secretary David Mundell has said not now, almost certainly not within the lifetime of the present Holyrood Parliament.
Ruth Davidson, the Scottish Tory leader, has come within a whisker of saying "not ever" - although, to be clear, she retains the option of indyref2 returning at some point.
So, one, the indyref2 Bill is shelved. Two, the Section 30 request is also on ice. But, three, the First Minister intends to return to the topic once Brexit negotiations conclude which she anticipates should be in Autumn 2018.
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The Scottish government will also work to build "maximum support" across the UK for the proposals it set out at the end of 2016 - which argued for both the UK and Scotland to remain part of the European single market with "substantial new powers" for Holyrood.
She challenged the other parties at Holyrood to back her calls for Scottish government ministers to be "at the table" for Brexit negotiations.
And she added that when negotiations with the EU are complete and "when the terms of Brexit will be clearer", ministers would come back to the Scottish Parliament to "set out our judgment on the best way forward at that time".
Ms Sturgeon said this statement, which is likely to happen next autumn, would also set out the Scottish government's view on "the precise timescale for offering people a choice over the country's future".
She said independence "may well be the only way to protect Scotland from the impact of Brexit" but insisted the case for independence "goes far beyond that".
"We must persuade the majority in Scotland of that. We have not done that yet but I have no doubt that we can," she added.
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said Ms Sturgeon had failed to give people any assurance that she has been listening to them since the election.
Arguing that the first minister was "in denial" and "leaking credibility", the Tory leader added: "Her response hasn't been to reflect.
"It has been simply to lash out at the UK government at every opportunity and to sing the same old songs in the same old tune.
"She now claims to be putting the referendum to one side. She should just give the country some certainty and take it off the table for the rest of this parliament at least."
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said: "The truth is the threat of an unwanted second independence referendum is dead and this didn't happen because Nicola Sturgeon wanted it to, the people of Scotland have taken that decision for her.
"The first minister is digging her heels in, putting her fingers in her ears and pressing on regardless. She is just not listening."
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said Ms Sturgeon's "long hard think" had led her to conclude that she should call another independence referendum at a time of her choosing.
He said: "The people spoke loud and clear at the general election that they did not want another divisive independence referendum. She should listen."
Uber was sued in 2014 after it claimed its vetting process was better than systems traditional minicab firms used.
But district attorneys in San Francisco and Los Angeles said Uber's very public statement it was "the gold standard" for safety was misleading.
Uber said it had dealt with many of the concerns in the case, and said settling was not an admission of any wrongdoing.
Unlike traditional cab companies, Uber does not require a fingerprint check that could uncover prior convictions.
Instead, Uber uses different criminal databases to vet its drivers, with data going back seven years.
As part of the settlement, Uber has said it would no longer use the terms such as "safest drive on the road" in its advertising.
But the BBC understands the company would not be adding fingerprint checks to its process.
The firm stressed that it felt no driver vetting system could ever be "100% safe".
Prosecutors said Uber had failed to prevent 25 people with criminal convictions from becoming drivers, including several sex offenders and a convicted murderer.
"Accidents and incidents do happen," the company said in a statement on Thursday.
"That's why we need to ensure that the language used to describe safety at Uber is clear and precise."
One of those language changes has included renaming its "safe ride fee" as a "booking fee".
"We're glad to put this case behind us and excited to redouble our efforts serving riders and drivers across the state of California," it added.
The company also agreed it would only operate at Californian airports where it had explicit permission to do so, and make airport surcharges clearer.
Uber will make the $10m payment within 60 days which will be split evenly between authorities in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
If the company fails to keep to the agreement outlined in the settlement it will be forced to pay an additional $15m in two years.
"The result we achieved today goes well beyond its impact on Uber,'' said San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón.
"It sends a clear message to all businesses, and to startups in particular, that in the quest to quickly obtain market share, laws designed to protect consumers cannot be ignored.''
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Owners Yorkshire Building Society (YBS), the UK's second largest mutual, said it would close 28 N&P branches and 20 YBS branches this year.
Customers who want to continue operating a current account will have to find a new bank or building society.
A total of 440 jobs are at risk as a result of the overhaul.
The N&P customers will be contacted and told of their options before their accounts are closed on 31 August 2017, as the YBS concentrates on savings and mortgages.
The announcement comes a year after YBS embarked on a separate rebranding and branch closure programme, in which N&P was unaffected.
On Tuesday, HSBC said it was closing an additional 62 branches this year owing to the growth of mobile and internet banking.
YBS has grown strongly in the past decade after merging with several other societies following the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009.
It took over the Barnsley building society in 2008, the Chelsea building society in 2010, and then the N&P in 2011.
The N&P's finances had been damaged by a huge £51m compensation bill, after the society was found to have mis-sold high-risk investment polices to 3,300 of its customers on behalf of the now defunct investment firm Keydata.
The Barnsley and the Chelsea were rebranded under the YBS name last year and now the same will happen to the N&P.
"We continually review all areas of the business to ensure we remain focused on what our members require while utilising their money as effectively as possible," said Mike Regnier, chief executive of YBS.
"The driving forces behind the proposed branch closures are shifts in market conditions and an increasing desire among customers to transact digitally rather than on the High Street.
"We therefore no longer believe it is the right commercial position for us to continue to maintain these 48 branches across the N&P and Yorkshire network."
The Hang Seng closed down 742.37 points or 3.85% to 18,545.80.
Markets in China remained closed for a longer New Year break. Those markets that were open in the region over the past days had all seen hefty losses.
Japanese shares had tumbled in to bear territory after a two-day rout, but the Nikkei is closed on Thursday for a national holiday.
The continuing concern over the global economy and China's slowing growth was confirmed by US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen in a speech to Congress on Wednesday.
She warned that financial conditions in the US had recently become "less supportive of growth", while China's "unclear" currency policy was fuelling global stock market volatility.
"This uncertainty led to increased volatility in global financial markets and, against the background of persistent weakness abroad, exacerbated concerns about the outlook for global growth."
While she said she was confident, China's economy was not facing a "hard landing", Ms Yellen said the overall uncertainty created by the world's second-largest economy was behind some of the steep falls in global commodity prices, which in turn were creating stress for exporting nations.
South Korean shares also resumed trade after the new year break and joined the regional downward trend.
Seoul's Kospi fell sharply by 2.9% to close at 1,861.54 points, after retreating as much as 3.1%, its biggest percentage loss since May 2012.
Car makers were among the worst hit as fresh data showed that vehicle exports dropped by almost 20% in January, because of falling demand in emerging markets.
Hyundai, Kia and Ssangyong all lost around 2%.
Australian shares, though, managed to edge higher on Thursday, providing some relief after two days of losses.
The ASX/200 closed 1% higher at 4,821.10 points after losing more than 4% since the beginning of the month.
Before the market opened, the Virgin Australia airline reported a swing back to half-yearly profit after cutting costs and profiting from lower fuel prices.
"All fundamental business metrics are in place for the group to report a profit for the 2016 financial year," Virgin chief executive officer John Borghetti said in a statement.
The forecast of full-year profitability comes after two years of net losses.
However, investors seem to have expected better results and remain cautious about the airline's prospects.
Virgin Australia shares fell by more than 6% throughout the day.
Rupert Murdoch will become executive co-chairman, along with his other son Lachlan, who is currently co-chairman.
The 84-year-old said in a statement that his sons would "strive to take our company to new levels of growth".
The current president, Chase Carey, will act as executive vice-president until June 2016.
Rupert Murdoch is still expected to have the final say in decisions at the company, which owns the broadcaster Fox News as well as the 20th Century Fox film studio.
It was split off from Mr Murdoch's less profitable newspaper business, News Corporation, two years ago.
"It has always been our priority to ensure stable, long-term leadership for the company, and these appointments achieve that goal," Rupert Murdoch said.
"Lachlan and James are each talented and accomplished executives and together, we, as shareholders and partners, will strive to take our company to new levels of growth and opportunity at a time of dynamic change in our industry," he added.
Lachlan Murdoch, 43, and James Murdoch, 42, said in a joint statement they were both "humbled" by the opportunity to lead the company with their father and the executive team.
Mr Carey, a respected media executive, has been president and chief operating officer since 2009.
It is thought that his continued presence on the board will reassure investors.
Shares in 21st Century Fox have fallen almost 13% since the start of this year, but are more than 100% higher than in June 2010.
Glasgow Looking Glass, first published in 1825, is at the centre of the Comic Invention exhibition at the University of Glasgow's Hunterian Gallery.
Among other exhibits is The Adventures Of Obadiah Oldbuck, which is the earliest US comic, dating from 1842.
And the more recent titles on show include Scooby Doo and Batman.
The comics sit along side work by Glasgow artist Frank Quitely, Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein - to highlight their wider influence on art.
Prof Laurence Grove, lead academic for Comic Invention, said: "This is a unique exhibition.
"For the first time, comics are being put on an equal footing alongside artworks by the likes of Rembrandt and Warhol, and that is where they belong."
The university believe Glasgow Looking Glass, printed by John Watson and Co, is the world's oldest comic.
The first edition took a satirical look at the city and poked fun at political issues and the fashion of the day.
The title later changed to the Northern Looking Glass and ceased publishing in June 1826, but its run influenced more publications like Punch which became national institutions.
Dion McLeish was arrested at Dens Park stadium on Wednesday night after widespread disturbances in the Bob Shankly stand.
The 19-year-old denied the charge at Dundee Sheriff Court.
Sheriff Elizabeth Munro set a trial date for March, and banned the teenager from attending any of Celtic's away matches before then.
Following the game, Dundee FC officials said the scenes at the game were a "throwback to the 70s" and that fans and stewards were abused as Celtic supporters fought among themselves.
Celtic have apologised over their fans' behaviour, and vowed to identify all involved.
Mr McLeish, from Clydebank, is accused of engaging in offensive behaviour which was "likely to incite public disorder".
He is alleged to have "sang a song in support of a proscribed terrorist organisation" during the match.
The 19-year-old was one of four fans arrested at the match, with a further supporter being reported to the procurator fiscal.
He pled not guilty to a charge brought under section 1(1) of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012.
Fiscal depute Lynne Mannion asked the court to ban Mr McLeish from all matches ahead of a trial date in the New Year.
But Jack Brown, defending, said his client had paid £500 for a Celtic season ticket this year and would lose out if he was banned from all games.
It comes after the Sun, owned by Mr Murdoch, became the first UK newspaper to publish the images of the prince, taken in Las Vegas.
Mr Murdoch used his Twitter account to voice his support for Harry.
The culture secretary said he did not think it was in the public interest for the Sun to publish the photographs.
News International owner Mr Murdoch wrote: "Prince Harry. Give him a break. He may be on the public payroll one way or another, but the public loves him, even to enjoy Las Vegas."
More than 850 complaints have been made to the press watchdog about the photographs.
Nearly all concern invasion of privacy and will be investigated by the Press Complaints Commission in due course.
On Friday, the Sun published the photographs under the headline "Heir it is". The paper added: "Pic of naked Harry you've already seen on the internet."
It argued that printing the images was in the public interest and a "crucial" test of the country's free press.
Sun managing editor David Dinsmore said it would have been "perverse" not to publish the pictures, which "are now in the public domain in every country in the world".
Jeremy Hunt told the BBC: "We have a free press and I don't think it's right for politicians to tell newspaper editors what they can and can't publish, that must be a matter for newspaper editors.
"I just hope that people won't remember this but they'll remember the good work that Prince Harry has done."
The decision by British newspapers not to publish the pictures despite their publication elsewhere had prompted a debate about the impact the Leveson Inquiry was having on press behaviour.
Former News of the World executive editor Neil Wallis said it showed British newspapers had been "neutered".
The inquiry was set up to investigate the practices and ethics of the press following the phone-hacking scandal.
Ex-Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott said the Sun had shown "absolute utter contempt" for the law and the Leveson Inquiry.
Former Sun editor Kelvin Mackenzie told Newsnight that in his opinion the decision to publish the pictures could not have been made without Mr Murdoch's consent.
The pictures emerged from a private weekend the prince spent with friends. The two photos of the prince and a naked woman in a hotel room are believed to have been taken on a camera phone on 17 August.
They first appeared on US website TMZ earlier this week, which reported that he had been in a group playing "strip billiards".
Chris Coleman will name a provisional 28-man squad on Monday before a pre-tournament training camp in the Algarve in Portugal begins on 23 May.
Cotterill, 28, scored in Birmingham's 1-1 draw at Cardiff on Saturday, his second goal in three games.
"I've hit form at the right time and hopefully I'll make the squad that goes to the Euros," Cotterill said.
"I want to be in the 23 and first and foremost you've got to be in that initial squad that he's [Coleman] going to name."
Coleman will announce his 23-man squad for the European Championship finals in France on Tuesday, 31 May, with five players cut from the provisional squad.
Forward Gareth Bale missed Real Madrid's crucial La Liga home game against Valencia on Sunday because of a knee strain.
Midfielder Joe Ledley limped off during Crystal Palace's 2-1 win over Stoke City.
There are also concerns over midfielder David Vaughan and defender Adam Mathews, who have been suffering with hamstring injuries.
Vaughan has not featured in Nottingham Forest's last three games while Matthews, on loan from Sunderland, has not played in Bristol City's last two games.
Cotterill started in Wales' 1-1 friendly draw against Northern Ireland on 24 March and was an unused substitute in the 1-0 defeat in Ukraine four days later.
The Cardiff-born player missed two months earlier in the season after suffering a knee injury but has been pleased with his recent performances.
"When I first came back from my injury it took me a while to get going again," Cotterill added.
"It was important that my form was good for Birmingham to give me an opportunity."
Cotterill's Birmingham City manager Gary Rowett believes the former Wigan Athletic and Swansea City player deserves his place in Wales' Euro squad.
"He's probably our most naturally athletic player getting up and down the pitch," Rowett said.
"He's come into tremendous form and been fantastic for us.
"Part of that is his desperation to be in the Wales squad and he's unashamedly told me that. I sincerely hope he does."
The ferry struck the Hythe Pier, in Hampshire, damaging its wheelhouse, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said.
Coastguards were called at around 21:20 BST on Friday and sent rescue teams from Southampton and Lymington.
Three people were treated at the scene for minor injuries. The Marine Accident Investigation Branch has been notified.
Passenger Olivia Pearce said she heard somebody shouting "brace, brace" before the ferry "ploughed into the pier".
She said: "The wheelhouse completely collapsed and bits of it fell into itself. That's when we realised that actually not only had we overshot the jetty but we'd crashed into the pier and we were underneath it."
The incident involved the Hythe ferry, which runs a twice hourly shuttle service between Town Quay, in Southampton, and Hythe Pier.
According to the ferry's owners, White Horse Ferries, the vessel became wedged beneath the pier and the wheelhouse on top of the ferry was severely damaged.
Those treated at the scene received minor neck and back injuries.
Southampton Vessel Traffic Services, Hampshire Police, Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service, and South Central Ambulance Service were also involved in the rescue.
The singing of "narcocorridos" at live events has been banned by Chihuahua state law since 2011.
Los Tigres del Norte, one of Mexico's most well-known bands, will have to pay $27,000 (£20,800).
"We can't allow this kind of veneration" of drug trafficking, Chihuahua's mayor said.
Los Tigres del Norte have a wide repertoire of songs about criminals and drug traffickers, such as Jefe de jefes (Boss of bosses), La reina del sur (Queen of the South) and El avión de la muerte (The plane of death).
They were performing at the Santa Rita festival in Chihuahua on the weekend.
Despite the state ban on performing "narcocorridos", they played one of their earliest songs, Contrabando y traición (Contraband and betrayal).
The wheels of their car were stuffed full of bad weed
They were Emilio Varela and Camelia, the Texan
She was a woman with a big heart
One of those who, when she loves a man,
Is willing to give his life for him
But better watch out if you cross her
Betrayal and contraband don't go well together
The song is about a waitress who meets a man smuggling "bad weed" across the border to the United States.
While in the end the smuggler is killed by the waitress for cheating on her with another woman, the waitress gets away with the money and murder.
Chihuahua Mayor María Eugenia Campos told a local newspaper that she would not allow drug trafficking to be glorified.
It is not the first time Los Tigres del Norte have got into trouble with the Chihuahua authorities.
In 2012, they were fined and banned from playing in the state after they performed their most well-known song, La reina del sur, which recounts the exploits of a female drug dealer.
It is not clear when that ban was lifted.
Mr Clarke, 58, was unconscious when the bin lorry veered out of control and hit pedestrians on 22 December 2014.
The inquiry has now heard he reported bouts of dizziness in 1976, fainted at work while a lorry driver in 1989 and suffered dizziness for months in 1994.
His own GP was unaware he allegedly fainted at the wheel of a bus in 2010.
The Crown Office has already concluded that there will be no criminal prosecution over the crash, with senior lawyers deeming it a "tragic accident".
In a statement on Friday, the prosecution service said Mr Clarke was unconscious when the bin lorry veered out of control in Glasgow city centre "and therefore not in control of his actions".
The Crown Office statement said Mr Clarke did not "have the necessary criminal state of mind required for a criminal prosecution".
It also said that all the relevant evidence was known to the Crown counsel at the time the decision to take no proceedings was made.
The eighth day of the Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI), which is being overseen by Sheriff John Beckett QC at Glasgow Sheriff Court, has been hearing more details of Mr Clarke's medical history.
The inquiry has previously heard that he allegedly suffered a blackout at the wheel of a First Bus vehicle on 7 April 2010 and that this information was not disclosed by Mr Clarke when he joined Glasgow City Council in 2011.
During cross-examination of Glasgow City Council human resources manager Geraldine Ham, it emerged that Mr Clarke's own GP was unaware that he allegedly passed out at the wheel of a bus.
Dorothy Bain QC, who is representing the bereaved Morton family, produced records of Mr Clarke's appointment with Dr Gerard McKaig at Baillieston Health Centre.
These stated that Mr Clarke told his GP he had lost consciousness at the First Bus depot canteen. They make no mention of fainting at the wheel of a bus.
Mr Clarke is reported as saying that he was in a hot environment in the canteen and that he felt slightly disorientated for a short period and was then fine. There were no warning signs.
The medical notes said that paramedics attended and Mr Clarke was advised the incident was "vasovagal" - a heart-related condition that can cause fainting.
Ms Bain also brought forward medical information which stated that Mr Clarke reported episodes of dizziness in 1976.
His records show a vasovagal (fainting) attack in 1989 at work, when he was employed by Tennent Caledonian Breweries as a lorry driver.
In 1987, when he was working as a bus driver, he sought a medical note because of a nervous condition.
In 1994 he reported recurring dizziness over an 18-month period to his GP.
The FAI heard that he was told not to drive in 2003 as he was complaining of dizziness. It is understood that he was working as an oil tanker driver at this time.
The medical notes also show that he was off work with stress in November 2009.
Ms Ham told the inquiry that the council was unaware of any of this medical history.
Ms Bain put it to Ms Ham: "On analysis, the bond of trust between the council and Mr Clarke is non-existent. He should never have been employed by council."
Ms Ham agrees that Mr Clarke would never have been employed by the council if he had told the truth about his medical history on his application form and medical declarations.
The witness also agreed with Ms Bain's assertion that six people would not have died and no-one would be at the inquiry if Mr Clarke had told the truth.
Earlier, the FAI heard that Mr Clarke was suspended from his previous employer, First Bus, in December 2010 and started work with Glasgow City Council on 5 January 2011.
Mr Clarke's First Bus employee exit form stated that there were no issues with his attendance, performance or conduct and he was suitable for re-engagement with the company.
The inquiry was also told that the council could not locate any references from Mr Clarke's previous employers on his personnel file but an email was located stating that the authority was "satisfied" with the references given.
The FAI heard that Mr Clarke had filled out a medical questionnaire as part of his application to the council, but this could not be found either.
In a health assessment for the council in 2010 he declared one period of sickness, totalling seven days, in the previous two years.
The court heard that his First Bus employment record showed a total of 33 days absence in the previous two years.
Ms Ham told the inquiry that withholding relevant information could have led to a job offer being withdrawn.
Signature Living wants to turn the Grade II*-listed building into a hotel.
The plan has not been without its detractors - MP Stephen Doughty called for an inquiry and the Victorian Society said it was "unacceptable".
Cardiff council's planning committee voted to approve the application to change the use of the building to a hotel, subject to conditions.
The decision does not extend to any building work, which will be discussed at a later date.
Developers said the 200-suite hotel would create about 100 jobs during construction and a further 60 once it opened.
Signature Living founder Lawrence Kenwright welcomed the decision, adding the firm would be on site "within the next couple of weeks".
"After years of dereliction and decay, the Coal Exchange will once again become an outstanding landmark building for the people of Cardiff and a truly first-class hotel, conferencing and major events venue," he said.
Other plans for the development include function rooms, a restaurant and bar and a spa.
It is expected to take about 18 months to compete the work and the venue would also host weddings and conferences.
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The former England fly-half says despite suggestions of a change in style, the English will play to their traditional strengths.
"Parity in the scrum for Scotland should see England have to play away from the scrum a little bit."
"But ultimately, despite all the talk about change, England will try to bully Scotland," Grayson said.
The Scots have not beaten England since 2008, and have won only one opening fixture in 16 seasons of Six Nations rugby.
They did show signs of improvement at last year's World Cup, however, where they fell agonisingly short of a momentous quarter-final upset against Australia.
Grayson, who won 32 caps between 1995 and 2004, says England will be expecting a tougher test than they have received against Scotland for several years.
"Scotland have shown in the World Cup and the work they've done under Vern Cotter it's not smoke and mirrors," the former Northampton Saints man told BBC Scotland.
"They've got a very good squad. They've got young players that are playing together and winning together with Glasgow's success in the Pro12.
"So it is a credible threat from Scotland, it's not just a war of words. England will be nervous."
Eubank, 27, defends his IBO world title against the 37-year-old German at Wembley Arena on 15 July.
WBA champion George Groves and Britons Callum Smith and Jamie Cox are among eight super-middleweights already entered in the Super Series tournament.
Smith sacrificed a WBC world title shot against Anthony Dirrell to take part.
The winner of the knockout event will earn a share of $50m (£38m) and take the Muhammad Ali trophy.
But they will have to negotiate quarter-finals in September, semi-finals in January and a May final in a tournament which organisers say will "change the world of boxing."
If contestants meet a current world title holder during the tournament, belts will also be on the line.
"It would be great to fight George Groves and to take his title away from him but let´s see what the draw in Monaco brings," said Eubank.
A cruiserweight tournament will run alongside the super-middleweight competition and as all four cruiserweight world champions are taking part, the division should have an undisputed champion by May.
Abraham believes the Super Series represents "the Champions League of boxing". He holds a record of 46 wins from 51 fights and is a former two-weight world champion, while Eubank has just one defeat in 24 bouts.
Both will know their potential Super Series quarter-final opponent on Saturday when the draw takes place in Monte Carlo.
North Wales Police was called to reports of a disturbance in the Woodland Road West area of Colwyn Bay at 02:30 BST on Saturday.
A local man, 23, was taken to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd with serious injuries before being transferred to hospital in Stoke.
A Llandudno Junction man, 18, and a 27-year-old, from Mochdre, will appear before Llandudno magistrates on Monday.
The pair, who were both charged with attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, have been remanded in custody.
Police said the man in hospital is in a stable condition.
Det Insp Jackie Downes said: "We would like to thank those members of the community who have assisted us so far, and we continue to appeal to anybody who may have information in relation to this incident to contact us."
Ibrahim Hassan, 28, also known as Abu Nusaybah, was arrested after speaking to the BBC's Newsnight in May 2013.
Hassan was charged along with Shah Hussain, 31.
After pleading guilty in a hearing at the Old Bailey, the pair will be sentenced on 2 May.
Hassan, of Carr Road, Walthamstow, and Hussain, of Cannon Street Road, Whitechapel, were remanded in custody.
While appearing on Newsnight, Hassan claimed one of Fusilier Rigby's killers, Michael Adebolajo, had been offered a job by MI5.
The judge Nicholas Hilliard QC ordered reports be prepared on both defendants to assess their attitude to the offences and their risk of reoffending.
He warned them they faced jail for the offence of encouraging terrorism on or before 24 May last year - two days after the soldier was murdered.
The charge of disseminating a terrorist publication, which both admitted, related to an audio file of a speech called The Dust Will Never Settle by the deceased radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.
Hassan had previously admitted encouraging terrorism related to five video lectures entitled In Pursuit of Allah's Governance on the Earth and Hussain had pleaded guilty to promoting to a video lecture entitled Signs of a Good Death in Islam.
Hassan's lawyer Mozammel Hossain told the court his client had already been in custody for eight months and it had been "a time of reflection".
But prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones told the court that a previous conviction was an aggravating factor in the case.
He said the pair made speeches at a mosque in Regent's Park in 2004, leading to Hassan being convicted of inciting terrorism and Hussain of fund-raising for terrorism abroad.
The prosecution agreed to allow remaining counts to lie on file.
Last month Michael Adebolajo, 29, was found guilty of murdering Fusilier Rigby outside Woolwich Barracks last May and is currently serving a whole-life sentence.
Michael Adebowale, 22, is serving a life sentence for the murder, with a minimum term of 45 years.
Counting continued on Wednesday in electorates where the result has been too close to call.
The Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) says the government has won 71 seats in the lower house and could reach an absolute majority of 76.
The close result surprised many analysts, who thought the coalition would retain key marginal seats.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said he accepts responsibility for the government's mediocre performance, with more than 20 coalition MPs losing their seats at the poll. He said that disillusionment with mainstream parties was also partly to blame.
The ABC's election analyst, Antony Green, says the government will win 73 seats at minimum and will hold more seats than the opposition Labor Party.
Postal votes favoured the government during Wednesday's counting.
Results in a number of electorates are extremely tight. In one seat, Queensland's Forde, the Liberal candidate leads by just 94 votes. Others may not be declared until next week.
If the coalition does not win 76 seats, it faces a "hung parliament" and will need to do a deal with independent crossbenchers to form government.
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The coalition would likely attempt to do a deal with Queensland rural MP Bob Katter, a former National Party member. It would also seek support from the Nick Xenophon Team's newly elected MP Rebekha Sharkie, a former Liberal Party staffer.
Labor is unlikely to have the numbers to form a minority government.
Australia has had five prime ministers in the past six years. The poor showing during the coalition's re-election campaign has led to speculation about Mr Turnbull's position.
"It's too early for definitive judgments … it will take time to absorb the learnings from the campaign," he told a press conference in Sydney.
"I want to make it quite clear that as Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal party I take full responsibility for our campaign.
"There is no doubt that there is disillusion with the mainstream parties and we respect that."
Some MPs have accused Mr Turnbull of running a poor campaign and opposition leader Bill Shorten has repeatedly called on the prime minister to step down.
Adam Reed went close for Pompey while Patrick Agyemang, one of three debutants, headed wide from six yards.
But Lewis Grabban, who had earlier hit the crossbar with a header, swept in Josh McQuoid's pass for the Cherries.
Marc Pugh made sure of victory for his side when he latched on to Brett Pitman's pass and slotted home.
Portsmouth are now second from bottom, 11 points adrift of safety.
Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe told BBC Radio Solent:
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"We prepared for it all week, we knew what type of game it would be, and full credit to Portsmouth because they came here with the game plan that we expected. Even though you know it's coming it's still difficult to conquer it and to break them down was difficult, I thought they defended really well."
On the build-up to the first goal: "I thought Josh [McQuoid] played a really big part in it, and then Grabbs [Lewis Grabban] had a lot of time to wait and to pick his spot but he's done that very well for us. A really important goal, that one."
On being on 55 points, one point off top spot: "That's good to know, good to hear. We're taking it a step at a time. It's a big victory today - it was the same three points available today as it was last week and everyone had us down as a home banker and that's never easy. We had a lot of pressure on us and I thought the players adapted very well to that."
Portsmouth caretaker manager Guy Whittingham told BBC Radio Solent:
"You're not pleased when you lose, but I'm pleased with the effort we put in and the discipline we showed the majority of the time.
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"We just lost that little bit second half where we just started coming into the game and causing them some problems defensively.
"We went a little bit too far forward and lost our discipline at the back and got caught out.
"It's a huge achievement for us to be competitive at this moment in time. I think everybody's doing all they can and we need to keep doing that for our great fans."
Full Time The referee blows for the end of the match.
Liam Walker takes the inswinging corner, save made by Shwan Jalal.
Matt Tubbs takes a shot. Save made by Simon Eastwood.
Substitution Brett Pitman goes off and Shaun MacDonald comes on.
Steve Cook takes the free kick.
Booking Adam Reed is booked.
Foul by Adam Reed on Eunan O'Kane, free kick awarded.
Foul by James Keene on Josh McQuoid, free kick awarded. Direct free kick taken by Steve Cook.
Unfair challenge on Liam Walker by Brett Pitman results in a free kick. D Butler takes the free kick.
Josh McQuoid crosses the ball.
Josh McQuoid takes the direct free kick.
Booking D Butler is booked.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Josh McQuoid by D Butler.
Substitution Richard Hughes joins the action as a substitute, replacing Harry Arter.
Substitution Lewis Grabban leaves the field to be replaced by Matt Tubbs.
Substitution Liam Walker is brought on as a substitute for Shaun Cooper.
John Akinde takes a shot. Save by Shwan Jalal. Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Adam Reed from the left by-line to the near post,
The ball is delivered by Yassin Moutaouakil, clearance made by Steve Cook. James Keene is penalised for handball and concedes a free kick. Shwan Jalal takes the free kick.
Assist on the goal came from Brett Pitman.
Goal! - Marc Pugh - Bournem'th 2 - 0 Portsmouth Marc Pugh finds the back of the net with a goal from deep inside the penalty box to the bottom right corner of the goal. Bournemouth 2-0 Portsmouth.
Matt Ritchie produces a cross, D Butler makes a clearance.
Adam Reed challenges Josh McQuoid unfairly and gives away a free kick. Matt Ritchie crosses the ball from the free kick left-footed from right wing, clearance by D Butler.
Centre by D Butler, Daniel Seaborne makes a clearance.
The ball is delivered by James Keene, Steve Cook gets a block in. Corner from the left by-line taken by Adam Reed, clearance by Brett Pitman.
The ball is delivered by Lewis Grabban.
Substitution Jed Wallace joins the action as a substitute, replacing Therry Racon.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Therry Racon on Marc Pugh. Eunan O'Kane takes the direct free kick.
D Butler crosses the ball, Eunan O'Kane makes a clearance.
Centre by D Butler, clearance by Daniel Seaborne.
Substitution Patrick Agyemang leaves the field to be replaced by James Keene.
Marc Pugh produces a right-footed shot from just outside the area that goes wide left of the goal.
Assist by Josh McQuoid.
Goal! - Lewis Grabban - Bournem'th 1 - 0 Portsmouth A goal is scored by Lewis Grabban from the edge of the penalty area low into the middle of the goal. Bournemouth 1-0 Portsmouth.
The ball is delivered by Adam Reed, Daniel Seaborne makes a clearance.
The referee blows for offside against John Akinde. Shwan Jalal takes the free kick.
Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Adam Reed played to the near post, Brett Pitman makes a clearance.
Inswinging corner taken by D Butler from the right by-line, clearance by Brett Pitman.
D Butler takes a shot. Save made by Shwan Jalal.
The ball is sent over by Therry Racon.
The ball is delivered by Simon Francis, Gabor Gyepes manages to make a clearance.
Patrick Agyemang gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Eunan O'Kane. Steve Cook takes the free kick.
Lewis Grabban is ruled offside. Simon Eastwood takes the free kick.
The ball is swung over by Yassin Moutaouakil, Header by Ricardo Rocha from deep inside the penalty area misses to the left of the target.
Brett Pitman takes the inswinging corner, save by Simon Eastwood.
Yassin Moutaouakil challenges Marc Pugh unfairly and gives away a free kick. Brett Pitman fires a strike on goal direct from the free kick, save by Simon Eastwood.
Foul by John Akinde on Marc Pugh, free kick awarded. Harry Arter takes the free kick.
A cross is delivered by Josh McQuoid, Adam Reed gets a block in. Brett Pitman gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Shaun Cooper. Simon Eastwood restarts play with the free kick.
Adam Reed takes a shot from just outside the penalty area clears the crossbar.
Simon Francis crosses the ball, clearance made by Ricardo Rocha.
The ball is swung over by Simon Francis, Brett Pitman produces a right-footed shot from the edge of the box and misses to the left of the goal.
The ball is delivered by Lewis Grabban, save by Simon Eastwood.
The second half kicks off.
Half Time The half-time whistle blows.
The ball is crossed by D Butler.
The ball is delivered by Matt Ritchie, clearance by Johnny Ertl.
The ball is crossed by Simon Francis, Brett Pitman takes a shot.
The referee blows for offside against Brett Pitman. Direct free kick taken by Simon Eastwood.
Foul by Yassin Moutaouakil on Marc Pugh, free kick awarded. Shwan Jalal takes the direct free kick.
Adam Reed takes a shot. Save by Shwan Jalal. D Butler takes the inswinging corner, Brett Pitman manages to make a clearance.
Effort on goal by Lewis Grabban from inside the area goes harmlessly over the bar.
Simon Francis sends in a cross, blocked by D Butler.
Therry Racon takes a shot from just outside the penalty area clears the crossbar.
Centre by Josh McQuoid, Johnny Ertl manages to make a clearance.
A cross is delivered by Steve Cook, Shaun Cooper manages to make a clearance. Matt Ritchie takes a shot. Shaun Cooper gets a block in.
Unfair challenge on Eunan O'Kane by John Akinde results in a free kick. Steve Cook takes the free kick.
Centre by Matt Ritchie, Eunan O'Kane takes a shot. Save by Simon Eastwood.
Harry Arter takes a shot from 20 yards. Clearance made by Gabor Gyepes.
The ball is crossed by Marc Pugh.
The ball is swung over by Shaun Cooper, Daniel Seaborne makes a clearance.
Inswinging corner taken by Adam Reed, clearance by Daniel Seaborne.
A cross is delivered by Matt Ritchie, Gabor Gyepes manages to make a clearance.
The referee penalises Brett Pitman for handball. Direct free kick taken by Simon Eastwood.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Ricardo Rocha by Lewis Grabban. Free kick taken by Simon Eastwood.
A cross is delivered by Marc Pugh, Lewis Grabban takes a shot. Blocked by Ricardo Rocha.
Patrick Agyemang has an effort at goal from the edge of the area that misses to the right of the target.
A cross is delivered by Patrick Agyemang.
Matt Ritchie delivers the ball, Therry Racon gets a block in.
Centre by Simon Francis, Yassin Moutaouakil manages to make a clearance.
Josh McQuoid crosses the ball.
Matt Ritchie crosses the ball.
Adam Reed challenges Harry Arter unfairly and gives away a free kick. Eunan O'Kane restarts play with the free kick.
A cross is delivered by Marc Pugh, Lewis Grabban produces a header from the edge of the box and misses to the left of the target.
John Akinde sends in a cross.
The assistant referee signals for offside against Brett Pitman. Simon Eastwood restarts play with the free kick.
The ball is delivered by Marc Pugh, blocked by Shaun Cooper. Outswinging corner taken by Matt Ritchie.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Shaun Cooper on Harry Arter. Free kick taken by Brett Pitman.
Therry Racon gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Matt Ritchie. Free kick taken by Shwan Jalal.
Adam Reed is ruled offside. Shwan Jalal takes the direct free kick.
Marc Pugh produces a left-footed shot from the edge of the area and misses to the left of the goal.
The ball is crossed by Simon Francis, clearance by Ricardo Rocha.
Brett Pitman takes a inswinging corner from the left by-line played to the near post, Ricardo Rocha manages to make a clearance.
The game gets underway.
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Ms Hanson won a Senate seat in Australia's recent election, and has called for an inquiry into Islam and "zero-net" migration.
She also repeated claims that Australia was being "swamped by Asians".
Her One Nation party could win several Senate seats once votes are counted.
"We have plenty of examples about how licensing hate can lead to serious violence and ugliness in our streets and communities," racial discrimination commissioner Tim Soutphommasane said, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
"We shouldn't be doing anything to compromise the remarkable success story of Australian multiculturalism," he said.
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Neither of Australia's major parties have been able to form a majority government after Saturday's election, and whoever can once the count is finalised will likely need to negotiate with Ms Hanson and other minor party senators to pass legislation.
A record number of Australians voted for minor parties such as One Nation, with commentators speculating that she secured a conservative vote that would have traditionally gone to the Liberal-National coalition government.
During a news conference Ms Hanson said she was "not sold" on climate change, and was against foreign ownership of Australian agricultural land.
She also called for a royal commission into Islam, said no new mosques should be built in Australia and suggested existing mosques should face increased surveillance.
However, she said her policy priorities would be a royal commission into the banking sector and reform of the family court system, which makes decisions on child-custody disputes.
Ms Hanson first entered Australia's lower house as an independent MP in 1996, using her maiden speech to warn that Australia was at risk of being "swamped by Asians".
She repeated this view after her recent election victory, saying "a lot of Australians feel Asians are buying up prime agricultural land, housing".
Her "zero-net" migration policy would mean the number of people moving to Australia from overseas could be no greater than the amount of people leaving.
Counting of votes resumes on Tuesday and could see one of the major parties secure the 76 seats required to form a majority in Australia's House of Representatives.
Ahmed Abu Khattala, 43, appeared in court on 17 new charges, some of which may be punishable by death.
He did not speak during the hearing in Washington but his lawyer entered the plea on his behalf.
US Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others were killed in the attack, which became a political lightning rod.
The new charges include four counts of killing a person in the course of an attack on a federal facility.
Other new charges levelled against Mr Khattala include one count of murder of an internationally protected person and one count of providing material support and resources to terrorists resulting in death.
Previous charges denied by Mr Khattala include providing material support and resources to terrorists including himself; killing a person on a federal facility; and damaging property of the US by fire and explosives resulting in death.
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???US state department says he is a senior leader in Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia
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Mr Khattala was taken into custody in a secret US military raid in Libya on 15 June. He was subsequently indicted on 26 June in connection with the attack on the US facility.
On 11 September 2012, gunmen stormed the US consulate in Benghazi and set it on fire.
In addition to Mr Stevens, information technology specialist Sean Smith and security workers and ex-Navy Seals Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty were killed.
The White House initially said the attack stemmed from anti-American protests over a crude video produced in the US that was deemed insulting to Islam.
Government investigators soon determined it was an organised attack planned by local militias.
In subsequent years, Republicans have accused President Barack Obama's administration of compromising security, a failure of intelligence and covering up the involvement of militant groups in order to assist the president's re-election campaign.
She finished 21 under par, breaking the record of 20 under set by Henrik Stenson at this year's Open and Jason Day at the 2015 PGA Championship.
Chun, who bettered the women's record by two, carded a final round of two-under 69 in France to win her second major by four shots.
"I cannot believe I won and made 21 under par," said the 22-year-old.
Chun, who won last year's US Open, held a four-shot lead overnight and maintained that advantage to win from compatriots So Yeon Ryu and Sung Hyun Park, who tied for second.
She made one bogey on Sunday, but responded immediately at the 15th with one of her three birdies for the day.
The world number seven, who missed the cut last year, then faced a difficult 10-foot putt at the 18th to finish with a two-under-par final round and break the 72-hole record.
England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff carded four birdies but also four bogeys in a final-round 71 to end the tournament tied for 12th on five under.
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Gael Bigirimana's early close-range strike put League One's bottom side ahead at the break at Wembley.
George Thomas then struck a wonderful right-footed half-volley to double the Sky Blues' lead after 55 minutes.
The U's responded when sub Liam Sercombe's low right-foot shot found the bottom corner but City held on.
Coventry's victory will probably still only partially cushion Sky Blues fans from the almost inevitable blow of relegation to English football's fourth tier for the first time since 1959.
Mark Robins' side remain highly likely to go down, as they are 13 points adrift of safety with just six games left to play.
But, 30 years on from winning the FA Cup on their first-ever trip to Wembley, at a time when they were still an established top-flight side, their long-suffering supporters were able to celebrate a day almost to match that May afternoon in 1987.
Roared on by their noisy 43,000 following, the Sky Blues were ahead after 11 minutes when, from a right-wing Jordan Willis cross, Stuart Beavon's attempted volley was blocked invitingly into Bigirimana's path for him to slot home.
The goal marked a memorable couple of days for the Burundi-born midfielder, who became a father to a baby girl in the hours leading up to the final.
Oxford, for all of their apparent superiority and hard running in a floating system, always looked threatening but struggled to create meaningful chances, while referee Chris Sarginson ruled that Kane Hemmings had made the most of it when he went down in the box following a nudge in the back from Ryan Haynes.
Coventry wide man Thomas had already twice served notice of another goal before he struck 10 minutes into the second half.
After going almost clean through without getting the ball under control, allowing Chey Dunkley to intercede, Thomas then had a well-struck right-footed volley tipped over by goalkeeper Simon Eastwood.
But Thomas' goal, when it came, was one to match anything Wembley has seen before as he controlled Kyel Reid's left-wing cross with one superb touch before drilling his powerful shot with pinpoint accuracy just inside the post.
Coventry goalkeeper Lee Burge came to his side's rescue on three occasions, first tipping over Chris Maguire's free-kick before saving with his legs from Rob Hall either side of Oxford's 75th-minute reply.
Burge's superb one-handed stop from Josh Ruffels led to a last-ditch goalmouth scramble, which City somehow survived, and meant Oxford were beaten at Wembley for the second year running having lost 3-2 to Barnsley in the same competition last season.
Coventry City manager Mark Robins: "This was all for the fans. We needed to find a way and we found a way.
"We had two chances and not many more than that. And I was dreading extra time, but Lee Burge making that save for us at the end was terrific. It's then that you start to think your name is on the cup.
"Oxford are really good side on the upward curve. They played some good stuff. Michael Appleton's done a good job there. But to witness our performance with and without the ball in front of 70,000, of which 43,000 were our fans, made me very proud."
Oxford United head coach Michael Appleton: "Coventry maybe had a hunger and desire to keep the ball out of the net more than we did. They had it in abundance. They made sure they were hard to beat and weren't going to concede.
"For me, to work as hard as we did to make the final and then come up short was the most frustrating thing."
The contract will last for up to five years and will involve the firm handling up to 20 million items a year.
The value of the contract has not been disclosed but is likely to be worth eight figures.
Whistl has said it will be investing in its sorting depot in Newtownabbey and hiring 10 staff.
It replaces the Royal Mail.
The Scottish Championship club say the deal is subject to confirmation of his registration by the Scottish FA.
Stokes, 27, turned down the chance to play in England as well as offers from Dundee United and Inverness CT.
"Anthony is a fantastic footballer and will really strengthen the squad," head coach Alan Stubbs told the Hibs website.
"We have a number of options in attack and real competition for places, which is what every manager wants.
"We are excited about Anthony coming here and I think he will prove to be a real asset."
The Republic of Ireland cap left Hibs for Celtic in 2010 and has also played for Falkirk, Sunderland, Sheffield United, and Crystal Palace, scoring over 120 goals in his senior career.
Hibs are third in the Scottish Championship, five points behind leaders Rangers and level with second-place Falkirk.
Celtic had indicated that they would prefer Stokes to join a top-flight club.
Stokes has fallen out of favour at Celtic under manager Ronny Deila and made his last appearance this season in August.
The player was suspended by Celtic in December after he complained on Twitter about his lack of playing time.
"It will be a fantastic piece of business for the football club and for Anthony," Stubbs told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound programme on Monday.
"He's a very, very talented footballer. Yes, he's had one or two issues, but I'm prepared to look over that. The reason we're bringing him to the football club is because of his ability on the pitch.
"I don't think it is a gamble whatsoever. I can't wait to work with him, to be honest.
"I like personalities. I like people who are different and I'm sure he's going to enjoy working with me. I think it could be very good.
"It's significant in the aspirations of the football club."
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The bodies of a man and a woman were recovered from Breydon Water, Great Yarmouth, on Thursday.
The couple were in their early 60s and from the local area, officers said.
The deaths were initially treated as unexplained but police said they were now satisfied there are no suspicious circumstances.
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Emergency services were called to the area shortly after 11:20 BST when a member of the public reported seeing the bodies on a mudbank.
Norfolk Police said they were still trying to trace the couple's next of kin.
Shaba Hair and Cosmetics stores have been fined for dealing in creams containing hydroquinone but researchers found outlets continuing to sell them.
Products containing hydroquinone can damage the liver and nervous system.
Trading Standards officials said there was "no excuse" for selling the creams. Shaba declined to comment.
Skin-lightening products containing hydroquinone are widely used throughout India and sub-Saharan Africa - although some countries have outlawed the ingredient.
Shaba director Banaras Hussain has been prosecuted for selling the banned creams at his shops on three previous occasions - in Enfield, Dalston and Peckham.
He was fined £11,792 over the Peckham sales alone, and is due in court on 1 April for sentencing after pleading guilty to 33 offences related to the Dalston shop.
But after a tip-off, the BBC found Shaba outlets continuing to deal in banned skin lightening creams under the auspices of Mr Hussain.
At Shaba Hair and Cosmetics (Peckham) an undercover researcher was sold a jar of 'Caro Light' cream priced at £9.99 that listed hydroquinone as an ingredient.
Manufactured in the Democratic Republic of Congo, when tested it was found to contain 4.6% hydroquinone - more than twice as powerful as the strongest medicine containing hydroquinone licensed for prescription for medical purposes by a UK doctor.
The cream was sold in a black bag from under the counter. When the researcher asked for a receipt, an assistant asked Mr Hussain in Urdu: "Brother, I have given her the goods and now she wants a receipt. Should I give it to her or not?"
In response, Mr Hussain tore off the name and address of the shop before handing the receipt over.
At Shaba Cosmetics Ltd in Dalston, a member of staff informed the BBC that three products displayed on the shelves contained hydroquinone - despite it not even being listed as an ingredient.
The worker admitted the sale of the product was not allowed. Two of the creams were subsequently found to contain the chemical.
When confronted with the evidence, Mr Hussain made no comment.
Sarah Oladokun, a 19-year-old beauty blogger from Peckham, used skin-lightening creams when she was younger. She said: "My skin became patchy, very uneven, which then caused problems for me because I didn't know how to balance it out.
"So instead of me stopping I would continue to put more on the darker areas.
"It became very sensitive as well."
Dr Anjali Mahto, a consultant dermatologist at the British Skin Foundation, warned: "It's really worrying actually. You're liberally applying these treatments, and you don't know how much of these chemicals are contained within them.
"It's incredibly dangerous in terms of long-term effects."
Paul Gander, team leader of Southwark Trading Standards, said he would expect to seize about 1,000 products on a typical period of enforcement action.
"In Southwark we've done test purchasing and in about 50% of the shops they appear willing to sell it if pushed," he said.
"In certain areas the problem seems to be quite severe."
He added: "There is no excuse for selling this product."
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The red deer, from Wollaton Park in Nottingham, were spotted on a roundabout near the Queen's Medical Centre at about 09:00 BST.
The animals had got out through a vandalised fence and were later herded into a front garden by a passing ambulance crew.
The RSPCA said it was lucky they were unharmed and there were no accidents.
The stags were sedated and placed into a horse trailer and are now recovering back at Wollaton Park.
Simon Parker, RSPCA chief inspector for Nottinghamshire, said: "This could have ended tragically as they were running out on the road and it is very lucky that no accident was caused as a result of this.
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A cursory search on Google brings up detailed biographies, lengthy features and several, less than complimentary articles about the mining tycoon.
Of course the media attention could be attributed to her staggering wealth. Forbes estimates Ms Rinehart's current fortune at $12bn (€11bn; £8bn), making her not just the richest woman in Australia but the richest person in Australia.
However the international press is not attracted to her money alone.
Even for a billionaire, Gina Rinehart is controversial. Well-documented are her family feuds, her legal disputes and her desire for control. Both her four children and her employees have been required to sign agreements promising not to disparage her in the press.
In this and little else, she differs greatly from her father, the late Lang Hancock who began the family business Hancock Prospecting. Unafraid of press attention he started two newspapers and would give interviews freely. In 1966 he was the subject of a BBC documentary, Man of Iron.
By all accounts, Ms Rinehart grew up adoring her father. Under him she learned about mining, absorbed his political views and accompanied him on business trips around the world. Aged 12 at the time of the BBC's documentary she told the crew: "I think my father is nearly perfect."
But this infatuation did not last. Their biggest disagreement came over Rose Lacson, a maid who began working for Lang Hancock before becoming his second wife. Father and daughter fell out over this new match with Gina Rinehart attempting to sabotage her stepmother's residency application.
In February this year, the Australian TV series "House of Hancock" made much of a letter Lang Hancock wrote to his daughter in which he called her "a slothful, vindictive and devious baby elephant".
When he passed away in 1992, Ms Rinehart and her stepmother engaged in a bitter, 11-year dispute for control of Mr Hancock's assets. It ended with Ms Rinehart victorious - in sole control of the family business though now in full glare of the media spotlight.
Perhaps to lessen the unwanted attention, Ms Rinehart copied her father and bought into Australia's media. She controls 10% of the television channel Network Ten and was the single largest shareholder of Fairfax Media before selling her shares in February this year. Her relationship with Fairfax was fractious - when she refused to sign its charter of editorial independence, she was denied a seat on its board.
But if her forays into journalism have been unsuccessful, her mining endeavours have not. Under her guidance, Hancock Prospecting has continued to expand. A new mine, Roy Hill in Western Australia, is due to start shipping iron ore to Asia later this year. The vast site is estimated to hold 2.4bn tonnes of the mineral, making it one of Australia's largest mining projects.
The past few years though have not been easy for Australia's miners. In 2010, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd attempted to impose a "super tax" on coal and iron ore mining. Making a surprise public appearance Gina Rinehart, sporting her trademark pearls, led a crowd of over one thousand in chanting "axe the tax" ahead of a speech by Mr Rudd in Perth.
The chanting, it seems, worked. The tax was dropped and Mr Rudd was ousted by his party soon afterwards.
Victory then for Ms Rinehart, a climate change sceptic who, in 2012, applauded African workers for being "willing to work for less than $2 per day".
Though spared the super tax, miners now face plummeting iron ore prices. In April, Australia's Treasurer Joe Hockey said the mineral could fall to a measly $35 a tonne. Compare that to $120 a tonne, iron ore's price in 2013, and it's easy to see why one analyst called the timing of the Roy Hill mine opening "abominable".
But there is another factor that could jeopardise Roy Hill's potential success. On 28 May, Ms Rinehart lost a long-running legal battle to prevent her children gaining control of a trust set up for them by their grandfather. Her eldest daughter Bianca now controls a 24.3% stake in Hancock Prospecting.
Once again, Gina Rinehart finds herself under the media's spotlight. But as she prepares to surrender part of her beloved company, it seems unlikely that she will escape it any time soon.
David Whitehouse, from administrators Duff and Phelps, faces the same charges while Mr Green, 62, is also accused of fraud.
An angry crowd of fans shouted abuse as police escorted them from Glasgow Sheriff Court.
All three have been granted bail to return to court at a later date.
The three men were arrested on Tuesday after a police investigation into the sale of Rangers assets in 2012.
Another accountant, 51-year-old Paul Clark, who ran the club while it was in administration, has also been arrested.
Rangers was sold to Craig Whyte by its former owner Sir David Murray in 2011 for a nominal sum of £1.
But it entered administration in February 2012 after running out of cash.
Mr Whitehouse, 50, who worked at Duff and Phelps, was appointed as joint administrator, along with colleague Mr Clark.
When an agreement with creditors could not be struck to allow the club to exit administration, a sale of Rangers' assets to a consortium led by Mr Green was concluded.
He was at the helm when Rangers were allowed to join the Third Division but stepped down in 2013 following allegations that he was working in conjunction with Mr Whyte, 44.
Charles Green was shielded by police officers when he left by the front door of the court at around 15:30 BST on Wednesday.
A group of around 20 supporters shouted and tried to jostle the former Sheffield United chief executive.
Mr Whitehouse left the court to equally angry scenes around 20 minutes later.
Craig Whyte, 44, then made his exit just before 19:00 and was met by another angry crowd.
The trio have been charged under Section 28 of the Criminal Justice Licensing Act 2010, which covers serious organised crime offences. They have also been charged with conspiracy.
In addition Mr Green has been charged with fraud and also an offence under Section 190 of the Companies Act 2006.
They made no plea or declaration.
Qatar has already submitted its response to Kuwaiti mediators and its foreign minister has said the demands were so unrealistic they were "meant to be rejected".
UAE officials have told the BBC that after the deadline expires the offer for Qatar to return to the Arab fold will be off the table, the economic and political sanctions on it will become permanent and Qatar will be ostracised by its closest Arab neighbours.
The West should worry about this latest crisis in the Middle East for two reasons.
First, Qatar is a key ally in the on-going fight against so-called Islamic State (IS). Qatar hosts al-Udaid, the largest US airbase in the Middle East.
Secondly, Qatar has an estimated $335bn (£254bn) strategically invested globally, with billions pumped into the UK and US economies. If the West is forced to choose between Qatar and its opponents then those investments could, theoretically, be at risk.
It is about terrorism or it is about foreign policy, depending on which side you listen to.
Qatar stands accused of supporting terrorism and extremism by a triumvirate of Gulf Arab states - Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain - backed by Egypt and others.
They say that for 20 years now, Qatar has been destabilising the region by supporting Islamist groups like the Muslim Brotherhood, al-Qaeda and IS. They say Qatar promised in 2014 to stop supporting such groups yet it has continued regardless.
They also accuse Qatar of paying more than $1bn in ransom money to Iranian-backed Shia militia groups to secure the release of a royal hunting party who got kidnapped in Iraq while hunting wildfowl.
Qatar denies all charges of supporting terrorism, as well as paying ransoms to terrorist groups. The Qataris say this row has nothing to do with terrorism, and that this is really about its powerful neighbours trying to force Qatar's foreign policy into line with Saudi Arabia's. Qatar's Foreign Minister calls it an attack on his country's sovereignty.
The 13 demands include closing down Qatar's controversial satellite TV network, Al Jazeera, which has long been a thorn in the side of its conservative neighbours. Another demand is the closing of a Turkish military base, recently reinforced by a contingent of troops and armoured vehicles.
And a further demand is the scaling back of diplomatic ties with Iran, with whom Qatar shares the largest offshore natural gas field.
The list of demands was prompted by US frustration that the Arab bloc had failed to state clearly what they expected of Qatar in this dispute. The US, which is trying to mediate the dispute, asked for the demands to be "reasonable and actionable".
Yes it does, but so too does Saudi Arabia.
For years now, Qatar has had close links with political Islamist groups like the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas in Gaza and Islamist factions in Libya and Syria. Al Jazeera stands accused of airing the views of extremist preachers who support acts most people would consider as terrorism.
The conservative, tribal monarchies that surround Qatar - the al-Saud in Saudi Arabia, the al-Nahyans in Abu Dhabi and the al-Khalifa in Bahrain - all view these Islamist groups as a threat to their rule and in some cases they accuse the Muslim Brotherhood of being synonymous with terrorism.
So has Qatar actually funded terrorism? Absolutely not, say Qatari officials who came to London last week. Yet when I met the head of Qatari Intelligence in 2014, he told me they had been able to secure the release of several hostages in Syria from the proscribed terrorist group Jabhat al-Nusra, backed at the time by al-Qaeda. Kidnappers do not willingly release their hostages without getting something in return.
Qatar's accusers have published a detailed list of 59 named individuals they say are all proven terrorism supporters and who are at large in Qatar. One is even a member of the extended ruling family.
Qatar says the list is a politically-motivated fabrication and that anyone on its soil suspected of terrorism is either prosecuted or placed under 24-hour surveillance.
For many, the notion of Saudi Arabia accusing another country of supporting Islamic extremism is a strange one. Fifteen of the 19 suicide hijackers in the 9/11 attacks of 2001 were Saudis (not one was Qatari). More than 4,000 Saudis have gone to join IS, although the Saudi authorities did belatedly try to stop them.
More importantly, there is a commonality of extremist views and practices that are shared by IS and thousands of religious conservatives in Saudi Arabia, known as Wahhabis. These centre around the notion of takfir, meaning declaring another Muslim to be an "apostate" if they don't adhere to your ultra-strict version of Islam.
To many takfiris, all the world's 150-200m Shia Muslims are heretics. Churches and all non-Muslim acts of worship are banned in Saudi Arabia. The beheading of prisoners is a practice shared by the Saudi state and IS.
There are many in Saudi Arabia who would like to see the country move away from its strict interpretation of Islam and the new Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, has already curtailed the powers of the religious police.
But Saudi Arabia's funding of mosques, schools and textbooks around the world continues to bring accusations that it is supporting extremism.
Not directly, but Qatar has called on its allies including Britain to help lift what it calls the blockade placed on it by the Arab bloc. There have been discussions about setting up a pan-Gulf monitoring system to check if any country is secretly funding terrorism or extremism. Qatar and the UAE have both said they would submit to this but Saudi Arabia's position is less clear.
For the UK, perhaps the most dangerous escalation of the crisis would be if the Arab bloc were to force countries to choose between doing business with Qatar or with them (also worth billions of pounds in Britain's case).
Qatar owns Harrods, 95% of the Shard building, 22% of the London Stock Exchange, nearly 6% of Barclays plc and 50% of Canary Wharf. In a post-Brexit world especially, these are not investments Britain could afford to divest.
Unlikely but it is just possible.
The UAE government spokesman has told me his country has no plans to "militarise" the row and certainly any outbreak of armed conflict would be disastrous for all sides.
Qatar has a longstanding military agreement with Turkey and hosts a Turkish base as well as a US one. The Qatari Ambassador to Moscow, Fahad al-Attiyah, told me last week he believed the presence of reinforced Turkish troops in Qatar had helped to deter an invasion.
All the countries involved in this row have spent staggering sums of money on sophisticated western weaponry, none of which was ever intended to be turned on one of their own. The US plans to sell $12bn of F15 warplanes to Qatar but this is being blocked by Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who wants a block on all arms sales to America's Gulf Arab allies until this dispute is resolved.
Turkey's government is backing Qatar, flying in troops and materiel to help it survive the severing of air links with Gulf Arab neighbours.
Turkey and Qatar both support political Islam and last week a high-level Qatari delegation was in Ankara meeting the Turkish defence minister to discuss future cooperation as well as joint manoeuvres. An added complication here is that Turkey, already embroiled in the Syrian civil war, is a Nato member.
Iran is a maritime neighbour of Qatar's and they share the vast North Dome gas field beneath the waters of the Gulf. Since Qatar has to import much of its food supplies and the land border with Saudi Arabia is now closed, Iran has been flying in regular plane loads of food, something the Qataris have compared to the Berlin Airlift of 1948.
Qatar insists it has every right to maintain good relations with Tehran, pointing out that Oman, another Gulf Arab neighbour does the same without criticism. In the long term, if this crisis is not resolved, expect to see a strengthening of Qatar-Iran ties.
So far, mediation efforts by both Kuwait and the US have been unable to bridge the very wide gap between the two sides. The Saudis say their demands are non-negotiable, the Emiratis say there is zero trust with the Qataris and Qatar says it will not negotiate while it is "under siege with an illegal blockade".
The foreign minister of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE and Egypt are due to meet in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss and co-ordinate their next move.
Even if some face-saving formula is found to at least partially lift the current sanctions and patch up differences on the surface, the wounds from this row go too deep now. The GCC, the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council founded in 1981, is effectively broken and is unlikely to be able to be stitched back together as a functioning, unified entity in its present form.
In practice, barring an unlikely complete capitulation by Qatar, down the line this means we are likely to see the Gulf Arab states split into three undeclared blocs. The hard core will be Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain, the three countries most critical of Qatar's behaviour. Qatar, unless it capitulates to their demands, will be largely on its own but supported by non-Arab Iran and Turkey. Neutral and on the sidelines will be Oman and Kuwait who simply wish to maintain good relations with all sides and for whom this row is deeply unwelcome.
The only beneficiaries of this future Gulf Arab fragmentation will be Iran, the arch rival of Saudi Arabia, and IS - always ready and willing to exploit any weakness amongst its enemies.
It predicted that prices would have to rise 1% between 2016 and 2020.
That is on top of an increase of 5% it expects to have to make as a result of general wage inflation.
The Living Wage means that the minimum wage will be set at £7.20 an hour for over-25s from April 2016, which is forecast to rise to £9.35 in 2020.
The prediction came with Next's half year results - pre-tax profits came in at £347m, up 7% from the same period of 2014.
Earlier in the year, the company's shares fell after it issued a cautious sales outlook, predicting they would grow between 1.5% and 5.5%.
In the first half, total Next group sales were up 2.7% compared with the same period of 2014.
On Wednesday, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) published some research into how far the National Living Wage (NLW) would offset the cuts in benefits and tax credits announced in the 2015 Budget.
It found that families with someone in paid employment that are eligible for benefits or tax credits would lose an average of £750 a year as a result of the changes.
The IFS estimates that this group of 8.4 million working-age households will gain an average of £200 a year from the NLW.
It says this is an optimistic estimate because it assumes that the NLW will have no effect on GDP, employment or the number of hours worked.
Those averages also mask the differences in effects on different income groups. The IFS estimated that households in lower income groups would lose more as a result of the tax credit and benefit changes but gain less as a result of the NLW.
The disappearance of Fr Jose Luis Sanchez Ruiz had sparked two days of unrest in the town of Catemaco.
He is the third Roman Catholic priest abducted in the eastern Mexican state since September. The other two were found shot dead by a roadside.
Clerics said Fr Sanchez Ruiz had been targeted because he fought corruption.
"He had received threats in recent days because he is a defender of human rights," said Fr Aaron Reyes, a spokesman for the diocese. "He has criticised the system of corruption and the crime problem in Catemaco."
Bishop Fidencio Lopez said Fr Sanchez Ruiz "had been dumped, with notable signs of torture'' at an undisclosed location.
About 30 priests have been killed in Mexico in the last decade, most of them in areas heavily affected by drug violence.
In addition to the two priests killed in Veracruz in September, another was found dead after disappearing in the state of Michoacan.
Mexico's Catholic Media Centre says the country is the most dangerous in the world to be a priest.
At least 15 priests have been murdered in the country since President Enrique Pena Nieto took office in 2012.
Veracruz and Michoacan have been plagued by years of violence from drug cartels and other organised crime.
When his medical team, with second opinions from several leading centres, decided that his brain damage was irreversible, they believed there was nothing that could help him.
That was six months ago, but they had no power to end Charlie's life support without the backing of his parents.
That meant Great Ormond Street Hospital had to apply to the courts.
A succession of judges ruled it was in Charlie's best interests to die, because he may be suffering and the proposed experimental treatment in the United States was "futile".
Some commentators in the United States said Charlie's plight was the result of the UK having a state-run national health service.
Mr Justice Francis said that was "nonsensical".
Many will still question why Charlie's parents were not granted their wish to explore every option, even if the chances of improvement were slim.
Connie Yates and Chris Gard were buoyed by support from an American neurologist, Prof Michio Hirano, who has pioneered an experimental treatment, a powder called nucleoside therapy.
But he gave his support without having requested Charlie's full medical records.
Dr Hirano was invited to examine Charlie in January and eventually did so in July.
The guardian appointed to represent Charlie in court said if novel therapies were to be offered it was "imperative that those offering to provide them are fully aware of the clinical condition" so that "offers are made on an informed basis and without setting up false hopes and expectations".
In court, there was discussion of the differing ethical approaches to experimental treatment between the UK and the USA.
In the United States, it may be considered appropriate to give a patient a drug even though it cannot help them, on the grounds that it helps others in the future.
In the UK, patients cannot receive drugs that doctors know will not help them personally.
As well as the legal dispute, there was a second battle fought very effectively online by Charlie's parents.
They crowd-funded £1.3m, with more than 80,000 donations, and there were petitions and a Facebook site called Charlie's Army.
The Pope and Donald Trump were among those who tweeted their support - Charlie's fate became an international issue with pro-life groups attaching themselves to the campaign.
The judge said it was one of the pitfalls of social media that the watching world felt it right to have opinions without knowing the facts of the case.
Doctors and nurses at Great Ormond Street, one of the world's most renowned children's hospitals, were subject to abuse and even death threats - which Charlie's parents condemned.
In such cases, medical staff always remain anonymous, but this made it hard to counter the repeated anguished public appeals by Charlie's parents, and the moving images of their son.
Great Ormond Street Hospital said Charlie's parents had tirelessly advocated for what they sincerely believed was right for their son and nobody could fault them for doing so.
The hospital said it would be giving careful thought to what it could learn from the "bruising" court case - and it added that everyone wished there could have been a less tragic outcome.
Warchus - whose work also includes the West End show Ghost: The Musical - will replace the Hollywood star as artistic director when he steps down in 2015.
Warchus directed Spacey and Jeff Goldblum in an acclaimed production of Speed-The-Plow at the Old Vic in 2008.
"I couldn't be happier that my friend Matthew Warchus has agreed to take the reins next year," said Spacey.
"Matthew is a thoughtful, intuitive and highly creative director and he has rightly been applauded for his work," Spacey added, praising the "quality and diversity" of his successor's work.
"I know he loves our theatre and I am delighted for our staff, our audiences and for our acting and production communities that he will be its next guardian."
Warchus' range of productions includes an Old Vic revival of Alan Ayckbourn's The Norman Conquests, West End hit Art and a Broadway production of Yasmin Reza's God of Carnage, for which he won a Tony for best direction.
The British director also oversaw the stage adaptation of Lord of the Rings, which ran in London's West End from May 2007 to July 2008 and was reported, at the time, to be the world's most expensive stage production.
In 2010, he directed the acclaimed RSC production of Roald Dahl's Matilda, at Stratford - in which his wife Lauren Ward played the role of Miss Honey. The award-winning musical transferred to the West End in October 2011.
"I am excited and honoured to be following Kevin's galvanising tenure at this wonderful building," said Warchus.
"He has re-established the Old Vic as a globally important theatre and I look forward to continuing to develop it as a hub of invigorating creativity."
Warchus made his first foray in to feature films in 1999, with Simpatico. His film Pride, about a group of gay activists supporting striking miners in 1984, is due to screen at the Cannes Film Festival later this week.
The film stars Bill Nighy, Paddy Considine, Imelda Staunton and Dominic West.
Spacey, who has spent 10 years in London as artistic director of the Old Vic, opens in the one-man show, Clarence Darrow, at the theatre later this week.
GMB Scotland, which represents workers in the domestic gas sector, has accused the Scottish government of attacking the gas industry.
Most electricity is generated through gas but ministers are aiming to further decarbonise the sector, with an increasing emphasis on renewables.
The Scottish government said it supported a diverse energy portfolio.
The union argues that it is too early to move away from gas.
The GMB Scotland paper, Natural Gas in the Energy Policy of the UK and Scotland, is being presented at the STUC conference in Aviemore.
The report was produced by Strathclyde University's Centre for Energy Policy.
It concludes that the choice should not be whether or not to include gas in our energy mix but where that gas comes from.
Increasing volumes are being imported from overseas and the report says such a shift will have a significant negative impact on jobs and revenue.
GMB Scotland secretary Gary Smith said: "The future of affordable domestic energy in our country is at risk and the Scottish government cannot keep dodging the tough choices we need to make if we are to meaningfully tackle fuel poverty.
"Our political elite also have to be honest about the economic and employment ramifications of abandoning gas, which powers our manufacturing base, heats our homes and employs thousands in well-paid jobs.
"The Centre for Energy Policy report shows that we are increasingly dependent on imported gas and our energy consumption demands cannot be credibly met without gas.
"Abandoning domestic gas production makes no sense whatsoever from an economic, environmental or energy security perspective."
Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse said: "Scotland is estimated to be the second largest gas producer in the EU and the North Sea oil and gas industry supports almost 125,000 Scottish jobs.
"We are absolutely committed to maintaining domestic oil and gas production and maximising economic recovery from the North Sea.
"We support a diverse and balanced energy portfolio, including gas, to provide safe, secure, affordable heat and electricity for decades to come.
"We also recognise the potential significance of hydrogen and are supporting a number of innovative projects to support its production, storage and use and there is interest within the oil and gas sector in utilising the industry's expertise to support the development of a decarbonised energy system."
The striker, who plays for Blackburn Rovers, admitted a charge of assault, causing harm to Anthony Bradley.
The incident took place outside Buck Whaleys nightclub on 8 June 2013.
Stokes, 28, of Claremont Terrace, Glasgow, will be sentenced on 20 December.
The case had been listed to go to trial on 22 November but Stokes pleaded guilty at an arraignment hearing on Thursday.
The former Celtic player, who has nine caps for the Republic of Ireland, was released on continuing bail.
Stokes began his career at Arsenal and also played for Sunderland and Hibernian.
Police attended the scene on Donegall Square North on Wednesday night.
A spokesperson from the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said it received a call to attend to the man at about 19:45 GMT.
They said the man is thought to be in his 40s.
In a statement on Thursday, the police said: "Whilst police are at the early stages of the investigation, police do not believe at this time that any other person has been involved in this incident".
They confirmed that no crime was committed.
On Wednesday night, witnesses described what happened.
One woman who saw the man lying on the ground, near the stalls at the entrance to the main market, said she and her children were badly shaken.
"The man was bleeding badly and it was chaotic when everyone spotted him," she said.
"The police seemed to jump from nowhere and the paramedics arrived quickly, they did a great job of keeping everyone calm. For a moment everyone was scampering away and my children were very afraid.
"I didn't see what happened to him, just him lying on the ground and bleeding."
Proactiva Open Arms said it had recovered five bodies floating near two capsized boats, which can each hold more than 100 people.
The group's Laura Lanuza said the five they pulled from the Mediterranean were young men who appeared to have drowned.
A spokesman for Italy's coast guard, which co-ordinates rescues, confirmed the five deaths.
But he told the BBC that they could not confirm the estimates of deaths given by Proactiva, and said they had received no distress calls from any boats.
Ms Lanuza said at least 240 migrants may have died as the boats were often overloaded by smugglers.
"We brought on board five corpses recovered from the sea, but no lives," the group wrote on its Facebook page.
"It is a harsh reality check of the suffering here that is invisible in Europe."
Numbers of migrants trying to reach Europe from Libya via Italy have risen dramatically this year since the route between Turkey and Greece was effectively shut down.
The Italian coast guard said they had co-ordinated more than 40 rescue operations in the last few days.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says more than 20,000 migrants have arrived in Italy so far this year - and some 559 people are estimated to have died or gone missing en route.
This compares with fewer than 19,000 arrivals in Italy and about 350 deaths in the first three months of 2016.
"We have yet to complete March, and we are already racing at a pace of arrivals that has exceeded anything we've seen before in the Mediterranean," IOM spokesman Joel Millman said earlier this week.
"This is typical of spring, getting very busy, but it's not typical to have the numbers be so high this early and the corresponding deaths that go with it."
Lord Howard told the BBC Theresa May would show the same "resolve" as Mrs Thatcher did over the 1982 conflict.
The Lib Dems said he was "sabre-rattling" and Labour also criticised the "inflammatory" remarks.
Mrs May said the UK was "steadfastly committed" to Gibraltar, after the EU raised it ahead of Brexit talks.
In its draft negotiating guidelines, published last week, the EU said decisions affecting Gibraltar - a British territory - would be run past the Spanish government.
Speaking on BBC One's Sunday Politics, Lord Howard said that 35 years ago, "another woman prime minister sent a taskforce halfway across the world to protect another small group of British people against another Spanish-speaking country.
"And I'm absolutely clear that our current woman prime minister will show the same resolve in relation to Gibraltar as her predecessor did."
After Argentina invaded the Falklands in 1982, Margaret Thatcher sent a task force to reclaim the islands, in the South Atlantic, and an estimated 655 Argentine and 255 British servicemen lost their lives in the fighting that followed.
Labour's shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry said: "Inflammatory comments like those by Michael Howard will not help Britain get what it needs from these difficult Brexit negotiations."
Lib Dem leader Tim Farron added: "In only a few days the Conservative right are turning long-term allies into potential enemies.
"I hope this isn't a sign of the government's approach to the long negotiations to come.
"Brexiteers have gone from cheering to sabre-rattling for war in four days, it is absolutely ludicrous."
The EU's guidelines followed a letter from Mrs May formally triggering Brexit talks, which did not mention Gibraltar directly.
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon said the UK would protect Gibraltar "all the way" because its residents had "made it very clear they do not want to live under Spanish rule".
He defended the lack of mention for Gibraltar in the letter invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, saying it had referred to a separate document in which Gibraltar was included.
Gibraltar, which voted overwhelmingly for Remain in June's referendum, asked the British government on more than one occasion to include a reference in the Article 50 letter, a source in the Gibraltarian government told the BBC.
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After Mrs May spoke to Gibraltar's chief minister Fabian Picardo on Sunday, Downing Street said: "The prime minister said we will never enter into arrangements under which the people of Gibraltar would pass under the sovereignty of another state against their freely and democratically expressed wishes, nor will we ever enter into a process of sovereignty negotiations with which Gibraltar is not content.
"The prime minister said we remain absolutely dedicated to working with Gibraltar for the best possible outcome on Brexit and will continue to involve them fully in the process."
Mr Picardo said he was "energetically and enthusiastically" supporting Mrs May in her Brexit negotiations.
During his Marr Show interview, Mr Fallon also defended the UK government's reference to security co-operation in its Brexit letter.
The government has said the line that fighting terrorism would be "weakened" if a deal was not agreed was a statement of facts, not a threat to the EU ahead of talks beginning.
In response, EU leaders said there could be no attempt to "bargain" between trade and security.
Sir Michael said: "It's very important to link trade and security because what we are now looking for is a deep and special partnership that covers both economic and security co-operation.
He said he was "absolutely" proud of that link, adding: "It's very important that we go on committing to the security of the continent."
Asked if failure to secure a deal would make the EU less secure, he said: "We would all be worse off it there wasn't a deal. We are expecting to have a deal."
Labour's shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry told the BBC's Pienaar's Politics the government was "clearly" using the UK's military strength as a "bargaining chip".
Mark Donnelly, 23, from Greencastle, denies killing the 19-year-old from Tydavnet, County Monaghan.
Mr McGovern died after being punched during a night out in Omagh, County Tyrone, on New Years Eve in 2012.
Mr Donnelly told his defence barrister: "She is mistaken. I did not strike anyone down by the Weigh Inn car park".
When asked about the prosecution claim that he struck the blow that resulted in the death of Mr McGovern, Mr Donnelly replied: "It's not true."
Under cross-examination by the prosecution, Mr Donnelly said he did not know the witness and admitted that he had previously accused her of lying.
He told the court that he had "possibly" confused "lying" with "mistaken" and denied lying to police and claimed to have told them what he could recall at the time.
He said he had been advised by a solicitor to make a short statement and "no comment" replies at his first series of police interviews, but that he subsequently answered all of their questions.
He accepted that he had not previously mentioned seeing anyone hitting anyone, when he now said he had witnessed an unprovoked attack outside the Terrace Bar in the town.
He was asked if he was being serious in claiming that he had forgotten that.
"I did not recall that," he replied.
The jury was told that Mr Donnelly had been convicted at a previous trial of affray following a fight outside the bar, earlier that evening.
The prosecution barrister asked if he was maintaining his innocence. He replied: "I accept that I was convicted."
He was asked if he was maintaining that he was an entirely innocent party. "I raised my left arm", he said.
Mr Donnelly was shown CCTV footage of the first fight outside the Terrace Bar after which the defendant ran across the street.
A short time later he was seen running away from the scene of the second attack.
The prosecutor put it to him, "It's something that you would do after cowardly hitting someone. That's your style, Mr Donnelly, you hit someone and run away."
Mark Donnelly said: "That's not true."
He was then shown another CCTV clip following the attacks, which showed him laughing with a crowd, one of whom was demonstrating how punches were thrown.
He was asked why he was engaged in "frivolity" and "having a laugh" with people after they had launched "a vicious, unprovoked attack".
Mr Donnelly denied that he was only prepared to admit what he did when shown it on CCTV.
The trial continues at Dungannon crown court.
Mark Drakeford said UK ministers must show they can both listen to devolved administrations and accept assistance.
He told BBC Wales he wanted to ensure the prime minister got a good deal for both Wales and the UK.
First Minister Carwyn Jones has repeated his call for all four UK parliaments to ratify the deal.
Theresa May triggered the two year process for the UK's departure from the European Union, on Wednesday.
Speaking to BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales programme on Thursday, Mr Drakeford said: "We want Mrs May to succeed - that's where the Welsh Government starts from.
"There's a job of work for the UK government to do to demonstrate that it is listening carefully to the devolved administrations but to also be willing to take the help we can offer.
"Part of our frustration throughout is that there is more that we could have done to help shape the way the UK goes into these negotiations."
He spoke before UK ministers' published their white paper on the Repeal Bill, in which Brexit Secretary David Davis promised a "significant increase in the decision-making power of each devolved administration".
The legislation will give the UK government the power to decide which EU laws - totalling more than 19,000 - should be kept or rejected when the UK leaves the European Union.
In her letter to European Council President Donald Tusk, beginning Brexit negotiations, Mrs May said Wales could expect a "significant increase" in devolved powers following Brexit.
Mr Drakeford said: "We have been absolutely clear that agriculture, fisheries, the environment and so on, that those powers already lie in Wales.
"When the EU is gone, those powers haven't gone anywhere, they will still be here where they have been since 1999.
"Our anxiety is that there are some people in the UK government who appear to believe that without the European Union somehow those powers are floating free and they will hang onto them and then say they'll hand them to us - they already lie with us."
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said the Repeal Bill would offer devolved administrations the opportunity to extend their powers.
"We've been absolutely clear... no decisions that the Welsh Government or any of the other nations or devolved administrations take at the moment will be removed from them," he said.
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"It's just as well Earls Court is used to staging some of the world's biggest music acts because volleyball is one of the biggest international sports and will raise the roof as much as Led Zeppelin, Oasis or Kylie Minogue ever did. Great Britain, the lowest ranked nation in the competition, will make their debut at this level. Jason Haldane is a vastly experienced player for the men, while women's captain Lynne Beattie is an inspirational figure. China's women's team four years ago attracted TV audiences as high as 370 million. Expect them to feature strongly again as well as Brazil and the USA, the 2008 finalists. Francesca Piccinini is a pin-up in her native Italy and is set to compete in her fourth Games. The Russian men will be top drawer. Star player Maxim Mikhailov is known as 'The Machine Gunner'."
Russia are the most successful nation in the history of Olympic indoor volleyball with a total of seven golds, four by the women and three from the men. In Beijing, however, they were overshadowed by their old foes the United States in the men's event and Brazil were on top of the podium in the women's tournament.
London 2012 marks the first time Great Britain will have volleyball entrants at the Olympics.
Both a women's and men's team will appear after the British Olympic Association confirmed that the two squads had satisfied their requirements that they could deliver a "credible performance and meaningful legacy".
Both squads have struggled to make an impact at world level and in recent times, however. The men's team only just scraped into the top 100 of the official world rankings - finding themselves ranked along with minnows Belize, St Kitts and Anguilla.
The energy expended playing volleyball for an hour burns approximately 780 calories. This helps lower the body fat percentage of those that take up the game.
Striking the ball strengthens the upper body, arms and shoulders, while the movement around the court builds the thigh and lower leg muscles.
As players have to strike the ball while it moves at speed through the air, volleyball improves hand-eye coordination and develops faster reflexes.
As it is a team game, it is an excellent way to develop communication skills and learn to work effectively with other people.
Volleyball clubs also offer a variety of social events beyond simply playing the sport.
Volleyball is an exciting, competitive team game that forces you to think tactically. It is played regularly by more than 50,000 people in gyms, leisure centres, schools, colleges and universities throughout the United Kingdom.
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You can get a casual game going almost anywhere, be it the park, the beach, your back garden, university or even a swimming pool; all that is needed is a net and a ball.
For more regulated play, clubs throughout the UK run training sessions and leagues for players of all abilities.
There are no specific pieces of kit required to play volleyball, with most people choosing to wear a t-shirt, shorts and trainers.
Some players choose to use knee pads and elbow pads to provide protection from falls when playing on an indoor court.
Volleyball England's Go Spike campaign is currently putting on taster sessions for the sport which anyone from complete beginners to experienced players can take part in. Visit the Go Spike website to find out when events are being run close to you.
For people outside of England, visit the Northern Ireland Volleyball,Scottish Volleyball Association and Volleyball Wales websites to find out what schemes are available in your country.
More on the British Volleyball website
'Join In Local Sport' aims to get as many people as possible to turn up and take part in activities at their local sports facilities on 18/19 August, 2012 - the first weekend between the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The aim of the initiative is for every sports club and community group in the UK to put on a special event in a bid to encourage more people to get involved as members, supporters or volunteers.
More than 4,000 local sports clubs will be opening their doors to host events and show people just how they can get involved.
As well as tips on playing sport there will be information on coaching, supporting and how to help out.
Find an event near you.
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There are six players in a volleyball team. They are allowed a maximum of three touches of the ball between them before it must cross the net.
Crucial is the set and spike, in which a player feeds the ball (the set) for a team-mate to smash it into the opposition's side of the court (the spike).
The Netherlands claimed their first Olympic volleyball gold medal with a thrilling 3-2 victory against Italy at the Atlanta Games in 1996
Matches are played over the best of five sets. Each one of the first four sets is completed when a team wins 25 points, with a lead of at least two points over the opposing team.
The fifth set is completed when one team wins 15 points, having a lead of 2 points over the opposing team.
A point is awarded after every rally, regardless of which team serves. If the serving team wins a rally, it continues to serve. If the receiving team wins a rally, it serves next.
Only the three players at the net can spike or block near the net. The back-court players can only hit the ball over the net from the back half of the court.
In a major change from the Beijing Games in 2008, teams can now earn bonus points whether they win or lose, depending on the scoreline. Previously it was two points for a win, one point for a loss.
Now, a team will earn three points for a win by 3-0 or 3-1 or two points for a win by 3-2. The losing team earns a point if they win two sets (i.e. lose the match 3-2).
More on the Team GB website
Team GB's men are rank outsiders. Nonetheless, captain Ben Pipes thinks they can reach the last four.
The women lost all five of their games at the Olympic test event but did enjoy notable wins over Argentina and Peru last year. They are aiming for a top-eight finish.
Brazil's men entered the year as the top-ranked side, although they only won bronze at the 2011 World Cup behind winners Russia. The USA beat Brazil to win Olympic gold in 2008.
The USA's women topped the early rankings this year, but Brazil and Italy are the reigning Olympic and World Cup champions respectively.
Volleyball was created in 1895 by William G. Morgan, athletics director of the YMCA training school in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
The sport's popularity soared in Europe after the US military sent 16,000 volleyballs to its troops and allies in France to boost morale during the First World War
He invented the sport, which he called 'mintonette', for older members of the YMCA club. It took the name volleyball the following year.
It has been part of the Olympics since 1964 and the International Volleyball Federation is currently the largest international sporting federation in the world, with 220 members.
Cuba won gold in the women's volleyball at three consecutive Olympic Games from 1992 to 2000
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The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) said the customs value of overseas sales fell by 2.4% last year to £3.86bn.
The figure compared with a 7% fall in the previous year.
The volume of whisky exports was down by 2.8% to 1.16 billion bottles - the equivalent of 34 bottles being shipped from Scotland every second.
SWA said consumer demand for single malt continued to be strong, with shipments up from £914m in 2014 to £916.4m last year.
According to SWA analysis of HMRC statistics, single malts accounted for nearly 25% of the value Scotch whisky exports in 2015, up from 18% five years ago.
Blends remained the biggest category (£2.77bn), accounting for 72% of the global value of exports.
The US, the biggest export destination for Scotch, remained steady at £749m - nearly a fifth of all exports - while sales to Japan were up 18% to £76m.
There was also growth in a number of emerging markets, with Mexico up 17% to £115m, Turkey up 24% to almost £53m and China returning to the top 20 markets with an increase of 5% to £41m.
However, SWA found sales were affected in countries whose economies were driven by oil and other commodities.
The industry body said the recession in Brazil in particular had "a notable impact" on overall export figures. The fifth largest market by volume in 2014, sales to Brazil dropped by 20% in 2015.
From Athens and Madrid to Caracas and Recife and on to Shanghai - Scotch whisky did well in attracting a cosmopolitan clientele, but not so well in picking the countries in which it has excelled.
In southern Europe's nightclubs to oil-enriched South America and lubricating the business deals of China, economic difficulties and official disapproval have combined to put the brakes on rapid growth.
So it has turned Scotch back to its two big export markets - the USA, which leads on value, and France, the clear leader on volume.
Some other destinations, according to HMRC figures, get big figures as distribution hubs. Germany supplies much of Central Europe. The Baltic states funnel Scotch to Russia.
Singapore is the staging post for freight containers bound for further sea miles across east Asia and Australasia. These make it hard to see precisely where these exports go.
But whisky going to the US tends to stay in the States. Its image has been of the drink for up-market mature golfers. Smart marketing has also carved out a young clientele wanting to sample the range of single malts.
That 'premiumisation' of whisky has taken single malts close to quarter of exports by value.
Cheaper bulk exports have held relatively steady, a lot of them bound for Asia.
But blends have been in quite a steep decline, from £3.27bn of exports in 2011 to £2.71bn in 2015. To the rest of the European Union, the decline has been 29%.
Single malt exports have risen in that time from a total of £745m to £916m last year.
At £365m value in EU exports, that's nearly 40% of the value of sales into the trading bloc.
At £272m, that's nearly 30% of North American sales by value.
As UK sales of whisky showed last year with a modest reversal after years of decline, also achieved through single malts, it can pay off to stick with the mature and less exciting markets too.
SWA chief executive David Frost said: "Scotch whisky exports continue to deliver and the fundamentals for future growth are strong.
"Whilst the last couple of years have been more difficult, the longer-term picture has been one of increased demand, new investment, and premiumisation.
"Challenges remain, with an uncertain global economy and political uncertainty in some export markets."
Welsh fighter Dale Evans was among about 300 people to attend the service at St Andrew's Cathedral in Dundee
Mike Towell, 25, died in hospital on 30 September, a day after being knocked down twice during the bout in Glasgow.
In a statement Towell's family said they attached no blame to his welterweight opponent.
Towell's family asked those attending the funeral to celebrate the life of the boxer, known as "Iron Mike".
Many friends and members of Towell's boxing club arrived at the funeral wearing white T-shirts with a picture of Towell celebrating a win, with "Iron Mike Towell" written on the back.
Others wore hoodies with messages such as "Dundee's champ", "Team Towell" and "the legend lives on".
Members of the Stirling gym where Towell trained also wore T-shirts with "1314" on them, in reference to the name of the complex.
In a statement issued later, Towell's family said: "Today is the hardest day of all for us, the day we realised for sure really that Mike wasn't coming home to us.
"The two weeks since we lost him have been very hard for us to bear, it has seemed almost surreal.
"Yet it has been a time when we have needed the strength of each other and of those around us."
The family said it had been a "real comfort" to have Dale Evans at the funeral service.
The statement said: "He has also been through so much and no fault will ever lie with him, this was just two boys boxing and doing what they loved best."
"Dale is a terrific lad and it has meant so much that he has kept in touch with us so much since the fight. He is in bits and devastated like us all.
"We are thinking about him, we care about him and we would like to thank Dale and all the thousands who have sent messages of support and goodwill since Mike passed.
"We have lost a son, a partner and a father and we will always mourn him, yet we know we will always smile every day at his memory too."
Dale Evans, from Carmarthen, later posed for a photograph at a tribute mural to Towell at Dundee Waterfront.
The hearse arrived at the cathedral accompanied by floral tributes reading "daddy" and "Iron Mike".
Undertakers escorted the coffin into the service with a floral crucifix sitting on top.
Dundee sports journalist Jim Spence said the service, conducted by Canon Kevin Golden, was "very emotional."
He said: "It was the city turning out to give its respects to a favoured son who had a great record in boxing.
"He had a terrific future ahead of him, so St Andrew's Cathedral was absolutely chockablock.
"He had achieved so much in such a short space of time, but a great tragedy and a great sadness that it was cut short so tragically."
Money raised at the funeral in lieu of flowers will be donated to the special care baby unit at Dundee's Ninewells Hospital, where Towell spent a week when he was born, and the neurology unit at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
Towell was knocked down in the first round of the fight at the Radisson Blu Hotel, before recovering to continue the match.
Referee Victor Loughlin stopped the fight in the fifth round shortly after Towell was knocked down by Evans for a second time.
He received treatment in the ring and was given oxygen before being taken to an ambulance on a stretcher.
In a Facebook post, his partner Chloe Ross later revealed Towell had been suffering from migraines in the weeks before the fight but had dismissed them as pre-fight stress.
We are in the Juan Pelota Cafe, which is at one end of Mellow Johnny's bike shop. That is "Mellow Johnny" as in the French for yellow jersey, "maillot jaune"; and "Juan Pelota" as in "one" and the Spanish for "ball". Guess who?
"Have you read 'Seven Deadly Sins'?" Andrew, a member of the Violet Crown cycling crew, asks me, referring to the Irish journalist David Walsh's most recent Lance Armstrong expose.
"For me, he went from being complicated to evil."
I am tempted to ask if Andrew has read New York Times writer Juliet Macur's 'Cycle of Lies', too, as that has Armstrong starting evil and ending up deeper in hell than Satan, but we have got plenty of time to talk about the man who owns the shop we are standing in, what's the rush?
Minutes later, as advertised, our Sunday saunter has clipped in and we are pedalling off to somewhere approximately 25 miles away, the unseasonable sunshine warming our backs.
And then a funny thing happens. It turns out everybody does want to talk about 'Lance' after all.
A couple of the guys used to race against him as a junior - "he was cocky but he could back it up" - and most of them had seen him out training on these roads - "he'd ride along for a while, chatting, and then say 'thanks for the tow' and shoot off".
They did not seem that upset about the doping - "they all did it…America loves a winner…who can say they wouldn't have done the same?" - but the "other stuff" was a problem.
Perhaps not an irredeemable one, though.
A week before, Austin had staged the US National Cyclo-cross Championships. It should have been a celebration of the self-confident city's vibrant cycling culture, but when the final Sunday was nearly cancelled amid a row over possible damage to some old oak trees it ended up like an episode of Parks and Recreation.
Armstrong was not present - he has not touched a bike since early November and tends to avoid gatherings these days, he can do without the "Hey, it's Lance! Wait, is that cool?" expressions on people's faces - but he knew this was important to the city he moved to as an ambitious teen, the city whose rise to national prominence he had once been synonymous with. So he made some calls.
Within hours the race was back on (his was not the only call), but on Monday. This meant a lot of people needed a room. Thankfully, Hotel Lance was open and within minutes of the tweet going out, half a dozen competitors and their families were sorted for the night, free of charge.
It was a small gesture but it resonated with Violet Crown's members, and over the next three and-a-half hours a more nuanced picture of Armstrong emerged.
Nobody in the group, some of whom have been doing this for 30 years, tried to tell me he is a misunderstood saint, stitched up by jealous foreigners and sanctimonious officials, but then nobody told me he is an out-and-out bounder, either.
So when Armstrong agreed to meet the BBC to discuss a first television interview since Oprah Winfrey two years ago, I wondered which version of the paradoxical pedaller I would get.
Come on over, he said; there are direct flights between London and Austin, he pointed out; but "for everybody's sakes this isn't an interview", he warned.
The flight was interesting. Alex Gibney's "The Armstrong Lie" on one channel; on another, the episode of "Veep" when Julia Louis-Dreyfus's vice-president almost signs her name next to Lance Armstrong's on an IT company's graffiti wall ("we're having that one chemically expunged").
But when my taxi pulled up outside his house at 8am he was stood in the doorway, bare feet, in short-sleeved shirt and shorts, big smile, mug of coffee in his hand, Halloween decorations framing the door. Deflectors up, I went in.
Two hours later, we were outside his house in the road, him still barefoot, planning the rest of my day in Austin. A few neighbours strolled by, greeting him as they did. It was a very nice neighbourhood.
We had both got what we wanted: the Beeb had its interview (without conditions) and he had shown me he was not a black hole of malignant energy.
Had I been played? Seduced by his famous charm, disarmed by his children, thrown off balance by his ability to laugh at himself?
Probably, but that went both ways. Did I really believe this interview could be a step towards rehabilitation? Maybe, but most of all I thought it would be a blockbuster.
The trail went cold after that meeting. As others have discovered, he compartmentalises his life better than a Boxtroll, so we were put aside until the right time.
For weeks we were left like his loyal band of followers, tracking his runs on Strava, deciphering his tweets.
Interviews with Golf Digest and Rouleur came out (was he stringing us along?), and then an email arrived on Christmas Day: Le Boss says let's do it.
Most of you will have seen or heard bits of our sports editor Dan Roan's interview with Armstrong now, and it seems most of you have had your views of him (Lance, not Dan) reconfirmed.
Inevitably, most of the reaction has focused on the headline "I would do it again". He knew that would happen (he had market-tested it recently in audiences with students at Harvard and property developers in Switzerland), so do not feel sorry for a misquoted victim of the nasty media.
But should we admit he has a point?
Everybody likes to think they are noble enough to find their way out of moral mazes, which is a surprise when you consider the evidence. As Armstrong put it, he does not know many who decided to forego the dream and keep their integrity.
Sure, there were some; but as French rider Christophe Bassons, one of the few good men, pointed out this week, he cannot remember many either.
These might be uncomfortable truths but Armstrong did not invent doping, they really were almost all at it, it did not stop after he quit, and the United States Anti-Doping Agency probably was guilty of hyperbole when it called US Postal's doping antics the "most sophisticated and professionalised" in history. They were undoubtedly "successful", though.
He is also on firm ground when he highlights the inconsistency of stripping his titles, whilst umpteen other dopers keep theirs, some of whom have lied just as hard and long as him.
Does this mean they should be returned? Well, he believes "history" will sort that out, and in the meantime he still has his "memories".
I suspect history will decide it has better things to do. Whether he has the titles, nobody has them, or a queue is formed behind the only podium-finisher from his era not to be caught cheating, Spain's Fernando Escartin, it does not matter. They are all tainted.
But what should Armstrong do with the rest of his life? Some want to put him in prison. House arrest will suffice for others.
This is where I believe he makes another reasonable point.
As you will see if you watch our documentary "Lance Armstrong: The Road Ahead" over the coming days on BBC News and World News, or BBC1 on Sunday, we visited the cancer charity formerly known as the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
When its founder went toxic two years ago, it dropped his name, sent his framed jerseys back and told him to stay away, something he describes as "the deepest cut".
Livestrong, like its erstwhile patron, is not doing too badly on the face of it. It has lovely headquarters, in a cool part of town, and has just handed the University of Texas £30m to develop better cancer care.
But its revenues have fallen dramatically, Armstrong's corporate sponsors have slipped away and it is currently without a chief executive.
It seems to have lost its confidence and identity. Our requests for interviews were politely but firmly declined, as was the idea that we might film links in Livestrong's reception.
Armstrong, meanwhile, is on the other side of town desperate to help.
As outlined in Esquire's Armstrong profile last summer, the chastened campaigner continues to do good work in the cancer community.
I do not know if that work was accidentally-on-purpose leaked but I can say he was trying to persuade a frightened teenager to go ahead with treatment on the morning of our interview, and we would not have known that unless we directly asked his agent about it.
There will be some of you screaming now that Livestrong, the chugging with politicians and celebrities, and the entire cancer-survivor backstory was part of the con, a shield to justify the fraud in France.
But Armstrong really did survive life-threatening cancer and decide to do something positive afterwards. The result was £300m raised for a foundation that has helped three million people. That happened.
Is it possible that some good can still come of the failed enterprise that was Lance: The Great American Hero?
His days of winning elite bike or triathlon races are almost certainly gone, and there should be no Hope Rides/Runs/Whatever Again hoopla in his future. But who benefits by stopping him from running "a slow marathon" or perhaps even helping cycling's move to the mainstream again?
Clearly, there needs to be some quid pro quo. Armstrong is quick to highlight the apologies that have been accepted, but less forthcoming on those he still has not tried hard enough to appease.
One idea might be to actually help the fight against doping today, instead of rationalising the dilemmas of yesterday.
Armstrong was the villain of a piece in USA Today last week about the Taylor Hooton Foundation, a Texas-based organisation set up by a father who lost a teenage son to suicide after he got caught up in steroids at school.
The foundation now uses Armstrong's story to warn children about the perils of performance-enhancing drugs.
"Everyone we talk to knows Lance," Don Hooton told the paper. "There's never, ever, a positive reaction to him."
But what if Armstrong gave those talks? Might the reaction change and the impact be greater?
He will never again be the face of a major sponsor, be talked of as a future senator, or jet around the world performing miracles with the likes of Bill Clinton and Bono, but there are enough people on Sunday morning rides and cancer wards still willing to give him another chance.
Perhaps the best of the library of books that Armstrong's modern morality tale inspired is "Wheelmen" by Wall Street Journal reporters Reed Albergotti and Vanessa O'Connell.
The 43-year-old does not read books (he prefers newspapers), which is a shame because Wheelmen's final paragraph sums his situation up perfectly:
"He really does hold the keys to his own redemption. Whether he will use them, for the sake of both his soul and the soul of the sport he once loved so much, remains to be seen," they wrote.
"He is a man of great strength, determination, and resilience, and we truly hope that he will use those qualities to make a moral comeback as complete as the physical comeback he effected from the cancer that nearly killed him. Time will tell."
Watch Lance Armstrong: The Road Ahead on the BBC iPlayer
It had been originally planned that a 24/7 contraflow would be run between Mold Road and Gresford over a six to eight week period.
But the work will now take place at night over five weeks to limit disruption.
The work starts on 13 February, with one carriageway closed at a time.
Economy Secretary Ken Skates said: "Closing roads for long periods at peak times is never ideal for the economy but is often the only option in terms of delivering the quality infrastructure we need and expect.
"On this occasion, however, I've taken the decision to deliver more medium term improvements to the road, having considered a full closure of this road during working hours to be too detrimental to local communities and the economy."
Eastleigh, unbeaten in 10 league games beforehand, saw Andy Drury and Josh Payne both shoot wide.
Lee Cook tested Rovers goalkeeper Scott Davies with a shot before Eastleigh goalkeeper Ross Flitney saved attempts from Adam Mekki and Norwood.
But Norwood headed in his 21st goal of the season to move Tranmere three points outside the top five.
Eastleigh are also three points adrift of the National League play-off places with one game left.
Llinos Medi Huws was understood to be the only candidate left after independent Ken Hughes withdrew.
Some independents were criticised for supporting a Plaid-led administration rather than an independent leader.
Mr Hughes said he was disappointed independent councillors had not united to form an administration.
On 4 May, Plaid gained two seats, overtaking the independents to become the largest group on the island's authority, with 14 seats, leaving no party in overall control.
Labour councillor John Arwel Roberts said he was "very disappointed" some Independents had decided to support Plaid.
The new council leader will be formally elected at a meeting on 23 May.
An international team has just published a review of the events, showing the number of landslides was far lower than people had feared.
And the group could find no evidence of Himalayan glacial lakes suffering significant damage - a key concern.
The assessment has been published in Science magazine.
It has also been presented here in San Francisco at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union - the world's largest annual gathering of Earth scientists.
"There were a lot of surprises," said study lead Jeffery Kargel from the University of Arizona, Tucson.
"The nature of the earthquakes' influence on the landscape, from the largest scales to the smaller scales, was not really as we would have expected," he told BBC News.
By any measure the Nepal quakes in April and May were devastating: more than eight and a half thousand people lost their lives.
But researchers believe that even this horrific outcome was slight compared with what could have happened.
The main Magnitude 7.8 tremor on 25 April buckled the Earth's surface, making a broad swathe of the high Himalayas slump down while lifting up the adjacent Kathmandu basin. This whole region was also shifted 2m to the south.
Scientists' immediate reaction was to expect many tens of thousands of landslides to be triggered, but a huge volunteer effort to scour satellite images could identify only 4,312.
Similarly, researchers thought that many lakes that had built up behind the rocky deposits of glaciers would be breached by the tremors, sending torrents of water down Nepalese valleys. However, satellite photos and subsequent on-the-ground inspections could find no serious damage.
Quite why this should be is still under study, but scientists think several factors could have contributed.
One concerns the nature of the shaking: although energetic, it was relatively smooth. Another idea is that the rock strength in the region may have been underestimated. Vegetation, like rhododendron forests, could also have played an underappreciated role in holding the landscape together.
None of this diminishes the awfulness of what happened. And the paper published in Science goes into some detail about what happened in the famous trekking village of Langtang, north of Kathmandu.
Here, some two million cubic metres of debris came down the mountainside.
Brian Collins from the US Geological Survey visited the aftermath: "It started off as a snow and ice avalanche somewhere above 5,000m and then slid over 1,000m before going off a cliff and into free-fall for about 500m; and that free-fall was really the damaging aspect of it.
"It had collected a lot of material on the way down and it landed directly on the village."
The scientists have calculated that the mass of snow, ice and rock hit the valley floor with the energy equivalent to half a Hiroshima nuclear bomb. That part of Langtang not buried was destroyed in an airblast, says Jeffery Kargel, the assessment's senior author.
"There's another part of the village that was completely blown away by the landslide or avalanche winds, which we estimate were somewhere in the EF-5 Tornado range, strong enough to completely blow away stone-slab hotels." More than 350 people perished at Langtang.
But, again, even this extraordinary event is put into perspective by a companion paper published in Science magazine.
This details investigations of historic earthquakes in Nepal that occurred around 1,000 years ago. These tremors were likely Magnitude 8 events, or greater, and the landslides and debris movements they triggered completely transformed the landscape around them.
The team found that Pokhara, the second largest city in Nepal, is actually built on top of all this material.
Co-author Oliver Korup, from the University of Potsdam, Germany, said: "Most of it came from a high-lying mountain basin in the Annapurna Massif, 3,000m above sea level. And the debris spread out over nearly 150 square km, and invaded several river valleys up stream, against the flow direction, for up to 7km. [For comparison], the Downtown San Francisco area would be buried beneath at least 50m of debris."
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The 18-year-old injured her left ankle at the British Championships in March but went on to win four medals in April's European Championships.
She had surgery on the injury on Monday and will now miss October's competition in Montreal, Canada.
"My eyes are now set on getting ready and fit for the Commonwealth Games next year," Downie said.
"I'm very excited to be on the road to recovery and get fit again. A minor setback is a pathway for a major comeback."
British Gymnastics added that it expected Downie to be "fully fit for an important year of competition in 2018".
Downie's elder sister Becky will also miss the Worlds as she continues to recover from an elbow injury.
BBC Sport's David McDaid
Having shown her dominance at European level to take that historic all-around gold in April, gymnastics fans were excited to see if Ellie Downie could carry that on to the world stage.
With international stars such as Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and Aliya Mustafina all missing, the younger Downie sister's chances of taking all-around honours would have been even higher.
Given what she has achieved already, it's easy to forget she only turned 18 last month.
Her coaches often speak of her maturity and willingness to view the bigger picture when it comes to her body and her career.
Sitting out these World Championships will allow her to come back for a full 2018 including the Commonwealth Games and, crucially, next year's World Championships - which are the first qualifying steps towards the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
The absence of both Downies means a chance for some younger gymnasts to make their mark.
Look out for the likes of Alice Kinsella, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Kelly Simm and Maisie Methuen to take spots alongside more recognisable names such as Amy Tinkler and Claudia Fragapane.
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Bosses said the airport had enjoyed 13 months of growth with a bumper June, which saw a 17% year-on-year increase.
More than 6,000 people travelled from the airport, near Rhoose, to France for the Euro 2016 football championship.
Debra Barber, managing director and chief operating officer, said it had been an "exciting time".
The 28% rise was based on the rolling annual total of travellers from June 2015 to June 2016.
Figures released in April 2015 had shown a fall of 38,000 (3.6%) in 2014.
After announcing the new figures on Tuesday, Roger Lewis, chairman of the airport, said: "Today we are sending a signal to the world that Wales is well and truly open for business."
He said Cardiff Airport was the "fastest growing airport in the UK that regularly handles over one million passengers" and added the operators "intend to expand our activities".
The Vale of Glamorgan airport provided the stage for the Welsh football team's departure for Euro 2016 on 4 June, with Chris Coleman's side receiving a hero's welcome on their return on Friday, after reaching the semi-finals.
Cardiff Airport was bought by the Welsh Government for £52m in March 2013 and operated at arms' length since then.
The move was later criticised by opponents after a KPMG report suggested the government had paid double an initial valuation.
Mr Lewis told BBC Radio Wales he had started "initial discussions" with potential private sector investors, but any sale would still be some years away.
He also said a target of two million passengers a year was within reach.
A spokeswoman for the Assembly Commission, which runs Stormont, said its guidelines stated the building cannot be used for election purposes.
The guidelines were issued to all political parties and individual MLAs.
UKIP's David McNarry told journalist the party had sought and been granted permission to use Parliament Buildings.
"We're only following in the footsteps of others. We made an application to do what we're doing," Mr McNarry said at the launch.
In a statement to the BBC, the Assembly Commission spokeswoman said: "The use of Parliament Buildings as a venue for election purposes is not permitted under the Use of Assembly Resources During the 2015 General Election guidelines which were issued to all political parties and individual MLAs on 2 April 2015.
"The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission is aware that the guidelines may have been breached and is currently reviewing the matter."
Businesses have placed banners on verges along the A591 close to the Staveley junction near Kendal, in Cumbria, in a bid to attract trade.
Firms said they had seen a dip in trade since Storm Desmond in December.
The Lake District National Park Authority has suggested a compromise of a single shared sign.
Michael Tullis, joint-owner of Inglefield Plants, said: "Everybody is struggling. Before I put my sings out our trade was 50% of normal. Since then it's improved, but it's not good.
"I know it is against the law to put these things up, but we've got to try to survive until this is over. I thought when I put them up they would see reason under the circumstances."
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron said businesses in Staveley had faced difficulties since the loss of a bridge which was damaged by the storms.
He has written to the park authority calling for a "common sense approach" and for the village to be treated as a "special case".
The park authority has written to traders informing them the signs contravene national planning regulations, which say adverts must be on the premises to which they relate.
Dave McGowan, from the authority, said: "We have asked a small number of businesses to play by the rules to reduce the clutter at the junction.
"We are really sympathetic to the plight of businesses in the village - there are over 60. You can imagine if all of them had signs what a situation we would have."
He added Cumbria County Council had indicated it would be willing to provide "a single sign or a couple of signs so everybody can benefit from the publicity".
The authority, which can allow such a banner "at its discretion", will meet next week with the parish and county councils to discuss the matter.
Striker Harrison, 18, joins an experienced squad for the match in Reykjavik on 20 September.
A point for the Scots against the group leaders will seal qualification to the finals in the Netherlands next summer.
However, Signeul's side could qualify for their first major event before then if results elsewhere go their way.
Group winners and the six best runners-up progress to the finals, with the remaining two second-placed teams competing in a play-off for the last spot at next year's 16-team tournament.
And the results of matches involving other second-placed teams on 16 September could confirm Scotland as one of the six best runners-up.
Harrison, who is the former captain of Scotland's Under-19s, is the only player new to international football: uncapped Mallbackens forward Zoe Ness is also in the squad but she has been called up before.
Seattle Reign defender Rachel Corsie misses out due to injury.
Signeul told BBC Scotland that the Scotland squad represented "a good mixture" of younger players and those with more experience.
"We have four of five of the older players who are not giving in, who are still very good and doing well for their club teams," she said.
"I don't think age should matter if you really play well. We have a lot of young players coming in so I think it is a good mix."
The coach is looking for her players to compete better with Iceland's physicality in Reykjavik than they managed in the 4-0 defeat in Falkirk in June.
"We realised that we cannot just play good football," said Signeul, who will take charge of the team for the 150th time.
"Against teams like that you need to fight and really battle like we did in the old days when we refused to concede goals. We will need to be more aggressive.
"We can qualify on Thursday next week, or the Friday, with the help of other teams.
"I think we have done it under our own steam. We have managed to take maximum points from teams three, four and five in the group.
"I don't mind if we have qualified before we play. It will be good for my nerves!
"I am confident that either with the help of others or by getting a point that we will be there. We have already secured the play-off but we don't want to play a play-off."
Scotland women's squad
Goalkeepers: Gemma Fay (Glasgow City), Shannon Lynn (Vittsjo GIK).
Defenders: Jennifer Beattie (Manchester City), Ifeoma Dieke (Vittsjo GIK), Nicola Docherty (Glasgow City), Emma Mitchell (Arsenal), Joelle Murray and Kirsty Smith (both Hibernian).
Midfielders: Leanne Crichton (Notts County), Lisa Evans (Bayern Munich), Hayley Lauder (Glasgow City), Kim Little (Seattle Reign), Joanne Love (Glasgow City), Christie Murray (Doncaster Rovers Belles), Leanne Ross (Glasgow City), Caroline Weir (Liverpool).
Forwards: Lizzie Arnot (Hibernian), Fiona Brown (Glasgow City), Lana Clelland (UPC Tavagnacco), Abigail Harrison (Hibernian), Zoe Ness (Mallbackens IF), Jane Ross (Manchester City.
Mike Hopkins, 56, was aiming to be the oldest Welsh person to reach the summit.
He had reached Camp 1 when the 7.8 magnitude tremor struck, but he has able to call his wife to tell her he was safe.
More than 2,300 people died in the earthquake on 25 April with 17 killed around the base of Mount Everest.
A team of six officers from South Wales Fire and Rescue Service and one from Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service flew out to assist the rescue mission.
Mr Hopkins was with with a group of nine other climbers and Sherpas on the north side of Everest.
The Kangaroos crossed six times before Ryan Brierley's try got Scotland off the mark three minutes before half-time at Hull KR's Lightstream Stadium.
Ben Kavanagh scored their second try, captain Danny Brough converting both.
"The first 30 minutes we sat back and let Australia play and they were excellent," Scotland head coach Steve McCormack told BBC Sport.
"When we got good field position we challenged them at times and our effort and determination at the back end was good."
Scotland face England for the first time in their 20-year history in Coventry on 5 November.
England begin their campaign against defending champions New Zealand in Huddersfield on Saturday.
"We will get better as the tournament goes on," added McCormack. "We had to show a lot of spirit and we will certainly get better for next week."
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Australia winger Blake Ferguson opened the scoring on the left, Cooper Cronk pounced on a clever grubber kick from Cameron Smith to score and then combined with Matt Moylan to put James Maloney in between the posts.
Debutant Tyson Frizell sent Cronk in from 30 metres, and Australia made the most of a Scotland in-goal drop out to put Josh Mansour over. The winger added his second with a dive into the corner.
Scotland, who qualified for the tournament for the first time by winning the 2014 European Cup, responded shortly before half-time when captain Brough's kick was deflected into the path of Huddersfield team-mate Brierley, who pounced to score on his debut.
Although Josh Dugan scored immediately after the interval for Australia, a Brough interception helped put Bradford prop Kavanagh over.
Former Wales international Frizell reasserted the Kangaroos' dominance when he powered over, and tries from Michael Morgan and Jake Trbojevic soon followed.
The 'fourth' nation have never beaten Australia, New Zealand or England since the tournament was expanded from the Tri-Nations in 2009.
Brough said: "We have learned a lot. They outsmarted us and we probably got what we deserved. We have to take the good spells and make it into a consistent half.
"I'm proud of the lads - they put that jersey on and wore it with pride.
"We are not expected to win a game but we have to see if we can upset the apple cart once or twice."
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The Friday night spot has been taken by pop group Eden with a performance they promise will be "like nothing we've ever seen at the Eisteddfod".
Lleden, with Tara Bethan, Sam Roberts, Rhys Jones, Heledd Watkins and Wil Roberts, also take to the stage the same night.
Fleur de Lys and Cordia also perform, while Elin Fflur headlines the closing Saturday.
The Eisteddfod takes place at Bodedern from 4-12 August.
The 31-year-old Team Dimension Data rider completed the 189km course, which runs entirely in the desert, in four hours 37 minutes six seconds.
Germany's Andre Greipel and Italy's Niccolo Bonifazio completed the top three, while Spaniard Alberto Contador suffered a crash 4km from home.
Friday's 153km-stage takes the riders from Almaryah Island to Big Flag.
Stage one result:
1. Mark Cavendish (GB/Dimension Data) 4hrs 37mins 6secs
2. Andre Greipel (Ger/Lotto) Same time
3. Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita/Bahrain) Same time
4. Simone Consonni (Ita/UAE Team Emirates) Same time
5. Elia Viviani (Ita/Team Sky) Same time
6. Roger Kluge (Ger/Orica) Same time
President Xi Jinping said the Brics countries were among those currently enduring slower economic growth.
But he stressed that the potential and strength of the group was "unchanged".
It comes as leaders of the Brics countries agreed in India to forge closer business and trade ties.
The grouping contains about half of the world's population and nearly 25% of world economic output.
Speaking at the Brics summit in the Indian resort state of Goa, Mr Xi referred to the recent slowdown in economic growth amongst the group.
But he added the position of the Brics "is still positive long-term" due to their resources and workforces.
Earlier this month, the International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for world economic growth in 2016, with Brazil, South Africa and Russia receiving some of the sharpest downgrades.
The Brics economies have been hit by falling global demand and lower commodity prices, while some have faced corruption scandals.
Brazil and Russia are both in recession, and Brazil on some counts is suffering its worst downturn since the 1930s.
South Africa narrowly avoided a recession last month, while China is going through its slowest economic growth in 25 years.
Still, Lord Jim O'Neill, the economist who coined the term "Brics", told the BBC he remained confident of the grouping's success.
Ahead of the talks, he said it is "bigger today [than] even in the most optimistic scenario I thought 15 years ago, and it's primarily because of China".
At the summit, the Brics leaders agreed to set up a new credit rating agency and expand the role of emerging economies, and recognised the threat from terrorism.
In separate agreements, Mr Xi vowed to pursue closer ties with India and Russia as part of a wider Chinese push to foster global trade partnerships.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India and China had a responsibility to join hands and turn the 21st Century into an Asian century.
Meanwhile, Mr Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed multi-billion dollar energy and defence pacts on Saturday on the sidelines of the summit.
Inverness earned a 2-2 draw at home last September, Celtic's only failure to win in 26 Premiership matches.
"It will be a motivation because we want to succeed and we want to win," said the Danish defender.
"Some games you will lose points but it hasn't been lately so we will do everything we can."
Celtic have defeated Inverness twice since then, but this is the defending champions' first visit back to the Caledonian Stadium.
They are currently 24 points clear of second place Aberdeen, and need 13 more points to secure their sixth consecutive title.
"It is obviously a place we want to win at and we will do everything we can to see if we can get the three points because we always need to be the team that needs to win," Sviatchenko said.
"I would certainly say it is not getting easier. It is all about the mental preparation and the approach to the game because every game will be important and we need to be thinking it is going to be even more difficult now because it is so many games we play.
"We all want to be, or are, winners in some ways so you never get tired of winning games.
"The feeling after you have won a game is the best feeling and that is why we never give up. We want to keep pushing forward and get as many points as we can.
"We are playing for the title. We will do everything we can [to win it] as soon as possible but we have the most respect for every team we play."
Sviatchenko says it will "be a dream" to go through the league season undefeated and admits that he is often asked about the prospect of the team completing a treble, having already won the Scottish League Cup this season.
"If it will be so [that] we go unbeaten, [it will be] one day at a time, [and] it will be a huge achievement, but at that this stage it is too early to say," he said.
"The second [trophy of the season] is quite close and the Scottish Cup is something that we also want to win so we will do everything we can to secure them but we are not talking about it."
Colm McFadden, Rory Kavanagh, Eamon McGee and Christy Toye have been high profile retirements while several other players have stepped away for now.
"Ten or 11 young lads have come in and have been brilliant," says McBrearty.
"They will get experience and that will be great for Donegal football."
Those in the frame for league debuts against the Kingdom at Letterkenny include former Leitrim player Paul Brennan and his Bundoran club-mate Jamie Brennan.
Rory Gallagher could also pitch in St Michael's player Michael Langan and Cloughaneely's Jason McGee, who both featured for the county in the recent Dr McKenna Cup.
In addition to the 2012 All-Ireland heroes who walked off the inter-county stage after last summer's quarter-final defeat by Dublin, Gallagher also has to plan without Odhran MacNiallais, Leo McLoone and Anthony Thompson, after they opted out for this season.
Recuperation from injury also means that Karl Lacey, Martin McElhinney and Neil Gallagher will be absent for Sunday's game with Gweedore's Ciaran Gillespie also missing after picking up a hamstring injury in a recent challenge game.
McBrearty, himself, is only 23 but is preparing for his seventh senior inter-county season after making his debut as a minor in the Ulster Championship game against Antrim in 2011.
"A lot of the boys retired after being there for over 10 years but we can't dwell on that.
"The new boys are pushing the rest of us every night at training and there attitude is just brilliant."
With Donegal, by manager Gallagher's admission, having "done a lot an awful lot of work" over the last couple of months, McBrearty has scarcely had a break since the defeat by Dublin last August given that Kilcar reached the county final and his ongoing commitments with Martin McHugh's Ulster University side.
The Kilcar man admits his GAA workload is "tough to be honest" but in his next breath says "there is nothing really else I would want to do".
"In fairness to Jordanstown and Kilcar, they are fairly relaxed about the whole thing. You are doing a lot of training with Donegal so they (university and club) give you quite a bit of leeway.
"It is tough at times but is still enjoyable. I've become accustomed to it over the last seven years. I really don't know anything different to be honest.
"The body is feeling good and I've been very lucky with injuries compared to some of the other boys.
"We've had a lot of good days out with Donegal. As long as we keep being competitive at a top elite level, there's nothing else I really want to be at, to be honest."
So while McBrearty already has banked an All-Ireland medal and played on two Ulster title-winning teams, he appears determined to terrorise inter-county defences for some time to come.
Full-back Foden, 30, has played 174 times for the Premiership side and been capped 34 times by England.
Second-row Day, 32, has made 175 Saints appearances and is also chairman of the Rugby Players' Association.
Saints academy graduate hooker Mikey Haywood, 24, and wing Jamie Elliott, 23, who have both played over 100 games, have also signed new deals.
Director of rugby Jim Mallinder said: "Having players like Mikey and Jamie come through the academy system to become important members of the first-team squad is very pleasing, and a good indicator of the outstanding work that is being done by our coaches across the region."
Both Foden and Day arrived at Franklin's Gardens in 2008, and have helped Northampton win one Premiership title, two European Challenge Cups and one LV= Cup, as well as playing in a Heineken Cup final.
Foden told BBC Radio Northampton: "I spoke to Jim early doors and he asked me 'what are your thoughts?' There's nowhere else I'd rather be than Northampton.
"Since coming back to the Premiership I've been part of the whole building process. I think we're one of the top teams in England and Europe.
"I've still got plans on winning major silverware and hopefully I can do that at Northampton."
The lengths of the deals have not been disclosed.
However, the photo is leaving us with some big questions. Is it real? How can it carry such a big weight and fly? Is anything stronger in the animal kingdom?
There is a only one person to turn to in times like this... Deadly 60 presenter Steve Backshall.
"For the bird to be able to fly is pretty extraordinary, but not unheard of, so I have no reason to doubt it."
Steve may have no reason to question the image being real, but some people on social media think it's a fake.
"If the image is real, it's remarkable, but nothing in it is totally unbelievable.
"For the green woodpecker to be able to fly away would be extraordinary, but a young or female weasel would be a pretty lightweight passenger."
He told us that he is a bit of a fan of the creature apparently taking a ride.
"The weasel is pretty fascinating," he says, adding that it was probably trying to attack the bird.
"It can kill things much bigger than itself, so it's an impressive little creature in itself when you think about its size."
Steve's hunch is backed by the photographer who took the shot on Monday - Martin Le-May.
He said the bird was making a "distressed squawking" during its struggle in the sky above Hornchurch Country Park, east London.
This image has left the curious minds at Newsbeat with lots of questions, mainly what is stronger than a woodpecker in comparison with its size.
Steve says: "The champion weight lifter amongst animals is the rhinoceros beetle, they can withstand 850 times their body weight bearing down on them. That's the champion carrier."
We've done some pretty amateur maths and worked out how strong that is compared to a human and we reckon it's like a human carrying an Airbus 320 plane full of 174 passengers.
If you want to check out our sums to see how we came up with that, we took the average weight of a male in the UK, multiplied that by 850 and looked to see what weighed the same.
Perhaps not thoroughly scientific but it does show how weak we humans are in comparison.
Steve told Newsbeat that humans just can't compare to the likes of a beetle on size-to-weight ratio.
"Invertebrates generally have a greater strength to body weight ratio than other animals.
"Leafcutter ants carry vast sail-like chunks of leaf in their jaws; often with another small ant on top to act as their guardian, protecting them from parasitic wasps."
It all makes us feel a bit puny. However Steve doesn't think we should worry about it too much.
"We're not necessarily weak in comparison to other animals, but everything in evolution is about trade offs. Having a big brain consumes energy, having dexterous fingers means they are less powerful."
Nature is full of creatures we might consider freaks. Steve says there are a few we should all check out.
"One we should look out in the weasel family would be the wolverine, which is not much bigger than a badger, but can kill an adult moose by tearing out its achilles tendon.
"Or check out the sea otter, another weasel which uses tools to smash open crabs and mussels on its chest.
Steve reckons the sea is full of great creatures with super strength.
"How about the sperm whale, a free-diving mammal that can dive to two miles of depth on a single breath, and stay down for two hours?"
And one of the most amazing things about sperm wales is that "the males can produce bursts of 220 decibel sound that can be used to paralyse their prey."
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Gabriel Barbosa got the first with a scrappy finish before new Manchester City signing Gabriel Jesus volleyed in.
Luan then finished off a fine team move before Barbosa's deflected strike ensured Brazil went through as Group A winners.
However, Argentina and London 2012 champions Mexico failed join them in the last eight.
Argentina finished third in Group D after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Honduras, while Mexico were beaten 1-0 by South Korea.
Brazil will play Colombia in the last eight, while Denmark still go through despite the defeat after a 1-1 draw between South Africa and Iraq meant they finished second in the group.
Hosts Brazil had come in for criticism after a lacklustre start to the tournament in which they were held to goalless draws by South Africa and Iraq.
Neymar's form in particular had frustrated Brazilian fans, but the Barcelona forward looked more like himself against Denmark, with a beautiful chipped pass in the build-up to his side's third a notable highlight.
Germany finished the group stage in dominant fashion as they beat Fiji 10-0.
Freiburg forward Nils Petersen hit five goals, Schalke midfielder Max Meyler grabbed a hat-trick and Arsenal's Serge Gnabry scored twice as Germany finished second in Group C to set up a last-eight match with Portugal.
The Portuguese finished top of Group D after drawing 1-1 with Algeria in Belo Horizonte.
Colombia progressed after beating Group B winners Nigeria 2-0. That result ended Japan's hopes of going through as they finished third in the group, despite beating Sweden 1-0.
Quarter-finals: Brazil v Colombia; Portugal v Germany; South Korea v Honduras; Nigeria v Denmark
Hugh and Meg Ross, who live in a Ach an Eas care home in Inverness, have received a card from the Queen to mark their platinum wedding anniversary.
The pair met when Mr Ross visited the shop where Mrs Ross worked to ask about an edition of Wireless World magazine.
Mrs Ross, 88, said she and her husband were "perfect lovers".
Her 90-year-old husband said: "I picked this girl and I got her, and I've stood by her ever since. That's the secret.
"We have our arguments but we never allow them to get to a break-up situation."
Mrs Ross added: "We can have arguments but do not get into anything serious. We are perfect lovers."
The couple who met during World War Two were married in July 1946.
At that time Mr Ross was a fireman working on steam locomotives.
He had started his career on the railways as an engine cleaner and later became an engine driver on diesel locomotives, writing a handbook on how to operate them.
Called The Rules, it was sought after by other drivers to help them pass their exams.
Mrs Ross started work when she was 13-years-old at Corries the Chemist on Drummond Street in Inverness, before she got the job in the newsagents where she first met Mr Ross.
The couple have six children - four daughters and two sons - and 10 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Their family, friends and other residents of the NHS Highland-run care home joined the pair for a party held to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
Huw Aled Jones, 44, of Rhydtalog, near Mold, Flintshire, was found to have dead and dying animals on his land.
He admitted causing unnecessary suffering to animals, failing to identify them, failing to report animal deaths and not disposing of carcasses.
He was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison, suspended for two years at Flintshire Magistrates Court.
The court heard Jones had always worked on the family farm but had been unable to cope after his father died.
His marriage broke down, the farm was no longer sustainable and he worked 12-hour days at a dairy in Shropshire, which led to his failure to care for the sheep and cows.
The court heard he had ignored advice from council officers, failed to get veterinary attention for the animals, and did not properly feed them, resulting in their long-term neglect.
Several dead, injured and dying animals were discovered on the farm following a tip-off, including calves and lambs.
Probation officer Pamela Roberts said Jones did try to care for the animals and had shown great remorse for his actions.
It could raise $20 billion (£12bn) which would make it bigger than Facebook's IPO, which raised $16 billion in 2012 and was the previous biggest share sale for an internet company.
That deal gave Facebook a market value of over $100 billion.
By comparison, analysts are valuing Alibaba at over $100 billion and even up to $200 billion.
In terms of internet companies, that is only smaller in size than Google (worth about $400 billion) and Facebook (now valued at over $200 billion).
In fact, Alibaba's share sale would be close in size to the biggest IPO in history which was the record $22.1 billion raised by the Chinese state-owned commercial bank, Agricultural Bank of China, in 2010.
So are investors just buying into China's massive e-commerce market?
With only about half of the 1.3 billion people in the world's most populous nation online, there is huge potential.
Compare that to the US, with over 300 million people, but nearly 90% internet penetration.
Importantly, Alibaba accounts for over three-quarters of all online retail sales in China, so its growth can plausibly track the overall market which I have written about before.
That's why it has had impressive annual revenue growth of 40-50% according to its own filings.
By the way, Alibaba's growth is impressive even though double digit sales growth is not uncommon for Chinese companies. The country regularly posts retail sales growth figures of over 10% per year.
The bigger question is whether it can defend its market share with emerging competitors.
The company has a profit margin of over 40% which has been gradually coming down. In any case, it's also an impressive figure.
One of the reasons is that Alibaba operates with minimal assets since its business is based on taking small commissions from its various websites, including Alibaba.com, Taobao, and T-mall.
But, that may change as competition means that the company needs to invest and innovate. Alibaba has invested billions overseas and is expanding further into Europe and the US. But, there's competition not just abroad but at home.
Chinese conglomerate Wanda has just teamed up with two of Alibaba's rivals, Baidu and Tencent, to form e-Wanda, a web portal that sells goods found on the web in stores including those owned by Wanda.
Alibaba itself has already ventured into this space, investing $700 million into Chinese retailer, Intime Retail Group.
Alibaba has also teamed up with Chinese telecoms giant Huawei to offer a fingerprint reader app that would eliminate the need for cumbersome passwords and could give it an edge over its competitors by offering more convenient online payments.
It's clear that there is competition that could erode Alibaba's margins and more importantly, if it can maintain its dominant market share.
Investors when they decide how much to pay for Alibaba's shares will be weighing up the pros and cons and that will determine what the company will be worth.
One way to compare the values of companies is by using a price-to-earnings ratio, which compares profits to the share price.
Tech companies tend to have high price-to-earnings ratios as investors believe in future profits.
It has led to some worrying outcomes when some companies seem to be sold on potential and not actual earnings.
Chinese companies also tend to have high ratios as there are not many blue chip companies that foreign investors can buy into.
So, those which are listed on bourses in New York, Hong Kong and London receive a great deal of interest as proxies for investors trying to buy into the fast-growing consumer market in China.
Looking at another Chinese giant, Hong Kong-listed Tencent, which is the largest listed web company in Asia, it has a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.
Chinese search engine Baidu, which is listed in New York, has an even higher ratio. Globally, tech companies on average have had a ratio of 23 for the past decade and a half.
Some analysts have put Alibaba's price-to-earnings ratio at 50 based on its profits last year of $3.6 billion, which would support a healthy valuation for the company.
But, others have looked at pre-IPO private trades of shares that value it at less than $200 billion and closer to $150 billion. The latter provides very small amounts of information but can help guide the pricing of the stock at the IPO.
We shall soon find out. In any case, though challenges are on the horizon for Alibaba, a huge Chinese market plus overseas expansion potential, a profitable business model, and optimism about future earnings make for a big IPO and will most likely put this Chinese company in the global record books.
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The proposed bridge would stretch from Temple to the South Bank in Lambeth.
But the council has said it will only allow planning to continue if it is assured that the project's funds are not taken from Transport for London.
The Garden Bridge Trust responded that private contributions will make up "the greater amount of funding".
London Mayor Boris Johnson approved plans for the £175m bridge in 2014 after Lambeth Council and Westminster City Council granted planning permission.
Westminster Council told BBC London the bridge was granted permission in light of its "iconic design and significant public benefits" and its position remains unchanged.
The chancellor and the mayor have pledged £30m each, with the rest due to come from private funding.
Lambeth Council asked for assurances that this money would not be taken from Transport for London.
The leader of Lambeth Council, Lib Peck, said: "During a time of severe spending cuts, putting £30m of public funding towards this new bridge isn't justified."
She claimed that since June there had been "little progress in attracting alternative funding from the private sector".
She went on to state that future mayoral support for the scheme is "weakening", a reference to Labour mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan's announcement that he does not support the project.
Mr Khan described the bridge as a "white elephant" which "no longer represents value for money".
Bee Emmott, executive director of the Garden Bridge Trust, said: "We are surprised at the letter, particularly given how closely we have worked with Lib Peck and Lambeth Council for the past two years.
"We have been very clear from the outset that the public funding is a way to stimulate private contributions, which will make up the greater amount of the funding."
She pointed out that a "significant" amount has already been spent in the preconstruction and said the Trust will seek clarification from Lambeth about its announcement.
A Populus poll of 1,005 Londoners commissioned by Labour councillor Kevin Craig suggests 36% oppose it and 19% neither support or oppose.
This contrasts with a similar-sized survey carried out by ComRes in July 2015 on behalf of the Garden Bridge Trust, which indicated 78% support the bridge.
Actress Joanna Lumley is among those who support the crossing, designed by London 2012 cauldron creator Thomas Heatherwick.
It is estimated seven million trips per year will be made across the bridge.
Three panels at Sueno's Stone at Forres, between the B9011 and the A96, were broken on Wednesday night.
The early medieval period carved standing stone is more than 20ft tall.
Police Scotland said: "It is disappointing for the community that this has happened and this type of behaviour will not be tolerated."
A spokesperson for Historic Environment Scotland said: "A member of our staff inspected the site on Wednesday, so we know this vandalism must have occurred on Wednesday night.
"We are pleased to say that the monument itself doesn't appear to have been damaged, but it may take some time to replace the protective glazing protecting it, which was seriously damaged.
"Our conservation staff have been working alongside counterparts from Moray Council today, in order to make the site as safe as possible.
"Damage to such a nationally important monument is a criminal offence and we will provide any assistance we can to help Police Scotland with their inquiries."
Snodgrass, 29, previously played under Villa boss Steve Bruce at Hull City.
Hull sold the Scotland international to West Ham for £10m in January but he fell out of favour at the London Stadium and has not played this season.
"I am delighted to join. I have had offers from other clubs but it was an easy decision to come here," he told Villa's website.
"You see the name Aston Villa with all its history, tradition, fan base and it's a place you want to come to.
"Seeing it in the Championship doesn't look right. I want to be part of that journey back up to the Premier League. I am raring to go."
Snodgrass, capped 24 times by his country, began his career with Livingston and had spells at Leeds United and Norwich City before joining Hull in 2014.
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"Those girls who are forced into underage marriage lose their childhood. They lose their hope," she says.
"When I moved to America I couldn't get the image of my friends' faces out of my mind - all bruised and scarred as a result of standing up to their families," she adds.
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Aaron Rajman was fatally shot during Monday night's apparent home invasion in the coastal city of Boca Raton.
Palm Beach County sheriff's office says a fight broke out after a group of suspects entered the 25-year-old featherweight's home.
Mr Rajman died from gunshot wounds. The assailants, whose motive is currently unknown, fled in a vehicle.
Dave Zalewski, a Miami fight promoter, told the Sun-Sentinel newspaper: "I'm just literally at a loss for words. Everyone I talked to is sickened.
"He was the most humble guy around, he never talked bad about people."
Neighbour Luciana Silva told local news station WPEC-TV that shortly before his death the victim spoke to her children to wish them a happy Independence Day.
Mr Rajman, an Orthodox Jew, was known for entering the arena wearing tzitzit and a yarmulke.
Ranked 26th in his class in Florida, he made his professional MMA debut three years ago and had a 2-2 record, according to MixedMartialArts.com.
As an amateur, Mr Rajman won eight fights and lost one.
"He was very strong in his faith, and he was a very good person," Rabbi Zalman Bukiet told local news station, WPTV.
"This was a special young man who had a heart of gold.
"It's a tragedy and extremely painful for them and painful for everybody that knew him."
A post on the MMA South Florida Facebook page read: "The world lost another warrior today. RIP Aaron Rajman. You will be missed."
Thirty-four children were referred to the Young People's Gender Service in 2013, rising to 150 last year.
Gender equality group Scottish Trans Alliance said the increase was down to increased awareness of trans issues.
But the group has warned the service was under-resourced and waiting times were too long.
The Young People's Gender Service at Sandyford offers a "comprehensive gender identity service" to children concerned about their gender.
It is run by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, but receives referrals from across Scotland. The figures were revealed by The Times Scotland.
Source: Scottish government
James Morton, manager at the Scottish Trans Alliance, said: "I think back in 2013 if you were a young person struggling with gender, they did not know where to turn to.
"And if they went to see their GP, often their GP would not know where to turn to either. But over the last few years, the referral pathways have become much clearer.
"It's also only in the last few years that many children have become aware of a word to describe what they're going through."
The clinic sees people with "gender dysphoria" - when someone experiences discomfort or distress because there is a mismatch between their biological sex and gender identity.
Mr Morton said waiting times at Sandyford were often several months and could be more than a year.
"The staff there are excellent, but the hours they have available to see people are too small," he said.
"NHS Scotland have been trying to expand capacity, but it's a struggle to catch up with demand"
He told the BBC he believed waiting times should be 18 weeks in common with other outpatient clinics, but said that could be achieved with just one more full-time post at the centre.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said the team at Sandyford had been increased after a "rapid increase" in referrals in 2015 and 2016.
Currently a consultant child psychiatrist, consultant child psychologist, a principal child psychologist, an occupational therapist and a counsellor work at the centre.
The health board said in a statement: "We anticipate that referrals will continue to rise. The service has continued to receive new referrals this year.
"As it remains the only service in Scotland providing specialist care to young people experiencing issues with their gender identity, it is an essential component part of NHS services in Scotland."
Hardy, they said, had a "tremendous life" and "a giant career in theatre, television and film spanning more than 70 years".
He was also known for numerous portrayals of Winston Churchill.
In more recent years, he appeared as Cornelius Fudge, the Minister for Magic, in four of the Harry Potter films.
His family said: "Gruff, elegant, twinkly, and always dignified, he is celebrated by all who knew him and loved him, and everyone who enjoyed his work."
His children Emma, Justine and Paul said in the statement: "Dad is also remembered as a meticulous linguist, a fine artist, a lover of music and a champion of literature, as well a highly respected historian, and a leading specialist on the longbow.
"He was an essential part of the team that raised the great Tudor warship The Mary Rose."
With his instantly recognisable voice and British bulldog manner, Robert Hardy enjoyed a distinguished acting career which spanned seven decades.
By the time he endeared himself to television audiences in the BBC's All Creatures Great and Small, he had already carved out a reputation as one of Britain's most versatile actors.
While his earlier career gave him a firm grounding in the theatre his best known roles were in front of the camera - particularly in television, a medium he obviously enjoyed.
Hardy, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, started his acting career at the age of 24 with the Shakespeare Memorial Company in Stratford, later the Royal Shakespeare Company, starring in a stage adaptation of Coriolanus.
The RSC said it was "very sorry" to learn of his death and posted a picture from one of his productions.
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Chris Rankin, who played Percy Weasley in the Harry Potter films, described Hardy as "a very kind man who told wonderful stories".
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The official Twitter account of Westminster Abbey shared a tribute on social media, remembering his reading from Henry V to mark the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, in 2015.
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The British Film Institute also posted a message in response to the "sad" news, while Magdalen College, where Hardy attended university, also paid tribute to him on Twitter.
One of Hardy's earliest TV roles was portraying Cassio in Othello in 1955.
He went on to become a household name in the BBC's All Creatures Great and Small, which ran for 12 years, in which he played senior vet Siegfried Farnon.
Co-star Christopher Timothy remembered him on Thursday as a "fascinating" actor who had been "a joy to work with".
"He didn't suffer fools so he was sometimes quite tricky," he told Radio 4's PM programme. "But I was most grateful for his experience, confidence, wit and style."
Timothy said he had last seen Hardy 18 months ago and found him "frail, yet still sparkly and twinkly."
"He was a very clever fellow," he went on. "I remember once on set he was talking about manure, and his description of the smell was poetry."
Nick Betts, director of scripted production at BBC Studios, said Hardy was an "iconic British actor of stage and screen".
"We are very sorry to hear of his passing today and our thoughts go out to his family and friends."
Other TV roles included Arthur Brooke in Middlemarch in 1994 and Tite Barnacle in Little Dorrit in 2008.
On the big screen he was seen in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and 1995's Sense and Sensibility.
He played Churchill several times, including in Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years, for which he won a Bafta in 1982.
He portrayed the wartime prime minister for preview performances of The Audience, alongside Dame Helen Mirren, in 2013 before withdrawing from the role.
Most recently, he took the lead role in Winston Churchill: 100 Days That Saved Britain in 2015.
Hardy believed actors were born rather than made, telling the BBC's Desert Island Discs his ambitions were formed when he appeared as a page boy at a wedding.
"I walked down the aisle with my head held high and as I went, every eye was turned towards me and something inside me said, 'that's it, get every eye on you'."
Hardy was made a CBE in 1981 for services to acting.
He died at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in the outskirts of London.
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Figures from a Freedom of Information request revealed almost half of nurses at Basildon Hospital taken on since April 2012 were not British.
Nurse educator Sarah Lee said cuts to training here had left a skills "lag".
"Importing help in may well be a feature of our health service going forward," she said.
Ms Lee, programme lead for the Adult Nursing degree course at the University of Essex, said cuts made five or six years ago had impacted the number of British-trained nurses available.
"In the wake of what happened at Mid-Staffordshire, trusts nationally realised they needed to work on their nursing levels to ensure quality of care," she said.
"But there's still a three year lead-in time for producing fully-trained nurses here.
"In the medium term, they have no other option than to recruit from abroad."
Essex's foreign recruits:
Source: Freedom of Information request by BBC Essex
Karen Webb, a regional director at the Royal College of Nursing, said nurses from overseas had "always made an important contribution to the NHS".
"The current situation has been caused by poor workforce planning," she said.
"The government's decision to cut back on nurse training places has led to a real shortage of UK nurses.
"This has come at a time when there is a lot of demand for nurses and trusts are having to go overseas to recruit.
"We do expect the numbers of training places to increase but that doesn't help the current situation."
A Department of Health spokesman said: "Doctors and nurses recruited from abroad make a valuable contribution to patient care but they should only work in the NHS if they have the right skills."
The marsupial was seen on the tracks between Huddersfield and Stalybridge earlier, after it was believed to have fled from a nearby animal farm.
Services had to run slower than normal as they passed through the area until it was reported to be clear of danger.
National Rail Enquiries tweeted it was "causing delays of up to ten minutes."
Ross Easton, from Network Rail, said: "With summer holidays coming up, we are reminding everyone - especially kids and young people - to stay off the tracks.
"However, wallabies are a new one on us. We hope the little critter will have hopped off the track and back to safety."
The company said trains were now running according to schedule.
A wallaby was also filmed hopping through a field in nearby Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire by Dave Beaumont at 06:30 BST on Thursday.
The sites affected seemed to belong primarily to small businesses.
On Friday, Indonesia summoned Australia's ambassador amid reports that its Jakarta embassy was used as part of a US-led spying network.
The reports were based on a US National Security Agency document leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The allegations caused anger in Indonesia, which is a key ally and trading partner of Australia.
The Australian government has declined to comment on the reports, saying it does not comment on intelligence matters.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa told reporters on Monday: "Enough is enough".
"While [the US and Australia] are not able to confirm or deny past activities, at least they should be able, and I'm making a public expectation here, I think they should be able to say henceforth they are not going to do it anymore," he said.
"In the absence of assurances that such [spying] activities never took place, then of course we must assume that such activities are taking place, and draw our own conclusion in terms of their view of Indonesia as a partner," he added.
Anonymous Indonesia posted a list on Twitter of more than 100 Australian websites it said it had hacked. Sites affected including a bouncy castle company and a dry cleaner.
Affected websites were replaced with the message: "Stop spying on Indonesia", and an image of a Guy Fawkes silhouette on the Indonesia and Australian flags.
Members of the online group wear Guy Fawkes masks when demonstrating in public or in online videos.
The spying allegations were originally published by German newspaper Der Spiegel. The newspaper described a signals intelligence programme called Stateroom which intercepted radio, telecommunications and internet traffic using equipment in US, British, Australian and Canadian diplomatic missions.
Diplomatic posts involved included those in Jakarta, Bangkok, Hanoi, Beijing and Kuala Lumpur, amongst others, the Sydney Morning Herald reported late last week.
The reports are the latest in a series of documents leaked by ex-US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who has been granted temporary asylum in Russia and is wanted in the US in connection with the unauthorised disclosures.
The US is facing growing anger over reports it spied on its allies abroad.
However, correspondents say that in reality most governments conduct surveillance or espionage operations against other countries whose activities matter to them.
Clwyd Leisure employs 70 permanent and 55 seasonal workers at Rhyl Sun Centre along with Prestatyn's Nova Centre and the North Wales Indoor Bowls Centre.
Denbighshire council is withdrawing its £200,000 annual support due to concerns over the way the organisation is run.
A union says staff are caught up in the middle as the trust is taking advice.
Clwyd Leisure was set up by Denbighshire in 2001 to run facilities on its behalf, but last year the trust warned that repeated council cash cuts could not be sustained.
Trustees of the not-for-profit organisation have been holding talks with the authority for some months but the crunch came on Wednesday when the council's cabinet committee decided to withdraw financial support for the next financial year.
In a statement in response, Clwyd Leisure said: "The unexpected decisions by the cabinet of Denbighshire County Council has meant that directors must consider the impact of those decisions and apply due diligence in agreeing a way forward.
"Before our professional advisors can recommend to the board whether it is necessary to enter into liquidation, it is necessary for the council to advise on its position with regard to the pension fund guarantee.
"A further statement will be released once Denbighshire County Council have responded to our request to confirm their position on this matter."
After that cabinet meeting, the council said it had been looking at the future of Clwyd Leisure for several months in a process which had "highlighted serious concerns about the way the company was being run and the operation of the facilities".
It has pledged to reinvest the £200,000 in promoting tourism in the area and wants to develop leisure services.
Hannah Gibbins, regional coordinator for the GMB union, told the Daily Post workers were told if there was no assistance the sites could close with jobs lost.
She said: "There is blame on both parties with this and the staff have been stuck in the middle of it."
Nawras and Moaz Hashash were joined at the chest, with hearts in the same sac.
They were moved to a hospital in a government-controlled area on 12 August after doctors launched an appeal.
But on Wednesday, while waiting to travel abroad for surgery, the boys suffered heart failure and passed away, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent said.
The Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), a charity which supports hospitals and clinics in rebel-held areas and refugees elsewhere, had complained that the twins were unable to leave the country because they were not given permission.
The SARC said approval had been given but the boys were too ill to travel.
Moaz and Nawras weighed less than 12lb (5.4kg) when they were born by caesarean section on 23 July at the Zahra hospital in Douma, a town in the eastern Ghouta region outside Damascus.
Douma has been completely besieged by government forces for two years and the undersupplied hospital was unable to provide the twins with the care they required.
There are conflicting reports about why it took almost three weeks for the boys to be evacuated.
The SAMS and doctors in Douma said the government only gave permission for an SARC ambulance to pass through the frontline because of a social media campaign they mounted, using the Twitter hashtag "#EvacuateTheTwins".
But the SARC insisted the authorities had approved an evacuation on 24 July, and accused medics in Douma of refusing to allow them out.
After they had been moved to a private hospital in Damascus, SAMS warned that no facility in Syria was able to provide the surgery the twins needed and that they continued to suffer while waiting to be transferred abroad.
Last week, the charity's Turkey advocacy manager Mohamad Katoub told the Wall Street Journal he was worried the transfer was being delayed because offers for treatment had come from the US and Saudi Arabia, both of which support the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad.
On Wednesday morning, Mr Katoub announced that the boys had died. "The whole world couldn't have the permission to evacuate them," he added.
He was later quoted by the pro-opposition website Enab Baladi as blaming "interference by the ministry of foreign affairs and its stalling of issuing a travel permit to any country to allow them to receive treatment".
The SARC said the twins had received treatment in intensive care while being "registered in the formal civil records and having passports issued for them".
But it added that the Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital in Rome had agreed to admit them and that "all formal leave approvals were signed in order to travel". "However, the bad general health condition [of the boys] was a hindrance."
That's according to a survey of 63 countries by market researchers Nielsen, which found 89% of British consumers belong to a loyalty scheme.
Only Finland has a higher membership rate.
Britons belong to an average of 3.6 schemes each - a rate bettered by only Japan and Lithuania, the survey found.
However, the 30,000 online consumers surveyed - including 501 in Britain - suggested that only half of UK shoppers would actively buy from a retailer with a loyalty scheme ahead of one without - the lowest proportion apart from Denmark.
Some 55% said that they shopped more at retailers with loyalty schemes - considerably lower than the global average of 67%.
"This suggests Britons simply like the idea of signing up rather than actually using them - a 'tick-box' exercise - but the schemes are not personalised enough to keep them engaged," said Mike Watkins, Nielsen's UK head of retailer and business insight.
"The result being UK retail is drowning in a sea of loyalty cards."
Cashback was the most popular feature of these rewards among consumers. Businesses are keen on them as the data held on loyalty cards is rich with information about shopping habits
Just over half of those asked in Britain, and 62% globally, said they were comfortable with retailers collecting information about their habits in exchange for discounts.
This search for value is key to shopping habits with experts suggesting that "promiscuous" consumers shop around for the best deal - diluting the impact of loyalty cards.
Others argue that loyalty schemes in a digital format will grow in the future.
In March 2015, thousands flocked to Leicester as the king's remains were escorted to the city's cathedral.
The windows, which cost £75,000, are located near Richard III's tomb in the cathedral's St. Katharine's Chapel.
A reverend called the dedication of the windows the "final act" in the story of the king's reinterment.
The windows are approximately 2.5m (8ft 2ins) and 1m (3ft 2ins) high and were designed by stained glass artist Thomas Denny.
They were previously plain glass and had been for about 100 years, according to the Reverend Pete Hobson.
"It's not just telling Richard III's story," he said. "It's helping the person who sees them reflect on the questions of life and death that are raised by the life and death of Richard III."
One of the pictures shows a forlorn, blue figure, which represents personal loss, inspired by the loss felt by the king after the death of his son Edward and wife Anne Neville.
Another depicts women tending to people in the aftermath of battle.
"It's a big day," Mr Hobson said. "It'll be the final act of the story of the reinterment of Richard for us."
Richard was buried in a Leicester church, but the building was lost to later development. His skeleton was found in 2012 in an old friary beneath a car park.
His remains were the subject of a High Court battle in 2014. A group unsuccessfully argued the remains should have been reburied in York.
The US bank revealed plans to reduce headcount by 3,000-4,000 at its consumer and community banking unit, in a presentation.
And it reiterated previously announced plans to shed 13,000-15,000 jobs at its mortgage banking unit.
It expects about 4,000 losses to come this year, mainly through attrition, a spokeswoman said.
JP Morgan Chase is the biggest US bank.
At the end of last year it employed almost 260,000 people.
The bank, which has reported record profits for the past three years, is trying to reduce its overall expenses by $1bn (£660m).
The company spent $19.7bn in consumer and community banking in 2012, and $9.1bn in mortgage banking.
Unlike many other banks who have recently announced job cuts, largely in investment banking, JP Morgan Chase is reducing the number of people working in its branches.
The bank had 5,614 branches at the end of 2012.
Speaking at an investor conference Ryan McInerney, chief executive of consumer banking, said the company plans to add 100 branches a year, though staff per branch will fall by 20% by 2015 through "attrition".
The dancers are huge earth-moving machines, their costumes bright yellow.
The movement is constant and mesmerising. The lorries trundle down to the water from the left, pause to accept their loads of rock, mud and debris, and then exit to the right.
For weeks now this performance has been constant, day and night, as construction workers repair the Oroville Dam, once an engineering marvel, now an embarrassment.
Last month, nearly 200,000 people were told to leave their homes when the dam overflowed amid fears that water pouring over a weakened emergency spillway was eroding the hillside beneath the structure.
In desperation, engineers diverted a torrent of storm water away from the danger area and down the dam's main sluice. The decision prevented disaster but at the cost of tearing huge chunks out of the spillway.
Now, with repairs to clear up the detritus and fix the giant scars underway, the worry is that this will happen again, somewhere in the United States, and that next time the consequences could be deadly.
The average age of the 90,000 dams in the United States is 56 years. By 2025, seven out of 10 of them will be more than half a century old.
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) warns that "many dams are not expected to safely withstand current predictions regarding large floods and earthquakes".
Overall, says the society, $4.6tn (£3.6tn) will be needed by 2025 to bring US infrastructure to an acceptable standard. Less than half that amount has so far been allocated for the work.
Earlier this month the ASCE published its quadrennial report card on the nation's infrastructure, awarding the US a grade of D+ on a scale of A to F - no change from its previous report in 2013 - and warning that continuing on the present path would cost the US $3.9tn in lost GDP and 2.5 million jobs over the next eight years.
The report concluded that over the previous four years there had been no overall improvement in aviation, bridges, dams, drinking water, energy and roads.
The situation with parks, solid waste and transit had worsened, while there had been some improvements in hazardous waste, inland waterways, levees, ports, rail, schools and wastewater.
"We have been doing what we thought was enough but clearly we missed a few things," says Bill Croyle, acting director of California's Department of Water Resources and the person responsible for the Oroville Dam.
Mr Croyle is reluctant to admit any specific mistake, insisting, for example, that years of warnings about risks to the dam are not relevant.
"This is a catastrophic event but we're all learning from this," he says.
4 in 10
US bridges are more than 50 years old
56,000 were structurally deficient in 2016
188m trips across a structurally deficient bridge per day (average)
$123bn estimated backlog funding to rehabilitate bridges
But is the US learning fast enough?
The country has 15,500 "high-hazard potential dams", meaning that loss of life would be probable if they failed. Of those high-hazard dams, 2,170 are rated as deficient.
Federal legislation to repair dams has been passed but, says the ASCE, it is not properly funded and an extra $45bn is needed for repairs now.
The problem, and not just for dams, is that much of America's infrastructure is coming to the end of its lifespan.
The US saw two major building booms in the past century.
The first came under President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
The second was in the 1950s and 1960s with the construction of the interstate highway system. And, minutes after he was elected President, Donald Trump promised a third.
American infrastructure, he pledged, would become "second to none".
That will be an epic challenge.
The ASCE report says US roads are "chronically underfunded and becoming more dangerous" and assesses that one in every five miles of highway is in poor condition.
More than two of every five miles of urban interstates are congested, contributing to an estimated $160bn in wasted time and fuel in 2014.
Deaths on the roads, falling for years, rose by 7% in 2015.
There are also problems with the power grid. More than 640,000 miles of high-voltage lines are at full capacity. Most US power lines were constructed in the 1950s and 1960s and are already past their life expectancy.
Public transit is also "chronically underfunded", ASCE says, with a $90bn rehabilitation backlog.
And airports in the US serve more than two million passengers every day. But airport infrastructure and air traffic control systems are "not keeping up," ASCE says, resulting in increased congestion.
On the campaign trail Mr Trump had been particularly scathing about the country's airports, suggesting that several, including Los Angeles International (LAX), made the US look like a third-world country.
Any frequent flier at LAX would tell you that he had a point. Traffic is jammed, wires hang from terminal ceilings and there are delays, delays, delays.
Two trillion
gallons of drinking water lost every year from water main breaks
$1m estimated funds need to maintain and expand pipe system
75-100 years Average life span of US water mains, many laid in early-to-mid 20th Century
However, according to the operators, change is already coming and it has nothing to do with the Trump White House.
Since 2009, LAX has been spending billions on more gates, new rail links and smarter terminals.
The funding, says an airport spokesman, is mainly from passenger fees and private capital.
"We are an incredible, robust airport," insists Deborah Flint, chief executive of Los Angeles World Airports. "We have fantastic facilities here already but we are taking them to that next level which will be the gold standard airport."
Ms Flint is reluctant to be drawn into politics, but when pressed she rejects the president's characterisation of LAX.
"Are we where we want to be? No, we certainly are not. But is today's experience third world? No, it is absolutely not," she says.
An hour's flight to the north, a fountain plays in front of the Hoover Institution, a public-policy think tank at Stanford University.
The water comes from one of two huge and ageing projects to provide drinking water and irrigation to the state's central valley, in a network that includes the Oroville Dam.
Victor Davis Hanson, a senior fellow here, calls Oroville the "canary in the mine".
He is not optimistic about the future of US infrastructure, unconvinced that fiscal conservatives in President Trump's party will approve a huge spending splurge.
Nor does he think Mr Trump's talk about doubling economic growth to fund big improvements is realistic.
Instead, he says, higher fuel taxes would be sensible, along with tax reform to encourage American companies to invest some of the massive wealth they are holding offshore in the United States. But the problems will not be solved, he argues, until the ballooning cost of Social Security and pensions are brought under control.
If that doesn't happen, says Dr Hanson, the US risks becoming a "19th Century country".
"Life as we knew it in the 21st Century of the United States is going to increasingly look like what's normal in other parts of the world, especially in Latin America, Asia and Africa," he says.
"It's just not going to be a 21st Century western country."
The immediate challenge, it seems, is not to make America great again, but to stop it from falling apart.
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Newlyweds Sammy and Mike Birnie have trashed their wedding attire for a "trash the dress" photoshoot.
The Banchory couple used mud, coloured paint and champagne for the pictures.
Photographer Logan Sangster uploaded the end result to social media where Mike said they had provided inspiration for similar like-minded people.
Speaking on BBC Good Morning Scotland Sammy said she wanted to do something different with her dress, rather than store it after the big day.
The alarm was raised about 11:15 when a student called the emergency services to flats in Hope Park Crescent, Newington.
The fire had started in the stairwell.
Three people were treated by paramedics at the scene and one woman, in her 20s, was taken to hospital believed to be suffering from smoke inhalation.
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The annual event commemorates the 19th Century potato famine that devastated the island of Ireland.
About 1m people died from starvation and disease between 1846 and 1851, while another 1.5m emigrated.
The Irish government launched the programme in Newry, County Down, which is hosting the main event in September.
Irish Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys attended the launch in the city on Saturday.
The main ceremony will take place at the Albert Basin in Newry, close to the Quays shopping centre.
Irish state broadcaster, RTÉ, reported that the programme will include a series of lectures and musical events at the Ulster American Folk Park near Omagh, County Tyrone.
Warrenpoint Harbour in County Down, from where thousands of emigrants left Ireland to escape the famine, will also be used as a memorial venue.
The annual famine commemoration was established in 2008.
In April, Ms Humphreys announced that it would be held in Northern Ireland for the first time.
As well as Irish government funding, the event also receives support from Northern Ireland's Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure.
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More details have been announced for this year's Irish famine commemoration, which is being held in Northern Ireland for the first time.
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Lightweight Taylor will take on Finland's Mira Potkonen or Adriana Araujo of Brazil on 15 August.
Five Irish fighters have been handed byes including London 2012 medallists Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan.
Light-flyweight Barnes and fellow Belfast boxer Conlan, a bantamweight, begin in the last 16.
Barnes goes into the ring against Spain's Samuel Carmona Heredia or Armenian Artur Hovhassinyan on 8 August.
The winner between Armenia's Aram Avagyan and Arashi Morisaka of Japan will face Conlan six days later.
There were also byes for light-heavyweight Joe Ward and middleweight Michael O'Reilly.
Belfast flyweight Brendan Irvine meets Shakhobiddi Zoirov of Uzbekistan in the first round while Ballymena's Steven Donnelly fights Algerian Zouhir Keddache in the welterweight first round.
Lightweight David Oliver Joyce is also in first-round action, with Andrique Allisop of Seychelles his opponent.
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The British Heart Foundation, which polled 2,444 adults, found 39% sacrificed health benefits for cost when doing their grocery shopping.
One in four said they hadn't bought a single portion of fresh fruit or vegetables in the last week.
Two thirds said they wanted to eat more healthily, but nearly half of these said cost was a hindrance.
The British Heart Foundation says people can still eat healthily on a small budget.
But it is concerned that some people are turning to cheap convenience foods instead.
In the poll, many respondents said they bought ready meals, even though they knew these may contain high levels of saturated fat and salt.
Victoria Taylor, senior dietitian at the BHF, said: "Healthy eating on a budget is one of the biggest challenges of our times. With the increasing cost of a weekly shopping basket it's a real concern that despite people's best intentions, they're struggling to eat healthily."
The BHF says people should think about inexpensive ways to make healthy meal choices, such as using canned or frozen fruit and vegetables which may be cheaper alternatives to fresh produce.
Likewise, vegetables tend to cost less than meat so, the charity suggests, people could try adding more vegetables to meat-based meals. The meat will go further saving money and it'll help cut down on saturated fat too, it says.
Campaigner Jack Monroe found fame as a food blogger writing about living below the poverty line. She survived on a budget of just £10 a week to feed herself and her two-year-old son by creating healthy, cheap meals.
Ryan Brierley, Jake Connor and Jamie Ellis' converted first-half tries gave Giants a commanding half-time lead.
But Albert Kelly and George Lawler crossed to bring Rovers back into the game and Ben Cockayne's late penalty gave the hosts a narrow victory.
Hull KR are three points off eighth spot and need two wins to stand any chance of reaching the Super 8s.
Huddersfield lie 11th, having lost two and won two of their four games since sacking coach Paul Anderson, and are now guaranteed to play in The Qualifiers.
After Brierley's opening score, Matthew Marsh's try had drawn the hosts level before Giants seemingly took control.
When Danny Brough - back in the Giants side after a one-match suspension - added a drop-goal after half-time, an away win seemed increasingly likely.
However, an inspired Kelly helped drag the hosts back into the game and, from a penalty 30 metres out with eight minutes to play, Cockayne kicked the Robins ahead for the first time.
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Hull KR assistant coach Willie Poching: "The back end was better from us. After the drop goal we seemed to flick a switch and really got going. We upped the tempo and Albert Kelly started to control things.
"It was not the start we had planned. They played quick on us and we regrouped at half-time because we were going away from the game plan.
"A few of the players spoke and got things sorted. It was more or less a tweak in attitude.
"Both teams looked a bit flat but we are so proud of the players. We still have hope with four points to play for."
Huddersfield coach Andy Kelly: "We feel it was like an implosion. We stopped doing what we did in first half and what we've been good at in last game and a half.
"We were undone by errors and penalties after getting in a position to win the game.
"We lost our way, although the players continued to work hard and they are all beat up and disappointed not to have a fighting chance of making the top eight.
"We need to finish as high as we can so we can get four home games in the Middle 8s."
Hull KR: Cockayne; Sio, Minns, Thornley, Thompson; Marsh, Kelly; Tilse, Lunt, Allgood, Clarkson, Larroyer, Lawler.
Replacements: Boudebza, Dixon, Mulhern, Walker.
Huddersfield: Connor; McGilvary, Cudjoe, Wood, Murphy; Brierley, Ellis; Rapira, Wood, Ta'ai, Symonds, Lawrence, Hinchcliffe.
Replacements: Brough, Roberts, Mason, Crabtree.
Referee: Ben Thaler
Consumers were particularly vulnerable in the days leading to Christmas between 20 to 23 of December, as well as on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
The PSNI received 162 reports of fraud between November 2014 to February 2015.
Victims lost 42% more money in 2014 compared with 2013.
The PSNI Economic Crime Unit, as well as consumer groups Action Fraud and Get Safe Online, are warning shoppers to stay "vigilant" during the holiday period.
"This serves as a warning to consumers to be extra vigilant on these key Christmas shopping days as online fraudsters are watching and waiting to capitalise on the biggest shopping frenzies of the year," said PSNI's Det Ch Insp Ian Wilson.
The most common item bought and sold by victims of fraud were mobile phones.
Other reports included consumers being defrauded while trying to buy footwear, clothing, watches, gaming consoles, computers, furniture and home electrical products.
"This Christmas we want everyone to think about their online activity, especially when they are about to buy something over the internet," said the PSNI's Com Chris Greany.
"When it comes to online shopping if something looks like it is a great bargain it's probably poor quality, fake or doesn't even exist.
"Fraudsters and online criminals are relentless and will stop at nothing, giving absolutely no thought as to whether you and your family are left without presents at Christmas time."
Get Safe Online's Tony Neate said the figures show an increasing trend.
In the last few years, we have seen the numbers for online crime at Christmas go up and up, particularly as the hype around Black Friday and Cyber Monday bargains keeps getting bigger," he said.
Read here on how to stay safe online this Christmas.
The animal rights campaigner pursued High Court legal action after badger culls began in Dorset and continued in Somerset and Gloucestershire.
But after a first judicial review request was turned down, an appeal has now also been rejected.
May's Save Me Trust said the government went against its own culling policy and would explore other legal challenges.
The government and the National Farmers' Union (NFU) said culling badgers would curb tuberculosis (TB) in cattle.
In August the news of an extended badger cull prompted the trust to lodge an unsuccessful request for a judicial review in September.
The trust accused the government of going against Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) policy, published in 2011, "which promised no culling would take place if the incidence of bTB was falling in a specific place".
Save Me Trust CEO Anne Brummer said Defra figures showed the incidence of bovine TB was declining in both Dorset and Gloucestershire three years before the culls began.
She said: "Where a public authority issues a promise as to how it intends to act, the law requires that the promise is honoured unless there is good reason not to do so."
However a High Court judge denied the application for a judicial review on appeal at a two-hour oral hearing, on the grounds that the initial request should have been lodged earlier.
The cull has now ended for this year, but the charity is still pursuing "legal action options" as the culls take place over four years.
May did not issue a statement but had earlier said: "This awful policy must be put to bed now, in favour of a policy that really will address the TB problem in cattle."
Russia was banned from competing by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) following allegations of state-sponsored doping.
After a failed appeal at the Court of Arbitation for Sport (Cas), an appeal to the Swiss Supreme Court had been Russia's last hope of being in Brazil.
However, it will now miss the Games, which begin on 7 September.
More than 100 Russian athletes wrote to the IPC asking it to overturn the ban.
However, the Swiss Supreme Court said the Russian Paralympic Committee had not shown it had "fulfilled its obligations to anti-doping rules".
They say the Mi-2 turbine-powered helicopter went down near Slovakia's border with Ukraine, the eastern frontier of the European Union.
Reports in Slovak media say the pilot may have been flying dangerously low in foggy weather to avoid being detected.
Slovak and Ukrainian officials say the helicopter may have been involved in smuggling people across the border.
Slovak Interior Minister Robert Kalinak was quoted by the novyny.sk website as saying illegal migrants could have been on board the helicopter.
Ukraine's border guard later said in a statement (in Ukrainian) that two Ukrainian nationals and four people from south-eastern Asia were on board.
It said the helicopter was likely used to transport illegal migrants.
Local officials say they found the bodies at the crash site near the village of Stretavka in Michalovce district on Friday.
Mr Kalinak did not rule out the possibility that the death toll may increase, as Mi-2 helicopters can carry eight people on board.
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The pair finished behind Belgium's Lotte Kopecky and Jolien D'Hoore, with Australia third, as women raced in the event for the first time at a Worlds.
"I was nervous because we'd only ridden one each before. We didn't know what to expect," Barker, a double team pursuit world champion, told BBC Sport.
It was GB's fourth medal of the Worlds.
Katie Archibald won omnium gold on Friday, adding to silver for Barker and bronze for Chris Latham in the scratch races.
"I'm not surprised at all by the Belgians winning - they are a madison nation, so hats off to them, they were impressive," said Barker, 22.
Nelson, 20, added: "I'm really happy. That was such an exciting race. I can't wait to do more of them. I think it should be in the Olympic programme."
Australia's team recovered from a crash with about a third of the race to go - Amy Cure knocked into her partner Alexandra Manly - and there was a close call for Barker, too.
She remonstrated angrily with Kopecky after the Belgian came close to tipping her over as she cut in sharply round a bend.
The madison is a mixture of sprinting prowess and endurance - with teams typically picking a specialist in each.
Points are available for the top four places in intermediate sprints - held every 10 laps - with double points on offer at the end of the race.
Teams can also earn points by gaining a lap on the main field.
Women race over 30km (120 laps), while the men's race is 50km (200 laps).
In the men's sprint, 21-year-old Ryan Owens' impressive run at his first Worlds ended with defeat by New Zealand's Ethan Mitchell in the bronze-medal match.
The gold was taken by Denis Dmitriev of Russia, who beat the Netherlands' Harrie Lavreysen.
"It was a tough evening, I'm not going to lie. I've not been beaten like that before, but you have to look at it with some perspective," Owens told BBC Sport.
"Even a year ago if I thought I would be getting fourth in the World Championships I would have taken that and more.
"Two years ago I think I was still at school, so it wasn't even on the horizon. Yeah, I'm happy."
Earlier, in the women's individual pursuit, Archibald - who won Britain's first gold of the championships - missed out on one of four spots for the final by 0.258 seconds.
"I don't feel fantastic, I woke up in agony. Maybe I would have slept better if I hadn't had so many messages," she told BBC Sport.
"I thought I could still give it a good go but I'm pretty disappointed and a bit embarrassed if I'm honest, I put in a lot of work.
"On paper it looks like I've not moved on in two years, so I don't feel so good about that. But it's amazing to have won the omnium world title."
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Chloe Dygert of the United States went on to win gold by beating Ashlee Ankudinoff of Australia into silver, with American Kelly Catlin taking bronze.
Britain's Katy Marchant, 24, was 13th in qualifying for the women's 500m time trial, missing the cut for the final.
That was won by Russia's Daria Shmeleva, with her compatriot Anastasia Voynova - the 2015 and 2016 world champion - third behind Germany's Miriam Welte.
In the men's omnium, 23-year-old Latham, who won bronze in Thursday's scratch race, finished 18th out of 21.
Benjamin Thomas won gold - France's first in Hong Kong - with New Zealand's Aaron Gate taking silver and Albert Torres Barcelo of Spain the bronze.
Double Olympic gold medallist Joanna Rowsell Shand
I was over the moon for Elinor Barker and Emily Nelson - it was a brilliant ride.
Katie Archibald is clearly disappointed but she shouldn't be. The omnium win was fabulous, and she would have had to go really deep again. It was an understandable performance. There are a lot factors you can't control after winning a world title, and that affects your recovery.
For Chris Latham, to already have a World Championship to his name at this stage, that is really impressive, so he shouldn't be too disappointed.
Party leader Natalie Bennett claimed the move would bring in an extra £2 billion a year for public services.
She said the Greens would like to see a "ten to one ratio between the top paid and lowest paid".
The top rate of tax is paid on incomes over £150,000-a-year and currently stands at 45p, after it was cut from 50p by the coalition.
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Labour has said it would re-introduce the 50p top rate if it wins the general election on 7 May.
Ms Bennett told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: "There's been an undue focus on the deficit and less thought and consideration on the kind of society we need to have.
"We're not collecting tax from multinational companies and wealthy individuals that could be paying for the essential public services, and we're seeing so many people in our society struggling."
She said the proposed 60p rate would apply to people earning over £150,000 and the Greens expected it to raise £2bn a year.
Ms Bennett said that "inequality in our society is a huge and rising problem" and her party wanted to see a "10 to one ratio between the top paid and lowest paid person in an organisation".
The Greens have also proposed a "wealth tax" which would be 2% a year levied on people with assets of more than £3m which, Ms Bennett claimed, could bring in £25bn a year "by the end of the Parliament".
Wealthy individuals would be expected to declare assets themselves. but the Green Party leader said research from the US showed that people will "declare fairly" if they think they are going to get caught otherwise.
Andrew Marr also asked Ms Bennett if a ban on the Grand National would be part of the Greens' animal welfare policies.
Ms Bennett failed to answer but said: "I can give you an exclusive preview of our manifesto, which says we want a complete review of all horse and greyhound racing."
She argued that "there are clearly animal protection issues there which need to be addressed".
Asked whether she'd had "a flutter" on Saturday's race, she said: "I confess I wasn't watching, didn't know anything about it."
Cancer Research UK (CRUK) said the downward trend is largely the result of new approaches to treating the cancer.
Each year 2,700 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in Scotland.
From a peak in the early 1990s when there were about 29 deaths per 100,000 men in the population, there are now about 24 deaths per 100,000.
The charity said the improved treatment includes earlier and more widespread use of hormone therapy, radical surgery and radiotherapy.
It also cited earlier diagnosis linked to the use of the PSA test.
Prof Hing Leung of CRUK, who is based at the Beatson Institute in Glasgow, said: "This new report shows we've come a long way in improving the treatment of prostate cancer in the last couple of decades. And improvements in how we treat prostate cancer have been key to reducing deaths of men diagnosed with the disease.
"But a lot more work still needs to be done.
"We still don't understand why some prostate cancers turn out be harmless - the grass snakes - while others are aggressive - the vipers - and resistant to treatment."
Martin Ledwick, CRUK's head information nurse, said: "The symptoms for prostate cancer are similar to a number of benign and harmless conditions but it's worth being aware of them and getting anything unusual checked out with your GP.
"Things such as having to rush to the toilet to pass urine and difficulty urinating should be checked out, especially if it's getting you up several times during the night.
"It's also worth remembering prostate cancer is more common in men over the age 60, anyone who has had a relative diagnosed with the disease and men of African-Caribbean descent."
But Drew Lindon, head of policy and campaign at Prostate Cancer UK, said the figures referred to "potentially misleading death rates over the last 20 years".
He added: "The raw statistics over the same period tell a very different story.
"In 1990 1,348 men in Scotland were diagnosed with prostate cancer, compared to 2,679 in 2010 - an increase of 99%. Over the same period the number of men dying from the disease increased from 651 to 900 - an increase of 38%.
"Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, and the number of men being diagnosed with and dying from the disease continues to increase at an alarming rate. By 2030 it is predicted to be the most common cancer overall.
"Whilst it is undoubtedly the case that many improvements in care and support have been made over recent years it would be wrong for anyone to be of the impression that this mission has yet been accomplished, or that the danger posed by this terrible disease was in any way diminishing."
Nicholas Jacobs, 45, denied murdering the officer, who was stabbed 43 times at Broadwater Farm in Tottenham.
The Old Bailey jury heard from three witnesses who said they saw Mr Jacobs take part, but his defence team questioned their credibility.
On Wednesday, after four hours of deliberations, Mr Jacobs was found not guilty of murder and manslaughter.
Mr Jacobs - who was 16 at the time of the riot - stood up, held his head in his hands and punched the air as the verdicts were delivered. He then sat down and sobbed before being taken from the dock.
PC Blakelock's family looked distraught. One of his three sons held his head in his hands, while his widow, Elizabeth, wept.
In a statement, they said: "We are obviously extremely sad and disappointed at the verdict. We viewed this trial as an opportunity to see some form of justice served for Keith.
"We hope that more people are able to come forward so that some of those guilty can be brought to justice in the future."
Defence lawyer Courtenay Griffiths QC said outside the courtroom: "I'm delighted, I think the jury reached exactly the right verdicts."
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, said: "The patience and determination that Keith's widow, Elizabeth, has shown over the years as she has pushed for answers about her husband's murder has been inspirational. She so richly deserves those answers and justice.
"We accept the decision of the jury and our work to bring those responsible for Keith's murder to justice will not stop."
Crown Prosecution Service London prosecutor Jenny Hopkins said: "It was right that all the evidence in this case was put before a jury and we respect its decision."
Retired policeman Richard Coombes, 63, who survived the Broadwater Farm attack, said: "The jury has reached its decision and we must all respect that."
PC Blakelock, 40, was repeatedly stabbed, and attempts made to decapitate him, as he tried to protect firefighters tackling a blaze at the height of the unrest on the Broadwater Farm estate on 6 October 1985.
During the trial, the jury heard Mr Jacobs had allegedly written a poem, while serving time in a juvenile detention centre, in which he boasted about "chopping" at the officer.
But his defence team claimed his account of the wounds the officer received did not match the post-mortem examination.
Mr Jacobs' prosecution followed an previous trial in 1987, when three men were convicted of the murder, before being freed four years later on appeal.
During the course of three separate investigations, a decision was made to give immunity to so-called "kickers" - those who were involved in the attack but did not use weapons - in exchange for their co-operation.
Among them were the prosecution witnesses given the pseudonyms Rhodes Levin and John Brown who both admitted kicking PC Blakelock and were given amnesty from prosecution.
Some of the witnesses also received payments from police for their co-operation, the court was told.
The judge said Mr Jacobs had been within his rights not to give evidence during his trial and the jury could draw their own conclusions about his decision not to take the witness stand.
Winston Silcott, one of the so-called Tottenham Three convicted of the murder of PC Blakelock in 1987, said outside the Old Bailey: "The police are bitter about what happened, that's why they brought this case.
"My conclusion is that they had promised the Blakelock family that they would get justice for him and so they were trying to get anyone they could.
"Vengeance, that's what the police were out to get. I just hope Nicky Jacobs will be able to rebuild his life after this."
Posh notched their third league in on the bounce, but they were made to work for it with Adam Smith in good form in goal for the visitors.
Forrester and Leonardo Da Silva Lopes both went close early on, while Marcus Maddison was twice denied by Smith and Tom Nichols shot just wide.
Zander Diamond's header was saved at the other end by Luke McGee, while Alex Revell and Paul Anderson were wasteful when well-positioned in front of goal.
McGee produced a double-save from Sam Hoskins and Revell in quick succession, while Smith continued to frustrate Peterborough by saving from Da Silva Lopes to ensure the sides went in level at the break.
The game opened up in the second half and Brendon Moloney fired just over the bar from the edge of the box for the hosts, as did Jak McCourt.
Both sides had good chances late on, but it was two minutes into stoppage-time when the deadlock was finally broken as Forrester headed home at the far post for his third goal of the season.
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Match ends, Northampton Town 0, Peterborough United 1.
Second Half ends, Northampton Town 0, Peterborough United 1.
Goal! Northampton Town 0, Peterborough United 1. Chris Forrester (Peterborough United) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Marcus Maddison.
Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box.
Matthew Taylor (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lee Angol (Peterborough United).
Attempt blocked. Paul Anderson (Northampton Town) right footed shot from long range on the left is blocked.
Attempt missed. Alex Revell (Northampton Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Luke McGee.
Attempt saved. Matthew Taylor (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Alex Revell (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jack Baldwin (Peterborough United).
Substitution, Peterborough United. Gwion Edwards replaces Leonardo Da Silva Lopes.
Substitution, Northampton Town. Harry Beautyman replaces Jak McCourt.
Attempt saved. Lee Angol (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Hand ball by Lee Angol (Peterborough United).
Substitution, Peterborough United. Lee Angol replaces Shaquile Coulthirst.
Substitution, Peterborough United. Paul Taylor replaces Tom Nichols.
Attempt missed. Jak McCourt (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Jak McCourt (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michael Bostwick (Peterborough United).
Attempt blocked. Marcus Maddison (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Chris Forrester (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Brendon Moloney (Northampton Town) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt missed. Michael Bostwick (Peterborough United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by Matthew Taylor.
Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by Lewin Nyatanga.
Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by Brendon Moloney.
David Buchanan (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Nichols (Peterborough United).
Second Half begins Northampton Town 0, Peterborough United 0.
First Half ends, Northampton Town 0, Peterborough United 0.
Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Leonardo Da Silva Lopes (Peterborough United).
Brendon Moloney (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Shaquile Coulthirst (Peterborough United).
Attempt missed. Marcus Maddison (Peterborough United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Jak McCourt (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Shaquile Coulthirst (Peterborough United).
Attempt saved. Leonardo Da Silva Lopes (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Sabrina de Sousa says she lost an appeal against extradition last week.
She is one of 26 Americans convicted in their absence for the abduction of Egyptian cleric Abu Omar.
He was allegedly flown to Egypt from Italy and tortured as part of the US extraordinary renditions programme.
Ms de Sousa said she was waiting to be informed when she will be transferred to Italy, where she has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail.
Ms de Sousa was arrested in October on a European arrest warrant in Lisbon. She had appealed against extradition at the Supreme Court.
Many of the US citizens convicted with her in Italy have since been pardoned, and she would be the first CIA officer to be handed over to Italy.
Correspondents say it is not clear whether she will immediately be jailed or whether she might be granted a new trial.
Support for her cause is reported to come from an unusual source. In a recent interview with The Guardian, Abu Omar said that he believed that Ms de Souza and the other 25 Americans convicted in Italy have been made scapegoats and should be pardoned.
The cleric was taken to a US military base in Germany after his abduction and was later flown to Egypt where he says he was tortured.
He was eventually released in his home country, although an Italian court in 2013 is reported to have convicted him in absentia of terrorist activities.
The England striker scored after two goals from Riyad Mahrez early in the second half had put the Foxes ahead.
Leicester dominated early on, but Salomon Rondon's near-post header gave West Brom the lead before the break.
Rickie Lambert's late penalty reduced the arrears but Leicester hung on for the win and remain unbeaten away from home so far this season.
The result and their fine run on the road pushed Claudio Ranieri's side into third place in the Premier League.
The home side had not conceded a goal in their last two outings and were on the back foot until Rondon's opener.
Mahrez's two goals in seven minutes provoked a strong reaction from West Brom, but Vardy's strike looked to have secured a comfortable win for Leicester.
Late substitute Lambert forced a save from close range in the dying seconds after grabbing his first goal since moving to The Hawthorns.
Minutes before he had extended his scoring streak, Vardy's participation in the rest of the game had looked in doubt.
The 28-year-old went down clutching his right ankle, and had extensive treatment on the pitch, but the magic sponge did the trick with his 11th goal of the season a few seconds later.
Leicester had forced the pace in the opening half-an-hour, with Vardy hitting the post after just seven minutes.
But they did not take several other chances, and West Brom made the most of their first real opportunity when Rondon's powerful header had too much on it for Foxes goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.
West Brom's defence had held firm in their two previous outings, but they were caught napping by teasing crosses from Marc Albrighton from either side of the pitch for both of Mahrez's goals.
Vardy's pace had tested the home back line all afternoon, and he used it to good effect when slicing through to make it 3-1 to the visitors.
West Brom go to Old Trafford to face Manchester United next weekend, and follow that with a visit to Arsenal.
Leicester will look to build on their fine start to the season by hosting Watford, and follow this by a trip to St James' Park to take on Newcastle United.
West Brom manager Tony Pulis: "Leicester did really well, it was a good game and in Jamie Vardy they have an exceptional player. His pace frightened us all afternoon.
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"But the referee should have given us a penalty and sent their man off. It shouldn't happen at this level - the standard of refereeing should be better.
"[Referees' chief] Mike Riley should be on the phone asking why we weren't given two penalties.
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"I've had a go in the tunnel with him and I apologise about that. I should be writing my report but I do hope they look at it."
Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri: "We fight to the end. We have a very strong character and play good football.
"I told my players they were playing very well at half-time, to be careful at set-plays, and it was important to move the ball quickly and put them under pressure. We did that well.
"It's important Jamie Vardy continues to work for the team. The record is good for everybody."
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How West Brom v Leicester unfolded
Match ends, West Bromwich Albion 2, Leicester City 3.
Second Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 2, Leicester City 3.
Attempt missed. Rickie Lambert (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by James McClean with a headed pass.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Gareth McAuley.
Attempt blocked. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Callum McManaman (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Rickie Lambert with a headed pass.
Robert Huth (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Robert Huth (Leicester City).
Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Leicester City. Shinji Okazaki replaces Daniel Drinkwater.
Attempt missed. Callum McManaman (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Rickie Lambert with a headed pass.
Attempt blocked. Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rickie Lambert with a through ball.
Goal! West Bromwich Albion 2, Leicester City 3. Rickie Lambert (West Bromwich Albion) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Penalty conceded by Nathan Dyer (Leicester City) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty West Bromwich Albion. Callum McManaman draws a foul in the penalty area.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Callum McManaman replaces Chris Brunt because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Chris Brunt (West Bromwich Albion) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Craig Dawson with a cross.
Attempt saved. James McClean (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Darren Fletcher.
Goal! West Bromwich Albion 1, Leicester City 3. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniel Drinkwater with a through ball.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. James Morrison replaces Claudio Yacob.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Rickie Lambert replaces Saido Berahino.
Substitution, Leicester City. Nathan Dyer replaces Marc Albrighton.
Foul by N'Golo Kanté (Leicester City).
Darren Fletcher (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by James McClean with a cross.
Foul by N'Golo Kanté (Leicester City).
Stéphane Sessegnon (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Leicester City. Andy King replaces Leonardo Ulloa.
Attempt saved. Stéphane Sessegnon (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top left corner.
Foul by Marc Albrighton (Leicester City).
Chris Brunt (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Stéphane Sessegnon (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top left corner.
Foul by Marc Albrighton (Leicester City).
Jonny Evans (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Jeffrey Schlupp.
Goal! West Bromwich Albion 1, Leicester City 2. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jeffrey Schlupp with a cross.
Led by manager Claudio Ranieri, the East Midlands side claimed their maiden Premier League triumph having started the campaign as 5,000-1 outsiders.
France international Kante joined Antonio Conte's team for a fee of around £30m this summer.
"Kante allowed Ranieri to play the system he did," Lineker told BBC Sport.
"He can't do that anymore. Kante was the most unsung of the big three players, but he was probably the most important."
Leicester's stunning season saw them win the title by 10 points from Arsenal, losing only three league games all season.
Algerian midfielder Riyad Mahrez won the PFA Player of the Year award after contributing 17 goals and 11 assists, while England striker Jamie Vardy scored 24 goals.
But defensive midfielder Kante made the most tackles (175) and most interceptions (157) of any player in the top five European leagues.
This season, Leicester are seventh favourites to top the table at 33-1, while none of 33 BBC pundits polled have predicted them to repeat their feat from the 2015-16 season.
Match of the Day presenter Lineker added: "It was a one off.
"I never thought I would see something like that in my lifetime, Leicester winning under those circumstances - or any other club of that stature in this modern age.
"I am sure the league will be a little anti-climactic because they won't do that again but there is the Champions League to look forward to. That will be a wonderful experience for the supporters."
Stroud Farmers' Market, The Rollright Stones, Westonbirt Arboretum and Cotswold limestone made the final list.
The "Seven Wonders of the Cotswolds" was compiled to celebrate 45 years of the region being designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Cleeve Hill and Common, the Cotswold Way National Trail and Woodchester Mansion and Park also made the final seven, voted by more than 500 people.
A spokeswoman for the Cotswold Conservation Board, which led the search, said it had been a "fascinating campaign".
"The final list is a very interesting one which represents some of the Cotswolds' most distinctive features which we plan to use to create some new 'wonder walks' to help more people access and enjoy our beautiful Cotswolds landscape," she added.
Some 80 nominations were received from members of the public after the board began its search in December last year.
Ideas included historic sites, viewpoints, cultural features and towns and villages.
The Cotswolds is the second largest protected landscape in England after the Lake District National Park.
It covers 790 sq miles (2,038 sq km), stretching from Warwickshire and Worcestershire in the north, through Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, down to Bath and Wiltshire in the south.
But the Indian government is in the final stages of enrolling all of its citizens in the world's largest ID system. Siva Parameswaran of the BBC's Tamil Service finds out how they did it.
The system is known as Aadhaar, which means foundation.
It started as a voluntary programme to help tackle benefit fraud - and is now described as "the largest and most sophisticated ID database in the world".
Once the government committed to it - with the hope that it would be able to use it to raise more taxes, register voters and identify the hundreds of millions of drivers using false licences - it began taking the details of people whenever they came into contact with state agencies.
Biometric details were - and continue to be - recorded in schools, hospitals, childcare centres and special camps.
Aadhaar's website claims that 90% of Indians are now registered, though this figure is disputed by activists.
Aadhaar, or a Unique Identification Number, is allocated to every Indian and remains their national identity document forever.
It has become virtually impossible to do anything financial without it - such as opening a bank account or filing a tax return.
However, the scheme does in theory remain voluntary, and the highest court is hearing a petition on making it compulsory; the final judgement is awaited.
When Indian cricket star MS Dhoni accidentally had his number published on Twitter in March 2017, it exposed the many worries Indians have about having one single code so crucial to many aspects of their lives.
One fear is that it will become a method of financial surveillance.
Questions have also been raised about the moral authority of the government to force citizens to share biometric data. Activists say it is breach of the UN's Fundamental Right of Privacy.
People's Union for Civil Liberties activist Suresh told the BBC that citizens were not briefed about the implications of sharing their private data, but did so as they feared they would not be able to carry out financial transactions, gain admission to educational institutions and access subsidised food products from government-run shops.
"There is no guarantee that the data will not be leaked and also no accountability structure is in place," Suresh explained.
Activists also fear that it will be impossible to ensure that data will not be misused or abused, though authorities told the BBC that all the biometric data was well protected.
Investigative reporter Saikat Datta of the Observer Research Foundation says that Aadhaar has been converted into "the world's biggest surveillance engine."
And while India has a billion phones, laws for protecting the data on those phones are antiquated.
When the National Identification Authority of India Bill was introduced in 2016, it was sent to a special committee of the Parliament, whose members made scathing remarks about the project.
This committee recommended that enactment of legislation on data protection and privacy law was a "prerequisite" for the Aadhaar scheme.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, also strongly criticised the scheme in 2014.
But Aadhaar's authorities say their data protection goes far beyond what is required in the law.
Two girls, aged three and eight, and two boys, aged six and nine, escaped injury in the crash in Nab Tower Lane, Selsey in West Sussex, on Sunday.
The driver and a female passenger were also unhurt.
The woman, aged 36, from London, is also charged with being drunk in charge of a child under seven and is due at Worthing Magistrates' Court on 9 June.
The programme which aims to tackle deprivation has been in the media spotlight.
It follows remarks made by a Ulster Defence Association leader, Dee Stitt, chief executive of Charter NI, which has been awarded £1.7m from the fund.
The Alliance Party called for an independent review of the fund.
MLA Stewart Dickson said it needed "root and branch reform".
Nicola Mallon, SDLP , said people had lost trust in the scheme.
She criticised the first and deputy first minsters saying they lacked courage and should stand up to Dee Stitt.
Danny Kennedy, Ulster Unionist Party, acknowledged that the fund did good work. However he said there were legitimate concerns about the way it was being run.
Junior Minster Alastair Ross said the recent media attention was distracting. He said the fund had created jobs, was changing communities and was making a difference to people's lives.
The motion calling for an independent review was defeated by 53 votes to 38.
The Potters' £20m bid for 22-year-old Berahino was rejected but a £13m offer for Wales international Allen, 26, has been accepted.
"You can never second guess deals," Hughes told BBC Radio Stoke.
"Ideally you want to do all your business before the season starts."
Stoke are yet to go back with an improved offer for Berahino, with Albion thought to be keen to bring in a potential replacement first.
"Things are ongoing - we're very hopeful over a number of deals we're involved with but until they are actually done you can never be too sure," Hughes said.
"Sometimes the deals seem quite easy and others seem to drag on, which a number of them have this time unfortunately, but we just have to wait and be patient - sometimes other clubs need to do business first."
Stoke's preparations for the new season continue with a 10-day pre-season tour of Florida.
The president of Family Division of the High Court said there would be "blood on our hands" if the 17-year-old did not now receive adequate supervision.
She is due to be released in 11 days, but a secure unit place has not yet been found for her - a situation Sir James Munby said was "utterly shaming".
NHS sources later indicated that three possible beds had been found.
Dr Mike Prentice, medical director for the NHS North Region, said: "A number of options have now been identified, with detailed clinical and social assessments taking place tomorrow (Friday) to ensure the right package of care can be put in place before her release date."
The girl, identified only as "X", has tried to kill herself several times.
The judgement in the case of X - who is in the formal care of Cumbria County Council - revealed she was convicted at a youth court and has been detained in custody for almost six months.
Sir James had previously noted the "enormity of the task facing the local authority" but stressed that the need for a final care plan was "overwhelming".
During the latest hearing in July, he emphasised this need further, adding: "On a large number of occasions... X has made determined attempts to commit suicide".
Staff at the unit where she is being held have said sending her back to her home town would be a "suicide mission to a catastrophic level".
The judgement said: "Staff do not think it will take more than 24 to 48 hours before they receive a phone call stating that X has made a successful attempt on her life."
An earlier ruling heard how unit staff had witnessed "a profoundly disturbing and distressing scene when X self-harmed by repeatedly banging her head and face against the wall".
Staff have said she has to be checked every 50 seconds when she is in the shower.
Earlier, Simon Rowbotham, the solicitor for the legal guardian of the teenage girl, told the BBC that X has a "determined wish" to kill herself and lives in a stripped-down room and is restrained "for hours on end".
By Mark Easton, home editor, BBC News
The problem of providing suitable services for disturbed children and young people has been flagged up to ministers before.
Two months ago, after complaints from police that cells were being used to accommodate youngsters who should have been in a mental health unit, the government introduced a law banning their use for such purposes.
Doctors are warning there is still a critical shortage of appropriate care beds.
A survey of child and adolescent mental health workers, conducted by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2015, found 62% had seen adolescent patients held in inappropriate settings, with 14% saying patients had attempted to kill themselves while waiting for a suitable bed.
The prime minister has promised a "revolution" in mental health care, and the number of mental health staff in the NHS in England is rising by 21,000.
But the agonies of a judge unable to help a suicidal young woman suggest the revolution still has some way to go.
When X was younger, she "was a child with poor school attendance, low-level criminality and periods of absconding", a previous judgement said.
In Sir James' judgement, delivered in private in the High Court family division sitting in Manchester, he said: "If this is the best we can do for X, and others in similar crisis, what right do we, what right do the system, our society and indeed the State itself, have to call ourselves civilised?
"The honest answer to this question should make us all feel ashamed."
He went on: "I feel shame and embarrassment; shame, as a human being, as a citizen and as an agent of the State, embarrassment as President of the Family Division, and, as such, Head of Family Justice, that I can do no more for X".
Liberal Democrat former health minister Norman Lamb told the BBC that the judgement reflected a "wholly unacceptable situation in our country".
"This is not a unique case, families are being let down routinely across our country and there is a moral imperative that we address this as a matter of real urgency," he said.
By Philippa Roxby, health reporter, BBC News
There are about 1,440 hospital beds for children and young people with mental health problems in the NHS in England.
But a recent review found that they were not evenly spread across the country - for example, some areas had no in-patient beds within a 50-mile radius.
The picture is also complicated by who those beds are for - some are in specialist units for children with eating disorders, others are in high dependency units for young people with complex needs.
And there are many more specialist beds than high dependency ones.
This means that children and their families often travel large distances to access in-patient treatment.
NHS England says it wants to change this by increasing the number of beds in badly-served parts of the country and by offering crisis help to children and young people in the community, at an earlier stage.
Mr Lamb said if investment was not made up front in the NHS, families would continue to be let down.
"The real problem is that the whole of the finances of the NHS are under such strain that the government's fine words about recruiting extra staff won't be delivered, because the money won't get through to mental health.
"Mental health always loses out whenever the money is tight and I fear that that will be the same again this time."
Earlier this week, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced that thousands more mental health workers were to be recruited by the NHS in England.
The government said an extra £1bn already promised for mental health services in England would fund the scheme - part of a pot of £1.3bn committed in 2016 to transform provision.
The judge said copies of the ruling would be sent to the chief executive officer of NHS England Simon Stevens, Home Secretary Amber Rudd, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Education Secretary Justine Greening and Justice Secretary David Lidington.
Labour MP Luciana Berger, who previously served as shadow minister for mental health, tweeted that it was a "devastating" judgement, while Conservative MP and former children's minister Tim Loughton said it was "worrying".
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Professor Wendy Burn, president of The Royal College of Psychiatrists, said some mental healthcare units were "desperately short" of suitable beds.
She said the college urged the government in 2015 to prioritise investment in crisis care services for children and young people.
It had also called on NHS England, clinical commissioning groups and social services to ensure emergency care pathways were in place.
"It's alarming to see that two years later, children are still not getting the support they need," Prof Burn said.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd said PC Keith Palmer will be commemorated by the UK Police Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
Khalid Masood killed the unarmed officer who was guarding Parliament, minutes after Masood drove a car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge.
"He gave his life, in the line of duty, to keep others safe," said Ms Rudd.
Ms Rudd said the Charlton Athletic season ticket-holder's sacrifice has "touched the lives of millions of people in this country and around the world" as she thanked the police for their "phenomenal" bravery and professionalism after the attack, on Wednesday.
Writing for Police Oracle, she said: "So much has been said and written in tribute to Pc Palmer - a husband and father who went to work on Wednesday morning and will never go home.
"His sacrifice, the tragedy of his death, has touched the lives of millions of people in this country and around the world."
The UK Police Memorial "provides a lasting tribute to the sacrifices that all too many police officers have made".
The MP also praised the two officers who remain in hospital after being injured in the attack.
At the arboretum there is an avenue of trees called The Beat in memory of fallen officers, and a police memorial garden.
Plans are in place for a new police memorial at the arboretum, with organisers hoping it will be in place by 2019.
Colombian Quintana had led overall since winning Thursday's second stage.
Team Sky's Chris Froome, winner of Saturday's fourth stage, after losing 17 minutes in the second stage, trailed home in the peloton.
French rider Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), quickest in Friday's time trial, came second overall.
The closing stage was a 177.4km ride between Ollon-sur-Villars and Geneva.
Froome was part of a breakaway before the two-time Tour de France winner attacked on the final climb with 36km remaining.
He was was unable to gain a decisive lead, and instead it was a move from Verona that proved crucial. Swiss Albasini tracked it carefully and went on to claim the sixth Romandie stage win of his career.
The Tour de Romandie is regarded as a pointer to the Tour de France, with three of the previous five winners going on to win in Paris.
Tour de Romandie 2016: Final classification
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2. Thibaut Pinot (FRA) FDJ +19secs
3. Jon Izagirre (SPA) Movistar +23"
4. Ilnur Zakarin (RUS) Katusha +26"
5. Tom Dumoulin (NED) Giant +57"
6. Rui Costa (POR) Lampre +1:12"
7. Simon Spilak (SLO) Katusha +1:16"
8. Mathias Frank (SWI) IAM Cycling +1:16"
9. Bauke Mollema (NED) Trek +1:24"
10. Tejay van Garderen (US) BMC Racing +1:27"
The report, carried by the state-run Xinhua news agency, did not say what measures would be taken.
But the government also said transport during the busy Spring Festival holiday needed to be better managed.
On Tuesday, the relatives of the dead laid flowers at Shanghai's riverfront where the incident took place.
The mourning took place on the seventh day after the death of the relatives, in keeping with Chinese tradition.
The families were accompanied by government handlers and kept away from the media.
The victims, including the youngest a 12-year-old boy, were trampled and asphyxiated as hundreds of thousands of people gathered at the Bund, as the riverfront is known. The cause of the stampede is not known.
China's cabinet also said on Tuesday that governments should take rapid action to ensure safety and respond quickly when accidents occur, Xinhua reported.
Kenya said sprint coach John Anzrah "presented himself as an athlete" and "even signed the documents" for the doping test.
"We cannot tolerate such behaviour," said Kip Keino, chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya.
Anzrah is the second Kenyan official to be sent home over doping issues after track and field manager Michael Rotich.
Rotich was dismissed following allegations that he was prepared to warn coaches about drugs tests in return for £10,000.
Keino said Kenya's Olympic body had not facilitated Anzrah's travel to Brazil, adding: "We don't even know how he came here."
It was not clear which athlete Anzrah was pretending to be.
However, a senior Athletics Kenya source said he had spoken to the athlete, who claims Anzrah used his accreditation purely to obtain free meals from the athletes' village.
"When the anti-doping officials met him, they assumed he was the athlete and that he was lined up for testing," added the source.
"The coach, for fear of being exposed or discovered, did not explain to the anti-doping guy that he is actually not the athlete. Hence he played along and went for the test."
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The men, aged 22 and 25, were assaulted on the Garvaghy Road in the County Armagh town in the early hours of Sunday. Both suffered head injuries.
Francis Patrick McNally of Carnreagh, in Craigavon, appeared before Lisburn Magistrates court.
He is also charged with having an offensive weapon, listed as a crowbar.
Mr McNally faces a further charge of causing grievous bodily injury to one of the men by dangerous driving.
When asked if he understood the charges, he replied: "I do."
The two men were attacked by a gang carrying weapons.
Police said a burned-out car, believed to be related to the assault, was later found on the Drumnagoon Road.
The accused will appear again on 1 September. His defence lawyer said he hoped he would have an address by then so that his client could then apply for bail.
Past fixtures have seen anti-Semitic behaviour by Hammers fans.
Spurs fans traditionally have strong ties with London's Jewish community.
"Any fan acting inappropriately - including racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic behaviour - will be banned from attending future matches," Sullivan and Gold said in a statement.
"It is vitally important that every West Ham United supporter attending the fixture remembers that they are acting as ambassadors for our club and their behaviour should reflect the values and standards that we set," the statement continued.
Gold is of Jewish heritage, and has previously revealed that his great grandfather killed himself after suffering anti-Semitic taunts.
West Ham are currently sixth in the Premier League table, while Spurs are second.
The Office for National Statistics said the population was expected to increase by 4.4 million in the next decade, before reaching 70 million in 2027.
That increase is roughly the size of the Irish Republic.
The population is projected to grow by 9.7 million over the next 25 years, to 74.3 million. Latest figures show there are 64.6 million people in the UK.
The statistics predict an ageing population, with some 29.5% of people aged over 60 by 2039 - up from 23.2% this year.
By then, more than one in 12 UK people are expected to be aged 80 or over.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said its latest projections assume that more people will come to live in the UK than emigrate, accounting for about half of the projected population increase.
The remainder is attributed to births outnumbering deaths.
Projections were also revised upwards in the latest figures. The population estimate for 2024 is now 249,000 more than the previous projection in 2012.
64,596,800
People living in the UK
491,100
more than the previous year
259,700 added from net migration
226,200 from natural growth
25% of all births in 2013 were to mothers born outside the UK
The overall trend is "very similar" to past figures, said Prof Christian Dustmann, director of the Centre for Research and Analysis on Migration at University College London.
"What we see in many European countries, in particular the larger economies such as Germany, is actually a trend in the opposite direction," he said.
"Population is decreasing in Germany, as it is in Italy or Spain. That puts these countries in a very difficult situation.
"[When] populations are decreasing, you're dealing with a shrinking working-age population, which basically has to be confronted with an increasing ageing population which is not productive any more."
In the UK, where migration is contributing to population growth, the challenge was to ensure immigrants paid more in taxes than they cost in public services, he said.
"An increase in population means a larger economic base - part of the GDP growth we have seen is due to immigration," he said.
Prof Dustmann said one reason the ONS produces these figures is to prepare policy makers for "future demands" - and he said they should "clearly be prepared to expand public services".
Dr Jo Michell, of the University of the West of England, said the population rise would increase the pressure on public services.
"It will have an impact on public services such as health and education, services which are already under pressure because of cuts in government services and cuts which are planned for the next five years," he said.
"So the government should consider whether these cuts are appropriate at such a time."
The eight-storey development forms part of an £80m British bid to win the America's Cup for the first in the sailing trophy's 164-year history.
But under new proposals music could now be allowed outside until 23:00.
Alan Richards, 61, who lives nearby, said: "With amplified music you'll get a 'boom-boom' beat all the time."
The Camber Dock development, with top floors arranged as roof terraces, was initially given planning permission as a place of work.
Mr Richards added: "There are some exceptional properties round here.
"Lots of them have balconies of their own and with this kind of proposal they're going to suffer greatly.
"Loud music should be contained inside the building where they can close off doors."
David Higham, from the Camber Action Group, said: "The music's going to be heard from a long way away.
"If the licensing committee wouldn't allow it for an organisation that earns its living from music and liquor licensing, they shouldn't for Ben Ainslie.
"BAR say they want to be good neighbours. Let's hope they will be."
BAR chief operating officer Andy Hindley said he sympathised with objectors and had pared back the plans.
He said: "We'll be mindful of our neighbours and make sure we won't be upsetting anybody.
"We want to share the space, we don't want to take it over.
"People think we're opening a rave here fairly soon, that's absolutely not going to happen."
Portsmouth City Council's licensing department is due to make a decision within 20 days.
They confronted housing minister Alok Sharma MP on why the homeless are not yet rehoused, in tense exchanges on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme.
The minister told them people would be offered a suitable place to live within three weeks of the fire.
Later, the Prime Minister confirmed 120 tower blocks had now failed fire tests.
And police said 80 people were missing presumed dead, but a true total of those who died may not be known until at least the end of the year.
During the TV programme, residents and survivors set out their problems in the wake of the 14 June inferno.
"I am not moving my child from here, to here, to here, to here - I want permanent accommodation," Oluwaseun Talabi, who escaped the fire with his wife and young daughter, told Mr Sharma.
"I am not going to take any house you give me, it has to be suitable.
"I was happy in my house. I work hard. I want permanent accommodation,"
He and his family have been living in a hotel room after they "lost everything".
Mahad Egal, who escaped the fourth floor of Grenfell Tower during the fire in the early hours of 14 June, described how he had been offered alternative accommodation in a high rise block. He has refused it.
"My first priority is to put suitable accommodation over my children and my wife," he said.
"These people have the right to get back their dignity. Where is the dignity?" asked survivor Sid-Ali Atmani. "I don't want Theresa (May) to go to the TV, I want her to come (here)."
The group described the practical problems they have faced in being rehoused; trying to replace burned documents; accessing funding; being unable to return to work without a permanent base; and their dealings with the authorities.
They also spoke about the psychological impacts.
Many said they had not been able to sleep since the disaster, or were haunted by images of their escape and their friends, family and neighbours who perished.
Omar Alhajali, whose brother Mohammed died in the blaze, said: "When I see (his image), I remember everything. Not only now but every night... I can't sleep."
The group were hugely critical of the local council and the government's emergency response.
Kensington and Chelsea council provided no spokesperson for the programme's debate and they were empty-chaired.
Mr Sharma, the government's housing minister, arrived to answer their questions part-way through the show.
Survivors have themselves begun to compile a list of the victims as the current official number of people who died stands at 79, but it is expected to rise.
They feel it will rise much further and are concerned the number is being downplayed.
Other residents have also voiced concerns - nearby blocks of flats and houses still lack hot water.
Simone Willis, a nurse who helped victims on the night, addressed a panel of politicians on the programme including the local MP Emma Dent Coad and London Assembly member Tony Devenish, saying: "When you're coming to these kinds of scenarios asking, 'what is needed?', think!
"You have a family, a mother, daughter, what would you need?
"This is not going to take a few shows, a few meetings, this is years of work."
Mr Sharma said the government guaranteed "people who have had their homes destroyed will be offered suitable accommodation within three weeks".
That timeframe leaves one week remaining. He initially said that would be "accommodation" and later said "temporary accommodation".
Everybody would have "good quality accommodation" he said, inviting them all to tell him their issues.
During the programme, residents raised the questions about the disaster they want to see answered by an inquiry.
They included:
Afterwards, Mr Sharma said he was going straight to the Westway emergency relief centre to hold a surgery with survivors.
At Prime Minister's Questions, Theresa May updated MPs on progress in dealing with the aftermath of the disaster.
She told MPs cladding on blocks across 37 local authority areas in England had failed tests for combustibility.
Given the "100% failure rate" she said local authorities had been told to get on with fire checks and any further necessary action.
She said 282 good quality temporary accommodation units had been identified, 132 families have had their needs assessed and 65 offers of accommodation had been made so far.
She said the lord chief justice would recommend a judge to head the public inquiry soon.
As of Wednesday morning, £1.25m had been paid to those affected and a further £1m would go to local charities and supporting groups, she said.
The tournament, which features 48 men's and 16 women's teams, will run until 16 July.
A temporary arena has been constructed in the city's George Square, with seating for 3,500 spectators.
The opening fixtures of the tournament saw Scotland's men beat Hong Kong 8-4. The women's team beat Norway 11-1.
This is the 14th year of the competition.
Scotland last hosted the tournament in 2005, in Edinburgh. The first took place in Graz, Austria, in 2003.
The aim of the competition is to inspire homeless people to change their lives.
It was set up by the International Network of Street Papers and Mel Young, founder of the Big Issue in Scotland.
The Scotland teams are managed, selected and coached by social enterprise Street Soccer Scotland. They include players from across Scotland picked after a series of selection days throughout the year.
Ally Dawson, manager of Team Scotland, said: "The Homeless World Cup is a very special event for everyone involved and being host nation brings an added honour.
"The men's and women's squads have been training very hard over recent weeks in preparation for the start of the tournament.
"Every year the Scottish teams are determined to do their country proud but this year has an added edge as they look forward to playing in front of what will be a very noisy home support."
About 100,000 spectators are expected to come to watch matches during the week-long tournament. Entry is free and no tickets are required.
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The meeting in Brussels was called by Turkey, which has become involved in the Syrian conflict in recent days.
The country, which had previously been reluctant to intervene, has launched raids against IS in Syria and Kurdish PKK guerrillas in northern Iraq.
The strikes followed a wave of attacks by militants on Turkish soil.
Turkey, a key Nato member, called Tuesday's meeting of the North Atlantic Council under Article 4 of the alliance's founding treaty.
The clause allows members to request a summit if their territorial integrity or security is threatened.
It's only the fifth time in the alliance's history that a member state has requested such a meeting.
It will give Turkey's Nato allies the opportunity to work out Turkey's goals and motivation the country has stood on the sidelines fo the Syria conflict for so long, says the BBC'd defence correspondent Jonathan Beale.
It will also offer a chance to hear about US and Turkish plans to set up a buffer zone, free of Islamic state fighters, in northern Syria.
Turkey is struggling with more than 1.8 million refugees from the Syrian conflict. On 20 July IS-linked militants killed 32 people in the Kurdish-majority town of Suruc, near the Syrian border.
The crisis has exacerbated tensions in a part of Turkey where a conflict between the PKK and government troops has killed about 40,000 people since 1984.
The PKK claimed an attack which killed two Turkish police officers on Thursday. It said it was in retaliation for the Suruc bombing and what the group sees as Turkey's collaboration with IS.
Turkish operations in Syria have also 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 positions near the Syrian town of Kobane.
A Turkish official said recent 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".
Analysis: Paul Adams, BBC diplomatic correspondent
Turkey's long-awaited involvement in the international coalition against IS, flying combat missions and making its vital airbases available to US jets, has been described as a possible "game changer."
But if the government in Ankara continues to see no difference between IS and the Kurdish PKK - a position repeated on Monday by Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu - then its latest move presents the rest of the coalition, in particular the Americans, with a dilemma.
For almost a year, Kurdish rebels (the YPG, closely allied with the PKK) have represented Washington's best hope for confronting IS on the ground in Syria.
But Turkey has no interest in promoting Kurdish success along its southern border, at a time when its own unresolved Kurdish conflict threatens to explode once more.
What can Turkey gain from Nato meeting?
Turkish press fears new civil war
Officials in Washington told media that the US and Turkey were working together on military plans to clear the Islamic State (IS) group from parts of northern Syria,
They said an "Islamic State-free zone" would ensure greater stability along the Syria-Turkish border.
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.
Last week Turkey agreed to allow the US to use its air base in Incirlik to launch air strikes against IS.
Meanwhile Turkish police have continued to arrest suspected members of IS or the PKK, more than 1,000 over the past week.
"The Turkey-Syria border, the Turkey-Iraq border is Nato's responsibility to protect," Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.
"Rather than an operational decision [at Tuesday's meeting], we are hoping all allies understand Turkey's intentions and for them to support Turkey in its security measures when needed in the ongoing fight."
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said the PKK and its allies in Syria are the same as IS and must be eradicated.
However, both UK Prime Minister David Cameron and the US state department reaffirmed that the focus of the allied campaign in the region was fighting IS.
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Financial experts Ernst and Young said the number of projects involving foreign direct investment more than trebled last year from nine to 31.
A total of 2,051 jobs were also created and Wales' performance in the survey was described as "sparkling".
The annual attractiveness survey analyses inward investment and the attitudes of global investors.
Across the whole UK there was a 2.7% rise in foreign-backed UK projects while there was an overall 2.8% decline in investment across Europe.
The UK's 697 foreign-backed projects created a 1.4% rise in foreign direct investment jobs to 30,311.
By Nick ServiniBBC Wales business correspondent
It used to be said that Wales was good at attracting inward investment because of the three L's: land, labour and lolly.
In other words, we had plenty of land, cheap wages and big cheques were being signed to tempt firms.
And Wales was good at it. A recent study found that in the 1990's Wales captured 15% of all the foreign contracts coming into the UK, that fell to 3.5%.
So what went wrong? Carwyn Jones admitted in a news conference last month that Wales reduced its international presence too much after the trade and promotion body International Business Wales was abolished in 2010.
The Welsh government is carrying out plenty of trade missions now, 44 are planned for the next year, and has a closer working relationship with UK Trade and Investment's network overseas.
But as welcome as these figures are, it's worth pointing out that the numbers are well below the years before the financial crisis.
Between 2005 and 2008, inward investment created more than 5,000 jobs a year in Wales.
The UK had the biggest foreign investment of any European country, followed by Germany and Spain.
London would come fourth in a European list by itself, attracting 45% of the UK's total projects.
Scotland recorded 76 projects, its highest total for 16 years; and Northern Ireland 29 projects.
The improved appetite was put down to changes to taxation, a more flexible financial system, trade missions and support for small and medium enterprises - each cited as enhancing the UK investment environment.
But Mark Gregory, chief economist at Ernst & Young, praised Wales for outperforming other parts of the UK.
He said: "The sparkling performance in 2012 by Wales was in stark contrast to most of the English regions, which are now represented by a series of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) in inward investment promotion, rather than the now-defunct Regional Development Agencies (RDAs).
"The success of the UK overall is a remarkable testament to the openness and international outlook of the UK economy.
"The UK's ability to win investment has been a crucial source of growth and pride over many years."
The survey of 314 global investors showed satisfaction with the UK tax regime jumping from 53% to 61% - helping the UK to secure 29 of the 168 headquarter relocations in Europe, compared to 12 in the previous year.
Labour costs were the other factor cited as having improved dramatically, with the satisfaction rating up to 63% from 48%.
Last year, a study by Cardiff Business School said Wales was lagging behind almost every other part of the UK in terms of attracting foreign companies and jobs.
In response, the Welsh government said it was working to "sell Wales to the world" in a bid to boost the economy.
Andrew Bedford, 27, from Huntingdon, was last seen in Ramsey in Cambridgeshire on 28 September 1990.
Officers reopened the investigation in April and discovered human bones on land off Stocking Fen Road in the town.
Police said new lines had emerged that they were following up after a 25th anniversary appeal prompted a "number of calls".
Cold case detectives think Mr Bedford was killed with a shotgun sometime during the evening at a garage, which no longer exists in Ramsay, called Mongrel Cars.
Mr Bedford was last seen on the evening of 28 September at Factory Bank, off Great Whyte in Ramsey.
A police spokesman said: "The 25th anniversary appeal resulted in a number of calls to police and during the community engagement officers spoke to lots of people in Ramsey.
"The appeal has given us new lines of inquiry which we will follow up."
Three people were arrested in connection with his disappearance but no-one was charged.
In April, police reopened the investigation as a murder inquiry saying they believed he had been shot.
Bones "consistent with being human" were found by scenes of crime officers, forensic scientists and detectives during a 13-day operation in the town in April.
Mr Bedford was last seen wearing overalls, a khaki jumper, jeans and trainers.
He was described as 5ft 8in (1.72m), of medium build with mousey blond, curly, shoulder-length hair and had a number of tattoos.
A man arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder remains on bail.
The rapper served eight months of a one year sentence in New York's Rikers Island jail after pleading guilty to gun possession.
The book, called Gone Till November, is due to be released later this year.
The memoirs will feature Lil Wayne's thoughts on family, children and the people he has met in his lifetime, Grand Central Publishing said.
The 29-year-old, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, has also written about his plans for the future.
Ben Greenberg, executive editor at the publishing company, said the journal would be "revealing".
"[Lil Wayne] kept detailed journals of his inner and outer life while he was on Rikers Island, and they certainly tell a story. They are revealing," he said.
The book is set to be released on 28 November 2012.
The rapper is best known for his singles Lollipop, Drop The World and BedRock - which reached number nine in the UK singles chart.
In September, his current album Tha Carter IV broke iTunes sales records.
Carter is nominated for four Grammy awards at next month's ceremony, including best rap album and best rap song for Look At Me Now - a collaboration with Chris Brown and Busta Rhymes.
Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars and Foo Fighters are due to perform at the event.
Caroline Jones raised the issue of the Welsh language commissioner's call for "radical change" in education to reach a target of 1m Welsh-speakers by 2050.
The UKIP AM said she disagreed with Meri Huws's call for compulsory Welsh medium education for under-sevens.
First Minister Carwyn Jones said Welsh should be promoted more as a vocational skill than an academic subject.
Ms Jones, a regional AM for South West Wales, told the Senedd on Tuesday: "It has been compulsory for every school child in Wales to learn Welsh since 1999.
"Yet despite this the numbers of Welsh speakers has fallen," she said, adding that she was learning Welsh herself.
"Polls suggest that the majority of people are opposed to compulsory teaching," Ms Jones claimed.
"Is it time that we accepted that maybe the 'stick' approach is not working and, rather than dictating everyone should learn Welsh, can we maybe instead be making it easier for those who really want to learn?"
In response, the first minister said there were "practical issues" with the idea of making all primary schools Welsh-medium in terms of recruiting teachers.
But he added: "I firmly believe it's right that our national languages should be compulsory until the age of 16.
"There are issues about the way in which Welsh has been taught in English-medium schools, particularly for the short course.
"I don't think we can say hand-on-heart that we have created confident Welsh speakers in our English-medium schools.
"Clearly that's not the case, which is why the new curriculum will be important, and which is why we're be moving away from the idea that Welsh is solely an academic area of study, moving more towards it being seen as a vocational skill."
Mr Jones said Welsh would still be available for those who wanted to study it academically, but he felt the vocational path would be "a good way of improving the way Welsh is taught and learned in the English-medium schools".
The squad have been given a handbook with a 'dos and don'ts' section which includes tips on the right way to bow and customs around tattoos and shoes.
Players have been told to cover up tattoos to avoid causing offence, and take clean shoes for use in the gym.
"There are obviously things we will have to adapt to," the wing noted.
"A lot of the guys came in and said 'have you read through that part of the handbook?'
"I think we will have do some bowing. You have got to take part in their culture and go with their way of doing things.
"It is something all the guys will embrace. Hopefully we can get it right, and we won't be embarrassing ourselves out there."
Tattoos are considered taboo by many Japanese citizens, who also tend not to wear shoes inside.
Scotland depart on Saturday and arrive in Tokyo the following day, before moving on to Nagoya on Wednesday ahead of the first Test in nearby Toyota City on Saturday, 18 June.
They have won all five of their previous meetings against Japan, including at last year's World Cup, four days after the Brave Blossoms sprang the biggest upset of all time by beating South Africa.
But this is the first time Scotland will have played in Japan, and Seymour, 27 is relishing his first visit to the country.
"It is good to go away somewhere different and explore a new country and a different culture," said the Glasgow wing, who scored his first two tries in a Scotland shirt in an autumn Test win over Japan in 2013.
"That is something we are looking forward to enjoying and taking in. It is not your daily bread and butter.
"When you have your downtime, you can do something a bit different. But when it comes to the games, you are taking the same attitude and approach."
Japan, who lost head coach Eddie Jones to England after the World Cup, will have interim coach Mark Hammett, the former All Blacks hooker who also coaches new Super 15 outfit the Sunwolves, at the helm for the two-Test series with Scotland.
"I think they will take everything they did in the World Cup and build on that," Seymour added. "Certainly it will be a high-tempo, very skilled side with a lot of energy. They will do things very quickly and very efficiently.
"We will need to be on our guard and try to get on top of their tempo and their turnover ball, because that is something they are very dangerous with."
This week's Murrayfield training camp gave Seymour a first sighting of Scotland newcomer Huw Jones, a surprise late call-up to the tour squad.
The Cape Town-based Stormers centre was born in Edinburgh and educated in Somerset before his career took off on a gap-year trip to South Africa in 2012.
A foot injury has limited his involvement so far, but Seymour believes he will bring an abrasive edge to Scotland's backline.
"He seems like a nice lad. He has not come in too boisterous, he has come in and got on with what he needs to do. I think that's the best way to do things. I think he will fit in well and the guys will look forward to working with him.
"From what I've heard and seen in his highlights reel, I think he will an abrasive guy who wants to operate in those 10 channels. He is quite a big guy so he can bring that edge.
"Having guys with the ability to play a multitude of positions - he is adept at centre, full-back and wing - is a key component in our armoury."
The report by Cardiff Business School warns of "implications for community representation" and says higher workloads could deter people from standing for election.
Ministers have said that reorganisation plans will mean fewer councillors.
A Welsh government spokeswoman said "effective community governance" is being considered.
Dr James Downe, from the business school, was asked to evaluate the standard of scrutiny in local government.
There are 1,264 local authority councillors in Wales - around 40 more than the number serving Scotland's larger population.
But Dr Downe said reducing the numbers would make it harder for councillors to do their jobs properly.
The Welsh government spokeswoman said ministers are "considering the legislation and consultation which will be required in preparation for local government reforms."
Prices rose 3.2% compared with the same period last year, beating analysts' forecasts of a 3.1% jump.
The government raised its sales tax rate from 5% to 8% on 1 April.
Japan has been battling deflation, or falling prices, for best part of the past two decades, and policymakers have said that ending that cycle is key to reviving the country's economy.
Falling consumer prices hurt domestic demand as consumers and businesses tend to put off purchases in the hope of getting a cheaper deal later on.
The Japanese government has taken various steps over the past few months to try and reverse this trend, and have set a target of a 2% inflation rate.
The measures, which include boosting the country's money supply, have started to have an impact and consumer prices in the country have now risen for 11 months in a row.
The hope is that once prices start to rise, it may force consumers and business to spend more money and not hold back on purchases, as they may have to pay more later on.
But there have been some concerns that higher inflation may trigger a decline in spending.
Data released on Friday showed that household spending fell 4.6% in April, compared to a year earlier.
That follows a 4.4% decline in retail sales during the month.
However, analysts said the decline in spending was in part due to consumers rushing to make purchases ahead of the tax rise. That had been evident in March, when sales surged 11% - the fastest pace of growth since March 1997.
"Consumer spending has declined as expected in April, but this is likely to be minor blip and will not affect the ongoing recovery," Martin Schulz, of Fujitsu Research Institute told the BBC.
"Both consumer spending and retail sales will start rising in the latter half of the year."
Bu Mr Schulz added the government needs to introduce reforms in key sectors of the economy for the recovery to sustain in the long run.
Wiggins, 37, plans to compete at the British Indoor Rowing Championships in London in December, and says his "numbers are quite good".
The 2012 Tour de France winner, who retired from cycling in December 2016, is hoping to compete at a sixth Olympic Games at the age of 40.
"I might be being a bit delusional but the times suggest I'm not," he said.
Wiggins, who is being coached by friend and Olympic rowing gold medallist James Cracknell, was speaking at a corporate event in Manchester.
"I took up rowing when I retired just to keep fit, but my numbers started getting quite good, so I've started taking it up professionally now and getting coached seven days a week," he said in comments reported by the Daily Mail.
"I'm going to see how far I can take it. Maybe a sixth Olympic gold?"
Wiggins is Britain's most decorated Olympian with eight medals, winning at least one at every Olympic Games from Sydney 2000 to Rio 2016.
He won his fifth Olympic gold in the men's team pursuit in Rio last August.
After announcing his retirement from cycling, he had been due to take part in television programme The Jump in January - but injured a foot in training and was forced to pull out.
Wiggins first raised the idea of switching to rowing in his November 2012 autobiography My Time, but is yet to reveal if he has been out on the water in a rowing boat.
In May, British Rowing performance director Sir David Tanner had said it would be difficult for Wiggins to make the transition.
The British Indoor Rowing Championships take place at the Lee Valley VeloPark - formerly the Olympic Velodrome - in December.
Competition takes place on static rowing machines - like the ones found in gyms - and is open to anyone over the age of 11.
Races are held over distances ranging from 500m to 2km in different age categories, as well as open events.
The 2017 World Games take place in Wroclaw, Poland, in July. Great Britain will send a team of five, including British champion Graham Benton.
The Imps were looking to reach the 100-point mark with victory but could not find a way past home keeper Lee Worgan.
Lincoln started the brighter of the two and a neat one-two between Adam Marriott and Jack Muldoon almost saw them take a 17th-minute lead but the former saw his shot hit the outside of post.
At the other end, Ross Etheridge pulled off a fine save to turn Alex Flisher's shot behind for a corner.
Lincoln came close again six minutes into the second half when Sean Raggett headed a Billy Knott free-kick into the direction of Muldoon but his effort hit the bar.
Raggett almost won it at the death but his header from a corner with two minutes remaining flashed inches wide.
Match report supplied by Press Association.
Match ends, Maidstone United 0, Lincoln City 0.
Second Half ends, Maidstone United 0, Lincoln City 0.
Substitution, Lincoln City. Alex Simmons replaces Josh Ginnelly.
Substitution, Maidstone United. Jack Richards replaces Yemi Odubade.
Substitution, Lincoln City. Elliot Whitehouse replaces Adam Marriott.
Substitution, Maidstone United. Jack Paxman replaces Stuart Lewis.
Substitution, Maidstone United. Bobby-Joe Taylor replaces Harry Phipps.
Second Half begins Maidstone United 0, Lincoln City 0.
First Half ends, Maidstone United 0, Lincoln City 0.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Reports of 19 incidents of birds physically attacking people or taking food were submitted from March to the end of August in Scarborough.
Further avian assaults were reported in Whitby and in Filey.
Scarborough Borough Council has started to record "gull-mugging" incidents to "assess the size of the problem".
The figures are contained in a report due to go before councillors in the town next week.
22
reported gull "muggings" have been made to Scarborough Borough Council
50%
of the incidents occured in July
13 people reported that their food was stolen by the seagull
9 people reported to the council that they had been "directly attacked" by a seagull
An action plan for "minimising the public nuisance of local gull populations" was approved in November, with measures including a poster campaign and handing out 'gull proof' sacks which protect the plastic refuse bags inside.
Seafront buildings were also "gull-proofed" with the installation of netting.
Issuing fines for people spotted feeding gulls was considered, but the council later ruled the "counter-productive" option out.
The council intends to continue collecting the data, submitted via an online form, for a further 12 months and to compare their research with other seaside local authorities.
Both herring gulls and kittiwakes are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act but the council said it was inshore-feeding herring gulls which presented the biggest nuisance.
The hosts were the better side in a dour first-half and took the lead through Bjorn Johnson's header.
Sean Welsh hit back for Thistle early after the break and the visitors passed up several chances to claim victory.
Callum Booth struck the crossbar and Jack Hamilton made excellent stops from Chris Erskine and Kris Doolan to ensure Hearts clung on to a point.
Thistle remain bottom of the Premiership but will be heartened by their second half display, while Cathro knows his team will have to improve if he is to win over the Tynecastle faithful.
Hearts hit the front after 17 uneventful minutes when he glanced Liam Smith's cross past Tomas Cerny and into the corner of his net. For the longest time, that was the extent of the action. This was dull, sloppy, lifeless football. Tynecastle, a place capable of delivering such raucous atmospheres, was mostly hushed until the endgame, when they booed.
The home side could have made it two just before the break, but an Arnaud Djoum shot was tipped away and soon after an Igor Rossi header slapped off the Partick crossbar. Beyond that, there was nothing but the sound of cheering from the visiting fans and the continuing sound of disgruntlement among their opposite numbers.
The vibe in Tynecastle grew ever more antsy in the early minutes of the second half when Welsh headed Partick level. It was the first time they had stirred as an attacking force and it sparked something in Alan Archibald's team.
Nine minutes later, Ade Adeez was played through one-on-one with Hamilton and should have scored. Instead, Hamilton kicked away his shot and Hearts survived.
The fractiousness of Tynecastle was palpable now. At one point, as Partick took hold of the game, Don Cowie felt the need to gesture to his own supporters, lowering the palms of his hands to the ground, urging them all to calm down.
Save for the odd flurry from Hearts, the visitors dominated the second half. There was an extraordinary passage 10 minutes from time when they created three excellent chances in quick order.
Firstly, Booth rifled a shot off Hamilton's crossbar, then the goalkeeper denied Chris Erskine with a fine save and just after that Liam Lindsay thumped a header over the Hearts crossbar when he really ought to have scored.
Hamilton had to rescue his team again four minutes from the end when Doolan threatened to win it. They would have deserved to. Partick should have left Edinburgh with three points, not one.
On the full time whistle, the home fans let their team have it, booing loudly, if briefly. This was not how it was supposed to be in Cathro's new era.
Hearts head coach Ian Cathro: "Initially we were able to win a bit of control. We started the game well. We had some good periods of possession in the opponent's half. There was some good performances. In the second half we didn't have that control.
"At the end of that we all feel the same thing. Voicing that is completely normal. What we've got to do is stay together, support each other and continue to make progress. That will be thing that changes things quickly."
Partick Thistle manager Alan Archibald: "I thought we were dominant in the second half. We scored a goal at a good time to get us back into the game after a disappointing first half. Then we were on the front foot and we created a number of very, very good chances. Enough to probably win two games and it's hard to do that at Tynecastle.
"It's an intimidating place to come, you have to enjoy it and try and turn the home fans against their team. We did that in the second half. It helped us create chances and made them a bit more nervy at the back.
"We've got a tough run of fixtures now. Winnable games but we know they're teams around about us and we need to take points from them."
Match ends, Heart of Midlothian 1, Partick Thistle 1.
Second Half ends, Heart of Midlothian 1, Partick Thistle 1.
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Abdul Osman.
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Sean Welsh.
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Liam Lindsay.
Foul by Tony Watt (Heart of Midlothian).
(Partick Thistle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Callum Booth (Partick Thistle) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
Attempt saved. Kris Doolan (Partick Thistle) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Liam Lindsay (Partick Thistle) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right.
Corner, Partick Thistle. Conceded by Jack Hamilton.
Attempt saved. Callum Booth (Partick Thistle) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Partick Thistle. Conceded by Igor Rossi.
Callum Booth (Partick Thistle) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
Igor Rossi (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Sean Welsh (Partick Thistle).
Attempt saved. Arnaud Djoum (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Liam Smith (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt missed. Liam Lindsay (Partick Thistle) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Corner, Partick Thistle. Conceded by Robbie Muirhead.
Arnaud Djoum (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Adam Barton (Partick Thistle).
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Tony Watt replaces Jamie Walker.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Robbie Muirhead replaces Bjorn Johnsen.
Arnaud Djoum (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Abdul Osman (Partick Thistle).
Attempt missed. Chris Erskine (Partick Thistle) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Liam Lindsay.
Substitution, Partick Thistle. Chris Erskine replaces Adebayo Azeez.
Attempt missed. Ryan Edwards (Partick Thistle) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Perry Kitchen (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Christie Elliott (Partick Thistle).
Attempt saved. Bjorn Johnsen (Heart of Midlothian) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Abdul Osman (Partick Thistle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jamie Walker (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Abdul Osman (Partick Thistle).
Foul by Arnaud Djoum (Heart of Midlothian).
Danny Devine (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Arnaud Djoum (Heart of Midlothian).
Christie Elliott (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick on the right wing.
The grey seals were taken to a beach near St Brides' Bay in Pembrokeshire following rehabilitation by the RSPCA.
The quartet have been tagged to enable members of the public to report any future sightings and monitor their movements.
A spokeswoman reminded people not to approach lone pups for 24 hours.
Animal collection officer Ellie West said: "This is the best part of being a member of the RSPCA inspectorate - seeing animals back into their natural habitat.
"I am grateful to Welsh Marine Life Rescue for their help in releasing these seals back into the sea.
"We do get a number of calls about abandoned seal pups and it's great that we are able to rescue them, give them the care they need and get them back out into the sea.
"I would like to remind members of public to follow our advice about leaving wild animals alone, for 24 hours, before contacting us, as human presence may hinder rather than help."
Paula Wales is alleged to have acted in an aggressive manner at a house in Grange Road, Monifieth, on 3 July this year.
Prosecutors claim she repeatedly kicked and struck a door and uttered threats of violence.
Ms Wales, 40, of Monifieth, denies the charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner.
The officer appeared at Forfar Sheriff Court. A trial date was set for March 2016.
Tahir Alam was banned under new powers after the Secretary of State considered evidence in a government inquiry, the Department for Education said.
"Extremism has no place in our schools," a spokeswoman said.
Mr Alam, the former head of governors for Park View Education Trust, denies any wrongdoing and will appeal.
It was alleged last year in an anonymous letter that extremists had tried to take over several schools in Birmingham to advance radical interpretations of Islam.
Although the provenance of the so-called Trojan Horse letter has never been established, a government inquiry led by former counter-terrorism chief Peter Clarke - one of a several separate inquiries carried out - found "sustained action carried out by a number of associated individuals to introduce an intolerant and aggressive Islamist ethos into a few schools in Birmingham".
Under the ban, Mr Alam is prohibited from holding governor roles in all independent schools, academies, free schools, and maintained schools.
The Department for Education said: "We will investigate any allegations [of extremism] and will not hesitate to take action against individuals who put children at risk by exposing them to radicalisation or extremist views."
Mr Alam called the ban an "abuse of authority" and described the allegations made in the reports as "completely false".
He said he had worked as a volunteer for 20 years helping to transform failing schools into "excellent schools".
"All of the activities that the school did in relation to accommodating the needs of the children from these communities, predominately Muslim communities, were done within the parameters of the law and the accommodation that we made in respect of religious needs, of course, were voluntary, they were never mandatory, they were never required," he said.
"So we were simply responding to the communities that we were serving."
The Trojan Horse inquiries were so named following allegations that Muslim groups were behind attempts to undermine certain head teachers and take over a number of schools in Birmingham.
Correction 8 September 2015: This report has been amended to clarify the results of investigations into the claims of the so-called Trojan Horse letter.
On Saturday Merthyr beat RGC 1404 35-7 and will meet the Wizards, who beat Bedwas 31-25 a day later.
Newport beat Llanelli 22-17 to reach the Tier Two final and will take on Neath.
The Welsh All Blacks beat Cross Keys 33-13 at the Gnoll to ensure their final spot that will determine who is best of the bottom half of the table.
Christopher Foley, who practised in Pembury, near Tunbridge Wells, touched some female clients without consent, Maidstone Crown Court heard.
He also filmed some of them getting undressed, the court was told.
Foley, 67, of Highfield Close, Pembury, admitted five sexual assaults and 11 voyeurism charges and was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison.
Judge Philip St John-Stevens said Foley, who also admitted a charge of possessing extreme pornography, should serve half the term in custody and spend the other half doing community service.
He also made an order banning him from working with children and made him the subject of a sexual harm prevention order lasting 10 years.
Statements from some of Foley's victims revealed they had experienced flashbacks, felt embarrassed, violated and scared since learning what had happened to them during their treatments between 2011 and 2013.
Judge St John-Stevens told Foley he had abused the trust of his patients.
Police said Foley was arrested after receiving a complaint from a woman who noticed a small camera in the room where she was undressing.
Det Con Wendy Thatcher, of Kent Police, said after the case: "Foley knew that his victims had put a great deal of trust in him and he chose to repeatedly exploit this for his own gratification.
"As a result he has left a number of women feeling violated, embarrassed and betrayed."
Baker made his name as the robot in the first Star Wars film in 1977 alongside Anthony Daniels's C-3PO character.
Star Wars creator George Lucas paid tribute to a "real gentleman" and Mark Hamill - Luke Skywalker in the films - said he had lost "a lifelong friend".
Born in Birmingham, Baker's other films include Time Bandits and Flash Gordon.
After starring in the original Star Wars film he went on to appear in the sequels, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, and the three prequels between 1999 and 2005.
He later appeared at Star Wars fan conventions across the world.
Baker's agent Johnny Mans said the actor had been ill for a couple of years.
He said: "Kenny was truly a great friend, one of the nicest guys you could ever wish to meet, and a fabulous and talented performer."
Mans described him as "a one-off" saying he would "never forget the laughs we shared over the years".
"He will be sadly missed," he added.
Lucas said: "Kenny Baker was a real gentleman as well as an incredible trooper who always worked hard under difficult circumstances.
"A talented vaudevillian who could always make everybody laugh, Kenny was truly the heart and soul of R2-D2 and will be missed by all his fans and everyone who knew him."
Baker's nephew, Drew Myerscough, said he had cared for Baker for "eight or nine years" after he developed respiratory problems.
He said his uncle, who lived in Preston, had a passion for wildlife documentaries and had "a liking for lasagne".
"He was just a normal, down-to-earth, regular guy that enjoyed life," he told the BBC.
He said the pair "rarely" discussed Star Wars, but added: "His fans worldwide kept him going and he loved nothing more than going to conventions and meeting everybody - it really gave him that extra lease of life."
The 3ft 8in (1.12m) actor began performing in 1950 at the age of 16, working as a circus clown and in pantomime.
Baker initially turned down the role of mischievous droid R2-D2, famous for his whistles and beeps. In an interview on his website he recalled telling George Lucas: "I don't want to be stuck in a robot, what for, for goodness' sake?
He added: "I said, 'I'll help you out, I'll do you a favour.' George said, 'You've got to do it, we can't find anyone else. You're small, to get into it [the costume], and you're strong enough to be able to move in it,' - and they couldn't use kids.
"I could work all hours, so I was a godsend to them. They'd made the robot in rough form and I was the only one around at the time that was just right for it.
"I got into it and they put the lid on me like a boiled egg."
In another interview, Baker said Sir Alec Guinness's decision to appear in Star Wars convinced him to sign up.
"I thought if Alec Guinness is in it, he knows more than I do about filming, that's for sure. It must be a decent film otherwise he wouldn't be in it."
Writing on Twitter, Hamill said: "Goodbye #KennyBaker A lifelong loyal friend-I loved his optimism & determination He WAS the droid I was looking for!"
Ewan McGregor, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the three Star Wars prequels, tweeted: "So sorry to hear about this. It was lovely working with Kenny."
The studio behind the original Star Wars films, 20th Century Fox, posted a still of R2-D2 and C-3PO and said: "Rest in peace, Kenny Baker, the heart and soul of R2-D2."
Actor Daniel Logan, who played Boba Fett in 2002's Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, tweeted: "So sad to hear one of my dearest friends passed away. Rest in peace Kenny Baker. Love you. Will miss you!"
In a statement on starwars.com, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said: "There is no Star Wars without R2-D2, and Kenny defined who R2-D2 was and is."
Baker was a consultant on the last Star Wars production - The Force Awakens - but British actor Jimmy Vee was already lined up to take on the role of R2-D2 in the next film, due for release in 2017.
Despite the fame R2-D2 brought him, Baker told the BBC in 2001 that his own favourite screen role was as Fidgit in 1981's Time Bandits.
The comic fantasy about a boy who joins a group of time-travelling dwarves who hunt for treasure to steal starred Sean Connery and John Cleese.
"The director Terry Gilliam's such a nutcase, he's so enthusiastic, you can't help enjoy it. It was just a fun film to make," Baker said.
A father of two, Baker's wife Eileen died in 1993.
On his website, Baker also recalled working with comedians including Ken Dodd, Little and Large, Russ Abbot, Ben Elton, Dick Emery and Dave Allen and once meeting Laurel and Hardy.
He became part of a musical comedy act called The Mini Tones and later performed with his friend Jack Purvis in nightclubs.
Both men went on to appear in the original Star Wars film which was shot at Elstree studios in 1976, with Purvis playing the chief Jawa.
In 1978, as R2-D2, Baker put his footprints into concrete outside Graumann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
Baker also appeared on screen in Mona Lisa, Amadeus, and The Elephant Man.
Michael McDermott, 68, from Waterford, Ireland, was found guilty of trying to import over a tonne of cocaine, with a street value of about £80m.
Two other men, David Pleasants, 57, from Grimsby, and Gerald Van de Kooij, 27, from Amersfoort, Netherlands, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing.
All three will be sentenced at Bristol Crown Court next month.
More on the cocaine court case and other news from Devon and Cornwall
Thirty-eight bales of cocaine were found hidden under bags of sand and gravel in the boat's fish hold, in what is believed to be the third biggest-ever haul of the drug in British waters.
The trawler was intercepted as it entered UK territorial waters off the coast of Cornwall and brought into Falmouth on 18 August 2016.
The Border Force had tracked the vessel for more than 24 hours, acting on intelligence from the National Crime Agency (NCA).
It is believed to have taken the drugs on board from another boat south of Ireland before turning back to the UK.
Both Pleasants and Van de Kooij admitted drug importing offences, but McDermott denied the charge, claiming he had been forced into shipping them.
Mark Harding, senior investigating officer from the NCA's border investigation team, described McDermott as "a crucial link in a chain that leads from cocaine manufacturers in South America to drug dealers in the UK".
"In stopping this consignment we have prevented further criminality by the gangs who bring violence and exploitation to our streets," he said.
Mike Stepney, director National Operations Border Force, said the prosecution of "this crooked captain and his criminal crew" underlined how close partnership work with the NCA was helping to keep UK communities safe.
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A crash between a Hyundai i30 and a BMW M sport crashed into each other just after 21:00 on Thursday on Queensferry Road at Barnton junction.
The drivers were treated for minor injuries. Drivers were diverted from the scene.
Norman Havard, from Aberavon, was found at about 07:15 BST on Friday.
South Wales Police is treating his death as unexplained pending the results of a post mortem examination.
The force appealed for witnesses who saw Mr Havard's green Vauxhall Zafira at the junction between Princess Margaret Way and Victoria Road at 00:50 that day.
Mr Havard's car was found near the pier after his body was discovered.
The 18-year-old left-back is a first-team regular with the champions and made his Scotland debut in this week's 1-0 win over Denmark at Hampden.
Southampton have been linked with the defender and Deila is not surprised.
"I can tell you they won't be the last club coming up here to see him," said Deila.
"When you have an 18-year-old playing for Scotland and regularly for Celtic then, of course, clubs are going to be after him.
"But he's going to stay here because it's the best thing for his development.
"I've had a long chat with him about what's best for his development and now he just has to concentrate on being consistent for us."
Tierney signed a four-year contract in August after breaking into the first team at the tail end of last season.
He has featured in 25 matches for Celtic this term and his impressive form was rewarded with a Scotland bow on Tuesday, when he turned in an assured 45 minutes.
Following the win against the Danes, Celtic and Scotland captain Scott Brown enthused: "His attitude is unbelievable.
"He just seems to join in with top-quality players. He doesn't look out of place.
"Nobody gets the better of him, and I mean nobody, and he proves that week in, week out."
Ministers want to require Labour-affiliated union members to "opt in" to paying a levy to the party.
But peers voted by 320 to 172 to apply the changes to new members only and with a 12-month transition period.
Business Minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe said the change was not aimed at Labour Party finances.
The vote on political levies was one of three defeats for the government's Trade Union Bill.
Peers also voted to commission an independent review of electronic balloting for industrial action - which ministers have rejected - and against a cap on the amount of paid time public sector workers can spend on trade union activity.
Trade unions' political funds can be used for political campaigning and to make donations.
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.
In January, peers voted to set up a cross-party committee so the proposals were more closely examined.
The committee concluded the changes should only apply to new members of a trade union, not existing ones.
Its chairman, crossbencher Lord Burns, said the Conservative manifesto had been "loosely worded" on the matter, and said the amendment did not break the government's manifesto commitment to introduce a "transparent opt-in process for union subscriptions".
"It avoids the trap of being drawn into a war on political funding," Lord Burns said.
The committee also said the issue of existing members opting-in to the political levy should be considered as part of a wider review into party funding.
Labour's Baroness Smith of Basildon said the government's plans were designed to make opting in as difficult as possible to have a negative impact on Labour.
"It will have a disproportionate, unnecessary impact on trade union political funds," she said.
But Lady Neville-Rolfe said she did not understand why opt-in should apply to new members but not existing ones as she described the committee's recommendation as a "wrecking amendment".
"It is not acceptable in many areas of daily life to automatically deduct payment for a cause that has not been actively consented to," she added.
The document by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, says the number of people forced to flee their homes rose by 8.3 million from the previous year.
The continuing conflict in Syria is seen as a major factor behind the record numbers.
UNHCR head Antonio Guterres told the BBC the "world is a mess".
"The drama is that if people think that humanitarians can clean up the mess. It's no longer possible. We have no capacities to pick up the pieces.
"More and more people are suffering, and unfortunately for many of them there is no chance to support them."
Mr Guterres said that the number of displaced people had increased to 42,500 per day in 2014 from 32,000 the year before.
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The report says that at least 15 conflicts have erupted or reignited in the past five years, including eight in Africa and three in the Middle East.
This led to 59.5 million displaced people by the end of 2014 and 19.5 million refugees.
More than 50% of these refugees were children.
UNHCR said there were 38.2 million internally displaced people, with wars in Ukraine, Nigeria and South Sudan swelling the figures.
In Syria alone, there were 3.9 million refugees and 7.6 million internally displaced persons.
The next biggest sources of refugees were Afghanistan and Somalia.
The document says that 1.8 million are still awaiting the outcome of asylum claims.
It also points to a 50% rise - to 6.7 million - of displaced people across Europe, which is struggling to deal with a growing crisis of migrants crossing the Mediterranean.
The UNHCR says Germany had the highest number of asylum applications among the 28-member European Union, followed by Sweden.
The authors of the report say their findings mean that one in every 122 people on the planet were either a refugee, internally displaced or seeking asylum.
The report's data corresponds to the findings by the EU's Eurostat, which were released earlier this year.
Sources say they believe the legislation is so tightly drawn it will be difficult for critical MPs to amend.
Ministers have drawn up the legislation in case they lose their appeal to the Supreme Court - which would force them to consult Parliament.
The High Court ruled against the government earlier this month.
Sources say the government would plan to introduce the bill in the Commons immediately after the Supreme Court ruling.
The hope would be to push the bill through the Commons in two weeks.
It would then go to the House of Lords where it is understood the government hopes peers would back down.
They believe peers would not dare defy MPs - if the Commons had approved the legislation.
Sources say they have devised the bill to be "bomb-proof" to amendments.
This would mean Mrs May could meet her March deadline for triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which begins the formal negotiation process.
Sources say although they looked at allowing Parliament a vote through "a substantive motion" rather than legislation, they decided this would leave them vulnerable to further legal challenge.
The 32-year-old World Cup winner was told by new United boss Jose Mourinho recently that he was unlikely to play for the Old Trafford club again.
The former Germany captain retired from international football earlier this week after 24 goals and 121 caps.
All 20 top-flight clubs had to submit their 25-man squads to the Premier League by 16:00 BST on Thursday.
Under-21 players - like Marcus Rashford, Luke Shaw and Anthony Martial - are eligible over and above the limit of 25 players per squad.
Schweinsteiger, who signed a three-year contract in July 2015, has trained alone and with the under-23s since Mourinho took charge in the summer.
The former Bayern Munich star said he "will be ready if the team needs me" but Mourinho says Paul Pogba, Marouane Fellaini, Morgan Schneiderlin, Ander Herrera and Michael Carrick are above him in the pecking order.
"We have five players for two positions," said the United boss, who took over from Louis van Gaal. "It's very difficult that an opportunity will arrive."
The new laws, which mean players making contact with the head in "reckless tackles" receive at least a yellow card, came into effect on 3 January.
The rules also mean penalties are given, even when contact is accidental.
"You've seen the issues we've had - players being sent off, games being changed as a result of clumsiness," Northampton lock Day, 33, said.
"These laws are coming in for our own welfare, our own safety, and as a player you've got to look at that with an open point of view and think someone's doing this to try to make the game as safe as possible.
"But to make such massive changes mid-season - with very little explanation, education and everything that should come with it - isn't a good idea."
In a statement Phil Winstanley, rugby director at Premiership Rugby, praised the changes as a "step forward" for the sport, while World Rugby has said the rules "ensure the head is a no-go area" for players.
Premiership Rugby also said the changes will be supported by a "global education programme".
"I don't think you're going to see players ducking into a tackle, looking to get a high tackle, I don't think that's possible to be honest," Day told BBC Radio Northampton's Saints Show.
"But certainly you're introducing this ideology to the players, that if you get hit towards the head you might just stay down an extra five seconds and make sure the ref has a think about that."
Crash investigator Mark Hill told Glasgow Sheriff Court this was how long it took from when the lorry changed course until it crashed into the Millenium Hotel on 22 December 2014.
The inquiry is examining the lorry, its route and driver Harry Clarke's health.
The court previously heard that Mr Clarke was unconscious at the wheel.
The fourth day of the FAI earlier heard that Mr Clarke told a nurse who had gone to help in the aftermath of the crash that he had not blacked out.
Lauren Mykoliw was off duty at the time.
She told Glasgow Sheriff Court that the bin lorry driver, Harry Clarke, could not remember what had happened but said he had not blacked out.
She said she was shopping near George Square when she heard a loud bang and then saw that a bin lorry had crashed into the Millennium Hotel.
The witness said she went to assist the driver of a silver car, then, about five minutes after the crash, the lorry driver.
Ms Mykoliw said she climbed up into the lorry, via the passenger side, and started speaking to the driver, who was conscious and sitting upright, with his seatbelt on.
She asked him if he felt unwell and remembered what had happened, before adding "He asked me if he'd had a heart attack."
Ms Mykoliw said the driver told her he remembered sitting at traffic lights, then waking up where he was.
The witness described the driver as "pale" and "sweaty". She undid his belt and shirt as he was breathing heavily but in no pain.
Ms Mykoliw said she saw three beer bottles in the cab and asked the driver if he had been drinking. He said no.
She said she asked him if he had blacked out but he replied that he had not.
The nurse said that Mr Clarke "kept repeating himself" that he had not blacked out, but did not remember what had happened.
The FAI next heard from paramedic Ronald Hewitson who tended to Mr Clarke after the crash.
He said the driver was lying on the ground when he first saw him and "seemed confused, slightly pale".
Mr Hewitson said he examined Mr Clarke. This included taking blood pressure and an ECG test.
He said his blood pressure, blood sugar, pulse and oxygen saturation were all within normal levels.
The witness added: "He was alert. Everything seemed to be fine, he was slightly confused and didn't actually remember what had happened."
The paramedic said Mr Clarke asked him if he was having heart problems and confirmed that he was taking medication for gout.
Mr Hewitson told the driver he had no symptoms consistent with a heart attack.
The witness also said there was no smell of alcohol from the driver or lorry.
The inquiry later heard from Robert Soutar, manager of the Glasgow bin lorry depot in Anderston.
He explained that the two crew members worked under him at the depot, but the driver, Mr Clarke, was based elsewhere.
Mr Sourat told the FAI there was no training given about what to do if one of the crew was taken unwell.
The witness agreed that he signed off on the route risk assessment as "appropriate".
Under cross-examination, from Mark Stewart QC, for the bereaved McQuade and Sweeney families, Mr Soutar agreed that the route risk assessment detailed the dangers to pedestrians of a stationary vehicle but not one that was in transit.
Mr Stewart QC added: "There is nothing but complacency about the application of lessons that could be learned from a proper risk assessment by Glasgow City Council."
When cross-examined by the council's QC, Peter Gray, Mr Soutar confirmed that control measures were in place included in-house training, safety devices such as seatbelts and extensions, driver monitoring and inspections, along with quarterly driving licence checks.
Asked if he felt the measures in place amounted to a "lazy, casual approach to safety", the witness replied "no."
Erin McQuade, 18, her grandparents Jack Sweeney, 68, and his 69-year-old wife Lorraine, all from Dumbarton, died in the incident in the city's Queen Street and George Square.
Stephenie Tait, 29, and Jacqueline Morton, 51, both from Glasgow, and Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh, were also killed when the truck mounted the pavement before crashing into the side of the Millennium Hotel.
A further 15 people were injured.
The Crown Office has already concluded that there will be no criminal prosecution over the crash, with senior lawyers deeming it a "tragic accident".
The Briton, 29, needed a tournament-record three hours and 20 minutes to see off Nishikori on Wednesday.
He returns to London's O2 Arena 48 hours later knowing he must take a set off Wawrinka to ensure a semi-final place.
Murray will play the Swiss third seed at 14:00 GMT on Friday.
Nishikori takes on Marin Cilic in the evening session at 20:00, with the Japanese player also able to claim one of the two semi-final places from the John McEnroe Group.
Murray needs to qualify for the last four to maintain his hopes of ending 2016 as the world number one, ahead of Novak Djokovic.
The only way Murray can be eliminated after winning his opening two matches is with a straight-set defeat by Wawrinka, followed by a Nishikori win over Cilic.
To win the group and avoid playing Djokovic in the semi-finals, Murray must either win, or lose in three sets and hope Nishikori beats Cilic in three sets.
"Obviously it's important to win matches to give yourself the best chance to go through, and 200 points for each match here is quite a lot as well," said Murray.
Asked if he was optimistic he could recover from Wednesday's lengthy match sufficiently to challenge Wawrinka, the Scot told BBC Sport: "I haven't thought about that.
"I'm just getting up each day and trying to give the best of what I have on that day.
"I'll just try to use a good rest day to recover. Hopefully I won't be too stiff and sore come Friday, but it's not ideal to play matches of that length at this stage of the season."
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Wawrinka played poorly in a swift defeat by Nishikori on Monday but improved dramatically to beat Cilic and resurrect his hopes on Wednesday.
The Swiss, 31, lost to Murray in their only meeting this year at the French Open but won last year's group-stage contest at the O2 Arena.
And the US Open champion has no qualms about potentially knocking out the home favourite.
"I don't care at all," said Wawrinka. "All I know is if I want to have a chance to qualify, I need to win. That's all I know. That's all I'm trying to do.
"I'm going to try to play my best tennis, to beat the world number one."
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The Irish fighter became the Ultimate Fighting Championship's first dual division champion in November.
McGregor, 28, has said he wants $100m (£80m) to meet Mayweather, who has played down the prospects of a fight.
The licence has been granted by the California State Athletic Commission, allowing him to box in the US state.
McGregor's trainer John Kavanagh has said he would "put a few quid" on a bout with the retired Mayweather, 39, taking place next year.
He added: "Is it getting any closer? I don't know, but it certainly wouldn't surprise me that it's going to happen."
Leonard Ellerbe, chief executive of Mayweather Promotions, told ESPN the fight could not take place as McGregor is under contract to the UFC.
"He got a boxing licence. Congratulations to him," said Ellerbe.
"Conor McGregor can say anything he wants to, but he has a boss and his name is [UFC president] Dana White."
McGregor beat Eddie Alvarez last month to win to win the lightweight championship, to add his featherweight title, though he has since relinquished that belt.
After the Alvarez victory, McGregor demanded a stake in the ownership of UFC.
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In a boxing ring with 10 ounce boxing gloves and no head guards, Conor McGregor would not touch Floyd Mayweather. In fact, I think he would struggle to touch a thousand of the 2,186 registered welterweights registered in the world.
When you see him try to box, his feet are terrible - that is mark one against him. He lifts his chin up in the air when he throws a punch - that is mark two. And when he gets hit with a punch he turns his head - that is mark three.
Just because he is the most marketable, most sellable and most entertaining fighter in the UFC business does not mean he can hold his hands up and survive with any of the boxers out there.
It is an ignominious look for the elegant statue, which has gazed wistfully across the water for more than a century.
But it is also not the worst thing that has happened to the mermaid in its history. In fact, it's not even the first time she has been vandalised in the last month.
The Little Mermaid has been decapitated (twice), had her arm sawn off and been blown up.
And, to add insult to injury, she has even found herself banned from Facebook for breaching its nudity guidelines.
So how did one of the world's most iconic statues become a focus for vandalism and protest?
Sculptor Edvard Eriksen could not have imagined what would befall his statue, inspired by the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale, when it was commissioned in 1909.
Four years later, the 175kg (385lb) bronze statue was presented to the city of Copenhagen, and it was decided she would be place at Langelinje Pier, watching over the harbour and its ships.
And, for the next half century, she was fine.
But then, in April 1964, the Little Mermaid was attacked for the first time: beheaded with a hacksaw.
Her head, and the perpetrator of this vicious attack, disappeared into the night, never to be seen again.
More than three decades later, the artist Jorgen Nash said he was behind the decapitation. It was, he claimed in 1997, carried out in a fit of rage after the love of his life left him.
However, he was certainly not the only person to confess to the crime. The Little Mermaid is Denmark's most famous sculpture - its very own Statue of Liberty - and there were lots of people willing to take the blame for the "murder", apparently in return for their own moment in the limelight.
But while they may have been willing to take the blame, it was another 20 years before someone had the audacity to attack the statue once more.
This time, her arm was sawn off. But this was no political protest. Instead, it appears to have been the act of two drunken young men who shamefacedly returned the appendage two days later.
Just six years after this, another attempt was made to remove the Little Mermaid's replaced head. It was unsuccessful, but left her with a deep "wound" in her neck.
Then, in 1998, a third attempt to decapitate the statue was made. As in 1964, the culprits successfully made off with the head.
Her beheading was not taken lightly: murder squad detectives were drafted in to attempt solve the mystery.
It looked like they might have found their culprits with relative ease: within days, the previously unheard of Radical Feminist Fraction said they had done it to "create a symbol of sexually fixated and misogynist male dream of women as bodies without heads".
But Danish police weren't convinced, and as in previous decapitations, the identity of the vandal remains a mystery.
However, the head was returned, left outside a Danish television centre anonymously - and so was in place when someone blew her off her rock five years later.
In September 2003, and the grand old age of 90, she was found floating face down in the harbour.
This time the attack was rumoured to have been the work of anti-war protesters, angry at Danish involvement in Iraq.
But again, despite the murder squad's best efforts to discover the identity of the culprits, exactly who they were - and what their motives were - remain a mystery.
For the last 14 years, the statue has managed to keep herself in one piece. She has, however, worn a burqa, held a sex toy and been covered in paint - twice this year alone.
At least the motives for the vandalism have become clearer in recent years: for example, the burqa was a statement against Turkey joining the EU, and the red paint of two weeks ago was in protest at whaling in the Faroe Islands.
This latest act of vandalism was accompanied by the words "Befri (sic) Abdulle", or "Free Abdulle".
It is not entirely clear, but appears to reference the case of 36-year-old Abdulle Ahmed, a Somali citizen who has spent more than decade at a Danish psychiatric hospital, allegedly forced to take medication over reported violence against caregivers.
Will it be the last? It seems unlikely as making a political statement is all the more effective if made on one of the city's top tourist attractions.
But Copenhagen's mayor for culture, Carl Christian Ebbesen, has a simple suggestion for how it could be prevented in the future: CCTV.
"I believe that video surveillance can help to have a preventive effect and gather evidence, if it should happen again," he told Danish news site DR.dk [in Danish].
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Kent Police and the Electoral Commission are investigating whether the Conservatives broke the law in 2015 by failing to properly declare election expenses.
A Conservative spokesman said: "All local spending was correctly declared. We are co-operating with the ongoing investigations."
Mr Farage, who came second to the Conservatives in the seat, has run for Parliament seven times, unsuccessfully.
Last year the church acknowledged that a woman had been sexually abused by the late George Bell in the 1940s and 1950s when she was a child.
It apologised and paid compensation to the victim.
Campaigners supporting the bishop said the case should be reopened as there was "a strong case for his defence".
Dr Ruth Hildebrandt Grayson, a supporter of the George Bell Group, said: "In light of the fact that a strong case for the late bishop's defence has now been assembled by a number of people with close connections to him, there is no excuse for the church to delay a fresh investigation any further."
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A spokesman for Lambeth Palace said: "The Church of England takes all safeguarding issues very seriously and is committed to listening to everyone affected and we have worked closely with the Bell Group in the details of receiving the petition.
"An independent review of the processes used in the George Bell case has been announced in accordance with House of Bishops guidance on all complex cases."
He added that it continued to offer support "to the survivor who brought the allegations".
The petition calls on the Church of England "to allow a fuller investigation before considering the case against Bishop Bell closed", including "re-examining the evidence" against him.
It says the church has "a responsibility to ensure fair and just procedures are in place for the future".
The petition, organised by the George Bell Group, was delivered to Lambeth Palace.
George Bell was Bishop of Chichester from 1929 until his death in October 1958.
Angela Constance confirmed amendments would be made to the Higher Education Governance Bill at stage two.
Opposition parties had voiced concerns at measures which would have given ministers power to make changes on governing bodies and academic boards.
Ms Constance said the government had "listened to stakeholders".
The bill sets out that universities should have elected chairs, modernised governing bodies and academic boards, and an enhanced definition of academic freedom.
As drafted it contains two sections saying ministers could modify the composition of governing bodies and academic boards, which Ms Constance said would be removed.
She also said the bill would be "strengthened" by removing obligations to limit numbers of academic boards or senates to 120, altering remuneration provisions and including a model for the election or appointment of the most senior lay members of governing boards.
Opposition members had voiced worries that increasing ministerial power over universities could lead to the Office for National Statistics reclassifying them as public bodies, potentially affecting their charitable status.
The education secretary said she did not agree with this, but said the moves were aimed at alleviating "any lingering doubts" about ONS reclassification.
She said: "We want every voice on campus to be heard and for the university sector to be more open and transparent.
"The Higher Education Bill aims to do just that, without affecting universities' autonomy or the current role of rectors in those universities that have one, and presents no threat to their financial wellbeing."
Scottish Labour said it supported the bill in principle, but MSP Iain Gray said the legislation as drafted "fails on many levels".
He said angst over some provisions could have been avoided had the bill been drafted properly, saying Labour would "give this bill the nod, but we will be shaking our heads at the incompetence."
Scottish Conservative MSP Liz Smith said there was no evidence to justify the need for the bill, questioning how the role of rector would fit in to the proposals.
She said the bill did not promote good governance of higher education institutions, saying it could undermine the foundations and principles of a sector which had thrived for hundreds of years.
Lib Dem MSP Liam McArthur welcomed the removal of the two controversial sections, saying ministers should not be "playing chicken" with the ONS over reclassification.
He also argued against the need for the bill, saying it should just "vanish altogether" instead of being amended.
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Britain's Murray overtook Djokovic in the rankings on Monday and needs to match his results at next week's ATP World Tour Finals to end 2016 on top.
However, the Serb has won the past four titles at London's O2 Arena.
"There's no reason to think he won't have a really good tournament," said 29-year-old Murray.
Djokovic's form has been the subject of much debate in recent months, with just one tournament win since June and early exits at Wimbledon and the Olympics.
But Murray said: "Before then he'd been playing great, so for him not play his best tennis for a couple of months, I'm sure it's not too much to worry about.
"I'd imagine shortly he'll be back to playing his best tennis."
Djokovic, 29, will open against Austria's Dominic Thiem on Sunday, before Murray plays Croatia's Marin Cilic in his first group match on Monday.
The Scot has lost just three matches since he last played Djokovic in June, when the Serb completed the career Grand Slam by winning the French Open.
Murray's spectacular run of form culminated in a first Paris Masters win on Sunday and the number one ranking for the first time on Monday.
"It feels good, obviously, but I don't feel any different this week than I did the week before," he said.
"Maybe when you step on the court you have a little bit more confidence and feel a little bit better about yourself when you're hitting balls. But I didn't feel much different when I woke up on Monday morning. I felt just the same."
On his indifferent form, Djokovic said: "The high standard of results and success that I've had the last couple of years probably has taken its toll.
"I didn't get to recover as fast after the French Open to be ready to compete on the highest level after that.
"All in all it was a very good year that I'm proud of. I'm here in London to try to crown this year with the best possible result."
Appearances: Seven (eight qualifications)
Finals: None Semi-finals: Three Win-loss record: 11-11
2008: Murray qualified for the year-end tournament - then known as the Masters Cup and held in Shanghai - for the first time. He beat Andy Roddick, Gilles Simon and Roger Federer, but lost to Nikolay Davydenko in the semi-finals.
2009: He won two of his three group matches but Juan Martin del Potro's win over Federer saw the Argentine advance at Murray's expense.
2010: Wins over Robin Soderling and David Ferrer saw Murray advance to the semi-finals, despite a straight-sets defeat by Federer in his second match. He lost a hard-fought semi-final featuring two tie-breaks to Rafael Nadal.
2011: Murray lost his opening match in London to Ferrer before withdrawing from the tournament, his place going to Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic.
2012: The last time Murray reached the knockout stages of the tournament. The newly-crowned US Open champion beat Tomas Berdych and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in his group, either side of a defeat to Djokovic, but lost to Federer in the semi-final.
2013: Murray's first Wimbledon title was the highlight of his season as he qualified as the fourth-ranked player, but he withdrew before the tournament to have surgery on a back problem and was replaced by Richard Gasquet.
2014: Defeat to this year's group-stage opponent Kei Nishikori and a 6-0 6-1 hammering by Federer saw Murray eliminated before the semi-finals.
2015: Murray opened his campaign with victory over Ferrer, but defeats to Nadal and Stan Wawrinka - another of this year's opponents - saw him eliminated at the group stage.
Gen John Campbell admitted that no US forces had been under fire at the time, reversing an earlier statement.
MSF says Afghan attempts to justify the strike amount to "an admission of a war crime".
Afghan forces backed by the US have retaken much of Kunduz, which was overrun by the Taliban last week.
Twelve MSF staff members and 10 patients were killed when the hospital was hit on Saturday by a US airstrike. MSF says it was a lifeline for thousands in the city and in northern Afghanistan.
"We have now learned that on 3 October, Afghan forces advised that they were taking fire from enemy positions and asked for air support from US air forces," said Gen Campbell, the top commander of the US-led Nato coalition in Afghanistan.
"An air strike was then called to eliminate the Taliban threat and several civilians were accidentally struck." He expressed his "deepest condolences" over the civilian deaths.
Is it ever legal to bomb a hospital?
Responding to Gen Campbell's remarks, Christopher Stokes, the General Director of MSF, accused the US of "attempting to pass responsibility to the Afghanistan government".
"The reality is the US dropped those bombs," Mr Stokes said. "The US hit a huge hospital full of wounded patients and MSF staff. The US military remains responsible for the targets it hits, even though it is part of a coalition.
"There can be no justification for this horrible attack. With such constant discrepancies in the US and Afghan accounts of what happened, the need for a full transparent independent investigation is ever more critical."
The Afghan defence ministry said on Saturday that "armed terrorists" were using the hospital "as a position to target Afghan forces and civilians".
A day later, the Pentagon said a strike had been conducted against insurgents directly firing on US forces - a claim Gen Campbell has now rolled back on.
MSF says none of its staff reported fighting inside the hospital compound prior to the strike, though one local, Mohammad Arif, told the BBC Taliban militants had entered the hospital building and there had been firing.
The Pentagon says a full, transparent investigation will be conducted into the incident.
Gen Campbell said the strike was carried out from an AC-130 gunship but declined to give further details, including the rules of engagement under which US forces were operating.
He said he expected to receive a preliminary report into the incident within a couple of days.
Areas of Kunduz now controlled by government forces include the police chief's office, the central square and the governor's compound.
Residents ventured out of their homes and shops reopened on Monday. However, pockets of Taliban resistance were reported on the outskirts of Kunduz.
Platini announced on Wednesday that he wants to succeed Sepp Blatter when elections take place on 26 February.
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The Uefa president, 60, says Fifa needs to "turn over a new leaf" after being dogged by corruption allegations.
However, Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein and Musa Bility claim Platini would be a bad choice as a successor.
Prince Ali, who stood against Blatter in the last presidential election, said that "football's fans and players deserve better".
A member of the Jordanian royal family, he added that Fifa needed a "new, independent leadership, untainted by the practices of the past".
Bility, president of the Liberian Football Association, agreed, saying Platini would bring "chaos", "more division" and "more problems".
In an interview with the BBC's World Football programme, he added that the Frenchman "doesn't represent the change that we all want".
Platini, a former three-time Ballon d'Or winner, has a good chance of becoming Fifa president after receiving indications of support from four continental confederations.
Scottish Football Association chief executive Stewart Regan is among his backers, insisting he had done a "fantastic job" at Uefa.
"He's developed the financial revenue streams for football and has led the way, led from the top," Regan told the BBC's World Service.
"He's allowed every national association to have a voice. He consults and engages with chief executives and presidents... that's been a breath of fresh air. He listens and he's very innovative and creative."
Platini, a former France international, said he had decided to stand after weighing up "the future of football alongside my own future".
Swiss Blatter, 79, has been in charge of Fifa since 1998. Candidates have until 26 October to be nominated.
In a letter sent to the presidents and general secretaries of the 209 member associations of Fifa, Platini pledged he would work tirelessly "in the interests of football".
He added: "There are times in life when you have to take your destiny into your own hands.
"I am at one of those decisive moments, at a juncture in my life and in events that are shaping the future of Fifa.
"During this last half-century or so, Fifa has only had two presidents. This extreme stability is something of a paradox in a world that has experienced radical upheavals and in a sport that has undergone considerable economic change.
"However, recent events force the supreme governing body of world football to turn over a new leaf and rethink its governance."
Platini highlighted his success as Uefa boss.
"I have brought Europe together on a unifying path," he said. "I gave all the national associations - big and small - the place they deserved.
"Now, I aspire to do the same at world level, to offer all national associations a common cause."
As a player, Platini won three Ballon d'Or titles in the mid 1980s as well as a European Cup, Cup Winners' Cup and Super Cup with Juventus.
The former Nancy and Saint-Etienne midfielder, famous for his ability to score from free-kicks, also won league titles in France and Italy.
He also helped France to European Championship success in 1984 and third place at the 1986 World Cup.
He was elected Uefa president for a third term in March.
Mixed, according to BBC sports editor Dan Roan.
"Platini can fairly lay claim to being 'a football man', his status as a genuine great former player a rarity in Fifa's corridors of power, earning him respect and admiration," says Roan.
"As Uefa president, he has also gained credit for increasing diversity in the Champions League by making it easier for clubs from smaller countries to qualify, and at least trying to curb over-spending through his albeit controversial Financial Fair Play reforms.
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"However, he has been accused of tarnishing the qualification process for the European Championships by meddling with the competition to increase it to 24 teams.
"He has also been criticised for his pan-European vision for Euro 2020, while his stubborn opposition to goal-line technology also makes it hard for him to present himself as a reform candidate.
"Most importantly, despite his recent opposition to Blatter, he is associated with the outgoing president's regime.
"Not only was he a Blatter protege, he has been on Fifa's tainted executive committee since 2002.
"Most damagingly, he has admitted to having 'no regrets' for voting for Qatar to host the World Cup in 2022, a decision which, for many, is symbolic of Fifa's malaise.
"Platini has at least been open about his choice of Qatar, unlike most Fifa officials, but the fact his son has been employed by a Qatari-owned sports kit manufacturer does him no favours, no matter how much he denies this had any influence over his decision."
It's hard to see past him, says BBC Radio 5 live sports news correspondent Richard Conway.
"With four of the six global football confederations telling Platini they would support his candidacy, he will be very difficult to defeat," he says.
"Those four confederations count 144 national associations as members.
"Not all of them will vote for Platini, but a significant number will and that should be enough to get him over the line come 26 February.
"Securing Asia's support is the key.
"Their two power brokers, Shaikh Salman and Sheikh Al-Sabah, have given Platini their blessing - and what they want they usually get."
The rules dictate presidential candidates must have been involved in football for two of the past five years.
They then have to gain the support of five football associations in order to validate their place on the ballot paper.
A former Fifa vice-president, South Korean Chung Mong-joon says he will "carefully consider" running for the presidency.
The 61-year-old is part of the family which founded and owns Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd, one of the largest corporations in the world.
Chung was a fierce critic of Blatter during his time with Fifa and told a news conference last month he would meet with European delegates before making his decision.
Former Fifa deputy general secretary Jerome Champagne, who tried and failed to make it onto the Fifa presidential ballot paper, is yet to decide whether he will stand.
The 56-year-old Frenchman, who secured the backing of only three national football associations last time round, has "excluded nothing" at this stage.
One of the more unlikely candidates is former Brazil international Zico, while ex-France winger David Ginola and Argentina legend Diego Maradona could also stand.
He or she presides over an executive committee, which is where the organisation's real power lies.
The president supervises the committee's eight vice-presidents and 15 ordinary members, casting a deciding vote when necessary.
According to Fifa's statutes, the president also:
The salary for a Fifa presidential salary is shrouded in secrecy and estimates vary wildly.
According to Fifa's 2014 financial report, total salaries amounted to $88.6m (£56.8m), of which $39.7m (£25.5m), excluding pension contributions, was paid to "key management personnel" - the executive committee, finance committee and general Fifa management.
Blatter said in 2011 that his salary was "$1m (£600,000), perhaps a bit more", adding: "I'm not ashamed by that."
Amounts in British pounds are based on historical exchange rates.
Brett Hutton took two early wickets, and Harry Gurney struck in his first over as the hosts wobbled on 75-4.
Gidman, leading the side in place of the injured Daryl Mitchell, made 71, and Ben Cox stroked a fluent 56.
But Gurney (3-47) removed Cox and Saeed Ajmal to bowl out the hosts for 269 before Notts reached 71-0 at stumps.
Worcestershire won the toss and batted first at New Road, but soon lost Richard Oliver, caught behind by Chris Read off Hutton, for four.
Gurney trapped Brett D'Oliveira (18) and Joe Clarke was dismissed leg before to Hutton without scoring as the hosts stumbled to 60-3.
Tom Fell departed soon after lunch, also caught behind by Read for 44, but Gidman was Worcestershire's anchor.
He brought up his 50 off 89 balls before Imran Tahir, on his Championship debut for Notts, had him caught behind.
Ross Whiteley made 34, and Cox added a brisk 56 before he fell to a stunning one-handed catch by Steven Mullaney, as Worcestershire's batsmen failed to build on good starts.
In reply, Alex Hales (38 not out) survived two strong lbw appeals early on before he and Brendan Taylor (29 not out) guided the visitors to stumps without loss.
Ukraine said they were a "threat to national security" for supporting Russia's annexation of Crimea and pro-Russian separatists in the east.
Mr Depardieu, who received a Russian passport in 2013, was last month banned from entering Ukraine for five years.
The actor has described Russia as a "great democracy".
The blacklist was published by Ukraine's culture ministry (in Ukrainian) on Saturday.
The ministry said it acted at the request of Ukraine's security service (SBU).
Among those on the list is singer Iosif Kobzon, who was born in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, part of which has been seized by the separatists.
Mr Kobzon has already been targeted by EU sanctions for supporting Russia's actions in Ukraine.
Responding to Ukraine's move, some of the actors and singers said they were "honoured" to be on the list.
Nearly 7,000 people have died in fighting in Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions since April 2014.
The clashes began a month after Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula.
Ukraine and the West accuse Russian of sending its troops and arming the separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk.
Moscow denies the claim, but admits that Russian "volunteers" are fighting alongside the rebels.
The report provides new details on the 2015 attack on the BoM, which owns one of Australia's largest supercomputers.
The Australian Broadcasting Corp previously quoted officials blaming China for the hack, which China denied.
The weather bureau produces scientific research information which is valuable to other countries.
Among other services, it gives climate information to commercial airlines and shipping, analyses national water supplies, gathers climate data and works closely with the defence department.
The Australian Cyber Security Centre report says that suspicious activity was detected from two computers on the bureau's IT network last year.
Investigations found the presence of malware "popular with state-sponsored cyber adversaries, amongst other malware associated with cybercrime".
The same "Remote Access Tool" (RAT) malware had also been used to compromise other Australian government networks, said the report.
The ACSC said the malware was linked to "a foreign intelligence service" and that security controls "were insufficient to protect the network from more common threats associated with cybercrime".
It said the hackers had been "searching for and copying an unknown quantity of documents from the bureau's network".
The report did specify which country it believed was responsible.
Unnamed sources have previously told ABC that China was behind the hack, but China said the accusations were "groundless" and "not constructive".
China has repeatedly been accused of using cyber-attacks to spy on foreign states and companies.
But its officials routinely deny this, and say China is itself a victim of hacking.
Plans for the West Way shopping area in Botley include student accommodation, a supermarket and a six-screen cinema.
Developers Doric Properties said it wanted to "serve the future needs of a growing community".
But two Vale of White Horse councillors will request cabinet withdraw the option to sell the site to Doric after strong opposition from residents.
Liberal Democrat councillors Debby Hallett and Dudley Hoddinott will tell the Conservative-led full council the plans are "universally unpopular".
Campaigners from West Way Community Concern said the scale of the development was "totally out of context in this neighbourhood".
Campaigner Jan McHarry said: "We do not want the shopping parade turned into an anonymous, faceless entity which only comprises of known brands."
Doric said the Conservative-led council had been interested in regenerating the area for 15 years.
Simon Hillcox, of Doric Properties, said the proposals were designed "to bring Botley up to date with modern facilities and serve the future needs of a growing community".
He added the regeneration would "create at least 600 new full and part-time jobs".
Plans for the site, near Oxford University colleges and Oxford Brookes University, includes accommodation for 600 students, with a stipulation that students do not drive to and from the site.
The developers signed a conditional agreement with the Vale of White Horse District Council, and a consortium of vendors, to purchase land off West Way for the development.
Ms Hallett and Mr Hoddinott will request the cabinet to withdraw this agreement at the meeting later.
An otter's battle to land a fish as big as itself has been captured in a series of images taken by a Highlands-based wildlife photographer.
Charlie Phillips, a Whale and Dolphin Conservation field officer, watched the otter as it landed the ling on a support of the Kessock Bridge at Inverness on Saturday.
Mr Phillips had been on the Inverness Marina-based boat, Mischief, trying to spot bottlenose dolphins when he and the craft's crew came across the otter and its "snack".
The conservation officer said: "We did see one harbour porpoise, but the real cracker of a sighting was seeing the otter landing on the Kessock Bridge bumpers with a huge fish."
He was first arrested in March by officers from Operation Yewtree, set up after claims of sex abuse were made against BBC presenter Jimmy Savile.
His arrests are not connected to the Savile investigation.
The Metropolitan Police said an 83-year-old had been "further arrested in connection with further allegations", and rebailed until later in August.
Operation Yewtree was set up following the death of Savile in 2011, when hundreds of sex abuse allegations came to light.
The Met Police have not named Mr Harris, instead describing him as Yewtree 5.
He has been a fixture on British TV screens for more than 40 years, having arrived in the UK from his native Australia in 1952.
In May, Mr Harris, who lives in Berkshire, made his first public appearance since his arrest at a live show in Bristol.
He received multiple standing ovations and thanked fans for their support.
Operation Yewtree has three strands. One is looking specifically at the actions of Savile, while the second strand concerns allegations against "Savile and others".
The third strand relates to alleged complaints against other people unconnected to the Savile investigation.
It happened on the 16:37 service from Glasgow Queen Street on Saturday.
The men are described as being in their late 30s. One had a shaved head, another was wearing a white t-shirt and one of them had a moustache.
BTP appealed for help in tracing the men who were said to have sang songs of a religiously offensive nature.
PC Stephanie Crawford said: "This sort of behaviour is not acceptable and other passengers should not be forced to tolerate it during a train journey.
"I am appealing for anyone who was on the train and can provide information which can help identify the men responsible to contact BTP as a matter of urgency."
The claims of an organised covert attempt to impose a hardline Muslim ethos on a group of state schools emerged in a letter describing a so-called Operation Trojan Horse.
There have been investigations by the Department for Education, Ofsted and the local authority - and disputes about the plausibility of the letter. But there has never been any consensus about what really happened.
You can talk to people close to events who will say the entire story was an overblown hoax, unsubstantiated claims built up by a climate of fear about Islamic extremism. They say it's been more Salem than Birmingham, with high-achieving schools being unfairly condemned.
Or you can talk to others privately who will say that this was only the tip of the iceberg. They say teachers have been bullied and schools have been manipulated by closed groups, operating to their own religious and cultural agenda. They also suggest that this isn't only a problem for Birmingham.
Nothing so far has brought these deeply-held and contradictory views any closer.
The claims and counter-claims are now being heard in a series of misconduct hearings for 11 teachers, held under the auspices of the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL).
One of these cases has already been withdrawn. A teacher at Park View, facing claims along with others of acting in a way that could undermine "respect for the faith and belief of others", has been told he has no case to answer.
There have so far been no decisions in the remaining 10 cases, some of which will continue until mid-December.
These professional conduct panels, acting on behalf of the secretary of state, can issue "prohibition orders" banning people from teaching.
They can impose indefinite bans, or else there can be a prohibition with a time limit, so that after a specified number of years the banned person could seek permission to return to teaching.
In 2014-15 these panels heard 150 misconduct cases, with 108 leading to prohibition orders.
So what is the case being brought against these former staff?
Opening the misconduct case, Andrew Colman said this was "not about an evil plot to indoctrinate young children in extremist ideology or anything like it".
"We say the education of children in a number of schools in Birmingham was led at the instigation of a group of like-minded individuals who shared deeply held religious beliefs, sincerely held.
"We don't suggest they were malicious or ill-willed but it looked as though they believed the best way to educate the children of their community was to make them mirror their own image of what a good Muslim was."
But what is suggested is that "improper pressure" was put upon "unsympathetic" staff that they wanted to remove, that there was segregation of boys and girls, an over-emphasis on religion and a lack of tolerance towards other beliefs.
A former assistant head gave evidence that she had been isolated and excluded by the changing culture of a school. And it was claimed that jobs were being "passed around" between friends.
Exchanges on WhatsApp are claimed as revealing evidence of private prejudices. A former head of department has claimed that the use of derogatory language was not adequately challenged, including anti-semitism.
Another accusation was that pupils were told that wives had to obey husbands.
Representatives of the teachers have said the claims against them are over-simplified and lacking in context or in one case "frankly bonkers".
Some of the evidence has been given anonymously and again there has been a gulf in interpretation.
There were accusations of "excessive disciplinary punishments", including "stress positions" and pupils being left to stand in the rain.
And one of these alleged punishments was "being made to stare at bushes".
A representative of one of the teachers said "some pupils were placed in detention" and that meant "they have to look out towards bushes".
The misconduct panel has still to reach any decisions - that will emerge in the weeks and months ahead.
But even though the names of some of the schools have changed, and the control of the schools has been put into new hands, and there have been multiple inquiries, don't expect any agreement on the outcome.
Proposals for the cinema on North Street were put forward in 2008 and granted outline planning permission.
However, that has since lapsed and the cinema plans are now even more in doubt after the council rejected the release of North Street Car Park.
The authority said there was not "sufficient certainty" of development.
The cabinet meeting was held behind closed doors on Tuesday and the minutes were only released on Thursday.
Councillors were told to consider whether getting rid of the car park would represent good value and not whether a cinema would be built, as that was "not guaranteed".
Last month, separate plans for a new multiplex cinema on the site of Scarborough's Military Adventure Park were rejected by the council.
Councillors rejected the recommendation of planning officers to approve those plans over concerns about the impact it might have on the town centre.
The 27-year-old has agreed a three-year deal at Craven Cottage, with the option of a further 12 months.
McDonald, who has had stints at Dundee, Burnley and Sheffield United, made 126 appearances during a three-year spell at Molineux.
Meanwhile, Fulham have sold Fernando Amorebieta to Spanish La Liga side Sporting Gijon for an undisclosed fee.
The 31-year-old Venezuela international, who had one year remaining on his deal in west London, made 48 appearances for the Whites after joining from Athletic Bilbao in the summer of 2013.
The left-back spent time on loan at Middlesbrough in each of the last two seasons.
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In this video (which is in Dutch) an eagle is seen swooping towards a hovering drone, grabbing hold of the machine with its talons and flying off.
The birds are taught to treat the drones as if they were a small animal they would hunt to eat.
"The bird sees the drone as prey and takes it to a safe area, a place where he does not suffer from other birds or humans," says a statement from the police.
The Dutch National Police force says it's trying to limit how often members of the public are using drones.
Drones have been a big problem, sometimes they are flown too close to aeroplanes.
Obviously there's the chance that an eagle could get hurt by the blades on a drone.
That's why the police are apparently looking into some sort of protective clothing for the birds.
Myles Bradbury, 41, of Herringswell in Suffolk, admitted abusing 18 boys in his care at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, between 2009 and 2013.
He was jailed in December for sexual assault, voyeurism and possessing more than 16,000 indecent images.
His appeal was upheld at the Royal Courts of Justice earlier.
The paediatric consultant haematologist had taken images of his victims, some of whom had haemophilia, leukaemia and other serious illnesses, while treating them at Addenbrooke's Hospital.
Victims also told investigators he had focused on examining their genitals, when there was no medical need to do so.
At Bradbury's sentencing in Cambridge, Judge Gareth Hawkesworth told him: "In many years' experience on the bench, I have never come across a more culpable or grave course of sexual criminality, which has involved such a gross and grotesque breach and betrayal of your Hippocratic Oath and trust reposed in you by your patients, their families and colleagues."
He was jailed for 22 years for 25 offences involving boys aged between 10 and 16.
His intention to appeal against the length of his term was described as "shocking" by a victims' solicitor.
However, Angela Rafferty QC, representing Bradbury in the appeal court, argued that insufficient credit had been given for his guilty plea at an early stage.
She also told the court his actions were "low level... not high risk, penetrative".
Appeal judges Lady Justice Hallett, Mr Justice Haddon-Cave and Mr Justice Goss determined Bradbury's original 22-year sentence should be "restructured".
His custodial sentence will now be 16 years with an additional six years on licence.
Bradbury will have to serve at least 10 years and eight months before being considered for release.
Under his original 22-year sentence, Judge Hawkesworth told Bradbury: "You will be released after service of half of that sentence and then be released on licence."
Speaking after the appeal was upheld, Renu Daly of Hudgell Solicitors, which represents a number of the victims' families, said while they were disappointed the sentence had been cut, the situation was "much better".
She said the restructuring meant Bradbury would serve 10 years and eight months before even being considered for release, and would have to meet "far stricter" criteria if he is to be freed.
Jong-nam was born in May 1971 in Pyongyang. His mother was North Korea's film actress Song Hye-rim. She was the daughter of South Korean communist intellectuals who migrated to the North during the Korean War.
She was four or five years older than Kim Jong-il and was still married to another man (with whom she had a child) when they began their romantic relationship.
By the conservative standards of North Korean society, this was a fairly sordid relationship, and for many years Kim Jong-il concealed his common law wife and new son from his father, Kim Il-sung.
At the time of Kim Jong-nam's birth, Kim Jong-il was the leading candidate to succeed his father, and details of his relationship with Ms Song, if they had become public, could have derailed his ambitions (particularly as his nearest political rival was his despised stepmother).
Because of the nature of the relationship, Kim Jong-nam was shuttered away in a large residence in central Pyongyang.
As his mother suffered from a variety of physical and mental infirmities requiring treatment outside North Korea, he lived with his maternal grandmother and his maternal aunt, Song Hye-rang.
The second Ms Song was an author and widow with two children of her own.
When Jong-nam was an infant, his aunt, Kim Kyong-hui, (Kim Jong-il's sister) tried to take the baby away and adopt him as her own child. She was overruled, but she would always support Jong-nam.
Instead, he grew up in secret, literally sealed behind palace gates.
Kim Jong-il doted on his son - co-sleeping with him, eating dinner and telephoning him when he was too busy to return home.
Despite rumours perpetuated by South Korean sources, Jong-nam did eventually meet and forge a relationship with grandfather Kim Il-sung.
In 1979, Jong-nam began a 10-year odyssey studying and living outside North Korea.
He stayed in Russia and Switzerland and eventually became fluent in French and English, returning to North Korea in the late 1980s.
His exposure to the outside world and his impatience living in relative social isolation in Pyongyang and Wonsan led him to question North Korea's political and economic system.
At several points, Kim Jong-il became so frustrated with Jong-nam that he threatened to send the young man to a political prison camp to work in a coal mine.
According to his aunt, the threat of imprisonment was so real that the family took measures to buy adequate clothing and shoes for the day when they would be sent away.
Instead of being incarcerated, Jong-nam spent his 20s contending with his father's demands and unrealistic expectations.
Jong-nam would never be a viable candidate as his father's successor, but he still joined the family business. He would be linked to North Korea's internal security apparatus and its foreign exchange-earning operations outside the country.
During the Arduous March of the 1990s, as thousands of North Korean citizens starved to death, Jong-nam participated in audits in which central party officials reviewed the finances and business practices of state-owned factories.
After some of these audits, Jong-nam would witness the public executions of factory managers accused of stealing from the state.
All of this would be enough to disillusion Jong-nam about the country in which he was born and the political system his father and grandfather led.
He married in the late 1990s and fathered several children. From the early 2000s onward, Jong-nam would begin to reside outside the DPRK, living at the Kim family's houses in Macau and a separate residence in Beijing.
He would be tasked with managing some of the family's financial accounts (which total billions of dollars). He also would be involved in some of North Korea's illicit business operations.
While Jong-nam was never directly involved in such activities as narcotics trafficking or arms smuggling, he did have an active role in seeing that some of the monies from both legitimate and illicit activities avoided the scrutiny of legal authorities.
It was no accident that Jong-nam frequented casinos throughout Asia and maintaining some of these financial interests led to a jet-set lifestyle and cemented his reputation as something of a "party boy".
Rewind back to 1979, when Jong-nam went overseas.
Kim Jong-il got drunk as Jong-nam departed the country and tearfully reproached Song Hye-rang: "You... you are doing this. You are taking my boy away from me."
By the late 1970s, Kim Jong-il had begun a relationship with a dancer in the prestigious Mansudae Art Troupe, an ethnic Korean repatriated from Japan named Ko Yong-hui.
With his son out of the country, Kim Jong-il set up a household with Ko and fathered three children with her, the middle one being the current leader Kim Jong-un.
In contrast to his other wives and common law partners, Ko actually took an interest in Pyongyang's palace politics and, what is more, Kim Jong-il fell passionately in love with her.
Jong-nam would later tell an outsider that - once he had left North Korea to study - his father used his relationship with Ko and their children to fill the void left by Jong-nam.
Ko was ambitious. She befriended the close aides and generals that made up her husband's entourage.
When Jong-nam returned from studying abroad in the late 1980s, there were already rumours among Kim family staff that the "button nose" (referring to Ko) was positioning her children for succession, even though discussions about hereditary succession were generally prohibited and could get some North Koreans sent to the firing squad.
During the late 1990s to early 2000s, Ko acted as a de-facto first lady, accompanying her husband on military inspections and greeting top North Korean leadership.
This would lay the groundwork for one of sons, Jong-un or his older brother, Jong-chol, to become hereditary successor.
When Jong-nam was arrested at a Tokyo airport with a counterfeit passport in May 2001, it initially served to embarrass the Kim family and other North Korean elites because it exposed the fact that they sometimes travelled using passports with assumed identities.
It has been widely misinterpreted and misreported that this incident sidelined Jong-nam as hereditary successor; he never was.
But this incident was used internally by Ko to press the claims that one of her sons would succeed Kim Jong-il. And so, unwittingly, the exaggerated rivalry between Jong-un and Jong-nam was born.
With numerous pronouncements and analyses that Jong-un is engaged in a "reign of terror" targeting North Korean political leaders or that his leadership (not to mention his mental health) are "unstable", it doesn't serve Jong-un's public image or political interests to have his half-brother assassinated.
It would just feed the rumours, and one doubts that Jong-un would give his South Korean counterpart that kind of satisfaction.
Jong-nam was not a threat or a credible rival to Jong-un's leadership. He had no interest in the job itself.
Living outside the country as long as he has, Jong-nam could not form a power base among DPRK elites and was largely clueless about how to seize the regime's nodes of control.
Jong-nam was also closely tied to Chinese elites and had lived under some protection from Chinese authorities.
Within the past few months, Pyongyang has made an attempt to shore up ties with Beijing, a major ally and its largest trading partner.
Unless Jong-nam had outlived his usefulness to elements of the Chinese government, it is not in Jong-un's geopolitical interests in the region to have his half-brother killed.
Jong-nam didn't possess a significant powerbase in Pyongyang.
Publicly and privately, he expressed little interest in taking the reins of power in North Korea.
However, given his heritage, Jong-nam was viewed by some elderly North Korean elites as a kind of grandson figure.
These elites were close comrades of Kim Il-sung. They knew Jong-nam's personal history, his back story, and so he was treated with a special affection by some of the country's top heroes.
This affection and relationship could not necessarily form a basis of political support domestically, but it would have been helpful had Jong-nam ever put himself forward as a political rival to his half-brother.
Since Kim Jong-un assumed power in 2011, North Korea's state media have gone out of their way to show these revolutionary elders praising Jong-un.
At state events, Jong-un always makes a point of greeting these elders (and being photographed and filmed doing so).
This goes above and beyond merely paying respect to his elders and national heroes.
Instead, for propaganda purposes, Jong-un needs to be seen as having the blessing of North Korea's founding generation. More importantly, it conveys the message that the ruling elite at least appears unified in its support for the youthful leader.
If Jong-nam had been going to mount a power challenge to Jong-un, it would not have helped him that his two possible primary patrons as hereditary successor or would-be challenger to Jong-un's rule - his uncle Chang Song-thaek and his aunt Kim Kyong-hui - are no longer active in Pyongyang's power circles.
Madame Kim effectively retired from political life after her husband Chang was executed on Jong-un's orders in December 2013.
Jong-nam had been the target and subject of disinformation in the South Korean press for almost 30 years.
Because of his business and personal activities (which could possibly have seen him arrested) Jong-nam did very little to push back against the perceptions and rumours about him.
He followed his father's suggestion that outsiders should only see "a fog" when looking at North Korean leadership.
That said, Pyongyang watchers should give the Malaysian authorities some breathing space to do a proper investigation.
Already, there are conflicting accounts about Jong-nam's purported demise. For all we know, he may have had a heart attack.
Michael Madden is a visiting scholar at the US-Korea Institute at the School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.
Scientists sequenced the genome of a one-year-old boy who died in what is now Montana about 12,500 years ago.
Some researchers have raised questions about the origins of early Americans, with one theory even proposing a link to Ice Age Europeans.
But the Nature study places the origins of these ancient people in Asia.
The infant was a member of the Clovis people, a widespread, sophisticated Ice Age culture in North America. They appeared in America about 13,000 years ago and hunted mammoth, mastodon and bison.
The boy's remains, uncovered at the Anzick Site in Montana in 1968, were associated with distinctive Clovis stone tools. In fact, it is the only known skeleton directly linked to artefacts from this culture.
But the origins of the Clovis people, and who they are related to today, has been the subject of intense discussion.
Eske Willerslev, from the University of Copenhagen, and his colleagues were able to extract DNA from the bones of the Anzick boy and map his genome (the genetic information contained in the nucleus of his cells).
The researchers found that around 80% of today's Native Americans are related to the "clan" from which the boy came.
The result casts doubt on theories that the Clovis were descended from Europeans or colonists from Oceania.
The former theory relies, in part, on close similarities between Clovis tools and those of the Solutrean culture, which thrived in Ice Age France and Spain.
The latest results place the homeland for Native American peoples - including the Clovis - in Siberia.
Interestingly, however, the teams found that Native American ancestors coming in from Asia split into two groups.
One group was ancestral to native peoples presently living in Canada and the other one - which is represented by the Clovis boy - was ancestral to virtually all Native Americans in South America and Mexico.
In the US, many native groups are suspicious of contributing to genetic surveys, hampering the collection of data.
The Bairns had the better of the first half, but Hemmings hammered in a stunning strike after 39 minutes.
Falkirk were level within two minutes when Paul Watson profited from poor home defending.
But Hemmings converted Paul McGinn's cross to make it 2-1 on the hour before turning provider for captain Harkins.
Dundee's impressive second-half display means that Paul Hartley's side secure a fifth-round tie away to Dumbarton.
Falkirk, who are third in the Championship ahead of the Sons, started more positively than their Premiership opponents with a high-tempo pressing game that didn't allow Dundee to settle into any sort of rhythm.
The Bairns looked slicker when in possession, with Craig Sibbald finding plenty of space going forward down the right side.
It was Sibbald's set-piece delivery that created an early chance for the visitors, but Aaron Muirhead steered the dangerous corner wide from eight yards.
Dundee had a strong wind at their backs in the opening period, but they were guilty of over-hitting forward passes as they failed to make the most of the advantage.
Harkins did provide a rare flash of brilliance after 18 minutes with a lovely turn on the edge of the box before a delicate chip sent Nick Ross clear.
The midfielder, part of the Inverness Caledonian Thistle side that won the Scottish Cup against Falkirk in May, lashed his shot high and wide.
Hemmings showed him how to do it when Dundee broke the deadlock in controversial fashion six minutes before the interval, with Peter Houston's side furiously claiming for offside.
The striker did not hang about to debate it as he drilled a stunning drive from the right edge of the area in off the underside of the crossbar.
The lead lasted just two minutes and, once again, it was some dodgy defending that proved costly for Hartley's side.
Kostadin Gadzhalov was at fault, staying well behind the rest of the backline claiming an injury, only to play John Baird onside.
The striker made the most of the opening to drive the ball across the six-yard box, where central defender Watson forced it over the line.
Dundee were far more impressive in the second half and Hemmings claimed his second of the night with another smart finish after 61 minutes.
McGinn set it up with a perfectly-flighted deep cross on the run down the right and Hemmings hammered the ball into the net from close range for his ninth goal in his past six games and 15th of the season overall.
Harkins ended any doubt about the outcome in the 73rd minute with a terrific goal on the counter-attack as Falkirk were caught trying to find a way back into the tie.
Hemmings played a crucial part with the pass that his captain guided into the corner of the net from the edge of the area.
It was a first defeat in 14 games for Falkirk, who will have to pick themselves up for a crucial league match against Rangers on Saturday.
He died at a Cairo hospital on Tuesday, Egypt's state news agency said, after being admitted with a broken pelvis.
He took office in 1992 at a time of growing influence for the UN following its decisive role in the Gulf War, serving one five-year term.
However, he faced criticism for the UN's failure to stop the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
Washington was angered by his opposition to NATO's bombing campaign in Bosnia.
The 15-member Security Council observed a minute's silence after the announcement of Mr Boutros-Ghali's death, which was made at the start of a session on Yemen's humanitarian crisis.
No further details on his death were immediately available.
Mr Boutros-Ghali had received a phone call from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi last Thursday, after being admitted to hospital, Egyptian press reported.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali was the first Arab to serve as UN Secretary General, but also the first to serve only one term in the post. His five years were dogged by controversy. During the Rwandan genocide in 1994, he was criticised for the UN's failure to prevent the massacre. His opposition to NATO's bombing campaign in Bosnia also angered Washington, and contributed to his ousting.
The US wielded its veto when Boutros-Ghali sought a second term, which he regarded as a personal betrayal. Madeleine Albright, the US Ambassador to the UN at time, wore a "friendly smile" and repeated "expressions of friendship and admiration," he claimed in his memoir.
But behind his back she tarnished his image and demolished his authority. His treatment brought to mind the words of a Hindu scholar: "There is no difference between diplomacy and deception."
In terms of a positive legacy, Ban Ki-moon, his successor as UN chief, praised the dramatic rise of blue-helmeted peacekeeping on his watch. In a landmark report entitled Agenda for Peace, Boutros-Ghali also emphasised the importance of post-conflict peace-building, which informs a lot of UN thinking to this day.
But perhaps his biggest diplomatic accomplishment pre-dates his time as UN Secretary General. Serving as Egypt's foreign minister under President Anwar el-Sadat, he played a key role in negotiating the Camp David agreement brokered by the US president Jimmy Carter.
A former Egyptian foreign minister, Mr Boutros-Ghali led the world body during one of its most difficult times, with crises in Somalia, Rwanda, the Middle East and the former Yugoslavia.
His five years in office were clouded by controversy, especially about perceived UN inaction over the 1994 Rwandan genocide and Angolan civil war of the 1990s.
To some, he was an effective diplomat who was caught in a rift between the UN and the United States. Others, most notably in Washington, saw him as a symbol of all that was wrong with the organisation.
He was often jeered, and often waded into crowds to confront protesters when security guards permitted. "I am used to fundamentalists in Egypt arguing with me," he told Reuters.
He shocked many in Sarajevo when he said he was not trying to belittle the horrors in Bosnia but that there were other countries where the "total dead was greater than here".
Mr Boutros-Ghali was born on 14 November 1922 into a Coptic Christian family in Cairo, and educated at Cairo University and in Paris, where he established a lifelong connection with France.
He went on to study international relations at Columbia University in New York and became Egypt's foreign minister in 1977, under president Anwar al-Sadat.
After leaving the UN, Mr Boutros-Ghali served from 1998 to 2002 as secretary general of La Francophonie - a grouping of French-speaking nations.
In 2004, he was named the president of Egypt's new human rights council, a body created by then-Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak amid US pressure on Arab nations for democratic reform.
The unit at Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, would close in August if plans go ahead.
Save Withybush Action Team called the protest ahead of the outcome of a judicial review starting on 24 June.
Hywel Dda health board and the Welsh government have said the changes would provide a better level of care.
The demonstration was the second this year against the controversial plans.
In February about 1,000 people marched in Haverfordwest after Health Minister Mark Drakeford announced the changes.
As part of a Hywel Dda health board reorganisation, the proposals would see doctors in Carmarthen providing specialist care, with other hospitals eventually providing a midwife-led service.
Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth would become a midwife-led maternity unit, although during the transition period it would also retain some consultants.
The plans were revealed a year ago by the health board, but were opposed by the local patients' watchdog over concerns that closing the special care baby unit in Haverfordwest could put lives at risk.
When he announced the changes, Mr Drakeford said the experts who had recommended them had included important safeguards, and had suggested a phased introduction.
A spokesperson for Hywel Dda University Health Board said: "We understand that local health care is an emotive subject and would like to reassure people that the service and care they receive will be safe.
"The Welsh government's scrutiny panel's recommendations were expressly based on "providing the best outcomes and experience for mother and baby" and the conclusion that the new service model will "provide an improved service for Hywel Dda mothers and babies".
The health board will monitor the changes and they will be scrutinised by the Welsh government at the end of the first year.
The number of holidaymakers coming to the UK rose by 21.1% - although the number of business visitors declined.
Overall there were a record 8.3 million visits in the quarter, a rise of nearly 10% on the same period in 2016.
The visitors spent £4.4bn while in the country, also a record amount.
But at the same time the fall in the value of the pound did not discourage Britons from travelling overseas.
UK residents made 14.1 million trips abroad over the three months, a rise of 8.1% on 2016.
The decline in sterling makes it cheaper for foreign visitors to come to the UK, but more expensive for Britons going the other way.
The number of American visitors was particularly significant. Their numbers were up by 16%, while their spending grew 29% to £604m.
There were a record 54,000 visits from Chinese nationals, who spent a record £91m, and there was strong growth in the number of Australian and French visitors too.
Wales appears to have been one of the most popular destinations, with the number of overnight visits increasing by 28%.
But the "visitor balance of payments" remains tilted against the UK.
While visitors spent £4.4bn in Britain over the quarter, Britons spent nearly twice as much - £8.6bn - on trips abroad. a figure that has risen by 11.7% over the past year.
Petroineos Manufacturing Scotland incurred the eight-figure loss in the year to 31 December despite increasing turnover to more than £240m.
The firm's strategic report said "the longer term outlook remains challenging in the current economic climate".
It also noted that a £32.8m "cost reduction challenge" was completed in 2014.
The firm's annual report, lodged with Companies House, noted that Ineos and Petroineos now operate as separate businesses, but remain integrated.
It said 2014 was "a busy year", with the overhaul of the plant's Hydrocracker Complex taking approximately half a million man-hours to complete.
Petroineos also said "trading conditions in the refining sector continued to be difficult" due to slow growth in Europe and competition from imports from other regions.
That year, the firm made a loss of more than £20m, and while total turnover increased from £215m in 2013 to £240m in 2014, the business still lost £16,396,000. As such no dividend was paid to shareholders.
The future of the petrochemical complex was in doubt in 2013, with Ineos at one point announcing the plant would close in the midst of a dispute with unions and staff.
The director's report submitted to Companies House said the company was reliant on parent firm Petroineos Trading Limited to meet the needs of the business in terms of financial risk management.
The Grangemouth refinery processes about 210,000 barrels of crude oil per day, providing fuel to Scotland, the north of England and Northern Ireland.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and Trading Standards searched eight shops in Stoke-on-Trent last week.
In five of the shops they seized suspected illegal tobacco products, with an estimated value of almost £14,000.
In another shop the tobacco was hidden under chocolate bars and packets of crisps on the sweet counter, HMRC said.
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Paul Fisher from HMRC, said: "These shopkeepers had gone to great lengths to build these concealments and thought we wouldn't be able to find them.
"But our experience and the highly trained sniffer dogs we use, ensure that no matter how sophisticated they believe their hiding places to be, even underground, we will uncover them."
During the visits, two workers were identified as illegal and one employer was issued with a civil penalty for employing an illegal worker, HMRC added.
They are the latest unusual methods used to conceal illegal cigarettes.
Border Force officers at Southampton Port found five Buddha statues filled with cigarettes in a shipping container in June 2013.
And crates of rotting pears were used to hide more than 146 million cigarettes smuggled into the UK by a lorry driver.
More than 14,000 women, who were treated at BPAS clinics, became pregnant despite using the pill or a long-acting contraceptive.
They often spotted their pregnancy late because they hadn't expected their contraception to fail.
No method of contraception can ever be 100% effective.
But long-acting methods are said to have a very low failure rate (99%).
Oral contraceptive pills are by far the most popular way of protecting against unplanned pregnancy among women, but long-acting methods - known as Larcs - are catching up.
They include contraceptive injections, implants and intra-uterine devices (IUDs) or systems (IUSs).
Contraceptive pills are estimated to be 91% effective while condoms are 82% effective.
However, BPAS says unplanned pregnancies can occur if the method is not inserted properly, or if it moves or falls out.
It also says hormonal contraception, such as the pill or patch, can mask the symptoms of pregnancy because they may cause light or irregular periods.
This may be why women using these methods have abortions at a later stage than other women.
BPAS said that in 2015, more than 5% of women having abortions past 20 weeks were using Larcs, compared to around 3% of those having one at less than 19 weeks.
The legal limit for abortions is 24 weeks in England, Wales and Scotland. Women in Northern Ireland are now able to get free abortions in England.
Further information: NHS contraception guide
Ann Furedi, chief executive of BPAS, said: Our data shows that women cannot control their fertility through contraception alone, even when they are using some of the most effective methods.
"Family planning is contraception and abortion.
"Abortion is birth control that women need when their regular method lets them down."
Out of 60,000 women who had an abortion at BPAS clinics last year, more than half were using at least one form of contraception.
The total number of abortions in England and Wales has been around 185,500 during each of the last few years.
Every year, nine in every 100 women using the pill, six in every 100 using the injection and one in every 100 using the IUD become pregnant.
Abortions are only allowed in Northern Ireland if a woman's life is at risk or there is a permanent or serious risk to her physical or mental health.
The sexual health charity FPA said people did not always use contraception consistently or correctly.
It also said some of the most effective methods of contraception were not always made as available as they should be.
"In a survey of GPs, we found that one-fifth don't offer the intrauterine device (IUD), and almost a quarter said they don't offer the contraceptive implant."
GPs told the FPA that this was partly because of a lack of training qualifications and a lack of funding.
But NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) guidance suggests that long-acting methods of contraception can reduce unintended pregnancy and be cost-effective for the NHS.
Ex-England spinner Giles, 43, was previously director of cricket at Edgbaston and he will oversee both the men's and women's teams, as well as the club's academy, in his new role.
Dougie Brown left Warwickshire by mutual consent in October after four seasons in charge.
Giles was Lancashire's cricket director and head coach for two years but he was keen to move closer to his family.
He was Warwickshire's leading choice to replace Brown and, having reached an agreement with the Bears, Lancashire have released him from his contract at Old Trafford, which was due to expire in 2018.
Recently appointed first-team coach Jim Troughton will report to Giles, who left Warwickshire in 2012 to become England's one-day coach following the Bears' seventh County Championship triumph.
"The new role at Edgbaston is a great opportunity and I am delighted to return to Warwickshire," said Giles, who spent 14 years as a Warwickshire player and featured in 54 Tests for England.
"While I have a lot of history with the Bears and have previously enjoyed success as a player and a coach, this is a brand new challenge and I look forward to meeting up with all the players and the new management team in January."
Giles led Lancashire to promotion into County Championship Division One and a maiden T20 Blast title in 2015, before they narrowly avoided relegation by finishing seventh in the Championship in 2016.
He added: "I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Lancashire and I would like to thank chairman Michael Cairns and the board for the opportunity to work as director of cricket at such a great club.
"I am also very grateful for their understanding and for agreeing to release me from my contract so that I can take up this new role with Warwickshire and move back to the Midlands, where my family have remained."
Lancashire have placed Glen Chapple in charge as acting head coach, with another former captain Mark Chilton as acting assistant coach.
The men were arrested on Thursday at a hotel where two IPL teams were staying after a match in the northern city of Kanpur
Police told the BBC that the men had contact with low-level staff at Green Park stadium to obtain information about the condition of the pitch.
Two IPL teams and three players were banned in 2013 on corruption charges.
The IPL is considered to be the world's showcase for Twenty20 cricket. Top Indian and international players take part, contributing to what is one of the world's most-watched cricket tournaments.
But the tournament has also faced allegations of corruption, spot-fixing and bribery. Spot-fixing involves players bowling wides and no-balls at certain times arranged beforehand with bookmakers.
Other than horse racing, sports betting of any kind is illegal in India. Despite that, illegal betting syndicates are known to be active in the country.
Rahul Srivastava, chief spokesperson of the police, said the men secured information about the pitch's condition through WhatsApp to influence their betting decisions.
"We are questioning the arrested individuals to find out if more people are involved in the betting racket," he said.
Police arrested the men after a tip-off from the Board of Control for Cricket in India's anti-corruption unit, he said.
Julien Klein cancelled out Shay Logan's second half opener before Niall McGinn and Adam Rooney scored during seven minutes of additional time.
McInnes insists that was deserved given the amount of chances his side created.
"We had two goals chopped off that shouldn't have been," he said.
"The ball's not over the line when (Jayden) Stockley keeps it in play and Ash Taylor scores in the first half.
"There's no push from Taylor (for his second disallowed attempt). We've had things cleared off the line, their keeper's had a brilliant night and we've dominated the game."
It had been a frustrating first half with Stefano Bensi hitting the post for the visitors early on.
Aberdeen started the second period on the front foot and eventually got the result their play merited, in what was an absorbing first outing of the season.
"When we generated that pace to the game and tempo in the second half we were far better," McInnes told BBC Scotland.
"We wore them down. I think they deserve some credit because they've got a decent structure about them and we never had the sharpness of play to keep that intensity up.
"That game will help us be in better form the next time round. That's a huge step in terms of being real game ready for the next one."
McInnes has recruited a number of players but it was the familiar faces of McGinn, Rooney and Jonny Hayes who showed their enduring value.
"We needed our ball carriers really being alive, really having that thrust and really getting at them," added the Dons boss.
"Niall and Jonny were both relentless, especially second half.
"Rooney, we're so lucky to have him. We missed him at the back end of last season. We've tried to nurse him through pre-season work.
"We thought if he only had half a game in him, we thought second half would be the best time to get him on.
"We could be standing talking about a 1-1 draw and the difficulties of the second leg.
"It's still going to be difficult but I'm going away thinking there's work to be done, far from perfect but the desire from the players was fantastic."
CS Fola Esch manager Jeff Strasser said he was "very proud" of his team for the effort they put in, but feels his team will struggle to turn around the two-goal defecit in the second leg.
"We all know the difference between 2-1 and 3-1," he said. "Aberdeen have shown they are a very good team, they will put a lot of pressure on us, but 2-1 would have been totally different."
Calum Gallagher's goal, the climax of a superbly crafted move, gave the hosts a half-time lead but Kenny Miller equalised with a header.
Jason Holt thought he had grabbed a winner for the Scottish Cup finalists.
But, in added time, substitute Lewis Morgan cut in from the left-hand side to fire the Buddies level.
Steven Thompson and Jim Goodwin, on duty as St Mirren players for the last time, had to settle for places on the bench.
The headline team news for Rangers was that Martyn Waghorn made a comeback straight into the starting line-up after two-and-a-half months on the sidelines with a knee injury.
Rangers took fully 18 minutes to threaten the Buddies' goal - and then did it three times in seconds.
Jamie Langfield made a real meal of a low shot from Lee Wallace and spilled it back into play, which led to Waghorn hitting the post.
Waghorn then collected the rebound and curled a shot beyond the far post.
Barrie McKay later added to the list of unsuccessful attempts.
Not that Wes Foderingham was over employed in the Rangers goal. It took 31 minutes for him to be called into serious action, dealing with a well struck Stevie Mallan free-kick down to his left.
And then he was involved in a shambolic mix-up which forced him to deal with a passback with his knee and only knock the ball on to Lawrence Shankland, whose touch deflected the ball just past the post.
Suddenly alarm bells were ringing for Rangers.
St Mirren's opener was a gem - crisp passing involving mostly the inventive Mallan, who held the ball up perfectly before rolling it into the overlapping run of Calum Gallagher. His strike was low and in at the near post.
James Tavernier was the engineer of Rangers' leveller, working his way down the right and hanging it up at the far post. Defenders hesitated but Miller attacked the cross and his downward header beat Langfield.
The tide had turned and Rangers started to pile on the pressure. McKay forced a fine save from Langfield, Miller hit the bar, Holt fired over and an away winner looked odds on.
The home fans in the crowd of 5,933 desperate for a last sighting of Goodwin and Thompson in a black and white striped shirt were granted their wish.
Manager Alex Rae made them wait until the 74th minute when they came on together to a standing ovation.
And just to sign off with a flourish, Goodwin received a yellow card for a tackle on the edge of the box.
Holt grabbed the lead for Rangers, rattling into the left-hand corner but St Mirren were not beaten yet.
Deep into stoppage time Morgan hit the equaliser to snatch a draw and leave Thompson and Goodwin to their lap of honour.
Royal Mail said addresses in Alton Road and Belvedere Parade in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, have not received mail "on some occasions recently".
"These kinds of attacks do occur at this time as the gulls are nesting and rearing their chicks," it added.
Chris Collett, of the RSPB, said: "Gulls might come across as more aggressive as they defend the chicks."
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The Royal Mail said postal workers were attempting to deliver to customers every day but safety was paramount and "swooping attacks made it difficult".
Mr Collett said most of the attacks at seaside towns are by the herring gull, although other species of gulls like kittiwakes can also be aggressive to protect young.
"It can be a bit scary so try to avoid nesting areas, the worst time is the few weeks when the chicks are getting a bit older but before they fledge."
He added that gulls have become more common at the seaside because the flat roofs provide a safe nesting area and there is a ready supply of discarded food.
In September, a council report said 22 people in nearby Scarborough, Whitby and Filey had been attacked by gulls during the previous six months.
Both herring gulls and kittiwakes are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.
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The event starred comedian Stewart Lee and Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed.
It was hosted by BBC Arts Editor, Will Gompertz, who explained on the Today programme how influential Duchamp's art has been on today's contemporary artists:
"Duchamp's idea that anything can be art still dominates artistic practice today, 45 years after he died".
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Monday 18 March 2013.
Three bodies have been recovered so far but officials say the unstable soil is making the search problematic.
It is not clear exactly how many people are underneath the rubble, as the mine was operating illegally.
Crowds gathered at the site in the south-western Cauca department after the incident on Wednesday night.
The hundreds of miners and relatives watching the rescue efforts have refused to move away despite being warned that they themselves could be buried alive by another landslide.
"We're hoping for a miracle from God, because that's all we can hope for and wait and see what happens. Someone could have survived," one local woman said.
The governor of the Cauca department, Temistocles Ortega, said illegal miners had used machinery to open huge holes to extract gold, and one of them had caved in, burying them.
At least seven large mechanical diggers have been working non-stop at the bottom of the large pit and specially trained search dogs have been deployed.
But while work continues in the mud below, an official with the firefighters at the scene said it was already too late.
"You have to eliminate the idea [of survivors]. There is no possibility that someone has survived because huge amounts of mud and earth fell on those people," he said.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos blamed the incident on illegal mining, saying his government was tackling the problem.
But correspondents say thousands of unchecked mines can be found in Colombia's most remote areas.
Only last Friday, another four miners were killed and 65 affected by poisonous gases in the Antioquia department.
Last month four other employees of the same bookshop and publishing house, including its owner, went missing.
Their colleagues believe they have been detained because of their work.
Freedom of the press is guaranteed in Hong Kong, but many in the publishing industry say they are beginning to feel pressure from mainland China.
The latest associate to be reported missing is the man who raised the alarm when his colleagues disappeared in October.
Mr Lee spoke to the BBC when his colleagues disappeared but did not want to disclose his full name at the time fearing reprisals.
He failed to arrive home on Wednesday evening and his wife has been unable to reach him. She told the BBC she is deeply afraid.
One of his colleagues said Mr Lee was taken away by unknown men and the fear is that Chinese officials have reached beyond mainland China to punish them for their work, our correspondent Juliana Liu in Hong Kong reports.
Two of the previous four men who disappeared were last seen in Shenzhen, mainland China, where their wives live; one was last seen in Hong Kong; and the other, the owner of the publishing house, was last heard from by email from Pattaya, Thailand, where he owns a holiday home.
The Causeway Bay Bookstore sells gossipy paperbacks that are highly critical of the Chinese leadership and are said to be popular among mainland tourists visiting Hong Kong.
The bookshop's troubles are not unique. Last year, Hong Kong publisher Yiu Mantin was sentenced to ten years in prison in China on smuggling charges his family believes were retaliation for publishing a book highly critical of President Xi Jinping. And in November, two Hong Kong journalists were tried for selling political magazines in nearby Shenzhen.
Discussions are soon to get underway with unions.
The company is blaming the move on a downturn in the offshore oil and gas sector. The firm stopped shipbuilding in 2003.
Its activities now include the repair and refurbishment of vessels ands oil rigs.
Unions have described the news as "the latest bad news story for manufacturing in Belfast and Northern Ireland".
They added the decision "reflects the recent decline in the company's order books".
Michael Mulholland, spokesperson for the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering said: "The announcement by Harland and Wolff management that they will be seeking up to 60 redundancies reflects the recent decline in the company's order books.
"This is the latest bad news story for manufacturing in Belfast and Northern Ireland and follows hot on the heels of a large-scale redundancy announcement at Bombardier. It reflects the continuing crisis in the sector."
Mr Mulholland said management at Harland and Wolff would attempt to achieve the job cuts voluntarily.
He added that both the GMB and Unite would engage fully with the company to try to "minimise the impact" on its members.
According to its last accounts, the company made a £9m operating profit off a £55m turnover in 2014.
It has a core workforce of just under 200 but at any time can employ several hundred contractors depending on workloads.
The cognitive platform can understand questions posed in natural language and crunch vast amounts of data.
Watson Analytics is the latest step in IBM's $1bn (£610m) investment in the platform, which is already available for medical research.
But one expert questioned whether it could live up to past successes.
Watson is a computer system capable of artificial intelligence. In 2011 it was tailored to answer questions on the quiz show Jeopardy and won. It had access to 200 million pages of content but was not connected to the internet.
Since then IBM has worked to find more practical uses for the machine, such as helping to make decisions about cancer treatment at a US hospital.
This latest move is part of an attempt to commercialise the platform.
"Watson Analytics is designed to help all businesspeople - from sales reps on the road to company CEOs - see patterns, pursue ideas and improve all types of decisions," said IBM's senior vice-president Bob Picciano.
The first version of Watson Analytics, ready in test form in November, will be available as a cloud-based service, with both free and premium services, which can analyse more complex datasets from a wider array of sources.
Most existing business analysis tools assume users have data ready to look at, a clear idea of what they want to analyse and the skills and time to do it.
IBM hopes that a tool offering to do much of this work will prove a draw.
Watson does have a good track record, according to Gartner analyst Frank Buytendijk.
"IBM Watson has proven itself very capable to achieve astonishing results, way beyond traditional analytics," he said.
"But most of this work has been done in controlled environments and for very specific topics. There is not a lot of market feedback on Watson performing 'out there in the wild.'"
The decision to offer business analytics via the platform could open up an interesting dilemma for IBM.
"From what I understand of it so far, Watson Analytics is not really the big Watson Jeopardy Supercomputer Cognitive thing, but a next generation of IBM's business analytics software, now also labelled Watson," said Mr Buytendijk.
"Clearly Watson Analytics is a step forward compared to the traditional business analytics market, and it is clearly very innovative. At the same time, labelling it Watson creates a very, very high level of expectations, which is hard to fulfil."
On 8 November, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave only four hours' notice that virtually all the cash in the world's seventh-largest economy would be effectively worthless.
The Indian government likes to use the technical term "demonetisation" to describe the move, which makes it sound rather dull. It isn't. This is the economic equivalent of "shock and awe".
Do not believe reports that this is primarily about bribery or terror financing, the real target is tax evasion and the policy is very daring indeed.
You can see the effects outside every bank in the country. I am in Tamil Nadu in the south of India and here, as in every other state in the country, queues of people clutching wads of currency stretch halfway down the street.
Mr Modi's "shock and awe" declaration meant that 1,000 and 500 rupee notes would no longer be valid.
These may be the largest denomination Indian notes but they are not high value by international standards - 1,000 rupees is only £12. But together the two notes represent 86% of the currency in circulation.
Think of that, at a stroke 86% of the cash in India now cannot be used.
What is more, India is overwhelmingly a cash economy, with 90% of all transactions taking place that way.
And that is the target of Mr Modi's dramatic move. Because so much business is done in cash, very few people pay tax on the money they earn.
According to figures published by the government earlier this year, in 2013 only 1% of the population paid any income tax at all.
As a result huge numbers of Indians have stashes of tax-free cash hidden away - known here as "black money".
Even the very poorest Indians have some cash savings - maybe just a few thousand rupees stored away for a daughter's wedding, the kids' school fees or - heaven forbid - an illness in the family.
But lots of Indians have much more than that.
It is not unusual for half the value of a property transaction to be paid in cash, with buyers turning up with suitcases full of 1,000 rupee notes.
The size of this shadow economy is reckoned to be as much as 20% of India's entire GDP.
Mr Modi's demonetisation is designed to drive black money out of the shadows.
At the moment you can exchange up to 4,500 (£48) of the old rupees in cash for new 500 (£6) and 2,000 (£24) rupee notes.
There is no limit to the amount that can be deposited in bank accounts until the end of December, but the government has warned that the tax authorities will be investigating any deposits above 250,000 rupees (£2,962).
Breach that limit and you will be asked to prove that you have paid tax. If you cannot, you will be charged the full amount owed, plus a fine of 200% of the tax owed. For many people that could amount to be pretty much the full value of their hidden cash.
This is brave politics. Some of the hardest hit will be the small business people and traders who are Mr Modi's core constituency. They voted for him because they believed he was the best bet to grow the economy and improve their lot. They will not be happy if he destroys their savings.
Mr Modi says he is simply delivering on his pre-election promise to tackle corruption and tax evasion.
He says he warned that he would squeeze black money out of the system and had already offered amnesties to those who declared their black money holdings.
And, so far at least, the policy seems to be popular, in spite of the long queues and the fact that much day-to-day business in India has ground to a juddering halt.
Most Indians resent the fact that many of the richest among them have used black money to evade paying their fair share of tax and are happy to suffer a few weeks of what Mr Modi called "temporary hardships" to see them face justice.
They also recognise the benefits of drawing more people into the income tax net.
India has very low rates of tax compared to many other countries. The tax-to-GDP ratio - how much tax is raised as a proportion of the output of the economy - was 17% in 2013.
The average across the economies of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - a club of mostly rich nations - was over 34%.
Demonetisation is part of a wider project to draw Indians into the formal economy and to get them to start paying the tax they owe.
Curbing tax evasion is part of the agenda for the "aadhaar" scheme, a giant digital database designed to give hundreds of millions of Indians a unique ID, and of the new Goods and Services tax.
And reducing tax evasion can only be good for India. The more money it raises in tax, the more it has to spend on useful stuff like roads, hospitals and schools.
The more the country spends on public goods like that, the faster the Indian economy is likely to grow - or so the argument goes.
So the big question is: will it work?
Some economists have questioned the decision to introduce the 2,000 rupee note. They say if the policy is designed to force people into the banking system why issue a higher denomination note - presumably an even more convenient vehicle for black money transactions?
But the headlines about chaos and confusion are a bit misleading.
There have been virtually no reports of violence despite the huge disruption this policy has caused.
The queues are orderly and the worst you hear are the irritated mutterings of those whose days have been wasted standing in line.
But Mr Modi needs to be careful. The new notes are in short supply and there are not enough smaller denomination notes to go around, so the banks regularly run out of cash.
That cannot go on for long without irritation turning to anger.
But some queuing may be excusable, because in one regard the policy has already been a complete success: it came as a surprise to the entire country.
Think what that means. The government managed to plan this audacious policy, printing billions of new notes without anyone letting slip what was happening.
Reportedly, even senior members of the cabinet were not told what was being planned, for fear that if word got out the entire policy would be undermined. The hoarders would have time to empty their mattresses and launder their stashes into gold or other assets.
Keeping a secret of this magnitude in India, a country that thrives on rumour and gossip, is nothing short of a triumph and surely a reasonable justification for a few hiccups along the way.
But if you want to see how important robotics and artificial intelligence can be to a business Ocado is a good place to start.
"Without it we simply couldn't do what we do at this scale," the online retailer's chief technology officer Paul Clarke told me. With margins in the supermarket business wafer thin, continually bearing down on costs and waste has been vital.
At its Hatfield distribution centre I got a glimpse of how far the process of automating the sorting of thousands of grocery orders has come. For now, you will struggle to spot a robot - unless you count a machine that inserts plastic shopping bags into crates - but software is doing a very complex job of sending the right goods in the right crates to the right human pickers.
"This warehouse is crammed with machine learning and algorithms that are controlling all manner of operations that are invisible to the human eye," Mr Clarke explains.
But in one corner of the warehouse is the robotics lab where the next stage of automating Ocado is under way. A group of some of the smartest robotic engineers from across Europe are at work on their latest project which could replace human pickers one day. It's a robotic hand sensitive enough to pick up a piece of fruit without damaging it.
"The overall challenge is to develop robotic systems that can pick and pack the full range of items," explains head of robotics Alex Harvey.
The robot hand won't be ready to start work for a while but at Ocado's newest warehouse in Andover, Hampshire, a robotics project that the company believes is unequalled in its sophistication has already been deployed. Swarms of robots move across a grid, collaborating with each other to collect groceries stored beneath them and then bring them to a human picker.
Showing me some video of the warehouse, Paul Clarke explains the technical challenge: "Controlling thousands of robots in real time has required not only building a very sophisticated AI-based air traffic control system but also we've had to evolve a new communications systems to talk to all those robots 10 times a second."
But seeing all those swarming robots with not a human in sight sparks an obvious thought - what about the impact on jobs?
Ocado says despite the onward march of automation its workforce has continued to grow. "We have no choice both as a company and as UK PLC but to invest in this technology," says Mr Clarke."We are a net employer of 12,000 people, none of whom would have a job at all if it weren't for our use of automation because this has been our differentiator as a business."
Economists disagree on the scale of the threat to employment. An Oxford study which predicted that more than 40% of occupations could be threatened by automation over the next two decades is now seen by many as far too pessimistic.
That is certainly the view of Laura Gardiner, of the Resolution Foundation, who points out that jobs are becoming more multi-faceted, so that even if one task is taken by a robot, there will still be others left for the humans.
But she does accept that for certain categories of worker life may get harder: "It is right to be concerned about specific occupations - secretarial work, processing jobs in factories - moderately skilled jobs which used to pay quite well."
What is clear is that in an evolving job market, some skills will become redundant, while others will be in higher demand. And the best advice? Train as a robotics engineer.
But there was an increase in the number of cyclists, motorcyclists and car users killed.
Total casualties were down from 12,722 to 11,493 - the lowest since records began - according to Transport Scotland Statisticians.
Fatalities fell by 3% from 178 to 172 and serious injuries by 16% to 1,667.
Of the nine children killed, five were walking, two were cycling and two were travelling by car.
Overall, 1,062 children were injured or killed on the roads, a fall of 9%.
Casualty numbers for all modes of transport fell, including 12% for pedestrians, 11% for motorcyclists and 3% for cyclists.
Wales fell behind the rest of the UK in the last science, maths and reading test results released last December.
On Tuesday, Mr Lewis said the tests showed if young people had the skills both they and the economy needed.
Schools should introduce voluntary Pisa-based tests to see how they could improve their performance, he said.
The Pisa tests, published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), were taken by 500,000 15-year-olds in 68 countries.
In maths Wales fell three places to 43rd of the 65 countries.
And the nation was ranked at 41, down from 38, in reading.
The biggest fall came in science, where Wales dropped six places to joint 36th.
In a statement to AMs, Mr Lewis said the cost of a low skills base was "potentially huge" for the Welsh economy.
"Andreas Schleicher of the OECD (its deputy director for education and skills) is absolutely correct when he said 'your education today is your economy tomorrow'", the minister said.
"I can't emphasise enough how important it is that we equip our young people with skills that translate to the workplace and life."
Mr Lewis said Welsh workers needed "a better grasp and understanding of literacy, numeracy, problem solving and reasoning", the skills that Pisa assesses.
"I want that message to be heard loud and clear - schools, parents and teachers need to understand the wider ramifications of Pisa.
"It's not testing for testing sake, it's a way of us seeing exactly where we are in the world and whether we are giving our young people the skills to support the economy and skills to find work in the future."
The minister said it was in the interests of schools to introduce the new voluntary tests.
"Although these tests are voluntary, I would encourage schools to get involved as this will give them, for the first time, a school improvement plan which benchmarks them against the best performing schools in the world," he added.
Shadow Conservative Education Minister Angela Burns said it was important to use the Pisa tests properly.
"I would like to just raise that never ending plea to ensure that we don't teach to the test, but we do really drill down and teach the skills of understanding and application," she said.
Mr Lewis's statement "doesn't seem to talk a huge amount about actions", but about improving delivery, more analysis and more planning, she added.
Plaid Cymru education spokesman Simon Thomas said the minister was not going far enough.
"Teaching children to pass the next set of Pisa tests is not sufficient. Will it be enough that we encourage children to sit the test more frequently in the hope that they will hit the bull's eye?
"We need to teach children skills that they can adapt to perform consistently well."
Pte Charlene Bevilacqua worked as a health care assistant in an Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone as part of the UK's aid effort.
The 25-year-old was responsible for monitoring and assessing patients when they were admitted.
When in the UK, Pte Bevilacqua, works at the Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit in Frimley Park, Surrey.
"I would like to thank everybody who sent me parcels and I love my husband and all of my family," Pte Bevilacqua, of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, said.
The report was published by Health Protection Scotland on behalf of its Incident Management Team.
It investigated the outbreak in which a total of 26 cases of the same strain of E. coli O157 were identified between July and mid-September 2016.
Seventeen people required hospital treatment as a result of the outbreak.
The IMT concluded that the source of the outbreak was consumption of an unpasteurised cows' milk cheese.
The outbreak led to further investigations of cheese produced by South Lanarkshire manufacturer Errington Cheese and of the production processes in place at the time.
Dr Alison Smith-Palmer, chair of the IMT, said: "This report has been produced on behalf of the multi-agency Incident Management Team and is approved by all team members.
"The report describes the detailed epidemiological, microbiological, food and environmental investigations and concludes that Dunsyre Blue cheese was the source of this outbreak.
"It also presents lessons learned and recommendations for improvement."
The report concludes that: "Potentially pathogenic E. coli were able to enter and survive the cheese production process at the food business.
"Positive results were obtained for cheese produced over a period of four months, indicating a systematic potential for Escherichia coli (STEC) to enter the process and contaminate final products."
It added: "Extensive investigations concluded that the source of the outbreak was the consumption of Dunsyre Blue.
"This conclusion was based on evidence from epidemiological and food chain investigations and supported by microbiological evidence and deficiencies identified in the procedures for the monitoring and control of STEC at the food business."
Subsequently, another cheese from Errington Cheese, Corra Linn, was also found to contain potentially pathogenic E. coli.
Food Standards Scotland chief executive Geoff Ogle said: "Food Standards Scotland is satisfied that the evidence and conclusions presented in this report fully support and justify the decisions that we took to protect consumers.
"All of our decisions and actions were taken with the sole aim of protecting public health.
"This report should allay any concerns with regards to our decisions and assure others that our actions were evidence based. That will always be the case."
A statement from Errington Cheese said: "On an initial reading, all of our concerns regarding the investigation into our cheese and the outbreak of illness remain.
"We believe that more detailed investigations into the cause of the outbreak are needed. This is particularly in relation to those cases where HPS were unable to find any direct link to Dunsyre Blue."
It added: "There is no microbiological evidence that Dunsyre Blue caused the outbreak - all they have concluded is that raw milk cheese carries a small risk of STEC which is already well recorded in scientific literature; there has been no highly pathogenic STEC found in any of our products, nor anything found linking our cheese to the outbreak. This is fact."
The council's action came a week after the Carnwath-based producer won the latest round of a court battle against the sales ban.
The Carnwath-based producer had won a court battle in January to start selling the product again.
However, within a week South Lanarkshire Council had seized a batch of cheese, seeking court approval to have it destroyed.
The company re-started cheese production this month after the council established that relevant controls were in place.
Profit for the six months to June fell to £108m from £182m a year earlier.
Weir said North American upstream activity had been hit by "the most severe downturn in oil and gas markets for nearly 30 years".
Overall first-half revenue fell by 13% to £1bn.
However, Weir added that it expected its financial performance to improve in the second half of this year.
The company said it had focused aggressively on "cost competitiveness", including cutting its North American oil and gas workforce by 32% since November 2014.
It expects its strategy to deliver annualised savings of £85m by the end of 2015.
Weir's minerals division was affected by a continuing decline in customer capital expenditure and lower order levels from oil, power and industrial sectors.
However, Weir said this was offset by "a good initial contribution" from its 2014 acquisition of Trio Engineered Products and "good global mining aftermarket growth".
Its oil and gas arm was hit by significant falls in activity, particularly in North American unconventional markets.
Meanwhile, Weir's power and industrial division saw an 11% year-on-year fall in overall orders. Orders for original equipment such as large hydro and steam turbines were down 26%, while valve and hydro orders were affected in part by delivery delays across oil and gas and power markets.
Chief executive Keith Cochrane said: "This is the most severe downturn in oil and gas markets for nearly 30 years, and as a result North American upstream activity has reduced substantially.
"As we indicated through the first half, this has had a significant impact on the group's interim financial performance.
"During this period, we have remained focused on responding to these conditions, executing effectively and generating cash."
He added: "Looking ahead, oil and gas will continue to be tough, with industry expectations of a modest improvement at best in North American activity levels towards the end of the year.
"However, with the normal seasonal bias of the Minerals and Power & Industrial divisions, increased restructuring benefits, further cost savings and a good contribution from recent acquisitions, we expect a meaningful sequential improvement in our financial performance in the second half of 2015, alongside continued strong cash generation."
Erwin and Krystian Markowski, from Nottingham, recruited men from Poland to work at a Sports Direct warehouse.
Under the rules of the directive, the pair will have to disclose their bank details to police and are forbidden from carrying more than £500 in cash.
The order, granted earlier this month, will run for 10 years.
The brothers, who were jailed for six years in January, will no longer be able to contact their previous victims for the duration of the 10-year order.
Nottinghamshire Police said it was the first time it had applied for a Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Order, under the Modern Slavery Act.
If the brothers breach any of these restrictions they could be given a further prison term of up to five years.
Source: Nottinghamshire Police
Erwin, 38, of Cedar Road, and Krystian, 35, of Harcourt Road, Nottingham, brought the men from Poland to work at Sports Direct's warehouse in Shirebrook, Derbyshire.
A court heard earlier this year how they controlled their victims' bank accounts and kept most of their wages, totalling £35,000, between 2015 and 2016.
The brothers were also given a two-and-a-half year sentence for fraud to run at the same time as the six years.
The deadline set by Aberdeen City Council for claims related to Hazlehead Crematorium passed at 17:00.
Baby and adult ashes were mixed together at the crematorium and given back to relatives of the adult.
The parents of the infants were told there were no ashes.
Thompsons Solicitors told BBC Scotland they were dealing with 171 cases.
Aberdeen City Council said it could not confirm the number of claims it had received.
The council announced in December last year that it had approved a new financial compensation scheme for those affected.
BBC Scotland revealed in 2013 that no ashes had been offered to the families of infants cremated in Aberdeen over a five-year period.
Lord Evans told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the issue was a "generational problem" and that the UK needed to "persevere" with efforts to defeat it.
He also said devices connected to the internet needed to be made more secure in the face of emerging cyber threats.
And he warned that Russia was likely to try to interfere in the UK's democracy.
Lord Evans stepped down as the director general of the security service MI5 in 2013 at a time when it seemed that the terrorism threat from al-Qaeda might be subsiding.
But now, with the rise of the so-called Islamic State militant group, he said the threat was unlikely to end soon.
Lord Evans said: "There's no doubt that we are still facing a severe terrorist threat but I think its also important to put this in a slightly longer context because right the way back from the 1990s we have been experiencing difficulties from Islamist terrorists of one sort or another.
"Over that period the threat has come and gone but the underlying threat has continued.
"Since 2013 there have been 19 attempted attacks that have been disrupted and even since the attack at Westminster we are told there have been six disruptions, so this is a permanent state of preparedness."
He added: "We're at least 20 years into this. My guess is that we will still be dealing with the long tail in over 20 years' time.
"I think this is genuinely a generational problem. I think we are going to be facing 20 to 30 years of terrorist threat and therefore we need, absolutely critically, to persevere."
The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner, who conducted the interview, said Lord Evans was also asked about being responsible for sending people inside terrorist cells to gather intelligence.
The former MI5 head said it often was "just sleepless nights" and "nail-biting" but measures to protect staff were taken.
By BBC home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford
The head of national counter-terrorism policing, Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, has said a "whole-system effect" was now needed in which the public, other public services and agencies, and businesses all need to work together to keep the UK safe.
It is an acknowledgement that after the bloody months of March, May and June the system for tackling terrorism will have to change.
There are already internal reviews of how the police and security services dealt with their previous knowledge of some of the perpetrators of this year's attacks. But this is more than that.
It is a plea for help, on the day that Lord Evans, who stepped down as director general of MI5 in 2013, warned that the threat from terrorism will be with us for 20 or 30 more years.
Lord Evans also warned that the "internet of things" - in which vehicles and domestic devices are all connected to the internet - will need to be made more secure to reduce emerging cyber threats.
He said it was concerning that Russia had apparently been interfering in the democratic processes of some Western countries.
Lord Evans said it was something the UK needed to be alert to, as he would be "very surprised" if it was not a target as well.
Speaking on Radio 4's Today, the head of national counter-terrorism policing called the current Islamist threat a "cultish movement" compared to al-Qaeda and the IRA who were "a very tight network of wicked individuals".
Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said: "You've got that range of people who have picked up that ideology and come up with their own plan based on the encouragement of the propaganda all the way through to the more organised directed attacks.
"This widening cohort of people that we're concerned about and our ability to keep our radar on them is no longer just a job for police and security services."
He added the change in tempo of the threat was "quite dramatic" considering in four years 13 terror plots were foiled compared to six in the last few months.
It was announced that the Great British Bake Off series would be moving to Channel 4, after the BBC lost the contract with the company who make the hit programme.
Mel and Sue have been the main presenters for all seven series of the popular baking show, since it started in 2010.
They said: "We were very shocked and saddened to learn yesterday evening that Bake Off will be moving from its home. We made no secret of our desire for the show to remain where it was."
Love Productions who make the Bake Off series have said: "We would like to thank Mel and Sue for bringing their own unique humour to the tent over the past years and we respect their decision not to be part of the Bake Off team on Channel 4."
We asked you who should replace Mel and Sue as the new presenter or presenters. Here's a selection of your comments.
It will never be the same Again!!!!!!
Danny, 17, Gravesend
No one can replace them! I watched every episode last year, and they made the whole thing funny!!!
Arshiya, 9
I will miss Mel and Sue!!! I love it when they "try" someone's bakes and how they help them is hilarious! No-one could replace them.
Hussam, 13, Saudi Arabia
No it will not because they are super funny.
Mackenzie, 8, Edinburgh
No it won't be the same without Mel and Sue no one could ever replace them!!!
Milly, 11, Plymouth
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The City of London Police's Intellectual Property Crime Unit (Pipcu), which led the operation, said the men were suspected of selling products from Microsoft, Adobe and others via a dedicated website.
The unnamed pair, aged 48 and 45, were arrested on Tuesday at their home, where computer equipment was seized.
The unit is leading a piracy crackdown.
Earlier this week, Pipcu announced another arrest in Manchester, where a 27-year-old was taken into custody accused of running a series of illegal sport-streaming websites
The squad also recently arrested a 26-year-old in York accused of operating several boxing match streaming sites, and a 20-year-old in Nottingham alleged to have been responsible for proxy sites that allowed users to circumvent blocks on well-known piracy sites.
"It is important that consumers are aware of the risks of buying counterfeit items," said Danny Medlycott, the head of Pipcu, after the latest case.
"Not only is purchasing fake software violating the intellectual rights of software authors, but consumers are also putting their computers and laptops at risk from security threats, such as viruses and malware."
Alan Tissington, 49, from Windmill Avenue in St Albans was arrested on 17 September last year, following the police operation.
Bomb disposal teams were called to the scene and nearby homes evacuated after police found the cache of weapons.
Mr Tissington has been bailed and will appear before magistrates next month.
He has been charged with four counts of possessing a firearm without a certificate, one of possessing a shotgun without a certificate and nine counts involving ammunition.
The Night Tube was due to begin last month but was delayed over a dispute about staff pay and conditions.
Finn Brennan, from train drivers' union Aslef, said discussions had broken up because LU management had "mishandled these negotiations".
Transport for London (TfL) blamed unions for delaying the service.
It said "a fair and sustainable pay offer and cast-iron guarantees on work-life balance" had been offered but unions had not put this to their members and came up with last-minute demands.
A 24-hour service on the Jubilee, Victoria, Piccadilly, Central and Northern lines had been due to start at weekends on 12 September.
Unions took industrial action during the summer having called for increased pay and a limit on how many all-night shifts their members would be asked to do.
The conciliation service Acas said in a statement: "Acas held talks today in respect of the current London Underground dispute. Talks adjourned today and the parties are reflecting upon their positions. There are no further talks planned at this current time."
London Mayor Boris Johnson has previously said he was "relaxed" about when the service was introduced, as long as it happened before the end of autumn.
Mr Brennan said unions had "put forward a number of proposals to resolve this dispute" but these had been "rejected".
"They [London Underground] have wasted every opportunity for a settlement and seem to have been determined to provoke confrontation rather than resolution," he said.
Analysis by BBC London transport correspondent Tom Edwards
These night tube talks between the Unions and London Underground have been long and tortuous with more twists and turns than an EastEnders' plot.
Everyone seems to want a Night Tube but the slowest of molluscs would embarrass the rate of progress at these talks.
We still do not have a date for the Night Tube but it looks like the last deadline of "autumn" has shifted again.
The mayor and London Underground were never really wed to a set date - they said "not at any cost" - and it does seem the talks have run out of time.
The unions would need to consult their members on any deal and it would take 28 days to introduce the new rosters.
Also - and this is a point made to me by a few people - introducing a new 24-hour service during London's raucous party season in mid-December would not be ideal.
Famously, decimalisation was introduced on 15 February 1971 - one of the quietest weeks of the year.
Mick Cash, from the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), said it was a "no-win situation" for Londoners and Tube staff and called for the talks to get back on track.
"RMT is frankly astounded that Boris Johnson has rung his officials from Japan and instructed them to kick the Night Tube into next year," he said.
Labour London Assembly Member Val Shawcross said the decision was a "major disappointment to businesses and Londoners" and accused Mr Johnson of "perpetual dithering over the project".
Steve Griffiths, chief operating officer for LU, said "significant progress" had been made during discussions and the pay and conditions offer would be presented to staff to get their views.
"Not only are the unions at risk of depriving millions of customers of their Night Tube service, they are depriving employees of a very fair pay offer and longer term opportunities to improve work life balance even further," he said.
TfL first announced plans for the Night Tube in September 2014 and said trains would run on Fridays and Saturdays with six trains per hour through central London on five Tube lines.
On the Northern Line, there would have been eight trains an hour to meet demand at busy stations between Leicester Square and Camden Town, TfL said.
LU claims the Night Tube is needed to deal with huge demand from passengers, especially at weekends, and is "pivotal" to the city's economy. Chancellor George Osborne and Mr Johnson said it would add £6.4bn to the London economy by 2030 and create 500,000 new jobs.
It was also announced in February the night-time services would be extended to the Metropolitan, Circle, District, and Hammersmith & City lines by 2021 and extended to the London Overground in 2017 and the Docklands Light Railway by 2021.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker said "somebody who knew what they were doing" was involved.
The train, which was heading towards central Boston, was carrying 50 people, none of whom were hurt.
The train operator was mildly injured because the train brushed him as it began to move.
Mr Baker told Boston's Herald Radio that officials have not determined whether the tampering was "negligence versus something else".
Officials found that a safety device meant to prevent the rail cars from operating without a driver was altered.
Mr Baker said it was an "isolated" incident.
The Red Line train left its southernmost station early on Thursday morning, travelling north towards Boston for four stops, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) said.
Authorities eventually shut off the train by cutting off power from an electrified third rail.
Fernanda Daly, who was on the train, told the AP News Agency things seemed normal until the lights went on and the train slowed down.
"The people who were on the first car were trying to knock on the door of the conductor and that's when we discovered no one was there," she said.
Karrie Mohammed told the Boston Globe that she and other passengers pushed their way to the front of the train to the conductor's office to find no one was there.
She called the experience "frightening".
Authorities are interviewing passengers who were on the train.
Boston's FBI office is in talks with transit police about the incident.
Adam Price said voting Labour "hasn't worked" and left the nation "defenceless".
Prime minister Theresa May hopes the June 8 General Election can give the Conservatives a large majority.
A spokesman said Plaid "does not speak for Wales". Labour said voting Plaid will "hand victory to the Tories".
Wales' Liberal Democrat leader Mark Williams said opposition parties need to "work together" against a Conservative government.
UKIP's Welsh leader Neil Hamilton said his was the only party able to "twist the Tories around our little finger" and Plaid would be "ignored" at Westminster.
Ahead of the election, where the Conservatives are targeting a number of Welsh seats, Mr Price said the issue is whether Wales is "marginalised or magnified" on the political landscape.
"Theresa May decided to call the election while walking in Snowdonia and staying at a party member's holiday home," he said.
"There is a metaphor there. Do we want to be a second home to an English Tory party or masters in our own home?"
Speaking to BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement, Mr Price said the last time there was "a Tory landslide" at an election - in 1983 - it had a huge impact on Wales' coal and steel industries.
A similar result this time, he believes, would have a devastating effect on what is left of the steel industry, agriculture, the economy and lead to Wales disappearing as a "political imperative".
He added that Scotland is "respected, maybe even feared" in Westminster, while Wales "doesn't appear on the political landscape".
Asked what difference Plaid Cymru could make if it increased its number of MPs at the last election from three to six, Mr Price said all major advances in Wales have been in response to a perceived rise in nationalism.
"In the 1970s, the Welsh Development Agency, the assembly, all because Wales inserted itself on the political landscape," he added.
"We are invisible at the moment because the national movement is weaker."
He said 100 years of Labour voting has not worked for the country and it is "naked against a Tory Brexit rain" and the country now has to "fight to survive" politically.
"Building a green belt (of Plaid Cymru MPs) is what will make us stand out as a political nation, a green dam to protect Wales," he said.
"Labour is disappearing as a political force across the UK, we must now look to ourselves and create a future."
Speaking on the same programme, Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Mark Williams described the prospect of the Tories winning more seats in Wales as "hugely concerning".
While he said his party could provide a better main opposition than Labour, he called on all entities "to work together where we can".
Mr Williams ruled out pacts, like the Lib-Dem and Tory coalition, saying "I have the scars (from it)".
But he said he believes in "realignment politics" and aside from the "tribalism" at election time, he wants opposition parties to work together.
A Welsh Conservatives spokesman said: "Plaid Cymru does not speak for Wales. It exists for the sole purpose of ripping Wales apart from the rest of the UK.
"An ambition, if realised, would be an unmitigated disaster for our economy and public services."
He said in "propping up" a Welsh Labour Government, it had only succeeded in "perpetuating cuts to the Welsh NHS, an underperforming education system and failing public services".
Looking ahead to the election, he said there is a choice between a "strong and stable" Tory government or a Labour-led "coalition of chaos".
Labour general election campaign chairman Wayne David said his party is the only one that is "standing up for Wales, on jobs, investment in public services and on housing".
"On every key issue facing Wales at this election, Plaid are rudderless and divided, hamstrung by their obsession with dogma over delivery," he added.
Mr David said the party had "no credible plan for infrastructure investment" and said its members had voted with UKIP and the Tories in the assembly to try and block funding for the NHS and schools.
He also accused Plaid of "unforgivably" trying to put the Tories and UKIP in government in Wales by trying to do a deal with them after the last assembly elections.
"Leanne Wood knows her party cannot win the election, and a vote for Plaid Cymru will help hand victory to the Tories," he added.
UKIP's Neil Hamilton described the notion of Plaid forming an opposition to the Tories as "ridiculous", describing Mr Price's comments as "moonshine".
"The Liberal Democrats are even more deluded. They have hitched their wagon to a dead horse, by calling for a second referendum on Brexit," he added.
"Only a vote for UKIP can ensure that Theresa May is looking over her shoulder."
South African Earle was sent off after making contact with the eyes of Bath lock Tom Ellis early in the second half of the 38-3 loss.
But Wilson believes the contact was accidental and the TV replays will have misled the officials:
"He's devastated, he's not that type of player," Wilson said.
"I don't think there's any intent to go for his eyes or any foul play in that.
"He's come to me straight afterwards and said 'I certainly wasn't going for any face or eyes, that's not me.'
"It doesn't help when it's slowed down and freeze framed and it makes it look like his on his face for a period of time.
"He's fighting to try and get through a maul. His head is down in the maul and once in that split second his hand is anywhere near his face he's moved it away.
"But I know laws are laws and if his hand is on his face and it's slowed down and made to look like it's on there for a period of time then the referee's put in a difficult predicament.
"It's now happened and we've got to deal with it."
Bath ended Blues' 100% start in the Challenge Cup with a comfortable win at The Rec and are joint leaders of Pool Four.
"Up until the red card I was reasonably pleased - we were away from home and being very competitive," Wilson said.
"Ultimately the game was decided on the red card giving us a very difficult position to defend against a good Bath team.
"We go into the last two matches now with all to play for."
Injury-struck Blues also suffered further injuries to captain Sam Warburton (back), Blaine Scully (concussion) and Steve Shingler (hamstring).
Wilson said Wales captain Warburton's back injury is not too serious.
The woman, from Swanage, was a front seat passenger in a Ford Fiesta that crashed with a Hyundai on the A352 at Hethfelton Hollow, in Stokeford, near Wool, at 14:15 BST on Sunday.
Both drivers also suffered "serious injuries" and a second passenger in the Fiesta was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition.
Dorset Police is appealing for witnesses.
But, despite running a personal best, she missed out on the qualifying time required to seal an Olympic place.
Russia's Yelena Arzhakova took gold, while Sharp overtook the stumbling Maryna Arzamasava of Belarus and Russia's Irina Maracheva on the line.
Sharp was an agonising 0.62 seconds short of the 1:59.90 needed to guarantee a place in London.
However, the 21-year-old law graduate from Edinburgh is in a strong position for one of three Olympic places available.
She was the surprise winner at the UK trial event on Saturday, with Marilyn Okoro and Emma Jackson, the two runners with 'A' standard times, finishing fifth and seventh, respectively.
Lee McConnell finished fifth in the 400m final in Finland in 52.20 secs, running out of steam after a strong start.
At the UK trials, the 33-year-old from Glasgow was third behind Christine Ohuruogu and Shana Cox, who are both assured of London places.
McConnell will be part of the relay squad but must wait to discover if she is selected for the individual event.
The Lib Dem deputy PM told the BBC his coalition partners planned to "pare back" the state "remorselessly" after 2017 and their plans did not "add up".
Earlier, Conservative Chancellor George Osborne suggested Mr Clegg's party planned "hefty income tax rises".
Labour's Chuka Umunna said spending cuts were "pulling the rug from under people".
The three largest Westminster parties have been accused of being unclear about how they would reduce borrowing by closing the gap between tax revenues and spending in the next Parliament, following the latest figures in the Autumn Statement this week.
Mr Clegg told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show: "I just think the Conservatives are kidding themselves and seeking to kid British voters if they are claiming that it's possible to balance the books, deliver unfunded tax cuts, shrink the state and support public services in the way that everybody wants. It just doesn't add up."
"Under George Osborne's approach, once we balance the budget in 2017/8, they would want to pare back remorselessly, year in, year out, the state."
He again dismissed suggestions the reason he was not in the Commons for the Autumn Statement was because he did not want to be seen sitting next to his coalition partners, telling the programme it was "a bit too late for me to somehow avoid photo opportunities with David Cameron and George Osborne".
He said it was a "coalition Autumn Statement" - and both parties agreed on the need to tackle the structural deficit by 2017 but after that "there are some big differences" - particularly on funding public services.
Under Conservative plans the "working age poor" - people who get some benefits even if they are in work, and public services like policing, schools and social care - would be "hit very hard indeed", Mr Clegg said.
"I do think the Conservatives now need to come clean. Because they are not being very straightforward with people. How many colleges would be closed? How many primary schools would be closed? How many police would be taken off our streets?"
He would not confirm whether the Lib Dems would rule out removing child benefit from all but the first two children, or further cuts to the Army - both suggestions in Sunday's papers. But he said the government should "start from the top" - for example by removing free TV licences and winter fuel payments for wealthy pensioners.
He also suggested that some Conservatives privately supported his plans for a mansion tax - tied in to the council tax band system - despite the fact that they "constantly reject it in public".
The deputy prime minister was interviewed after a Sunday Times interview with Chancellor George Osborne who said that, under Lib Dem plans, income tax or National Insurance would have to rise to cut the deficit.
Mr Osborne said electing either a Labour or Lib Dem government would mean a "return to economic chaos" and said the Lib Dems "shouldn't pretend to people that the sums required can be achieved by their homes tax alone".
"If you want higher taxes to do the heavy lifting, you'd also need to increase taxes like income tax or national insurance.
He added: "I think that politicians should solve the debt problems by delivering services more efficiently - not take the easy way out and dump the problem on families with hefty income tax rises."
In his Autumn Statement, Mr Osborne said that although borrowing was set to be £91.3bn this year - above the forecast £87bn - the longer term outlook was rosy, with the UK "out of the red and into the black" by 2019/20. But Labour has accused him of not being straight about the figure as it had been revised up by £4.9bn this year, and by £7.6bn in 2015.
Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna told the Andrew Marr Show that Labour would take "tough decisions" to bring the nation's debt and deficit down but said he could not "spell out a budget" to show where a Labour government would make cuts, when he had not seen the 2015 Budget yet.
He said Labour would focus on improving wages - citing falling income tax revenue as one of the reasons Mr Osborne had struggled to meet his targets on deficit reduction - and said Labour would cap child benefit increases at 1% in the next Parliament and would not give wealthy pensioners winter fuel allowance.
"What we have seen here is a heartless and hopeless government. Hopeless because they have fundamentally failed to meet their deficit and and debt targets and frankly heartless because they view a conception of the state that we have not seen since the 1930s, which involves pulling the rug from under people instead of empowering them to meet their dreams and aspirations."
It found that investments in tracker funds would have lost money up to a third of the time.
But cash in a savings account always ends up higher than it started, said Paul Lewis, the author of the study.
"People who prefer the safety of cash can make returns that beat those on tracker funds," he said.
The research by the presenter of BBC Radio 4's Money Box compared returns from a tracker fund - which follows the FTSE 100 share index - with cash that is moved each year into a best buy one year deposit account.
Savings accounts beat the tracker in the majority of five year periods beginning each month from 1 January 1995 to the present.
However over the full 21 years the tracker ended up producing a compound annual return of 6%, beating the 5% produced by best buy savings accounts.
"Over the longer-term shares are likely to do better but I wanted to find out when the boundary is," Mr Lewis said. "My research shows that it's only at about 18 years that the balance turns in favour of shares over cash."
The traditionally held-view in the investment industry is that shares perform better than savings account over long-term periods. But Mr Lewis reckons that view is based on misleading data.
"I have long suspected that the merits of cash were underplayed by traditional research which compares poor cash rates with often exaggerated gains on investments in shares." he said.
His study has produced different results because it compared a real tracker fund including charges, used new data on best buy cash accounts which has never before been collated and moves savings once a year into the latest best buy.
Mr Lewis calls that "active cash".
Investment experts were sceptical. "The idea of 'active cash', where savers continually move their money between best buy accounts, is a very appealing idea, but is difficult to achieve in practice," said Laith Khalaf, senior analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.
Patrick Connolly, a financial planner at Chase de Vere, said: "It's not practical to assume that you'll be able to instantly access the best paying savings account each year."
But Mr Lewis said savers need to simply switch to the current best buy one year bond when an existing one ends to be able to beat shares.
The experts said that over the short-term most people were likely to be better off keeping their savings in a decent deposit account.
"If you are investing over a short time period, certainly less than five years but arguably less than 10 years, then you should stick with cash," said Mr Connolly.
"This is because if you invest in the stock market and it falls in value, you will have little time to make back any losses."
Mr Khalaf agreed, saying: "Savers who want access to their capital within five years should not consider investing in the stock market because the risk of loss is too high.
Paramjit Randhawa, of Honor Avenue in Wolverhampton, was filmed by undercover inspectors from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) in July 2013.
The 72-year-old was granted benefits in 1995, but failed to inform the DWP after his health improved in 2011.
At Wolverhampton Crown Court, he got an eight-month suspended jail term.
The video, recorded at Wolverhampton Swimming and Fitness Centre in Wednesfield, shows the defendant walking on a treadmill and lifting weights.
Judge John Wait ordered Randhawa - who has stepped down as a treasurer of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Wolverhampton as a result of the case - to pay back £19,782.
"You have lost your good character because you are a dishonest man," he told the defendant.
Randhawa's lawyer said his client "bitterly regrets" what he did and feels "ashamed".
A spokesman for DWP said the footage showed how investigators are "rooting out the unscrupulous minority" exploiting the system.
It is the latest fine imposed on the bank, in which the taxpayer still holds a 19% stake.
It comes just two months after Clydesdale Bank was fined £20.7m for similar failings.
Earlier this week, the government said it would launch a Lloyds share sale to the public "in the next 12 months".
Last year, Lloyds was fined £218m by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and US regulators for its part in the rigging of international banking lending rates.
The latest fine relates to the way in which Lloyds advised its own complaint handlers to deal with customer demands for PPI refunds.
The FCA said the bank dealt with 2.3 million PPI mis-selling complaints between March 2012 and May 2013. Lloyds rejected 37% of those complaints out of hand.
Call centre staff in March 2012 were advised that the bank's sales processes were compliant with regulations and that they were to deal with complaints on this basis unless otherwise informed.
PPI is designed to help policyholders repay loans and credit card debts in the event of illness, accident, redundancy or death.
But it was mis-sold to millions of people. Policies often did not pay out when people needed help. Many sales staff did not explain PPI properly, for example to the self-employed or those with pre-existing medical conditions who would never be able to make a valid claim.
Compensation claims have led to an average payout for millions of people, averaging just under £3,000 each.
As a result, the FCA said "a significant number of customer complaints were unfairly rejected".
The mis-handling of complaints first came to light as a result of an undercover investigation by journalists from the Times newspaper, although the FCA was already investigating the bank over perceived failures in PPI complaint handling.
Earlier this year, Lloyds said it had decided to freeze the release of shares in respect of deferred bonus awards from 2012 and 2013 for all members of its executive committee and for some other senior executives as a result of the FCA's investigation.
The bank said today that a total of £2.65m in bonuses would be forfeited by those executives. The BBC understands the Lloyds chief executive Antonio Horta-Osorio is set to lose around £350,000 from his bonus over the affair.
The most recent figures we have from the Financial Conduct Authority show that from the beginning of 2011 up to the end of March this year, £19.2bn was paid out in PPI compensation.
The FCA says that figure comes from the 24 firms that received 96% of PPI complaints last year, but clearly a big chunk of that has come from Lloyds Banking Group, which has so far set aside (although not necessarily paid out) more than £12bn to cover PPI claims.
While monthly payouts are well down from the peak of £735m in May 2012, the firms between them are still consistently paying out £300m or £400m a month in the fifth year of this scandal.
In addition, Lloyds Banking Group is cutting £30m from its overall group bonus pot. One staff member, who contacted the BBC on condition of anonymity, said the bank was "unfairly punishing all staff for the behaviour of its executives".
The FCA said the bank had decided to review or automatically uphold approximately 1.2 million PPI complaints.
Lloyds has set aside a further £710m to cover any redress due to affected customers. In total the bank has set aside £12.025bn to refund customers for PPI mis-selling.
Customers do not need to take any action. Those who are affected and entitled to redress are being contacted directly. The FCA added that it was overseeing the remediation process.
Responding to the fine Mr Horta-Osorio said: "Whilst our intentions were right, we made mistakes in our handling of some PPI complaints. I am very sorry for this.
"We have been working hard with the FCA to ensure all customers receive appropriate redress. That process is now substantially complete. We remain fully committed to improving our operational procedures and ensuring we do the right thing for our customers."
Evgeniy Bogachev was charged last year in the US with being behind a major cybercrime operation that allegedly stole more than $100m (£64.7m).
He was last seen in Russia, where he is believed to remain at large.
Arresting him may be difficult, as the US does not have an extradition treaty with Russia.
Mr Bogachev, also known as "lucky12345" and "slavik", is accused of running the GameOver Zeus attack network, thought to have infected more than one million computers.
Victims were tricked into downloading malware - malicious software - which then searched specifically for financial information.
Evgeniy Bogachev was charged last year on counts including conspiracy, wire, bank and computer fraud, and money laundering, after the FBI said it broke up the network.
He is one of the FBI's most wanted cyber-criminals.
"This reward offer reaffirms the commitment of the US government to bring those who participate in organized crime to justice, whether they hide online or overseas," the US State Department said.
The reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Mr Bogachev.
The head of the FBI's cyber crime division, Joseph Demarest, said Russia's internal security agency had expressed an interest in working with the US on cybercrimes, according to Reuters, but did not link it to the Bogachev case.
He also said the agency was aware of 60 different cyber-threat groups linked to nation-states, but gave no further details.
A survey by financial information services firm Markit found salaries also picked up last month amid a stronger rise in demand for staff.
However, billings in the temporary jobs market increased in February at their slowest rate for 10 months.
Hourly pay rates for temp workers rose, but at a slower pace than in January.
Meanwhile, starting salaries for permanent jobs rose sharply, having accelerated from January's 29-month low. However, the increase was less marked than across the UK as a whole.
The survey suggested a strong rise in demand for permanent staff, with growth in vacancies particularly sharp in the nursing/medical/care, IT and computing and hotel and catering sectors.
The same three categories also led growth in demand for temp staff.
The availability of candidates for permanent vacancies deteriorated in February, in line with a trend seen over the past four years.
Temporary candidate availability also worsened during the month.
Markit economist Phil Smith said: "The jobs market in Scotland saw a lift in February as permanent placements increased at the fastest rate for seven months.
"There was also good news on the pay front, with stronger demand for new hires and competitive pressures helping drive salary inflation to the highest since last July.
"However, there are a number of potential hurdles facing the jobs market in the coming year, starting with the introduction of the National Living Wage on 1 April.
"It will be interesting to see how this affects demand for staff across sectors."
The 69-year-old fell ill in his cell at Saughton Prison in Edinburgh, BBC Scotland understands.
Tobin is serving life sentences for murdering Polish student Angelika Kluk, Scots schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton and Essex teenager Dinah McNicol.
He was believed to have been taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary by ambulance.
Tobin was convicted of murdering 23-year-old Angelika Kluk at a church in Glasgow in 2006.
The following year, the bodies of 18-year-old Dinah McNicol, from Essex, and Vicky Hamilton, 15, from Redding in Falkirk, were found in the garden of Tobin's former home in Margate, Kent.
His family said he had been suffering from lymphoma.
Mr Thompson had various film roles and starred in the TV series Law & Order.
As a lawyer, he served as chief Republican counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee that investigated President Richard Nixon.
The former senator - his last term ended in 2003 - was known for his straight-talking style and booming voice.
"Fred was the same man on the floor of the Senate, the movie studio, or the town square of ... his home," his family said in a statement.
He ran for the Republican presidential nomination in the 2008 election but dropped out after failing to gain enough support.
The son of a used car salesman first achieved fame as a young lawyer for a Senate committee during the Watergate hearings in the 1970s.
His questioning of former Nixon aide Alexander Butterfield uncovered the president's secret tape recording system.
He asked the vital question: "Mr Butterfield, are you aware of the installation of any listening devices in the Oval Office of the president?"
The lawyer's acting career began when he was asked to read for a film part based on one of his high-profile cases.
He ended up playing himself in the 1985 film Marie, starring Sissy Spacek and Morgan Freeman.
Directors frequently turned to him to portray government power and he had roles as White House chief of staff, CIA director, FBI agent, rear admiral and senator.
Marie (1985): Himself
No Way Out (1987): CIA Director Marshall
The Hunt For Red October: Rear Admiral Joshua Painter
Days of Thunder (1990): Big John
Die Hard 2 (1990): Trudeau
Cape Fear (1991): Tom Broadbent
He was also cast as a fictional president in the little-known film Last Best Chance and as President Ulysses S Grant in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.
Years later, he became best known for his role as a district attorney in the New York crime series Law & Order.
"Fred believed that the greatness of our nation was defined by the hard work, faith and honesty of its people," the statement issued by his family said.
"He had an enduring belief in the exceptionalism of our country, and that America could provide the opportunity for any boy or girl, in any corner of our country, to succeed in life."
Mr Thompson is survived by five children, three of them from his first marriage Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey and two from his second to Jeri Kehn Thompson.
The European Commission looked into whether the tech giants were meeting a pledge to remove hate speech within 24 hours of it being reported.
Only 40% of reports of hate speech are being removed within a day, it found.
The pledge was made in May when the firms signed up to a "code of conduct" brokered by the Commission.
"The last weeks and months have shown that social media companies need to live up to their important role and take up their share of responsibility when it comes to phenomena like online radicalisation, illegal hate speech or fake news," said Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova in a statement.
The research tracked what happened to 600 incidences of hate speech reported to the tech firms during a six-week period in October and November. The research covers that period because the monitoring system to track tech firms' responsiveness was set up in early October.
Campaign groups and NGOs that monitor racist and fascist movements across Europe used the notification systems on the different social media networks to report these incidences and then tracked how long it took the tech firms to act.
Of the 600 reports, 270 were made to Facebook, 163 to Twitter, 123 to YouTube and none to Microsoft. The remainder, seven reports, were made to social media groups that had not signed up to the May pledge.
The Commission said the 600 reports were a sample of racist, sexist and misogynist content and did not represent all the examples of hate speech on the tech firms' sites during the six-week study period.
About 20% of the messages seen were anti-Muslim and 23% were anti-semitic.
In 169 cases the content flagged as being hate speech was removed by the tech firms. YouTube removed 48.5% of the content reported to it, Facebook 28.3% and Twitter 19.1%.
In 40% of cases, reports were reviewed with 24 hours, found the research. In a further 43%, the reports were looked at within 48 hours.
"It is our duty to protect people in Europe from incitement to hatred and violence online," said Ms Jourova. "While IT Companies are moving in the right direction, the first results show that the IT companies will need to do more to make it a success."
The victim, named locally as parish councillor Tracey Swann, was found dead in her home in Caley Street, Heacham, near King's Lynn, on Saturday.
Emergency services were called just after 20:00 and neighbours were evacuated from their houses.
A joint police and fire inquiry into the cause of the blaze is under way.
However, the fire-ravaged house has been too unsafe for investigators to enter and Norfolk's Urban Search and Rescue unit was expected to start shoring up the gutted property on Sunday.
Ms Swann, who had a son, started a campaign on Facebook to save Heacham fire station after it was earmarked for possible closure in council cuts.
She also set up a protest meeting in the village with the county's fire chief last December before the station was given a reprieve in February.
Six fire engines from across west Norfolk - including one from Heacham - attended the fatal fire within minutes of receiving the call.
Station officer Jonathan Wilby, of Norfolk Fire and Rescue service, said: "We would like to say how sorry we are at the loss of life here.
"We will do everything we can in our powers to make sure we establish the cause."
Mr Wilby said CID and scenes of crimes officers were at the house along with fire investigators and had been making inquiries with neighbours and the victim's family.
It is expected that investigators will remain there until early in the week.
Sam Robinson, a family friend, said: "Almost every single person on this street knows Tracey and they're all friends of Tracey.
"She does so much for the village. She set up the youth club. She's done so much for the parish council, helped with the carnival every year. It's very sad."
Ms Swann's next-door neighbours cannot return home until a structural engineer has declared the property as safe, the fire service said.
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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust treated the most FGM patients, with 1,146 seen over the past five years.
The data was obtained through Freedom of Information requests to NHS Trusts by BBC London 94.9.
London's mayor Boris Johnson said the practice was "absolutely intolerable".
Forty-one hospital trusts were contacted by the BBC with most supplying figures. Six said they did not currently record figures on FGM, while four did not respond.
Source: World Health Organisation
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BBC ethics guide: Female circumcision
The remaining 31 trusts reported that a total of 3,939 FGM patients had been treated in London hospitals.
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust treated the second largest number of patients, with a total of 795 seen between 2009 and 2013, eight of whom were born in the UK.
The trust also revealed six girls under the age of 18 had been treated.
Mr Johnson said he was committed to delivering a pilot initiative aimed at improving the way agencies in the capital identify and respond to FGM.
"This is a crime basically outlawed in the early-mid 1980s and yet, unlike France, we have not had one single successful prosecution for what is unquestionably a completely barbaric crime," he said.
"It's time to stop being so nervous, so gingerly and hesitant. This is something that is absolutely intolerable in a place like London."
Tackling genital mutilation 'taboo'
FGM is most common among some African, Asian and Middle Eastern communities.
But campaigners say there is a lack of knowledge about how prevalent the practice is and this is hampering social services and the police in the collection of evidence.
Dr Phoebe Abe, a Hillingdon GP, runs a free weekly FGM clinic where she is currently treating 60 women, eight of whom are under 17.
"These women have adhesions, vaginal infections, pelvic inflammatory infections, urine infections - for years they have been having this problems," she said.
Last month the Department of Health announced that, from April, all NHS hospitals will be able to record if a patient has undergone FGM or if there is a family history of it.
By September, all acute hospitals will have to report this data to the department on a monthly basis.
At least 66,000 girls and women in the UK are believed to be victims of FGM.
The children's charity, NSPCC, set up a 24-hour FGM helpline last year.
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Nearly 4,000 women and girls have been treated for female genital mutilation (FGM) in London's hospitals since 2009, according to new figures.
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He will leave the role next month after he fulfils "outstanding commitments", a source close to Mr Blair told the BBC.
Mr Blair, who took the role just hours after leaving Downing Street in 2007, has written to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to confirm his decision.
He will "remain active" in the region in an informal role, the source said.
Mr Blair remains "fully committed to assisting the international community in its work with Israel and the Palestinians to bring about progress on the two-state solution", they said.
"He believes that he can best support these efforts through working with the key regional players, the USA, the EU and others, without any formal role."
By Kevin Connolly, BBC Middle East correspondent
No-one is going to consider Tony Blair's period as Quartet envoy a resounding success.
But it can't be written off as a failure either, largely because of the mandate he was given.
The role came with considerable media fanfare, but in truth they were big headlines heralding a modest set of responsibilities.
It was the envoy's job to bring economic development to Palestinian areas, and there were some successes on improving freedom of movement and mobile phone services.
But everyone knows some sort of political progress has to come - stability, if not a proper deal - before the Palestinian economy can really flourish.
That never came on Mr Blair's watch. But it wasn't his remit either.
Some felt he was too comfortable with the Israelis and that the Palestinians never felt he put in enough hours at the job.
His time may not be ending gloriously but it is difficult to hold Mr Blair to account for failure in a region where very few international diplomats have succeeded.
Although he did contribute to the political process, Mr Blair felt the post was "limited" to supporting the Palestinian people on economic development and strengthening institutions, the source said.
But despite the "political constraints" of the position, Mr Blair believes "much has been achieved" over the last eight years.
The former Labour prime minister feels an "entirely new approach" is required to find a two-state solution, the source added.
Mr Blair will now "concentrate on strengthening relations between Israel and the wider Arab world", which he believes could help "underpin international efforts to end the ongoing impasse in the peace process".
"He will also focus on encouraging Israel to take measures which will dramatically improve the daily lives of Palestinians in Gaza," the source said
"He believes that achieving this progress on the ground is an essential prerequisite to strengthening broader Arab-Israeli relations."
James Robbins, BBC diplomatic correspondent, said Mr Blair's time in the role had coincided with "hope draining away throughout the Middle East peace process".
He said the Quartet of powers was now likely to examine its own role in the peace process - as well as the future role of another possible envoy.
"So little has been achieved - arguably nothing has been achieved - in the Israel-Palestine process in the past decade and more, so I think if the Quartet examines its own usefulness it will certainly think twice before rushing to have a new envoy," our correspondent added.
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Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is to stand down from his role as Middle East envoy representing the US, Russia, the UN and the EU, sources confirm.
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The baby spotted seahorses, which measure less than a centimetre in length, have started life at Tynemouth's Blue Reef Aquarium.
Usually found throughout south east Asia, Australia, Japan and Hawaii, the new arrivals are part of an ongoing captive breeding programme.
A spokesman for the aquarium said their birth was "very important" in easing the pressures on wild populations.
The seahorses, which are listed as vulnerable in the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species, will eventually grow up to 20cm (8ins) in height.
In the wild, the majority of species of seahorse are now under threat.
Displays supervisor Terry McKeone said: "The babies are doing extremely well and it's more than likely there will be more born over the coming days.
"Although tiny, the newborns are exact miniature replicas of their parents and are already learning and mimicking the adults' behaviour."
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Dozens of rare seahorses have been born in captivity in Tyneside.
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The 23-year-old had surgery last summer after a heavy collision in a Pro12 game in March 2015 forced two discs in his back to protrude onto his spinal cord.
He won three international caps, scoring two tries, but has not played for Scarlets since December 2015.
"I am utterly devastated and it is a very, very bitter pill to have to swallow," said Robinson.
"I never thought I would be in this position at the age of 23 - having to call an end on my professional rugby career at such an early age.
"I have worked so hard over the last 10 months to return to full fitness and regain the functionality I had before the injury.
"It is with great regret that I have been unable to do this."
Robinson joined Scarlets in 2014 from Cardiff Blues and went on to make 30 appearances for the region.
A Wales Under-20 international and former member of Wales Sevens squad, Robinson was called into the senior squad for the training camp in Poland in January 2012 before that year's Six Nations Championship.
Robinson scored his first international try on his debut against the Barbarians in June 2012 at the Millennium Stadium.
"Whilst I am devastated I count myself very lucky and enormously privileged," he said.
"I have had a fantastic six years as a professional rugby player with both Cardiff Blues and Scarlets.
"I have travelled all over the world at every age grade, Wales Sevens and the Welsh squad."
Jon Daniels, Scarlets' general manager of rugby, said: "It is with great sadness that we as a region have to confirm Harry's retirement from rugby.
"He's a talented young player who had a bright rugby future ahead of him.
"It has been a difficult time for Harry as he has worked exceptionally hard to make a full recovery.
"I am sure the qualities that got him to the top of the rugby tree in Wales will stand him in good stead in his future career."
Scarlets play Newport Gwent Dragons on Saturday in Welsh rugby's Pro12 Judgement Day IV at Principality Stadium.
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Wales and Scarlets wing Harry Robinson has retired from rugby with immediate effect following a serious neck injury.
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The Three Stills Company announced last year it had secured funding of £10m to support its plans in Hawick.
It has now submitted a planning application to Scottish Borders Council for the Commercial Road scheme.
The company said the distillery and visitor centre could create 20 jobs.
The firm is one of a number to have shown an interest in establishing a distillery in the region - the first since 1837.
Mossburn Distillers unveiled plans for a £40m distillery south of Jedburgh in 2014.
Last year a competition by R&B Distillers saw the public pick Peebles as their preferred site for a distillery.
At least 30 sports, including football, covered up samples, the report says.
"It was a cover-up that evolved from uncontrolled chaos to an institutionalised and disciplined medal-winning conspiracy," said the report's author, Richard McLaren.
Lawyer McLaren said London 2012 was "corrupted on an unprecedented scale".
The report also implicates medallists at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow, and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
According to the report, salt and coffee were used to manipulate Russian samples.
The report added the system was refined over the course of the 2012 Olympics, 2013 Worlds and Winter Olympics to protect likely Russian medal winners.
Russia won 72 medals at the London Games, 21 of which were gold, and 33 medals at Sochi, 13 of which were gold.
McLaren's second report added depth and supporting evidence to the initial findings published in July - that Russia operated a state-sponsored doping programme.
That first report was met with denials from Russia and calls for more proof from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Writing in his latest report, McLaren says: "The desire to win medals superseded their collective moral and ethical compass and Olympic values of fair play."
He said international sports competitions had been "unknowingly hijacked by the Russians" and sports fans have been "deceived" for years.
"It is time that stops," he added.
In a statement, Russia's sports ministry said it would examine the report but insisted on "the absence of a state programme of support for doping sport". It said it would "continue to fight doping from a position of zero tolerance".
Russian MP Dmitry Svishchev, who is also the head of Russia's Curling Federation, was quoted by Ria Novosti news agency as saying: "This is what we expected. There's nothing new, only empty allegations against all of us. If you are Russian, you'll get accused of every single sin."
When asked for a reaction to those comments, McLaren said: "I would say read the report. Its findings are not challengeable. He is reacting in a vacuum because he has not read the report."
The new report also found:
Investigators have published a searchable database of all the non-confidential evidence they have gathered here.
The full report can be read here.
The first McLaren report explained how disappearing positive drug tests were secreted through "mouse holes" drilled by spies.
That was based on information received from Dr Grigory Rodchenkov, a director of the anti-doping laboratory at Sochi 2014.
He had said the Russian secret service developed ways of opening sample bottles and replacing their contents without intervention being detected.
The new report claims to have compiled clear details on exactly how the sample bottles in Sochi were tampered with.
Investigators used a tool which matched the description of one used by the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service), which leaves tiny marks and scratches when the inside of a cap is opened.
An expert was given 13 bottles, one of which had not been tampered with, which he immediately spotted.
In cases of alleged sample swapping, investigators found there were scratches and marks on the inside of the cap, along with DNA inconsistencies.
BBC sports editor Dan Roan
Once again the gory details of Russian state-sponsored cheating have been laid bare by Professor Richard McLaren.
The difference now is those claims have been backed up with concrete evidence.
Some of the details really do defy belief, and the fact the Russian government is so strongly implicated will inevitably lead to calls for Russian athletes to be banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics, and perhaps even for the 2018 football World Cup to be taken away from the country.
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The IOC said the report showed "there was a fundamental attack on the integrity of the Olympic Games and on sport in general".
It said it would re-analyse all 254 urine samples collected from Russian athletes at Sochi 2014.
UK Anti-Doping chief executive Nicole Sapstead said the report was "hugely significant for sport and those who fight to keep it clean".
She added: "Everyone engaged in sport needs to ensure that the right processes, sanctions and safeguards are in place to protect everyone's right to clean, fair and honest sport."
She also called for more funding to support investigations.
Travis Tygart, chief executive of the United States Anti-Doping Agency said the Russian Olympic Committee should be suspended, and no sporting events should be held in the country until "all the individuals who participated in the corruption are held accountable".
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) described the report's findings as "unprecedented and astonishing", adding: "They strike right at the heart of the integrity and ethics of sport."
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the body that governs world athletics, said: "It is time that this manipulation stops." It said it will take further action once it is able to examine the latest report.
British marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe said Russia had committed a "huge fraud". She added: "We need to know this cannot happen ever again."
Katherine Grainger, Britain's most decorated female Olympian, told BBC Radio 5 live: "This is a reminder that, along with all those high points in sport, there is a very dark side. It's depressing and it's slightly soul-destroying that it's on this scale."
Paralympic table tennis champion Will Bayley said: "I do have compassion for the athletes. Because if they were forced into it, and they are never going to be able to compete in the sport that they love, then that's really sad."
UK sports minister Tracey Crouch said: "The sheer scale of what has been uncovered underlines just how much more needs to be done.
"We will continue to assist on this front, including in Russia, where UK Anti-Doping is assisting Wada by managing a testing programme that we hope will lead to Russia becoming compliant with the Wada."
Stanislav Pozdnyakov, vice-president of the Russian Olympic Committee, told state news agency R-Sport the report contains "nothing new".
He said Russian athletes "should train calmly" for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Igor Lebedev, deputy speaker of the Russian parliament and a member of the executive committee of the Russian Football Federation, said: "This is yet another torrent of lies, disinformation, rumours and fables."
Natalia Gart, president of the Russian Luge Federation, said: "Where are the facts? You can say this is nothing but rubbish... I am convinced that all of our athletes are clean and the silver medals that we won at Sochi are well deserved."
The Russian Investigations Committee - the country's main anti-corruption body - continues to investigate criminal cases that have been launched.
The committee says 60 athletes have so far been questioned.
Senior officials from Russia's sports ministry, its anti-doping agency and the Russian Athletics Federation are also said to have been questioned.
On Wednesday, Russia's anti-doping agency (Rusada) appointed former double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva to chair its new board.
The move was questioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada), which said Rusada broke an agreement it would be consulted before any appointment was made.
Isinbayeva, 34, was strongly critical of Wada's recommendation that all Russian athletes be banned from Rio 2016.
McLaren was asked whether Russians athletes could be trusted in the future.
He said: "I think the answer to that is yes but they need to reform themselves. I've spoken with many Russian officials since July and they are putting together a very comprehensive programme which, if implemented properly, will make a major difference."
Wada says it will now pass evidence on Russian athletes' doping to the relevant international sporting federations and governing bodies.
In a news conference on Thursday, IOC president Thomas Bach said the McLaren report's findings would be taken up by two further commissions.
Only once those commissions had made their recommendations could the IOC decide what steps to take, he said.
"As soon as we have the report it will be handed over to the two commissions, who have already undertaken preparatory work," Bach said.
"But if you ask me for my private opinion then personally if you have an athlete being part of such a manipulation system, clearly I would not like to see this person compete again."
More on the IOC's two commissions
In May, McLaren was tasked by Wada with investigating allegations of doping in Russia.
He published the first part of his report - stating Russia operated a state-sponsored doping programme from 2011 - in July.
As a result, Wada recommended all Russian athletes be banned from competing from the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics.
But the IOC chose not to impose a blanket ban, instead leaving decisions on whether Russians could compete to individual sporting federations.
Russia eventually took 271 athletes from an original entry list of 389 competitors to August's Olympic Games in Rio.
However, the IPC chose to ban the nation entirely from the Paralympics in September.
Last week, the IAAF decided to extend Russia's ban from international competitions.
A joint operations centre is to be established in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, state media reported.
Countries from Asia, Africa and the Arab world are involved in the alliance but Saudi Arabia's main regional rival Iran is not.
It comes amid international pressure for Gulf Arab states to do more in the fight against so-called Islamic State.
Saudi Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman said the new alliance would co-ordinate efforts against extremists in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Egypt and Afghanistan.
Neither Iraq nor Syria, whose governments are close to Shia-ruled Iran, are in the coalition, nor is Afghanistan.
Two things stand out immediately about this new Saudi-based Islamic Coalition.
The Shia-majority nations of Iran and Iraq are noticeably absent, as is their ally Syria.
It is far from clear how, in practice, the coalition would conduct counter-terrorism operations in IS-plagued Iraq and Syria without the agreement of those governments.
Secondly, there is the question of the exact definition of terrorism. The Saudi authorities' interpretation of it extends far beyond the violent actions of armed insurgents.
Recent legislation has branded peaceful opposition activists and reformers, whether online or in the street, as suspected "terrorists" and a security risk to the state.
Amnesty International said it had concerns that this new coalition could be used to further restrict human rights.
Speaking at a news conference in Riyadh, Prince Mohammed said the counter-terrorism force was borne out of "the Islamic world's vigilance in fighting this disease [terrorism] which has damaged the Islamic world.
"Currently, every Muslim country is fighting terrorism individually... so co-ordinating efforts is very important."
The coalition would not just focus on fighting IS, he added. Few other details have been given.
The SPA state news agency said 10 other "Islamic countries" had expressed support, including Indonesia.
Prince Mohammed said: "These countries have procedures to go through before joining the coalition, but out of keenness to achieve this coalition as soon as possible, [the alliance of] 34 countries has been announced."
In announcing the coalition, SPA stated that Islam forbids "corruption and destruction in the world" and that terrorism represents "a serious violation of human dignity and rights, especially the right to life and the right to security".
Saudi Arabia is part of the US-led coalition against IS and is also leading a military intervention in Yemen against Shia Houthi rebels.
The list of 34 members: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Palestinians, Qatar, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
It doesn't look like a business in turmoil and many regular customers are surprised to hear that its future is in doubt.
"It's always busy," says Nayeli Gonzalez as she bags her groceries with her two young children.
"It's convenient. I can walk from home. Otherwise I have to take a train."
When Britain's largest supermarket chain opened in California six years ago, there was talk of revolutionising the way Americans shop and bringing fresh, wholesome food to all neighbourhoods, rich and poor.
The stores had only self-checkouts, for example, an unusual concept in the US where Americans were used to being helped by a clerk, and typically having someone bag their groceries for them, or at least offer to help.
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But on Wednesday, Tesco announced it would be abandoning its 199 Fresh & Easy stores, which are all on America's West Coast.
Critics say the chain miscalculated the market and failed to cater to American tastes. It has been an expensive mistake, costing Tesco ??1.2bn.
"My sense is that what they tried to do was make a European model," says Prof Anthony Dukes, at the USC Marshall School of Business.
"Europeans tend to make more frequent trips to grocery stores, maybe every day or every other day, where Americans are used to going for bigger trips less frequently," he says, adding that busy Americans prefer to buy in bulk.
Nearly half of British retailers believe the US remains the hardest market in which to achieve commercial success, according to the findings of a survey released by Barclays last week.
Despite a shared language and heritage, Britons view the US as more difficult to master than China, which ranked second in the survey.
"The mistake many British retailers have made is to treat the US as one country," says Richard Lowe, head of retail at Barclays.
"The US is a little bit like Europe. When you go there you have be more targeted.
"Different states are not exactly like different countries, but they have very different markets."
According to Prof Dukes, Fresh & Easy's shop-more-often convenience store format may have worked better on the East Coast of America.
"The East Coast is denser and has perhaps more pedestrian traffic, on the West Coast we have more cars. That might make a difference," he says.
But some UK retailers have had great commercial success in the US, and getting the location right played a big part, analysts say.
By Shanaz MusaferBusiness reporter, BBC News, New York
Early lunchtime in Manhattan and the Pret on the corner of 29th and Seventh is already filling up.
"I come here every day," says one female customer. "I work right down the street. It's easy and fast and healthy."
Convenience and a healthier alternative to other fast food outlets make Pret a popular choice in New York.
There is no noticeable difference with the portion sizes in the UK, despite Americans' infamous love of large helpings.
Despite its French name, most people seem aware that the company is actually British, though few in this cosmopolitan city seem to care.
Some point out that the prices aren't always that cheap, but as one customer puts it, "This is New York, nothing's that cheap."
Topshop now has four stores here including a new 25,000 sq-foot store in Los Angeles. Its boss Sir Philip Green has decided to concentrate on big cities and has said he hopes to turn the fashion into a $1bn US business in the next five years.
And it is difficult to walk a few blocks in Manhattan without stumbling on a Pret A Manger restaurant.
The chain has purposely grown gradually since it launched in 2000 and now has 34 locations in New York City, with another opening soon; seven in both Washington DC and Chicago and two in Boston.
Pret A Manger's choice of New York as its entry point to America was a shrewd one, according to Faith Hope Consolo, chair of the retail group at Douglas Elliman Real Estate, which advises international retailers looking to enter the US.
"London and New York are so similar in many ways, both demographically and architecturally. Both cities are on the go, with a desire for quick meals, not fast-food," she says.
"Pret A Manger satisfies that. [It offers] quality food, but also the ability to grab it and go.
"They're a natural for any great busy city, so yes, they really did choose their entries well."
The packaged sandwich chain has also tailored its UK products to the local market, according to its marketing director Mark Palmer.
"Rather than crayfish and rocket sandwich on sale in the UK, Pret has a Maryland spiced shrimp and spinach sandwich in the US," he tells BBC News.
"Pret has also learned that there is a distinctive difference in the coffee tastes in the US. In the UK Pret sells more cappuccinos and lattes than the US, the US customers prefer filter - or drip - coffee."
Fresh & Easy did its homework. It hired anthropologists and studied Californians' eating and shopping habits.
Its stores opened to great fanfare in neighbourhoods around California considered "food deserts," dominated by the cheap, fast-food driving America's obesity epidemic.
That noble goal to locate in gentrifying and poor neighbourhoods may have hurt their prospects, says Bryan Roberts, the UK-based director of retail insights for Kantar Retail.
"No doubt they made some fundamental mistakes in terms of store locations, merchandise and marketing," Mr Roberts says, adding that the recession played a big part in Tesco's failings in the United States.
"Not to absolve responsibility from Tesco but it was unfortunate timing. No one could have predicted the sub-prime crisis and the consequences of it. If they'd timed it five years earlier, it might have been a different story."
It is also worth noting that the stores' smaller, neighbourhood market feel is one being adopted by mega discount retailer Wal-Mart.
The big box chain plans to open a smaller store in LA's Chinatown - if it can get by a lawsuit filed by neighbourhood activists fighting its plans.
The confirmation of Tesco's exit from the US puts the future of the stores in doubt, although it said it had received some expressions of interest from third parties.
The Hollywood Fresh & Easy is one of the chain's busier branches and it is in an area with a lot of foot traffic, located on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
"I love it because it's a neighbourhood market," says aspiring actor Yohan Lefevre, while enjoying his Fresh & Easy sandwich after working out at the gym next door.
"I like the size, there is not much else like this in Hollywood. I can walk here. If they close I will take a national day of mourning and mark it every year! I'm serious. I will be really sad."
The designation is given to cities to promote reading and literature. Oxford is aiming to become the first English-speaking location to hold the title.
If successful, a programme of events would be staged, including conferences, festivals, plays and writing competitions.
Bid director Kathelene Weiss said the events planned would "promote a love of reading" in the city.
Oxford's bid coincides with the redesign of the Bodleian Weston Library as well as the completion of the Story Museum of children's literature and storytelling.
The Bodleian Library's Mike Heeney said: "It is the opportunity to energise everyone - publishers, booksellers, readers authors and libraries. It's a great catalyst."
The name of the 2014 winning city is due to be announced by Unesco in June.
Phone footage showing Kashif Samuels hurling racist and Islamophobic abuse at the Turkish man in Tottenham, north London, went viral on 15 October.
Samuels, 25, who handed himself into the police, said he was "ashamed and disgusted" at his actions.
Speaking before sentencing by Highbury Corner magistrates, he said he saw a "monstrous person" in the footage.
Samuels, who pleaded guilty on 21 October to a racially aggravated public order offence, said: "It's definitely nothing I can be proud of."
He told BBC Radio London: "I saw a monstrous person to be honest I didn't realise existed within me, and now that I've seen it all I can try and do now is prove through future actions that that is not who I am or what I want to be."
Samuels, of Duffield Drive, Tottenham, described himself as "a person of colour" and said: "I can't ask for forgiveness, all I can say is my remorse and sorrow is genuine."
Lewis Hamilton kept his word at the Hungarian Grand Prix by handing back third place to his team-mate Valtteri Bottas - a promise made during the race as Hamilton attempted to chase down the leading Ferraris.
But could it come at a price?
Finishing fourth instead of third cost Hamilton three points, meaning Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel leads the Briton by 14 points heading into the summer break.
Since the very first Formula 1 world championship in 1950, 27% of seasons have been decided by three points or fewer, so Hamilton has definitely taken a risk.
There's been plenty of thrilling title tussles over the years but these are the 18 that were decided by three points or fewer:
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Output fell by 0.4% in the final quarter of the year, compared with growth of 0.9% in the third quarter. Analysts had been expecting the growth to continue.
The country is in the throes of difficult bailout talks with international creditors.
Overall, eurozone growth was revised down to 0.4% for the fourth quarter.
An initial estimate had put the growth rate at 0.5%, but the estimate was reduced partly as a result of slower than expected growth in Germany.
However, Germany's 0.4% growth rate in the final quarter of 2016 was still better than the 0.1% rate recorded in the previous three months.
A separate report from the German economy ministry said that rising orders in manufacturing and construction pointed to "solid" growth in the first three months of 2017.
"Economic indicators are pointing to a solid start for the year 2017," it said.
"However, uncertainties remain especially in the trade environment. The outlook for the global economy remains subdued."
The disappointing Greek figures come as fears grow that the debt crisis could resurface.
The country is under pressure to step up economic reforms, including pension cuts and tax rises.
In its latest assessment on the Greek economy, the International Monetary Fund argued that "Greece should deepen and accelerate reforms, which, together with further debt relief, are needed to allow the economy to return to a sustainable growth path".
But the call for more leeway for the country to pay its debts, prompted opposition from the eurozone, which has already given the country significant debt relief and is reluctant to go much further.
The issue will be discussed at a eurozone finance ministers meeting on 20 February. A Greek government spokesman said he was hopeful of agreement.
Surfers found the body of Raveshan Pillay, 27, washed up on a beach on Wednesday, the coroner said.
Six people died when the Leviathan II capsized on 25 October after being struck by a wave.
Mr Pillay's partner, UK citizen Danielle Hooker, was on board the sinking vessel. Her father, Nigel Hooker, also died in the incident.
Investigators said the vessel may have become unstable, with most passengers standing on the left side when the wave struck. Twenty-one people were rescued after the boat capsized.
Mr Pillay's family reportedly returned to Sydney from Canada last week.
Local newspapers published a thank you letter from the family, detailing their experiences in the Tofino district.
"Every shop we walked into was welcoming, every person we spoke with so kind," the letter said.
"Nobody is to blame. We lost our son, but we only lost his physical body. His spirit is here. And we gained a family, friends, a community. We will be back."
David Thomas had worked for technology giant Microsoft, which said it was "shocked and saddened" by his death.
His son Stephen was described by the Down's Syndrome Association as "a very talented young man and a gifted photographer".
Nigel Hooker had been visiting Canada from Southampton. He worked for Airbus Defence and Space as a programme assurance manager in Portsmouth. They said he was "a well respected and popular colleague, and will be greatly missed by everyone he worked with".
Jack Slater was born in Salford but had lived in Canada for more than 30 years. His daughter, Michele Slater Brown, said he was "larger than life, a charmer, handsome, entrepreneur" and a "lovely dad".
Katie Taylor was also an ex-pat, and was originally from Lichfield in Staffordshire, but lived in the ski resort of Whistler. She was described as a "vibrant, outgoing and lovely young woman" by her family.
Raveshan Pillay was an Australian citizen who was originally born in South Africa. An electrician by trade, he was described as "loving, caring and popular" by his family.
The care workers were charged after an investigation by the BBC's Panorama programme into the Old Deanery care home near Braintree in Essex.
Adeshola Adewura, 33, Lorna Clark, 45, and Anita Ray, 47, will be sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court in February.
The Panorama programme, broadcast in April 2014, showed an elderly woman with dementia being slapped and goaded.
Essex Police started the investigation into the abuse by Adewura, of Clockhouse Way, Clark, of Hammond Place, and Ray, of Victoria Street, after detectives saw the programme.
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A care worker, who was seen to slap a resident, had been sacked earlier on after an eyewitness made a statement to independent investigators.
Doug Mackay, district prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "When a loved one is admitted into a care home, their family trusts the staff to look after them and treat them with respect.
"By their guilty pleas, these three women have shown that they assaulted Mrs Maddison and betrayed the trust placed in them by her family."
In April 2014 the Old Deanery's owners Anglia Retirement Homes said managers were "shocked and saddened by allegations made by the BBC's Panorama programme of inappropriate behaviour by some members of staff".
The home is now called the New Deanery Care Home and is owned by Sonnet Care Homes.
Julia Clinton, chief executive of the New Deanery, said it had been an "extremely distressing time for all involved".
"We had only just bought The Old Deanery residential care home when the allegations first surfaced, and we immediately suspended a number of employees.
"We then launched a thorough investigation which culminated in their dismissal.
"In order to reflect we are a new business we changed our name to The New Deanery and have invested substantially in our building and particularly in staff training, and reinforcing our ethos of 'kindness, comfort and respect'."
Every day, it seems, another service joins the Bitcoin revolution, accepting payment in the so-called virtual currency.
As its popularity has soared, so has its price. On Wednesday it breached the $1,000 (£614) mark on Japan's MtGox exchange for the first time. That's nearly five times the price it was at earlier in the month.
Several reasons have been given for the surge:
If all of that makes it sounds like more of an asset than a real currency, then that's probably because it's a fair description.
Unlike "real-world" currencies, there is no central bank backing Bitcoin and anyone with a powerful enough computer can create one as part of a technique called "mining", which is used to process transactions.
Understanding exactly how the Bitcoin system works is only marginally easier than tracking down its mysterious creator - Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym used by the author or authors of the 2008 research paper that sparked its existence.
And, in truth, interest in Bitcoin arguably outweighs its role in the wider economy, with the possible exception of the way it has facilitated illegal trades on underground sites such as the Silk Road.
But what makes it important is what it tells us about the role virtual currencies might play in the years to come.
On this point, however, there is a divide between those who think it is a fantasy destined for failure, and those who think it will underpin the future of finance.
The BBC invited a Bitcoin advocate and a sceptic to explain their views:
Why does Bitcoin have value?
Over the past few years, I must have been asked this hundreds of times.
I first used Bitcoin in April 2009, just a few months after it was first released to the world. Back then, it had no value at all - there were no users and no trade, no exchanges and thus no exchange rate.
Now Bitcoin is reaching new heights thanks to a combination of speculation on future value and genuine, undeniable usefulness.
Think about it: Why can it take days or weeks for banks to send money around the world, when an email travels in seconds?
Does the money travel by steamboat?
Are they loading gold bars onto the side of a camel and sending it over the mountains of Mongolia?
Of course not.
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The real answer is depressing - banking is a stagnant market running on long-obsolete infrastructure, which improves only when forced to by government.
Same day payments happened only after banks were dragged into the 19th century by the Office of Fair Trading. When Metro Bank opened in 2010, it received the first new UK banking licence issued in 150 years.
Bitcoin has created a firestorm of excitement throughout the world because it's a new financial system, designed from scratch by the people, for the people.
It's not only fast, cheap and easy. In Bitcoin, every participant has equal power.
There are no bankers, because there are no banks.
There are no banks because there is no need for them: People can control their own money.
The rules of the system are enforced on everyone by each other. Not even the current software developers can tamper with it against the wishes of the users.
With better technology comes new features.
The web is powered by advertising because credit cards are too inefficient to pay for most content.
Bitcoin enables micropayments - instead of ads, tiny fractions of a penny could flow from your browser directly to sites you visit, with no middleman fees making the scheme impractical.
Crowdfunding doesn't need to be restricted to sites like Kickstarter, which have complex policies and fees - people can do it themselves.
Even something as trivial as a child running a lemonade stand can now be made digital, because anyone with a smartphone can accept Bitcoin: No complicated merchant bank accounts are needed.
Bitcoin is barely five years old.
It has its problems - volatility, geekiness and an appeal to criminals come to mind. With your help the project can overcome these issues and change the world. Trade on!
Bitcoin is a beautiful example of what the psychoanalyst David Tuckett calls a "fantastic object" - unreal but immensely attractive.
The Bitcoin experience accesses notions of stateless money, peer-to-peer exchange, and of course, no regulation or financial intermediation.
The origin story is clever and cute, and just hard enough to understand to induce a belief in the stability of the supply of the bitcoins, leading to a rush for them now, as opposed to later.
Bitcoin's value is dependent entirely on what you, the buyer, are willing to pay for it. If there were no users, there wouldn't be any value.
Because it has no use value, only exchange value, Bitcoin can have literally any price, and so the market for Bitcoin is permanently in a bubble as a result.
This bubble will form and burst many times, making and losing fortunes in the process.
I'm Irish. I know exactly what crazy bubbles look like.
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The Bitcoin phenomenon is the purest manifestation of what Charles McKay described in his 1841 book Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.
At the psychological level of the investor, there's no difference between bitcoins, tulips, railways, or the stock market bubbles of the 1920s, 1990s, or the mid 2000s.
In this case a lot of people are deciding a string of electrons are worth something, as opposed to nothing, and they want to sell it to the next guy as soon as possible.
As long as you pass your Bitcoins on to the next guy while extracting a profit, you'll be happy.
There is always a greater fool. Right up until the moment there isn't one.
Economically, Bitcoin is nothing special.
It's a speculative asset people are buying primarily to flip onto someone else.
The "money 2.0" stuff is just marketing, and has been tried before, in the US in the 1850s during the free banking period, for example.
As I've said elsewhere, this time really isn't different, but you can tweet about it.
The fact Bitcoin isn't regulated is a big plus for some.
As one Bitcoin promoter boasted to me recently- and he did this himself - you can move $1m worth of Bitcoin across a border on a Zip Drive and not be detected.
The authorities won't allow this to last for long. Bitcoin's biggest boosters are also holding large amounts of the stuff, so beware, buyers.
My colleague Karl Whelan has suggested Bitcoin may simply be competed out of existence by other services like LiteCoin, TerraCoin, and AllahCoin, or regulated by national and international governments if it becomes associated with largely criminal activity.
Readers holding Bitcoin will be shaking their heads reading my piece - the value has exploded by thousands of percent in a single year!
To which I respond: Exactly.
Get into Bitcoin or another digital currency if you want.
I hope it makes you rich. But don't kid yourself this is anything more than speculation for a quick buck.
The messianic stuff will go out the window once it collapses. There are lots of things in the real economy to invest in too.
The big advantage of Bitcoin as "stateless money" is that when it collapses, the government won't have to bail it out.
Brown joined City after his contract at Cheltenham Town, who were relegated from League Two in May, came to an end.
"There was a lot of chopping and changing last year. Four managers and 44 players is a lot to deal with," the centre-back told BBC Sport.
"There seems to be a definite stability here with the manager, who's been here for a number of years," he added.
Brown was a virtual ever-present in the Cheltenham side last season as they finished four points from safety and were relegated to the National League after 16 years in the Football League.
But he feels that he could be fighting at the opposite end of the League Two table with Exeter this season:
"Everyone really gets on and there's a good bond there, and that's me saying that and I'm new coming into it.
"That bodes well for the season as out on the pitch everyone will be fighting for each other.
"We've got the quality there to match so I don't see why we can't be challenging for good things."
Aluko met a Beth England pass to put last season's double winners ahead at half-time with a curled finish.
Ji So-Yun turned home Ana Borges' cross for Chelsea's second before Aluko made it 3-0 by shooting in off the post.
England completed the win from close range, consigning Doncaster to their second successive 4-0 defeat.
The loss leaves the Belles without a point from six games in Women's Super League One.
Although they are five points adrift of nearest rivals Reading, Doncaster have played as many as five games fewer than some other top-flight clubs.
Chelsea Ladies forward Beth England: "I've been here six months now and things are starting to gel a little bit. So hopefully we can continue this run and keep scoring goals.
"All week in training we've been doing a lot of pairings, so trying to find what works and what system is best for us.
"It's just about getting the goals and Gemma (Davison) coming on obviously had a massive impact for us."
Doncaster Rovers Belles manager Emma Coates: "They're last year's double champions, we're newly promoted and we're competing.
"The good news is we're competing for longer periods of time, now we've got to sustain it for 90 minutes."
Chelsea Ladies: Spencer; Fahey, Flaherty, Bright; Borges, Ji, Carney (Taylor 82), Bailey (Davison 59), Rafferty (Blundell 53), Aluko, England.
Substitutes not used: Kitching, Cross.
Doncaster Rovers Belles: Hobbs; Barker, Roberts, Tierney, Pacheco, Lipka (Cresswell 74), Omarsdottir (Bakowska-Mathews 82), Simpkins, Humphrey (Smith 70), Murray, Sigsworth.
Substitutes not used: Moorhouse, Newborough, Mosby,
Attendance: 1,803
Referee: Carl Brook
Match ends, Chelsea Ladies 4, Doncaster Rovers Belles 0.
Second Half ends, Chelsea Ladies 4, Doncaster Rovers Belles 0.
Foul by Miri Taylor (Chelsea Ladies).
Christie Murray (Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Miri Taylor (Chelsea Ladies).
Emily Simpkins (Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Chelsea Ladies 4, Doncaster Rovers Belles 0. Bethany England (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gemma Davison.
Corner, Doncaster Rovers Belles. Conceded by Niamh Fahey.
Goal! Chelsea Ladies 3, Doncaster Rovers Belles 0. Eniola Aluko (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Chelsea Ladies. Miri Taylor replaces Karen Carney.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers Belles. Martha Bakowska-Mathews replaces Katrin Omarsdottir.
Attempt missed. Bethany England (Chelsea Ladies) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Chelsea Ladies. Conceded by Nicola Hobbs.
Attempt missed. Karen Carney (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt saved. Bethany England (Chelsea Ladies) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Bethany England (Chelsea Ladies).
(Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Chelsea Ladies. Conceded by Emily Simpkins.
Foul by Karen Carney (Chelsea Ladies).
Emily Simpkins (Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers Belles. Lauren Cresswell replaces Kasia Lipka.
Attempt blocked. Gemma Davison (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers Belles. Sue Smith replaces Carla Humphrey.
Attempt missed. Eniola Aluko (Chelsea Ladies) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right.
Goal! Chelsea Ladies 2, Doncaster Rovers Belles 0. Ji So-Yun (Chelsea Ladies) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ana Borges.
Attempt missed. Eniola Aluko (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from long range on the right misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Gemma Davison (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Chelsea Ladies. Conceded by Nicola Hobbs.
Attempt saved. Bethany England (Chelsea Ladies) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Foul by Eniola Aluko (Chelsea Ladies).
Katrin Omarsdottir (Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Karen Carney (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Chelsea Ladies. Gemma Davison replaces Jade Bailey.
Attempt blocked. Bethany England (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Eniola Aluko (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Karen Carney (Chelsea Ladies) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mayumi Pacheco (Doncaster Rovers Belles).
Foul by Eniola Aluko (Chelsea Ladies).
Samantha Tierney (Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Ji So-Yun (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
The site's founders have been charged with violating piracy laws.
Federal prosecutors have accused it of costing copyright holders more than $500m (£320m) in lost revenue. The firm says it was diligent in responding to complaints about pirated material.
In response, the hackers group Anonymous has targeted the FBI and US Department of Justice websites.
The news came a day after anti-piracy law protests, but investigators said they were ordered two weeks ago.
The US Justice Department said that Megaupload's two co-founders Kim Dotcom, formerly known as Kim Schmitz, and Mathias Ortmann were arrested in Auckland, New Zealand along with two other employees of the business at the request of US officials. It added that three other defendants were still at large.
"This action is among the largest criminal copyright cases ever brought by the United States and directly targets the misuse of a public content storage and distribution site to commit and facilitate intellectual property crime,"said a statementposted on its website.
The FBI website was intermittently unavailable on Thursday evening due to what officials said was being "treated as a malicious act".
The hackers' group Anonymous said it was carrying out the attacks.
The Motion Picture Association of America's website also suffered disruption.
The charges included, conspiracies to commit racketeering, copyright infringement and money laundering.
A federal court in Virginia ordered that 18 domain names associated with the Hong Kong-based firm be seized.
The Justice Department said that more than 20 search warrants had been executed in nine countries, and that approximately $50m (£32m) in assets had been seized.
It claimed that the accused had pursued a business model designed to promote the uploading of copyrighted works.
"The conspirators allegedly paid users whom they specifically knew uploaded infringing content, and publicised their links to users throughout the world," a statement said.
"By actively supporting the use of third-party linking sites to publicise infringing content, the conspirators did not need to publicise such content on the Megaupload site.
"Instead, the indictment alleges that the conspirators manipulated the perception of content available on their servers by not providing a public search function on the Megaupload site and by not including popular infringing content on the publicly available lists of top content downloaded by its users."
Before it was shut down the site posted a statement saying the allegations against it were "grotesquely overblown".
"The fact is that the vast majority of Mega's internet traffic is legitimate, and we are here to stay," it added.
"If the content industry would like to take advantage of our popularity, we are happy to enter into a dialogue. We have some good ideas. Please get in touch."
The announcement came a day after thousands of websites took part in a "blackout" to protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (Pipa).
The US Chamber of Commerce has defended the proposed laws saying that enforcement agencies "lack the tools" to effectively apply existing intellectual property laws to the digital world.
Industry watchers suggest this latest move may feed into the wider debate.
"Neither of the bills are close to being passed - they need further revision. But it appears that officials are able to use existing tools to go after a business alleged to be inducing piracy," said Gartner's media distribution expert Mike McGuire.
"It begs the question that if you can find and arrest people who are suspected to be involved in piracy using existing laws, then why introduce further regulations which are US-only and potentially damaging?"
They lost by 221 runs in the first Test and by 356 runs in the second Test.
Australia were also beaten 4-0 by India last year and Clarke said: "I think we've got to talk about what happened.
"We were hopeful that we'd learnt some lessons from our trip to India, but it doesn't look that way."
This latest defeat was Australia's 10th in their last 14 Tests in Asia.
"Our performances this tour were not any better than in India," Clarke continued.
"We must look to improve next time we get to the sub-continent but as a team there's no doubt the players are happy we're going home to play in conditions we're accustomed to.
"The best teams win away from home consistently, so it shows there's still a lot of work to do."
Australia now host South Africa in a tour featuring three Tests, five one-day internationals and three Twenty20 internationals, with the first T20 in Adelaide on Wednesday.
Clarke reserved his most damning criticism for himself, after another disappointing display with the bat in the middle order.
"I'm probably most angry with myself, most disappointed with my own personal performance," said Clarke, who emerged from the series with just 57 runs to show from his four innings.
"I've always prided myself on leading by example. I don't have any excuse for underperforming. That's probably what burns me most at this moment in time."
Pakistan now move above England to third in the world Test rankings and captain Misbah-ul Haq praised an all-round team performance.
"We always had the belief, and which is why we delivered," said Misbah, who on Sunday scored the fastest 50 in Test cricket and equalled the record for quickest century.
"We knew if we could put up some decent totals, we could bowl them out. As it happened, it was a complete team performance and each member of the team contributed towards the team cause."
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The group, including a former vice-president and two ex-foreign ministers, were arrested after calling for reform.
"We've had no contact since he's been arrested," ex-Foreign Minister Haile Woldetensae's brother told the BBC.
An Eritrean official said the 11 had "committed serious crimes against the national security of Eritrea".
President Isaias Afewerki, who led Eritrea to independence in 1993, has little tolerance for criticism.
Eritrea does not allow opposition parties, independent journalism or civil society organisations.
Amnesty's Eritrea researcher Claire Beston told the BBC's Network Africa the prisoners, who include one woman - Aster Fissehatsion - were all "celebrated veterans" of the independence war and members of the ruling party.
"In May 2001, with four other people, they published an open letter to the president calling for reform, calling for democratic dialogue, rule of law and justice," she said.
"Whilst three of them were out of the country and one withdrew his support, the remaining 11 were arrested on 18 September in 2001 - only later were they accused of committing crimes against the security of the nation."
Michelle Kagari, Amnesty's Africa deputy director, said the anniversary was "a harrowing reminder of President Afewerki's complete disregard for the essential right of freedom of expression".
Eritrean presidential adviser Yemane Gebreab refused to go into details of the case but said the 11 had not been arrested for calling for democratic reforms but for threatening national security.
"If they had succeeded in their plans Eritrea today would no longer exist as an independent sovereign state, or it would have been another Somalia," he told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.
"Eritrea should be commended for showing restraint on how it has handled this matter."
Haile Woldetensae's brother Daniel said no-one dares to ask the authorities about his brother's whereabouts fearing they too will face detention.
"They've never been tried; they've never had any consular access; no-one has visited them once they were taken from their houses at around 06:30 in the morning - they've never been seen," he said.
He described his brother as "a just an ordinary man, fighter for the liberation of Eritrea".
He said that he had found out from reliable informants that the political prisoners were being kept in solitary confinement in an isolated location.
"We fear the worst - and the president knows that they were psychologically prepared for it and he put them in the conditions that is degrading to human beings, there's no medical treatment and food and everything is very harsh," he told the BBC.
Ms Beston said detainees in Eritrea are often held in underground cells or shipping containers, which are unbearably hot by day and freezing at night..
"The temperatures can be so extreme former detainees have told me that they can't sit or lie down without blistering their skin off their bodies," she said.
Tim Yeo, MP for South Suffolk 1983-2014, is suing The Sunday Times for libel over three articles from 2013.
The paper claimed he told reporters he could promote business concerns in return for cash, the High Court heard.
Mr Yeo's counsel said his client never said he could act as a "paid advocate".
The court heard two journalists posed as representatives of a solar energy firm and had lunch with Mr Yeo, who was then chairman of the Commons' Energy & Climate Change Select Committee.
At an earlier hearing, Mr Justice Warby said the articles alleged Mr Yeo, 70, had offered to act as an advocate to push for new laws to the company's benefit.
The judge said the articles suggested Mr Yeo would approach ministers, civil servants and other MPs for a daily fee of £7,000.
Times Newspapers Ltd said the articles were true, it was fair comment and responsible journalism on a matter of public interest.
Desmond Browne QC, Mr Yeo's counsel said the paper had acted "with a singular lack of responsibility both at the journalistic and the editorial level".
"Mr Yeo was the unfortunate victim of that irresponsibility. He says that in his last years of service as an MP, his reputation was trashed.
"At no stage during the lunch when he spoke about ways in which he might be able to assist the journalists, did Tim Yeo understand that what he was being asked to do was act as a paid advocate in breach of the rules."
Mr Yeo was cleared of breaking House of Commons rules by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards in 2013.
The libel trial is due to last for seven days.
There will be three stages to the race - a 22 km time trial around Belfast, a loop around the north coast and a cross border final stage.
The Giro d'Italia is one of cycling's three prestigious grand tours.
It is understood Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster is travelling to Milan next week for the official launch.
However, although cycle fans will be keen to try out the route, not everyone is happy.
Sinn Féin has said it is disappointed that the race circuit ignores west Belfast.
The stages will take place in Northern Ireland from Friday 9 May to Sunday 11 May, 2014.
The Belfast route on Friday 9 May starts at Titanic Belfast and takes in the Newtownards Road, Stormont, Queen's Bridge, the Ormeau Road, Stranmillis and Belfast city centre.
The Saturday leg - a 218 km cycle - starts on Belfast's Antrim Road and goes to Antrim, Ballymena, Bushmills, the Giant's Causeway taking in the coastline from Cushendall to Larne on to Whitehead and Carrickfergus and back to Belfast.
On day three, Sunday, the final stage of the Ireland leg, the riders will embark on a 187km cross border section.
They will leave Armagh and travel to Richhill and Newtownhamilton before heading south, crossing the border at Forkhill en route to Dublin via Dundalk, Castlebellingham and Drogheda.
It is the first time the international event is beginning outside continental Europe. The Northern Ireland Executive is paying £3m from Tourist Board, EU and Department of Enterprise (Deti) funds to host the event.
All the routes are preliminary at this stage, but they are unlikely to change.
Sinn Féin MP Paul Maskey said he was disappointed that the circuit did not include west Belfast.
"The image of cyclists going up and down the Falls Road would send out a massive positive signal right across the world," he said.
"This is about advertising the city. This is about promoting the city, and nowhere else can do it better than the Falls Road, and I think it's a shame that Deti have excluded west Belfast from this competition.
"What we will see is all other parts of the city being touched and being seen world-wide, except west Belfast, and it is just not good enough. We will campaign to meet whoever we have to meet, to ensure this race comes to this part of the city."
Others are happier. Former champion cyclist Dave Kane cannot believe his luck. The time trial route will pass the front door of his bike shop on the Upper Newtownards Road in Belfast.
Mr Kane said: "I've been in Italy and I've seen the Giro and to get the Grand Depart here, it's unbelievable. The people here just don't know what this is going to be like. It's not to say you have a bunch of cyclists going through.
"These are the top pros in the world and they'll be here for roughly a week.
"They'll be out routing the stages and then you'll have the prologue which is the team time trial which goes past the door here and round Stormont and it's unbelievable for the people of Northern Ireland, for the tourism, for the economy to be able to support something like the Giro."
The Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France and the Vuelta a Espana are the most well known and prestigious Grand Tours for top cyclists.
The start of the 104-year-old Giro has traditionally taken place in Italy, but in recent times has been awarded to an outside country every two years.
Two of cycling's Grand Tours will make visits to Britain and Ireland next year, with the 2014 Tour de France starting in Yorkshire.
The rainfall follows one of the worst droughts in more than 50 years, made worse by the El Nino phenomenon.
Administrators in the southern district of Wolaita said 41 people had died in landslides on Monday.
Nine other people drowned in floods in the south-eastern area of Bale that also killed hundreds of head of cattle.
The flooding in Bale, in the south of the Oromia region, has reportedly affected 559 hectares (1,381 acres) of farmland too, washing away seeds.
Rescue efforts are under way to save people missing in the landslides, Wolaita police commissioner Alemayehu Mamo told Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC).
But a major road and bridge had also been damaged in the SNNP region, hampering rescue efforts, he said.
The BBC's Emmanuel Igunza in the capital, Addis Ababa, says more than 10 million people are already in need of urgent humanitarian assistance because of the drought.
The government and aid agencies have launched a $1.4bn (£970m) appeal to help those requiring urgent food assistance.
The cars were all parked in an area of the city known as The Glens when they were damaged.
Police Scotland said they believed the incident took place between 20:00 on Friday and 02:00 on Saturday.
Officers in Tayside have appealed to anyone with information about the vandalism to contact them.
Out of 1,000 people questioned in the Red C survey, 53% said they would vote Yes in the 31 May referendum, up six points on the last poll two weeks ago.
The poll suggests 31% would vote No, down four points, while 16% were undecided, down two points.
The referendum will decide Ireland's support for the treaty, designed to tighten budgetary rules across Europe.
Those advocating a Yes vote say the treaty will bring stability to Ireland's bailed out economy, while those on the No side believe it would mean years of further austerity.
Only the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom refused to sign up to the pact.
In terms of party support, the poll commissioned by the Sunday Business Post suggested that Taoiseach Enda Kenny's Fine Gael party has dropped three points to 29%, while coalition partner Labour is down to 13%.
Fianna Fail is up two points to 19%, while Sinn Fein is also up two to 21%, the party's highest ever rating in a Red C survey.
Independents and others are unchanged at 18%.
Twenty-one people were killed on 21 November 1974 when bombs exploded in two city centre pubs.
Six innocent men were wrongfully convicted. No-one has ever been brought to justice for one of the worst single losses of life in the Troubles.
Michael Christopher Hayes said he was sorry innocent people were killed.
The 69-year-old, who now lives in south Dublin, refused to say who planted the bombs in the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town, but said he was speaking out to give "the point of view of a participant".
The bombs had not been intended to kill people, he said, adding that there had been a crucial eight-minute delay before police were warned of the bombs' location.
Once he became aware of the death toll from the two bombs, he personally defused a third bomb left on Birmingham's Hagley Road, said Mr Hayes.
Relatives of those killed have rejected the apology as "gutless and spineless".
An inquest into the bombings has been re-opened following a campaign by victims' families, who feel they have been denied justice and that their loved ones have been forgotten.
Victims' relatives have always wanted the names of the suspects to be disclosed at the inquest.
But just last week the coroner ruled that suspects' identities would not be discussed - a ruling denounced by the families as a "whitewash".
West Midlands Police said their investigation remained open and they would respond to "any new significant information to bring those responsible to justice".
"An inquest is due to start and we will not be providing any further comment until the proceedings have concluded," said a police spokesperson.
In 1990, Michael Hayes was named in a landmark Granada TV programme as one of the men who placed the bombs in the two pubs.
He said he was arrested and questioned by West Midlands Police about the bombings in 1974, but was released.
When asked last week if he planted the bombs, he told BBC News NI: "No comment. No comment.
"I've been accused of a lot of things, without one shred of forensic evidence, without one statement made, without one witness coming out against me."
He said the bombs were made of gelignite, and were planted by two individuals.
Asked if he was one of the two, he replied: "I'm not telling you."
However, he said he took what he called "collective responsibility" for all the IRA's actions in England - including the Birmingham pub bombings.
He said he was in the IRA for more than 30 years in both Ireland and England, adding that he was "a participant in the IRA's activities in Birmingham".
He said: "We were horrified when we heard because it was not intended. I personally defused the third bomb."
Asked what expertise he had that allowed him to do that, he said: "Quite a lot. I specialised in explosives. I knew what I was doing."
Michael Hayes said the IRA unit in Birmingham had been shocked by the scale of the death toll.
"It was not the intention of the IRA to kill innocent people," he told BBC News NI.
"That wasn't meant. It wouldn't have been done if that was the case."
He said he thought they had given sufficient time for the police to evacuate the buildings.
"We believed that we gave adequate warnings," he said.
"It was only later on that we realised there was eight valuable minutes missed. We were going to give them a half-hour warning.
"Out of that half hour, eight minutes elapsed - eight priceless minutes."
He said that as he understood it one of the phone boxes used for the telephone warnings was broken and another one was being used.
The former IRA man said he was sorry for the hurt caused to the relatives of those killed.
"My apologies and my heartfelt sympathy to all of you for a terrible tragic loss that you have been put through," he said.
"In all these years that you have been trying to find closure, I hope at last God will be merciful and bring you closure.
"I apologise not only for myself, I apologise for all active republicans who had no intention of hurting anybody and sympathise with you."
Julie Hambleton, whose 18-year-old sister Maxine was killed in the explosions, said an apology from the IRA would be offensive.
"He's a coward, as simple as that," she told the BBC.
"He'll take collective responsibility for those unarmed, innocent people, but won't say who done it?
"He's gutless and spineless," she added. "He's told us nothing, he's admitted nothing."
Michael Hayes has said he would not be attending the inquest into the bombings.
"I would not go along to it. Why should I? What reason would I have to go there? I am just kind of giving this interview.
"That is sufficient. I'm not going back to England."
Meanwhile, the former IRA man insists he has a clear conscience.
"Very much so," he said. "I can sleep at night. Because I am not a murderer."
He said he would rather die than become an informer by naming the real bombers to help free the Birmingham Six, who served 16 years in prison before their sentences were quashed by the Court of Appeal in 1991.
He said: "You would want me to go in and give the name of other men, to become an informer? I'd sooner die in front of you than become an informer."
There will be a BBC News NI special programme on the Michael Hayes interview on BBC 1 Northern Ireland at 22:40 and on the BBC News Channel at 23:30
Irani told BBC Essex: "We need to try to get into Division One of the County Championship. We've fallen short of that for quite a few years now.
"We have to change and we have to improve massively."
Essex were last in the top division in 2010, when they were relegated after winning just two matches.
Irani, who played for Essex between 1994 and 2007, has recently replaced Graham Saville, who held the post for 27 years, as committee chairman.
"Our performance levels haven't been as high as they should have been and a lot of the members would probably say that," added Irani, who won three Test and 31 one-day international caps for England.
"We need to keep working hard and improving in all areas.
"Top players who want to achieve and be successful aren't necessarily bothered about the type of beer in the members' bar. That's down to the members, but the players themselves want to win things.
"We know the Test grounds have always got a bigger wage structure and bigger budgets, but there are ways and means.
"There's an amazing heritage here, and we're not actually far behind when it comes to wage structure."
The stock phrase cropped up again on the occasion of Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond's visit to Tehran to reopen the British embassy nearly four years after it was closed amid attacks by hardline protesters.
Conservative daily Hemayat carried a front page report headlined "The old fox arrived with its lights turned off". Another conservative daily, Resalat, published a report entitled "No-one is happy with the return of the old fox".
As in many other countries, foxes symbolise a cunning and sly character in Persian literature but where does the term "the old fox" come from?
In the Persian language, a poet who died in Tehran around 85 years ago was the first to promote the phrase.
Seyyed Ahmad Adib Pishavari (1844-1930) was an expert in literature and philosophy, whose work was characterised by anti-British sentiment.
Born in Peshawar, in today's Pakistan, he lost many of his relatives during the wars with British forces in 1857-58. Adib later moved to Iran where he continued his education.
There, he experienced major events such as the Constitutional Revolution, in 1905-07. The revolution led to the establishment of the parliament during the Qajar dynasty.
Despite the fact that the majority of people backed the creation of the constitutional monarchy, Adib described the revolution as a "plot" hatched by Britain.
His anti-UK feelings emerged in his poetry, particularly during World War One. In fact, he wrote several poems in support of the German Kaiser.
Throughout his works, he often likened the UK to animals - an "old fox", an "ominous raven" and a "venomous viper" - to attack British colonial policies in Iran and the region, policies which he saw as "evil". The term, the old fox, however, remains popular to this day.
The following is a translation of one of Adib's poems:
Many an ancient house
Was razed after you crept in
You seized lands through your fox games
You have escaped hundred of traps, like an old fox.
There's been an orchestrated media campaign against the reopening of the British embassy. Conservative media outlets are highlighting key moments in Iran and Britain's troubled history including Britain's complicity in the CIA 1953 coup which toppled the democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadeq.
They also accuse Britain of helping mastermind and provoke the mass street protests against the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which followed the disputed presidential elections in 2009. Conservatives refer to those protests as "sedition".
"Such documented historical evidence is only one part of the treason and deception of the evil British government against the noble people of Iran. That's a strong reason for the historical hatred by Iranians towards Britain and that's why they call it 'the old fox'," says a commentary from the conservative Mehr news agency.
Some hardline users also took to social media platforms to criticise the perceived thaw in the bilateral relations by posting pictures and cartoons of "the old fox".
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The target, to be met by 2021, is double that set by Welsh Labour ministers in the current assembly term.
Lib Dem AM Peter Black said the Lib Dems would fund the proposals using new borrowing powers and by scrapping plans for an M4 relief road.
He said action was needed to tackle a "crippling undersupply of housing".
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Nasheed was given a 13-year sentence under anti-terror laws last year.
A Maldives government statement said Nasheed had to return to the Maldives to serve the remainder of the sentence.
A former human rights campaigner, Nasheed became the nation's first democratically elected leader in 2008, ending three decades of rule by former strongman Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.
In 2012, he was detained after being accused of ordering the arrest of a judge.
He resigned months later amid an army mutiny and public protests over the judge's fate.
Nasheed alleged that he had been removed by a coup, but this was denied by his vice-president, who replaced him.
The current President, Abdulla Yameen, was elected in controversial polls in 2013 and is the half-brother of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who served for 30 years as president and was widely accused of autocratic rule.
So, Newsround's been finding out why it's a big deal and what skills the leaders need to succeed.
The TV debates are fairly new in the UK with the first one only taking place before the last election in 2010.
This time round seven party leaders will take part in a two hour debate to be shown on ITV.
A debate is a way for people with different views to argue against each other in an organised way.
It means everyone gets to chance to talk, trying to convince an audience that their opinion is the right one.
Debates are won when one side manages to persuade more people than the other that their opinion is right.
This can be done by making strong points that the audience will remember, or finding problems with the other debaters' ideas.
Debates can happen everywhere, from classrooms and town halls, to the Houses of Parliament.
MPs in parliament often debate over the various issues that affect the people living in the UK.
During the 2015 general election there'll be several leaders' debates on TV, where each of the leaders of the top parties try to convince the public they're the best person to run the country.
What do you want to ask the leaders? Send us your questions for them
Good debaters do not talk over other people when it is their turn to speak.
Interrupting people is seen as unfair, as it means you're not giving the audience a chance to hear the other person's point.
It is important to listen to the questions being asked when debating.
If you don't listen your answer might confuse the audience, or make them like your ideas less because you didn't answer the question properly.
Losing your temper in the middle of a debate could make people dislike your ideas.
Even though you may feel very passionate about your ideas, losing your temper will mean that the audience won't be able to hear your ideas clearly, and may think you are unprofessional.
Kurtley Beale helped Wasps build a 10-point lead but Peter Betham's try saw Tigers three points down at half-time.
Leicester led when Telusa Veainu dived over, and Freddie Burns' kick had them four points up and defending bravely.
Thomas Young spurned a chance as Wasps pressed but Bassett scored in the corner to set up a final with Exeter.
Premiership player of the year Jimmy Gopperth, who kicked 11 points, missed the conversion but Dai Young's side saw out the closing seconds as Leicester fell at the semi-final stage for the fourth consecutive season.
Wasps, who finished top of the regular-season table, will face Exeter - who were second - at Twickenham on Saturday, May 27 at 14:30 BST for the right to become champions.
Wasps have not lost a league match at the Ricoh Arena since December 2015 and were 18 points clear in the final table of their fourth-placed opponents.
However, they were moments from being stunned by Matt O'Connor and his Leicester team, with the home side's line-out a constant area of concern.
With the match in their control, Wasps conceded two quick-fire penalties before the influential Burns, who will join Bath this summer, launched a pinpoint pass for Betham to finish and level.
An injury forced Australia superstar Beale off early in the second half which further encouraged Leicester, who isolated the largely anonymous Christian Wade to edge in front through Veainu.
The favourites looked to have missed their chance when back-rower Young misplaced a pass to the onrushing Gopperth after breaking the line, but resilience from Guy Thompson and Joe Launchbury opened things up for Bassett to score the match-winning points.
At one stage it looked like being a dismal campaign for the 10-time Premiership winners, who sacked director of rugby Richard Cockerill in January after almost eight years at the helm.
There was a real possibility Leicester would miss out on the play-offs altogether for the first time in 13 seasons, but under O'Connor they put together enough wins to keep that streak intact.
Ahead of the semi-final with Wasps the players rallied around captain Tom Youngs, who led out his side just weeks after learning of his wife Tiffany's terminal illness.
The Lions and England hooker, in his 100th start in a Tigers shirt, was part of a much-improved performance from the Tigers pack as O'Connor's side came within two minutes of reaching the Premiership final at the end of a season of transition.
Wasps director of rugby Dai Young told BBC Radio 5 Live:
"We chucked the kitchen sink at them in the last 20 minutes - we had three or four opportunities and that last pass didn't quite go our way.
"I'm absolutely thrilled for everybody involved at the club. I'm really looking forward to Twickenham next week - we'll go and enjoy it and if we can get our hands on something, fantastic.
"Any team could've won that, let's be honest, but thankfully we got over right at the end and we have to enjoy tonight.
"You've got to give Leicester a lot of credit - I thought they were great."
Leicester head coach Matt O'Connor told BBC Radio Leicester:
"It's hard to describe really. We didn't deserve to lose, I thought we did enough.
"At stages I thought we were fantastic, for the majority of the game. They just asked too many questions of us.
"This year is about perspective. You dust yourself off and make sure you're better next year.
"I think results have shown over the past four or five weeks that there's a lot of growth in the individuals we've got."
Wasps: Beale; Wade, Daly, Gopperth, Le Roux; Cipriani, Simpson; Mullan, Johnson, Swainston; Launchbury (capt), Symons; Haskell, Young, Hughes.
Replacements: Taylor, McIntyre, Moore, Gaskell, Thompson, Robson, Leiua, Bassett.
Leicester: Veainu; Thompstone, Tait, O Williams, Betham; Burns, B Youngs; Genge, T Youngs (capt), Cole; Barrow, Kitchener; Fitzgerald, O'Connor, Hamilton.
Replacements: McGuigan, Bateman, Balmain, Slater, M Williams, Harrison, Roberts, Smith.
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Edgar Colliander, 35, from Edinburgh, pleaded guilty to wilfully setting fire to cardboard at Sunrite Blinds at Newhailes Industrial Estate, Musselburgh, on 25 January 2015.
He was appearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
Sheriff Frank Crowe deferred sentence for background reports.
Fiscal depute Ann MacNeill said the company was set up by Colliander's father in 1979, employing 42 people at two sites.
The property was leased. Ms MacNeill said during 2014, the company experienced some financial difficulties.
On 25 January 2015 neighbours saw smoke coming from the factory and dialled 999.
Fire service investigators found two sets of cardboard packaging had been set on fire.
"CCTV footage showed the accused attending at the factory on the Sunday at 15:16 and the fire starting at 15:21," said the fiscal.
She added when Colliander was questioned, he admitted starting the fire. Ms MacNeill said the cost of the fire to the insurance company was £237,764.
Defence solicitor, David Hunter, told the court shortly after the fire, the company went into administration.
There had been no danger to the public as there was no residential property nearby.
The 21-year-old man was killed when his motorbike was in collision with a Vauxhall Astra on the B9089 between Burghead and Roseisle at about 19:30 on Friday.
The male driver of the car was taken to Dr Gray's Hospital in Elgin for treatment.
The road was closed to allow police to carry out investigations, but later reopened.
Police have appealed for anyone who saw the car or the bike around the time of the crash to contact them.
The UN refugee agency says up to 30,000 people are reported to have crossed into Lebanon over the past 48 hours.
The UN Security Council agreed on Friday to extend its observer mission in Syria for a "final" 30 days.
Meanwhile, clashes have continued in Damascus, with the military repelling a rebel assault in the Midan area.
State media announced on Friday that Midan had been "cleaned" of "terrorists". Rebels said they had withdrawn from the area 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.
Activists said fierce fighting was also taking place in Syria's second city, Aleppo.
In other developments:
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday that between 8,500 and 30,000 Syrian refugees had crossed into Lebanon in the previous 48 hours.
One of the busiest crossing points is said to be at Masnaa, the main road link between the capitals of Beirut and Damascus.
By Lyse DoucetBBC News, Masnaa border crossing, Lebanon
In the middle of the day, in the scorching heat of a Lebanese summer, a flood of Syrians has slowed to a trickle crossing the border.
Lebanese border guards said 18,000 crossed in the past 48 hours.
Yesterday, as fighting escalated in Damascus, the queue of vehicles waiting to enter stretched into the distance. Today the traffic is still a mix of expensive limousines and large, poorer, families on foot, dragging suitcases.
In an extended family of seven adults and five children, an anxious mother spoke of their fear.
"The children were very scared of loud explosions and shooting. We were prisoners in our home. We didn't know who to trust - the Free Syrian Army or the government," she said.
And then the family cheered at the sight of a pickup arriving to take them to the house of a grandfather in Lebanon.
Many are believed to be fleeing the recent eruption of violence in Damascus.
The UNHCR says there are already 26,900 registered Syrian refugees in Lebanon, although activists say the real figure is much higher.
A UNHCR spokesman told AFP news agency that about 2,500 people had arrived in Jordan over the past four days, adding to the 35,000 registered Syrian refugees already there.
A spokesman described it as "a steady flow".
About 140,000 Syrians are believed to have fled to Jordan since the uprising against President Assad began in March last year. The Jordanian government is building several refugee camps for them.
Reports also suggested that more than 3,000 Syrians had crossed into Iraq in the past 24 hours.
Some Iraqis, who were returning from Syria, have told the BBC they had been forced to flee their homes near Damascus because of sectarian violence and intimidation. They said they had been targeted by the rebel Free Syrian Army.
BBC Caucasus correspondent Damien McGuinness says that Armenia is seeing an influx of ethnic Armenians who have lived in Syria for generations, but the government is accused of not doing enough to help them.
Refugees have been staging protests outside the Armenian parliament, saying they have received no help with housing or jobs, he adds.
Reports say thousands of refugees are also continuing to cross Syria's northern border with Turkey where more than 40,000 are already registered with aid agencies.
As the fighting continued, rebels 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.
Russia's envoy to France, Alexander Orlov, sparked a row by saying that Mr Assad had, in effect, agreed to step down last month at a conference in Geneva which had planned for a democratic transition.
His comments triggered an angry response from Syria, where the information ministry said the claims were completely baseless.
Meanwhile, the UN Security Council unanimously voted on Friday to renew the mandate for its observer mission in Syria for a "final" 30 days, while leaving open the possibility of an extension.
The vote came after hours of intense negotiations among council members.
Russia had threatened to veto the UK-drafted resolution, but Russian ambassador Vitaly Churkin finally backed a revised text.
The resolution will end the observer mission in 30 days. The mandate could then be renewed, but only if Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council are able to confirm that both sides are abiding by the terms of the UN-backed ceasefire plan.
Britain's UN ambassador, Mark Lyall Grant, said after the vote: "We have said clearly that it is a final extension unless there is a change in the dynamic on the ground and in particular that there should be a cessation of use of heavy weapons and that there should be a sufficient reduction in the violence to enable UNSMIS [the observer mission] to carry out its mandate."
On Thursday, Russia and China vetoed a resolution on Syria for the third time in nine months.
Under the Western-backed motion, Damascus would have been threatened with non-military sanctions under Chapter Seven of the UN Charter if it failed to move troops and heavy weapons from populated areas.
The 32-year-old, who has not had a club since leaving Indian Super League side FC Pune City in December, has signed for the Serie B club until the end of the season.
The former Valencia, Levante and Fiorentina defensive midfielder was snapped up to help save the club - who currently lie 21st in the 22-team table - from relegation in Serie B this season.
Sissoko played for Liverpool between 2005 and 2008, and was a key part in the Reds side that lifted the English FA Cup back in 2006.
He made 87 appearances for Liverpool before joining Italian giants Juventus in January 2008 then switched to French club PSG two years later where won the league title in 2013.
After a short stint with Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua, he spent two weeks on trial with West Brom in August 2016 but moved to India after failing to secure a deal with The Baggies.
Ternana becomes his tenth professional club having won the Spanish league title, Uefa Cup and Super Cup in 2004 with Valencia.
Sissoko made 34 appearances for Mali scoring twice and appeared at the 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2013 African Cup of Nations tournaments.
Worker John Anderson, 56, was killed by a "sudden and powerful release of gas" at the Boulby mine early on Friday, owners ICL UK said.
No-one else was hurt and there was no explosion at the 1,400m deep mine.
In April seven workers were injured when after a fire broke out at the mine, which has tunnels deep under the North Sea.
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland MP Tom Blenkinsop has called for an investigation.
The mine makes potash for fertilisers and employs about 1,100 people about 100 of whom were underground at the time of the incident.
More on this and other North East stories.
Mr Anderson, from Easington, had worked at the site for 35 years.
A company spokesman said: "The incident is believed to have involved a gas blowout - a sudden and powerful release of gas.
"Her Majesty's Mines Inspectorate has been informed.
"Company staff will be offering all possible support to the man's family. All other workers in the mine at the time of the incident were safely evacuated."
Mr Blenkinsop said: "The miner who died in the explosion was one of my constituents who lived in East Cleveland.
"We cannot allow this death to go unmarked. Over the last decade and a half, the mine has been a safe working environment, certainly compared to years past where accidents were more frequent.
"However, in the space of just a few months we have seen two tragic incidents. I am concerned that this must not become a pattern.
"Mines legislation requires a full investigation, and I need to be reassured that this will indeed happen.
"I would also want to be reassured that recent redundancies at the mine have not altered day to day working practices to the extent that risk may have been allowed to creep back in."
Mr Blenkinsop said he was intending to meet senior mine management from ICL Ltd and the mine's unions.
Simon Hunter, a safety manager at ICL UK, said the previous incidents were unrelated to what caused the death of Mr Anderson.
He also said any suggestions that job losses had impacted on safety were "misconstrued".
The 30-year-old former Republic of Ireland youth international returned to Dale last summer after he was released by Leicester City.
He made 25 appearances on loan at Dale in 2014, and his previous contract had been due to expire next week.
"I enjoyed it when I was here previously and I've really enjoyed it since I've been back," he said.
The Ann Maguire Fund was started by her family in April to support young people in Leeds.
Sally-Ann Greenfield, chief executive of Leeds Community Foundation, has worked with the family and said: "The response has been incredible".
The fund will be open for grant applications by the end of November.
Mrs Maguire, 61, was stabbed to death in a classroom at Corpus Christi Catholic College, in Leeds, in April, as she held a Spanish lesson.
Sixteen-year-old Will Cornick has been told he must serve a minimum of 20 years in custody after he admitted her murder.
In a previous statement Mrs Maguire's daughters, Kerry and Emma, said: "Mum had a special talent for developing opportunities for young people and we hope the charity will do the same.
"She taught for 40 years and affected thousands of pupils' lives and we feel her legacy should be something that continues this work and what she gave to people."
Mrs Maguire's family has issued a statement thanking the public for their contributions to the Ann Maguire Arts Education Fund.
The statement said: "The family would like to express our thanks for all the messages of support and kindnesses shown to us and the wonderful tributes to Ann. They have been a great comfort to us and we are very grateful.
"This is a very difficult time for the family and will continue to be for the foreseeable future.
"We want to look for the good that can come out of this tragedy and focus on what was important to Ann. This was about helping others, especially young people, in developing their potential."
The fund is open to Leeds-based community groups who provide activities for young people. They can apply for a grant of up to £1,500.
Chris Gard and Connie Yates want the 10-month old, who suffers from a rare genetic condition, to undergo a therapy trial.
His mother broke down and screamed as the decision was announced.
Charlie can stay on life support for 24 hours to give the European Court of Human Rights a chance to give a ruling.
He has been in intensive care at Great Ormond Street Hospital since October last year.
The hospital said therapy proposed by a doctor in America is experimental and that Charlie's life support treatment should stop.
Charlie has mitochondrial depletion syndrome, a rare disorder that affects the genetic building blocks that give energy to cells.
The family division of the High Court agreed two months ago that the hospital could withdraw Charlie's life support.
His parents have raised more than £1.3m through an internet appeal, in the hope they could take him to America for an experimental treatment.
A spokesperson for Great Ormond Street Hospital said it was a "very sad day" for Charlie's parents and family.
"It is never easy when medical and judicial opinion goes against the wishes of the parents but our first responsibility at Great Ormond Street Hospital remains to put the interests of the child first and foremost.
"It is also hugely difficult for any clinically-trained professional to be asked to treat a child who has no chance of survival or even improvement in his quality of life", the hospital added.
"For now, our priority is to ensure Charlie remains well cared for and to offer our support to Charlie's devoted parents at this distressing time."
Charlie's supporters gathered outside the court ahead of the hearing.
Holding pictures of the 10-month-old they chanted 'Save Charlie Gard' and "give him a chance".
Inside his parents waited for the decision. This is the final court in the UK able to hear their case.
Justice Lady Hale began by praising their devotion, as parents we would all want to do the same she said.
But as judges and not as parents they were concerned with the legal position and the proposed appeal she said was refused.
Charlie's mother Connie left the court wailing and shouting "they've put us through hell".
Chris, Charlie's father, held his head in hands and cried.
This may though not be the end. They want to try and take their case to the European Court of Human Rights.
Katie Gollop QC, leading Great Ormond Street's legal team, said the case was "sad" but not "exceptional".
She said the couple seemed to be suggesting that "parents always know best".
"Fundamentally the parents don't accept the facts," she said. "They don't accept that nucleoside therapy will be futile."
The court had earlier heard how Charlie could not could see, hear, move, cry or swallow.
Ms Gollop added: "He is on a machine which causes his lungs to move up and down because his lungs cannot go up and down.
"Charlie's condition affords him no benefit."
Following the ruling Ms Yates screamed outside court: "How can they do this to us?"
"They are lying. Why don't they tell the truth?", she said.
Charlie's life support machine will continue until Friday at 17:00 BST to give judges in Strasbourg, France, time to look at the case, the court said.
The letter criticises "lack of planning and sharing of useful information" in the Dubs resettlement scheme.
Only about 200 children entered the UK under the scheme last year and none has arrived in 2017, the Home Office confirmed last week.
The UK government promised to honour its commitments on refugees.
The so-called "Dubs amendment" was named after campaigner and Labour peer Lord Dubs, who came to the UK as a child refugee before the outbreak of World War Two.
Lord Dubs' amendment required the UK government to provide assistance to a specified number of unaccompanied child refugees, who arrived in Europe with no family connections.
The UK government has agreed to take up to 480 unaccompanied children under the Dubs scheme - but it will then close, with ministers arguing that an open-ended commitment would encourage people trafficking.
But a joint letter from the Scottish Secretary for Equalities, Angela Constance, and her Welsh counterpart Carl Sargeant criticises the way the scheme has been run.
It states: "From the start of the implementation of this scheme, we have struggled with the lack of information that has been forthcoming from those running this operation.
"This continues to be the case and we are aware that only a couple of hundred unaccompanied children have been transferred of the 480 placements identified."
The letter acknowledges the emergency clearance of the Calais refugee camps led to "difficult circumstances" and that the UK government is also facing a legal challenge over the scheme.
It continues: "However, we both feel that overall, the lack of planning and sharing of useful information from coordinators has inhibited our ability to plan ahead."
Immigration Minister Brandon Lewis said the UK government was committed to fulfilling its commitment under the Dubs scheme "as soon as possible" and that other mechanisms were available for helping vulnerable children.
He added: "This is just one aspect of a much wider response. We have committed to resettling 23,000 people directly from regions of conflict and last year we granted protection, or another form of leave, to over 8,000 children.
"We are grateful for the support Scotland and Wales have provided and we have made clear our intention to extend the National Transfer Scheme to the rest of the UK so their local authorities can fully participate.
"We believe the most vulnerable children are in the conflict zone around Syria and best way to help them is by resettling refugees directly from the region. This is how we can stop traffickers and smugglers from exploiting vulnerable people and children."
"A lot of the boys are saying that that was one of the hardest Test matches they've ever played in, just because of the humidity," said Denton following the 26-13 win.
"It takes a lot out of you, we're just not used to playing in that. The last time we had that was when we played Samoa and Fiji."
Those Tests were in the heat of Apia and Lautoka and brought Scotland two scratchy wins. And here was another. Denton wasn't using the temperature as an excuse rather than part of an explanation for a patchy-to-poor first Test against a drastically under-strength Japan.
Had the locals had Michael Leitch, Ayumu Goromaru, Akihito Yamada and Male Sa'u in their ranks - heroes all from the 2015 World Cup win over South Africa - then Scotland might have paid for their lack of composure and cohesion, their inability to get dominance and their failure to put Japan away.
Of course, Scotland can cite missing players of their own, but the hope here was that they wouldn't need to cite anything in mitigation, not absent talent or weather or time apart as a team. You hoped they would turn up, gel quickly and put Japan to the sword. They didn't - and there was a flatness in the aftermath as a result.
One of the impressive things about Vern Cotter's team is their honesty in assessing themselves. Greig Laidlaw, who kicked like a dream, is uncompromising on that front. "We played in fits and starts," said the captain.
"We need to look at ourselves. There are positives in a win, and it's good to win at this level, but I think we can tighten up. I was a little disappointed in the maul on a couple of occasions. We coughed the ball up a couple of times."
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This was hardly at the cutting edge of world rugby on Saturday. It wasn't Wellington, where Wales were gallant in defeat against New Zealand, or Melbourne, where England were extraordinary in victory over Australia. It wasn't Johannesburg, either, where Ireland were ahead for much of it but got overtaken at the end of a monumental match against South Africa.
The Test in Toyota City was low-key stuff in front of a half-empty stadium. Wishy-washy rugby. It required professionalism to get the job done, though, and Scotland had enough of it on the night. Their set-piece was impressive - lineout and scrum. They caused Japan unmerciful problems at the breakdown. Their defence was strong and their discipline important.
That was Japan's undoing. Their penalty count was knocking on for double Scotland's and they had two sin-binnings that cost them 14 points. That was the game right there. When Hendrik Tui got done, Scotland punished Japan while he was away. When Rikiya Matsuda got done, Scotland punished them again. Their ruthlessness in those moments was key. In the context of the match, it was everything.
"Scotland had three penalties that weren't penalties, that was clear and obvious up in the box," said Japan coach Mark Hammett of the first-half barrage of indiscipline.
"But you have got to roll with those and even if you get some bad calls, you have to understand that you are going to be under the pump and you have to keep clean. That cost us.
"Ultimately the yellow cards were fair yellow cards, but were made worse when you are under the microscope for earlier ones. For any team, you have got to get your discipline right."
Scotland could have made it more comfortable but weren't slick enough or aware enough to take advantage. All those who spoke later said it would be different in Tokyo on Saturday, that they needed this game to get back up to the pitch of a Test match.
Hammett said something similar. He also floated the notion of what Japan might be capable of if they could only keep their heads a bit better next time. "Take the yellow cards out of it and it's an even game," he said of the game at the Toyota Stadium. "Next Saturday will be intriguing."
Scotland have a few injury worries. Alasdair Dickinson is out of the tour with a hamstring injury sustained in the opening minutes in Toyota City.
Gordon Reid is on his way to Tokyo as replacement. The Scotland management are also monitoring Duncan Taylor (hamstring), John Barclay (knee) and WP Nel (knee).
There should be a bigger crowd - the attendance on Saturday was shy of 25,000 - and both sides should bring more to the table.
More is needed. Scotland won, but it wasn't convincing.
In fairness to the tourists, nobody in their camp was claiming that it was. They set themselves higher standards these days.
All of them knew they're capable of a whole lot more than this.
Physical and genetic evidence suggests that cetaceans found in waters off northern Australia are distinct within the humpback family.
This general group grows up to 2.4m in length and inhabits coastal waters from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
The evidence for the distinct species in northern Australia is outlined in the academic journal Molecular Ecology.
"Based on the findings of our combined morphological and genetic analyses, we can suggest that the humpback dolphin genus includes at least four member species," said co-author Martin Mendez, from the Wildlife Conservation Society's Latin America and the Caribbean programme.
Dr Mendez added: "This discovery helps our understanding of the evolutionary history of this group and informs conservation policies to help safeguard each of the species."
The authors analysed physical data gathered mostly from beached dolphins and museum specimens. Specifically, the team examined features from 180 skulls covering most of the distribution area of the group in order to compare features across the region.
The researchers also collected 235 tissue samples from humpback dolphins, stretching from the eastern Atlantic to the western Pacific Oceans, analysing both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA to study variation.
Dr Nicholas Higgs, a marine biologist from Plymouth University, told BBC News: "It is an interesting and significant finding and has important conservation implications, namely that the Australian population is a distinct species and should be given conservation status on its own.
He added: "We knew that there were humpback dolphins living off Australia, but didn't realise that they were a separate species from that living in the rest of South-East Asia."
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The forward, 21, made his Premiership debut in February and has made four league appearances this season.
Nott, an England Under-20 international second row, follows fellow academy graduates Ben and Tom Curry in committing his future to the Sharks.
"The drain on players coming through our successful academy system and then moving south has come to an end," Sale director of rugby Steve Diamond said.
Nott becomes the 12th player to recently sign a new contract with 10th-placed Sale and his new deal follows the returns of Will Cliff and Marc Jones from Bristol and the signing of Scotland international Josh Strauss from Glasgow.
The airline says all flights to and from London Gatwick and London City airports will operate normally.
The majority of flights to and from London Heathrow will operate as normal.
But BA said it would be merging a "very small number" of flights to and from Heathrow.
That means some customers will travel slightly earlier or later.
The airline said in a statement that customers affected were being contacted with the options available for them.
The dispute concerns about 4,000 staff - some 15% of BA's cabin crew - who have joined the airline since 2010 on "mixed fleet" contracts and who do not feel they are paid enough. About 2,900 of them are Unite members.
Earnings were advertised between £21,000 and £25,000, but the Unite union says that in reality, they start at just over £12,000 - plus £3 an hour flying pay.
BA cabin crew will start selling food from Marks and Spencer from next week as the airline introduces pay-as-you-go meals on its short-haul flights.
The Unite union said M&S store staff who sell this same food would be earning over £6,000 per year more on a full-time basis than the basic starting salary of a member of BA's "mixed fleet" cabin crew.
BA disputes these figures, and insists that full-time mixed fleet cabin crew do, in reality, earn above £21,000.
The strike reflects cabin crew's rejection of a new pay offer of 2% in the first year and 2.5% in years two and three - a rise that the union said would leave staff £20 a month better off after tax.
An earlier strike, planned for Christmas, was suspended after that offer was made, but members rejected it by 7-1.
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Burns defends his WBA super-lightweight belt on Saturday, and believes he can overcome his Namibian foe in Glasgow.
Southpaw Indongo won the IBF title by knocking out Eduard Troyanovsky 40 seconds into their contest in December.
"If I can unify the division and add another world title to the collection, it doesn't get any bigger than that," said 34-year-old Scot Burns.
"We know we've got a tough fight on our hands. It's going to be a tricky opponent, but preparation has gone well.
"He's tall, he has a height and reach advantage over me and he's a southpaw which makes him even more awkward, but the sparring has been great. We're confident that whatever comes our way, we'll be able to deal with it.
"Mentally, I'm always prepared for whatever's coming my way and I'm not afraid to lose. I will fight anybody they put in front of me. I will always give it 100%. I'm looking forward to it."
Burns, who celebrated his birthday on Thursday, weighed in at 9st 13lb, as did Indongo.
Burns is only the third British fighter to have won world titles at three different weights, and victory would make him Scotland's first unified champion.
That would open up the possibility of a lucrative rematch with American Terence Crawford, the WBC and WBO super-lightweight champion, who defeated Burns in March 2014.
Steve Bunce, BBC Radio 5 live's boxing pundit, said: "You look at Burns' record - six or seven years of title fights, a three-weight world champion, one of only three Britons to do that in the last 120-odd years... you'd be shocked if Burns walked on to one of those punches.
"If this was a 21-year-old African with a couple of quick wins under his belt, you'd be a bit more alarmed.
"He can bang but I just fancy Burns knows too much. We underestimate Burns, he's been going under the radar too long."
One huge left hand brought Indongo to prominence. Fighting outside Namibia for the first time in his professional career, it took less than a minute for him to grab the IBF belt from Troyanovsky.
Undefeated in 21 contests, he was unfazed by the home crowd in Moscow and he also fought abroad when he competed in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
The 34-year-old believes he is fighting on behalf of his country and his continent, revealing the Namibian president had phoned him to wish him luck and tell him to keep his guard up.
"It's going to be an amazing night, when the impossible can become possible, things I never expected in life, whereby the world is going to know where I came from," Indongo said.
"I can promote my country at large, and believe me, the night is going to be an exciting one that nobody will ever have expected it to be. I'm going to give my all. I trust myself and it's not easy to reach this level. Nobody thought I would be where I am now.
"It's not easy to fight outside home, I have to adapt to the situation. My aim is to take victory home. I'm undefeated. He already knows how losing feels.
"My talent will prove to people who I am. I will give what I have and what the world doesn't know about."
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The ex-Hull City assistant manager took charge in the absence of head coach Aitor Karanka, who left Boro's training ground on Friday following a row.
"We're bitterly disappointed with the performance," Agnew told BBC Tees.
"They are a driven group of players who want to get where we all want to and I'm fully confident that they will."
The defeat marked the Teesiders second consecutive loss against a side in the relegation zone, having been beaten 1-0 by Rotherham in midweek.
Middlesbrough remain second in the Championship, seven points behind League leaders Burnley with a game in hand, but have won only five games in 2016.
Agnew continued: "To concede two goals like we did, it's not like us as a team.
"We never created too many chances - we were on the back foot more than we were on the front foot, so it was disappointing for everybody."
Boro have lost three of their last four league matches and will need a better performance on Friday if they wish to beat third-placed Hull City to retain their position in the table.
"As it's one of our close rivals, everyone will be ready and fired up for the game," Agnew added.
"Having been in the top two most of the season, that's something that we strive to continue to stay in.
"They're all big games now - we're almost on countdown."
Fifty-year-old Agnew - who previously stood in as Middlesbrough's caretaker manager following the departure of Gordon Strachan in October 2010 - declined to comment on the position of Aitor Karanka following the statement issued by the club on Saturday.
"We've got to respect the decision that's been made by the club. I don't need to comment on anything other than the football side," he said.
"We've just got to look forward to the games we've got coming ahead and we've got to look forward to the rest of the season."
Séamus Dooley, NUJ Irish secretary, said it happened at Hackballscross shortly after 09:00 GMT on Friday.
Mr Dooley said the intimidation of photographers and reporters by associates of Mr Murphy was "an affront to democracy".
"I understand that shortly after 9am a car with four occupants, including Mr Murphy, the front seat passenger, arrived at Shelagh National School, Hackballscross," Mr Dooley said.
"Mr Murphy was not impeded from entering the building and there was no attempt by any media representative to prevent him from casting his vote in secret.
"As he entered the polling station, one of the occupants of the car approached a vehicle in which a photographer and reporter were sitting.
"The man did not identify himself but ordered the media representatives that they could not take photographers. I note that according to a report in The Irish Times the man told the journalists he was 'just following orders'.
"We understand that as a garda (Irish police officer) and an election official subsequently spoke to the media the man proceeded to take photographs of the journalists and their cars.
"The NUJ deplores this attempt to intimidate journalists in the course of their work in reporting on a significant event."
Mr Dooley said Mr Murphy was a figure of current public interest as he was due to be sentenced later on Friday on tax evasion charges at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.
Mr Dooley added: "If Mr Murphy felt his rights were being violated he should have reported the matter to An Garda Siochána.
"The use of private handlers to try to control the media is unacceptable in a democracy."
Police Scotland said officers acting on intelligence stopped a car on the city's Broomielaw at 20:30 on Monday.
Two men, aged 23 and 24, were arrested after the drugs were found.
They will be the subject of a report to the procurator fiscal and are expected to appear from custody at Glasgow Sheriff Court later.
Back-row Cornell du Preez, who touched down twice last Friday against Grenoble, scored again for the Scots.
In typical fashion, Edinburgh's pack won a penalty try, and a driving maul allowed John Hardie to plunge over.
Agen's points came via two penalties from the boot of captain Clement Darbo.
Stand-off Greig Tonks, who is under pressure to exert a controlling influence at first receiver with his principal rivals - Kiwi duo Phil Burleigh and Jade Te Rure - injured, kicked well in testing conditions, slotting two early penalties for the visitors.
And Edinburgh would stretch their lead before half-time from the sort of punishing forward pressure that has been a feature of their victories this season.
A series of dominant scrums from Alan Solomons' pack prompted referee Peter Fitzgibbon to award a penalty try, duly converted by Tonks.
Scotland flanker Hardie, who made his debut for the club in last weekend's win, was characteristically influential in open play, and though denied before the break, set-up du Preez for Edinburgh's second try on 44 minutes with a fine break and offload.
Tonks converted again, before scrum-half Darbo struck a quick-fire double from the tee to put Agen - who lie bottom of the Top 14 - on the scoreboard.
Hardie again splintered the French defence with another rambunctious break, his pass going astray 10 metres from the hosts' line.
The New Zealand-born openside would get his reward, however, as he grounded from a maul to score his first try for the club, Tonks once more adding the extras.
A scrappy final 10 minutes culminated in second-row Fraser McKenzie being sin-binned for an infringement at the breakdown with the clock red, with neither side able to alter the scoreboard.
Head coach Solomons can be pleased with the efforts of his formidable assortment of forwards, and the depth he has assembled in his pack, but is likely to be frustrated with Edinburgh's failure to clinch a fourth try and a bonus-point for the second successive match.
Agen: Francois Tardieu, Leka Tagotago, Pierre Fouyssac, Julien Heriteau, Filipo Nakosi, Francois Bouvier, Clement Darbo (capt); Quentin Bethune, Marc Barthomeuf, Nicolas Chocou, Jean-Baptiste Roidot, Leo Bastien, Sione Tau, Antoine, Miquel, Marc Baget.
Replacements: Florian Dufour, Viliamu Afatia, Dave Ryan, Corentin Braendlin, Felicien Vergnon, Baptiste Cadiou, Timothe Guillimin, Benoit Sicart.
Edinburgh: Dougie Fife, Tom Brown, Will Helu, Matt Scott, Otulea Katoa, Greig Tonks, Sean Kennedy; Alasdair Dickinson, Ross Ford (capt), WP Nel, Anton Bresler, Fraser McKenzie, Nasi Manu, John Hardie, Cornell Du Preez.
Replacements: Neil Cochrane, Rory Sutherland, Simon Berghan, Alex Toolis, Jamie Ritchie, Nathan Fowles, Blair Kinghorn, Chris Dean.
It is understood he was one of a group of five swimmers who got into difficulty in the sea at Tullan Strand near Bundoran on Tuesday evening.
Four of the group were able to make it to safety with the help of local surfers.
Bundoran RNLI have advised people to 'stay away' as the search resumes.
The Sligo-based coastguard helicopter, Killybegs Coast Guard, defence forces and Gardaà are also assisting in the rescue.
Shane Smith of Bundoran lifeboat said the operation began again at 07:00 BST on Thursday.
"While the search is ongoing, we're just advising people to stay away from the Tullan Strand area for the couple of days that we are searching," he said.
"There is a lot of army personnel and shore crew up there at the minute so its just for their own safety and the safety of the crew as well."
Tullan Strand is a popular surfing location and is regarded locally as a safe place to swim.
The alarm for the missing man was raised on Tuesday by a woman watching events unfold from a car park.
The teenager appeared at Londonderry Magistrates' Court after failing a police drugs test on Wednesday. He admitted consuming cannabis before he was arrested.
District Judge Barney McElholm said he would give the boy one last chance because of his love for art.
He must attend court for three days and draw the judge and solicitors.
Mr McElholm said as part of the teenager's bail conditions: "You must bring with you a sketch pad and a pencil and you can draw me and the solicitors for two hours each day.
"Only me and the solicitors, and I will review the matter on Wednesday."
He added: "If you look stoned you will be arrested."
The measures, which took effect in April initially for one year, reduced the tariffs offered to beneficiaries of the botched green energy scheme.
Flaws in the scheme meant it spiralled beyond its budget. At one stage it had a projected overspend of £490m.
The Department for the Economy has said it intends to extend the cost-control plan for a further 12 months.
In a statement on Wednesday, it said the extension was "a temporary measure, which will give the department the opportunity to develop the long-term arrangements needed".
The regulations were approved by MLAs just before the Northern Ireland Assembly collapsed in January.
But a group representing boiler owners who are claiming from the scheme began a legal challenge against the plan.
The Renewable Heat Association (RHANI) said in April that some of its members' firms are folding because of the cuts to their payments from the RHI scheme.
On Wednesday, it said scheme participants had been assured that the 2017 regulations were for a limited period.
"We had suspected that the announcement of the pilot or token 20 inspections was a means of distracting public attention from this deeply worrying policy decision," said RHANI's executive chairman Andrew Trimble.
He added that a previous court hearing had been told that the Department for the Economy "did not have the lawful authority to breach the guarantees entered into when it launched the scheme".
RHANI's website had been busy all day, he said, as churches, charities and companies joined the organisation.
The new tariff rules were a one-year emergency measure to tackle a projected £490m overspend in the 20-year scheme.
It has been estimated that this year they will reduce the in-year overspend from £30m to £2m.
Now officials have a plan to extend them for up to another 12 months.
For that to happen would require either assembly approval or sign-off by a direct rule minister.
It also assumes that a High Court challenge to the new tariff regime by boiler owners in October will be unsuccessful.
On Wednesday, the Department for the Economy said its cost-cutting plan had "brought the forecast scheme expenditure back into line with the budget provided by the UK government".
It added that it must wait until the court judgement on the legal challenge before it can propose a long-term measure to cut the overspend.
It also said there was not enough time before the end of initial one-year plan next April for a long-term solution to be proposed, consulted on and put in place.
Therefore, it is seeking a 12-month extension - until 31 March 2019 - on the temporary regulations.
On Tuesday, the department announced that inspections of boiler sites are to begin.
The so-called "cash-for-ash" scandal has been the backdrop of major political upheaval in Northern Ireland over the past year.
The RHI scheme was set up by the Northern Ireland Executive in 2012, with the intention of increasing the consumption of fuel from renewable sources, rather than fossil fuels.
Biomass boilers burning wood pellets were installed by most beneficiaries of the scheme.
But a critical flaw - an overgenerous subsidy offer - effectively allowed them to earn more cash the more fuel they burned.
The fallout from the scandal resulted in the collapse of the Stormont assembly and executive and the calling of a snap election in March.
A judge-led public inquiry into the scandal has also started and is expected to hold its first public evidence sessions in September.
It was due to be revealed on Thursday.
The official deadline for the Football Association to submit its squad to Uefa before the tournament is 31 May.
England have warm-up games against Turkey, Australia and Portugal before the finals, which are being played in France between 10 June and 10 July.
Arsenal forward Danny Welbeck is expected to be ruled out of the Euros with an injury to his right knee picked up in Sunday's 2-2 draw against Manchester City.
His team-mate Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, 22, is already missing the tournament.
There are also fitness concerns over another Gunners midfielder, Jack Wilshere, who has just returned to Arsenal's first team after 10 months out with a broken leg, while Liverpool's Jordan Henderson suffered knee ligament damage last month.
However, his manager Jurgen Klopp says "there is no doubt" the 25-year-old Reds captain will be ready for the tournament.
The body parts, which were found in White Hart Lakes in Dagenham, east London, have been identified as being 39-year-old Neill Buchel.
Chas Quye, 35, of Stansgate Road and Scott Hunt, 41, of Braintree Road, both in Dagenham, as well Elvis Kwiatkowski, 35, of Royston, Hertfordshire, have been charged with his murder.
All three were due before Redbridge magistrates on Saturday.
Colin Bushaway, 60, of Gregory Crescent, Eltham, was charged on 1 May with perverting the course of justice and has been bailed to appear at the same court on 20 May.
Mr Buchel was reported missing by his family on 18 March and his body parts were found on 1 April.
The temporary Meccano bridge has been built across Belfast's Clarendon Dock.
It was unveiled at a free public event on Saturday.
Representatives from Guinness World Records were on site to confirm it has set a record for the world's largest ever Meccano construction.
The bridge was designed and built by a group of third year civil engineering students and school children.
The year-long project is part of the university's outreach programme to encourage more children to think about careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
Around 11,000 pieces of Meccano were used to build the bridge, which weighs 600kg (about 1,300lbs).
Dr Danny McPolin from the school of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, who led the project, said: "If you count all the nuts and bolts and washers, there's approximately 70,000.
"In terms of the longer pieces, if they're all laid out end-to-end I think it would be about 3.8kms - approximately 10,000 or 11,000 pieces.
"So it's a lot of Meccano."
He added: "We see this event not only as an opportunity to celebrate the students' and staff's incredible work over the past year, but also a chance to give local children an insight into the exciting courses on offer at Queen's.
"We hope to welcome as many youngsters as possible on the day and cement their interest in studying civil engineering and other STEM subjects at university level."
The project has received funding from the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, AECOM, Meccano and Queen's Annual Fund.
Karl McCartney, Tory MP for Lincoln, had denied using the "favourite" function on the social networking site, claiming his account had been hacked.
John Mann, Labour MP for Bassetlaw, wrote to police asking if they could establish who "favourited" the tweet.
Lincolnshire Police said no formal investigation was under way.
The "favourite" function allows Twitter users to show their appreciation for tweets and to bookmark them.
Mr McCartney's Labour rival Lucy Rigby highlighted a pornographic picture among his Twitter favourites last month, but was also criticised for retweeting the image.
Mr McCartney, who is married with two children, said in a statement that he never used the favourite button, despite there being 56 favourites on his page earlier.
He blamed Twitter's "security changes".
Writing to Lincolnshire Police chief constable Neil Rhodes, Mr Mann said it was "highly concerning" that someone had hacked Mr McCartney's account.
He said: "Constituents share personal and confidential details with their MPs and the hacker who had access to Mr McCartney's account would also have been privy to this information."
He asked whether an IP address could be traced in order to find out who had "favourited" tweets from Mr McCartney's account.
He asked for his letter to be processed as a formal complaint and requested a crime number from police.
A spokesman for Mr Mann insisted it was a "serious issue" for the MP as he was often contacted by vulnerable people through the direct message function on Twitter.
Mr McCartney said in a statement that he welcomed "the assiduous action of Mr Mann".
The two MPs, whose constituencies are not far from each other, have previously clashed.
In May, the Lincolnshire Echo reported that the Bassetlaw MP told the Lincoln MP he was not welcome to take part in off-road driving in his constituency, claiming it would endanger local people.
Mr McCartney called it a "typical over-reaction from Mr Mann".
Officers in Fife have been using so-called Pop-up Bob for two years to try to cut offending.
Officers in Tayside are now considering introducing the "officers".
Police Scotland said the life-size figures were not intended to replace "genuine resources" but act as a visual reminder to those tempted to speed.
The glass-fibre models show an officer from Cowdenbeath holding a speed camera.
The force said that the "Bobs" were designed to serve as a "prevention technique" to passing motorists.
Insp Tom Brown from Levenmouth Police Station said: "We utilise a life-size image of a police officer, which provides a visual reminder to motorists to ensure they drive in an appropriate manner.
"This prop is never used in place of genuine resources, and has previously been well-received by the local community."
Police Scotland said it had been "difficult to gauge" how effective the Bobs had been at preventing speeding.
However, similar attempts by officers in England to reduce crimes such as shoplifting using cutout officers have proved unsuccessful.
Douglas Pover from Perth and Kinross Council , who served as a police officer for 30 years, said any initiative that could bring down the number of accidents in the region was worth a try.
He said: "We've asked the police for a full evaluation to see if it's something that works as a deterrent.
"We're not advocating using it in place of real police officers, but if it can be seen to be worthwhile then we'll give it a go.
"We have the A9 and A90, as well as some rural roads where accident statistics can be quite high, and so if this is an effective way of stopping that then so be it."
The 39-year-old returned an adverse analytical finding of GHRP-2 in an out of competition test on 9 August.
The 2008 Olympic road race champion had been due to ride for BMC Racing at the Vuelta, which starts on Saturday.
He has been suspended by his team with immediate effect and replaced by Loic Vliegen in their Vuelta line-up.
"All riders and staff are held to the highest ethical standard and BMC Racing Team is extremely disappointed to share this news on the eve of the Vuelta," said the team in a statement.
They added "no further action will be taken" until the results of the B sample - which Sanchez has the right to request and attend the analysis of - are provided.
World cycling's governing body, the UCI, said the test was carried out by the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation, an independent entity in charge of the sport's anti-doping program.
Sanchez has won five stages of the Vuelta and finished runner-up in his home Grand Tour in 2009.
It was an attack in a highly symbolic place, next to the parliament, and against a key industry - tourism. The presidency said Tunisia was facing "exceptional circumstances".
But the attack was also an escalation of militant violence in Tunisia that had long been feared. As such, it was met with statements of resilience and determination that the country would not be thrown off course.
"It was a huge shock, Tunisia has never been like that - we're an open country," said Aida Ayari, a 37-year-old attending an anti-terrorism rally at the museum a day after the attack. "But we're not going to remain shocked."
As she and others pointed out, such attacks can - and have - happened elsewhere.
But Tunisia's political fortunes - it was the only country in the region to complete a democratic transition - and its secularist-led government may have made it more of a target for extremists.
And two problems make Tunisia especially vulnerable.
In Libya, its neighbour to the east, the state has been collapsing and huge quantities of arms have found their way out of the country.
In neglected border regions, Islamist militants have easily acquired those weapons after developing ties with criminal groups involved in arms and drugs trafficking.
Meanwhile, Islamist campaigns in Iraq and Syria have attracted disproportionately high numbers of Tunisian fighters, hundreds of whom have returned home.
Islamic State, which according to an audio message posted on Thursday said it had carried out the Tunis attack, has a growing presence in Libya - a country that was already serving as a training ground for fighters travelling on to the Middle East.
Some 1,500 Tunisians attached to the outlawed Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia and aligned with IS are thought to be training there, preparing to return to Tunisia and carve out a presence, said Badra Gaaloul, who heads a security think-tank in Tunis.
Counter-terrorism policy has failed to keep up as militants have changed their strategy, she said.
The militants have shown "that they're installed in our city and our neighbourhoods and can carry out attacks in broad daylight in a place where there's plenty of security".
Security and intelligence officials "realise how serious it is - that there's a great risk to Tunisia, but they lack co-ordination and experience", she added.
The Bardo museum is opposite a barracks and round the corner from the heavily guarded parliament building.
When police officers let demonstrators approach the museum little more than 24 hours after the attack, bloodstains still marked the ground and some marble paving at the entrance lay broken where an armoured vehicle had tried to back up to the building's glass doors.
A plain-clothes policeman said security forces had arrived quickly, but they had struggled to contain gunmen firing indiscriminately.
Protesters chanted about their dissatisfaction with both the current, secularist-led, government, and the previous, Islamist-led administration, blaming them for letting the attack happen.
Some deficiencies may be tackled by new anti-terrorism legislation that was ready for discussion at the very moment the attack began.
The draft law could assign police tasks to the military in urban areas, and give the security forces greater leeway to crack down on radicalisation.
Gaigi Afif, one of a group of black-robed lawyers who turned out to Thursday's anti-terrorism rally, said he hoped the law would give the authorities more scope to tap phones and make swift arrests.
"I don't think that the situation in Tunisia will automatically deteriorate, but we have to be much more vigilant," he said.
Tunisia remains polarised between staunch secularists - who tend to be drawn from the east coast, Francophone elite - and poorer, more religiously conservative populations in the south and the interior. The politics that result have hampered effective policy around Islamism.
But the international community could also help with counter-terrorism advice, training or technological support to monitor vast desert spaces on the Libyan border, Michael Bechir Ayari, an analyst for International Crisis Group, wrote in a briefing paper.
"The positive side of this tragedy is that it has awakened a sense of solidarity with Tunisia in its struggle to ensure that it avoids anything like the fate of its Libyan neighbour," he said.
"And if the world values what Tunisia has achieved since 2011, it needs to respond."
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The former technical college has lain empty since 2006 when the adjoining Swindon College campus closed.
Site owner Ashfield Land has been granted planning permission to convert the building into 24 apartments.
Swindon Borough Council said planners agreed the move under delegated powers as its cabinet supported the proposals.
Ashfield Land's James Digby said work would begin on converting the building into apartments in early summer, with completion expected by late 2016.
The developer was also responsible for building the adjoining £50m Regent Circus leisure and retail complex, which fully opened in February.
Mr Digby said: "We are really pleased to get planning permission for the college building as it's the final phase of the redevelopment of Regent Circus."
The 39-year-old joined the club in June 2014 and leaves the Bully Wee sitting eighth in Scottish League Two.
Ferguson had described their match with Annan Athletic as a must-win if they were to retain hopes of a promotion play-off place, but they lost 1-0.
And Clyde said in a website statement on Sunday: "The board has today reluctantly accepted the resignation of first-team manager Barry Ferguson."
The Cumbernauld side have not won a league match since November and have lost eight of their last 10 games in the division.
They are now 14 points behind Annan, who are fourth - the final play-off spot.
Ferguson offered his resignation immediately after the defeat at Galabank, but he had been asked to reconsider.
"Despite a welcome run in the William Hill Scottish Cup, which ended with an agonising defeat to Championship side Ayr United in a fifth-round replay, both the manager and the club were disappointed with the recent poor run of league results, often not reflecting the effort and standard of play, which culminated in the defeat at Annan," added Clyde's statement.
"That result leaves the club with only an outside chance of achieving the objective of securing a play-off place and then promotion to League One.
"The club would like to thank Barry for his unstinting commitment to the job over the last two and a half years and wishes him every success in the future."
Capped 45 times, Ferguson skippered Rangers and also played for Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City and Blackpool.
He had a short spell as caretaker manager with Blackpool before joining Clyde.
His team lost out in the promotion play-off final last season after a third-place finish, having ended up sixth in his debut campaign as a coach.
Ferguson told Clyde's website: "I want to wish the club all the very best in the future.
"I hope that it can go on and achieve its aim of reaching the play-offs this season."
Clyde have not revealed who will take over coaching duties but promised another statement ahead of Tuesday's league match against Montrose at Broadwood.
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Six cars and a motorbike collided in foggy conditions on the northbound carriageway.
Aneta Bula, 36, of Ridgeway Road in Luton, died at the scene. Joan Kavanagh, 89, of Ashbourne Road, Derby, died from her injuries the next day.
Coroner Tom Osborne at Ampthill recorded verdicts of accidental death.
Ms Bula died from a head injury and Ms Kavanagh from multiple injuries at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital.
World-Check Risk Screening contains details about people and organisations suspected of being involved in terrorism, organised crime and money laundering, among other offences.
Access is supposed to be restricted under European privacy laws.
The database's creator, Thomson Reuters, has confirmed an unnamed third-party exposed an "out of date" version online.
But it says the material has since been removed.
Security researcher Chris Vickery said he discovered the leak. He notified the Register, which reported that it contained more than two million records and was two years old.
"There was no protection at all. No username or password required to see the records," Mr Vickery told the BBC.
"I want to be clear that this unprotected database was not directly hosted by Thomson Reuters itself."
A spokesman for the financial data provider said it was trying to tackle the problem.
"We are grateful to Chris Vickery for bringing this to our attention, and immediately took steps to contact the third party responsible - as a result we can confirm that the third party has taken down the information. We have also spoken to the third party to ensure there will be no repetition of this unacceptable incident," David Crundwell said.
"World-Check aggregates financial crime data from the public domain, including official sanctions data, to help clients meet their regulatory responsibilities."
Other sources of information used to collate the database include :
Individuals' dates and places of birth are also listed, in order to help banks check they are looking into the right people.
"The worst possible situation that could arise is that someone who may be innocent, but accused of criminal activity in the database, could be permanently branded on a global scale if this database were to be spread publicly," said Mr Vickery.
A spokeswoman for the UK's Information Commissioner Officer said the Data Protection Act required personal information to be kept secure even if it had been collated from public sources.
"Organisations must take appropriate measures against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental loss, destruction or damage," she said.
"We'll be making enquiries."
In 2015, a BBC investigation by the called into question why World-Check had listed London's Finsbury Park Mosque within its terrorism category.
It was a close finish, with the Derry team just four points behind winner LMAX Exchange, another UK-based crew.
Some of those involved in the competition have spent 11 months at sea, as the race spans six continents.
Thousands of spectators lined the banks of the Thames in London on Saturday as the teams celebrated the final result.
Many of the 690 competitors are amateurs and some of them had little or no previous sailing experience before they embarked on the global challenge last August.
The organisers said this year's entrants "endured some of the most extreme conditions ever experienced in the event's 20-year history".
The amateur sailors had to cope with hurricane force winds, giant waves, freezing conditions, injuries and for the IchorCoal team - a double tragedy.
IchorCoal crewman Andrew Ashman was fatally injured by the yacht's boom last September, and Sarah Young was swept overboard in the Pacific Ocean in April.
Clipper Race founder Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, who was first person to sail solo non-stop around the world, acknowledged that this year's event was "extremely tough".
"The conditions encountered in the Pacific were the worst we've seen in 20 years of running the race," he said.
"I am proud of all of the crew; they have taken on all the world's most challenging oceans and have been very resilient.
"They should be justly proud of themselves - whether crossing a single ocean or circumnavigating the entire planet. It is a remarkable achievement."
The competition is spread over 14 individually scored races.
The Derry-Londonderry-Doire won four of the individual races and finished with a total of 148 points.
LMAX Exchange was crowned the overall winner with 152 points.
The victorious yacht is owned by the British financial technology firm LMAX Exchange, whose chief executive, David Mercer, is from Belfast.
He said: "I'd like to thank all 58 crew who contributed to this herculean effort with special mention to our eight round the worlders - the glue that kept our team bond strong throughout."
The final results were:
It was found in a bathroom of the same Hollywood hotel where it was taken.
Police were tipped off by gossip site TMZ, who said they were contacted by a man claiming to be the thief.
He said he had returned the dress after learning the pearls studding the dress were fake.
The custom Calvin Klein-designed gown is coated with 6,000 natural pearls, but the purported thief said he took two of them for testing and were told they were not real.
Detectives are working with the owners of the dress to confirm if it is the dress.
But Michael White of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said he believed it was. No arrests have been made.
''Whether the jewels on the dress are fake or real... we still have a burglary and we still have a grand theft,'' Mr White said.
Nyong'o won best supporting actress in 2014 for 12 Years a Slave and was a presenter at Sunday's ceremony.
Speaking about the dress's design, the 31-year-old said: "We talked about it being fluid and liquid. I wanted it to be an homage to the sea."
Officers were called to Car Bank Avenue in Atherton, Greater Manchester at about 11:00 BST on Monday after reports of a collision between three cars, and a group of men fighting in the street.
One man received minor injuries but did not require hospital treatment following the incident, after which the cars were all abandoned in the street.
Any witnesses are urged to call police.
The three cars involved were a silver Fiat Stilo, a black Vauxhall Astra and a blue Vauxhall Omega.
Det Sgt Craig Hurst of Greater Manchester Police said: "This is an unbelievable incident on the streets of Atherton.
"I know the community will be alarmed but we are putting all our efforts into finding those responsible.
"There will be extra police in the area and anyone with any concerns can speak to our officers."
Erick Aguirre's own goal put the Golden Eaglets in front in Abu Dhabi.
The Nigerians doubled their lead with a tap in from Kelechi Iheanacho before captain Musa Mohamed's free kick sealed the win.
Nigeria also picked up the tournament's fair-play award and Dele Alampasu was awarded the Golden Glove for being the best goalkeeper.
The first goal came after nine minutes from a Nigerian counter-attack moments after the Mexicans had threatened at the other end.
The Golden Eaglets broke quickly to create a three-against-one situation, and as Musa Yahaya was about to pull the trigger, Aguirre's attempted clearance ended up in his own net.
Yahaya nearly doubled the lead in the 39th minute but his shot crashed against the bar.
Moments later, Taiwo Awoniyi tried a spectacular overhead kick but it went straight into the arms Raul Gudino in the Mexican goal.
Mexico threatened the Nigerian goal a couple of times in the first half but found Alampasu in inspired form.
The Mexicans pressed early in the second half but it was Nigeria who doubled their lead when Gudino parried a long range shot into the path of Kelechi Iheanacho, who tapped in for his sixth goal of the tournament.
With 15 minutes left on the clock, the Mexicans had a great chance to score but Ivan Ochoa headed wide.
The title was sealed when captain Mohamed curled a free kick round the wall from the edge of the area with nine minutes left.
The victory in the United Arab Emirates caps a successful year for Nigeria after the senior team won the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa in January.
Lutfur Rahman was banned from standing for office for five years in 2015 after being found guilty of electoral fraud.
It is understood Mr Rahman is starting the party with his former deputy Ohid Ahmad who is bidding to be elected at the 2018 mayoral election.
Mr Ahmad said "everyone has the right to start a new political party or to support and existing one".
Campaign literature featuring both Mr Rahman and Mr Ahmad appears under the banner of the "Tower Hamlets Together" party.
The same name and logo also appear on an application sent to the Electoral Commissioner to set up the new political party.
The government has sent a letter to the commission asking it to "forensically review" any application for a new party involving Mr Rahman.
In the note, Minister for the Constitution Chris Skidmore MP said he "would be grateful if you could indicate" if a disqualified individual "should be involved with the registration of a political party".
In a statement, Mr Ahmad said he was standing in the 2018 mayoral election but had "yet to finalise whether I will stand as an independent or under a party banner".
A group of voters took legal action against Mr Rahman in 2015 over a series of allegations of election fraud including ballot paper tampering.
Mr Rahman was removed from office and the 2014 mayoral election was declared void after he was found guilty of corrupt and illegal practices.
He maintained there was "little, if any" evidence of wrongdoing against him and later unsuccessfully challenged the ruling of the Election Commissioner Richard Mawrey.
Current Mayor of Tower Hamlets, John Biggs, who won a new election in June 2015 for Labour says Mr Rhaman "clearly hasn't learned".
"I'm hopeful the people of our borough will recognise that he left us in a dead end and that we need to move forwards" he added.
Six weeks after winning the polls, the Republican cruised past the 270 votes needed to formalise his victory.
After the result, Mr Trump promised to "work hard to unite our country and be the president of all Americans".
Electors had been flooded with emails and phone calls urging them not to support the billionaire.
But despite longshot liberal hopes of a revolt by Republican electors, only two - from Texas - ended up voting against him.
Mr Trump secured 304 votes, compared with 227 for Hillary Clinton.
It was the Democratic candidate who ended up losing more electoral votes in Monday's ballot at state capitols nationwide.
Five of her electors defected, with three voting for ex-Secretary of State Colin Powell, one for a Native-American tribal leader and another for Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
The electoral college result will be officially announced on 6 January in a special joint session of Congress.
"I thank the American people for their overwhelming vote to elect me as their next president of the United States," Mr Trump said in a statement after the result came in.
"With this historic step we can look forward to the bright future ahead."
One of the Democratic electors who did vote for Mrs Clinton was her husband, Bill Clinton, and he angrily lashed out at Mr Trump.
According to an upstate New York newspaper, the former president said of Mr Trump in a local book shop on Saturday: "He doesn't know much. One thing he does know is how to get angry, white men to vote for him."
Mr Clinton also told the weekly Bedford and Pound Ridge Record-Review that FBI Director "James Comey cost her (Mrs Clinton) the election" by reopening an inquiry into her emails.
He was also incredulous at Mr Trump's cordial tone during a phone call the day after the election, saying the Republican had acted "like it was 15 years ago" when he was on good terms with the Clintons.
The voting process is usually a formality, but was overshadowed this year by claims that Russian hackers tried to sway the presidential election.
Millions of Americans signed an online petition stating that Mr Trump was unfit for the Oval Office, while anti-Trump protesters gathered at state capitols across the country.
In Pennsylvania, more than 200 demonstrators braved sub-zero temperatures, chanting: "No treason, no Trump!'"
In Maine, protesters beat drums and waved signs saying: "Don't let Putin Pick Our President."
In Madison, Wisconsin, demonstrators cried.
Numerically, Mr Trump's opponents never stood much chance. To keep him out of the Oval Office, 38 Republican electors would have had to defect.
Even that would probably only have delayed the inevitable.
If no candidate had reached 270 in the electoral college, the House of Representatives would have voted on the next president.
The Republican-controlled chamber would most likely have picked Mr Trump.
Mr Trump is due to take office on 20 January.
The institution was set up by America's founding fathers as a compromise between allowing Congress and the people to elect the president.
Technically, Americans cast votes on election day for electors, not the candidates themselves.
The electors are mostly elected officials or party functionaries, and are generally unknown to the public.
There are 538 in all, one for each member of Congress, plus three for District of Columbia.
Although Democrat Hillary Clinton secured almost three million more votes from the public, Mr Trump won the majority of electors - 306.
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Thandi was rescued by rangers in March 2012. She was found with her horn removed, by poachers who had left her to die.
Two male rhinos were also poached in the attack and sadly died.
After many operations to help her recover, including special skin graft surgery, last week Thandi gave birth to a calf.
Alan Weyer, in charge at the Kariega Game Reserve, said: "It is incredible that the rhino we found so close to death nearly three years ago is now the mother of a beautiful calf.
"Thandi has shown huge resilience in her fight to survive. We are absolutely thrilled."
To ensure the safety of Thandi and her calf, they're being kept away from all visitors: they're being left undisturbed so that the calf has the best chance of survival.
The calf does not yet have a name but the reserve is inviting suggestions from the public, online.
Poaching crisis
South Africa has the largest rhino population in the world, but 2014 saw a record number of 1,116 rhinos killed.
The rise in poaching is blamed on the increasing value of rhino horn in some Asian countries, where it is seen by some people as a symbol of wealth.
Images and footage courtesy of Adrian Steirn and Kariega Game Reserve
Iain Stuart, 41, of Laurencekirk, worked for the oil field services company Halliburton.
The father-of-two was on board the Airbus EC225LP Super Puma when it crashed near Bergen on 29 April.
Mr Stuart's funeral took place at Laurencekirk Parish Church before he was laid to rest.
The maker of the helicopter that crashed has lifted its recommendation that the same type of aircraft be grounded worldwide.
The aircraft will remain grounded in the UK, however, as a Civil Aviation Authority flight ban remains in force.
Super Pumas are responsible for many of the 140,000 helicopter passenger flights in the UK each year.
Dawn McKenzie, 34, was stabbed by the 13-year-old in her home in Hamilton in 2011.
The inquiry into her death heard the boy had watched footage of his older siblings brandishing knives before he went to stay with the McKenzie family.
The same video showed them drinking alcohol with a gang's logo behind them.
Social worker Stephen Lorimer, giving evidence at the inquiry, said that the boy had been in a stable, happy placement with the foster couple who were caring for him.
But the couple handed in their notice after a member of their own family became very ill, and the boy was moved to stay with Mr and Mrs McKenzie instead.
Mr Lorimer, who is now a team leader within Glasgow City Council's social work department, told the inquiry that this had been a "a terrible outcome" for the boy, who stabbed Mrs McKenzie seven months later.
The boy was detained for seven years in 2012 after admitting culpable homicide on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
Mr Lorimer said both the boy and his two sisters had been "extremely affected and damaged" from their experiences before going into care.
The inquiry also heard that another boy threatened the teenager with a knife while he was staying with the foster couple prior to the McKenzies, and that the incident was reported to police.
Following this, the boy was not happy that his foster carers did not let him go outside to play. He was quoted at the inquiry as having said: "Maybe the only way it will go away is if I deal with it myself. If I fight him and beat him he will back off."
Mr Lorimer also told the inquiry about an incident where the boy punched a brick wall because he was not getting his own way.
But said he did not think the incident, that had taken place when the child was aged about 12, was very serious.
The inquiry in Motherwell continues.
Jim Mullen has written to Scottish League Managers Association head Alex Smith after he described it as "undignified and unfair".
Ladbrokes is the main sponsor of the Scottish Professional Football League.
Smith intends to take the matter up with league executives soon.
In his letter, Mullen says the practice is "neither cruel nor insensitive, it's life".
In the correspondence, which has been seen by BBC Scotland, Mullen also insists they have no intention of reviewing their betting procedures in light of the criticism.
"We have been offering topical markets on the sporting issues that our customers are interested in for well over a hundred years," he claimed.
"We plan to carry on doing this for the next hundred years and beyond.
"I know that with high-profile jobs comes high-octane pressure and lots of speculation."
And at the end of the letter he quipped that he would happily be on the receiving end.
He wrote: "If and when somebody next opens a book on the Ladbrokes management, I'll probably have a chuckle, grit my teeth and try to upset the odds."
It comes less than 24 hours after Jackie McNamara was told his time as manager of Dundee United was up, following defeat to St Johnstone.
Ladbrokes signed a two-year sponsorship deal with the SPFL in May.
The deal is understood to be worth about £4m.
Alexander Garkusha pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in a New York court.
He admitted making $125,000 (£84,000) from trades made over a three-month period using information gleaned from stolen embargoed press statements.
It is alleged a total of $100m was earned by a wider group using the scam.
The US authorities first made their suspicions public in August, saying that they believed the computer servers of Business Wire, Marketwired and PR Newswire had been breached leading to the theft of more than 150,000 news releases.
Companies often issue details of their financial results and other market sensitive news to the companies in advance so that the information can be released to all their investors at a specific time.
Nine people have been charged by district attorneys in New York and New Jersey in relation to the case, but dozens of others have also named as being suspects.
The gang responsible for the hack is thought to be based in Ukraine. Other individuals accused of being involved live in Russia, France and Cyprus.
Georgia-based Garkusha agreed to co-operate with the authorities and give up his earnings as part of his plea. Other defendants have plead not guilty.
Garkusha is due to be sentenced on 6 May.
The rebel al-Nusra Front said the man conducted the bombing on their behalf. It was one of four attacks carried out in the northern city of Idlib that day.
It is thought to be the first suicide attack by a US citizen in the conflict.
More than 100,000 people have been killed in the battle between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and those opposed to his rule.
"I can confirm that this individual was a US citizen involved in a suicide bombing in Syria," state department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
The man was believed to be Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha, she said.
The department was "concerned about the flow of foreign fighters in and out of Syria", Ms Psaki added.
Source: Quilliam Foundation
The al-Nusra Front, a militant Islamist group that has pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda, said the man used a truck carrying explosives to conduct the attack.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said dozens of soldiers were killed by the series of bombings on Sunday, AFP news agency reported.
Syria's internal conflict, which began in 2011, has destroyed whole neighbourhoods and forced nearly three million people to flee the country.
Mr Cairns, 45, denies charges of perjury and perverting the course of justice at Southwark Crown Court.
He is accused of falsely declaring under oath that he had never cheated at cricket in a 2012 libel case.
Justice Nigel Sweeney said on Friday he would accept a majority verdict.
Mr Cairns, who is one of New Zealand's greatest all-rounders and played 62 Tests from 1989 to 2004, is also accused of perverting the course of justice by inducing a fellow cricketer to give a false statement.
The jury of seven women and five men will resume their deliberations on Monday.
In the 2012 libel case - England's first Twitter libel trial - Mr Cairns won damages of $130,000 (£90,000) by successfully suing Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi over a 2010 tweet, which accused the cricketer of match-fixing while captain of the Chandigarh Lions in the now-defunct Indian Cricket League in 2008.
The prosecution at his current trial argued Mr Cairns had lied when he promised during the earlier trial that he had never cheated.
He is also accused of perverting the course of justice by inducing fellow New Zealand cricketer Lou Vincent to give a false witness statement in a Skype call.
Mr Vincent told the court that Mr Cairns had approached him to suggest he deliberately play badly for Chandigarh Lions and said he had helped to fix matches under "direct orders" from Mr Cairns, which the defendant denies.
The trial has also heard evidence from a host of cricketers including current New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, former captain Daniel Vettori, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting, former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Harris and bowler Andre Adams.
During the case, Mr McCullum told the court Mr Cairns had approached him with a "business proposition" in a hotel room in Kolkata, India, in 2008, during the Indian Premier League, which involved match-fixing.
Mr Cairns's former adviser, Andrew Fitch-Holland, of Burton Road, Manchester, is also accused of perverting the course of justice. He denies the charge.
There were 4,921 such crashes in 2016 - 622 fewer than 2015, according to the Welsh Government's annual report.
However, "little progress" has been made on cutting serious motorbike crashes.
Casualty reduction partnership, GoSafe Wales, hailed the "positive" aspects of the report but said it was still "actively working" to hit 2020 targets.
The Welsh Government has set targets to cut the number of people killed or seriously injured (KSI) on Welsh roads by 2020, compared to the average for 2004-2008 - about 1,180.
For the first time the KSI target for young people - a 40% drop - was met in 2016.
The overall number of accidents which resulted in death or serious injury in Wales in 2016 - 975 - was 21% lower than the average in 2004-08, with authorities seeking to bring that down a further 19 percentage points by 2020.
However, there has only been a 1% drop in the number of motorcyclists killed or seriously injured in crashes in Wales, with a 25% drop targeted by 2020.
That is despite the latest figures showing the number of motorcycle-crash casualties hitting a four-year low in 2016 - 662 - after a previous peak in 2014.
In total, 103 people were killed in accidents on Welsh roads - two fewer than in 2015.
Road safety charity, Brake, said it was "good news" fewer people were being injured or killed on Welsh roads.
"However, more needs to be done to bring this figure down further," a spokesman added.
"Motorcyclists, along with cyclists and pedestrians, are among the most vulnerable road users, that's why it's so crucial drivers remain vigilant at all times, and do everything they can to look out for and protect people around them, whether they're on motorbikes, bicycles or on foot."
Brake called for "ambitious casualty reduction figures" and the introduction of "widespread 20mph speed limits".
GoSafe Wales, a partnership made up of the Welsh local councils, police forces and the Welsh Government, is charged with making people safer on the roads.
Teresa Healy, of GoSafe, said: "We continue to work with our partners in Wales to contribute to the reduction of collisions on our roads.
"This includes being members of the Young Persons and Motorcycling steering Groups, which are focused on targeted interventions for these high-risk groups.
"Whilst the reduction in collisions seen to date is positive, we are actively working to contribute to achieving the targets set out by the Welsh Government Road Safety Framework for Wales (July 2013).
"We contribute through the enforcement of speeding, use of mobile phones and not wearing of seatbelt, as well as running Operation Snap, which enforces other traffic offences detected by dashcams or similar devices."
Molly Owens, of Holyhead, Anglesey, is believed to be with Brian George Owens.
Owens, 26, was due to be sentenced at Caernarfon Magistrates' Court on Friday but did not show up.
Ch Insp Sharon McCairn of North Wales Police said: "We are concerned for Molly's whereabouts and are appealing to anybody who may have information to contact us."
Police have not said what Owens was due to be sentenced for, but a warrant for his arrest has been issued and police have urged him to get in touch so they know he and Molly are safe.
Molly has shoulder length blonde hair and blue eyes and sometimes wears pink glasses - it is not known what she was wearing when she went missing.
Owens is 5ft 9in tall with a slim build, short brown hair and blue eyes.
New Zealand-born Leuluai, 26, has made 92 league appearances for the Vikings since signing from Championship leaders Leigh in 2011.
"MacGraff is what this group is all about, hard working and honest," head coach Denis Betts told the club website.
"I am really pleased to have secured his services for the next two seasons."
Widnes are currently eighth in the Super League table, 10 points outside the top four, but three points clear of ninth-placed Hull KR.
Their 340-day mission aboard the International Space Station was twice the length of a normal stay - but how has time in space affected their bodies?
Space wreaks havoc on almost every part of the human body because there is less gravity to create the conditions we experience living on Earth.
"Astronauts lose a lot of calcium essential to their bones - it's a bit like osteoporosis here on Earth," says space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock from University College London.
Osteoporosis is a disease where bones become more brittle, which sometimes affects older people and women. It can mean you're more likely to break your bones.
It's thought that this happens in space because astronauts don't do load-bearing exercise - like walking and running, or lifting things - pulling against the Earth's gravity.
To try to avoid this, while they're in space astronauts have a special diet and have to do up to two hours of exercise per day.
2 - the number of hours per day astronauts exercise while in space
40 - the percentage of your muscles you will lose after five months in space
365 - the number of days it takes your bones to recover
460 - kilometres distance between Earth and the International Space Station
After five months in orbit above the Earth, an astronaut would typically lose as much as 40% of muscle and 12% of bone mass, says Jeremy Curtis from the UK Space Agency.
"The muscle loss is the equivalent of a 20-year-old turning into a 60-year-old over a period of three months," he says.
Astronauts returning to Earth will experience problems standing up and balancing - and some won't be able to drive a car to begin with.
They have to undergo a special rehabilitation programme a year after returning to earth to rebuild muscles and bones - and may never regain their previous bone mass.
The exposure to higher levels of radiation in space also means astronauts may be more likely to suffer from cancer later on in life.
But on the plus side, scientists say studying the effects of space flight on the human body can help with developing new treatments for diseases like osteoporosis and cancer here on Earth.
Cardinal George Pell, who heads the Vatican's Secretariat for the Economy, said it meant the Holy See's finances were better than expected.
He made the comments in the Catholic Herald, in an essay outlining his vision for the Vatican.
Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Pell as part of his efforts to reform the Church and make it more transparent.
"It is important to point out that the Vatican is not broke," Cardinal Pell wrote. "Apart from the pension fund (...) the Holy See is paying its way, while possessing substantial assets and investments.
"We have discovered that the situation is much healthier than it seemed, because some hundreds of millions of Euros were tucked away in particular sectional accounts and did not appear on the balance sheet," he added.
There have been a number of scandals at the Vatican Bank, most recently last year when allegations were made the bank had been used by money launderers.
Cardinal Pell did not say any wrongdoing had been found but said Vatican departments long had "an almost free hand" with their finances.
Pope Francis' reforms, he said, were "already past the point where it would be possible to return to the 'bad old days'".
They aimed to make Vatican finances "boringly successful", he added.
At the time of Pope Francis' election, Cardinal Pell - who is Australian - had been vocal in his calls for financial reform.
Lead singer Carl Barat had invited The High Flying Birds man to help produce their new record, which is out later this year.
He told NME the band could use his "clarity of vision" on the project.
But, before any further excitement could take hold, Noel revealed their need to record abroad meant he wouldn't be able to sign up.
We know what you're thinking. How did this combo even present itself in the first place?
Well... email.
Yep, the musical powerhouses that are Gallagher and Barat have been bouncing them back and forth recently.
"I'm going to email Noel Gallagher," Carl explained before Noel knocked him back.
"I know he's really busy, but hopefully he's got a bit of time for The Libertines who love him so."
Seemingly not enough time.
Noel told NME: "We've exchanged a few emails but unfortunately they want to do it in Thailand.
"With the best will in the world, I'm on tour and I can't do it. I would genuinely love to be involved but they're going to do it in Thailand and I can't be in Thailand."
So that's, that. The "clarity of vision" will have to wait.
Noel does have some advice for The Libertines though, "as long as they don't over-think it, they'll be alright."
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The five-time world champion had not played a competitive match since losing to Stuart Bingham in the quarter-finals at the Crucible in April.
There were no sign of rustiness, with breaks of 61 and 52 in the first frame.
He returned from a 3-1 interval lead to seal the win with further breaks of 58 and 51 in the next two frames.
O'Sullivan now meets Jamie Cope or Stuart Carrington on Sunday, with the winner to go through to the final stages of the world ranking event in Berlin in February.
The 40-year-old, nicknamed 'the rocket', has confirmed he will play at the UK Masters at Alexandra Palace, London, in January.
Elsewhere at Wigan, Mark Allen enjoyed a 5-2 win over Duane Jones, while Shanghai Masters champion Kyren Wilson beat Jake Nicholson 5-0, including a highest break of 103.
Plus UK Championship finalist Liang Wenbo made a 121 in the deciding frame to beat Eden Sharav 5-4.
Robertson, the 2013 winner, made three centuries and two fifty-plus breaks as he won six frames in a row to beat world number 15 Stephen Maguire 6-1.
In the battle of Maguire's fellow Scots, a nervy Higgins held off Jamie Burnett's comeback to progress 6-4.
World number seven Higgins led 4-1 but lost three frames in a row.
Higgins, who faces Robertson in the last eight, told BBC Sport: "It was a big scare. I thought it was going to 5-5 so I was so pleased to win 6-4.
"If it goes 5-5 it's a toss of a coin. Jamie had a chance at 4-4 but missed a red and he will be kicking himself because I was really struggling.
"If he had gone 5-4 in front I am sure he would have won the game."
Higgins, winner of 28 ranking events including two this season, started impressively enough with three breaks of more than 50 earning a 3-0 lead.
But at 4-1 ahead, he missed numerous simple pots and Burnett grew in confidence.
Higgins settled his nerves with a brilliant 102 to go ahead and settled the match with a break of 71 - his fifth half-century.
Robertson had no such trouble in his win over Maguire.
A superb ton earned the Scot the opening frame, but he barely had a look-in after that.
"He was awesome. If he plays like that then he wins the tournament," Maguire told BBC Sport.
"That was a lesson. If I go back in time I couldn't really doing anything about it. But he can't keep that up, it's impossible. He was potting everything."
Maguire's opening-frame 118 was followed by breaks of 124, 76 and 101 by Cambridge-based Australian Robertson as he established a 3-1 interval lead.
The Scot, UK champion in 2004, was then incredibly unfortunate to go in off when on course to win the fifth frame.
Robertson took full advantage, winning that crucial frame and closing out victory with a break of 113.
Robertson, who had 97% pot success, said: "That was the best I have played all season, without a doubt. I played great but I knew I had to.
"I have to maintain my focus and keep my foot down.
"He looked in really good nick in that first frame and didn't really have a chance up until 3-1 when he was unfortunate to go in off the yellow.
"That was the only obvious mistake he made - even though it was very unlucky."
China's Liang Wenbo joined Robertson in the last eight, beating Englishman Tom Ford 6-5 in a tense final-frame match that lasted more than four hours.
And Londoner Martin Gould was a comfortable winner over Northern Ireland's Joe Swail, earning a 6-3 victory to complete the quarter-final line-up.
Emergency services were called to Port Road in Dalbeattie at about 11:00.
Fire crews from Dalbeattie, Castle Douglas and Dumfries were sent to the scene and helped to remove the man from his Nissan Micra.
He was taken to Dumfries Infirmary for treatment while the van driver received a precautionary check-up.
The credit card provider said it took almost $600m (£370m) in after-tax charges in the fourth quarter of 2012.
The company said that these charges would halve its net profit for the quarter from $1.2bn to $637m.
It said the majority of the job losses would be in its travel business, which is being "fundamentally reinvented as a result of the digital revolution".
American Express said it was having to adapt parts of the business as more customers make payments online or via mobile.
It added that the job losses would be spread proportionally between the US and international markets.
The charges include restructuring costs of $287m mostly related to redundancy payments, $212m for Membership Rewards expenses and $95m for card member reimbursements
In the fourth quarter, spending by card members was 8% higher than a year ago, the company said, "despite a brief dip in late October/early November reflecting the impact of Hurricane Sandy on consumers and businesses in the north-eastern United States".
Total revenues rose 5% on the year to $8.1bn.
"Against the backdrop of an uneven economic recovery, these restructuring initiatives are designed to make American Express more nimble, more efficient and more effective in using our resources to drive growth," said chief executive Kenneth Chenault.
"For the next two years, our aim is to hold annual operating expense increases to less than 3%. The overall restructuring programme will put us in a better position as we seek to deliver strong results for shareholders and to maintain marketing and promotion investments at about 9% of revenues," he said.
Trevor Deely was last seen walking home from a Christmas party in December 2000.
An anonymous donor has offered the reward through Crimestoppers.
Gardaà (Irish police) have also released CCTV footage showing a man acting suspiciously on the night Mr Deely disappeared.
The man, dressed in black, is seen approaching Mr Deeley and talking to him at the rear of the offices where he worked.
Detectives at Pearse Street Garda Station never closed the file on Mr Deely's disappearance and hope technological advances in the examination of CCTV images will lead to a breakthrough in the case.
Numerous appeals for information down the years have failed to establish what happened to Mr Deely.
The 24-year-old former Sheffield Wednesday and Rochdale man made 25 appearances in all competitions during a one-year spell with the Cumbrians.
His contract at Accrington comes with the option of a further 12 months.
"He's hungry and wants to be successful and in that respect he'll fit right in," assistant manager Jimmy Bell said.
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Nicky Law fired the hosts in front after 21 minutes, drilling home from 10 yards after a Filipe Morais shot had been blocked by Abu Ogogo.
It was the midfielder's first goal since joining the Bantams from Rangers in the summer and the ninth game in a row when Shrewsbury have conceded first.
Morais went close to a second in Bradford's next attack but some last-ditch defending from Jack Grimmer managed to deflect the ball over the crossbar.
Bradford were not so effective after the break and Shrewsbury had a strong penalty shout for handball against defender Stephen Darby.
Goalkeeping coach Danny Coyne, in temporary charge of Shrewsbury following manager Micky Mellon's resignation to join Tranmere, saw his team threaten more as the game went on.
But substitute Haris Vuckic secured Bradford's win with a stoppage-time penalty after Antoni Sarcevic brought down Daniel Devine.
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Match ends, Bradford City 2, Shrewsbury Town 0.
Second Half ends, Bradford City 2, Shrewsbury Town 0.
Goal! Bradford City 2, Shrewsbury Town 0. Haris Vuckic (Bradford City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Penalty Bradford City. Daniel Devine draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Adam El-Abd (Shrewsbury Town) after a foul in the penalty area.
Abu Ogogo (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Mark Marshall (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Abu Ogogo (Shrewsbury Town).
Attempt missed. George Waring (Shrewsbury Town) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Shrewsbury Town. Andy Mangan replaces Ian Black.
Attempt blocked. George Waring (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Daniel Devine (Bradford City).
Ian Black (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Bradford City. Haris Vuckic replaces Billy Clarke.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Jack Grimmer.
Attempt blocked. James Meredith (Bradford City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Billy Clarke (Bradford City) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt blocked. Nicky Law (Bradford City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Joe Riley.
Timothee Dieng (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Antoni Sarcevic (Shrewsbury Town).
Substitution, Bradford City. Marc McNulty replaces Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila.
Attempt blocked. Nicky Law (Bradford City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Jack Grimmer (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jack Grimmer (Shrewsbury Town).
Attempt blocked. Joe Riley (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Timothee Dieng (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ian Black (Shrewsbury Town).
Attempt missed. Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila (Bradford City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Adam El-Abd (Shrewsbury Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Nathaniel Knight-Percival.
Substitution, Shrewsbury Town. Mat Sadler replaces Junior Brown because of an injury.
Foul by Billy Clarke (Bradford City).
Joe Riley (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Antoni Sarcevic (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Bradford City. Daniel Devine replaces Filipe Morais because of an injury.
Mark Marshall (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Antoni Sarcevic (Shrewsbury Town).
Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Mr Maduro also announced the deployment of an extra 3,000 troops in the area, which he says has been infiltrated by Colombian paramilitaries and gangs.
The main crossings were closed a week ago after Venezuelan soldiers were injured in a shootout with smugglers.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos criticised Mr Maduro's unilateral move.
More than 1,000 Colombians have been deported and about 6,000 have left in fear since the border closures.
Mr Santos said the treatment of "ordinary Colombians" by its South American neighbour was "unacceptable".
But Mr Maduro said the security operation initiated a week ago has unveiled evidence that Colombian right-wing paramilitaries had infiltrated the area.
"To clean up the area from the paramilitaries and drug trafficking I have decide to close the border of another six towns in the state of Tachira: Lobatera, San Juan de Colon, La Fria, Garcia de Hevia, Panamericano and Coloncito," Mr Maduro said in a rally to his supporters in Caracas.
The border crossings will close at 05:00 local time (09:30 GMT).
Mr Maduro said soldiers had dismantled criminal gangs who had kept dozens of men as "economic slaves" and women as "sex slaves".
Smuggling has been a huge problem along the long, porous border area for many years.
Items subsidised by Venezuela's socialist government are sold over the border in Colombia with huge profit margins.
"Almost 80% of the people who enter [Venezuela] through the Colombian border come to take away all our petrol, our shampoo, the food of the Venezuelans, their soap, their meat, their milk and their medication," said Mr Maduro.
Mr Santos called for an emergency meeting of foreign ministers from the regional Unasur bloc to discuss the crisis. It will take place on 3 September in Ecuador.
On Thursday, Mr Santos recalled Colombia's ambassador to Caracas for consultations. The Venezuelan government followed suit later in the day.
But on Friday Mr Maduro said he was willing to have a face-to-face meeting with Mr Santos "wherever he wants, whenever he wants and however he wants".
Sanaa Shahid and her four-year-old son were accosted by solicitor Alexander MacKinnon as they travelled on the Glasgow-bound service from London.
The Virgin Trains guard challenged MacKinnon and eventually removed him from the train.
MacKinnon admitted the racially aggravated offence at Carlisle Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
He was fined £1,154 and ordered to pay Mrs Shahid £50 compensation.
Mrs Shahid, who is also a lawyer, said she was targeted by MacKinnon on the 14:30 train on 29 December after he took exception to her and her son's presence in first class.
After telling her she did not belong, Mrs Shahid told MacKinnon he was a racist and began filming him.
As he prepared to be escorted off the the train, MacKinnon told Mrs Shahid: "You're so wonderful wasting police time, miss", before swearing at her and her son.
Mrs Shahid answered: "You're a disgrace to humanity. Just get off."
Earlier, MacKinnon was also heard speaking on his phone, saying that it was "my word against hers".
The train guard then approached MacKinnon and told him: "It's not just your word against hers, it's mine as well because I heard it all."
The guard added: "We're not going to accept it. You're drunk and racist and you need to get off the train."
Writing on her Twitter page, Mrs Shahid said she could not speak highly enough of the train manager who helped her and her son.
She added: "Sat with us until the guy was taken off by [British Transport Police]".
Mrs Shahid also thanked the BTP and tweeted: "Thank you for the excellent support and reassurance u gave following this incident and for pursuing the matter."
The Exiles are in the third round for the first time since being reformed in 1989 after a 1-0 win over Barnet.
Sheridan appreciates the financial impact a big team can bring, but is more concerned about qualifying for the fourth round.
"Obviously we want to go as far as we can and financially it can help the club - as simple as," he said.
"Listen, the draw takes care of itself.
"The lads are excited - everyone says we want this [team] or we want them, but at the end of the day it's another football match and whoever we get we've got to believe that we can get through to the next round.
"It gives the supporters a bit of excitement - you're in the hat and you don't know who you are going to get."
The draw for the third round will be made in Cardiff at 19:00 GMT on Monday and will be shown live on BBC Two.
The Salesman, up for the best foreign language film award, will be screened in Trafalgar Square on 26 February.
Its director has said he will not go to the Oscars due to President Trump's attempts to bar people from seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iran.
It is not yet known if Asghar Farhadi will attend the event in London.
The director - whose earlier work A Separation won the foreign film Oscar in 2012 - said the free screening had "a great symbolic value".
"The gathering of the audience around The Salesman in this famous London square is a symbol of unity against the division and separation of people," he said.
The afternoon event will include a programme of readings and speeches from actors and directors, including Mike Leigh.
The Salesman, which opens in the UK on 17 March, tells of a couple whose relationship suffers as they rehearse an amateur production Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.
Last month the organisers of the Oscars said they found it "extremely troubling" that Farhadi could be barred from entering the US.
In a statement, the director said he would not attend the Academy Awards even if he were offered dispensation by the US government.
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Guardiola does not take charge of City until July but he will watch every game they play between now and the summer.
So none of their players can take their foot off the gas, despite knowing that Manuel Pellegrini won't be in charge for much longer. They are playing for their futures.
I am not sure that even David Silva fits into the template of speed and tenacity that Guardiola's pressing style requires.
But the one player it is definitely not going to suit is Yaya Toure. He is not going to be in a City shirt at the beginning of next season, that is for sure.
Yaya's performances have not been up to the level we expect for a while now, and Pep also got rid of him when he was at Barcelona, which does not bode well.
When you look at the engine room of City's midfield, I would say only Fernandinho has both the ability and physical capability that fit the profile of how Guardiola wants to play.
Fernando and Fabian Delph are both athletic but do not have the quality of, say, Thiago in terms of footwork and ability to dictate play.
Looking at Guardiola's Barca and Bayern teams, he has always liked a proper ball player in that area of central midfield. Yaya does not fit the bill with his fitness levels, so I think that is the first area that the new manager will look at strengthening.
Left-back is another. There is far more to Guardiola's philosophy than just a formation. The full-backs are key to how his sides attack.
Neither of City's left-backs, Aleksandar Kolarov or Gael Clichy, strike me as Pep's kind of players because I am not sure they are good enough footballers to do what he will ask of them.
But for most of the players already at City, it will be a case of wait and see.
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I think Guardiola will be excited about working with a lot of them, especially Sergio Aguero, Kevin de Bruyne and Raheem Sterling.
City have quality in most positions so it would be a case of tweaking the squad to suit Guardiola, rather than initiating an overhaul.
Guardiola also has an impressive record of developing young players but that is probably the last thing on the minds of City fans at the moment.
There is a buzz regarding the players Guardiola can attract. That will continue until the start of next season, at least.
The thought of this City side with one or two world-class additions and Pep in charge is scary for the rest of the Premier League.
Who will come in? Everyone from Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba to Bayern forward Robert Lewandowski has been linked already, and people are also getting excited about the possibility of Lionel Messi coming to the Premier League.
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From a footballing perspective, I understand when people say there is no chance of Messi moving. With Luis Suarez and Neymar alongside him at Barca, he is playing for the best team in the world, breaking records and winning stacks of trophies.
But you never know, because you cannot be sure where a player's head is. I have been reading about some of the tax issues he has been facing in Spain and he might just say: "I have had enough."
City would have to pay huge money to get him, of course, but if he wants to go, he will go. All he has to do is dig in his heels.
Messi could stop the speculation, of course. He could say that he has spoken to Pep and wished him all the best, and reassure the Barca fans he is staying.
Until that happens, the stories are not going to stop. City are the only club who could get him to leave, because the only man who could tempt him away is Guardiola.
Danny Murphy was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
The benchmark index finished 1.1% up at 17,004.30.
On Friday, the US said it had added 151,000 jobs to its economy in January, pushing the country's unemployment rate down to 4.9%.
The numbers were lower than expected, however, marking a big slowdown from December's addition of 292,000 jobs.
The world's best-selling car marker, Toyota, saw its shares down by 1.2% on the Nikkei.
On Friday, Toyota reported a 4.7% rise in net income for the three months to December. However, the firm's operating profit for the quarter fell by 5.3%, missing forecasts.
Elsewhere, Australia's market was one of the only other exchanges open on Monday. China's mainland markets are shut all week for Lunar New Year celebrations. Hong Kong and South Korea are closed for three days.
"Lunar New Year [means] there is an eerie quiet, with only Japan and Australia open for business for most of the week," said IG Markets' Evan Lucas.
"Volumes will be well below average and there tends to be a build-up of global leads that is released once Asian investors return to their desk - expect 'release valve' trading late in the week," he added.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 closed flat at 4,975.40 points.
Father-of-two Darren Mark Harvey, 25, of Portsmouth Road, Woolston, died on Saturday at about 23:00 BST.
Police said the accident happened on the A337 close to the Holland Wood Campsite near Brockenhurst.
A family statement said: "His untimely death leaves a void in his loved ones' lives, that no words can describe."
"Darren was a popular young man, who had a cheeky smile.
"A proud dad, a loving son, brother and grandson who recently married and was taken from us far too soon. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him. A mother's love is eternal.
"Darren was a truly dedicated and loving husband and father, as well as a passionate car enthusiast.
"He lived for his wife Becky, and his two young boys, liking nothing better than to spend time with them and make them laugh.
"A kind young man, Darren would do anything for anyone, and was much loved within his family."
Police said a file was being prepared and will be passed to the coroner.
After the crash a fire crew member was taken to hospital with minor injuries and has since been discharged.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue said the fire engine had been on its way back to Winchester after dealing with a gas leak at a petrol station in Lymington.
A spokeswoman confirmed the vehicle did not have its blue lights on at the time of the crash.
The book was part of a sale of more than 50 items, which included sketches and letters and raised £101,952.
Most of them were amassed by John Cawood from the Lake District, with which Potter had a long association.
Memorabilia was being auctioned to mark 150 years since the author's birth.
Mr Cawood started his collection in 1972 and set out to achieve a complete set of first editions of Potter's books.
Beatrix Potter did not stop at writing tales that would last for more than a century. In 1903 Peter Rabbit became the first literary character in the world to be licensed and turned into a doll.
It was all the author's idea too. She went on to invent a Peter Rabbit board game a year later and came up with further spin-offs, such as painting books, featuring her characters.
Beatrix Potter's legacy is a huge money-spinner for the Lake District, not only from the buildings and land she left to the National Trust but in the thousands of people who visit from all over the world, including Japan, where Peter Rabbit and other characters have acted as mascots for banks.
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4,000 acres of land, and 15 farms, bequeathed to the National Trust
100,000 visitors a year to Beatrix Potter's former home, Hill Top, Cumbria
15,000 Japanese visitors a year to The World of Beatrix Potter
An illustration for The Story of Miss Moppet featured instructions from the author on how it was to be shrunk to fit the title-page
A first edition of the book also featured in the sale.
A handwritten letter dated February 1924, from Beatrix Heelis - the author's married name - was estimated to fetch up to £1,200, but sold for £2,700.
Clive Moss, an auctioneer at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions in London, said of the sale: "Bids were received briskly from within the auction room, online and on the telephone from a world-wide audience."
Stamps depicting Beatrix Potter's creations, such as Peter Rabbit and Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, have also been released to mark her 150th birthday.
It was removed by crowbar by the leader of a nearby youth club within hours of being found.
Dennis Stinchcombe said he hoped to raise £100,000 for the struggling Broad Plain Boys' Club by auctioning it.
But Bristol mayor George Ferguson asked for the work to be put back on the city council-owned wall.
It is now expected to go on display in a museum in the city while the ownership is debated.
The work, showing a couple embracing while checking their mobile phones, was found on Tuesday - but removed soon after.
A smaller copy of the original has been pinned up in its place.
Mr Stinchcombe, 58, said: "Now we've ended up with a Banksy on our doorstep. It is a dream come true."
"If we hadn't taken it, someone would have ripped it from the wall or vandalised it."
But Mr Ferguson said it was "against the spirit of Banksy and street art" to remove it.
"He [Mr Stinchcombe] has got a job to do supporting his boys' club, but I don't think it is in the right spirit to remove it, and I would ask that he puts it back.
"I think it was an unwise thing to do.
"On the face of it that would be theft, so I think he should take a lot of care.
"He should be careful and make sure he's on the right side of the law. I'm pretty sure that it belongs to us."
The BBC has asked a spokesman for Banksy for a comment but has not yet received a reply.
Mr Stinchcombe said the Banksy would be displayed at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery until the different opinions over its legal ownership could be settled. He previously said he would make contact with Bonhams auction house about selling it.
A spokesman for Bonhams said so far it had not been approached by anyone wanting to sell the artwork.
He said if the auction house was approached its experts would first validate the item by checking with a company that authenticates Banksy's work.
"After this we would make a number of checks as to whether it was on any stolen artworks database and whether the seller is entitled to sell it, as part of our due diligence process.
"Until then we could not put any value on it," he added.
Mr Stinchcombe said he had received death threats after removing the work.
"I had to make a decision as to whether to allow it to stay there and come in today to find it gone or damaged, or take it yesterday and think what can we do with this to make it a bit of a reality and be good for the community," he said.
Police officers who visited the boys' club on Wednesday afternoon to view the artwork advised club officials to seek legal advice because there could be issues surrounding the sale of the artwork if they did not own it.
Alison Bevan, of the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol, described the piece as "brilliant".
"It is great to have Banksy back here," she said.
"I think that the fact it was screwed on to a wall makes it extremely portable and would have increased the likelihood of someone taking it.
"From my point of view, the fact it has come to an organisation like this, that is supporting the local community, is better than it going straight to some wealthy collector."
Another visitor to the site, Paul Messenger, from Bristol, said: "I don't mind at all [that it was removed], I think it was a sensible thing to do.
"It can make money for a good cause. I would suggest it was the right thing to do."
Youth worker Jordan Powell, from Warmley, Bristol, stayed in the club overnight to help protect the original.
"Everyone can still see it here and it is safe," he said.
"Everyone has their own opinions, some are probably jealous, but it is going to a great cause. It is going to help the youngsters in Banksy's home town."
The paper highlights the percentage of deaths attributable to man-made airborne particles is highest in the City of London.
Research has shown air pollution contributes to problems including lung and heart conditions.
The Mayor's office said the report was overly simplistic and alarmist.
London is among the worst in Europe for air pollution.
The paper, Air Pollution in London, produced by the Assembly's Health and Environment Committee, reports 8.3% of deaths in Westminster are attributable to man-made airborne particles.
In Kensington and Chelsea it is 8.3% and in Tower Hamlets 8.1%.
Bromley and Havering have the lowest proportion of pollution-related deaths in London, both 6.3%, but are still above the England average of 5.6%.
The Department of Health figures relate to research in 2010 and are based on estimates.
A 2008 study estimated there are over 4,267 extra deaths each year in London from particulates in the air.
Breast cancer and diabetes have been attributed to air pollution as well as respiratory problems.
Labour Assembly Member Murad Qureshi, chairman of the Health and Environment Committee, said the borough-level figures should make "interesting reading" for the Mayor of London.
He added: "Hopefully they will give the problem of air pollution the emphasis it warrants."
A Department of Health spokesman said air pollution was said to be among the top 10 causes of mortality in the UK.
City Hall says it has taken measures to cut pollution from buses and taxis and improve the Low Emission Zone.
A spokesman for the mayor said: "Air quality is undoubtedly a serious health issue, but this report presents complex statistical data in an overly simplistic and alarmist manner."
The Mayor's Air Quality Strategy aims to reduce levels of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter by:
-reducing transport emissions
-cutting pollution from construction and energy generation
-taking pollutants from road surface treatment and
-reducing exposure by warning people of high pollution days
Environmental Organisation ClientEarth recently warned that in terms of European Union rules, London will have "illegal levels of air pollution until 2025".
The disappointing jobs figures are seen as delaying the timing of when the US Federal Reserve is likely to raise interest rates.
In Japan, the benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed up 1.6% at 18,005.49.
Investor sentiment was boosted by talk that the Bank of Japan could introduce further economic stimulus measures.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index finished up 1.6% to 21,854.50 as mainland Chinese markets remained closed for the Golden Week holiday.
Casino shares rose for the second consecutive day on the expectation of better tourist arrivals in the gambling hub Macau during the Chinese holiday.
Shares of Galaxy Entertainment were up by more than 5%, while Sands China rose by more than 3%.
Glencore shares listed in Hong Kong were up as much as 72% at one point on reports the commodities trader was looking to sell its agricultural business.
However, Glencore issued a statement saying it was "not aware of any reasons for these price and volume movements". Its shares closed up nearly 18%.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 benchmark closed up 1.95% at 5,150.5, while in South Korea the Kopsi index closed up 0.37% at 1,977.16.
The fraud was uncovered when identity papers and fingerprints provided for different tests did not match up, a police official told AFP news agency.
The arrests were reportedly made over the last fortnight.
Photographs of mass cheating in Bihar's secondary school exams provoked an outcry earlier this month.
More than 300 people, many of them parents, were arrested after the publication of the pictures.
Last year, some 150 people were arrested in Bihar for cheating in a written exam for police constables, Indian media say.
However, a Bihar police official told the Times of India newspaper that the latest round of arrests is the largest ever made for impersonation.
Most of the arrests are said to have been made when candidates showed up for physical fitness tests, which followed from a written test.
Some 52,000 people were selected for the physical fitness test, according to Indian media, with the state government hoping to recruit around 12,000 police constables from their ranks.
The ITV soap is due to move from its current home in central Manchester to a new site in Trafford next spring.
English Heritage said the set, which has been used since 1982, was not historic enough to be listed. Listing would restrict how it could be altered.
ITV is selling the former Granada plot and the set's future is uncertain.
The broadcaster is considering all bids but has told the council it is looking at whether a tourist attraction based around the famous terraced street would be viable.
Listed status is given to buildings of special architectural and historic interest, but a building has normally to be at least 30 years old to be eligible.
A statement from English Heritage said the current Coronation Street set was "certainly unusual", but added: "However, the criteria against which we must assess the architectural significance of buildings - or in this case, a television set - is extremely strict.
"The oldest buildings are just less than 30 years old - and most do not have interiors and therefore exist as facades, most of which have been altered.
"The set as it stands today is an active reminder of the long-running television programme, rather than a survival of an earlier era of television productions."
English Heritage's Nick Bridgland added: "While listing is not appropriate for the set, a better solution could be for a local group or organisation with an interest to care for it and allow Corrie fans from all over the world to visit and enjoy it."
The soap, along with ITV's other Manchester operations, is due to move to purpose-built studios at the MediaCityUK complex, adjacent to the Manchester Ship Canal.
An ITV spokesperson said: "ITV continues to consider the future use of the Coronation Street set ahead of our planned move to MediaCity."
ITV did not make the listing application. English Heritage said the application was made by an individual and it was unable to reveal their identity.
The Granada set did become a tourist attraction in 1988 and the tours are fondly remembered. But they ended in 2001 after visitor numbers dropped and Coronation Street's filming schedule increased.
Ring of Peace was originally painted in 1998 to mark the Good Friday Agreement.
It is the work of the American-Chilean artist Francisco Letelier, and local artists from Queen Street Studios in the city.
Now the Waring Street mural has an unexpected new addition as its central characters have decided to speak.
Speech bubbles have been added, apparently advertising the services of a nearby firm.
Artist Jennifer Trouton worked on the mural, and she is unhappy that it has been altered.
"I was up and down the 60 foot scaffolding for several weeks in 1998, helping Francisco paint it," she said.
"It was very significant for me as I was a recent graduate and had studied in Belfast during the Troubles, so it was a very positive experience for me to paint something on this scale with this kind of message.
She said she was "horrified and shocked" when she noticed its new look.
"I initially thought it was a prank - it's certainly no Banksy.
"They're not saying anything satirical or witty and they're not making us look at the world in any way differently."
Prof Bill Rolston from the University of Ulster is an expert in murals.
He said the piece is significant.
"The Californian influence is quite evident in the style; it's quite hippy-looking.
"It's an aspirational mural, painted at a particular point in time in the enthusiasm of the Good Friday Agreement.
"There was the notion that here was a new dawn, so it fits that sort of optimism.
"Probably if you painted it now it would be a bit darker, or a bit more confused!"
He said that adding the speech bubbles was "ridiculous".
"There is an unwritten rule here that you don't destroy someone else's mural unless it's really dilapidated, and there's always some negotiation or a nod towards the people who did the original mural.
"That's not been done here."
Whoever has altered the mural is not breaking any laws, and would not have had to apply for planning permission to insert the speech bubbles into the mural.
The BBC made a number of efforts to contact the owner of the building, but he did not reply to our calls and emails.
Andrew Picton, 66, of Eastcroft Close, Blagdon, Bristol, abused the girls in Slough between the ages of six and 16.
He was found guilty of 13 counts of sexual abuse, including two counts of rape, at Reading Crown Court in February.
The offences took place between March 1984 and February 1995 and were reported to police in 2012.
Det Con Francesca Worley, from Thames Valley Police, said: "These victims have waited a long time to see justice done for the abuse they suffered.
"I would like to thank them for their bravery and patience during what was a lengthy, detailed and complex investigation.
"I hope that this brings this chapter of their life to a close."
Attacks by the Boko Haram group that provoked the move included an assault on a military barracks, detonating a bomb at a bus station in the northern city of Kano and the kidnap of a French family, including four children, which grabbed the world's attention.
The declaration would bring "extraordinary measures" to bear against the insurgents in order to "restore normalcy" to the region, the president said.
"The troops have orders to carry out all necessary actions within the ambit of their rules of engagement to put an end to the impunity of insurgents and terrorists," President Jonathan said.
Now, after 12 months of state of emergency powers being in force, in the past few weeks Boko Haram has attacked several military bases, bombed a busy bus terminal in the capital, Abuja - twice - and launched an audacious kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls from Chibok which has set the world on edge.
"When they declared it I thought it had to be tried," says Habeeb Pindiga, editor of Nigeria's Daily Trust newspaper, "but honestly it has not succeeded."
In the year leading up to the state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe state, there were 741 civilian death reported, according to data collected by the University of Sussex in the UK.
In the 12 months since the figure of civilian causalities has more than tripled to 2,265.
Mr Pindiga says the military has not dealt with big problems it faces.
Because of the military's human rights record people do not trust them, plus they lack modern equipment, training and motivation.
A UK military officer who has worked closely with the Nigerians says they are stuck in a Catch-22 situation.
"The trouble with the Nigerian government is that they want a big red button, which you can press and it will fix everything," says James Hall, a retired colonel and former UK military attache to Nigeria.
"I was asked by a senior commander if we could sell them the machine that can tell if a car driving down the road contains a terrorist," he added.
"I tried to tell them that such a machine doesn't exist, but then they just thought we were hiding it from them."
The UK is very wary in giving training assistance, and sales of better equipment are also problematic, he says.
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"We have reduced dramatically the types of training and equipment we're willing to provide."
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have both criticised the Nigerian military for their tactics.
Amnesty reported that some 600 people were killed by the military after an attack on Maiduguri's Giwa barracks in March.
The sale of lethal weapons to Nigeria is prohibited by UK law because of such concerns.
"Without the training, they won't be able to get the equipment, and we aren't giving them the training either," Mr Hall said.
Although Nigeria's military has enjoyed a good reputation internationally because of its involvement in several peacekeeping missions in Africa, it has not quite escaped the legacy of its past.
"What they say about former military regimes is true," Mr Hall said.
"They cripple their militaries so that there can't be further coups."
The Nigerian military rejects such criticism.
Speaking to the press on 7 May in Abuja, Brigadier-General Olajide Laleye told journalists that the military were doing what they could to stop the insurgency.
"Prosecuting large-scale counter-insurgency operations as well as numerous other operations in aid of civil authority in virtually every state of the federation has put pressure on the personnel and resources of the army," he said.
In a bid to improve morale, he was announcing soldiers' salaries would be paid to their families after their death for longer than currently allowed.
Payments usually stop a regulation three months after a soldier is killed, it was reported.
But observers say that there are other factors at work beyond just military capacity.
"There's a lack of trust all across the board, politically," says Ledum Mitee, a former activist from the oil-rich southern Niger Delta.
He has followed closely the career of President Jonathan, who is also from the Niger Delta.
At the moment, the political leadership of the three states in the north-east are aligned with the opposition All Progressive's Congress ( APC).
"People around the president, his closest allies, all tell him this Boko Haram is manufactured by the northerners to play politics," Mr Mitee says.
"This leads him to distance himself from the whole affair."
Military commanders on the ground also have to play politics, he said.
"If they give the impression it is a very bad situation, they risk being branded incompetent, so they give a less bad picture to their bosses."
Then when crisis erupts no-one is able to deal with it effectively because it is so confused, Mr Mitee said.
It is international pressure over the girls from Chibok that has forced the government to change.
The BBC's Muhammad Kabir Muhammad in Abuja will answer your questions live on @BBCAfrica between 12:00-13:00 BST (11:00-12:00 GMT ) on 14 May 2014 about why Nigeria has failed to contain the insurgency. Use the hashtag #NigeriaEmergency
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It has allowed advisers from China, France, Israel the UK and the US to help its forces.
But their presence is likely to be limited to assisting the search for the kidnapped girls, and will not include a general role in improving the Nigerian military's capacity.
Even if they could, the job would be too big, Mr Hall thinks.
"It would take years of total engagement, training group after group to have any effect," he says.
"And no-one is really prepared to commit to that."
Hassan was due to appear in court charged with assaulting a police photographer after a match.
The photographer read the social media post and dropped his case against the former striker, who is now coach of Egyptian side Al-Masry.
"Her words made me sad," Reda Abdelmaged told reporters.
"I saw what Hossam's kid wrote on her Facebook when she said she was sad because she might see her dad in prison," he added.
"I decided to end the case as I love the city of Port Said [where Al Masry is based] and let me tell you that I love Hossam Hassan and his twin Ibrahim as they made the Egyptians happy."
The alleged incident happened as players and officials from Al Masry and Ghazl Al Mahalla clashed after the sides drew 2-2 in a league match on Friday.
Despite the case being dropped, Hassan will stay in custody as the charges must be officially dropped in court.
Al Masry chairman Samir Halabiya said: "The policeman has dropped the case but Hossam will stay in the prison until next Saturday and he will still appear in court and that's when the case will end."
The Egyptian Football Association had suspended Hassan for the next three matches and fined him about US$1,100 (£825).
Al Masry will play Ismaili on Friday in the Egypt Cup with Hassan's twin brother Ibrahim, who is team director, in charge alongside assistant coach Tarek Soliman.
Hassan played for Egypt at the 1990 World Cup and scored 69 goals in 169 games for his country.
It happened at the junction of New King's Road and Grimston Road in Fulham at about 19:00 GMT on Monday.
The man, who was in his late 60s, was taken to hospital suffering from head injuries but died on Tuesday morning. His next of kin have been informed.
The other cyclist, a 25-year-old man, stopped at the scene. Police want any witnesses to the crash to come forward.
No arrests have been made.
A Milwaukee jury found that Badger Guns should have realised that a man buying a firearm in 2009 intended to pass it on to the teenager at his side.
The teenager went on to shoot the two officers in the face when they stopped him riding his bike on the pavement.
Officials said over 500 firearms used in crimes had been traced to the store.
Officers Bryan Norberg and Graham Kunisch sued Badger Guns for negligence after teenager Julius Burton was able to get hold of the Taurus .40-calibre handgun by giving $40 to another man, a so-called "straw buyer", to buy it at the store in West Milwaukee.
In the confrontation with Burton, a bullet shattered eight of Mr Norberg's teeth, blew through his cheek and lodged into his shoulder. Mr Kunisch was shot several times. He lost an eye and part of the frontal lobe of his brain and was forced to retire.
Lawyers for store owner Adam Allan claimed he could not be held responsible for the sale and said the sales clerk had been deceived rather than negligent.
But jurors ordered the store to pay Norberg $1.5m and Kunisch $3.6m, along with punitive damages of $730,000.
The officers' lawyer said his clients were "very relieved", but said he anticipated years of appeals.
Burton is serving an 80-year sentence for the attack, while the man who bought the gun for him was jailed for two years.
Officials have described Badger Guns - which has since reopened under a new name, Brew City Shooters Supply, but the same ownership - as the number one crime dealer in America after more than 500 firearms recovered from crime scenes were traced back to it.
In April, 18 mountaineers and support staff were killed when the earthquake triggered an avalanche which swept through Everest base camp.
The team, known as the Icefall Doctors, have begun surveying the mountain.
They plan to fix ropes through the Khumbu Icefall in the next few days.
The Icefall is a notoriously treacherous stretch of moving and cracking ice, which climbers must negotiate after they leave base camp on their way to Camp 1 on the mountain.
Without the ropes fixed by the Icefall doctors, this would not be possible.
The Icefall doctors say they hope the restored route will attract mountaineers back to Everest for the autumn season.
"We plan to begin rope fixing work in the treacherous icefall section after conducting a ground survey," leading icefall doctor Ang Kami Sherpa told the Himalayan Times earlier this week.
A Japanese climbing team has already arrived in Nepal ahead of their planned attempt on the summit next month.
On Tuesday, climber Nobukazu Kuriki, 33, left Kathmandu for the Everest region, to begin acclimatising before his planned attempt on the summit next month.
Kuriki, who has lost all his fingertips and one thumb to frostbite, is so far the only person scheduled to climb Everest during the challenging autumn climbing season.
"I do feel nervous and afraid," he told Reuters.
"This is only natural before attempting the challenge of climbing Everest, particularly after the earthquake and at this time of year."
Nepal's lucrative climbing industry was destroyed by April's devastating earthquake and the avalanches that followed.
The government and Sherpa community, who depend on foreign climbers for a livelihood, are keen to rebuild it as soon as possible.
But some in Nepal criticise the decision to reopen the route so soon.
The president of Nepal's mountaineering association, Ang Tsering Sherpa, has described the Japanese expedition as "risky and dangerous", saying climbing in the autumn already brings the additional risks of cold temperatures and strong winds.
The planes came within 700ft (200m) of each other before the mistake was corrected on 1 April.
A UK Airprox report said the incident involved a Boeing 737 leaving Stansted and a Stansted-inbound Boeing 777.
It said the controller instructed the "wrong aircraft", leading it to "climb into confliction" with the B777.
The B737 pilot told the investigation the risk of collision during the episode in the skies north-east of Southend had been "medium high".
The report concluded the air traffic controller in the London control centre mistakenly transposed call signs and gave the instruction to the wrong aircraft.
The inquiry found at the time of the airprox, defined as a situation where safety of an aircraft is compromised, the "controller's workload was high".
Mark Carney said that the world was changing, and whether you were a "sceptic or an evangelist" on global warning, governments and investors should be aware of the possible effects on financial stability.
In the insurance industry, extreme weather events were becoming more costly, he said, with losses increasing from $10bn a year in the 1980s to $50bn in the last decade.
In banking, billions of pounds of loans to energy companies and mining businesses might have to be re-assessed.
Mr Carney said that wasn't a job for him, but for investors, who would need to be given more information.
The Governor said that the vast majority of oil and gas reserves already discovered could now be "stranded" if new rules on carbon emissions are enforced by governments.
The oil and gas would be unusable.
"There are near term risks that are so called tail risks, a series of extreme weather events, pandemics, others," Mr Carney told me.
"We have seen manifestations of those in the past.
"The point is the risks build with time, and they build more rapidly with inaction so climate change is a function of cumulative emissions, so the slower the action is today, the bigger the action has to be in the future.
"That would mean more abrupt change, that would mean bigger shocks to the value of financial assets, bigger strains on banks and insurance companies that are exposed to those assets, so what we're trying to do is to promote as smooth an adjustment as possible.
"And we think it can be done, and we think it can be done by providing better information."
Mr Carney's interview came as he gave a major speech to Lloyd's of London insurers.
In the speech he said that "climate change will threaten financial resilience and longer term prosperity".
"While there is time to act, the window of opportunity is finite and shrinking," he said.
Mr Carney is also the head of the Financial Stability Board, the global organisation of central bankers.
As said he will be raising the issue at the next meeting of the G20 group of the world's largest economies in November.
In December, government leaders will be meeting in Paris to discuss the next moves on controlling global warming.
Mr Carney told me that "he wouldn't be sitting here" in 20 or 30 years when the risks of global warming would be more apparent.
He even suggested that there could be legal challenges in the future - similar to asbestos claims now - over inaction on climate change and the impact on health or the value of businesses.
"This is the challenge," he said.
"Sitting here today, is it [global warming] the biggest risk? No it isn't.
"Is it one of the biggest risks in the future? Yes.
"The challenge is that if there's not action today or in the near future that risk in the medium term goes up and up and requires sharper action, more abrupt action, and a bigger hit to the economy and financial stability."
I asked Mr Carney whether global warming came under the remit of the Governor of the Bank of England.
He said it did - the stability of the insurance sector which is facing increasing costs and banks facing possible asset write-downs meant this was a matter of global financial stability. Bank of England governor - global economy at risk from climate change
The station will get new platforms, the UK's largest concourse, new lifts, escalators and entrances on Tooley Street and St Thomas Street.
Work will begin in May 2013, affecting Southern, Thameslink and Southeastern services until 2018, Network Rail said.
London's oldest station, which opened in 1836, is used by 55 million people.
The station will remain open during the redevelopment work, which is part of the £6bn project to upgrade Thameslink.
Passenger watchdog London TravelWatch said disruption was inevitable for big projects but it urged train operators to keep passengers updated about the changes.
This phase will see upgrade work on seven miles of track and signalling equipment in south-east London around London Bridge station and rebuilding of several bridges.
Southern's south London line services between Victoria and London Bridge via Denmark Hill will be withdrawn from 9 December, but Network Rail said people in Denmark Hill and Peckham Rye could instead use the London Overground extension connecting Clapham Junction to Surrey Quays.
From May 2013 three platforms - 14, 15 and 16 - will be closed to the public and Southern trains will be diverted to other platforms resulting in changes to train timings.
Between December 2014 and 2018 Thameslink trains will be diverted away from the station.
Southeastern trains to Charing Cross will not call at London Bridge for a year from 2015 while services to Canon Street will also cease to use the station between 2016 until late 2017.
Network Rail said the upgrade work will make the station more accessible, reduce congestion and increase the number of trains stopping at the station from 70 to 88 per hour. Passenger capacity will also rise by 50%.
Robin Gisby, managing director of network operations at the rail company, said: "This will be the most ambitious redevelopment of any London station in a generation."
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said: "Passenger numbers have risen on an unprecedented scale in recent years and are now at their highest since the 1920s.
"Train passengers will be the biggest winners from this investment as London Bridge station is transformed from one of the capital's most congested stations into one of the most modern, accessible and passenger-friendly transport hubs in the UK."
In a joint statement, train operators First Capital Connect, Southeastern and Southern said: "This project will mean more trains and better journeys for passengers. We thank passengers for their understanding and patience whilst these essential improvement works are being delivered."
A spokeswoman for London TravelWatch said: "We support the rebuilding of London Bridge because essential improvements for passengers that cannot be properly delivered without works of this scale, however, we realise that it is going to cause significant disruption to passengers over a long period.
"Regular and reliable information, which clearly spells out any alternative travel options is essential and, where necessary, additional services or stops should be provided e.g. extra services into Victoria."
The incident took place in the city centre on Friday evening.
The 18-year-old is expected to appear at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Tuesday.
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They said the technology can be used to create artificial limbs which feel more natural and synchronise with the patient.
Six-month-old Molly-Mae Wotherspoon died after a pit bull-type dog attacked her in Daventry on 3 October last year.
Susan Aucott, 55, of Northampton, pleaded not guilty to being in charge of a dangerously out-of-control dog, resulting in death.
She spoke only to confirm her name and plead at Northampton Crown Court.
Judge Rupert Mayo granted her bail.
The baby's mother, Claire Riley, 22, of West Cotton Close, Northampton, is charged with the same offence, but did not attend court for medical reasons.
She will next appear on 18 January.
A trial date has been fixed for 7 June, which will take place at Stafford Crown Court.
The Sky Blues had been without a full-time boss since Tony Mowbray resigned on 29 September.
Technical director Mark Venus was named interim manager, but won just four of his 12 league games in charge.
Slade, 56, left fellow League One side Charlton in November after less than six months in the job.
"We're pleased to have secured the services of a highly-rated manager who has experience both at League One level and higher," Venus told the club website.
"Russell has been at football clubs in challenging circumstances before and has experience of steering them through to safety."
Coventry are 23rd in the table and have faced a string of fan protests against the club's owners, Sisu.
Their 2-1 defeat by Sheffield United on 15 December, a sixth straight league loss, was held up for six minutes because of a pitch invasion.
Slade's first game in charge is a visit to Bristol Rovers on Boxing Day.
Chilean media say the woman, who is at least 90, went to hospital in the city of San Antonio after a fall.
X-ray tests then revealed the presence of a foetus which weighed around 2 kilos (4.4lb).
The phenomenon, known as a lithopedion, occurs when a foetus dies during pregnancy and then becomes calcified outside the uterus.
Previous recorded cases have also involved women being unaware of the presence of the foetus until decades later.
Marco Vargas Lazo, the director of the hospital called the case "extraordinarily rare," according to the Efe news agency.
The foetus was "large and developed and occupied all of her abdominal cavity," he said.
The patient has now been sent home and doctors say it is unlikely they will attempt to remove the foetus, given the risks an operation would carry for a patient of her age.
Kieran Davies, 28, from Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, in Wales, made a brief appearance in private at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
He made no plea or declaration and the case was continued for further inquiries. He was remanded in custody.
The body of a man was found in a flat in Scotland Street on Friday at 05:30.
The Villans slipped to a 2-1 defeat at Reading on Tuesday and have just one point from their opening three games.
"I am the right man for the job, my record in the Championship tells me that," said Bruce.
"I'm under no illusion, we're judged by results. Hopefully I'm given the time to do that and turn it round."
He added: "Give me until the end of the window. We've had an awful start, that's all it is. I'm not going to beat myself up about it because there's still a long, long way to go."
Bruce, appointed as Roberto di Matteo's successor in October 2016, has won promotion to the top flight four times in his managerial career.
Villa have won just four of 43 away league games since beating Bournemouth in the Premier League on the opening day of the 2015-16 season.
Their poor record continued on Tuesday after Glenn Whelan's own goal and a Mo Barrow strike meant that Conor Hourihane's late goal was merely a consolation for the visitors.
The display, four days after a 3-0 defeat at Cardiff City, was met with an angry reaction by the travelling Villa fans and Bruce said their response was understandable.
"The results aren't what the fans expect and rightly so," he said. "I can understand their frustration, they pay their hard-earned money to see their team perform.
"I understand the booing, but my message to the fans is I've been here before and done it with other clubs in this division.
"Whether or not I'm given that time to do so is not for me to answer, but I sincerely hope so."
The British man, who is in his 30s, was arrested in Sheffield and has since been bailed pending further inquiries.
Pakistan cricketer Nasir Jamshed was one of two men arrested earlier this month, with both bailed until April.
Jamshed is among three players who were recently suspended for violating a cricket anti-corruption code.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) also suspended Pakistan internationals Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif, who are due to appear in front of the board on Wednesday.
Jamshed, 27, who has played in two Tests, 48 one-day internationals and 18 Twenty20 matches for Pakistan, has not commented on the allegations.
The spot-fixing allegations relate to the Pakistan Super League - the country's top-flight cricket championship which is held in the United Arab Emirates for security reasons.
Khan and Latif play in the PSL for current champions Islamabad United.
The PCB previously said it was investigating "an international syndicate which is believed to be attempting to corrupt the PSL".
Alex McLoughlin, from Liverpool, accidentally left the rings, worth £5,500, behind on the train at Birmingham New Street.
CCTV pictures showed a cleaner picking up items where she had been sitting.
The rings were later found at his house and Osman Salhi of Gladstone Street, Birmingham, was arrested.
The 38-year-old was given a 12-month community order and told to complete 240 hours of unpaid work and 20 days of rehabilitation activity, when he was found guilty of theft at Birmingham Magistrates Court in December.
Salhi was also ordered to pay costs of £1,620.
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Mrs McLoughlin, 36, took off the platinum and diamond rings to moisturise her hands and then dropped them when she showed her tickets to the conductor.
She realised what had happened when she left the train at New Street and contacted lost property, who told her the rings had not been handed in.
They were eventually retrieved by PC Rob Kelly of British Transport Police after he checked CCTV.
Mrs McLoughlin said she could not thank him enough.
"You have stopped at nothing to get this result and I am utterly astounded you managed to retrieve them - no one can believe it," she said.
PC Kelly said theft from passenger was a priority for the force.
"As an officer, it was a truly rewarding experience to successfully locate, seize and return items of such sentimental value to Mrs McLoughlin and this final news of Salhi's conviction is the icing on the cake," he said.
The news has led to demands for restrictions on shooting during the breeding season and renewed calls for Scotland's beavers to receive legal protection.
The country has two beaver populations, despite the species being hunted to extinction in the 16th Century.
The Scottish government said it was taking time to consider the issue.
An official trial re-introduction has been conducted at Knapdale Forest in Argyll.
But beavers are also thriving in the Tay catchment.
Farmers and landowners have said the animals damage trees and cause flooding in fields alongside burns and rivers.
Experts at Edinburgh Zoo have now carried out post-mortem examinations on 23 beavers from Tayside.
They concluded that 21 had been shot, although other sources have said the total number of animals killed in this way is significantly higher.
A freedom of information request by BBC Scotland has revealed:
In a statement, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland said: "In our capacity as advisors to the Scottish government on beaver management, RZSS has written both to Scottish Natural Heritage and the Scottish government to raise welfare concerns over a small number of deceased beavers sent in by landowners.
"This specifically relates to how they were shot, the distance they were shot from and, most significantly, the timing of dispatch, particularly of females with dependent young still in the lodge.
"We are currently awaiting a response from the minister before making any further comment."
Nick Halfhide, Scottish Natural Heritage's director of operations, told BBC Scotland: "We share welfare concerns about beavers shot with inappropriate firearms and ammunition, and those with dependent young.
"We have asked land managers not to shoot beavers in Tayside but instead seek advice from us on mitigation, such as protecting trees and discouraging dam building.
"However, if they choose to use lethal control, we have offered them advice on how to do so humanely."
He added: "We have contracted the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland to give advice to land managers in Tayside on how to manage beaver impacts on their land. This service is freely available, and we strongly encourage farmers and other land managers to use it."
Scottish Land & Estates, which represents landowners, said the beaver population in Tayside had grown following illegal releases a decade ago.
Policy officer Anne Gray said: "As beavers have no natural predators, it would be expected that some form of control would be required to manage populations and their negative impacts.
"Indeed, management, including lethal control, is common in other parts of Europe that have beaver.
"The Scottish government has still not provided advice on the calibre of rifle or ammunition that should be used if lethal control is the only reasonable option for management.
"Our own advice to farmers and landowners has been to control only where it is necessary, to look at all options and if lethal control is the only reasonable option, to carry this out in the most humane way possible."
In March 2012, the then environment minister, Stewart Stevenson, reversed a decision to trap beavers on Tayside and delayed a final decision on their fate by three years.
He had been given three options in a report by SNH - to cull the animals, accept that beavers had been reintroduced to Scotland, or to monitor the population for a longer period.
Mr Stevenson said: "There is potential for an important and unwelcome precedent to be set so we must consider environmental and other impacts when we make decisions.
"After careful consideration of all the various factors, my view is that the best way forward is to allow the beavers to remain in place for the duration of the official trial beaver reintroduction in Knapdale in Argyll.
"We will take a decision on the future of beavers in Scotland - both those in Knapdale and on Tayside - at the end of the trial period in 2015."
But almost four years later, the Scottish government has still not reached a decision on the issue.
A spokeswoman for Environment Minister Aileen McLeod told BBC Scotland: "The minister will be taking time to consider the issue carefully and listen to the views of stakeholders before making a decision on the future of beavers in Scotland.
"There is currently no legal protection for beavers in Scotland. We are aware that farmers on Tayside are experiencing issues with beavers and encourage land managers to consult with SNH on mitigation measures, rather than resort to lethal control.
"In the event that a decision is made to reintroduce beavers, consideration will be given to the appropriate form of legal protection."
Farmers' leaders believe a decision is long overdue.
They believe beavers have no place in the largely flat, fertile farmland of Tayside which is susceptible to flooding.
Andrew Bauer, of NFU Scotland, said: "If somebody has used a gun to shoot and the animal has moved out of range and the animal has been wounded, that's sad.
"But that unfortunately is the product of a situation where a lack of action by the authorities over the years has effectively left the farmers being the only ones doing the management in that area."
Scottish Green MSP Alison Johnstone, deputy convener of Holyrood's cross-party group on animal welfare, has called on ministers to "get off the fence".
She said: "Animal cruelty is simply wrong, and there can be no excuses for inhumane killing of wild creatures in 21st Century Scotland.
"Scottish ministers need to get off the fence, accept that beavers have a positive role to play in terms of biodiversity, and that they deserve legal protection.
"The poor treatment of these amazing creatures will shock many people, and it suggests that animal welfare is not a Scottish government priority."
Animal welfare campaigners say public opinion is on the beavers' side.
Libby Anderson, of One Kind, said: "The beavers are here. The Scottish government has decided to tolerate them. So it really is up to them to reflect public opinion and give them some protection.
"The public care about animal welfare and really don't want to see this kind of suffering."
Cambridge North has a 450 sq m (4,843 sq ft) building, three platforms and parking for 1,000 bikes and 450 cars.
Trains travelling between Ely, London and Norwich will stop at the city's second station.
Its silvery cladding is based on the computer model Game of Life, created by mathematician John Conway while he was a lecturer at Cambridge University.
For years, the Princeton professor felt the game overshadowed his more important achievements but now said he has grown to like it.
The mathematical model was published in Scientific America in 1970 and helped launch a new branch of mathematics.
Cambridge North, which is close to the city's business and science parks, has been built without a manned ticket office.
In 2019, a direct service to Stansted Airport will be introduced.
It was due to open in December 2015, but this was put back to May and then to December 2016.
The city's first railway station, which is in the southern part of Cambridge, opened in 1845.
Serious case reviews will be scrapped and replaced with a new structure of national and local reviews.
The move follows a government-commissioned review of local safeguarding children boards which urged "fundamental change".
Serious case reviews are "too often inadequate", ministers believe.
Cases such as those of Baby P, Victoria Climbie, Khyra Ishaq, Daniel Pelka and Ayeeshia Jane Smith all resulted in such inquiries but there have been suggestions that they have failed to change the system to protect other vulnerable children.
The report into the role and functions of local safeguarding children boards argues that the system needs "significant reform" to meet new threats and risks to children and "become consistently effective overall".
Author Alan Wood, a former president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services, says that while there are many examples of good practice there is "too much acceptance of less than good performance".
"There needs to be a much higher degree of confidence that the strategic multi-agency arrangements we make to protect children are fit-for-purpose, consistently reliable and able to ensure children are being protected effectively," says the report.
Mr Wood recommends:
The new body should consider what factors characterise a good inquiry, draw up guidance and recruit a skilled cohort of accredited case reviewers, he argues.
The report notes that more than 80% of child deaths are medical or health related, while 4% relate to child protection issues.
The government response, says the report "has set us on the right road to enable local areas to build on the best of what already exists and to think innovatively about how wider improvements can be made".
It accepts that current arrangements are "inflexible and too often ineffective" and promises "a stronger but more flexible statutory framework" for local child protection and safeguarding.
The new system replacing serious case reviews will improve the consistency, the speed and quality of local and national reviews and ensure the lessons learned inform social work practice, says the government.
A Department for Education spokesman welcomed Mr Wood's "insightful report".
"That is why our new Children and Social Work Bill already sets out provisions to set up a new panel to manage a centralised process, which will help to resolve long-term issues of quality, timeliness and dissemination of national lessons, and why we will put in place measures to improve multi-agency working, as recommended."
Property consultant Colliers International found 76 out of the UK's main towns and shopping centres will see an increase in their rates bill.
Some parts of London will see an increase of more than 400%, it says.
The winners, mainly in the Midlands and north of England, will see business rates plummet, it adds.
Newport in south Wales could see bills fall by some 80%, the report found.
"The business rates losers are found only in London and the South East and it could turn highly profitable stores, including independent retailers, into failing businesses," said John Webber, ratings expert at Colliers International.
Business rates are a tax based on property values. They are usually revalued every five years.
The last revaluation in England and Wales was in 2010 but this year's revaluation was controversially postponed to 2017.
The Government's Valuation Office Agency is busy updating its figures but Colliers has done its own research on how the rating revaluation will affect High Street retailers, based on analysis of rental data from 2010 to 2015.
It says it found big variations across the country:
Marlow faces an increase of 58% in rateable value, followed by Guildford at 42%, and Brighton up by 18.5%.
But Rochdale in Greater Manchester, hit hard by the economic downturn, will see a decrease of 30%. Kidderminster in the West Midlands is down by 42%.
And in London, it is Dover Street which is the biggest loser, with an increase of 415%. Brixton faces a potential 128% increase in rateable value, although Ealing will see a decrease of 46%.
Mr Webber believes some retailers are going to be in for a nasty shock when the business rates change in 2018.
"Business rates is a major cost for retailers and it's really important that they are able to budget for these once-in-a-generation changes," he adds.
The government has promised a review of the current system and will deliver its findings by next year's Budget.
Business rates are expected to raise around £28bn for the Treasury's coffers this year, more than the sum it raises in council tax.
Retailers currently pay a quarter of this bill, more than any other sector, and are demanding wholesale change, saying the current system is unsustainable.
They say it is an arrangement that always produces winners and losers for individual businesses.
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The man, in his 70s, was clocked driving at high speed on the M55 towards Blackpool on Monday evening.
Police said a patrol car signalled for him to stop but he came off the motorway and pulled into a Tesco car park at Clifton Retail Park.
He told police he "knew they were there" but needed the toilet. He has been reported for speeding.
Lancashire Police said: "We followed him and signalled for him to stop at junction four. He didn't stop - but didn't speed off either - and turned towards Tesco.
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Sir Alex Ferguson was found not guilty of illegally driving on a motorway hard shoulder in 1999 after he told a court he was rushing to get to a lavatory.
Magistrates agreed with the then Manchester United manager's defence that it was an "emergency," and cleared him.
Bury Magistrates' Court was told he had been suffering from severe diarrhoea while driving on the M602, in Eccles, Greater Manchester.
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And there was much to celebrate. Russia was the undisputed king of gas - the world's biggest producer with the biggest reserves and the biggest exports.
But the party has since fallen rather flat.
Weaker demand in Europe and plunging natural gas prices have hit revenues, while US and EU sanctions over the country's actions in Ukraine are targeting Russia's energy sector.
Add an EU charge of monopoly abuse, increased competition from Qatar and a potential glut of US liquefied natural gas (LNG) flooding the market next year - not to mention the possible unleashing of Iran's vast gas resources if sanctions are lifted following a nuclear deal with Tehran - and the threats are both numerous and real.
With state-controlled Gazprom, which dominates Russia's gas industry, one of Moscow's primary foreign policy levers, the stakes could not be higher.
As the biggest single supplier of gas into Europe, will Russia's influence on the continent begin to wane, and will she flirt ever more with China to compensate?
Most gas contracts are indexed to the price of oil, which has slumped more than 40% since last summer, dragging natural gas prices down with it. Mild weather and cutting off supply to Ukraine following a contract dispute compounded the problem - Gazprom saw profits plunge almost 90% last year, from more than $20bn to $3bn.
And with the oil price likely to remain relatively weak for the foreseeable future, revenues will remain under pressure. As Michael Moynihan at energy consultants Wood Mackenzie says, "the gas price is low and it's not going back to the highs of two years ago".
But low prices are hitting all gas producers. In fact, Mr Moynihan says, a weak rouble is helping to make Russian gas companies, which also include big producers such as Rosneft and Novatek, more competitive - allowing them to make the same profit margins despite falling prices.
The question for Gazprom now is whether to cut exports to combat oversupply, thereby supporting prices, or to keep volumes high to protect its market share. Rather like Saudi Arabia in the oil market, the company is perfectly able to withstand a prolonged period of low prices.
And there are many other reasons why the outlook for Russia's gas industry is far brighter than at first it may seem.
For a start, Russia's gas fields are running well below capacity, according to Irina Gaida from Boston Consulting Group. "Russia's gas industry has better production potential [than its oil industry] as the gas fields are much younger and are in the early stages of development".
There is, then, plenty of potential to ramp up production when new contracts are signed, as they will be.
The US and EU sanctions are primarily targeted at the country's oil industry, for very obvious reasons. Russia provides about 30% of Europe's gas, so it's simply not in the EU's interests to compromise Gazprom's ability to produce and export gas.
This month's deal with the UK's Centrica to increase gas supplies by 70% to more than 4 billion cubic metres (bcm) a year provides ample proof of this.
Equally, the sanctions are designed to hamper financing and stop Russian companies importing new technologies. But Russia's vast resources of conventional natural gas mean it does not need to develop new techniques to frack shale rocks, and it already knows well enough how to extract gas and build pipelines.
If sanctions remain in place over the long term, raising finance may become an issue, but right now they are having little impact on Russian gas producers.
The European Commission's charge last month that Gazprom has abused its dominant market position in Central and Eastern European gas markets is also unlikely to undermine the company's stranglehold on European gas imports.
As John Lough, of the Chatham House think-tank says: "The Commission hesitated over whether to pursue this as it was concerned about damaging its gas relationship [with Russia].
"Gazprom will make a robust defence and then try to seek some kind of settlement."
The likelihood is that a financial penalty will be agreed before business returns to normal.
But while Europe's actions are having little direct impact on Russia's gas industry, their indirect repercussions are profound, not least pushing Moscow towards closer ties with Beijing.
"Russia has been talking to China for 10 years about exporting gas, but for various reasons they couldn't find alignment," says Mr Lough. "It has not been prepared to go the last mile, but the pressure to sidle up to China has now increased."
Feeling ever more isolated in Europe and suffering from wider economic sanctions, Russia signed two significant gas deals with China last year. The first, worth $400bn at the time, provides for 38bcm a year from 2018. Construction of the pipeline to transport the gas from East Siberia began in September.
A provisional deal for a further 30bcm was signed a month later, with gas potentially being delivered from West Siberia through the Altai region in southern Russia. Some of this gas could, Mr Moynihan says, come from fields that currently export to Europe.
The combined 68bcm is half the 140bcm Russia currently delivers to Europe, but when the pipelines are in place, that number could grow significantly.
China's demand for energy to satisfy its rapidly expanding economy and increasingly wealthy population is growing fast, while environmental concerns - mainly pollution and water shortages - mean the country needs to reduce its dependency on coal.
As Ms Gaida says: "The share of gas in China's overall fuel mix will rise rapidly. The potential of China far exceeds that of Europe". And Russia's resources are such that it would have no problem supplying both.
There is also the tantalising possibility of a deal with India, another potentially gargantuan market for Russian gas. Any such agreement, however, appears a long way off with no easy route for a pipeline between the two countries.
Russia's gas industry, then, dominated by state-controlled Gazprom and with its vast resources and ideal location, seems perfectly placed to overcome the numerous obstacles laid before it.
As Mr Lough says, "I wouldn't underestimate Gazprom - it's a very capable company".
Despite frosty relations with Europe, it will continue to supply gas to a continent that, for now, has little viable alternative, while at the same time helping to satisfy China's voracious appetite for a cleaner alternative to coal.
With serious questions about whether Europe can develop a viable shale gas industry at all, let alone in the foreseeable future, and the slow adoption of genuinely clean, renewable energy technologies in many countries, Gazprom, and by proxy Moscow, will continue to hold the trump cards in any negotiations with the EU.
US and Iranian gas may offer another way out, but until European countries are able to wean themselves off Russian gas, this will remain the case.
The 1945-letter from Dorothy to aircraftman Harry Hughes in Ceylon - now Sri Lanka - was found in the lost property box at Asda's store in Leigh, Greater Manchester.
Barbara White said she is "so grateful" to be reunited with the letter.
The wartime sweethearts married in 1946 and "made each other happy", she said.
Ms White, who is 63 and now lives in Nottingham, said she was surprised to spot her father's name in an online appeal to find the letter's owners.
She said: "I think one of my sisters might have had it in a library book and dropped it accidentally - she keeps it on her as it means a lot.
"Mum wrote nearly every day so we have several hundred letters between me and my sisters. They're wonderful."
Dorothy first met Harry at her 16th birthday party in Moston in 1938 but when war broke out and Harry signed up in 1940, he was adamant they should not marry for fear of making her a widow.
Reunited after the war ended, they married on 1 June 1946 and moved to Blackley.
They had three children together - Barbara, Vivien and Gillian - and "enjoyed each other's company" for 65 years, Ms White said.
Harry passed away aged 90 in 2011 while Dorothy died last year aged 93.
Ms White said: "When dad came home he had a huge canvas RAF kit bag - all it had in it was underwear and these letters.
"The way dad kept the letters in the heat of Ceylon, very carefully to preserve them and brought them all the way back" shows "how much they meant to him", Ms White said.
Ms White said she wants to thank checkout operator Stacey Adamson who found the note and started the appeal to trace the couple.
Ofsted inspectors warn this could leave them vulnerable to sexual exploitation.
Too few teachers have the expertise to discuss delicate issues such as sexuality and domestic violence, they say.
The warning comes after teaching unions raised concerns about the effects of a sexualised culture on pupils.
At unions' conferences over the Easter holidays, teachers shared their concerns about the negative impact pornography and pressure to have "the perfect body" was having on their pupils and called for better training to help teachers to deal with such issues.
In a report examining personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education, Ofsted found it was good or outstanding in 60% of schools, but requiring improvement or inadequate in 40%.
In primary schools, the report says, too much emphasis is placed on friendships and relationships when teaching sex-and-relationships education and this can leave pupils ill-prepared for the physical and emotional changes of puberty.
And in secondary schools, too much emphasis is placed on the "mechanics" of reproduction rather than the importance of healthy sexual relationships.
The report says: "A lack of high-quality, age-appropriate sex-and-relationships education in more than a third of schools is a concern as it may leave children and young people vulnerable to inappropriate sexual behaviours and sexual exploitation.
"This is because they have not been taught the appropriate language or developed the confidence to describe unwanted behaviours or know where to go to for help."
Ofsted found that most secondary schools cover topics such as puberty, reproduction, sexually transmitted infections, contraception, abortion and pregnancy in PSHE lessons, but there was "less emphasis on sexual consent and the influence of pornography."
"The failure to include discussion of pornography is concerning as research shows that children as young as nine are increasingly accessing pornographic internet sites, and ChildLine counsellors have confirmed an increase to more than 50 calls a month from teenagers upset by pornography," the report says.
The report calls for better training for those teaching PSHE, particularly over "sensitive issues".
"Too many teachers lacked expertise in teaching sensitive and controversial issues, which resulted in some topics such as sexuality, mental health and domestic violence being omitted from the curriculum," it says.
"This was because subject-specific training and support were too often inadequate.
"In 20% of schools, staff had received little or no training to teach PSHE education. Teaching was not good in any of these schools."
Ofsted's report found the development of pupils' personal and social skills was good or outstanding in 42 of the 50 schools inspected, but in the weaker schools "casual use of homophobic and disablist language was commonplace".
"In just under half of the schools, pupils learnt how to keep themselves safe in a variety of situations but not all had practised negotiating risky situations or applied security settings to social-networking sites," the report says.
In March, Education Minister Liz Truss announced PSHE would remain a non-compulsory subject, saying it should be down to schools and teachers to decide on the topics covered in lessons. Sex and relationships education is, however, compulsory.
PSHE Association chief executive Joe Hayman said the report painted a realistic picture of provision across the country.
"The reality is that while there is outstanding practice in many schools, far too many teachers go into PSHE lessons ill-equipped to deal with the extremely important and challenging issues the subject covers.
"It is obvious from the report that teachers need more help than they are currently getting and as a result many pupils do not get the high quality PSHE education they deserve."
A Department for Education spokesman said: "The quality of PSHE teaching is not good enough.
"Our curriculum reforms have given teachers the freedom to tailor their teaching so it meets the needs of their pupils.
"We are funding the PSHE Association to work with schools to develop curricula and improve the way it is taught.
"The best people to fix this problem are teachers on the ground - not politicians in Westminster."
The findings of the Ofsted report were based on inspections of 24 primary, 24 secondary and two special schools between January and July 2012.
The technical issues meant students were left waiting for news about potential offers, putting some at risk of losing offers at other universities.
A spokesperson for the university said it had been making personal calls to try to resolve individual situations.
It apologised on Twitter to those "experiencing delays getting through".
The tweet said: "Do keep trying our hotline and you will get through."
Universities can give students a place whether they have achieved the correct grades or not.
Students tweeted their annoyance at the situation, with one writing: "Appears you've still not made decisions and now you've gone until Monday? How is this fair?"
The university said it had been dealing with an "unprecedented number of calls" but had called students "once a decision had been made".
Students can only enter the clearing system when they have been officially refused a place at the universities they originally chose.
On Friday, the University and College Admissions Service said 6,910 students had been matched with places through clearing.
This leaves 154,850 students still looking for a university place.
Shakespeare was Claudio Ranieri's assistant, and has been caretaker boss since the Italian was sacked in February.
The Foxes have since won both of their games with Shakespeare in charge.
The 53-year-old has never managed full-time, and was brought to Leicester by Ranieri's predecessor, Nigel Pearson.
Ranieri, 65, was sacked by Leicester nine months after leading the club to the Premier League title.
Leicester have also spoken to other potential candidates to replace him, including former England manager Roy Hodgson.
Shakespeare's first match as caretaker manager was a 3-1 league victory over Liverpool.
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Speaking after that game, defender Danny Simpson said Shakespeare had "kept it simple and told us what he wanted to do, which was simple and basic. We've done that so let's hope we can carry it on for him".
After his side moved five points clear of the relegation zone with a 3-1 win over Hull on Saturday, Shakespeare said: "My remit was to win these two games and that's what we've done."
Leicester next play Sevilla at home in the second leg of their last-16 Champions League tie next Tuesday. The Spanish side won the first leg 2-1.
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After a modest 2:03.12 for 800m to finish down the field in Belgium two weeks ago, this was a better run by the Portaferry woman.
In a race run at a frantic pace, Mageean held her form well to pass a number of athletes on the final lap.
Dutch star Sifan Hassan set the fastest 1500m time so far in 2017 with 3:56.22.
Emerging German talent Konstanze Klosterhalfen duelled with Hassan for much of the race but was passed for second place in the closing stages by Kenya's Winny Chebet.
Klosterhalfen had the consolation of going under four minutes for the first time as she clocked 3:59.30 to finish 0.16 seconds behind Chebet.
Mageean's time was well under the Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games consideration standard although that was never going to be a difficulty for last year's European Championship bronze medallist.
In a loaded field, Poland's European champion Angelika Cichocka (4:01.84) and a number of other world-class Africans were also ahead of Mageean.
Mageean appeared to be baulked as she opted to stay on the kerb near the back of the field on the first lap but regained her poise as the field began to be strung out.
The charity said a lockdown would force people underground, destroy trust between doctors and the public and ultimately help spread the disease.
Sierra Leone officials say the measure, due to begin on 19 September, will let health workers isolate new cases.
About 2,100 people in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea have so far died.
MSF, whose staff are helping to tackle the outbreak, said in a statement that quarantines and lockdowns "end up driving people underground and jeopardising the trust between people and health providers".
"This leads to the concealment of potential cases and ends up spreading the disease further," the group said.
10,314
Deaths - probable, confirmed and suspected
(Includes one in the US and six in Mali)
4,296 Liberia
3,742 Sierra Leone
2,261 Guinea
8 Nigeria
Information Minister Alpha Kanu admits the lockdown is an extraordinary measure that will cause huge inconvenience, but he says it is needed to stem the spread of a disease which has killed over about 500 of his people.
Despite criticism from MSF, Mr Kanu insists that the measure "will minimise the spread of the virus", and he is urging people to stock up on food, telling them: "We did it during the war."
Never since the rebel invasion of Freetown in 1999 have I seen fear on the faces of people like in recent times. Even so, many people feel three days is too long to be asked to stay indoors. Many others feel three days is too short to achieve the government's aim of restricting the virus.
Sierra Leonean officials earlier said more than 20,000 people would be deployed to make sure residents stayed indoors.
Health ministry spokesman Sidie Yahya Tunis told the BBC he did not expect the public to object.
"You follow or else you'll be breaking the law. If you disobey then you are disobeying the president," he said.
The BBC's West Africa correspondent Thomas Fessy says the Sierra Leone population's willingness to obey will be key for the plan to succeed.
A forcible implementation is likely to raise human rights issues and could potentially spark violent demonstrations, he says.
Last month, Liberia sealed off a large slum in the capital, Monrovia, for more than a week in an attempt to contain the virus.
The disease infects humans through close contact with infected animals, including chimpanzees, fruit bats and forest antelope.
It then spreads between humans by direct contact with infected blood, bodily fluids or organs, or indirectly through contact with contaminated environments.
Officials in Nigeria have meanwhile decided to reopen schools in the country from 22 September. They were closed as a precaution to prevent the spread of the virus.
Separately, a US doctor infected with Ebola is being treated in a Nebraska hospital after evacuation from Liberia.
Rick Sacra, 51, was described as sick but stable. He is the third American aid worker infected. The other two recovered after treatment in Atlanta.
On Friday, the WHO announced that the blood of patients who recovered from Ebola should be used to treat others.
People produce antibodies in the blood in an attempt to fight off an Ebola infection. The antibodies may be able to help a sick patient's immune system if they are transferred.
However, large scale data on the effectiveness of the therapy is lacking.
Akram Khan revealed that just four of the 51 dancers his company has employed since 2000 were UK trained.
Hofesh Schechter said UK dancers were "consistently outclassed by fitter, stronger and more versatile" dancers trained internationally.
He called on the industry to work together to "level the playing field".
In a joint statement with DV8 Physical Theatre's artistic director Lloyd Newson, the trio of choreographers said they struggled to find British trained dancers "of sufficient calibre" and had decided to "go public" after witnessing "declining standards" at UK auditions.
Newson said many dancers studying in the UK "lack rigour, technique and performance skills".
Khan said he now felt UK contemporary dance training was "an obstacle", unlike his dance training which was "like an old friend... who helps me through many obstacles."
He said: "I am concerned that somewhere, somehow, the training the young dancers go through in the UK is not supporting them in the rigour, technique and discipline that I am looking for in a dancer.
"Instead the training of the UK dancers today has become the very obstacle that the training was meant to overcome."
UK-based Israeli choreographer Shechter, who runs Hofesh Shechter Company, said the sector needed to act to address "the widening gap between our requirements as employers and the skills with which UK graduates emerge".
Khan - who performed at the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony - said 57% of his dancers at his company were trained at the Performing Arts Research and Training Studios in Brussels.
The choreographers also claim they have statistics proving that less than 35% of graduates from the three main contemporary dance schools - the London School of Contemporary Dance, Trinity Laban and the Northern School of Contemporary Dance - go on to work as dancers or choreographers.
However the dance schools have disputed the figures and defended standards, with London School of Contemporary Dance principal Veronica Lewis insisting students would graduate prepared for "lifelong careers in dance".
Lewis said many students went on to work as professional dancers in companies including DV8, Jasmin Vardimon Company, Matthew Bourne's New Adventures and Hofesh Shechter Company.
Trinity Laban principal Anthony Bowne said half of the school's dance students had travelled from abroad to study there.
"They come because we provide a world-class contemporary dance education. We're a bit baffled that these choreographers would be in any doubt of this - particularly as they are choosing to employ Trinity Laban graduates in their current productions," said Bowne.
Janet Smith, principal of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, told London's Evening Standard: "As an Ofsted outstanding institution we constantly strive to address the ever-increasing demands of an ever-broadening profession.
"They've made these comments but actually placed our dancers in their companies. I proudly say we have graduates from our school and current students are performing and have performed with these companies and I'm proud to say that Akram is a graduate of our school."
Khan, Shechter and Newson's comments coincide with the beginning of the UK Dance Conference.
They passed four resolutions, including two on connectivity guarantees, that will allow the €1.3bn (£940m) deal to proceed.
Earlier this week, the European Commission cleared the way for the takeover.
It said it is "conditional upon commitments offered by the parties".
IAG, which owns BA and Iberia, will have to give up five daily slots at Gatwick to increase competition.
The commission had expressed concerns that the takeover would lead to insufficient competition.
It said that as it stood, the deal would have stopped "Aer Lingus from continuing to provide traffic to the long-haul flights of competing airlines on several routes".
IAG has also entered into agreements with competing airlines that operate long-haul flights out of the UK, the Netherlands and Ireland committing Aer Lingus to providing them with connecting passengers.
The approval comes after Ireland's low-cost carrier Ryanair on Friday accepted the bid by IAG for a near 30% stake in Aer Lingus.
IAG's plans include building a new transatlantic hub at Dublin airport.
Ryanair had attempted to buy Aer Lingus three times, the first time in 2006, just after Aer Lingus was floated on the stock market by the Irish government.
The Irish government, which sold its 25% stake in Aer Lingus to IAG in May, recommended that Ryanair accept IAG's offer.
The deal values Aer Lingus shares at around €2.50 (£1.87) per share.
The passing of the resolutions on Thursday clears the way for the Irish government to sell its 25% stake.
There have long been calls for more financial support, with the burden on business often raised as a reason for not improving the situation.
Now, parents have received a boost from what could be considered an unusual ally - business lobby group the CBI.
It has called for mums to receive maternity pay for longer and for more free childcare.
In its "wish-list" for the government's Autumn Statement in November, the CBI has said it wants to see statutory maternity pay extended to 52 weeks from the current 39.
It's also called for 15 hours a week of free childcare for all children aged 1-to 4-years-old.
The changes would cost more than £2bn, it estimates.
As part of proposals for strengthening the UK's economy, the CBI said the government needs to do more to attract women into careers.
"Businesses are increasingly reporting skills shortages, encouraging more women to remain in the labour force will play a part reducing this bottleneck and improve diversity," the CBI said.
Extra support for new mothers could lift female employment by 2% over 10 years, CBI research suggests.
At the moment all three to four-year-olds in England can get 570 hours of free early education or childcare per year. It's usually taken as 15 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year. Some two-year-olds are also eligible.
"Childcare costs are an enormous barrier for parents who want to return to work," said Justine Roberts, chief executive of parenting discussion site Mumsnet.
"Mumsnet users have long been slightly baffled by the interval between the end of paid parental leave and the start of financial support with childcare costs. This gap can drive women out of the workforce, with calamitous results for their long-term prospects, gender equality and the national tax take," Ms Roberts said.
The CBI's recommendation marks a departure from claims in 2005 that plans to lengthen maternity leave (from six to the current nine months) would unfairly burden businesses.
Suzanne Horne, partner and employment lawyer at law firm Paul Hastings urged caution over the plan.
"The CBI risks throwing the baby out with the bathwater by urging the Chancellor to extend paid maternity leave. It is highly likely that this would actually increase the risk of pregnancy discrimination against women as it would place too heavy a burden on employers.
"Rather than extending paid maternity leave, the government should focus on measures to simplify the shared parental leave system and help employers create a co-parenting culture," said Ms Horne.
Sam Smethers, chief executive at the Fawcett Society, a charity that promotes gender equality and women's rights, agreed that wider action is necessary.
"We need to make a fundamental shift and improve paid leave for fathers, moving to equalisation of leave entitlements so that caring for children can be seen as a shared responsibility. Only then will we end the motherhood penalty," she said.
The CBI included several other items on its list of things it would like to see in chancellor Philip Hammond's Autumn Statement next month.
These included ways to keep the tax and regulation systems competitive, a renewed commitment to infrastructure spending and ensuring UK businesses can continue to employ migrant workers.
"In the short-term, the government needs to stimulate confidence and investment, while over the longer-term, balance productivity growth across all regions with an ambitious plan for infrastructure investment," said the CBI.
The Trump campaign spent $18.5m (£14.1m) in July, compared to his Democratic rival's $38m.
Mr Trump spent more than $420,000 on hats, but only started major TV adverts this month.
Separately, the New York Times said an investigation had revealed Mr Trump's firms were at least $650m in debt.
Mr Trump's campaign spending remains remarkably low at this point compared to previous campaigns, including those of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in 2012.
The Trump campaign's $18.5m in July was up from $7.8m in June, according to a Federal Election Commission report released on Saturday.
In terms of fundraising, the Trump campaign brought in $37m for the month, compared to the $52m raised by Mrs Clinton.
August will see a spike in Trump spending, however, as last week $5m was spent on the first TV adverts. The Clinton campaign began TV advertising two months ago and has spent more than $60m so far.
Her campaign staff is around 700, about 10 times more than those on Mr Trump's payroll.
The latest figures show a large sum of the Trump July spending, about 45% of the total, went to the web design and digital marketing firm Giles-Parscale, while millions also went on air travel.
They also show Mr Trump is still paying the firm of sacked campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. The company received $20,000.
Mr Trump has financed much of his own campaign - putting in about $50m.
Meanwhile, the New York Times said its investigation had shown that the $650m of debt among Trump companies was twice the figure in public filings made as part of his White House bid.
It also said that some of the lenders backing his ventures, such as the Bank of China and Goldman Sachs, were institutions he had criticised during his campaign.
The Times also said its examination "underscored how much of Mr Trump's business remains shrouded in mystery. He has declined to disclose his tax returns or allow an independent valuation of his assets."
Separately, Mr Trump again reached out to African-American voters, one of the groups he is lagging behind in significantly in opinion polls.
He cited Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican president, who issued the proclamation freeing slaves.
"I want our party to be a home of the African-American voter once again," he said.
Mr Trump's audience in Fredericksburg, Virginia, was overwhelmingly white.
George Pinner, Phil Roper and Ian Sloan were voted in by their fellow internationals and the new system was in place for this month's Sultan Azlan Shah Trophy, won by Great Britain.
"They were voted in as a result of their different qualities," said GB head coach Bobby Crutchley.
"I thank Barry for his leadership."
He added: "We are very fortunate to have him with us as one of the best players in the world, and I know his leadership qualities will be as prevalent as ever."
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According to a statement from England Hockey, there was a "strong desire" for greater levels of player accountability, responsibility and shared ownership. As a result, Crutchley and the player group decided to name three captains instead of one.
Goalkeeper George Pinner, 30: He has 118 caps for both England and Great Britain. Pinner was a reserve for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and then played in every fixture in last year's Rio Games. The Holcombe player has four senior medals to his name, including bronze in the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Forward Phil Roper, 25: He has 59 caps and has scored 12 goals. Roper helped Wimbledon to national league titles in both 2015 and 2016, and has played for England in both World League finals. He also won Commonwealth Games bronze in Glasgow in 2014.
Midfielder Ian Sloan, 23: He was the youngest player in the GB squad in Rio, and has three goals from his 36 caps. Sloan has also played in the World League final and the Champions Trophy.
David Sellu, 69, was handed a two-and-a-half-year prison term after being convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence in November 2013.
James Hughes, 66, was under Mr Sellu's care when he died at the Clementine Churchill Hospital in Harrow in 2010.
He suffered a perforated bowel following a routine knee replacement.
The case against Mr Sellu, of Hillingdon, was based on the standard of his care over a period of approximately 25 hours.
At a recent hearing, the appeal judges heard the "essence" of the prosecution's argument was that he should have performed an operation to repair a perforated bowel "at a much earlier time".
But a QC argued on behalf of the doctor that his conviction was "unsafe" on a number of grounds.
Mr Sellu served 15 months of his jail sentence and was released in February 2015.
He was in court to hear that his conviction should be quashed.
The prosecution was given 24 hours to make an application if they wish to seek a re-trial.
Edwin Poots warned patient safety would be "compromised" by the cuts proposed and said he was not prepared to do it.
The DUP MLA said his department faced a £140m shortfall and he blamed Sinn Féin for not agreeing a welfare reform deal.
Sinn Féin accused the DUP of supporting "Tory cuts" and said health had been protected while other NI departments were facing cuts to their budgets.
On 1 August, the NI Executive agreed to cut Stormont departments' budgets by £78m, with the exception of health and education.
Finance Minister Simon Hamilton also warned that further cuts, amounting to £87m, would be required if a deal on welfare reform was not agreed.
Speaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Nolan Show on Thursday, Mr Poots said that if the Northern Ireland Executive would not agree to allocate more money to health then they would have to find another minister to introduce the cuts.
Mr Poots said: "I am not going to impose cuts which will have such a negative consequence that it will damage the health of the Northern Ireland population.
"We're talking here about cancer services, we're talking here about cardiac services, we're talking about care of the elderly, we're talking about emergency departments, we're talking about out-of-hours doctors."
Edwin Poots wanted £160m extra for his health department, but got just £20m in a new budget revealed earlier this month.
He said the planned cuts would be devastating and warned that patients would suffer as a result, through longer waiting lists and fewer nurses.
Mr Poots said he is not prepared to implement the cuts himself and that being sacked by the Executive and his party leader First Minister Peter Robinson was "an option", but added "I hope that it won't come to that".
He said he believed the DUP supported him.
When the Finance Minister Simon Hamilton revealed Stormont's departmental budgets, he also criticised the way the health budget was being run by Mr Poots, who is his party colleague.
The health minister overspent by £13.1m last year.
The union Unison, which represents many NHS staff in Northern Ireland, has said it hopes Thursday's developments are not part of an internal DUP power struggle.
Mr Poots said patient waiting lists would rise and nurses would be "run off their feet".
The minister has warned the Northern Ireland Executive that he "cannot deliver £140m of savings".
"The consequence is they find someone else to do it, or they do it themselves, or they find the money," he said.
Mr Poots added that he was not refusing outright to make savings to the health budget, but said he was not prepared to implement cuts that he believed would put patient safety at risk.
"I will make cuts, but there are certain services that I will not make cuts on, and the consequence of that is, we will break the budget by tens of millions of pounds unless more money is allocated to health," he added.
He said he needed at least £80m in funding from the Northern Ireland Executive in order to ensure that patients' safety would not be compromised.
Mr Poots criticised Sinn Féin's stance on welfare reform and said Stormont should prioritise the funding of "life-saving" patient services over welfare.
However, Sinn Féin MLA Mickey Brady said: "The Tory cuts of billions of pounds for essential services have caused the crisis in the health service and reduced budgets right across departments.
"The DUP has supported these Tory cuts which have been about stripping out the National Health Service.
"The current crisis has nothing at all to do with the issue of welfare cuts which Sinn Féin successfully resisted during the monitoring round. Otherwise departments would have faced an additional £87m of cuts.
"The health budget was protected and an additional £20m was allocated to health."
Mr Brady added: "Mr Poots also suggested today on air that maybe he is not the man for the health job. If this is so then he and his party leader should immediately consider his future."
The conflict was sparked by the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, by members of Islamist militant group al-Qaeda.
The US accused the Taliban - then the ruling power in Afghanistan - of protecting mastermind of the attacks, Osama Bin Laden, and declared war. Britain became involved in November 2001, deploying ground troops.
The early stages of the campaign saw a massive aerial bombardment of Taliban and al-Qaeda targets, while special forces went in on the ground to fight alongside the Afghan Northern Alliance, which opposed the Taliban.
Kabul was the first city captured by the Northern Alliance, on 13 November.
On 7 December, the Fall of Kandahar saw the Taliban driven from its last stronghold.
Then British Prime Minister Tony Blair hailed it as a victory, calling it "a total vindication of the strategy we have worked out from the beginning".
Meanwhile, Afghan groups agreed a deal for an interim power-sharing government, and Hamid Karzai, a former mujahedeen spokesman, was sworn in as its head.
The UK became part of Nato-led operations - the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) - in 2002. The first contingent of foreign peacekeepers was made up of personnel from 18 countries. The forces had a mandate that extended only to helping the Afghans maintain security in Kabul and surrounding areas.
By April 2002, UK forces were concentrated in Kabul, with 1,700 soldiers working alongside other allied units.
By 2003, the Taliban had regrouped, and a resurgence began. While the world was largely focused on Iraq, Taliban gunmen started to cross the porous border from Pakistan into southern Afghanistan.
The group recruited new members in the Pashtun areas, and small training camps set up along the mountainous border. The insurgency was supported by various tribal groups, and gained momentum after ISAF air strikes led to civilian deaths.
Taliban militants began to adopt the terror tactics of Iraqi insurgents. Before 2004 suicide bombings were a rarity in Afghanistan, but in 2005 there were 21, and in 2006 there were 141 suicide attacks.
In January 2004, a British soldier was killed in a suspected suicide attack, the first to be killed in a combat role in the conflict.
The Taliban's use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) mainly targeting vehicles also increased, with 1,297 just in 2006.
The number of coalition troops in Afghanistan grew to try to counter the insurgency. Meanwhile, elections were held which established acting president Hamid Karzai as the elected president of Afghanistan.
In 2006, British forces moved into Helmand province in the south, one of Afghanistan's most volatile regions. Camp Bastion was built in the desert, providing the launch pad for thousands of British service personnel stationed in the south.
At its peak it was home to 40,000 people - the size of Reading - and supported up to 600 aircraft and helicopter movements a day. It was the UK's fifth busiest airfield.
British forces faced regular attacks from the Taliban, and as violence increased, reinforcements were sent in. At the peak of the campaign in Helmand alone, there were 137 UK bases and about 9,500 UK troops were stationed there. Increasingly they were fighting alongside the fledgling Afghan forces.
The increase in operations coincided with a sharp rise in the death toll. Thirty-nine troops died in 2006, compared with five between 2001 and 2005. There were 42 deaths in 2007 and 51 in 2008.
In total, 456 UK troops lost their lives in the conflict - a death rate much higher than that of the conflict in Iraq, or the Falklands war. The bloodiest year was 2009, when 108 troops died. There were also more than 100 deaths the following year in 2010.
On return to the UK, fallen British troops passed through the town of Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire, where local people would turn out to line the streets as a sign of respect. In 2011, the town was granted royal patronage in recognition of its role.
In 2010 came the largest joint offensive to date involving 15,000 British, American and Afghan troops, to push the Taliban from their strongholds in central Helmand.
Meanwhile a timetable for handing over security control from ISAF to Afghan forces by the end of 2014 was agreed at a Nato summit in Lisbon.
By 2011, calls were growing for the British to pull out, and Prime Minister David Cameron pledged to end combat operations by 2015, saying, "I believe the country needs to know there is an end point to all of this".
In spring 2014, Task Force Helmand was closed, and Camp Bastion was handed over to Afghan security forces. The last UK combat troops left Afghanistan in October. About 450 troops remained, their role to train, advise, and assist local Afghan forces.
The conflict had cost the UK £40bn.
However, the Taliban were still a potent force. On the day before British combat troops left, an Afghan police commander was killed by Taliban gunmen, and nationwide more than 4,000 Afghan security forces were killed in 2014.
Although Taliban representatives and Afghan officials have been involved in informal peace talks, the Taliban insists it will not stop fighting until all foreign troops leave the country. In September 2015, the Taliban briefly captured the northern city of Kunduz in their most significant advance since being forced from power in 2001.
Then, with reports that the Taliban are close to overrunning Sangin town in Helmand providence, British military personnel were deployed. The Ministry of Defence says a small number of personnel already in the country have been sent to Camp Shorabak, near the location of Camp Bastion, in an "advisory role" - but says they will not be in combat.
Mr Michel said talks with Wallonia and two other elected bodies had failed.
His comments appeared to dash hopes the Ceta deal could be signed on Thursday but European Council President Donald Tusk said it was still possible.
This is the EU's most ambitious free trade deal to date but Belgium needs its regions' approval to sign it.
Mr Michel said he had told Mr Tusk that Belgium could not sign Ceta (the acronym for the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement).
The other 27 EU governments want to sign the agreement, which has been in the pipeline for seven years.
The European Commission had set Belgium a Monday deadline to make its decision on the deal.
In a tweet on Monday, Mr Tusk wrote: "Together with (Canadian) PM @JustinTrudeau, we think Thursday's summit still possible. We encourage all parties to find a solution. There's yet time."
For the deal to pass, Belgium's federal, regional and community bodies (seven in all) must give their approval.
Wallonia, a staunchly socialist region of 3.6 million people, has led objections to the deal, demanding stronger safeguards on labour, environmental and consumer standards.
But at talks with Mr Martin on Monday, it emerged that two other bodies, Brussels and that of the French-speaking community, also opposed Ceta.
The Belgian socialists' fears echo those of anti-globalisation activists, who say Ceta and deals like it give too much power to multinationals - power even to intimidate governments.
There have also been big demonstrations in several EU countries against Ceta and the TTIP trade talks between the EU and the US.
On Sunday, the European Commission presented a new clarification to Wallonia on the mechanism for settling disputes with investors.
The rules for trade arbitration are one of the thorniest issues in the deal.
But Belgium's RTBF news reported (in French) that the latest EU document did not satisfy the Walloon politicians.
Canada and the EU would eliminate 98% of tariffs under Ceta, which was negotiated over five years between 2009 and 2014.
Supporters say this would increase trade between them by 20%, and would especially help small businesses.
Critics say the deal threatens product standards and protects big business, allowing corporations to sue governments.
Canadian Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland was bitterly disappointed on Friday when talks with Wallonia broke down and she flew home, during an EU summit in Brussels.
98%
The number of tariffs between the EU and Canada that would be eliminated
€500 million
The estimated amount that EU exporters would save in duties annually
3.6m The population of Wallonia
36.3m The population of Canada
508m The population of the EU
On Monday, Wallonia's regional leader Paul Magnette warned: "We will never decide anything under an ultimatum or under pressure."
His counterpart in Belgium's Dutch-speaking Flanders region, Geert Bourgeois, said the blockage was "a real shame".
"We're the laughing stock of the whole world," said the centre-right leader, quoted by Reuters news agency. "It's bad for Wallonia, for Flanders, for Belgium, for Europe, for the whole world."
Some UK politicians see Ceta as a potential model for a Brexit trade deal with the EU.
Ceta does not involve EU-style free movement of labour. But for British services - 80% of the UK economy - the Ceta terms are less favourable than those they have now.
New South Wales authorities have told residents not to be complacent about the fire, which started on Saturday.
Firefighters said on Sunday they had contained the blaze, which destroyed one home and damaged several others, but told locals to remain alert.
In an early start to Sydney's bushfire season, the fire burned through 20 hectares of bushland.
South Katoomba Fire Service Captain Steve Parrot said despite authorities downgrading the fire to advice level, residents should remain alert to the dangers.
"We need to keep a good watch until that fire is declared by the Rural Fire Service as completely out, so maintain your bushfire awareness plan," he told local media.
Experts have warned that some areas of Australia are becoming uninhabitable because of the increased risk of fire and that worse-than-normal seasons are becoming the norm.
The Climate Council, a research body, predicts the total economic cost of bush fires in NSW will be A$43m ($37m; £24m) in 2014.
Fire and Rescue NSW Commissioner Greg Mullins told the BBC the concept of a "normal" fire season was redundant and people had to accept that property losses were now inevitable.
"We treat every summer now as worst-case scenario. On [catastrophic fire weather warning] days, there's basically nothing we can do except save lives by getting information out there."
Officers discovered 14 headstones had been knocked over and broken at Blackley Jewish Cemetery in Rochdale Road, Manchester, at about 15:45 BST on Wednesday.
Police are treating the incident as a hate crime.
Ch Supt Wasim Chaudhry said: "This is a sickening act of criminal damage which we are taking very seriously.
"There is no place for such abhorrent behaviour in our communities."
Greater Manchester mayor and police and crime commissioner Tony Lloyd described the desecration as a "disgusting act of vandalism" which would "cause anguish, fear and anger among our communities".
He added it "could lead to serious divisions within our neighbourhoods".
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 20.68 points, or 0.10%, at 20,975.44, and the S&P 500 shaved off 1.16 points, or 0.05%, to 2,387.45
The Nasdaq Composite was down 6.52 0.27 points at 6,025.23.
The biggest mover on the Dow was Procter & Gamble, which fell nearly 2.5%.
The drugs giant reporting an 8.3% fall in third-quarter profit, caused by slowing consumer spending
President Donald Trump proposed slashing the US tax rate on corporate and pass-through business profits to 15% from 35% or more.
The administration is determined to get the tax reform done by this year, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.
The promise of a massive tax cut has been at the core of the post-election rally, which has driven Wall Street's indexes to record highs.
However, the rally has stalled of late due to a lack of clarity on Trump's policies and the failure of his healthcare reform bill.
Meet Singh Kapoor, 40, was found dead at Tilbury docks in Essex last August.
A Basildon Crown Court jury failed to reach a verdict against Stephen McLaughlin, of Limavardy, County Londonderry, and Martin McGlinchey, of Coalisland, County Tyrone.
Taha Sharif, 38, of High Cross Road, Tottenham, was convicted last week.
Timothy Murphy, 33, of Elmgrove in Londonderry, was cleared on Tuesday.
The four all pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to facilitate illegal entry into the UK.
The court said Mr McLaughlin, 35, of Rose Park, Limavady, and Mr McGlinchey, 48, of Derryloughlan Road, Coalisland, would likely face a new trial next year.
The cause of his death has not yet been revealed, although his daughter said he had passed away "peacefully".
Author of many folk songs in the llanera tradition of the Venezuelan plains, his most famous song is Caballo Viejo (Old Horse).
Known as "Uncle Simon", he was widely seen as an ambassador for Venezuelan folkloric music worldwide.
Diaz was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 for his recording career.
From humble origins, he was known for his poetic and lyrical compositions.
While he strayed into other genres such as boleros and tango, most of his work stayed true to the llanera music style of Venezuela, with its characteristic harp and cuatro, a four-stringed instrument similar to the guitar.
His songs have been sung by opera stars such as Placido Domingo and many other Latin American artists such as Mercedes Sosa and Caetano Veloso.
German choreographer Pina Bausch included some of Diaz's music in her work Nur Du.
Diaz became a TV star, presenting a dozen shows featuring the best of Venezuelan folk music.
One of his most popular shows was a children's music programme broadcast in the 1970s and 80s. His nickname of Uncle Simon dates back to this show.
Diaz stopped appearing in public after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, but his daughter Bettsimar recently showcased her father's legacy in the programme All About My Father.
The Federal Migration Service confirmed he had completed the relevant paperwork at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, where he has been for the past three weeks.
Mr Snowden is wanted by the US for leaking details of government surveillance programmes.
He has no travel documents, so has been unable to take up asylum offers from a number of Latin American states.
"He reached the conclusion that he needs to write an application for temporary asylum, and this procedure has just been done," said Anatoly Kucherena, a lawyer with strong links with the Kremlin who helped Mr Snowden with the paperwork.
"For now he is not going to go anywhere. For now he plans to stay in Russia," he said.
Meanwhile the White House reiterated its position that the fugitive should be expelled and face trial in the US.
By Daniel SandfordBBC News, Moscow
If there is a chance to grant Edward Snowden temporary asylum and then move him on to Latin America before September, that may be the best route for Russia.
But if that proves impossible, President Vladimir Putin will have to make a decision - does he continue to rub salt into America's wounds, or does he encourage Edward Snowden to leave quickly by making it clear that the asylum request is not going to work out.
What is still unclear is the extent to which the Russian intelligence agencies have been able to pump Edward Snowden for information, or even for the secret files themselves.
If they still want the information, there may be a trade-off involved - he gives the Russians what they desire and gets to leave the airport, and they decide that a poorer relationship with the US is the price they will have to pay for Mr Snowden's secrets.
"Mr Snowden should not be allowed to engage in further international travel except as necessary to return to the United States," spokesman Jay Carney said.
"He is not a human rights activist. He is not a dissident. He's accused of leaking classified information."
Mr Kucherena said the fugitive had stated in the application that he faced possible torture and execution if he returned to the US.
If his application is accepted, he will be free to work and move freely in Russia, said the lawyer.
Russia's Interfax news agency quoted Mr Kucherena as saying he had asked Mr Snowden whether he would observe a request from President Vladimir Putin to not harm US interests if he is able to leave the airport.
"He replied: 'I will observe this condition'," Mr Kucherena told the agency.
Officials said Mr Snowden might be moved to an airport facility for accommodating refugees while his application was being processed, which should take no more than three months.
A presidential spokesman told Interfax that Mr Putin had not yet responded to the asylum request, and that the decision on whether it would be granted was not his to make.
But although the Russian government insists the decision will be made by a relatively junior official, the person in charge will be in no doubt what his boss would like him to do, says the BBC's Daniel Sandford in Moscow.
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President Putin is clearly aware of the sensitivities involved, and the issue risks overshadowing talks with US President Barack Obama who is due to visit Russia in September, our correspondent adds.
Mr Snowden arrived in Russia on 23 June, having left Hong Kong, from where he had issued his leaks to the media.
He held a news conference at the airport on 12 July, where he said he was seeking asylum in Russia.
He has sent requests for political asylum to at least 21 countries, most of which have turned down his request. However, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela have indicated they could take him in.
But he is unable to leave the transit zone as he currently has no asylum documents or Russian visa, and the US has revoked his passport.
Some European countries are likely to close their airspace to any plane suspected of carrying the fugitive.
Meanwhile on Tuesday groups from across the political spectrum, including gun rights groups, churches and human rights groups filed a lawsuit demanding that the US National Security Agency hand over and destroy all the telephone communication data it has.
The lawsuit alleges the collection of phone records is an "illegal and unconstitutional programme of dragnet electronic surveillance". The US justice department has not commented on the case.
Mr Snowden's leaking of thousands of classified US intelligence documents has led to revelations that the National Security Agency is systematically seizing vast amounts of phone and web data.
The documents have also indicated that both the UK and French intelligence agencies allegedly run similarly vast data collection operations, and the US has been eavesdropping on official EU communications.
The record breaking challenge is to cycle around the world in fewer than 100 days.
The 51-year old had been forced to abandon his first attempt through a combination of illness and injury.
He has just set off from a new starting point in Latvia and will cycle for 200 miles a day during the adventure.
Mr Smith said when he realised the record was 125 days he thought about "actually trying to make a piece of history, which is under 100 days."
Olmert was found guilty in July of illegally granting favours to a businessman while he was a minister.
He was cleared of corruption charges which forced him to resign in 2009.
Olmert is now eligible to run for parliament, though he remains barred from serving in the cabinet while he faces another corruption trial.
Officials in Jerusalem are alleged to have taken bribes during his term as the city's mayor, between 1993 and 2003, and under his successor, to speed up a controversial residential development, known as Holyland.
Olmert has denied any involvement in the multi-million dollar scandal.
In July the court in Jerusalem found that, while trade and industry minister, Olmert had made decisions that benefited companies that were represented by a close personal friend and former business partner, Uri Messer.
Olmert said he respected the court's decision and that he would "learn the necessary lessons", but insisted that the matter amounted to procedural irregularity rather than corruption.
Nevertheless, he said he would not appeal against the conviction.
At a hearing earlier this month, Olmert asked the judge for leniency in sentencing, saying "the worst accusations" had been made against him and that he had been subjected to a "media campaign of unprecedented size and intensity, in Israel and abroad".
Prosecutors had sought a sentence of six months of community service, as well as a fine and probation, citing the degree of Olmert's closeness to Mr Messer, his high position and the fact that there was more than one instance of conflict of interest.
After hearing the sentence, Olmert hugged his lawyer, Navot Tel Zur, and told reporters: "I leave court today with my head held up high."
But Jerusalem District Attorney Eli Abarbanel said he was considering appealing and insisted: "This affair is not over."
MPs backed the legislative programme - stripped back after the Tories lost their majority - by 323 to 309.
But the government had to make a late pledge on funding abortions in England for women from Northern Ireland, amid fears of a Conservative rebellion.
The Democratic Unionist Party's 10 MPs had agreed to support the government as part of a deal with the Tories.
Three Labour frontbenchers - shadow ministers Ruth Cadbury, Catherine West and Andy Slaughter - were sacked by the leadership while shadow transport minister Daniel Zeichner had resigned.
The sackings relate to the MPs' support for Labour MP Chuka Umunna's amendment during the Queen's Speech debate, which was defeated.
The amendment aimed to preserve the UK's EU single market membership. This is not Labour policy, and the party's MPs were told to abstain but 50 rebelled.
The government averted a possible rebellion by announcing women from Northern Ireland would get free access to abortions on the NHS in England.
Abortions are only allowed in Northern Ireland if a woman's life is at risk or there is a permanent or serious risk to her physical or mental health - while they can travel to England to have one privately, they have had to pay for the procedure.
Labour MP Stella Creasy had tabled an amendment which had attracted cross-party backing - but she agreed to withdraw it when the government announced its concession.
Labour's amendment, which was defeated by 323 to 297, called for Brexit to deliver the "exact same benefits" as the EU single market and customs union, as well as scrapping tuition fees, increasing public spending and ending the public sector pay cap.
Proposing it earlier, shadow chancellor John McDonnell described the Queen's Speech as a "threadbare scrap of a document" with many of the Tories' key pledges removed since the general election.
He also claimed the cabinet was divided over Brexit, with "weekly changes of direction".
Chancellor Philip Hammond challenged him to a "grown-up" debate about public spending, accusing Labour of asking voters "would they like someone else to pay higher taxes?"
During the debate, one Tory MP, Heidi Allen, criticised the arrangement between her party and the DUP, saying she could "barely put into words" her "anger" at the £1bn deal.
Ms Allen, who also criticised the Tories' general election campaign, said she wanted to put on record her "distaste for the use of public funds to garner political control" and warned that "never again" should a government prioritise spending in such a way.
The home side struck inside three minutes, as Matt Rhead fed Nathan Arnold to net under Will Puddy with confidence.
Hayrettin's men showed some resolve by keeping the back door shut for the rest of the half.
However old flaws resurfaced in the second half, as the Imps' Terry Hawkridge swung in a corner for Luke Waterfall to head in via the post.
Late on, Arnold found substitute Jack Muldoon with a clever free-kick, and the striker drove the ball into the corner.
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Match ends, Lincoln City 3, Braintree Town 0.
Second Half ends, Lincoln City 3, Braintree Town 0.
Goal! Lincoln City 3, Braintree Town 0. Jack Muldoon (Lincoln City).
Barney Williams (Braintree Town) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Braintree Town. Lee Barnard replaces Oliver Muldoon.
Substitution, Lincoln City. Harry Anderson replaces Terry Hawkridge.
Substitution, Lincoln City. Jack Muldoon replaces Matt Rhead.
Goal! Lincoln City 2, Braintree Town 0. Luke Waterfall (Lincoln City).
Second Half begins Lincoln City 1, Braintree Town 0.
First Half ends, Lincoln City 1, Braintree Town 0.
Substitution, Braintree Town. Barney Williams replaces Jake Goodman.
Substitution, Braintree Town. Jack Cowgill replaces Jon Ashton.
Goal! Lincoln City 1, Braintree Town 0. Nathan Arnold (Lincoln City).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Joseph Smith was not in a booster seat and suffered multiple injuries when the car he was in smashed into oncoming traffic on Cardiff's Western Avenue.
Dean Collins, who denied all charges, was also found guilty of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
The 24-year-old, from St Mellons was on trial at Cardiff Crown Court.
The trial heard Collins was driving a borrowed Ford Focus car carrying his partner Laura Bright, 23, her mother Michelle Holmes, Joseph, and the couple's two-year-old daughter.
The car crossed the central reservation on Western Avenue, hitting an oncoming white Seat Ibiza.
Witnesses said Collins' driving before the crash had been erratic, with the car weaving in and out of traffic and undertaking other vehicles.
Blood samples taken from Collins after the collision contained traces of cocaine.
But the quantity was too small to accurately measure and a toxicologist said it was not possible to say how the drug would have affected Collins' actions.
Collins, who had passed his driving test just three months before, said he had no memory of the crash and insisted it was a "tragic accident".
He also rejected the prosecution's claims that he did not want to remember what had happened because he did not want to accept he was at fault.
He told the jury Joseph was not sat in a booster seat - a legal requirement for children under 12 or those under 135cm (56in) - because he believed he was tall enough not to use one.
Four others suffered injuries in the crash, including fractures to the spine, arms, legs, ribs, memory loss and blindness in one eye.
Laura Bright, who was unconscious for five days after the crash, was cleared at a previous hearing of causing the death of a child in her care.
The Recorder of Cardiff, Eleri Rees QC, told Collins: "There can be only one sentence. One of imprisonment. The only question is length."
He will be sentenced on Wednesday.
The Superfast Cymru contract was set up to connect 96% of businesses and homes excluded from commercial roll-out.
The project has so far reached 581,000 premises across Wales.
Concerns have been raised about the deadline being met, although Superfast Cymru said it was "on track".
The Welsh Government has part-funded the project, investing £205m into the initiative.
Industry experts thinkbroadband.com said they do not believe the deadline can be met.
Andrew Ferguson, editor of thinkbroadband.com, said: "We don't believe 96% can be hit this month at all. Current rates suggest the end of 2016."
He said the scheme had a "confused history" with "targets all too often misrepresented".
According to thinkbroadband.com, the cost of the project is £430 per customer.
It said 88% of Wales was now covered by superfast broadband speeds of 24 Mbps or more - less than England's 90.7% coverage, but more than Scotland's 85.3% and Northern Ireland's 80.1%.
The latest Welsh Government figures from March showed Cardiff has the lowest Superfast Cymru completion rates, with just 53% of eligible premises connected.
Blaenau Gwent has the highest connection rate, at 96%, followed by Merthyr Tydfil on 94%, and Rhondda Cynon Taff on 93%.
Across the rural counties, 57% of eligible customers in Powys are connected, Ceredigion is on 53%, Gwynedd 74% and Carmarthenshire 60%.
BT said Cardiff was the lowest as the vast majority of the city was covered by commercial fibre broadband.
NFU Cymru president Stephen James raised concerns that the figures are not broken down into rural and urban areas.
"I believe if we received this breakdown then we would see that a high number of rural areas continue to be excluded from superfast broadband," he said.
"Whilst we welcome the improvements that Superfast Cymru has made to areas of Wales, without a comprehensive strategy for targeting superfast broadband to rural areas, we fear that this could only widen the digital divide between urban areas and rural communities.
"If distribution of broadband remains uneven, there is a risk that some farming businesses and rural communities could become competitively disadvantaged."
There needed to be a "focus" on rollout in rural areas "from now up to the end of the rollout in 2017", he added.
In a joint, BT and Welsh Government said: "The original Superfast Cymru contract target is anticipated to be completed by BT by end of June 2016, followed by robust Welsh Government testing and verification taking it to summer 2016.
"We are currently exploring the geographical and technical aspects of extending coverage of superfast broadband to the final few premises in Wales.
"This means that every premises in Wales has the ability to request faster broadband, helping make sure that no communities are left behind."
They added they were "still confident" that 40% of premises will eventually have access to speeds of 100 Mbps through a combination of FTTP (fibre to the premises) and FOD (fibre on demand) technology.
Victoria Cleland called it a "key milestone".
Innovia Films in Wigton, Cumbria, will make the base layer for the polymer £5 and £10 notes due to be released in 2016 and 2017.
The factory signed a multimillion-pound deal last year which created 80 new jobs and led to £20m investment.
"Although some people have described the move to polymer as 'revolutionary', I see it as 'evolutionary'," Ms Cleland said.
"Our decision is not without precedent - across the globe, 45 billion polymer banknotes have been produced and issued by a range of countries including Australia, Canada, Gambia, Fiji, and New Zealand."
More than 20 countries use a plastic layer called Guardian, made out of ClarityC, the material the new line will produce.
Plastic banknotes are more secure from counterfeiting than the current cotton paper version, the Bank of England has said.
Bowel cancer is the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK and the second leading cause of cancer death.
It's a difficult cancer for clinicians to treat and currently all patients are offered chemotherapy.
While chemotherapy may work for some, for other patients it has no effect.
Those patients may also suffer debilitating side effects.
Now, researchers at Queen's, in collaboration with the Universities of Oxford and Leeds, have made a big advance in the future treatment of the disease.
They've analysed tissue samples to uncover different types of bowel cancer.
This is important because it means treatments can be developed to improve prognosis and enable treatment strategies that are specifically tailored to each patient.
Professor Mark Lawler is the chair in Translational Genomics at the Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology at Queen's. He described the research as "exciting."
"What we do is take cells from the patient and subject them to molecular tests. That allows us to get essentially a fingerprint of what the cancer cell is doing.
"That fingerprint tells us what's gone wrong and starts to give us clues about how we can identify it in patients, for example, with a very simple blood test.
"It can also start to tell us how we can use that information to treat this disease."
He added: "Imagine having a situation where you don't have to give the patient chemotherapy, where you give them a personalised therapy - individualised to them."
One patient who could have benefited from such an approach is bowel cancer survivor Ed Goodall.
The north Belfast man knows just how physically and mentally gruelling treatments like chemotherapy can be.
"If we could see a future -- or even in the medium term -- where, if you were diagnosed with bowel cancer, all you had to face was surgery or the excision of the tumour then that's a massive step forward.
"At the moment, it's a step in the dark - a tumour is a tumour and you are offered radio or chemotherapy.
"It may be necessary, but it damages normal cells, you are horribly sick, your hair falls out, it is almost medieval.
"This would be an entirely new approach to the problem."
He used his experience as a cancer survivor, and role with the NI Cancer Research Consumer Forum, to work with the scientists offering them point of view of the patient.
He explained that he would give talks to researchers and tell them just what it was like to fear cancer, to receive a diagnosis and to go through treatment.
"The researcher has to be reminded that's there's a person at the end of all this - but science is listening."
Queen's PHD student Luke Humphreys said he is aware of the impact his work could have.
"The work I'm doing today will hopefully change someone's life in ten years time so that's a driver for us."
Further information on the study has been published in the academic journal Nature Communications.
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Named after the astronomer Edwin Hubble, the telescope has recorded some of the most detailed visible-light images ever, allowing a deep view into space and time.
Many Hubble observations have led to breakthroughs in astrophysics, such as determining the rate of expansion of the universe.
Hubble was launched into low Earth orbit on Space Shuttle Discovery on 24 April, 1990.
Ricky spoke to astronomer Maggie Aderin-Pocock to find out why the telescope is so important.
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Now 89% of the population of the world have access to improved water supplies, up from 76% in the base year of 1990.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon hailed the achievement of halving the number of people without access to improved drinking water.
He said it was thanks to people who had seen it not as a dream, but a vital step to improve health and well-being.
Improvement to clean water supplies has not been even: 40% of those still without access to improved drinking water live in sub-Saharan Africa.
Worldwide, almost 800 million people still drink dirty water. But in the past 20 years, two billion people have gained access to improved drinking water.
While this was the first significant Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to be reached, the charity Water Aid says that the other part of the target, for safe sanitation, is more off track than any other MDG.
The biggest challenge for this target is in India, where more than half of the population, 626 million people, do not have access to a toilet.
The other MDGs, including those on reducing poverty and improving access to education, are unlikely to be hit by 2015. The global economic downturn and greater pressure from increased population have pushed success even further out of reach.
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The woman, of Chinese origin, worked at a brothel outside the UK before being brought to England.
She was one of 24 Nottinghamshire "slaves" found by police, according to a Freedom of Information request.
An expert said slaves "are cheaper today than ever before" and the trade was "a very profitable business".
The FOI request revealed the 140 "modern slaves" had been found by Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire police forces between January 2014 and the end of 2016.
The victims included children, one who was 14 and another 15-year-old Albanian boy who was forced to work as a pickpocket in Nottingham.
One woman was forced to pay off a debt by working in the sex trade and was told her family would be killed if she did not co-operate.
A 42-year-old Lincolnshire man was found in "a drunken state" by some men who offered him paid work and accommodation but only paid him £20 a day and gave him little food or drink. He eventually witnessed another victim being badly beaten and escaped at night.
Dr Alex Trautrims, a business expert who researches modern slavery at the University of Nottingham, said: "Modern slavery is one of the key income sources for serious organised crime.
"Slaves are cheaper today than ever before in human history. It is clearly a very profitable business for any modern criminal.
"You use physical abuse - you lock people away in houses and they cannot walk away."
Steve Buxton, a Red Cross volunteer who delivers basic supplies to some victims, said: "It is a really life-changing moment for some people because they have literally just the rags they are standing up in.
"A basic item like toothpaste can make such a difference to an individual who has nothing of their own."
The original 18th Century stone structure across the River Eamont at Pooley Bridge, Cumbria, was washed away by floodwater in December.
The damage effectively cut off the village from the south.
Cumbria County Council said the £300,000 temporary crossing would be open to the public by Easter.
Funding for the project has come in part from a £40m government aid package to flood-hit areas.
Plans for permanent replacement have been approved in principle, although no construction date has yet been set.
Harare's stock market has fallen heavily this week, with some companies' share prices falling up to 20% on Monday, following the news that Morgan Tsvangirai's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) had been decisively beaten for the third time by President Mugabe's Zanu-PF party.
Mr Tsvangirai has said he will seek to challenge what he has called a "sham" result, and has until the end of the week to make his case with the courts.
The United States and European Union also questioned the election, but observers from the 15-nation Southern African Development Community (Sadc) said the vote had reflected the "will of the people".
But whatever the politics, of immediate importance to ordinary Zimbabweans is whether the country's frail economy can survive the end of the MDC and Zanu-PF unity government and the return to Zanu-PF rule.
Before the coalition was formed in 2009, the country had gone from being one of Africa's strongest economies to one of its weakest - as Zimbabweans grappled with hyperinflation, mass unemployment and widespread poverty.
Hyperinflation was largely brought under control when Zimbabwe abandoned its own currency and adopted the US dollar in 2009.
The question for many investors now is what kind of policies the new government will pursue.
At the heart of this is Zanu-PF's indigenisation law - a policy to acquire 51% ownership of 1,100 foreign-controlled companies operating in the country.
The world's two largest platinum producers, Anglo American Platinum and Impala Platinum Holdings, have already had to sell majority shares in their local operations.
The mining sector is key to Zimbabwe's earnings, accounting for 71% of its exports, $720m (£465m) in the first four months of 2013.
Despite Zanu-PF's victory, the mining firms are likely to stay put, says Justin Froneman, platinum analyst at SBG Securities in Johannesburg.
"There is no rush to do anything right now," he says.
"The elections do not change the status quo for these companies."
Before the vote, some observers had voiced the hope that Zanu-PF's indigenisation agenda was largely electioneering.
However, the government has since restated its commitment to the policy.
"Over the next five years Zimbabwe is going to witness a unique wealth-transfer model that will see ordinary people taking control of the economy," Zanu-PF said in a statement this week.
It aims to set up a $7bn (£4.5bn) state empowerment fund for Zimbabweans, though there are few details as to how this will work.
Foreign-owned banks, including Standard Chartered and Barclays, are next in the government's sights.
The minister responsible for the indigenisation programme, Saviour Kasukuwere, said the government would compensate bank owners and that companies in other sectors might only be required to hand over smaller stakes in their operations.
But for many analysts, there are big question marks over how this policy will play out, and growth estimates for 2013 have been cut from 5% to 3.4%.
"What we are seeing now is a level of uncertainty," says Catherine Grant-Makokera, of the South African Institute of International Affairs in Johannesburg.
"Investors are very reluctant to put more capital into Zimbabwe at the moment - and that is leading to a slowdown in growth."
Godfrey Kanyenze, of the Labour and Economic Development Research Institute of Zimbabwe think-tank, is sceptical that many ordinary Zimbabweans will reap the benefits of these changes in share ownership.
"People are aware that Zanu-PF was campaigning on the back of continuation with economic empowerment and indigenisation - which most people read as policies which just benefit the elite," he told BBC World Service's World Business Report.
"If you just target the few companies that are remaining in the economy and you are taking over their share ownership, and 51% is given to the local population who do not have the capacity then to finance that 51% - that is a recipe for disaster."
However, Mr Kasukuwere this week defended the indigenisation programme, saying it was a "logical economic plan" that would help Zimbabweans "achieve greater benefits from their resources".
Whatever the merits of compelling companies to cede share ownership, Zimbabwe still faces "huge economic challenges, particularly around unemployment", says Ms Grant-Makokera.
In January 2012, Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank said unemployment was 10.7%. But many others organisations, such as the UN, put the figure as high as 80-94% - the size of the country's informal sector makes an accurate figure hard to gauge.
Zimbabwe is a country of "enormous disparities between a very wealthy few and the impoverished mass, with a squeezed middle," says Sue Onslow, of the Africa international affairs programme at the London School of Economics.
"The economy's doing much better than it was in 2008-2009, but it's started to falter.
"The lack of a stable policy environment has been a cause for concern for the international business community that wants to put substantial investment into the country."
But the government's room for manoeuvre seems to be limited.
Mr Kanyenze says: "Even before the election, 70% of the budget was going on employment costs, so very little was remaining for service delivery or rehabilitating the infrastructure, which implies that all those issues which are critical for growing the economy - dealing with power outages, water shortages, the decay of infrastructure, the cost of capital and dealing with the out-datedness of technology... those issues are not going to be dealt with.
"We are in a survivalist mode at the moment, with very little in the state coffers at the moment."
The attack took place in a car park on Randal Street, Radford, shortly after 02:00 BST on 12 April.
Police have released CCTV of a man with short dark hair, wearing a blue top and light jacket, seen walking on Radford Road at the time.
Crimestoppers, the charity which is offering the reward, described the attack as a "very distressing ordeal".
Ann Scott, Crimestoppers' campaigns manager, said: "It is quite rare for us to offer a reward which I think shows the seriousness of the offence and the lengths the police will go to to catch this person."
The incident happened at about 12:40 BST in Cross Street, Caerleon.
Members of the public have been asked not to approach the man, but to report any sightings or information to Gwent Police.
Any witnesses are also asked to get in touch with the police who are supporting the victim.
A strategic planning group will advise ministers on their responsibilities, she said.
Practical steps to meet immediate and longer term needs will be considered by an operational planning group.
Prime Minister David Cameron has said the UK will accept up to 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next five years.
The UK has accepted more than 200 refugees from Syria under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme (VPRS) since it began in January 2014.
However, Mrs Foster told First Minister's Questions on Monday that details of how the scheme would operate in Northern Ireland had not yet been finalised.
The strategic planning group is being led by the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister, while the operational planning group is part of the Department for Social Development (DSD)
Northern Ireland's 11 councils have already been contacted by the DSD operational planning group to outline how the scheme might work and what role local government might play.
In a letter to councils issued earlier this month, a DSD official said it was envisaged that groups of between 25 and 100 people would arrive, at least six to eight weeks apart, "on a phased basis over a number of years".
20,000
more refugees will be resettled in the UK by 2020
4,980
Syrian asylum seekers have been allowed to stay since 2011
25,771 people applied for asylum in the UK in the year to end June 2015
2,204 were from Syria
87% of Syrian requests for asylum were granted
145 Syrian asylum seekers have been removed from the UK since 2011
"Initial thoughts are that the most appropriate settlement pattern may be to bring groups of 10 to 15 refugee households to an area," said an DSD official.
"This size of group would be large enough to allow the refugees to form informal support networks with people who share a cultural background and language, but not so large that local communities feel overwhelmed."
The official said that on arrival, refugees might be brought to a reception centre for a short period before being settled into permanent accommodation.
He said the operational planning group had begun work to identify suitable locations, "taking into account the availability of housing and capacity in key public services such as education and health".
The Dubs were in control for the most part with a Bernard Brogan goal after half-time effectively ending the game.
That goal extended Dublin's lead to 1-11 to 0-6 and Donegal never threatened to fight back after that.
Donegal were suffering a fifth straight defeat which must be a worry for manager Rory Gallagher.
The 2012 All-Ireland champions, who looked a tired outfit during the contest, will not be in action again until their Ulster quarter-final against either Fermanagh or Antrim on 12 June.
From Dublin's perspective, the big plus from Sunday's game was the form of Brogan who looked back to his best after a comparatively quiet period in the blue jersey.
Paul Mannion and man of the match Ciaran Kilkenny also excelled in the Dublin attack with Philly McMahon and Jonny Cooper also highly impressive for a county chasing a fourth straight league title.
The statistic that may please Jim Gavin most of all is that 11 Dublin players notched scores in Sunday's game.
In contrast, Donegal's marquee forward Michael Murphy had an afternoon to forget as he was well shackled by James McCarthy and also fired a number of bad wides.
With Donegal having big problems winning their own kick-outs, two Dean Rock points helped Dublin move into a 0-4 to 0-1 lead as the Metropolitans played with a first-half wind advantage.
As Donegal began to win a few turnovers, they cut the lead to 0-6 to 0-4 helped by a fine Martin McElhinney point.
Dublin regained control to lead 0-9 to 0-4 and it could have been worse for Donegal at that stage as Rory Kavanagh needed to produce a full-length diving block to prevent Brogan from netting in the 29th minute.
Points from Paddy McBrearty, who finished with 0-8, and Murphy cut the lead to three by the 33rd minute but the Dubs responded with Mannion and McCarthy efforts before the break to give the interval margin a more accurate look.
And the game was effectively put to bed within a minute of the restart as a gorgeous McMahon pass picked out the unmarked Brogan who calmly slid the ball under Donegal keeper Marc Anthony McGinley.
The Dubs missed a number of other second-half goal opportunities with McGinley superbly saving a pointblank Mannion effort and Neil McGee diverting a a John Small shot over the bar.
Donegal were a well beaten team long before the end and manager Gallagher looks to have a major job on his hands to rejuvenate his side for the championship.
Allianz Football League Division 1 Semi-Final results
Dublin 1-20 0-13 Donegal
Kerry 3-15 0-14 Roscommon
Saturday's Hurling League results
Division One B promotion-relegation play-off
Laois 0-23 0-16 Westmeath
Division Two B promotion-relegation play-off
Donegal 4-09 3-13 Roscommon
Division Three A promotion-relegation play-off
Tyrone 1-23 1-19 Fermanagh (aet)
William, who was 15 when Diana, Princess of Wales died, said the loss of a parent "never leaves you".
"I still have shock within me - people say it can't last that long but it does," he told the BBC One documentary, Mind Over Marathon, airing on Thursday.
Prince Harry also said it was "only right" to talk about painful memories.
William, Duke of Cambridge, told the BBC that he had to "learn to deal with" the loss of a parent.
"The shock is the biggest thing [which] I still feel 20 years later, about my mother," William said.
"You never get over it, it's such an unbelievably big moment in your life that it never leaves you. You just learn to deal with it."
The two princes, along with the Duchess of Cambridge, are promoting the Heads Together mental health campaign, the London Marathon's charity of the year.
Prince Harry told BBC News that he had "shared just as much as everybody else" during the course of the campaign.
He said: "Based around what people have experienced - and the mental anguish that's happened - it was only right to share my experiences".
He said he hoped that talking about the loss of his mother would "encourage others to come forward".
During the weekend, Harry revealed that he had received counselling to cope with the impact of Diana's fatal car crash in August 1997.
He told the Daily Telegraph that it was not until his late 20s that he processed the grief - after two years of "total chaos" and coming close to a "complete breakdown".
In the two-part documentary, the princes and Kate meet a group of 10 runners living with or affected by different mental health issues, as they prepare for the start of the marathon on Sunday.
The two-part series, Mind Over Marathon, starts on BBC One at 21:00 BST on Thursday 20 April, as part of a Minds Matter series of programming about mental health issues.
Burundi has been hit been by deadly protests and a failed coup since President Pierre Nkurunziza announced his bid for a third term in April.
Mr Nkurunziza has been under pressure from both African and Western governments to postpone elections.
Burundi's Foreign Minister Alain Nyamitwe told the BBC that elections would be held by 26 August.
This is when the constitutional limit of the government ends, he said.
One of Burundi's main opposition leaders, Agathon Rwasa, told BBC's Newsday programme that Mr Nkurunziza was a "dictator" who should step down.
Elections could not be held until security improved, a neutral electoral commission was appointed and a crackdown on private media ended, he said.
The international community needed to get involved to help "secure conditions for good elections", Mr Rwasa added.
"We are calling for democracy and not for a dictatorship," he said.
The parliamentary elections had been scheduled to take place on Friday and the presidential poll on 26 June.
BBC World Service Africa editor Richard Hamilton says it looks as though Mr Nkurunziza has finally bowed to outside pressure to postpone these controversial elections - certainly from regional leaders if not Western governments.
However, the move is unlikely to stop the protests which have killed more than 20 people, he says.
Last weekend, regional leaders meeting in the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam called for both the delay and an end to the violence.
Opposition parties in Burundi said earlier on Wednesday they would be prepared to resume talks with the government on the crisis.
The opposition says the 51-year-old Mr Nkurunziza's bid to extend his 10-year rules contravenes the constitution, which states a president can only serve two terms.
But Mr Nkurunziza argues that he is entitled to another term because he was first elected by parliament in 2005 - not voters. The Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of the president.
Earlier in May, he survived a coup attempt while he was in Dar es Salaam for talks with regional leaders on the crisis.
The coup was launched by Maj Gen Godefroid Niyombare, a former ally of the president.
His whereabouts are unknown.
"We don't feel like stopping," the former MP told the BBC.
If he and partner Katya Jones reach next week's quarter-final, he will be the show's most successful politician.
But he says he has no plans for what to do off the Strictly dance floor when the show ends - other than performing at the Labour Party conference.
He is competing for the glitterball trophy against Judge Rinder star Robert Rinder, former Eternal singer Louise Redknapp, BBC presenter Ore Oduba, Olympic gymnast Claudia Fragapane and actor Danny Mac.
The former shadow chancellor has surprised, delighted and appalled in equal measure with his moves as he has taken to the dancing challenge with gusto.
During this weekend's show, he will dance a tango to the Rolling Stones' classic (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - acting as a male model and strutting his stuff on a catwalk.
Balls says: "If you'd said to me three months ago I had an inner Beyonce, I'd never have believed it. But I clearly did."
He explains that he discovered his supposed similarity to the chart-topping singer when Jones shouted to him, in the middle of a live performance, "give them more!".
"I've been singing Halo in the shower ever since," he adds, referring to one of the US star's hits.
Asked if a return to politics could be on the cards, Balls says: "The process of Strictly is physically and mentally exhausting. It is really, really hard to hold everything in your head at the same time.
"And if I can get to the end of Saturday and not forget the tango, that is a triumph. There just isn't space to think about it. I have no idea what I want to do next year, and that is absolutely fine. I'm going to be chairing Norwich [City football club], I've still got my stuff at Harvard and King's [universities].
"What I'll do next, I don't know, but there's not time to worry at the moment.
"At the moment we're still trying to see if we can get to the quarter-final, the semi-final and even the final.
"The longer the competition goes on, the standards are higher, we're having to do more dancing - it really is getting harder and tougher. There's not enough space to worry about anything else."
Balls admits to being "really surprised" to have survived to week 10.
He has a public speaking event every night next week - having thought his diary would be clear.
"I just assumed that we would be out of the competition by now," he says. "I've got a busy week next week if we stay in.
"I don't think we ever imagined that the public would vote for us in the way they have. We've been at the bottom [of the leaderboard] eight times out of nine."
Balls admits he has "never been really good".
"I started bad and I've got better," he says. "If people think we're trying hard, improving and fun - as Claudia [Winkleman, one of the two presenters] says, 'who do you want to come back next week?'. While people still want us to come back, we'll keep coming back."
Jones explains: "No-one could predict how we could do. No one knew what would happen."
"It's clear we're having a good time," adds Balls. "I have been trying really hard to get better. But what Katya is able to do with the choreography is get the dance and the performance entertainment."
Even still, Balls looks aghast when it is suggested he could win the whole show.
"Win? Oh no, look - we're taking it one game at a time, one dance at a time. We don't feel like stopping," he says.
"I want to get a seven from Craig - I'd love to get 30 from the judges, which we haven't managed yet.
"And most of all, I really want to do the rumba. I think it might be quite special. I might be able to deliver romance through dance, in a way which I thought would be impossible three months ago."
He adds that he wants to do the rumba "before the final", saying: "I want a smile and a seven from Craig for doing a sensuous steamy rumba - that would be like an Olympic gold medal."
But he admits his wife, Labour MP Yvette Cooper, may not be so keen to see such a dance.
"Yvette said I should never do a rumba."
Balls said he may dance the Charleston with her at the next Labour Party conference disco - the place he had first exhibited his prowess with Gangnam Style, which he performed on the show to great acclaim earlier this month.
Speaking of this weekend's dance - shortly after having physiotherapy for a back problem he has picked up while learning it - Balls says: "We're channelling male modelling, with a nod in the direction of Zoolander."
"It turns out I don't really have an aptitude for it," he says of modelling, adding when told by Katya he had nice eyes: "I could model contact lenses."
Despite his popularity, Balls is surprised to learn of a fan club set up in his honour on Facebook.
"I didn't know about the fan group," he says. "Are there four people in it?"
When told there were nearly 700 members, he jokes: "That's a lot of Christmas cards. That is news and it's nice news."
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Gellinudd Recovery Centre, in Pontardawe, Swansea, is not-for-profit and developed by charity Hafal.
Part-funded by Big Lottery and the Welsh Government, staff say it will take a more rounded and fulsome approach to treatment.
This includes people's physical health and social lives as well.
The centre's design is based on the ideas and shared experiences of adults with mental health illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia.
It has a large living space with an interactive touch screen TV, a kitchen, a crafts room and 16 bedrooms.
There is also a treatment room and a play room for guests who have children.
Director Alison Guyatt said it would be "a world-class facility and the only service of its kind in Wales and the UK, which we hope will set new standards of best practice".
People will be asked to set out recovery goals in different areas of their lives as part of their treatment plan.
Sian Shortman from Maesteg, Bridgend county, struggled with serious depression from a very young age and self-harmed as a teenager.
She said: "If there had been somewhere like this around when I was younger it would have been a lot better and I don't think I would be where I am today with my mental health problems if I had somewhere like Gellinudd to go.
"It really means a lot to me that in future people will finally get the help they deserve."
The centre is close to beauty spots like the Gower Peninsula and Brecon Beacons, with trips forming part of the therapy.
Health Secretary Vaughan Gething will be at the opening and the Welsh Government has invested £500,000 in the scheme in the hope it will save the NHS an estimated £300,000 each year through the care it provides.
Gellinudd was developed with the NHS to ensure it meets clinical governance standards.
Hafal trustee Mair Elliot said: "It works because it is based on the experiences of hundreds of people who have been through mental illness and recovery."
Four officers died when militants attacked the government compound in Wardoj district, police say.
Police say they have despatched units to try to free their colleagues.
The attack comes as Nato-led troops steadily withdraw from Afghanistan. On Sunday, Britain marked the end of combat operations there.
Provincial police spokesman Lal Mohammad Ahmadzai told the BBC that heavy casualties had been inflicted on the Taliban during fighting at the compound.
The attack comes just one day after Nato-led troops reduced their forces as part of a staged withdrawal from Afghanistan.
On Sunday the last US Marines unit and UK combat troops officially ended their Afghan operations, handing over security responsibility to local forces.
The British Medical Association agreed to suspend the walk-out following a last-minute breakthrough in talks.
But it came too late for hospitals - more than 4,000 patients have already had their treatment delayed.
Two more walk-outs planned for later in December have also been suspended.
The move was announced after an outline agreement was reached between the two sides following talks at conciliation service Acas.
The decision to suspend the strikes only came on Monday night - just hours before the first walk-out was due to begin at 08:00 on Tuesday.
Both sides will now spend the next few weeks going through the detail of the agreement. To allow that to happen, the BMA has agreed to suspend all three days of action.
But the joint statement - sent out by Acas - makes it clear it is only a temporary move at this stage. It points out the BMA has until 13 January to start industrial action if the next round of talks does not reach a permanent deal.
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The BBC understands hospitals have already cancelled more than 4,000 routine operations and treatments, including knee and hip replacements, that were due to take place on Tuesday. They were told by ministers to start planning for strike action once the BMA announced the dates in early November.
That figure represents between 10% to 15% of operations and procedures. On top of that many more appointments and check-ups have had to be postponed - although cancer care has been prioritised and has remained unaffected in many places.
However, the impact at different hospitals has varied greatly.
Airedale Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has cancelled 100 operations - 80% of the total planned - while the Norfolk and Norwich trust has cancelled under a tenth - 11 out of 150.
At University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust 68 operations have been cancelled in advance - 18% of the total - and 740 appointments - 16% of the total - have been cancelled.
Meanwhile, Nottingham University Hospitals has cancelled 40 operations - just over a quarter of the total - and nearly a tenth of its 4,500 appointments.
Children's services have also been affected. Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS Trust said "detailed planning" had taken place to ensure all those in hospital would get high-quality care.
But to ensure that happens, 11% of appointments and 7% of operations had had to be re-arranged.
GP services, by comparison, have remained largely unaffected. While GP trainees were due to take strike action they represent a much smaller proportion of the workforce than junior doctors in hospitals.
Dr Barbara Hakin, of NHS England, said the breakthrough was "pleasing".
"This is in the best interests of patients although we can only apologise for the disruption caused to anyone who has already had their operations cancelled for tomorrow," she said.
Earlier, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt told the House of Commons that NHS bosses were "making every effort to minimise harm or risks caused by the strike".
He said changes to the contract were needed because it had - along with the consultants contract which is also being renegotiated - the "unintended consequence of making it too hard for hospitals to roster urgent and emergency care evenly across seven days".
"Our plans are deliberately intended to be good for doctors - they will see more generous rates for weekend work than those offered to police officers, fire officers and pilots," he added.
The BMA has argued that the proposed changes would have put patient safety at risk as well as meaning doctors would lose out financially in the long-term.
The claim: Prime Minister David Cameron says as a result of his negotiations in Brussels earlier this year - which has not come into effect yet but will if the UK votes to stay in the European Union - EU citizens who come to the UK but fail to find work will have to leave after six months.
Reality Check verdict: Existing EU rules allow states to deport citizens from other EU countries if they have become a burden on the welfare system of the state. UK law suggests this occurs after six months of unsuccessfully looking for work, but it is not clear how many people have been removed from the UK on this basis. The UK will have no additional powers in this area as a result of David Cameron's EU deal in February.
"There are good ways to control migration and there are bad ways," he said.
"A good way is doing what I did in my renegotiation, which of course hasn't come into effect yet and will if we vote to stay in the European Union, which is to say to people if you come to our country first of all you don't claim unemployment benefit, second of all after six months if you haven't got a job you have to leave."
Both these points are already part of UK law, following amendments to The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 .
As things stand, EU citizens who come to the UK to find work cannot claim jobseeker's allowance during their first three months in the country.
After that they can claim for a total of 91 days, which can be split across several periods of jobseeking. They can continue claiming beyond that period if they can demonstrate that they are actively looking for a job and are likely to get it.
After a total of six months they can be removed if they still have not found a job, and have no realistic possibility of finding one, and require support from the welfare system.
These rules have been in place since early 2014, and are in line with existing EU legislation.
The EU-UK deal which David Cameron negotiated in February, and which will be implemented if the UK votes on 23 June to stay in the EU, will not change anything in this respect.
Home Office figures do not show how many people have been deported on the basis of being a burden to the UK since the rules came in, but the numbers are thought to be low.
Mr Cameron did make a third point on Sky News: "And third of all if you do come and get a job you have to work for four years paying into the system before you get full access to our welfare system."
That's the so-called emergency brake on access to the welfare system, which does not exist at the moment and will only come into force if the UK votes to stay in the EU on 23 June. It would affect all new arrivals and could be applied for a period of seven years.
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Brooks Newmark told the BBC: "I have no-one to blame but myself. I have hurt those I care about most."
The MP for Braintree in Essex is reported to have sent an explicit image of himself to an undercover reporter from the Sunday Mirror.
In a resignation statement, he asked for his privacy to be respected.
In his comments to BBC political correspondent Chris Mason, Mr Newmark added: "I am so, so sorry. But I just need time with my family".
The Sunday Mirror said its reporter had been posing as a young female activist.
Mr Newmark's announcement on Saturday came on the eve of the Conservative party conference and hours after fellow Tory MP Mark Reckless said he was quitting the party to join UKIP.
In his resignation statement, the 56-year-old said: "I have decided to resign as minister for civil society having been notified of a story to be published in a Sunday newspaper.
"I would like to appeal for the privacy of my family to be respected at this time.
"I remain a loyal supporter of this government as its long-term economic plan continues to deliver for the British people."
Mr Newmark, who has been the MP for Braintree since 2005 and became minister for civil society in July, is married and has five children.
Rob Wilson, Conservative MP for Reading East, has been appointed as Mr Newmark's replacement at the Cabinet Office.
Speaking on Sky News, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said Mr Newmark had "done the right thing" in resigning from ministerial office.
Asked whether he thought Mr Newmark had been entrapped, Mr Fallon said he was unable to comment as he "hadn't seen the details".
Another MP, Nadine Dorries, told Sky his resignation was only a "distraction" to the start of the Conservative Party conference.
She said Mr Newmark had been "stupid... he's let himself down and his family down, but I don't think it's that big a deal".
Following the Supreme Court ruling that Rangers misused the scheme by paying more than £47m to players and staff in tax-free loans, chairman King released a statement on the club website.
Amid fresh calls for the club to be stripped of honours, King insists: "We won all of our titles fair and square."
And he added that the "real beneficiary was the Murray Group".
King said his statement was made in his capacity as "a former director and shareholder of Oldco to provide supporters with the true position following the final tax ruling and to correct any false impression created by David Murray's conflicting evidence in the Craig Whyte trial".
Giving evidence in court in April, former owner Murray said of the EBT scheme: "It gave us the opportunity to get players we may otherwise not been able to afford."
The EBT scheme was in operation from 2001-2010, during which Rangers won 14 major honours, but King is adamant the team did not benefit unfairly.
"As an investor and board member during the period of the so-called benefit I can categorically assure all supporters that the club received no benefit whatsoever," the statement continued.
"The opposite is true as the effect on the club was wholly negative. It was charged huge sums for advice from other Murray Group entities and it bore the consequences when that advice proved inadequate. Every single player that was signed during that period would have been signed whether the Murray Group tax scheme was in place or not. The real beneficiary was the Murray Group.
"All board members were aware during that period that we were often deliberately spending more than we earned and this was reported in the annual financial statements. The cash needed to fund any shortfall came from share placements, shareholder loans, and third-party bank finance.
"As David Murray was personally dealing with transfer expenditure, I sought assurances in a board meeting each year that he would stand behind any deficit that could not be immediately funded if he over extended in the transfer market. He gave these assurances and he honoured them until the Murray Group got into financial difficulty.
"Put simply, the Murray Group tax scheme helped David Murray reduce his overall investment into Oldco while simultaneously reducing any reliance on increased third-party bank finance. The benefit went exclusively to David Murray and the Murray Group. Whether the scheme was in place or not, or whether it survived tax scrutiny or not, made no difference whatsoever to the playing squad of the club during that period and hence had no impact on the performance on the pitch. We won all of our titles fair and square."
In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling, Celtic said they would await a review of the decision made by a 2013 Scottish Premier League commission that Rangers "did not gain any unfair competitive advantage" from the use of EBTs.
And King added: "The Celtic board issued a statement agitating for a re-opening and reversal of the decisions previously made when, in fact, nothing has changed.
"It is disappointing that they have attempted to influence the footballing authorities to alter its historic football honours by calling on administrators and lawyers to achieve off the pitch what its teams failed to do on the pitch."
The Scottish FA issued a statement following the Supreme Court's decision, which said "the board has determined that no further disciplinary action should be taken at this time."
King's statement continued: "It is reassuring to note that the SFA promptly and correctly put out a statement confirming, against Celtic's attempt to influence, that the final tax ruling has no impact whatsoever on the practical and legal findings already made. This is now another matter that we can finally put behind us."
The use of EBTs shone a light on Rangers' spending on players and, with King having overseen the purchase of nine new faces this summer, he acknowledged that: "As we rebuild the squad we are deliberately and transparently spending beyond our income.
"While I am chairman, Rangers' overspending will always be on a sustainable and robust basis and one that safeguards the future of our club."
The Murray Group have yet to respond to King's statement.
The 66-year-old from Ballybinaby, County Louth, denies nine charges.
The prosecution's case is that he had significant dealings in relation to cattle and land and received farming grants, but failed to make tax returns.
The defence lawyer said there was "reasonable doubt" as to whether Mr Murphy was involved in farming.
Mr Murphy is being prosecuted on foot of an investigation by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) in the Republic of Ireland.
Thursday was the second day of closing speeches at the trial at Dublin's Special Criminal Court.
Mr Murphy's defence lawyer asked: "Who was the chargeable person [the person chargeable to tax on income]?"
"Was it Thomas Murphy?" he asked. "Or is there a reasonable possibility, which cannot be excluded, or a reasonable doubt, that it could have been Patrick Murphy [the accused brother], who was in fact the chargeable person, and was in fact the farmer?"
The lawyer also brought up the question of the accused's residence.
"Where is the evidence Thomas Murphy was living in Ballybinaby or even in the state?" he said.
He told the judges that Thomas Murphy was the only member of the Murphy family not arrested, detained and interviewed in March 2006, when the CAB searched properties at Ballybinaby.
"Because he wasn't there," the lawyer said.
The trial is due to resume on Tuesday, when the defence lawyer is expected to conclude his closing speech.
The holders looked in control as they led 0-9 to 0-4 but goals from Darran O'Sullivan and Paul Geaney helped Kerry move 2-8 to 0-9 ahead by the break.
Dublin levelled by the 49th minute only for Kerry to twice move three up again.
However, Dublin hit six of the last seven scores over the final 14 minutes to set up a final meeting with Mayo.
Free-taker Dean Rock finished with 12 points although the two clinching scores from substitute Eoghan O'Gara and Diarmuid Connolly, were both from play as Dublin completed a fourth championship triumph over Kerry in six years.
Kerry's Donnchadh Walsh had a sniff of an early goal chance only for Davy Byrne to avert the danger with a firm shoulder but Dublin quickly moved into a 0-4 to 0-0 lead helped by three Rock points.
David Moran's score from play opened Kerry's account in the 14th minute but with the Kingdom struggling badly on their own kick-outs, the champions appeared to have a grip on the contest as they led 0-9 to 0-4 after 24 minutes.
However, the match turned dramatically in the remaining 13 minutes before half-time as Kerry hit 2-4 without reply.
In shades of Donegal keeper Paul Durcan's horror moment in the 2014 All-Ireland Final, Stephen Cluxton's errant short kick-out gifted Kerry's opening goal as Walsh set up O'Sullivan for a simple finish to the roof of the net.
Cluxton was involved again for Kerry's second goal as Geaney nipped in ahead of him after a high ball from Anthony Maher, with an umpire ruling that the Kingdom forward's palmed effort had crossed the line.
Dublin would have been entitled to have exhibited shellshock at the break but to their credit, the champions quickly cut the Kingdom lead to only two after the resumption and Brian Fenton's score levelled the contest by the 49th minute.
Kerry were three ahead again by the 57th minute with substitute Barry John Keane stroking over a glorious score and the margin was still three on 62 minutes as a Paul Murphy point cancelled out another Rock free.
But two more Rock frees and a Philly McMahon score had Dublin on terms by the 66th minute and they were ahead as the game entered injury-time when the outstanding Kevin McManamon stroked over a glorious score.
A minute later, Kerry substitute Stephen O'Brien levelled again as he fisted over when there was a hint of a goal chance but the closing points from O'Gara and Connolly, which was a glorious curling effort, ensured the Dubs will face Mayo on 18 September.
In between the two clinching scores, Kerry were left furious as referee David Gough waved aside claims for a free after a big hit by McManamon on Peter Crowley near Dublin's 21-metre line.
It was one of a number of tight calls and Kerry boss Eamonn Fitzmaurice said he would "bite his lip" when asked for his views on the officiating.
Referee Gough was reported to have been pelted with match programmes and other items as he left the field to a chorus of boos from Kerry fans after the final whistle.
Lib Dem Sir Vince said the prime minister had worried about a "gung-ho" approach to Chinese investment in it.
The government said nuclear energy was important but it would review plans and make a final decision in the autumn.
French firm EDF, which is financing most of the £18bn project, says it is "confident" the project would go ahead.
Sir Vince, who was business secretary from 2010-15 and a supporter of Hinkley, said Mrs May, who was home secretary during that period, had been "unhappy" about the government's approach to Chinese investment.
"Certainly when we were in government Theresa May was, I think, quite clear she was unhappy about the rather gung-ho approach to Chinese investment that we had - and that George Osborne in particular was promoting - and as I recall raised objections to Hinkley at that time," he told BBC's Today programme.
Responding to the claim, new Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark said: "The UK needs a reliable and secure energy supply and the government believes that nuclear energy is an important part of the mix.
"The government will now consider carefully all the component parts of this project and make its decision in the early autumn."
A Downing Street source said that while there were "all sorts of theories" for the pause, it was "simply that we have a new prime minister and this is a big deal", adding that it was reasonable to "look at the component parts".
EDF approved funding for Hinkley Point C in Somerset at a board meeting on Thursday and contracts were due to be signed by all the parties involved the following day.
But in a surprise announcement, Mr Clark issued a brief statement saying ministers would take until the early autumn to review the project.
In an open letter to staff, EDF boss Vincent de Rivaz said he regretted the uncertainty for employees, the local community and suppliers but understood why the new UK cabinet needed a "little time".
Sources said China General Nuclear Power Corporation, which is contributing a third of the money, was "bemused" and "frustrated" by the hold-up.
BBC's Newsnight programme said it was security concerns over Chinese ownership of British nuclear power stations that were the primary reason why Mrs May had postponed the final decision on the deal.
The ATM was taken from the shop on the Camlough Road, on the outskirts of Newry, at about 03:30 GMT.
Police believe the machinery used to remove the cash machine from the wall had been stolen from a nearby building site.
The digger was set on fire after the theft, blocking the road.
Police said a man in his 20s was arrested on Friday morning at Drumass, Inniskeen, in County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.
The arrest was made after police came upon a white van in the area. Police said the search is continuing for two other men who fled.
Police said that on searching the van an ATM was found. A forensic examination of the van and its contents are under way.
Irish police said the search for the two men, which involves an air support unit, is continuing and is a joint operation with the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
The previous cash machine at the site was stolen in the same way six years ago.
Earlier, Simon Gregory, who owns the shop, said the new one had only been fitted in April.
"It took me six years to lobby and get a cash machine here," he said.
"This company from England took us on and the machine has been flying, the local community's been loving it.
"But I don't think they're going to take us on again after that, no company would take you on.
"I don't know where to go from here, my head's spinning at the moment thinking about it. What do you do?
"I'll have to go again, I'm not going to let them beat me, I'm going to try for another machine."
The corporation's biggest ever campaign event on 21 June will see representatives of both sides of the debate questioned by voters at the London concert venue.
There will also be a young voters' show from Glasgow on 19 May and a special edition of Question Time on 15 June.
Voters go to the polls on 23 June to decide whether the UK stays in the EU.
The debate at the 12,500-capacity Wembley Arena will be hosted by David Dimbleby, Mishal Husain and Emily Maitlis, with the Glasgow event presented by Victoria Derbyshire.
David Dimbleby will also moderate the Question Time programme, which the BBC said would feature "one senior advocate from each side".
Hassan Abdi Mohamed, 48, from Harlow, was found collapsed on a path close to Holly Field in the town last Saturday at 10:45 GMT.
He died from a single stab wound to the chest.
An 18-year-old man from North London was arrested in Edmonton on Friday night.
Magistrates have granted officers an extension for him to remain in custody for a further 36 hours.
Detectives believe Mr Mohammed had been walking along the pathway that leads from Southern Way to Pyenest Road shortly before he was attacked.
His partner, who police have not named, paid tribute to him, saying what happened to "our beloved Hassan" was a "complete shock."
"He was a loving father to our two gorgeous children, who adored him," she added.
Officers confirmed they are still searching for the murder weapon, which is thought to be a large knife.
Simon Reynolds, of Farnham, Surrey, did not return to Sheffield Crown Court for the verdict and a warrant has been issued for his arrest.
The money was paid to him by bereaved families and engaged couples while he was at All Saints Church in Darton, near Barnsley.
The judge said a custodial sentence was inevitable.
Reynolds, of Upper Church Lane, had denied four counts of theft between 2007 and 2013.
He was in court earlier but did not return for the verdict.
Archdeacon of Pontefract Peter Townley said: "We deeply regret any further pain caused to those families who paid fees to Simon for funerals and our hope is that this conviction now affords some peace.
"It is of course a matter of deep disappointment when a member of clergy acts in anything other than an exemplary manner."
The trial had previously heard money from three of the thefts should have been sent to the Wakefield Diocesan Board of Finance for marriages, funerals and graveyard memorials.
The fourth count of theft relates to payments for monuments that should have gone to the parochial church council.
The court was told an investigation showed Reynolds had only passed on a fraction of what he should.
Archdeacon of Surrey Stuart Beake said Reynolds remained suspended and disciplinary action would be decided after he was sentenced.
The Yonhap news agency said the explosion happened as the soldiers were on a search mission in the heavily fortified demilitarised zone (DMZ).
The soldiers sustained serious leg wounds but were not in a critical condition, it said.
An army official ruled out North Korean involvement.
The 4km (2.5 mile)-wide DMZ is one of the world's most protected borders, separating the two Koreas which remain technically at war.
Only 10% of boys from the poorest fifth of areas enter higher education, official statistics show.
Universities Minister Jo Johnson said too many students were missing out and universities needed to do more.
Director of Fair Access Professor Les Ebdon said no one with the potential to go to university should be deterred from going because of their background.
However, poor white boys are also among the lowest achievers at school and are less likely to take A-levels than richer pupils.
The guidance comes just weeks after the Prime Minister announced universities would have to publish data on the backgrounds of their applicants.
All universities which charge more than £6,000 a year for tuition fees are required to draw up an agreement showing how they will improve access for disadvantaged groups.
Under these new plans, they will have to set themselves specific targets for recruiting such under-represented groups. These will then have to be agreed by the Office of Fair Access in the usual way.
Mr Johnson said: "We are asking universities to go further and faster than ever before, especially the most selective institutions.
"This guidance for the first time identifies the groups of students where most attention is needed, such as white boys from the poorest homes and students with specific learning difficulties.
"We want to see smarter spending from universities, with more outreach into neighbourhoods with low university entry rates, and much deeper partnerships with local schools."
Universities will also be required to:
Dr Imran Farooq was stabbed several times and bludgeoned with a brick after he was ambushed by two men outside his home in Edgware, north London, in 2010.
The Metropolitan Police arrested a 31-year-old man in Waltham Forest last year.
He was the third man arrested and released by police over the murder.
Dr Farooq, a prominent member of the Pakistani political party MQM (Muttahida Qaumi Movement), had been living in exile in the UK for more than a decade when he died.
In October last year, the Met released Iftikhar Hussain, the nephew of the MQM London-based leader Altaf Hussain, after arresting him at Heathrow Airport in 2013.
And in 2012, a man was released after being arrested in Camden on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.
The Met said they were continuing to look for two other men, both from Pakistan, in connection with the crime.
The force wants to find Moshin Ali Syed, aged 30, who was in the UK between February and 16 September 2010.
Muhammad Kashif Khan Kamran, 35, was in the UK between early September and 16 September 2010 and is also being sought.
Police believe they left the UK on the evening of Dr Farooq's murder.
A £20,000 reward is being offered to anyone with information leading to the prosecution of the politician's killers.
Newspapers said RAF Tornados in Iraq had been fitted with heat-seeking missiles designed for aerial combat.
But the Ministry of Defence said there was "absolutely no truth" in this.
The Foreign Office said concern about Russian military action in Syria had been reiterated by the attache.
Prime Minister David Cameron has previously said Russian military intervention in Syria is helping only to support "the butcher", President Bashar al-Assad.
He has also expressed concerns that Russian forces are not discriminating between air strikes on Islamic State (IS) militants and others fighting the Syrian president.
The RAF has been carrying out air strikes against IS militants in Iraq since the action was approved by MPs in 2014, but UK military intervention in Syria has not been backed in Parliament.
By Jonathan Marcus, defence and diplomatic correspondent, BBC News
This curious footnote to the air campaign being waged over Iraq and Syria illustrates the potential for misunderstanding now that Russia is conducting major independent operations of its own.
RAF Tornados based in Cyprus are carrying out air strikes only in Iraq, though potentially could be flying over Syria on intelligence gathering missions as well.
Either way, en route to or from Iraq, they could come into close proximity with Russian warplanes.
However, the Ministry of Defence in London has denied any suggestion that they are being armed with air-to-air missiles so as to defend themselves in any encounter.
The Russian government called in the British air attache in Moscow after reading erroneous reports in the British press suggesting air-to-air missiles were being fitted.
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A Foreign Office spokesman said the defence attache met Russian ministry of defence officials on Sunday.
"The Russian government sought clarification over inaccurate newspaper reports concerning RAF rules of engagement in Iraq," the Foreign Office spokesman said.
"The defence attache reiterated the British government's concerns about Russia's military operation in Syria, including targeting legitimate opposition groups, using unguided weaponry and leading to large numbers of civilian deaths."
Russian President Vladimir Putin has defended the military operations in Syria, saying the aim is to "stabilise the legitimate authority" of Mr al-Assad.
He denied that Russian air strikes were hitting moderate opposition groups rather than IS militants.
Mr Putin told Russian state TV that Moscow also wanted to "create conditions for a political compromise" in Syria.
In 2013, British MPs voted against action in Syria, amid claims - denied by President Assad - that he was using chemical weapons against his own people.
Now the government wants to extend its bombing campaign against IS militants from Iraq into Syria, but says it will only do so with Parliamentary approval.
Earlier this month Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said the government was working hard to build a consensus to get Parliamentary support.
One former guard was found guilty of murder with three others guilty of voluntary manslaughter.
A further 17 Iraqis were injured as the private contractors opened fire to clear the way for a US convoy.
The shootings sparked international outrage and a debate over the role of defence contractors in warfare.
Prosecutors said the Blackwater guards had harboured deep hostility toward Iraqis and boasted of firing their weapons indiscriminately.
Nicholas Slatten was found guilty of murder while Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard were found guilty of at least three charges of voluntary manslaughter and also face gun charges.
Chinese vice-premier Liu Yandong is meeting First Minister Carwyn Jones in Cardiff on Friday as part of a two-day visit.
The Welsh and Chinese governments will sign a memorandum of understanding on cultural matters.
Mrs Liu is the most senior Chinese leader to visit since former premier Wen Jiabao in 2000.
Speaking before the visit, Mr Jones said: "Strengthening links with China, one of the world's most powerful economies, has been a long-standing aim of the Welsh government and this visit by vice-premier Liu comes as a result of our engagement with the Chinese government over many years.
"I warmly welcome the vice-premier to Wales and I look forward to discussing Wales's pro-business approach and the increasingly-strong economic ties between our countries, as well as the important cultural and educational relations between us."
The first minister also told BBC Wales he would raise the issue of human rights in China with Mrs Liu.
Mrs Liu met Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday, who said this was a "golden year" for relations between China and the UK.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is due to make a state visit to the UK next month.
The Welsh government has tried to forge closer links with China, in particular the city of Chongqing.
During her visit, the vice-premier will also oversee the launch of a joint college between Cardiff University and Beijing Normal University.
Students will go through a four-year programme in Cardiff and Beijing.
Mr Jones will host a dinner, serving Welsh produce, later on Friday night.
Much of it inevitably focused on the impact his demise would have upon the organisation, and how far it might hinder the spread of jihadist extremism.
Opinion was inevitably divided. Many analysts sought to differentiate between what you might call the ideological battlefield and the practical struggle on the ground.
Conventional wisdom suggested that the planning of attacks had largely been sub-contracted to regional offshoots or franchises of the organisation, like al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, based in the lawless territories of Yemen, or al-Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb, which may well have been behind the recent bomb attack in Marrakesh.
In this light, Bin Laden himself was seen a founding father, an inspirational figure, probably cut off from day-to-day events, especially since he was suspected of being holed up in the border badlands between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
There was considerable surprise therefore when in the wake of the helicopter-borne raid in Pakistan, US officials suggested that, contrary to the prevailing view, Bin Laden still had a much greater role in coordinating al-Qaeda operations than anyone had imagined.
The US Navy Seals seized a large quantity of computer files and other material at the house in Abbottabad which intelligence experts swooped upon with urgency. It is the initial review of this material which seems to have prompted the re-assessment of Bin Laden's role.
US Attorney General Eric Holder has told the BBC that the material seized indicated that Bin Laden was operationally involved with al-Qaeda, and that he was pushing al-Qaeda to engage in more plots, in more areas of the world and on specific dates.
Bruce Riedel, a terrorism expert at the Brookings Institution, says that he is not surprised at all by this turn of events.
"Al-Qaeda said that he was in charge, he took credit for attacks (like that over Detroit); he was not in a cave or some remote area but in a major town where couriers came and went," he says.
"The conventional wisdom was just plain wrong and based on wishful thinking."
Referring to Ayman al-Zawahiri, whom many regard as effectively Bin Laden's number two, Mr Riedel says that "he is also very active and if he is not found soon, will recreate the same central command post".
Opinions though are divided. Another former intelligence officer, Paul Pillar, now at Georgetown University, says that none of the material taken during the raid, nor the exploitation of it that has become public knowledge so far, "does anything to refute the prior mainstream view of Bin Laden as primarily a source of ideology and inspiration, and relatively detached in recent years from operational direction and control".
He adds that commentary to the contrary has been "off the mark, motivated in part by an official desire to underscore the importance of eliminating this one terrorist".
So how to square these apparent contradictions? Well until more of the information taken in the raid is released, and that could take some time, it's very hard to make a definitive judgement.
But one answer may well lie in defining the exact sense in which Bin Laden may have still been in command. US officials have been quoted as saying that his directions tended to be big-picture in nature, focusing more on broader objectives than on granular operational details.
"I wouldn't call it command and control," one senior US intelligence official is quoted as saying in the Washington Post newspaper.
Nonetheless the suggestion is that he did have contacts with elements of his organisation. And he was far from being cut off from events.
One of the most intriguing images of Bin Laden in his Abbottabad villa was of the al-Qaeda leader watching the television news, and quite possibly also listening to the BBC World Service.
American Kisner, 33, trailed overnight leader Webb Simpson by three strokes before clinching the second PGA Tour title of his career.
Defending champion Jordan Spieth, 23, was tied second with fellow American Sean O'Hair and Spain's Jon Rahm, while Simpson finished fifth in Texas.
England's Paul Casey started the day tied second but ended tied in 10th.
The 39-year-old recorded four bogeys in a torrid final round.
Simpson, who had a two-stroke lead going into the final round, bogeyed the first and last holes.
Rahm, 22, had the best chance to force a play-off, but missed a 10-foot birdie putt at the last as Kisner overcame late nerves to secure victory.
He had a bogey at the 16th before sinking a five-foot par-saving putt at the final hole.
"I'm just happy to win any tournament, but especially here. I love this place," said Kisner.
Danny McCallum and James Docherty kicked and beat John Hutchinson during the assault on Christmas Eve 2014.
The pair, from Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, denied attempted murder but were jailed for seven years each.
At the High Court in Glasgow, Judge John Morris told them: "You have been convicted of an extremely serious offence."
McCallum, 22, and Docherty, 21, had been found guilty at a trial at the High Court in Paisley earlier this month.
The trial heard the pair chased Mr Hutchinson in two cars before trapping him under one in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire.
Together with others, they then kicked and beat him with a wheel brace, leaving him with a head injury.
At the High Court in Glasgow, Geoffrey Forbes, defending McCallum, said he was a qualified mechanic who worked for his family business.
He said there was "genuine regret and remorse" on the part of his client.
Owen Mullan, representing Docherty, told the court: "He appreciates he is where he is and has to deal with matters".
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Tomasz Kocik, of north London, told the Old Bailey he and Marta Ligman, 23, had been taking amphetamines and having sex while at home between 24 and 28 April.
The 38-year-old, of Buckingham Road, Harlesden, who denies murder, said he found her dead on 29 April.
Ms Ligman was found dead in a suitcase in the Grand Union Canal 10 days later.
Speaking through an interpreter, Polish national Mr Kocik told the jury the couple regularly took drugs together, watched porn and had violent bondage sessions.
He said they had spent four days at home taking the drugs and having sex, before he went to work on 29 April.
Upon returning home that evening he said he found Ms Ligman lying on the sofa and realised she did not have a pulse.
"I put her down on the floor and started resuscitating her. I was in shock," he said.
Instead of calling emergency services though, Mr Kocik told the court he only told his neighbour that "Marta is gone".
When asked by his lawyer Jeremy Dein QC what he believed had killed Ms Ligman, Mr Kocik said it was "because we had been taking lots of amphetamines for the last few days."
He said he had "felt terrible" about her death "because I did not stop her from doing that".
That night, Mr Kocik said he got an old suitcase from the loft and put her body inside before going to the canal early the next morning.
He also admitted it was he who was captured on CCTV taking the suitcase to the canal.
When asked why he had dumped the body, Mr Kocik said "I only remember I thought I would be in trouble because we had been taking drugs and I would be blamed for that."
The trial continues.
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John Ogston, 54, from the Banff area, died after the crash which happened in Plaidy, near Turriff, at about 07:45 on Thursday.
His wife Lesley said the whole family was "absolutely devastated at the loss of Oor Jocky" who was "born in his leathers" and had a "big heart".
She said motorbikes had been a huge part of his life since he was 16.
"He loved his current job at Fisher Offshore in Oldmeldrum and helped out in the evenings at Lesley's bakery in Whitehills," she said.
"He forced everyone around him not to take life too seriously. His many friends and family will know what a great loss to the world he will be but he will be in our hearts and minds forever."
With more than 5,000 schools in England now academies, the system for monitoring them needs reassessment, says the Education Select Committee.
The role of Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs), appointed to approve and monitor free schools and academies, is unclear, the MPs add.
The government promised "swift" action from commissioners to improve schools.
The growing number of academies outside council control meant increasing numbers of schools had lacked any local oversight until RSCs were appointed in 2014, says the report.
Committee chairman Neil Carmichael said the commissioners were doing a "necessary job" and were "a pragmatic response to a problem".
But the report says a fundamental reassessment of accountability and oversight for all schools will be needed and calls for improvements to the commissioners' transparency, accountability and working relationships.
"Without attention to these issues, RSCs will be seen as undemocratic and opaque," it warns.
For commissioners to be effective in delivering school improvement they must improve relationships with schools, communities, local authorities and Ofsted, says the report.
It adds that the structure of the eight regions is also a problem, with London divided into three.
London should have a single commissioner, say the MPs, who suggest Greater Manchester might also need a dedicated commissioner.
Mr Carmichael said the Department for Education had "for too long and under all parties... made changes to structures without setting out the big picture".
He added: "It's hardly surprising that most people have never heard of RSCs and even those who have are unclear about their role.
"RSCs are a product of the Department's 'acting first, thinking later' approach when it comes to big changes in the schools landscape.
"The DfE needs to take a long hard look at this picture once the number of academies stabilises and design a more coherent system for the future which ensures proper accountability for schools."
Council leaders said they were concerned that commissioners lacked "the capacity and local knowledge to have oversight of such a large, diverse and remote range of schools".
Roy Perry, chairman of the Local Government Association's children and young people board, said councils had a proven record in school improvement with more than 80% of council run schools rated good or outstanding by Ofsted.
"The LGA opposes significant powers relating to education being given to an unelected body with parents and residents unable to hold it to account at the ballot box," said Mr Perry.
National Union of Teachers deputy general secretary, Kevin Courtney, described the committee's concerns as "decidedly worrying".
"This situation has arisen from the ill-thought out nature of government policy, which has created a fragmented and confusing school landscape where roles and responsibilities are unclear," he said.
"Parents in particular lose out in such a system with many having no idea about who is responsible for oversight of their school and to whom they should go if they have concerns."
A Department for Education spokesman said it would carefully consider the report's findings but believed the RSC system would be effective, with commissioners supported by locally-based "head teacher boards... as part of a school-led, self-improving system".
He added: "Regional Schools Commissioners are using their local knowledge to hold schools to account and thanks to that expertise, and the support of head teacher boards, they are able to take swift and targeted action to tackle underperformance rather than schools being left to stagnate under local authority control."
Eight people were taken to hospital following the terrorist attack near Finsbury Park Mosque, police said.
The prime minister chaired a Cobra meeting of the government's emergency committees earlier and said the attack was "every bit as sickening" as other recent attacks to hit the UK.
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London-born Stobbs played for Chelsea Ladies before enrolling at university in New York in 2012.
"Amber is a player we believe can compete in WSL 1 and score goals," boss Kelly Chambers told Reading's website.
An arrest warrant had been issued for Trevor Devamanikkam, from Witney, after he failed to appear at Bradford Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
Mr Devamanikkam was accused of six sexual offences allegedly committed while he was a vicar in Bradford.
His body was found by police just after 16:00 BST on Tuesday, at an address at Otters Court, Priory Mill Lane.
Thames Valley Police officers attended the scene after concerns for Mr Devamanikkam's welfare were raised.
A spokesman said: "Officers entered the property and found a man in his 70s deceased.
"He was declared dead at the scene. At this stage the death is not believed to be suspicious.
"A file is being prepared for the coroner."
The six offences Mr Devamanikkam was accused of are alleged to have taken place against a 16-year-old boy, between March 1984 and April 1985.
The 42-year-old Filipino crew member died when a lifeboat, with five crew, became detached from the fifth deck during a safety exercise.
It fell 10m (33ft) into the water. Two crew members are in hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The accident happened during a stopover in Marseille.
The injured crew members included three other Filipinos and an Indian man, AFP reports.
The Royal Caribbean Cruise company, which operates the Harmony of the Seas, also confirmed the death on its Twitter account. "We're keeping our colleagues and their families in our thoughts and prayers," the company said.
Harmony of the Seas is the world's largest cruise ship at 362m long, and can hold more than 8,000 passengers and crew.
It is higher than a 25-storey building, and longer than the height of the Eiffel Tower. It entered service in May this year.
Among its luxurious facilities are 20 restaurants, 23 swimming pools, a theatre and a casino.
Under the deal, migrants arriving in Greece are now expected to be sent back to Turkey if they do not apply for asylum or their claim is rejected.
The influx of people crossing to Greek islands grew ahead of the deadline, and Greece said it would not be able to implement the deal immediately.
On Sunday, volunteers on the Greek island of Lesbos were dealing with the first arrivals under the new regime.
Just hours before the agreement came into force, a four-month-old baby girl drowned when a boat carrying migrants sank off the Turkish coast, Turkey's Anadolu agency reported.
The deal says that for every Syrian migrant sent back to Turkey, one Syrian already in Turkey will be resettled in the EU.
However, there were still many doubts about the implementation of the agreement, including how the migrants would be sent back.
Some 2,300 experts, including security and migration officials and translators, are set to arrive in Greece to help enforce the deal.
But Greek officials said none of the experts had yet arrived and the deal could not be implemented immediately as key details still needed to be worked out.
"A plan like this cannot be put in place in only 24 hours," said government migration spokesman Giorgos Kyritsis, quoted by AFP.
With the deal, it is hoped people will be discouraged from making the dangerous journey by sea from Turkey to Greece. In return, Turkey will receive aid and political concessions.
Since January 2015, one million migrants and refugees have entered the EU by boat from Turkey to Greece. More than 143,000 have arrived this year alone, and about 460 have died, according to the International Organization for Migration.
The Turkey-EU statement in full
Most of them are keen to go to Germany and other northern European Union countries, and tens of thousands are now stuck in Greece as their route north has been blocked.
Critics, however, have said the deal could force migrants determined to reach Europe to start using other and potentially more dangerous routes, such as the journey between North Africa and Italy.
On Saturday, the Italian coastguard said more than 900 people were rescued amid an increase in traffic through the Strait of Sicily.
And Libyan authorities said the bodies of four women were recovered but at least 20 others were still missing after a boat carrying migrants sank off the country's coast.
Officials there said they rescued nearly 600 people from three other boats on Saturday.
Human rights groups have strongly criticised the deal, with Amnesty International accusing the EU of turning "its back on a global refugee crisis".
On Saturday, thousands of people protested in support of refugees and against racism. Rallies were held in London, Athens, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Geneva and some other cities.
In the Greek capital, protesters, including some Afghan refugees, chanted "Open the borders" and "We are human beings, we have rights".
In London, about 4,000 people joined a protest carrying placards with slogans like "Refugees welcome here" and "Stand up to racism".
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.
McMullen achieved the Games consideration mark for a second time this season after a leap of 7.80m.
His jump was 0.02m beyond the Commonwealths consideration standard.
McMullen, who set his personal best of 7.85m earlier this summer, also produced a leap of 7.94m but it had an illegal wind reading of 2.4.
The county Derry man finished in second place, behind Dan Bramble who jumped 7.95m.
A number of Northern Ireland's other Commonwealth Games contenders were in action in the team match which also involved England, Scotland, Denmark, Wales, Great Britain Juniors and an International Select.
Mollie Courtney won the 100m hurdles in 13.40 second but her time will not go down as a Commonwealths consideration mark as she had a 2.4 following wind.
Amy Foster was fifth in the women's 200m in 23.98 seconds with Kerry O'Flaherty taking second in the 3,000m steeplechase in 10:16.21.
Sommer Lecky was second in the women's high jump with 1.78m.
The Northern Ireland men's 4x400m relay team won their event in a time of 3:12.23.
Kim Shillinglaw, who has the task of finding Clarkson's replacement after he was dropped from Top Gear, said the host had not been banned by the BBC.
"It's serious and unfortunate what happened but there is no ban on Jeremy being on the BBC," she said.
"It's a big deal what happened and Jeremy, as any human being would, needs some time."
Clarkson was removed from presenting duties on Top Gear after assaulting producer Oisin Tymon.
The decision caused an outpouring of support from Top Gear fans, with more than a million people signing an online petition to reinstate him.
The row, which took place in a North Yorkshire hotel, was said to have occurred because no hot food was provided following a day's filming.
After an internal investigation in March, BBC director general Tony Hall confirmed Clarkson's contract would not be renewed.
In his latest Sunday Times column, Clarkson revealed he thought he probably had cancer at the time he hit Tymon.
He said the incident came on his "most stressful day... in 27 years at the BBC" - but added other people facing stress "manage to cope better than I did".
Shillinglaw said it was an "open book" on who might replace the 55-year-old, following rumours it could be a woman.
She said: "We'll definitely look at some women but it's not a driving priority."
The executive also confirmed Clarkson's final Top Gear scenes would be screened later this year
"No way would I want the available material not to be seen by viewers," she said.
However, there is not enough footage to piece together the three remaining episodes of the series, which was pulled off air in the aftermath of the altercation with Tymon on 4 March.
Sue Perkins, the host of BBC One's The Great British Bake Off, was named the bookmakers' favourite to replace Clarkson a fortnight ago.
Bookmakers Coral said she was the front-runner for the job, followed by Dermot O'Leary and Jodie Kidd.
The news prompted a barrage of abusive tweets for Perkins, whose Twitter timeline was filled with "blokes wishing me dead", including threats from someone who "suggested they'd like to see me burn to death".
She later quit Twitter, leading Clarkson's co-presenter James May to suggest those who sent the abusive tweets should "do the world a much bigger favour by killing yourself".
"Obviously I don't actually want people to kill themselves but, really, we don't want them as fans," May added.
The Blues controlled the match but were frustrated by Sam Allardyce's lowly Hammers, who defended stoutly.
Oscar had a shot touched onto the bar by Adrian, who also kept out efforts from John Terry and Samuel Eto'o.
Eto'o thought he had scored late on after assuming the West Ham keeper had wrongly placed the ball for a free-kick, but his effort was disallowed.
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That was one of several frantic moments in the last 10 minutes for the visitors, with Frank Lampard forcing Adrian to make a superb save with his feet and another Blues substitute, Demba Ba, hitting the post with a flicked effort.
The result meant the Hammers avoided their 14th defeat in 17 meetings against Chelsea, but they remain in the bottom three.
The hosts, meanwhile, stay two points adrift of Arsenal, who drew with Southampton on Tuesday, but are three behind Manchester City, who went top with a 5-1 win at Tottenham.
Chelsea face City at Etihad Stadium on Monday.
If they are to have any hope of winning that game, Jose Mourinho's attackers must rediscover the killer instinct they were lacking against West Ham, who had conceded 17 goals in their previous five matches.
Chelsea had 39 shots (including blocked shots) - the most by any team who failed to score in the Premier League since 2003-04
The visitors showed greater resolve in west London, although it was striker Andy Carroll who was their best defender.
The 25-year-old, making his first league start of the season, was regularly well positioned when Chelsea threatened with set-pieces, but spent more time in his own box than the opposition's.
The hosts dominated possession throughout, but only hit something near top gear towards the end of the first half, when Adrian made excellent saves to keep out Terry's header and Eto'o's fierce drive.
Prior to that, the Spaniard had tipped Oscar's curling effort onto the bar.
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Despite their dominance, Chelsea lacked a striker hovering around the six-yard area, with Eto'o often dropping deeper in order to get involved in the build-up.
That pattern continued until the final five minutes, when Ba's close-range flick struck the woodwork.
Lampard also went close to a winner in stoppage time, but his side-footed effort from 10 yards was blocked by the alert Adrian, soon after the goalkeeper had escaped a potentially embarrassing incident.
Eto'o thought he had made a misjudgement when placing the ball for a free-kick and tapped into the net, but referee Neil Swarbrick disallowed the Cameroon striker's effort.
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The statistics agency currently publishes data at 10:00 local time and had planned to change that to 07:00.
But traders argued it could create instability in the currency, as well as making it tricky to get their children to nursery.
The agency has now agreed to publish the data at 08:00.
Statistics Norway said it had been contacted by several people in the finance industry, pointing out that such an early release time might lead to increased volatility in the buying and selling of the Norwegian krone at a time of day when trading on the markets is thin.
"By adjusting the new release time from 7 to 8am we believe we have found a good balance between the needs of Statistics Norway and the finance industry", a statement said.
The data has been released at 10:00 for nearly 20 years. The agency said this was in part because it used to be printed on paper, but now there were no such technical limitations since they were now released digitally.
The change will be introduced on 23 September.
The Norwegian Securities Dealers Association said it was "an important improvement" since dealers could at least contact clients at that hour. A spokesperson said that while they were not totally satisfied, they would accept the decision and monitor its effect on liquidity when it was introduced.
The £1m scheme would include the construction of flood walls and gates along Church Street.
The town suffered significant flooding following a tidal surge in December 2013.
Scarborough Borough Council said the scheme would not damage the character of the town.
Funding for the project has been provided by the Environment Agency, the Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee and the council.
Construction is expected to begin in 2016.
Kirk's Vixens lost 3-1 to Reading in Women's Super League One, kicking off an hour after the end of Bristol City and Barnsley's Championship meeting.
The WSL side had played at Ashton Gate previously, for Champions League games.
"I'd love to play all our home games here," Kirk told BBC Radio Bristol.
"I enjoy playing at the college [Stoke Gifford Stadium] but to play our home games here would be brilliant. It suits us.
"It is a nice, big, flat pitch in unbelievable condition to play football on. The girls really enjoyed it so it would be great to be back here sooner rather than later."
A crowd of 1,127 was recorded for Saturday's loss to Reading, in what was the Vixens' first game back in the top flight after promotion in 2016, but the former Hibernian Ladies boss admitted he had hoped for more.
"To be honest, I'm a little bit disappointed with the attendance," Kirk added.
"Maybe that's me being greedy, but I think more Bristol City fans can get behind us and can come out. More can stay after the men's game.
"We were competing with Chelsea against Spurs in the FA Cup semi-final, which is tough, but actually being in this stadium and playing was fantastic."
Julie Saunders said she alerted staff after her son spotted a mouse sticking its head out from under a door at Hull Royal Infirmary.
She said: "It was a bit of a shock really, you don't expect mice in a hospital."
A spokesman at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust said a pest control team had been called in.
More on this and other local stories from across East Yorkshire and Hull
Mrs Saunders said staff put blankets along the bottom of the door to stop them getting in, while she put her legs up on the chair to avoid contact with the rodents.
She and her son spotted two mice, while other patients reported seeing four.
The trust said: "As a result of the incident we contacted our local pest control service immediately.
"The team are currently on site working hard to ensure any disruption is minimal and we are aiming to reopen the unit as soon as possible."
After a delayed start due to heavy traffic before kick-off, Exeter came close to taking the lead when Joe Day saved David Wheeler header.
The visitors took the lead when Tom Owen-Evans fired in from long-range.
Alex Samuel could have doubled their lead with an ambitious shot two minutes later but shot just over the bar.
Hartlepool's draw with Morecambe and Cheltenham's draw away at Wycombe means the Exiles reduce their five-point deficit from safety to just three with victory.
Match ends, Exeter City 0, Newport County 1.
Second Half ends, Exeter City 0, Newport County 1.
Attempt saved. Troy Brown (Exeter City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Substitution, Newport County. Jennison Myrie-Williams replaces Alex Samuel.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Mark O'Brien.
Darren Jones (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Matt Oakley (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Darren Jones (Newport County).
Pierce Sweeney (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aaron Williams (Newport County).
Substitution, Newport County. Darren Jones replaces Mark Randall.
Attempt blocked. Reuben Reid (Exeter City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Foul by Reuben Reid (Exeter City).
Tom Owen-Evans (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by David Pipe.
Mark Randall (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jake Taylor (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mark Randall (Newport County).
David Pipe (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by David Wheeler (Exeter City).
Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Pierce Sweeney (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aaron Williams (Newport County).
Substitution, Exeter City. Matt Oakley replaces Lloyd James.
Foul by Lloyd James (Exeter City).
Tom Owen-Evans (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Newport County. Aaron Williams replaces Ryan Bird.
Attempt missed. Jake Taylor (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Alex Samuel (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt saved. Dan Butler (Newport County) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Exeter City. Ollie Watkins replaces Jordan Tillson.
Goal! Exeter City 0, Newport County 1. Tom Owen-Evans (Newport County) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Mitch Rose (Newport County) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Ryan Bird (Newport County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Foul by David Wheeler (Exeter City).
Mickey Demetriou (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Reuben Reid (Exeter City).
Mark Randall (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Luke Croll.
Attempt missed. Tom Owen-Evans (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
The motorway is closed between junctions 1 and 4 after the bridge fell on to the London-bound carriageway.
A motorcyclist was hurt but his injuries are not life-threatening.
Travel disruption is said to be severe, with the motorway - the main route to the Channel Tunnel - expected to remain closed until at least midday on Sunday.
Part of the bridge also fell on to a second lorry, during the incident which happened shortly after 12:05 BST. The driver was treated for shock at the scene.
South East Coast Ambulance Service tweeted that a motorcyclist in his 70s had been taken by ambulance to Tunbridge Wells Hospital with suspected broken ribs after the bridge collapsed.
Officers from Kent Police have now left the scene but the force said it "continues to support Highways England in ensuring the motorway is reopened as quickly as possible".
The force said no-one had been arrested in connection with the incident.
Local roads including the A20 are congested and motorists are advised to avoid the area and find alternative routes if possible.
Gary Coleman from Highways England said: "We are facing a real challenge to lift two HGVs and a motorbike clear of the scene and deal with all of the rubble from the collapsed bridge strewn across both carriageways.
"There is also the issue of the remaining part of the footbridge, which is still in place over the coast-bound side of the motorway. We have crews on scene ready to take action as soon as the police have completed their investigation. We also have cranes en route and lighting so work can continue through the night.
"We are doing everything we can to safely reopen the motorway."
The crash happened near the junction with the M26, which links the M25 London orbital with the M20.
Kent Police said it was investigating the circumstances of the crash and appealed for witnesses to get in touch by calling the appeal line on 01622 798538 and quoting the reference 27-0690.
The crash had knock-on effects across the motorway network after the eastbound M26 was closed to stop further congestion in the area, leading to queues on the M25, which travel reports said was "effectively down to two lanes".
About three hours after the collision, all traffic trapped on the southbound M20 had been released.
Cross-Channel traffic is being diverted on to the A2 and M2 from the M25 and the Port of Dover, Highways England said.
Sonny Gladdish was on the M20 about four or five cars behind the crash when it happened.
He said a lorry carrying a digger was driving on the hard shoulder and hit the bridge with a loud bang.
He said the bridge collapsed on one lorry and he believed the motorcyclist had thrown himself off his bike to avoid the impact.
Another motorist, Fade Ogunro, said: "I was driving down the M20, looked up and slammed on the brakes.
"Across the road a footbridge had literally just collapsed."
She said everyone "went into panic mode" and that people were unsure about whether to approach the vehicles involved or to drive under the bridge on the other side for safety reasons.
"We were all just like in a state of shock. It was something like out of a movie."
Witness Andy Sunnucks, 24, a graphic designer who was travelling from Maidstone to Sevenoaks, said: "It looked like a lorry had jack-knifed, and I could see half the bridge was missing. We went to have a look and the back end of the lorry was in pieces."
Alex Magaisa, his wife and two young sons were driving to Gatwick Airport and were just passing the lorry when the bridge collapsed.
He said: "My instinct was just to drive through. My wife saw the bridge falling and there was a big noise. I had to manoeuvre through the debris.
"It was a big shock. It's only just starting to sink in now what might have happened. We could have been crushed."
Another witness, Sean Fisher, said: "I spoke to [the woman in] the first car behind the lorry. She seemed to be all right. Her daughter was quite brave and went under the bridge and was the first responder to the fallen motorcyclist."
Some drivers also tried to stop traffic on the other side of the road, Mr Fisher said, as they feared the bridge might collapse on the coast-bound carriageway as well.
People took to social media to share pictures of the collapsed structure.
Helen Ayres posted: "Now that's what I call timing. Just as well the M20 is usually free-flowing on a Bank Holid... Oh. 😣"
Jimmy tweeted: "Couple of guys playing football on the m20; not something you see everyday #m20 #motorway #traffic ..."
Some drivers objected to the handling of the aftermath of the crash, with William Gaunt tweeting: "@kent_police why so long to close M20? 1000s joined 45 mins after bridge strike now trapped."
During the assault, the woman was punched, kicked and dragged her around her home.
Brendan McIvor, 30, from Templeard in Derry, carried out the attack in the victim's home last July.
He admitted kicking and punching the woman to the head and pulling her by the hair.
The woman was later treated for bruising to her right eye, a head injury and friction burns to her arm.
A defence barrister told Deputy District Judge Terence Dunlop that McIvor was close to completing his nursing degree, after which he aimed to find work placement.
He also hoped to study for his masters degree in nursing.
The barrister said that McIvor accepted his behaviour was outrageous and that he had anger management issues.
McIvor was placed on probation for 18 months and ordered him to complete 70 hours of community service.
Real Sociedad are famous across Europe for the high standard of their academy and Malaga have promised to bring their best prospects.
The Spanish teams will play in the competition's Premier Section.
Sociedad are managed by former Everton and Manchester United boss David Moyes, a long-time supporter of the international youth tournament.
Moyes regularly sent teams to the Milk Cup when he was in charge at Everton and he conducted the draw in 2003 along with Wayne Rooney, the current United captain who played in the tournament for the Toffees.
"It's a fabulous event which seems to enhance its reputation as the years go on," said Moyes.
"The atmosphere it generates around the region and its high standard of football at all levels is superb - a real credit to the volunteers who painstakingly organise it to exacting standards."
Former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso and Arsenal's Mikel Arteta are products of Sociedad's youth system.
Only one Spanish club has won the Premier Section - the sparkling Barcelona team including Sergio Busquets and Giovanni dos Santos which defeated a Chelsea side coached by Brendan Rodgers in the 2005 final.
Meanwhile, Chilean outfit O'Higgins will be returning to the 26 July-31 July tournament in the Premier Section.
The victim is in a "stable condition" in hospital following the incident that happened at about 21:25 GMT on Thursday.
Elsewhere, a 30-year-old man was stabbed at Waveney Road in Ballymena, County Antrim, on Thursday afternoon.
Police said a man and a woman, both aged 23, had been released on bail pending further enquiries.
The injured man was described on Friday as being in a "stable condition".
Also, a man who was very seriously injured in a stabbing in west Belfast on Thursday is now also stable in hospital.
He was attacked at Hawthorn Street, near the Falls Road, at about 13.40 GMT.
The ITV News journalist said she lost four stone (25kg) and was close to organ failure but found "there wasn't really the help there" for her.
There were not enough services to meet a mental health "epidemic", he said.
MP Sarah Wollaston said the health select committee was to hold an inquiry into child mental health services.
She said too many children with serious mental health conditions were being turned away from treatment.
Mr Austin told told the BBC Radio 4's The World at One his daughter stopped eating and entered a "very bleak, dark world of depression" when she was 17 or 18.
"She was there but she was gone and it all happened very quickly and we thought we were losing her.
"So we tried to get help but there wasn't really the help there," he told the BBC Radio 4's The World at One.
He said she required "quick, significant intervention" but was instead offered counselling once a fortnight.
She became "very dangerously ill" after four or five months, he added, falling to less than six stone in weight (38kg).
He said his family decided to pay for private care, but withdrew because they did not agree with some of the treatments - including forced feeding.
Mr Austin, who presents the ITV Evening News, said the situation became more complicated when his daughter turned 18 because he was no longer able to see her medical notes.
The family began caring for her at home and were "lucky" to find somewhere to treat her during the day, he told the programme.
"Had it not been for the fact that my wife is an A&E doctor, I'm not sure what would have happened, but she was getting close to organ failure," Mr Austin said.
"There were no beds available, there was no specialist unit available, she needed to be in somewhere where they were looking after her with people of her own age."
He called on the government to "spend more money" and to ensure there were specialist units available for young people.
Mr Austin said his daughter was now "doing fine".
He added: "We were very lucky. I've got money, I can have private insurance.
"I've got a wife who is an A&E doctor but what about the people who don't have that? What about the people who don't have the resources to go private?"
Richard was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder when he was 15.
"I remember every night climbing in and out of bed without touching my carpet and being terrified of falling out of bed," he told The World at One.
"I think it got to a stage where I couldn't mask it anymore, I couldn't hide it, I couldn't disguise the behaviour, I couldn't pass it off as, 'oh I'm fine I'm just feeling a little weird today.'"
When he was 18, he reached a stage where he could not get out of bed and "couldn't touch anything", or be touched by his own father.
"People get shocked when I say I spent nine months bed-bound because of mental illness.
"It creeps up on you very slowly but happens very very quickly at the same time. I really can't remember the day I just thought 'I can't go downstairs'."
Richard's father Barry said he was told by a professional to bring Richard to them, but said: "What do I do? Pick up an 18-year-old? I just couldn't help him."
Seeing his father break down in front of him and offering to help them both take their own lives turned "all of the lights back on", Richard said.
"I suddenly went, 'I need to get better for him.'".
Conservative MP Dr Wollaston, a GP, said "too many" young people were being treated for "the most complicated and severe problems for the want of early intervention".
She said: "Although a lot of money has been given towards children and young people's mental health, relatively little of that is getting to the frontline and there's huge variations, so some councils are spending as little as £2 per child on mental health services whereas others are spending over £100."
Dr Wollaston, chair of the health select committee, told the programme: "Young people told us that they wanted services to be available within schools.
"We are today launching a call for evidence for a follow-up inquiry into children's and adolescents' mental health and the role of schools in prevention and early intervention.
"This will include examining the impact of social media and bullying."
The government last year pledged £1.4bn for child mental health by 2020, but a report found millions of pounds was being used to offset NHS cuts elsewhere and was not making the frontline.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said child mental illness was an area where the government needed to do "a lot better", telling The World at One that changes needed to be made.
He said: "It is partly about making financial commitment which I believe we are making. It is also about consistency of service because, as Mark Austin and other people have pointed out, it is very patchy."
Listen to The World at One's special programme on child mental health here.
They are Avanti Architects, John McAslan and Partners, LDN Architects LLP, Page\Park Architects, and Purcell.
The firms will submit their plans by mid-March. The successful bid will be announced at the end of March.
The Grade A-listed art nouveau Mackintosh building was badly damaged in the blaze on 23 May.
An investigation by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service concluded it was caused by flammable gases from a canister of expanding foam.
The report, released in November, said the gases ignited as they came into contact with the hot surface of a projector in Studio 19.
The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) aims to raise £20m towards the eventual cost of restoration.
Liz Davidson, Mackintosh Restoration Project director at GSA, said: "All of the shortlisted practices have a strong record in undertaking major restoration and work in historic buildings, together with an impressive commitment to the use of new technology and the finest craftsmanship.
"They each bring the level of experience and expertise that is vital to the restoration of Mackintosh's masterpiece.
"We are now looking forward to hearing more about their proposed approaches."
Inside the Mackintosh
Pauline McLean, BBC Scotland arts correspondent
It's not the blackened walls or the sooty statues which are the strangest part of any visit to the Mack at the moment, but the vacuum left by students and staff.
True, there are still plenty of people around. Fluorescent-jacketed workmen securing the upper part of the building, and forensic archaeologists still sifting through the ashes of the library, but no students hurrying along the corridors, reading in the library or working in the studios. Those famous front doors, constantly swinging in and out, are still and like the rest of this building, awaiting restoration.
Today, five firms have been shortlisted for the task. Not only one of the biggest restoration projects of the moment, but one of the most high-profile. The world is watching - and the aftermath of the fire and subsequent restoration appeal suggests the world holds this building dear.
The debate has already begun about whether the restoration - of the library at least - should be faithful to the original, or as modern and clever as the original once was.
All five companies have enough experience of the heritage sector to know there's a fine balance to be struck between new and old. And that modern social media means the public will have much to say.
London-based Avanti Architects' past portfolio includes the project to bring back into use Alfred Waterhouse's 1887 Victoria Building at Liverpool University and the restoration of the iconic Art Deco Midland Hotel in Morecambe.
Edinburgh, London and Manchester-based John McAslan and Partners' past projects include the restoration of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's re-design of 78 Derngate in Northampton and the restoration of Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff's Grade-I listed De La Warr Pavilion.
Edinburgh and Forres-based LDN Architects LLP have a range of past heritage projects, including Sir Walter Scott's Abbotsford House, Strathpeffer Spa Pavilion and the A-Listed Fort Augustus Abbey on Loch Ness.
Among the projects in Glasgow-based Page\Park's historic buildings portfolio are the redevelopment of Glasgow's Centre for Contemporary Art, the recent refurbishment of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and the conversion of Mackintosh's Herald Building into The Lighthouse architecture and design centre.
UK and Hong Kong-based Purcell's historic building projects have ranged from the redevelopment of Hong Kong's 1841 Central Police Station to work at Kew Palace, Knowle House, The School of Arts in Chatham and the National Mining Museum in Scotland.
Network Rail said the closure between Oxenholme and Windermere would mean "short-term pain for long-term gain."
Spokesman Simon Evans said work across the network costing £33m was taking place nationwide.
While engineers renew the track, bus services will be in place between Glasgow and Carlisle, and Carlisle and Preston until Monday.
Mr Evans said: "Far fewer people travel on bank holidays, so we are taking this opportunity to get on and do important work.
"We are renewing some of the track and replacing overhead equipment - it is short-term pain for long-term gain."
Inside Out won the Oscar for best animated film beating Anomalisa, Boy and the World, Shaun the Sheep Movie and When Marnie Was There.
British actor Mark Rylance won the best supporting actor Oscar for his role in Bridge of Spies, with fellow Briton Sam Smith winning best original song.
Spotlight took home the best picture Oscar with Mad Max: Fury Road picking up the most awards of the night, with six prizes.
This year's Oscars ceremony had been criticised by some Hollywood actors protesting about the lack of diversity among this year's nominees, as all 20 nominees in the best acting or supporting acting categories are white.
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The imam, 54, was shot in the head in the stairwell of his home in Stromsund.
He was initially in a coma and is now suffering from brain damage.
The imam's family have accused the Uzbek government of orchestrating the crime, but the court ruled that it was clear that Yury Zhukovsky "acted on behalf of someone in Russia".
The court said that the evidence presented was not sufficient for it to say with certainty whether the Uzbek state was involved.
The February 2012 attack on the imam, Obid-kori Nazarov, sent shockwaves through Stromsund, a small town of just a few thousand inhabitants in sparsely populated northern Sweden.
The town is home to hundreds of Uzbek asylum seekers who have fled the repressive government in their home country, thousands of miles away.
Many are devout Muslims who fell foul of the authorities for practising their religion outside of government control.
Mr Nazarov fled Uzbekistan in 1998 after an arrest warrant for extremism was issued against him. He went into hiding in neighbouring Kazakhstan until the UN approved his refugee status eight years later, allowing him to go to Sweden in 2006. He has always denied being an extremist.
Judge Goran Ingebrand said on Tuesday that "everything indicated" that there was a connection between Zhukovsky and "someone in Russia".
He said the defendant had made and received at least 34 telephone calls and text messages to a number in Russia on the day Mr Nazarov was shot.
Zhukovsky was extradited to Sweden in August from Moscow where he had been detained under an international arrest warrant. He admitted tracking down Nazarov's location in Sweden but has denied carrying out the shooting.
The imam's son on Tuesday accused the Uzbek government of being behind the assassination attempt.
Human rights organisations have accused Uzbekistan of imprisoning thousands of Muslims whom it depicts as extremists seeking to overthrow the government and set up an Islamic state.
Mr Nazarov had a reputation for criticising his country's record in dealing with social and economic problems and human rights. Correspondents say that as such he was a prime target of the Uzbek security services.
In July 2012 a court in Sweden cleared a man and woman from Uzbekistan of aiding the assassination plot against Mr Nazarov, which correspondents have described as reminiscent of a Cold War undercover operation.
The court ordered Zhukovsky to be deported after serving his time. His lawyers say he may appeal against his conviction.
The United Nations' refugee agency says 441,300 asylum claims were made last year, compared with 368,000 in 2010.
The report covers 44 countries in Europe, north America, Australasia and north east Asia.
The largest increase was in southern Europe where asylum claims rose 87% to almost 67,000.
Source: UNHCR website
The agency says most of these claims were from people who arrived by boat in Italy and Malta from north Africa.
Only the Scandinavian countries and Australasia saw a decline in the number of people seeking asylum.
The UN's High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, says 2011 was "a year of great difficulty for many people".
The main troublespots were in west Africa and the Arab world, and the numbers of people seeking asylum from Libya, Syria and from Ivory Coast all reached record levels.
The largest number of claimants originated from Afghanistan, with a 34% increase to 35,700.
China remained the second largest source country, with 24,400 claimants, followed by Iraq with more than 23,000.
Mr Guterres says the international system for dealing with refugees has "held firm", despite the pressures it has experienced.
And he points out that the number of asylum claims across all industrialised countries is smaller than the population of Dabaab, a singe refugee camp in north eastern Kenya.
Hall, 24, finished in 59 minutes 34 seconds, pipping Learmonth by a second.
"I turn 25 next week and I always said that if I can get a World Cup podium before that I'd be happy," said Hall.
Richard Murray won the men's race at the second-tier event, heading a South African top three in Cape Town.
The World Triathlon Series - the sport's premier event - begins on March 3, with live coverage and highlights across the BBC Sport website and the Red Button.
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During anti-bullying week you told us that one of the best ways to help with bullying is to be a better friend.
We spoke to the world's top experts in childhood friendship at the University of London - and to kids all around the UK.
We've used this advice to bring you a story about an alien that comes to Earth in search of a best friend.
This programme was first shown on 20 November 2014 at 5.55pm on CBBC.
The 26-year-old Saracens second row will be examined on Wednesday to gauge his fitness for the Twickenham contest.
His Saracens second row partner Maro Itoje is set to start a Test in the back row for the first time.
Itoje has trained at blind-side flanker and is expected to fill the void vacated by the injured Chris Robshaw.
If coach Eddie Jones persists with his plan to field the 22-year-old on the flank, Courtney Lawes and Joe Launchbury will pair up in the second row if Kruis is unavailable.
Wing Jack Nowell missed training, but is understood to be fully fit and available for selection.
There are three loose-head props retained, with Joe Marler, Matt Mullan and Ellis Genge competing for the two places in the matchday 23.
The following 25 players have been retained by England:
Forwards: D Cole (Leicester), E Genge (Leicester), J George (Saracens), T Harrison (Northampton), D Hartley (Northampton), J Haskell (Wasps), N Hughes (Wasps), M Itoje (Saracens), G Kruis (Saracens), J Launchbury (Wasps), C Lawes (Northampton), J Marler (Harlequins), M Mullan (Wasps), K Sinckler (Harlequins), T Wood (Northampton)
Backs: M Brown (Harlequins), D Care (Harlequins), E Daly (Wasps), O Farrell (Saracens), G Ford (Bath), J Joseph (Bath), J May (Gloucester), J Nowell (Exeter Chiefs), B Te'o (Worcester Warriors), B Youngs (Leicester)
The university said the cases were not connected, but that it was working closely with public health officials.
Both students were said to be stable and showing signs of recovery in hospital.
Information on the signs and symptoms to be aware of is being circulated to staff and students at the university as a precaution.
The symptoms include fever, rash, headaches, nausea, stiff neck and joint pain.
An email has been sent to students from the university's director of student experience and enhancement, Veena O'Halloran.
She said that the affected students' close contacts have already been identified and given medical advice.
She added that students who do not fall into that category are not considered to be at risk.
"The bacteria which cause the illness are not easily passed from person-to-person, and only those who have had prolonged close contact require antibiotics," she adds.
Dr Catriona Milosevic, consultant in public health medicine, said: "Whilst meningococcal disease is very serious and requires urgent attention, it responds quickly to antibiotics and is not easily passed from person to person.
"We know that students are more at risk of getting meningitis just after starting university as they are mixing closely with lots of new people, some of whom may unknowingly carry the meningococcal bacteria."
She added: "The public health protection unit takes all cases of meningococcal disease very seriously and takes prompt action.
"We encourage students, not just those in Strathclyde University who have received information leaflets, to be aware of the symptoms of meningococcal disease."
Students are advised to contact their GP if they develop certain symptoms, and if they have not been vaccinated against the 'C' strain of meningitis.
The symptoms can include:
During that time progress has been slow - there have been offers, new offers and revised offers and still the strikes are happening. The latest takes place on Wednesday night for 24 hours.
Four unions representing 20,000 workers have been at the talks and without those workers there is no Tube service.
The Tube is going through some of the biggest changes in its history, and at the same time it is carrying the most passengers ever.
Ticket offices have been shut, jobs have been cut and staff are being redeployed.
Ticket Offices are very rapidly being turned into retail outlets - Embankment station now has a top end gift shop but no ticket office.
London Underground (LU) says it is because contactless cards and Oyster are now what most travellers use and it wants staff on the gate lines.
And on top of that, on 12 September, the Night Tube service is meant to start on Friday and Saturday nights.
So while this is on the surface about the introduction of 24-hour Tube and pay and conditions, it is really about the culmination of big continued changes being forced onto workers.
During the last dispute over those ticket office closures the largest drivers' union ASLEF didn't go out on strike.
That meant the impact of the strike was reduced with LU able to run around 40% of services.
Now with this 24-hour Tube dispute, ASLEF is involved as they have concerns over the work-life balance of drivers.
So the old issues like cuts to staffing at ticket offices, unpaid higher grade working and redeployment of staff have combined with the new issue of drivers' rosters.
There is also concern 'framework' agreements covering staff conditions are being disposed of.
The interesting thing is LU didn't need to introduce 24-hour Tube. The company combined the announcement of the closure of ticket offices with the Night Tube.
Many at the time said it was a cynical attempt to put a positive spin on the size of ticket office closures.
They should be separate issues completely, but as LU brought the two ideas together, it is no surprise they have combined again.
London Underground has effectively combined the power of all of the unions and all of their separate grievances.
That means this mess will take longer to resolve, if indeed it can be sorted out., and many workers are extremely angry.
So what now? Will LU change tack? Delays to 24-hour Tube have already been outlined. Will the solidarity of the four unions break?
We have already had one strike and if nothing changes you can easily see more on the Tube.
The Scottish physicist passed away peacefully in Edinburgh on Tuesday, following a short but rapid deterioration in his health.
Prof Drever is credited with doing some of the key early experimental work.
The sensing in 2015 of ripples in the fabric of space-time generated by merging black holes is seen as one of the major breakthroughs of our time.
His family announced the death with a short statement late on Wednesday: "We are extremely proud of Ronald and his scientific achievements; he was unique and unconventional but very caring with a strong sense of humour. He will be sadly missed by us all."
Ronald Drever's role in the detection of gravitational waves was recognised in a stream of awards last year, including the Gruber, Breakthrough and Kavli prizes.
These honours were shared with co-workers and American citizens Rai Weiss and Kip Thorne.
The trio drove the establishment in the US of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO).
This institution, which has two labs in Washington State and Louisiana, has now made two separate detections of gravitational waves.
James Hough worked as a student under Ronald Drever at Glasgow University.
"His death is extremely sad - an end of an era," said Prof Hough.
"He started the work in the UK on gravitational waves and then took his ideas across to Caltech where he built a 40m prototype laser interferometer. And I think without Ron, it would have been difficult for that initial proposal for LIGO to be funded."
Biography of Ronald William Prest Drever
Gravitational waves are a fundamental consequence of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.
They describe the stretching and squeezing of space-time that occurs when massive objects accelerate.
The signal is extremely subtle, however, even when truly colossal phenomena such as black holes are involved.
Indeed, Einstein himself thought the effect would simply be too small to be registered by any technology he could envisage.
But Drever, Weiss and Thorne pioneered the development of systems that would ultimately reach the required sensitivity.
The LIGO labs bounce powerful beams of light down long vacuum tunnels to try to measure the passing waves' tiny disturbance.
The aim is to identify deviations in the length of the experimental set-up equivalent to just fractions of the width of a hydrogen atom.
And on 14 September 2015, after several years' refinement and a major upgrade, LIGO finally succeeded in detecting the warping of space coming from the infall of two black holes each weighing about 30 times the mass of our Sun.
A second detection of a slightly smaller merger was then subsequently made on 26 December.
Ripples in the fabric of space-time
If the plan goes ahead it is understood that the cultural festival will not have a perimeter fence or charge an entrance fee, BBC Wales has learned.
Organisers are hoping to use buildings such as Wales Millennium Centre, rather than temporary pavilions and marquees, to host the competitions and events.
The Eisteddfod travels to a different location in Wales every summer.
It has traditionally been held inside a perimeter fence, with temporary buildings housing the events, shops and performance spaces for the week-long festival.
Cardiff Bay is one of a small number of sites in the city to make the shortlist, with a final decision expected this weekend.
A traditional Maes on playing fields in Pontcanna is also under consideration, which was the location of the Eisteddfod's last visit to the capital city in 2008.
The Eisteddfod Council will meet in Aberystwyth on Saturday to decide the final location of the 2018 event.
In an interview last year, the Eisteddfod's chief executive Elfed Roberts revealed he would like to try and hold the event in Cardiff without a traditional Maes.
Organisers hope the lack of a perimeter fence in 2018 would attract more visitors, including those who wouldn't ordinarily attend. But any savings made on using existing buildings will need to match the losses incurred by not charging an entry fee
His Cambodia People's Party (CPP) faced an opposition led by Sam Rainsy - back from self-imposed exile after a royal pardon in July.
Mr Rainsy himself was not eligible to stand, but his recent return has strengthened the opposition's campaign.
More than nine million people were eligible to vote.
Polling stations closed at 15:00 local time (08:00 GMT), the National Election Committee (NEC) said, with results expected later in the day.
By Karishma VaswaniBBC News, Phnom Penh
Polling booths were packed this morning with thousands of Cambodians lining up to cast their vote.
Although there are eight parties contesting, only two of them really count - the governing Cambodian People's Party run by Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has been running things in Cambodia for the past 28 years, and the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party run by Sam Rainsy, who isn't allowed to contest these elections.
Mr Rainsy has said that decision is further evidence of democracy being eroded in this country. Observers have warned of polling irregularities and activists claim voting lists have been tampered with.
At the polling station we visited, at least three people came up to me to tell me they couldn't find their names on the lists. Others said the election ink used was easily washed off, leading to fears that people could vote again without being detected.
The CPP is widely expected to win.
The main opposition, the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), led by Mr Rainsy, said there had been widespread fraud, with some voters unable to find their names on electoral lists.
But the NEC insisted there had been no problem with the lists.
Mr Hun Sen, 60, was among the early voters, casting his ballot shortly after polls opened near his home in Takmau, south of the capital Phnom Penh.
He has been Cambodia's prime minister for nearly three decades and has expressed the desire to stay in power for another.
Mr Rainsy, 64, visited a polling station near his party's office in Phnom Penh where supporters greeted him enthusiastically.
"I am happy to see people flocking to vote," he said.
The CPP, which enjoys considerable support in the countryside, currently has 90 of the 123 seats in parliament and has been increasing its majority over the years.
This is due in part to Mr Hun Sen being widely credited with achieving economic growth after the devastation caused by the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s, which was responsible for one of the worst mass killings of the 20th Century.
The CNRP is aiming to win seats with the promise of political change.
The opposition is a merger between the Sam Rainsy Party and the Human Rights Party.
In 2010 Mr Rainsy was sentenced in absentia to 11 years in prison, on a series of charges he says were politically motivated.
Analysts believe that younger voters may help the opposition.
However, most of the country's media is controlled by the government.
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There had been concerns they would refuse the funding applications after an expert's report found that the heart-starting devices have little impact in areas of sparse population.
Campaigners claimed that "people power" persuaded members of Nithsdale Area Committee to approve the funding.
Many of the devices will be placed in remote and rural areas.
Community group The Hub applied for £3,770 from the Nithsdale community safety fund for 12 defibrillators and training for volunteers.
Among the areas included in the scheme are Penpont, Keir, Tynron and Locharbriggs.
Only an application to place equipment in the Moniave Institute was refused. A separate bid for defibrillator funding for the local community council was agreed.
Karen Lewis, of The Hub, said: "I am delighted our local elected members supported the funding applications and recognised the strength of support that came from local people who live in the communities involved."
Mount Stuart Square was once home to the rich - but many buildings around it are now partially used or boarded up.
The Coal Exchange's owner hopes work there will be a catalyst for the area.
But Dr Juliet Davis thinks time is running out for other listed buildings unless investment is found.
It is an area central to Cardiff's rise to become a great port, earning the moniker "Chicago of Wales" - yet, it has been largely ignored despite redevelopments of the bay and city centre.
"I cycled around and was shocked, thinking 'how can it be in this condition? Why wasn't it included in Cardiff Bay's redevelopment plans?'," Dr Davis said.
"You have the Millennium Centre, which is high quality - but you look across to an old, empty building with its windows blocked.
"Life has been lost from Mount Stuart Square."
Pointing to how The Tate "set the tone" for Liverpool's waterfront redevelopment, she believes a major gallery or museum would help attract people back.
The area was the vision of the second Marquess of Bute John Crichton-Stuart, who wanted to create a grand Georgian space to rival London's Berkeley Square.
But as the docks rose in prominence, the wealthy moved out and it became a commercial centre.
"In the 1880s, the Coal Exchange was built. It shows the demand for space that they built it in the middle of the square," she said.
"It seems bizarre in one way but makes sense as all the coal companies were around it and could come together in it."
Annual coal exports rose from one million tonnes in 1850 to 13 million by 1913, but the outbreak of World War One and other factors created market uncertainty.
By 1921, only six of the 52 companies operating in 1888 were still in business, with the industry never recovering.
While the Coal Exchange closed in 1958, the area's boom-era significance is illustrated by the buildings created.
Dr Davis added: "Cardiff was regarded as the Chicago of Wales with architects flocking to take up commissions.
"And they lived with some of the best Victorian buildings. It's one area you get the feel of the big city - all built to the edge of the site, five or six storeys.
"For a moment you feel like you're in a big, commercial city like Manchester."
In 1987, the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation was created to put the city on the world map again, with £1.8bn invested and 200 acres of derelict land reclaimed by the time it was dissolved in 2000.
But why did plans exclude these historical buildings around which the bay had grown?
Dr Davis believes creating the barrage and regenerating industrialised areas took the bulk of money.
"The older buildings [on Mount Stuart Square] were in use, a bit sad, but the hope was they would be catalysed by other work," she explained.
"The emphasis was creating big, iconic object buildings [such as the Millennium Centre], for attention, publicity and to attract other investment.
"But for whatever reasons, maybe the credit crunch, it didn't happen."
With the bad state of the Cory's building putting developers off, Dr Davis believes it needs a patient financing model with investors taking a long-term view.
She points to the east and west villages in New York, adding: "Create a place people love to go, a cultural vibrancy with an intensity of uses.
"Artists in the garrets, businesses on the ground floor, a gallery, cafe, maybe a farmers' market around it on the weekend."
But she warned: "The time is nigh to address this. Every year that goes by [their condition grows worse]. With the Coal Exchange, they acted because they had to.
"Affordable housing is creeping in [being built around the area]. They are in real danger."
Nigel Mellings opened Trumps cafe on Bute Street in 1993 - six years before the waterfront development started.
He thought Mermaid Quay would be a mixture of shops and restaurants but said about 95% of the premises are eateries, taking most trade.
"Cardiff Bay was developed as a tourist attraction, preaching about the docks and how we used ships," he said.
"They should have done it like Bristol, developed the area around a museum."
He said the disused Cory's Building opposite could be turned into a university campus so it is used.
"In 20 years, nothing has happened. It's frustrating, there is no tourism here. We're surviving, that's about it," he added.
"People get off the train and are drawn to the other side towards the Millennium Centre and Senedd, not here."
Hazel Cushion opened Octavo's book shop cafe and wine bar on West Bute Street in June 2016.
She believes because of the area's "wealth of history and architecture to rival any European capital city", it will be completely regenerated in the coming years.
"Development can only move in that direction - back from the sea," Ms Cushion added.
A big draw, she believes, will be the "quirky individuality" of businesses popping up as opposed to corporate chains on Mermaid Quay.
This is a view shared by the owner of Sunflower & I - a flower studio and cafe in an old bank.
It moved from the city centre because of chains moving in and a spokesman said a redeveloped Coal Exchange could attract independent businesses and create "something beautiful and unique".
After running the hall of the Coal Exchange for 12 years, putting on events, Mike Johnson was desperate to see the building saved.
But after showing about 15 developers around he had "almost given up hope".
However, he believes Signature Living's hotel plans - that include creating a heritage centre and housing the Butetown History and Arts Centre - can attract up to 1,000 people a week.
"For the uninitiated, Cardiff Bay starts at Mermaid Quay, phase two never really started," said Mr Johnson.
"But if you open up the Coal Exchange, you spark off all the other buildings and energise businesses all the way back to the station."
Signature Living's Lawrence Kenwright also believes its redevelopment will be a "catalyst" for the wider area.
Booking enquiries have already come in from New York - with hopes a building that sent coal to the world will pull in tourists from around the globe when it re-opens later this year.
Lauren Masters was pronounced dead at the scene after she suffered knife wounds at the property in Sutherland Avenue, Bexhill.
Officers were called to reports of a stabbing at 13:35 BST on Friday.
Paul Withers, 21, and from Bexhill, will appear before Brighton Magistrates' Court on Monday, Sussex Police said.
But while performance has improved since the first week in January, it remains way below its target of 95%.
Leaked data covering last week puts the national figure at 82.4% with only five hospitals meeting the 95% standard.
NHS England said they were doing "everything [they] can to ensure the best care possible is being delivered."
While the national figure remains low, it does show an improvement on the first week in January, which is usually the health service's hardest week. An earlier exclusive report by BBC News had revealed that, in that first week, 79.6% of patients were seen within four hours and only one hospital met the 95% target.
The new analysis by NHS Improvement, which oversees foundation and NHS trusts, reveals a general pattern of gradual improvement since the low of January 3, when the daily A&E rate reached a low of 75.8%. Over this weekend, the service managed to see more than 85% of patients inside the four-hour waiting target.
A spokesman for NHS Improvement said: "In the past few days, we've seen a real improvement in how quickly patients are being seen and discharged from accident and emergency departments - including to social care. But we know the pressures facing our hospitals will continue over the remaining weeks of winter and we're working hard to ensure they have the support they need to offer patients quick, safe, quality care."
The leak also reveals that, in the second week of January, 14,700 people who had been admitted to a hospital were left waiting for more than four hours to find a bed.
Of these, 140 people endured so-called "trolley waits" of more than 12 hours. While these figures are well down on the first week in January, they remain historically high - up by 3,000 on the equivalent week two years ago.
There are further signs of vulnerability: for the week covered by the data, which runs 9 to 15 January, the number of beds in use remained an exceptionally high 95.3%, with 4.9% of the service's beds occupied because patients were stuck in hospitals awaiting transfer to another care provider (a so-called "delayed transfer of care").
This is well above the preferred rate of bed use. A large number of studies of hospital management have demonstrated how, when there are few spare hospital beds, even very modest further reductions in the number of free beds can dramatically increase the likelihood of any given patient being caught in a hospital backlog, which can lead to significant delays in care.
That high utilisation rate is why, in addition to the elevated rate of trolley waits, there were 177 cancelled operations. That figure is much higher than the previous week, but is likely to be distorted because of the Bank Holiday. The rate at which operations was being cancelled also fell during the week.
The strain on the service will have been eased because of the expected fall in traffic over the second week of the year, with average daily A&E attendances dropping from 50,993 in the first week of the year to 47,195 in the second.
A spokesperson for NHS England added: "We started planning for winter this year earlier than ever before and will continue to do everything we can to ensure the best care possible is being delivered."
Scotland came top of the Rainbow Index after meeting 92% of ILGA-Europe's criteria for equality and human rights, ahead of the UK as a whole.
Equality campaigners said the ranking recognised the country's progressive measures.
But they said more needed to be done to achieve full equality.
ILGA-Europe, which campaigns on behalf of sexual minorities, uses the Rainbow Index to review the performance of countries based on legal protection offered in areas such as employment and services, measures to tackle hate crime, rights and recognition for transgender and intersex people, and equality in same-sex marriage and parenting rights.
Following the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Scotland in 2014, the country achieved a 92% rating, ahead of the second-placed UK, which achieved 86%.
The UK's figure was brought down by lack of legal protection for intersex people in England and Wales, and Northern Ireland's "failure to respect LGBTI human rights in a range of areas", according to the campaign group Equality Network.
The organisation's policy and public affairs spokesman said: "The fact that Scotland now ranks best in Europe overall on LGBTI legal equality is welcome recognition for the efforts of campaigners and the willingness of our politicians to properly consult with LGBTI people and then act on the evidence by passing progressive measures.
"However, we warn against any complacency as we know there is still much more to do to achieve full equality for LGBTI people in Scotland.
"There is also a big difference between securing legal rights and full equality for LGBTI people in their everyday lives."
Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil said: "The last year has been a momentous one for Scotland and for the history of LGBTI equality with the introduction of one of the most progressive equal marriage laws in the world.
"It is heartening to see the reach of LGBTI equality extending into mainstream organisations, service providers and our schools and for Scotland to be recognised for its approach.
"However, there is still much more to do - with recent LGBTI Youth Scotland research showing that 70% of LGBTI young people have experienced homophobic, biphobic or transphobic bullying in schools.
"It is important that we tackle these negative attitudes so that schools provide a positive experience for all and we can genuinely say that everyone has the same chances in life."
Belgium came third in the index, Malta fourth and Sweden was in fifth place.
At the other end of the scale, Azerbaijan, Russia, Armenia, Ukraine and Monaco were deemed to be the worst countries in terms of legal protection.
The group has had nine albums in the UK top 25 since its formation in 1993.
Also added to the festival have been Public Service Broadcasting, rapper Tiggs Da Author, singer-songwriter Gavin James and the band Skippinish.
Acts already confirmed for the festival taking place from 4-6 August near Beauly include headliners Madness and The Darkness.
The charity, led by Camila Batmanghelidjh, closed last month days after it received a £3m public grant.
The money was given to the charity despite advice it "was not likely to be value for money", the NAO said.
It said it would investigate the grounds for awarding money and how grants were monitored.
The NAO - which is due to report its findings in the autumn - will also look at other government funding the charity received over the past decade.
The charity is already the subject of a statutory investigation by the Charity Commission and an inquiry by the House of Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee.
The £3m government grant had been intended for a "transformation and downsizing plan" that would support the charity as it reformed.
The Cabinet Office's lead official, Richard Heaton, wrote to ministers on 26 June asking for a "ministerial direction" before making the payment.
He said he thought the grant would be poor value for money and sought written confirmation that they wanted him to go ahead anyway.
Ministers Matthew Hancock and Oliver Letwin said the funding should be given after leadership changes, as the charity had a "realistic prospect of long-term viability".
Prime Minister David Cameron has also defended the grant, saying it had been right to give Kids Company "one last chance".
Shortly after the money was awarded, the charity - which relied on individual donations and government grants - said it was shutting its doors due to a lack of funding.
It said a financial crisis had been caused by the number of children "pouring through our doors" for help, and by "as yet unsubstantiated allegations" - which it claimed stopped donors giving money.
Those allegations included concerns over the safeguarding of young people.
His speech before a crowd of 12,000 at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, on Monday was the first such event to start with a Christian rock band and multiple group prayers, however.
This evangelical university in the foothills of central Virginia's Blue Ridge mountains is certainly an unusual venue for the self-proclaimed "democratic socialist" senator from Vermont. Founded in 1971 by the late Christian political activist and television evangelist Jerry Falwell, the school usually hosts religious luminaries and conservative politicians, and made headlines in 2009 for rescinding official recognition for its chapter of the College Democrats because of the party's position on abortion and gay marriage.
Liberty officials extended invitations for presidential candidates from both parties to speak at their weekly convocation, however, and Mr Sanders is the only Democrat so far to accept. Republicans Ben Carson and Scott Walker are scheduled to address the mandatory weekly student meetings later this year.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz announced his bid for the Republican presidential nomination at Liberty in March.
Mr Cruz, however, was preaching to ideological soul-mates. Mr Sanders, on the other hand, has admitted that the majority of the students at Liberty "look at the world differently" than he does.
At the very start of his speech Mr Sanders defended his liberal positions and took note that they likely weren't viewed favourably among this audience.
"I understand that issues such as abortion and gay marriage are very important to you. We disagree on those issues. I get that," he said.
"But let me respectfully suggest that there are other issues out there that are of enormous consequence to our country and in fact to the entire world and that maybe, just maybe, we do not disagree on. And maybe, just maybe, we can try work together to resolve them."
The senator then spoke about the central focus of his campaign - income inequality and economic justice - leavened with the occasional biblical verse, a nod to the religious bent of the crowd.
"When we talk about morality, and when we talk about justice, we have to in my view understand that there is no justice when so few have so much, and so many have so little," he said.
It's the kind of line that's usually met with thunderous applause. This time, however, the auditorium was largely silent, save for the fierce cheers from a small knot of non-student supporters packed near the stage.
The Liberty convocation building doubles as its sports arena, and the whole thing had the feeling of visiting fans at a sold-out basketball game celebrating after their team made a game-winning shot.
And so it went for much of the speech. Calls for raising the minimum wage, providing more support for new mothers and making college education free largely fell flat save for approbation from the loyal few.
At the conclusion of his speech, Mr Sanders was presented with several questions from the students.
His response to the first, on racism, garnered polite applause. The second, on abortion, revealed just how large a chasm remained between the candidate and his audience.
What would the senator do to protect "children in the womb", he was asked, to thunderous cheers.
"This is an area in which we disagree," he said. "It is improper for the United States government or state government to tell every women in this country the very painful and difficult choice that she has to make on that issue."
He went on to attack a budget proposed by Republicans in Congress that reduces funding for children's healthcare, college aid and low-income food programmes, while cutting taxes "to the top 2%".
"I don't think that is a moral budget," he said.
The efforts for finding common ground - at least for this morning - were at an end.
After the speech, members of the audience offered mixed reviews.
"I didn't really agree with anything he had to say," said Star Perez, a freshman from Chester, Virginia. She said that while she and Mr Sanders might be able to join together on some basic principles, that's where the "common ground" ends.
"When it comes to what to do with those, and as president what are you going to do to affect the country, how he's going to do those things, that's where there's a total disconnect."
Thomas Howard, a sophomore from Kentucky, gave Mr Sanders credit for making an appearance in a possibly hostile environment. "I thought it was awesome to get another view than what we're used to here," he said.
He added that he strongly disagreed with the senator's views on abortion and healthcare, however, and couldn't see himself ever supporting his candidacy.
On the social networking site Yik Yak, which made headlines when Liberty University students offered snide comments during Mr Cruz's speech, the comments were often sharper.
"If you don't like being poor, work to become rich," wrote one commenter. "That's what we call the American Dream, and it's what makes America great."
"Saw a guy with a Bernie shirt on my way to class today," posted another. "Took everything in me not to punch him. Lord give me strength to hold back."
Bethany Dupre, who received her master's degree in counselling from Liberty University in June, said she was disappointed in the reception given to Mr Sanders from the student body.
"It sounded like in this big place there were only 10 of us clapping for him," she said.
"I would like to think that a lot of students would go home and do some more research into the issues, but I think a lot of them will just go with the Liberty University pat answer for those questions."
Mr Sanders' speech comes on the heels of the latest round of polls that show him leading in the key early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire.
And although he still trails Hillary Clinton by double-digit margins in national polls, her support has dropped precipitously over the past few months.
All of this has some analysts wondering if Mr Sanders has a rightful claim to title of frontrunner for the Democratic nomination.
It's a development that the 73-year-old Mr Sanders has admitted has caught him a bit off guard.
"Yes, I'm stunned," Mr Sanders said in a recent television interview. He said he didn't think his campaign's ascent would be as dramatic, but added: "Look, we have a message that I believed from day one was going to resonate with the American people."
Mr Sanders' message is definitely resonating with the Democratic voters in places like New Hampshire and Iowa right now.
Winning over the American people, however, will be a much more challenging task. He'll have to talk to, and convince, voters who are not within his natural base of support.
His speech at Liberty University is a step in that direction - but also shows how much work he has yet to do.
Police were called to the house on Church Avenue, Baddeley Green, at around 10:35 BST on Thursday where they found the body of Sarah Jeffery, 48.
Staffordshire Police said a 51-year-old man from Stoke-on-Trent has been arrested in connection with her death and remains in custody.
The address has been cordoned for a forensic examination. The force said it was supporting Mrs Jeffery's family.
Ch Insp John Owen said: "Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Sarah at this difficult time."
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More than 200 nations took part in the Games, with 59 of those managing to secure a much sought-after gold.
But for some countries in Rio, victory was just that little bit more special - it was their first gold medal.
Here are the nine countries that achieved golden firsts:
Fiji's rugby sevens team returned to a heroes' welcome after their comprehensive win over Great Britain in the final earned the country's first-ever Olympic medal.
Shops and banks were closed and the country came to a standstill as Fijians poured into the streets to celebrate.
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama declared a public holiday and free buses were provided to take people to the celebrations in the national stadium in the capital Suva when the team returned home.
Jordanians were thrilled when Ahmad Abughaush beat Russia's Alexey Denisenko in the final of the taekwondo men's 68kg to claim gold.
Jordan's royal family stayed up to watch the historic feat and King Abdullah II telephoned the 20-year-old business student to congratulate him on his win.
The king also reportedly sent him a private plane to fly Abughaush back from Rio and Queen Rania congratulated the athlete on Twitter.
There was also an historic golden first for another Middle Eastern country, when 19-year-old Ruth Jebet won the women's 3,000 metre steeplechase for Bahrain in the second fastest time in history.
Sheikh Nasser Bin Hamada al-Khalifa, who's the son of the king and head of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, congratulated her on Twitter.
As well as royal congratulations, ordinary Bahrainis also took to the social network to express their delight at the golden first.
Joseph Schooling's win over his childhood idol Michael Phelps in the 100m butterfly swimming race meant he could take home his country's first ever Olympic gold medal.
Dubbed "The Flying Fish", Schooling said he was "ecstatic" with his win and Singaporeans seemed to feel the same with praise for the 21-year-old flooding social media.
A photo of Schooling with the American at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 soon went viral.
Singaporeans took to the streets to congratulate their star swimmer on his return home for a victory parade.
There was a first-ever Olympic medal for Kosovo - and it was a gold. Majlenda Kelmindi couldn't hold back the tears when she won the women's 52kg judo.
The win was particularly poignant for the country - as it was the first time it had taken part in such a major international sports event.
Kosovo declared independence in 2008 and it was only accepted as a fully-fledged member of the International Olympic Committee in December 2014.
Prime Minister Isa Mustafa personally welcomed the 25-year-old at the airport on her return and an open-top double-decker bus was arranged for Kelmindi so that she could greet the thousands of fans who welcomed her in the streets of the capital Pristina.
Having missed out on a medal at London 2012, Vietnam's Hoang Xuan Vinh made up for it in Rio by securing gold in the 10m air pistol.
The 41-year-old army colonel ended Vietnam's six-decade wait for an Olympic gold - and almost made it two but had to settle for silver in the 50m air pistol.
He is expected to receive $100,000 (£76,300) from the state to mark his achievement - 50 times the average national income of $2,100 (£1,603).
Dilshod Nazarov won the gold medal in the men's hammer for Tajikistan, bringing his country its first gold medal since it gained independence in 1991.
A signature collecting campaign has started in Tajikistan which asks President Emomali Rahmon to give the country's highest award - the title of "Hero of Tajikistan" - to Nazarov. The title has been given to only six people since 1997 with the last one awarded 10 years ago.
Monica Puig - the world number 35 - was the ninth Puerto Rico athlete to win a medal - but the first to step on top of the podium when she won gold in the tennis.
She beat world number two Angelique Kerber of Germany to become the first unseeded player to win the competition since the sport was reintroduced to the Olympics in 1988.
It was also a golden milestone for Ivory Coast, with Cheick Sallah Cisse taking gold with a final kick in the last second of the men's under-80kg taekwondo final against Britain's Lutalo Muhammad.
It was only the second medal the West African country had ever received at the Olympics, but they then got a third when Ruth Gbagbi claimed bronze in the women's under-67kg class.
Kuwaiti national Fehaid al-Deehani won gold in the double trap shooting, but not for his country - the army officer won it as an independent athlete.
Al-Deehani competed under the Olympic flag after Kuwait was banned by the International Olympic Committee.
By Catherine Ellis, BBC UGC and Social News
They named the man as Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, who is said to be the main bombmaker for al-Qaeda's Yemeni branch.
It has emerged that one of the bombs was carried on two passenger planes before being seized in Dubai.
A Yemeni woman suspected of sending the bombs has been freed. She said she was the victim of identity theft.
Britain's authorities have come under criticism after the initial failure to find one of the two bombs on a plane at East Midlands airport.
Both devices - hidden inside printer toner cartridges - contained the powerful plastic explosive PETN, which is difficult to detect.
US intelligence officials said they believed that Asiri, said to be in his 20s, was the key suspect behind the failed plot.
"Asiri's past activities and explosives' experience make him a leading suspect," a US official was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.
By Frank GardnerBBC security correspondent
Most of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's more dangerous operatives are Saudis, driven out of their own country by a highly effective counter-terrorism campaign that has not yet been matched in Yemen.
Some were released from Saudi rehabilitation centres for good behaviour and some have even spent time as prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, an experience that has redoubled their hatred of America and the West.
Today, attention is focusing on an alleged Saudi bombmaker, Ibrahim al-Asiri, believed to be the man who built last week's parcel bombs.
He's also thought to have designed the device worn by the failed Detroit bomber last Christmas.
And in August last year he sent his own brother back over the border to try to assassinate a leading Saudi prince. The device he was carrying detonated, killing the would-be assassin, but the prince survived to continue his job as Saudi Arabia's counter-terrorism chief.
US President Barack Obama's counter-terrorist adviser, John Brennan, said both bombs were built by the same man who made the explosive device used in a failed "underpants" plane bomb attack over Detroit on Christmas Day.
All three contained PETN, and one of the detonators was reportedly almost exactly the same as the one used in the US attack.
"I think that the indications are right now based on forensic analysis that the individual responsible for putting these devices together is the same," Mr Brennan told ABC News. "He's a very dangerous individual - clearly somebody who has a fair amount of training and experience.
"We need to find him and bring him to justice as soon as we can."
Asiri is also believed to have built the bomb that his brother, Abdullah, used in an assassination attempt on the Saudi intelligence chief, Prince Mohammed Bin Nayif. The prince survived the suicide attack, in which PETN was also used.
Mr Brennan also said the US and its allies could not assume that there were no other packages containing bombs out there.
"So what we are trying to do right now is to work with our partners overseas to identify all packages that left Yemen recently, and to see whether or not there are any other suspicious packages out there that may contain these [Improvised Explosive Devices]," he told ABC.
US investigators are also re-examining wreckage of a UPS cargo plane that crashed in Dubai in September.
Two crew members died when the jet crashed shortly after take-off.
On Sunday investigators in the United Arab Emirates said there was no evidence that the crash was caused by an explosion.
Yemeni officials on Sunday told the BBC that the released Yemeni woman - named as 22-year-old student Hanan al-Samawi - was granted conditional freedom after investigators concluded her identity was stolen by an individual who knew her full name, address and telephone number.
Dozens of students earlier staged a sit-in at Sanaa University, protesting against Ms Samawi's arrest.
The two packages seized on Friday were shipped from Sanaa through UPS and another US cargo firm, FedEx. The parcels were addressed to synagogues in the US city of Chicago.
One device was carried on an Airbus A320 from Sanaa to Doha. It was then flown on another aircraft to Dubai, Qatar Airways said.
"The carrier stated that, as per Chicago Convention, it is not the responsibility of the country in which the cargo transits to X-ray or inspect the cargo. This responsibility belongs to the country from where the consignment originates," the company said in a statement.
"Furthermore, the explosives discovered were of a sophisticated nature whereby they could not be detected by X-ray screening or trained sniffer dogs. The explosives were only discovered after an intelligence tip off."
In a BBC interview on Sunday, Britain's independent reviewer of counter-terrorism laws said the initial failure to find the bomb at East Midlands Airport was a "weakness".
Lord Carlile said technical equipment needed to be investigated to ensure it was "absolutely up to date".
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said UK investigators had at first declared the device at East Midlands "safe" before carrying out a re-examination as a "precaution".
"Further examination of the package by explosives officers identified items of concern. Cordons were put back in place as a precaution prior to items being removed for further scientific analysis," the spokesman said.
The UK government's emergency planning committee, Cobra, will now meet on Monday to discuss increasing cargo security.
Michael Johnson killed 70-year-old Trevor Hadlow in Gillingham, Kent, on 20 November, 2016.
The 18-year-old was also found guilty of dangerous driving for a separate incident a few months before, when he ploughed his car into a traffic warden.
Body-cam footage caught the moment Johnson accelerated into David Drury.
Johnson, of Shannon Place, Sheerness, Kent, pleaded guilty to manslaughter whilst committing the theft of a trailer, but was also on trial over the traffic warden incident, in which he pleaded not guilty on two charges.
Earlier, the jury decided unanimously on a guilty conviction for dangerous driving, but not guilty on the charge of attempting to cause Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH).
The conclusion of the trial means Johnson's conviction over the death of Mr Hadlow can now be reported.
On 20 November 2016 Johnson drove a white Peugeot van on to a farm in Capstone Road, Gillingham, and hitched up the trailer.
Mr Hadlow lived and worked on the site as a handyman. He saw Johnson and closed the gate to stop him but Johnson drove straight at him and left.
The pensioner managed to get back to his caravan but collapsed and died from his injuries. His body was discovered two days later.
Four months prior to this Johnson drove his car into the traffic warden in Eastchurch High Street on the Isle of Sheppey.
On 8 July David Drury had asked Johnson to move his car from lines next to a pedestrian crossing.
As Mr Drury began printing a parking ticket Johnson accelerated, mounted the pavement and drove at the warden.
Kent Police connected the two incidents while Johnson was in custody over Mr Hadlow's death.
Johnson has been remanded in custody and will be sentenced for both offences on 16 June 2017.
The victim, who was aged in his 20s, was stabbed outside Deerhurst House, on Haymerle Road, in Peckham, on Friday afternoon.
He has not been officially identified but next of kin have been informed. A post-mortem examination is due on Sunday.
The arrested man was held by police on Saturday afternoon.
He remains in custody at a south London police station.
The Metropolitan Police have appealed for witnesses and anyone with information to contact them.
Paul Lambert's side ended ended a six-game losing run in all competitions when they drew 0-0 at Mick McCarthy's Ipswich Town on Tuesday.
They are just a point clear of trouble going into Saturday's key home game against bottom club Rotherham United.
But Marshall remains upbeat, telling BBC WM: "I'm sure we'll be all right."
Saturday's seemingly doomed Molineux visitors Rotherham are 19 points adrift of safety at the foot of the Championship table, having picked up just one away point out of a possible 54 this season.
"We've just got to keep believing," Marshall said. "I'm sure as soon as we get that win and get some confidence, we'll kick on.
"Team spirit is good. You go in the dressing room and you wouldn't think we are where we are.
"People can see the performances are there. We're just lacking someone to put the ball in the back of the net.
"We've now just got to take parts of our performance into Saturday," added Marshall, 25, who joined in January from Blackburn Rovers, now one of Wolves' main relegation rivals.
Ben Marshall was talking to BBC WM's Mike Taylor.
It was necessary to confiscate Yuichi Sugimoto's passport in order to protect his life, the authorities said.
The 59-year-old photographer, who had planned to enter Syria on 27 February, described the move as a threat to the freedom of press.
Two Japanese hostages were killed by Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria in January.
However, Mr Sugimoto told reporters that he had no intention to visit areas controlled by IS.
It is said to be the first time the Japanese government has taken such a step.
The foreign ministry says it is in accordance with a provision in the country's passport law, that allows a confiscation in order to protect the passport holder's life.
Mr Sugimoto, who has covered conflict zones in Iraq and Syria before, insists he has always taken precautions and retreated when in danger.
"What happens to my freedom to travel and freedom of the press?" he told the Japanese paper Asahi Shimbun.
He said he was planning to travel to Turkey before entering Syria with a former soldier who had previously worked for Kenji Goto, a fellow journalist who was taken hostage, and killed in Syria last month.
A second Japanese citizen, Haruna Yukawa, was also kidnapped and killed by IS militants.
After the handling of the hostage crisis, approval ratings for the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have gone up, recent polls show.
Two separate surveys conducted by the Yomiuri newspaper and Japan's news agency Kyodo indicate that up to 60% of people approve of the way the government dealt with the crisis.
A similar percentage also said Japan's support to countries affected IS should continue to be non-military.
In January, Mr Abe promised $200m (£130m) in non-military aid for countries fighting Islamic State.
Officials said that much of the $200m fund would be focused on helping refugees displaced from Syria and Iraq.
The 27-year-old, who began his career with Manchester United, spent most of 2016-17 on loan at Cardiff City.
Amos joined the Bluebirds on a season-long arrangement last season and made 16 appearances for the club.
After making six senior appearances for United, Amos signed for the Trotters on a four-year deal in the summer of 2015.
Flanker Haskell - who made 21 tackles in Saturday's historic series-clinching victory in Melbourne - left AAMI Park wearing a protective boot.
Wing Nowell suffered a head injury in the 23-7 win, and will go through the concussion return-to-play protocols.
Both men are unlikely to be considered for selection as England look to seal a 3-0 whitewash next Saturday.
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Captain Dylan Hartley says it will take a combined effort from all 32 players in the squad to complete the clean sweep.
"The challenge within the group is to win 3-0," Hartley told BBC Sport.
"If we are really serious about improving as a team and getting better every time we play, we have to go out there and train next week and win next week as well."
The Northampton hooker says the players will be desperate to avoid complacency before the final match of the season.
"It's the biggest challenge," he added. "We could easily park it and think about holidays and not really care about next week.
"The harsh reality of sport is that you are always judged on your next performance.
"We want to be the best in the world. We have climbed from eighth to second - which is an achievement - but there is still a long way to go."
Leanne Wood told a live BBC TV election special the party was "very clear" in its opposition to nuclear weapons.
But she said in terms of jobs on Anglesey, the nation had "put all our eggs in the nuclear basket" with 6,000 people working at Wylfa power station.
Ms Wood said if a replacement for Wylfa did not go ahead, an alternative source of jobs would have to be found.
Speaking on BBC Wales TV's Ask the Leader programme in Aberystwyth, she said: "Plaid Cymru is opposed to Trident and we've been very clear on the case of opposing nuclear weapons.
"On the case of nuclear power that's a little bit more difficult for us, I will be honest with you. This has not been a straight forward question for Plaid Cymru.
"I'm not personally convinced that nuclear power is the answer and I'm not convinced that it stacks up financially.
"I would prefer us to take more of a renewables-based approach. We've got in our manifesto an aim to meet all the electricity needs in as far as we can in Wales… renewably by 2035."
Plans are being made for a new power station called Wylfa Newydd to be built next to the old Wylfa plant, which is being decommissioned.
Horizon Nuclear Power, owned by the Japanese giant Hitachi, is still in the process of drawing up detailed plans, which will be submitted by 2017.
Ms Wood denied that Plaid only opposed nuclear power in new locations because it wanted to retain its seat for Ynys Mon, where thousands of jobs are at stake with the replacement of Wylfa.
"It is a difficult issue on Ynys Mon, and the reason is because there have been 6,000 people employed on fairly decent wages.
"Those jobs are going to come to an end, and there has been no plan in place to replace those jobs. We've put all our eggs in the nuclear basket.
"There was a report out just last week that suggested that Wylfa Newydd may never go ahead… if it doesn't go ahead, what happens to those people on the island who will then be out of work?"
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 53.21 points to 16,484.99.
The S&P 500 climbed 8.53 to 1,921.27, while the Nasdaq composite gained 39.02 points to 4,542.61.
Rumours that China was considering a stimulus package lifted US markets from falls in morning trading.
"There was a lot of talk of maybe additional China stimulus. Whether the story is true or not, I don't know, but if it isn't the market will back down in a day or two," said Mace Blicksilver of Marblehead Asset Management.
A rebound in oil prices also boosted late day trading. US crude rose 1.1% to $32.21 a barrel and Brent crude was up 3.5% to $34.44 a barrel.
Chesapeake Energy rose 22.8% despite reporting an annual loss of $14.9bn. The company said it planned to cut spending by 57%.
Shares in JP Morgan ended the day flat. The bank fell 4% on Tuesday after announcing it would put an addition $500m aside to cover losses in its oil and gas portfolio.
Shares of retail chain, Target climbed 4% following the company's earnings release, which showed efforts to improve store sales were working. Target has been struggling to repair its image after several scandals including a massive breach of customer credit card data.
It is believed the 16:39 train on Wednesday was travelling at about 75mph when it hit the vehicle which had been abandoned after falling onto the line.
One passenger suffered grazing to her arm caused by one of the windows on the train smashing.
The train's driver was uninjured, although he was left shocked by the incident.
At 17:05 the red Toyota Hilux, which had been stolen from a nearby garage, was seen to be driven erratically on the road beside the railway.
It then went out of control before rolling down an embankment and landing on its roof.
A short time later, the 16:39 Edinburgh to Milngavie service, collided with the vehicle on the Edinburgh to Glasgow (via Bathgate) railway line.
The pick-up was extensively damaged, however the train remained upright and did not derail.
One of the men seen fleeing from the pick-up truck was described as between 18 and 27 years old, about 5ft 9ins in height, of slim to medium build with short dark brown hair.
He was wearing a dark top and jeans.
The other man was 18 to 20 years old, between 5ft 6ins and 5ft 9ins in height and of slim build.
He was wearing a light grey hooded top or zipper and was in possession of a black phone
The vehicle was removed from the railway line at about 02:30 and services have now returned to normal.
Forensic inquiries at the scene are ongoing and officers are carrying out door-to-door inquiries.
CCTV footage is also being looked at.
Supt Kyle Gordon, Head of Operations for BTP in Scotland, said: "I cannot stress enough the seriousness of the incident and the potential circumstances of the two men's actions do not bear thinking about.
"Thankfully no-one was seriously injured. However, many people were inconvenienced and the rail network was disrupted for several hours.
"Anyone who witnessed the incident or who recognises the two men from the descriptions is urged to get in touch."
The city council has proposed cuts in seven areas of community services, including withdrawing some funding to outside care organisations.
It means about a third of its planned £63m savings over three years would be in Health and Community Services.
The council said it could still help the city's "most vulnerable people".
The Unite union said industrial action would be considered if its members considered the changes "a step too far".
Ann Lucas, cabinet member for Health and Community Services, said the savings resulted from "huge cuts" in government funding to the council.
The Labour-run council's biggest directorate covers adult social care, public safety, housing, libraries and adult education.
Ms Lucas said although the directorate was looking to save £15m over three years, increasing demands on care made the figure closer to £22m.
"The seven areas we are looking at means we could make the savings we need over the next two years while continuing to protect and help the most vulnerable people in the city when they need us," she said.
"But it is important to stress that no decisions have been made and that after consultation, we may not press ahead with the proposals."
However, she said if the plans did not go ahead, savings would be sought in other areas.
The council starts formal consultations with its partners over the changes in June.
The plans include:
Alan Lewis, from Unite, criticised the proposed cuts to jobs and services, adding "I dread to think of the impact it will have on vulnerable people".
"I can see from the proposals straight away it will lead to bed blocking in hospitals because there will be no support for people to get them back and into their homes," he said.
The three-time Tour de France champion will ride in the Olympic road race on 6 August and time trial on 10 August.
The Vuelta, one of cycling's three Grand Tours, begins in Ourense, Spain on 20 August and finishes on 11 September in Madrid.
"All being well, that's what we will be doing," Brailsford told Sky Sports.
"The season-long plan was Tour, on to the Olympics and on to the Vuelta, and that's still the outline at the minute."
Froome, 31, added to his 2013 and 2015 Tour de France successes with the 2016 title on Sunday.
He finished second in the Vuelta in 2011 and 2014, but broke a bone in his foot after crashing on last year's stage 11.
Tourists visiting the area in its busiest season have been told to leave and homes nearby have been evacuated.
The fire's been burning for a week and has tripled in size in the last twenty-four hours.
A state of emergency has been declared around the area.
The fires have not yet reached Yosemite and park officials say it's still open.
But the blaze has forced part of a motorway that leads to a park entrance, to shut.
In the state of Wyoming, wildfires have been burning near Yellowstone National Park.
US media reports that two threats made by a male caller proved unfounded.
The flight, carrying 206 passengers and 13 crew, landed at Newark Liberty International Airport at around 13:00 local time (17:00 GMT).
Passengers were evacuated from the plane and luggage removed. Police at the airport later said nothing harmful was found on board.
Customs officials continued checking the luggage but the aircraft was given the all-clear.
A spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the airport's operator, said they had released the plane to British Airways.
Port Authority received the threat about the plane at around 10:00 local time (14:00 GMT), when it was already in the air.
ABC television reports that the two separate threats now appear to have come from the same person.
No arrests are reported to have been made and the investigation is ongoing.
The Principality Stadium will host the European football's showpiece event on Saturday, 3 June, 2017.
Welsh FA delegates were at Saturday's final on a fact-finding mission to ensure Cardiff is ready to host world football's biggest club game.
"The scale of the city is a challenge," said Alan Hamer, the Welsh FA's 2017 Champions League project director.
Wales forward Gareth Bale starred as Real beat city rivals Atletico in Saturday's final at the San Siro stadium in Milan.
The Principality Stadium will stage its first ever European football final next year having previously staged high profile events such as the 1999 Rugby World final and six FA Cup finals.
"The eyes of the world will be on Cardiff next year," said Hamer.
"The match will be viewed by 200m people worldwide and they're expecting 300,000 people to attend the fan zone in Milan over four days.
"The same attractions will apply in Cardiff next year so for those unable to get tickets for the match they need not miss out as there is a lot for people to do.
"It's not just the 90 minutes, there's a lot more. We believe we have a plan and clearly if Uefa didn't think we had a plan we wouldn't given us the event."
Cardiff City Stadium, which hosted the Uefa Super Cup final that Real Madrid won in 2014, will host the Women's Champions League final on Thursday, 1 June with the Champions festival held in the city.
"Uefa are very thorough and anyone staging one of their future showpiece finals goes on an observer programme," Hamer added.
"It's quite detailed and you get under the skin of everything.
"There's a lot that takes place in the city over four days and it's really trying to make sure everyone understands what we need to do, is prepared and makes Cardiff a big success."
Cardiff were awarded the 2017 Champions League final in June 2015 after the FAW's unsuccessful bid to host Euro 2020 games.
Hamer admits staging such a big event will be a challenge as Cardiff is a smaller city than recent Champions League host cities such as Milan, Berlin and London.
But Hamer was confident transport problems which affected fans travelling to games in Cardiff for last year's Rugby World Cup would not be repeated in June 2017.
"We all know transport has been a topical point for major events in Wales over the last year or so," Hamer said.
"We're fully aware of it as are Uefa. We've spent a lot of time working with the rail operators and Cardiff and Bristol airports.
"It's really trying to temporarily gear the city up to operate at an increased capacity for a 72 hour period,
"If we can do that, and I'm confident we can, with the location of the stadium in the city centre, Cardiff will deliver one of the best Champions League final experiences."
The tweet came in response to a Twitter user reporting a "rape" at Goodison Park, referencing Everton's 6-2 win over Sunderland on Sunday.
The tweeted reply has since been deleted and the force has apologised.
Merseyside Police said the civilian member of staff responsible had left its employment.
A spokesman said the person was "due to leave the force but decided to go early" after talks.
Following the incident, Jo Wood, from the Merseyside Rape and Sexual Abuse centre, said: "I think it's a real shame. We work closely with Merseyside Police and we've come a long way.
"Something like this could set us back years and sends out completely the wrong message.
"Clearly this individual is not aware of the impact of what they did."
Ms Yingluck and scores of politicians from the deposed government had earlier been ordered to report to the military.
She was kept for several hours and then driven to an undisclosed location.
Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha also met key officials, telling them reform must come before any elections.
Gen Prayuth summoned governors, business leaders and civil servants to the Bangkok Army Club on Friday.
After seven months the tents, stages and all the paraphernalia of protest are coming down in Bangkok's old quarter. With their goal of a military coup achieved, the weary anti-government movement can declare victory and go home. Armed soldiers now patrol their rally sites, next to the monument that commemorates the birth of Thai democracy 82 years ago.
That democracy is now in ruins. When the army mounted a coup eight years ago it did so almost apologetically and promised a speedy return to democratic rule. This coup wears a grimmer face, and there have been no such promises. Instead, land border crossings are being scrutinised to prevent potential resistance leaders escaping. Those the military fears most have been ordered to give themselves up or face arrest. Dozens are being held incommunicado.
No one knows yet what General Prayuth's real intentions are. He has good reason to worry about resistance. The pro-government Red-Shirt movement is far better organised than eight years ago, and could still be financed by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's deep pockets.
Six of Thailand's most senior military officers have now been appointed to run the country, with provincial commanders supervising local government.
The BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok says that, unlike in previous coups, there have been no promises of a quick return to civilian rule.
Gen Prayuth told the meeting: "I want all civil servants to help organise the country. We must have economic, social and political reforms before elections. If the situation is peaceful, we are ready to return power to the people."
The general said the coup was necessary to "quickly bring the situation back to normal".
One local official leaving the meeting, Arkom Theerasak, told Associated Press: "There will be an election but it will take a while. The general didn't say when."
Ms Yingluck, who had been prime minister until being removed by the judiciary this month, had been ordered to report to the military along with more than 100 other politicians, including acting PM Niwatthamrong Boonsongphaisan.
It was unclear whether Gen Prayuth met either of them.
Some 155 politicians have been barred from leaving the country.
Our correspondent says it is unclear how many people have been detained but they have been separated and held incommunicado at different bases.
Reuters quoted a military officer as saying Ms Yingluck, her sister and brother-in-law had been held.
Thai military spokesman Col Werachon Sukhondhadhpatipak told the BBC those detained were all involved in Thailand's political "conflict" and he stressed the army was neutral and impartial in those that it had held.
Col Werachon said the detentions should be not be longer than a week and were intended to keep the detainees away from "tension".
Our correspondent says there were some small and angry protests in Bangkok against the coup earlier on Friday but, although a few people were detained, there has been no serious resistance.
On Thursday the military suspended the constitution and banned political gatherings, saying order was needed after months of turmoil.
The US led widespread international criticism of the coup, saying there was "no justification".
Press fearful after Thai coup
Thailand's armed forces have staged at least 12 coups since the end of the absolute monarchy in 1932.
There has been a power struggle since Ms Yingluck's brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, was ousted by the military as PM in 2006.
Mr Thaksin and Ms Yingluck have strong support in rural areas but are opposed by many in the middle class and urban elite.
The latest unrest began last year, when anti-government protesters embarked on a campaign to oust Ms Yingluck. An election was held in February but was disrupted and later annulled by the judiciary.
Mariola Martin had stopped in the inside lane of the A303 Mere Bypass, when Paul Bradley's articulated lorry struck her Mazda MX-5 from behind.
Ms Martin, 53, who lived in Swindon, died at the crash scene in July 2014.
Bradley, 53, from Cullompton, Devon, will be sentenced next month after appearing at Salisbury Crown Court.
After her death, Polish-born Ms Martin's family paid tribute to her in a statement, saying she was "a vibrant and energetic woman that loved life".
Bradley was released on bail until sentencing.
The dark muck was known to absorb such gases from the air, but it appears the nitrogen does not stay locked away.
In rooftop experiments in Germany, the researchers tracked the content of grime in both sunshine and shade.
They say sunlit grime releases nitrogen in two forms: the toxic pollutant nitrogen dioxide (NO2), plus nitrous acid - a key driver of smog formation.
The findings, presented at a conference of the American Chemical Society in Boston, were welcomed by pollution experts - and may explain a "missing" source of smog-producing gas in the skies of London.
"Rather than being a permanent sink for nitrogen oxide gases... grime exposed to sunlight can re-release some of these gases back into the urban atmosphere," said James Donaldson, a chemistry professor at the University of Toronto in Canada who led the research.
Some of Prof Donaldson's previous work had already shown that in a laboratory, artificial sunlight can strip the nitrogen component from grime - which is essentially a cocktail of chemicals belched into city air by exhaust pipes and chimneys.
In the latest experiments he worked with colleagues in Leipzig, Germany, to shift the work outside.
On a tower above the city they set up two large shelves filled with beads of window glass. Both sets of beads received the same air flow - and got thoroughly grimy - but only one was in the sun.
"The ones which were exposed to sunlight showed 10% less nitrate than the ones which were shaded, suggesting that there is a photochemical loss [of nitrogen] consistent with what we saw in the lab," Prof Donaldson told journalists at the conference.
That 10% drop may seem like a small effect, but it reflects a "steady state" difference: as the sunshine eats away at the grime's nitrogen content, fresh nitrogen-rich grime is constantly being deposited.
"In our lab experiments, what we did was take a full bathtub and pull out the plug," Prof Donaldson explained. "In the field experiment, we opened the plug but left the water running."
Back in Toronto, he and his team measured exactly where the nitrogen goes when grime is exposed to sunlight. Two gases emerged, and neither of them were good news.
"What we have seen in the lab is that [what comes out] is likely a combination of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and nitrous acid (HONO or HNO2)," Prof Donaldson told the BBC.
This is important because while NO2 is toxic, HONO can drive the production of ozone - the gas which causes photochemical smog in cities.
Dr James Lee, from the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory at the University of York, said this production of HONO was the most significant aspect of the findings.
"The amount of nitrogen oxides (NOx) given off by exhausts in the centre of a city will probably be much higher than what grime can take up and then give back off again," he explained.
"But if some of it is transformed into HONO, then that really is important."
Why? In part, because it might explain a puzzling gap in Dr Lee's own observations of polluted London air.
"If you put into a model all the known sources of HONO, from my work in London there's about 30% missing compared to the quantity of HONO that you can measure directly," he explained, adding that this missing source is "very significant" for predicting ozone quantities - which the Met Office does as part of air quality forecasts.
Simon Birkett, of the campaign group Clean Air in London, described the study as "a really worthwhile piece of research", noting that the sheer quantity of grime in London could make it "a big potential source of pollution".
Mr Birkett pointed out that NO2 and ozone are the two gases that are currently regulated for health purposes.
"If grime is contributing, then we need scientists to tell us how much [gas] is coming off and what health effects it has."
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Dywed y Bwrdd eu bod yn derbyn fod angen gwella'r sefyllfa bresennol.
Dywedodd Helen Jones, o bentre' Plwmp ger Llandysul, wrth raglen BBC Wales Today fod ei gŵr Alun wedi gorfod aros 16 diwrnod am angiogram yn Ysbyty Treforys, ar ôl cael ei gymryd yn gyntaf i Ysbyty Glangwili, Caerfyrddin, ar ôl dioddef trawiad.
Dywed canllawiau NICE - y Sefydliad Cenedlaethol dros Ragoriaeth mewn Iechyd a Gofal - y dylai'r driniaeth gael ei wneud o fewn 72 awr.
Ar hyn o bryd does dim modd cael triniaeth o'r fath ar gyfer angiogram yn ardal Bwrdd Iechyd Hywel Dda.
Dim ond chwe chanolfan yng Nghymru sy'n gallu cynnig y driniaeth:
Yn ôl adroddiad yn 2014 cafodd hyn ei nodi fel "risg clinigol" mewn adroddiad gan Goleg Brenhinol y Meddygon ac roedd yna alwad am sefydlu adran arbenigol y galon yn Ysbyty Glangwili, Caerfyrddin.
Dywedodd Helen Jones wrth BBC Cymru ei bod yn poeni fod cleifion o'r canolbarth a'r gorllewin yn aros yn hirach am y math yma o driniaeth na chleifion o ardal Bwrdd Iechyd Abertawe Bro Morgannwg.
"Pe bai rhywun gyda phroblemau gyda'r galon ym Mronglais, Glangwili neu Lwynhelyg fe allant aros hyd at 20 diwrnod.
"Pe bai chi yn mynd i Dreforys gyda phoenau i'r frest yna rydych yn debygol o gael eich gweld o fewn y 72 awr a chael y driniaeth. Dyw hyn ddim yn dderbyniol."
Dywedodd AC Ceredigion Elin Jones nad oedd achos Mr Jones yn un unigryw.
"Rwy'n gwybod am sawl enghraifft, a Mr Jones yw un ohonynt sydd wedi gorfod aros yng Nglangwili neu Bronglais am amser annerbyniol o hir cyn cael eu symud i Dreforys ar gyfer triniaeth.
"Mae clinigwyr wedi dweud nad yw hyn yn ddiogel, ac mae angen cynyddu capasiti ar gyfer gofal cardiaidd yn y gorllewin."
'Angen gwella'
Dywedodd Steve Moore, prif weithredwr Bwrdd Iechyd Hywel Dda, eu bod wedi cysylltu gyda'r teulu er mwyn ymddiheuro am yr amser y bu'n rhaid aros cyn cael triniaeth.
"Ar hyn o bryd rydym yn dibynnu ar Fwrdd Iechyd Abertawe Bro Morgannwg i ddarparu triniaeth gardiaidd gan nad oes gennym y cyfleusterau i ymgymryd â hyn.
"Ein blaenoriaeth yw sicrhau bod pobl yn cael y driniaeth maent ei angen yn brydlon ac rydym yn cydweithio gyda byrddau iechyd cyfagos er mwyn sicrhau bod hyn yn digwydd."
"Rydym yn derbyn fod angen gwella'r drefn bresennol ac rydym yn datblygu cynlluniau i sefydlu adran arbennig yn Ysbyty Glangwili."
Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran Bwrdd Iechyd Abertawe Bro Morgannwg eu bod yn ymddiheuro i gleifion sydd wedi gorfod aros cyn cael triniaeth gardiaidd.
"Rydym yn gweld cynnydd yn y galw am ein gwasanaethau ac rydym yn cydweithio gyda byrddau iechyd eraill i ymateb i'r galw."
Ychwanegodd fod y ganolfan yn Nhreforys yn wasanaeth rhanbarthol ar gyfer cleifion o ganolbarth a de orllewin Cymru ac nad oedd yna flaenoriaeth yn cael i roi i gleifion o ardal bwrdd iechyd Abertawe Bro Morgannwg.
Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran Llywodraeth Cymru fod Bwrdd Iechyd Hywel Dda yn datblygu achos busnes dros sefydlu adran arbennig yng Nglangwili ac y byddant yn ystyried y cynlluniau unwaith iddynt gael eu cyflwyno.
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Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of Roald Dahl's family favourite took £5.2m between Friday and Sunday, while the latest Star Trek film took £4.7m.
Third place, meanwhile, was taken by Andre Rieu's 2016 Maastricht Concert.
Screenings of the event made £1.4m, topping the new Ghostbusters' £1.3m.
The female-led "reboot" of the 1984 fantasy comedy topped the UK and Ireland box office last week.
Star Trek Beyond, the 13th film in the Trek series and the third to feature younger versions of the original show's characters, was the top film in the US and Canada over the weekend.
Rieu's orchestral show, which featured a 60-piece orchestra and singers, is now the UK's highest-grossing music concert, according to Screen Daily.
The previous box office record for a concert screened in UK cinemas was set by Rieu himself last year.
The Dutch violinist's 2015 concert made £1.1m from 460 cinemas - more than 100 fewer than screened this year's event.
This week's top five was rounded out by The Secret Life of Pets, which took £1.2m on its fifth weekend on release.
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The Sense report says most parents of disabled children also find negative attitudes from other parents a key barrier to accessing mainstream play.
Disabled children and their parents end up being excluded from communities in England and Wales as a result, it adds.
The government says disabled children must not be discriminated against.
The three-month Case for Play inquiry into the issue, chaired by former Education Secretary Lord Blunkett, found disabled children were missing out on play opportunities vital to their emotional, social and physical development.
It says insufficient funding at a local level, and negative attitudes to disabled children and their families are significant barriers.
Lord Blunkett said: "We know that play is vitally important for children with multiple needs and their families, bringing a wide range of developmental and emotional benefits.
"However, our inquiry found that all too often the parents of children with multiple needs point to barriers they face in accessing and enjoying play.
"It means that disabled children don't have the same chance to form friendships, and parents are prevented from taking a break from caring.
"Both disabled children and their parents are excluded from their own communities."
The inquiry heard from the families of 175 disabled children, with multiple needs, and received a further 175 pieces of evidence.
A snapshot survey of the families revealed nine out of 10 felt their child did not have the same chances to play as other children.
Two-thirds said they did not have enough information on accessible play opportunities in their area, while just over half had been turned away from play settings that had failed to meet their duties under the Equality Act.
The report also highlighted a lack of a strategic approach to funding play for children with multiple needs at a local or a national level across England.
A Department for Education spokesman said: "We are committed to ensuring disabled children can access early years education and that play opportunities are accessible to disabled children.
"We don't want to see any children discriminated against and to help this we have introduced the biggest reforms to the Special Educational Needs and Disability system in a generation, focusing support on individual needs and aspirations."
The operation, involving the Department of the Environment, the coastguard and the National Trust, began just after 16:00 BST on Monday.
The initial suggestion was that it was a Sei whale which had died of old age, but the DoE later said tests had confirmed it was a juvenile fin whale.
Next to the blue whale, the fin whale is the world's second largest mammal.
Joe Breen of the DoE said the past summer had been "extraordinary" for sightings of both whales and dolphins off the north coast.
"We followed about 70 or 80 dolphins up and down the coast this summer," he said.
"We had reports of humpbacked whales off Rathlin and there was an unusual sighting of a Beluga whale off Dunseverick. We know things are happening within the sea."
Contractors for the National Trust worked to remove the whale from Portstewart strand.
They were helped by contractors who had been working on the nearby A26, when it became clear that they would need a much larger digger to lift the whale.
In the end, three diggers worked together to haul the whale off the beach.
"I have never seen a sight like it, three diggers in harmony pulled it up on to the trailer. It was incredible to watch," Mr Breen said.
Russell lost his whip in the Powerstown Handicap Hurdle and took Enright's stick before the final straight.
The stewards found that both riders had breached Rule 272, which is related to bringing racing into disrepute.
"I never set out to do this, it wasn't premeditated. The suspension has come as a bit of a shock," said Russell.
Russell was riding favourite Leave At Dawn, with Enright on Backinyourbox. Both horses finished well down the field.
The pair will are banned from racing on 20 and 21 December, as well as the action from 26-28 December, which includes big festive meetings.
The top seed faced a tricky first-round opponent in Makarova, Russia's world number 29, but won 6-3 6-3.
Williams, 34, will monitor how her shoulder reacts ahead of her second-round match against Vania King.
"I'll have to wait until tomorrow to see, I haven't been able to play that much since Wimbledon," said Williams.
"Every day I'll just see how it goes."
Williams had played just three matches since winning Wimbledon, but impressed against 2014 semi-finalist Makarova in the night session.
"I love coming out here in front of this New York crowd, it's super special," said the six-time champion, chasing an open-era record 23rd Grand Slam singles title.
"I got off to a really fast start - I wanted to get some momentum."
Venus Williams, seeded sixth, survived 63 unforced errors to beat Kateryna Kozlova of Ukraine 6-2 5-7 6-4.
Fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska and fifth seed Simona Halep lost four games between them as they progressed, while leading names Stan Wawrinka, Kei Nishikori and Juan Martin del Potro went through in the men's draw.
Australia's Bernard Tomic apologised after making lewd comments to a spectator - the world number 19 insisted he was "baited".
Tomic, 23, trailed Damir Dzumhur 5-4 in their first-round match when an exchange with a spectator began.
As well as two explicit comments, Tomic said: "I will give you some money to make you feel good."
Courtside microphones picked up the comments by Tomic, who would go on to lose 6-4 6-3 4-6 7-6 (7-0) to Bosnia's Dzumhur.
""He definitely baited me the whole set for me to say that. But I do apologise," the Australian said of the spectator. "He was just sort of saying negative stuff.
"I had problems on the other end, as well, with a few people in the corner. They were saying some negative stuff to me, in my language of Serbian-Croatian.
"The microphones didn't pick that up. But I obviously caught the blame for that."
"I'm getting old, I have to work a bit more on my serve, I guess," joked Croatia's Ivo Karlovic after being told he only hit 10 aces in the final set of his win over Taiwan's Lu Yen-Hsun.
The 37-year-old set a US Open with 61 aces on his way to a first-round victory - 22 of them in the second set alone as Karlovic passed Richard Krajicek's record of 49 set 17 years ago.
"I knew there were a lot of aces because at one stage I was serving one on almost every point but I didn't know it was a record," said Karlovic.
Police confirmed the discovery following a search by emergency services which had been called to reports that one person was trapped in the vehicle.
The incident happened on Lapwing Road, next to the Braehead shopping centre in Renfrew, at about 13:20.
The car was later lifted out of the water by a recovery vehicle.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Inquiries are continuing to establish the exact circumstances of how the vehicle came to enter the River Clyde, with crash scene examiners conducting an investigation at the location."
A post-mortem examination will take place to establish the exact cause of death.
A hole could be seen in a safety fence where the vehicle crashed through and into the river.
The site is close to a large housing block, and a crowd gathered at the police cordon.
Witnesses said the car was seen driving "at speed" and clipping another two cars before breaching the metal fence and entering the water.
One resident who asked not to be named said: "I heard a loud noise and minutes later there were police everywhere then the helicopter arrived.
"I heard that it was a woman driving alone."
Iran and Kuwait are the most affected countries, largely because of sand and dust blowing in from Syria and Iraq.
Mismanagement of land and water amid conflicts in the region has been a key factor, as well as climate change.
Meteorologists say sand and dust storms are also happening in new places like some parts of Central Asia.
"In the Middle East there has been a significant increase in the frequency and the intensity of sand and dust storms in the past 15 years or so," said Enric Terradellas a meteorologist with the World Meteorology Organisation's sand and dust storm prediction centre for the region.
"One of the main sources of sand and dust storms is Iraq, where the flow of rivers has decreased because of a race in dam constructions in upstream countries.
"That has led to the disappearance of marshes and drying up of lakes both in Iraq and Iran, and the sediments left behind are very important sources of dust in the region."
Deserts have always been the source of sand storms in the region, but scientists say unsustainable mining, oil extraction and agriculture as well as intensive military conflicts are worsening the situation.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has predicted that Iraq could witness 300 dust events in a year within 10 years, up from around 120 per year now.
Iranian health department officials have said 14 provinces are affected today by dust storms, including Tehran.
"The air is so polluted here and I have developed breathing problem," Jasem, a businessman in Ahvaz in southwest Iran told the BBC, coughing over the phone.
"Coughing is usual thing for me now and we need to keep the windows closed and use the air-conditioner all the time."
Iman, a university lecturer in south-eastern Iran, said going out was becoming increasingly difficult.
"We can feel the sand coming in from the west of the country and we don't let our kids play outside the house."
Scientists said data from Syria was not easily available, but that there were enough grounds to believe that it is another major source of sand and dust.
"People aren't tending the land in agricultural areas appropriately - which means planting crops and tending them in a way that is sustainable - because they are off either being refugees or involved in the fighting," said Nick Middleton of St Anne's College, Oxford, one of the reviewers of the UN study.
"So the former agricultural areas, I suspect, are more active as wind erosion sources now."
Meteorologists say some parts of Central Asia are also experiencing the storms.
"The Aral Sea is drying up and the dust problem is also increasing in Kazakhstan and Mongolia, for instance," said Alexander Baklanov, another sand and dust storm expert with the World Meteorology Organisation.
The dust and sand from Mongolia and the Gobi desert reach China, the Korean peninsula and Japan, where they have caused major health concerns.
Storms from the Sahara desert are also believed to be spreading lethal meningitis spores throughout central Africa.
"A dust storm consists of massive amount of particulates in the air and when people breathe it, these can get down their lungs and cause respiratory illness and heart disease and so on," said Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, a health and climate change expert with the World Health Organisation.
The WHO has said dust storms contribute to poor air quality that is blamed for the death of 7 million people every year.
The two-day annual event, which concluded on Sunday, included a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and a Russian-built Cold War MiG aircraft.
Swansea councillor Robert Francis-Davies said: "We're certain it was a record-breaking weekend.
"The vast numbers who came along for the two days will have been a valuable boost to city centre businesses."
At the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition in London, scientists make visitors gaze in amazement as small balls vanish before their eyes.
This "invisibility stand" is one of the 22 projects being presented to the public this year.
Among them are special glasses that help blind people "see", tanks to capture sunlight and the so-called "smart traffic control".
Royal Society president Sir Paul Nurse told BBC News that the exhibition was a showcase not only for British science, but for the society in general.
"We have a constant evolution of our understanding of the world, and it's important to see how science can be applied for human good, how it can be used to improve the quality of life, to improve health and to drive economic growth," he said.
The project involving "invisible" materials - called metamaterials - has attracted a lot of attention, with school children taking turns to hear the scientists explain the nature of the research.
Metamaterials are materials unavailable in nature, in which the microstructure is changed to create unusual properties such as bending of electromagnetic waves.
"I've never quite seen anything like it before; and if one day, I could have an invisibility cloak just like Harry Potter, that'd be fun!", said 13-year-old Keil Smith.
Professor Ulf Leonhardt of the University of St Andrews, one of the project leaders, told BBC News that in future, this technology could be applied in the areas of communications, wireless energy transfer, sensors and security.
He said that the "magic" illusion of disappearance stems from bending light in an unnatural way.
"In the 'cloaking' device, you bend light around something so that you don't see the object, but you also don't see that the light has been bent - it enters the device in a straight line and it also leaves the device in the same direction in came from, as if nothing had happened to it," he said.
"This makes objects undetectable and therefore invisible."
Besides the "cloaking" device, the team also demonstrated how small balls made of sodium polyacrylate literally vanished as they were immersed in water.
Tom Philbin, also from the University of St Andrews, explained that the balls had the exact same optical properties - the same refractive index - as water.
"So if you have two materials that are different like these balls and water, but their refractive index is the same, then as far as light is concerned, they're exactly the same thing," he said.
Mr Philbin said that H.G. Wells used these principles in his classic novel "The Invisible Man" - his character made his refractive index exactly the same as air, so that light could not tell him apart from the air and he thus became invisible.
"But to do that, you'd have to change your entire composition, to make your refractive index the same as air, which you can't really do," added the scientist.
At another stand, visitors learn about facial recognition technology - and how it can be applied to robots.
The team behind the project seeks to understand how the brain perceives faces, and then "teaches" robots to recognise the emotions of people they interact with.
"By understanding our expressions and being able to make meaningful expressions back, this new socially aware technology will make it possible to fit robots into our daily lives in the future," the leader of the study, Professor Peter McOwan of Queen Mary, University of London, told BBC News.
Professor Alan Johnston from University College London explained that there were a number of places where robots and people co-existed in social environments.
For instance, he said, in Scotland one robot helped in an office, and in Lisbon, Portugal, robots were teaching school children to play chess.
"It's important for these machines to recognise how to act socially - to see when people are looking happy or sad," he said.
"And our robots are able to understand your expressions, to then change their faces accordingly.
"The robots can smile, look surprised, and do a range of different things."
Wind power has long been viewed as an important source of renewable energy - but scientists are now trying to use the latest technologies to improve turbines that have existed for decades.
Researchers from Coventry University have teamed up with pupils from Alcester High School to improve the efficiency of a wind turbine called Savonius that was developed at the dawn of the 20th Century.
The turbine generates electricity by converting rotational energy produced when the wind blows on the blades of the rotor, makes them turn, and then turns a shaft.
This particular turbine has always been considered a poor electricity generator - but the team has managed to make it more efficient by increasing the number of fins on the rotor.
"We've been testing in the wind tunnel, and we found out that the more paddles the rotor has, the more efficient it becomes, as there's more surface for the wind to blow against - and it can produce more electricity," said 13-year-old Eve Winsper.
Steve Sarson, head of technology at the school, explained that they used computer-aided design and manufacturing techniques to turn something that has been first developed a long time ago into a much better device.
Another energy-harvesting technology has also made it to this year's exhibition.
But this time, scientists from the National Physical Laboratory have researched ways to harness energy that is otherwise wasted - dissipated as vibration, motion, heat or sound.
Once captured, this energy is then transformed into electrical power.
One of the researchers, Dr Patrick Joseph-Franks, explained that there were several ways of doing so.
"One is a thermoelectric generator - if you warm two metal plates up by rubbing your hands, getting friction and thus generating heat, it then will be turned into electrical power," he said.
"The second device is somebody pedalling on a bicycle and it is connected to a generator, and the third system is a piezoelectric device - if you squeeze it or bend it, you put a strain on it and it produces an electrical signal and you can capture that."
None of these technologies are new, but today, it is becoming more and more economically important to capture energy instead of wasting it.
And some companies are already doing it.
In Tokyo, power-generating mats have been installed under the floors at two train stations - they capture the vibrations of the thousands of commuters and then transform this energy into electricity.
A report by Amnesty International accuses the Popular Protection Units (YPG) of razing entire villages after capturing them from Islamic State (IS).
This appeared to be in retaliation for residents' perceived sympathies with or links to the jihadist group, it says.
The YPG has consistently denied accusations of forced displacements.
However, the YPG - a key ally of the US-led international coalition against IS - and its political parent the PYD have admitted to some "isolated incidents".
Coalition air strikes, as well as air drops of weapons and ammunition, have helped the militia to drive IS out of large parts of northern Syria this year.
The Amnesty report came as the US said it had dropped more than 45 tonnes of ammunition to rebels in north-western Syria.
On Tuesday, Amnesty said its researchers had uncovered evidence of "alarming abuses" carried out by the YPG - the military wing of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) - in towns and villages controlled by the Kurdish Autonomous Administration in Hassakeh and Raqqa provinces.
Its report quoted one witness in the village of Husseiniya, in Hassakeh province, as saying: "They pulled us out of our homes and began burning the home... they brought the bulldozers... They demolished home after home until the entire village was destroyed."
Satellite images illustrated the scale of the demolitions in Husseiniya, Amnesty said. Of 225 buildings visible in June 2014, only 14 were still standing by June 2015.
Meanwhile, in villages south of the town of Suluk, some residents told Amnesty's researchers that YPG fighters had accused them of supporting IS and threatened to shoot them if they did not leave.
While in some cases residents acknowledged that there had been a handful of IS supporters in their villages, the majority did not back the jihadist group, Amnesty concluded.
In other cases, residents alleged that YPG fighters had ordered them to leave, threatening them with air strikes if they failed to comply.
"They told us we had to leave or they would tell the US coalition that we were terrorists and their planes would hit us and our families," one person told Amnesty's researchers.
In one incident, YPG fighters allegedly poured petrol on a house, threatening to set it alight with the inhabitants inside.
Amnesty said the YPG had sought to justify its actions, insisting that they were necessary for the civilians' own protection or militarily necessary.
"In its fight against IS, the Autonomous Administration appears to be trampling all over the rights of civilians who are caught in the middle," Amnesty's senior crisis adviser Lama Fakih warned.
The YPG is part of a new alliance of Arab and Kurdish groups, called the Democratic Forces of Syria, which was announced on Monday.
A Pentagon spokesman said C-17 transport aircraft, supported by fighter escorts, had dropped pallets of supplies overnight to Syrian Arab groups fighting IS in Hassakeh province.
It said the rebel leaders had been vetted by the US.
The air-drop comes days after the US abandoned a $500m (£326m) plan to train thousands of "moderate" rebels to fight IS.
Eyewitnesses said two women were hit when the panel fell on the 07:45 BST Southern service from Tattenham Corner to Victoria.
Katie Burkes, 28, said she suffered bruising and whiplash when the panel fell on to her shoulder. Southern said no injuries were reported.
Southern has apologised and said a full investigation has been launched.
Ms Burkes, from Purley, south London, said: "The woman across from me looked really panicked and then the whole ceiling came down and fell on my shoulder and her shoulder.
"Everyone in the carriage got up and was holding this panel up in the air, and then turned it on its side.
"The driver of the train came on and asked if everyone was ok, but the staff at East Croydon didn't know how to deal with it. There wasn't a manager there and no first aider.
"Southern needs to ensure it's safe. If someone was having a heart attack what would happen? They wouldn't have much chance with no first aider there. [Southern need to] be respectful of how much people are paying for trains."
A Southern spokesman said reports were received of a ceiling panel dislodging in one of the carriages on the 07.45 Southern service from Tattenham Corner to Victoria.
"Southern staff at East Croydon station boarded the train to attend to passengers and it was reported at the time that there were no injuries," he said.
London Ambulance Service confirmed it did not attend the scene.
On-loan players Josh Sheehan and Rhys Healey struck either side of the break for the hosts.
Ex-Newport midfielder Danny Rose hit back, but Kal Naismith fired a penalty high as the visitors dominated the latter stages.
Defender Enda Stevens levelled and midfielder Naismith made amends late on from a free kick to seal victory.
Newport County manager Graham Westley told BBC Radio Wales: "I've not gone in there and blasted them at all. It's disappointing, but if you let your emotion take over you can get angry about losing the lead.
"I'm sure there was a lot of angry people leaving the ground thinking 'how can you lose a two-goal lead?' Well you can lose a lead if you make mistakes that cost you goals against a good quality outfit."
Match ends, Newport County 2, Portsmouth 3.
Second Half ends, Newport County 2, Portsmouth 3.
Rhys Healey (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Christian Burgess (Portsmouth).
Substitution, Newport County. Mark Randall replaces Ben Tozer.
Substitution, Newport County. Jordan Green replaces Abdoulaye Méité.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Amine Linganzi replaces Noel Hunt.
Goal! Newport County 2, Portsmouth 3. Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Foul by Jennison Myrie-Williams (Newport County).
Noel Hunt (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Newport County. Marlon Jackson replaces Tom Owen-Evans.
Foul by Scot Bennett (Newport County).
Gareth Evans (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Darren Jones (Newport County).
Michael Doyle (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Newport County 2, Portsmouth 2. Enda Stevens (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Danny Rose.
Jazzi Barnum-Bobb (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jazzi Barnum-Bobb (Newport County).
Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Josh Sheehan (Newport County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Gareth Evans (Portsmouth).
Attempt saved. Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Rhys Healey (Newport County).
Christian Burgess (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Conor Chaplin replaces Carl Baker.
Attempt missed. Josh Sheehan (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Noel Hunt (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Darren Jones (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Noel Hunt (Portsmouth).
Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Christian Burgess.
Delay in match Tom Owen-Evans (Newport County) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Abdoulaye Méité (Newport County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kal Naismith (Portsmouth).
Foul by Rhys Healey (Newport County).
Christian Burgess (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) left footed shot is too high. Kal Naismith should be disappointed.
Penalty conceded by Jazzi Barnum-Bobb (Newport County) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Portsmouth. Kal Naismith draws a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt saved. Gareth Evans (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
The #tractorselfie4rob campaign was started in memory of Northamptonshire farmer Rob Chapman, 29, from Thurning, who killed himself last year.
Farmers as far away as Australia, the USA and Canada have joined in.
Money is being raised for the Papyrus charity, which campaigns to stop young people from taking their own lives.
The selfie campaign was the brainchild of Mr Chapman's friend Alex Paske, from Stamford in Lincolnshire, who described him as a man who "loved life and loved his farming".
This campaign is about "how to deal with depression if you do suffer from it... and remove the stigma that seems to exist, particularly within the farming industry," she said.
"There are lots of mental health issues within the industry for a variety of reasons, including isolation and spending long hours alone with your thoughts."
The tractor selfies are also intended to raise awareness of two fundraising fun runs taking place in December in aid of Papyrus.
More than 550 people have joined in and donated to a Just Giving page raising more than £3,000 so far.
"It's gathering momentum that we weren't expecting at all," Miss Paske said.
Those who do not have a tractor to hand "have been very creative".
They have been posing with toy tractors, tractor garden ornaments, curtains covered in tractors and pictures on computer screens.
Miss Paske hopes people will take selfies, nominate others and donate £1 for each nomination.
She added: "We hope to raise awareness of mental health within the farming community as well as keep Rob's memory alive with his greatest love at the forefront of it all - tractors."
Figures obtained by a BBC Radio Wales Freedom of Information request showed from the academic year 2013-14 to 2015-16 the number of allegations went up from 1,370 to 2,044.
A plagiarism expert said universities had been "caught on the back foot" by technology and were battling with a "culture" of copy and pasting.
The NUS said it was a "concern".
A spokesman added: "It's important to remember that the vast majority of students don't engage in academic malpractice at all.
"But those who have done tell us that it's because they're facing an incredible amount of pressure and they don't feel able to seek the support they need."
In the three academic years from 2013-14, 98 students from Wales' eight universities were prohibited from sitting future exams following allegations of collusion or plagiarism.
Dr Mike Reddy, an independent expert on academic integrity and plagiarism, said: "In some ways we're still assessing in a very 19th Century way, 'write an essay, write a report' and yet people coming up now have never lived without the internet.
"So we do need to reflect those changes [and] embrace those new technologies ourselves.
"I think the universities generally are being caught on the back foot.
"It might be that they come from a culture, background or experience where copy and pasting… is an acceptable thing to do."
He acknowledged lecturers were being put in a difficult position: "It shouldn't just be about policing and penalty because that's a very poor relationship.
"I don't want my students to see me as a potential police officer of judge and jury, I want them to see me as a colleague.
"Universities have got a duty of care to existing students... if a student walks away with a 2:1 it's something they earned, they deserved and not something they got because they copied and pasted."
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "Cheating of any kind is not acceptable and poses a threat to standards at our universities as well as individuals and employers' confidence in the validity of qualifications gained."
Universities in Wales responded to the figures saying they took the problem "extremely seriously", that "robust procedures" were in place and "advances in plagiarism detection software" meant better detection.
Four-time world champion Scott, the second most successful sailor in Finn Gold Cup history, won gold at Rio 2016.
Mills and Clark improved on the silver won in London by winning Olympic gold in the women's 470 event in Rio.
"It's awesome for us," said 37-year-old Clark, who retired this summer following her third Games.
Awarded annually to one female and one male nominee, the winners will be announced on 8 November in Barcelona.
"I always think of the World Sailor Awards as the sailing Oscars so to be nominated for the first time is really exciting," added Clark.
"The standard of women's sailing is high and everyone within our category won gold in Rio so it will be really tough, but if we do win, it would be an amazing finish to our partnership."
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Nominated alongside Mills and Clark are Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands, France's gold medal-winning windsurfer Charline Picon, Argentine Cecilia Carranza Saroli and Brazilian 49erFX Olympic champions Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze.
Meanwhile, Scott will face competition from New Zealand pair Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, 470 champions Sime Fantela and Igor Marenic of Croatia, Argentina's Santiago Lange and Paralympic champion Damien Seguin of France.
The two sides are meeting for the first time in nearly three years to negotiate an end to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict based on the two-state solution formula.
Who is taking part in the negotiations?
In Jerusalem, the Palestinians will be represented by senior negotiator Saeb Erekat and senior Fatah official Muhammed Shtayyeh. Israeli Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni and prime ministerial aide Isaac Molcho will represent the Israeli side.
US Middle East Peace Envoy Martin Indyk and his deputy, Frank Lowenstein, have been named as envoys to the meeting.
Since his appointment in February, US Secretary of State John Kerry has invested much political capital and time in convincing the two sides to resume talks.
What has happened so far?
The two sides met with US mediators on 29 and 30 July in Washington to officially launch the peace talks.
This came after Mr Kerry got the parties to agree to resume negotiations. The terms of the deal he hammered out have not been disclosed.
But as part of the process, Israel has agreed to release 104 long-serving Palestinian prisoners. This began with 26 in the early hours of 14 August.
The Palestinians, for their part, are expected to refrain from upgrading their membership of UN agencies.
The resumption of talks was preceded by the Israeli government's announcement of the construction of some 2,000 new settler homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The Palestinians voiced dismay but Mr Kerry said the move was "not unexpected".
Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are considered illegal under international law, although Israel disputes this.
What are they talking about?
Mr Kerry said in late July that all final-status issues - Jerusalem, borders, security arrangements, settlements and Palestinian refugees - would be on the table.
He did not specify a timetable and added that both sides had agreed to keep the contents of meetings confidential.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an April meeting with Mr Kerry that Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state would be among the first issues.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told reporters in Cairo in July that the talks would focus first on borders and security.
What's the timeframe for the peace process?
The US has announced that final-status talks will be held for nine months. Officials on the two sides have indicated their agreement to this.
After the initial Jerusalem talks, the parties will meet later in Jericho in the West Bank, although a date for this round has not yet been set.
Why is it so hard to reach agreement?
The negotiations will resume amid challenging circumstances for both sides.
The Palestinians are divided politically between the West Bank-based Fatah and Islamist Hamas movement, which has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007, and has condemned the talks.
Some other Palestinian groups, such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), staged protests against the talks.
Mr Netanyahu also faces internal challenges. Despite the public support for peace talks, some of his coalition partners - for example the Jewish Home party - and members of his own Likud party oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state.
More importantly, the two sides appear to have wide gaps separating their optimal positions. The Palestinians want East Jerusalem to be the capital of their state, an idea that is vehemently opposed by some parties in the Israeli cabinet, who maintain Jerusalem should be the undivided capital of Israel.
Mr Netanyahu's government is likely to insist on keeping some Israeli settlements in the West Bank or East Jerusalem as part of a final deal. Previous talks have suggested mutually-agreed land swaps with the Palestinians as a way to achieve this.
What has been agreed in previous deals?
The 1993 Oslo accords ushered in a new era with the formation of the Palestinian Authority as an interim body and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from parts of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
But the assassination of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 put the process on hold. Subsequent Israeli governments carried out more territorial withdrawals and signed further economic agreements, but without ending the conflict..
In September 2008, the two sides appeared to be close to signing a final peace deal during talks between former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Mr Abbas. However, this round ended fruitlessly after Mr Olmert's resignation over corruption charges and the alleged refusal by Mr Abbas to accept the Israeli offer.
What is at stake for the rest of the region?
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has long been seen as a driver of negative sentiment towards Israel in the Middle East and the wider Muslim world.
But the talks are resuming against the backdrop of regional upheavals after the Arab Spring. Since 2011, many neighbouring Arab countries, especially Egypt and Syria, have been in turmoil.
At stake is also the legacy of the Obama administration, and its push for better ties with the Muslim world.
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The 44-year-old Dutchman "intentionally insulted" King Willem-Alexander, accusing him of being a murderer, thief and rapist, the Dutch judiciary said.
He was convicted of breaking seldom-used royal defamation laws.
A Dutch political party has proposed scrapping the laws and the king has pledged to accept the outcome of any debate on the issue.
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The court in Overijssel suspended 16 days of the sentence and the man will not spend any more time in jail, having already spent 14 days in preventative custody last year.
He was found to have doctored images of executions online to include the king's face in place of those of the actual victims, the judiciary said.
"This behaviour is unacceptable in our society and demands that a penalty be imposed on the suspect," it said in a statement.
The Dutch D66 political party is campaigning to abolish the lese majeste law, which was last used in 2014 after an activist shouted obscene slogans about the royal family during a protest.
Prosecutors initially charged the protester but reversed the decision after the move was condemned as an attack on freedom of speech.
The Netherlands' lese majeste law dates from 1881 and carries sentences of up to five years jail or a fine of 20,000 euros ($22,200; £16,700).
In total 18 prosecutions were brought under the law between 2000 and 2012, half of which resulted in convictions, Dutch TV reported.
The remains of three skeletons were found inside Rosslyn Chapel when work to the heating system required floor slabs to be lifted.
Radiocarbon dating of two of the skeletons indicates they could have been buried in the mid-15th Century.
They were possibly buried at about the same time the chapel was constructed.
It is thought the skeletons were male and that at least one of them had undertaken heavy or repeated physical activity, with well-developed bone surfaces at the sites of muscle insertions.
Bones that had previously been disturbed were also found in the chapel precinct, with these dated back to between the 15th and 17th centuries. These were thought to be the remains of an adult male.
The AOC Archaeology Group in Midlothian carried out the excavation and analysis of the bones for the Rosslyn Chapel Trust, with the bones then prepared for reburial in line with guidance from Historic Environment Scotland.
Lindsay Dunbar, fieldwork project manager at AOC Archaeology Group, said: "Opportunities to work at such a world-famous and iconic monument as Rosslyn Chapel come along rarely, so it was with great anticipation that AOC undertook the archaeological monitoring during the construction of the new visitor centre and works at the chapel.
"The discovery of both disturbed and in situ burials was especially exciting given the limited amount of excavation necessary within the chapel to complete the conservation works.
"AOC was allowed ample time to complete the full excavation of the burials and the good preservation of the human bone allowed full osteoarchaeological analysis to be completed.
"Whilst it is unlikely that the burials represent the clergy, it is clear that to occupy such a space within such a small chapel means that these burials are of people important to the chapel."
Ian Gardner, director of the Rosslyn Chapel Trust, said: "The analysis provides valuable information about the age of the remains but, inevitably, questions remain unanswered about the identity of these men and their roles here.
"Today's ceremony to reinter the remains was simple but a very fitting way to return them to Rosslyn Chapel."
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Jones and Dagnall were dismissed after an unseemly first-half tussle, with Dagnall catching Jones as he chased a through ball, with both players ending up sprawled in combat on the edge of the box.
Dagnall was shown two yellow cards by referee Darren England, while the injured Jones was issued a straight red and carried off on a stretcher.
Matt Godden had given Stevenage an early lead, the striker latching onto a short throw-in and volleying neatly into the far corner after his first effort was blocked by George Ray.
But Crewe - who could boast back-to-back home wins and a point on their travels from their last three outings - demonstrated their improvement under new boss Dave Artell as they piled on the pressure.
Jordan Bowery drove wide and defender Ben Nugent failed to get a close-range effort on target, instead helping the ball out of the Stevenage box. Jon Guthrie then volleyed wide after Callum Cooke's blast was blocked.
The game erupted between Dagnall and Jones in the 25th minute, with veteran keeper Chris Day coming off the bench to go between the posts for Boro.
Stevenage were undeterred as they doubled their lead in the 36th minute when defender Fraser Franks headed home after Luke Wilkinson had nodded the ball back across the box.
James Jones halved the deficit when he fired home from the spot in the 71st minute after Wilkinson tripped George Cooper but Stevenage held on for an eighth league success on their travels.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Crewe Alexandra 1, Stevenage 2.
Second Half ends, Crewe Alexandra 1, Stevenage 2.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Connor Ogilvie.
Oliver Turton (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jobi McAnuff (Stevenage).
George Ray (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ben Kennedy (Stevenage).
Ben Nugent (Crewe Alexandra) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt blocked. Alex Kiwomya (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.
Foul by George Ray (Crewe Alexandra).
Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Callum Cooke (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Dale Gorman (Stevenage).
Attempt saved. Oliver Turton (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Luke Wilkinson.
George Ray (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ben Kennedy (Stevenage).
Zoumana Bakayogo (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ben Kennedy (Stevenage).
Foul by Zoumana Bakayogo (Crewe Alexandra).
Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Oliver Turton (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ben Kennedy (Stevenage).
Substitution, Stevenage. Dale Gorman replaces Matt Godden.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Attempt missed. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Charlie Lee.
Attempt blocked. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match (Stevenage).
Goal! Crewe Alexandra 1, Stevenage 2. James Jones (Crewe Alexandra) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
Penalty Crewe Alexandra. George Cooper draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Luke Wilkinson (Stevenage) after a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt missed. James Jones (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Charlie Lee (Stevenage) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Zoumana Bakayogo (Crewe Alexandra).
Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Tom Pett (Stevenage) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Zoumana Bakayogo (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Challinor, 41, took over in 2011 and won promotion to the fifth tier for the first time in the club's history last season.
He has won three promotions with the side since joining from Colwyn Bay.
"This has been in the offing for a while now and I'm delighted to get it sorted. I always wanted my future to be here," Challinor said.
The National League North champions have already signed six players this summer, with the new season starting in August.
John and Lynette Rodgers died on a beach at Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape on Friday 24 October.
A joint funeral is to be held for the couple at First Holywood Presbyterian Church in Holywood, County Down, where they were married two weeks ago.
The ceremony is due to take place on the morning of Monday, 2 November.
Mrs Rodgers, 26, was a physiotherapist from Holywood.
Her 28-year-old husband was originally from Ballygowan, County Down, and worked for a printing company in Holywood.
Following a 3-0 win over hosts VFL Osnabruck earlier in the afternoon, Lex Immers gave Cardiff the lead against St Pauli.
Maurice Litka equalised for but Lasse Sobiech's own goal before the break sealed victory for Cardiff.
Frederic Gounongbe, Declan John and Anthony Pilkington scored in the win over Osnabruck.
Summer signing Gounongbe headed Cardiff in front from Fabio's cross during the first half of a game played over two periods of 30 minutes.
Second half goals from Wales international John and Pilkington sealed victory.
But protesters remain at the sites in Central district and Mong Kok, and police said their action was aimed at easing traffic, not ending protests.
The protesters, calling for full democracy, have occupied parts of Hong Kong for more than two weeks.
China has agreed to direct elections for Hong Kong's leader in 2017 but wants to control who can stand.
Protesters say this is not democracy.
The early days of the protests saw huge numbers attend nightly rallies. At the end of last month tensions escalated after police used tear gas and baton charges on protestors.
Since then, there has been no use of force and police presence has been minimal.
In recent days numbers on the streets have dropped but small groups, some sleeping in tents, remain at the three sites at Mong Kok, at Causeway Bay and in Central, around government offices.
On Monday during the operations in Central and Mong Kok, police wore high-visibility jackets but no riot gear.
"Today we haven't come to clear the area," one police officer told protesters, the Associated Press reports. "We just want to clear the barricades blocking the road and take back the government's tools and other property."
The police action came a day after Hong Kong's leader CY Leung stressed that Beijing would not change its mind on reforms despite the protests.
He did not rule out the use of force to end the demonstrations.
"We've resorted to all kinds of persuasions... We absolutely would not prefer clearing the venue, but if one day the venue has to be cleared, I believe the police will use their professional judgement and training using minimum amount of force," he said.
Mr Leung again ruled out resigning and said that the protest movement had "lost control".
Mr Leung's government called off talks with protesters a day before they were to take place last week, saying students' refusal to end their campaign had made "constructive dialogue" impossible.
His new album, Blackstar, reached number one, selling almost 150,000 copies since its release last week.
It had already been on course to top the charts before news of his death was announced on Monday, said the Official Charts Company.
Thirteen Bowie tracks also entered the top 100, led by Heroes at number 12.
The song, which originally peaked at 24 in 1977, is joined in the top 40 by Life On Mars, Starman, Let's Dance and Space Oddity.
In total, Bowie sold 241,000 albums and 167,000 singles over the course of the week, while his songs were streamed more than 19 million times on services like Apple Music and Spotify, which said streams jumped by 2,822% following news of his death.
The star accounts for 25% of this week's Top 40, with the best-sellers including greatest hits collections Nothing Has Changed and Best Of 1969/1974.
Hunky Dory was the most popular of the Bowie's classic albums, charting at 14. The 1971 record includes the singles Life on Mars and Changes, as well as Kooks, an ode to Bowie's son whose lyrics went viral earlier this week.
BBC 6 Music is celebrating the music of David Bowie this weekend with specials from Steve Lamacq and Adam Buxton.
Elsewhere, Justin Bieber maintained his grip on the top five singles, with his Ed Sheeran-penned ballad Love Yourself spending a sixth week at the top.
His previous singles Sorry and What Do You Mean each slipped one place - to three and four respectively - pushed down by Shawn Mendes' new single Stitches.
The top five was rounded off by Sigala's dance track Sweet Lovin', up from number eight last week.
Elsewhere, Little Mix scored their 13th top 40 hit with Secret Love Song a duet with US singer Jason Derulo, which entered the chart at 34; while Craig David's career comeback continues apace, as the grime collaboration When The Bassline Drops, featuring Big Narstie, climbs 21 places to Number 15.
In doing so, it gives the British singer his first top 20 single since 2007's Hot Stuff (Let's Dance).
In the album chart, Elvis Presley holds firm at number two with If I Can Dream, featuring orchestral arrangements of his biggest hits. Adele's 25 fell to number three, giving up the top spot for the first time since its release last November.
Justin Bieber's Purpose is at four, while Stevie McCrorie - who won last year's edition of The Voice UK - scores a new entry at 35 with his first post-victory release, Big World.
Watch a special tribute programme David Bowie: Sound and Vision on the BBC iPlayer
A Mercedes hit cables and conductors in the city centre, with a man, 32, arrested on suspicion of drink driving.
The incident happened early Sunday morning with an electrical box catching fire after being hit.
A Western Power Distribution spokesman said power to most homes was restored within five minutes.
The midfielder is doubtful with a hamstring injury sustained five minutes from the end of Saturday's Premiership defeat by Crusaders at Seaview.
The 29-year-old is the club's second top scorer this season, having notched 18 goals, 12 of those from penalties and four from free-kicks.
Kane joined Ballymena from Cliftonville in 2011 and can play at right back.
Only striker Cathair Friel, with 19 goals, has found the net more often for United than Kane.
Both Ballymena and Carrick are looking to win the League Cup for the first time in their history and the clubs are meeting in a domestic decider for the first time since the 1984 Irish Cup final, which Ballymena won 4-1.
United have picked up the County Antrim Shield twice in recent years, but were losing finalists in the 2014 Irish Cup final and the 2015 League Cup decider.
Carrick last picked up senior silverware in the 1992-93 season, when they collected the County Antrim Shield.
Ballymena manager David Jeffrey won the League Cup six times during his time as manager of Linfield.
Ballymena reached the final by beating Newington YC, Linfield, Warrenpoint Town and Coleraine while Carrick accounted for Ballyclare Comrades, Armagh City, Dungannon Swifts and Glenavon.
The FTSE 100 rose 32.94 points to 7,410.67. Anglo American shares added 4% and Antofagasta was up 2.3%.
Top riser was media group Informa, which rose 6.8% after it posted a 40% rise in half-year revenues thanks to its global exhibitions business.
Virgin Money shares fell 8% after it warned on the UK housing market.
The FTSE 250-listed bank said that while the market should remain "resilient", there could be some "areas of weakness to be navigated" in the short term.
Its comments overshadowed news of 26% rise in half-year underlying profits to £128.6m.
Domino's Pizza Group fell nearly 7% after the company reported a slowdown in its sales growth.
Half-year pre-tax profits rose 9% to £44.6m, but UK like-for-like sales growth slowed to 2.4% from 13% a year earlier.
Acacia Mining shares were down a further 11% as investors reacted to news that the company had been handed a $190bn bill for unpaid taxes and penalties from Tanzania.
The company has been accused of under-reporting export revenues, which Acacia denies.
On the currency markets, the pound was unchanged against the dollar at $1.3025, and down 0,1% against the euro at 1.1179 euros.
Professor Richard Wyn Jones said Welsh ministers must slay "sacred cows" like Communities First and said having a coalition would be "crucial".
He argued the full replacement of EU aid to Wales was not a "realistic prospect".
The Welsh Government says it is working "intensively" with its UK counterpart.
In the wake of the referendum vote, which saw Wales back Brexit together with England, Carwyn Jones has called for the funding Wales gets from the EU to be safeguarded.
Prof Jones, who spoke to BBC Wales after he criticised the Welsh Government's referendum reaction in a debate at the National Eisteddfod on Brexit, said he understood ministers were in a "very difficult position" after voters rejected their call for a Remain vote.
The Cardiff University Wales Governance Centre academic said the Welsh Government's negotiating hand with the UK government was "much weaker than the Scottish and Northern Irish governments.
"That said, there seems to be a kind of lethargic reaction, almost a kind of business as usual reaction. I think it lacks reality," he said.
He said there was a "serious crisis for Welsh public finances" with Wales a "major net beneficiary of EU money".
"They seem to be proceeding as if telling London we just want to keep the same amount of money coming to Wales is a realistic prospect," he said.
"It clearly isn't, not least because the economy may well contract and there will be less money generally."
Calling for a fundamental rethink in the way public policy is done in Wales, Prof Jones said some schemes looked "unaffordable in this new context".
"Some sacred cows have to be slain," he said, citing Communities First - a Welsh Government programme aimed at tackling poverty - which he called a "failure" during the debate.
Prof Jones said: "I think most people who look at this know that the delivery over years has not matched the aspirations.
"Is that the best way of helping these communities? Probably not."
"I think we need to build a sustainable stable government in Wales, which is actually willing to make some hard decisions," Prof Jones added.
He told the discussion at the Eisteddfod that a coalition government in the wake of the vote was "crucial".
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "On Brexit, the first minister and cabinet are committed to getting the best outcomes for Wales and make no apology for doing so.
"This includes seeking a cast iron commitment that Wales will not lose a penny of the EU money budgeted to us in the period up to 2020.
"It seems a little surprising that anyone who prioritises Wales' interests should argue against that aim."
The spokesman said the government was "working intensively" with the UK and other devolved governments across "wide policy areas".
"All this work is being taken forward while continuing to maximise delivery of the existing EU programmes in a calm and consistent way - to do otherwise would be letting down the people who benefit from them," he said.
Bodycam footage shows a confrontation between Atherstone Hunt members and West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs in Leicestershire, on Saturday.
A thud is heard, followed by a scream, and a woman is then seen clutching her head. She was later treated in hospital, the saboteur group said.
A man was arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm.
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He has since been released on bail.
The Atherstone Hunt said it was co-operating with the police and all available video footage has been handed to them.
The animal rights group said they were tracking the hunt in Derby Road, Shackerstone, when the "unprovoked attack" took place.
The clip shows two female saboteurs walking alongside several hunt members on horseback, on a footbridge.
Angry exchanges are heard and then a thud, before a woman screams out. A male rider then denies having done anything.
The group said she was taken to hospital to have her head "glued back together".
The video also shows a saboteur being spat and sworn at after he confronts a man about what had happened earlier.
Leicestershire Police said: "One man has been arrested on suspicion of ABH following a report of an assault which is alleged to have happened in Derby Road, Shackerstone, on Saturday February 11.
"He has been bailed pending further enquiries."
The Environment Department says the contract has not yet been signed, but it will see the States buying a new fleet of buses over a number of years.
The five-and-a-half year contract went out to tender six months ago.
CT Plus already runs the island's scheduled bus service and claims the new contract will see a number of improvements.
Dai Powell, CEO of parent company HCT Group, said there would be better online information, including real-time data on bus movements through an App.
He said the new terms will also see improvements to the service itself and increased training for the staff to help them deal with the specific needs of islanders.
"We are still in discussions with the States and therefore at this stage we are unable to go into great detail, but we are excited about the possibilities of taking the bus service in Guernsey to the next level," he said.
Environment Department Minister Yvonne Burford said she had received assurances CT Plus would deliver according to the improved terms of service.
No details have been released about how the States intend to provide or pay for a bus depot.
Andrew Conway and Ronan O'Mahony scored two tries apiece, with Robin Copeland, Darren O'Shea and Alex Wootton also crossing for the Irish province.
Tyler Bleyendaal kicked a penalty and three conversions for Munster, with Ian Keatley also adding a conversion.
Ian McKinley's early penalty proved to be Treviso's only score of the match.
With man-of-the-match Bleyendaal pulling the strings from fly-half in freezing temperatures, Munster led 22-3 at half-time.
The hosts took a while to settle, former Leinster fly-half McKinley booting Treviso into an eighth-minute lead before Bleyendaal responded on the quarter-hour mark.
A terrific five-metre scrum saw Munster march Treviso back over their line for number eight Copeland to touch down in the 20th minute, with Bleyendaal converting for 10-3.
The New Zealander increased his influence with a well-weighted chip through, O'Mahony raced up to pressurise the Treviso cover and the onrushing Conway pounced on the loose ball for an unconverted try.
Darren Sweetnam did well to thwart Michael Tagicakibau from McKinley's dangerous cross-field kick, before Munster extended their lead to 19 points with a brilliantly worked 34th-minute try from inside their own half.
Bleyendaal's deft kick pass found O'Mahony, at full tilt, and he did well to link with the supporting Conway who sped along the left touchline for a classy seven-pointer.
O'Shea's first Pro12 try, barely two minutes after the restart, saw him charge onto a Bleyendaal pass and he proved unstoppable from close range. The Kiwi threaded the difficult conversion through the posts for good measure.
Without a large number of players through international call-ups and injuries, Treviso continued to struggle at set-piece time and could not penetrate a solid Munster defence, which was typified by young debutant centre Sam Arnold.
The game lulled along with Munster guilty of poor discipline, before O'Mahony made it over in the corner in the 64th minute after an initial maul had been held up.
Wootton made an immediate impact off the bench, and the Ireland Sevens international rounded his man for the second time to notch a deserved try, converted by Ian Keatley.
Munster could have had a couple more scores late on, but they did register a seventh of the afternoon when Copeland used lineout ball to break to the blindside and feed O'Mahony for another crisp finish.
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Munster: A Conway; D Sweetnam, S Arnold, J Taute, R O'Mahony; T Bleyendaal, D Williams; D Kilcoyne, R Marshall, J Ryan; D Foley, D O'Shea; J O'Donoghue, T O'Donnell (capt), R Copeland.
Replacements: N Scannell, T du Toit, S Archer, J Kleyn, B Holland, A Lloyd, I Keatley, A Wootton.
Benetton Treviso: J Hayward; M Tagicakibau, T Iannone, A Sgarbi (capt), L Sperandio; I McKinley, T Tebaldi; A De Marchi, L Bigi, M Zanusso; F Gerosa, M Van Vuren; M Lazzaroni, F Ferrarini, M Barbini.
Replacements: D Giazzon, F Zani, T Pasquali, R Santamaria, F Conforti, E Francesato, A Pratichetti, D Odiete.
Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)
Assistant referees: Sam Grove-White (SRU), Oisin Quinn (IRFU)
Citing Commissioner: Eddie Walsh (IRFU)
Express Contract Drying, Ebbw Vale, has taken on 18 more staff after installing new machinery.
It is part of a £3m investment at the site over the past three years which has increased the plant's capacity.
The company, based at Rassau Industrial Estate, manufactures colourings and flavourings for the food and pharmaceutical industries.
The education watchdog warns of a "one-size fits all" model in England which leaves behind young people who do not succeed in exams.
Better vocational training would reduce youth unemployment, says Sir Michael.
"We simply have to improve the quality of our technical provision," insists the Ofsted chief.
Sir Michael says that complaints about the quality of vocational education have been made for 50 years, but without sufficient improvement
"I can almost sense eyes glazing over when I say this," he says.
But he argues that it is a "moral imperative as well as an economic one that we do something now to change direction".
Sir Michael says there must not be another "false dawn" in improving vocational options and "the country cannot continue to fail half its future".
He warns that vocational training should not be a "dumping ground for the disaffected and cater just for the lower-ability youngsters".
The Ofsted chief says that some European countries, such as Germany and Switzerland, had lower youth unemployment rates because of a better training system.
This reflects a recent survey from City and Guilds that showed how the most developed vocational systems were linked to better rates of youth employment.
At present, Sir Michael says the education system in England does not offer enough opportunities for those who do not succeed at GCSEs.
"The statistics show that those who fail to achieve the required grades in maths and English at 16 make little or no progress in further education colleges two years later," says the Ofsted head.
"Preparation for employment remains poor and careers guidance in both schools and colleges is uniformly weak."
Sir Michael's speech, responding to the Centre Forum think tank proposals to raise standards, also raises the question of who is responsible for the oversight of schools when some are academies, under the scrutiny of regional schools commissioners, and others the responsibility of local authorities.
He accuses the current system of being "confusing and ill-defined".
But Sir Michael says such problems are within the context of a school system that had greatly improved.
"People forget how bad things were in the miserable decades of the 70s, 80s and 90s," he says.
"They forget how many children were failed by political neglect, misguided ideologies, weak accountability and low expectations.
"They forget how local authorities failed to challenge and support head teachers. They forget how much they conceded to vested interests and how infrequently they championed the rights of children to a decent education."
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Glasgow Warriors' Bennett, 23, comes in at inside centre for Huw Jones, who was injured in the 19-16 defeat of Argentina.
Ross Ford returns at hooker while Richie Gray is also back, partnering brother Jonny in the second row.
And, in the back row, Rob Harley and Ryan Wilson earn starts.
Their inclusion at blindside flanker and number 8 means John Barclay drops to the bench, while Magnus Bradbury misses out after making his debut against the Pumas.
Fraser Brown makes way for Ford while Grant Gilchrist joins Brown on the bench to accommodate the return of Richie Gray in the second row.
Jones was injured in the act of setting up Sean Maitland's try against Argentina, with captain Greig Laidlaw's added-time penalty securing victory.
That result followed a 23-22 loss to Australia, with the first two Tests of the series taking place at Murrayfield.
Kilmarnock FC's Rugby Park, which has an artificial 3G pitch, is the venue for Georgia's visit, with the east Ayrshire ground used for the 2014 win over Tonga.
"Our players are excited to be back in Kilmarnock and having them supporting us like they did two years ago will be great," said Scotland head coach Vern Cotter.
"The crowd's enthusiasm will be key to getting a good performance; the players feed off the energy from the stands. It's really does help spur on the guys.
"Georgia are striving to be among the world's best as they knock on the door of the top 10 in the world rankings.
"We are expecting a typical Georgian game. They will be physical up front as they play a forwards-based game, however they are also developing their backs."
Scotland: Hogg, Maitland, Bennett, Dunbar, Seymour, Russell, Laidlaw (capt); Dell, Ford, Fagerson, R Gray, J Gray, Harley, Watson, Wilson.
Replacements: Brown, Allan, Low, Gilchrist, Barclay, Price, Horne, Hughes.
At least 14 people were killed and more wounded after US-trained Somali special forces soldiers stormed the building.
Journalists at the scene say they have seen the bodies of both militants and soldiers.
Islamist al-Shabab is linked to al-Qaeda and has been battling the UN-backed government in Somalia since 2006, frequently targeting civilians.
Hussein Ali, a member of Mogadishu's ambulance service, told the Associated Press that there were 28 wounded.
The Somali ambassador to Switzerland, Yusuf Baribari, is among the dead.
Other diplomats escaped by jumping from windows.
The attack began when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed car outside the building.
Hotels in Mogadishu are often targeted by al-Shabab militants, who were driven from the city several years ago but still control southern rural areas.
An al-Shabab spokesman told the BBC that the Maka al-Mukarama hotel was attacked because of its popularity with government officials.
"We don't consider it to be a hotel - it's a government base," he said.
A car bomb went off outside the hotel earlier this month - an attack also claimed by al-Shabab.
Many politicians and businessmen stay at the hotel as it is on the main road linking the presidential palace to the city's airport.
Somalia has been ravaged by conflict for more than two decades.
But thousands of Somalis have been returning from abroad to help rebuild the country as security has improved in recent years.
African Union troops have been helping the UN-backed government retake territory from the militants.
The billionaire passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on 10 April at the age of 89.
The private funeral at Glasgow Cathedral was also attended by representatives from the motoring industry.
The tycoon opened his first showroom in 1954 in Glasgow, and he was recognised for services to the motor industry when he was knighted by the Queen in 2004.
He was confirmed as Britain's first billionaire car dealer in the Sunday Times Rich List in 2016.
Sir Arnold's family said after he died: "He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather and a great friend and employer to many.
"He was an inspiration and the family will continue to carry on his vision. He will be greatly missed."
Sir Arnold built up 200 dealerships across the UK.
A statement from the firm said: "A truly inspirational business leader, Sir Arnold's work ethic and strong family values will continue to inspire all those who work for the group."
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BBC Radio Wales spoke to people in Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire.
One woman said nurses like her in Glangwili hospital in Carmarthen had not had a pay rise in five years.
A man suggested NHS staff, teachers and emergency service workers who were struggling were more deserving of extra money.
They were speaking to Sarah Moore.
The malware uses a vulnerability identified by the US National Security Agency, but it has been "weaponised" and unleashed by someone entirely different.
So far, nobody seems to know who did it nor where they are.
Mikko Hypponen, head of research at security company F-Secure, said its analysis of the malware had not revealed any smoking gun.
"We're tracking over 100 different ransom Trojan gangs, but we have no info on where WannaCry is coming from," he told the BBC.
The clues that might reveal who is behind it are few and far between.
The first version of the malware turned up on 10 February and was used in a short ransomware campaign that began on 25 March.
Spam email and booby-trapped websites were used to distribute WannaCry 1.0, but almost no-one was caught out by it.
Version 2.0, which wrought havoc over the weekend, was the same as the original apart from the addition of the module that turned it into a worm capable of spreading by itself.
Analysis of the code inside WannaCry had revealed little, said Lawrence Abrams, editor of the Bleeping Computer security news website, which tracks these malicious threats.
"Sometimes with ransomware we can get a clue based on strings in the executables or if they upload it to Virus Total to check for detections before distribution," he said.
Those clues could point to it being the work of an established group, he said, but there was little sign of any tell-tale text in the version currently circulating.
"This launch has been pretty clean," said Mr Abrams.
Other researchers have noticed some other aspects of the malware that suggest it might be the work of a new group.
Many have pointed out that it is happy to infect machines running Cyrillic script.
By contrast, much of the malware emerging from Russia actively tries to avoid infecting people in its home nation.
Plus, the time stamp on the code suggests it was put together on a machine that is nine hours ahead of GMT - suggesting its creators are in Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines or the parts of China and Russia that are a long way east.
There are other hints in the curious ways that WannaCry operates that suggest it is the work of people new to the trade.
To begin with, the worm has been almost too successful, having hit more than 200,000 victims - many times more than are usually caught out by ransomware aimed at large organisations.
Administering that huge number of victims will be very difficult.
Whoever was behind it unwittingly crippled the malware by not registering the domain written in its core code.
Registering and taking over this domain made it possible for security researcher Marcus Hutchins to limit its spread.
There are other methods used to administer infected machines, notably via the Tor dark web network, and these addresses are being scrutinised for activity.
There are other artefacts in the code of the malware that might prove useful to investigators, said cyber-security expert Prof Alan Woodward from the University of Surrey.
In particular, he said, law enforcement might be probing use of the kill-switch domain to see if it was queried before the malware was sent out.
Other signifiers might be in the code for an entirely different purpose.
"It's often the case that many criminals put deliberate false flags in there to confuse and obfuscate," he said.
Also, most large-scale ransomware campaigns typically generate a unique bitcoin address for each infection.
This makes it straightforward for the thieves behind the malware to make sure they restore the files only of people who have paid.
WannaCry uses three hard-coded bitcoin addresses to gather ransom payments, and that is likely to make it challenging to work out who has paid, assuming the gang behind it does intend to restore locked files.
The bitcoin payments might offer the best bet for tracking the perpetrators, said Dr James Smith, chief executive of Elliptic, which analyses transactions on the blockchain - the key part of bitcoin that logs who spent what.
Bitcoin was not as anonymous as many thieves would like it to be, he said, because every transaction was publicly recorded in the blockchain.
This can help investigators build up a picture of where the money is flowing to and from.
"Ultimately criminals are motivated by money," he said, "so eventually that money is going to be collected and moved.
"The timing of that movement is going to be the big question, and we expect that will be down to how much gets paid in ransoms over the next few days."
Currently, the total paid to those bitcoin addresses is more than $50,000 (£39,000).
"Everyone is watching those addresses very carefully," said Dr Smith.
Ryanair flight FR3532, which left Glasgow at 13:23 on Tuesday, landed safely and the pair were removed and detained by local police.
The aircraft then continued its journey to the Canary Islands.
A Ryanair spokesman said it would not tolerate unruly behaviour, and that passenger safety was a priority.
GAA history was made in the Section B game at Garvaghey as Maggie Farrelly from Cavan became the first female to referee an inter-county match.
In Wednesday's other McKenna clash, Antrim came from four points down to claim a 3-11 to 1-11 victory over Queen's University at the Dub.
The next McKenna action is on Saturday night when Cavan host UUJ.
Fermanagh and St Mary's were locked on six points each at half-time in their match at Tyrone's GAA Centre.
Tomás Corrigan landed four first-half points while Eoin Donnelly and Ciaran Flaherty also scored for Fermanagh.
Darragh Kavanagh bagged two early points for the students who were denied a goal when Chris Snow saved brilliantly from Matthew Fitzpatrick.
St Mary's scored four points in a row early in the second half but substitute Sean Quigley inspired an Erne County revival and the match was level at 12 points each.
The game remained in the balance with O'Flaherty's late goal proving decisive.
Meanwhile, Antrim defeated Queen's University by six points in south Belfast, where the competition saw the first game hosted by a college side.
A tight Section A contest was finally decided by a lobbed goal by Brian 'Bam' Neeson, who has returned to the county colours after a year away.
Marty Clarke edged the students ahead early on from a free, his potential return to Down colours remaining a mystery after two games in the McKenna Cup
Queen's led by 0-8 to 0-5 at the interval, but a Ryan Murray goal gave the Saffrons a timely lift shortly after the resumption.
Tomas McCann fired home a brilliant second goal for Antrim, but Gerard McGovern also hit the net for QUB as they continued to test their opponents.
But Frank Fitzsimons' side got the upper hand in the closing stages, pulling clear with a point from substitute Donal Nugent, before Neeson sealed it with a skilful finish in the closing stages.
Hawkins, ninth in Rio, was narrowly beaten into second place on Saturday by the USA's Leonard Korir in the 8k race.
Though he admitted afterwards that was "bitter-sweet", he knows the signs are growing ever more encouraging.
"Hopefully at the Worlds I can improve on what I did at the Olympics," the 24-year-old told BBC Scotland.
Hawkins finished two places better off in Edinburgh compared to the 2016 event at Holyrood Park.
"Last year I used this as an opener, to start my season off when I was training for the London Marathon," he said. "To be in a better place than I was then shows I can maybe even improve on this.
"This year the depth of the race, the standard, was a lot higher so to actually improve on my position from last year shows how much I've come on, how much of an improvement there's been."
In finishing second, he not only became the first Briton to beat Sir Mo Farah in any race in seven years, he also finished ahead of last year's winner, the American Garrett Heath.
"To be fair it's not Mo at his best because clearly he's in winter work at the moment, he's not 100%. But to beat Garrett Heath and even to be so close to Leonard Korir - he's a quality athlete," added the Scot, from Elderslie in Renfrewshire.
"I was pretty disappointed when I got pipped at the line but I'm pleased just with the way the race went. I made it hard, did what I planned to do before. It's a bit bitter-sweet but that's racing."
Like most athletes of his pedigree, everything he does just now is geared towards one clear goal.
"The World Championships in August is my main aim," he continued. "Hopefully I can go and do the New York half-marathon in March, that would be my next goal, and after that it'll be 100% on the World Championships.
"The crowd here were loud enough. I can't imagine what the crowds at the World Championships in London are going to be like. To have such a big event in your home country, in the capital, will be incredible."
Despite an off day for Farah, Hawkins paid tribute to the inspiration he has given British athletes, showing them they can compete with the world's best.
Another Scots runner aiming to do just that at London 2017 is Laura Muir, who produced another strong display to bring the British 4x1km relay team home in first place.
"I am really pleased; it was all I was hoping for," Muir, who ran her leg in around 2:52, 10 seconds faster than last year, told BBC Scotland.
"Having that role as captain, I just wanted to do well for the team, so I am glad I could do that and bring the team home."
After a three-week training stint in South Africa, next on Muir's agenda is setting another indoor record at 1000m next month, to add to the recent British indoor 5,000m and British 1500m records she already holds.
"I am hoping to run a really fast time at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix (on 18 February) and possibly get Kelly's British record over the 1K indoors (a time of 2:32.96, run in Birmingham 13 years ago)."
Beyond that, the 23-year-old confirmed the possibility of running both the 1500m and 5,000m at the World Championships.
"I am thinking about it, definitely," she added.
"I think I have shown I have got the talent for the 5K as well. We won't know until the summer when I start racing the world-class girls where I am placed, and if I should do that in London. But the timetable works, so it is an open idea."
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Linfield were second best throughout at Seaview and the Crues were full value for their lead when Jordan Owens put them ahead on 39 minutes.
Paul Heatley doubled the Crusaders advantage on 49 and Owens completed the scoring with a 73rd-minute header after a brilliant Billy Joe Burns cross.
Crusaders's win reduces Linfield's lead at the top to two points.
Reece Glendinning did head an early Linfield chance wide but the Crues were largely dominant as the Blues struggled to contain the home team's greater urgency and physicality.
Billy Joe Burns, Richard Clarke and Colin Coates all went close for the defending league champions before Owens did nod them into the lead on 39 minutes.
After a poor attempted clearance by Sean Ward, Linfield centre-back Mark Haughey badly misjudged the flight of Burns's cross and Owens powered his header pass Ross Glendinning.
Heatley wasted a chance to double the Crusaders lead before the break as he over-ran the ball but the winger made no mistake on 49 minutes when he blasted to the net after a nod-down by the impressive Owens.
Gavin Whyte and Owens missed further chances to extend the Crusaders lead before the big striker glanced in his second goal of the day on 73 after a superb Burns delivery.
Andy Waterworth tested Sean O'Neill late on but it was an afternoon that Warren Feeney and his players will want to forget.
The Brunswick sank on Christmas Eve 1900 as it approached Bristol, with the loss of seven lives.
Images taken by Bristol Port's hydrographic team have revealed the wreck of the cargo vessel.
Its secrets are likely to remain protected as it is already being reburied by sand and sediments.
The Brunswick was a British screw steamer built in Glasgow in 1898 and ran regularly delivering cargo between Liverpool and Bristol.
A report revealed it sank at about 5:30 GMT on 24 December after running aground in thick fog as it approached Black Nore Point, near Portishead.
The court hearing in January 1901 was "of the opinion that it was caused by the vessel grounding on a very steep bank, which gave her a heavy list, and so subjected her to a strong flood tide setting broadside on her starboard bilge".
Seven men drowned and the master of the ship, John Richard Wade, was criticised for not slowing down or asking for an extra lookout "instead of going on blindly at full speed as he appears to have done".
A Bristol Port team, which was carrying out a routine survey of the channel, has now spotted the wreck 117 years later.
John Chaplin from the Bristol Port company, said the discovery was the first of its type he had experienced in 17 years.
"The dynamic nature of the estuary means the sands and sediments are shifting all the time," he added.
"It just happened that this wreck has been exposed as we were surveying the area."
A second site visit has revealed that the wreck is already being covered again.
After hooking the India bowler for successive sixes, Broad tried to repeat the shot but top-edged the ball between the grille and peak of his helmet.
The 28-year-old Nottinghamshire player retired hurt to have his nose stitched and left the ground for an X-ray after tea, but he was not needed to bowl as England completed an innings victory.
After X-rays confirmed the fracture, Broad will be treated further over the course of the week and the England medical team anticipate he will be available for the fifth Test, which begins at The Oval on Friday.
Broad tweeted a picture of his injury on Sunday morning alongside the comment: "Little bit sore this morning but not too bad! Doc did a great job with the stitches. On to The Oval! (With a mask)."
England were bowled out for 367, a lead of 215 over the tourists, then bowled them out for 161 to win by an innings and 54 runs.
Broad took 6-25 on the first day of the match as India were skittled out for 152.
In his absence, Chris Woakes shared the new ball with James Anderson in India's second innings.
Many countries and international charities have offered aid to Nepal to deal with the disaster.
Seventeen people have killed on Mount Everest by avalanches - the mountain's worst-ever disaster.
Officials fear that the death toll could rise as the desperate search for survivors continues.
The 7.8 magnitude quake struck an area of central Nepal between the capital, Kathmandu, and the city of Pokhara on Saturday morning.
The latest home ministry figures say 1,805 people were killed and 4,718 people were injured.
There were also victims in India, Bangladesh, in the Chinese region of Tibet and on Mount Everest, where avalanches were triggered.
Little information has emerged from the epicentre, where extensive damage has been reported, and there are fears the death toll could rise yet further.
It is the worst earthquake to strike Nepal since one in 1934 which killed some 8,500 people.
"We have launched a massive rescue and rehabilitation action plan and lots needs to be done," Information and Broadcasting Minister Minendra Rijal told Indian television.
"Our country is in a moment of crisis and we will require tremendous support and aid."
World leaders and global charities have offered emergency aid to Nepal, as the government grapples with the scale of the disaster.
Its task is made harder because internet and mobile phone communications are erratic, with many roads closed due to quake damage.
The United States, China, Pakistan and European Union countries are among those who have pledged aid.
The US Embassy in Nepal pledged $1m (£660,000) in initial aid while the US Agency for International Development sent an urban search and rescue team.
"We are working closely with the government of Nepal to provide assistance and support,'' said Secretary of State John Kerry.
China on Sunday dispatched a 62-member search and rescue team.
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A number of international charities including Red Cross, Oxfam, Doctors Without Borders and Christian Aid are also sending teams to quake-hit areas.
"We do not yet know the scope of the damage, but this could be one of the deadliest and most devastating earthquakes since the 1934 tremor which devastated Nepal and [the Indian state of] Bihar," said International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Asia-Pacific Director Jagan Chapagain.
The IFRC said it was especially worried about the fate of villages near the epicentre of the quake, some 80km (50 miles) from the capital Kathmandu.
In Europe, Britain, Germany and Spain pledged assistance, with Norway pledging $3.9m in humanitarian aid.
"The absolute priority must be to reach people who are trapped and injured, and provide shelter and protection to those who have lost their homes," UK International Development Secretary Justine Greening said.
Foreign climbers and their Nepalese guides around Mount Everest were caught by the tremors and a huge avalanche.
As well as the 17 confirmed deaths, 61 people were injured when part of the base camp was buried under snow.
Helicopters trying to airlift the injured to Kathmundu were delayed by cloudy weather, but have now managed to land at the base camp.
Dan Fredinburg, a Google executive who described himself as an adventurer, has also killed, Google confirmed.
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Chris Brennan, 15, died at Bethlem Royal Hospital, south London, in August 2014. He had been admitted six weeks before after incidents of self harming.
The coroner found a lack of a risk assessment and an up-to-date care plan had contributed to his death.
The number of self-harming incidents on the unit had "desensitised" staff to the dangers, said coroner Selina Lynch.
Chris, who had mental health problems, repeatedly harmed himself while he was at the adolescent unit, which is run by the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust.
South London Coroner's Court found there was no discussion about the number or seriousness of the incidents in a care meeting that took place days before he died from asphyxiation.
The court heard the unit was struggling to cope with basic functions, due to staffing issues, which led to poor morale and performance.
His family said: "Losing our beloved son and brother when he was just 15 years old was so painful.
"Losing him as a result of the hospital's failure to protect his life is unbearable. Chris will never be forgotten and no other child should be allowed to die in this way."
In a statement the trust offered its "sincere apologies" to Chris's family.
It added: "Areas of learning for the trust were identified through a serious incident investigation and we have carefully reviewed our procedures accordingly.
"More recently, the service has been inspected by the Care Quality Commission and care was found to be of a 'good' standard. We hope this offers some reassurance to the family that lessons have been learnt from this very tragic event."
Chris is one of 11 young people to have died in psychiatric units in England between 2010 and 2014, according to the charity INQUEST which provides advice to people bereaved by a death in custody.
Outside court, the family's solicitor, Tony Murphy, said: "The family supports the calls for (Health Secretary) Jeremy Hunt to commission an independent review into the deaths of children in psychiatric hospitals."
He added that deaths in psychiatric hospitals were not investigated by an independent body pre-inquest, which meant that coroners had to rely on evidence gathered by the very organisation under investigation.
Deborah Coles, director of the charity Inquest, which represented the family, said: "The lack of resourcing of child and adolescent mental health services across the country is a national scandal."
The purpose-built trains bearing a red cross carried 2.7m passengers in the United Kingdom during the conflict.
Some carriages were filled with rows of bunk beds to hold recovering soldiers, while others served as treatment rooms.
The opening of the exhibition at the National Railway Museum in York marks 100 years since the busiest day of ambulance train traffic during the war.
The trains also carried people in the Western Front, the Mediterranean and Egypt, with medical staff living on-board.
Rest rooms were established at railway stations across the UK to deal with wounded troops coming back from the front lines.
Several of the most renowned poets of the war, including Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, travelled on ambulance trains.
Excerpt from Good-Bye to All That, an autobiography by Robert Graves
"That evening, the R.A.M.C. orderlies dared not lift me from the stretcher to a hospital train bunk, for fear of it starting haemorrhage in the lung.
So they laid the stretcher above it, with the handles resting on the head-rail and foot-rail.
I had now been on the same stretcher for five days. I remember the journey as a nightmare."
Despite carrying a red cross, some trains were still shelled and hid in tunnels for protection.
The XH558 has been based at South Yorkshire's Robin Hood Airport since March 2011 after the RAF Lyneham base closure was announced.
It has been decided that "challenging modifications" to both wings would not be sustainable to the old aircraft.
The Vulcan to the Sky Trust said it decided not to fund the repairs.
Trust chief executive Dr Robert Pleming told supporters: "At the end of next year, she will need a £200,000 modification to her wings to increase her flying life.
"We know that you would do your utmost to fund this work, but for a number of reasons we have decided not to ask you to take this risk."
In May, Doncaster Robin Hood Airport was forced to close temporarily after the Vulcan bomber aborted take-off due to an engine fault.
The trust's engineering director Andrew Edmondson added: "There is no possibility of rectification if an error is made. We are not saying we cannot do it, just that it is risky so other factors must be taken into account.
"From the start of the 2014 season, it is unlikely that we could accommodate any engine failures.
"There are no more airworthy engines available, and refurbishment would be so difficult and costly that there is no possibility that it will happen."
The Vulcan to the Sky Trust, which has kept the bomber in the skies for six years, said it needed in excess of £1m to carry out repairs and maintenance in coming months.
It was restored at Bruntingthorpe in Leicestershire with the majority of the funding coming from public donations and the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The Vulcan XH558 took its first flight on 25 May 1960 and was originally built to carry nuclear weapons but was only ever used as a nuclear deterrent.
The bomber retired from service in 1993 and is the only one left of the 134 that were built for the Royal Air Force.
They are unhappy at what they see as Turkish support for Islamic State (IS) militants attacking the border town of Kobane.
Riot police used tear gas and water cannon in a number of towns and cities as the disturbances spread across the country, including Ankara and Istanbul.
Violent protests also erupted on the streets in Germany.
Curfews have now been imposed in several cities in south-eastern Turkey with large Kurdish populations.
Ten of the deaths occurred in the main Turkish-Kurdish city of Diyarbakir, where the rioting saw shops and buses set on fire as well as reported clashes between Kurdish activists and supporters of Islamist groups sympathetic to IS.
Deaths were also reported in the eastern provinces of Mardin, Siirt, Batman and Mus. Many more were injured, and there were casualties in Istanbul and the capital Ankara as trouble spread further west.
While much of the unrest involved Kurdish protesters clashing with police, some of the violence was between Kurdish opponents of IS and radical Islamist Kurds who back the group.
Analysis: Mark Lowen, BBC News, in Istanbul
The sudden wave of unrest has taken Turkey by surprise, with protests spreading to almost 30 cities.
Curfews are now in place, in some provinces for the first time in over two decades, and Turkish troops have been deployed.
Some of the violence has been between Kurdish groups and supporters of Islamic State. But the main protests have been directed against the Turkish government, with Kurds calling for military intervention in the besieged town of Kobane.
Turkey's President Erdogan has reiterated that his country will only get more involved if the coalition targets President Bashar al-Assad as well as IS.
But Washington says the air strikes are focused for now on IS. So Turkey remains unlikely to send troops into Syria - and the worst violence for years with the Kurds here looks set to build.
Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala accused the demonstrators of "betraying their own country" and warned them to stop protesting or encounter "unpredictable" consequences.
"Violence will be met with violence. This irrational attitude should immediately be abandoned and [the protesters] should withdraw from the streets," he told reporters in Ankara.
But the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) called for members and supporters to take to the streets to protest against the IS offensive.
Although a ceasefire was declared in March 2013, after decades of armed struggle the PKK is seen as a terrorist group in Turkey.
Meanwhile, Turkish border police reportedly stopped as many as 300 Kurds who had crossed into Turkey from Kobane.
What the Turkish newspapers are saying:
Most papers are highly critical of the protests. Centre-right Hurriyet denounces them as a "threat to peace", warning they might endanger talks between the government and Kurdish rebels.
It quotes President Erdogan as saying Kurdish politicians are trying to use Kobane to "blackmail" Turkey, a theme taken up by mainstream Milliyet. Centre-right Haberturk warns readers of a "trap", and pro-government Yeni Safak portrays the protesters as "enemies of Turkey".
Several papers use fire analogies, with tabloid Posta referring to "days of fire". Opposition Cumhuriyet says "fire surrounds Turkey", and left-wing Taraf worries that "Kobane fire burns us from the inside".
Only left-wing Birgun is supportive of the protests, running a provocative headline comparing the governing AKP party with Islamic State - "IS in Kobane, AKP in Turkey".
Beyond Turkey, a number of people were hurt when clashes broke out in the German city of Hamburg after hundreds of Kurdish demonstrators in Hamburg held a rally against IS militants.
Some 400 Kurdish protesters fought with a similar number of radical Muslims, police told German media. Demonstrators, some carrying knives and knuckle-dusters, were eventually separated by police firing water cannon.
Injuries were also reported after violence involving members of the Yazidi religious group, most of whom are Kurds, and ethnic Chechens in the town of Celle in Lower Saxony.
Although endowed with many fine beaches and a growing tourism industry, much of the country is mountainous and prone to earthquakes and eruptions from around 20 active volcanoes. It is often buffeted by typhoons and other storms.
The Philippines - a Spanish colony for more than three centuries and named after a 16th century Spanish king - was taken over by the US in the early 20th century after a protracted civil and armed campaign for independence from Madrid that began in 1896. Spanish and US influences remain strong, especially in terms of language, religion and government.
Self-rule in 1935 was followed by full independence in 1946 under a US-style constitution. The Philippines was marked by rapid economic development and a flourishing democracy until the rule of President Ferdinand Marcos, a close ally of the US, who imposed martial law in the early 1970s.
His corrupt and repressive rule led to economic stagnation and growing public discontent, culminating in mass demonstrations in 1986 that cost him the support of the armed forces.
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Although the country has remained a democracy since the fall of President Marcos, it enjoyed little stability for decades thereafter. President Joseph Estrada was forced out of office in 2001 after months of protests at his corrupt rule, and there were a number of coup attempts against his successor, Gloria Arroyo.
On the southern island of Mindanao, Moro rebels fought for 40 years for a separate Islamic state within the mainly-Catholic country. The decades-long conflict claimed more than 120,000 lives before a peace deal in 2012 laid the ground for greater Muslim autonomy in the south.
The radical Islamist Abu Sayyaf group, which is linked to Al-Qaeda, continues intermittent attacks on the island of Jolo.
Since 1969, the government has also faced a protracted guerrilla campaign across much of the country by the communist New People's Army (NPA). A serious effort at talks in February 2011 resulted in an agreement with the NPA to work towards a peace deal by 2012, although mutual distrust remains a problem.
The economy, one of the region's best-performing in the 1990s, slowed down at the turn of the 21st century but has recovered steadily since 2004. The Philippines now ranks as one of the most promising newly-industrialised countries, with its export economy moving away from agriculture to electronics, petroleum and other goods.
The prospect of peace could open up the resources-rich south to foreign investment, which is still overshadowed by the billions of dollars sent home each year from the huge expatriate workforce. These remittances, like the tourism industry, leave the country vulnerable for the time being to any negative global economic trends.
The Philippines has one of the highest birth rates in Asia, and forecasters say the population could double within three decades. Governments have generally avoided taking strong measures to curb the birth rate for fear of antagonising the Catholic Church, but the current administration managed to get a law passed in parliament making contraception more widely available.
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The surprise news of a general election in June and the issue of Scotland's constitutional future was discussed at the start of the publicly-aired discussion.
The panel then moved on to local issues including business rates and the Aberdeen economy; city centre redevelopment and affordable house building.
Kris Wade, 37, admitted killing Christine James, 65, who was found dead just days after she failed to catch a flight to Florida in March.
Mrs James, the mother-in-law of ex-Wales rugby captain Jonathan Humphreys, was found dead in her Cardiff Bay flat.
At Cardiff Crown Court on Thursday, Wade was jailed for a minimum of 21 years.
Wade, who lived in neighbouring Hansen Court, appeared via video link from Long Lartin prison.
Prosecutor Paul Lewis QC acknowledged there were no signs of any sexual injuries on Mrs James or that any sex between her and Wade had taken place.
However, he added: "The ball gag used together with the bloodstained handcuffs gives rise to the overwhelming belief that the killing of Mrs James was sexually motivated."
After Mrs James was reported missing, police conducted house-to-house inquiries, with Wade "appearing agitated" when they knocked on his door.
Her body was found on 2 March and Wade was arrested at his parents' home in Church Village, Rhondda Cynon Taff, five days later.
Mr Justice Wyn Williams said Mrs James was attacked after Wade went to her flat with a suitcase containing sex toys and she rejected his advances.
He said Wade subjected his victim to "brutal and savage violence".
The court was told police found Mrs James's body in the hallway of her flat and a gag used in sadomasochistic sex was underneath her.
When police searched Wade's flat, Mrs James's blood was found on a small black suitcase which contained a bloodstained handcuff and earring.
Elsewhere in the flat there was sadomasochistic equipment.
At a previous hearing, John Charles Rees QC said his client admitted murdering Mrs James, but contested it had a sexual motivation.
He told the court on Thursday Wade felt sorrow and remorse.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating contact between Mrs James and South Wales Police before her death.
Mrs James's son told the court his mother's death was a "senseless brutal murder in her own home".
"She was a gentle loving mother and grandmother. We can only speculate about what took place, a sustained and barbaric attack that may have taken place over several hours or two days," he added.
Janine Davies, district Crown prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, described Mrs James as the "innocent victim of a brutal and devastating attack carried out by Kris Wade".
She added: "Wade has shown no remorse for this callous and fatal assault."
Founded in the 1980s, the Donna Karan label styles itself as "an icon of the New York Fashion scene".
It was bought by French luxury giant LVMH in 2001, but the loss-making business is now returning to the US in a $650m (£500m) takeover.
DKNY's new owners G-III make clothing for brands including Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger and Karl Lagerfeld.
"[Donna Karan International's] lifestyle aesthetic resonates well with consumers throughout the world," said Morris Goldfarb, chief executive of G-III.
The deal comes just over a year after a new design team was put in place at DKNY.
Donna Karan stepped back from the business last year and LVMH decided at the time to discontinue the high-end Donna Karan line.
She launched the clothing company in 1984 for American working women offering "seven easy pieces", designed as all anyone would need to build a professional wardrobe.
It is only the second time LVMH, which also owns Christian Dior and Luis Vuitton, has sold a fashion brand in its 30-year history.
Garbutt was sent off after 71 minutes for punching opponent James Tamou.
The Australian, 26, faced a two or three-game ban for punching, but submitted an early guilty plea and received the more lenient punishment.
The Cowboys won 38-4 to complete a 3-0 World Club Series win for the NRL.
Top Japanese chefs in London and across Europe are buying their supplies from a company that grows its wasabi in England.
The Wasabi Company started growing the vegetable in secret in 2010.
It claims to sell the only commercially available fresh wasabi grown in Europe.
Its sister company, which grows watercress and baby leaf salad in Hampshire and Dorset, was founded in 1994.
England's dark, damp summers provide ideal conditions for growing wasabi, said Jon Old, the company's manager.
He said the company grows wasabi in the traditional way, mimicking the wild conditions of the plant by using artesian springs that deliver the minerals and nutrients wasabi needs to thrive.
The exact location of the wasabi farm near Winchester in Hampshire is kept secret, however, to protect the company's growing methods.
One of the Wasabi Company's customers is the two-Michelin starred Umu restaurant in London, which has been buying the product for the past two years.
Mr Old said he had also been surprised by the demand from chefs in France, Sweden, Norway and other European countries who are use wasabi for European-style cooking.
While the company does not sell wasabi to restaurants in Japan, it has explored the possibility of supplying its products to a Japanese wasabi trader who feared there may be a shortage of wasabi in Japan during the 2020 Olympic Games.
"It's coals to Newscastle," Mr Old said. "When you add the transport costs, it's unlikely we will sell a lot of wasabi in Japan."
Some of the company's Japanese customers in London were initially resistant to the idea of English-grown wasabi, he said, but once they visited the farm and tasted the wasabi they were won over.
"There are still people who prefer wasabi that is grown in Japan because it's Japanese, and that's OK," he said. "They've been doing it for 10,000 years and and we've been doing it for six."
Wasabi lovers can also buy the product on the company's website, where the retail price is up to £250 per kilogram, reflecting the delicate nature of the plant, which takes 18 months to two years to grow.
The five-year deal with Yokohama Rubber Company eclipses the £18m-per-year-deal the club signed with Samsung in 2006.
Manchester United's seven-year deal with US car brand Chevrolet remains the biggest, worth around £50m per year.
Chelsea are top of the Premier League and are in the last 16 of the Champions League.
The West London club are now one of the world's most recognised sporting brands with an estimated 500m fans and were the most watched English side worldwide last season with 31,000 broadcast hours.
"Chelsea and Yokohama are a perfect fit. Both are global organisations with a focus on performance and innovation, as well as having huge ambition and an unwavering culture of success," Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck said on the club's website.
The Yokohama Rubber Company Ltd is a Tokyo Stock Exchange listed public company and deals in industrial, construction, marine and aerospace products, as well as golf equipment.
Its global business employs more than 20,000 people in over 120 countries, working across manufacturing, sales and servicing.
Stephen Cannon, 39, made an arsenal of incendiary devices from fireworks and potassium carbonate.
He filmed himself blowing the bombs up in woods to test their effectiveness.
He earlier pleaded guilty to making the devices on numerous occasions between 27 April and 5 June last year.
Livingston Sheriff Court was told he planned to target West Lothian firm, Ruskim Seafoods, because one of his friends had a job dispute with the company's bosses.
The court was told he taught his friends how to make and ignite the firebombs which he planned to use against employees of the firm.
Police said his campaign was uncovered after five homemade incendiary devices were found under a car parked in Dechmont, West Lothian.
It is understood the car belonged to an employee of the Livingston-based fish company.
The discovery sparked panic and led to the village's Main Street being evacuated and the main road closed for two hours.
Police acting on information called in the bomb squad before raiding Cannon's council house home in Armadale, West Lothian, on Tuesday 14 June 2016.
They discovered a stash of "potentially explosive and flammable materials" in the flat and arrested Cannon and his two flatmates.
Rebecca Swayles, prosecuting, said Cannon's targets were all employees of Ruskim Seafoods.
Cannon and his flatmate Stuart Clark, 22, earlier had not guilty pleas accepted to culpably and recklessly putting five "hydrogen bombs" under a car in Dechmont, West Lothian, on 6 June last year.
The charge alleged they knew the bottles filled with potassium carbonate and aluminium foil would explode, damaging the Mazda 6TS and placing members off the public living nearby in danger.
Another flatmate, 19-year-old John Clark, had a not guilty plea accepted to placing Michael York, a sales director at Ruskim Seafoods, in a state of fear and alarm for his safety.
He denied making threatening and menacing comments to Mr York in an earlier incident on 31 March 2016.
Det Insp Steven Bertram, of Police Scotland, described Cannon's actions as "reckless and dangerous".
He added: "These devices could easily have caused burns or other injuries.
"Cannon's conviction should serve as a warning that this sort of behaviour will not be tolerated by Police Scotland."
The ex-Harlequins, Newcastle Falcons and Sale Sharks player, 30, is to focus on the 2017 Varsity Match.
He has scored 20 tries in 47 games for Bristol since joining the club in 2013.
"I've had four great years at Bristol and 13 as a professional, but this opportunity doesn't present itself to too many," he told BBC Radio Bristol.
"Constitutionally, the 'captain' runs the club (at Cambridge University), so in a way they are the director of rugby, which is quite nice.
"We have got a really good coach though in (former Plymouth Albion boss) James Shanahan, and a really good bunch of guys, so I won't have to do too much."
Meanwhile, Bristol's former Saracens and Toulon back Gavin Henson has resumed first-team training as he continues his recovery from a shoulder injury.
The 34-year-old has played just two Premiership games so far this season because of two spells on the sidelines.
Welshman Henson - who won 33 caps for his country between 2001 and 2011 - suffered his latest injury in October's loss to Sale.
Henson lasted 11 minutes for Bristol on the day of his comeback from a leg injury he suffered on the opening day of the season.
No precise timeframe has been revealed for his return to the match-day squad but Bristol backs coach Dwayne Peel said: "He's way ahead of schedule now so it's when his body feels right.
"It's good to have him back on the park. His knowledge is second to none.
"In his first session back, albeit non-contact, he looked class to be fair."
Adapted from the J G Ballard cult classic of the same name, it tells the story of Dr Robert Laing (Tom Hiddleston) who moves into a high-rise tower block in London.
The building is divided so the super-rich reside on the top floors, the rich - including Laing - live in the middle, and the well-off live on the lower floors.
With residents seduced by the insularity and glamour of the building and its co-habitants (Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Luke Evans), chaos ensues as the high-rise, and its social strata, begin to crumble.
What was it about Ballard's book that you thought would resonate with filmgoers and work as a big-screen film?
Ben Wheatley: It's a book that was written in 1975 that can predict so much that is happening now and how pressing it is. Even if you flick through the morning paper there all sorts of enormous new developments being built in London that are seducing people away into them to escape from the dirt of living and dealing with the poor. That kind of division between rich and poor is something that everyone has to deal with in London and it becomes like a museum city with no-one actually living here any more - so that side of it was interesting. Also the idea of people becoming subsumed by technology and how, as the building starts to break down, they film each other and project it on the walls. I was like, oh God, this is the beginning of that reflex that becomes like YouTube.
So even though it's a book from the Seventies, it feels incredibly relevant to today's culture?
Wheatley: That's the trick of picking a book that's predictive fiction, because it's not actually in that moment. He's looking ahead all the time. But, it's kind of depressing that he gets so much of it right. His later books are more worrying as they are much more apocalyptic and if he's getting this stuff right then we're in real trouble.
Is this a film for scholars of Ballard or a film for the masses?
Wheatley: On one level we wanted to make a big movie that was very sexy, kind of seductive, and filled with wonderful film stars. But then on the other side, we wanted it to be actually saying something about what was happening in the UK and in the world today. So I think you get it both ways. It feeds the mind and the eyes.
Is celebrity culture its own high-rise?
Sienna Miller: To a certain degree. The prophetic nature of what Ballard's done - the self-promotion and the filming and the documenting of the demise of people - that's really become a part of our culture. People used to celebrate celebrity and obviously it's completely different now. It's an examination of humanity and the way people behave if they're given enough rein and I think that our culture is really heading towards that - it's alarming.
What about as an actress within the Hollywood bubble - are there parallels to the high-rise there?
Miller: I just try to avoid as much of that as possible. It's definitely its own world and it's definitely weird - "Hollyweird". When you dip in and out there is hierarchy, there are people who are more successful than others. Everybody's ambitious and it can get strange and competitive and odd but at the same time most of the people I've worked with have been normal, nice, creative people.
Wheatley: Not so much dog-eating?
Miller: No dog-eating and no orgies unfortunately…
Did you leave the set feeling as disturbed and disorientated as I did when I left the cinema?
Miller: In moments.
Wheatley: Yeah.
Miller: You didn't! Have you seen Ben's films?
Wheatley: And I never saw you out of your wig either, you were always in character…
Miller: Off set in moments it got really dark. It was chaos and it was weird. Ben's very good at creating a world that was really complete and odd and we were all there running around like lunatics within this environment and then all living together in a hotel.
Wheatley: I didn't have anything to do with this hotel living thing. They were like The Young Ones.
Miller: We shared the odd scotch egg.
The film has received mixed reviews - the Telegraph gave it 4/5, and the Guardian 2/5. What do you think has been divisive about it?
Wheatley: I don't know - it's taste, isn't it. I'd rather it was five star and one star than just straight-down-the-middle two and a half or three star.
Miller: Ballard is polarising as well. The subject matter is uncomfortable and weird and people aren't used to watching films that are like Seventies movies that actually leave you with something that isn't "popcorn". I think this film will stay with you forever and it's dark. You question yourself, you look at yourself, you can't help but self-examine. Who am I in this environment? How would I behave? And some people don't want to have that experience. But I think that's what cinema should be. That's the genius of Ben's work. And to be in something that is polarising is absolutely everything I would rather be in.
Wheatley: I can only hear you say genius there!
High-Rise will open in UK cinemas on 18 March.
The review of UK economic statistics was carried out by Sir Charlie Bean, the former deputy governor of the Bank of England.
He said the ONS's move to Wales a few years ago had affected the agency.
But he added that the ONS needed to modernise the way it collects, and presents, the data it compiles.
Sir Charlie was asked to look into the work of the Office for National Statistics after worries were raised about the quality of its work.
Concerns were expressed because of the number of mistakes that were later corrected and the revision of previously released statistics, for instance on how quickly the economy is growing.
In his review, Sir Charlie said there were several reasons for the ONS data being not as accurate as it could be.
One factor was the government's decision to move the ONS from central London to Newport in Wales in the late 2000s. About 90% of the senior staff refused to make the move and stayed in London.
The loss of experience and skills obviously hit the work of the ONS, he said, although probably only temporarily. The new team were rapidly gaining experience and that would help improve things.
Sir Charlie also pointed out that the agency has a plethora of different computer systems and models that could do with improvement and simplification.
But he said the biggest issue is that, unlike world leading statistical agencies in countries such as Canada and the Netherlands, the ONS has failed to keep up with the times.
Current statistics were designed 50 years ago and the way they are compiled, collated and presented has not changed enough.
So while manufacturing industry is easy to measure - you just count how many cars a factory is making - assessing the value of bank lending is more difficult, and this matters because services now account for 70% of the economy.
Not only that but increasing amounts of the economy are also moving online, and are therefore not being counted by the old methods, or at least not as accurately as before. How does the ONS find out about a room in a private property rented out for one night using AirBnB?.
In his review, Sir Charlie also questioned the sample sizes the ONS used.
For instance, the ONS samples the views of 63,000 companies in its annual Business Survey. That sounds impressive until you realise that HMRC's VAT database has the records of 1.8 million companies.
The inflation figures, which decide how much pensions rise by, are collected by people collecting prices in shops in 140 locations across the country. Yet the daily automatic collection of prices from just three online supermarkets would bring in 6,500 price quotes a day.
Sir Charlie pointed out the amount of digital information available is doubling every 18 months and yet the ONS is still using people with clip boards to collect information.
In part he said this was not their fault. Much of the information the government collected was not available to the ONS for legal reasons.
Sir Charlie said the ONS should have access to "all publicly held data ......except where there is a strong reason not to, for example reasons of national security."
This review says the Office for National Statistics should create a new research centre to find better ways to measure digital activity and set up a second centre to look at ways that it could use a vast range of public data.
The ONS said it welcomed the findings and the recommendations were in line with the changes it was already making.
The deputy national statistician for economic statistics, Jonathan Athow, said the office was ready to "fully embrace the current revolution in data technology".
And he said the idea of sharing government data would be a big help: "They would enable us to meet the challenges of measuring the changing, modern economy and aid our transformation into a world leading statistics institute."
The Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) said the funds would be used to support UK suppliers.
Business Secretary Vince Cable described the project as "innovative".
The centre works in partnership with Rolls-Royce, who today announced it would be working with Hitachi as part of a deal to build nuclear reactors.
Mr Cable said: "Our energy sector is a vital part of our economy. This is an innovative Regional Growth Fund project, which will help businesses win new orders, both here and abroad."
Operations Director at the Nuclear AMRC, Prof Stephen Court, said: "We work with supply chain companies to enhance their technical capability to compete on cost, quality and delivery.
"We also give manufacturers clarity and knowledge on nuclear codes and standards, which helps them to meet and exceed the demanding requirements of this industry."
The centre's main facility at the Advanced Manufacturing Park in South Yorkshire was officially opened by the Duke of York in May 2012.
Jacqui Thompson faces a £190,000 legal bill after a failed libel action against chief executive Mark James.
The council has been granted a charging order which means Mrs Thompson could be forced to sell her home in Llanwrda if she cannot pay her debt.
Plaid Cymru Cllr Alun Lenny has submitted a notice of motion asking that no-one be made homeless.
He told BBC Wales he was "anxious that a settlement be reached without Mrs Thompson losing her home."
He called the case a "sideshow" which was taking energy away from "things that matter" like job creation and "keeping young people here."
The notice of motion said: "We fully accept that the previous council was obliged to defend its most senior officer.
"We also accept that it was the chief executive's prerogative to launch a personal counter-libel action.
"However, we are now concerned that the pursuit of damages and costs is having the perverse effect of causing damage to the reputation of this council and its chief executive."
Cllr Lenny believes a "conciliatory approach" would bring "this toxic issue" to a close.
Carmarthenshire council did not wish to comment, but confirmed it had received the notice of motion.
Mrs Thompson "cautiously welcomed" the notice of motion, but said there are "many unresolved issues" with its wording, including it not referring to an "unlawful counterclaim."
She also called for the discussion to be held in an open session of the council.
It is believed nearly 800 children are buried in the grounds of what was once a mother and baby home run by nuns in Tuam.
A child died nearly every two weeks between the mid-1920s and 1960s.
The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes confirmed the survey was taking place.
It was being conducted over the surface of the ground and will be done with the consent of Galway County Council, who are the owners of the Dublin Road housing estate site.
The survey was being carried out to detect any possible sub-surface anomalies.
The Tuam home was one of 10 institutions in which about 35,000 unmarried pregnant women - so-called fallen women - are thought to have been sent.
The children of these women were denied baptism and segregated from others at school. If they died at such facilities, they were also denied a Christian burial.
County Galway death records showed that most of the children buried in the unmarked grave had died of sickness or malnutrition.
It is not the first time that things have turned nasty at a Trump campaign event.
When asked about it at a debate on Thursday, Mr Trump blamed unruly protesters for the violence.
Speaking after Friday night's scuffles, his rival for the nomination, Ted Cruz, said Mr Trump was responsible.
"When you have a campaign that affirmatively encourages violence... you create an environment that only encourages this sort of nasty discourse," the Texas senator said.
Here are some of the most recent incidents - and how Mr Trump has responded.
What happened: Fighting broke out between Trump supporters and protesters at the venue before Mr Trump was due to speak. The campaign decided to postpone the event, and there were more scuffles.
What Mr Trump said: Mr Trump told MSNBC that he cancelled the rally because he "didn't want to see anybody get hurt".
He later told CNN that he had no regrets about his rallies, describing the protesters as "bad dudes". "They were rough, tough guys," he added.
What happened: Protesters repeatedly interrupted Mr Trump's speech at a rally in Missouri. More than 30 people were arrested.
What Mr Trump said: "They're allowed to get up and interrupt us horribly and we have to be very, very gentle. They can swing, they can hit people but if we hit them back it's a terrible, terrible thing."
What happened: Video footage from a rally showed a Trump supporter punching a black protester in the face as he was led away. A 78-year-old man has been charged with assault.
What Mr Trump said: "Uh oh, so early. So early. Alright, get him out, thank you. We're gonna have such fun, such fun tonight," Mr Trump said from the podium, though he is unlikely to have seen the punch thrown.
Later in the same speech he said of protesters: "They put their hand up and they put the wrong finger in the air... and they get away with murder. Because we've become weak."
What happened: Mr Trump reportedly encouraged people at the rally in Warren to get rid of a protester who had interrupted him.
What Mr Trump said: "Get him out. Try not to hurt him. If you do I'll defend you in court," the contender said, according to CBS.
What happened: A protester was escorted out of a Trump rally on the eve of the Nevada caucuses while the billionaire was addressing the crowds.
What Mr Trump said: "I'd like to punch him in the face, I'll tell you," Mr Trump said. "You know what they used to do to guys like that when they were in in a place like this?" Mr Trump asked. "They'd be carried out on a stretcher, folks."
What happened: Mr Trump had apparently been warned by his security staff that there could be someone in the audience with tomatoes.
What Mr Trump said: ""If you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them, would you?" Mr Trump told his supporters at the rally. "I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees."
What happened: A Black Lives Matter protester who disrupted a Trump speech at a rally was assaulted by a group of white Trump supporters. The protester also claimed that the assailants used the N-word.
What Mr Trump said: While his campaign was quick to condemn the violence, Mr Trump told Fox News that the protester was obnoxious and loud, adding: "Maybe he should have been roughed up because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing."
Sheku Bayoh, 31, died after being restrained by officers in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on 3 May 2015.
His partner Collette Bell, sisters Kadi Johnson, Adama Jalloh and Kosna Bayoh, and mother Aminata Bayoh met Frank Mulholland QC in Edinburgh.
They have said they fear Mr Bayoh's race may have played a part in his death.
The relatives spoke to reporters on Sunday after a memorial service which was held near the spot where he died in Kirkcaldy, Fife.
Mr Bayoh, originally from Sierra Leone, died in police custody after he was restrained by officers following an incident in the town on 3 May 2015.
His family have been campaigning for the truth about his death.
Mr Bayoh's death is being investigated by independent police watchdog PIRC.
Mr Mulholland was asked to update Holyrood on the investigation last September and told MSPs: "Having met the family on two occasions, I know the effect that this tragedy has had on them and they have borne their loss with great dignity.
"They are right to demand answers and a thorough, impartial and objective investigation is what they deserve."
He also confirmed that a fatal accident inquiry into the death will be held, regardless of any criminal proceedings.
Asked how worried she was that racism may have played a part in his death and the subsequent investigation, his sister Kadi Johnson said: "We are very worried. Because the way he was injured, I think racism had to play a big part in it."
Speaking about the memorial service, she said: "Sheku was a very happy boy. A very happy, outgoing boy. We want his legacy to linger on in a joyful way, because that is how he was."
Police have previously dismissed suggestions of racism surrounding the case.
In October 2015, the Lord Advocate urged all those with an interest in the death of Sheku Bayoh not to engage in "speculation and a running commentary".
The same month, Barry Swan, the brother-in-law of one of the principal police officers involved, claimed in a BBC interview that the officer "hates black people."
And in June 2015 both the Scottish Police Federation chairman Brian Docherty and a Scottish Police Federation lawyer hit out at criticism of the police from Aamer Anwar, the family's lawyer.
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The dispute is over job security, conditions and pensions.
The union said it remained available for talks with the company to resolve the dispute.
A spokesman for CalMac said they had only just begun talks with the RMT and were concerned a strike may prevent both sides reaching an agreement.
The RMT said its members voted by 92% for strike action and by 98% for action short of a strike in a turnout of 60%.
Overall, 55% of the total number eligible to vote backed strike action and 58% of the total eligible voted for action short of a strike.
The union said the industrial relationship with CalMac on the Clyde and Hebrides network has "deteriorated" in recent months to such an extent that it had "no choice" but to declare a formal dispute with the company.
The union claimed the ferry operator had failed to provide it with satisfactory reassurances over job security, conditions of service, pensions and continuity of lifeline ferry services for remote communities and businesses.
RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: "The failure to give our members the most basic assurances meant that RMT had no alternative but to ballot CalMac members for strike action and industrial action short of strike action, in order to secure our members' rights during this period of increasing uncertainty and insecurity.
"That ballot has now concluded and members have delivered a massive and solid mandate for action.
"RMT remains available for serious and constructive talks aimed at resolving this dispute."
CalMac has previously said it would seek to minimise disruption if a strike was to happen.
Acknowledging the result of the RMT ballot, a spokesman for the ferry operator said: "We recognise that there are difficult issues facing our employees currently.
"We acknowledge that our trade unions wish to support the interests of their members, however, we do not believe that taking steps toward industrial action is appropriate at this stage.
"We have only just entered dialogue on the matters. That process has only just started and hasn't had any chance to deliver progress. We would be concerned that a dispute now can only damage the prospects of reaching a mutually acceptable outcome.
"We remain committed to continuing the ongoing discussions with all trade unions."
The idea has been pitched to club representatives by Scotland coach Gordon Strachan.
"You could imagine that, in the run up to this, people would become more interested in the young talent at certain clubs," said Martin Calladine.
"And it will focus people's minds on the next generation."
Strachan and Scottish FA performance director Brian McClair revealed the idea at a meeting of the Scottish Professional Football League this week as part of its review into youth development.
Under the plans, aimed at giving more competitive game time to young fringe players, top-flight clubs would provide up to five players for a draft pool that would then provide loan picks available to clubs in the lower leagues.
Calladine, who wrote a book about what football can learn from its United States equivalent, says sponsorship cash and fan interest could soar, should the SFA proposal becomes a reality.
"I think it's a terrific idea," he told BBC Scotland.
"Scottish football needs interesting stories around it. It needs to get people excited about the game and especially during the off season."
The SFA has set up a steering group to look at the idea further and has invited representatives of the clubs to be involved in the process.
Calladine also believes attention and cash could follow if a National Football League-type system were adopted.
"This would be the first major league in the world doing anything like this, so it would be an open goal in terms of generating some positive press," he added.
"The draft provides sponsorship and broadcast possibilities for the NFL and there's no reason those principles couldn't be adopted for Scottish football.
"When you look at other sports around the world and then back at football, you see how conservative it is as sport, how frightened of any change it is.
"But I would be very surprised if, after the first few drafts, people aren't very excited about this."
By sharing shocking images and video showing the killing of US journalist James Foley, IS has brought to the fore an issue many have warned about: that social networks are locked in a continual battle against extremists and the spread of shocking propaganda online.
Some experts say the networks are losing this battle, as more and more messages - many purporting to be from news agencies - flood services.
Others argue that social networks are doing what they can to protect users, and that measures in place to flag and remove content are effective.
Meanwhile, some have criticised social networks for putting more effort into detecting copyright infringement than they have into removing harmful material.
Here are the key issues.
After video of Foley appeared online, users on social networks urged others not to watch or share the clip.
But the effectiveness of IS's approach is staggering - mimicking the kind of efforts corporations would invest millions in for marketing purposes.
As the graphic video was circulated, some Twitter users started two hashtags - #ISISmediablackout and #DontShare - which sought to drown out messages showing the disturbing content, replacing it with images of Foley taken while he was working.
But the reality is that extremists are finding new ways to circumvent the efforts of social networks trying to shut down accounts, a constant cat-and-mouse game that one source close to a major network described to the BBC as being a never-ending "game of whack-a-mole".
JM Berger is an analyst specialising in monitoring extremism on social media. He says that the online actions of IS - formerly Isis - rival the efforts of the finest social media marketing experts in the world. Indeed, the swift "brand name" change from Isis to IS has shown the effectiveness of the group's online message.
In spreading propaganda, one tactic utilised by the group stood out - a specially created app that, when willingly exposed on a person's phone, would tweet co-ordinated propaganda messages worded by IS, carefully timed not to fall foul of Twitter's spam filter.
In one example, 40,000 tweets were sent in this way in just one day. Given the vast number of tweets, and more importantly, the vast number of usernames being used to spread such messages, it was extremely difficult for Twitter to remove the material.
There is some progress. In the past week, Twitter has been acting to disable dozens of prominent accounts believed to belong to prominent IS members. It is making it harder for IS to spread its message, JM Berger told the BBC.
"IS has been struggling with how to respond to suspended accounts on Twitter.
"In reality, Twitter is one of the most permissive social media environments for them."
But he added: "While several dozen accounts have been suspended over the last few weeks, many more have remained online and many of those who have been suspended come back with new accounts."
One further tactic seemingly employed by IS supporters has been to temporarily deactivate their own accounts in an attempt to avoid a ban, although the BBC understands this has no impact on Twitter's ability to suspend inappropriate accounts.
Furthermore, noted Mr Berger, Twitter's ability to share links easily meant that while some IS members may be banned from Twitter itself, they were now beginning to appear on smaller social networks posting material that could then be passed on.
One network, Diaspora, appears to have emerged as the new network of choice for IS - it provides greater protections because of its decentralised nature.
The question of why extremist material cannot simply be blocked by websites is a question that is frequently asked - but has a complex answer.
When dealing with images of child sexual abuse, many services use sophisticated technology to automatically check content that is being uploaded against a database of known abusive content.
It means that images are, in theory, blocked before they are uploaded to the website in question.
PhotoDNA, a Microsoft product, is a market-leading piece of software for carrying out this work. The BBC understands that the same technology could be applied to images known to be spreading extremist propaganda, but that there are currently no plans to do so.
For video on YouTube, Google has created ContentID, a system set up to detect when users upload copyrighted material. It checks uploaded content against a known database of footage and audio - most often music videos - and allows the copyright owners to either remove or place advertising on the video.
ContentID could be adapted to spot content known to be harmful - but Google is reluctant to put it to use in this way.
This is for a variety of reasons, but most significantly it is because while child abuse imagery is easy to categorise - there's no grey area; it's all illegal - violent or shocking material relating to terrorism is harder to define.
Often it is social networks that provide the only means of communication for those wanting to spread news of atrocities in hard-to-reach areas.
Facebook and Google have both in the past said that shocking images are permitted in cases where they are shown in a "news context", rather than for glorification.
Furthermore, the social networks are keen to argue that they should not be the guardians of what should be censored online.
But Mr Berger said: "As far as who should decide, Twitter and YouTube and all the rest are businesses, they are not public services or inalienable rights.
"Just as a movie theatre or restaurant can eject patrons who are harassing or threatening other patrons or engaging in criminal activity, online services have both the right and an obligation to take care of their customers and do the best they can to provide a safe environment."
This is difficult.
The very nature of social networks is that it is easy to share content, and the strength of Twitter and others is that information travels extremely quickly.
This presents a problem - a teenager browsing Facebook could stumble across the video of Foley's death in their news feed if a friend posted it. More worryingly, many videos posted to Facebook now auto-play, meaning a user does not have to click to start seeing the footage.
It's hard to avoid the possibility of seeing something upsetting, suggested security expert Graham Cluley.
"If your children are on the internet, it's an impossible task to completely shield them from some of the ghastly things going on in the world," he told the BBC.
"You can put your home computer in a shared room rather than a private bedroom, and have some oversight over what they're accessing online. But the proliferation of mobile devices makes it more difficult to oversee what your children are watching.
"Consider enabling parental controls that restrict which websites your kids can visit, but realise that it's an imperfect solution - it's perfectly possible that legitimate sites like YouTube, Twitter and Facebook might contain footage that many - young and old - would find harrowing."
Mr Cluley added that the best course of action for parents would be to spend time explaining what may have been seen.
"Talk to your children about the unpleasant and inappropriate things which can be watched on the net, and help them understand why it isn't cool to seek it out or to share it with their friends."
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Sir Harry Burns is standing down as chief medical officer to become professor of global public health at Strathclyde University.
He has said health inequality is the biggest issue facing Scotland.
Health Secretary Alex Neil said Sir Harry had made a "significant contribution".
Sir Harry, a former surgeon who became chief medical officer in 2005, has played a key role in shaping health in Scotland, including leading the response to the 2009 swine flu pandemic.
He said: "It has been a pleasure working with the Scottish government over the past eight years, but it is time to hand over to a new chief medical officer.
"I have enjoyed the challenges over the past eight years, and I have had the opportunity to do a lot of work around health inequalities.
"I am looking forward to being able to develop my interest in health inequalities further, and continuing to contribute towards building a better public health landscape."
After graduating from Glasgow University in 1977, Sir Harry spent 15 years as a surgeon, eventually becoming consultant surgeon at the city's royal infirmary.
He went on to become director of public health for Greater Glasgow health board in 1993, until his appointment as Scotland's chief medical officer.
Sir Harry, who was knighted in 2011, has become well know for highlighting the links between poverty and poor health.
In 2012, he told the Scottish Parliament's audit committee: "Health inequalities are the biggest issue facing Scotland just now, because not only are health inequalities a problem but [they] are really a manifestation of social inequality.
"Social complexity, social disintegration drives things like criminality, it drives things like poor educational attainment, it drives a whole range of things that we would want to see different in Scotland.
"The more attention we can get paid to the drivers of that situation, the better."
Last year, Sir Harry suggested the decline of heavy industry was partly responsible for poor health in Scotland, saying at the time: "A void appeared in men's lives and the void was filled with drink, drugs and fighting."
Paying tribute, Mr Neil said: "Sir Harry has brought a renewed focus to the issue of health inequalities within Scotland, and I am delighted that his new role will enable him to continue his focus in this area."
Sir Harry will start his new post in April and the Scottish government is currently working on appointing a new chief medical officer.
The incident took place on 22 July after 28-year old Mark Ross had been refused entry to the sheriff court for being drunk.
Ross had first approached four sheriffs as they had coffee at a nearby cafe.
He then kicked Sheriff Frank Crowe on his right leg as he returned to the court building in Chambers Street. Sentence was deferred for reports.
Fiscal depute Bruce Macrosson, prosecuting, told the court that Ross had been refused entry to the court building because of his drunken state.
Five minutes later, Ross entered the cafe where sheriffs Crowe, Gordon Liddle, Nigel Morrison and Norman McFadyen, were having coffee.
"The accused approached the table occupied by the sheriffs and mumbled something towards them which they either neither heard nor understood" said Mr Macrosson.
"The accused then approached another table."
The sheriffs left the cafe at 09:20, walking towards the court building in Chambers Street.
The fiscal depute said: "The accused approached Sheriff Crowe and kicked him on his right leg to his injury."
Sheriff Crowe reported the matter to the police and pointed out Ross as his assailant.
Mr Macrosson added that Sheriff Crowe suffered soreness to his right shin but did not require medical attention.
Defence solicitor Ray Megson told the court: "I want to see if this man can get help.
"He has a large number of previous convictions, all of the same sort. This man is not getting proper medical attention and resorts to alcohol."
Sheriff Alistair Noble deferred sentence until later this month for an updated psychiatric report and Social Work report.
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Nine years in the making, the Wolfpack will compete in their first professional game against the West Yorkshire side in round three of the cup competition.
The Canadian club start this season in the third tier of English rugby league, but they have high ambitions - to reach the Super League within five years.
With the world of rugby league eager to see what the Canadian side are made of, BBC Sport uncovers how they came to play in England and what fans can expect.
The man behind the team is Eric Perez, who has worked in PR and broadcasting. He's a born and bred Torontonian who first came across rugby league when he was living with his girlfriend in Gibraltar and saw a match on TV.
Nine years ago he was living in Birmingham and started to regularly watch the Super League. He says he was blown away by the sport, describing it as the most Canadian sport not played in Canada.
He decided to make it his lifetime goal to set up a side in his home city of Toronto.
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Their head coach is the highly rated Paul Rowley, a former England international and ex-coach of Leigh, while director of rugby is former Great Britain, Bradford and Wigan coach Brian Noble.
For the past nine years Perez has been working behind the scenes to convince the Rugby Football League (RFL) and other clubs that this was no pipe dream.
He's worked closely with Gary Hetherington, chief executive of Super League side Leeds Rhinos, to learn how to run a club.
Perez gathered together financial backers and sponsors and secured the 10,000-seater Lamport Stadium in Toronto. He's also sold the broadcast rights for TV stations to cover the Wolfpack across Canada and the UK.
He created a Canadian national rugby league side using players from a league he set up, and got a crowd of more than 8,000 to watch their opening game against a visiting Royal Air Force team.
All that work convinced the RFL that they should be allowed into the league. When a vote was put to the English clubs they gave their backing with an overwhelming majority in favour.
And with nearly 3,000 season passes having already been sold before a tackle has been made, Perez is confident the Wolfpack will play in front of sell-out crowds on home soil.
The majority of players are drawn from England and the Wolfpack have assembled quite a squad. Their captain Craig Hall, a former Hull FC and Hull KR centre, was still playing in Super League for Wakefield Trinity last year. And Trinity wanted to keep him.
Their most charismatic signing is Tonga pro Fuifui Moimoi, who played for Parramatta Eels in Australia, before spending last season at Super League side Leigh Centurions.
Most expect the Wolfpack to romp through League 1 this year and be a real challenger in the Championship next year as they bid for promotion to the Super League.
The team also includes American centre Ryan Burroughs plus Canadian scrum-half Rhys Jacks and prop Tom Dempsey.
They've also run trials in several Canadian and US cities to identify youngsters who haven't quite made the grade in the National Football League (NFL) or Canadian Football League (CFL) but who could transfer their skills to rugby league.
But that's a longer term project.
The North American-based, Australian mining millionaire David Argyle is the main financial backer behind the new club.
But they have several sponsorship deals in place too. Not the least of them is with the Airline Air Transat. That deal will cover Toronto's travel costs, but will also mean that each English team will travel free when they go to Canada to play against the Wolfpack at home.
Each English club will be able to take a full squad, coaches and ancillary staff to Toronto, at no cost to them.
English fans will also be given subsidised travel.
The Wolfpack have been based in England for their pre-season training. Following the match against Siddal, their opening five league games, starting with a match against London Skolars on 4 March, will be played in England.
Then Toronto fly home and over the next five weeks, English sides will fly out to play them.
That pattern is reversed throughout the season.
It's expected that the English clubs will fly out on a Thursday morning, play the game on Saturday and then fly home on Sunday.
That might give the Wolfpack an advantage, but Perez is having none of that. In League 1, clubs are as far apart as Workington and Whitehaven in the north and London, Oxford, Hemel and Gloucester in the south.
He argues that players would rather spend eight hours on a flight, than six hours on a coach.
With a mixture of excitement and caution. Most players and coaches fancy regular trips to play in Toronto. And the idea of a side based in Canada has captured the public's imagination.
But now their campaign is about to get under way, the proof of whether this business model can work will finally be tested.
There's no hint of anything less than supreme confidence from Perez. And he's already suggested that more North American clubs will be coming in the next few years, with Montreal and Boston mooted as the next staging posts.
Watch live coverage of Siddal v Toronto Wolfpack on the BBC Sport website on Saturday, 25 February.
Only two minutes had passed when Lisa Evans headed the hosts in front from a Brown cross.
They started the second half just as quick; Jane Ross directing another Brown cross beyond the goalkeeper.
In a slick performance from Anna Signeul's side, they could have had more goals as they stepped up their preparations for Euro 2017.
They face a tougher test on Tuesday, when they travel to Sweden, the world's sixth-best team in the world rankings, before the squad is then announced for the finals in Netherlands.
Scotland were keen to impose themselves on visitors who are 15 places below the 21st-placed hosts in the rankings.
Ross shrugged off her marker and laid it off to Leanne Crichton in the box, but her shot lacked power.
But, a minute later, Scotland were ahead when Evans met Brown's floating cross at the back post and nodded in.
Vaila Bardsley headed over then Caroline Weir had a free-kick pushed wide as Scotland continued their assault on the Romanian goal.
The movement and passing was electric and, in 21 minutes, the defence was opened up for Brown to burst through from the left, but she lifted her shot over.
As good as they were going forward, Scotland's frailties at the back were shown when Florentina Olar was able to easily pick out Cosmina Dusa, who should have done better with her header from close range.
Romania started the second half with 10 players, Laura Rus not yet ready to come on, but while they waited for a break in play, they were punished as Scotland made the extra player count to grab a second.
Brown picked out Ross and, although goalkeeper Andreea Paraluta got a touch to her header, she could not keep it out.
Romania were proving to be more stubborn as the game went on and Rus could have pulled one back when she rounded goalkeeper Gemma Fay, but Joelle Murray got back to clear.
Scotland were still creating chances. Brown cut inside and shot over, Lana Clelland and Bardsley both headed over and Erin Cuthbert's stab at goal was pushed wide by Paraluta.
Bardsley threatened again at a free-kick, being denied at the back post, then showed her worth at the other end when she cut-out Mara Batea's goalbound effort.
Scotland head coach Anna Signeul: "I'm very pleased with the performance.
"We defended well, we played as a team, everyone did really well from Gemma Fay to Jane Ross. I'm delighted with how we defended together.
"A lot of players were very good, but I was very pleased for Vaila Bardsley as that was her second game.
"Against Belgium, we didn't perform very well, but now she showed how good she can play."
Scotland: Fay, Bardsley, Dieke, Love, Lauder, Weir, Crichton, Evans, Jane Ross, Frankie Brown, Fiona Brown.
Substitutes: Lynn, Alexander, McLauchlan, Leanne Ross, Arthur, Corsie, Christie Murray, Cuthbert, Clelland, Smith, Joelle Murray.
Romania: Paraluta, Corduneanu, Havristiuc, Bortan, Ficzay, Giurgiu, Vatafu, Olar, Lunca, Gorea, Fusa.
Substitutes: Kajtar, Bistrian, Rus, Voicu, Batea, Carp, Goder
Referee: Sarah Garrett (England)
Attendance: 1,877
Carlton Power plans to build a plant in Trafford which would generate enough electricity to power two million homes.
The firm secured an annual £30m government contribution for the next 15 years, but originally had to raise the rest of the cash by September.
Carlton Power now has until 19 December to secure the investment.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change is proposing to shut all coal-fired plants by 2025, and replace them with gas-fired power stations.
The government's capacity market scheme aims to encourage the construction of new power plants and keep existing ones going.
The Trafford power station is the only new major gas-fired power plant to be offered the capacity market contract.
This will be terminated in December if Carlton Power is unable to secure financial backing.
The Brazil right-back, 34, confirmed his departure via Instagram before the club also confirmed the move.
"Today our professional relationship ends and I will carry with me all of those who with love and a true heart make Juve a great club," he wrote.
City have been linked with a move for Alves with Juve saying they would release him from his contract.
Alves added: "I apologise to the fans of Juventus if they at some point thought I did something to offend them. Never had ever the intention, just I have a way of living things spontaneously that few understand. Even if it seems I'm not perfect, but my heart it is pure. "
"I would like to thank all the Juventus fans for the year I've had, to my team-mates who welcomed me like the professionals they are, for a club that wins and reaches finals."
His final game for Juventus was the 4-1 Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid in Cardiff. Alves made 33 appearances as the club sealed the domestic double for the third successive year.
21 March 2017 Last updated at 14:25 GMT
It's a new craze that is sweeping the internet, where you try to blow one cup into another.
We went to a school to meet some of you guys to find out a bit more about it.
Can you do it?
The S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq also achieved new highs, fuelled by hopes that President Donald Trump's policies will boost the US economy.
The Dow, which has nudged the 20,000 milestone during January, rose 0.8% to 20,068.51.
Investors' cash has poured into shares on hopes of tax cuts and higher growth.
The Dow had risen above 20,000 early into the trading day, prompting Mr Trump's senior adviser Kellyanne Conway to tweet that the landmark was down to "The Trump Effect".
"It was definitely a milestone that the market has been focused on for really the better part of two months and you were starting to get a little bit of anxiety as to whether it was going to be surmounted or not," said Julian Emanuel, Equity Strategist at UBS.
The Dow reached its latest 1,000-point milestone two months after closing above 19,000, making it the second quickest 1,000 point rise ever.
The index rose from 10,000 to 11,000 in only 24 trading days between 29 March and 3 May, 1999, while the rise from 18,000 to 19,000 took 483 trading days (nearly two years).
Financial stocks have been a major factor in the gain - with Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan accounting for around 20% of the rise.
This is because investors believe that some of Mr Trump's policies will trigger inflation and produce a rise in interest rates.
Also on Wednesday, the broad-based S&P finished up 0.8% at 2,298.37, while the Nasdaq advanced 1% to 5,656.34 - both fresh records.
Finally, the Dow hit 20,000 at the US market open after being tantalisingly close for weeks.
When the moment came, floor traders at the New York Stock Exchange were ready.
Long before the opening bell rang, one trader yelled 'get your hats on, get your hats on'.
He was referring to the baseball caps emblazoned with Dow 20,000 on the front.
It's a tradition dating back to the first time the Dow passed 10,000. To mark the occasion, they made hats. And the habit stuck.
Wall Street veteran Art Cashin, director of floor operations at UBS had his on.
When asked if the Dow at 20,000 matters, he answered that the publicity would make people think about their own investments and that was a good thing.
For many though today's historic milestone is just a round number. Its value is symbolic.
In part that has to do with the index itself.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is made up of only 30 companies compared with 500 in the S&P 500. So it is far from comprehensive.
Then there is the way it is calculated.
The Dow puts too much emphasis on share price, unlike the S&P 500 which reflect its members market capitalization. As a result, a few names have the power to significantly move the index.
Make no mistake though, this will be front page news. And for market professionals, it's a moment to pop the champagne, celebrate and pull out their Dow 20,000 baseball caps because who knows when they'll be able to wear it again.
Tim Ghriskey, chief investment officer of financial management firm Solaris Group in New York, said: "There is a real belief that [Mr] Trump is real, he has been extremely active these first couple of days of the presidency and a change may happen faster than people had thought."
Neil Wilson, senior market analyst at London brokers Capital, said: "It's psychologically huge and, after a bit of pullback ahead of the inauguration, really confirms that the 'great rotation' from bonds to stocks is definitely upon us.
"Fears about protectionism are running second to optimism about inflation and growth - for now at least.
"The question now is how long can this last?
"Mr Trump's first steps as president have confirmed much of what investors had hoped for and that he's extremely pro-business and light on regulation for energy and financials. That's what's driving this renewed rally.
"The other argument claims that this is a massive bubble and if this is a real rotation from bonds into stocks, ending a 30-year bond bull market, there is still a huge amount of cash piled up that could yet pour into equities and power further gains through 2017.
"It might not be too long before 21,000 is in sight."
Dr David Rosser said she was making good progress, but has a long way to go and is not out of the woods yet.
The 14-year-old schoolgirl was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman for her campaign for girls' education.
Pakistan's president described it as an attack on "civilised people".
Speaking in Azerbaijan on Tuesday, President Asif Ali Zardari said: "The Taliban attack on the 14-year-old girl, who from the age of 11 was involved in the struggle for education for girls, is an attack on all girls in Pakistan, an attack on education, and on all civilised people."
Malala was flown to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham on Monday night for treatment.
Security is tight at the hospital, with a police presence in place to deal with any unauthorised visitors.
On Monday night a number of well-wishers turned up hoping to see her but were turned away by West Midlands police.
Dr Rosser described the incident as "irritating", but said the hospital and its partners are "comfortable with security arrangements".
The Taliban have threatened to target Malala again and she was given tight security for her journey to the UK.
Dr Rosser said the team of specialists working with her have been pleased with the teenager's progress.
"There's a long way to go and she is not out of the woods yet... but at this stage we're optimistic that things are going in the right direction," he added.
Once Malala recovers sufficiently, it is thought she will need neurological help as well as treatment to repair or replace damaged bones in her skull.
She was flown to the UK from Pakistan by air ambulance on Monday, almost a week after she and two other schoolgirls were attacked as they returned home from school in Mingora in the Swat Valley.
The gunman who boarded the van in which she was travelling asked for her by name before firing three shots at her.
Malala is widely known as a campaigner for girls' education in Pakistan. In early 2009 she wrote an anonmyous diary for BBC Urdu about life under the Taliban, who had banned all girls in her area from attending school.
It has taken a 112bn yen ($1bn; £780m) charge, citing "an acceleration of market decline".
The rise of online streaming services has hit demand for traditional media such as DVDs and blue-ray discs.
Sony's movie division has also struggled, with recent flops including an all-female Ghostbusters sequel.
Sony had warned earlier this year its movie division could post more losses.
The Japanese firm, which reports its third-quarter results on Thursday, is still assessing whether the impairment charge will affect future earnings.
It plans to offset the loss by selling shares in medical web service M3.
The head of Sony's entertainment business, Michael Lynton, recently announced he would be stepping down in February after more than a decade at the firm.
The gambiense strain of the trypanosoma parasite is resistant to proteins the immune system produces to fight the infection.
Belgian researchers have developed a mutant version of the protein, which early tests show can kill a wide range of trypanosomes including gambiense.
The study was published in the journal Nature.
The gambiense strain causes more than 97% of sleeping sickness cases in western and central Africa. According to the World Health Organization, there were 7,197 cases in 2012.
The immune system produces apoL1 to try to attack the parasite.
In the study, researchers from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles outlined how gambiense evolved a three-part defence mechanism against the protein apoL1.
ApoL1 is normally taken up by the trypanosoma parasites, as it tricks the parasite into believing that it is beneficial.
The protein then embeds itself into the walls of the gut membrane, where it kills the parasite.
The first step in gambiense defence is they "create a protein that stiffens the membranes against the apoL1 protein," said Prof Etienne Pays, lead author of the research. "This acts as a barrier."
The second stage is to make it more difficult for the parasite to absorb the protein.
Finally, if the protein was to get through the other barriers, gambiense is able to digest apoL1 quicker than other forms of the parasite, so that it cannot be absorbed by membranes.
Prof Pays said: "The crucial thing here is that apoL1 is still there. It has not been absorbed. It can still be used to kill the parasite."
This led Prof Pays and his team to develop a mutant strain of apoL1. This not only kills gambiense, but "it kills all African trypanosomes, pathogenic for humans or for cattle".
But Prof Pays said the research was still in the early stages.
"Needless to say, this is a promising discovery," he added.
"However, it remains to be seen if this apoL1 variant could be used to treat sleeping sickness. In the blood, this protein could be either unstable or toxic in itself, so more work is needed to appreciate the potential of this finding."
In 1998, the same group of researchers discovered how rhodesiense, another strain of the parasite trypanosome, resisted our defences.
Rhodesiense uses an anti-protein to disable apoL1 so that we cannot fight against it.
Wendy Gibson, professor of protozoology at the University of Bristol, who has been studying the evolution of trypanosome said: "They've finally solved the mystery of how the gambiense has been fighting our defences. It is a meticulous piece of work."
The musical is based on Mel Brooks' Oscar-nominated film which starred Gene Wilder as Dr Frederick Frankenstein, a descendant of the deranged Victor.
Living in New York, he tries to play down the family name, until he inherits the infamous castle and discovers Victor's book: "How I Did It".
Noble will play Frankenstein's hunchbacked servant, Igor.
Joseph will appear as housekeeper Frau Blucher, whose very name causes horses to rear in fright; while West End star Hadley Fraser will take the main role of Dr Frederick Frankenstein.
Brooks will produce the show, which will open for a pre-West End season in Newcastle on 26 August until 9 September.
It will then open at the Garrick Theatre on 28 September.
The musical previously ran on Broadway between 2007 and 2009.
The cult film on which it's based was co-written by Brooks and Wilder, and earned them an Oscar nomination for best adapted screenplay.
Beachgoers saw a "massive fire" spread quickly up East Cliff on Bournemouth beach at about 15.30 BST.
Firefighters said a patch of gorse was alight behind some beach huts near Undercliff Drive and Pier Approach and part of the promenade was evacuated.
Dorset Police advised people to avoid the area and said no injuries had been reported.
Bournemouth Council said its seafront rangers guided beachgoers away from danger and ensured the area was clear.
Bournemouth East MP Tobias Ellwood posted on Twitter: "Huge praise for Bournemouth's Emergency Services in responding to major grass fire that spread rapidly on East Cliff cliff top above packed beach."
The 53-year-old, who denies nine sex offences against six complainants, allegedly "forced his tongue" into the mouth of a girl aged 13 or 14.
The allegations, spanning more than two decades, also include a charge that he grabbed hold of a 16-year-old girl at Chessington World of Adventures.
Mr Fox is due in court again on 30 April for a case management hearing.
Details of what the Magic FM presenter, known as Dr Fox, is alleged to have done can be reported after his barrister, Jonathan Caplan QC, asked for the usual reporting restrictions that apply to preliminary court hearings to be lifted.
Mr Caplan said there had been a lot of false reports about what his client had allegedly done.
Mr Fox faces seven charges of indecent assault and two of sexual touching without consent, over a period from 1991 to 2014.
One of the complainants alleges that Mr Fox, from Fulham in south-west London, repeatedly assaulted her at Capital Radio's studios in London's Leicester Square.
Two other women claim to have been sexually touched against their will at Magic FM's premises in Winsley Street in central London, between January 2003 and August 2014.
Prosecutor Darren Watts told the court: "The Crown argue that the complaints show a consistent and determined pattern of sexual predatory behaviour on the part of the defendant which spans some 23 years."
He said Mr Fox assaulted two girls at a motor show in Bromley, south-east London, in summer 1991, at which he was appearing in his capacity as a DJ.
Mr Fox is also alleged to have kissed a girl aged 13 or 14 and forced his tongue into her mouth after she asked for a photograph with him.
The court heard a second teenager was assaulted by Mr Fox in a similar manner at the event, and she claims he also put his hand up her skirt.
A third complainant, who was also under the age of 16, alleges that, while she was at Chessington World of Adventures theme park in April 1996, she asked the DJ for a photo and a kiss.
He allegedly grabbed hold of her, causing her to back away.
The ages of the complainants range from the 13 or 14-year-old to a woman who was 36.
By Lisa Hampele, BBC News correspondent
In an unusual move, Neil Fox's barrister asked for regular reporting restrictions which apply at this stage in court proceedings to be lifted.
Jonathan Caplan QC made the request because he said he wanted to "safeguard a fair trial".
He said there'd been a lot of speculation on social media about what his client had allegedly done, and that created prejudice against him.
The chief magistrate at Westminster Magistrates' Court, Howard Riddle, granted the application.
So, details of the allegations can be given. The alleged victims will remain anonymous.
Four of the alleged indecent assaults are said to have taken place at Capital Radio between January and December 2003.
It is alleged that on one occasion he put his arms around a woman and squeezed her breasts, that he would regularly touch her bottom, and that one incident involved him simulating sex with one of the complainants.
During one of the alleged assaults at Magic FM, Mr Fox is said to have walked up behind a complainant and kissed her shoulder.
"When questioned about his actions, he has said 'Oh, I just had to. You look as if you taste so good'," Mr Watts said.
Mr Fox, who was first arrested in September last year, then again in December and last month, has been granted bail.
He has elected to have his trial at the magistrates' court.
The DJ, who rose to fame presenting the chart show on Capital Radio, was a judge on Pop Idol between 2001 and 2003 alongside Simon Cowell, Pete Waterman, and Nicki Chapman.
Not only is the first royal tour for the newlyweds a photo opportunity to die for - just think of all the different hats and dresses Kate will wear - for Canada, it's a matter of cultural identity.
While Canadians remain deeply divided on the issue of the monarchy, support for Crown rule appears to be gaining ground, thanks to what will be three royal tours in as many calendar years and a staunchly traditionalist Conservative prime minister, Stephen Harper.
When Charles and Camilla popped over for a visit in November 2009, loyalist crowds were embarrassingly thin on the ground. An Angus Reid poll conducted at the time found that two-thirds of Canadians wanted to see an elected home-grown head of state.
But just seven months later when the Queen came to stay, royal support had perked up. A record-breaking crowd of over 100,000 turned up to greet Her Maj on Parliament Hill - more than double the regular turnout.
Surveyed at the time, Canadians reported overwhelmingly positive feelings for the Queen and the number who felt the monarchy was outdated then dropped to just under half - not exactly a 21-gun salute, although we gave her one of those as well.
Presumably the Palace learned its lesson: If Britain wants to strengthen Commonwealth bonds, send over your most charismatic royals. And it helps if they are extremely good-looking.
Now that Canada is the first to officially welcome Will and Kate, the nation is poised to return the love.
And what better choice of host could there be? Like the royal couple themselves, Canada is young, clean-cut, polite, uncontroversial and financially secure. A bit dull, perhaps, but we make up for it with upbeat small talk and unfailing good manners. It's an approach to life the Royal Family instinctively understands.
Last spring, Canadians got up in droves in the wee hours to watch the royal wedding - a reception that could only have validated Prime Minister Stephen Harper's own not-so-covert monarchist agenda.
In the past couple of years, his Tory government has re-introduced the crown to Canada Customs agents' badges, emphasised the swearing of allegiance to the Queen in the Oath of Citizenship and reportedly has plans to to tie together the bicentennial of the War of 1812 (in which Canada, as a colony, fought with British troops against the US) with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee next year.
When asked during last spring's election campaign whether he supported UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's wish to abolish male primogeniture in the Royal Family (a move that would have serious constitutional ramifications for Canada), Mr Harper was dismissive.
"The successor to the throne is a man. The next successor to the throne is a man. I don't think Canadians want to open a debate on the monarchy or constitutional matters at this time. That's our position, and I just don't see that as a priority for Canadians right now at all."
Judging by the warm-to-slathering reception William and Kate have received from the Canadian media so far, the PM's instincts are right.
While Canadians might have strong opinions about the monarchy when polled, the Monarchist League of Canada estimates that in fact fewer than 0.6% of the population is actively engaged in the debate over the issue of republicanism.
The prevailing mood in parliament is, if it ain't broke, why fix it?
John Fraser, author of the forthcoming book The Secret Crown: Canada's Fling With Royalty, recently observed: "The idea of a Canadian monarchy, derived from our history and evolved through our federal and provincial offices of governor general and lieutenant governors, rests on a firm foundation of two sturdy and irrefutable facts: It exists and it works."
Maclean's, a popular Canadian news magazine (for which Fraser and I occasionally write), has produced four special commemorative issues and a royal wedding book since the the royal couple announced their engagement late last year - that's over 500 glossy magazine pages devoted to a pair who live an ocean away.
Cathrin Bradbury, editor-in-chief of Maclean's Intelligence Unit, says Canadians can't get enough of the young royals.
"It's a love story - a happy, well-matched, stylish pairing of two great-looking young people with the future gleaming in their eyes," she said in an interview, adding that the fascination is not just about celebrity.
"Canadians, many Canadians, are proud and serious monarchists. It's part of who we are, and how we govern ourselves.
"And it's a very visible way that we are not American, and not being American is central to our identity. There are some who say the monarchy will survive longer in Canada than in Britain, and they might be right. William, King of Canada."
Or perhaps King Harry instead, if you agree with Etienne Boisvert, the Quebec provincial spokesman for the Monarchist League of Canada, who this week told the press he thought William's younger brother ought to take up residence across the pond.
Being third in line to the throne, Prince Harry "has virtually no chance of becoming king and could set himself up here and found a Canadian branch of the Royal Family", Boisvert suggested.
It's an odd notion, especially coming from a Francophone Quebecker. While the monarchist love-in is expected to predominate in the rest of Canada, La Belle Province, as it is known, with its history of separatist tension, is the one place royal visitors can expect to feel some resistance.
A small crowd of 100 protesters disrupted the Prince of Wales' last tour in 2009, and it is expected the Duke and Duchess will be forced to keep calm and carry on through more of the same.
The Quebecois Network of Resistance has announced it will demonstrate at Quebec City Hall against the royal visit's cost to tax-payers (which, according to the Monarchist League of Canada, works out to only a few cents per citizen).
But William and Kate would be wise not to take such insults too personally.
The late separatist politician Rene Levesque once said, "I have great respect for the Queen... but what the hell part should monarchy have in Quebec?"
Until recently one could have said the same for the rest of the country. But once Kate and William have their way with us, I suspect Canada will be singing God Save the Queen.
Leah McLaren is a London-based columnist for The Globe and Mail newspaper.
Police said Rashan Jermaine Charles was followed on foot after officers tried to stop a car in Kingsland Road, Hackney, at 01:45 BST on Saturday.
He then tried to swallow an object but died later in hospital.
Following a vigil outside Stoke Newington police station, some people threw bottles and sticks at police and set fire to rubbish bins in the road.
A mattress was placed across the road and one protester's car was parked across the street, BBC reporter Andy Moore said.
Police were monitoring the situation and would intervene if necessary, The Met said.
A spokesman for the force said no officers had been injured.
Earlier people held Black Lives Matters placards during the vigil organised by Stand Up To Racism.
Campaigners said they were "enormously concerned and angered" about the death of 20-year-old Mr Charles.
Ch Supt Simon Laurence, the borough commander for Hackney, said officers "understand they will be asked to account for their actions and they would not want it any other way".
He said the death "has had an impact on some members of the local community" and police had met with community representatives "so we can hear the community's concerns and how they are feeling."
Scotland Yard said the officer involved "intervened and sought to prevent the man from harming himself".
A force medic provided first aid at the scene before London Ambulance Service paramedics arrived.
Mr Charles was taken to the Royal London Hospital in east London and was confirmed dead at 02:55.
The police watchdog, the Independent Police Complaints Commission, is investigating.
A spokesman for the heavyweight told the Tass news agency the 36-year-old returned "low concentrations" of the substance in a blood sample in April.
Povetkin's promoters say the WBC will now decide whether the 21 May fight with Wilder in Moscow can go ahead.
The World Anti-Doping Agency said in September it was adding meldonium to its banned list from 1 January 2016.
Andrei Ryabinsky, the head of Mir Boksa promotions, described the situation as "ambiguous".
"He consumed it in September last year. He has not taken it since 1 January," he added.
"We have been in contact with the World Boxing Council, which is to decide if Povetkin's boxing bout against Deontay Wilder will take place or not."
Povetkin's fight against American Wilder, the reigning WBC heavyweight champion, is due to take place at the Megasport complex in the Russian capital.
Povetkin is the latest among several Russian athletes to fall foul of the new meldonium ban.
Tennis player Maria Sharapova was the first high-profile athlete to test positive for the Latvian-made drug - in a test taken at the end of January - but since then leading Russian athletes from boxing, skating, swimming and winter sports have all failed tests for the substance.
Recent Wada figures showed there had been 172 positive tests for meldonium this year - 27 of those involving Russians.
Wada says it is aware of the possibility of the drug remaining in an athlete's system long after taking it, as is claimed by Povetkin's management.
The organisation admitted last month there was "a lack of clear scientific information on excretion times".
It said that athletes might be able to show that they "could not have known or suspected" meldonium would still be in their systems having taken it before it was banned.
In a matter of three years, the Saudi-born dissident had emerged from obscurity to become one of the most hated and feared men in the world.
Osama Bin Laden was born in 1957, apparently the 17th of 52 children of Mohamed Bin Laden, a multimillionaire builder responsible for 80% of Saudi Arabia's roads.
His father's death in a helicopter crash in 1968 brought the young man a fortune running into many millions of dollars, though considerably less than the widely published estimate of $250m.
By Frank GardnerBBC security correspondent
Osama Bin Laden has gone to his grave with some of his life's aims achieved, and some frustrated.
Following the 9/11 attacks he said he did not care if his life ended now because his "work was done", having "awoken Muslims around the world to the injustices imposed upon them by the West and Israel".
But al-Qaeda and its affiliates have failed to remove any Arab "apostate" regimes, nor instigated a transnational conflict between mainstream Muslims and the West. The global jihadist movement has been sidelined by this year's largely secular revolutions in the Middle East.
With Iraq now calmer and with Nato forces helping anti-Gaddafi rebels in Libya, al-Qaeda's world view of perpetual confrontation with all non-Muslims is holding a diminishing appeal.
All the more reason, say experts, to be vigilant for desperate acts of violence by hardcore extremists in the movement's dwindling ranks.
While studying civil engineering at King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Bin Laden came into contact with teachers and students of the more conservative brand of Islam.
Through theological debate and study, he came to embrace fundamentalist Islam as a bulwark against what he saw as the decadence of the West.
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 changed Bin Laden's life forever. He took up the anti-communist cause with a will, moving to Afghanistan where, for a decade, he fought an ultimately victorious campaign with the mujahideen.
Intelligence experts believe that the US Central Intelligence Agency played an active role in arming and training the mujahideen, including Bin Laden. The end of the war saw a sea change in his views.
His hatred of Moscow shifted to Washington after 300,000 US troops, women among them, were based in Saudi Arabia, home of two of Islam's holiest places, during the 1991 Gulf War against Iraq. Bin Laden vowed to avenge what he saw as blasphemy.
Along with many of his mujahideen comrades, he brought his mix of fighting skills and Islamic zeal to many anti-US factions within the Middle East.
American pressure ended brief sojourns in Saudi Arabia - which removed his citizenship in 1994 - and then Sudan, and Bin Laden moved back to Afghanistan in January 1996.
The country, in a state of anarchy, was home to a diverse range of Islamic groups, including the fundamentalist Taliban militia, which captured the capital, Kabul, nine months later.
Though geographically limited, Bin Laden's wealth, increasing all the time through lucrative worldwide investments, enabled him to finance and control a continuously shifting series of transnational militant alliances through his al-Qaeda network.
Sometimes he worked as a broker, organising logistics and providing financial support. At other times, he would run his own violent campaigns.
In February 1998, he issued a fatwa - or religious edict - on behalf of the World Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders, stating that killing Americans and their allies was a Muslim duty.
Six months later, two bombs rocked the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Some 224 people died and nearly 5,000 were wounded. He was indicted as chief suspect, along with 16 of his colleagues.
Almost overnight, Bin Laden became a major thorn in the side of America. A byword for fundamentalist Islamic resistance to Washington, he soon appeared on the FBI's "most wanted" list, with a reward of up to $25m (£15m) on his head.
The US fired 75 sea-launched cruise missiles into six training camps in eastern Afghanistan in a failed attempt to kill him. They missed their target by just one hour.
As well as the African bombings, Bin Laden was implicated in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York, a 1995 car bomb in the Saudi capital Riyadh and a truck bomb in a Saudi barracks, which killed 19 US soldiers.
"I always kill Americans because they kill us," he said. "When we attack Americans, we don't harm other people."
In the case of the bombs in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, his words rang hollow. The vast majority of the dead and injured were African, not American.
The arrogance of wealth saw Bin Laden make the government of Kazakhstan a multi-million dollar offer to buy his own tactical nuclear weapon.
It comes as no surprise, then, that both the US and Israel are believed to have sent assassination squads after him.
Then came the events of 11 September 2001. Two hijacked aircraft smashed into, and destroyed, the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York.
Another aircraft ploughed into the Pentagon in Washington and a fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Altogether more than 3,000 people died in the attacks, which led to the US-led operation against the Taliban.
Allied forces moved into Afghanistan late in 2001. At the time, it was believed that Bin Laden might have been killed during the battle for the Tora Bora cave complex.
In reality, he had slipped across the border into Pakistan, a country in which he achieved the sort of cult status usually reserved for pop stars or film actors.
In February 2003, an audio tape, purporting to be of Bin Laden, was delivered to the al-Jazeera television company.
Of the impending US-led invasion of Iraq, the voice said: "This crusaders' war concerns, first and foremost, all Muslims, regardless of whether the Iraqi socialist party or Saddam remain in power.
"All Muslims, especially those in Iraq, should launch a holy war."
The US conceded that the voice was probably Bin Laden's.
The last known sighting of Bin Laden by anyone other than his very close entourage remains in late 2001 as he prepared to flee from his Tora Bora stronghold.
In Pakistan, he was given hospitality and shelter by some local Pashtun tribesmen loyal to the Taliban and opposed to their own government then led by President Pervez Musharraf.
The hunt for Bin Laden took a dramatic turn with the arrest in Pakistan, in 2003, of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
The head of al-Qaeda's operations and the suspected mastermind of the Twin Towers attack, it seemed as though the net had begun to close in on Bin Laden himself.
A major offensive to capture Bin Laden was launched by the Pakistani army along the Afghan border in May-July 2004.
But a year later, Mr Musharraf admitted the trail had gone cold.
Though al-Qaeda has been prolific in issuing audio messages, often on the internet and featuring the network's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, videos of Bin Laden himself have been rare.
His appearances have been carefully timed and aimed, analysts say, at influencing Western public opinion by driving a wedge between citizens and their leaders.
One such video was issued in 2004 - the same year as the Madrid bombings - and days before the US election.
A second surfaced as the sixth anniversary of the 11 September attacks approached, timed to quell rumours that he had been dead for some time.
To his supporters, Bin Laden was a fighter for freedom against the US and Israel, not, as he was to many in the West, a terrorist with the blood of thousands of people on his hands.
Robertson took charge of his first competitive game in his second spell as boss of the Highland side as they swept aside Brechin City 3-0 in League Cup Group A.
Falkirk beat Stirling Albion 4-1 in the group's other match.
"It was a situation I never thought I'd find myself in," Robertson told BBC Scotland.
"I hadn't applied for the job. I wasn't 100% sure if I would go back into management, I had a good job at Hearts. I spoke to the club, it was a very positive chat. It was a complete shock.
"In the end I spoke to family members and they said 'would you regret it if you didn't take it?'
"They were spot on - in a year's time I would have regretted it."
Robertson was Inverness CT manager from 2002 to 2004, leading the club to the top flight for the first time in their history.
It is a feat he hopes to repeat after the club's relegation last season, and has been encouraged by the recruitment of eight players over the summer.
"It'll be a positive, attacking team, that's the way I try to play, and try to entertain people," said Robertson.
"I've been encouraged by the talent that's out there. I can assure everyone they're not coming here for the money, they're coming here for the chance to stay full-time and play and get their careers on track.
"We've got a good squad of players together. We want to be in a place to try and qualify from the group stage and then be ready for an absolute blockbuster of an opening league game against Dundee United."
Gary Warren scored a first-half double for Inverness before George Oakley added a third to give them a winning start to their League Cup campaign.
It is Falkirk who occupy top spot in the group, though, after Nathan Austin, Joe McKee and Alex Harris' first half goals were added to by Aaron Muirhead's penalty.
Darren Smith's goal three minutes from time gave the Binos a consolation.
Match ends, Inverness CT 3, Brechin City 0.
Second Half ends, Inverness CT 3, Brechin City 0.
Corner, Brechin City. Conceded by Gary Warren.
Attempt missed. Collin Seedorf (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt blocked. Liam Polworth (Inverness CT) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. John Baird (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Jordan Sinclair (Brechin City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Willie Dyer (Brechin City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by John Baird (Inverness CT).
Substitution, Brechin City. Elliot Ford replaces Euan Spark.
Substitution, Inverness CT. Matty Elsdon replaces Iain Vigurs.
Corner, Inverness CT. Conceded by Euan Spark.
Substitution, Brechin City. Jordan Sinclair replaces Ally Love.
Joe Chalmers (Inverness CT) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Joe Chalmers (Inverness CT).
Kalvin Orsi (Brechin City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Kalvin Orsi (Brechin City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Inverness CT. Joe Chalmers replaces Jake Mulraney.
Foul by Collin Seedorf (Inverness CT).
Ally Love (Brechin City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Riccardo Calder (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Jake Mulraney (Inverness CT) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Jake Mulraney (Inverness CT) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Jake Mulraney (Inverness CT).
Ally Love (Brechin City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ross Draper (Inverness CT).
Ally Love (Brechin City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. George Oakley (Inverness CT) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Goal! Inverness CT 3, Brechin City 0. George Oakley (Inverness CT) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Iain Vigurs with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Inverness CT. Conceded by Willie Dyer.
George Oakley (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gary Fusco (Brechin City).
Attempt blocked. Liam Polworth (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Paul McLean (Brechin City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jake Mulraney (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Paul McLean (Brechin City).
Attempt missed. John Baird (Inverness CT) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high following a set piece situation.
Jake Mulraney (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aron Lynas (Brechin City).
Foul by Collin Seedorf (Inverness CT).
Fallan Kurek, from Tamworth, died on 14 May, six days after going to Robert Peel Community Hospital complaining of chest pains.
A coroner ruled she died from a "massive" pulmonary embolism after side-effects from the pills were not treated properly.
Burton Hospitals NHS Trust claimed it had learned lessons from the case.
In a statement after the inquest, Ms Kurek's aunt Rebecca Loeve said the family was "devastated" by her death.
"We love Fallan so much and we miss her desperately," she said.
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The inquest heard Ms Kurek had been taking the pill to regulate heavy periods.
She had prescriptions from her GP, Christopher Jones, from October 2014, as well as January and March last year.
Mr Jones said she had been assessed as being at "extremely low risk" of deep vein thrombosis.
The inquest heard users of contraceptive pills are issued with a leaflet warning of a raised risk of the condition.
Ms Kurek went to the hospital on 8 May where a nurse assessed her and gave her painkillers for muscular pain. She collapsed at home three days later.
Recording a narrative verdict, South Staffordshire Coroner Andrew Haigh said Ms Kurek had probably suffered "irrevocable" brain damage by the time she arrived at Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield.
A spokesman for Burton Hospitals NHS Trust said: "The trust wishes to express its deepest sympathy to the family of Fallan Kurek."
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The 36-year-old man was driving a Honda Jazz on Constitution Street at about 12:30 when it collided with a lamp post. No other vehicle was involved.
The man, who has not been named, was freed from the wreckage before being taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
Officers investigating the crash have made an appeal for any witnesses to contact them.
Sgt Rob Warnock said: "Inquiries into the circumstances of the incident are at an early stage and I am appealing to anyone who witnessed the incident, or saw the blue Honda Jazz prior to the collision to contact Police Scotland on 101.''
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Police have said a driver involved in a crash in Peterhead has sustained life-threatening injuries.
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Dywedodd Jazmin Jones ei bod hi'n deall pam fod rhai pobl yn awyddus i ddal troseddwyr.
Ond roedd rhai technegau yn medru bod yn rhwystr i'r heddlu wneud eu gwaith, meddai, a dylai swyddogion roi cyngor ar sut i helpu.
Mae'r Swyddfa Gartref wedi dweud ei bod hi'n amhriodol i'r cyhoedd wneud gwaith cudd o'r fath.
Yn lle hynny, mae'r awdurdodau yn annog unrhyw un sydd â gwybodaeth i'w phasio ymlaen iddyn nhw.
Daeth sylwadau Miss Jones fel rhan o raglen Week In Week Out BBC Cymru oedd yn cynnwys galwadau gan grwpiau "helwyr pedoffiliaid" i gael mwy o rôl wrth daclo cam-drin plant ar-lein.
Wrth siarad ar raglen Jason Mohammad ar BBC Radio Wales ddydd Iau, dywedodd Miss Jones y dylai'r heddlu wneud mwy i gydweithio gyda'r grwpiau hynny.
"Dwi'n deall fod y bobl yma eisiau pedoffiliaid oddi ar y strydoedd achos maen nhw'n amddiffyn eu plant eu hunain a phlant eu teuluoedd," meddai.
"[Ond] mae cymaint o bethau allai fynd o'i le os nad yw'r heddlu yn camu mewn a helpu."
Ychwanegodd: "Dwi'n meddwl fod angen i'r heddlu eistedd lawr gyda phobl o'r grwpiau yma... a siarad am beth sy'n mynd 'mlaen, dweud 'er mwyn eu dedfrydu mae'n rhaid i chi wneud hyn, hyn a hyn, ac allwch chi ddim gwneud hyn'."
Fe aeth April Jones, oedd yn bump oed ar y pryd, ar goll ar 1 Hydref 2012 ym Machynlleth, ond er y chwilio eang a ddaeth wedi hynny, dyw ei chorff erioed wedi cael ei ganfod.
Roedd gan Mark Bridger, gafodd ei ganfod yn euog o'i llofruddio yn 2013, gannoedd o luniau o blant yn cael eu cam-drin ar ei gyfrifiadur, ac roedd wedi cysylltu â merched ifanc ar-lein.
Ers ei marwolaeth, mae'r teulu wedi ymgyrchu ar faterion yn ymwneud â throseddwyr rhyw.
Mae cyn-bennaeth yr Asiantaeth Amddiffyn Ar-lein ac Ecsploetiaeth Plant, Jim Gamble wedi dweud nad oes digon o swyddogion yn gweithio'n gudd i ddal pedoffiliaid ar-lein, gan alw am 1,500 o wirfoddolwyr ychwanegol i helpu.
Dyw Cyngor Cenedlaethol Penaethiaid yr Heddlu ddim wedi rhoi union ffigyrau nifer y swyddogion sydd yn gwneud y math yna o waith.
Mae'r Swyddfa Gartref yn dweud eu bod wedi rhoi £30m yn ychwanegol i'r Asiantaeth Troseddu Cenedlaethol er mwyn taclo cam-drin plant ar-lein.
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Dylai'r heddlu gydweithio â 'helwyr pedoffiliaid' wrth chwilio am droseddwr ar-lein, yn ôl chwaer April Jones.
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Barnsley loanee Mike Phenix's header put Southport ahead, while home goalkeeper Max Crocombe saved Scott Kashket's penalty.
Josh Thompson and Mark O'Brien made it 3-0 before Welling's Michael Bakare scored from 12 yards.
Welling completed the comeback with headers from Sahr Kabba and Ian Gayle and are eight points from safety.
Southport sit 17th, eight points clear of the relegation zone.
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Welling came from 3-0 down and scored twice in in the last 10 minutes to secure a point at Southport.
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Just 2% of those in Initial Teacher Education were non-white in the 2015-16 academic year, a Welsh Government report showed.
That compared to 1,200 who described themselves as white.
The Welsh Government said it was committed to making sure teachers were representative of communities and encouraged people from all backgrounds to consider teaching.
The percentage of people in Wales from black and minority ethnic groups was 4.1%, according to the latest official figures.
Uzo Iwobi, chief executive of Race Council Cymru, said racism and bad experiences in schools had put people off.
"We have been encouraging people to get involved in educating children because we feel racism and lack of tolerance comes from a lack of exposure to people who are in positions of authority or who impart knowledge," Mrs Iwobi said.
"It's very concerning there is such a low rate and something has to be done.
"We need mentors who are diverse-aware and understand working with people from diverse backgrounds."
Mrs Iwobi said some trainee teachers or assistants interested in teaching had quit or taken breaks because of "traumatic experiences".
"One of those people has been so stressed by their experience they have had to take a break.
"They are asking 'why has it happened to me, why have I not had the support I deserved?'"
Mrs Iwobi said the person in question had taken a break from a south east Wales school with a view to finishing the training elsewhere.
She also heard from young teachers in Swansea who had experienced discrimination.
"They went in as teaching assistants and had very difficult experiences, but these could have been people who went on to do PGCEs, they felt discriminated against by the teachers.
"They're saying 'I don't think I want to go back, I was traumatised by how badly I was treated, I was crying going back to school and dealing with this individual who was meant to be supporting me'."
Mrs Iwobi added in tightly-knit ethnic minority communities a lot of information was passed by word of mouth.
"If one person says 'I've had a brilliant experience at this supermarket', most people will head down there.
"And if they say 'I've just had a horrible experience in this school, I was unfairly treated', it is absolutely going to discourage people, even if they have felt teaching was their calling.
"If ethnic minority people are stopping becoming teachers, it's going to affect educational attainment, especially of young black kids looking for role models."
Reena Patel, acting deputy head at Fairwater Primary in Cardiff, said her experiences had been very positive - but added it was important for children to see people from ethnic minority backgrounds in positions of authority.
"I think they feel that they are not represented in senior positions so they don't feel as if they can go there," she said.
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Fewer than 30 non-white people began teacher training in Wales last year.
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Dr Don Hull, a consultant haematologist at Craigavon Area Hospital, said people living with cancer in Northern Ireland should be given the same treatment as patients in England.
There are 38 cancer drugs available to patients elsewhere in the UK that are not readily available to terminally-ill people in Northern Ireland.
Dr Hull has called for "equal access".
He said: "I think local patients deserve equal access to the funding that is being made available to cancer patients in England.
"I would urge the new minister to take counsel and discuss widely with me colleagues in my profession."
In February, the then-Health Minister Jim Wells proposed the reintroduction of prescription charges to pay for a new specialist drugs fund.
A consultation by the Department of Health (DoH) on how to implement the fund including the possibility of introducing prescription charges to pay for it closed earlier this month.
Cancer charities have said they are awaiting the outcome.
Dr Hull also said that while the number of cancer patients are increasing, so too are advancements in the drugs that can help cure or sustain patients' lives.
He added that while the drugs are not a magic bullet, in some cases they can target the tumour so effectively that all cancer cells are killed.
"I know patients who could avail of these drugs and these drugs are known to be effective," he said.
"They are expensive, but some cancer patients in England and Scotland are accessing them.
"There are many advancements in cancer drugs and there is also a better understanding than ever before of the illness, so we are actually refining our cancer treatments to target particular mutations and abnormalities of the cancer cells that isn't present in normal cells.
"It is good that we can be more specific in our treatment."
Dr Hull was speaking to the BBC against a backdrop of new entertainment stations that have recently been installed in the Macmillan cancer unit at Craigavon Area Hospital.
The Southern Health Trust has spent £200,000 on the bedside entertainment scheme, which provides touch screen systems providing access to TV, radio and internet for patients to use during treatments like chemotherapy or blood transfusions.
Staff can also log onto these terminals to access patient records.
For patients like Audrey Fenton, the new screens help pass the time as she receives her chemotherapy three times a week, with each session lasting six hours.
It is gruelling for the former nurse, who refers to chemotherapy as her friend.
"Oh it's definitely a friend because it is part and parcel of getting me well again. I lean on it to help get me through this time," she said.
Audrey is 57 and was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma eight months ago.
She said: "The first thing that goes through your mind on receiving the diagnosis is how long have I got. No matter what your faith is, your lifestyle - no-one wants to leave their loved ones."
Audrey has no issue with her cancer drugs, but recognises that it is the expertise of her doctors and the advancement of medicine that is keeping her alive.
"There has been a moderate response to the treatment. At the moment the prognosis might be five to seven years, but if the treatment keeps working maybe longer," she said.
"I feel the best I have felt in a long time. I'm staying positive."
Audrey is indeed an extremely positive woman. Her hair perfectly set and her nails painted, Audrey said thinking positive is her mantra.
She added: "I feel I am living with cancer, I am not dying from cancer. I am living with it and the chemotherapy is all part of it. I will take what they give me to get me well."
With a hearty laugh, Audrey told me that of course she is very scared.
"You couldn't possibly be told you've got a cancer that can't be cured and not be scared," she said.
"I try to look on this time as me time. I have had a busy life and now it's time for me to take time out to get well.
"The chemotherapy is the starting point really of the recovery and I feel you just have to embrace it. The scarier time will be when maybe they tell me it is finished because then you are left on your own, but they will only do that when the results are good enough. "
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A leading cancer specialist has urged the health minister to introduce a cancer drugs fund in Northern Ireland.
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The team surveyed more than 26 million galaxies in the largest study of its kind.
The map will help scientists understand what dark matter is made from and learn more about another mysterious phenomenon called dark energy.
The results have been released by the international Dark Energy Consortium (DES).
According to Professor Ofer Lahav of University College London (UCL), and chair of the DES Advisory Board, the map would provide new insights into how the Universe operates.
"Dark energy and dark matter represent probably one of the biggest mysteries in the world of science. And this has generated a lot of interest across the whole of science because it is a major shakeup. And actually we still don't know what it is," he said.
Scientists have suspected that there is more material in the Universe than we can observe for more than 80 years.
The movement of stars and galaxies indicate that the Universe is also made up of invisible particles called dark matter.
In 1998, two teams of astronomers discovered the expansion of the Universe was accelerating, rather than slowing down, as the theory at the time suggested. Physicists speculated that the acceleration was caused by something they named dark energy.
Since then, observations have indicated that dark energy and dark matter together account for 96% of the Universe. The challenge has been to find ways of studying these invisible phenomena in detail.
"We cannot just say we don't know what it is, we have to make an effort to see what it is," according to Prof Lahav.
The Dark Energy Survey is the most ambitious effort to date. It began in 2004 and involves 400 scientists from 26 institutions in seven countries.
The survey involves taking pictures of 26 million galaxies across a large expanse of the sky using the Blanco telescope in Chile. To do this, the research team had to build one of the most sensitive cameras ever built. The 570-megapixel camera is capable of detecting light from galaxies that are eight billion light-years away.
By studying the way in which the light was distorted by the intervening dark matter, researchers were able to calculate its distribution. And by studying the way in which the distribution changes over time they can calculate the way in which dark energy acts on it.
The team was also able to infer the amounts of dark energy and dark matter from the density and locations of galaxies.
The results show support for previous studies that indicate the Universe is made up of 4% ordinary matter, 26% dark matter and 70% dark energy.
The hope is that a detailed study of the map will give clues about what dark matter and dark energy might be and so lead to a more complete theory of physics.
The data released today draws from just one year of observations. The researchers plan to collect data for four more years over an even larger area of the sky. Prof Lahav says that there is much more to come.
He explained: "Once we have the full survey, 300 million galaxies and a thousand supernovae, we may be providing input for a new Einstein to tell us what does it all mean - why is the Universe made the way it is?"
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Hertford College sent out rejection emails, but included copies of letters with the names, addresses and subjects of all the failed candidates.
The college was quickly told, Principal Will Hutton said, and asked recipients to delete the original email.
About 200 letters were sent out from the college's senior tutor.
Mr Hutton, the writer, broadcaster and political economist, said in a statement: "We would like to apologise to all applicants affected by this mistake for any distress caused.
"We are now taking steps to make sure this type of error involving personal information does not happen again."
How can that be?
The answer lies in the creative genius not of the car designers, but the financial engineers who invented a new way to borrow money.
The result has been a car-buying boom the likes of which the UK has never seen.
The Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are already concerned at the record £31.6bn we borrowed to buy cars last year.
But now it appears the FCA may also be worried about the finance deals themselves.
It is going to investigate what it calls "a lack of transparency, potential conflicts of interest and irresponsible lending" in the motor finance industry.
So should car buyers be concerned as well?
Until five years ago, most people would go to a bank to get a car loan, or else take out a Hire Purchase (HP) contract, paying for their car over several years.
But last year 82% of new car finance deals were defined as Personal Contract Purchase, or PCP.
The idea - imported from the US - has revolutionised the way we borrow.
Instead of buying a car outright, a PCP allows you to rent the car over a three-year period.
The money you pay merely finances the depreciation in the car's value over that timeframe, meaning you pay substantially less than if you were buying it.
At the end of the three-year period you have three choices:
If you have ever wondered why there are so many new cars on the road, it is because most people choose the last option, driving out of the showroom in a shiny new model every three years.
One reason PCPs have become so popular is that they price cars in monthly payments, rather than the full one-off amount.
Some people liken them to mobile phone contracts.
"Everybody's got used to paying a monthly payment for a mobile phone. At two years you get an upgrade," says Louise Wallis, head of business management at the Retail Motor Industry Federation.
"The same psyche is beginning to happen with cars. It's just on a bigger scale."
Another reason PCPs are so popular is that they are far cheaper than traditional ways of borrowing, like HP.
In the example above, driving a Ford Fiesta 1.25 Zetec would cost you £325 a month. The same car on HP would cost £423.
Unlike with a PCP, at the end of the HP contract you would own the car outright.
If you want to buy the car at the end of the PCP, you make the balloon payment.
But there are additional restrictions. There is usually an annual mileage limit, with in this case a penalty of 6p a mile if you go over it.
If you know you want to buy the car outright, HP is usually cheaper than PCP. In the example above it would save you £340.
Jane Wells, from Essex, bought a Nissan Juke on a PCP three years ago. The car cost about £17,000.
But a year into the contract she bought a camper van, and decided she didn't need the Nissan any more.
The dealership told her she would have to pay the outstanding £15,000 to cancel the deal, which she couldn't afford.
"The bottom line is that you can't get out of it very easily," she told the BBC.
As a result she had to continue making the monthly payments.
"I could have been in the situation where I'd lost my job. Then where would I have been?"
As with any loan, the penalty for cancellation can be large, especially in the early stages.
Adrian Dally, head of motor finance at the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA), says it works in a similar way to a repayment mortgage.
"The earlier on in a deal you are, the more capital is outstanding. So you will have more to pay if you exit early."
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There is another feature of PCPs the FCA may be interested in examining.
Although motorists are free to walk away at the end of an agreement, in practice dealers ring up at least six months beforehand, offering an enticing new deal.
Jane Wells ended up having seven Nissans in a row: A black Note, a blue Note, a red Note, a white Note, a blue Micra, a black Micra Cabriolet and the Juke.
"Every time they phoned me and said would you like another car, I was silly enough to go 'alright then'. When you wanted to end that cycle of having a new car after new car, it was very difficult to get out of it."
The FCA may certainly question whether this is a market in which competition is working properly.
However since PCPs are regulated by the FCA, they do offer customers plenty of protection. If things go wrong, and a borrower cannot afford the repayments, they may also prove less costly than an HP agreement or a personal loan.
Mark Lavery, chief executive of Cambria Automobiles, says personal loans are much more risky.
"You're on the hook for that debt; the way PCPs work, you're not. If you take a personal loan or an overdraft, in my opinion that's where the risk is."
The Finance and Leasing Association is also insistent that dealers are lending responsibly.
However evidence gathered by the credit reference agency Experian suggests the biggest growth in applications for PCPs is coming from those whose finances are already stretched.
That may leave plenty for the Bank - and the regulator- to worry about.
But motorists too may want to think carefully about who's really in the driving seat when they exit the showroom.
Mr Nicklinson can do almost nothing for himself - nothing except make a few eye and head movements. But it is enough for him to make his views crystal clear.
Although he was paralysed by a stroke in 2005, his intellect is intact. I met him and his wife Jane at their home in Wiltshire in advance of his High Court hearing.
Mr Nicklinson wants the courts to allow a doctor to give him to give him a lethal dose - it is a direct challenge to the law on murder.
It takes Mr Nicklinson a minute or two to compose each sentence. A sensor at the bottom of the screen tracks his eye movements and when he settles on the letter or word he wants, he blinks. I interviewed him at his home in Wiltshire a few days ago.
His care needs are too complex to allow him to make the journey to court.
I have reported his case several times so I was glad to meet him and to try to understand a little more about his life and why he wants to be allowed to die.
He told me "each day is getting that little bit more uncomfortable and harder to bear".
You can watch the interview by clicking the box above.
The hearing at the High Court represents a fundamental challenge to the law on murder. In amounts to an appeal to allow euthanasia which is strictly prohibited.
It goes further than the case of Diane Pretty, who had motor neurone disease. The House of Lords rejected her appeal in 2001 to allow her husband to assist her suicide.
Tony Nicklinson is paralysed from the neck down so he could not pick up and drink a lethal cocktail prepared by another. Instead he wants a doctor to administer the lethal dose.
So what are the arguments which Tony Nicklinson's legal team will use in court?
First they will try the common law defence of necessity against a murder charge - arguing that the only way to end his suffering is to allow him to die. This is judge-made and judge-interpreted law - it's not written down in statute.
Necessity was used successfully in 2000 in the case of conjoined twins - doctors had to separate them in order to allow one to live. They knew the other twin would die, but necessity demanded they sacrifice one to save the other, otherwise both would have perished.
This case is very different, and I have re-read the judgement in the Pretty case at the House of Lords, and there the same argument of necessity was rejected.
Mr Nicklinson's team will also argue that his case is covered by Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights which deals with the right to respect for private and family life.
This does not mention a right to death, but this part of the Convention has been frequently used in assisted suicide cases.
Mr Nicklinson will not be at court as his care needs are too complex to allow him to journey from Wiltshire to London.
The hearing at the High Court will last a few days and then judgement is expected to be reserved until a later date.
The case raises huge ethical and social issues which will spark major debate in the weeks ahead. Win or lose, Mr Nicklinson can be assured that the issue of whether there is a right to die will be discussed in great detail by judges, politicians, the media and the public.
A 75% majority was required to pass the changes, demanded by sports minister Tracey Crouch to make governing bodies more independent and diverse.
As part of the deal, a board place will be created for the 10 English regions.
"The vote is the start of an exciting new chapter," said British Cycling's chief executive Julie Harrington.
"Securing funding will enable us to inspire more people onto two wheels."
Funding agency Sport England had allocated £17m to British Cycling to boost grassroots participation, while UK Sport is set to invest £26m for its Olympic and Paralympic teams' preparations for Tokyo 2020.
However, the government deemed that, from November, boards of governing bodies must be "the ultimate decision-making body and exercise all of the powers of the organisation" - something that former chief executive Peter King thought would be rejected by more than 25% of British Cycling's 130,000 members.
British Cycling executives - including president Bob Howden and chairman Jonathan Browning - attended a series of regional meetings in a bid to convince members to support the reforms.
The reforms included an increase in the number of openly recruited independent board members from three to four and an independent chair. They also included a limit for directors of three three-year terms, with six of the eight elected members on the current board being forced to stand down.
British six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy had written to urge them to accept the proposals.
And Howden warned that cycling "could be lost to an entire generation" if their Sport England funding was withdrawn.
British Cycling said the reforms were voted through by 94% of its members and the result was welcomed in a joint statement from Sport England and UK Sport.
"We are very pleased to see that British Cycling members voted in favour of proposed governance reforms," the organisations said.
"National governing bodies of sport in receipt of public funding have a huge responsibility to invest it wisely and with transparency, and the code was launched to ensure those organisations have the highest standards of leadership.
"Some of the proposed reforms will involve significant changes, so today's vote from the members is a strong demonstration of British Cycling's commitment to continuous improvement to benefit everyone involved in the sport."
Julian Knight MP, who sits on the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, said British Cycling has "stared into the abyss and decided not to jump".
He added: "I trust this will provide a wake-up call to the sport that success doesn't give it a free pass. It must strive for the highest standards in governance and how athletes are treated."
To date, the government has had mixed results persuading sports to adopt its Code for Sports Governance, designed to improve governance standards across sport.
In May, the Football Association's council finally approved reforms, having been threatened with a £15m funding cut.
But earlier this month, the national governing body for table tennis became the first to reject the government's standards and had its full £9m Sport England funding award suspended as a result.
United midfielder Paul Paton was also named top player in the Scottish Premiership during February.
"I'm just a small part of it," said Paatelainen. "Ultimately, it is the players who do the work on the pitch and are the most important people.
"We had a relatively good month. Everybody put the effort in."
United are still eight points behind Kilmarnock at the foot of the Premiership despite a month during which they won three and drew one of their five matches.
Paatelainen conceded that it is not too often that teams at the bottom end of the league receive such awards.
United won seven points during February - the same as leaders Celtic and second-top Aberdeen - and the awards panel felt that, considering United's lowly league position, the Finn was a worthy winner.
"Obviously it's a sign that last month we did well and hopefully we can carry that on," he said following another fine result - Saturday's 3-2 Scottish Cup quarter-final victory away to Premiership rivals Ross County.
Paatelainan also spoke highly of Paton and the effect such an award would have on the rest of the squad.
"Massive boost," suggested Paatelainen. "Paul is a leader, he is a full-hearted player, leads verbally, leads by example and a wonderful player to have in your squad as he always gives 100%.
"He is a prime example of how the ball-winners do the so-called dirty work in winning the ball and doing the job for the creative players."
"I will tell you at the time," he told moderator Chris Wallace. For days he has claimed the election is "rigged".
The Las Vegas debate continued the campaign's bitter tone, with Mr Trump calling Mrs Clinton a "nasty woman".
Polls show Mr Trump is losing in key battleground states after facing a slew of sexual assault allegations.
The final battle of wits came less than three weeks before election day on 8 November.
The candidates declined to shake hands before and after the political sparring, setting the tone for another debate marked by shouting and interrupting.
Mr Trump appealed to the Republican establishment by vowing to appoint Supreme Court justices with a "conservative bent" who would overturn a key ruling that made abortion legal in the US and protect gun rights.
He also stuck to his pledge to deport undocumented immigrants and secure US borders.
Meanwhile, Mrs Clinton firmly declared she would stand up for the LGBT community, defend abortion rights, focus on restoring the middle class and equal pay for women.
"The government has no business in the decisions that women make," she said.
In one of the more striking moments, Mr Trump twice declined to say whether he would accept the election's outcome, breaking with the country's long-standing tradition of a losing candidate's concession after the votes are counted.
"That's horrifying," Mrs Clinton shot back.
"He is denigrating and he is talking down our democracy. And I, for one, am appalled that somebody who is the nominee of one of our two major parties would take that kind of a position."
Mr Trump's response drew sharp criticism from Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who said the candidate was "doing the party and country a great disservice by continuing to suggest the outcome of the election is out of his hands and 'rigged' against him," according to a statement.
Nicolle Wallace, an NBC News analyst and advisor to Senator John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, said on NBC: "He may as well have laid down in his own coffin with a hammer and nail and pounded it in himself."
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine also weighed in, saying Mr Trump's comments undermined American tradition and insulted "a very central premise of our democracy".
Mr Trump's campaign has insisted that the Republican candidate will accept the outcome if the results are verified.
"He's saying that until the results are actually known, certified and verified, he's not going to concede an election. He just doesn't know what will happen," said Kellyanne Conway, Mr Trump's campaign manager.
Other highlights from the debate at the University of Nevada, include:
When asked about her paid speech to a Brazilian bank in which she spoke of her dream of open trade and open borders, Mrs Clinton said she was talking about energy policy.
In one key exchange, he attacked her 30 years of "very bad experience" and she responded by going through her timeline, comparing where she was to where Trump was.
While she was in the White House helping to track down Osama Bin Laden, "he was hosting the Celebrity Apprentice", she said.
Donald Trump tried to be restrained. He really did. During the first section of the third presidential debate, when the topic was the Supreme Court, if you squinted you could almost imagine that this was just another presidential race, with two candidates squaring off and vigorously discussing their public policy positions on abortion and gun control.
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Many agree that the headline-grabbing moment of the debate was when Donald Trump said he would not commit to accepting the result of the election.
The right-leaning Fox News said it had been Mr Trump's "strongest debate performance" so far and felt he was "evenly matched" with Clinton. "But Trump may have undone whatever progress he made with a single answer," about the result, which will "undoubtedly be the big headline coming out of the debate and will dog Trump between now and Election Day".
Even readers of Breitbart News, a strong supporter of Mr Trump, thought he had failed to turn things around for himself. In a readers' poll, of 172,550 people who voted, 58% said Mrs Clinton won the debate compared with 41% for Mr Trump.
The Washington Post agreed with Fox that Mr Trump started well, but "by the end, it was the story of Trump in Campaign 2016 in microcosm, a series of angry exchanges, interruptions, insults that served to undercut the good he might have accomplished earlier".
The New York Times was full of praise for Mrs Clinton's performance, saying she "outmanoeuvred Mr Trump with a surprising new approach - his. Flipping the script, she turned herself into his relentless tormentor, condescending to him repeatedly and deploying some of his own trademark tactics against him".
Mr Trump has faced damaging fallout after a video emerged of him making obscene comments about groping women, with senior Republicans deserting him.
When pressed about sexual assault allegations made against him by several women in the wake of the video, Mr Trump said the claims had been "largely debunked".
In addressing the groping accusations, Mrs Clinton said: "Donald thinks belittling women makes him bigger".
"Nobody has more respect for women than I do," Trump said as the crowd was heard scoffing.
He also blamed Mrs Clinton, whose campaign he said was responsible for drumming up the allegations.
Polls suggest Mrs Clinton is ahead nationally and in key battleground states.
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Emergency services were sent to the property at Glencaple at about 06:30 after reports of smoke billowing from the building.
The road next to the Caerlaverock Tea Room was closed and people in nearby camper vans moved to safety.
The fire was put out after about three hours. It is not thought to have been suspicious and nobody was hurt.
The tea room and shop is situated on the quayside in the village.
It was officially opened by Princess Alexandra in September 2012.
The Chesham Arms Pub will start trading next month after a two-year legal battle by the Save The Chesham group.
Hackney Council granted the pub further planning protection after the group objected to the owner's unauthorised plan to turn the Mehetabel Lane pub into a residential property.
Campaigners said they were "delighted" at the news the pub would be reopening.
Jonathan Sockett, chairman of Save The Chesham, said: "We are delighted that a pub built when these streets were first laid out around 150 years ago can now continue to provide a warm welcome to local people for decades to come."
The group said local publican Andy Bird had signed a 15-year lease to reopen the venue.
In 2014, Hackney Council granted the pub "Asset of Community Value" status, after the owner continued with plans to turn part of the building into a flat without planning permission.
In March, an Article 4 direction was also made on the pub, which meant the building could not be changed into a shop, or financial services office.
Councillor Guy Nicholson, from Hackney Council, said: "With a new publican now on-board, the treasured historic local landmark will once again open its doors to residents and visitors from across London."
The 40-year-old, who resigned as Kilmarnock boss in January, takes over from Ray McKinnon, who left for Dundee United this month.
Rovers finished fourth in the Championship, losing their play-off quarter-final against Hibernian.
Locke is expected to announce a new backroom team at Stark's Park over the next few weeks.
He was made caretaker manager of Hearts in February 2013 following the dismissal of John McGlynn and was appointed permanently at the end of the season.
However, he was replaced in May 2014 with the club relegated to the Championship following a 15-point penalty for going into administration.
Locke was promoted from Kilmarnock assistant manager to caretaker in February 2015 and appointed permanently in June but resigned with the club second bottom of the Premiership.
Stanley Gibbs, 35, covertly set up recording devices in the woman's Glasgow home and published them online under the username "Psycho Stan".
He was caught after a friend of the woman saw them and told her. Police were called and recovered 60,000 moving images on devices owned by Gibbs.
At Glasgow Sheriff Court, sentence was deferred and Gibbs' bail continued.
Gibbs, a business analyst from Erskine, Renfrewshire, pleaded guilty to using electronic devices to record the woman in a state of undress.
He also admitted uploading indecent footage of her on to the internet and recording her without her knowledge between October 2012 and June 2014.
The court heard Gibbs and the woman had been friends for a number of years and that he regularly visited the flat where she stayed.
In June, last year, a friend of the woman was online and recognised various pictures of her.
The person who uploaded the images used the name "Psycho Stan" and claimed that the woman was unaware they had been taken and that he got "sexual gratification" from the pictures.
The friend saved everything on to a USB stick and contacted the woman to advise her she should leave her flat.
The police were then alerted and a search warrant was granted for Gibbs' house.
He was detained and interviewed by police before being cautioned and charged.
Electronic equipment was seized including a laptop, hard drive, mobile phone and tablet, as well as a digital camera.
They were analysed and 60,000 moving images found which were taken "covertly".
The court heard much of the footage was of "day-to-day" business, although indecent footage was also captured.
It was heard that the woman was "shocked and disgusted" and that she had "trusted the accused like family".
Scarlets fly-half Steven Shingler missed a last-minute penalty that could have given the league leaders the win.
Despite holding on for victory, Jones told BBC Wales Sport: "It was a bit frustrating from us, to be honest."
Scarlets skipper Ken Owens felt his side gave their rivals too many opportunities in their own 22.
"It is hugely frustrating. We gave some silly penalties away which they capitalised on," said Owens.
"It was a great derby and a good display of rugby but they were slightly more clinical in taking their chances and probably deserved the win in the end.
"We created plenty of chances and didn't convert enough, and they did."
After a good start for Scarlets, Jones' converted try sent Ospreys in level at the break 20-20, but the Wales lock felt they could have played much better in the first 40 minutes.
"We've been trying to play with a bit more width but you can't do that if you keep losing the ball and unfortunately we were losing the ball in the first half," Jones added.
"Credit to them, they were pressuring us at the breakdown.
"We feel probably we were let off in the end."
For the visitors, Boxing Day's victory was only their fifth in the Pro12 so far this season.
"The boys showed real character," Ospreys head coach Steve Tandy said. "If we'd lost that would have been pretty disappointing.
"It goes back to our discipline and we've got to smarten up a little bit.
"When we had the ball we looked decent, but we didn't keep it for long enough.
"But to come to a place where not many people win is really a positive for us."
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The sides produced a low-key first half in the game being played at the Belfast venue because the Showgrounds doesn't meet Uefa pitch length requirements.
However, Odd went ahead as Ballymena's Leroy Millar headed a corner into his own net on 79.
Sigurd Haugen tapped in Odd's second goal two minutes from time.
The under-strength Sky Blues went into the game minus injured Kyle Owens and Willie Faulkner while Jim Ervin and Stephen McAlorum were also missing because of pre-arranged holidays.
Canadian player Olivier Occean went close early on for Odd with Ballymena keeper Ross Glendinning making a fine save after an Emmet Friars mistake.
Kevin Braniff tested the Odd keeper Sondre Rossbach before half-time in a contest that had few chances.
Occean was inches away from putting Odd ahead after a John Kitelano cross following the resumption but the visitors did take the lead 11 minutes from time as Kitelano's corner was headed into his own net from six yards by the unfortunate Millar.
Neil Lowry tested Rossbach with a low shot in the 86th minute before Haugen hit Odd's second goal two minutes later.
Odd will meet FC Vaduz in the second qualifying round after the Liechtenstein club completed a 5-1 aggregate success over Welsh outfit Bala Town.
Regulations introduced in November stop people sending books and other items to prisoners in England and Wales.
Prison campaigners say it is effectively a "blanket ban" that restricts education and rehabilitation.
But the government says prisoners can still use prison libraries or earn money to buy books.
Under the changes, prisoners are no longer allowed to receive small parcels from outside containing items such as underwear and magazines.
Mr Grayling, writing for the politics.co.uk website, stressed the new changes had been brought in to encourage good behaviour.
The justice secretary was responding to a piece by the chief executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, also for politics.co.uk.
Frances Crook described the "book banning" policy as the "most despicable and nastiest element of the new rules", adding it was part of an "increasingly irrational punishment regime orchestrated by Chris Grayling".
"The ban on receiving books is a blanket decision, so no matter how compliant and well behaved you are, no prisoner will be allowed to receive books from the outside," she wrote.
Authors have also criticised the policy, while an online petition has been set up, receiving almost 13,000 signatures.
Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, said he thought he was "reading things from another century" when he saw Ms Crook's article.
"Even prisoners in Guantanamo Bay can get given books as gifts," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"We give children books because they are unequivocally good things which make them better people.
"But we're apparently trying to make prisoners into better people by actually restricting their access to books as if we're dealing with two entirely different species of human beings."
He dismissed the government's argument that prisoners could still buy books, saying average earnings were £8 a week and that prisoners "have to use the money to buy everything - coffee, clothing, toothpaste, phone calls".
Philip Pullman, author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, told the Guardian it was "one of the most disgusting, mean, vindictive acts of a barbaric government".
Juliet Lyon, director of the Prison Reform Trust, said: "Banning prisoners from receiving books in prison is just one of a number of mean and petty rules introduced by the justice secretary which add to the stress and strain of imprisonment while doing nothing to promote rehabilitation."
And the charity Booktrust said in a statement: "Surely our efforts should be on encouraging more people in prison to read rather than punitive action to stop those that want to?"
But Mr Grayling said prisoners were still allowed up to 12 books in their cells and also had access to prison libraries, if they behaved well.
"We believe offenders need to behave well and engage in their own rehabilitation if they are to earn privileges and incentives," he said.
He said it was "never the case" that prisoners were allowed unlimited parcels and that the government had "introduced consistency across the estate".
Prisons minister Jeremy Wright, meanwhile, said a major reason restrictions were in place was to stop things like drugs being smuggled in.
"The brutal reality here, which I think we all need to recognise, is that just because a package comes into prison marked 'This contains books', doesn't mean we don't have to check it to make sure that it does, in fact, just contain books," he told Today.
"What's being suggested is that we should have very few limits on the packages that come into prison - that clearly isn't feasible."
He added: "It's also sensible because we're trying to change the system so prisoners earn the creature comforts that they have in their cells."
Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan said the policy was an example of "the skewed priorities of a justice secretary who has no solutions to the problems in our prisons".
And John Podmore, a former prison governor and university professor, told BBC Radio 5 live that books were being treated as "luxuries" when prisons should be "encouraging their use not restricting them".
The Court of Appeal rejected a challenge on whether officers could confer before a court case involving a fatality at the hands of police.
Mr Duggan was shot by police in north London in August 2011 in Tottenham.
The 29-year-old's death sparked riots in the area, which then spread to other cities in England.
The case was brought by his mother Pamela Duggan and relatives of Rafal Delezuch, who died after being restrained by Leicestershire Police officers in 2012.
Duggan family lawyers argued the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) was operating a policy of allowing officers to confer which was inconsistent with the stance of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
Lord Justice Moore-Bick, Lord Justice Richards and Lord Justice Tomlinson said the IPCC had decided that key officers involved in a death should normally be separated from one another and not allowed to confer.
The three judges said "the risk of collusion" after an incident involving police "cannot be avoided altogether", but new guidance, issued by ACPO this year, went "a long way" towards reducing the risk, but they added that the document was "imperfect" lacking clarity and precision.
They said they were particularly concerned about two aspects of the guidance: allowing officers to remain together at the scene of an incident and as they travelled back to a police station, and the "unsupervised interval" between writing their initial accounts of what had happened and a detailed version up to 48 hours later.
"The less that is said... the greater is the scope for contamination of the detailed account by reason of intervening collusion," they said.
Lord Justice Richards added: "The IPCC has asserted its independence in issuing draft guidance that differs materially from the 2014 guidance.
"If it proceeds to issue statutory guidance, whether in that or in revised form, chief officers will have to take due account of it and consideration will no doubt have to be given to whether the 2014 guidance should be brought into line with it."
That was "for the future", said the judge.
The judges dismissed the appeals and refused permission to take the case to the Supreme Court.
The Duggan challenge was launched after Ms Duggan lost her High Court battle to overturn an inquest verdict that her son had been "lawfully killed" by an armed Metropolitan Police officer.
A crowd had gathered at the Karte Sakhi shrine for Ashura, a commemoration of the martyrdom of Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.
No group has claimed responsibility.
Meanwhile, hundreds of Afghan troops have been deployed to drive Taliban fighters from the capital of Helmand province, Lashkar Gah, in the south.
Militants have been pushed back to the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, a strategically important city, local officials told the BBC.
Lashkar Gah is reportedly in lock down with only a few shops open and many families trying to flee the fighting.
Schools and universities across Helmand have been closed indefinitely.
The new assault is the Taliban's most concerted push yet into the city.
The attack in Kabul happened in one of the city's largest shrines.
One of the dead was a police officer, a spokesperson for the Ministry of the Interior said.
Sediq Sediqqi said police special forces who responded to the scene found and killed only one gunman. Initial reports said three attackers were involved.
An eyewitness said the attacker was dressed in a police uniform.
The death of Hussein, which is commemorated during Ashura, was an event that led to the split in Islam into two main sects - Sunni and Shia Muslims.
The government had warned of possible attacks during the day.
An attack in July, claimed by so-called Islamic State, killed 80 people, but before then Afghanistan had not seen the same level of violence against Shia Muslims as neighbouring Pakistan.
Shia Muslims make up about 15% of Afghanistan's population, and many of them come from the Hazara ethnic group.
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Not least England manager Roy Hodgson, who desperately needs his team to secure a positive result against Wales in Lens on Thursday after the disappointment of failing to win their opening Euro 2016 game against Russia, despite dominating.
England have played eight matches in major tournaments since Hodgson took over. They have won twice - the last time during the group stages of Euro 2012.
Lose against Wales and the 68-year-old will have one more game to save his job.
The local authorities are also under pressure.
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Policing - already stretched because of the terror threat in France - has been heavily criticised and they seemed overwhelmed in Marseille.
Especially after none of the 150 hardcore "hyper-violent" Russian hooligans who were blamed for most of the violence at the weekend were arrested.
Remember, last month's French Cup final at the Stade de France also descended into chaos when fans managed to smuggle in fireworks, smoke bombs and bottles.
That hardly inspired confidence.
Then there is the English Football Association, which has been told Hodgson's team could be expelled from Euro 2016 if supporters are involved in any more trouble.
After the fresh disorder on Wednesday overnight into Thursday in Lille, the FA are now skating on thin ice. There is probably enough uncertainty surrounding the events - and the tactics of the police - to spare England the humiliation of expulsion for now.
But the numbers of injuries and arrests certainly do not look good. And that will be of huge concern after the FA urged fans to stay out of trouble.
FA chairman Greg Dyke was right when he told Uefa that England fans were not to blame for the sickening scenes inside the Stade Velodrome on Saturday.
But, despite football-related arrests in English football decreasing by 18% in the most recent figures and banning orders preventing known thugs from travelling to tournaments, there is a sense the FA could still be tougher.
According to Uefa, neither the FA nor the Russian Football Union raised any issue when the draw pitted the two countries against each other in Marseille.
The FA needs to explain why not.
England fans may have largely been the victims on the streets of Marseille, but, all too often, a minority still asks for trouble, still chants offensive songs, still trashes town squares, still intimidates locals and still brings embarrassment to English football.
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That is why some would have liked Hodgson and captain Wayne Rooney to have condemned such boorish behaviour during their video appeal earlier this week.
Their message to fans, urging them to be respectful, was well-intentioned, but the words could perhaps have been firmer.
Russia, of course, are also under pressure - having been told they will be kicked out of Euro 2016 if there is any repeat of events at the Stade Velodrome.
Worryingly, that did not seem to bother the Russian 'ultras' who appear to have attacked England and Wales fans in Lille on Wednesday, just hours after Uefa issued its warning.
It seems unlikely the threat of suspension will concern the thugs.
Those who, with a twisted sense of pride, filmed themselves during the rampage before posting the footage on social media.
Who attend hooligan training camps and wear gum shields.
Who traumatised innocent families when they attacked the England section after the full-time whistle on Saturday.
Whose sports minister is Vitaly Mutko, filmed celebrating with the Russian fans just after a dangerous stampede had narrowly been avoided in the south stand.
The participation of Russian athletes at the Rio Olympics already hangs in the balance following allegations of state-sponsored doping.
Being kicked out of the second biggest football tournament in the world would be an even graver humiliation for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
It would raise even more doubts over the country's suitability to host the 2018 World Cup, and would also heighten geo-political tensions.
But, after Russia were sanctioned by Uefa for hooliganism at Euro 2012, there is very little sympathy left.
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Finally, tournament organiser Uefa is under scrutiny.
For failing to take action when the draw threw up the obviously high-risk pairing of Russia v England, on a Saturday evening, in a city where racial tension runs high, and where England fans have particular notoriety after their antics the last time the team played there.
For shrugging its shoulders when the draw meant an inevitable convergence of Russian and British fans in Lille this week.
For allowing Lens, the smallest host city, to stage the England v Wales game.
And for being responsible for security inside the Stade Velodrome, where fan segregation and stewarding was sub-standard.
This is the same Uefa that staged this season's Europa League final at Basel's St Jakob Park, ignoring warnings about the risk of ticket chaos with such a small venue.
The same Uefa whose acting president is Angel Villar Llona, who was fined and warned by world football's governing body for failing to co-operate with an investigation into the bidding for the 2018 World Cup.
A man who, according to Fifa's ethics committee, "failed to behave in accordance with the general rules of conduct applicable to football officials".
And who was put in charge of the 2018 World Cup by Fifa.
The risk of a potential conflict of interest, should a decision have to be made about Russia's involvement in Euro 2016, is obvious.
In warning Russia its team faced expulsion from Euro 2016 if fans caused any more trouble, Uefa deserves credit for leaving itself no wriggle room.
It a strong and decisive message that had to be taken. But football needs to reflect on whether all this could have been avoided.
Thirteen people were hurt when the single-decker hit the building used by Guide Dogs UK in the centre of Peterborough on Christmas Eve.
The charity has moved into an office in the Orton Southgate area of the city.
Helen Sismore, community engagement manager, said: "We should be back in our repaired office by April."
The bus went through the bay windows on the front of the charity's regional office on Broadway.
Passengers had a variety of minor injuries but no-one was injured in the office where three people were in back rooms.
Ms Sismore said: "We heard and felt the crash and it was horrific and the timing on Christmas Eve didn't help.
"We've been working using laptops wherever we can find wi-fi, such as our homes, cafes and libraries.
"No clients have suffered because we've been in telephone contact using our mobiles and we've had a lot of support from our volunteers and the local community."
She said the repair of the rented Broadway offices was being covered by the landlord's insurance and they were renting the temporary office on Cully Court at the market rate.
The name of late president Yusof Ishak was misspelt "Yusok Ishak" twice - once on the folders carrying the notes and once in an enclosed booklet.
The banknotes themselves, however, feature the correct spelling.
The central bank says it will print stickers that correct the mistake.
"This should never have happened," the Monetary Authority of Singapore's managing director, Ravi Menon, said in a statement.
The collectible bank notes were launched on Thursday, with long queues of people seeking to buy a set.
Some who had purchased the commemorative notes were already trying to sell them for a profit, the Straits Times reported.
Each set of bank notes is worth S$100 ($70; £45) and contains one S$50 bill and five S$10 bills - both denominations having Yusof Ishak's portrait on them.
Emergency services were called to an address on West High Street, Buckhaven, at about 12:30 on Sunday following a report of concern for a child.
The baby was taken to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh where she remains in a critical condition.
Police said an investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Ball, a 19-year-old point guard from nearby city Anaheim, has been compared to Lakers great Magic Johnson, the president of basketball operations.
"He's the best point guard to play," Ball said of Johnson. "If I can come halfway short, you know it'll be good.
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"So I'm looking to go in there and just learn from day one."
In his one college season with UCLA, the 6ft 6in player led the country with 7.6 assists per game.
LaVar Ball - a former player for American football team the London Monarchs - is Lonzo's father and has been his main representative and leading cheerleader.
In March, the outspoken Ball Sr said that his son was better than Stephen Curry, who recently led Golden State Warriors to the NBA title. He also said that Ball was better than LeBron James, who has won three NBA championships.
He also runs a clothing website which sells trainers with his son's branding for $495 (£389). Four-time NBA champion Shaquille O'Neal criticised the pricing.
The Philadelphia 76ers had the first pick of the draft and chose 19-year-old University of Washington guard Markelle Fultz.
He averaged 23 points per game, along with more than five rebounds and five assists.
"It was unbelievable, really," Fultz said when asked about being announced as top pick. "It was something out of a dream."
The news was also announced through his Instagram account but there were glaring errors in what appeared to be a pre-written post.
It read: "Excited to head to (City) and join the (team name). @Tissot.us is helping me get started with my (team name) watch. #ThisIsMyTime #NBADraft."
The post was amended later.
The transgender soldier is due to face a closed hearing on Tuesday to determine her fate, they add.
The military has not yet commented.
The soldier, formerly known as Bradley Manning, was convicted in 2013 for leaking thousands of secret US files to the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks.
She is currently serving a 35-year jail sentence at a military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Manning's lawyers revealed the possible disciplinary action on Wednesday.
"Frankly it looks to me like harassment," one of her lawyers, Nancy Hollander, told the Associated Press news agency.
She said the ex-intelligence analyst has been accused of possession of prohibited property while in military prison, including books and magazines.
A Vanity Fair issue with transgender Caitlyn Jenner (formerly known as Bruce) on the cover and Malala Yousafzai's memoir were among the items allegedly discovered in her prison cell.
Misuse of medicine - namely an expired tube of toothpaste, sweeping food onto the floor and disrespect - were some of the other charges cited.
"It is not uncommon in prisons to have charges that to the rest of us seem to be absurd," Mrs Hollander told AP.
"Prisons are very controlled environments and they try to keep them very controlled and sometimes in that control they really go too far and I think that this is going too far."
The maximum punishment Manning could face is indefinite solitary confinement. Manning has requested the disciplinary hearing be made public next Tuesday, her lawyers say.
Meanwhile, a petition has been set up by her supporters calling for her hearing to be "open to the public and the press".
Manning, who legally changed her name in 2014, remains a soldier until her prison term ends. She recently debuted as a contributing writer for the Guardian US website.
Earlier this year, she was approved for hormone therapy after being diagnosed with gender dysphoria - the sense of one's gender being at odds with the sex assigned at birth.
Frank McHugh runs the genealogy workshops in Lisnaskea.
Mr McHugh was finding that technology was becoming a barrier for some of the older people he works with.
He decided to ask the grandchildren of the participants for help.
"There's so much in the way of resources on the internet and really the young people were there to help the older people access the technology much, much quicker," he said.
"I could spend more time working on the genealogy side of things in terms of uncovering the different stories," he added.
Adam Porter helped his great granny Eileen Stott get to grips with technology and Eileen admits she's "not up to speed at all".
Adam said: "She doesn't really know that much about technology, but I've definitely helped her and I've enjoyed it."
Adam was also interested in learning about his family tree.
"I have always wanted to know who I really came from and who was in my family, who my ancestors were and I've definitely found some of it out."
The research was organised by Fermanagh and Armagh Connected Together (FACT) which helps to tackle rural isolation through intergenerational schemes such as this.
Project Worker Sharon Howe said it had been a success:
"We knew we had an interest from the older people because we've run genealogy classes regularly but we really weren't sure how the younger people would engage and to be honest we have been absolutely delighted."
She said: "Some of the younger people have been so enthusiastic, they've gone out of their way to contact relatives.
"It's brought relatives back together again."
Frank McHugh believes that while technology can be a problem for the older generation, it can also prevent young people from learning about their past:
"The opportunity for a grandchild to sit down and talk to their grandparents about the grandparent's life, about stories within the family, it's very, very rare. I suppose kids are so focussed sometimes on the Xbox or other types of new technologies that those old fashioned types of conversations just don't happen.
"Hopefully what will happen is the young people will be left with an experience that will be there for the rest of their lives and they will have gained information and I know looking at some of the young people they were so enthused by the conversations that they had."
The six families involved in the project were supposed to research as far back as their great grandparents.
Eleven-year-old Dylan Howe became so obsessed that he admits: "I've found more than I should have found, very far out cousins that I couldn't really figure out how they were related to me."
His family tree now covers a roll of paper several feet long.
Talking to his relatives also uncovered a story that had been forgotten.
"My great-great grandmother's brother, William Kelly was on the Titanic as an apprentice electrician and went down with it at 23 years of age."
Dylan spoke to a great-great aunt who eventually told him of his family's connection to the tragedy.
"My nanny didn't even know that, and my father or even anyone else in the family didn't know that."
He had studied the Titanic at school and said his teacher Mr Wilson would "probably be very proud that I found that out."
Frank McHugh is also glad that the story has been uncovered.
"That story was completely lost to the family so the process of working on the genealogy, being able to look at all of the resources out there, one conversation led to another little bit of information and the story has unfolded and that story will be there with the family for the next generation," he said.
It is the first cabinet with no women in Brazil since 1979.
Ms Rousseff said it did not represent the country - one of the world's most ethnically diverse nations.
Her government had seven women among its 31 ministers.
Ms Rousseff is facing trial after the Senate on Thursday voted to impeach and suspend her.
She is accused of illegally manipulating finances to hide a growing public deficit ahead of her re-election in 2014, which she denies.
The new government's chief-of-staff said they had been unable to find any women for the cabinet.
Eliseu Padilha said the cabinet had been formed on a tight schedule.
"We tried to seek women but for reasons that we don't need to bring up here, we discussed it and it was not possible," he said.
"We will bring women into the government, in posts that used to be ministries, and that now will have the same functions but under a different name."
The new government will be in stark contrast to the administration of Ms Rousseff who had called herself in Portuguese "presidenta" instead of the gender neutral "presidente", and who had spoken of citizens as being "Brazilian women and men."
During the impeachment process she had frequently explained the criticism of herself and the government as being related to her being a woman.
"Black people and women are fundamental if you truly want to construct an inclusive country," Ms Rousseff said on Friday to journalists at the presidential palace, where she will continue to live during her impeachment trial.
"I think the government is clearly showing that it is going to be neo-liberal in the economy and extremely conservative on the social and cultural side."
In his first speech to the nation after the Senate voted to impeach Ms Rousseff, interim President Michel Temer stressed that "economic vitality" was his key task.
He added: "It is essential to rebuild the credibility of the country at home and abroad to attract new investments and get the economy growing again."
He said Brazil was still a poor nation and that he would protect and expand social programmes.
He named a business-friendly cabinet that includes respected former central bank chief Henrique Meirelles as finance minster.
Males identifying as white made up 22% of Brazil's population in 2013 according to the government's economic research institute, IPEA.
Women made up 51% of the population in the same year.
Ms Rousseff told journalists on Friday her opponents had "turned her life inside out" trying to find grounds to impeach her.
She again denied the allegations against her and said she had committed no crime.
She said she would continue to speak out against impeachment proceedings she has denounced as a "farce" and "sabotage".
She now has 20 days to present her first defence before the Senate and the trial can last up to six months.
Michel Temer became interim president as soon as Ms Rousseff was suspended.
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The 180 days allocated for the trial to take place expire on 8 November.
The Citizens are in fourth position in the Welsh Premier League - three points behind second-placed Connah's Quay.
The club said the former Wales international had not been offered a full-time contract and wished him well.
Legg, who played for Swansea City and Cardiff City, was appointed manager on 1 August, succeeding Neville Powell who had been in charge for nine years.
Legg said nothing in football surprises him.
"They didn't see me as a long-term manager and didn't offer me a contract. So they saw fit to go with someone full time and didn't see me as that man," he told BBC Radio Wales.
"That's football, nothing surprises me.
"I have gone there, done a reasonable job and they are three points off a European place, so I haven't left them in a bad position.
"I wish them all the best in the future, there are no hard feelings from me.
"They have made the decision and there were no issues on my side."
Bangor said in a statement that Legg was removed from his position as he was unable to commit to a full-time contract due to his "personal circumstances and broadcasting commitments."
Not just to Celtic versus Rangers and the craziness of the fixture but to the drama within the drama, the individual battle between Barton and the man Barton has sought to wind-up, Celtic captain Scott Brown.
Barton had barely set foot in Scotland when he started to taunt his counterpart in the Celtic team.
"People keep talking about Scott Brown v Joey Barton," said the Rangers man. "He's not even in my league. He's nowhere near the level of player I am.
"He can't get near me. If I play well, Brown doesn't stand a chance."
There's been verbals on both sides, the kind of trash talk that prize-fighters might be proud of.
Brown mocked Barton for an old comment the Englishman made about being a Celtic fan. Barton retaliated by tweeting a picture of Brown wearing a Rangers jersey in his youth.
Barton revels in this stuff. Most recently - out of mischief or boredom, or whatever else goes on inside his head - he had a pop at Brendan Rodgers, the Celtic manager. He joked on radio about Rodgers' year-round tan, the whiteness of his teeth and the suspicion he held that Rodgers was in the midst of a midlife crisis.
His employers at Ibrox let it go. Manager Mark Warburton likes to talk about respect. But, oddly, he found no fault with Barton making fun of Rodgers. It was just Joey being Joey.
Off the field, yes. Barton has been his roguish self. On the field? He's been like a different person. Diminished, ineffective, almost harmless.
Brown is 31 years old; Barton is 34. The Celtic player has more than 500 club appearances under his belt; Barton has just over 400. Brown has six red cards in his career, Barton has nine.
They've both been written off numerous times over the years; Barton because of his myriad and madcap bouts of indiscipline and occasional thuggishness and Brown because of his injuries, his errant passing, his lack of influence on big games. They're criticised and they come again. Mental strength is not a quality that either of them lacks.
Right now, only one of them has form. Injury reduced Brown to a lesser player last season, but he's looked powerful again in the early weeks of this season.
To think back to what he was like on the day Rangers beat Celtic in a penalty shoot-out in the semi-final of the Scottish Cup is to be reminded of the change that has come over him. That day, weakened by wear and tear, he was routed by Rangers' Andy Halliday.
It was just the latest time in his years at Celtic when fans and journalists signalled that his end was nigh. Since then, the medics have sorted his body and Rodgers has worked on his mind.
Barring one poor game in Israel against Hapoel Be'er Sheva, he has been excellent. He has retired from international football to concentrate solely on Celtic.
He's back in the Champions League group stage with his club. We didn't know it at the time, but his goal in the first leg was the one that ended up taking them there.
Barton has put pressure on himself with his bragging, but he hasn't backed it up. He's been nutmegged by Hamilton's Ali Crawford in the creation of one goal, he's been left for dead by Kilmarnock's Greg Kiltie in the build-up to another, he's been on the end of one horrible tackle by Peterhead's Nathan Blockley and on the end of an even worse one by Killie's Greg Taylor.
Both of them got sent-off, which makes a mockery of the notion that Barton is the one who dishes it out. Not this season.
He's been on the receiving end since he came to Scotland. Players have been looking for his scalp. Barton has only played seven games for Rangers, but he could have suffered a serious injury already.
That Friday night game against Kilmarnock was instructive for Barton watchers. Peter Lovenkrands, the former Rangers player, was doing co-commentary for BBC Radio Scotland and he spoke about how frustrated his friend, the Rangers full-back James Tavernier, had become at losing free-kick taking duties to Barton.
Barton was on dead balls and did nothing with any of them. Tavernier was given a chance while Rangers were trailing 1-0 and promptly rifled a wondrous free-kick into the back of the Killie net.
Lovenkrands said that surely now Tavernier had got his gig back. Barton soon left the field, tired and shaking his head in frustration.
In truth, had his name not been Joey Barton, you wouldn't have thought anything of him. If he was Joey Bloggs, you would scarcely have noticed him.
He was peripheral. His passing was mixed and his fitness debatable. Everything was slow in the heart of that Rangers midfield. They had tonnes of possession, but there was little pace or dynamism. Barton hung about as a defensive midfielder, looking like a fire-fighter in need of a fire.
It begged the question - how could Barton go from a deservedly lauded player of the year last season at Burnley, who got promoted to the Premier League as winners of the Championship, to an ordinary Joe in league games against Hamilton, Dundee, Motherwell and Kilmarnock - teams that finished 10th, eighth, fifth and 11th in last season's Premiership?
Barton's performances for Burnley were deemed outstanding by those who watched him every week. He played 40 games, won 22 and lost only five - one of them a 2-1 loss to Arsenal in the FA Cup, a rare day when he didn't start.
It's intriguing to look at how Burnley did what they did. Of the 24 teams in the Championship, they ranked a lowly 18th in terms of the amount of possession they enjoyed in games and yet they were four points clear of everybody else at season's end.
In 25 out of the 40 games Barton played, Burnley operated on less than 50% possession. Sometimes a lot less. In a 3-1 win over Fulham, they had 39%, in a 4-1 win against Derby County, they had 40%, in a 2-1 win over Bolton Wanderers and a 3-1 win over Huddersfield Town, they had 42%, in a 1-0 win at Blackburn, they had 43%.
On and on it went. Huge defensive organisation and concentration and ruthless execution at the other end. Burnley kept a clean sheet in 45% of the matches that Barton played. He was massively influential. The fireman with no end of fires to fight - and the player of the year.
It's different for him at Rangers. In many of the games they play, they're going to be on the front foot, with more ball and a different landscape to the Burnley team that Barton excelled in.
There are exceptions, of course, and Saturday will surely be one of them. It would be a surprise if Celtic didn't boss possession in their own backyard.
It would also be a surprise if Celtic didn't win the game, but maybe this is the type of match that will suit Barton, more like what he was used to last season. Breaking up attacks instead of having to launch them. Hustling and harrying and leading the resistance as opposed to a creative force.
After all his fighting talk, it's time that Barton stopped his shadow boxing and jumped in the ring and got on with it. The tantalising thing is that, if he does, he'll have Brown eyeballing him from the other corner, a seriously focused player, restored to health and unwilling to take a backward step.
A wit on Twitter said in jest the other day that this was the immovable object versus the irresistible force. We'll just call it Brown versus Barton while sitting back and enjoying the show.
Suicide bomber Salman Abedi killed 22 and injured 64 at an Ariana Grande concert on Monday night.
The unnamed officer is from Cheshire Police and her husband is critically ill. Their two children were also hurt.
Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Ian Hopkins did not comment any further "to respect the family's wishes" at a press conference earlier.
Police said he was arrested after an altercation in Rowan Drive, Dunmurry, on the outskirts of Belfast, on Monday afternoon.
The younger boy was taken to hospital with cuts to his arm and side.
The 17-year-old has also been charged with three counts of assault on police.
He is due to appear at Craigavon Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
Simon Brown is travelling to Illinois with the Blind Veterans UK charity to share best practice methods with their American counterparts.
The travelling group will meet with 11 veterans of the US Operation Iraqi Freedom injured during the Iraq war.
Mr Brown, from Morley, was blinded in 2006 during a rescue mission in Basra.
Mr Brown, 37, was a corporal in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers when he was shot in the face by a sniper, the bullet destroying his left eye and damaging his right eye.
Back in the UK his cheekbones and nose had to be reconstructed using titanium, his jaw broken and remoulded and a prosthetic eye fitted.
He is one of six members of Blind Veterans UK taking part in the week-long trip to the Department of Veterans Affairs' Central Blind Rehabilitation Center, near Chicago.
Speaking about his American counterparts, he said: "We've been fighting together since World War One and if we can fight together we can get better together."
He added: "We will be sitting through a normal week of their rehabilitation programme and our role will be about giving feedback about any changes that could be made and things that we thought were good.
"In the UK we are very strong on the emotional side of support and they are very much more about practical support in America.
"That's what we're taking out there, that more personal touch."
The trip is the sixth organised between Blind Veterans UK and the Blinded Veterans Association.
Mr Brown, who works as a communication and engagement officer for Blind Veterans UK , said the support the organisations offer is vital to helping service men and women recover.
"It's given me my life back," he said. "They took me from a coma to full-time work in the space of six years. For people like me the support they offer is a lifeline."
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Tony Nicklinson, 58, from Melksham, Wiltshire, communicates by blinking and has described his life as a "living nightmare" since a stroke in 2005.
Mr Nicklinson said he would appeal against the decision.
The case went further than previous challenges to the law in England and Wales on assisted suicide and murder.
Another man, known only as Martin, who is 47, also lost his case to end his life with medical help.
Father-of-two Mr Nicklinson was left paralysed with locked-in syndrome after a catastrophic stroke while on a business trip to Athens.
He said he was "devastated" by the court's decision.
"Although I didn't want to raise my hopes, it happened anyway because a fantastic amount of work went into my case and I thought that if the court saw me as I am, utterly miserable with my life, powerless to do anything about it because of my disability then the judges would accept my reasoning that I do not want to carry on and should be able to have a dignified death.
"I am saddened that the law wants to condemn me to a life of increasing indignity and misery."
Explaining the decision, Lord Justice Toulson, said both cases were "deeply moving".
However he added: "A decision to allow their claims would have consequences far beyond the present cases. To do as Tony wants, the court would be making a major change in the law.
Diane Pretty was terminally ill with motor neurone disease. She wanted the courts to give her husband immunity from prosecution if he was to help her die. In November 2001 the House of Lords refused her application.
Ms B was left a tetraplegic by a brain condition. She went to court because doctors refused to stop her artificial ventilation. The High Court ruled in 2002 that her request was valid and treatment was stopped.
Mrs Z, who had an incurable degenerative disease, wanted to go to Switzerland to die and Mr Z arranged it. An injunction to prevent the travel was granted to the local authority. The order was overturned in 2004.
MS sufferer Debbie Purdy challenged the lack of clarity on the law on assisted suicide. She wanted to understand how prosecutors would make a decision on whether or not to prosecute her husband if he was to assist her to get to Switzerland to be helped to die. Ms Purdy won her case and guidance was issued.
"It is not for the court to decide whether the law about assisted dying should be changed and, if so, what safeguards should be put in place.
"Under our system of government these are matters for Parliament to decide."
The case differed from other "right-to-die" cases which have focused on assisted suicide. Mr Nicklinson would be unable to take lethal drugs, even if they were prepared by someone else.
For someone else to kill him would amount to murder.
The rulings were welcomed by the group SPUC Pro-Life. Paul Tully from the organisation said: "Compassion and solidarity are the humane and caring responses to locked-in syndrome. To legalise killing of those who are suffering would adversely affect many, many people.
"We trust that today's judgment will help end the insidious campaign in the British courts to change the law on assisted suicide and euthanasia."
The British Medical Association said the court had made "the right decision".
Tony Nicklinson in his own words
Dr Tony Calland, from the BMA's medical ethics committee, said "The BMA does not believe that it would be in society's best interests for doctors to be able to legally end a patient's life.
"The BMA is opposed to the legalisation of assisted dying and we are not lobbying for any change in the law in the UK".
During the hearing in June David Perry QC, who is representing the Ministry of Justice, said Mr Nicklinson's "tragic and very distressing circumstances evoke the deepest sympathy".
"Notwithstanding the distressing facts of his situation, the defendant submits that the claim for declarations is untenable. The law is well established," he added.
The case was contested on the issue of "necessity" arguing that the only way to end Mr Nicklinson's suffering is to allow him to die.
This was used in 2000 when conjoined twins were separated, saving one even though doctors knew the other would die.
Mr Nicklinson's team also argued that his case is covered by Article Eight of the European Convention on Human Rights which deals with the right to respect for private and family life.
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The National Institutes of Health said that out of every 100 funding applications it considered, 30 were granted to white applicants.
This compared with 20 to black applicants.
The study, published in the journal Science, found the gap could not be explained by education or experience.
It suggested small differences in access to resources and mentoring early in a scientist's career could accumulate, leaving black researchers at a disadvantage.
Black people make up 13% of the US population, but only 1.2% of lead researchers on biomedical studies are black.
The NIH said concerns over this prompted it to commission a study, which was led by University of Kansas economics professor Donna Ginther.
The research - which was published on Thursday - examined submissions for NIH grant applications by more than 40,000 researchers from 2000-2006.
The study found that 71% of grant-seekers said they were white; 1.5% said they were black; 3.3% were Latino; 13.5% were Asian; and 11% were identified as "other" or "unknown".
NIH director Francis Collins said it would take action to address the potential for "insidious bias" in the grant process.
"This situation is not acceptable," he told reporters in a conference call. "The data is deeply troubling."
When applicants send proposals to the NIH, they identify their race, ethnicity and gender.
This information is removed from the application before the materials are sent to review.
Mr Collins said it was possible that reviewers could guess the race or ethnicity of an applicant by looking at names or where they trained.
He said they would look at reviewing grants on the basis of scientific merits alone, without requiring information about an applicant's qualifications or background.
The NIH is the largest source of funding for medical research in the world, disbursing $30bn (£18bn) each year.
Police said two men, 18 and 19, were found injured inside the Canterbury house. A third, 21, was found nearby.
Officers have said the party in Salisbury Road was well-attended and have appealed for witnesses.
Six first-year students had shared the house and two organised the party - two of their housemates said everyone who turned up seemed to be from London.
Alex Mackie, who had an exam on Thursday and had tried to sleep through the party, said: "I heard a sudden screaming and shouting. I think loads of people ran into the house, and then there were a lot of people screaming.
"Lots of people then left, and then about 20 minutes later, there were police vans and paramedics."
Conall Deeney said: "I thought it was going to be an end-of-exams party.
"We were just assuming students would turn up, but then obviously not. I probably knew two people at that party and the people we live with."
Kent Police said officers were called to the house at about 01:15 BST on Thursday following reports of the attacks.
Ch Insp Emma Banks said one of the men remained in a critical condition.
A team of seven men will be in charge at the Vale of Glamorgan, led by Tory councillor John Thomas.
The Electoral Reform Society (ERS) said newly-formed council cabinets in Wales were not reflecting the fact more than a quarter of councillors are women.
A Conservative spokesman pointed to the Vale's female mayor and young deputy mayor as evidence of its diversity.
About 28% of councillors are women following elections on 4 May, the ERS said.
The proportion ranges from 42% in Swansea to 10% in Ynys Mon, where only three women were elected. However, Ynys Mon will be led by a woman - Llinos Medi, of Plaid Cymru.
So far, the Vale of Glamorgan is the only authority with an all-male cabinet.
The Conservatives said they had a lot of first-time councillors in the county without cabinet experience.
Mr Thomas, who takes over from a Labour-led administration, said: "The new cabinet brings a wealth of professional and political experience to the council and will provide the leadership needed to develop services fit for the 21st Century."
A female mayor - Janice Charles - has been appointed. The mayor has ceremonial duties and presides over meetings, but does not have executive responsibilities for running the council.
ERS Cymru director Jess Blair said: "The Vale of Glamorgan council's failure to have any women on their cabinet is a new low for diversity.
"We have serious concerns that other authorities across Wales are also failing to appropriately diversify their cabinets with all councils so far failing to be gender balanced."
A spokesman for the Vale's ruling Conservative group said: "We are proud to have returned on May 4th with a diverse and talented team of first-time councillors, many of whom will go on to be instrumental in shaping the future of the Vale of Glamorgan.
"In Janice Charles, the Vale of Glamorgan will have an excellent champion as mayor, supported ably by Leighton Rowlands - who we have appointed as the Vale's first ever Youth Champion, and as the youngest deputy mayor in Vale history.
"We have ambitious and exciting plans for the Vale, and this will be an administration which works tirelessly to increase engagement with young people, to increase diversity and to attract new people into politics."
The boy was found outside St Peter's Church, in Hough Lane, Bramley, on Wednesday morning. It is believed he had only recently been born before he was left by the doorstep.
He was taken to hospital by ambulance but was later pronounced dead.
West Yorkshire Police said the white baby boy was found in a Tesco bag for life.
The boy was wrapped in a towel and shirt.
Officers believe the mother could be in desperate need of medical attention and appealed for her to get in touch.
Det Ch Insp Nicola Bryar, of West Yorkshire Police, said: "We believe he was left at the vicarage sometime during the hours of darkness Tuesday into Wednesday and we would like to hear from anyone who was in the area and saw someone in the vicinity.
"The death of this baby boy in these circumstances is a real human tragedy and we need to establish exactly how this situation has come about."
Dr Robert Lewis, 51, is accused of using routine examinations as a "pretext" to carry out assaults against women applying to join the ambulance and fire service.
Luton Crown Court heard he touched one woman's breasts like he was "polishing headlights".
Dr Lewis denies eight charges involving six women.
Jurors heard the offences took place at the Larksfield Surgery in Stotfold, near Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
Two women alleged he put his hand down their knickers and another described the doctor as being like a 14-year-old boy "grabbing his first pair of boobs" during an examination.
Another claimed he got her to bend over while he pulled out a tape measure and touched her bottom, the court heard.
Prosecutor Mark Fenhalls QC told the jury Dr Lewis had been acquitted of other allegations after a trial last November, but a jury could not decide on some and had found him guilty of others.
He said the new trial involved some of the allegations from the previous case but also new complainants who had come forward since.
"The assaults were subtle and carefully designed to avoid detection," Mr Fenhalls said.
"He was taking advantage of young women who were desperate to pass medicals.
"During some medical examinations, he used the pretext of breast and hernia checks to carry out assaults."
Dr Lewis, of Northbridge Street, Shefford, has pleaded not guilty to five charges of indecent assault and three charges of sexual assault between 1999 and 2007.
When questioned by the police in January 2013, the doctor denied indecently assaulting any patients, saying he always explained what he was doing and would get the patient's consent.
The trial continues.
Women were recruited from China by a Chinese gang that promised them jobs as au pairs or masseuses in Austria.
Police say the victims had to pay up to €10,000 (£8,600;$10,750) for Austrian entry visas and were forced to hand over their passports.
They were kept under constant watch and their earnings were confiscated.
Investigators say gang members threatened the women with violence if they tried to leave.
The women were also transported around the country to work in different brothels after working in Vienna for a period of time.
Police searched more than ten houses and found counterfeit IDs and money, a gun and €30,000 in cash.
SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell made the announcement at a news conference on Tuesday, when he confirmed they would not support a petition of concern.
It follows a plea by Ann Travers, the sister of an IRA murder victim.
The bill was introduced after Sinn Fein appointed Mary McArdle, who was convicted over the murder, as a SPAD.
Last week, the SDLP's Dominic Bradley told the BBC his party was considering supporting a petition of concern to stop the bill from becoming law, because SDLP amendments had not been accepted.
The petition would have forced a cross-community vote and effectively blocked the bill.
Ms Travers met the SDLP leadership to ask them to reconsider and the party's former deputy leader, Seamus Mallon, also warned against the move.
At the press conference on Tuesday, Mr McDonnell said: "We will not be supporting a petition of concern.
"While we are deeply concerned about the flaws in the bill and our amendments have not been accepted, nevertheless we feel the victims' issue takes priority.
"We have had lengthy discussions with a number of victims' groups and other parties. We believe that, going forward, there is a need for a much greater focus on victims' issues.
"We will be taking the opportunity to ensure victims no longer remain in the shadows."
The law was proposed by TUV leader, Jim Allister, after Ms McArdle was appointed as an advisor to Culture Minister Caral Ni Chuilin two years ago.
Mr Allister praised Ann Travers after the SDLP announcement.
"It is a remarkable testimony to what human courage can do and achieve," he said.
"My ambition for this law is that it might be referred to as Ann's Law."
Mary Travers was shot dead by the IRA in Belfast in 1984.
The Catholic schoolteacher was targeted as she walked out of Sunday Mass with her father, resident magistrate Tom Travers.
McArdle was sentenced to a life term for the murder and was released under the Good Friday Agreement.
Ann Travers said she "was happy" the SDLP would not block the bill.
Sinn Féin MLA Daithà McKay said the SDLP decision "undermines the ethos of the Good Friday Agreement".
"This legislation is against the core principles which underpin the Good Friday Agreement which at its heart is the ethos of inclusivity and equality," he said.
He added that the bill may be in contravention of European Convention of Human Rights and "if passed will no doubt result in further legal challenge".
The 20-year-old is a product of the Premier League club'ss academy, but has yet to make a first-team appearance.
"He's a ball-playing midfield player, very comfortable on the ball and a good passing range," Blackpool boss Neil McDonald told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"Hopefully he can come into the squad and add that competition and force his way into the team."
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Members of the Commons Environmental Audit Committee are calling for a moratorium on the use of sprays containing neonicotinoids.
Britain has refused to back an EU ban on these chemicals saying their impact on bees is unclear.
But MPs say this is an "extraordinarily complacent" approach.
Wild species such as honey bees are said by researchers to be responsible for pollinating around one-third of the world's crop production.
In their report, MPs say that two-thirds of these species have suffered population declines in the UK.
They argue that a "growing body of peer-reviewed research" points the finger at a group of pesticides called neonicotinoids.
"We believe the weight of scientific evidence now warrants precautionary action," said the committee's chairwoman, Labour MP Joan Walley.
"So we are calling for a moratorium on pesticides linked to bee decline to be introduced by 1 January next year."
Following on from research published in January by the European Food Safety Authority that suggested these chemicals posed an "unacceptable" threat to bees, the European Commission proposed that neonicotinoid sprays be restricted to crops not attractive to pollinators.
There are already some restrictions in place in France, Germany, Italy and Slovenia. But the idea of a two-year ban did not attract enough support after the UK and Germany both abstained.
Joan Walley says the UK government's approach to the issue is "extraordinarily complacent".
"If farmers had to pollinate fruit and vegetables without the help of insects it would costs hundreds of millions of pounds and we would all be stung by rising food prices," she added.
But the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) says that a ban is not justified at present.
Defra's chief scientist Dr Ian Boyd admitted the research was "very finely balanced".
"Neonicotinoids will kill bees, let me be absolutely clear about that. It is what numbers do they kill and whether it affects populations - the question is whether banning them in any way would be proportional and at the moment the balance of evidence suggests it wouldn't be," he said.
There have been a number of studies showing that the chemicals, made by Bayer and Syngenta, do have negative impacts on both honey and bumblebees.
One study suggested that neonicotinoids affected the abilities of hives to produce queen bees. More recent research indicated that the pesticides damaged their brains.
But Defra argues that these studies were mainly conducted in the laboratory and do not accurately reflect field conditions.
It has published its own work showing that in the field, these chemicals had little effect on bee health, although Defra acknowledges the study lacks statistical power.
They are also calling on the European Commission to agree to a major new field study that would settle the debate.
"That will allow informed decision-making, rather than rushing into a knee-jerk ban based on inconclusive studies," said a Defra spokesman.
Dr Ian Boyd says that despite being used for 20 years, there has been no satisfactory answer to the key question: what effect are these chemicals having on pollinators in the field?
Given the finely balanced state of the science he says that other factors such as the costs to farmers have to be considered in the decision to keep using these pesticides.
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"It is a very difficult analysis to do, we really don't have full data - but it does suggest that the cost-benefit trade-off at the moment is weighted to retaining neonicotinoids because if you just cost this in financial terms then you move in the direction of having a significant financial cost to take them out of the system," he said.
But the Commons Environmental Audit Commission rejects this approach, saying that "economic considerations should not form part of environmental risk management decision-making".
The committee also asks for more openness from the chemical manufacturers who should publish their own research on the safety of these products.
This seems to be one thing on which Defra and the committee agree.
"I personally believe that all those data should be open access; I think that everyone should be able to see them," said Dr Boyd.
"There are issues around confidentiality but I don't think any of those are insurmountable," he added.
Pesticide manufacturer Bayer said it "strongly disagrees" with the idea of a two-year moratorium.
With fellow producer, Syngenta, it has produced its own action plan on how to protect bee health.
"There has been a long history of the safe use of neonicotinoid insecticides and it is clear that when they are used responsibly and properly, any impact on bees is negligible," said Utz Klages of Bayer.
"This has already been confirmed by the competent EU and member-state authorities in their market authorisation assessments, based on the extensive safety data that had previously been submitted and proven in many monitoring studies."
The committee of MPs says the government's lack of action is in marked contrast to the efforts of the UK's largest garden chains.
B&Q, Wickes and Homebase have withdrawn non-professional plant protection products that contain neonicotinoid chemicals.
The report has been welcomed by many campaigners including the charity Buglife, which praised the "robust stance".
The issue is unlikely to disappear anytime soon. The European Commission told the BBC that it would continue to press forward with plans for a moratorium.
A spokesman said they were planning to appeal against the recently rejected ban.
In the US, the Environmental Protection Agency is being sued by beekeepers and environmental groups over its "failure" to protect pollinators from neonicotinoids.
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Francie Molloy won the seat after polling 17,462 votes (46.93%).
However, Sinn Fein's majority fell by more than 10,000 votes from their 2010 general election victory.
Joint unionist candidate Nigel Lutton was second on 12,781 votes. The SDLP's Patsy McGlone polled 6,478, with the Alliance Party's Eric Bullick on 487.
The overall voter turnout in the by-election was 55%, down from 63% in the last general election.
By Gareth GordonPolitical correspondent, BBC Northern Ireland
All the parties will take some heart from Mid Ulster, the by-election with one winner but no real losers.
Sinn Fein will take the win, albeit with a vote down by just over 5% for the new MP Francie Molloy.
His predecessor Martin McGuinness blamed complacency in his party's voters because the media wrote off the challengers.
The unionist parties believe the controversial plan to stand aside and back an agreed candidate, in Nigel Lutton, worked - increasing the combined unionist vote to just over 34%.
Although he came third, the SDLP's Patsy McGlone succeeded in increasing his party's actual vote in a reduced overall poll.
And in the Alliance's first election since the flag row began, Eric Bullick increased its vote from 397 to 487.
Before the poll was called, Mr Molloy had been deputy speaker at the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Sinn Fein MPs have a long-standing abstentionist policy from Westminster, with its other four current MPs opting not to sit in the House of Commons, but continuing to represent their constituents by lobbying the government.
After being elected, Mr Molloy said: "I would like to thank my colleague and comrade Martin McGuinness for the work that he has done over the last 15 years in moving Mid Ulster forward.
"Martin will be a hard act to follow, I understand that. But we will try our best to do that, we will continue to build the process within it and work with everyone," he said.
"I want to represent all the people of Mid Ulster, not just those who actually voted for me, not just the Sinn Fein support within the area, but all the people of Mid Ulster."
The election pitted the agreed unionist candidate, Mr Lutton - whose father was killed by the IRA - against Mr Molloy.
The Sinn Fein candidate had previously been accused of being a suspect in the murder, by the DUP MP David Simpson, who used parliamentary privilege to make the allegation.
Mr Molloy vehemently denied the claims, challenging Mr Simpson to repeat them without the legal protection afforded by Parliament.
After the result was announced, Mr Lutton did not shake hands with the new MP, but BBC political correspondent, Gareth Gordon, said the pair had "exchanged brief pleasantries" in the counting hall.
Mr Lutton, who works as an undertaker, was announced as the only unionist candidate after the DUP, UUP and TUV agreed to stand aside in an attempt to consolidate the unionist vote.
On the night he polled 599 fewer votes than the combined total of the three unionist candidates in the 2010 general election.
However he achieved 34% of the vote, an increase of 2% on the previous unionist share of the vote in the constituency.
The DUP and UUP both hailed his performance as a success.
Mr Lutton said he was "relieved and humbled by the result".
"As a nobody coming in, I wasn't expecting to increase the unionist vote," he said.
He told journalists that someone in the counting hall had made him laugh by describing him as the "undertaker who resurrected unionism".
Mr Lutton's candidacy caused controversy within the UUP, resulting in the lost of two of its high profile MLAs.
Basil McCrea and John McCallister both resigned from the UUP last month, objected to their party's electoral pact with the DUP.
UUP leader Mike Nesbitt said Mr Lutton was an "agreed" unionist candidate but said the move should not be described as "unionist unity".
"I always looked at this as an experiment. We'll go away and look at the result in much more detail and then we'll think about the implications going forward," he said.
"We're a long way from the next scheduled election which is Europe and I can think of ways in which we could clearly cooperate.
"We have Jim Nicholson already standing. I would be more than happy to recommend every Ulster Unionist voter to give a second preference to the DUP and we'd hope the same thing would come back the other way. I think that's a very sensible next step in cooperation, Mr Nesbitt added.
The DUP's Arlene Foster hailed the increase in unionism's share of the vote in Mid Ulster.
"As unionism in the west is growing again, thanks to this man [Nigel Lutton], and the cooperation that has happened in this election, I think we should send out a very confident message to unionism that we can go forward from this and I'm hoping that's exactly what we will do," Mrs Foster said.
Despite a reduced overall turnout, the SDLP's Patsy McGlone increased the SDLP's vote by about 650.
The Alliance candidate, teacher Eric Bullick, said he had increased his party's share of the vote by 23% since the last general election, polling 487 votes - up from 398 votes three years ago.
The by-election was the first time Alliance has faced the electorate since Belfast City Council took a controversial decision to restrict the flying of the union flag at the city hall last December.
Mr McGuinness claimed media coverage of the by-election had played a part in the drop in Sinn Fein's majority.
"I would have preferred if the media had said 'this is going to be a close contest', but the media didn't say that," the deputy first minister said.
"The media said 'Francie Molloy is home in a boat, Nigel Lutton has no prospect whatsoever of winning the election'. And I think a certain amount of complacency sets in, but for us it was a tremendous result."
Mr McGuinness added that his successor would make a "fine MP".
One tiny city is preparing to greet them, despite concerns about its size.
Wales will play England in the northern city of Lens on 16 June.
The town has a population of under 40,000, but as many as 100,000 fans are expected to arrive there.
Ticketless fans are being urged to travel to larger towns in the area such as Lille.
But for those planning to brave the crowds in Lens, what should they expect when they get there?
In a similar way to many towns in Wales, Lens once had a booming coal mining industry.
"There is a lot of testimony of the mining heritage in the town," said Marlène Virey, from the Lens tourist office.
"We have got the two big slag heaps, so you could have a walk on them," she said.
The mining mountains, or "terrils" as they are referred to locally, dominate the landscape.
There were 340 of them in the area during the 1970s, but 200 remain today.
The Nord-Pas-de-Calais mining basin was recently registered on the UNESCO list of world heritage sites, which protects the slag heaps from damage.
Base 11/19, named after the two mining shafts, is one of four main protected sites in the basin. It sits just outside Lens.
The two slag heaps are 186m (610ft) tall, said Tino Cioffi, a tour guide who tells visitors about the mining history of the town.
Formed from rocky mining spoils, they are "the highest mining mountains in all of Europe," he claimed.
The site was established by the Societé des Mines de Lens in 1894, operating for almost a century before being closed in 1986.
It was "really terrible" said Mr Cioffi, leading to "high unemployment" levels in the town, at almost double the national rate.
Lens will play host to four games during the competition, in the Stade Ballaert-Delelis, which will hold 38,000 fans.
Anyone else arriving will be competing for a spot in the 10,000 capacity fanzone, or the handful of bars and pubs in the town centre.
For those left on the streets, purchasing and drinking alcohol has been banned on match days.
Sylvain Robert, the Mayor of Lens told BBC Wales he was worried they will not be able to cope with the influx of people.
A much-needed economic boost was given to the town in 2012, with the arrival of the £109m Louvre-Lens museum, an outpost of the Louvre art gallery in Paris.
It opened on the site of a disused colliery. A modern building of glass and aluminium, it is aptly sandwiched between the football stadium and the mining mountains.
"It's a collection of 205 artworks," said Bruno Cappelle, from the Louvre-Lens team.
"They are all coming from the Paris Louvre and you can see a little bit of everything, so you've got all the techniques and all the civilisations that you could see in Paris."
To time in with the Euro 2016, they have a special exhibition on this summer, celebrating their much-loved local football club - RC Lens.
"It's a big collection of objects and testimonies, by supporters of the local team.
"This is really something very important here in Lens.
"There used to be the mines and football, now there is football and the museum," he said.
For Welsh fans searching for further links to home, many restaurants in the town centre serve a surprising local delicacy.
Welsh rarebit became popular after soldiers fighting in World War One brought it over with them, said Mr Cioffi.
Much of Lens was destroyed during the War and the town is surrounded by major remembrance sites at Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Vimy Ridge and La Maison Blanche, Cabaret Rouge Cemetery, Loos Memorial and Dud Corner Cemetery.
Capacity concerns aside, the town seems really excited to welcome Welsh fans.
"For the inhabitants, it's very exciting to welcome other football supporters, because in Lens, it's a tradition to support football - the inhabitants are fond of football," said Ms Virey.
Mr Cioffi said: "Lens people I think, will support the Welsh team of course.
"We have the same history and it's a small team, like Lens.
"And I hope to drink some beers with Welsh people."
The plan by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock would see the setting up of a Scottish Senate to revise Holyrood legislation.
It would consist of 46 members elected using proportional representation.
The peer's idea will be examined by members of the House Lords later who are currently examining the details of the Scotland Bill.
The Scottish National Party said the idea was a "non-starter" and there was "no desire" for such a move.
Lord Foulkes believes elections for the second chamber could be held on the same day as elections for the Scottish Parliament.
At present there are controversial plans to turn the vacant school building into a luxury hotel.
The Calton Hill site was a one-time contender for the Scottish Parliament.
However, that plan was vetoed by senior Labour figures and a new building was constructed at Holyrood instead.
Iran had agreed to provide information to help allay concerns about a military dimension to its programme, but had failed to do so, the IAEA reported.
These include suspected work on detonators which can set off nuclear bombs and high explosive charges.
It comes weeks before a deadline for Iran and world powers to reach a final deal to resolve the nuclear issue.
The US, EU and other powers suspect Iran is secretly seeking to develop nuclear weapons. Iran has strongly denied the charge, insisting its programme is purely for peaceful purposes.
Since the election of President Hassan Rouhani last year, Iran has promised to further co-operate with the IAEA.
Last November, Iran and the IAEA reached an agreement which outlined how Iran would co-operate with the agency's investigations into Iran's past nuclear activities and address the agency's concerns.
In an IAEA report released on Friday, the agency said that some of five steps that were meant to be completed by 25 August had been missed.
It also said more activity had been conducted at a military base in Parchin, where research on developing nuclear weapons is alleged to have taken place.
"These activities are likely to have further undermined the agency's ability to conduct effective verification," the AFP news agency quotes the report as saying.
The IAEA negotiations are separate from a parallel diplomatic process between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - the US, Russia, China, Britain and France - plus Germany, known at the 5+1 group.
Two months ago, they agreed to extend the deadline from 20 July to 24 November to reach a comprehensive agreement under which Iran would curb its nuclear activities in exchange for the easing of economic sanctions.
US and Iranian officials are currently meeting in Geneva to hammer out a deal.
Sir David, who famously sold the Ibrox side for £1 to Craig Whyte, was told by Lloyds Banking Group that he could retain ownership of his metals business if he sold Rangers and reduced the club's debts.
Mr Whyte is accused of a fraudulent acquisition of Rangers.
He denies a charge of fraud and another under the Companies Act.
The High Court in Glasgow heard a second day of testimony from Ian Shanks, a relationship director with Lloyds Banking Group.
During cross-examination with Craig Whyte's defence QC, Donald Findlay, Mr Shanks said the bank had told David Murray that he could split Murray Metals from his wider company interests and retain ownership of the business on the condition that he sold Rangers and repaid its debts.
The court heard claims that the metals business was important to Sir David as it was where the tycoon made his fortune.
In an email dated from April 2010, Mr Shanks wrote: "When we did the Murray Group restructuring last year, we agreed that the metals business could be 'spun out' to David once he sold his shares in Rangers."
The court was told that the bank gave Sir David a year to sell the Ibrox side and pay off its debts, which included an £18m overdraft.
Donald Findlay put it to Mr Shanks that: "That's an incentive, surely, to get the deal done."
Mr Shanks replied: "I agree."
The trial was later told of a draft letter written by Alastair Johnston, who was then chairman of Rangers, for Mr Shanks in January 2011.
In the letter, Johnston claimed the Rangers board were "masquerading as directors", effectively "stooges" for the "objective" of the bank.
He then insisted Lloyds wanted to "drain every single penny out of the club... to the extent Rangers as a thriving concern would be throttled into submission".
The then chairman spoke of "carnage" and referred to the "impoverished remains" of the club.
He also described the "head count" of the playing squad as "dangerously under water".
The banker told the court he did not remember receiving the letter.
But, Mr Findlay asked: "The approach of Alastair Johnston was 'this was everybody's fault, but mine'?"
Mr Shanks: "That is a fair assessment."
The QC suggested Johnston had been presiding over a "financial disaster".
Mr Shanks said the club had been in "difficult circumstances", but that it was "still operating".
The court was also told of contact between Mr Shanks and then Rangers chief executive Martin Bain in 2010.
There was mention of the transfer of striker Nikica Jelavic to Rangers from Rapid Vienna.
It was said the Austrian club "required the balance of transfer funds" to be "cash backed".
Rangers wanted to facilitate this by "seeking to increase the funding from Ticketus" - but that there was to be no mention of the firm on the year-end accounts.
Mr Findlay asked: "They hid the use of Ticketus?"
Mr Shanks: "Yes."
Prosecutors allege Mr Whyte pretended to Sir David Murray, and others, that funds were available to make all required payments to acquire a "controlling and majority stake" in the club.
The Crown alleges Mr Whyte had only £4m available from two sources at the time but took out a £24m loan from Ticketus against three years of future season ticket sales.
The court has heard the sale was eventually made to Mr Whyte for £1 but came with obligations to pay an £18m bank debt, a £2.8m "small tax case" bill, £1.7m for stadium repairs, £5m for players and £5m in working capital.
The second charge under the Companies Act centres on the £18m payment between Mr Whyte's Wavetower company and Rangers to clear a bank debt.
The trial before eight men and seven women continues.
Real visit fierce rivals Atletico Madrid six days earlier in La Liga.
The Spanish club's boss Rafael Benitez hopes Bale, who has been out with a calf problem, and James Rodriguez will recover from injury in time.
"I am very cautious, but they are recovering well," said former Liverpool manager Benitez.
"We will see how they are once they begin to train with the team next week."
Bale limped out of Real's 4-0 Champions League win over Shakhtar Donetsk on 16 September and a scan later confirmed the injury.
The 26-year-old has scored six of Wales' nine goals to spearhead their bid to reach the finals of a major tournament for the first time since the 1958 World Cup.
After travelling to Zenica to face Bosnia-Herzegovina, they then host Andorra on Tuesday 13 October.
Chris Coleman's side need a point to qualify for the Euro 2016 finals, which will take place in France.
Police say they killed the man in the Norrebro district after he opened fire on them.
It came after one person was killed and three police officers injured at a free speech debate in a cafe on Saturday.
In the second attack, a Jewish man was killed and two police officers wounded near the city's main synagogue.
Police say video surveillance suggested the same man carried out both attacks. They do not believe any other people were involved.
The head of Danish intelligence said investigators were working on the theory that the gunman could have been inspired by the shootings in Paris last month. The attacks on the Charlie Hebdo magazine, a kosher supermarket and a policewoman claimed 17 lives.
Jens Madsen told reporters the man had been identified and had been on the agency's radar for some time.
Police were working to determine whether the man had travelled to Syria or Iraq, he said.
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said it was "a very sad morning" and described the shootings as "a cynical act of terror against Denmark".
"We do not know the motive for the alleged perpetrator's actions, but we know that there are forces that want to hurt Denmark. They want to rebuke our freedom of speech,'' she said, according to the Associated Press.
Ms Thorning-Schmidt later visited the synagogue and said Denmark would do everything to protect its Jewish community.
On Saturday a gunman attacked a free-speech debate hosted by controversial Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks.
One man - identified by Danish media as film director Finn Norgaard, 55 - was killed and and three police officers wounded.
Officials said the gunman fled by car. A black Volkswagen Polo was found abandoned a short distance away.
Police said the gunman then called a taxi to take him home.
They used information from the taxi driver to identify the address, near the railway station in Norrebro. They released photos showing the alleged attacker wearing a purple balaclava and thick puffer jacket.
Hours later, a gunman opened fire outside a synagogue in Krystalgade street, about 5km from the scene of the first attack, killing a Jewish man and wounding two police officers.
The victim was named as Dan Uzan, 37. He had been on security duty while a bat mitzvah ceremony was taking place inside the synagogue.
Early on Sunday, police said they had been keeping the Norrebro address under observation, waiting for the occupant to return.
When the man appeared, he saw the officers, pulled out a gun and opened fire, police said. They returned fire and shot him dead.
It was always a case of not if but when. What's surprising is that it has taken this long for Denmark to be scarred by a fatal terror attack.
In September it will be 10 years since the Jyllands Posten newspaper inflamed the Muslim world with the publication of 12 cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, including one of him with a bomb in his turban.
The country has been perpetually vigilant since 2005, after its embassies in the Middle East were burned and Danish exports threatened.
Kurt Westergaard, the 79-year-old cartoonist who drew the seminal turban caricature, has spent the past decade living under a death fatwa (religious ruling). He narrowly escaped an attempt to kill him at home, and had to lock himself into a panic room when a Somali militant broke into his home in the city of Aarhus.
He continues to live under police protection.
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French President Francois Hollande said Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve would visit the Danish capital on Sunday.
US National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said they had been in touch with their Danish counterparts and were ready to help with the investigation.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Jewish people in Europe to migrate to Israel following attacks on Jews in recent weeks.
"This wave of attacks will continue. I say to the Jews of Europe - Israel is your home," he told a cabinet meeting.
The occupants of the car had been wearing fake suicide vests and had knives and an axe, officials said.
Seven people were injured in the attack, one of whom later died.
It came hours after a van was driven into crowds in Barcelona, leaving 13 people dead and scores injured.
Police say the van driver, who fled the scene, could be among those killed in Cambrils, but this has not yet been confirmed.
"The investigation points in this direction," said Catalonian police official Josep Lluis Trapero, but there was no "concrete proof".
He added that, despite police training, it was "not easy" for the officer who had shot dead four of the five suspects.
The attack in Cambrils unfolded when an Audi A3 was driven at people walking along the seafront in the early hours of Friday.
The car overturned and those inside then attacked people with knives. Police said four were shot dead at the scene and the fifth was killed a few hundred metres away.
Waiter Joan Marc Serra Salinas heard the shots that rang out on Cambrils promenade.
"It was bang, bang, bang. Shouting, more shouting. I threw myself on to the ground on the beach," he said.
The Mayor of Cambrils, Cami Mendoza, praised the "speed and efficiency" of the police response.
A total of 3,186 passengers used the service between Brixham and Torquay in Devon from when it started in December 2014 to April last year.
During that time, the Brixham Express company received £544,000 in subsidies from Torbay Council.
The authority said the payments, which have since stopped, were in line with the firm's contract.
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Figures released to the BBC following Freedom of Information requests show a cost per passenger journey of £171, based on the total subsidies paid by Torbay Council in January and April 2015.
Steve Darling, leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Torbay Council, said: "It's extremely disturbing, they might as well have given them a stretch limo with champagne on ice between Brixham and Torquay."
The Conservative-controlled council said it stopped the subsidies last April because the firm started using smaller vessels which did not comply with its contract.
When Brixham Express won the contract in 2014 as part of Torbay Council's green travel plan, it promised a catamaran. but it has not arrived yet.
The firm has blamed delays in getting a safety certificate.
The service started with a number of large hired vessels including the Pride of Exmouth, but since last April it has been using small fishing boats with a maximum capacity of 35.
A council spokesman said: "Post-April 2015 no subsidy has been paid to the company, as they have not been able to comply with the vessel specification contained within the contract."
The Department for Transport (DfT) said the subsidies came via the council from the government's Local Sustainable Transport Fund.
A DfT spokesman said: "Since 2011, we have provided £600m to transport projects across England to improve journeys for local people. It is for the relevant local authorities to make sure these projects are delivered."
No-one from the ferry firm was available for comment but Brixham Express skipper John Ford said: "With the new fast ferry still not on site people have lost faith in the whole situation which is totally understandable.
"But this has never been tried before in Torquay and we're going to do our utmost to make it work."
Archaeologists say the skeletons are in good condition and they expect to find as many as 40 in the coming weeks.
The land was home to a friary between 1290 and 1538, making many of the remains 450 years old.
The discovery was made in the university's New Museums site, which is about to undergo a major redevelopment.
It is currently home to the many of the university's science departments and examination halls as well as the David Attenborough building and the Museum of Zoology.
The team from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) will spend the next four weeks on the site before renovations get underway.
Site director Craig Cessford said building work through the centuries has left a number of skeletons "chopped through".
He said: "The bones are really perfectly preserved apart from where early 20th Century foundations have chopped through them so in places you'll only get half a body.
"Even when the friary was in use they sometimes chopped through the burials - so it's not just in the modern period that the skeletons have been disturbed."
The Augustinian friary was founded in 1290 but fell victim to the dissolution of the monasteries in 1538 under Henry VIII.
"They come in, they set up their friary and mark off an area as a cemetery and they start burying people in nice neat rows," Mr Cessford said.
"Eventually, after 100 or 150 years they fill up their area and they just start back at the beginning again and we know they did that at least three times.
"It still has the potential for surprises."
The skeletons will now be processed, washed and studied by specialist osteo-archaeologists.
The CAU is working closely with the university's Department of Archaeology on a project called After the Plague, based around the discovery of around 400 skeletons in a burial site at Cambridge's Hospital of St John in 2010.
It's hoped the friary remains will become a "comparative collection", Mr Cessford added.
The 25-year-old Scot won the inaugural title with a 6-1 6-4 success against Stefan Olsson and begins his defence against the Swede on Thursday.
Reid is also the reigning doubles champion and again pairs up with England's Alfie Hewett.
"It feels great to be back, it gets the excitement flowing," said Reid.
"To be the first person to win the trophy was special and to retain it would be even better.
"I've got great memories but now it's about focusing on trying to do the same this year. I'll take it one match at a time.
"Stefan is in good form and enjoys playing on the grass, so it's not going to be an easy match at all."
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Reid, who collected an MBE from the Queen in Edinburgh last week, added the first Wimbledon singles title to his Australian Open victory last year.
He began 2017 by collecting the doubles prize in Australia, completing the set of majors, with two previous French Open wins and US Open success in 2015.
"Singles-wise, this year has not been ideal but the doubles has been good," Reid told BBC Scotland.
"Hopefully, I can use this tournament to get some confidence for the second half of the season."
Reid, who also won Paralympic singles gold last year, recalls "drinking champagne with the Murray team" last year following Andy Murray's second Wimbledon title.
Murray has reached the last eight as he attempts to defend his title and Reid is aiming for another Scottish double, with the help of some superstition.
"I'm trying to get the same lucky number 13 locker as last year," he laughed.
"There's someone else in there, so I've reserved it for when they leave."
The AU lobbied intensely for the 50-year-old Gambian, endorsing her candidature in June after repeatedly accusing Mr Moreno-Ocampo - an Argentinian whose nine-year term expires next year - of selective justice by only investigating atrocities in Africa.
"Frankly speaking, we are not against the ICC. What we are against is Ocampo's justice," AU commission chairman Jean Ping said earlier this year.
"What have we done to justify being an example to the world? Are there no worst countries, like Myanmar [Burma]?"
The appointment of Mrs Bensouda, who has been Mr Moreno-Ocampo's deputy throughout his tenure, was unanimously approved at a meeting of the legislative body of the ICC, the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), in New York on Monday.
Mrs Bensouda, a former senior legal adviser at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, which is trying key figures responsible for the 1994 genocide in the Central African state, got the job ahead of three other short-listed candidates.
They were Andrew Cayley, the British co-prosecutor at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia; Tanzania's chief justice Mohamed Chande Othman; and Canadian war crimes specialist Robert Petit.
"The AU has been adamant that an African candidate would be selected, and they got their wish," writes UK-based law blogger Mark Kersten on the Justice in Conflict blog.
He says the AU's hand was strengthened by the fact that African countries form the largest bloc in the ASP. Yet the ICC's various organs - including the presidency and registry - were headed by people from other continents.
"Bensouda clearly satisfied all of the political and merit-based criteria to become the ICC's chief prosecutor," Mr Kersten says.
Born into a polygamous family - her father had two wives - Mrs Bensouda is married to a Gambian-Moroccan businessman. They have three children - one of whom is adopted.
"I come from a big family, let's say it that way," she said in an interview earlier this month with the AFP news agency.
She told the BBC's Newshour programme that her African background would give her an additional insight into life on the continent, which would help her perform her new job.
However, she said she had been "proud" to have worked with Mr Moreno-Ocampo and so may not bring a radically different approach.
Mrs Bensouda was once a politician, with Gambian President Yahya Jammeh - who took power in a coup in 1994 and is accused of harassing the opposition and the press - appointing her as justice minister in 1998.
But the two fell out and Mr Jammeh sacked her about two years later.
"She was relieved of her duties while she was abroad," Gambian opposition leader Ousainou Darboe told the BBC.
"She is a fantastic person, and showed genuine concern about human rights issues [in The Gambia]."
Mrs Bensouda's appointment as chief prosecutor has been welcomed in the legal profession and among non-governmental organisations.
"She always struck us a very thoughtful person of great intellect," says Human Rights Watch senior counsel Liz Evenson.
A senior lecturer at the Melbourne Law School in Australia, Kevin Jon Heller, says Mr Cayley would have been an "excellent" chief prosecutor, but Mrs Bensouda was also "very qualified" for the job.
"She offers the best of both worlds - an ICC insider who offers institutional continuity, which will be critical in the coming years, but has a strong, independent voice that has not been tainted by Moreno-Ocampo's incompetent tenure," he writes on the Opinio Juris blog.
"Having spoken to numerous individuals involved in the ICC, from OTP [Office of The Prosecutor] staff to legal officers in chambers to defence attorneys, it is clear that Bensouda was the primary reason that the OTP didn't fall completely apart over the past eight years."
"I have also had the good fortune to spend time with Bensouda over the past couple of years. She is, to put it mildly, an incredibly impressive woman: smart, articulate, thoughtful (a welcome change from Moreno-Ocampo) and compassionate."
South Africa-based legal expert Shadrack Ghutto believes that Mrs Bensouda will keep a lower profile than Mr Moreno-Ocampo.
"He had a media-attracting personality and a propensity to make pronouncements before going through judicial processes," Mr Ghutto told the BBC.
"The chief prosecutor must not overshadow the court. I think it will now come to the fore."
The ICC has so far investigated conflicts in seven countries - all in Africa: Sudan; Libya; Ivory Coast; Kenya; Uganda; the Democratic Republic of Congo; and the Central African Republic.
Several of the cases are in court, with a verdict in the first trial - that of eastern DR Congo militia leader Thomas Lubanga - expected early next year.
"For many observers, it [the case] has been going on for too long, but a lot of things needed to be worked out," says Ms Evenson of Human Rights Watch.
"The two other trials [including that of former DR Congo vice-president and rebel leader Jean Pierre-Bemba] are going much more quickly."
Despite AU accusations of "selective justice", Mrs Bensouda is unapologetic about the ICC's focus on African conflicts.
"We say that the ICC is targeting Africans, but all of the victims in our cases in Africa are African victims," she said earlier this year.
"They are not from another continent. And they're the ones who are suffering these crimes."
Mr Heller says that while Mrs Bensouda will avoid "needlessly alienating" governments, he expects her to vigorously pursue justice.
"From what I know about her, she'll do what she believes is right - no matter how many feathers get ruffled. So if states think they are getting a shrinking violet, they're bound for serious disappointment," he says.
Mr Ghutto says for the sake of the ICC's credibility, Mrs Bensouda must address concerns that only Africans are being targeted by investigating conflicts in other parts of the world.
"The court has to be seen to be international in the way it operates," he says.
"Cases must be brought without fear, favour or prejudice."
The ICC says it is conducting preliminary investigations into eight other countries, including Afghanistan, Colombia and Korea.
Ms Evenson says part of the problem is that many powerful states, including the US and China, have refused to recognise the ICC, meaning that they cannot be investigated unless the UN Security Council - which is a "highly politicised" body - agrees.
"There has to be pressure to get more countries to join the ICC," she says.
Maciej Gabryś posted on Facebook asking people for advice on possible jobs he could apply for where he would be working with English people.
The 32-year-old said he also wanted to learn more about the English language, as well as the culture and history of the region and country.
"I am in England, and I want to know England," he added.
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Mr Gabryś, who previously worked in a bank in Jelenia Góra, Lower Silesia, south-western Poland, came to Doncaster about a month ago
He said he came up with the idea of using social media to help him find work shortly after.
Speaking about the post in the Doncaster Talk group, Mr Gabryś said: "Some are saying good luck, some are sending me adverts for jobs."
He said he hoped the advice would help him to integrate and learn about English culture and history.
In response, people have posted messages of support and suggestions about where he might get a job.
Others offered advice about integration, suggesting going to the pub with English friends or joining a local sports club.
One tongue-in-cheek post suggested he learn about local football teams, but added "don't favour either United or Wednesday" in a reference to the two biggest Sheffield clubs.
Another post praised him for his efforts, adding: "Of course, we excel at learning other languages when we go abroad!"
Mr Gabryś said he was surprised by the the number of people who responded, but said he was very grateful for all the advice he has received.
The Xperia XZ Premium captures video at up to 960 frames per second (fps).
The achievement was made possible by a new type of image sensor that has built-in memory of its own.
Sony's smartphone market share is small, but it usually makes its sensors available to rivals about six to 12 months after they debut.
Apple, Samsung, LG and Xiaomi are among those to have used its technology in recent handsets.
The new phone was unveiled alongside several lower specification devices on the first day of the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona.
"Despite this being one of the best devices at MWC, I don't see it changing Sony's fortunes," commented Francisco Jeronimo, from the market research firm IDC.
"If you go through Sony's financial statements you can see it now makes more money from selling phone cameras to its competitors than selling its own smartphones, which is quite remarkable
"So, its phones are a way to show off its capabilities, and the new camera is outstanding - not just the slow-mo but also the picture quality."
Sony shipped about half as many smartphones in 2016 as the previous year and has about 1% share of the market, according to IDC, putting it in 17th place.
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Sony calls the new technology Motion Eye.
It uses a three-layer stacked sensor fitted with one gigabit of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM). Doing so lets the component temporarily store a rapid burst of video data locally before it is transferred to other memory components, which takes more time.
When the firm first announced the sensor earlier this month it said it was capable of 1,000 fps in 1080p "full high definition".
However, on the Xperia XZ Premium it has been restricted to slightly fewer frames per second at 720p resolution.
In practice, users can only capture 0.18 seconds of footage at this speed, which produces six seconds of video when played back.
But they can do so in the middle of filming normal footage to create a slow-down-and-speed-back-up effect. The challenge is to press the button at the right moment.
"It's only a very brief amount of time and you've got to be really on the ball to use it effectively," commented Tim Coulling from the Canalys tech consultancy.
"But it's a great feature."
The built-in DRAM memory also lets users record action that happened a second before they pressed the record button.
This buffer function is intended to help them avoid missed moments, but only works if the device detects motion, which triggers the facility.
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Analysts were less positive about another of the Japanese firm's announcements.
Sony confirmed its Xperia Touch projector would go on sale later "this Spring".
The Android-powered device was first teased at last year's MWC.
The machine uses ultrashort-throw projection technology to display apps on a nearby wall or table. The resulting 720p image can be configured to be between 23in to 80in (58.4cm to 203.2cm) in size.
Built-in sensors let the surface used act like a large touchscreen.
Sony says it expects families to "huddle" around the image when using it, and showed the BBC a multiplayer game where several players interacted with graphics projected onto a table at once.
The machine is designed to be used while connected to a power source, but can work for up to an hour unplugged.
A potential problem, however, is its price: Sony plans to charge €1,499 ($1,584; £1,269) when it goes on sale in Europe and Japan.
"I think Sony should be applauded for being bold enough to push into a new category, but unfortunately it's out of reach to all but the most affluent gadget addicts," commented Ben Wood from CCS Insight.
Mr Jeronimo was more harsh in his criticism.
"It's a huge mistake," he said.
"If Sony combined a projector with a device like the Amazon Echo or Google Home for a third of the price, that would be a very interesting.
"But asking for more than $1,500 - there's no way they will sell them."
But in Hong Kong, students at the Academy for Performing Arts have turned an otherwise staid event into potent political theatre.
Dressed in black caps and purple gowns, about a quarter of the graduating students - who study music, dance, drama, film and television - took the opportunity last week to send a clear message of discontent to Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong's top leader, who was on stage officiating.
One student showed him her middle finger.
Another got down on her knees asking him to resign.
Yet another graduate bent over to show Mr Leung his backside, though he did keep his trousers on.
A group of students then held up placards spelling out demands for universal suffrage, which has been promised but not granted to the seven million residents of this former British colony.
Tam Lok Hang, 22, did not join the group protest, but he gave Mr Leung a thumbs-down sign to loud applause when he walked onstage.
He told BBC News he had shouted: "689 step down! I want universal suffrage."
'689' has become a pejorative nickname for the chief executive, who is commonly known as CY.
It refers to the number of votes Mr Leung received last year from an elite committee of electors largely loyal to Beijing.
That he was elected by a small group, and not by eligible Hong Kong voters, has angered many residents, tens of thousands of whom took to the streets earlier this week on the 16th anniversary of the city's handover to China.
They marched for hours in the rain to protest against Mr Leung's government and the lack of direct voting rights here.
The most commonly heard refrain was: "CY step down!"
The size of the pro-democracy, anti-CY rally, which drew even more people than last year, was consistent with results from the most recent survey from the University of Hong Kong's Public Opinion Programme.
One year into Mr Leung's administration, the survey showed his popularity rating at an all-time low.
Anson Chan, a former head of the city's civil service, has been scathing in her criticism of the chief executive.
"He needs to demonstrate he has the essential ingredients of a good leader: political legitimacy, competence, clear evidence that he shares our core values and empathy with the community, especially those who are less well off. So far, he has not demonstrated he meets any of these criteria," she said.
In order for Mr Leung to redeem himself, the administration must introduce a blueprint that will allow all eligible voters to select their next chief executive in a free and fair process by 2017, according to Mrs Chan.
Earlier this week, the chief executive promised to start the public consultation process at "an appropriate juncture", but did not specify a time.
Mrs Chan, who heads a new group called Hong Kong 2020 that fights for democratic reforms, said she was concerned that time was running out and that residents would find their suffrage hopes dashed yet again.
She pointed out that public consultations which eventually paved the way for Legislative Council elections in 2012 actually started five years earlier in 2007.
What she and other pro-democracy activists do not want to see is a rushed, shoddy proposal for democratic reforms that would be rejected by the public.
When Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997, residents were promised a high degree of autonomy and, eventually, the right to directly elect their own chief executive and lawmakers.
The opposition to Mr Leung has become so strong that a group of hunger strikers have set up tents in a corner of Chater Garden in the Central business district.
Calling themselves the Anti CY Alliance, nine people were striking in 50-hour shifts early this week, before handing over to a fresh group of volunteers.
The goal, they said, was to continue until the chief executive resigned.
Some of the strikers were affiliated with political groups, but one of them, Dicallan Wong, was a 51-year-old scuba diving enthusiast who works in the tobacco industry.
Mr Wong, who said he was generally apolitical, took four days off work to join the hunger strike because he was fed up with what he called Beijing's interference in Hong Kong affairs.
"I have a problem with the whole system," he said, as fellow strikers took their blood pressure with portable machines.
"CY is just a cog in the wheel. He doesn't represent the people. He doesn't consider our interests. I think he acts in the interest of the central government."
Mr Leung was in fact not the Chinese government's first choice to become chief executive.
The early frontrunner was Henry Tang, a previous financial secretary who was perceived to have the backing of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin.
But the revelation that Mr Tang's home sat atop an enormous illegal basement, dubbed an underground palace, derailed his campaign.
Running on a populist platform, Mr Leung won Beijing's backing.
During his year in power, the chief executive has been credited with stopping pregnant mainland women from easily crossing the border to give birth in Hong Kong.
Stopping the flow of so-called birth tourism is seen as his biggest success.
Mr Leung has also promised to boost the supply of property and increase the amount of housing available to low-income residents.
But no matter how successfully he delivers on bread and butter issues, critics like Mr Wong believe the chief executive has no legitimacy because of the way he was chosen.
And due to Mr Leung's long association with the Chinese government, helping officials there formulate land policy, there are persistent rumours that he is actually a Communist Party member.
He has consistently denied those reports, but his denials sound hollow to Mr Tam, the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts graduate.
"Actually I have no personal hatred of CY Leung," he said. "CY Leung is just a Communist puppet. What we have to do is to oppose Communist tyranny."
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William Tolcher, 51, denied attacking Alex Cusworth, 37, with the 10in (23cm) knife at Dartmoor Prison last November.
A jury at Plymouth Crown Court found him guilty of murder and he is due to be sentenced on Friday.
Tolcher, from Liverpool, is serving a life sentence for the murder of a woman in Newquay, Cornwall, in 1996.
Mr Cusworth suffered internal bleeding after the attack and died at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.
Judge James Dingemens said he was considering a minimum 30-year jail sentence.
Tolcher was convicted of murdering a woman in Newquay, Cornwall, in 1996 and was already serving a life sentence.
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The news that Italy's highest court had thrown out the case against Silvio Berlusconi for having sex with an under-age prostitute means that the man who puts a smile on the face of world news could soon be back.
As Mr Berlusconi's own party's anthem puts it, "Menomale che Silvio c'e" - roughly translated as "thank goodness for Silvio".
He still faces unfinished business in the courts - and a political landscape that is in some ways unrecognisable from that he left.
But his possible re-emergence from court-imposed purdah does offer a chance to look at the reality of his grip on the Italian psyche - and whether that hold is finally weakening.
My in-laws gave me the first insight into Silvio Berlusconi.
They had left the grinding poverty of 1960s Calabria, the toe of Italy's boot, to build a better life in London.
Aldo had been a cobbler. He was a kid during the hard days of Fascism and the war.
Never politically active, he had always voted Socialist.
But even Aldo - soft-hearted, honest, hard-working man that he was - could see the attraction of Mr Berlusconi.
You see, he had done what every Italian man of that generation dreamt of. He had become rich, he had power; he was flash and funny - and he had women, lots of them.
More than that, he had got away with it. He was, as the Italians put it, "furbo" - cunning. You didn't have to approve of him - but you couldn't help admiring his chutzpah.
Silvio Berlusconi was a constant during our ten years living just outside his hometown, Milan.
His political longevity speaks both to the poverty of Italian politics in those years and to his own zest for life and hunger for power.
Throughout that decade, the foreign media consistently focused on his tabloid antics, as he skipped cheekily round statues playing hide-and-seek with a less-than-amused Angela Merkel, or complimented Barack Obama on his suntan.
We chuckled guiltily; we frowned judgmentally in our patronising northern European way; once in a while, we felt genuinely horrified that such a man was the public face of his country.
But the truth is that if the world sees Mr Berlusconi refracted through the distorting lens of infotainment, he is happy to oblige.
He really does not care much what the outside world thinks - any more than his old friend, Vladimir Putin.
It also helps that, Italy being Italy rather than Russia, no-one outside really cares too much either.
"You want to sneer at us, to think of the world's eighth-biggest economy as a joke?" Mr Berlusconi seems to ask. "Go ahead.
"And if, instead, you want to continue seeing us through rose-tinted specs as a kind of kaleidoscopic theme park - one part Tuscany and Venice; the other the Mafia, Lotharios and pizza - then so be it.
"It all deflects attention from the sad reality; it all gives me more freedom to do what I want."
What gives this greater potency is the man's acknowledged mastery of the mass media.
It was Mr Berlusconi who brought game shows to Italian TV; who reinvented the television news; and who turned his favourite football team (AC Milan) into a potent political symbol.
In short, he knows how to press the buttons that get him attention and strike a chord with his compatriots.
But the future is more intriguing than the past; Italy, a work in progress. Immigration is changing the place.
Mr Berlusconi's mastery of the traditional mass media has been challenged by the rise of social media.
Already he has been given a lesson in its power by the Twitter-savvy activists of Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement.
And now, as Mr Berlusconi emerges, blinking, into a changed political landscape, he confronts a reality in which - finally - the old generational order is crumbling.
The geriarchs who dominated Italy since the Second World War have given way to the two Matteos: the prime minister, Matteo Renzi, 40, long suspected of being, however grudgingly, Mr Berlusconi's pick for the future; and the 42-year-old leader of the anti-immigration, anti-euro Northern League, Matteo Salvini.
Aldo, alas, is no longer with us.
His widow, Ines, still is - the toughest, most intelligent woman I've yet met.
When she was a young girl in her hometown, Castrovillari, a rat made the mistake of entering the kitchen.
Everyone else fled; not Ines.
Instead she shut the doors and chased it down with a broom.
Every now and then, I get a sense of how that rat must have felt.
But at 50 years and more than 2,000km distance from that blood-splattered kitchen, you will find it hard to get a sounder analysis of Mr Berlusconi's chances.
"Berlusconi," says Ines, "he's lucky. People liked him because he was rich - they thought he could do the same for them. Now they're not so sure.
"Renzi, he's young, he's clever and he's done well," she says.
"The economy is beginning to grow again.
"If he's lucky Berlusconi might come back. But he'll need to be lucky."
Attacks were reported in Baghdad, as well as Tuz Khurmatu and Kirkuk in the north and Nasariyah in the south.
The co-ordinated attacks occurred during the morning rush hour and mainly involved car bombs.
The violence comes ahead of Iraq's provincial elections on 20 April, the first in the country since 2010.
Monday's attacks were particularly broad in scope, with several cities hit, including Fallujah, Tikrit, Samarra and Hilla.
The explosions were caused by 20 cars packed with explosives and three roadside bombs, AFP news agency reported.
Three car bombs went off minutes apart in Tuz Khurmatu, killing six people and wounding more than 60, AFP said.
A number of attacks were also reported in Baghdad.
In one incident, two car bombs claimed two lives and wounded 17 at a checkpoint at the heavily guarded airport, Reuters reported.
In the northern city of Kirkuk, nine people were killed when six car bombs went off simultaneously, police said.
Three of the bombs exploded in Kirkuk's city centre - one in an Arab district, one in a Kurdish area, and a third in a Turkomen district, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
Other blasts were reported elsewhere in the city, which is home to a mix of ethnic groups with competing claims.
Elsewhere, gunmen armed with pistols fitted with silencers shot and killed a police officer while he was driving his car in the town of Tarmiyah, 30 miles (50 km) north of Baghdad, AP said.
No group has admitted carrying out Monday's attacks.
But they come at a time when tensions are high between Iraq's Sunni and Shia, amid claims by the majority Sunni Muslim communities that they are being marginalised by Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's Shia-led government.
Sunni Islamist militants linked to al-Qaeda have attempted to destabilise the government by stepping up attacks, mainly on Shia but also Sunni targets this year.
Although violence has decreased in Iraq since the peak of the insurgency in 2006 and 2007, bombings are still common.
The landscape's popularity for recreation has a "significant" effect on local people, said a group helping to maintain the area.
Snowdon Partnership, made up of public organisations and interest groups, held a consultation to hear concerns.
A meeting is being held on Monday in Llanberis, Gwynedd, to discuss the impact of recreation on the area.
It is the climax of a series of meetings for local people, businesses and other users of Snowdonia National Park.
The partnership wants to use the feedback to inform its plans to "develop and deliver the best possible management of this iconic mountain".
Some people raised concerns about footpath erosion due to the volume of walkers while others highlighted walkers' pet dogs worrying livestock as well as the natural landscape being affected by invasive species like rhododendron, Himalayan balsam and Japanese knotweed.
Several people suggested charging commercial companies hosting big events in the area and one contributor claimed tourists and walkers were "abusing resources that attract them here".
Snowdon Partnership includes Snowdonia National Park Authority, The National Trust, Snowdonia Society, Gwynedd and Conwy councils, Snowdon Mountain Railway, Natural Resources Wales, as well as farming unions and mountain rescue teams.
The feedback from October's consultation is being discussed at a meeting at the Royal Victoria Hotel in Llanberis on Monday evening.
One of the company's reservoirs burst earlier this month, flooding dozens of homes in the south-eastern state of Minas Gerais.
Eleven people were killed and 12 are missing presumed dead.
Emergency work to try to avoid another breach will begin immediately and will last up to 90 days, the company said.
The company initially said that two of its dams - Fundao and Germano - had burst on 5 November.
But it has now clarified that only the Fundao reservoir collapsed.
Germano and another nearby dam, Santarem, are still standing but are at risk, said Samarco's Infrastructure Director Kleber Terra.
Samarco is owned by by mining giants Vale, from Brazil, and Anglo-Australian company BHP Billiton.
It agreed on Monday to pay the Brazilian government 1bn reais (£170m; $260m) compensation.
The money will be used to cover the initial clean-up and to offer some compensation to the victims and their families.
But the amount agreed is relatively small, prosecutors said.
It will be considered "only as a first instalment" to be paid by the company, state prosecutor Carlos Eduardo Ferreira Pinto told O Estado de Minas newspaper.
The Fundao dam breach caused rivers of mud to descend on nearby villages. Bento Rodrigues was totally destroyed. More than 500 people lost their homes there.
Last week, Brazilian environmental agency Ibama fined Samarco 250m reais.
Ibama described the dam burst as "the worst mining accident in Brazil's history".
This is said to be a sore point for the billionaire, and it was revived this week by rival Republican candidate Marco Rubio, who mocked his adversary's "small hands".
During the latest Republican TV debate, Mr Trump reacted, saying he was comfortable with the size of his hands - and another part of his anatomy. "There is no problem. I guarantee."
But where and how did this all begin?
In the late 1980s, the satirical magazine Spy began mocking Mr Trump as a "short-fingered vulgarian". It did not go down well with the tycoon.
"To this day, I receive the occasional envelope from Trump," says Graydon Carter, who co-founded Spy and is now editor of Vanity Fair.
"There is always a photo of him - generally a tear sheet from a magazine. On all of them he has circled his hand in gold Sharpie [permanent marker] in a valiant effort to highlight the length of his fingers," Mr Carter says.
The latest message came last year, Mr Carter added: "Like the other packages, this one included a circled hand and the words, also written in gold Sharpie: 'See, not so short!'."
Now comes Mr Rubio. He brought up the issue in a campaign rally in Virginia on Sunday.
"He is always calling me Little Marco. And I will admit he is taller than me. He is like 6ft 2ins (1.9m), which is why I do not understand why his hands are the size of someone who is 5ft 2ins."
"And you know what they say about men with small hands? You cannot trust them."
Then, on Thursday night, Mr Rubio and Mr Trump came face to face on Fox News' Republican debate, when the issue of personal attacks among candidates came up.
Mr Rubio said his rival had "mocked everybody" with personal attacks. Then Mr Trump came in, denying it had been an issue before.
"I have to say this: He hit my hands. Nobody has ever hit my hands. I have never heard of this one."
"Look at those hands, are they small hands?" the front-runner asked. "And he referred to my hands - 'if they are small, something else must be small'. I guarantee you there is no problem. I guarantee."
In a later interview with CNN, Mr Trump said that the "joke" was only about his hands: "I have very powerful hands."
Senior figures within the bank have told me that the government body responsible for the public's 80% stake, UK Financial Investments, has been approached about exploring a series of small stake sales to kick start the process.
The bank believes that the government should sell an initial tranche of shares worth about £5bn to test the market.
Although the sale would be at a loss on the amount the government originally paid to bail out the bank, it would automatically boost the share price - RBS believes - as institutional investors would take the prospect of future sales more seriously.
Senior figures insist that the core bank, which is profitable, is attractive to the market.
They point out that the initial sale of the government's then 40% stake in Lloyds Banking Group in 2013 led to a spike in the share price.
Over the year, Lloyd's share price rose by 65%. The sale also had the not unwelcome effect of raising £3.2bn for the Treasury's coffers.
The government bailed out RBS in 2008 at around 500p a share. That price dropped to an average 407p over subsequent weeks - a price the Treasury could argue is "break even". RBS also paid billions of pounds in fees to the government for a continuing insurance facility.
Today, RBS shares are trading around 340p, a figure little changed from six months ago.
I asked one senior figure intimately involved in the discussions when RBS would like to see the stake sale commence and he answered, only half in jest: "Tomorrow."
The source said that UKFI was very sympathetic to a sale, as it understood that a bank outside direct political control was likely to perform more strongly.
"Shareholders dislike the present arrangement, clients dislike it and I'm sure ultimately the government dislikes it," the source said. "This arrangement was never supposed to last this long. As an enduring model, it is very tough to make it work.
"The question is, is it acceptable to sell initially at a loss? Well, that is the economic reality.
"You don't need to make your money back on all the tranches. If you did 10 tranches, do you have to make a profit on every one? Any sensible investor would say the important thing is, make money over the whole process."
RBS is now working on giving investors confidence that remaining risks in the bank are understood and accounted for.
The first area of concern is litigation costs, the billions of pounds of misconduct payments still working their way through the system.
These include legal actions connected to the financial crisis rights issue, legal actions by the US mortgage providers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over the manipulation of the interbank lending rate and costs associated with allegations concerning the foreign exchange market.
RBS sources point out that both Barclays and Deutsche Bank raised capital, despite concerns over possible misconduct fines.
The second issue is RBS's own capital position. That will be helped by two events - the sale of RBS's American retail bank, Citizens, and the Bank of England's own stress tests.
Both are likely to be completed by the end of the year. The sale of Citizens will mean that RBS can repatriate capital held in America back to the UK.
RBS believes that the Citizen's sale could improve the bank's key Tier 1 capital position by two and a half percentage points to 12%.
Will a stake sale happen this side of a general election? The government has certainly sent out very negative signals on that, saying in January that it was "not part of any timetable".
The Liberal Democrats are also looking at putting a mass RBS share giveaway in their manifesto, an idea that has been backed by Nick Clegg.
RBS will certainly have an up-hill battle convincing politicians that a sale is a good pre-election idea. Sir Philip Hampton, the chairman, made an attempt to get the idea off the ground last year, but has made little progress since.
George Osborne would probably like a "period of silence" about banks - a story that dos not often play well for the government. Vince Cable has suggested any sale could be five years away.
But RBS will keep plugging away, as their latest efforts reveal. Politicians, as we know, are not always noted for their consistency.
The annual inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose to 0.6% in July from 0.5% in June, the Office for National Statistics said.
More expensive alcoholic drinks and hotel rooms also helped to increase the CPI rate, the ONS said.
The Retail Prices Index (RPI) measure of inflation rose to 1.9% in July from 1.6% in June.
July's RPI inflation rate sets the cap for how much regulated rail fares in England, Scotland and Wales can rise by next year.
Separate figures from the ONS suggested that the fall in the value of the pound since the UK's referendum vote to leave the EU had increased the cost of imports for manufacturers.
Input prices faced by manufacturers rose 4.3% in the year to July, compared with a fall of 0.5% in the year to June.
The most dramatic rises came in the cost of imported food materials, which rose 10.2%, and the price of imported metals, which rose 12.4%.
In addition, the prices of finished goods leaving the factory gate were 0.3% higher than a year earlier, the first annual increase since June 2014.
"There is no obvious impact on today's consumer prices figures following the EU referendum result, though the Producer Prices Index (PPI) suggests the fall in the exchange rate is beginning to push up import price faced by manufacturers," said Mike Prestwood, head of prices at the ONS.
However, Samuel Tombs, chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said the fall in sterling was "entirely responsible" for the rise in CPI inflation to the highest rate since November 2014.
Against the dollar, the pound is some 13% below its level in the run-up to the referendum and 10% lower against the euro.
"Sterling's depreciation ensured that pump prices rose by 0.7% month-to-month even though dollar oil prices declined," he said.
"As a result, we continue to think that CPI inflation will hit 3% in the second half of 2017."
As prices for companies rise, the pressure to keep down costs may be bad for wages, according to Howard Archer, chief UK and european economist at IHS Global Insight.
He said: "Companies may well look to clamp down on workers' pay as they strive to save costs in a more difficult environment and as imported input prices are lifted by the weakened pound.
"Meanwhile, a likely softening labour market and reduced consumer confidence will dilute workers' ability and willingness to push for higher pay awards."
And even if inflation looks set to rise above the government's target of 2%, he believes the Bank of England is still likely to lower interest rates further to stimulate growth.
Mr Archer said he expected the Bank to take interest rates down to 0.10% in November from it current level of 0.25% and said: "It is notable that the MPC considered taking interest rates down to just above zero at their August meeting and that a majority of members thought there was a case to do so."
Stuart Lawrence has complained to the Metropolitan Police (Met) over an incident on 16 November.
He also alleges a pattern of behaviour against him by officers.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) will oversee the investigation, conducted by the Met.
In 1993, Stephen Lawrence was stabbed to death in a racist attack in Eltham, south-east London.
Last year Gary Dobson and David Norris were convicted of the murder of 18-year-old student.
The Metropolitan Police faced criticism over the original investigation into the death and a public inquiry branded the force institutionally racist.
Stuart Lawrence, 35, said he had been stopped by police up to 25 times over several years.
His solicitor Imran Khan said Mr Lawrence decided to formally complain after he was halted by police on 16 November.
Mr Khan said: "That was the straw that broke the camel's back.
"That was the culmination of a course of conduct over many years which amounted to harassment and discrimination based upon his skin colour, his ethnic origin."
In a statement, the IPCC said it would supervise the investigation following "careful consideration" of a referral from the Met on 9 January.
"The referral relates to an incident in November 2012 when Mr Lawrence was stopped by police officers but the complaint also alleges an overall pattern of behaviour against him by MPS officers on the grounds of his ethnicity," the statement said.
"Last year, the IPCC shared public concerns generated by a number of referrals alleging racism and announced it would closely scrutinise how the MPS (Metropolitan Police Service) handled racism complaints.
"As a result of that scrutiny the IPCC has supervised a number of cases alleging racism in the MPS and undertaken additional work.
"We will be publishing the results of this and any further lessons to be learned from Mr Lawrence's case."
It said the decision to supervise the investigation would be kept under review.
All pupils will sit their exams in the schools they are currently attending.
Royal High, Drummond and Firrhill pupils will use their own schools.
Gracemount and Craigmount students will be sitting their exams at their host schools of Liberton and Tynecastle respectively.
Individual schools will update pupils and parents regarding their specific arrangements.
Seventeen schools built or modernised under the controversial Public Private Partnership arrangement scheme were shut earlier this month over safety concerns.
The council entered into a deal with a specially-formed private company, the Edinburgh Schools Partnership, and construction work was carried out by Miller Construction.
Under the deal, the profit-making company built the schools, runs the buildings and maintains them. The council is, in effect, a tenant.
Children at all 17 schools are now back in the classroom.
Finding alternative accommodation has been a major logistical operation and some youngsters face lengthy journeys to temporary sites.
Some form of investigation or inquiry into the debacle is expected to be launched after the Scottish election.
Residents have complained about having "no clear communication" from project officials with rollout completion dates put back, a council meeting heard.
Superfast Cymru aimed to give 96% of homes in Wales superfast broadband by spring 2016.
BT said 77% of Denbighshire properties had access and 42,000 more homes across Wales would by connected by June 2017.
The figures emerged this week during a meeting between Denbighshire council and BT to check progress of the scheme.
BT assured the council that "wherever possible" it would bring forward completion dates.
The company confirmed that 5% of Denbighshire properties were unable to access the service due to their "remote location" and pledged to identify those addresses.
Rebecca Maxwell, corporate director of economy and public realm at Denbighshire council, said she wanted the remaining roll-out to be completed more quickly.
"The committee particularly felt that BT needed to improve communications with residents," she added.
"Broadband access is critical to the success of local businesses. It is also vital for residents from a social and wellbeing aspect.
"That is why we wanted to meet with BT, to ensure that Denbighshire communities could exploit the latest technology as quickly as possible."
Ms Maxwell said the council understood the scale of the work BT faced in connecting the next 18% of homes in the county, and said meetings with BT to discuss bringing forward completion dates had been constructive.
The meeting also heard improvements had been made to Superfast Fast Cymru's website and more detailed information on which homes have access is now available on the site's new address-checker tool.
I got it from both sides: eardrum-denting yells of fury, which managed to break through the noise of surrounding protestors.
This was April in Brazil, with the country's President Dilma Rousseff facing what would eventually be a successful attempt to impeach her. Both opponents and defenders had taken to the streets.
"Go Dilma, go! Never more… NE-VER Mooooooore!" screamed one man.
Just in case you might miss the fervour of his opinion, two fellow protestors marched, bearing a coffin with the president's name on it. Yet only a short distance away I found supporters of Dilma Rousseff roused to equal passion.
One screwed his face up tight, as if mustering all the wrath of which he was capable, and then detonated it in a blast of fury which at one point threatened to overwhelm the limits of my microphone.
"Dilma cares for the poor. Every time a movement for the poor gets going, then comes a coup d'etat… violence is their game. We need radical resistance!"
It was just one scene from 2016, a year defined by the unexpected, the unpredicted and unprecedented. Yet it was also a year in which one emotion was cited as the driving force behind these developments.
"There is great anger out there," Donald Trump told a rally, in what paradoxically was one of his calmer campaign speeches. "Believe me there is great anger."
He might perhaps have been looking at his own supporters, who wore anti-Hillary T-shirts with slogans like "Trump that Bitch".
Mr Trump was speaking of a subject which he knows first-hand, being an enthusiastic sender of angry nocturnal tweets.
Indeed, both supporters and detractors see Donald Trump's victory as a tribute to his knack for understanding people's discontent, then channelling it.
"Trump gave anger the green light," argues Arlie Hochshild, a sociologist based at the University of California.
She believes many of his supporters were fired up by resentment at a globalised economy which seemed to have passed them by, their wages stagnant, the promise of the American dream unfulfilled.
"Trump," she says, "gave permission for them to express what they had been storing."
Sometimes the very language of politics seemed to betray the aggressive emotions beneath.
When Britain voted to leave the European Union in June, this was described as "giving the establishment a bloody nose" or "a slap in the face for Europe's elites" .
These political slaps were not just a Western phenomenon. In South Africa and South Korea, in Hong Kong and Venezuela, angry crowds gathered to protest in 2016, not against a particular government, but against the very system by which they ruled.
Perhaps the prevailing mood was best summed up by the Italian comedian-turned-politician, Beppe Grillo, who successfully campaigned for his country to vote No in a referendum on constitutional change.
"No," Mr Grillo said, was the most beautiful thing to say in politics these days, adding an obscenity directed at anyone who disagreed with him.
If anger generated political upsets in 2016, then, according to the psychologist, Oliver James, anger was also an understandable response from those on the losing side, like EU Remain campaigners in Britain.
Their defeat in a referendum, he suggests, was experienced like bereavement.
"We go through a cycle of sadness, despair, but then at other times are swamped by very powerful anger," James explains.
I saw that sequence at work in Dallas this year, after five police officers were shot dead by an African-American army veteran. At a makeshift shrine, local residents expressed their shock, but many were also furious that this could happen, that the very people tasked with protecting them could prove so vulnerable.
Yet the most pessimistic assessment came from a fellow African-American, who told me that while he could never condone the killing, he certainly understood it.
"Black people are tired of the way police officers treat us," he explained. "I don't think it's going to calm down. I think the fire is already lit for retaliation."
That cycle of violence, the perpetuation of anger: this is what the writer Sam Leith fears will be the legacy of 2016.
We are abandoning, he believes, the Greek ideal of logos (or reason) and ceding ground to the more irrational potential of pathos, expressed for now as anger.
"Anger seeks an object," he argues, "it's very Newtonian. There's action and reaction, a divisive process which continues to accelerate divisions… some sort of slow-motion catastrophe is what's required to press reset."
Yet this presumes that a reset is being sought in 2017, whereas the political changes unleashed this past year were welcomed by many as merely the beginning.
Nigel Farage, one of the key campaigners for Brexit, offered a pertinent prediction.
"For those of you who aren't particularly happy with what happened in 2016, I've got some really bad news for you - it's going to get a bloody sight worse."
Scholars from the Universities of Salford, Huddersfield and Bristol used an American replica of the monument to investigate its audio history.
Salford's Dr Bruno Fazenda said they had found the site reacted to sound "in a way that would have been noticeable to the Neolithic man".
He said the research would allow a "more holistic" view of its past.
The acoustic experiments could not be carried out at Stonehenge, as the derelict state of the site meant only a "few weak echoes and no noticeable reverberation" could be studied.
As a result, the team used a full-sized concrete reconstruction of it in Maryhill, America, which was built in 1929 as a memorial to WWI soldiers.
In February, scientist Steven Waller published a paper suggesting the design of Stonehenge could have been inspired by music.
Dr Fazenda, who has been involved with the acoustic testing of the monument for four years, said his own research had not revealed if this was the case or not.
"Stonehenge is very well known, but people are still trying to find out what it was built for," he said.
"We thought that doing this would bring an element of archaeology that so far hasn't been looked at.
"This type of research is important because now we can not only see ourselves surrounded by the stones using virtual reality, but we can also listen how the stone structure would have enveloped people in a sonic experience.
"It is as if we can travel back in time and experience the space in a more holistic way."
Dr Fazenda said that the data collected did not "unequivocally reveal" if the site was designed with acoustics in mind, like a Roman amphitheatre.
But he added that it did show "the space reacted to acoustic activity in a way that would have been noticeable to the Neolithic man".
The 25-year-old will join from NTT Shining Arcs at the end of January when the Japanese campaign has concluded.
Mafi, who featured four times for Japan at the World Cup this year, will remain at Bath until the end of the season.
"Amanaki is a talented young player who had a great World Cup, and we're excited to see what he can do in a Bath jersey," said head coach Mike Ford.
"We have some very good players in our back row already but we're always looking to strengthen the squad. Amanaki will give us another option in a hugely competitive position."
Midfielder Jack, 25, has joined Rangers on a three-year deal under freedom of contract after leaving Aberdeen.
St Johnstone defender Foster, 31, was previously a team-mate of Jack's at Pittodrie.
"He's very much underrated," Foster told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound. "He loves tackling, he loves winning the ball."
Rangers, who were promoted last year and finished third in the 2016-17 Scottish Premiership, kept 12 clean sheets in the top flight, compared with the Dons' 15.
They have already signed 35-year-old Portuguese defender Bruno Alves for next season.
Jack came through the Dons' youth ranks and made his debut in 2010, becoming captain five years later.
"He's a good signing for Rangers," said Foster, who was loaned to Rangers from Aberdeen for the 2010-11 season and then returned to Ibrox for a two-year spell in 2013.
"He was asked to do the defensive role in the Aberdeen team, which I think he did really well, but I think he does have more quality on the ball when needed."
Central midfielders Jon Toral and Emerson Hyndman have returned to Arsenal and Bournemouth respectively after their loan spells with Rangers.
"What Rangers lacked last season - they had technically decent enough players, Toral, Hyndman, that played latterly - in centre midfield but didn't have someone who will win the ball back, who will occupy a position that takes a bit of the pressure off the centre-backs," added Foster.
"Their full-backs like to play high. There was a lot of pressure last year on the Rangers centre-halves and I think a lot of the time they were unfairly criticised because they got no protection from either the sides or in front of them.
"I think Ryan Jack is a player who will definitely offer that and I think he's got a lot to offer going forward as well."
The American, 37, held off Jason Day at Baltusrol, New Jersey, on Sunday to claim his first major.
Australian Day, 28, remains top of the rankings, followed by Americans Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth, and Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy.
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Neil Nabney has a congenital disorder called Treacher Collins syndrome.
It means his lower jaw did not grow normally and he has had several operations to try and correct the resulting problems.
Mr Nabney from Dundonald was sentenced to three and half years for riotous assembly following the loyalist flag protest. He served 17 months of that sentence in Maghaberry.
While there, he says he often could not eat the meals provided because of the problems he had with his jaw.
"I couldn't get proper dietary needs so I was having to subsidise my own diet from the tuck shop, like melting chocolate and dipping biscuits into tea and drinking fizzy drinks and stuff."
The ex-prisoner claims his pain was not properly managed.
"It just got out of control to the point that I was basically in solitary - I was just lying in my cell 24/7, just too sore," he says.
"The doctors didn't really seem to know how to deal with me. They just kept putting the medication up and up and up 'til the point I was just sleeping 18 hours a day."
Mr Nabney says he was not taken to all his medical appointments and the lack of treatment exacerbated his condition.
"I've been told now the damage is too far gone, there's nothing now that can be done for me so I am going to have to live with this 'til the day I die and I will not be able to function daily without the aid of medication," he said.
"The person I was before I went into prison is not the person I am now and I definitely believe most of it is down to the fact that I wasn't given the proper medical care."
A damning report on an independent inspection of Maghaberry Prison prison found that Mr Nabney was not alone in his experience of healthcare while in the jail.
The report says "there were insufficient numbers of primary care nurses and problems retaining staff. Some areas of heath care including chronic disease management and substance misuse, were considered by inspectors to be unsafe".
The report recommends that the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust in partnership with the Prison Service develop an action plan within one month.
Brendan McGuigan, Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland, says there were serious concerns about allowing prisoners to manage their own medication.
"Some prisoners were given their medicines to cover a period of time and of course what was happening - especially for vulnerable prisoners - they were being bullied and intimidated to hand over those drugs," he said.
"These people are sent to prison for offending, that is their punishment.
"To be in prison and have inadequate access to healthcare is an impingement of their human rights."
The South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust says it is already working to address recommendations made to improve healthcare services in Maghaberry.
In relation to Mr Nabney, the trust said: "There is significant correspondence between the trust and Mr Nabney's solicitor which confirms that Mr Nabney was facilitated to attend all identified healthcare appointments, including hospital out-patient appointments.
"The trust is of the view that all his healthcare needs were adequately met while he was a prisoner in Maghaberry."
Varnish, 25, was dropped in April after failing to qualify in the team sprint for this summer's Rio Olympic Games.
She later said she was the victim of sexist comments from technical director Shane Sutton, who has since resigned.
"I think it is quite questionable why Jess is no longer part of the GB cycling team," said Phillips, 27.
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Australian Sutton, 58, has rejected accusations of using sexist and discriminatory language towards elite cyclists.
Varnish continues to train independently in the hope that Sutton's departure will earn her a recall to the GB squad in time for Rio.
But Phillips concedes her chances are slim, adding: "While we are still hopeful, we're not stupid and we appreciate there is a selection document to follow.
"I'm just hopeful we will get through this investigation and everyone will have their say and things will become clearer post-Rio."
Phillips, the 2013 BMX world champion, has also spoken of his frustration at what he sees has been a lack of respect shown to him by senior management at British Cycling.
He became the first rider to win back-to-back BMX World Cup titles when he took a second series win in 2015.
"I feel my performance levels over the past few years prove I am a strong medal prospect for Rio and that I deserve to have had perhaps more support and a little bit more respect from senior management," he said.
Phillips claims Sutton and fellow coach Iain Dyer "couldn't even applaud me off" after winning a fourth successive World Cup race.
He added: "If we all want to be successful and if we are all working towards being the best cycling nation in the world, what is there not to cheer about?"
A UN Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa) spokesman said at least six cases of the disease had been confirmed.
Yarmouk is the scene of a major humanitarian crisis.
It has come under bombardment from government forces since 2012, but conditions worsened in April when Islamic State (IS) militants attacked.
The 18,000 people living there, including 3,500 children, have no access to regular food supplies, clean water or healthcare.
The cases of typhoid were confirmed by Unrwa medics after they managed to gained access to Yarmouk residents for the first time since June.
Typhoid is caused by a highly contagious bacterium, spread from person to person by food and water that is contaminated with traces of infected faeces or urine.
Symptoms include nausea, fever and abdominal pain. If untreated, the disease can lead to complications in the gut and head that kill up to one in five patients.
"Our concern is that these typhoid cases only represent the tip of the iceberg, because the erosion of health services and appalling public health standards create a massive, massive risk of diseases breaking out," Unrwa spokesman Chris Gunness told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
"The situation is desperate, and suffering may be far more widespread and intense inside the camp."
Mr Gunness said women inside Yarmouk were dying in childbirth because of a lack of medicines, children were reduced to eating grass because there was no food, and the main water supply had not been functional since last September.
"Never has the imperative for sustained humanitarian access been greater," he warned.
Yarmouk was first built for Palestinians fleeing the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Before the Syrian civil war began in 2011, it had more than 150,000 refugees living there.
Mzee Mohammed, 18, was seen with a knife "behaving erratically" at Liverpool One before officers were called to the scene.
His mother Karla told the Liverpool Echo her son was a "gentle giant" and she believed police and security staff had "questions to answer".
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating.
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At the family home in Kensington, Mr Mohammed's mother said her son had "a troubled past" but "he got past that".
He had no pre-existing medical conditions, she said.
A Merseyside Police statement said a man had run into a house in the Toxteth area of the city in "a distressed state".
Later, a man was seen with a knife "behaving erratically" at a number of locations in the city centre, it added.
Officers located him near Liverpool One where he was detained by security staff.
Police said the man was "suffering a medical episode" and was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead at about 19:55 BST.
As with all deaths in custody, Merseyside Police's professional standards department was obliged to notify the IPCC of the incident.
Inquest - a charity which provides advice to people bereaved by a death in custody - said there needed to be "the most thorough and robust scrutiny of the actions of the security guards and the police" who were in contact with Mr Mohammed before his death.
His family must be supported to find out how and why he died, a statement added.
Race relations activist Lee Jasper, said: "I don't think anybody has got any confidence in the IPCC to investigate these critical incidents.
"The IPCC needs to be transparent and engender trust and confidence in the wider community."
Merseyside's Police Commissioner Jane Kennedy said the IPCC investigation would "examine the full circumstances of what happened".
The young man's family can take some comfort from knowing it will answer any questions that they may have, she added.
"Merseyside Police and I will do everything in our power to ensure the man's loved ones and the local community are fully engaged. Merseyside Police and community leaders in Liverpool 8 have worked hard to build a strong relationship based on mutual confidence and trust."
A post-mortem examination is due to take place.
Sir Tony played dim-witted sidekick Baldrick in the show and cast Byrne in his Maid Marion and Her Merry Men series.
He told BBC Radio 5 Live she had been like a mother to "her boys" on the Blackadder set.
"Patsy was just a real confident centre of all the scenes," he said.
"She had unerring skill to make the daftest, silliest thing sound absolutely real and absolutely plausible," he added.
"I was so fond of her as a person and so in awe of her capabilities that when I decided I wanted to introduce a mother to Maid Marion, my first choice was Patsy.
"I was thrilled that she took it. Even though she has done such grand work she came down to Minehead and rolled her sleeves up and was just one of the lads, as she always was, and did a great performance."
Broadcaster and actor Stephen Fry, who played Lord Melchett alongside Byrne, tweeted: "Oh lord no! I've just heard that Patsy Byrne, darling Nursie has died. Hope St Bernard has welcomed her to eternal rest. Adorable woman."
Blackadder producer John Lloyd also paid tribute to Byrne, saying she and Miranda Richardson, who played Queen Elizabeth I, were a "fantastic double act".
Byrne played Nursie - the kind but dim-witted nursemaid to Elizabeth I - in the second series of BBC comedy Blackadder in 1986.
"It's ironic that she will be remembered for that lovable, slightly idiotic person with that ludicrous drawl, but she was a proper actress. With the RSC, she played Chekhov opposite Rex Harrison, was incredibly well spoken, but she would put up with our little ways," he told 5 Live.
"The rehearsals on Blackadder were interminable, with us changing our minds all the time and she was always on top of it and she never complained. We had famous actors walk out of rehearsals because it was such a nightmare and shambles. But with Patsy there was never a peep of complaint."
Byrne died on Tuesday at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors, in Hillingdon, north-west London.
The Kent-born actress joined the Royal Shakespeare Company after drama school and took on TV and theatre roles.
Her other roles included the ITV sitcom Watching and the classic police series Z Cars. She also made appearances in Holby City and I, Claudius, and played Mrs Nubbles in the BBC's 1979 adaption of The Old Curiosity Shop.
Byrne's death came just over a week after Rik Mayall, who shared screen time with her as Lord Flashheart in Blackadder, died suddenly at his home in London.
Blackadder ran for four series between 1983 and 1989 - with writing credits shared between Rowan Atkinson, Richard Curtis and Ben Elton. The comedy followed the exploits of Atkinson's Blackadder character through various historical periods.
For the best chance of recovery, the advice is not to hesitate if you see someone's face falling on one side, slurred speech or weakness in the arms.
Radio broadcaster Mark Goodier, 55, survived a stroke in November thanks to the quick actions of his wife.
He was lucky - two out of three stroke survivors leave hospital with a disability.
Mark Goodier said his wife realised she had to act fast after he had suffered a "crippling headache" one morning and collapsed on to the bed.
"I had a loss of feeling on one side of my face," he said. "She didn't wait to worry about it or wonder.
"I consider myself fortunate because she did the right thing, at the right time."
She called an ambulance straight away, and he was treated quickly in hospital.
Mark, a former Radio 1 chart show DJ and Top of the Pops presenter, is now slowly getting back to work and returning to a normal pace of life.
He said: "I'm still coming to terms with what's happened, but I'm a very positive person and I'm gradually building up the exercise again.
"It's going to take time, but my story could have been very different if she hadn't made the call when she did."
A stroke occurs when the blood supply to the brain is cut off, as a result of a clot or bleeding on the brain.
It can happen at any age, although most people who have a stroke are older.
More than 100,000 strokes happen in the UK every year, leading to about 40,000 deaths. Many more lead to severe disability.
More than a million people in the UK are living with the after-effects of stroke.
Public Health England has launched a campaign, called Act Fast, to urge people to call 999 as soon as they see any one of the three signs of a stroke.
Other signs can include:
Sas Freeman, a former actress and model, from Worcestershire, had a stroke seven years ago, aged 45.
At the time, she was very fit and healthy, holding down a busy job. She thought strokes could not happen to people like her.
So when her face started drooping and she couldn't get her words out, she didn't seek help.
"I thought I could get rid of the tremendous pain in my head," she said.
"I couldn't possibly call an ambulance, so I called my GP and tried to get an appointment instead.
"Stupidly, I was doing it all the wrong way."
Sas was eventually admitted to hospital, but the delay meant she lost her speech and her mobility.
A second stroke a few weeks later left her needing 18 months to recover.
She has gone from being active and independent to needing help with simple tasks such as cooking and walking.
She can no longer work or drive, and she struggles with extreme tiredness during the day.
When she looks at photos of herself taken before the first stroke, they feel like images of a stranger.
"It's like looking at a twin," she says. "They aren't me anymore, it's very strange.
"Stroke has taken away an awful lot. It was a huge, huge shock. I want people to learn from my stupidity."
Not all strokes can be prevented. As we age, our arteries become harder and narrower and more likely to become blocked.
But many strokes can be prevented by:
Prof Kevin Fenton, national director for health and wellbeing at Public Health England, said: "Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in the country, and the faster someone experiencing a stroke gets emergency treatment, the more chance that person has of surviving and avoiding serious disability."
Juliet Bouverie, chief executive of the Stroke Association, said people were not taking the right action at the right time.
"A stroke is a brain attack and acting fast makes a huge difference," she said.
"You are more likely to survive a stroke and make a better recovery if you call 999 on spotting any one of the symptoms.
"The quicker you act, the more of the person you save."
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Murray and Nishikori will meet on Court Philippe Chatrier at around 15:00 BST.
The Briton, 30, lost a dramatic five-set contest when they met at the same stage in New York last September.
Surprisingly, the Japanese player struggled to even recall the match when asked on Monday: "I don't even know if I won or lost. I won?"
It was only his second win over Murray, who has since taken his tally to eight victories having beaten Nishikori in the Davis Cup, Olympics and ATP Finals in 2016.
After a slow start to 2017 as he struggled with injuries and illness, the world number one has found his form at Roland Garros.
Impressive wins over Juan Martin del Potro and Karen Khachanov in the last two rounds have suggested Murray is capable of matching last year's run to the final.
"I'm happy with where my game's at," the Scot said after his fourth-round win.
"Everything is going pretty well just now. I'm feeling good going into the middle part of the second week."
And the Wimbledon champion does at least remember his New York defeat last year, which came three weeks after he won Olympic gold in Rio.
"I obviously lost against him at the US Open," Murray said. "He plays well on the clay, obviously, and is very solid off both wings."
If Murray has had his health issues in 2017, Nishikori has struggled with injuries throughout his career, a right wrist hampering him this season after hip and rib problems in 2016.
The 27-year-old Japanese player has already played one five-set match in Paris and twice lost sets 6-0.
However, he has only spent 20 minutes more on court than Murray, at 11 hours and 24 minutes, and says he will be ready after a day off.
"I think physically, I'm OK," Nishikori said.
"It's not easy. Long matches. I'm a little bit sore, but I'm sure it's going to be okay. I have one day rest [on Tuesday].
"I'll try to be physically ready for a long, tough match."
BBC Sport tennis correspondent Russell Fuller at Roland Garros
Murray has an excellent record against Nishikori, but will still have vivid memories of the defeat he suffered at last year's US Open.
The Japanese won the deciding set of their quarter-final 7-5: Murray had led by two sets to one but became distracted by a malfunctioning sound system and a yellow butterfly.
Nishikori has had a more gruelling passage to the last eight: he has twice lost a set 6-0, appears hindered by back trouble and will need to play as he did in New York to topple the rapidly improving world number one.
The Reading-based company is consulting over about 50 proposed job losses in the UK, most of which are based in Aberdeen.
Expro said a continuing decline in oil exploration had resulted in major North Sea developments being put on hold.
The firm announced 60 jobs losses back in March, largely in Aberdeen.
Neil Sims, from Expro, said: "It is nearly a year since the industry experienced the initial oil price crash, and every attempt has been made to reduce the impact on our employees.
"In the initial stages we took a range of preventative cost reduction measures, and since then, we have worked with our customers, suppliers and employees to significantly reduce and manage costs.
"However we must align ourselves with the on-going market conditions and specifically, the continued decline in exploration and appraisal activity which has resulted in deferrals of major North Sea development projects.
"Very sadly, this means some further redundancies."
Expro, which surveys and manages oil and gas wells around the world, employs more than 5,000 people across 50 countries.
The chairman and chief executive of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board went last week after health and audit watchdogs found a range of problems.
BCUHB runs NHS services in the six counties of north Wales with a budget of around £1.2bn.
Vice-chair Dr Lyndon Miles becomes the third board member to leave.
Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) and the Wales Audit Office (WAO) found a series of problems at the health board, which runs Ysbyty Gwynedd, Glan Clwyd and Wrexham Maelor hospitals.
They included finding that the relationship between chairman Prof Merfyn Jones and chief executive Mary Burrows had broken down and compromised the organisation.
The issues include:
A spokesperson for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said: "We can confirm that the vice-chairman Dr Lyndon Miles has submitted his resignation to the minister."
Last week, Health Minister Mark Drakeford said the health board still faced "fundamental challenges".
He told BBC Wales that replacing two individuals would not be enough in itself to restore public confidence.
The minister said the board faced a "much bigger job" in changing the culture of the way it works.
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Speaking at an event hosted by Vanity Fair, the 47-year-old said: "I don't see it as flattery, I see it as theft."
He was responding to a question from the audience about Chinese tech maker Xiaomi, but was referring to Apple's competition in general.
Xiaomi has been accused of copying before, but the company has said the suggestion was "sensationalist".
Hugo Barra, who was poached by Xiaomi from Google, said the Chinese firm was "an incredibly innovative company".
But the company has come under fire from people who believed its designs appeared similar to Apple's iPhones and iPads.
Sir Jonathan, who was born in Chingford, London, was at the San Francisco event to discuss his career.
But when asked about his feelings towards copycat manufacturers, he said: "I have to be honest the last thing I think is, 'Oh, that is flattering.'
"All those weekends I could've been home with my family - I think it's theft and lazy. I don't think it's OK at all."
However, some argue that Apple itself is not immune from picking up design and hardware inspiration from its competitors.
"Every Apple product is an evolution of a product that has come before it," said Chris Green, principal technology analyst at Davis Murphy Group.
"They are rarely the first to come to market with a product.
"They sit back and see what mistakes happen. That's what they did with the iPod - they let others steam in with early mp3 players and make a mess of them."
But Mr Green said he felt the Apple designer's comments were a sign that Apple wanted to be seen as vigorously defending its work.
"When it comes to defending intellectual property based around software and appearance, it's very hard to defend that in court and to argue your position over that - rather than something that is more physical like a chip.
"They have to be seen to be defending their position."
There have so far been three attempts to solve the long-running dispute.
Competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia told a European parliamentary committee that the next logical step would be to issue a statement of objection, including formal charges.
Google said that it continued to work with the EU.
The company is accused of abusing its dominant position in Europe, where it accounts for 90% of search traffic.
The dispute has been running since 2010 when rivals, including British price-comparison site Foundem, complained about the way it displayed results.
The deal suggested by Google in February was rejected after 20 formal complaints made the EU rethink its original decision to accept the proposals.
Under the terms of the deal, Google agreed to reserve space near the top of its European search pages for competitors, which would be open to rivals to bid for via an auction.
Rivals argued that Google's solution was unfair for a range of reasons, including the fact that Google would make money out of the changes.
"At the beginning of the month I have communicated this to the company asking them to improve these proposals," said Mr Almunia.
"We now need to see if Google can address these issues and allay our concerns."
He did not put a timeframe on the new proposals but acknowledged that it could be left up to the next Commission headed by Jean-Claude Juncker to sort out.
Mr Almunia steps down in October.
But, he warned, if the next set of proposals failed to impress, the next stage would be a fine.
"The next logical step is to issue a statement of objection," he said.
EU rules mean that a company falling foul of anti-trust laws can be fined up to 10% of its annual sales.
Last year, Google's annual sales amounted to $55.5bn (£33.8bn).
For its part, Google seemed in no mind to appease the EU. Writing an opinion piece for the European Commission's Digital Minds - a series of articles about the digital age written by some of the biggest players in the industry - chairman Eric Schmidt said that Europe needed to embrace disruptive industries such as Uber.
"New businesses promoting new ideas should not be held back by bureaucratic or regulatory hurdles," he wrote.
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Her mission is to introduce her passion to the world, which she does at home in London, where she has set up a Nigerian pop-up restaurant.
It is being made by Jansons Property, an investor and developer, in conjunction with the Crichton Trust.
Included in the plans are a purpose-built campus for the University of the West of Scotland, a museum, and student residences.
It could also see two new grandstands built at Queen of the South's stadium.
The Crichton Trust unveiled full details of the project alongside Jansons Property, which works in partnership with the William Pears Group.
The full range of benefits includes:
Andy Jansons, managing director of Jansons Property, said it was pleased to be involved in the "exciting development".
"We will bring together the funding and expertise to deliver appropriate projects for the Crichton and the community of Dumfries and Galloway," he said.
Rob Shaw, Crichton Trust chief executive said it was "the most compelling and tangible investment opportunity" that the region had had "in living memory".
He described it as a "truly transformational investment" and a "very exciting day" for Scotland and Dumfries and Galloway.
Analysis: Giancarlo Rinaldi, South Scotland reporter, BBC Scotland news website
We tend to believe things when we see them in Dumfries and Galloway.
It is a natural consequence of a number of major investments mooted which have, ultimately, failed to materialise.
A dose of doubt is a healthy thing but so, too, is a splash of enthusiasm.
The proof of this investment pudding will come when the diggers move in and the buildings start to take shape.
However, the credentials of those involved should give some cause for optimism.
Even if they only deliver half of the "aspirational" projects outlined at the official launch today, it would make a huge difference to the town, the region and further afield.
Jansons Property said it was committed to its initial investment and had signalled that further funds would be available "should further opportunities emerge".
Councillor Colin Smyth said Dumfries and Galloway Council had continued to "invest significantly" in the site since the local authority acquired it in 1995.
"There are a lot of major projects we want to see come to fruition to ensure the Crichton fulfils its massive potential but in a way that preserves this historical site which is close to the hearts of the people of Dumfries and beyond," he said.
"That will require significant investment of the scale being proposed and really could help deliver on our number one priority to build the local economy and create jobs and opportunities for local people."
Two were unearthed on Monday on a building site in the Pall Mall area, with a third found at about 08:15 GMT.
Four further devices were discovered just under three hours later after a police cordon had been removed.
All seven were initially thought to be bombs but are now believed to be "non-fused ammunition".
A team of Army bomb disposal experts removed the devices and a 200m safety cordon at the junction of Pall Mall and Leeds Road has been lifted.
An examination by the Army's Explosive Ordnance Disposal concluded the five shells found since the morning were "empty", said Merseyside Police.
A force spokesman said: "The construction company has now ceased work at the site and the Health and Safety Executive are on site."
Junior road world champion Lucy Garner will be making her senior worlds debut alongside Olympic silver medallist Lizzie Armitstead plus Katie Colclough in the women's road race on Saturday.
And the Championships close on Sunday with the men's road race where Chris Froome will attempt to become the first man since Greg Lemond in 1989 to win the Tour de France and world title in the same year.
Olympic champion Sir Bradley Wiggins won silver in the men's individual time on Wednesday.
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Terrence Davies, 54, of North Cornelly, Bridgend, made £277,000 in 14 months by dumping waste on his nearby land.
He was jailed for two-and-a-half years after admitting four charges of operating without consent.
Judge Neil Bidder also ordered him to pay £23,517 within six months or face an extra 14 months behind bars.
The court heard police and Natural Resources Wales officers found Davies stuffing £5,000 in banknotes into envelopes when they raided the property at South Cornelly, just 500 yards (0.5 km) from a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Waste dumped there included old mattresses, tyres, plastics and demolition and construction waste as well as hazardous waste like televisions.
He continued taking in waste even after he had been warned not to take in any more, the court heard.
Alex Greenwood, prosecuting, said: "It was a deliberate and flagrant disregard of the law and on one visit environment officers saw 30 vehicles arrive - builders' vans, trailers and tractors all carrying waste onto the site."
Davies traded as Boyd Davies Recycling Services.
Judge Bidder told him: "The mounds of waste were 30 metres high and up to 40 metres wide and resembled large hills.
"Some of it was deposited while you were on bail and after you had been warned time and time again.
"It was outrageous offending. The total volume of waste was huge and the remedial cost will be enormous."
Despite self-confessed "paranoid" fears that no-one would turn up, crowds of people lined the streets of Newlyn and Penzance.
The rower won the women's pair in Rio with partner Heather Stanning, defending the title won at London 2012.
The Rio medal had to be repaired after it was dropped by Ms Glover's fiance, TV nature presenter Steve Backshall.
Accompanied by the Humphry Davy School band, an open-top bus is taking the smiling Olympian through the streets to a civic reception at her former school, making an impromptu stop to meet members of the Mounts Bay gig rowing club.
Humphry Davy head teacher Bill Marshall said the school was "incredibly proud" of Ms Glover, who since winning her first Olympic gold medal in London four years ago had been an inspiration to its students.
"Hard work, dedication and commitment clearly pay off and Helen is a fantastic role model to all young people everywhere," he added.
Ms Glover, who has won three world championships as well as two Olympic golds and is unbeaten in 39 races over five years alongside Ms Stanning, said the parade was her chance to say "thank you" to the town she grew up in.
"It's amazing - if someone had told me four years ago when I was here and buzzing for the parade, that there would have been another one in four years, I'd have been so touched," she told BBC News.
"I think it just shows how much it means to the whole of Cornwall and the towns round here to be bringing a medal home."
Ms Glover said she intended to celebrate every moment of the victory parade as it would probably be her last, adding that although she was not thinking of retirement, the likelihood would be that she would be taking an "extended break".
Fiance Mr Backshall said he need a word that was "bigger than proud" to sum up what he felt.
"It's been the most emotional thing that's ever happened in my whole life," he said.
"To see the person you care about most doing something so extraordinary is just mind-blowing."
Earlier on Twitter, he had invited people to go along to Penzance harbour to see the victory parade.
The 61-year-old Australian, brother of Warrington coach Tony Smith, joined Wakefield in May 2015, before signing a new one-year deal last October.
BBC Radio Leeds reports that Smith asked for his contract to be terminated after speaking to the Wakefield players on Tuesday morning.
Wakefield have won just one of their five league matches so far this season.
Assistant coach Stuart Dickens is expected to take charge of Friday's match at St Helens.
The Wildcats conceded eight tries at home to Catalan Dragons on Saturday, as they suffered a 42-28 loss, with Smith admitting his side needed "to be better".
His spell with Wakefield was his fourth job in England having previously been in charge at Hull (1988-1990) and Bradford Bulls (1996), as well as working as an assistant at national side level.
He also coached at Illawarra Steelers, St George Dragons, Parramatta Eels, Newcastle Knights, and Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Wakefield are currently 10th in the Super League table, having only secured their status for 2016 by beating Bradford in the Million Pound Game in October.
The club have declined further comment until a news conference on Wednesday.
BBC Radio Leeds' rugby league producer James Deighton:
"Early season sackings aren't really a surprise these days, but a resignation after just five games of the new season has taken a lot of people by surprise, including myself.
"Brian Smith's arrival at Wakefield was a real coup, and his departure has made headlines too - for a time his name was trending on Twitter within the UK.
"His record in charge reads six wins in 21 games - but tellingly only two of those victories have come against Super League opposition.
"Smith will always be remembered as the coach that saved their Super League status as he guided them to victory in the Million Pound Game.
"However, there will be those who argue that real success would have been avoiding that particular fixture altogether."
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Noone, 24, has become Malky Mackay's ninth signing of the summer for a fee believed to be £1m.
The Liverpool-born wideman started his career at Plymouth Argyle before joining the Seagulls for £300,000 in January 2011.
Noone, who has scored 11 goals in 60 appearances for Brighton, Exeter and Plymouth, is expected to make his debut at home to Wolves on Sunday.
Cardiff have already signed Craig Bellamy,Tommy Smith,Heidar Helguson,Matthew Connolly,Joe Lewis,Jordan Mutch,Kim Bo-Kyung, and Etien Velikonja this summer.
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The winner of Saturday's decider will enter England's Super 10 group.
Hong Kong won the toss but their total of 116-6 never looked enough as spinner Mohammad Nabi took 4-20.
Openers Mohammad Shahzad (41) and Noor Ali Zadran (35) added 70 as Afghanistan won with two overs to spare. Hong Kong join Scotland in being eliminated.
The Scots, who have never won a game at a major ICC global tournament, lost to Zimbabwe by 11 runs in Thursday's earlier game, and now meet Hong Kong in a dead rubber on Saturday.
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In the day's warm-up games, Colin Munro (67 from 34 balls) and Corey Anderson (60 from 29) helped New Zealand rack up 226-4 against Sri Lanka in Mumbai. Adam Milne then took 3-26 as Sri Lanka finished well short on 152-7.
Tournament hosts India also piled on the runs in Kolkata, opener Rohit Sharma batting through the innings and smashing seven sixes in his 98 not out from 57 balls. Chris Gayle top-scored with 20 as opponents West Indies were bowled out for 140.
In the first warm-ups for the women's tournament, India beat Ireland by 29 runs while Sri Lanka eased to a five-wicket win over Bangladesh.
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The very important historical monument was sold a century ago, but luckily the man who bought it wanted it to be open to everyone forever.
Stonehenge is one of Britain's most popular tourist attractions, with over one million visitors a year.
But 100 years ago the site wasn't in a very good condition and some of the stones were falling down. It went up for sale at an auction, where people bid to buy things like art, furniture or jewellery.
It was bought by a man called Cecil Chubb, for £6,600 - that's about £680,000 in today's money. He had only planned to buy his wife some chairs.
There's now a plaque on the wall of the house where Cecil Chubb used to live to remember him and his great gift to the UK.
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The idea was proposed in May but investigations revealed it would lead to a drop in on-track overtaking and too little variation in strategies.
It was dropped at a meeting of the strategy group of leading teams and officials on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone is pushing to impose an engine freeze in a bid to make racing more competitive.
The 84-year-old's proposal is to impose an upper limit on the performance of engines and allow manufacturers who are not yet at that level to develop until they meet it.
The idea is to give Renault and Honda, who are lagging behind at the moment, the chance to catch up with Mercedes and Ferrari.
Mercedes are pushing against the idea.
These were just two of the issues to emerge from the strategy group meeting on Wednesday at which bosses have agreed to reduce driver aids so the role of the driver is enhanced in F1.
Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff said: "The racing drivers are the main cast of the show, so let's put more responsibility back to the racing driver.
"We want more variability and less predictability. In order to achieve that, maybe there should be less scientific approach to racing, and more the race driver responsible for his racing."
Some changes on this front are planned for as soon as the Belgian Grand Prix on 21-23 August.
"What is feasible for Spa we will do to reduce to the minimum," Wolff said. "Whatever is not feasible we will do properly for 2016."
By next year, information such as tyre pressures and temperatures and brake condition will be available to the driver on his dashboard but not fed to him by the team.
Bosses also discussed ways of changing the format of race weekends, among them the possibility of a shorter race on a Saturday in addition to the main grand prix on a Sunday.
Ecclestone is said not to be in favour of introducing a second race for all the field, but one idea that could be pursued is a race for third cars and junior drivers, with the best allowed to then take part in the grand prix on Sunday.
The 52-year-old shot a six-under-par 65 to sit alongside four other players, including American defending champion Lexi Thompson.
Davies has not won an event on the LPGA Tour since 2001.
Spain's Carlota Ciganda, See Young Kim of South Korea and South African Paula Reto are also six under par.
Former world number one Davies has fallen to 275th in the rankings and has not finished higher than 54th in an event this year.
She was three under after eight holes and, though she dropped a shot just before the turn, four more birdies on the back nine left her well placed.
Thompson, who started at the 10th, had nine pars in her opening nine holes before an eagle at the par-five first, three successive birdies from the third and another at the eighth.
World number one Lydia Ko is one of seven players on four under.
Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP or Common Man's Party) has seen many twists and turns in it's short history
The party was born out of an anti-corruption movement that swept India in 2011, and made a spectacular debut in Delhi assembly elections in 2013.
Mr Kejriwal became the chief minister of Delhi and the media at the time had termed this "common man's rise" to power as the "new dawn in Indian politics".
But he quit from the post after serving 49 days in office, disappointing many of his followers and media commentators. The party went on to lose badly in the 2014 general elections.
He was written off and the party disappeared from the front pages of Indian newspapers.
But Mr Kejriwal continued working in Delhi and surprised many political pundits by winning 67 out of 70 seats in the fresh polls for the Delhi assembly in February this year.
He returned to front pages and social media once again hailed him as a crusader against corruption.
But a month later, the story is very different.
Papers and TV channels have been reporting the infighting in the AAP, often with details leaked by different factions in the party.
On Saturday, the AAP sacked its founding members Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan from the National Executive - the party's top decision-making body.
"Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan tried to defeat AAP in Delhi polls. Prashant Bhushan betrayed my trust, cannot work with him," the NDTV website quotes Mr Kejriwal as saying.
The Delhi chief minister gave an emotional speech to his followers before the duo were sacked from their key positions in the party.
Mr Bhushan and Mr Yadav rejected their colleague's allegations, saying the AAP has forgotten its basic idea of upholding democracy within the party.
"He has displayed today that is that he is willing to use his dictatorial powers to ruthlessly stifle dissent and ruthlessly stop any discussion or opposition to what he wants," Mr Bhushan said.
Papers say the people of Delhi voted the AAP into power with high hopes of clean governance and fast development.
For many, Delhi is losing its battle against pollution, traffic congestion and corruption because top leaders of the ruling party are busy dealing with "personal issues".
The Asian Age says the AAP "has presented an unprepossessing sight in the past month".
"The AAP today is a house divided against itself in a manner that just did not seem thinkable in the first flush of its formation," it says.
The paper finds faults in Mr Kejriwal and his inability to keep the party together.
"Mr Kejriwal was the charismatic figure around whom everyone coalesced for a time and swept to a famous victory. But his severe limitations have been exposed. The language he has used for senior colleagues, and the tactics he has shown himself capable of in his drive to power and then staying put, mark him out as no different from the clever politicians of the older parties who are widely disdained," it adds.
For The Times of India, the "fracas has exposed the lack of internal cohesion within a party that lacks a well defined ideological glue to hold it together".
"Mr Yadav and Mr Bhushan should have recognised that Mr Kejriwal was the leader with the mass connect and backed off from a public confrontation, rather than put on an appearance of misplaced martyrdom. With neither side willing to compromise, a credibility loss and break-up became inevitable," it says.
And finally, papers praise Indian badminton player Saina Nehwal for "breaking a jinx" to win the India Open badminton championship in Delhi on Sunday, The Hindu reports.
Saina, who is currently the top woman player in the world, defeated Thai shuttler and former champion Ratchanok Intanon.
"Saina's previous-best performance in five previous appearances since 2011 was the quarterfinal finish last year," the paper reports.
Meanwhile, Indian shuttler K Srikanth defeated Denmark's Viktor Axelsen to win the men's singles at the tournament.
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Darren Turk, 54, hanged himself while on trial accused of 16 offences against boys at Frewen College in Northiam, East Sussex, between 1996 and 2002.
He was found guilty on 10 counts and was acquitted on six.
His mother Jasmine Botting has maintained his innocence and hopes next week's hearing will clear his name.
"I know for a fact my son is innocent," she said.
"All I would like to think is that this hearing will go some way towards clearing his name," the 76-year-old, from Etchingham, said.
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The judicial review follows criticism from Turk's family that the judge at his trial at Lewes Crown Court allowed jurors to return verdicts after he died.
It is believed to be the first time a dead man has been convicted of a crime in England.
At an inquest in January, a coroner heard Turk had been prescribed anti-depressants and had left suicide notes.
His body was found by his stepfather at his home in Fontridge Lane, Etchingham, on 16 June.
Unmarried Turk was a member of care staff and later head of care at the boarding school, but was not a teacher.
Farren's family want to raise around £25,000 which would enable him to travel to a cancer centre in Germany.
In his most recent operation, surgeons removed over 80% of Farren's tumour but the 33-year-old's speech and mobility have been affected.
A biopsy after the surgery indicated that the tumour was highly aggressive.
The ex-Derry City striker turned 33 on Friday and a statement from his family said his former team-mates Kevin McHugh, Ruaidhri Higgins and Ciaran Martyn would be leading a number of fund-raising activities in the coming weeks.
"The six-week treatment programme is his best chance of saving or at least prolonging his life," added the Farren family's statement.
"Treatment will cost approximately €30,000. This is the one goal with which Mark needs our help, any contribution is greatly appreciated."
On Friday night, Farren's former Derry City team-mate and current Republic of Ireland international James McClean was reported to have pledged £1,000 for the fund.
Donegal man Farren was named the League of Ireland players' player of the year in 2005 and went on to become Derry's record goal-scorer in 2012 before joining Glenavon in 2013.
He was initially diagnosed with a benign brain tumour in December 2008 but continued to play on for Derry City until October 2009.
After undergoing surgery, Farren returned to Derry City colours in the summer of the 2011 and broke the club's scoring record a year later shortly before signing for Glenavon.
Farren was named the Irish League's player of the month in April 2013 but had to stop playing later that year in order to undergo more surgery.
"The mountains of this country, the plains, highlands, cities will be not abandoned to terrorists," he said.
At least 16 Turkish soldiers died in Sunday's attack in the south-eastern Hakkari province, the army said.
In retaliation, Turkey carried out several air strikes on PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) targets on Monday.
Speaking at a news conference on Monday, Mr Davutoglu said: "You cannot discourage us from our war on terror. Those mountains will be cleared of these terrorists. Whatever it takes, they will be cleared."
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier said he was saddened by the attack and promised a "decisive" response.
"The pain of our security forces who were martyred in the treacherous attack by the separatist terrorist organisation sears our hearts," he said.
There has been a surge in violence between the army and the PKK after a ceasefire collapsed in July.
The PKK said it was behind the attack. Initially it said 15 soldiers had been killed, but later raised the figure to 31.
But the Turkish army said on Monday that 16 soldiers died, while six were injured.
The army said bombs had been detonated near two military vehicles in the village of Daglica on Sunday evening.
The area is close to the border with Iraq.
After President Erdogan's comments, about 200 people chanting slogans in his support attacked the offices of Turkish newspaper Hurriyet in Istanbul.
They accused the news organisation of misquoting Mr Erdogan and implying that he was trying to gain political capital from the Daglica attack.
Hurriyet has attracted criticism from pro-government circles over its coverage of the conflict between Turkey's government and the PKK.
The government says military operations against the Kurdish rebel group will continue until it withdraws from Turkish soil and disarms.
Curfews have been imposed in several towns where clashes take place and over a hundred districts have been declared "temporary security zones".
In response, several municipalities in the predominantly Kurdish east and south-east of Turkey have announced "self-rule".
Critics accuse President Erdogan of renewing violence to curb the support for the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP), whose 14% share of the vote in June elections cost the governing AKP its majority in parliament.
The government denies these accusations. Many people fear the clashes will mount as snap elections scheduled for November draw closer.
More than 40,000 people have died since the PKK launched its armed campaign in 1984.
The company also said it had secured additional funds from shareholders and was close to announcing its biggest ever investment.
The news came just ahead of a midnight deadline for the renewal of its Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) licence.
Last weekend Monarch was forced to deny "negative speculation" about its financial health.
It has struggled under intense competition and a fall in demand for holidays in Turkey and Egypt.
A Monarch spokesman told the BBC that all flights on Saturday were flying as normal. The company operates 130-140 outbound and inbound flights a day, and passengers had been expressing concern on social media about whether all those flights would take place.
There are more than 100,000 Monarch holiday-makers overseas at the moment.
The airline employs about 2,800 staff and is based at Luton Airport.
The 12-day reprieve has been welcomed by Brian Strutton, general secretary of the pilots' union Balpa, who said the uncertainty had been lifted "which is good news for the pilots, crew, staff and customers".
He added: "Although the Monarch licence has been extended temporarily for 12 days, my understanding is this will be sufficient to satisfy the regulator that long-term funding is secure and details of this will emerge over the next few days."
Monarch is protected by the CAA's Air Travel Organisers' Licensing (Atol) scheme - the scheme that refunds customers if a travel firm collapses, and ensures they are not stranded.
But for the licence to be renewed, allowing Monarch to continue to sell package holidays, the company had to prove it was financially robust.
The company has been majority owned by Greybull Capital since 2014, when the investment firm bought a 90% stake in the airline.
Greybull has now put extra funds into the airline, enabling the CAA to grant a temporary extension to the airline's licence until 12 October.
By that time Monarch is confident it will have secured the "largest investment in its 48-year history".
Chief executive Andrew Swaffield said he was "excited about the additional capital coming into the group which will help us fund our future growth".
It is believed that some of the money will be used to proceed with an order for 30 Boeing aircraft.
In its statement, the CAA said it was able to extend the licence "by requiring the shareholder to provide additional funding and because customers' money will be protected".
"Monarch now has 12 days to satisfy the CAA that the group is able to meet the requirements for a full Atol licence.
"Monarch will remain Atol licensed until this extension expires. The CAA always advises consumers to ensure they book Atol-protected air holidays and consumers who choose to book an Atol-protected flight or holiday with the company during this time will continue to be protected by the Atol scheme."
Monarch says Atol offers consumers security "where a flight and accommodation have been booked together, some flights booked separately and applies in certain other circumstances".
Earlier this year Greybull bought a division of Tata Steel, as well as 140 M Local convenience stores from Morrisons, which subsequently went into administration.
A former managing director of Monarch, Tim Jeans, told BBC Breakfast the company had been having difficulties for some time.
"They certainly have to come up with the money and the investment to satisfy the CAA in those 12 days, otherwise the future does look rather bleak.
"One has to trust in the reassurances the company has given, and hope that Monarch, which has a great heritage as a British airline, carries on well into the future."
And the Independent's travel editor Simon Calder told the BBC that Monarch was a "much smaller and less agile" operation than the giants of low-cost aviation, Ryanair and Easyjet.
He added: "The fall in sterling means many of Monarch's costs, the leases on its aircraft, the fuel in its tanks, are much more expensive and there is generally a weakness in demand."
The "largest modernisation of the railways since Victorian times" was at the heart of the government's long term economic plan.
Well, today all bets are off as to how much of the ambitious plan will be delivered. And when.
The chief executive of Network Rail, Mark Carne, has told the BBC the challenges of delivering myriad improvement projects - such as the electrification of the Great Western line to South Wales, improved punctuality for millions of passengers and the renewal of hundreds of miles of track - whilst still running a railway seven days a week were simply overwhelming.
Some of the projects will be delayed. And costs will rise.
"Over the last year it has become obvious that the challenges of operating, maintaining and enhancing the railway are significant," Mr Carne told me.
"I think it's time to level with the public and say that some of these extraordinary projects that we absolutely need are going to take longer and are going to cost more than we originally thought.
"We are going to take the summer to re-evaluate the extension of the programme - we need to do that properly with the Department for Transport and, of course, looking at the impact on trains as well.
"On cost - until we know the exact pattern of the service we will be delivering, we cannot estimate the final cost."
As part of the announcement today, the chairman of Network Rail, Richard Parry-Jones, will leave after his three-year term.
Sir Peter Hendy, the head of Transport for London and the man who "delivered" the Olympic transport plan for the capital, will take his place.
It's all a long way from the words of Patrick McLoughlin, the Transport Secretary, who said at the launch of the five-year plan: "A key part of this government's long term economic plan is investing in world class infrastructure.
"That is why we are putting record amounts of government funding into our railways over the next five years.
"That investment will generate growth, create jobs and boost business while delivering faster journeys, greater comfort and better punctuality for passengers across the UK."
To be clear, much of the investment will still happen. It will just be slower and more expensive.
And significant Whitehall sources have also told me that spending £38bn over five years is still the plan.
Which means that, according to those officials, the Conservative Party is not about to break its manifesto pledge to spend that amount.
What does appear to be the case - according to senior people in the rail industry - is that the Department for Transport was warned last spring that the five-year plan was at risk.
But the government has waited until after the election before announcing the change.
Mr McLoughlin said that electrification of the Great Western Line was a "top priority", but added that electrification work would be "paused" on the Midland mainline and on the Transpennine route.
Mr Carne, who became chief executive of Network Rail last February when the five-year plan had already been agreed, said that the difficulties of improving Britain's railways had been underestimated.
Much of Britain's railway network harks from the Victorian era, and on the Great Western Railway, for example, many of the bridges and tunnels that need to be upgraded to allow for electrification are listed.
Wholesale shutdowns of routes are not much welcomed by passengers and so engineers have to cram in the work overnight.
That can lead to over-runs. And when that happens, as it did at King's Cross at Christmas (and you can read about that shambles here), Network Rail gets it in the neck.
Quite rightly, say Network Rail's critics who point out that the organisation is already miles behind on delivering targets such as improving signalling and track renewal.
Mr Carne insists he wants a new approach, working with the regulator and the government to deliver a realistic plan.
"The railway as a whole is not meeting the demands that customers put on it," he said.
"I'm working relentlessly with my team to improve the infrastructure.
"It's important to note that the railway itself is the most reliable it has ever been but because we have so many more passengers using the railway we are at a choke point in some parts of the railway, which is affecting performance.
"There are going to be some projects that we will identify during the summer where there will be some delay - and that's partly because of cost and partly because of industry capacity
"It was a very ambitious plan.
"I think people went into it in the right frame of mind, but over the last year experience has shown that a lot of those targets aren't achievable.
"And rather than beating ourselves up over some rather arbitrary target I think we should level with people and reset expectations around what we can deliver
"Our railway is a great success story, passenger numbers have doubled in the last 20 years - but it's a huge challenge to transform the performance of our railway while still providing a great service to the four and half million people that use our railway every day."
Senior officers said it was a precaution, not a response to a specific threat.
Officers are not displaying pistols openly but had them holstered so as "not to undermine principles of largely unarmed policing", the force said.
Teams with more powerful firearms, such as automatic weapons, were on standby to provide backup, it added.
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The new armed deployment began at the weekend at a football match between Plymouth Argyle and Exeter City.
Firearms officers were also on standby at the Exeter Chiefs' rugby match against Bordeaux on Saturday.
Although there is no new threat to Devon and Cornwall, this deployment of armed officers is a stark demonstration of how the reality of policing has been transformed.
The Paris attacks have changed the calculations of senior officers.
"Wariness" has very much become the new watchword.
Assistant Chief Constable Paul Netherton said: "This is a precaution and all about making sure we have the capability to deal with any threat.
"The public should be reassured that, if necessary, we can react and respond."
The deployment of firearms officers will be reviewed regularly, commanders said, and would continue for as long as considered necessary.
A man and woman died and five others were injured in the blaze at a house in Withington, Manchester, on 10 February.
More than 3,000 people have signed a petition to try to keep Robert Chilowa, who is from Zimbabwe, in the country.
The Home Office said Mr Chilowa does not need the UK's protection and can return to Zimbabwe safely.
"I came here for political asylum. [Life] was very difficult.
"I left my son and my daughter and my family," said Mr Chilowa, who has been in the UK since 2001.
"There isn't any change [in Zimbabwe] at all...There are still sanctions"
The 46-year-old received a letter from immigration officials on Wednesday telling him he must leave his home in 12 days and is not entitled to claim any benefits.
He has appealed against the decision. "It broke my heart," he said.
A date for deportation is yet to be set, he said.
Mr Chilowa said he helped the children escape from a window of the burning house because "human life matters".
"I was sleeping... and I heard this scream and it was so distressing. A cry for help. I just jumped off my bed and sprung to action.
"When I got there I saw this young girl lying on the floor and she pointed to the window and said 'please save my brother and my sister'.
"You can imagine the heat and it was so so bad, so all I did was I saved them."
Mr Chilowa was taken to hospital for smoke inhalation following the fire and said he has since been for counselling.
"The nightmares will always be there. That voice.
"I didn't know them, but when I heard that cry it touched my heart."
The petition asks Home Secretary Amber Rudd to "consider her decision" and encourages people to sign to "save this gentle giant".
Petitioner Ananias Chakwizira wrote: "This act of bravery is good character especially in today's world whereby he could have chosen to be a bystander and take pictures from afar.
"Robert did not commit any crime but saved lives and deserves recognition."
The directive came after reports that Kashmiri students were verbally abused and beaten in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan.
Kashmir saw fresh clashes between troops and protesters amid attempts to hold a by-election earlier in April.
Mr Singh said that Kashmiris were part of India's "family".
Muslim-majority Kashmir is at the centre of a decades-old territorial dispute between India and Pakistan.
Both countries claim Kashmir in its entirety and control different parts of it. India accuses Pakistan of supporting separatist sentiment in Kashmir, but Islamabad denies this.
In a tweet, Mr Singh said: "The Kashmiri youth also contribute in the progress of India. Action should be taken by the states against those who target them".
His comments came a day after six Kashmiri men studying at a university in Rajasthan were allegedly called terrorists and beaten up by locals.
Billboards that refer to "stone-pelting Kashmiris" and ask them to leave have also appeared in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
The latest bout of violence in Kashmir has killed nine people. Local protesters have been hurling stones at security forces who have been accused of opening fire into the crowds.
A viral video of a group of Kashmiris heckling a soldier has also contributed to anti-Kashmiri sentiment in the rest of the country.
There has been an armed revolt in the Muslim-majority region against rule by India since 1989.
High unemployment and complaints of heavy-handed tactics by security forces battling street protesters and fighting insurgents have aggravated the problem.
Phil Flanagan says he was unaware his tweet posted about Ulster Unionist MP Tom Elliott was libellous and claims it took the form of a question.
Mr Flanagan is taking legal action against an insurance firm over its refusal to provide cover for the libel award against him.
Last week, a judge awarded Mr Elliott £48,750 compensation following a tweet by Mr Flanagan.
The Fermanagh MLA posted the message after Mr Elliott appeared on a BBC radio programme in May 2014.
Mr Elliott served in the UDR for 10 years, between 1982 and 1992. He is now the MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone.
Mr Flanagan's tweet read: "Tom Elliott talks to @StephenNolan about the past.
"I wonder if he will reveal how many people he harassed or shot as a member of the UDR."
The tweet was taken down from Mr Flanagan's Twitter account within an hour being posted.
However, Mr Elliot said that, despite the tweet being removed, it remained accessible on the internet, social media sites and political blogs.
The judge that Mr Flanagan's tweet was grossly defamatory.
Legal action culminated in the acceptance of an offer to make amends.
That involved Mr Flanagan recognising the defamatory and baseless allegations, formally apologising and agreeing to pay compensation and costs.
In an agreed statement he accepted his tweet was untrue, wholly without foundation and apologising for all offence caused.
A High Court judge has put a stay on any payout until Mr Flanagan resolves his legal action with insurers used by assembly members over a refusal to indemnify him.
The court heard on Thursday that cover provided for libel and slander claims, capped at £1m annually, excludes any cases where MLAs know their comments are defamatory.
Mr Flanagan told how he sent his tweet from Stormont's car park after listening to the radio show on his journey to parliament buildings.
Asked by his barrister if he intended to defame Mr Elliott, the Sinn Féin MLA replied: "Certainly not."
He told the judge that it was only after taking legal advice that he realised the seriousness of the situation.
During cross examination counsel for AIG Europe Ltd put it to him that he knew his tweet was "outrageously defamatory".
But Mr Flanagan insisted: "I framed it in the form of a question, thinking I wasn't making an allegation."
The case continues.
At the end of Tuesday, the firm said sales had reached 57.1 billion yuan, and that it had shipped 278 million orders - 43% of which were placed on mobile devices.
Last year, Alibaba recorded sales of $5.75bn, shipping 150 million packages.
Singles' Day is the world's biggest online retail sales day.
It compares with "Cyber Monday" in the US, the Monday after Thanksgiving, which is also marketed as a big online shopping day.
"You're seeing the unleashing of the consumption power of the Chinese consumer," said Alibaba Group's executive vice chairman, Joe Tsai.
"We really are witnessing history here because we are seeing the shift of the economy from focused on the state sector to consumption."
Alibaba had said it expected to break sales records during the annual event, offering big discounts to boost sales.
"I bet the number [of goods bought] is going to be scary," said Alibaba's executive chairman Jack Ma last week. He estimated that 200 million packages would be shipped from orders made during the day.
The company, which recently listed on the New York Stock Exchange, surpassed that number by 18:00 Beijing time.
Analysis: Celia Hatton, Beijing correspondent, BBC News.
When did an obscure holiday devoted to single people, a kind of anti-Valentine's Day, become China's biggest shopping day of the year? Many in China find the transition baffling.
"November 11 used to be 'Singles' Day'. Then it became the Shopping Day, and now it's Couples' Shopping Day," complains one user on Weibo, China's version of Twitter. "Looking across the globe and over the years, there's never really been a day dedicated to single people."
Others point out that China's biggest online shopping platform, Alibaba, engineered the change.
Alibaba trademarked the term "Double-11", a popular term describing the November 11th holiday, in 2012.
The website earns a significant chunk of its profits on that day.
"They say behind every successful man, there's a woman quietly supporting him. Behind Jack Ma, [Alibaba's founder], there're tens of millions of female shopaholics," jokes one Weibo user.
Frustration lingered in the background of many Weibo forums.
Shoppers complained the online deals were too good, tempting them to spend money they didn't have.
"Please Singles' Day, can you pass by quickly?," reads a typical comment. "I didn't think I needed anything until today when I feel like I need everything I see. I'm so helpless!"
Singles' Day in China was adopted by Alibaba in 2009 to boost sales, but dates back to at least 1993, when students at Nanjing University are believed to have chosen the date as an anti-Valentine's Day where single people could buy things for themselves.
Since then, it has gone on to become a massive day of sales for China's fast growing e-commerce market.
The market is expected to grow at an annual rate of 25% over the next few years, from $390bn in 2014 to $718bn in 2017, according to a recent study released by management consulting firm AT Kearney.
This year's Singles' Day online sales event has attracted the participation of more than 27,000 global brands, including Japanese label Muji, Spanish clothing retailer Desigual and American outdoor clothing label The North Face.
"Lots of clients from the brands side have for the first time, approached the Singles' Day as an event on its own, and earmarked it as a significant retail operation, as major as Christmas and the Chinese New Year," said Shaun Rein from China Market Research in Shanghai.
However, despite Alibaba's recent successful share sale and the strong performance of this year's Singles' Day, Mr Rein says Alibaba still faces challenges.
He notes that while 35% of e-commerce transactions in China come from mobile devices, Alibaba is lagging slightly behind, with 31% of its sales generated from mobiles.
Rival Boeing says it could pave the way for the US to seek up to $10bn (£8bn) in annual retaliatory tariffs.
It follows years of accusations between the two aerospace giants that each received state funding.
The WTO is yet to rule on a similar EU complaint that Boeing benefits from billions of dollars in tax breaks.
Washington responded to the ruling by calling for an immediate halt for EU subsidies to support US jobs.
Meanwhile Airbus said it would appeal the judgment and the EU said it found some of the findings "unsatisfactory".
Analysis: Andrew Walker, BBC economics correspondent
There are two suppliers of large civil aircraft: Boeing in the US and Airbus in Europe.
The EU and the US have both taken complaints to the WTO about subsidies supplied by the other.
At the smaller end of the market segment there are other suppliers, and certainly the potential for more from China and Russia, for example, in the future - which could well involve state subsidies that eventually end up in front of a WTO dispute settlement panel.
For now, though the big stuff is a duopoly. There are two players with state backing, according to WTO judgements. For the rest of the world that is pretty good news.
It ensures there is at least some competition. And without the subsidies, a large plane could well be even more expensive.
It is the latest of a series of tit-for-tat transatlantic complaints about aircraft subsidies that make up the world's largest and longest-running trade dispute, which has so far been bitterly battled out over 12 years.
In June 2011, the WTO found that the EU and four of its member countries provided billions of dollars in subsidised financing to Airbus.
While the EU subsequently claimed to have come into compliance, the US disagreed and requested that a compliance panel intervene.
The compliance panel has now ruled that the EU failed to comply with all but two of 36 earlier rulings to cut back subsidies European governments provided to Airbus.
The loans were a "genuine and substantial" cause of significant lost sales for Boeing, the WTO said.
The EU had argued that the most recent Airbus jet, the A350, fell outside the case, but that was rejected by the WTO which said funding for the jet had been subsidised.
However it rejected US claims that it fell into the most serious category of "prohibited" aid.
The WTO has also issued rulings over the years saying that Boeing was the recipient of banned federal and state support.
Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing chairman, said: "Today's ruling finally holds the EU and Airbus to account for their flouting of global trade rules."
"This long-awaited decision is a victory for fair trade worldwide and for US aerospace workers, in particular."
US Trade Representative Michael Froman said the panel's finding was "a sweeping victory for the United States and its aerospace workers".
He called on the EU, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Spain "to respect WTO rules".
"We call on them to end subsidised financing of Airbus immediately,'' he said.
In response, the EU said: "There are certain findings of the panel that we consider to be unsatisfactory. We are closely analysing the report."
It said the findings should be read in the context of two other reports expected to address US subsidies in coming months.
Airbus said it mostly conformed with its global trade commitments and would appeal.
"We only needed to make limited changes in European policies and practices to comply," it said in a statement.
"We will address the few still remaining points indicated by the report in our appeal," Airbus said.
Both the EU and the United States have the right to appeal against the ruling.
"We are strong. And we are resilient," he said in his weekly radio address, adding that it was "entirely possible" the two attackers had been radicalised.
Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his wife Tashfeen Malik, 27, killed 14 people before being shot dead by police.
The FBI is investigating the shootings as an "act of terrorism".
The Islamic State militant group on Saturday hailed the attack, saying it had been carried out by "two supporters of the Islamic State".
The statement, carried by IS's al-Bayan radio, gave no indication that the group had any involvement in planning the shootings at the Inland Regional Center social services agency.
What we know about shooting
Who were the attackers?
"We know that Isil [IS] and other terrorist groups are actively encouraging people - around the world and in our country - to commit terrible acts of violence, oftentimes as lone wolf actors," Mr Obama said in his address.
"All of us - government, law enforcement, communities, faith leaders - need to work together to prevent people from falling victim to these hateful ideologies."
Farook, who worked for the local health department, and Malik opened fire on an office Christmas party, killing 14 people and wounding 21.
FBI officers are trying to recover data from two mobile phones that were found crushed in a waste bin near the scene.
On Friday lawyers representing the attackers' family said the relatives were "in complete shock" and that they had no idea the two had been capable of such an attack.
Syed Rizwan Farook's sister, Saira Khan, told CBS News: "I can never imagine my brother or my sister-in-law doing something like this, especially because they were happily married, they had a beautiful six-month-old daughter."
Tashfeen Malik was born in Pakistan and lived for 20 years in Saudi Arabia before moving back to her native country to go to university.
She and Farook, a US national, met on Muslim dating websites, the New York Times quotes officials as saying. The new couple spent about a week in Saudi Arabia last year, before returning to the US together.
She was granted a visa allowing people to enter the US to marry American citizens. Mr Chesley said Malik was very conservative. She did not interact with male family members and wore a burka, he said.
It is the deadliest mass shooting in the US since 26 people were killed at a school in Connecticut in 2012.
The couple used handguns and automatic weapons that had been legally purchased in the US, police say.
Bomb equipment, weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition were later found in their home.
In response to the shooting, the New York Times ran an editorial calling for stricter gun controls on the front page of Saturday's print paper. It is the first time since 1920 that the paper has run an editorial on page one.
"It is a moral outrage and national disgrace that civilians can legally purchase weapons designed to kill people with brutal speed and efficiency," the opinion piece said.
"America's elected leaders offer prayers for gun victims and then, callously and without fear of consequence, reject the most basic restrictions on weapons of mass killing," it added.
The bomb-making equipment and the thousands of rounds of ammunition have all been removed, and the tan-coloured townhouse which Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik called home has now returned to normal.
On Friday, the FBI completed their search of the property on this leafy suburban street, and after confiscating notebooks and computers - and even Christmas tree lights - handed the property back to its owner.
Waiting reporters were allowed a peek behind the venetian blinds, hoping to get some degree of insight into the life of the "clean-cut young man" and his young bride and baby, who never caused problems and always paid their rent on time.
And as we piled across the threshold, we encountered not the remnants of some medieval torture chamber - or even the evidence of a fanatical terrorist cell - but all the trappings of domestic mundanity: powdered baby food in the kitchen, a cot in the upstairs bedroom, nappies, books and tapestries and several copies of the Quran.
Becoming radicalised under the radar
What makes this shooting different?
FBI Director James Comey said earlier that the investigation was in its early stages and that the couple may have been "potentially inspired" by foreign terror groups.
The FBI is also investigating reports that Malik had posted a message on Facebook pledging allegiance to IS.
'It's crazy they lived next door' Neighbours tell the BBC of their shock that the attackers lived nearby
Politicians 'shamed' for offering prayers Does prayer do anything in the wake of a shooting?
Who were the victims? Diverse backgrounds of the 14 people killed
Wabel Abdallah, the head of the IMF's Afghanistan office, and the UN civilian staff died in what UN chief Ban Ki-moon said was a "horrific attack".
The 13 foreign victims included Canadians, UK, US, Lebanese, Russian and Danish citizens.
The Taliban said they carried out the attack late on Friday.
Five women were among the dead at the city's popular Taverna du Liban, and at least five were injured, police say.
The restaurant in Kabul's Wazir Akbar Khan area is popular with foreign nationals, diplomats and aid workers, and was busy with diners at the time of the attack.
By Lyse DoucetBBC's chief international correspondent
Kamal Hamade, owner of the Taverna du Liban, made the best chocolate cake, the best Lebanese food and, he thought, the best evacuation plan. The plan wasn't good enough to save him and other foreigners and Afghans who died with him when the Taliban came. But it did save many lives.
I know from my own visits when in Kabul that Kamal did everything possible to make his restaurant a home away from home. Whatever food you ordered, he brought double the amount. He proudly introduced us to Afghan chefs he trained to make Lebanese specialties and Afghan guards who kept his place safe. We talked about his native Lebanon, his risky time in Baghdad, but most of all, his commitment to his new home.
Now his doors are destroyed and, with them, a little of the hope that Kabul can ever be the safe inviting place he wanted the Taverna to be.
Britons die in blast
A suicide attacker detonated his explosives outside the gate of the heavily fortified restaurant, Deputy Interior Minister Mohammad Ayoub Salangi said.
He said two gunmen then entered the restaurant and started "indiscriminately killing" people inside.
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde later confirmed that Wabel Abdallah, 60, a Lebanese national, was among those who died.
"This is tragic news, and we at the fund are all devastated," Ms Lagarde said in a statement.
Meanwhile, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned "in the strongest terms the horrific attack", his spokesman said.
"Such targeted attacks against civilians are completely unacceptable and are in flagrant breach of international humanitarian law. They must stop immediately," Mr Ban was quoted as saying.
The UK Foreign Office confirmed that two British nationals were among those killed in the incident.
At least two US citizens died in the attack, the US embassy in Kabul said.
Kamal Hamade, the well-known Lebanese owner of the restaurant, and five women were among the dead. A number of people were injured.
"I was sitting with my friends in the kitchen when an explosion happened and smoke filled the kitchen," Abdul Majid, a chef at the restaurant, told AFP news agency.
"A man came inside shouting and he started shooting. One of my colleagues was shot and fell down. I ran to the roof and threw myself to the neighbouring property."
The attackers were eventually shot dead by the security forces when they arrived at the scene.
The BBC's Mahfouz Zubaide heard the blast and gunfire from at least two kilometres away. He said the gunfire went on sporadically for about 10 minutes.
The Taliban said it carried out the attack, saying it had been deliberately targeting foreign officials.
Security continues to be a major concern in Afghanistan. The last remaining contingent of Nato-led forces is due to leave by the end of the year, having handed over security to Afghan forces.
Washington is pushing Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign an agreement which would allow some US troops to stay behind after this year's withdrawal.
The Taliban told the BBC's John Simpson earlier this week that it was now back in control of large areas of Afghanistan and was confident of returning to power after Western troops left.
Our correspondent says it is hard to believe the Taliban could make a comeback as things stand, but their takeover of Kabul in 1996 was unexpected, and they could be strengthened if a weak, corrupt president is elected in April.
The rifled muzzle loader shells were found on Gwbert Beach, near Cardigan, in the 1880s and have been kept in the museum stores for the last 10 years.
Although previously deemed safe, a recent check found traces of explosive.
The shells were taken to Borth beach on Tuesday and detonated by a unit from Gloucester.
The museum curator Carrie Canham, said: "Although the shells have been inspected by various experts over the years, and were confident that they were safe, a recent check was carried out by the bomb disposal unit who found traces of explosive and recommended their safe disposal."
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It was the first non-rugby sporting event at Twickenham in its 107-year history, and the first London-based NFL game away from Wembley Stadium.
Landon Collins scored the pick of the touchdowns with a superb interception return for the Giants, after the Rams' Tavon Austin had crossed for the opening score.
Rashad Jennings edged the Giants ahead for the decisive score.
New York safety Collins told BBC Sport: "It was a fantastic win for us.
"When I caught the ball I looked down field and saw a lot of dark blue but all my white was to the left, so I went back and ran down there. It was a surprise for me."
Treated to a pre-match show of fireworks and flames, plus music from Craig David, fans at Twickenham did not have to wait long for the first on-field action as the Rams forced an early turnover.
They took full advantage as Case Keenum found wide receiver Austin in the end zone, and soon after added a field goal from Greg Zuerlein to head in 10-0 up at the end of the first quarter.
The Giants got on the board thanks to a Robbie Gould field goal in the second, before Collins snaffled a tipped pass and superbly returned it to the end zone.
The 22-year-old broke through nine tackles as he returned at speed and dived into the end zone with help from his team-mates.
Quarterback Eli Manning handed on for Jennings to bundle over in the final quarter after a smart Odell Beckham Jr catch, and Gould's kick made it 17 points without reply for New York.
The game at Twickenham was the second of a three-match series in London this month, with the other two hosted by Wembley.
The Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Indianapolis Colts 30-27 in the first, and the Washington Redskins face the Cincinnati Bengals in the third on Sunday, 30 October.
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It is now a year since the tax disc was scrapped - but motorists are still struggling to adjust to the new electronic system, figures suggest.
The number of vehicles being clamped or impounded jumped from about 5,500 a month under the old system to more than 8,000 a month.
And in July it hit a peak of 10,554.
The rise has been put down to confusion over new rules that came in at the same time that tax discs were scrapped after 93 years.
The DVLA is urging motorists to check the tax status of their vehicles on their website. This is accessible on mobile devices and works by entering the vehicle's make and registration number.
Most people know that they no longer have to display a tax disc in their car window, an AA spokesman said.
But many do not realise that when they sell a car or transfer its ownership the new owner has to tax the car even if the previous owner had several months of outstanding tax.
It has put an end to the longstanding practice of advertising second hand cars that are taxed up to a certain date - but is also causing confusion among those who did not opt to set up a direct debit when the new system came in, added an AA spokesman, despite DVLA reminder letters.
"The disc was an obvious reminder. It has now gone and we think people might be forgetting," he added.
Motoring organisations say the introduction of the new system was botched and have called for a publicity campaign to inform motorists of the changes.
The DVLA says it sends reminder letters to all new vehicle keepers - but some motorists claim they were not notified.
Dylan Casella, a student at Portsmouth University, had his car towed away and was hit with a £242 fine when his father transferred the ownership of a car into his name so he could get a parking permit.
He told the BBC's You and Yours programme: "Once I received the car I didn't receive anything from the DVLA to say 'your car is not taxed and you need to renew it'. So as far as I was concerned I thought the tax had carried on and that was that.
"I had actually gone on holiday to Budapest and returned to find my car had disappeared off the road. I headed home and checked in the post and found a letter from the DVLA to say my car had been towed, and taken up to Reading. And they said I had to come and collect it and pay £242.
"I was very surprised because as far as I knew I thought the car was taxed."
A DVLA spokeswoman said the "vast majority of people tax their cars on time", with over 47 million drivers taxing their vehicles since 1 October 2014. Of these, nearly 34 million have chosen to tax their vehicles online or by phone."
Clamping "remains an effective enforcement tool," she added, but it was "very much a last resort - vehicle keepers will typically receive a number of reminder letters advising them that they need to tax their vehicle before we take any enforcement action".
Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act in September revealed the number of vehicles clamped or impounded went up from 5,806 in October 2014, when tax discs were scrapped, to more than 8,000 every month from January to August.
The DVLA has denied claims by the AA that it is making more than £38m out of the new system, saying it has handed out more than double that amount in automatic tax refunds to motorists.
The organisation is carrying out research into how many untaxed vehicles are currently on Britain's roads and will publish figures by the end of the year.
The Madison Square Garden Company said the dancers were volunteers and that their participation was "their choice".
Thursday's announcement that the Rockettes would perform at the ceremony on 20 January was met with resistance by some members.
A number of musicians, including Elton John, have refused to perform.
The announcement led to a number of performers associated with the dance group expressing "disappointment".
Phoebe Pearl, a member of the Rockettes, posted a message on the image-sharing network Instagram in which she said she felt "embarrassed and disappointed".
"I usually don't use social media to make a political stand but I feel overwhelmed with emotion," she said.
"The women I work with are intelligent and are full of love and the decision of performing for a man that stands for everything we're against is appalling."
On Friday, the Madison Square Garden Company issued a statement clarifying its position on the requirements of members of the Rockettes.
The company said that dancers "voluntarily sign up" and "are never told they have to perform" at events.
It added that for Mr Trump's inauguration, the company had received "more requests from members to participate than we have slots available".
Meanwhile, Mr Trump has claimed that many celebrities have been requesting tickets for the event.
On Friday, he tweeted: "The so-called 'A' list celebrities are all wanting tixs to the inauguration, but look what they did for Hillary, NOTHING. I want the PEOPLE!"
That is seemingly a reference to the fact his democratic rival Hillary Clinton lost last month's presidential election despite having the support of many celebrities, including Katy Perry and Beyonce.
One performer who has already been booked for Mr Trump's inauguration is 16-year-old former America's Got Talent singer Jackie Evancho.
Boris Epshteyn, the communications director for Mr Trump's inaugural committee, confirmed on Thursday that the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Radio City Rockettes would join her.
The Rockettes are a dance company, established in 1925, who have performed at Radio City Music Hall in New York since 1932.
Their style covers many genres of dance, including ballet, tap, modern, and jazz.
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is a 360-piece singing group made up of volunteers.
It is named after the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Utah, where the group has performed for more than 100 years.
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Visser's third of the afternoon sealed a bonus point and a third home win in three Premiership matches for Quins.
Captain Danny Care and replacement Jack Clifford were on hand to add the hosts' other tries as fly-half Nick Evans kicked 11 points.
Front row replacement Halani Aulika scored a late consolation try for bottom of the table Irish.
Watched by new England head coach Eddie Jones, winger Visser scored the only try of the first half.
The 28-year-old Scotland international broke clear of two tackles before crossing under the posts. Nick Evans added the conversion and just the one penalty before the interval.
That came after Ross Chisholm had been denied in the corner by Alex Lewington's diving tackle.
Both Sam Twomey and Ollie Lindsay-Hague were withdrawn early for Harlequins after suffering knocks in the opening 20 minutes.
London Irish, winless and without a point from their opening six games, were handed a late blow as captain Matt Symons was forced to withdraw through illness, and they were second best after the break.
Quins captain Care, who signed a new contract at the club on Friday, raced clear for the second try after the interval before Visser added the third - and his second - bursting onto an inside ball.
The bonus point was secured when Visser completed his hat-trick with 10 minutes remaining.
Irish's punishment was not over, though ,and back row Clifford scored a fifth try before Tonga prop Aulika scored the visitors' first points with the final play of the game.
Harlequins director of rugby Conor O'Shea:
"We wanted to be ruthless, but also talked about being patient. Our boys looked unbelievably controlled. That's another step along the way of a long season, but we'll be right in it.
"It will be never ending this season but I'm excited and this win puts us in a very strong position. We look to be a very good place."
London Irish head coach Tom Coventry:
"There's not a lot we can take out of that. Harlequins were good. We were totally outclassed and I don't think we won any aspect of the game.
"Their momentum was good, they kept coming and created lots of opportunities."
Harlequins: Brown; Lindsay-Hague, Lowe, Sloan, Visser; Evans, Care (capt); Marler, Ward, Jones, Horwill, Twomey, Robshaw, Wallace, Easter.
Replacements: Buchanan, Lambert, Matthews, Clifford, Dickson, Botica, Chisholm.
London Irish: Ojo; Lewington, Hearn, Griffin, Tikoirotuma; Noakes, Allinson; Court, Ellis, Franks, Sheriff, Sinclair, Sisi, Cowan, Narraway (capt).
Replacements: Cruse, Smallbone, Aulika, Curry, Treviranus, McKibbin, Brophy-Clews, Maitland.
Referee: Luke Pearce
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The crash happened on the A832 near Little Loch Broom at about 10:30.
The biker was taken to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness for treatment.
No details were available on their condition.
It is thought the six-week-old cub had been "lodging" in the house in Welney, on the Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border for several days after getting through a hole where a cat flap used to be.
The homeowner had noticed "a smell" and when her cat began "standing guard" by the sofa, she decided to investigate.
The wily intruder is being looked after by Fenland Animal Rescue until it can be released.
"It wasn't until she looked under the furniture and noticed two little eyes staring back at her, that she realised she had a lodger," the charity's founder Josh Flanagan said.
"It soon became apparent this little one had been in the house for several days and had been without food or fluids throughout."
Unable to find any trace of its mother, they had to take it into their care.
Ten days later, after careful feeding and treatment, the "seriously dehydrated" and starving cub is doing well.
He has been moved to a semi-wild outdoor pen "so that he can remain wild, but also enjoy the space to play and explore like any fox cub should", said Mr Flanagan.
Once old enough, and if he has developed the skills he needs to survive in the wild, the fox cub will be released.
Eric H Metzler found the moth in New Mexico eight years ago, but it has only recently been acknowledged as a new species.
Bidding currently stands at $7,100 (£4,581), with three days left on the auction.
The winner's chosen name will have to be Latinised, and go through an approval process.
The money raised from the auction will go to the Western National Parks Association, which funded Mr Metzler's research.
"I am not a rich man and I don't have a lot of money to give to charity, but this is the way I could give them money in the form of service," he said.
"I could use my brains to help them."
Guidelines issued by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature will also have to be followed.
However, there is still some room for creativity.
Last month, botanist Dr Chris Martine wrote in a blog post for the Huffington Post that he and his students had named a new species of flora Solanum watneyi after Mark Watney, the lead role played by actor Matt Damon in Hollywood film The Martian.
They did so because the fictional Mark Watney is a botanist.
"There hasn't been anything like a Mark Watney hero botanist to draw attention to our branch of science in, well, ever," wrote Dr Martine.
"Scientist heroes are already unusual in Hollywood, but a space-deserted protagonist who studies plants as a profession is something extraordinary."
The investigators said in a report last month that thousands of people had been tortured, suffered sexual abuse or disappeared during political violence.
They also warned of the danger of genocide from the escalating violence.
The decision comes days after Burundi announced plans to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
A letter signed by Foreign Affairs Minister Alain Aime Nyamitwe said Pablo de Greiff of Colombia, Christof Heyns of South Africa, and Maya Sahli-Fadel of Algeria were no longer welcome in Burundi.
Their investigation, published in a UN report, had described "abundant evidence of gross human rights violations" possibly amounting to crimes against humanity, by the government of Burundi and people associated with it.
Speaking in New York on Monday, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric urged Burundi to continue to co-operate with the investigators.
"It's critical that Burundi and every other country co-operate fully with UN human rights mechanism and that is including working with those representing it," he said.
Burundi's announcement to withdraw from the ICC came six months after the Hague-based court said it would investigate ongoing violence in the country.
The African Union (AU) has repeatedly complained that the ICC treats Africans and Africa unfairly.
Burundi descended into political turmoil in April 2015 when President Pierre Nkurunzinza began his bid for a third term.
Since then, more than 500 people have died and at least 270,000 have fled the country.
Its latest results show international sales increased by 123% to 1.1bn yuan ($165m, £127m) between April and June.
However, that figure still made up just 4% of Alibaba's overall revenue.
The e-commerce giant, founded the billionaire Jack Ma, is a well-known name throughout China but has struggled to break into markets like the US.
"They have a lot of room for growth in China, but they need to look at other markets and think about the 10 to 20 year growth," said Hakon Helgesen, retail analyst at the consultancy Conlumino.
The company, which is listed in the US, attributed a large portion of the increase in international sales to the purchase of Lazada - a Singapore based e-commerce firm. The deal was completed in mid-April.
Mr Helgesen said this represented a change in Alibaba's strategy from trying to build a presence in established markets like the US - where the company is competing against big name players like Amazon - to focusing on more embryonic markets, particularly in Southeast Asia, where e-commerce sales are large but the market is still developing.
"I expect it will continue to do this through acquisition and this will be more of a change in tactic and a long term decision," said Mr Helgesen.
Alibaba has expressed a clear desire to expand its presence internationally and plan for the next 10 to 20 years.
As growth in the Chinese economy flags, this expansion will be more important.
The company also reported the strongest earnings since it began selling shares on the stock exchange in 2014.
Revenue for the quarter rose to 32.2bn yuan from 20.3bn yuan last year.
Profit dropped by 77% from a year earlier to 7.1bn yuan, but last year's figures were flattered by a big gain from the company separating out its film business.
Alibaba also increased the number of sales by mobile users. The number of Chinese users buying products on Alibaba through their mobile phones rose to 427 million from 410 million in the three months previous.
"We passed an important milestone this quarter in achieving higher monetization of mobile users than non-mobile users for the first time, reflecting the success of our strategy to stay ahead of the curve by embracing mobile," said Maggie Wu, chief financial officer.
Mobile growth has been a key metric for investors who were concerned about whether the company could make this transition.
On a call with investors after the earnings were released, Alibaba did not address an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into its accounting practice.
The SEC is looking into the data reported from Alibaba's Singles Day - its highly popular one-day shopping festival.
Alibaba is also facing a lawsuit from several international luxury brands accusing the company of not policing the sale of knock-off products on its site.
A brace from Otis Khan plus additional goals from Tom Eaves, Ryan Hedges and Francois Zoko were enough to see the Glovers move into the play-off places.
Yeovil took the lead inside 16 minutes when Alex Lawless' cross-field ball found Khan who cut inside and released a shot which was turned in by Eaves.
The home side doubled their advantage on 28 minutes. Nathan Smith's ball over the top was not dealt with by the Crawley defence, leaving Eaves to find Hedges to run through and fire powerfully home.
Three minutes before half-time, Yeovil had a third when Khan finished low into the bottom left-hand corner following Kevin Dawson's cut back.
Six minutes after the break, the Glovers further increased their lead. Hedges' initial shot was well-saved by Glen Morris but Khan was first to the rebound.
With 17 minutes remaining, substitute Zoko volleyed home at the far-post from Khan's cross to inflict further damage.
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Match ends, Yeovil Town 5, Crawley Town 0.
Second Half ends, Yeovil Town 5, Crawley Town 0.
Attempt missed. Otis Khan (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Alex Lawless (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Bobson Bawling (Crawley Town).
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Nathan Smith.
Attempt blocked. James Collins (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Ryan Dickson.
Alex Lacey (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James Collins (Crawley Town).
Foul by Ryan Dickson (Yeovil Town).
Enzio Boldewijn (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tahvon Campbell (Yeovil Town).
Conor Henderson (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Alex Davey.
Attempt blocked. Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Ryan Hedges (Yeovil Town).
Bobson Bawling (Crawley Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Tahvon Campbell replaces Ben Whitfield.
Alex Davey (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town).
Goal! Yeovil Town 5, Crawley Town 0. Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Otis Khan.
Kevin Dawson (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jimmy Smith (Crawley Town).
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Francois Zoko replaces Tom Eaves.
Attempt saved. Adi Yussuf (Crawley Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Alex Lawless (Yeovil Town).
Jimmy Smith (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Crawley Town. Conor Henderson replaces Jordan Roberts.
Foul by Kevin Dawson (Yeovil Town).
Josh Payne (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Bevis Mugabi (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by James Collins (Crawley Town).
Attempt missed. Ryan Hedges (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Goal! Yeovil Town 4, Crawley Town 0. Otis Khan (Yeovil Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ryan Hedges.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Hedges (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Ryan Dickson (Yeovil Town).
Josh Payne (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Otis Khan (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Tom Eaves (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
The 28-year-old Benin international was a free agent after his contract expired at De Kemphanen and scored 22 goals in the Jupiler Pro League.
"Coming to the UK and playing my football here is a big challenge and I'm excited about performing in front of the Bluebirds' fans," he said.
Gounongbe is the second Cardiff signing of the summer after Lex Immers joined.
Executive director and CEO Ken Choo added: "We delighted to be able to bring Frederic into the fold, who will add to our already accomplished squad."
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British number nine Clarke, 18, tweeted an example which referred to him as a monkey and included monkey emojis.
"It has happened a few times. It's the first thing people go to - colour," the world number 394 told the BBC.
"The first few times it's a shock, now you're almost waiting for it."
The Derby native was speaking after losing 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 in the first round of the Nottingham Open to India's Yuki Bhambri, the world number 231.
"[It happens] when I lose to people I shouldn't lose to or lose tight matches," he added.
"It's upsetting that people think like that but it's not the first time it's happened and I'm sure it won't be the last.
"It was important for other people to see. I get a lot of messages like that throughout the year. I'm sure a lot of other people do as well."
The teenager has rapidly risen up the rankings in the last year, having been number 1,621 in the world in June 2016.
He trained with Andy Murray before the French Open and travelled with the Great Britain Davis Cup team for their recent tie against France.
Clarke said he had discussed racist abuse with other players on the tour.
"There are a few things that have happened to [Gael] Monfils and a lot of the other guys I have met on tour," he added.
"It was something I talked about a lot when a kid. Not to expect it, but there will be people who are like that.
"Dealing with it has helped a lot. It is not that big a surprise now."
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Samantha Baldwin, 40, and her sons were found at "secluded accommodation" near Ollerton in Nottinghamshire.
Their disappearance on 27 March sparked a Europe-wide police hunt involving more than 100 officers.
Two other women, aged 62 and 36, who were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, remain on bail.
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Nottinghamshire Police said Ms Baldwin's arrest was the result of information received through its nationwide appeal.
Police said the boys were found at a cabin at a small holiday business following a tip-off and had not been physically harmed.
They are now being looked after by childcare professionals.
More than 300 million people use it at least once a day, it added.
The service was bought by Facebook in 2012 for about $1bn (£677m), and has grown rapidly ever since.
According to the company, an average of 95 million photos and videos are posted each day. Co-founder Kevin Systrom told the BBC its success was the result of "a lot of hard work".
In its five and a half years, Instagram has rocketed past Twitter, thanks in part to its adoption by high-profile celebrities and sports stars.
Instagram's biggest competitor for youthful eyeballs, Snapchat, is understood to have surpassed 100 million users.
Instagram was launched in 2010, with 25,000 people downloading the app on its first day.
In growing to the 500 million milestone, the app has suffered its fair share of controversy.
In 2012, changes to its terms of service had users worried it was looking to sell their pictures to advertisers. The changes were rolled back - the service insisted the furore was due to a failure of communication, rather than a nefarious monetisation plan. Still, users were unnerved.
Unease about how a Facebook-owned company would seek to bring in profits has followed ever since.
One recent announcement - that photos would be ordered by an algorithm rather than shown in chronological order - was heavily criticised. There was speculation the move was made to cause more adverts to surface in people's feeds.
"I can say for a fact that's absolutely not what this is about," Mr Systrom told the BBC.
"Nothing about ads or how many ads we show is affected by what happens with the algorithm. This is all about making sure that you see the best stuff."
Also irking users of late has been Instagram's logo change.
Out went the nostalgia-tinged old camera icon, and in its place, a simpler rainbow-coloured replacement. It didn't go down well. But then again, logo changes never do.
"Before we launched it, I knew that it would be a tough time for Instagram," Mr Systrom disclosed.
"What separates companies that make transitions like that and they are successful and the ones that fail, are the ones that have resolve and do it for the right reasons.
"We wanted to create a mark that was universal. We did all these studies of companies and how their marks have evolved over time.
"What you see is they go from complex to simpler and simpler and more iconic. We skipped a few steps, and we went straight to iconic."
If seflie culture is some kind of new religion, Instagram is a digital Mecca.
But thought-provoking posts from stars, detailing the excruciating effort that goes into the perfect selfie, have made some question the impact apps like Instagram are having on our views of body image and lifestyle.
Mr Systrom likens selfie culture to art works he studied at school.
"People like to think selfies are new. But if you look at the history of art, what's one of the largest formats?" he asks.
"It's the portrait. Now everyone can be an artist.
"That sense of identity when you're growing up, remembering where you were and what you were doing, is nothing new. I think Instagram just makes it very easy.
"At the same time, we see lots of very impactful images being taken."
Those images range from users posting from within secretive North Korea, to small businesses using Instagram to get products and ideas moving.
But compared with Twitter and Facebook, it could be argued, Instagram lacks the same reputation for social disruption.
"I don't think our job is to wish we are part of any movement more than it happens organically," Mr Systrom said.
"[But] I actually think we are part of the global discourse around these moments, and I'm excited that takes place on Instagram."
With Instagram celebrating its milestone, and a growth in revenue, it's hard to pick holes in its co-founder's strategy.
Fears that Instagram would lose its identity once Facebook stepped in have proved to be unfounded, as were concerns that bringing advertising into the platform would send people away. It hasn't - at least not yet.
But in the dossier of impressive statistics dished out by Instagram ahead of Tuesday's announcement, there was little in there about the types of users they have. We know there are 500 million of them, and that 80% are outside the US.
But what Instagram is less open about is the profile of those users. The health and future potential of any social network rests with new users, and the perception of being a "cool" place to hang out in the digital world.
That makes it difficult to properly assess Instagram's standing against Snapchat and other rivals.
But Mr Systrom says he is not worried about running the coolest network.
"Of course, we have lots of people signing up who are coming of age and learning to use social media," he said.
"Our job is not to be the cool place to be, our job to is to be the most useful and interesting place to be."
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The Shrimps' staff have twice been paid late this season with a court case ongoing over the club's ownership.
However, on the pitch Morecambe lost just one of their eight League Two games in February to move up to 14th, within six points of the play-offs.
"We can enjoy what we've done in this month, because it's been nothing short of unbelievable," Bentley, 40, said.
A takeover by businessman Joseph Cala was delayed on 3 February after Diego Lemos, who owns a share in the club's owners, G50 Holdings, obtained a court order preventing a sale.
But following a 1-1 draw at promotion-chasing Portsmouth on Tuesday, Bentley believes Morecambe, who have a game in hand on many of their rivals, should maintain their focus on the league.
"At the start of the year we were a little bit concerned with budget cuts, squad size and transfer embargoes. It's not been easy managing this football club," he told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"Whether we've been paid on time or not over the last few months, the players deserve every credit because we are the smallest squad in the division.
"They've turned in performance after performance, stuck together through thick and thin, through all the adversity, all the problems off the field and come out fighting every match.
"The month of February has been absolutely brilliant. It's still all to play for and we can look forward to the run-in."
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British record holder Asher-Smith, 20, ran a season's best 22.37 seconds to win the 200m in Amsterdam.
Olympic and world champion Rutherford, 29, retained his European long jump title with a leap of 8.25m.
However, after missing out on the 800m final and picking up an injury, former world and European medallist Jenny Meadows, 35, said she will now retire.
Britain's defending 100m hurdles champion Tiffany Porter took bronze in a time of 12.76 seconds.
Asher-Smith is the first British woman to win the 200m at the European Championships, while Rutherford is the first man to retain the European long jump crown in 54 years.
Both athletes admitted there is work to do before they compete at the Olympic Games in Rio, which begin on 5 August.
"I'm absolutely over the moon - my first senior title," Asher-Smith told BBC Sport. "I've still got bits to work on, I got a bit tired in the last 30m.
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"Nothing really changes for me. I just want to go out there and run the fastest times when it really matters at the Olympic Games in August. My goals stay exactly the same for the summer."
Gold for Rutherford means he maintains the long jump grand slam, holding the Olympic, world, European and Commonwealth titles.
"Although 8.25 isn't very big, it's good to be the best of Europe again," he said.
"It's now about being the best of the world again. I now have five major titles and not many athletes can say that.
"If I win the Olympics in Rio, then I'll have each title in double."
Britain's Richard Kilty was disqualified from the 100m after a false start in the final, which had to be restarted.
GB team-mate James Ellington finished fifth, with the 30-year-old earlier setting a personal best 10.04 seconds to reach that stage.
Dutch veteran Churandy Martina, 32, edged French favourite Jimmy Vicaut to claim the gold medal.
There was also a memorable victory on the second day of action of the championships for Thomas van der Plaetsen, the Belgian decathlete just returning to competition after having suffered testicular cancer last year.
Hundreds of people rushed through a small gate into a factory compound before dawn to get the free garments, causing a crush.
Police have detained seven people, including the owner of the factory.
During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, wealthy Bangladeshis often donate clothing to the poor.
Police told AFP news agency that 1,500 people had gathered outside the chewing tobacco factory at about 04:45 local time (22:45 GMT Thursday) after the owners announced they would distribute free clothing, as zakat, or a charitable contribution.
The stampede began when people tried to force their way in.
Television pictures showed scenes of devastation, with hundreds of blood-spattered sandals lying at the factory gate.
"Most of the dead are poor and emaciated women," Mymensingh police chief Moinul Haque told AFP.
An injured woman told Reuters: "The moment the door opened, all the people all together rushed through the gate.
"Many fell on the ground and others ran over them, and they died."
Police officer Main Ul Haque said: "We have found 20 bodies, and the number will increase as many of the bodies were taken from the spot by their family members."
Atletico, trailing 3-0 from the first leg, stormed into an early 2-0 lead on the night through Saul Niguez's header and Antoine Griezmann's cheeky penalty.
But Real grabbed a vital away goal when Isco poked in a rebound after Toni Kroos' fierce shot - following a brilliant run by Karim Benzema - was saved.
It checked Atletico's momentum and left them needing three more goals to reach a third Champions League final in four seasons.
Chances were scarcer for both teams after the break, although home substitute Kevin Gameiro missed two presentable chances to give Atletico a glimmer of hope.
Ultimately, the damage from the first leg was irreversible as Real beat their neighbours in the competition for the fourth successive season.
Zinedine Zidane's team, attempting to become the first team to win the Champions League twice in a row, will meet Juventus at the Principality Stadium on Saturday, 3 June.
Most people thought this tie was a foregone conclusion after Atletico were outclassed at the Bernabeu eight days ago.
Los Rojiblancos, who managed just one shot on target in a limp away performance, had other ideas.
Knowing they needed at least three goals to stand any chance of progressing, Diego Simeone's side tore out of the blocks in the opening 20 minutes.
Atletico hassled and harried the visitors, creating gaps in a panicky away defence.
Real keeper Keylor Navas had already saved from Koke inside the opening five minutes before the Atletico midfielder swung in a right-wing corner which Saul met at the near post to powerfully head in.
The visitors had not conceded twice inside the opening 20 minutes of a Champions League match since 2004 - but Griezmann ended that record after Fernando Torres was bundled over by Raphael Varane's clumsy tackle.
Griezmann missed a penalty against Real in last year's Champions League final, as well as two more spot-kicks in La Liga this season, but his Paneka-style chip sneaked past the diving Navas.
La Liga leaders Real looked flustered as the noise was ramped up by the home supporters.
However, they knew one away goal would completely change the complexion of a compelling match - and Isco's opportunist strike did exactly that.
While the chances of Atletico thrashing their illustrious neighbours appeared slim, there was a recent precedent to which Simeone and his players looked for inspiration.
Simeone's side, then the defending La Liga champions, inflicted Real's heaviest league defeat in over four years when they produced a scintillating 4-0 home win in February 2015.
Their fans hoped they could replicate that score and provide what they thought would be a fitting farewell to the Calderon as it hosted a Champions League game for the final time.
Atletico moved into the bowl-like stadium in 1966, but will leave this summer for a state-of-the-art 76,000-seat stadium on the eastern outskirts of the Spanish capital.
The Calderon, famed for its atmosphere, was a cauldron of noise as the home supporters urged their team on.
For many years, the stadium hosted Atletico sides - including the one relegated in 2000 - who struggled to emerge from their shadows of their illustrious neighbours.
So, despite Atletico changing the dynamic in recent years under Simeone, it was perhaps quite apt their final meeting with Real there ended in pride but, ultimately, disappointment.
Eleven-time winners Real Madrid have been crowned European champions more than any other club, so it is perhaps not surprising it is they who are one match away from becoming the first team to retain the Champions League.
Real's progress to their second successive final has been relatively smooth, though they did need two controversial goals to overcome quarter-final opponents Bayern Munich in extra time.
That victory was sealed by a hat-trick from Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, who then put Zidane's side on the verge of the final with another treble against Atletico.
The three-goal cushion gave a margin of error to Real and, after a wobbly opening 20 minutes, they regained control of the semi-final after Isco's strike.
Another giant of the European game stands in their way.
Italian champions Juventus, who progressed with a 4-1 aggregate win over Monaco, are attempting to win their first Champions League title in 21 years.
The final will be a replay of the 1998 showpiece, when Real were crowned European champions for the seventh time - after a 32-year wait - thanks to Predrag Mijatovic's goal.
And it means a reunion for Madrid manager Zidane, who played in that final for the Italian side, with his former club.
"It has been a very important club for me in my career and I keep it as a club that has given me everything. It is going to be something special," said the Frenchman, who played for Juve between 1996 and 2001.
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane:
"We are very happy, happy to reach the final again. It is all merited, especially for the players who have worked so far. It's deserved.
"We had difficulties at the beginning, we got two goals, but we did not have to worry. We knew we were going to have chances.
"We knew they would come out strong, with pressure. But after 25 minutes it changed completely. In the second part, we found our game."
Atletico Madrid captain Gabi: "The performance was the least we could do. I thought we were excellent in the first half. A moment of genius from Benzema took away from the dream but we never stopped fighting and I'm proud of everyone."
Match ends, Atlético de Madrid 2, Real Madrid 1.
Second Half ends, Atlético de Madrid 2, Real Madrid 1.
Attempt missed. Yannick Carrasco (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Corner, Atlético de Madrid. Conceded by Keylor Navas.
Attempt saved. Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yannick Carrasco.
Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Saúl Ñíguez.
Attempt blocked. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez.
Offside, Atlético de Madrid. Gabi tries a through ball, but Diego Godín is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Gabi (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Diego Godín.
Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Substitution, Real Madrid. Álvaro Morata replaces Isco.
Ángel Correa (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ángel Correa (Atlético de Madrid).
Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Filipe Luis (Atlético de Madrid).
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Saúl Ñíguez (Atlético de Madrid).
Marcelo (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Thomas Partey (Atlético de Madrid).
Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Isco.
Offside, Real Madrid. Marcelo tries a through ball, but Cristiano Ronaldo is caught offside.
Luka Modric (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Filipe Luis (Atlético de Madrid).
Attempt blocked. Gabi (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
Corner, Atlético de Madrid. Conceded by Sergio Ramos.
Substitution, Real Madrid. Marco Asensio replaces Karim Benzema.
Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Casemiro.
Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Ángel Correa replaces Koke.
Attempt missed. Koke (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Yannick Carrasco.
Attempt missed. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marcelo with a cross.
Casemiro (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Diego Godín (Atlético de Madrid).
Foul by Casemiro (Real Madrid).
Kevin Gameiro (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Keylor Navas (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid).
Corner, Atlético de Madrid. Conceded by Keylor Navas.
Attempt saved. Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gabi.
Offside, Real Madrid. Luka Modric tries a through ball, but Cristiano Ronaldo is caught offside.
Amber Rudd said technology companies were not doing enough to beat “the enemy” on the internet.
Encryption tools used by messaging apps had become a “problem”, she added.
Ms Rudd is meeting with representatives from Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft and others at a counter-terrorism forum in San Francisco.
Tuesday’s summit is the first gathering of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, an organisation set up by the major companies in the wake of recent terror attacks.
In a joint statement, the companies taking part said they were co-operating to “substantially disrupt terrorists' ability to use the internet in furthering their causes, while also respecting human rights”.
Ms Rudd is expected to tell companies that extremists should not be allowed to upload content at all.
"That’s what we’re really trying to achieve," she told the BBC.
"What [technology companies] have been saying to us is using artificial intelligence, they’re beginning to make progress in that way.”
Privacy rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation has expressed concern about the possibility of heavy-handed blocking of content.
It said such a move would have a significant impact on free speech online.
Encryption - a common feature of business and personal communications - was "the duct-tape that holds the internet together", said Ross Anderson, cryptography expert at the University of Cambridge.
He added that he was worried authorities and Silicon Valley firms were making an agreement behind closed doors that would ultimately undermine security.
End-to-end
In recent years, messaging services, including Facebook, Apple, and Google, have adopted end-to-end encryption, an added layer of complexity that makes it almost impossible for messages to be accessed without a user’s permission.
The measure has been heralded by the technology companies as a vital tool for privacy. But authorities around the world say end-to-end encryption has created unreachable parts of the internet.
Ms Rudd told the BBC that the UK government supported encryption, with caveats.
"We support its place in making sure that we have secure facilities in our daily lives,” the home secretary said.
"However, there is a problem in terms of the growth of end-to-end encryption.
"It’s a problem for the security services and for police who are not, under the normal way, under properly warranted paths, able to access that information.
“We want [technology companies] to work more closely with us on end-to-end encryption, so that where there is particular need, where there is targeted need, under warrant, they share more information with us so that we can access it.”
She said companies should give up more metadata about messages being sent via their services.
Metadata refers to information about a conversation - such as who took part, when and for how long - but not the contents itself.
When pressed on what kind of metadata she wanted, she replied: “I’m having those conversations in private.”
Technology companies are likely to resist any action that would result in them being seen to be sharing too much data with governments.
In an interview with BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs programme, Facebook's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, warned about pushing criminals into even harder to reach parts of the internet.
"If people move off those encrypted services to go to encrypted services in countries that won't share the metadata, the government actually has less information, not more," she said.
Blocking uploads
Ms Rudd said if the companies did not take it upon themselves to clamp down on the spread of extremist content, new legislation could be introduced.
“None of this material should be online. They need to take ownership over making sure it isn’t,” Ms Rudd told the BBC.
"It’s governments that need to urge them to really take action so that we don’t have to go down the road of legislation - and get them to do it on a voluntary but urgent basis.
“Legislation is always an alternative.”
Specifically, the home secretary said, companies must seek to block material at source - building on efforts already put in place by companies such as Facebook.
“They have to make sure the material terrorists want to put up gets taken down,” she said, "or, even better, doesn’t go up in the first place."
David Greene, from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said rights campaigners were concerned this approach would lead to content being blocked incorrectly.
“We’re concerned that it’s going to lead to more takedowns,” he said, "not more terrorist content but more content that’s mistaken for terrorist content being taken down.”
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An extensive overnight air, sea and land search for Andrew Scott by police and coastguard crews began shortly after 21:00 BST on Monday.
The coastguard said the search has since resumed.
Mr Scott, 27, from Winterborne Whitechurch, failed to return home after leaving to go fishing at Ringstead Bay on Monday afternoon.
Police have appealed to anyone who saw Mr Scott - who was possibly wearing a full black wetsuit, blue flippers and a snorkel - to contact them.
His bright-orange dry bag containing his car keys, mobile phone and clothing were found at the White Nothe headland, while his car was parked at nearby Ringstead Bay.
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The Northern Ireland world number three, playing alongside Englishman Chris Wood, aced the par three 16th hole with a seven iron from 170 yards.
"It was a nice practice round and a bit of a highlight, and it ended the match as well," said Mcllroy.
"I played well. I feel like my game is in good shape."
McIlroy, who is looking to become only the sixth player to complete the career Grand Slam with victory this week, had singled out the 16th as a key hole but did not expect to begin his eighth Masters campaign with an ace.
"The 16th is not a pushover especially when the pin is over on the right, but then you have a decent chance when the pin is on the left," he said.
"The course is not very different at all from what we saw last year.
"I feel like the way the course is now, is probably the way the course played last year because it was soft and a little slow. I'm sure they are trying to get it faster and firmer as the week goes on."
The golfer arrived at Augusta on Sunday night, admitting he spent the first three days of last week as a 'couch potato' before hitting the Bears Club on Thursday in the company of his long-time coach Michael Bannon and fitness coach, Steve McGregor.
"I had three days off early last week and then Michael and Steve got into town on Thursday and started working then," he said.
"It was only two weeks in a row, but Austin felt like a long week so three days off was good, and besides the weather wasn't very good so I sat on the couch and caught up on some TV.
"I also played the one ball off the tees today and that gets me into a nice mindset of this is how I'm going to play, so I'm going to try to do the same tomorrow."
The Women's British Open at Kingsbarns is her last tournament before moving to America to study at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.
The Scot, who is on three under and is set to make the cut, now hopes to find more fulfilment in other areas of life.
"I'll miss the competition the most, but hopefully I'll find that in other ways," Watson told BBC Scotland.
"I've loved the travel - being able to go to Australia in my first year is amazing, going to the Middle East has been incredible, South Africa was amazing.
"I've loved my trips to India, so there has been certain aspects of the travel I've really enjoyed.
"Living in a hotel room, out of a suitcase, less so."
The Elie native shot a second-round 69, sits three-under-par for the tournament, and looks likely to be the only Scottish entrant to make the cut.
It is a fitting farewell for Watson, as she brings her professional career to a close in familiar Fife surroundings.
"I've devoted a lot of my time and energy to golf over the last 13 years," she said. "I'm looking forward to a little bit more normalcy.
"I think I will really enjoy having my own room, being a little bit more settled, being in once place, really being able to live a slightly more normal 26-year-old life."
The two-year-old girl sustained a fractured skull in an attack at her home in Bessbrook on 19 October.
Police in Newry and Mourne said on Friday they had been informed by her family that she had been moved into a normal ward.
A man has been charged in connection with her attempted murder.
Darren Eamon Fagan, 24, from Clonavon Avenue, Portadown, denies the charge.
He has claimed that the child was dropped while being carried up stairs by her mother.
In a post on Twitter, police said the toddler was off most of her medication and was making "fantastic progress".
During a bail application on Wednesday, the High Court heard that the toddler had not regained her sight.
Bail was refused.
Police officers discovered the toddler in a "lifeless" condition at the her family home on 19 October, after they responded to report that a child outside the house was not breathing.
She was then taken to hospital by ambulance.
Prince William said they felt "very lucky" to have introduced Prince George and Princess Charlotte to the Commonwealth country.
The royal children stole the limelight during a trip to an outdoor fun day as part of the eight-day engagement.
The visit was their first official overseas trip as a family of four.
In pictures: Royals on Canada tour
Prince William said he and Kate were "incredibly grateful" to the people of Canada for the warmth and hospitality they had experienced as a family.
He added: "We have loved our time in British Columbia and Yukon and will never forget the beautiful places we have seen and the many people who have been kind enough to come to welcome us in person.
"We feel very lucky to have been able to introduce George and Charlotte to Canada. This country will play a big part in the lives of our children and we have created such happy memories for our family during this visit.
"Canada is a country of optimism, generosity and unrivalled natural beauty. I hope we have helped all Canadians celebrate what makes this country great. We will see you again soon."
For eight days, an important aspect of Canada's future has been on display. It's a future the majority of Canadians appear happy to embrace, for now.
The Cambridges have only visited parts of the country where people have applauded them coming, not questioned their existence.
They know the monarchy needs to be seen and appreciated to survive.
The public presence, at strategic points during the tour, of Prince George and Princess Charlotte will have bolstered, at the very least temporarily, the survival of this ancient institution.
Of course, what has been left unsaid this week is that Prince William and Prince George are not next in line. Prince Charles is waiting in the wings and his appeal in Canada is not as great as that of his son or his grandson.
Monarchists argue that's down to the allure of youth. Those seeking an elected, Canadian-born head of state see a chink in the armoury of the House of Windsor.
The couple visited parts of the Yukon and British Columbia which included a trip to the archipelago of Haida Gwaii and the gold rush town of Whitehorse.
Prince George and Princess Charlotte made a rare joint appearance at an official event with a play day with children of the Canadian military on Thursday.
Charlotte, 16 months, was heard speaking in public for the first time - saying "pop" at the balloons that filled Government House in Victoria.
The residence was transformed into a children's paradise, which included a petting zoo and miniature ponies.
As part of the eight-day trip, the duke and duchess visited a charity in Vancouver which helps vulnerable mothers overcoming addiction and met refugees at an immigration centre.
The couple travelled in style, including taking a trip on a sea plane, and they also rowed a 25ft canoe.
They began their final day of the tour by visiting the Cridge Centre for the Family - one of Victoria's most well known charitable institutions.
The centre provides a range of services, including childcare, youth outreach and support for women who have experienced domestic violence.
Their royal trip has been marked with a 100,000 Canadian dollar (£60,000) donation to benefit indigenous communities and refugees from the Canadian government.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the money would be divided equally between the Prince's Charities Canada (PCC) and the Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia (ISSofBC).
Mr Trudeau said: "In keeping with tradition, I am honoured to mark the visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with a gift that will help both indigenous youth as well as newcomers to Canada realise their dreams.
"Canadians have a real affection for the Royal Family which was once again very much on display during this tour."
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The transfer, which is a record for an English player, has got everybody talking.
Many Liverpool fans are angry at the way Sterling forced through the deal and some City supporters are unsure about whether he's worth that much.
Newsround reporters Ricky and Martin went to meet children who follow both clubs to see what they think.
Find out why English players cost so much here.
Derek McAllister, 55, was found by police officers after being assaulted in Finchley on 30 December.
He was taken to hospital where he died on 13 January and a murder inquiry has begun, a Metropolitan Police spokesman said.
Police said a 32-year-old man has already been charged with grievous bodily harm. A post-mortem examination is due to take place later.
The two vehicles burst into flames after the accident in the city of Yanan in the middle of the night, Xinhua news agency reports.
It quoted local police as saying that three people survived the collision, but suffered injuries.
The cause of the accident in Shaanxi province is being investigated.
The two vehicles collided at about 02:00 local time (18:00 GMT Saturday) on the Baotou-Maoming motorway.
"Soon after the collision, the bus was engulfed by flames," local police officer Yue Jiuxiang told the state-broadcaster CCTV.
"The front part of the bus was seriously damaged. Also most of the passengers were sleeping. This is why so many people died."
Chinese media later published photos, showing the burnt wreckage of the bus stuck against the back of the tanker.
Officials said the bus had been heading to Shaanxi's provincial capital of Xian from Inner Mongolia.
China's roads are highly dangerous, with traffic laws and safety widely flouted across the vast country.
In 2011, more than 62,000 died in traffic accidents, state media reported.
Police were called to the graveyard shortly after 15:00 BST on Friday.
Some of the graves date back to the 1870s and are in a walled off section of the cemetery, which is often locked.
Ch Insp Norman Haslett said it was "a particularly sickening incident, which we are treating as a hate crime".
"To disturb the sanctity of a cemetery in this way is completely unacceptable and I can assure the public that we will conduct a robust investigation," he said.
Alliance Party Councillor Michael Long said it appeared to have been a targeted and systematic attack.
"I would have great concerns about the thoughts of the people who have been involved in this," he said.
William Humphrey from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) said he was "disgusted and appalled".
"I understand that council staff reported that eight youths, supported by a larger crowd, caused the damage, using hammers and blocks," he said.
"A graveyard is a sacred place and should be respected as such," Mr Humphrey added.
The North Belfast MLA said he has been in contact with the Rabbi and members of the Jewish community to express his revulsion.
West Belfast MP Paul Maskey also condemned the incident.
"Visiting cemeteries can bring great comfort to grieving relatives and friends and it it would be very distressing for anyone to have the grave of a loved one desecrated in this way," he said.
The municipal cemetery on the Falls Road in the west of the city, is one of the oldest public graveyards in Belfast.
It is maintained by Belfast City Council.
Mohammed Al-Jeffery says he took Amina Al-Jeffery, 21, from Swansea to Jeddah in 2012 to "save her life".
The dual British and Saudi Arabian national wants to return to the UK and claims she is being held against her will and denied food and water.
Her lawyers are asking the High Court in London to come to her aid. Her father disputes the allegations.
The case has concluded with judgement reserved until Wednesday.
Her father has claimed she had become "reckless", taking drugs in her teenage years and accused the British government of "doing nothing".
Representing Mr Al-Jeffery, Marcus Scott-Manderson QC told the judge, Mr Justice Holman: "The father says today he does not want to discuss Amina's return.
"He does not want to speak to m'lord. He says that is because [of] what he has seen in the media.
"He wants to help Amina... he says he brought her to Saudi Arabia to help her."
During the hearing on Wednesday, barristers representing her said it had been difficult to receive instructions from her - but she had spoken to a member of staff at the British Consulate in Jeddah.
She told them there had been a practice of "locking her in her room", and her younger sister had been told she was an "evil girl".
She described "metal bars" on her bedroom and being a "locked-up girl with a shaved head", her lawyers said.
Mr Scott-Manderson said her father "says it's not true that he shaved Amina, he says Amina did that because she wanted to be shaved".
The judge is considering whether to make an order that she be brought back to the UK, or allowed to meet with the British Consulate without her father being present.
The judge said: "There are limits on the powers of enforcement - there are no reciprocal agreements between the UK and Saudi Arabia."
Mr Scott-Manderson added: "The father says Amina was at risk in Britain and the British government did nothing to help her.
"That's not a criticism of the British people, but he says Amina is reckless and cannot help herself and he has to help her.
"He says that the applicant's solicitor has been in contact throughout, he says, with the applicant."
Mr Justice Holman asked if Mr Scott-Manderson was able to elaborate on what she was at risk of in Britain.
Mr Scott-Manderson relayed his client's concerns, claiming she had not been focusing on school, had been taking drugs, "going to clubs and spending time with older men".
He said the Saudi government was paying Mr Al-Jeffery's legal bills, via the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The unidentified accuser spoke after opening arguments in a military trial at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, against Brig Gen Jeffrey Sinclair, 51.
Defence lawyers said the general was the victim of an infatuated woman and a prosecution under political pressure.
The Pentagon has been pledging to stamp out an epidemic of sexual misconduct.
In two other cases to emerge on Friday:
But the case of Gen Sinclair is believed to be the highest-ranking US military prosecution to date.
He already faces a sentence of up to 15 years after admitting on Thursday to adultery and other charges deemed illegal in the military.
The former deputy commander of the elite 82nd Airborne Division could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted of sexual assault.
In Friday's opening statements, Army prosecutor Col Robert Stelle said Gen Sinclair had used his authority to intimidate a female officer into sexual acts.
The female captain, who has been granted anonymity, testified that Gen Sinclair twice ended arguments about their relationship by forcing her to perform oral sex on him.
She said she "knew it was wrong" when they began their three-year affair. But she said she thought Gen Sinclair's wife knew about their relationship until he told her that she must never find out.
"He told me that if I ever told her or anyone else about he and I, he would kill me and then he would kill my family," she said, sobbing on the witness stand.
"And he would do it in a way no-one would ever know."
But Gen Sinclair's lawyer, Ellen Brotman, read excerpts from the captain's diary, in which she expressed desire for him even after he allegedly threatened violence against her loved ones.
"I'm so in love with him," Ms Brotman read from the diary. "I do know that I love him incredibly... I love him almost unconditionally."
The only fear she expressed, Ms Brotman said, was that he might still love his wife.
Gen Sinclair and his accuser also exchanged thousands of often sexually explicit text messages, even after he tried to end their relationship, said the defence.
On Thursday, a bill that would have stripped military commanders of the authority to decide whether to prosecute rapes and other serious crimes failed to progress in the US Senate.
Lawmakers instead voted to move forward a more moderate measure.
Ben Butler, 36, denies murdering his daughter Ellie by causing the "catastrophic" injuries.
She may have fallen and hit her head as she watched the popular children's cartoon, the Old Bailey heard.
The pathologist who carried out the post-mortem test said he had never seen someone die from similar injuries.
During his cross-examination of Prof Anthony Risdon, Mr Butler's defence counsel Icah Peart QC said Ellie had been a fan of the cartoon, and there were "Peppa Pig artefacts about her room".
He asked the pathologist if he knew a rhyme from the show, where Peppa jumps and falls from a bed.
"What I am talking about is someone jumping up and down on the bed and, as Peppa Pig does, jumps over backwards, falls down and hits her head on the concrete floor," he said.
Mr Peart QC then asked Prof Risdon if such momentum may have resulted in Ellie's injuries.
He replied: "I have seen a large number of head injuries in children.
"I have never come across a scenario like that and I have never come across a short distance fall that results in a similar injury."
He said Ellie died from a "considerable blunt impact to the head" and not from a short fall from a stool or chair.
There was a "strong possibility" that four marks on her jaw were caused by "gripping", he added.
Earlier, Prof Risdon told jurors he had not been influenced by a colleague who had suggested Ellie was killed by her parents.
Jurors have been told Mr Butler had previously been convicted of assaulting Ellie when she was a baby, but was cleared on appeal.
She was returned home 11 months before her death in October 2013.
The jury also heard from consultant neuroradiologist Neil Stoodley, who told Mr Butler's 2007 trial at Croydon Crown Court Ellie, then a baby, had suffered injuries as a result of being shaken.
He also reiterated his findings at the Court of Appeal in 2012, following which Ellie was returned to her parent's custody.
Challenging the doctor on his earlier evidence, Mr Peart asked whether Mr Stoodley thought his previous diagnosis was "incorrect".
The consultant replied: "No, not on the basis of the evidence as I understand it."
On Tuesday, jurors heard that Ellie had suffered four distinct periods of injuries.
Skeletal pathology expert Professor Anthony Freemont said a healed skull fracture could have dated back to the first allegation of assault by Mr Butler in 2007.
Three to five weeks before her death, Ellie suffered a broken shoulder bone.
Then she sustained "bruising" to the skull, two to three weeks before the fatal injury, the court heard.
Consultant orthopaedic surgeon Michael Uglow said Ellie would have been in "acute pain" which she would not have been able to hide for 10 days after her shoulder was broken.
Mr Butler, from Sutton, south-west London, also denies child cruelty.
Her mother Jennie Gray, 36, denies child cruelty but has admitted perverting the course of justice over allegations she destroyed evidence and lied to police to protect her partner.
The trial continues.
And so, this time the tidings are good and arrived over the weekend.
Monsoon hits Kerala, India ready to tap it , announced a relieved Business Standard on Saturday. The newspaper said the southwest monsoon, "the lifeline for millions of farmers across the country" had hit the southern state on its "usual onset date".
Even Bollywood's biggest star Amitabh Bachchan joined the celebrations.
"The monsoons have reached Kerala and the Lakshdweep islands... This is a good sign... A week later, traditionally, they should be over Mumbai... This is an indicator of a normal monsoon. We survive and depend on this rain phenomena and much of India's produce depends on its performance - the monsoons I mean," the actor wrote on his blog.
Monsoon rains are serious business in India.
Editorials are written on it, weather experts talk about it on prime time news television, and people send up prayers when it's delayed. Weather insurance policies with built in rainfall insurance are sold to farmers as a hedge against uncertain weather.
A good monsoon leads to bountiful crop which raises farm incomes, boosts rural consumption and drives the economy. A weak monsoon - and droughts, in extreme cases - hurts farm workers, raises food prices, encourages hoarders and generally creates havoc in the economy.
As early as in 1925, the Royal Commission On Agriculture In India described the Indian economy as a gamble on the monsoon.
Some three decades later, in 1953, the prestigious The Economic Weekly in a long editorial simply titled The Monsoon bemoaned the lack of proper meteorological tools to forecast monsoons and said: "Had the annual rainfall meant as much in the economic life of Europe as it does in this country, it is a permissible guess that some measure would have been found for it ere long".
More than half a century later, the Business Standard reported over the weekend: "The rains, from June to September, are vital for the 55% of farmland without irrigation in India, one of the world's largest producers and consumers of food."
Consider the facts and you realise why over a billion people are obsessed with monsoon rains.
India's farms are mainly rain-fed. The country receives 75% of its yearly rainfall between June and September. Some 70% of Indians depend directly or indirectly on farming.
Farming accounts for 14.5% of India's $1.83 trillion GDP, and though its share is declining, agriculture still accounts for a whopping 58% of the total employment in the country.
And then there's the spectre of drought.
Some 68% of India, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation, is prone to droughts in varying degrees - a third of this area is actually "chronically drought prone". Between 1801 and 2002, according to one estimate, India faced 42 severe droughts, many of them damaging crops and hurting growth.
To rely less on the vagaries of the monsoon rains, India, say experts, needs to develop varieties of rice, pulses and oilseeds which are drought resistant, evolve early drought warning systems and improve meteorological tools to provide sharper forecasts.
It also needs to ramp up its still scanty water conservation efforts. Too much water gets wasted. India also needs to manage its huge food stocks - over 60 million tonnes at the start of this year - much better. Too much food gets destroyed and damaged. That, many say, is a bigger tragedy than an imprecise monsoon forecast.
Danson, 32, will lead the side for this weekend's international matches against Argentina and Holland in London.
She will also skipper the team at July's Hockey World League in South Africa and the EuroHockey Championships in Holland the following month where England will be defending champions.
Danson won gold with Great Britain at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
"It is a huge honour to be handed this captaincy for the summer and to lead a fantastic squad in some very important tournaments," said Danson, who has 99 goals and 272 caps for England.
"We have a team full of very good leaders so in many ways I will be undertaking the exact same role as normal, and each and every one of us will give our all for the cause."
Maddie Hinch (GK), Amy Tennant (GK), Zoe Shipperley, Laura Unsworth, Sarah Haycroft, Anna Toman, Hannah Martin, Susannah Townsend, Susie Gilbert, Joie Leigh, Alex Danson (C), Emily Defroand, Sophie Bray, Hollie Webb, Ellie Watton, Shona McCallin, Lily Owsley, Jo Hunter, Nicola White, Grace Balsdon.
McColgan, 28, finished fifth in her heat in 15 minutes 18.20 seconds in a race won by Ethiopia's 10,000m champion Almaz Ayana, who clocked 15:04.36.
The Scot only returned to training in February following a broken ankle.
"It's a huge achievement in itself," McColgan told BBC Scotland after sealing a place in Sunday's final.
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"I'm not going to medal, I'm not going to be anywhere near the medals but to make that actual final is beyond anything I could've dreamed of.
"It is literally like a dream come true. If someone said to me at the start of the year I would make the Olympic 5k final, I would've thought they were insane.
"I needed this today. I just wanted it so badly. It's been such a long time coming.
"To be in that final, that was the aim. It was an outside aim. To automatically qualify and not have to stress out - couldn't be happier."
McColgan's mother, Liz, won Olympic silver in Seoul 28 years ago and Eilish added: "It's actually been quite a challenge for myself and my mum because it's totally different to how she coached herself, how she coaches other athletes because of the problems that I had.
"She's always been the one keeping me focused. She knows exactly what I've been through. My family are going to be going crazy.
"Right up until January this year, I wasn't walking. I started back jogging again February/March. I was really, really unfit and struggling. Still had a lot of pain, actually not in my ankle that I originally broke but nerve pain going up into my leg.
"I still cross-train now, every single day. I can't run everyday or twice a day like everyone else.
"The hours and hours of just staring at a wall has made me a bit stronger. I know what I want now and I want to be here.
"It's been such a long process even to get to this line - to be pain free and to actually be able to run. Even to be in spikes as well, I didn't get into spikes until quite late on."
Brendan Gormley, chief executive of the DEC, said the UK public was leading the way in donations, but that further funds were urgently needed.
The DEC's Pakistan Floods Appeal has now raised more than £30m.
Critics say the world community has been too slow to respond to the crisis.
Mr Gormley said that while the response of the UK government was to be respected, other nations had been slow to react to the situation in Pakistan that was continuing to affect more than 20 million people.
He told a press conference in central London that for the first time in DEC's history, more money was donated in the second week of an appeal campaign than the first.
Mr Gormley said this fact was "hugely moving" and a response to the situation on the ground in Pakistan continuing to develop.
He added that £5m had been donated over the past weekend alone.
Jane Cocking, humanitarian director at Oxfam, said the Pakistan appeal was not just for one disaster.
"It is an appeal for a catastrophe made up of multiple single disasters," she said.
"But if we put all of this together, what we have is a single, long event that has the scale of the [Asian] tsunami, the devastation of Haiti, and the complexity of the Middle East."
Ms Cocking, who recently returned from Pakistan, said the scenes were the worst she had seen in more than two decades of humanitarian work.
About 25% of affected people had yet to receive any "significant" aid, she added, and echoed Mr Gormley's appeal to the British people to continue donating.
"I know that times are hard for a lot of people in the UK, but honestly, if people can give a little bit more, it really will go to the people who desperately need it," she said.
Mr Gormley's criticism of the international community's response comes after a senior United Nations official called the lack of global support "quite extraordinary".
"Right now, our level of needs in terms of funding is huge compared to what we've been receiving, even though this is the largest, by far, humanitarian crisis we've seen in decades," said Louis-George Arsenault, director of emergency operations for Unicef.
The DEC is an umbrella organisation of 13 UK humanitarian aid agencies - ActionAid, Age UK, British Red Cross, Care International, Cafod, Christian Aid, Concern, Islamic Relief, Merlin, Oxfam, Save the Children, Tearfund and World Vision.
If you would like to make a donation to help people affected by the floods in Pakistan, you can do so through the UK's Disasters Emergency Committee at www.dec.org.uk or by telephone on 0370 60 60 900.
The court ruling means the embryos - created in 2013 - can be stored until 2023.
It will be 10 years since they were created - the maximum period allowed under the law.
The case arose after her husband Clive - who served in the Falklands War - died suddenly and unexpectedly in 2014.
He had signed forms saying that any embryos created could be used after his death, and gave permission for them to be stored for 10 years.
But somehow - and who did this remains unclear - the consent forms were amended to reduce the storage to just two years, a period that has since expired.
Lawyers for Mrs Jefferies said the clinic had a policy at the time - since changed - to offer storage only for the period in which it had funding.
The couple had their treatment funded by the NHS and this had a two-year time limit.
So, after Clive Jefferies' death, there was no way of extending his consent for storage and the clinic wrote to his widow saying the embryos must be destroyed.
And this is the reason why the case ended up in court.
The clinic backed Mrs Jefferies' case and paid her legal costs.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, which regulates clinics, also supported Mrs Jefferies, even though it was the body supposedly defending the case because it has to apply the letter of the law.
So this created the unusual situation when all sides in court wanted the claimant to win.
The president of the Family Division of the High Court, Sir James Munby, who heard the case, also made it very clear where his sympathies lay.
He said it was important that consent forms were filled in correctly but there "may be scope for escaping the consequences of faulty documentation".
The case - which had been set down for two days - lasted just two hours.
No-one seemed sure who amended the consent forms. There was talk of a handwriting expert being called but it was not required.
Sir James will give his full judgement in a few days but he said it was "obviously right" that the embryos should be stored for the full 10 years.
He also apologised that Mrs Jefferies had ended up in court as a result of "the mistakes of others".
Outside court, Mrs Jefferies said she was delighted that "common sense" had prevailed and she praised the compassion shown by the judge and all parties to the case.
She told me: "I am 100% confident that Clive would have wanted our embryos stored and for me to use them to be a mum.
"I hope no-one else has to go through this, and it gives confidence to others who want to challenge a decision."
It's unclear whether there are wider implications for this case - for that we must wait for the full judgement.
James Lawford Davies of Hempsons solicitors, who represented Mrs Jefferies, said: "I am delighted for Samantha, though it's unfortunate that she had to go to court to fight for the right to use these embryos in circumstances where nobody questioned Clive's desire for her to be allowed to use them after his death.
"The rules relating to consent in IVF are extremely complex and, in light of the number of cases which have resulted in litigation, it is time for them to be reviewed to make the process more straightforward for both patients and clinics."
The 30-year-old was due to defend his title against Jonathan Barros in Las Vegas in January but the fight was called off at 24 hours notice.
Argentinean Barros was not able to meet the medical requirements of the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Selby will now face Spaniard Gago at London's O2 Arena, on the undercard of David Haye's fight with Tony Bellew.
"I know the main event isn't going to last too long so I wanted to make sure there was a nice juicy few fights on the undercard," said Haye.
"After his [Selby's] fight fell through, I really felt for him boiling his massive frame down to nine stone and not getting any work that night."
An IBF statement said Selby will remain champion for the non-title fight.
"While the situation with Barros gets clarified the IBF has agreed to allow Selby to fight a non-title bout above the weight limit," the federation said.
Selby is looking to keep his schedule in line with Northern Ireland's Carl Frampton. The duo could meet this summer, especially with doubts surfacing over Frampton's trilogy contest with Leo Santa Cruz.
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Twenty-two people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a suicide bomb at an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May.
The Manchester Resilience Hub, run by the NHS, will focus solely on helping those directly affected including children and emergency responders.
Clinical lead, Dr Alan Barrett, said it would target anyone across the UK "still struggling to cope".
He said: "The attack will have affected lots of people in some way or another but most will find they recover naturally and don't require any professional support.
"Reactions are likely to be strongest in those closest to the incident, who directly witnessed the aftermath and who were involved in the immediate care of victims.
"If by now people are still struggling to cope, they may benefit from some professional mental health support."
The Hub will aim to provide a central point for mental health advice and support and will work with other agencies to develop packages of care.
Six children were killed in the blast, including an eight-year-old girl, and a number of others were seriously injured.
Sara Barnes, operational lead for children and young people said: "Over time the majority of children and young people will be back in normal routines and coping better.
"Now the summer holidays are here, we need to make sure they still know that help and support is available.
"Our advice to parents is to give children opportunity to talk when they want to, reassure them that they are safe, stick to usual routines and keep an eye on what they are watching on TV and social media so they aren't exposed to frightening images from the attack."
Dr Barrett stressed that it is a dedicated service for people who have been directly affected by the attack who are "experiencing high levels of distress", but advised anyone struggling with a mental health issue to see their GP or call NHS 111.
"It's really important to continue to look after your health and wellbeing after a traumatic incident, which means getting rest, eating well, returning to your routine, and staying connected with others," he added.
The academic beat President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed in a run-off poll by 190 to 79 votes, officials said.
No candidate secured the required two-thirds majority in the first round of voting, conducted by secret ballot.
It is the first time for years that a president has been chosen on Somali soil, a sign of improving security.
However, the al-Qaeda linked group al-Shabab still controls many southern and central parts of the country, and has staged frequent suicide attacks in the capital since it was driven out of Mogadishu last year by African Union troops and pro-government forces.
Despite qualifying for the second round, outgoing Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali and moderate Islamist Abdulkadir Osoble then pulled out after coming third and fourth respectively. Eighteen candidates were eliminated at the first hurdle.
Outgoing Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed conceded defeat during a live broadcast on national TV, saying he was "satisfied" with his time in power.
"It is a great pleasure for me to witness a fair election in Mogadishu after 42 years [since Mohamed Siad Barre took over in 1969]," he said.
The new president was sworn into office immediately after the result.
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, 56, is an academic as well as a civic activist who has worked for several national and international peace and development organisations.
He graduated from the Somali National University in 1981 and went on to study in India, where he obtained a master's degree from Bhopal University.
For two years he worked for the United Nations children's organisation Unicef as an education officer in south and central Somalia, until the departure of UN peacekeepers in Somalia in 1995.
Four years after that he co-founded the Somali Institute of Management and Administration Development in Mogadishu, which later evolved into Simad University.
In 2011, he founded the Peace and Development Party and is currently serving as its chairman. He speaks Somali and English and is from the Hawiye clan - one of Somalia's biggest.
The election process began five hours late at a police academy in Mogadishu, following tight security checks.
The election was also delayed by the swearing-in of the last batch of MPs and then a vote on whether a group of disputed MPs, including former warlords, could take part. The MPs voted in favour of this.
The new speaker of parliament, Mohamed Osman Jawari, had urged MPs to vote with their consciences.
"May God help us to elect a good leader in an atmosphere of tranquillity. We must give the youth of Somalia a bright future," he said.
The process is still in many ways owned by outside powers who have for years been involved militarily and politically in Somalia, the BBC's Mary Harper reports.
But Hassan Sheikh Mohamud could represent a different kind of future for the country because he is not associated with the violence and corruption of the past, our correspondent says.
Nevertheless he faces massive challenges on multiple fronts, she adds - firstly, he will have to deal with the powerful politicians who lost the elections; then he has to try to reunite a country torn apart by two decades of civil conflict, much of which is controlled by the al-Shabab militia.
Since the overthrow of President Siad Barre in 1991, Somalia has seen clan-based warlords, Islamist militants and its neighbours all battling for control.
H2O is the "lubricant" of biochemical reactions, and Nasa's announcement that liquid water flows under certain circumstances on the Red Planet will heighten expectation that this normally freezing, desiccated world might just provide a foothold for microbial organisms.
We know from Earth that life is tenacious.
Even in super-salty or acidic lakes, toxic dumps, and even boiling pools, some bugs are capable of eking out an existence. We call them extremophiles.
The immediate reaction of many to Monday's announcement will be to want to go look for extremophiles on Mars - to send either scientific instruments to examine the briney streaks in situ, or better still to bring some rock and soil samples back to Earth labs for analysis. But that is easier said than done.
For one thing, many of the locations where these dark streaks are located are in pretty inaccessible places. They run down the steep slopes of peaks and crater walls. Quite a number are inside the giant canyon system Valles Marineris.
The probes we've sent to Mars hitherto have all been targeted at flat plains. For obvious reasons. The precision of our landing technology is such that we cannot yet guarantee to put down "on the button".
Even the brilliant "skycrane" that delivered the Curiosity rover to the floor of Gale Crater in 2012 had a landing error ellipse of 7km by 20km. That's amazing after a journey of 570 million km, but the risk of slamming into Gale's big central mountain, or its crater walls, meant that engineers had no choice but to play safe and aim for flatlands that then required months of driving to get to the rover's primary science location.
Landing tech will improve, of that there is no doubt. And the copy of Curiosity that Nasa will send to Mars in 2020 expects to shrink the ellipse considerably.
But assuming you can put down safely, how do you get a robot to work on a steep slope? Present day rovers can only handle gentle inclines. Completely new types of probes would be needed - robots that can climb or even clamber over difficult terrain.
And as if that's not all hard enough, getting to investigate the enigmatic streaks faces another big challenge - and that is the risk of contamination.
The major space agencies, from the likes of the US, Russia and Europe, belong to what's called the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), which has drawn up guidelines for exploration.
Adhered to under international treaty, these guidelines describe the sort of cleanliness required by spacecraft, depending on where they want to go and what they want to do.
A flyby of a planet carries minimal risk, but Mars, with its history of water and its potential for life, finds itself in one of the top categories; and the streaks constitute a special region where extra care would be required.
There's good reason to try to be really clean. We don't want to carry earthly microbes to a pristine environment because that will prevent us from answering definitively one of the most fundamental questions in science: is there, or has there ever been, life on a planet other than our own?
Imagine a dirty spacecraft at Mars claiming a "positive detection" of indigenous microbes. That claim would rightly be dismissed with the criticism that the robot had merely seen evidence for Earth microbes that had hitched a lift to Mars.
You might think that spacecraft that have spent months travelling to the Red Planet, in the vacuum of space, exposed to copious amounts of ultraviolet light and damaging cosmic radiation, would effectively be fully sterilised by the time they arrive at the surface. But the experiments by astronauts at the Moon and on the exterior of the space station show otherwise. Some of the simplest organisms can be incredibly robust.
COSPAR's Planetary Protection guidelines would demand that any robot sent to water-made streaks - "recurring slope lineae" (RSL) to give them their proper name - had the highest level of cleanliness even before launch.
That is difficult, complex and expensive to achieve, but very doable. The Viking landers that went to Mars in the 1970s to look for life managed to attain this level of control, said Gerhard Kminek, the chair of the COSPAR Panel on Planetary Protection.
"These are not new concepts. For 13 years we've had measures in the policy to deal with special regions and these have been reviewed, and in fact they were updated only last week. We had a meeting in Switzerland where we discussed anything with consequences for the policy, and of course RSLs are part of that. The point is we do not want to spend a lot of money trying to detect life on Mars only to end up just detecting terrestrial (Earth) organisms."
The five-year "translocation" scheme involves transferring six week-old chicks from sustainable populations in Scotland to Poole Harbour, Dorset.
It is being led by the Birds of Poole Harbour, Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation and Wildlife Windows charities.
Ospreys historically bred across all of the UK but populations "drastically declined" in the Middle Ages.
The birds of prey are annual visitors to Poole Harbour as they migrate between their winter-homes in West Africa and breeding grounds in Scotland and at Rutland Water in the east Midlands.
Over the past eight years, efforts by the RSPB in Poole Harbour to encourage the birds to stay and breed have proved unsuccessful.
Roy Dennis and Tim Mackrill, of the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation, said translocation was the "next logical step".
Once collected the chicks will be held in large holding pens in Poole for up to three weeks, before being released at the end of July and provided with fresh fish on artificial nests.
They will then migrate to West Africa in August before hopefully returning to Poole.
However, they are not expected to start breeding there until 2020 at the earliest.
Similar work has also taken place in Spain, Italy, Portugal and Switzerland.
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Colum Eastwood said the idea of a deal being struck during the campaign was "not credible" and politicians "should give up the pretence of negotiations".
The parties will review the talks process on Thursday with the UK and Irish governments, Sinn Féin has said.
At Westminster, MPs have passed an emergency bill to extend the talks.
A new 29 June deadline is proposed to give parties more time for negotiations after the election.
The bill would also allow the collection of rates in the absence of an executive, and could become law by the end of the week.
Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire has published indicative figures for a budget he will impose if Stormont's parties do not reach a deal.
It would include a 2.5% cut to spending on education.
Speaking in the House of Commons, he said the government would be prepared to implement it "as a last resort".
"This is not a step any government would take lightly," he said.
"But this house must not forget the duties we uphold for the people of Northern Ireland."
A round-table discussion involving the parties took place on Monday, with more bilateral meetings due in the coming days.
The leaders of the two main unionist parties are meeting on Monday to discuss a possible electoral pact.
But Ulster Unionist leader Robin Swann said Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster has "made the conversation a bit more difficult" after she outlined her party's position in the Belfast Telegraph.
The snap general election comes after devolved government in Northern Ireland collapsed in January over a botched energy scheme.
The late Martin McGuinness, of Sinn Féin, quit as deputy first minister in protest at the DUP's handling of the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme scandal.
It led to a snap Northern Ireland Assembly election on 2 March, which saw a surge in Sinn Féin's vote.
Stormont's two largest parties have been unable to reach agreement to share power since that date, and were warned they face either a second assembly election or direct rule from Westminster.
However, Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to call an election to the House of Commons made a deal even less likely as parties switched to campaign mode.
The government published its Ministerial Appointments and Regional Rates Bill on Friday.
It began its accelerated passage through Westminster late on Monday afternoon, with MPs discussing the measures in a debate lasting just under four hours.
Members of the House of Lords will get their opportunity to scrutinise the bill on Wednesday.
Once passed, the law will give he Northern Ireland civil service the authority to collect the regional rate, increased in line with inflation, and push the deadline for restoring devolution back to 29 June.
That means the Stormont parties will not face the near impossible task of finding a compromise while campaigning in the general election.
However, whether they can reach a deal in the summer, which they could not do in the spring, remains open to doubt.
Ellie Sargent gave the hosts the lead in the first half.
Robyn Pinder added the second and Aimee Todd came off the bench to score twice in the later stages.
Group rivals Spartak Subotica and Breidablik later drew 1-1 with the group games continuing on Thursday and Sunday at the Cyncoed venue.
A 300m (984ft) zone was put in place last Monday after the rig grounded at Dalmore beach near Carloway.
Duncan MacInnes, of Western Isles Fishermen's Association, said four boats normally worked in that area.
The rig's owner and the official overseeing the salvage operation are to meet the local community on Thursday.
Ahead of this meeting with Transocean and Hugh Shaw, about 80 people attended an event on Monday night organised by Carloway Community Association.
Mr MacInnes told BBC Alba there was precedent for the fishermen's compensation claim.
He said fishing communities on Shetland were recompensed for lost earnings following the Braer tanker disaster 23 years ago.
The ship ran aground on 5 January, 1993, spilling almost 85,000 tonnes of crude oil.
It is expected to be several weeks before the drilling rig Transocean Winner can be refloated and towed from Lewis.
Mr MacInnes said: "This week there would be four vessels in the exclusion zone fishing exclusively for lobster and brown crab.
"This is the time of year when lobster are most plentiful in shallower grounds.
"Fishermen in Shetland got compensation when the Braer went down and we would insist on a similar compensation scheme for our members."
Local councillor Cudig MacLeod, who also attended Monday's meeting, said there was another ongoing problem - sightseers returning to the area to view and photograph the rig.
He said people were putting themselves at risk trying to see the Transocean Winner from high cliffs and slippery coastal footpaths.
Mr MacLeod said: "Once you've got a picture of an oil rig they are all the same. It is the same as every other one.
"If they want to see pictures they are on Facebook and other social media."
Thursday's meeting will be held from 20:00 at Carloway Community Centre.
Western Isles emergency planning co-ordinating group said the latest details about the salvage operation would be shared and questions answered.
Transocean has arranged the meeting. Representatives from the company are to attend, along with bosses from salvage firm Smit and Hugh Shaw, the secretary of state's representative for maritime and salvage.
Ministers met farming representatives in London, in the wake of dozens of protests in recent weeks.
Environment Secretary Liz Truss said she wanted better labelling of British produce in supermarkets.
The National Farmers' Union said the government was sending the "right messages" but protests would continue.
It said farmers were still "desperate".
NFU president Meurig Raymond said he was hopeful minsters would be "talking to everyone in the supply chain" to promote British produce in the supermarkets, and to "come up with fairer contracts".
Ms Truss described the meeting as "helpful and productive".
"It was an encouraging meeting and I believe we can help build stronger foundations that give the industry the long-term stability and commercial opportunities it needs to manage global volatility," she said.
Ms Truss said the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs would be putting together a working group "to talk to supermarkets and other providers about how we can get a better branding and better labelling of those [British] products".
Farmers say a reduction in global demand for milk has led to an oversupply in the UK, which has in turn seen prices plummet.
Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead said this was a "global issue" and there must be "urgent action at a Scottish, UK and EU level".
But he also called on the food industry to "step up to the plate and support farmers in their hour of need".
Monday's talks follow demonstrations which have seen farmers bringing cattle into supermarkets and buying up stocks of milk from store shelves before giving it away for free.
Why is the milk row happening?
Aldi, Lidl and Asda have since said they would pay a minimum price of 28p per litre. Morrisons will pay 26p per litre from later this month, and it has also launched a brand of milk and cheese which it says will directly support producers.
Waitrose, Marks & Spencer, Tesco, the Co-op and Sainsbury's say they already pay more than the cost of production for milk.
The industry estimates the average cost of production is 30-32p per litre.
By BBC environment correspondent Claire Marshall
This is the dairy farmers' version of the ice bucket challenge.
They say that milk is so cheap, they might as well just let it wash away.
The Farming Community Network has organised the milk bucket challenge in order to raise funds and awareness of the crisis in the milk industry, which has suffered months of price drops.
Caroline Trude, chairwoman of the Devon Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs, has helped to organise the challenges.
She told the BBC they poured about 800 litres (176 gallons) of milk over their heads during one challenge. This cost at least £240 to produce. However, at the current rate, farmers were only being paid about £184 on average for that amount from a processor.
Ms Trude said it raised the profile of the issue without disrupting the public.
Matthew Weaver took two cows into a branch of Asda in Staffordshire earlier this month.
He said he felt the support from customers had been "the driver for the success we've had so far".
John Allen, a dairy industry expert from Kite Consulting, said low prices meant farmers would go out of business but the market would then "self-correct".
"Probably next year we'll see a significant turnaround and consumers will have to be paying significantly more for their dairy product," he said.
The issue of milk prices in the UK will again be raised at a European Commission meeting next month.
The experts backed flibanserin, but said it must carry warnings about strong possible side effects including fainting and tiredness.
The final decision now moves to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The FDA has rejected the drug twice since 2010 but it usually follows the advice of its experts.
Women taking the drug reported between 0.5 and one more sexually satisfying event per month, results experts admitted were "modest".
"But on the other hand, even modest results can make a lot of difference when you're at a certain point in the clinical problem," said Dr Julia Heiman of the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University.
One patient who received the drug explained its appeal.
"I want to want my husband, it is that simple,'' said Amanda Parrish. "For us, flibanserin is a relationship-saving and life-changing drug.''
Lobbying by the drug's developer, Sprout Pharmaceuticals, was aided by the women's rights group Even the Score, which has accused the FDA of gender bias by approving a number of drugs treating erectile dysfunction in men without passing an equivalent for women.
But some criticised the campaign as providing cover for a drug with marginal effects.
"To approve this drug will set the worst kind of precedent - that companies that spend enough money can force the FDA to approve useless or dangerous drugs," said, Dr Adriane Fugh-Berman of Georgetown University, the New York Times reported.
If approved, flibanserin will be aimed at pre-menopausal women. The panel suggested several risk management measures, such as requiring physicians to hold a certificate before prescribing the drug.
The Prince of Wales was nearing the end of a trip from Barmouth when it hit the Penmaenpool toll bridge on 22 July 1966.
An inquiry found the skipper negligent, with the vessel undermanned and carrying too many people.
On Friday, a plaque was unveiled at Penmaenpool in memory of the victims, including four children.
There were 42 people on board the ferry for the eight mile (13km) trip from Barmouth to the George III hotel when the disaster happened.
An official inquiry found the boat was carrying six more passengers than the maximum 36 permitted under its certification.
Furthermore, there should have been two crew members - one on the engine and one on the rudder.
But there was only skipper Edward Llewelyn, 73 at the time, who was found to have acted negligently by a Board of Trade inquiry.
The boat was also short of lifebelts and buoyancy apparatus was stowed away.
While it was cruising in at slow speed towards the jetty, the force of the tide sent it crashing into the toll bridge, throwing all passengers into the water.
"I saw the boat coming up the river and the tide was very strong that day," said Ron Davies, now 82, who helped with the rescue.
"The boat didn't turn around and the tide washed the boat sideways against the bridge and wrecked it with people in the water straight away."
Mr Davies, who rescued two boys, added: "I wish I could have done more… but there we are… there's only so much I could do."
Local people including the George III hotel owner and its staff and toll bridge keeper Idris Roberts went to the aid of passengers.
Although a number of the rescuers are still alive, no-one has been officially recognised for bravery in saving 27 lives by pulling them out of the fast-flowing incoming tide.
The 45-year-old former Admiralty vessel had been purchased as a passenger-carrying boat in 1936 by brothers John and Harry Lloyd Jones.
While the two were ordered to pay £15 each towards the inquiry costs and Mr Llewelyn £100, no prosecutions were brought.
However, the inquiry did lead to changes in the law governing insurance and the number of passengers boats could carry.
The plaque in memory of the 15 victims was unveiled at Penmaenpool, near Dolgellau.
The 55-year-old Glasgow-born star will be the 12th actor to play the Doctor, replacing out-going lead Matt Smith.
Capaldi is best known for his role as foul-mouthed spin-doctor Malcolm Tucker in the BBC series The Thick of It.
"It's so wonderful not to keep this secret any longer, but it's been so fantastic," he said after the news was revealed on a live BBC One show.
The actor had been the bookmakers' favourite to take on the role, with betting on him becoming the next Doctor suspended on Friday.
It is not the first time Capaldi has appeared on the show - he played Roman merchant Caecilius in 2008 Doctor Who adventure The Fires of Pompeii.
By Tim MastersEntertainment correspondent, BBC News
After Matt Smith, the youngest actor to play the Doctor, comes Peter Capaldi, one of the oldest.
At 55, the same age as first Doctor William Hartnell in 1963, Capaldi's casting seems a significant nod to the past as the show celebrates its 50th anniversary.
Capaldi is likely to bring gravitas - as well as humour - to a role widely regarded as one of the most prized in British television.
Capaldi has a strong track record on TV, stage and in film - and is the first Doctor Who star with an Oscar on his CV (for best live action short film).
His previous appearances in Doctor Who episode The Fires of Pompeii and spin-off show Torchwood will make Capaldi a popular choice among fans.
But how will his regenerated Doctor play to a generation born in the 21st Century? Only time will tell.
At 55, he is the same age as William Hartnell when he was cast in the role as the first Doctor in 1963.
"Being asked to play the Doctor is an amazing privilege. Like the Doctor himself I find myself in a state of utter terror and delight. I can't wait to get started," he said.
Secret audition
Steven Moffat, the show's lead writer and executive producer, said casting Capaldi as the Doctor was an "incendiary combination".
"One of the most talented actors of his generation is about to play the best part on television."
Moffat said Capaldi had been cast after a secret audition at his house.
"We made a home video of [Capaldi] being the doctor and I showed it around and everyone said 'yes, that's the Doctor'.
Moffat added the actor had "briefly flicked through my mind" the last time he was casting the role, but he did not think he was right for the part, however "now that moment has arrived".
Capaldi said he downloaded old Doctor Who scripts from the internet and practised the lines in front of a mirror to prepare for the audition.
The 12 Doctors
1. William Hartnell (1963-1966)
2. Patrick Troughton (1966-1969)
3. Jon Pertwee (1970-1974)
4. Tom Baker (1974-1981)
5. Peter Davison - (1982-1984)
6. Colin Baker (1984-1986)
7. Sylvester McCoy (1987-1996)
8. Paul McGann (1996)
9. Christopher Eccleston (2005)
10. David Tennant (2005-2010)
11. Matt Smith (2010 - 2013)
12. Peter Capaldi (2013 - )
He revealed he was filming a BBC adaptation of The Three Musketeers in Prague when he found out he got the part.
"I had my phone on silent so I missed the call," he said. "It was my agent and I rang her up and she said 'hello Doctor' - I haven't stopped laughing since."
'Incredible incarnation'
Out-going Doctor Matt Smith welcomed Capaldi's casting, and pre-recorded a message for the new Time Lord.
"I wish my successor all the best and say good luck and good on you for getting it, because I know he's both a huge fan of the show and a really nice guy," he said.
"The casting made me ready excited and as a fan I think it's a canny choice. If I had to pick someone, I'd pick him because I think he's great. I'm excited because I know what's coming and he's going to have a blast."
Jenna Coleman, who stars as current Doctor Who companion Clara, said: "I'm so excited Peter Capaldi is the man taking on the challenge of becoming the 12th Doctor.
"With Steven's writing and his talent I know we'll be making an amazing show with an incredible incarnation of number 12. I can't wait to start this new adventure."
Ben Stephenson, controller of BBC Drama Commissioning said Capaldi was "an extraordinarily talented actor who can seemingly turn his hand to anything".
"We can't wait to premiere his unique take on the Doctor on Christmas Day and we are sure he's going to become one of the all-time classic Doctors."
Following the announcement, The Thick of It writer Armando Ianucci tweeted: "There can't be a funnier, wiser, more exciting Time Lord than Peter Capaldi. The universe is in great hands."
Capaldi will film his first scenes on the series this autumn.
Title rivals Alloa Athletic dropped points in their pursuit of the leaders, drawing 2-2 with Queen's Park.
Brechin City beat East Fife 2-1 to leapfrog their opponents into third.
Meanwhile, Albion Rovers moved out of the relegation play-off spot with a 3-0 win over bottom club Stenhousemuir and Peterhead drew 2-2 with Stranraer.
Striker Mullen opened the scoring with eight minutes played at Almondvale before Declan Gallagher stabbed home a rebound to double the lead two minutes later.
Ryan Conroy's curling free-kick halved the deficit before the break, only for Mullen's second goal and a strike from substitute Nicky Cadden to put the result beyond doubt.
Andy Ryan netted a stoppage-time consolation for the visitors from the penalty spot.
Second-placed Alloa faltered at home to Queen's Park as Ewan MacPherson's stoppage-time equaliser denied the Wasps victory.
Goals from midfielder Iain Flannigan and defender Scot Taggart twice put Jim Goodwin's side ahead, either side of David Galt's leveller, before MacPherson's header.
Andy Jackson's late winner earned Brechin a crucial victory over East Fife at Glebe Park as their promotion bid continues.
Luke Watt's first-half goal put City on course for victory, only for Chris Duggan to equalise from the penalty spot early in the second period.
The hosts were not to be denied victory, though, and top scorer Jackson claimed the decisive goal in the first minute of added time.
Ross Stewart's quickfire brace moved Albion Rovers out of the bottom two as they eased aside Stenhousemuir.
The striker broke the deadlock in the 58th minute before ensuring his side's first victory in nine league games five minutes later. Scott McBride added a third late on.
Peterhead dropped to ninth despite rescuing a point with a late equaliser in the 2-2 draw with Stranraer.
Rory McAllister's 14th league goal of the season put the Blue Toon ahead, but Craig Malcolm and Scott Robertson turned the game around only for James Redman to salvage a draw in the second minute of injury time.
Stranraer remain above Peterhead, who drop a point behind Albion Rovers.
From 95-6, Andrew Hodd's battling 59 was followed by Sidebottom and Karl Carver sharing 31 for the last wicket.
Having scraped a batting point on 202, the Tykes reduced Somerset to 41-3.
Sidebottom removed the hosts' top three - Dean Elgar, Tom Abell, in successive balls, then Marcus Trescothick.
After both Elgar, caught at slip and Abell, caught behind, went in the fifth over, Trescothick was then bowled by 39-year-old Sidebottom in the ninth.
His burst had Somerset in some peril on 18-3 but James Hildreth (21) and Steven Davies (6) have so far added 23 for the fourth wicket.
Earlier, on a track being used for the third time this season, Somerset took seven wickets between lunch and tea as Jamie Overton did the main damage, taking three of the visitors' first five wickets,.
He accounted for Adam Lyth (24), Peter Handscomb (25) and Jack Leaning, while spinner Jack Leach's two victims included bowling Tykes captain Gary Ballance round his legs for 19.
But it was left to wicketkeeper Hodd to guide Yorkshire towards 200 before he finally departed, brilliantly caught by Abell at mid off.
Somerset's Jamie Overton told BBC Radio Bristol:
"It was slightly frustrating to finish the day as we did, losing three wickets. However, hopefully we can get some good runs tomorrow and get ourselves back in there.
"We have some good players. It's just a pity they are all out of form. Still, we have full belief in them and they are certainly trying their hardest.
"I was pleased with the way I bowled. The last two or three weeks, it has been coming out nicely. I was just trying to hit the pitch as hard as I could. If you could get it just back of a length, it was doing a bit."
Yorkshire's Andrew Hodd told BBC Radio Leeds:
"Ryan's contribution was big again. He is amazing, on and off the field. He just has that ability to get the big players out and he has done it again.
"Everyone down here has said that the game might not go beyond three days, so we knew every run was crucial. That was why it was important to go on the counter attack.
"It's been quite a good start to the season for me and nice to get a few scores and a few contributions. But, to be fair, I didn't see my first ball. Jamie was bowling well and it was really quite hostile."
But this isn't just any old recording of another Irish traditional song.
What makes this one so remarkable is that the voice belongs to a prisoner-of-war (PoW) being held in a German camp during World War One, hundreds of miles away from his home in Ireland.
And even more than that, it tells the story of a Belfast Catholic soldier in the British army, whose wartime history has been hidden away in a Berlin university archive for almost 100 years.
Now his family have heard his voice for the very first time, moving them to tears as their grandfather's story in sound unfolds before them.
The singing soldier is John McCrory. Born in 1881 and from Conway Street in the predominantly nationalist Falls Road area of west Belfast, he was a private in the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Within days of joining the war effort, he was captured at Caudry, near Le Cateau in France, on 27 August 1914 and taken to a PoW camp in Giessen, north of Frankfurt.
More than three years later, he was still there.
That was when German linguist Wilhelm Doegen arrived at the camp.
His intention was to gather language, music and song from around the world, and preserve these for study and teaching.
Visiting German PoW camps, Doegen collected around 250 languages and dialects spoken by the prisoners, and - in some cases like that of John's - their traditional music.
On 27 September 1917, starting at precisely 10:25, he recorded John at least four times, the first as the soldier sang The Pride of Liscarroll.
As his voice sparks up amid the fuzz of the first recording, there is something haunting and aged about it, perhaps weathered by his time in the camp.
She is the pride of Liscarroll, is sweet Kitty Farrell,
Cheeks as red as roses, teeth as white as pearl.
And the neighbours all pity the colleen so pretty,
And oh, how we all love the blind Irish girl.
On another recording, he reads a Bible passage, the parable of the prodigal son.
And the father said to him: 'Dear son, you were always with me and all that I have is yours. But this, your brother, was dead and is alive again. He was lost and is found.'
John's grandson Dr John Simpson, who lives in Belfast, was aware of his grandfather's time in the camp, but had known precious little else about him - he was, quite simply, a "mystery".
"I'm getting choked up just thinking about it," he says.
"I know he never spoke that much about his experiences as a PoW, as I suppose most men in those days didn't.
"It's a fascinating period of history, and to find out your grandfather was in the middle of it is very emotional… it's a big shock."
For much of the last 98 years, the audio has been stored in the Humbold University's Lautarchiv in the German capital.
Trawling through the files there, not only can you find the recordings, but also a transcript of the lyrics to The Pride of Liscarroll, handwritten by John at the time.
For Dr Simpson, his grandfather's neat, precise, joint-up handwriting is almost every bit as stirring as the sound of his voice.
"That whole old-fashioned thing where everyone had to sing or recite something, that happened in every McCrory household.
"But the handwriting is almost as moving and emotional as the recording. His handwriting is like my mother's and like mine.
"The whole thing is bringing alive a man who we knew so little about."
Shortly before he left for war, John and his wife Mary Ann had their first child, Catherine, and another daughter, Mary Jane, was born while John was imprisoned in Giessen.
On his eventual return to Belfast, he and Mary Ann went on to have nine more children.
Dr Simpson was born shortly after his grandfather died from stomach cancer in 1947, and his only memory of him is through his mother Julia.
He heard how his grandfather had a carefree attitude to life and was intent on enjoying himself. But Mary Ann would not allow him to get carried away, regardless of his three years as a PoW.
"He was a rascal but my mother always described him with a smile on her face," he remembers.
"Granny McCrory was a very tough woman. My grandfather came home from the war and maybe floated about a bit. But my Granny McCrory didn't have time for that - there was work to be done, there were 11 kids to raise."
The significance of the recordings is not lost on Grace Toland, the director designate of the Irish Traditional Music Archive in Dublin. She says she has never heard anything quite like it before.
"It is totally unique because of the people involved and the circumstances in which it was recorded," Ms Toland says.
"It's quite ordinary in terms of the song, but this is the first time we've heard this sung live from that period. The sheet music exists, of course, but to have the immediacy of sound adds such richness to the history."
And Fintan Vallely, a musician, writer and lecturer on traditional music, said John McCrory's choice of song was interesting.
"Liscarroll is in County Cork at the other end of Ireland, so there are lots of other songs he could've been signing, songs from closer to his home in Belfast," Mr Vallely explained.
"Sad songs and songs of comfort would've been of high value among soldiers, given the high casualty rate they were surrounded by at the time."
One of John's great-grandchildren, Moira Porter - born in Belfast but now living in Nova Scotia - also knew of John's time as a PoW. She feels his capture, ironically, may have been life-saving.
"If only his family back home could've heard that it would've given them so much comfort," she says.
"When you think of it, he was in the camp when he could've been on the frontline - his time there could actually have saved his life."
For Dr Simpson, this has been an unforgettable week in his family's history.
"You get to an age where you become aware of your own mortality, so to find something concrete which tells you so much about your family's background is so valuable.
"Fair play to the Germans for the diligence they had in keeping that stuff.
"We've got something to hold on to now, something that can be cherished."
He will tour the old town of Amatrice on Sunday with mayor Sergio Pirozzi who said after the disaster: "The town isn't here any more."
Prince Charles will visit a former school which houses emergency services and reconstruction staff and will lay a wreath at a memorial in the grounds.
The magnitude-6.2 quake struck on 24 August last year, killing 297 people.
Three Britons were among the dead including 14-year-old Marcos Burnett from London, who was on holiday with his parents and sister.
Nearly 4,000 people were also made homeless following the disaster which took place 100km (65 miles) north-east of Rome.
The Duchess of Cornwall will spend the day in Florence where she will privately meet survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence.
She will also meet volunteers and staff at the Progetto Arcobaleno Association, a non-profit body set up in Florence in 1985, who support them.
Camilla will later walk along Florence's famous 16th century Vasari Corridor and visit St Mark's Anglican Church.
There she will lay flowers at a memorial plaque in honour of Alice Keppel, her great-grandmother and King Edward VII's mistress.
Reed was struck and killed by a car on Friday night, two days before what would have been her 33rd birthday.
Blaque released a number of successful singles in the late 1990s that included 808, I Do and Bring It All To Me.
In a statement, her bandmates Brandi Williams and Shamari Fears-DeVoe said they were "devastated" by the news.
"Natina continuously embodied the pioneering spirit of Blaque and her undeniable creativity touched the hearts of fans everywhere," they continued.
"Natina was a mother, sister, accomplished songwriter, artist and friend.
"She will forever be missed and her global influence eternally felt."
Proteges of the late TLC rapper Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Blaque took their acronymic name from the words Believing, Life, Achieving, Quest, Unity and Everything.
The trio appeared together in the cheerleading film Bring It On as members of the East Compton Clovers troupe led by Gabrielle Union's character Isis.
Blaque's biggest UK success came in 2004 when their single I'm Good, featured in the dance film Honey, reached 17 in the official singles chart.
Reed was engaged in 2001 to the rapper Ricardo Brown, better known as Kurupt, and is survived by their 10-year-old son Tren.
Authorities in Georgia have ruled that the driver who struck Reed was not at fault and that no charges are expected to be filed.
She got a best supporting actress gong for her role in film drama Clouds of Sils Maria.
The big winner of the night was Timbuktu, which won seven awards including best film and director.
It depicts life in northern Mali under the control of Islamist militants, and is competing for best foreign film at Sunday's Oscars.
Accepting the prize, Stewart shouted "I love you Juliette" in French to her co-star Juliette Binoche.
She later paid tribute to French filmmakers.
"The reasons why people make films here in France are very different from the reasons why people make movies in Hollywood and I prefer it here a little bit," she told Variety.
There also was recognition for another American actor, Sean Penn, who got a lifetime achievement award.
In his acceptance speech, Timbuktu director Abderrahmane Sissako called France a "magnificent country" for its response to the deadly Islamist attacks last month.
"There is no clash of civilisations. There is a meeting of civilisations," he said.
The 28-year-old beat Japan's Ruika Sato in the -78kg fight, winning thanks to a waza-ari in the final 48 seconds.
It was Gibbons' third bronze medal on the Asian Grand Prix tour.
"I have always dreamt of getting a Tokyo Grand Slam medal and I achieved that," she said. "It's great to have won a medal at all three tournaments."
The company said earlier it had to withdraw one of its contractors in west Belfast after they were threatened.
Sinn Féin's Carál Ní Chuilín said workmen were threatened again on Wednesday, this time in Rosapenna Street in the north of the city.
She said the threats should be lifted immediately.
"The contractor in this case has been working with the local community to minimise disruption during work to improve water pressure and the quality of the water supply," she said.
"This work is part of a much-needed investment in the water infrastructure.
"NI Water has made it crystal clear that this work isn't about installing water meters.
"The workers involved should be allowed to get on with their work to improve the area's water system and do so free of threats and intimidation."
Earlier on Wednesday, Northern Ireland Water said it had to halt work on a £10m watermains scheme in west Belfast after one of its contractors received death threats.
The firm said workmen carrying out an upgrade to watermains in Glen Crescent were told to leave the site on Tuesday or they would be blown up.
A spokesman said they had been forced to withdraw the workers.
He condemned the threats as "unwarranted, unprovoked and unnecessary".
"Any misconception or misreporting that our work is linked to forthcoming water charges puts our workers and their equipment at risk of serious harm," he said.
"We do not want a situation where the local community will suffer because of the mindless destruction and misinformed actions of a few.
"NI Water would ask all political and community representatives to unite with us in ensuring the safety of our staff and their equipment while they carry out this vital work."
The police said they had spoken to the contractors on Tuesday.
SDLP councillor Tim Attwood condemned what he called "thuggish intimidation".
He said Northern Ireland Water staff were left "shaken and distressed after masked men approached them and issued cavalier threats".
"No one should feel harassed or intimidated in this city.
"I understand that there are concerns within communities across the city, and across the north, that water charges are imminent.
"NI Water have confirmed that this is not the case and the work that they are carrying out is in no way related to water meters."
Footage aired on local TV stations showed dozens of men rushing out of a side entrance at Sialang Bungkuk prison in Pekanbaru City, with no sign of anyone following them.
About 200 people escaped after being let out of cells for Friday prayers.
More than a third were subsequently recaptured.
Ferdinand Siagian, from the region's law ministry, said that the jail had only five or six guards on duty for nearly 1,900 inmates, in a prison supposed to hold only 300.
Inmates had accused some guards of being violent and complained about their treatment in the jail, Mr Siagian told Metro TV.
Hundreds of police officers and military personnel have now been deployed to guard the prison.
Police have set up roadblocks around the city and are looking for the other escapees.
The party followed up nine years in government by winning by far the largest number of seats in last Thursday's poll, and leader Nicola Sturgeon will continue with a personal mandate as first minister.
But despite this, there is a mild degree of grumbling among some SNP supporters over the slightly smaller team of MSPs returned. With the loss of six seats, they will be forming a minority administration, having enjoyed a majority for the last five years.
This note of disgruntlement comes down to two factors....
Since the 2014 independence referendum the SNP has been an absolute juggernaut. Its membership has swelled to more than 116,000, the party's conferences and even manifesto launches are more like rock concerts than sober discussions of public policy.
It smashed its rivals in the 2015 general election, coming near to sweeping the entire country, and every poll predicted a second outright majority at Holyrood on Thursday. As we now know, this was not to be.
In truth, the position the SNP occupied prior to polls opening was already unprecedented. Holyrood isn't meant to have a single party commanding an outright majority - the way the electoral system is set up works very effectively against this.
So if the 2016 results might seem like a relative disappointment for the SNP, it is because whether by force or fluke, they broke the system in 2011.
Holyrood's Additional Member System strives for a model of proportional representation. While the Westminster model of first past the post is geared towards strong governments toting stonking majorities, Holyrood's system seeks balance and fairness between parties.
And in this regard, it appears to have worked to perfection; on Thursday, the SNP won just under half of the votes cast, and will head back to Holyrood with just under half of the MSPs.
There's an obvious contrast with the 2015 general election; there, the SNP won 50% of the vote in Scotland, and were rewarded with 95% of the seats on offer. Labour, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems netted a solitary MP each, despite their wildly differing performances on the night of 24%, 15% and 7.5% respectively.
These are the kind of quirks the complex calculation at the heart of Holyrood's system - the D'Hondt method, named for the Belgian mathematician who created it - is designed to iron out.
In simple terms (avoiding entirely any talk of "quant = V / s+1"), the more seats a party wins in the 'first past the post' constituency races, the less they are likely to collect some in the regional list.
An example is Glasgow - the SNP swept all eight constituency seats, thumping Labour in what was once their back yard. This meant they were already handsomely represented in the area, leaving Labour, the Tories and the Greens to share out the list seats according to their share of that vote.
It would have been almost impossible for the SNP to add to their tally in Glasgow - hence some supporters of other pro-independence parties, such as Rise, Solidarity, and the Greens, campaigning hard for list-vote support from SNP constituency-voters.
However, the SNP didn't want to run any risks with their campaign. Because if somehow Labour had held one or two of the Glasgow constituencies, they would want to have a strong chance at picking those seats up again on the list. Hence "both votes SNP" came to be plastered across every bit of their campaign material.
Now, in the Holyrood election just past, it was widely expected that the SNP would win enough seats from the 73 constituencies up for grabs to form a majority outright, without having to rely on the allocation of MSPs from the regional lists.
They did not. And when it came down to it, even with a strong showing in the list vote, it simply wasn't possible for the formula to spit out enough Nationalist MSPs for a majority.
In 2011, the stars aligned in just the right way for the SNP. They were able to bring home 16 list MSPs on top of the 53 they won from constituencies.
Viktor D'Hondt himself may have struggled to explain it, but in basic terms the placing of their constituency wins balanced out perfectly with enormous support on the lists to return relatively large numbers from both ballots.
That election "broke" the system; the SNP made off with a majority of seats (53.49% to be precise) despite only winning 45.39% of constituency votes and 44% of the regional list ones.
This time round, a slightly reduced 41.7% of the vote only translated into four list MSPs - although (and indeed because) the 59 constituency seats won with 46.5% of the vote is itself a Holyrood record.
The list system will take some flak from the "both votes SNP" crowd, but at the end of the day the party's failure to sew up the constituency vote proved equally decisive.
The SNP took a good number of seats, annihilating Labour in Glasgow in particular. But they also lost some - and in key areas.
Willie Rennie and his Lib Dems frustrated them, swatting away challengers in Orkney and Shetland with ease despite the controversy of the Alistair Carmichael affair, before actually seizing SNP seats in North East Fife and Edinburgh Western.
The Tories too mounted successful raids, with Ruth Davidson pinching Edinburgh Central and Alexander Burnett toppling Dennis Robertson in Aberdeenshire West - both surprising results.
Ms Davidson's party also took seats from Labour which the SNP considered themselves strongly in the hunt for, in Dumfriesshire and Eastwood.
The placing of these seats, nestled among great blocs painted SNP yellow, meant the nationalists had relatively little hope of gaining them back on the list vote.
The only region of the country where the SNP didn't win the majority of constituency seats was South Scotland - and there they picked up three list seats. This swung the equation against them when it came to dishing out list MSPs.
Looking at exactly where the six SNP seats from 2011 were lost, Lothian was the key area.
Here, the SNP lost constituency seats to the Tories, Labour and the Lib Dems, but were unable to win any of them back on the list.
The fact the party won five of the eight constituency seats meant they faced little hope of gaining any of the three lost back through the list, and this was extinguished by an 11.3% surge in the Tory vote and a 3% jump in the Green one, with both of those parties gaining.
In Highlands and Islands, no constituency seats changed hands, with the Lib Dems holding two and the SNP six, But the SNP's support on the regional list fell by 7.8%, while the Tory and Green votes again jumped, meaning each of those parties picked off an SNP list seat.
In Mid Scotland and Fife, the SNP lost North East Fife to the Lib Dems but gained Cowdenbeath from Labour. But on the list their vote dropped by 3.9%, while the Tories gained by 11% and the Greens by 1.9%, meaning the single SNP list MSP was lost.
The same pattern was repeated in North East Scotland, where the SNP lost a single constituency seat to the Tories and another on the list, thanks to a 13.9% jump in the Tory list vote.
So the double-digit increase in the Tory list vote, partnered with a gentle decline in the SNP's support and a small uptick in backing for the Greens, meant the list vote could not make up for the losses of constituency seats in these key areas.
John Holmes, 53, who taught at Landau Forte College, Derby, grabbed the Year 8 pupil during a geography lesson.
A National College for Teaching and Leadership disciplinary panel banned him from teaching for two years for "unacceptable professional conduct".
However, the panel accepted Mr Holmes had not made a genuine threat to kill.
Mr Holmes's actions, in the summer term of 2012, were said to have been prompted by the pupil giving the wrong answer.
The teacher, who started working at Landau Forte College in 1992, received a police caution for possessing a blade on school grounds after the matter came to light in April 2013.
Mr Holmes expressed remorse but explained that what took place had happened in a "jovial manner" during a "light-hearted" quiz, the panel said.
Giving the panel's decision, NCTL official Paul Heathcote said: "We accepted that there was no intention to cause the pupil harm and that Mr Holmes's actions were not intended as a genuine threat to kill."
However, he said Mr Holmes was "guilty of unacceptable professional conduct and conduct that may bring the profession into disrepute".
"He has not shown clear insight into the implications of his behaviour," said Mr Heathcote.
Stephen Whiteley, chief executive of Landau Forte Charitable Trust, said that following "detailed internal and external investigations appropriate employment procedures were then followed" and Mr Holmes "ceased to be employed at Landau Forte College as of August 31, 2013".
The 47-year-old former South Africa and Australia coach takes over from Waqar Younis, who resigned last month.
He led South Africa from 2005-10 and Australia from 2011-13 but was sacked 16 days before the 2013 Ashes series in England.
Former England coach Peter Moores and Australian Stuart Law were among those linked with the position.
A Pakistan Cricket Board statement said: "It is expected that Mickey Arthur will be able to join the PCB toward the end of this month.
"He has confirmed his acceptance of the post of head coach of the Pakistan national cricket team."
Pakistan are touring England for the first time since 2010.
The first of four Test matches begins at Lord's on 14 July, with five one-day internationals and one Twenty20 match to follow.
Opposition MPs in Malawi have called the deal "slave labour".
But the labour minister, struggling to create new job employment opportunities in her own country, has denied that.
Eunice Makangala told the BBC she "just" wanted "to help the young people in Malawi" who are due to leave for Seoul to work.
The BBC's Raphael Tenthani in Blantyre says Malawian President Joyce Banda made an agreement with the government of South Korea on a visit there in February this year.
It involves sending young Malawian men and women aged between 18 and 25 to jobs in factories and on farms on the Korean peninsula, he says.
Accurate unemployment figures in Malawi are hard to compute because of the lack of a national identification system to track those out of a job.
But recent research suggests that 80% of secondary school graduates in Malawi return to their villages every year because they can neither find jobs nor employ themselves.
Nevertheless, opposition MPs in the capital, Lilongwe, are furious about the plan to export labour.
"We always cry about brain-drain and encourage Malawians in the diaspora to come back home and yet here we are exporting the cream of our labour force abroad. It doesn't make sense at all," Stevyn Kamwendo, for the DPP, told parliament on Tuesday.
Ms Makangala told the BBC she and her government were acting "in good faith".
"It is not modern-day slavery", she said.
"There are people who are working here who are from Egypt, from Nigeria, India and England.
"Do you want to tell me that those people are slaves? And the unemployment rate for the youth here is very high."
But Henry Kachaje, who is an entrepreneurial consultant in Malawi, said the labour export deal could have been better negotiated.
"It would have been more attractive", he said.
"If the government had actually attracted more foreign direct investors here... so that the young people were able to contribute to the social development of this country".
In part, it is due to the lack of chemistry between the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the US President, Barack Obama. But there are issues of substance too.
Their difficult relationship was hardly improved by Mr Netanyahu's decision, during Israel's recent general election campaign, to accept an invitation from the Republican Party leadership to give a joint address to Congress.
The Israeli prime minister used this as an opportunity to lobby against the nuclear deal that Mr Obama is seeking to negotiate with Tehran.
Then there is also the moribund peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.
Earlier this month, President Obama gave a revealing interview to Israel's Channel 2 television station.
It was an opportunity to speak directly to the Israeli public; to try to convince them of his fundamental support for the Jewish state. But he injected a warning note too.
He argued that if the current "status-quo" between Israel and the Palestinians were not resolved, then demographics and the frustration of the Palestinians would force Israel into a choice "about the nature of the Israeli state and its character".
There was a risk, he said, of Israel losing its "essential values".
And he went further, warning that there could be more immediate diplomatic consequences too.
If there were no progress towards peace, Mr Obama said, there would be an impact upon "how we approach defending Israel on the international stage round the Palestinian issue".
He then followed up with strong hints that the US might not necessarily obstruct any European effort to bring a resolution on the Palestinian problem to the UN Security Council.
So how bad have relations between the two allies become?
Aaron David Miller, a former US Middle East negotiator, now at the Wilson Centre in Washington DC, told me that Mr Netanyahu's speech to Congress had "created a rift and opened up the field for a degree of criticism of Israel that, frankly, I have not witnessed before in 20-plus years of working for half a dozen secretaries of state".
He added: "I have never seen it play out the way it has, and that I think is quite damaging."
JJ Goldberg, a senior columnist with the Forward and one of the most astute commentators on issues relating to Israel and the US Jewish Community, told me: "It is hard to overstate the depth of suspicion toward the Obama administration within Israeli government circles and among Israel's closest allies in the US.
"The suspicion and hostility have had an impact over time, leaving the administration and its supporters disappointed, frustrated and insulted at the level of contempt directed at them from Israel."
However, he added: "It doesn't seem to have shaken the underlying feelings of sympathy among governing and leadership circles here toward Israel as a nation and a symbol."
This is what Prof Shai Feldman, director of the Crown Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, at Brandeis University, calls the "schizophrenia" in US policy towards Israel, and he explains it this way.
He told me: "The continued and significant military support for Israel, despite sharp disagreements between the two principals, results from the fact that while President Obama's understanding and interpretation of Israel's best interests differs sharply from Netanyahu's, the president is genuinely committed to Israel security and survival, and, in that, he reflects the broader support for Israel in American public opinion, in key constituencies, and in the US Congress."
So what went wrong?
Mr Goldberg said: "The most important fact is that after eight years of George W Bush, with his deeply conservative and essentially Manichaean outlook - an outlook that comforts Israelis' sense of isolation - the two countries simultaneously changed governments in radically different directions.
"Israel lurched far to the right under Netanyahu, and America lurched to the left under Obama."
But there has been another significant shift too. In the process, Israel has, to an extent, become a party political issue in Washington.
Prof Feldman said: "The sharp contrast between the tense relationship between Netanyahu and Obama and the Israeli [prime minister's] close relationship with the Republican leadership in the US Congress has contributed to making Israel, for the first time, a partisan issue - a very dangerous development for the future of Israel's 'special relations with the US'."
Mr Goldberg agrees.
He said: "On the right, support for Israel has become a symbolic banner and a political litmus test in a way that Israel never was in America before.
"It's often the second or third thing out of any Republican's mouth after low taxes and abortion, and sometimes even ahead of abortion.
"The left side ranges from troubled support for Israel to open hostility."
It is not just the political class that is divided by Israel.
Prof Feldman said: "The continued ascendance of the right in Israel presents a growing challenge to the American Jewish community.
"It is important to remember that in contrast to some or even many of the politically active members of the community, most American Jews remain liberal.
"Even after the sharp clashes between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu during Obama's first term, some 70% of American Jews voted for Obama's re-election in 2012.
"This is why Israel becoming a partisan issue is so dangerous: the reaction of the liberal Jewish community to Republican leaders increasingly appearing to 'own' the Israel issue places the community's relations with Israel in uncharted waters."
2012: Obama (Democrat) 69% of Jewish vote, Romney (Republican) 30%
2008: Obama (Democrat) 78%, McCain (Republican) 22%
2004: Kerry (Democrat) 76%, George W Bush (Republican) 24%
2000: Gore (Democrat) 79%, George W Bush (Republican) 19%
1996: Clinton (Democrat) 78%, Dole (Republican) 16%
1992: Clinton (Democrat) 80%, George Bush Sr (Republican) 11%
Mr Miller said Mr Netanyahu and Mr Obama were now seeking to take a break from what he called "the Barack-Bibi wars", not least because the president's focus now was on the emerging nuclear deal with Iran.
However, he said there could still be an even more bumpy road ahead, since there could be one last US push on the peace front.
"I think the Obama Administration will do something," he told me.
"I think it is in their DNA. Both Secretary of State Kerry and the president himself will want to leave something behind.
"That's why the next 20 months could be very difficult in terms of the relationship between the prime minister and president."
Nobody should be in any doubt, he said, about the abiding nature of the security relationship between Israel and the US.
"I think the US-Israeli security piece of this - I won't say it's untouchable - but it exists in a compartment, which under the circumstances that exist in the region today, is going to be secure," he said.
"The US-Israel relationship really is too big to fail. Under the next president - whether it is a second Clinton or a third Bush - things are likely to improve, but the US-Israeli relationship has entered a new phase."
Mr Goldberg agreed that the bedrock of the US-Israel relationship remained stable.
"The dispute over specific diplomatic policy issues is to a degree superficial and doesn't touch the deeper relationships in intelligence and defence, technology, finance, cultural exchange and more," he said.
However, he added: "If Israel continues pursuing a policy in the West Bank that puts it at odds with the rest of the world, eventually America will probably no longer be able to stand alone with Israel against the world."
Haroon Ahmed, 26, from Derby, has been on the run since leaving HMP Dovegate in Staffordshire on Wednesday.
Ahmed, who was serving a sentence for a robbery he committed in 2008, reportedly fled to Spain.
Serco, which runs the prison, said it had commissioned an "urgent investigation" into the circumstances of Ahmed's escape.
Staffordshire Police said it could not confirm or deny he had left the UK after the Sunday Mirror claimed to have tracked Ahmed down in Marbella.
His brother, Majeed Ahmed, 25, of Clarence Road in Derby, has been charged with assisting a prisoner in escaping from prison.
Michael Guy, Serco's director at HMP Dovegate, said: "I have commissioned an urgent investigation into the circumstances of the escape.
"We are working closely with the police to identify what went wrong and to address any failings."
Russia was favoured to win Eurovision, but Ukraine's Jamala snatched a last-minute victory. Australia came second.
Mr Abbott said Australia should be prepared to accept the defeat, as Ukraine was the victim of a "bully".
In 2014, Mr Abbott famously declared that he would "shirtfront" Russian President Vladimir Putin over the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine.
Thirty-eight Australians were among the 298 who died when MH17 crashed on 17 July 2014.
"I have a lot of goodwill for the Ukraine, I think the Ukraine has suffered a lot over the last couple of decades and I think they're currently suffering at the hands of a bully," Mr Abbott told Sky News on Sunday night when asked about Eurovision.
"So if this helps their morale I think we should be prepared to accept second place."
Australia's Dami Im won the juror's vote with 320 points to Ukraine's 211, but placed fourth in the public vote and was relegated to second place overall.
Meanwhile, there have been calls in Russia for a review of Ukraine's victory.
Russian MP Elena Drapeko blamed the loss on what she called an "information war" and "general demonisation" of her country.
But large numbers of the Russian public voted for the Ukrainian song, awarding it 10 points, while the Ukrainian public gave Russia's entry the maximum 12 points.
The group has tabled the motion in an amendment to the Queen's Speech.
Currently, abortion is illegal in all but the most limited circumstances in NI.
As a result, hundreds of women travel to England for legal abortion treatment every year.
Last week, the Supreme Court clarified that restrictions on NHS funded abortion care for Northern Ireland women are not due to economic or legal constraints.
Rather, they are based on the secretary of state's political considerations and respect for the local assembly.
One judge, who found in favour of granting funded services, noted it is hard to understand why paying for the abortions of Northern Irish women in England would constitute a lack of respect, when allowing these women to access them at their own cost does not.
The amendment will allow parliament to reach its own view.
Over the past four years, the government has spent £3m through the Department for International Development to help women in developing countries access safe abortion services.
The government has stated that: "Women and adolescent girls must have the right to make their own decisions about their sexual and reproductive health and well-being, and be able to choose whether, when and how many children to have."
The amendment, according to the cross-party group, would ensure that all women resident in the UK have the same access to safe abortion services that the UK helps fund abroad.
The British Pregnancy Advisory Service, BPAS, estimates that providing NHS-funded abortion care to NI citizens in 2016 would have only cost the government around £350,500.
Bernadette Smyth, founder and director of Precious Life, said, "The Supreme Court made their decision and MPs should respect democracy."
Late summer in Berlin, flat barges drift along the river Spree, ferrying the last of the season's tourists. A guide gestures up at the chancellery: "Angela Merkel works here," and smartphones are pointed, poses struck.
Shielding their eyes against the sunshine, the visitors look up at the bright white stone and glass building in front of them. Perhaps a few of them notice that the ivy that spreads across its outer walls is just starting to turn red.
Angela Merkel is in for a turbulent autumn.
Her approval ratings are at a five-year low, and she is smarting from a humiliating regional election result, in which her conservatives (CDU) were beaten into third place by the surging anti-Muslim party Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Germany is on edge - horrified in part by the rise of the right and unnerved by the arrival of well over a million people seeking asylum and what appear to have been two attacks by asylum seekers inspired by the so-called Islamic State.
And as far as many, including some of her own party, are concerned, Mrs Merkel and her refugee policy are solely to blame.
"Merkel's empire crumbles!" said one newspaper headline.
The leader of her sister party in Bavaria, the CSU, has - not for the first time - issued a public ultimatum.
Horst Seehofer, long a thorn in Mrs Merkel's side, is demanding she produce a clear strategy on tax, domestic security, pensions and immigration within weeks.
He has his eye on next year's general election. So, of course, do the opposition.
Ralf Stegner, the deputy leader of Mrs Merkel's junior coalition partner the SPD, says she is "past her zenith", and casts doubt on whether she should stand for another term. Mrs Merkel has, so far, refused to announce her candidacy.
One senior conservative told me sadly Mrs Merkel now personified the refugee crisis.
She may, he acknowledged, never recover politically. There were doubts within the party, he said, as to whether she should stand for another term.
And it is tempting to wonder, in the words of one newspaper headline, "how much more can Merkel take?"
A fortnight ago, I watched as she swept through the marketplace in Ribnitz-Damgarten - part of her home constituency - campaigning ahead of the recent regional election.
She was greeted warmly - smiles from the woman selling cheese, flowers from a well-wisher as she headed for a makeshift stage, and applause after she joined in with the regional anthem.
Bear in mind her ratings have tumbled, but at 45%, they are still the envy of other European leaders.
Two women stopped to talk, baskets in hand.
"We've always liked her," they said.
"She is a fighter, and we hope she will manage this situation too."
But Wolfgang, walking his dog past a stall stacked neatly with rows of shoes, was worried.
"I don't think she can make it," he said, "unless she gets support from someone else - from Europe, maybe from another continent.
"We also need Russia to help us fight the source of the problem, otherwise it is looking bad.
"She can't do it alone."
Earlier this week, a subdued Mrs Merkel acknowledged she needed to regain public trust.
It is no longer enough to point out that the German economy is good, unemployment is low and that refugee numbers have fallen significantly (about 300,000 people have arrived this year compared with well over a million in 2015).
Town and village leaders have told me they can just about manage the current numbers.
Nevertheless, Mrs Merkel is fighting the perception Germany is out of control, and that by - in effect - opening the country's doors last summer, she has put Germans at risk.
Take Gerhard Koch, one of dozens of AfD supporters who gathered recently for a hustings in the town.
"Mrs Merkel," he said, "has betrayed her party."
"We had high hopes in her.
"But she took positions which the CDU used to fight against. She has betrayed the German people.
"If I think about my children and grandchildren - about their future - what she did has incalculable consequences for our fatherland."
And, in AfD, all of Germany's established parties have a powerful adversary.
The relatively new, chaotically led AfD speaks a strident language, which is proving attractive to those voters concerned about integration and domestic security.
At the hustings Konrad Adam, a former journalist and one of the party's founders, received applause as he declared Islam had no place in Germany.
"Many of these new arrivals have little or no education at all," he said.
"They are culturally behind us.
"They can't or don't want to integrate, and promote their own ideas about how to treat women.
"But Mrs Merkel thinks with a few lessons in German and sex education, we can make up for it quickly."
Mrs Merkel herself acknowledged the refugee crisis would change Germany.
Arguably, the most seismic shift may yet be at political level.
AfD is almost certain to gain seats in the national parliament next year, complicating future coalition building.
And there are those here who believe this is the beginning of the end for Mrs Merkel.
One political pundit has described this time as the "Kanzlerdaemmerung" - the chancellor's twilight.
That may be premature.
There is, after all, no serious contender to replace her.
But Angela Merkel needs to act swiftly.
She has said: "Wir schaffen es [We can do it]," often enough.
Now, she needs to convince her country that she can and - more importantly - explain how.
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The live flapshell turtles were found stuffed in sacks near Amethi in Uttar Pradesh state, bound for Kolkata.
One man has been arrested over the four-tonne haul, thought to be the largest in the country's history.
The flapshell is not endangered but it is often smuggled to south-east Asia, where its meat and shells are prized.
Their meat is considered by some to be an aphrodisiac, while the bones are powdered for use in traditional medicines.
The turtles were caught locally from the Ganges basin, where they helped cleanse the water by feeding on fragments of dead animals.
"Wildlife authorities confirmed that this is the largest haul in the country's wildlife history, both in terms of number and weight," said Arvind Chaturvedi, head of the state's Special Task Force.
Mr Chaturvedi said the man arrested was the "kingpin" of a large network and more arrests would likely follow.
Wanyama had to be taken off seconds before half-time in the third-round replay, which the Saints won 1-0.
Koeman, who said playing replays in an already busy schedule is "crazy", had initially planned to only play Wanyama for 45 minutes.
"It is a real negative," he said.
"We already have some other injuries. If it is a hamstring injury then he will be out for four to five weeks."
Wanyama has been a key player for Southampton this season, making 24 appearances in all competitions.
Injury means he could miss the visit of Liverpool on 22 February, as well as games against Newcastle, Swansea, Queens Park Rangers and West Ham.
When asked if he will sign cover for Wanyama, Koeman added: "I won't necessarily go into the transfer market, I have young lads who we can use."
Southampton, who are fighting for a top-four finish in the Premier League, already have a number of injury concerns, with midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin having to miss Wednesday's game against Ipswich because of a leg injury.
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"Schneiderlin has a similar thing to when he came back from the France national team - an abductor problem in his right leg," added Koeman.
"He will be out for three to four weeks, like Toby Alderweireld. But we have a lot of young players.
"We have good young lads and a good under-21 side. But sometimes it's too much and we have to protect them. We will see what we need to do.
"We don't train in the last few weeks because we play so much and it's a problem about the schedule for players during the winter break. In what is normally a winter break, we have to play.
"We have another replay. Why replays? It's another game and it's crazy."
States across the country have seen their drug inventories dwindle after European manufacturers opposed to capital punishment have refused to sell the lethal concoctions.
Manuel Vasquez was the fourth Texas inmate executed this year. Six more executions are set in the coming weeks.
Vasquez, a gang member, was convicted of strangling a San Antonio woman.
The 46-year-old man died 17 minutes after the drug was administered.
The sister of his victim, 51-year-old Juanita Ybarra, was among witnesses watching through a window. Vasquez killed Ybarra in 1998 over a drug debt, police said.
Vasquez, in a final statement, told his family and friends he loved them and thanked "the Lord for his kind mercy, faithfulness and unconditional love".
"In Jesus' name I pray," he said, then told the warden: "I'm ready".
Amid a shortage of the deadly drugs and concerns after several botched executions, US states are looking for alternatives to lethal injections.
The Utah Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would resume the use of firing squads to carry out the death penalty if lethal injections drugs are not available.
Arkansas is also considering allowing firing squads while Oklahoma could approve the use nitrogen gas to execute inmates.
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Clair Morris insisted she parked her Mazda MX-5 legally near her home in West Didsbury, Manchester, on Thursday.
In order to allow fresh yellow lines to be painted that day, she believed her sports car was moved to a spot over the road, which had parking restrictions.
Manchester City Council has apologised and said the ticket would be cancelled.
Ms Morris told BBC News that she discovered a parking ticket on her windscreen on Sunday, when she went to Northern Grove to pick up her vehicle, which she calls "Tracey".
Alongside the parking ticket - which had been issued earlier that day - she said there was a vehicle "re-position notice" from Manchester City Council which was dated 7 May - the day she had left her car on the other side of the road.
"It is crazy," said the 33-year-old. "I know traffic wardens have a job to do but you would have thought common sense would have prevailed.
"Someone passing told me they saw my car being lifted by a tow-truck and moved across the road.
"They thought I was being towed away."
A Manchester City Council spokesman told BBC News: "The car should not have been moved to a location with double yellow lines, and this ticket should not have been issued and will be cancelled.
"Our contractors apologise for this error and we are now insisting that they follow our strict codes of conduct."
Ms Morris said she was "relieved and pleased that they've cancelled the ticket... it will save me a lot of bother".
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The hosts had the better of a game lacking quality and full of wayward finishing.
Chris Clements and Matt Blair were off target for the Stags and Ryan Sellers missed a great chance for Wycombe.
But the home side took maximum points when Harriman showed great footwork before curling in a cross-come-shot.
The victory takes Wycombe a point above seventh-placed Leyton Orient, while Mansfield drop to 14th, eight points adrift of the play-offs.
Peter Toulson, who died on Monday, sold the magazine from a pitch outside a department store in York's Parliament Street.
A friend of Mr Toulson started a fundraising page to help his partner Karen pay for his funeral costs.
The appeal has now exceeded its £3,000 target just a few days after being launched.
John and Julie McGall who established the fundraising site said they wanted to give Mr Toulson "the send off he deserves".
A message on the site described Mr Toulson as "a gentle giant".
"Always had a smile or friendly banter with both his customers and the general public.
"He was a dignified proud man, who for no fault of his own found himself falling upon hard times."
BBC Wales picture editor Johanna Powell, 37, died in Laos on 11 April.
She was on holiday with friends when the cruise boat they were on capsized on the Mekong River near Pak Beng.
On Tuesday at Aberdare Coroner's Court, Coroner Andrew Barkley said he had not received a final report from overseas so was not in a position to proceed.
He asked Ms Powell's family if they would prefer to wait for the conclusion of investigations abroad, which he warned could take years, or go ahead with an inquest based on statements to be obtained from the European witnesses involved.
Ms Powell's parents Teresa and Donald indicated that they would prefer the latter.
The ban applies to all new cosmetics and their ingredients sold in the EU, regardless of where in the world testing on animals was carried out.
The 27 EU countries have had a ban on such tests in place since 2009. But the EU Commission is now asking the EU's trading partners to do the same.
Animal rights lobbyists said EU officials had "listened to the people".
The anti-vivisection group BUAV and the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE) said they had spent more than 20 years campaigning on the issue and had enlisted celebrities including Sir Paul McCartney, Morrissey and Sienna Miller to their cause. They congratulated the EU Commission for putting the ban into effect.
But BUAV says many countries in the world still test on animals for cosmetics and the group is now pressing for a global ban.
Mice and rats are used for more than half of all lab animal tests carried out in the EU.
Despite the EU's 2009 ban, cosmetics firms were allowed to continue testing on animals for the most complex human health effects, such as toxicity which might lead to cancer. However, those tests now come under the ban too.
The EU Commission says it is working with industry to develop more alternatives to animal testing, and that it allocated 238m euros (£208m; $310m) in 2007-2011 for such research.
Cosmetics firms are concerned that the ban could put Europe at a competitive disadvantage in a global market.
Cosmetics Europe chief Bertil Heerink, quoted by the Associated Press news agency, said that "by implementing the ban at this time, the European Union is jeopardising the industry's ability to innovate".
The team from Keen Security Lab remotely manipulated the brake system on a Tesla while it was on the move, from a distance of 12 miles (19km).
Using a laptop, the hackers also managed to open a car door without using a key.
Tesla has updated its software to prevent anyone else from manipulating its cars.
The hack took place after months of research and the team from Keen Security Lab posted a video of their efforts earlier this week on YouTube.
During the experiment a hacker took control of a vehicle from the passenger seat, while someone else was behind the wheel.
Using a laptop, he was able to adjust the rear-view mirror while the driver was changing lanes. The hacker also managed to open the trunk remotely, while the car was on the move.
This hack is notable for two reasons.
One, it was conducted far away - as far as 12 miles, researchers said. And two, the sheer amount of control it can wrest from the driver is remarkable - brakes, windscreen wipers, all sorts.
The good news is the security community is so far rising to the challenge of protecting cars from hackers. This hack was discovered by researchers who, as they should, went straight to Tesla before going public.
Tesla's cars are able to get over-the-air updates, meaning Tesla's engineers can automatically rectify the vulnerability in its cars without drivers needing to visit a dealership.
And that's precisely what the company has done.
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A Metropolitan Police spokesman said a man had been heard shouting abuse and was then seen throwing a bottle. It landed behind the sprinters.
US athlete Justin Gatlin, who won bronze in Sunday's race, said the bottle had been a "little distraction".
Nobody was injured and the event was not disrupted, police said.
The suspect is being held at an east London police station on suspicion of causing a public nuisance.
A spokesman for Games organisers Locog said: "The incident had no impact on the competitors or the event."
Following the incident Edith Bosch, the Dutch judo champion who won a Bronze medal in the 70kg category, tweeted about hitting a man who she saw throwing a bottle on the track.
The 32-year-old later told Dutch television station NOS TV: "I had seen the man walking around earlier and said to people around me that he was a peculiar bloke.
"Then he threw that bottle and in my emotion I hit him on the back with the flat of my hand.
"Then he was scooped up by the security. However, he did make me miss the final, and I am very sad about that.
"I just cannot understand how someone can do something like that."
Speaking about the bottle-throwing after Sunday's 100m race, Justin Gatlin said: "I didn't know what it was, but when you're in those blocks, and the whole stadium's quiet, you can hear a pin drop."
Gatlin said the incident had not affected the race.
"You just have to block it out and go out there and do what you got to do. You can't complain about that, the race went on and it was a great race."
Winner Usain Bolt told reporters he had been unaware of the incident.
He added: "No, I keep hearing that. I don't know who would have done that."
Fellow Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake, who came second, said: "I was so focused I didn't see anything. I was so focused on just running to the line."
He was found at a shop front on High Street on Wednesday evening.
It is believed he was aged in his 40s. Paramedics and police were called to the scene.
Sandra Moore, director of the Welcome Organisation which works with homeless people in Belfast, has called for greater co-ordination between homeless charities.
"There is very good inter-agency working between the statutory agencies and most of the voluntary sector," she said.
"Our outreach is on the street 17 hours a day and what would help would be co-ordination of the other groups that are out there.
"My intelligence would tell me there are more volunteer groups on the street doing uncoordinated work than there are rough sleepers. That's the distinction we have to make, the difference between people who are homeless but are in temporary accommodation and those who are rough sleepers."
Ms Moore said "an intensive package of support" had been available to the man who was found dead on Wednesday evening.
"We did know this gentleman and gentleman is the proper word in this case," she said.
"While this person has been labelled homeless he actually wasn't roofless, like some of the others who passed over in the last month he did have a bed, somewhere to go at night.
"I don't know the cause of death in this instance, but I do know there were significant underlying health issues.
"So many of the people who come to us do have a complex range of issues and as in this case there was an intensive package of support available to this gentleman."
Several thousand protested outside the main public TV station in Warsaw.
The new laws give the government power to appoint heads of public TV and radio, as well as the civil service.
European media watchdogs and the EU have condemned the move. But the government says some of Poland's state-controlled bodies need reform.
"Free media" protests were held in the cities of Poznan, Wrocław and Krakow, Radio Poland reported.
"We want to express our solidarity with the independent media and our opposition to the attack being currently being carried out against it," the station quoted Mateusz Kijowski - head of the newly-created Committee for the Defence of Democracy - as saying.
The committee also opposes the introduction of a constitutional court - which it says undermines the court's responsibility for holding the government to account.
The government's media reforms give the treasury minister the power to hire and fire broadcasting chiefs - a role currently in the hands of a media supervisory committee.
On Friday it dismissed state media management teams and installed replacements.
The EU Commission has warned that Poland may be jeopardising EU values by introducing the new laws and could face punitive measures. It will hold a debate on the reforms on 13 January.
Polish presidential spokeswoman Malgorzata Sadurska said earlier this week that President Andrzej Duda signed the laws because he wanted the state media to be "impartial, objective and reliable".
The Eurosceptic Law and Justice Party (PiS) won a clear majority in October elections and argues that journalists on public service channels are biased against it in their coverage.
Most Poles tune in to the public TVP channels, as well as public radio - which includes many regional stations.
Correspondents say that incoming governments in Poland tend to put their own people in to run large state companies, institutions, and the public media - but the PiS has gone faster and further this time.
Relatives of some of the victims of the atrocity want to pursue the appeal on behalf of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only man convicted of it.
The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) asked the appeal court to rule on whether it could continue investigating.
It wants a ruling on whether the relatives have "a legitimate interest".
Since June 2014, the SCCRC has been considering a joint application from members of the family of Megrahi, the Libyan secret service agent who was convicted of the murders of 270 people in the 1988 bombing.
The application was jointly lodged by the Justice for Megrahi campaign group, which includes relatives of British victims of the bombing, in an attempt to review his January 2001 conviction.
The relatives, led by Dr Jim Swire, whose daughter Flora died in the explosion over Lockerbie on 21 December 1988, believe the Libyan was the victim of a miscarriage of justice and said his conviction should be overturned.
SCCRC has asked the High Court for guidance on whether it can take forward such an appeal on the convicted man's behalf.
It had earlier said, despite repeated requests, members of Megrahi's family had failed to provide appropriate evidence supporting their involvement in the application.
It concluded the application was being actively supported only by the members of the victims' families.
A brief procedural hearing took place in Edinburgh before judge Lady Dorrian to examine the SCCRC's petition.
She ordered a further hearing to take place, likely to last a day, for all the issues surrounding the commission's request to be aired.
It is expected to take place later in the year.
Previous court decisions have meant only the executor of a dead person's estate or their next of kin could proceed with such a posthumous application.
The SCCRC has asked the court to determine if victims' families can be classed as a "person with a legitimate interest to pursue an appeal".
Dr Swire and other victims' relatives were among those at court.
They have called for the SCCRC's petition for guidance to be dismissed, claiming it is "incompetent" in law.
After the hearing, Aamer Anwar, the Megrahi family solicitor, said: "Relatives of the Lockerbie victims instructing my firm maintain that they have a legitimate interest in pursuing an appeal and they will continue to seek the truth.
"But as proceedings are live, it would be inappropriate to comment further."
SCCRC has already investigated the Lockerbie bombing, sending the case back to the Appeal Court in June 2007 after a four-year investigation.
But Megrahi, who was convicted after a trial at Kamp van Zeist in the Netherlands, abandoned the case two years later.
Shortly afterwards he was sent home to Libya on compassionate grounds, suffering from inoperable prostate cancer. He died in 2012.
In his first international 400m since breaking the world record in the 2016 Olympic final, the 24-year-old South African won in 43.62 seconds.
It beat Michael Johnson's record at this meeting of 43.66, set in 1996.
Britain's Laura Muir, 24, ran a personal best of one minute 58.69 seconds to finish fifth in the 800m.
Compatriot Lynsey Sharp, 26, set a season's best of 1:58:80 to finish seventh in a race won by Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba in 1:56.82.
Scot Muir, who has recently recovered from a stress fracture in a foot, said: "You do not realise the value of something until it is taken away from you."
Eilidh Doyle, 30, ran a season's best 54.36 in finishing third the 400m hurdles.
Fellow Britain James Dasaolu, 29, was fifth in the 100m in 10.12 as 35-year-old American Justin Gatlin won in 9.96.
Ryanair and IAG shares were up almost 3%, while Aer Lingus was up 1.8%.
The formal acceptance paves the way for the €1.3bn (£940m) bid by BA and Iberia owner IAG for Aer Lingus to go ahead.
It is subject to backing by competition authorities. European Union approval is now the last remaining hurdle to the tie-up.
IAG's plans include building a new transatlantic hub at Dublin airport.
Ryanair's chief executive Michael O'Leary said in a statement: "We believe the IAG offer for Aer Lingus is a reasonable one in the current market and we plan to accept it, in the best interests of Ryanair shareholders.
"The price means that Ryanair will make a small profit on its investment in Aer Lingus over the past nine years."
Ryanair has attempted to buy Aer Lingus three times. Its takeover quest began in 2006, just after Aer Lingus was floated on the stock market by the Irish government.
Ryanair's initial bid illustrates the wild swings in Aer Lingus's value since then. Its first offer was €2.80 a share. The second, two years later, was half that and its most recent offer in 2012 was €1.30 a share.
The Irish government, which sold its 25% stake in Aer Lingus to IAG in May, recommended that Ryanair accept IAG's offer.
The deal values Aer Lingus shares at around €2.50 (£1.87) per share.
Aer Lingus is Heathrow Airport's fourth busiest operator, behind BA, Lufthansa and Virgin Atlantic.
If the deal is approved, IAG would gain more take-off and landing slots at Heathrow Airport, allowing it to operate more flights.
Ryanair said it had planned to use Aer Lingus to gain slots at mainstream airports.
Travellers have been surprised in the past by the distance of some of Ryanair's airports from the city they thought they were flying to.
Michael O'Leary said Ryanair did not need Aer Lingus now: "Our original strategy for Aer Lingus (to use it as a mid-priced brand to offer competition to flag carriers at primary airports) has been overtaken by the successful rollout - since Sept 2013 - of Ryanair's "Always Getting Better" strategy, which has seen the Ryanair brand successfully enter many of Europe's primary airports."
Bella Caledonia was set up in 2007, providing a platform for a varied range of writers and bloggers producing political and cultural content.
It became an important voice during the Scottish independence referendum campaign.
Its editor Mike Small is stepping down. He told BBC Scotland the site needed £50,000 in order to survive. An urgent fundraising appeal has been launched.
Mr Small set up the online magazine along with fellow socialist writer and publisher Kevin Williamson.
It was named after a character from Alasdair Gray's novel Poor Things. Gray later provided the site with a new version of his artwork.
'Urgent help'
Mr Small said Bella Caledonia may be able to continue with less than £50,000, but on a voluntary model.
The site's board is due to meet on Tuesday to discuss ways forward.
The statement posted on the Bella Caledonia website said: "The Advisory Board of Bella Caledonia confirms we are going to have to make the decision to close, unless an urgent fundraising appeal can be met.
"Mike Small has advised that despite his commitment to Bella, he will have to step down as editor as the position is too financially precarious and he is actively seeking other work.
"The board is looking at other funding models and is appealing for urgent help to finance the magazine in a more permanent way in a year when a second independence referendum is very likely to be called."
It added: "Regardless of the outcome the board and contributors of Bella would like to thank Mike for his years of work - mostly unpaid but always cheerful, professional, imaginative and dedicated.
"Mike and our diverse range of writers have made Bella a successful online magazine and we hope that legacy can continue in some form."
A separate short message posted by Mr Small said: "Thanks to everyone for their support over the years, to the board members and writers who gave their time and to everybody who supported us financially and who took part in the debate.
"Couldn't quite manage to do it."
Activists and journalists have been using social media to voice their support for Mr Small and the website.
Bella Caledonian has a following of almost 48,000 people on Twitter and a Facebook group with almost 14,000 members.
On Monday, emails to the site were being returned with an automated response which said: "Bella is closed to submissions until further notice."
However, BBC Scotland has learned no bid has yet been made for the 22-year-old striker.
Damari made his first-team debut in 2006 and has scored twice in two appearances for his country.
Meanwhile, Victor Wanyama has agreed to join Celtic subject to a work permit and medical after a fee was agreed with Belgian club Germinal Beerschot.
Wanyama, 20, first moved to Europe from his native Kenya when he joined Swedish club Helsingborg in 2007.
The defensive midfielder moved on to Beerschot the following year and has been capped 11 times.
Celtic manager Neil Lennon has been trying to sign a goalkeeper but last week had a bid of £1.5m for Fraser Forster rejected, the Newcastle stopper having spent last season on loan in Glasgow.
Lennon has also been linked with moves for Kaizer Chiefs forward Knowledge Musona and Central Coast Mariners midfielder Mustafa Amini, who will play against Celtic in a friendly in Australia this weekend.
Men, women and children donned mermaid tails, sequins and wigs for the event which is now in its third year.
Organisers aimed to celebrate the sea, while raising awareness of sea life and marine conservation issues.
Saturday's march was held in collaboration with WhaleFest and organisers said all profits would be donated to the World Cetacean Alliance.
The robbery happened at Earthy on Canonmills Bridge at about 21:40 on Thursday.
The men, who were carrying knives, robbed the premises of a three-figure sum of cash.
They were in their early 20s, of slim or slim-to-medium build. One of them was about 5ft 5in and the other was about 5ft 9in. Both had local accents.
The first man was wearing a light-grey, zipped, hooded top, grey tracksuit bottoms and plimsoll-type shoes.
The second man was wearing a dark greyish/blue hooded top, grey jogging bottoms and gloves and was carrying a green and cream duffel bag.
Police are appealing for witnesses.
Det Insp Graham Grant, of Police Scotland, said: "This robbery left two female members of staff shocked and distressed and deprived the business of their income.
"I am keen to speak to anyone who was in the area around 21:40 last night and who might have information that can assist us in tracing these suspects."
Ashley, who owns a 9% stake in Rangers, has also asked the board to explain why the club has been delisted from the AIM stock exchange.
If the loan is paid back, the club will regain security over their branding, the Murray Park training ground and the club's retail rights.
All are currently held by Ashley.
The move comes after the Sports Direct owner lost control of the Ibrox boardroom to South Africa-based businessman Dave King, who is awaiting Scottish FA approval to become the club's new chairman.
That followed an EGM called by King in March, when shareholders backed the former Rangers director and his allies.
Paul Murray, who was named interim chairman, was this month formally cleared by the SFA to become a director of the Scottish Championship club despite sitting on the board along with King in the years preceding Rangers' insolvency in 2012.
Police investigating takeovers at Rangers last week searched Sports Direct's Derbyshire headquarters.
The company stressed that it related to "various persons previously employed by and or associated with Rangers" and was "not directed at Sports Direct or at any of its directors or employees".
In April, Rangers International Football Club plc was delisted from AIM - the Alternative Investment Market, a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange - when the club failed to appoint a nominated advisor to replace WH Ireland after the firm stood down from the role, an omission for which the club blamed the previous administration.
Derek Llambias, a former Newcastle managing director, took charge in December and appointed former Sports Direct executive Barry Leach as finance director.
An initial £2m loan from Ashley had given the Newcastle owner the right to appoint two directors to Rangers' board.
The Englishman agreed a further £10m loan in January to help keep the club solvent, although only £5m was made available immediately as working capital.
Sports Direct started its merchandising deal with the Glasgow club in 2012 following a takeover led by English businessman Charles Green, after which Rangers were accepted to play in the Scottish Third Division.
Mr Burnham, 47, was elected on Friday with 63% of the vote to lead the the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
He named Sir Richard Leese as deputy for business and economy while Baroness Beverley Hughes will oversee policing and crime.
Councillor Rishi Shori, Bury Council's Labour leader, will take responsibility for young people and social cohesion.
Mr Burnham, who served in governments under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, will control transport, housing and police budgets.
He will be paid £110,000 a year and take over the powers of the region's elected Police and Crime Commissioner, Tony Lloyd.
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Greater Manchester's authority will have control over a £6bn health and social care budget and also has an adult skills budget, powers over apprenticeship grants for employers, strategic planning powers, and transport.
The Liverpool-born politician said the region "will be the modern industrial capital of the country - digital, green, and young" and he "will put young people at the centre of everything we do".
Mr Leese said he had been "working on the devolution agenda" and although "we need a lot more control", he will do everything he can to make devolution "an enormous success".
Former home office minister, Baroness Hughes, said she was "honoured" to be part of "a new era of politics" and face the "challenging" police and crime brief.
Mr Shori said he will create a "youth combined authority" because "we can't afford to lose and ounce of the potential of our young people... the future belongs to young people and they are going to help shape it".
Mr Burnham, who has been MP for Leigh in Wigan since 2001, will not stand in next month's general election.
Ecclestone had wanted double points at the final three races of the season but the teams, who he called "bloody idiots", did not go for the plan.
"I'm not going to propose the three races again," he told the Independent.
"I'm going to let them get on with it. I don't know what we're going to do next year."
Briton Lewis Hamilton leads the drivers' standings by 17 points from Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg going into the last race of the campaign in Abu Dhabi on 23 November.
If Rosberg wins, Hamilton will need to finish second to take the title. Under the old system, sixth would have been enough.
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said: "It would put a big shadow over the championship if it was turned by a technical issue."
However, Ecclestone accused the teams of thinking about the "short term" in not agreeing to his original plan of double points for three races.
"One race is stupid but imagine if it was the last three races," he said. "It means that somebody would have to have a 150-point advantage minimum to be sure they will win.
"The teams have not accepted it because they are bloody idiots. They are all mechanics. They think of their team in the short term."
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The British number one was responding to BBC and BuzzFeed News revelations about suspected illegal betting in tennis over the past decade.
World number one Novak Djokovic has revealed he was offered £110,000 to fix a match early in his career.
Murray, 28, said: "When people come with those sums of money when you are that age, people can make mistakes."
Djokovic said he was approached to lose a first-round match at the St Petersburg Open in 2007, adding that the offer, which was not made directly to the Serb, was dismissed immediately.
Speaking in Melbourne following his first-round win at the Australian Open, Murray said tennis authorities needed to be on the front foot on the issue of match-fixing.
"You have to be proactive with things like this and go and speak to the players rather than them reading about it in the newspapers or listening to it on the TV or the radio," the Scot said.
"I think the more proactive you are with educating young players, the better on matters like this."
He said players should learn about the dangers of match-fixing from the age of 15 and they should also be warned that a bad decision "can affect your career, can affect the whole sport".
Murray also said that:
"If there is corruption in any sport, you want to hear about it," said the world number two after his straight-sets win over Alexander Zverev.
"As a player, you just want to be made aware of everything that's going on. I think we deserve to know everything that's sort of out there.
"Some of it will be true, some of it might not be true, but I'm always very curious with that stuff, across really all sports as well.
"I think sports could in general be much, much more transparent."
Murray also said tennis was sending mixed messages by allowing betting company William Hill to become one of the Australian Open's sponsor's this year and advertise on the tournament's three main show courts.
For the first time at Melbourne Park, electronic advertising boards at Rod Laver Arena, Margaret Court Arena and Hisense Arena display the name 'William Hill' during breaks in play.
"I'm not really pro that," said Murray, a four-time finalist in Melbourne.
"I think it's a little bit hypocritical, because I don't believe the players are allowed to be sponsored by betting companies, but the tournaments are.
"I don't really understand how it all works. I think it's a bit strange."
Djokovic has also called the decision to allow a betting company to sponsor the Australian Open "borderline".
The BBC and BuzzFeed News obtained secret files that contained evidence of suspected match-fixing in tennis.
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Those files indicate that, over the past decade, 16 players who have been ranked in the world's top 50 have been repeatedly flagged to the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) over suspicions they have thrown matches.
All of the players, including winners of Grand Slam titles, were allowed to continue competing.
However, tennis officials have rejected suggestions they have been lax on the issue of match-fixing.
They also criticised the timing of the BBC and BuzzFeed News report, published just before the start of the first Grand Slam of the year.
Djokovic does not think match-fixing is prevalent at the top level of tennis and says there is "no real proof" of fixing among the elite.
"It's just speculation," said the 10-time Grand Slam champion.
Roger Federer, a 17-time Grand Slam champion, said it was difficult to gauge if and to what level fixing went on, adding he wanted more information about who might be guilty.
"I would love to hear names,'' said the former world number one. "Then at least it's concrete stuff and you can actually debate about it.
The Burundi-born 22-year-old made his senior debut for Coventry in August 2011 at the age of 17 and joined the Magpies a year later.
But he made just three league starts in four years with Newcastle and returned to the Sky Blues on loan last season.
"I'm sure he can rediscover the form that made him so popular in his first spell," said manager Tony Mowbray.
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Rhodes turned in Grant Hanley's header from a Craig Conway corner just before half-time to put the hosts ahead.
Substitute Tom Lawrence crossed from the right to set up Scotland international striker Rhodes for his fourth goal in three games.
And Lawrence finished an excellent team move with a powerful shot into the roof of the net for Blackburn's late third.
Charlton actually had the first clear chance of the game but Tony Watt's lob was not on target.
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Addicks 'keeper Nick Pope had twice denied Rhodes, before the striker gave Rovers the lead with a close-range header following Hanley's flick on.
Although behind, Johann Berg Gudmundsson and Watt both went close to equalising before Rhodes turned home at the near post to extend Rovers' lead.
Wales international Lawrence scored 10 minutes after coming on as Blackburn moved out of the relegation places with their first three points of the season.
Blackburn manager Gary Bowyer: "We know if we create the chances, we've got the best finisher in the league (Rhodes).
"They were terrific after a tough week, two trips to London and back, all the travelling. They were outstanding today, but that's what we were - ruthless in both boxes.
"There's a good feeling in the dressing room but it's just the start, we won't get carried away and hopefully now we can kick on because the level of performances has been sky high."
Charlton manager Guy Luzon: "I thought that our attitude today was good. We started the game well, organised in defence and in attack we created some good occasions in the first half.
"In this division it's very important to score the first goal and, unfortunately, Blackburn scored in the last minute of the half."
Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 3, Charlton Athletic 0.
Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 3, Charlton Athletic 0.
Attempt saved. Johann Berg Gudmundsson (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ahmed Kashi.
Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Conor McAleny.
Foul by Tom Lawrence (Blackburn Rovers).
Chris Solly (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Adam Henley (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Igor Vetokele (Charlton Athletic).
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Karlan Ahearne-Grant replaces Tony Watt.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Lee Williamson replaces Corry Evans.
Goal! Blackburn Rovers 3, Charlton Athletic 0. Tom Lawrence (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Adam Henley.
Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Chris Solly.
Attempt saved. Ben Marshall (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Craig Conway.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Adam Henley.
Attempt blocked. Conor McAleny (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tony Watt.
Foul by Jordan Rhodes (Blackburn Rovers).
Alou Diarra (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Johann Berg Gudmundsson (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Igor Vetokele.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Hope Akpan replaces Danny Guthrie.
Delay in match Igor Vetokele (Charlton Athletic) because of an injury.
Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Charlton Athletic 0. Jordan Rhodes (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tom Lawrence with a cross.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Tom Lawrence replaces Bangaly-Fodé Koita.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Shane Duffy.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Conor McAleny replaces Zakarya Bergdich.
Grant Hanley (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Grant Hanley (Blackburn Rovers).
Tony Watt (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Ben Marshall (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Patrick Bauer.
Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Patrick Bauer.
Attempt missed. Tony Watt (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Johann Berg Gudmundsson.
Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Jordan Rhodes tries a through ball, but Bangaly-Fodé Koita is caught offside.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Igor Vetokele replaces Mikhail Kennedy.
Attempt missed. Craig Conway (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jordan Rhodes.
Bangaly-Fodé Koita (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jordan Cousins (Charlton Athletic).
Foul by Grant Hanley (Blackburn Rovers).
Johann Berg Gudmundsson (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Offside, Charlton Athletic. Morgan Fox tries a through ball, but Tony Watt is caught offside.
The firm also revealed that its chief financial officer, Andrew Jenner, was stepping down.
Existing shares in Serco were trading down 2.1% on Thursday following the announcements, which were made after the markets closed on Wednesday night.
Serco has been hit by costs relating to its overcharging the UK government on a criminal tagging contract.
The firm was accused of charging for tagging people who were either dead or in jail.
In March, it said profit plunged 62% last year after it was hit by costs relating to the scandal.
Rupert Soames, the former boss of engineering firm Aggreko, took over as Serco chief executive on Thursday morning.
On Tuesday, Serco said its performance for the year had been "more challenging than expected".
It warned this could mean a "material downward revision" to its profits forecasts.
But the message applied equally to those Remain voters in Northern Ireland who have been thinking fondly about the idea of retaining some kind of special status within the EU.
The PM's scornful attitude to the legal challenges against Brexit pertained as much to the cases before Belfast's High Court as to those launched in London.
She repeated her pledge to engage the devolved administrations fully in the Brexit process.
But Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness revealed that, in practice, this boiled down to a phone call from the EU Exit Secretary David Davis telling Stormont about the plan to legislate to repeal EU legislation shortly before that plan was revealed to the public.
Stormont's first and deputy first ministers managed to find some common ground by penning a joint letter to the prime minister setting out their Brexit concerns.
First Minister Arlene Foster told MLAs that letter has not yet received any response from Downing Street, although Mrs May's latest speech may be considered the clearest reply so far.
Mrs Foster acknowledged that an Alliance query about the repercussions of the UK withdrawing from the single market was "a core question".
But she declined to say how she believes that might "impact on business in Northern Ireland, given the degree to which we trade with the Republic of Ireland", taking refuge in not wanting to give away Stormont's negotiating hand.
The thrust of Mrs May's speech appears to be that controlling immigration trumps staying in the Single Market.
If that remains the case, the room for compromise on potential immigration and customs checks on the Irish border appears to have diminished. No wonder the Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan seems to no longer be ruling out the possibility of a so-called hard border, even if Mrs Foster derides it as a Donald Trump-style wall which will never be built.
Many of the Stormont Remain politicians are reluctant to accept that Brexit is a done deal, as they continue to hope it can be derailed by their court challenges or some other unforeseen event. But the clock is ticking, and the likely consequences on the border are very real.
The politicians are saying radically different things about Brexit but the public in Northern Ireland deserves both its Leave and Remain representatives to start thinking seriously about the practicalities.
For all London's promises of engaging the devolved administrations, Stormont will have to shout loud and often if its concerns are going to get heard amid the cacophony of the negotiations between the UK and the EU.
The number of people out of work in the January to March period fell to 1.83 million, down 35,000 from the previous quarter.
The total number in work rose to 31.1 million.
The number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance fell by 12,600 in April to 764,000.
A council work crew was startled to find the 120kg (265lb) seal, who they named Sammy, taking a nap in the women's toilets at Mersey Vale Lawn Cemetery on Tuesday.
Sammy was sedated and taken to a nearby beach to be released.
The cemetery is about 500m from the ocean and it is believed Sammy may have swum up a creek to reach it.
A spokeswoman for Devonport City Council told the BBC the arrival of Sammy was "highly unusual".
"They are quite common on the beaches. Local fishermen often complain about them stealing their fish," she said.
"He came and posed for a few photos for us, which was lovely."
Nine Protestant civilians were killed in the 1993 attack in Belfast, as well as one of the IRA bombers.
The newspaper said it had seen files stolen by the IRA from police special branch offices in Castlereagh on St Patrick's Day 2002.
It said the files had been decoded by IRA members.
This led them to discover the alleged informer's identity, the paper said.
In a statement, the police ombudsman's office said: "We have received a complaint.
"It centres on two concerns: Did the RUC have information which would have allowed them to prevent the bombing and was the subsequent investigation compromised; did the police fail to 'deliver justice to the families of those who lost their lives in the bombing?'
"We will now assess this complaint and speak to those who have made these allegations.
"We will seek to establish if this is something we should investigate, and if so, when we could begin this work."
The IRA bomb attack took place on a busy Saturday afternoon in October in the heart of one of Belfast's best known loyalist areas.
Among the dead were two children aged seven and 13.
Four people were held by a man with a firearm on Sunday evening inside the South Tyneside Coral bookmakers, police said.
The last person was released from the shop on Grange Road, Jarrow, at about 20:45 GMT, after several hours.
Alistair Gallow, 39, of Percy Street, has been charged with nine offences including false imprisonment and possessing a firearm.
He has been remanded in custody by South Tyneside magistrates to appear at crown court next month.
Ed Vaizey has said the charges of around £18 a month are "outdated".
He wants householders to only pay for the services they use, describing the current system as an "analogue billing system in a digital world".
The minister is inviting BT, TalkTalk, Virgin and Sky for discussions.
One in five home owners do not make fixed-line calls, but have to pay for landline connections.
Mr Vaizey said: "If the companies come up with a different pricing structure, that is fine, as long as consumers can see what they are paying for."
The minister said ending hidden costs, such as line rental, could mean other products becoming more expensive, but he wanted transparency around pricing.
The advertising watchdog, ASA, and the communications regulator, Ofcom, are to introduce new rules about how such packages are marketed from May, following research that found there was widespread confusion about prices.
A spokesmen for BT said: "Anyone using broadband uses a landline. I think the focus is more about ensuring clarity around charges when companies advertise their broadband packages.
"BT is happy to meet with the minister and other players in the industry to discuss ways of making charges clearer for consumers."
In a separate development, Ofcom has told BT to install high-speed cables to businesses much faster and reduce the prices it charges for them.
It follows its review into "leased lines" which are used by big businesses and mobile and broadband operators to transfer data on their networks.
Most of these lines are owned and maintained on behalf of competing providers by BT.
BT accepted more needed to be done to meet rising expectations.
Ofcom said BT's performance had not been "acceptable", but the company said some of the regulator's recommendations did little to help it "underpin service improvement".
The draft proposals come less than a month after Ofcom promised measures to improve BT's Openreach operation, which is its business responsible for telecoms and broadband infrastructure.
In February the regulator stopped short of demanding it was split from BT, but said it was still an option.
Ofcom said that Openreach was taking too long to install leased lines and was not providing enough certainty that the services would be provided by the date first given to customers.
The proposed rules will apply to high-speed "ethernet" services, which are the most common type of leased lines used by businesses, as well as older cabling.
BT said laying new high-speed lines was often complex and required street works that created delays beyond its control.
Jonathan Oxley, Ofcom's competition group director, said: "BT is relied on by many companies to install these lines, and its performance has not been acceptable.
"These new rules will mean companies across the UK benefit from faster installations times, greater certainty about installation dates and fast repairs if things go wrong."
Ofcom said since 2011 the average time between a customer's order and the line being ready to use had increased from 40 working days to 48.
It wants that reduced to 46 days by the end of March 2017 and returned to 40 days by 2018.
Ofcom plans to reduce the wholesale prices BT charges for leased lines services over three years and expects those reductions to be passed on to businesses.
However, BT said this would do nothing to help it improve its service to customers.
A friend of the 61-year-old raised the alarm after she sunk in mud while walking close to Beaulieu Road near Lyndhurst shortly before midday.
Fire crews from Fareham successfully got her out.
A South Central Ambulance Service spokesman said she was treated for the effects of cold but was otherwise unhurt.
The indicative ballot of its 8,000 members by the Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association (SSTA) found 91% supported action short of a strike.
A majority, 64%, said they would take strike action if necessary.
Education Secretary John Swinney has said he will reduce teacher workload to improve attainment in schools.
The union said concerns about workload reflected the introduction of new school qualifications.
SSTA general secretary Seamus Searson said: "The ballot clearly shows that members are unhappy with the current proposals."
Other findings from the ballot included:
Mr Searson added: "Teachers have insufficient time to carry out the over-bureaucratic arrangements set out by the SQA.
"The SSTA is requesting that the new cabinet secretary John Swinney, together with local authorities as the employers of teachers, take control of the situation and impose limits on teacher time being spent on such activities that are taking teachers away from teaching and learning."
The education secretary has spoken about his concerns over teacher workload.
Addressing MSPs shortly after his appointment, Mr Swinney said: "Closing the attainment gap and improving attainment across education in Scotland - in other words the pursuit of equity and excellence - will be the driving purpose of my tenure as education secretary.
"One of the significant concerns I have heard is about teacher workload as a consequence of change within the education system.
"I am going to act today to reduce that workload as my first step to improving the performance of Scotland's schools."
The handover was done at sea, in a sign of easing tensions between the two neighbouring countries.
The Indian navy handed over 52 fishermen to Sri Lanka, while 51 Indians went the other way.
One Indian remains in hospital in Sri Lanka and 236 others are still detained there. Some 152 Sri Lankan fishermen remain in India.
Thursday's repatriation comes ahead of 20 January talks between the two sides, and more releases are expected to follow.
The BBC's Charles Haviland in Colombo says a bilateral fisheries committee of six people is now expected to meet regularly.
Attacks and accusations of poaching by fishermen have continued to plague relations between the countries.
In 2011, the Sri Lankan authorities arrested 136 Indian fishermen who they accused of fishing in their waters. The men were only released after a series of diplomatic meetings.
Villagers in southern India also accused the Sri Lankan navy of killing two Indian fishermen that year.
It was, of course, the iPhone. There are many ways in which the iPhone has defined the modern economy.
There is the sheer profitability of the thing, of course: there are only two or three companies in the world that make as much money as Apple does from the iPhone alone.
There is the fact that it created a new product category: the smartphone. The iPhone and its imitators represent a product that did not exist 10 years ago but now is an object of desire for most of humanity. There's the way the iPhone transformed other markets - software, music, and advertising.
But those are just the obvious facts about the iPhone. And when you delve more deeply, the tale is a surprising one. We give credit to Steve Jobs and other leading figures in Apple - his early partner Steve Wozniak, his successor Tim Cook, his visionary designer Sir Jony Ive - but some of the most important actors in this story have been forgotten.
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy highlights the inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world we live in.
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Ask yourself: what actually makes an iPhone an iPhone? It's partly the cool design, the user interface, the attention to detail in the way the software works and the hardware feels. But underneath the charming surface of the iPhone are some critical elements that made it, and all the other smartphones, possible.
The economist Mariana Mazzucato has made a list of 12 key technologies that make smartphones work: 1) tiny microprocessors, 2) memory chips, 3) solid state hard drives, 4) liquid crystal displays and 5) lithium-based batteries. That's the hardware.
Then there are the networks and the software. So 6) Fast-Fourier-Transform algorithms - clever bits of maths that make it possible to swiftly turn analogue signals such as sound, visible light and radio waves into digital signals that a computer can handle.
At 7) - and you might have heard of this one - the internet. A smartphone isn't a smartphone without the internet.
At 8) HTTP and HTML, the languages and protocols that turned the hard-to-use internet into the easy-to-access World Wide Web. 9) Cellular networks. Otherwise your smartphone not only isn't smart, it's not even a phone. 10) Global Positioning Systems or GPS. 11) The touchscreen. 12) Siri, the voice-activated artificial intelligence agent.
All of these technologies are important components of what makes an iPhone, or any smartphone, actually work. Some of them are not just important, but indispensable. But when Mariana Mazzucato assembled this list of technologies, and reviewed their history, she found something striking.
The foundational figure in the development of the iPhone wasn't Steve Jobs. It was Uncle Sam. Every single one of these 12 key technologies was supported in significant ways by governments - often the American government.
A few of these cases are famous. Many people know, for example, that the World Wide Web owes its existence to the work of Sir Tim Berners-Lee. He was a software engineer employed at Cern, the particle physics research centre in Geneva that is funded by governments across Europe.
And the internet itself started as Arpanet - an unprecedented network of computers funded by the US Department of Defense in the early 1960s. GPS, of course, was a pure military technology, developed during the Cold War and opened up to civilian use only in the 1980s.
Other examples are less famous, though scarcely less important.
The Fast-Fourier-Transform is a family of algorithms that have made it possible to move from a world where the telephone, the television and the gramophone worked on analogue signals, to a world where everything is digitised and can therefore be dealt with by computers such as the iPhone.
The most common such algorithm was developed from a flash of insight from the great American mathematician John Tukey. What was Tukey working on at the time? You've guessed it: a military application.
Specifically, he was on President Kennedy's Scientific Advisory committee in 1963, trying to figure out how to detect when the Soviet Union was testing nuclear weapons.
Smartphones wouldn't be smartphones without their touchscreens - but the inventor of the touchscreen was an engineer named EA Johnson, whose initial research was carried out while Johnson was employed by the Royal Radar Establishment, a stuffily-named agency of the British government.
The work was further developed at Cern - those guys again. Eventually multi-touch technology was commercialised by researchers at the University of Delaware in the United States - Wayne Westerman and John Elias, who sold their company to Apple itself.
Yet even at that late stage in the game, governments played their part: Wayne Westerman's research fellowship was funded by the US National Science Foundation and the CIA.
Then there's the girl with the silicon voice, Siri.
Back in the year 2000, seven years before the first iPhone, the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, Darpa, commissioned the Stanford Research Institute to develop a kind of proto-Siri, a virtual office assistant that might help military personnel to do their jobs.
Twenty universities were brought into the project, furiously working on all the different technologies necessary to make a voice-activated virtual assistant a reality.
Seven years later, the research was commercialised as a start-up, Siri Incorporated- and it was only in 2010 that Apple stepped in to acquire the results for an undisclosed sum.
As for hard drives, lithium-ion batteries, liquid crystal displays and semiconductors themselves - there are similar stories to be told.
In each case, there was scientific brilliance and plenty of private sector entrepreneurship. But there were also wads of cash thrown at the problem by government agencies - usually US government agencies, and for that matter, usually some arm of the US military.
Silicon Valley itself owes a great debt to Fairchild Semiconductor - the company that developed the first commercially practical integrated circuits. And Fairchild Semiconductor, in its early days, depended on military procurement.
Of course, the US military didn't make the iPhone. Cern did not create Facebook or Google. These technologies, that so many people rely on today, were honed and commercialised by the private sector. But it was government funding and government risk-taking that made all these things possible.
That's a thought to hold on to as we ponder the technological challenges ahead in fields such energy and biotechnology.
Steve Jobs was a genius, there's no denying that. One of his remarkable side projects was the animation studio Pixar - which changed the world of film when it released the digitally animated film, Toy Story.
Even without the touchscreen and the internet and the Fast-Fourier-Transform, Steve Jobs might well have created something wonderful.
But it would not have been a world-shaking technology like the iPhone. More likely it would, like Woody and Buzz, have been an utterly charming toy.
Tim Harford is the FT's Undercover Economist. 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy was broadcast on the BBC World Service. You can find more information about the programme's sources and listen online or subscribe to the programme podcast.
Rykiel, nicknamed the Queen of Knitwear, had been suffering from Parkinson's disease for some time before her death on Thursday.
Nathalie Rykiel, managing artistic director of the Sonia Rykiel fashion label, said: "My mother died at 05:00 this morning at her home in Paris from the effects of Parkinson's."
In 2012, Rykiel revealed she had been diagnosed 15 years earlier.
She had initially kept the condition private but wrote about her diagnosis in a book when her symptoms became too difficult to disguise, fashion site WWD said.
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England's cricketers beat a Don Bradman-inspired Australia in 1932-33 by using aggressive tactics, an approach current England coach Eddie Jones wants his side to copy.
"He's shown us clips to reinforce his point," prop Dan Cole told BBC Sport.
England, who have never won a Test series in Australia, play the first of three Tests on Saturday in Brisbane.
Cole said: "Australia had people like Bradman, and if you played their game they could quite easily win.
"The English adapted their game, played physical with the Australians, and ended up winning the series, which is the way Eddie would like this series to go."
The England management are considering selecting Maro Itoje in the back row with Joe Launchbury at lock in Brisbane.
Cole said England must utilise their traditional forward power if they are to succeed down under.
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"We have to play our own style; we need to play to our strengths," the 29-year-old said.
"If you play Australia trying to play the Australia way, you'll lose."
The Wallabies won 33-13 when the teams met in the World Cup in October - a defeat that led to England's elimination from the tournament - with the England scrum enduring a torrid evening.
Cole said Australia "put us under a lot of pressure at Twickenham" and that England "need our set-piece to function".
Centre Jonathan Joseph, 25, said a series victory in Australia would surpass England's Six Nations Grand Slam triumph this year.
He told BBC Sport: "It's a massive challenge. They are a great side - second in the world - and we want to be challenging the best.
"We have a great opportunity here and hopefully we can do everyone proud."
Listen to BBC 5 live on Wednesday at 21:30 BST for a preview of England v Australia, as well as Wales' series in New Zealand and Ireland's in South Africa. Guests include England World Cup winners Matt Dawson and Paul Grayson, as well as former All Black captain Justin Marshall.
The former Conservative chancellor said average global temperatures had declined over the past decade.
The Green Party said Lord Lawson had made "false claims" and prominent scientists including Professor Brian Cox criticised the interview.
But the BBC insisted it had a duty to inform listeners about all sides of a debate.
Lord Lawson, who was energy secretary in Margaret Thatcher's government before becoming chancellor, is a critic of government policies on renewable energy.
He now chairs the Global Warming Policy Foundation, a think tank which describes itself as "open-minded on the contested science of global warming".
He told Today that energy costs in the UK were high "because of our absurd, climate-driven energy policy".
"We tax fossil fuel energy, we subsidise renewable energy," he said, adding: "Conventional energy is more reliable and cheaper."
Lord Lawson also said that "official figures" showed that "during this past 10 years, if anything... average world temperature has slightly declined".
However, this is contradicted by all the major global temperature datasets. The leading agencies, such as the UK Met Office and Nasa, all recognise a clear warming trend over this period, with 2016, 2015 and 2014 being the hottest years ever measured.
Lord Lawson's comments followed an interview with former US Vice-President Al Gore, who was promoting the sequel to his hit documentary An Inconvenient Truth, which made the case for climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil.
On the programme, Mr Gore made the economic case for renewable energy and said that "climate-related extreme weather events have grown far more numerous and far more destructive" in the 10 years since the first film.
It was suggested to the former Democratic presidential contender that he was going further than the scientific consensus but he said scientists around the world were "virtually unanimous on this and have been for decades", adding that "record downpours" in the UK were a result of climate change.
Lord Lawson was asked why he thought Mr Gore was, in his words, "talking complete nonsense".
The former cabinet minister said that "all the experts say there hasn't been" an increase in extreme weather events, citing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
An IPCC working group has said: "Climate change may increase the risk of river and coastal flooding."
Of Mr Gore, he said: "He's like the man who goes around saying 'the end of the world is nigh' on a big placard.
"To begin with you might be a little bit scared but after 10 years of him doing that and the end of the world isn't nigh then you think, well, maybe we should forget that and concentrate on real problems."
In a letter to Today programme editor Sarah Sands, Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley wrote: "I was disappointed to hear the BBC give airtime to Lord Lawson during an important debate on climate change and the UK energy system.
"He made a number of points which were demonstrably untrue."
Mr Bartley said the former chancellor had also "claimed that the UK does not subsidise fossil fuels, and implied that green energy companies receive more subsidies than fossil fuels".
He claimed fossil fuel companies "have received £6.9bn for work overseas since 2000, while green energy companies have only received £39m since 2012 (when such subsidies began)".
Mr Bartley also accused the programme of failing to challenge Lord Lawson's claims. "It is false balance, and risks grossly misleading the public," he added.
Physicist and BBC presenter Professor Brian Cox was among those who responded angrily to the interview on Twitter, saying it was "irresponsible and highly misleading to give the impression that there is a meaningful debate about the science".
Fellow physicist and broadcaster Jim al-Khalili tweeted: "For @BBCr4today to bring on Lord Lawson 'in the name of balance' on climate change is both ignorant and irresponsible. Shame on you."
He added: "There should be NO debate any more about climate change. We (the world minus Trump/Lawson et al) have moved on."
In a statement, the BBC said: "The BBC's role is to hear different views so listeners are informed about all sides of debate and we are required to ensure controversial subjects are treated with due impartiality.
"This split segment started with an interview with Al Gore, at 0710 and at twice the length of Lord Lawson's interview, and concluded with Fisher Stevens responding after Lawson, who as chairman of the Global Warming Policy Foundation had set out their position on the economics of subsidising green energy.
"It was introduced by our environment analyst who will be examining some of the claims further on tomorrow's programme."
Mr Stevens directed the film Before the Flood, a collaboration with Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio.
The film-maker defended the campaigning of high-profile figures such as Mr DiCaprio and Mr Gore, arguing that "it's very tough to get people to care" about global warming.
Davidson, 40, replaces Aberdeen assistant manager Tony Docherty as a coach alongside manager Gordon Strachan and assistant Mark McGhee.
"We have done our homework and everyone speaks highly of Callum," Strachan told the Official Scotland Podcast.
"He has also been an international player and knows what is needed."
Docherty took on the role for the previous qualifier, a 1-0 home win over Slovenia, after Andy Watson left his position as assistant coach, the role previously held by Stuart McCall.
Davidson, who made 26 appearances for Scotland, joins the national set-up for the game against England at Hampden on 10 June. He has been assistant manager to Tommy Wright at St Johnstone for four years.
"There's a freshness and enthusiasm about him," Strachan added.
"We had a meeting to make sure we know each other and he understands his remit. He is very happy with that, he is going to be doing nothing different to what he has done at St Johnstone. They have had a great season [finishing fourth in the Premiership].
"I met Doc and he is a great coach and a good friend now, which is a bonus. He is always there to be called on.
"It will be good to have someone there permanent but it chops and changes because of circumstances, because these guys at the clubs really are called upon to do a lot more than just coaching."
Strachan also explained that he cut five players from his original 29-man squad because he didn't "want to waste anybody's time".
Steven Fletcher, fellow forward Jamie Murphy, midfielders John McGinn and Kenny McLean and goalkeeper Jack Hamilton are out of the squad.
And the Scotland boss said: "It's precious the time you spend with your family at this stage of the year and vital they get rest as well.
"I don't want a squad of 26 and three players don't get stripped because that's demoralising. So we will cut it down to 23 and hopefully it's worthwhile if you have that strip to take home to show your family.
"If someone gets injured, we will go with one less, I don't have a problem with that."
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On Friday, Moyes made his first public appearance since succeeding the retired Sir Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford - and Rooney's future was at the top of the agenda.
"Wayne Rooney is not for sale. He's a Manchester United player and will remain a Manchester United player. Wayne won't be sold by Manchester United," the former Everton boss said.
Moyes, however, refused to say whether Rooney had expressed a desire to stay.
Ferguson said the 27-year-old striker had asked to leave at the end of last season - although Rooney is believed to contest Ferguson's suggestion he wanted to quit United.
Moyes explained he had spoken to Rooney, who has been linked with Arsenal and Chelsea, "several times" since being appointed.
"Whatever happened before has gone now," insisted the new United boss.
"We are working together now. I have seen a glint in his eye, he looks happy and looks as if he is going to knuckle down."
Moyes said Rooney's meeting with Ferguson "was a private meeting between two people".
"I was not privy to it," added Moyes. "I don't know what those two gentlemen said. That conversation was private and as far as I am concerned I'm looking forward to working with Wayne."
And Moyes declared all his efforts were now going into improving Rooney's condition and form for club and country, with the player hoping to figure for England at the World Cup in Brazil next summer.
The Scot added: "We are working and trying everything to get Wayne to the level where everybody can benefit. I can tell you categorically Wayne is training fantastically well."
United captain Nemanja Vidic, sitting alongside Moyes at his introductory news conference, added: "Wayne has trained really well and is in the best shape for the last five years."
Moyes refused to be drawn on transfer moves for United old boy Cristiano Ronaldo and Everton's Leighton Baines after having a £12m bid rejected for the England left-back.
Moyes said: "I will never speak about players at other clubs. I think it's wrong. But this club is always interested in the best players."
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The Wales fly-half has not passed return to play protocols so Wales team-mate Sam Davies will start at 10.
Bradley Davies starts in the second row for the first time since November.
The Blues make four changes from the 24-24 draw with Ulster, with Sam Warburton, George Earle and Blaine Scully all injured.
Nick Williams, Macauley Cook and Matthew Morgan all start for the Cardiff region, while hooker Kristian Dacey returns from a groin strain.
Sam Underhill is also missing for Ospreys after also receiving a blow to the head against Leinster.
A heavily bandaged Biggar complained of being "dazed" after missing a last-kick-of the-game penalty which would have seen Ospreys beat Leinster. As it was the Swansea-based region lost 20-18.
After the game coach Steve Tandy explained the player had passed a pitchside head injury assessment following a clash of heads before being allowed back on to the pitch.
Second row Davies was a second-half replacement for the Ospreys in that match - his first appearance since playing for Wales against Australia on 5 November 2016.
Blues produced some scintillating back play in the draw at Ravenhill, but paid a heavy injury price with Lions captaincy candidate Warburton chief among the casualties.
They are eighth in the Pro12 table, 25 points behind third-placed Ospreys who have lost their last two league outings.
Ospreys coach Steve Tandy: "It's very much about us in the run-in, if we put together three winning performances then there's nothing anyone else can do to stop us reaching the play-offs.
"Things haven't gone as planned the last few ... Ulster and the Scarlets are breathing down our neck and will both be desperate to put one over us in the final two rounds."
Blues scrum-half Lloyd Williams: "Sam (Warburton) has been in training all week and he's been influential in the way we've been preparing.
"We will miss him and another key forward, George Earle, as well, but it is a chance for Macauley Cook and Nick Williams. We have strong players coming back in for them who can fill their shoes."
Cardiff Blues: Matthew Morgan; Alex Cuthbert, Rey Lee-Lo, Willis Halaholo, Rhun Williams; Gareth Anscombe, Lloyd Williams; Gethin Jenkins (capt), Kristian Dacey, Taufa'ao Filise, Jarrad Hoeata, Macauley Cook, Josh Navidi, Ellis Jenkins, Nick Williams.
Replacements: Matthew Rees, Rhys Gill, Anton Peikrishvili, James Down, Sion Bennett, Tomos Williams, Steve Shingler, Aled Summerhill.
Ospreys: Dan Evans: Keelan Giles, Ashley Beck, Josh Matavesi, Dafydd Howells; Sam Davies, Rhys Webb (Capt); Nicky Smith, Scott Baldwin, Brian Mujati, Bradley Davies, Rory Thornton, James King, Justin Tipuric, Dan Baker.
Replacements: Scott Otten, Paul James, Rhodri Jones, Lloyd Ashley, Tyler Ardron, Tom Habberfield, Luke Price, Kieron Fonotia
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Sean Gallagher (Ireland), Gywn Morris (Wales)
TMO: Neil Hennessy (Wales)
The team behind enduring hit Stand By Me - Ben E. King and songwriting duo Mike Stoller and the late Jerry Leiber - were given The Towering Song Award.
King was also presented with a special award for his performance on the track.
Ne-Yo, who was given the Hal David Starlight Award for young songwriters, credited music with saving him.
"I was a pretty riled up little kid," he explained, on the red carpet. "If not for my mom giving me the pad and the pen and telling me to take my emotions and put them there, there's no telling. I might I have been sticking you up or something."
Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks presented Bette Midler with the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award. It honours industry veterans who are "pioneers in their craft" and have "inspired the music community".
Midler has enjoyed success on stage, screen and as a recording artist, winning three Grammys - including for her 1989 hit, Wind Beneath My Wings.
"Any award is a great honour," said Midler. "I mean people think of you and it is very sweet. It is all very sweet."
Seger kicked off the ceremony in New York with a performance of 1973 track, Turn the Page.
The Detroit rocker achieved commercial success with 1976 album Night Moves. He called songwriting the hardest but most rewarding thing he does.
The Songwriters Hall of Fame was founded in 1969 by Johnny Mercer to recognise the best in the field.
Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, the writers of long-running musical, The Fantastick's, were also honoured in the ceremony's 43rd year.
Other inductees include Jim Steinman, who wrote Bat Out of Hell and Total Eclipse of the Heart, Canadian folk rocker Gordon Lightfoot, and Don Schlitz, who penned country hits including When You Say Nothing at All.
Among those taking to the stage to hand out awards or perform were Meatloaf, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, Steve Miller and Kenny Rogers.
Rule changes, including making cars wider and more dramatic-looking, had targeted a lap-time gain of five seconds.
But F1's tyre supplier Pirelli told teams its tyres could not cope with the planned increase in cornering forces without making them much more resilient, and therefore slower.
Teams are now investigating the effect of a revised series of changes with a smaller increase in aerodynamic downforce.
That work is ongoing, but leading engineers predict the cars will now be more like three seconds a lap faster.
Pirelli told BBC Sport the data it presented to teams was based on calculations at an early stage in the process of defining the tyres for 2017.
F1's bosses decided last year to make the cars more exciting and dramatic-looking in response to concerns that the sport's appeal is waning.
Teams and governing body the FIA had by the end of November agreed on a series of changes for 2017:
The increase in downforce predicted from these plans is estimated at between 25-60%.
Sources say Pirelli made a presentation to the teams in which it said its tyres, made to the planned 2017 dimensions, could not cope with more than a 10-15% increase in downforce without it needing to impose much higher tyre pressures.
It said pressures would have to be as high as 27psi - about 50% higher than would be considered by teams to be 'normal'.
But higher tyre pressure reduces grip, which would mean diminishing returns from the increase in car performance.
The other problem was that with reduced tyre grip, a greater proportion of the lap-time gain would come from aerodynamics, and the feeling among engineers and world governing body the FIA was that this would make close racing and overtaking even more difficult than it already is.
This is counter to the initial intent behind the changes, which was to speed up the cars without having a detrimental effect on the quality of the racing.
A Pirelli spokesman said: "With the new tyre sizes proposed for 2017, we think the load capacity of a tyre built to the current construction would increase by about 10%. But nobody knows what structure we will choose for 2017 yet.
"Everything will be calculated much more carefully when we start testing."
He added that one of the problems was that Pirelli was forbidden by F1's rules from doing on-track testing before 2017, and there was still no agreement on a resolution to that problem.
Not all the teams supported the proposal to revise the new rules - the vote was eight in favour and three against among the 11 teams.
But that was felt to be a significant enough majority to press ahead.
The FIA asked teams to investigate the effect of abandoning two key elements of the new rules package which had been aimed at increasing downforce - a redesigned underfloor and introduction of wider bodywork.
Plans to widen the gap between the tyres, revise the size and shape of the front and rear wings and fit bigger tyres remain, however.
A senior insider said the target speed increase for 2017 could not be confirmed until the completion of research into the revised plans. The aim is to finalise a new set of rules before the start of the new season in March.
The development comes after world champions Mercedes raised concerns towards the end of last season about the 2017 rules, questioning whether the tyres would be able to cope with the increased loads.
Among other issues, Mercedes pointed out that current F1 cars are approaching historic highs in terms of downforce and power and that, if the sport pressed ahead, Pirelli would have to deal with loads to which no other racing tyre has ever been subjected.
Mercedes' rivals rejected their concerns at the time, many saying that the team were trying to protect their competitive advantage by keeping rules stable.
There is concern in some quarters that the limitations of the tyres will undermine the aims of the new rules and lead to a lot of expensive research into new car designs for little effect.
As a result of this, there was a proposal to abandon the whole process of changing the cars fundamentally for 2017, or to just keep the wider track but change nothing else. This was rejected by the wider group of teams.
Pirelli said: "Maybe a totally brand new tyre can be built. There is a lot of speculation about this process, but it is still at a very early stage."
The spokesman added that Pirelli thought a five-second reduction in lap times was "too much", and that four seconds was more appropriate.
The rule changes for 2017 are being formulated at the same time as the road car manufacturers in F1 are trying to come up with revisions to the engine rules to satisfy a request from the FIA for power units to be cheaper, simpler, noisier and more widely available to teams.
The manufacturers have to finalise proposals by 15 January.
BBC Sport has learned that a bid to drop the MGU-H, the part of the hybrid system that regenerates energy from the turbocharger, has been rejected and that the proposal will be for the hybrid system to remain part of the same design as it is now.
However, the idea is for a lot of other parts of the engine to be made standard to reduce costs.
The target is for the price of engines for customer teams to be 10m euros (£7.5m) in 2018, when the changes will be introduced. Power units currently cost customers in the region of 18-23m euros a season.
It's 15 years since Hot Chip started making sweet dance anthems together.
That can be a long time in music, but frontman Alexis Taylor says he never had any doubt they were in it for the long haul.
"We'd been making music together since school, a good few years before we released an album, so I guess that told us there was the possibility of some longevity," says Taylor.
It's his fragile vocals, layered over Joe Goddard's beats, that form the bedrock of the Hot Chip sound, created with bandmates Al Doyle, Felix Martin and Owen Clarke.
"I suppose it's always felt like something we're very committed to doing," continues Taylor.
"So in that sense, I'm pleased - rather than totally surprised - that we're still at it now."
The band are buoyed up by the "great response" to tracks such as Huarache Lights and Need You Now, the first tasters of their new album Why Make Sense?
Since their debut, Coming on Strong, and its Mercury-nominated follow-up The Warning, they've built a reputation as one of the UK's finest electro-pop acts.
And despite now having a wealth of illustrious side-projects between them (including Goddard's The 2 Bears and New Build featuring Doyle and Martin), Taylor says it was "business as usual" when Hot Chip reconvened.
"We seem to just automatically start making songs together every year or so - we seem to need to get back together," he says.
"We'd already begun tracks towards this album when we were coming to the end of touring the last one.
"It's quite hard for us to ever take a proper break because we seem to keep writing. We might be doing other projects but we kind of save things up."
The album's second single Need You Now - a house ballad, sampling a 1983 disco track, that builds into a guaranteed hands-in-the-air-moment - is a case in point.
"With Need You Now, before I'd written any words, Joe had made the bulk of that song... and wasn't really sure if it was going to be his own release or Hot Chip.
"He just played it to us in the studio and we jumped at the chance to complete it.
"The same goes for So Much Further to Go, which I'd written on my own but hadn't recorded.
"It was just a matter of playing it to the band and then suddenly it becoming a Hot Chip song."
Taylor says returning to the fold after releasing his second solo album last year gave him a new-found appreciation for studio collaboration.
"I really enjoyed making that record, but I was quite glad to come back. There was a feeling of the pressure being off in a nice way, because it wasn't totally down to me. It was nice to become a team player again."
When we speak, the band are in the midst of rehearsals to take the new album on tour. They're trying to work out "which of the undroppable songs are being dropped" to make room for classics-in-waiting from the new album.
"The title track is a really fun one to play," says Taylor. "It's got a very different groove. It's quite a raucous-sounding track so it has a wildness to it that's enjoyable to play live."
It's set to join Hot Chip faithfuls like Over and Over and And I Was a Boy from School in the band's festival set, as they return to Glastonbury, Green Man, T in the Park and Lovebox this summer.
After more than a decade of gigging, Taylor has noticed a slight change in the average Hot Chip crowd though.
"We sometimes see people with their dads at our shows - not just my own parents - but strangers in the crowd at Brixton Academy.
"That's quite pleasing, seeing different generations."
The band have been described as "one of the greatest modern pop acts" by The Guardian. But when it comes to feeling like actual 'pop stars', Taylor says, not so much.
"No, we feel like very much like everyday people going about our normal lives.
"But I feel very involved with pop music and very inspired by real pop stars and pop icons, so I'm kind of in quite a happy place in that sense.
"I've grown up inspired by Stevie Wonder, Prince obviously, the Beach Boys, all of the Beatles.
"I still go through different phases of obsessions with different members of the Beatles - George Harrison is the one that I'm most into at the moment - and that doesn't seem to fade after 35 years."
Hot Chip have gone the extra mile to ensure their sixth album's a collector's item.
Each cover will be a unique work of art by their friend, the artist Nick Relph, thanks to a bespoke printing technique that's never been used like this before.
Inspired by Coca Cola's personalised bottles, the "custom algorithm" subtly changes both the colour and the image on each cover.
"We thought that would feel special for our fans," says Taylor.
When it comes to making sense of Why Make Sense? there's one more thing Taylor can reveal - the story behind the track White Wine and Fried Chicken.
Does it call to mind Hot Chip's favourite way to finish off a night on the tiles?
"It's just something that came into my head," laughs Taylor.
"I remember reading about [American rapper] ODB having buckets of fried chicken [backstage] and when he came out on stage he was still eating them and handing them out to the audience.
"A part of me was imagining [him] being the singer when I was writing it, rather than me.
"I'm actually vegetarian," admits Taylor, "so it's not really written from personal experience."
Why Make Sense? is released on 18 May. The album is streaming online now.
Writing for Labour Briefing he said: "It's planned, co-ordinated and fully resourced. It is being perpetrated by an alliance between elements in the Labour Party and the Murdoch media empire, both intent on destroying Jeremy Corbyn and all that he stands for.
"The coup is not being waged up front in public but strictly behind the scenes."
But soon after publication, his spokesman pointed out that the article had been written - although not published - before the party's defeat in the Copeland by-election, adding that the shadow chancellor was now calling for "unity."
And shadow cabinet member Barry Gardiner told the BBC that Mr McDonnell's comments were prompted by "frustration" at what was seen as an unhelpful contribution from the former party leader Tony Blair on Europe - ahead of by-elections in two Brexit-backing areas.
So is there really a coup being plotted against Mr Corbyn?
Well, yes - but not in the conventional sense.
Last year, more than eight out of ten Labour MPs voted for a motion of no confidence in Mr Corbyn, but still failed to oust him when the increasingly left-wing membership simply re-elected him, and with a bigger mandate than before.
His opponents won't be taking that road again, because it is still likely to be a dead end.
Instead, a slower diversionary route is being seen by some as the way forward.
One of Mr Corbyn's staunchest backers has been Len McCluskey, the leader of Britain's biggest union, Unite.
His former flatmate Tom Watson - Labour's deputy leader - failed to persuade Mr McCluskey in turn to persuade Mr Corbyn to agree a leaving date from the party leadership last summer.
But Mr McCluskey is up for re-election at the end of April and is being challenged by West Midlands organiser Gerard Coyne, who is politically to his right.
Mr Coyne's initial pitch was that the union was too focused on Westminster politics under Mr McCluskey and not enough on members' interests.
But following the Copeland defeat, he has more explicitly attacked Mr McCluskey and Mr Corbyn - accusing the former of wasting members' money propping up the latter and calling for loans made to Mr Corbyn's re-election campaign to be repaid rather than written off.
The implication is that a Coyne-led union wouldn't be funding a Corbyn-led Labour Party and that a new general secretary of Unite would apply pressure on the Labour leader to stand down.
However, some of Mr Corbyn's critics at Westminster believe the Coyne campaign so far has had too subtle a message to gain prominent media coverage and should be more explicit about wanting to see the Labour leader deposed.
So far, these Corbyn critics aren't confident that Mr Coyne will succeed in his bid to become the next general secretary of Unite. And - frankly - even if he does, he might be constrained by a more left-wing union executive if he were to try to pull the plug on the current party leadership.
So the real battle is being waged largely beneath the radar at the party's grassroots.
And it is Mr Corbyn's supporters who are being accused of trying to mount a coup.
Mr Corbyn's opponents say the real coup is the one being plotted by those close to the leadership.
They argue that those on the left of the party want to change Labour irrevocably and ensure it can't return to its Blairite past.
While polling suggests that Mr Corbyn isn't a popular leader, the argument goes that the left can't afford to ditch him unless an equally left-wing leader could be guaranteed to succeed him.
So the "coup" that Mr Corbyn's critics would point to is this: an attempt to change Labour's leadership rules to enable a left-wing successor to get on the ballot.
Currently a candidate for the leadership requires the support of 15% of MPs and MEPs before the wider, left-wing membership gets a chance to vote for them.
Mr Corbyn only succeeded in getting on to the ballot in 2015 because some of those to his right "lent" support to "broaden the debate" following the party's unexpectedly bad election result.
That simply wouldn't happen again.
So at this year's annual party conference in September it is almost certain delegates will be given the option to reduce that threshold from 15% to just 5% - a much smaller hurdle for a left-wing candidate to overcome.
That would mean a leadership candidate would need the backing of just 13 elected politicians instead of 37 before being able to put themselves forward to the wider membership.
This has been dubbed the "McDonnell amendment" by Mr Corbyn's critics.
They say this rule change could see the party leadership "transfer" to the shadow chancellor, who failed to get on to the leadership ballot in 2007 when Tony Blair stood down, because he gained too few nominations from his fellow politicians.
But he has denied any leadership ambitions and, in truth, it could be younger left-wing shadow cabinet members such as Rebecca Long-Bailey or Angela Rayner who would benefit from a lower threshold.
Another potential beneficiary could be Clive Lewis, who resigned from the shadow cabinet over the leadership's backing for triggering Article 50 - breaking with those around Mr Corbyn in the process - but potentially endearing himself to the largely pro-Remain membership.
He has denied already registering internet domain names for a leadership bid.
But internal groups such as Labour First and Progress - put over-simply, Brownites and Blairites - are working closely together to try to prevent any of the above from succeeding.
Their view is that if Mr Corbyn was simply replaced by someone with similar politics, Labour would have missed an opportunity to appeal to a wider electorate who believe the party is now too left-wing.
So they are battling against the proposed leadership rule changes.
The only way to stop the changes is to get more anti-Corbyn delegates to Labour's conference this autumn than those who support the leadership.
That means getting more of the leadership's critics along to the local constituency meetings that choose the delegates.
It's estimated that perhaps about 55% of last year's conference delegates were not Corbyn supporters and his critics believe they can succeed in delivering a similar, if not slightly better, number this year.
Labour First recruited a full time organiser last month to assist in this project.
With a large influx of left wing members following Labour's 2015 defeat, the assumption was that many local Labour parties would move to the left.
But that has not been happening on quite the scale that was imagined, with some of the more recent members being happier to vote electronically in leadership elections for Mr Corbyn than attending what can often be tedious meetings to nominate conference delegates.
And Mr Corbyn's opponents say that in recent internal elections - even in parts of London that would be assumed to be pro-Corbyn - those supportive of the leadership have been defeated.
If this year's conference were to reject a change to the leadership rules, the issue can't be raised again for three years - in other words, until after the next election.
That is likely to mean that Mr Corbyn would be urged by his inner circle to stay on until 2020 (assuming no early election) because a left-wing legacy couldn't be guaranteed.
At the weekend Mr Corbyn made it clear that was indeed his intention to contest the next general election - but the working assumption by some others in leadership positions is that he would ideally want to stand aside in 2018 if a suitable successor were to emerge.
To give him that option, Momentum - the group set up to support him and to turn Labour into more of a social movement than a conventional political party - will have to work hard to defeat his opponents at the grassroots.
This won't be as glamorous as the two summers of leadership rallies that have gone before, but might be far more important in determining the future direction of the main party of opposition.
The 21-year-old American musician was killed in a car crash in Chippenham in April 1960, following a gig in Bristol.
The singer was returning to London at the end of a UK tour when the taxi he was in span into a lamp post. The spot is marked with a memorial plaque.
Campaigners are now hoping to raise £10,000 to repair the memorial plaque and to create a "significant statue".
Gareth Inker, who set up the fundraising campaign, said the town's memorial plaque had been there a long time and was in a "bit of a state".
"It's visited by thousands every year - people come from all over the world to pay tribute," he said.
"But it's been damaged by grass cutting machines and the concrete base is crumbling and falling apart.
"So we're basically trying to raise money to repair the plaque and protect it and to also buy a statue - of the great man - for people to actually come and pay their respects to."
Described as "James Dean with a guitar", Eddie Cochran's two biggest songs were Summertime Blues and C'mon Everybody.
His was not the only voice warning of the dangers of AI - Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Steve Wozniak also expressed their concerns about where the technology was heading - though Professor Hawking's was the most apocalyptic vision of a world where robots decide they don't need us any more.
What all of these prophets of AI doom wanted to do was to get the world thinking about where the science was heading - and make sure other voices joined the scientists in that debate.
That they have achieved that aim was evident on Wednesday night at an event in Cambridge marking the opening of the Centre for the Future of Intelligence, designed to do some of that thinking about the implications of AI.
And Professor Hawking was there to help launch the centre. "I'm glad someone was listening," he told the audience.
In a short speech, he outlined the potential and the pitfalls of the technology in his usual vivid language. He reviewed the recent rapid progress in areas like self-driving cars and the triumph of Google's DeepMind in the game of Go - and predicted further advances.
"I believe there is no deep difference between what can be achieved by a biological brain and what can be achieved by a computer. It therefore follows that computers can, in theory, emulate human intelligence — and exceed it."
That, he said, could lead to the eradication of disease and poverty and the conquest of climate change. But it could also bring us all sorts of things we didn't like - autonomous weapons, economic disruption and machines that developed a will of their own, in conflict with humanity.
"In short, the rise of powerful AI will be either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity. We do not yet know which."
So, an easy enough mission for the Centre for the Study of Intelligence - just find out whether AI is going to kill us or not.
Actually the multi-disciplinary centre, which brings together philosophers, psychologists, lawyers and computer scientists, will have a rather more practical programme of research.
Long before the robots decide whether we are surplus to requirements, we are for instance going to need to think about issues such as whether autonomous vehicles should be programmed to protect pedestrians or passengers.
Another speaker at the event was Professor Maggie Boden, a major figure in artificial intelligence research for more than 50 years.
She told me she had long seen the need for the debate we are having now - but she was not worrying about our imminent extinction and was rather less convinced than Professor Hawking that we were heading into the AI future at breakneck speed.
Her concern was about the impact of automation right now - in Japan at least - on elderly people. She pointed to the enthusiasm for the use of robots in the care of the elderly and sick and said society would have to ask whether this was dehumanising. "I'm scared of that," she said.
After decades of research into AI, Professor Boden still does not see robots replacing humans in functions which require empathy and emotional intelligence. Artificial intelligence could soon offer governments the chance to cut growing bills for social care - but at a cost for those in need of help.
Just one of the issues which will now be addressed by the Centre for the Future of Intelligence - and rather more urgent than the threat from some future Terminator.
Read more of the BBC's AI coverage here.
The Victoria Line is closed between Seven Sisters and Walthamstow Central, and services will not be as frequent between Seven Sisters and Brixton.
Transport for London (TfL) said the work would mean an extra 12 trains per hour running on the line.
The line carries more than 200 million passengers a year.
TfL said at present 24 trains per hour were able to travel beyond Seven Sisters, but the work will mean 36 trains can pass through.
London Overground Services are expected to be full on departure from Walthamstow Central, and so will not stop at Clapton, while St James Street will be exit only.
TfL said the three-week closure meant the rest of the Victoria Line, the Central Line between Bond Street and Leyton and bus services in north-east London were expected to be exceptionally busy.
Rail replacement buses will run from Walthamstow Central to Seven Sisters as well as from Walthamstow Central to Stratford and Stratford International.
It's the name given to the match between fierce Spanish rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona, and means "the Classic".
It's the 229th time the two sides will face each other and it could be one of the most thrilling El Clasicos in recent times.
Former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez is expected to make his Barca debut.
He's returning to football after serving a long ban for biting another player during the World Cup.
Madrid and Barcelona are the two largest cities in Spain and this is at the root of their rivalry.
According to the latest Forbes list, Madrid (valued at £2.1bn) and Barcelona (£2bn) are the two richest clubs in the world.
In comparison, Manchester United is valued at £1.75bn.
The Spanish giants have also attracted some of the biggest names in football to their clubs.
From the era of Alfredo Di Stefano and Ferenc Puskas in the 1950s and 60s through to Johan Cruyff and Diego Maradona in the 1970s and 80s, these are clubs with plenty of foreign stars.
English players including David Beckham and Michael Owen and French legend Zinedine Zidane were some of the world's best players to get a taste of El Clasico in the 2000s.
Real are holding an overall 91-89 lead, while 48 games have been drawn.
However, Barca have enjoyed the better of recent league matches, winning eight of the 12 league fixtures between the sides since 2008, including wins home and away last season.
The biggest margin of victory ever enjoyed by either team was an 11-1 cup win for Real in 1943.
More recently, Barca's 5-0 thrashing of Real at the Nou Camp in November 2010 - Jose Mourinho's first Clasico in charge of Madrid - is widely regarded as the finest performance delivered by the Barcelona in recent years.
The global television audience for Saturday's game will be colossal, with estimates placing the number of worldwide viewers between 400 and 500 million.
The kick-off is at 5pm, which has been carefully chosen to allow people around the world to enjoy the game.
At that time, the game is early enough to allow the large number of fans in Asia to watch before going to bed.
It's also late enough to ensure that supporters can also watch over lunch in South America, where there is huge interest because the game involves some of the biggest stars from Argentina (Messi), Brazil (Neymar), Colombia (Rodriguez) and Uruguay (Suarez).
Arek Jozwik, 39, died from head injuries after the attack in Harlow.
Essex Police has released CCTV images of passers-by during the time of a fight involving Mr Jozwik and his friends and a group of youths.
Officers have been meeting Polish police to discuss the case, which is being treated as a hate crime.
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Six teenagers have been arrested and released on police bail in connection with the murder.
Officers from the two forces have also talked about an assault on two Polish men in Kitson Way, Harlow, on Sunday, which is being investigated as a separate hate crime.
A Polish police officer will be based in the town for at least the next week to help the Essex force with its investigation and provide reassurance, the BBC has been told.
"We fully understand that residents in Harlow have been left deeply shocked by the murder of Arek Jozwik, and the assault of two Polish men," said Ch Supt Sean O'Callaghan.
Det Ch Insp Martin Pasmore from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate said CCTV from The Stow showed Mr Jozwik and his two friends at TGF Pizza at 23:10 BST on 27 August.
"They then went outside and spoke with a group of youths as well as other passers-by for up to about 20 minutes," he said.
"However it can be seen that the atmosphere then changed and there was a verbal argument.
"It is during this altercation that Arek receives a single punch to the face, causing him to fall backwards and bang his head on the ground.
He appealed for anyone who was in The Stow on the night in question to come forward and speak to police.
"We are investigating his murder as a hate crime but there are other lines of enquiry that we need to look at and the information you can give us could be vital."
The CMA said the £12.5bn deal, first announced in February, was "not expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition" in the UK".
BT shares were up 3% at midday in the wake of the CMA statement.
The deal is set to create a communications giant covering fixed-line phones, broadband, mobile and TV.
The takeover more than trebles BT's retail customers adding the 10 million it already had to EE's 24.5 million direct mobile subscribers.
John Wotton, chair of the CMA inquiry said: "Having considered all the evidence, the group does not provisionally believe that, in a dynamic and evolving sector, it is more likely than not that BT/EE will be able to use its position to damage competition or the interests of consumers."
The CMA said the two firms operated largely in separate areas "with BT strong in supplying fixed communications services (voice, broadband and pay TV), EE strong in supplying mobile communications services, and limited overlap between them in both categories of service".
BT chief executive Gavin Patterson said: "The combined BT and EE will be good for the UK, providing investment and ensuring consumers and businesses can benefit from further innovation in a highly competitive market".
However, BT may still be forced to break up its internet broadband business, Openreach, by communications watchdog Ofcom.
Rivals TalkTalk and Vodafone say that regulators should force BT to spin off Openreach to improve competition and provide a better service.
The CMA said in a statement: "We are aware of concerns voiced recently about Openreach and wider concerns are currently being considered by Ofcom in their review of the whole telecommunications market."
The Inquiry will now consider responses to its provisional report and publish a final report in January.
Zhi Min Soh, 23, was hit by a minibus on Princes Street, at its junction with Lothian Road, at about 08:30 on Wednesday 31 May.
Ms Soh, from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, was a medical student at Edinburgh University.
The Scottish Fatalities Investigation Unit is carrying out the inquiry.
Ms Soh was run over by a Rabbie's bus and died from her injuries at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
A Crown spokesman said: "The procurator fiscal received a report in connection with the death of a 23-year-old woman on Princes Street, Edinburgh.
"The investigation into the death, under the direction of the SFIU, is ongoing and the family will be kept updated in relation to any significant developments."
Sir Norman Bettison witnessed the 1989 disaster as a spectator.
He has denied being part of a "black propaganda unit" set up to blame Liverpool supporters and "concoct" a false version of events.
His book, Hillsborough Untold, is his attempt to "put the record straight", he said.
Ninety-six football fans died following crushing at Hillsborough stadium, in Sheffield, during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.
Earlier this year inquests into the deaths concluded the victims were unlawfully killed.
Sir Norman, who previously claimed he was made a "scapegoat", said he wrote the book after being "vilified".
He again denied being part any conspiracy to blame fans or change statements in the aftermath of the disaster.
"Most of what's been said about me is in the category of supposition, smear or just plain wrong facts," he said.
"I'm surely entitled, after all that's been written about me, to put my account there.
"People don't have to read it, they don't have to accept it. But it's there for anybody who's open minded enough and fair minded enough to look at it."
Asked why he had dedicated the book to his grandchildren, he said he was concerned about the permanence of material on the internet and that "Googling Grandpa" might "bring all sorts of stuff back".
"If they should ever be troubled by the unanswered concern that grandpa was a criminal, that he was involved in shameful stuff in the aftermath of a tragedy of immense proportions, then they've got something to turn to and make their own mind up," he said.
Dr Dorothy Griffiths, whose brother Vincent Fitzsimmons died at Hillsborough, labelled Sir Norman's comments "a disgusting and offensive attempt to make himself a victim".
She said: "It's all about him. I have to say that his arrogance and self-absorption [is] absolutely breathtaking.
"We've had the inquests and I'm just shocked that he's named his book Hillsborough Untold, because why didn't he tell all this at the inquests?
"Why has he now brought out this book about a so-called untold truth?"
Dr Griffiths said the retired officer had shown "a complete lack of empathy and understanding" for the families, victims and survivors of the disaster.
Barry Devonside, whose son Christopher Devonside died, accused Sir Norman of timing his book to maximise Christmas sales.
"That's Bettison," he said. "He's a man who looks after himself and there's nothing you can do about that.
"It's an insult. I hope very few people buy his book because as far as I'm concerned he has been a problem for the families."
In the wake of the disaster, Sir Norman was part of a police team that gathered evidence about what had happened for use at a public inquiry.
In 1998, he was controversially appointed Chief Constable of Merseyside Police.
He held the post of Chief Constable in Merseyside from 1998 to 2004 before becoming chief constable of the West Yorkshire force, before resigning in 2012.
The Hillsborough Independent Panel published its report in September 2012, revealing that 164 police statements by South Yorkshire Police officers were altered - 116 to remove or change negative comments about the policing of the 1989 FA Cup semi final.
The HIP report said the review and alteration of statements was part of an attempt by South Yorkshire Police to deflect criticism on to fans.
A day after the publication of the HIP report, Sir Norman said Liverpool fans had made the "police's job much harder than it needed to be" - a comment he told the inquests he "regretted" making.
He remains under investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission regarding his alleged involvement in a police cover-up.
In an interview with BBC Radio Merseyside, Sir Norman said he had "concealed nothing".
He also defended police officers on duty on the day of the disaster.
There were many who "still bear a sense of guilt that they were impotent, that they couldn't do anything, that they didn't do anything to avert a catastrophe," he said.
Sir Norman said that while he does not believe he will ever repair his reputation, he hoped the book would give anyone "curious enough" the opportunity "to check the facts".
Sir Norman also explained why he applied to be Merseyside Police's Chief Constable: "It was a perfect fit for my career. All my experience had been in city policing. Merseyside is a big force.
"Perhaps I didn't read the Merseyside temperature as well as I should've done, but there was nothing in my mind that connected a task I'd done 10 years ago with a job I applied for a decade later.
"There's a lot of misunderstanding that shows my appointment and application to Merseyside in a light different to what it was at the time.
"My honest response was I've done nothing wrong 10 years ago, I'm going to go there and prove it."
He added: "Part of the reason I've written the book is the people who are deserving of the most honest account of what went on are the 96 families that were bereaved and have lost as a result of the events at Hillsborough."
Margaret Aspinall, whose son James Aspinall died, said she felt Sir Norman had been "too late" with his comments.
"The families have gone through torture. He says all this 27 years later, but it doesn't make any difference. And not only the families, the survivors as well," she said.
"Nothing he says impresses me whatsoever. I think he's made a big mistake. He's not done himself any favours."
The book's publishers, Biteback Publishing, said proceeds would be donated to charity.
A spokesman for the IPCC said: "We have read and assessed the book.
"We do not think it has a significant adverse impact on the ongoing criminal investigation and we would need to be able to demonstrate this in order to bring any legal action to prevent publication."
The A320 pilot reported seeing a white quadcopter drone "flash past" the aircraft while travelling south of Brookmans Park last August.
No avoiding action was possible due to the lack of available time, a UK Airprox Board report said.
It concluded a "collision had only been narrowly avoided and chance had played a major part".
Air traffic control said the A320 pilot reported that "something had just gone over the top of him" at about 18:45 BST on 15 August 2016 while flying north of Potters Bar.
The controller said another aircraft had just crossed above but the pilot said the object was red and white in colour, had red and blue stripes on two of the rotor arms and was under a metre in size.
All drone operators are required to observe Air Navigation Order (ANO) 2016 articles which require a person in charge of a small unmanned aircraft to only fly the aircraft if reasonably satisfied the flight can safely be made ,and not to recklessly or negligently cause or permit an aircraft to endanger any person or property.
They must also maintain "direct, unaided visual contact" with the aircraft that's sufficient to monitor its flight path in relation to other aircraft.
Airprox board members agreed the drone had been operated at an altitude that was beyond direct unaided line-of-sight, which was not permitted under current regulations without explicit Civil Aviation Authority permission, and that it had therefore been flown into conflict with the A320.
The drone operator could not be traced.
The festival was held at the weekend in and around Inverness and roads along the shores of Loch Ness.
As well as Sunday's main event - the marathon - there was a 10k run and also a 5k fun run and a children's event called the Wee Nessie.
Photographers Paul Campbell and Tim Winterburn captured action and scenes from the weekend of running.
Their aim is to create an interactive resource that places the sites onto a navigable, online map.
The public can submit their own photos and the team will also use software to trawl the internet for relevant shots.
Dubbed "Curious Travellers", the project was announced on Thursday at the British Science Festival.
It is a joint effort from the universities of Bradford, Birmingham, and Nottingham's campus in Ningbo, China.
Project leader Dr Andrew Wilson, of Bradford University, said the initiative would span a huge range of sites and the team was open to suggestions as to what it should focus on - from ancient ruins razed by conflict in the Middle East, to Bradford's own Drummond's Mill, destroyed by fire in January.
"It goes across the globe, this issue," Dr Wilson told journalists at the festival.
The project, he said, was aimed at any sites damaged or destroyed by conflict, vandalism, neglect or natural disaster.
"We're never going to replace or physically rebuild monuments affected by these problems. But we can do more than just preserve their memory.
"We're calling on people to donate their images... and be part of the social media community, helping to direct where put our energy."
He hopes to respond to events that unfold during the project's initial one-year duration - offering the example of last month's earthquake in Myanmar which damaged several ancient temples.
Photos will either be donated from peoples' private archives or taken from travel blogs and other online sources using web-scraping software that Dr Wilson's team will design.
Then the researchers will use software to re-assemble the monuments, buildings or artefacts in digital, 3D form - a technique known as "photogrammetry".
This is complex work, Dr Wilson said, particularly when the images come from a wide range of sources and the geometry of different lenses must be taken into account.
"It's not simply an issue of plugging things into extant software."
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This is not the only digital salvage initiative underway; other projects are already working on re-creating lost treasures from particular locations.
Dr Wilson said his team would be collaborating with those ongoing efforts, and hoped to compile a single resource that can bring many of these virtual landmarks together.
"The nice thing about the digital heritage arena is, it is very much designed around sharing data," he told the BBC.
"The ethos behind this is not to reinvent any data that's already been covered. Sites like Palmyra already have groups that are working in the aftermath of destruction there.
"We hope that our project complements all of this work, and that we will be sharing and talking to partner groups - essentially to make sure that this project has the widest possible reach."
And the Curious Travellers project has the support of the UK's science minister, Jo Johnson, who said in a statement:
"Destruction of our world's monuments is a deliberate attempt to undermine a community's cultural identity. Thanks to the UK's technological advances, our holiday pictures could now help rebuild and preserve these great ancient sites for future generations."
The initiative's name, meanwhile, comes from a letter written by art historian Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, in 1774: "At last some curious traveller from Lima will visit England, and give a description of the ruins of St Paul's, like the editions of Balbec and Palmyra."
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Russia's Ilnur Zakarin won the stage with a breakaway on the steep ascent to the finish at Finhaut-Emosson, before Froome powered away from his rivals.
Adam Yates, who is third overall, was the only yellow-jersey contender close to keeping up with his fellow Briton.
Bauke Mollema and Nairo Quintana lost considerable time on the race leader.
Katusha rider Zakarin, 26, was 55 seconds clear of Colombian Jarlinson Pantano at the finish, with Poland's Rafal Majka tightening his grip on the polka dot jersey - for the best climber - by coming third.
Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara pulled out of the race after the stage so he can rest before next month's Rio Olympics.
"It was a hard Tour for me: a lot of stress and I feel tired," said the Trek-Segafredo rider, 35. "If I want to be good at the Olympics I need rest."
Movistar's Quintana, 26, had been billed as Team Sky rider Froome's biggest threat this year, having finished runner-up to the 31-year-old in 2013 and 2015.
But the Colombian, a notable climber, did not have the strength to keep up with Froome, who followed BMC rider Richie Porte in the final 2km of one of the steepest finishes in this year's event.
Trek-Segafredo rider Mollema, second overall, had already been dropped by that point and the Dutchman conceded a damaging 40 seconds to Froome, with Quintana losing 28 seconds.
The result, on a 184km stage that started in Berne and, for the first time, remained entirely in Switzerland, could prove to be the knockout blow from Froome.
He now has to survive just three more stages through the Alps before the mainly processional final run-in to Paris on Sunday.
"Quintana tried one time to attack but maybe he didn't have the legs like last year," said Froome. "It was tough but I'm happy to follow the best - Richie Porte was very strong on the final climb."
The only rival who looked capable of coming close to matching Froome, who finished the stage 11th, was fellow Briton Yates.
"It's just riding up a hill as fast as you can"
Read Geraint's preview of stage 17
The sight of the 23-year-old from Bury, the leading young rider on the Tour, pulling away from the highly rated Quintana was one few expected to see before the event.
This is only Yates' third appearance in a Grand Tour race - after finishing 50th in last year's Tour de France and 82nd in the 2014 Vuelta a Espana - and he was just six seconds behind Froome on the stage, closing the gap to third-placed Mollema to 26 seconds overall.
Yates will be part of Great Britain's road race team at the Rio Olympics next month, where he will support Froome's pursuit of a medal.
Stage winner Zakarin may not be able to represent his country in Rio, with the possibility of Russia being banned after a report accused the nation of state-sponsored doping.
The 26-year-old, who served a two-year drugs ban in 2009, timed an escape from Pantano to perfection on the final ascent.
He looked jaded as he approached the finish line and was barely able to zip up his jersey to increase the exposure of the team sponsor, but put in a determined climb for his first Tour stage win.
"Thank you to my team-mates," he said. "They've been super. This result is not a surprise for me. In the first week, I also tried to go for it."
Stage 17 result
1. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus/Katusha) 4hrs 36mins 33secs
2. Jarlinson Pantano (Col/IAM Cycling) +55secs
3. Rafal Majka (Pol/Tinkoff) +1min 26secs
4. Kristijan Durasek (Cro/Lampre) +1min 32secs
5. Brice Feillu (Fra/Fortuneo) +2mins 33secs
6. Thomas Voeckler (Fra/ Direct Energie) +2mins 46secs
7. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita/AG2R) +2mins 50secs
8. Stef Clement (Ned/IAM Cycling) +2mins 57secs
9. Steve Morabito (Swi/FDJ) +4mins 38secs
10. Richie Porte (Aus/BMC Racing) +7mins 59secs
General classification after stage 17
1. Chris Froome (GB/ Team Sky) 77hrs 25mins 10secs
2. Bauke Mollema (Ned/Trek) +2mins 27secs
3. Adam Yates (GB/Orica) +2mins 53secs
4. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) +3mins 27secs
5. Romain Bardet (Fra/AG2R) +4mins 15secs
6. Richie Porte (Aus/BMC Racing) +4mins 27secs
7. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) +5mins 19secs
8. Fabio Aru (Ita/Astana) +5mins 35secs
9. Daniel Martin (Ire/Etixx - Quick-Step) +5mins 50secs
10. Louis Meintjes (SA/Lampre) +6mins 7secs
Their aim is to vaccinate about 820,000 people within a week.
The campaign comes after a rise in cholera cases following the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew, which hit the country on 4 October.
Cholera has killed around 10,000 people since 2010, when UN peacekeepers introduced it to Haiti.
Last August, the UN acknowledged it had played a role in the outbreak after scientific studies showed that Nepalese UN troops were the source of the disease.
The troops had emptied toilet waste into the Meille River, a major water source.
The vaccination campaign is believed to be one of the largest of its kind after a natural disaster.
One million doses of the vaccine were shipped to Haiti ahead of the campaign.
Thousands of health workers will administer the oral vaccine to people in 16 communities in the provinces of Grande-Anse and Sud, which were worst hit by Hurricane Matthew.
According to UN figures, the number of suspected cholera cases in Haiti rose to about 3,000 in the wake of the hurricane.
Experts warn that the vaccine is not a complete solution.
They say that one dose is about 65% effective for a period of six months.
Health workers delivering the vaccines will also provide advice on how to prevent the spread of cholera.
They say hand washing, chlorinating the water and washing food are key.
The visitors led 21-9 at the end of the first quarter and were 45-18 at the break.
The Silver Ferns continued to dominate with the scores at 67-25 going into the final quarter.
Wales scored only twice more in the last period as New Zealand added 25 more goals.
Trish Wilcox's Wales team went into the game ranked eighth in the world against second-placed New Zealand, who had finished the recent Quad Series second winners Australia, and above hosts England.
Te Paea Selby-Rickit scored 40 times for New Zealand, a personal record at international level.
The two teams meet again at the same venue, Ice Arena Wales, on Wednesday.
Wales captain Suzy Drane told BBC Wales: "We're not going to be looking at our scoreline. We're going to be looking very much on our performances.
"We always knew it was going to be difficult.
"This is the start of our journey to Commonwealth Games 14 months away and we're going to take the positives; what we did well and make sure we do those more consistently.
"Our consistency is what let us down."
Wales squad: Sara Bell, Fern Davies, Suzy Drane (capt), Bethan Dyke, Chloe James, Kyra Jones, Nia Jones, Lateisha Kidner, Chelsea Lewis, Kelly Morgan (vice-capt), Georgia Rowe, Amanda Varey.
American Martin, 29, has won 23 and drawn one of his 24 fights and beat Vyacheslav Glazkov for the vacant IBF belt in January.
Joshua, 26, most recently beat Dillian Whyte with a seventh-round knockout to claim the British heavyweight title.
The Olympic champion has 15 knockouts from 15 professional fights.
Tyson Fury was stripped of the IBF title after he opted for a rematch against Glazkov's Ukrainian compatriot Wladimir Klitschko, who he beat in November, rather than face the mandatory challenger.
On 10 February, Fury named Martin alongside WBC title-holder Deontay Wilder and Klitschko as three boxers he wanted to fight in 2016.
Fury, who holds the WBA and WBO belts, has threatened to quit boxing but is set to face Klitschko in a mandatory rematch in May or June.
Prior to the Whyte fight, Joshua had recorded 14 straight knockouts in the first three rounds.
Over his 15 bouts, he has accrued only 32 rounds of experience, seven of which came against Whyte.
"Fighting for the heavyweight world title has been a dream of mine since I turned professional," said Joshua, who won gold at the London Olympics.
"I feel privileged to have the opportunity to turn that dream into reality. Martin is a great fighter and a hungry competitor so I am going to have to produce the performance of my career to claim that belt."
The fight will be Martin's first bout outside of the US and he has threatened to "knock out" Joshua.
He said: "I'm coming to the UK to make a statement that I am the best heavyweight in the world and no-one is taking my title.
"I'm world champion, so that doesn't mean just sit back and make easy defences in the US. It means facing the biggest challenges out there."
Both sides scored two first-half tries, but Hull's goal-kicking gave them a 14-10 advantage at half-time, despite Warrington ending the half on top.
The hosts put their stamp on the game in the second half with three further tries without reply from the Wire.
Castleford or Wigan could overhaul Hull with victory in Saturday's meeting.
The influential Albert Kelly scored two tries for Hull while his partner in the halves Marc Sneyd finished with seven goals.
There could be a long ban for Mahe Fonua, after he appeared to make a 'chicken-wing' tackle on Ryan Atkins.
He was sent to the sin-bin for 10 minutes for the incident, but returned to play a key role for Hull in the rest of the game.
Both teams came into the game on the back of revitalised form with Warrington on a run of four wins in a row, but it was Hull who made the brighter start.
Airlie Birds centre Jake Connor was involved in the opening two scores, climbing to take in Sneyd's kick for the first and supplying the killer pass in a sweeping right side move for Fonua to cross for try two.
Warrington's route back into the game came when they forced a drop-out and the ball was worked right to Russell to race in out wide.
Fonua's challenge on Atkins reduced Hull to 12 for a spell and the Wire capitalised from the penalty when Joe Westerman scythed through.
Sneyd popped over a penalty to extend the lead, which was almost wiped out in the second half when Joe Philbin made a huge break down field, but the same player obstructed the defence as Jack Hughes crossed and it was disallowed.
On the back of that let-off, Jamie Shaul bundled in at the corner to quell the visitors' fight-back and after Sneyd's 40-20 kick, Kelly reached out under pressure to touch down a fine score.
Having been kept scoreless in the second half and with time ticking away, Warrington became increasingly desperate and it was punished when Fonua picked off a pass and raced near length of the field before feeding Kelly for his second to seal the win.
Earlier, Hull remembered the life of former player and First World War hero Jack Harrison VC with a minutes applause.
Harrison was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery while fighting on the western front, dying in action on 3 May 1917.
Hull FC: Shaul; Fonua, Connor. Tuimavave, Michaels; Kelly, Sneyd; Taylor, Washbrook, Green, Manu, Minichello, Thompson.
Replacements: Downs, Griffin, Turgut, Fash
Warrington: Ratchford; Russell, R. Evans, Atkins, Lineham; Brown, Patton; Hill, Gidley, Sims, Julien, Hughes, Westerman
Replacements: Cooper, Dwyer, Savelio, Philbin
Updated projections from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries suggest that men aged 65 will now live another 22.2 years, down from 22.8 years in 2013.
Women aged 65 will now live for a further 24.1 years, down from 25.1 years in 2013, the actuaries say.
The change is due to lower expectations of how much death rates will improve.
"Recent population data has highlighted that, since 2011, the rate at which mortality is improving has been slower than in previous years," the Institute explained.
"However, mortality is expected to continue to improve and there is significant uncertainty as to whether this will be at a slower rate than experienced in the first decade of this century," it added.
The actuarial profession bases its analysis - called the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) - on the death statistics for England and Wales which are supplied by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
For the past few decades there has been a very strong and well publicised improvement in life expectancy in the UK, both at birth and also at age 65, which is the most relevant age for pension schemes.
But that trend appears to have slowed down since 2011.
Stephen Caine, of the big actuarial firm Willis Towers Watson, said: "Until recently, mortality rates in the UK were falling at an impressive pace."
"Since 2011, these improvements have stalled [and] as the CMI notes, mortality rates in 2016 were about 11% higher than they would have been if the 2000-2011 trend had continued," he added.
The recent retreat in projected life expectancy has also been recorded for other age groups.
For instance, the CMI data suggests that men aged 45 will now live a further 42 years (down from 43 years in 2013) and that women aged 45 will live for 44 years, down from 45.1 years in 2013.
A spike in deaths in early 2015 during an influenza outbreak provoked some speculation that death rates might in fact start rising for some older age groups.
But Tim Gordon, a spokesman for the CMI, stressed that the changes to life expectancy projections were not due to a deterioration in mortality rates, but simply due to using less optimistic assumptions about how fast those death rates would improve in the future.
However, another actuarial firm, Mercer, pointed out that a spike in winter deaths had continued in recent years.
It said that more than 140,000 people, aged 65 or more, had died in the winter of 2016-17.
That was 11% more than the 126,000 who died in the winter of 2015-16, with the number respiratory-related deaths up by 21%.
But the firm's spokesman, Glyn Bradley, said the long-term trend was still likely to be one of greater longevity.
"Medical research, application of past breakthroughs, innovative use of technology and potential for lifestyle improvements all mean that lifespans will continue to increase," he said.
The much-travelled 40-year-old former West Bromwich Albion and Coventry City striker had expressed interest in succeeding Carl Heeley as manager of the National League North club.
But instead he has opted to move to Shropshire for the rest of the season.
"I've always enjoyed playing Telford. I've scored a few against them over the years," Hughes told BBC Shropshire.
"I had a great time at Worcester, met some great people and scored quite a few goals, but I found out the club was in financial difficulty and that they'd got to get rid of a lot of players and I was one of them. I decided to speak to them about it and they were happy for me to go."
There is a possible option to extend the arrangement beyond the end of this season if Hughes helps Telford to stay in National League North.
The Bucks currently stand 19th, just two points clear of trouble, and a point behind Worcester in the battle to avoid relegation.
Hughes told BBC Hereford & Worcester last weekend that he would be interested in succeeding the long-serving Heeley, who stood down after 22 years with the club.
"I'd be up for it," he said after Worcester's 1-1 home draw with Tamworth. "I've spoken to the board about it and outlined my ideas to them."
But, 22 years on from his debut at Kidderminster Harriers, he also made it clear that he was keen to carry on playing, admitting: "I just love scoring goals.
"I've still got a few years left in me. I've got 14 goals in 20 starts this season. For now, I'm just looking forward to trying to keep Telford up. But, if I can keep feeling sharp, then I hope to carry on."
Hughes, who scored 203 league goals with seven different clubs, spent three years out of the game when sent to prison in August 2004 for causing death by dangerous driving.
He moved back to non-league football with Forest Green in January 2014, after which he returned to Kidderminster before, after a brief stop at Ilkeston, moving on to Worcester in September 2015.
He is expected to make his Telford debut at league-leaders Fylde on Saturday.
Hughes is now scheduled to meet up with Worcester again in a Telford shirt at the Bucks Head on Saturday, 1 April.
Lee Hughes was talking to BBC Radio Shropshire's Nick Southall.
With the scores 7-7 in the shootout, Luton defender Scott Griffiths hit the bar and Geoff Cameron slotted into the top corner to win it for the Potters.
Earlier, Jonathan Walters had given Stoke the lead, lobbing Luton keeper Elliott Justham after a great flick through from Stephen Ireland.
But Hatters sub Cameron McGeehan then levelled for Luton in injury time.
He tucked home Griffiths's left-wing cross to take it to extra time and, after the two sides could not be separated by another 30 minutes, it then became a show of near immaculate penalty taking.
The first 14 consecutive successful kicks were converted before Griffiths's heartbreaking miss for the Hatters.
However Luton, who have yet to win in the league under John Still this season, can go away with many of the plaudits, having stoutly kept out a side who finished ninth in the Premier League last season.
The hosts, who beat Championship side Bristol City in the first round, were the first to seriously test the opposition goalkeeper, when veteran Shay Given tipped over Griffiths's left-footed strike.
That was the only real chance of note in the first half - and the first of the second fell to Stoke striker Peter Crouch, who fired acrobatically wide from Bojan Krkic's cross before the former England man was denied by Justham, who kept out his close-range header.
But Walters, subject of interest from Norwich City, was then found brilliantly by Ireland and had the composure to flick the ball over the onrushing Justham.
That only spurred Luton on, and subs McGeehan and Hall were proving a handful, forcing Given into a fine double save, after McGeehan had earlier fired just wide from a Luke Wilkinson knockdown.
The impressive McGeehan was not to be denied, however, as he slotted in from close range to send the match to an extra 30 minutes.
Luton were in the ascendency, and McGeehan almost put his side ahead in extra time after great work from Hall, but struck inches wide.
Right at the death, the Potters had a free-kick in a great position, but forward Mame Biram Diouf was booked for trying to handle the ball into the net.
20 October 2015 Last updated at 07:40 BST
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The Odeon cinema will soon be joined by restaurants, bars and shops in the Barons Quay development in Northwich, said Cheshire West and Chester Council.
About 1,400 jobs are being created as a result of the regeneration project.
The development is built on the site of abandoned salt mines, which were filled in with grout to prevent their collapse. This stabilisation work in 2007 cost £32m.
Brian Clarke from Cheshire West and Chester Council said the development would "bring a life back into Northwich which has sadly been missing for quite a few years".
"The cinema is a catalyst for the evening economy that we are looking for in Northwich," he added.
A supermarket and multi-storey car park are already open there, with retail units and new public spaces still under construction.
The council took over as the developer for the Barons Quay scheme in July 2013 after an agreement with a private developer was terminated in 2008 when the plans were "put on hold" due to the recession.
Proposals for a hotel and apartments as part of the project were scrapped in March after council officials concluded it was "not the appropriate location".
The body of Italian Giulio Regeni, which showed signs of torture, was found dumped near Cairo on 3 February.
A petition demanding the UK government intervene has now reached 10,000 signatures, meaning it must respond.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office confirmed the case had been raised with the Egyptian authorities.
The 28-year-old student had been researching trade unions, a politically sensitive subject in Egypt, when he went missing in Cairo on 25 January.
His body was found at a roadside nine days later.
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No-one has been arrested over Mr Regeni's death although last month Egyptian authorities claimed to have found a criminal gang responsible for his kidnapping and murder. All the gang members were killed in a shoot-out, they said.
The claim was branded "implausible and risible" by a number of academics who have been pressing the UK government to intervene in the case.
A petition demanding clarification on "what action it will take to ensure a credible investigation into Giulio's murder" has now been signed by more than 10,500 people meaning the government must now provide an official response.
Dr Anne Alexander, a colleague of Mr Regeni from Cambridge University, said: "It should not take 10,000 signatures on a petition to make the government speak out and add its voice to those who are calling for an independent investigation into his brutal murder.
"We hear constantly about how UK businesses can benefit from the close ties between the British and Egyptian governments. Yet when a PhD student from Cambridge is tortured and killed, ministers seem reluctant to say anything critical of the Egyptian authorities."
There has been no official response to the petition from the UK government, however, as The Times (paywall) reported, the FCO has released a statement.
"We are very concerned by reports that Mr Regeni had been subjected to torture," a department spokesman said.
"We have raised his case with the Egyptian authorities in both London and Cairo and underlined the need for a full and transparent investigation. We remain in contact with both the Italian and Egyptian authorities."
A friend of Mr Regeni told the BBC the student's supporters and friends considered the statement "bland".
They fully expected the government to follow this with "something fresh and much, much better," she said.
Sir David's career spanned journalism, comedy writing and daytime television presenting, including The Frost Report.
Internationally, he will be remembered for his revealing interviews with former US President Richard Nixon.
BBC News website readers are sending their memories.
I was at Wellingborough Grammar School when David Frost joined it and although he was two years ahead of me our paths crossed in the school plays.
He was Banquo and I was - it was an all-boys school - Lady Macbeth. He brought tinned haggis for the banquet scene.
We also starred in an Agatha Christie play together called Alibi. There was a rule in the school that if a student was going for Oxford entry that year they were not allowed to be in the school play too. David was the first to break this rule.
He also clambered through the window of the make-up room because he was late to one rehearsal. He was unforgettable.
And I won the school's Public Reading Prize every year except the two I was up against him!
Although he was two years older than me he sat in the corner of our Latin class because he was behind with Latin.
It was all very friendly between us, not too competitive.
I have known Sir David for the past six years.
He helped me with a cancer charity I set up and introduced me to the Prince of Wales to support us - nothing was too much trouble.
We were working on charity projects that would have raised millions.
We were going to compile a book commemorating 250 of his greatest interviews, and he was going to tell the stories behind each of them.
There were also plans for an official portrait of him with some of his favourite interviewees.
He was a true gentleman, and this news has struck me like a thunderbolt.
He was my inspiration in so many ways.
He changed the way people could be interviewed and created an entirely new way of broadcasting.
He challenged politicians and kept them honest. What he did was phenomenal.
He was the loveliest and generous person you could wish to meet, and he made you feel special.
Sir David changed my life the day I met him. It will never be the same again.
I met David Frost in Richmond. I told him he was marvellous on his shows.
David shook my hand and thanked me, I said he was better looking in real life.
Even though we had never met before he said: "So do you sir!" It made us laugh so much.
I felt I knew him for years and have never forgotten that moment.
David Frost will be greatly missed.
The overriding memory is simply what a genuinely nice man he was. He made no 'starry' demands.
I worked as a production manager on Through The Keyhole and not only was Sir David a true professional, he was always polite and courteous to everyone.
He was never difficult or temperamental as so many presenters are.
I'll never forget that in the bar after filming he made a point of acknowledging and thanking every single member of the crew.
It didn't matter what their role was, or how 'important' they were, he treated everyone with equal amounts of respect.
A very sad loss, not only to his family and friends, but also to the television industry.
The Pilgrims came from behind to win 4-2 ahead of the FA Cup third-round replay with the Premier League giants.
Argyle secured Wednesday's replay with Liverpool after drawing 0-0 at Anfield on 8 January against the youngest-ever side fielded by the Reds.
"It's been very difficult for us," Adams said after the Stevenage win.
"We've got people talking about the Liverpool game since we drew at Anfield and everybody else around the place forgot about the Stevenage game.
"We've seen everything goes around the football club and to be fair to the players they've shown a lot of grit and determination to get through the game."
Plymouth have extended the loans of Bristol City striker Paul-Arnold Garita and Reading midfielder Craig Tanner until the end of the season.
Garita, 21, has scored two goals in 14 appearances for the Pilgrims but missed a penalty in Argyle's FA Cup second-round replay against Newport County.
Tanner, who spent all of last season on loan at Home Park, has netted five times for the Pilgrims this season.
The 22-year-old's contract at Reading runs out in the summer.
"Both of them have come into the football club and had a lot of game time," Adams told BBC Radio Devon.
"They've helped the team by scoring goals and assisting with goals and they've been important players for us."
Barby Dashwood-Morris admitted renovating the 600-year-old property while chairman of Wealden District Council's planning committee.
Brighton Magistrates Court heard the work was a "substantial erosion" of history.
Her former partner and co-defendant, Alan Proudfoot, was also fined £48,000.
The changes to her Hellingly house, which included knocking down a wall and installing windows, were discovered when she tried to sell it.
District judge Teresa Szagun said she "intentionally disregarded the requirement for consent - focussing on [her] own needs".
Dashwood-Morris had earlier admitted six counts of breaching planning law, while Proudfoot pleaded guilty to four charges of breaching planning regulations.
Mitigating, Stephen Whale told magistrates: "There was certainly no intention to commit offences and neither were they reckless."
In a statement Dashwood-Morris told the court the pair "strongly believed at the time" the works did "not require authorisation."
Michael Sanders, of the Hailsham Historical and Natural History Society, described the changes as "historic vandalism".
He added: "We can't have people going around changing things whenever they like. It is very alarming."
The interior was filmed for Channel 4 show Double Your House for Half the Money, but it was never aired.
Kelvin Williams, the council's head of planning, said: "Owners of historic properties should be aware of their responsibilities to the property and future generations."
Eriskay Golf Club was launched in 1994 on the island of Eriskay in the Western Isles.
Members played on a six-hole course created on croft land until 1997 when a house was built on the course.
In the last 16 years, the club has played at other courses. This year it affiliated itself to Tain where the new competition will be played on Sunday.
Previously, club members played at Taynuilt in Argyll. Getting there from Eriskay involved a 200-mile (321.8km) round trip and 10 hours on a ferry.
Play later switched to Torvean Golf Club in Inverness.
Eriskay's club has 50 members and celebrates the island's links with Whisky Galore, a 1940s book by Compton MacKenzie that was inspired by real life events.
Later adapted for film, the story was written following the grounding of a ship carrying whisky.
The SS Politician, which was carrying more than 250,000 bottles of the spirit, got into difficulty off Eriskay on 5 February 1941.
The cargo ship was headed for Jamaica when it ran aground on the northern side of the island in bad weather.
The golf club's new competition, the Bonnie Prince Charlie Shield, takes its name from Prince Charles Edward Stuart. From a French ship, the prince landed on a beach behind the club's original course during the 1745 Jacobite Rising.
Willie Rusk, a co-founder of the club, said steps had been taken this year to have it properly recognised as an official club.
He said: "Our members were keen to develop the club as a fully-operational golf club, so that's exactly what we have done.
"We have now affiliated with the Scottish Golf Union, have prepared a full range of competitions for our members during 2013 and are now authorised to administer our members' handicaps."
Eriskay is not the only island golf club with an interesting story.
In 2008, Scottish football legend Kenny Dalglish officially opened a refurbished golf course on South Uist.
Askernish Golf Club plays a course said to have been originally designed by four-times Open championship winner Old Tom Morris in 1892.
The opening ceremony was staged amid a row between the club and seven crofters. The crofters were opposed to an extension of the course onto land they used for grazing livestock.
The dispute was resolved the following year.
Two years ago, another club won its legal fight to sell alcohol on Sundays.
Western Isles Licensing Board had twice refused applications from Stornoway Golf Club to serve alcohol with Sunday lunches.
Following a court hearing in Inverness, Acting Sheriff Charles Stoddart overturned the board's refusal of a drinks licence.
The club wanted to increase income at weekends. However, it was still barred from allowing golf to be played on the Sabbath.
Botswana has more elephants than any other country in Africa - 130,451 to be precise. At least that's the estimate given by the Great Elephant Census.
Sadly, hundreds of them have now probably been killed since the survey was done.
Botswana may be their last place of refuge on the continent, but poachers are already breaching its vast borders in their pursuit of ivory.
After two years spent flying half a million kilometres across 18 African countries, the Great Elephant Census (GEC) results have been released and they don't paint a positive picture.
In seven years, 30% of Africa's elephants have disappeared. At the current rate of decline, half the continent's remaining pachyderms will be gone in just nine years.
These are the headline findings from the first pan-African survey of savannah elephants, funded for $7m ( £5m) by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
It identified Tanzania, Mozambique, Angola and Cameroon as some of the worst affected areas.
"Of the 18 countries that we flew over, the GEC estimated 350,000 savannah elephants," said Dr Mike Chase, from Elephants Without Borders in Botswana, who was the principal investigator.
"Since 2007 Africa has lost 144,000 elephants, primarily due to the ivory poaching crisis. Each year we are losing nearly 30,000 elephants."
It's not easy counting all of Africa's elephants, especially in Botswana where there are so many.
Kelly Landen, also with Elephants Without Borders, has spent hundreds of hours 300 feet (90m) above the ground, peering out of a small plane and counting every elephant she saw between two wands precisely fitted to the wing.
"On each side of the plane we have a camera set up, so when we are counting we take several photographs and then we double-check and re-count afterwards in case we have missed a calf," she said.
The area is split into sections, or transepts, and the plane flies back and forth like a lawn-mower cutting the grass - turning at each end to ensure nothing is missed.
"The methodology is very robust and very strict. It was refined with a group of aerial survey experts. The numbers are extrapolated by the science," said Kelly Landen.
A statistical formula is used to estimate the total number of elephants in each landscape from the sample survey.
As well as counting live elephants, they also took note of every carcass, and in some places there were many.
In parts of northern Cameroon the census found eight dead elephants for every 10 live ones. With only 148 left, scientists believe they will soon be locally extinct.
"There were days on the Great Elephant Census when I thought the only good I was doing was recording the disappearance of one of the most remarkable animals that walks this planet, but we have to be hopeful," said Dr Mike Chase, standing next to a newly discovered carcass.
But it's hard to be hopeful with the aerial survey data, and the evidence from the tracking collars they use to follow herds across the last great trans-frontier range in southern Africa.
Elephants Without Borders was set up to help governments protect the animals that wandered across Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe, but there's now little they can do.
The satellite data shows how the animals are avoiding places where they are in greater danger.
Fitting a tracker on a large elephant is a risky operation.
First a vet has to find a safe place to dart the animal with anaesthetic, so it won't be hurt as it falls when the drugs take effect.
Then the team has to work quickly to attach the collar before injecting an antidote and then watching from a safe distance as the elephant gets back on its feet.
The data is invaluable - and has given a remarkable insight into just how smart, and how threatened, these huge animals have become.
While elephants used to roam quite happily across international borders, the influence of poachers in Angola, Zambia and Namibia now limits them to Botswana.
"Elephants clearly have a cognitive ability to understand where they are threatened and where they are safe and in this case they are seeking refuge and sanctuary in Botswana where they are well protected," said Dr Chase, who admitted there wasn't room for them all.
Even without the worst drought in 30 years, Botswana can't cope with so many elephants.
Hunting has been banned here and even though the species is in crisis, culling is now being discussed.
"We are housing a lot of refugee elephants in Botswana," said Otisitswe Broza Tiroyamodimo, director of the country's Department of Wildlife and National Parks.
"Currently the number of elephants is so high per square kilometre that it puts a lot of pressure on the environment."
The huge human population growth across Africa is fast encroaching on areas where these huge animals can roam, and is increasing conflict with villagers.
But at the moment their biggest threat is from the poachers and traffickers serving Asia's insatiable appetite for ivory.
Flying low over the floodplain which marks the border between Botswana and Namibia, that threat is clear
In the last few weeks Elephants Without Borders have discovered at least 21 fresh carcasses - the first major poaching incidents recorded inside Botswana.
"The cosy pretence that Botswana's elephants are well protected has been completely blown out of the water," he said through the helicopter headset.
"It's the last thing I expected to see and it becomes a lot more personal when it happens in your home country."
Carcass after carcass was scattered along the river - their faces hacked away to remove the maximum amount of ivory.
Soldiers do patrol the border - Botswana takes poaching very seriously - but the distances are vast, the financial returns for traffickers huge, and the risks to Africa's last remaining elephants increasing by the day.
The 24-year-old was in Durham's academy in 2010 and will replace South Africa opener Stephen Cook from late June until the end of the campaign.
Latham, who played for Kent in 2016, hit a career-best Test score of 177 against Bangladesh earlier this month.
"He has potential to build on his excellent record up to now and we are looking forward to welcoming him back," Durham head coach Jon Lewis said.
Christchurch-born Latham has scored 5,322 first-class runs at an average of 41.90, and will be available in all formats for the north-east county.
The left-hander made 374 runs in nine innings in Division Two of the County Championship for Kent last summer, and 128 runs, averaging 21.33, in the T20 Blast.
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The 20-year-old England winger told BBC Sport he is motivated by trophies and not money after rejecting a contract worth £100,000 a week.
Sterling says he will address a new deal at the end of the season.
"He's come a long way in a very short period of time and he needs to remember that a little bit," said Lawrenson.
"I have to feel that he will sign a contract at Liverpool but whether it's haggling for money, whether it's over his own place in the team, I'm not sure.
"He's 20 and not going to Real Madrid or Barcelona or Paris St-Germain. He's not at that level and he has a lot of work to do.
"He's a very good and promising player so you hope he will vastly improve, but he's at the right club now and there's no bias from me as a former Liverpool player. The club have looked after him extremely well."
Match of the Day pundit Lawrenson said he was "really surprised" that Sterling decided to speak out but he believes what the youngster said. "It would be extremely silly to do that interview and not tell the truth."
In his interview, Sterling said it was "quite flattering" to be linked with Arsenal, whom the Reds visit on Saturday. The former QPR player has two years left on his contract worth £35,000 a week.
Lawrenson, who won five league titles with Liverpool and a European Cup, added: "The pressure really now comes back onto him.
"He didn't play really well in the defeat by Manchester United, and if he doesn't play well against Arsenal, the press will say it's playing on his mind, the supporters will say he's not giving his all, so sell him. It's a strange situation."
In addition to interest from the Gunners, Manchester City and Real Madrid have also been linked with the forward.
But Lawrenson said Liverpool would cope if Sterling decided to leave Anfield and believes boss Brendan Rodgers would benefit from taking a relaxed approach.
"I wouldn't say it would be a massive blow," said the former Republic of Ireland international of a potential departure.
"If you look at the evolution of Liverpool under Brendan Rodgers, it's about getting new and young players, raising their value and if you occasionally hit the jackpot a la Luis Suarez, then take the money and rebuild the team.
"The manager now has to manage. The first thing you say to Sterling is: 'forget about all this, we have points to play for, we want to finish in the top four for the Champions League, and we want to win the FA Cup'.
"It's almost a case of: 'over to you'."
Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Gordon Taylor believes Sterling has the right to consider his options but admitted the situation was "untidy".
Taylor said: "I don't think it's meant to be a sign of disloyalty to Liverpool.
"Even Steven Gerrard, a Liverpool man all his career, had to think about his situation from time to time when there was a great deal of interest in him from other clubs.
"It is a little bit untidy however when the negotiating is taking place in the full glare of the media."
LuaLua, 26, previously joined QPR on loan in January 2017 and played 11 times during his initial loan spell, contributing one goal.
"It's good to be back. I know the boys here, I know the manager, this was an easy decision for me," said LuaLua.
LuaLua is eligible for QPR's next Championship fixture at Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.
"I am absolutely delighted to have Kaz back," said QPR manager Ian Holloway. "This is a great opportunity for us.
"He had such a good pre-season with Brighton and it was touch-and-go whether they were going to let him go out again."
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FGM protection orders (FGMPO) ban those at risk of the practice from being taken outside the UK.
While 77 of the orders were granted by courts in England between July 2015 and June 2016, not one was imposed in Wales.
The NSPCC, who obtained the data, said FGM had "no place in any society".
Charity Welsh Women's Aid added: "The lack of prosecutions and FGM protection orders in Wales highlights that, despite legislation, there is still a need for a stronger commitment to changing attitudes as well as a commitment to support provision of specialist services for girls and women affected by FGM."
It called for national and local support for community-based interventions to "challenge attitudes and identify girls at risk", and for professionals, such as school staff and health visitors, to be specially trained.
It has been illegal to carry out FGM in the UK since 1985, which is done for cultural and religious reasons in certain communities.
Introduced in July 2015, anyone can apply for an FGMPO, which can allow a court to confiscate passports and travel documents to stop a girl being taken abroad.
Breaching the order is a criminal offence, with a maximum prison term of five years.
Figures obtained through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by the NSPCC show no orders have been issued by courts in Wales or Northern Ireland.
Of the 77 applications granted in England, 15 were made by police forces, 13 by a solicitor, friend or guardian, 11 by the person wanting to be protected and eight by family members.
The rest were made by other third parties.
Gwent Police said it had not applied for any as the safeguarding measures put into place by police and partners "have meant that the protection orders were not required".
North Wales Police said an application is usually made by the individual concerned or a "relevant third party" and not police.
The Dyfed-Powys and South Wales forces were also asked to comment.
John Cameron, Head of NSPCC Helplines, said FGM was "child abuse" and against the law.
He said: "Some families who subject their children to female genital mutilation may do so because of cultural norms or that they believe it will help their child improve their life.
"It's vital that everyone realises FGM serves no purpose, and leaves long-lasting physical and emotional scars on the victims.
"For far too long female genital cutting has been cloaked in secrecy so we need more people in communities to join forces to ensure this dangerous practice is ended. "
A Home Office spokeswoman said the UK government was taking world-leading action.
"FGM is a horrific act of violence that no woman or girl should ever have to suffer," she said.
"We have significantly strengthened the law on FGM, including introducing a new offence of failing to protect a girl from FGM, extending the reach of extra territorial offences, and creating civil FGM Protection Orders to ensure we are able to protect women and girls at the earliest opportunity.
"We are carrying out an ongoing programme of outreach work to raise awareness of FGM and the available legal measures to tackle the issue, such as FGM Protection Orders. This includes engaging with the police and community organisations in Wales."
FGM, sometimes called female circumcision, refers to procedures including the partial or total removal of external female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
The Milwaukee educator said in a letter to parents that the students would write a paper defending the white supremacy group.
The teacher, who is African-American, emphasised the goal was to teach seventh-graders to write persuasively.
The school withdrew the assignment, adding it believed there was no malicious intent involved.
Parents contacted the Business and Economics Academy of Milwaukee (BEAM) after receiving the letter outlining the essay for when class resumed in January.
"This paper will be a persuasive paper defending Klan members on trial," said the assignment for the students, who are between 12-14 years old. They had recently watched To Kill a Mockingbird.
The teacher noted that it was not meant to "teach the students the Klan was correct in their behaviour, but rather to teach the students to write persuasively", according to the school's statement.
BEAM - which, like other charter schools, is supported by public money, but operates outside the local state school system - has removed the teacher while it conducts an investigation into the incident.
"BEAM feels that the objective of teaching students how to write persuasively is important," the school said in a statement on its website.
"However, we feel that the choice of topic is inappropriate for a 7th grade class. A new topic will be selected for the assignment."
The incident comes amid fears over US race relations and the emergence of the fringe "alt-right" group, which includes neo-Nazis, white supremacists and anti-Semites.
Details on hospital admissions from 1989 to 2010 were handed to the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.
The information was used to produce a report to help insurance firms price their products.
The Health and Social Care Information Centre, which runs the database of records, said "greater scrutiny" should have been applied.
The information given to the Institute contained details on treatments and diagnoses, age, the area the patient lived in, but not their names.
It was handed over in January 2012 and the Institute paid ??2,220 to cover the Information Centre's costs in compiling the data.
The Institute is the professional body for actuaries, the risk experts who work for insurance and investment companies.
A spokeswoman for the Health and Social Care Information Centre said: "The HSCIC believes greater scrutiny should have been applied by our predecessor body [the centre was known as the NHS Information Centre at the time] prior to an instance where data was shared with an actuarial society.
"We would like to restate that full postcodes and dates of birth were not supplied as part of this data and that it was not used to analyse individual insurance premiums, but to analyse general variances in critical illness."
It said it would publish details of the bodies to whom it supplied such data later this year.
"We are absolutely committed to the public understanding what is being done with their information," the spokeswoman added.
But the centre was unable to explain to the BBC in what way the rules were not followed.
This development comes amid mounting concern about a new data-sharing project, which will be administered by the Information Centre.
Last week, NHS England agreed to delay the roll-out of Care.data by six months until the autumn amid criticism of how it has run the public information campaign about the project.
The central database will involve taking records from GP practices and linking them with hospital files already stored by the Information Centre.
Experts say it will enable them to assess diseases, examine new drugs on the market and identify infection outbreaks, as well as monitor the performance of the NHS.
Healthy corals rely on a symbiotic relationship with a photosynthetic algae known as Symbiodinium.
These single-celled organisms live in coral tissue and provide them with up to 90% of their nutrients.
But under stressful conditions, such as elevated water temperatures, this relationship breaks down.
The algae may stop photosynthesising or else corals can expel them into the sea. This results in bleaching, which can prove fatal to the coral.
Now researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) have discovered three distinct viruses attacking Symbiodinium cells, living in a lab culture established from samples collected along the Great Barrier Reef in northern Queensland.
"In the cultures that we have... there seems to be this ongoing, persistent viral infection," says Dr Karen Weynberg, a marine biologist from AIMS who led the research.
"It seems like Symbiodinium is really under attack, quite heavily, from three different types of viruses."
Weynberg, who imaged and sequenced the genomes of the viruses, says there is a "strong possibility" they are having detrimental effects on the algae's ability to photosynthesise and, as a result, could be contributing to coral bleaching.
Her findings provide new insight into the currently unclear impact of viruses on the health of coral reefs, and may have implications for scientists who use algae cultures to study corals.
She will present her results this week at the 2016 Ocean Sciences Meeting in New Orleans.
Viruses are abundant in our oceans. It is estimated there are up to 10m different viruses in a single teaspoon of seawater.
Previous research has shown that exposing Symbiodinium cultures to stress, either in the form of ultraviolet light or elevated temperatures, can cause "latent viruses" to appear.
"I initially set out to repeat those experiments," Weynberg says. "But what I actually found was that, regardless of exposing the Symbiodinium in culture to stressors, the culture already had this persistent, prevalent infection going on… The viruses were actively replicating."
"This was completely unexpected. I was seeing viruses in my stress-free controls."
Of the three different viruses, Weynberg says she is particularly intrigued by a destructive filament-shaped virus, which replicates inside the nucleus of the cell.
"I don't think I've seen anything like them before," she says.
"Those filamentous viruses start taking over the entire cell. By the end you don't see any chloroplasts, you don't see any mitochondria. Eventually all the components of the cells are seen to degrade, and of course that's doom for that particular cell. It's not too rosy a picture."
While the viruses are almost certainly present in corals, Dr Weynberg says they may not be infecting algae as aggressively in the wild.
Algae grown in culture is under stress because it has not had the opportunity to form a symbiotic association with coral, she explains, and this bond could keep the viruses at bay.
She says the next step is to capture and analyse expelled Symbiodinium cells immediately after a bleaching event to see if any of the same viruses can be identified.
"[We also need to] quantify what proportion of cells are going to be under attack because quite often in a viral infection a host can become resistant", she says.
"Coral reef virology is not even in its infancy, it's practically embryonic, so with all these questions we need to go out and rigorously test our hypotheses."
"This is really an important and revealing observation," says Dr Rebecca Vega Thurber, a marine diseases expert from Oregon State University, who was not involved in the study. "The viruses have probably always been there and we've just never detected them."
In 2011, Vega Thurber was serendipitously on the Great Barrier Reef during a mass bleaching event. She collected samples from the coral and discovered viruses were two to four times more abundant than previously documented.
"This was the first time that viral outbreaks had been associated with bleaching events in the wild," she told the BBC.
While not the main driver of coral bleaching, the viruses are likely to be involved in the mechanism that results in the breakdown of the symbiotic partnership, she says.
But microbiologist Dr Ian Hewson from Cornell University in the US says it's "too early to say whether these viruses have any role at all in bleaching".
"It is encouraging that the viruses cause damage to the cells in culture and that may indicate some role in their mortality," he says.
"But it's difficult to put this in context of the stability of symbiosis. It might be "more of a pest than anything, as you lose your lab rats, so to speak", he adds.
It happened at about 15:45 on Friday in the old Co-operative car park on Bridge Street.
The man was sitting in his silver Skoda Octavia when two men got out of a white Vauxhall Corsa and attacked him.
Police said it was "frightening" experience which happened when there were members of the public, including young children, about.
They have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
The victim suffered serious cuts to his hands and arms and was taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley. He remains there, in a stable condition.
The first suspect was described as white, in his 20s, 6ft tall, of broad build, wearing dark clothing with a waist-length waterproof jacket.
The second man was also white, in his 20s, wearing dark clothing with a short waist-length jacket and a black and orange hat.
Det Sgt Ally Semple said: "The motive for the attack is still to be established. It was vicious and I have no doubt that the two suspects were determined to inflict serious injury to the man and cause significant damage to his car.
"It is entirely possible that he will be permanently scarred and could have long term impairment to his hands and arm as a result of the attack.
"This all took place in the middle of the afternoon in an area where members of the public, including young children, were about. Very frightening for anyone to witness, let alone experience."
He added: "The white Corsa, which we believe was fairly new; about two years old and had black alloy wheels, was driven at speed in to the car park and made off again, also at speed, so someone may have noticed it as a result."
The DJ's signed a three-year deal with Abu Dhabi-owned hospitality company Hakkasan Group.
The 31-year-old will hold residencies at three of the group's Las Vegas venues and is their music consultant.
"I am excited to be able to play a part in this next chapter of its story," the DJ said speaking about the deal.
"Its venues are some of the best in the world for dance music and the opportunity to be part of the wider group as it develops into other markets and sectors is a really exciting prospect for me as an artist.
"We have some great ideas up our sleeves."
Calvin Harris will split his time between Hakkasan Nightclub, Wet Republic at MGM Grand Hotel and Casino and the soon-to-open Omnia Nightclub at Caesars Palace.
As Hakkasan's music consultant he'll be in charge of the brand's 'sound' and coming up with new experiences and events over the next three years.
Neil Moffitt is the CEO of Hakkasan, which owns restaurants and nightclubs across North America, Asia, India and the Middle East.
He said: "We are excited to continue our partnership with Calvin Harris as he extends his exclusive residencies with Hakkasan Group.
"He is a truly sensational artist and we look forward to what he will bring to our most acclaimed venues over the next three years".
Calvin Harris released his fourth album Motion in November.
He was named best electronic artist at the MTV EMAs.
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McKinnon's men finished top of Group C thanks to a penalty shootout triumph following a 1-1 draw at Dens Park.
And the manager was delighted that his side will face Dundee in the last 16 on 9 August following Sunday's draw.
"It's brilliant - the city's been starved of the derby for a year and you could see the response," McKinnon said.
"We served up good football and we get to do it again. It's another interesting day for everybody in Dundee to talk about."
Paul McMullan gave Championship side United a second-half lead on Sunday, only for Mark O'Hara's goal to take the match to penalties.
The visitors earned the bonus point thanks to a 4-3 shootout win and McKinnon reckons his troops fully deserved it against the Premiership side.
"Some of the movement and passing from our front four was nothing short of fantastic," he added. "They cut Dundee open numerous time.
"Considering we didn't have a striker, a recognised player to play up there and lead the line, we played some fantastic stuff.
"Fair play to Dundee, they put us under pressure late in the game and we dealt with that side of it as well."
Dundee finished second in the group and while manager Neil McCann was disappointed with that outcome, he was just as pleased as his United counterpart to be doing it all again.
"I'm delighted - it's exactly the draw we wanted," he told BBC Scotland. "You would maybe have heard a little cheer go up in our dressing room (after the draw was made on television).
"We wanted United and we've got United.
"It was colourful, it was noisy, it was passionate and there was some great football. I can't wait to go again.
"We wanted to win the group but didn't due to the penalty shootout. Sometimes you don't get what you deserve and I felt we did deserve to win the game."
Winger Roarie Deacon, who joined the Dens Park men this summer after leaving Sutton United, missed the crucial kick against United on Sunday.
But McCann, who admitted his side "struggled to cope with the movement" of United's Paul McMullan, reckons Deacon will be forgiven for his miss.
"He's brilliant," the Dundee boss said. "There were maybe some raised eyebrows when I brought him here because people didn't know him, but that's why we signed him.
"Scottish fans love that type of player, they've been blessed with good wingers over the years and Roarie looks like he's going to be a find.
"And by the way, he's nowhere near his top level because he's come from part-time football. He's getting sharper but my goodness he's a threat.
"I'm so sad he missed the penalty because he didn't deserve that with his performance."
Armed police are on the scene at Meteor Street in Adamsdown, and a cordon is in place.
South Wales Police confirmed a man had been stabbed and officers were "actively looking" for the offender.
His injuries are said to be serious but not life-threatening. The Welsh Ambulance Service said the man is in his "late teens to early 20s".
He was taken to the University Hospital of Wales.
The takeover would follow several months of talks and is thought to value Monsanto at more than $66bn (£50bn).
According to German media, Bayer has increased its offer to $129 per share while the Reuters news agency says the deal will be announced Wednesday.
The takeover would create the world's biggest seeds and pesticides company.
Combining Bayer and Monsanto would make it the market leader in the US, Europe and Asia.
Bayer's farm business produces seeds as well as chemicals to combat weeds and insects, but it is better known for its healthcare products such as Aspirin and Alka-Seltzer.
Monsanto is primarily known for its genetically modified seeds for crops including corn, soybeans, cotton, wheat and sugar cane. Such seeds have attracted criticism from some environmental activists.
On 5 September, Bayer made its latest increased offer of $127.50 per share. Monsanto rejected this, but said it was engaged in "constructive negotiations" with Bayer.
The latest $66bn offer - which would be the largest cash acquisition on record - comes amid a wave of mergers in the agriculture sector.
Rivals including Dow Chemical, DuPont and Syngenta have all announced tie-ups recently, although some have yet to be cleared by regulators.
The drop in commodity prices has put pressure on companies such as Monsanto, with farmers' cutting orders for supplies.
A Bayer takeover of Monsanto is likely to draw close scrutiny from anti-trust regulators because of the sheer size of the combined company and the control it would have over the global seeds and sprays markets.
Farming groups have raised concerns that such mergers could lead to fewer choices and higher prices while opponents of genetically modified food in Europe worry about Monsanto's influence on the continent.
Erik Kessels said he wanted to demonstrate how internet users are bombarded with images on a daily basis.
The Photography In Abundance installation is part of the What's Next display at Foam Amsterdam.
"The idea was to present it as a sea of images that can you drown in," Kessels told the BBC News website.
Visitors are being encouraged to walk over the mountain of photographs and pick them up, which Kessels said could leave visitors feeling strange as "you're walking over personal memories".
Kessels only downloaded and printed the photos that were free for people to look at on the internet.
"We consume images so fast nowadays, that I was wondering what it would look like if you physically printed off all the images that became available in a 24 hour period," he said.
"When you're downloading them and you have one million images on a server, that's not impressive but when you print them out and put them all in one space, that's when it really overwhelms you."
The artist said he hopes the installation also shows people "how public your private photos have become".
He added: "Before, you had your photo album and only your family and friends could look at. Now people all over the world can look at it if they find it."
The artwork was created as part of Foam's 10th anniversary.
Jefferson Hack, Alison Nordstrom and Lauren Cornell have also provided installations for the What's Next exhibition, exploring the theme of the future of photography.
Daniel Devereux, 30, of no fixed address, admitted two counts of unauthorised access under the Computer Misuse Act.
He hacked into the websites of Norwich airport and the Norfolk and Norwich hospital in 2015. The airport said the breach cost it up to £40,000 to fix.
Devereux was sentenced at Norwich Crown Court to 32 weeks in prison.
He posted a video online boasting of his criminal activity and sent emails to staff at both organisations under the pseudonym 'His Royal Gingerness'.
He was easily tracked down by IT experts who found clues about his computer's location, both from his video and his attempts to access the websites.
In mitigation his lawyer said Devereux was a so-called "white hat hacker" whose non-malicious motivation was to highlight security vulnerabilities so they could be rectified.
The airport hack in September 2015 affected bookings and arrivals and departure boards.
The airport took its website down for three days and built a new one.
The hospital hack, which took place in November 2015, did not affect clinical procedures. The Norwich and Norfolk hospital took its website offline for 24 hours while it improved its security.
Following sentencing, Punam Malhan, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "Through his attack on these two websites, Devereux caused inconvenience and financial cost.
"When faced with the weight of evidence against him, he pleaded guilty.
"Hacking is a serious criminal offence and anyone considering such an attack needs to know they are liable to prosecution."
Two officers attended the spat between Dennis Johnson and Richard Williams, 49, at Wells Farm in Cradley, Herefordshire, before summoning backup.
The pair had disagreed about where the flock should graze.
Details of the saga emerged in a civil court ruling over a boundary dispute.
Judge David Grant heard how Mr Williams, now 52, claimed that Mr Johnson, now 91, had wrongly released sheep onto his land, on the Malvern Hills, early one morning.
The pair began a quarrel, and Mr Williams' wife Swarni called the police. Both the men were arrested, although neither were charged.
Mr Johnson had denied harassing either Mr Williams or his wife and had told Judge Grant: "I am 90 years old, and Mr Williams is probably half my age and about twice my size."
Judge Grant, who analysed the dispute, said "none of the three persons present behaved in a violent or aggressive manner".
The judge agreed with Mr Johnson that he had not been harassing the Williamses, but said there had been instances where Mr Johnson had been a "nuisance", and fined him £500.
Camilla, the University of Aberdeen's chancellor, will officially open its new building on the medical campus at Foresterhill.
She has been chancellor of the university since 2013.
The Rowett became part of the university's college of life sciences and medicine in 2008.
The 10,000m² building has been designed to maintain the Rowett's status as a world leader in food and nutrition research.
The institute began before WW1 as an animal nutrition research centre. Its first director was the future Nobel Prize winner John (later Lord) Boyd Orr.
Its current status in the field of human nutrition is a result of the benefactor whose name it bears.
The philanthropist John Quiller Rowett stipulated that if any of the institute's animal nutrition research was found to have a bearing on humans, it would be allowed to follow it up.
These days the focus is solely on us: what we eat, why we eat it, how we digest it and what we should be thinking about eating instead.
The new building, which involves a £12m investment by the Scottish government, is a huge improvement on the Rowett's old home at Bucksburn.
It is, inevitably, state of the art.
There is a clinical investigation unit, a metabolic research facility and a body composition suite.
The last of these is otherwise known as the Bod Pod.
Looking like a cross between a bubble car and an oversized washing machine, the Bod Pod measures what people are made of: their muscle mass and body fat.
It's where we meet Ian Gourlay, dressed for measurement purposes in only trousers and a rather natty red skullcap.
He's volunteered to take part in this trial, his 16th at the Rowett.
The best one, he says, was when he had to test a range of ready meals designed to make people feel fuller for longer.
Not only were they delicious, he lost weight.
"The worst was eating cabbage for my breakfast," Ian says.
"I had red cabbage one week, then the next week was white cabbage.
"The following week it was kale.
"I've also eaten beetroot burgers, which weren't altogether pleasant."
But he's still coming back for more.
"Some of the stuff is quite interesting.
"The alternative proteins to red meat - the faba beans, the peas, buckwheat."
Ian has been working with senior research fellow Dr Alexandra Johnstone.
She's concerned with our appetites. In her current study, it's a question of whether the right kind of breakfast will make us feel fuller longer - whether the old adage "breakfast like a king, dine like a pauper" has it right.
She offers me a choice of two breakfast trays.
On one, a high fibre cereal, a glass of orange, a cheese and tomato sandwich.
On the other, turkey bacon and boiled egg, a muffin with spread and a smoothie.
Which would keep me happy until lunchtime?
It's the high fibre, fruity one - right?
Wrong.
"The one I would choose," she says, "is the high protein one."
That's the one with the turkey bacon and egg. Not quite a fry-up, but as one of nature's chunkier gentlemen the one I'd be more likely to have gone for in the first place.
"Because I know from my research that that's going to be particularly good at filling me up," she says.
"I'm going to have a busy morning ahead so I'm less likely to grab an unhealthy snack.
"Often we're trying to improve body composition, to help people lose body fat and maintain the muscle mass.
"We know that high protein diets are particularly effective at doing that."
So hit the protein and watch the pounds fall off? Not quite. It has to be the right kind of protein.
Balance is everything. Too much animal protein is bad news in the long term.
Dr Wendy Russell, who heads the gut health team at the Rowett, looks at what happens inside us when appetite has had its way and our digestive system takes over.
"We ran some studies that showed if we ate a diet that's high in plant protein instead of animal protein, it reduced some of the risks associated with a long-term, high-protein, animal-based diet," she says.
They ran the studies using soya proteink, but in Scotland that's not a particularly sustainable approach. Better still if we could use plant proteins we can easily grow here.
"We're looking at local sources that could be readily grown in Scotland that would benefit our food growers and producers."
So if buckwheat, faba beans and linseed start turning up in your meals you'll know where the idea came from.
The Rowett is bursting with ideas.
In the past, studies have examined rationing during WW2 and calculated the food needs of besieged cities.
Today, its researchers are trying to find out if they can influence the taste buds of babies before they are born by feeding the right types of foods to their mothers.
They've even helped develop a healthier Scotch pie.
I would tell you more but I must dash. All of a sudden, I'm hungry.
The ward has been closed for almost a month due to staff sickness levels.
Jamie and Mark Pollock's three-year-old daughter Lacey has a rare, life-limiting but undiagnosed condition.
The family moved to Dundonald from Ballywalter seven years ago to be nearer the hospital.
Four of their children, aged between nine weeks and 13 years, have died due to illness similar to that affecting Lacey.
The Pollocks became concerned for Lacey on Wednesday evening and decided to call an ambulance.
She was taken to the Accident and Emergency Department in the Ulster Hospital.
Jamie Pollock stayed there with Lacey until 23:00 GMT before being offered a bed in a paediatric ward almost 40 miles away in Craigavon Area Hospital, County Armagh.
However, she said that the family were "too scared" for Lacey to be taken to Craigavon as "that ward doesn't know her".
The family felt that they had "no other choice" but to take their daughter home.
Their situation was complicated by the fact that neither Mr nor Mrs Pollock drive, added to which they have a severely autistic son and a nine-month-old baby.
Jamie Pollock said she was "very worried" about the continued closure of the Maynard Sinclair ward, which Lacey attends regularly.
The Pollocks feel the staff at the Maynard Sinclair "know Lacey best and that is where she should be".
Just four months ago, Lacey stopped breathing and her life was saved by staff at the Ulster Hospital.
Jamie Pollock said: "The staff are fantastic, they are like family, we love them to bits, Lacey loves them too."
The Pollocks have called for the ward to be reopened.
Mark Pollock said: "It's the only one there for us, it's where we trust."
Jamie Pollock added: "Something needs to be done or something will go seriously wrong."
The family's four children who died from similar illnesses to those afflicting Lacey all used the Maynard Sinclair ward.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the South Eastern Trust said: "Lacey was seen this morning by our community paediatric team and we are entirely satisfied that she was given the appropriate treatment she required.
"Maynard Sinclair ward remains closed, however paediatric medical services are still available at the Ulster Hospital.
"All children are assessed on a case-by-case basis.
"Appropriate treatment and management is determined by senior staff to ensure the safety of all children remains our priority.
The trust added that it was "happy to discuss the issues raised directly with the [Pollock] family".
The blog of opponent Alexei Navalny, two news sites and one run by Garry Kasparov were blocked on the orders of Russia's prosecutor general's office.
In a statement, it said the blocks were imposed because of the sites' role in helping stage recent illegal protests.
Critics said the blocks were just the latest in a series of moves by Russia's government to stifle dissent.
The blocks come as Russia's central bank reported that hackers had targeted its main website. The site, and that of the Kremlin, were briefly unavailable with authorities saying "technical reasons" were making them hard to reach.
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny is currently under house arrest for two months - a punishment imposed for violating the terms of a five-year suspended sentence given after he was tried on charges of embezzlement. The terms of his house arrest demand that he does not receive visitors or use the net.
Anna Veduta, a spokeswoman for Alexei Navalny, said in a tweet that the block was a "political decision taken as part of the cleansing of the media space".
The block also extends to the Russian news sites Ej.ru and grani.ru as well as the kasparov.ru website.
Alexander Ryklin, editor of the Ej.ru website, said the imposition of the block was "monstrous" and a "direct violation of all the principles of freedom of speech".
"These sites contain incitement to illegal activity and participation in public events held in violation of the established order," said a statement from Russia's state communications monitoring agency Roskomnadzor.
The imposition of the blocks became possible on 1 February after a law drawn up in late 2013 to police sites involved in illegal protests took effect.
It is not clear how successful the blocks will be as followers of Mr Navalny have widely published details of how to reach the sites and avoid official censorship.
Latest research shows that any amount of alcohol can increase the risk of cancer.
The advice is that men and women who are frequent drinkers should consume no more than 14 units a week. It also suggests that pregnant women should not drink at all.
BBC health correspondent Nick Triggle took part in a Facebook Q&A where he answered your questions about the new recommended limit.
Gabhan Padraig Bradley asks: Well, if there's no safe limit, then why limit yourself at all..??
Nick answers: Hi Gabhan, Nick here. The point the guidance is making is that the more you drink the higher the risk. The 14 units limit was chosen because that is the point at which the risk goes above 1% chance of dying from your drinking. That risk of dying early is roughly the same as eating bacon sandwiches several times a week or driving in a car, ie. it's the sort of risk we have doing everyday tasks. But once you go above that the risk gets higher.
Gary Topley - alcohol awareness specialist - asks: Even though guidelines should be in place, I think they will be largely ignored. After all, how many knew what the last ones were? We have to look at this realistically and think how many people who go out with their mates on a weekend, as an example, will think: "I better check the guidelines first". When I was drinking, I would have paid no attention at all. There needs to be something more consistent which people can see all the time.
Nick answers: This is one of the main criticisms of guidance like this. A lot of campaigners are arguing the advice needs to be followed by public health marketing campaigns and clearer labeling on alcohol products. The government, for its part, has said these are under consideration. Nick
Matt Sharp comments: It's only a recommendation. People are free to ignore it if they wish, but should at least be informed before making a decision.
Nick answers: This is indeed how the chief medical officer, who is behind this guidance, has defended herself. One of the criticisms is that the threshold that has been set is quite low in comparison to other countries. For example in Spain men are advised they can drink twice as much, while in France there is no guidance. At the end of the day, drinking isn't being banned. The guidance says it is up to people how they react to it. Nick
Sharon Bradbury asks: I would like to know why should we believe this report over all the others that say some alcohol has health benefits ie, red wine. There are so many contradicting reports it's confusing for people to get to the truth!
Nick answers: A lot of people have flagged up that there is conflicting evidence out there. One of the reasons the guidance has been issued is that there has been so much evidence published. So this has attempted to review what is out there and come up with some definitive advice. The advice is there, it says, to inform. It is up to people to decide what they do with it. But on the benefits of drinking, it is clear this only stands for women aged 55 and over - and then only when they limit themselves to five units a week. That's about two glasses of wine.
On the research of alcohol units, Celia Courtney comments: Unwise amounts are shown, most modern wines are 13-14%, many real ales are 4.3-4.5%, if advice is given it must be realistic, please.
Nick answers: Hi Celia, this is one of the problems with alcohol advice. Studies show people tend not to understand units, but as drinks can vary in strength how much can be drunk changes depending on what you drink. It's a challenge for journalists and experts!
You can read the whole Facebook Q&A session here.
24 June 2014 Last updated at 15:54 BST
Favelas are poorer areas of housing in Brazil built on the edge of big cities.
But not too far from the favela where Raphael lives is a richer neighbourhood, home to Julia, who lives a very different life where debutante parties with DJ's and performers are all part of growing up.
Leah has spent time with Raphael and Julia to see how different their lives are, living in the same city.
The People's Liberation Army Daily said that, at one point, flamethrowers were used to flush out militants hiding in a cave, who were then shot.
It said they were behind a "brutal" attack on the public, which may refer to an attack on a mine in September in which officials said 16 people died.
Xinjiang, often hit by unrest, is home to a Uighur ethnic minority.
The PLA Daily said special forces tracked the militants to their mountain hideout "like eagles discovering their prey".
Police tried to drive the suspects out with tear gas and stun grenades, before an officer ordered the use of flamethrowers, the article said.
China strictly controls media access to Xinjiang so reports are difficult to verify.
It is thought the latest report may refer to militants linked to the incident at the Sogan colliery in Asku on 18 September.
The US government-funded Radio Free Asia (RFA) was the first to report the attack and said at least 50 people were killed.
Earlier this month, RFA said 17 suspects from three families, including women and children, had been killed in the police operation in response to the mine attack.
China says "foreign terrorists" are behind the violence in the region. Hundreds of people have died in attacks over the past three years.
Ethnic Uighurs, who are mostly Muslim, say Beijing's repression of their religious and cultural customs is provoking the violence.
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Prosecutors said the centre had to register as a "foreign agent" because it was involved in political activity and received foreign funding.
Levada Centre is one of a string of NGOs to be investigated recently.
Critics say the law is meant to tarnish the image of civil society groups.
The BBC's Steve Rosenberg in Moscow says that despite pressure, Russia's most prominent human rights and civil society groups have all refused to register as foreign agents.
In a statement, Levada Centre head Lev Gudkov said prosecutors had not only threatened the organisation with sanctions but had undermined its authority.
"The warning puts the Yuri Levada Analytical Centre in an extremely difficult position, in effect forcing it to cease its activity as an independent sociological research organisation, carrying out systematic polls of public opinion in Russia," the statement said.
Mr Gudkov added that foreign funding amounted to only 1.5-3% of the centre's budget each year.
The law requires the phrase "foreign agents" to be included in all materials produced by all affected NGOs. They would also have to undergo financial audits and issue twice-yearly reports on their activities.
The Russian authorities say the law is needed to protect Russia from outside attempts to influence internal politics.
But critics say it could be used to prevent NGOs denouncing vote-rigging and other abuses.
The term "foreign agent" carries a Soviet-era negative taint in Russia, suggesting spying, correspondents say.
Failure to comply with the legislation is punishable by heavy fines or even a two-year prison sentence.
Last month the election watchdog NGO Golos became the first organisation to be fined under the new law.
Last September, USAID was expelled from Russia after being accused of attempting to "influence political processes through its grants", which had totalled $3bn (£2bn).
The bank now expects growth of 1.2% this year compared to the previous forecast of 0.8% and an original forecast of just 0.5%.
However, it expects the growth rate will slow to 1% in 2018 as inflation hits household spending power.
Many economists have revised short-term forecasts after the Brexit vote.
Danske Bank economist Conor Lambe said: "There were a number of positive data releases for Northern Ireland which pointed to a very strong end to 2016.
"And, on the whole, the data for the beginning of 2017 suggests that the economy continued to grow during the first three months of this year.
"Taking all this into consideration, we have revised our forecast for economic growth in 2017 up to 1.2%, though we do anticipate a slight slowdown in 2018."
Mr Lambe said that despite increasing inflation, he still expects consumer spending to drive growth this year.
He is forecasting growth of almost 3% in the hospitality and leisure sector and more than 2% in the retail sector.
Meanwhile, a survey of 315 chartered accountants across all sectors of the Northern Ireland economy suggests they believe Northern Ireland's economic prospects are weakening.
The survey by Chartered Accountants Ulster Society found that its members regarded political uncertainty and Brexit instability as key issues likely to affect the economy over the next 12 months.
Cuts in government spending, concerns around the increasing cost of doing business and rising inflation also featured as negative factors affecting Northern Ireland's economy.
Mariners top scorer Omar Bogle cancelled out James Collins' opener in first-half stoppage time, but Jordan Roberts scored twice in the second half before Bogle's last-minute consolation.
Crawley went into the clash without a win since 1 October, but took the lead in the 31st minute when James Collins produced a neat close-range finish after Adi Yussuf's excellent deep cross.
Grimsby drew level when Bogle notched his 15th league goal of the season with a header after a cross by Tom Bolarinwa deflected off Andre Blackman into his path.
Bogle was only just off target moments after the interval with a dipping 30-yard drive but Crawley went back in front in the 56th minute when Roberts neatly steered in his first goal of the season after being set up by Collins.
Roberts doubled the lead 11 minutes from time by scoring his second direct from a corner.
Bogle reduced the arrears in the last minute of normal time with a tremendous drive from 30 yards into the top corner but Crawley held on.
Report provided by the Press Association.
Match ends, Crawley Town 3, Grimsby Town 2.
Second Half ends, Crawley Town 3, Grimsby Town 2.
Enzio Boldewijn (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Danny Collins.
Attempt blocked. James Collins (Crawley Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Dominic Vose (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Tom Bolarinwa (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Josh Payne (Crawley Town) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box.
Goal! Crawley Town 3, Grimsby Town 2. Omar Bogle (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Tom Bolarinwa.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Tom Bolarinwa.
Josh Payne (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Josh Payne (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Matt Harrold (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Scott Vernon (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mark Connolly (Crawley Town).
Substitution, Crawley Town. Matt Harrold replaces Jordan Roberts.
Goal! Crawley Town 3, Grimsby Town 1. Jordan Roberts (Crawley Town) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right to the bottom right corner.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Dominic Vose.
Attempt saved. James Collins (Crawley Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Zak Mills (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Enzio Boldewijn (Crawley Town).
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Scott Vernon replaces Luke Summerfield.
Substitution, Crawley Town. Kaby replaces Billy Clifford.
Corner, Grimsby Town. Conceded by Josh Payne.
Tom Bolarinwa (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Andre Blackman (Crawley Town).
Substitution, Crawley Town. Enzio Boldewijn replaces Adi Yussuf.
Zak Mills (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Billy Clifford (Crawley Town).
Attempt missed. Adi Yussuf (Crawley Town) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Brandon Comley (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James Collins (Crawley Town).
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Rhys Browne replaces Kayden Jackson.
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Brandon Comley replaces Craig Disley.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Craig Disley.
Attempt saved. James Collins (Crawley Town) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. James Collins (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Danny Andrew.
Zak Mills (Grimsby Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Zak Mills (Grimsby Town).
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Tommy Ward sustained a "significant neurological injury" when burglars raided his home on 1 October.
A safety deposit box, thought to have contained about £30,000, was stolen during the raid.
In an appeal for new information, daughter Jackie Perry, 52, described his attackers as "animals".
"They've walked away and shut that door knowing how seriously ill my dad was and they left him for dead, for the sake of money," she said.
'Attackers are monsters'
Mr Ward was found badly injured at his home in Salisbury Road, Maltby, near Rotherham, after the attack, which detectives have described as "vicious and cowardly".
South Yorkshire Police have released a graphic picture, which shows some of the injuries suffered by the great-grandfather, as part of their appeal.
Posters have also been distributed across the area in the hope they will jog people's memories and encourage potential witnesses to come forward.
Ex-miner Mr Ward's family - which includes his four children, 12 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren - described his attackers as "monsters" following the assault.
Det Insp Richard Partridge urged members of the public to contact police with even "the smallest detail" about the attack.
"What happened to Mr Ward was a brutal attack on a vulnerable man in his own home and those responsible do not deserve to be shielded by anyone," he said.
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Charles Tunnicliffe, from Malltraeth, who died in 1979, created some of his best known work for the "What to look for" seasonal series of Ladybird books.
Anglesey council's museums officer Ian Jones said the artist helped educate generations of children about wildlife.
The exhibition is on show at Oriel Ynys Mon, Llangefni, until December.
Born in Macclesfield in 1901, Tunnicliffe spent most of his life on Anglesey, moving to Malltraeth, near Llangefni in 1947, living there until his death.
Having grown up on a farm, he won a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Art in London.
Tunnicliffe was then able to combine his training and rural upbringing to find work as a freelance commercial artist, designing adverts for farming supplies such as cattle food and fertiliser.
In his 30s, he began illustrating books, winning acclaim for his very first work in this field - Henry Williamson's novel Tarka the Otter.
Moving to Anglesey gave Tunnicliffe further inspiration for his work, which would appear in magazines including Country Life and the Radio Times and even on picture cards given away in packets of tea.
Tunnicliffe's association with Ladybird Books began in the late 1950s with illustrations for The Farm, a learning-to-read book.
It was followed by What To Look for in Winter, the first in a series of nature and wildlife books covering the four seasons.
Along with copies of the books, the exhibition includes original illustrations and artworks by Tunnicliffe, as part of a history of Ladybird books from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Ian Jones, museum officer for Anglesey council, said: "Charles Tunnicliffe is recognised as being one of the foremost wildlife artists of the 20th Century, and a great many of his works were produced here on Anglesey.
"While his contribution to the art world was tremendous, his illustrations for Ladybird Books also helped educate generations of children and young people about the wildlife around us.
"We're pleased to be able to unveil this wonderful exhibition at Oriel Ynys Mon and would like to thank Ladybird Books and Reading University for their co-operation in bringing this collection to Anglesey."
Two men were badly injured when a black Seat left the A698 Hawick to Kelso road near Timpendean, Jedburgh, and landed in a field at about 14:00 on Monday
The men, who were both passengers in the vehicle, were treated at Borders General Hospital.
The male driver of the car suffered minor injuries in the accident, about a mile west of Cleikimin.
A police spokesman said a Vauxhall Corsa was also in the area at the time, but was not involved in a collision with the Seat.
The road was closed for about six hours while police investigated the incident.
Sgt Vinnie Fisher said: "This was a serious collision and we are eager to speak to anyone who may have witnessed this collision or who saw two dark coloured cars on the A698 between Hawick and Cleikimin between 13:45 and 14:10 on Monday to come forward."
Thomas Orchard, 32, who had schizophrenia, died in October 2012 after being arrested in Exeter and collapsing at a police station.
He suffered a cardiac arrest in his cell after being restrained, with a belt put across his face, it was said.
Three officers deny manslaughter charges.
Custody Sgt Jan Kingshott, 43, and detention officers Simon Tansley, 37, and Michael Marsden, 54, each face two joint charges.
Bristol Crown Court heard Mr Orchard had been arrested on suspicion of a public order offence by Devon and Cornwall Police and was in custody at at Exeter's main police station.
After suffering a cardiac rest, he was held down then freed from the restraints - making little or no movement - and left lying face down on a mattress.
The court was told it was a further 12 minutes before officers re-entered Mr Orchard's locked cell and discovered he was not breathing.
He died in hospital seven days later.
Prosecutor Mark Heywood QC told the court: "He was physically restrained - both in the street, the custody unit and the van in between - for a total period of 22 minutes.
"For a significant part of the restraint time at the custody unit, he also had a webbing belt -and, to give it its full name, an emergency response belt, known as an ERB - applied over the whole or part of his face, including at times his nose and mouth."
The first charge alleges the trio carried out an act or series of acts which unlawfully killed Mr Orchard and the second alleges they unlawfully killed Mr Orchard by gross negligence.
The trial continues.
Ipswich Town's Tyrone Mings made the promise to two people on Twitter after his number changed from 15 to three.
The 21-year-old responded to one tweet by saying: "I'll get one made up and sent to you mate."
In March 2013, Mings gave away two match tickets after a fan commented about being "skint".
Ipswich Town's new squad numbers for the 2014-15 season were announced by the Championship club on Monday.
Tom Pullen, 18, from Mersea Island, Essex, had recently bought the club's new shirt and had "Mings" and "15" printed on the back.
After one of his friends commented about Mings' change of number on Twitter, the footballer replied: "I'll buy him a new one."
Mr Pullen said: "Tyrone made a great gesture. It's a great feeling, it just shows what a great community club Ipswich Town is.
"It's brilliant to see the interaction between the Town players and fans.
"I'd like to say thank you to Tyrone, and wish every success to him and the team this season."
Another fan told he would be receiving a new shirt was Glenn Parker, 26, an Ipswich Town season ticket holder for 19 years.
Mr Parker, from Mendlesham Green, Suffolk, tweeted a photograph of his shirt.
He said: "It was my decision to put 'Mings 15' on my shirt before waiting for the club to announce squad numbers so it was very generous of him to offer to replace my shirt if he did change his number."
Aslef has been in negotiation with the rail company at conciliation service Acas but talks ended on Thursday.
Nick Brown, chief operating officer of Govia Thameslink (GTR) Southern's parent company, said Aslef had been unable to accept their proposals.
Aslef said talks had continued but without progress.
A spokeswoman for the union said Aslef was open to resuming talks next week although nothing had been set up yet.
And Aslef later issued an official statement which said: "Talks between Aslef and GTR continued at Acas today but no progress was made. Aslef's door remains open for future talks."
Mr Brown said: "We're deeply disappointed, as our passengers will be, that Aslef has been unable to accept our proposals and we cannot find a way forward to end this dispute with the drivers' union at this stage.
"We're sincerely sorry that commuters' work and family lives are being punished with this unjustified and unprecedented industrial action.
"The unions must stop the pain and suffering blighting passengers and commerce."
Both Aslef and the RMT union are in dispute with GTR over changes to guards' roles on driver-only operated (DOO) trains.
The RMT fears job cuts and has raised safety concerns, and Aslef has described DOO as "inherently unsafe".
But Mr Brown said the company would continue with its plans to modernise the railway.
He said: "We urge the union to think again and work with us and move forward together. Our door remains open."
The rail chief also said the company had put a "practical offer" on the table and he said the union had welcomed its attempts to find solutions.
But he added: "Regrettably, they simply will not shift from their entrenched position and rigid opposition to our modernisation plans.
"Once again, Aslef want to go back and not look forward."
Referring to Aslef claims that DOO is unsafe, he said both the Office of Rail and Road and the Rail Safety & Standards Board had stated that drivers closing doors is a safe mode of operation.
A spokesman for Acas said: "Acas conciliation talks have concluded. Our services remain available."
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said he was "deeply disappointed".
He said: "I have reaffirmed my offer for talks with the unions if they call off strike action, but they have failed to come to the table without pre-conditions."
He said no jobs were being lost and no pay was being cut, but the unions were in dispute over who presses the button to close the train doors.
Mr Grayling said: "Driver-only operated services have been safely used across the rail network for 30 years and the rail regulator has confirmed it is safe."
On Thursday evening, passengers gathered at London Victoria station and then marched to the Department for Transport where they delivered a toy train set and called on Mr Grayling to resign.
Brighton commuter Patrick Olszowski said Mr Grayling was trying to break the unions and "leaving the unions and the privatised rail companies to duke it out with one another".
The crowd demanded immediate government intervention in the long-running dispute and an independent inquiry into what they described as the "collapse of Southern rail".
The DfT has told the BBC the dispute is between Southern and the unions and "not something the government is involved in".
Drivers will go ahead with a 24-hour strike on Friday.
A two-day strike by train drivers on Tuesday and Wednesday brought all Southern services to a halt and left services severely disrupted on Thursday.
Industrial action is also due to continue next week with a 48-hour strike by conductors.
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Macedonia has only been letting in Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans who are fleeing conflict, sparking angry demonstrations from other groups.
The border reopened on Friday morning after a protest by migrants of other nationalities closed it for two days.
There is a substantial riot police presence on both sides of the border.
More than a thousand migrants - notably from Iran, Pakistan, Somalia and Morocco - are still not being allowed to proceed.
Separately, a young Moroccan migrant was electrocuted amid clashes near the Greek village of Idomeni. The man died after climbing onto the roof of a train carriage and touching a high-voltage overhead cable, local police said.
Some 5,000 people are now stuck at the border, including 43 busloads of Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans who arrived overnight on Wednesday.
The thousands of people stranded near Idomeni are sleeping in charity-provided shelters, tents or in the fields.
EU interior ministers will meet on Friday to discuss Greece's ability to control the flow of migrants crossing through the country on the way to northern Europe.
Athens' acceptance of help from EU border agency Frontex and European aid to care for migrants was welcomed by the bloc ahead of the meeting.
Reports had suggested that some EU states had asked for Greece to be suspended from the Schengen passport-free zone for not doing enough to secure its external borders and allegedly rejecting EU help.
Greece denies that it ever spurned EU assistance, but the government, aware of domestic ramifications, has sought to make clear that Frontex will only assist with migrant registration, and not conduct joint border patrols.
Almost 600,000 migrants have arrived in Greece this year, mostly by boat from nearby Turkey. The Greek government says it has spent some €1bn (£722,000) on managing the crisis.
Many migrants try to travel onwards to northern Europe through the Balkans, where several countries have put up fences and reinstated border controls.
It was found at North Queen Street on Tuesday morning and was declared a "viable device".
The police have now launched an attempted murder investigation.
Det Ch Insp Peter Montgomery said it was "lucky" that no officers or members of the public were hurt.
"This incident also caused massive inconvenience, disruption and upset for the local community of north Belfast," he said.
During the operation, a number of families had to leave their homes and several roads in the area were closed.
Police have said they want to speak to the driver of a white van that was seen in North Queen Street just before midnight on Monday 8 August.
Det Ch Insp Montgomery added: "I am appealing for anyone who noticed any activity in the North Queen Street area, close to Spamount Street, between Monday evening and Tuesday morning."
Shropshire Wildlife Trust wants to restore the 15-acre site as an area of wildlife-rich peat bog.
It is launching a public appeal to help convey the site back to nature.
The scrapyard lies on the Marches Mosses, a wetlands area which crosses the Shropshire and Cheshire border.
The trust has bought the scrapyard but said it will have to get specialist help to clean it up.
It currently contains 100,000 tyres, tonnes of wing mirrors and bumpers and oil sump pits.
Once cleaned, the site will be covered with peat allowing the bog habitat to regenerate.
The trust said it needs to raise about £500,000 to clean and manage the land.
Four years ago, the government gave the wildlife trust a grant of more than £500,000 to help maintain the wetlands and make them more accessible.
The post, directed at MP Anna Soubry but misspelling her name, said "Someone jo cox Anna sourby please".
It was a reference to the Labour MP murdered the week before the EU referendum. Her killer, Thomas Mair, 53, was jailed for life last week.
The Met said a 25-year-old man is in custody on suspicion of sending malicious communications.
He was arrested at his home in Bethnal Green, east London.
Nottinghamshire Police confirmed it was investigating the alleged threat made against the MP for Broxtowe.
Ms Soubry told the BBC it was the "second of two death threats" she had received in a week.
Ms Soubry responded to the tweet by saying: "This is what has happened to our politics. Tolerance & free speech must prevail."
A tweet from the same account then replied: "lol get jo coxed you old bint".
The account responsible for the tweet can no longer be found.
Hundreds of people took to the social media platform in support of Ms Soubry.
A Twitter spokesman told the BBC the organisation did not comment on individual accounts "for privacy and security reasons".
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The 42-year-old made a record 963 appearances for United and had a year left on his contract at Old Trafford.
Giggs, who gained his Uefa Pro Licence in 2014, hopes to manage in the future.
"The time feels right and, although I have no immediate plans to step into management, it is where I want to be," he said.
"It's time for a new chapter and a new challenge. I'm excited about the future - I've had the best apprenticeship into management anyone could ever ask for."
As a player, Giggs won a record 13 league titles, two European Cups, four FA Cups and four League Cups before retiring in 2014.
Giggs served as assistant to David Moyes, then Louis van Gaal, but the role now seems likely to be taken by Rui Faria, a long-time friend of recently-appointed manager Jose Mourinho.
The former Wales international paid tribute to both Sir Alex Ferguson - his boss for all but one season of his 24-year professional career - and Van Gaal as "great managerial mentors", and said it was a difficult decision to leave the club he joined as a 14-year-old in 1987.
"After 29 seasons at Manchester United as a player and assistant manager, I know winning is in the DNA of this club - giving youth a chance, and playing attacking and exciting football," Giggs told United's website.
"It's healthy to have high expectations, it's right to expect to win. Manchester United expects, deserves, nothing less.
"This is why it is a huge decision for me to step away from the club that has been my life since the age of 14. It has not been a decision that I have made lightly.
"I'll take away so many special memories as well as a lifetime of experiences that will, I hope, serve me well in the future."
Giggs, who hoped to take over as manager following Van Gaal's sacking in May, backed new boss Jose Mourinho to be a success in the role.
"There are only a handful of proven winners at the very highest level and Jose is unquestionably one of them," he said. "I know the fans will welcome him."
Cardiff-born Giggs joined the United academy on his 14th birthday, turning professional aged 17 in November 1990 and making his first-team debut against Everton on 2 March, 1991.
He became a player-coach following the arrival of Moyes as manager in 2013, and had a brief spell as caretaker-manager following the Scot's dismissal in April 2014, taking charge of the final four games of the season.
He served as assistant to Van Gaal for two seasons.
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Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward says Giggs' "rigour and diligence" will help him become a successful manager in the future.
"The experiences and discipline he developed at United will undoubtedly be a big help as he continues to learn his trade," he said. "He has all the attributes to be a terrific manager in the future."
Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera posted on Twitter: "It has been a great honour to learn from such a football legend like you. I wish you all the best."
United vice-captain Michael Carrick posted a picture on Twitter of him holding the FA Cup with Giggs, and wrote: "Gonna miss this fella. All great things come to an end I suppose. He's gonna make a top manager. Good luck mate."
Dutch defender Daley Blind thanked Giggs on Twitter, writing: "I wish you all the best in the future, a Legend but also a great personality! Learned a lot Thanks #GiggsLegend"
Ryan Giggs might be leaving Manchester United after almost three glorious decades. But Giggs will hope to return one day. And most United fans will share that hope.
Having accepted it was too early to take the manager's job after the experience of being in the hot-seat for four games following David Moyes' dismissal, there is no doubt Giggs felt capable of replacing Louis van Gaal.
In an ideal world, Van Gaal would have seen out his three-year contract and Giggs would have taken over in a seamless transition. As recently as December, it was the future envisaged by senior figures in the United hierarchy.
But football is not an ideal world. Even though Giggs retained influential backers at Old Trafford, the club targeted Jose Mourinho as a potential replacement for Van Gaal as results and performances suffered in mid-season.
By the time the axe fell on Van Gaal in the wake of the FA Cup final win over Crystal Palace, Giggs knew the job would not be his.
And as a relatively late starter in management due to the staggering length of his playing career, there was no other decision to make other than to seek a fresh challenge.
Giggs will not be short of offers. But he needs to choose wisely. He cannot risk his reputation at a club where the sack will follow within weeks if immediate results are not the ones he - or his new employers - are looking for.
It is a moment he has prepared well for. His coaching badges are all done. As Giggs pointed out in his statement, he had two amazing managerial mentors in Sir Alex Ferguson and Louis van Gaal. Draw your own conclusions about the absence of David Moyes from the list.
Giggs had hoped he would stride confidently into the manager's dugout at Old Trafford. Instead, he must do so elsewhere.
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That's what a former Tory benefits axeman in the 1990s used to tell fellow MPs who urged him to find an easy £1bn cut from the nation's welfare bills.
So, "all" that his successor, Iain Duncan Smith, and the Chancellor, George Osborne, have to do now is identify 12 million people they'd like to take £1,000 away from.
The two men met with the prime minister last Thursday to find agreement on how to find the £12bn they've promised to cut from the nation's benefit bill in the next two years. It is not clear that they have yet found it.
They have agreed the total sum they want to save; they've agreed the cuts the prime minister will not let them make - to pensioner and child benefits; they've heard his worries about targeting disability benefits; they've agreed some small popular down payments but they've a way to go before reaching detailed proposals to produce that sum.
That's one reason why the Budget on 8 July will only unveil some of the proposed welfare cuts. Others will have to wait until the Spending Review this autumn.
What, you might ask, about the promise to cut the benefit cap? Or to take housing benefit away from the under 25s? And how about freezing tax credits. Between them those measures would raise less than £1.5bn. Not nearly enough.
So, that's why the prime minister's speech signalled that tax credits are in his sights. They're worth around £30bn of the unprotected welfare spending bill of £77bn a year.
That's why he attacked what he called the "merry-go-round" of the Treasury giving cash to working people with one hand and taking it away with the other. He pledged to "remove perverse incentives" which discourage people from leaving benefits and returning to work and criticised the idea of handing a few pounds to poor people to get them above the poverty line.
This is what David Cameron calls "pitch rolling", preparing the ground for what is to come.
The likeliest target appears to be child tax credit, which is paid to those on low incomes who are both in and out of work.
Newsnight's Allegra Stratton got the first whiff of this a couple of weeks ago. She reported that ministers were studying the work of the Institute for Fiscal Studies which noted that £5bn a year could be saved by returning child tax credit to the level it was just over a decade ago. The IFS estimates that this would hit 3.7 million low income families by £845 per child - producing an average loss of £1,400 per year - although some of these would be future rather than current recipients.
The government have the IFS's backing for saying this would increase work incentives although critics at the Resolution Foundation have pointed out that it would be the 30% of the poorest usually out of work families who would suffer most.
The devil will, as they say, be in the detail. It's worth remembering that it is sometimes the smallest, apparently least controversial cuts that cause the most political pain.
Ministers are well aware that when it was first proposed the "bedroom tax" was regarded in Whitehall as a tidying-up measure and not a symbol of the government's wickedness.
Taking cash away from people who've yet to receive it by cancelling future entitlements or increases is usually easy to do, particularly when inflation is low and when real wages and the minimum wage are rising. What really hurts - people and governments - is taking cash away from families which have already got it.
So, anyone want to start drawing up that list of 12 million people?
Kim backed up her opening 65 with an eagle and three birdies in torrential rain to reach 11 under and leave her clear of England's Georgia Hall (67) and American Lexi Thompson (68).
Overnight leader Michelle Wie followed her course record 64 with a 76.
"I think it [the rain] was about as bad as it could get," Kim said.
"But I really enjoy playing here. If I had to play golf anywhere in the rain, this would be the course."
American Ally McDonald sits fourth after a 68, one clear of England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff, who posted a 70.
Sally Watson is the only Scot out of the seven starters to have made the cut, posting a 69 that included an eagle on 11 to sit three under in a tie for 34th.
Hall led for most of the day thanks to four consecutive birdies and a solitary bogey in a stunning front nine. She added three more birdies on the way in to put herself in a great position for the final two days.
"I don't think I've had four birdies in a row before," Hall said. "I holed some great putts and I'm playing really well."
Another player who hit a hot streak was Thompson, who managed to go one better than Hall with five birdies in a row at the start of the back nine, as well as another on 17, to roar into contention.
British number one Charley Hull hit three early bogeys on her way to a 71 that leaves her five under for the tournament.
England's Mel Reid is also on five under after a 72, with compatriot Sophie Lamb a shot further back after a 71.
Founded more than 100 years ago, it is said to be home to around a fifth of Nairobi's population and yet has not featured in any government plans - until recently.
Fifteen densely populated villages make up this slum. We're in Mashimoni, home to mud huts and tin shacks.
The only formal structure here is a recently built toilet.
But Boniface Ouma has lived in Kibera for 37 years and says the changes are difficult to miss.
There are now tarred roads, mobile clinics and police stations made from shipping containers, working street lights and even free Wifi throughout the slum.
One of the biggest issues has always been housing.
The residents do not have title deeds, so technically the land still belongs to the government.
That does not stop descendents of the original residents, largely from the Nubian community, from sub-letting their tin shacks to more recent arrivals.
Now, however, the government is building permanent houses, with proper sanitation.
Anne Waiguru, the minister of planning and devolution, told the BBC: "We want these new houses to become the minimum standard for the people of Kibera."
Around 50% of those Kibera residents who have jobs are employed in nearby Nairobi, usually as cheap unskilled labour.
However, unemployment is still high, especially among the youth.
Many sit idle the whole day, often getting themselves into trouble with the police and hooked on drugs and alcohol.
As part of the revamp, some young residents are being encouraged to get into business.
The idea is that they will sell locally produced staple foods such as kale, maize and fish.
But Mr Ouma is worried about the future of such projects.
"We need long-term solutions and some of the projects like the vegetable projects and the fish ponds are not really going to be sustainable in the long run."
Others are being engaged in construction work through the National Youth Service.
Since the introduction of the slum renewal project some five months ago, more than 3,500 people have been employed.
Because all the work is done by residents, the government hopes that once they leave, the community will be able to continue building more homes.
It may take up to two years to cover all of Kibera.
As for the new roads, street vendor Millicent Atieno says it has been something of a double-edged sword.
"This means I can get to the market a lot easier and the transport drops me just in front of my stall," she says.
But because some shacks were removed to make space for development, she now has fewer customers living nearby.
While the shacks and lack of sewage are still a daily reality for many residents, new Kibera is fast taking shape.
Shops made of corrugated iron line the streets. These include clothing stores, butchers, street food stalls, bakers and even a wedding gown shop
Trucks collecting rubbish - still a phenomenon here - whizz down the streets, and graders work on new roads, careful not to knock into the new street lights.
We see about 10 people working to unblock one of the main sewerage pipes in preparation for proper drains.
It is filled with garbage. The stench of human waste fills the air.
"If we can keep the drains and dam clean, there'll be a less chance that our children will get sick. The dirty water can also pass easily," one passer-by explains.
It is a dirty job but one that is necessary.
It seems that one of the most welcome additions has been flushing toilets. Previously, residents were using plastic bags which would then be thrown into the nearest river or even into the street.
They call them flying toilets.
"These flying toilets would make us sick. But now we won't catch diseases as often as we did before," said Catherine Mueni, who has lived her for many years.
Residents have also used a hole in the ground that is shared by more than 30 shacks.
Ms Waiguru says her department plans to build 182 communal toilet blocks here. So far, 90 have been completed.
Until recently Kibera had no running water and it had to be collected from the Nairobi dam. The dam water is not clean and there have been reports of water-borne diseases.
Driving through the slum villages, I saw residents forming queues to use one communal tap. They say it is much better than collecting water from the murky dam.
Officials believe if the residents are directly involved in the renovations here, they will take pride in making sure that they are well maintained.
Maria Kowa, 32 and a mother-of-three, agrees.
"This is our home. If we don't look after it, after everything, we will only have ourselves to blame," she says while hunched over a basin of water doing her laundry.
"It warms my heart to see that my children will not have to struggle the same way I did."
She hopes that soon collecting water from the dam will be a thing of that past, and she is looking forward to the days when she'll have clean running water in her own house.
It is still a long way off but many hope the work done here means that one day, Kibera will no longer be synonymous with poverty and chaos and instead become just another Nairobi neighbourhood - one that its residents can proudly call home.
No-one was injured in the incident which took place at about 11:20 on Saturday but numerous wagons derailed and the track was damaged.
The line, which was closed for the weekend for engineering work, could remain shut for two weeks.
It is believed one of the trains ran into the back of the other.
A spokesman for British Transport Police said: "At about 11.20am on Saturday, 1 August, we were called following reports of a collision on the line near to Logan, East Ayrshire.
"Our officers attended and discovered two engineering trains had collided. As a result of the collision a seven wagons and one engine derailed, with some travelling down onto the embankment.
"Fortunately no-one was injured as a result of the collision or derailment, but the tracks have been significantly damaged and the line, which is the main Glasgow to Dumfries route, is expected to be affected for several days.
"At this stage the incident is not being treated as suspicious and the Rail Accident Investigation Branch has been informed."
A spokesman for track owner Network Rail told BBC Scotland that a crane was being brought in to remove the wagons.
He said this would take about 10 days and early indications were that it would then take about three days to repair the track.
The Network Rail spokesman said: "At the time of the incident the line was closed for engineering work and there was no public risk."
Train operator ScotRail Alliance said: "We apologise to customers affected by the disruption. Replacement buses have been arranged to minimise the impact and specialist engineers are working to reopen the line as quickly as possible."
The 27-year-old was attacked in Middleton Street, Leicester at about 04:30 GMT on Friday.
The teenager has also been charged with robbery and possession of an offensive weapon. Two other boys, aged 13 and 15, were charged with robbery.
The trio, who can not be named for legal reasons, will appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Monday.
Police said the victim was now in a stable condition.
Two girls, aged 13 and 14, who were also arrested over the attack have been released without charge, while another 14-year-old girl has been bailed.
Ali, 39, pushed incumbent president Sepp Blatter to a second round of voting in May's poll, winning 73 votes, before standing aside in the contest.
He joins Uefa president Michel Platini as confirmed candidates to replace Blatter and lead football's world governing body.
The election is due to be held on 26 February next year.
"This election should be about football, not personal ambition. We have come too far to walk away now," Ali said.
"We must overcome deep-seated corruption but I was not brought up to walk away from a tough fight. This is about right and wrong."
Blatter, 79, triggered next year's election by announcing shortly after winning the last vote that he would resign amid twin criminal investigations into alleged corruption at Fifa.
Seven Fifa officials were arrested in May on charges of racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering.
Former Fifa executive Chung Mong-joon of South Korea has also indicated that he will run in next year's election, as has Liberian FA president Musa Bility.
Referring to May's election, Ali added: "I was the only person who dared to challenge Blatter, I ran because I believe that Fifa needs change.
"I had the courage when others feared. They didn't have the guts to run, but I did."
Alan Bannister, 56, of Barry, claimed a higher rate disability living allowance after exaggerating the severity of his arthritis, Cardiff Crown Court heard.
He claimed his chronic arthritis left him in constant pain and he struggled to walk and lift a saucepan.
But secret video footage showed him completing 18 holes in four hours.
His trial heard the former mechanical engineer made a claim for more benefits after he quit work on health grounds and saw his income halved.
As well as getting a benefit payment usually reserved for people who cannot walk, he was also given a car - which he drove to golf tournaments.
Bannister told the court he had been advised to play golf by his doctors and maintained he had not claimed anything he was not entitled to.
On his claim form for increased benefits, he said his difficulties had got worse and he needed help getting dressed and cooking food.
But that same year he joined the 18-hole St Andrews Major Golf Club in Dinas Powys - and soon racked up some impressive scores on the course.
He won the club's championship and also lifted a number of other trophies.
Bannister claimed he had "good days and bad days" and golf helped ease his pain.
"I would have ended up in a wheelchair if I did not take up golf. I'm more exhausted not playing golf. Am I a freeloader? No," he said.
In 2012, the DWP received an anonymous tip-off, prompting officials to investigate Bannister.
Footage filmed by officers showed Bannister holding a golf bag with one hand and appearing to have no trouble raising clubs above his head.
In his closing address Mr McLeese, prosecuting, said: "Is this someone out for a leisurely stroll while playing a game of golf on a Saturday morning? Or is this a man virtually unable to walk?"
"He misrepresented enormously his true capabilities."
A jury found Bannister guilty of obtaining money transfers by deception after making false representations.
The decision overturned an earlier ruling by the High Court.
The inquiry had said witnesses did not need legal representation, nor should it be met by public funding.
In January, the High Court said that decision was wrong, but on Friday the Court of Appeal overturned the ruling.
The inquiry is examining allegations of child abuse in children's homes and other residential institutions in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 1995.
It is the biggest child abuse public inquiry ever held in the UK.
The witness, known as BP, wants to give evidence regarding alleged abuse she suffered while living in institutions run by the Order of the Sisters of Nazareth.
She also wants to give evidence of being sexually abused by an outside and independent person (referred to in court as X) during the period when she was in care.
She made an application for legal representation at the inquiry as it was envisaged that her allegations would be robustly rejected and challenged in public.
BP has suffered from severe mental health issues and is currently serving a prison sentence. She submitted that being questioned in public on her background could amount to a significant detriment being cast on her character.
BP's request for legal representation was refused. She then asked for an oral hearing before the chairman, Sir Anthony Hart. Her application was again rejected.
She challenged this decision by way of judicial review and the High Court ruled in her favour.
However, that ruling was appealed by the HIA.
Ferry, 20, has signed a two-year contract at Boro after failing to play a first-team game for the Bees, but had loan spells at Welling and Wycombe.
Lee, 30, leaves after 130 games for Boro along with fellow midfielder Michael Tonge and forward Jake Hyde.
Defenders Andrew Fox, Dean Wells and Nathan Kerr are also being released.
Midfielder Tom Pett, 25, has been placed on the transfer list after talks over a new contract broke down.
Ferry has joined Stevenage after the Bees gave him permission to train there during the latter part of the season.
"I've had a couple of months with the lads so I've got to know them and there isn't any settling in period," he said.
"It has been really useful in that sense so I am just looking forward to getting back from the summer and kicking on.
"The gaffer has been good with me. He has told me exactly what he wants and that is all I can ask for - a clear picture of what I need to do."
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Melissa Hamilton, from Killygordon, Co Donegal, in the Republic of Ireland, died two weeks after she was diagnosed.
Letterkenny General Hospital has apologised to her family.
But Mrs Hamilton's husband Seamus said that and the settlement meant little as it "doesn't bring Melissa back".
Mr Hamilton had sued for damages for nervous shock over the wrongful death of his wife.
The hospital admitted liability in the case in May.
The settlement was reached on Friday, with 900,000 euro (£649,000) awarded for the future care of Mrs Hamilton's three children, who are aged 10, six and three.
Mrs Hamilton died in August 2011, just nine days after the birth of her third child.
She had first been referred to the breast clinic at Letterkenny General Hospital in February 2010, where she was informed that she had a benign cyst.
In June that year, she visited her GP again with a discharge from her breast.
She was referred to the breast clinic for a second time, and was diagnosed with mastitis.
Over a year later, in August 2011, Mrs Hamilton attended a locum GP and was again referred to the breast clinic, where she was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer.
In his first interview since the settlement, Mr Hamilton told BBC Radio Foyle what was important to him was "to clear Melissa's name".
"That figure could've been 20m euro, it wouldn't have mattered one iota," Mr Hamilton said.
"I'm hoping that I've proved the fact that Melissa did all she could.
"I'm hoping that will go some way to help me to move on and show this shouldn't happen."
Mr Hamilton said he wanted the settlement to mark a point from which he could move on with his life.
"I don't want to have to live the rest of my life in anger - it's not a healthy way to be.
"There are certain people in the hospital that if an apology came straight from them it would've meant a bit more.
"But it's only a piece of paper, it doesn't bring Melissa back.
He added that his wife's death should show others it is worth seeking a second opinion in cancer diagnoses.
In a letter read to the high court in Dublin on Friday, Sean Murphy, the general manager of Letterkenny General Hospital, apologised "unreservedly" to Mrs Hamilton's family because her cancer had not been diagnosed and treated at an earlier stage.
Well boss Mark McGhee said he could call for a postponement if any more players are struck down.
He was left with only six of his regular first-team players training on Thursday, but McInnes is "confident and positive the game will go ahead".
'It's very unusual for the league to postpone a game," he said.
"I think it would be very unusual for a game to be cancelled for that, but I have every sympathy for Mark.
''It happened to me before at St Johnstone when it ransacked the club. We had to deal with it. Hopefully the game will go ahead as planned.''
Motherwell were forced to postpone an under-20s game against Celtic on Tuesday after the vast majority of the squad were laid low.
And a request to the Scottish Professional Football League would follow about the Aberdeen game if the illness continues to spread among the first team.
But an SPFL spokesman said that as of 1730 GMT on Thursday, no request from Motherwell had been received.
"We had to shut down the club yesterday," McGhee said.
"If we had another three or four showing these symptoms and unable to train then it would leave me with no choice.
"I might only have nine players including the entire under-20s. I can't go into a football match with eight or nine players."
McGhee believes his team have "a responsibility to the competition", with Celtic also to visit Fir Park on 9 April.
"I don't particularly want to go into the Aberdeen game with half a team and then have my full team out against Celtic," he said.
"I want it to be fair. I want to beat them both with the same team."
Motherwell already had Stephen Pearson ruled out with a punctured lung and broken ribs, with fellow midfielder Keith Lasley a major doubt with a dead leg and defender Louis Laing still sidelined through injury.
"We had the entire under-20s wiped out by a virus," said McGhee. "We had six of the first-team squad showing symptoms.
"At the moment, our count seems to be about 15, which includes two or three of the young boys who have never been involved at first-team level.
"So it's looking pretty grim at the moment with Lasley, Pearson and Laing all injured.
"But if I have nine or 10 of the ones that have been playing every week then I will be quite content to go into the game. I don't want to go in with six though."
Motherwell are hoping to consolidate their place in the top six following their 2-1 win over Dundee United last Friday, while the Dons will arrive aiming to maintain pressure on leaders Celtic at the top.
''Motherwell will be no different to us, they'll want to get all three points, they've got their own motivation," McInnes added. "I can sympathise with Mark - he'll want to get his best team out there.
"They're very competitive and there's no doubt they have some good players, a lot of know-how and they score goals so it'll be tough. But we aim to be a tough opponent for them too."
Ross County's failure to beat St Johnstone on Wednesday means Aberdeen will finish at worst third in the Premiership and have already secured European qualification.
McInnes is confident top scorer Adam Rooney will be fit to bolster their title challenge in the next few weeks, the striker responding well to treatment on a thigh problem.
''He's had another scan and the healing is going well," he added. "I'm confident he'll be back after the split for the last five games. He has a lot to do in terms of coming back before that.''
The pound is currently trading 1% higher against the dollar at $1.22.
Sterling has been sliding since Mrs May announced on 2 October that the formal Brexit negotiation process would start by the end of March 2017.
Traders sold the pound, fearing the effects of a UK exit from the single market.
However, MPs have been demanding to scrutinise the plan to leave the European Union before that date, and on Wednesday the government agreed there should be a "full and transparent debate".
But it added that the process should not "undermine" the government's negotiating position.
"After weeks of tough rhetoric pushing sterling into a trading environment closer to an emerging market currency, the government may aim to stabilise markets, with its rhetoric and suggestions now possibly shifting in tone," said Morgan Stanley's head of currency strategy, Hans Redeker.
"However, there is a fine line to walk as May's Conservative Party wants a clean split from Europe. In addition, giving in too much, even before Article 50 negotiations have started, shifts the negotiation advantage towards the EU. Hence, the pound's rebound should be limited and followed by a decline," he added.
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By early afternoon, the pound was up 0.6% against the dollar at $1.2197, and 0.9% higher against the euro at €1.1068.
Other analysts warned of further volatility ahead.
"It would appear that trying to find a floor for the pound is going to be difficult in the short term, simply due to the amount of political uncertainty being generated on both sides of the Channel, as both sides dance on the edge of the volcano, in laying out their negotiating positions, which for now appear a long way apart," said Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets.
Neil Wilson, markets analyst at ETX Capital said: "If traders think the mood is turning bullish for the pound, they're mistaken. The bears are still very much in control and this relief rally looks like a dead cat bounce. It could just be a short pause before sterling takes another leg lower towards $1.20."
The FTSE 100 share index has fallen back after a recent strong run, which has been partly helped by the weaker pound.
The fall in the pound has boosted the FTSE 100 as many of the companies in the index generate most of their revenues abroad.
A weaker pound means overseas revenues are worth more when they are converted back into sterling.
On Tuesday, the benchmark index hit an intraday high of 7,129.83, and on Monday the fell just short of registering a record close.
However, by early Wednesday afternoon it was down 13.26 points at 7,057.62.
Why does the fall of the pound matter?
On the upside, it matters for exporters which are boosted as their goods are far cheaper on foreign markets.
It matters for multinational companies like pharmaceutical firms which earn much of their income in dollars. It matters for the tourism industry in the UK, as foreign visitors flock here for bargains and good value holidays.
On the downside, it matters for tourists travelling abroad who will find everything they buy much more expensive.
It matters for the food and fuel this country imports as it becomes more expensive. It matters for inflation, as the rise in import costs feeds through to businesses and the High Street.
And remember, it does not need much of a rise in inflation to wipe out real income growth which at present is running at around 2%. If real incomes start falling, that is when the fall in sterling becomes a truly political issue.
Because the pound in your pocket will actually be worth less.
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On Thursday, Aviation Minister Ajit Singh told the parliament that the airlines are expected to report a combined loss of nearly $2bn for the last financial year. Independent analysts peg last fiscal's losses at $2.5bn.
All airlines - there are six main operators - barring budget carrier Indigo are in the red and further losses are expected in 2011-12, he said.
India's biggest airlines - the private Jet and the the national carrier Air India - are struggling.
Private airline Kingfisher has shut down overseas operations, pruned domestic flights, downsized and is desperately hunting for funds. Things are so bad that the government is mulling a proposal to allow foreign airlines to buy stakes in India's airlines to help revive them. But this is not expected to happen soon.
What is wrong with one of the world's fastest growing aviation markets? Aviation and telecoms are held up as leading examples of industries which have bloomed after the unshackling of India's economy.
But in less than eight years the boom is beginning to look like a bust. What went wrong?
Total losses since 2004 are estimated to be around $8bn, and the airlines are groaning under accumulated debts of up to $18bn, according to independent analysts.
Most believe the industry has been hit by steep fuel prices, punishing taxes, tough competition and the general economic slowdown. Airport charges are also on the upswing - Delhi airport has already seen a fat rise and Calcutta, Chennai and Mumbai are expected to follow suit - and flying is going to become more expensive.
Consider aviation fuel, which comprises more than half of the operating cost of an airline.
In early March, global aviation analyst Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (Capa) calculated that a kilolitre of aviation fuel cost 67,000 rupees ($1,247) in Mumbai, compared to 44,000 rupees ($819) in Dubai and 43,400 rupees ($808) in Singapore. India imports the bulk of its oil, so with the rupee falling, it is paying more for it. On top of that, oil is also also heavily taxed domestically.
The situation is not likely to improve in the near future unless oil prices drop, the rupee strengthens and taxes are cut. "There are serious fiscal challenges linked to the slowing economy and punitive taxes, but there are equally serious structural issues with industry and the infrastructure," Kapil Kaul, chief of Capa India told me.
The structural weaknesses extend from quality of air navigation services to adequate inspectors to the way the private airlines are run.
Mr Kaul says the quality of air navigation services needs to be upgraded: airports like Delhi, he says, can potentially handle 90 landings and takeoffs every hour, but do between 50-60. Mumbai airport manages some 30-35 landings and take offs every hour on a single runway. Gatwick manages almost double the number on a single runway.
"Navigation systems are marked by low productivity. There is not enough training of human resources," he says.
Analysts says most of the airlines have expanded recklessly and managed their money poorly.
They point to Indigo, the only airline in black, which runs a low-profile, no-frills, on-time operation and has an extensive network as an example of how the business should be run in these difficult times.
To add to this, many analysts believe, India has weak and understaffed regulatory agencies, and with an economy which aspires to attract billions of dollars in investment, still does not have a civil aviation policy. There is no evidence of any compromise on safety, but the understaffed safety regulator is a growing concern.
India has more than 400 aircraft - flying on both domestic and international routes - and some 3,500 pilots. More than 60 million Indians flew domestically in 2011, and some 37 million flew internationally. Passenger traffic grew by a healthy 17% last year, though it has slowed down a bit since.
On the face of it, the industry should be booming. Instead, it seems to have become a victim of a slowing economy, shoddy fiscal management, punitive taxes, poor management and the hubris of the operators.
Researchers at Australia's Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), just outside Townsville, Queensland, in north-east Australia, have mapped the pattern of destruction.
"Coral cover is half of what it was 27 years ago, coral cover is going down at an alarming rate." Dr Katharina Fabricius, coral reef ecologist and AIMS principal research scientist, told the BBC World Service programme Discovery.
She said the biggest culprit was the Crown of Thorns Starfish (COTs).
"There are three main sources for the coral decline, one is storms, however 42% is attributed to Crown of Thorns Starfish - and just 10% due to bleaching. This compares with 70% due to bleaching for reefs elsewhere in the world , such as in the Caribbean."
Bleaching occurs when corals are stressed by changes in conditions such as temperature, light, or nutrients. They expel the symbiotic algae living in their tissues, causing them to turn completely white.
Australian scientists are now looking at ways to reduce the destruction wreaked by starfish, which have the ability to smother coral and digest the fleshy parts.
"Crown of thorns are amazing creatures, they can grow to larger than a dinner plate they have multiple arms they're covered in spines," said Craig Humphrey, manager of the AIMS SEASIM project, the world's largest marine environment simulator.
"They go onto a coral, invert their stomach and dissolve and digest the coral tissue."
The SEASIM team is running a series of experiments on COTs to look at ways of lessening their impact on coral.
There have always been COTs outbreaks: go into the fossil record and you can find the spines of COTs throughout geological history.
But while outbreaks have occurred over many years, they now seem to be increasingly in frequency - and nutrients from land-based agriculture are the probable culprit.
"The conjecture is the agricultural practice has reduced the time between COT outbreaks," said Mr Humphrey.
"At a point north of Townsville, you'll get an initial outbreak then you'll see waves of COTs spreading down the reef, and they'll consume massive amounts of coral - they do massive damage.
"We've held COTs here on restrictive diets, but you put them into a tank with coral and within 12 hours they'll have consumed all the tissue on that coral."
Excess fertiliser from agriculture, in Queensland particularly from sugar cane farming, is leached into rivers which then run into the sea, taking these concentrated nutrients to the reef.
The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is on a continental shelf, which contributes to the problem, acting as a barrier to the further dispersal of nutrients from the land.
"The GBR is having a higher nutrient status because of what's coming down the rivers - and the main cause of the runoff is agriculture, contributing nutrients to the system at rates that are probably six to 10 times higher than in pre-industrial times," said Dr Fabricius.
John Brodie is team leader of the Catchment to Reef Processes Research Group at James Cook University. He explains that historically only a tiny proportion of COT larvae survived to adulthood - but the agricultural nutrients are changing that.
"Crown of Thorns are very fecund animals: each female can produce between five and 20 million eggs per animal - so a lot of eggs.
"The larvae drift in the water for about five weeks and eat phytoplankton."
In just the same way that algal blooms have been created in other parts of the world, in Queensland an increase in the amount of agricultural nutrients in the seawater has led to a vast increase in the amount of phytoplankton - which the COT larvae need to survive.
As Mr Brodie explains: "What have we done, we've pumped a whole lot of nutrients in, we've increased the amount of phytoplankton enormously at just the right time of year, so instead of 0.0001% of the larvae surviving, now 10 times as much survives.
"Usually we have tiny number of larvae surviving, now we've got big numbers - 10 million eggs per female - so each reef might have a million animals, so now you're talking about five trillion in the water at a time, the numbers are extraordinary."
Mr Brodie has been working with Queensland's sugar cane farmers to try and reduce the amount of fertiliser entering the sea.
He seems to be having some success, reducing levels by 2-3% by suggesting to them that using less fertiliser will save them money and help protect the recreational fisheries that they use.
As the official announcement of an early election draws near, a resurgent opposition Labor party has been piling pressure on with populist policies.
It appears as if this budget is about two things: neutralising Labor's lines of attack for the election and playing up the government's economic management credentials.
This is aside from setting up Australia's economy for future prosperity and reducing a ballooning deficit. Here are five key things you should watch out for.
The end of the mining boom has left Australia with a deficit problem. Ratings agency Moody's said this month that Australia could lose its AAA credit rating if the government cut spending but failed to raise taxes.
The opposition has already boldly announced a number of policy measures aimed at raising revenue, including preventing multinational companies' tax avoidance, increasing the tobacco excise and cutting tax concessions for high-income earners saving for their retirement.
And all three measures will almost certainly be in the government's budget. Reports say Mr Morrison will reduce the amount of tax-deductible debt that multinational companies can load onto their local operations through so-called "thin capitalisation". The treasurer has also confirmed that the wealthy will pay more on their superannuation plans.
These are all relatively modest ideas. The government has taken an increase in the goods and services tax (GST) off the table.
It is also refusing to consider changes to negative gearing laws, which allows property investors to write off losses on private housing on tax. Ending negative gearing on existing dwellings is a key Labor policy.
But while Labor plans to plunge additional revenue back into health and education, the government intends to use its new revenue to deliver a modest cut in the corporate tax rate of 30%. While this leaves Mr Morrison open to charges of supporting big business over ordinary Australians, the government says it will deliver productivity gains in the future.
Workers earning around A$80,000 ($61,300; £42,000) per year can expect some tax relief as the threshold for entering the second-highest tax bracket, where earnings are taxed at 37 cents in the dollar, is pushed higher.
Mr Morrison appears to be sticking to his word that the budget will not be filled with sweeteners for voters. Instead the government is emphasising a message of fiscal responsibility and contrasting that with what it says is Labor's inclination to "tax and spend".
But even as it seeks to emphasise its economic credentials, the government wants to neutralise Labor's promised spending on health and education.
To that end, it's promising a A$5bn subsidised dental plan and an extra A$2.9bn for hospitals between 2017 and 2020. It will also provide an extra A$1.5bn for school funding. By way of comparison, the opposition is promising A$4.5bn in school funding.
This will be a key election battleground. Do voters trust Labor to deliver a solid economy along with increased social spending, or will they prefer the government's fiscally conservative approach?
Cities policy is a pet project of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the government plans to fund crucial infrastructure.
There will be A$5bn to pay for transport infrastructure, chiefly the Sydney Metro and Melbourne Metro rail projects. The fund will only partially pay for each project, with state governments to provide the rest of the cash.
Mr Turnbull has also announced a A$50m Smart Cities program which will look at issuing long-dated government bonds to pay for high-value infrastructure projects.
Australia's budget has not been in surplus since 2007-08 and falls in commodity prices have left a gaping hole in the government's revenues. Australia is now carrying more than A$400bn in debt and this is growing.
The government is aiming to slow this ballooning debt over the next five or six years, returning the budget to surplus by around 2021. It may be wise not to put too much faith in that date as modelling from the treasury has predicted a rapid return to surplus more than once.
Anis Sardar, a 38-year-old black cab driver from Wembley, London, has been convicted of his role in making an improvised explosive device that blew up a US Army patrol, near Baghdad, in 2007.
The blast killed Sgt Randy Johnson of the US 2nd Cavalry Regiment.
This unique prosecution relied on painstaking forensic science and circumstantial evidence.
Those investigations placed the Londoner inside the team of bombmakers in western Baghdad and ultimately led to his conviction eight years after Sgt Johnson's death.
But given Sgt Johnson was killed amid the chaos of Iraq, how could Sardar be found guilty of murder under English law?
As far as British detectives and the Crown Prosecution Service were concerned, this was an act of terrorism, rather than an act of war.
In legal terms, he was a British citizen who had committed a crime overseas.
Generally speaking, the criminal law of the land is just that - it applies only to offences in the UK.
But murder is one of a small number of the most serious crimes that are extra-territorial.
Any British citizen can be convicted of any murder abroad thanks to the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act. The nationality of the victim is irrelevant.
Parliament's rationale was that it wanted a law that would prevent British citizens from getting away with offences by orchestrating crimes abroad, particularly in circumstances where the local authorities would be incapable of bringing the culprit to justice.
So the question was not whether the law said he could be prosecuted, but whether he had a defence to the allegation.
The trial judge Mr Justice Globe told the jury that if they were sure Sardar had helped construct the device that killed Sgt Johnson, they also had to be sure his decision amounted to an action that he could not excuse away.
By his own admission, Sardar had helped build homemade bombs in west Baghdad in 2007, but he told the court he did not know whether he had handled the specific device that killed the American soldier.
The devices, he told the jury, had been constructed by members of a local Sunni community who were repelling sectarian attacks by Shia militias - one of the features of the chaos that followed the fall of Saddam Hussein.
Sardar argued he had wanted to help that local protection force stop the killing sprees, but he had not envisaged the devices would kill American soldiers.
In other words, Sardar argued that he was innocent of murder because he genuinely believed he had been acting to defend others - and the degree of violence was necessary and proportionate to the circumstances. This is the essence of the law of self-defence.
But the prosecution said that defence was irrelevant because the bombmakers' genuine target was the US Army and the defendant had known that.
The design, explosive power and location of each device could only mean they were aimed at destroying heavily armoured American patrols, prosecutors said.
But what about the circumstances of the death - could Sardar argue that Sgt Johnson was a casualty of a legitimate act of war?
The Geneva Conventions set out the rules and, as any soldier knows, military personnel can't be prosecuted for killing each other on the battlefield - assuming of course they do not commit a war crime.
That legal protection extends to people who come from abroad to the aid of an oppressed people.
For instance, British Muslims who fought in Bosnia 20 years ago to prevent the genocide of their co-religionists have never faced prosecution.
Sardar's counsel, Henry Blaxland QC, asked the jury to consider the chaos that Sardar had found himself in after he went to Iraq from Syria, where he had been living.
"How are we, here in Woolwich Crown Court in east London, expected to pass judgement on the reasonableness of someone's conduct in armed conflict in a different country?" he said.
"History shows that when law and order breaks down, previously stable countries can descend into a vortex of violence."
It's that violence that the jury decided Sardar unlawfully contributed to by building a bomb that took the life of Sgt Randy Johnson.
Amber Rudd was speaking in the House of Commons about arrangements after Brexit for EU citizens living in Britain.
She was asked by Labour how employers and landlords could distinguish between those allowed to live and work here and those who had arrived recently and missed the "cut-off".
Ms Rudd said: "There will be a need to have some sort of documentation."
She promised a "phased approach" to ensure the government used "all the technology advantages that we are increasingly being able to harness to ensure that all immigration is carefully handled".
She added: "But we are not going to set it out yet."
Later, Robert Goodwill, the Immigration Minister, confirmed that "no additional documentation" was needed "at this stage".
However, he refused to respond directly to a suggestion from the Liberal Democrats that the cost of the process of documenting EU nationals could be £100m per year and involve 3,000 extra staff.
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Aberdeen North MP Frank Doran said the remark, made in a Commons debate, was "an error of judgement".
But Education Secretary Nicky Morgan - who is also the women's and equalities minister - said his comments were "outrageous and deeply offensive".
UKIP leader Nigel Farage tweeted: "Just imagine for a split second how the media would react if I said this."
During a Commons debate on fisheries, Mr Doran said he could not remember if there had ever been a female fisheries minister.
Sheryll Murray, the Conservative MP for South East Cornwall - whose husband was killed in a fishing accident in 2011 - intervened to say there had not "but we have had former female secretaries of state".
Mr Doran acknowledged she was right, but said there was "no dedicated fisheries minister".
To audible gasps, he added: "I'm not sure it is a job for a woman, although the honourable lady might reach that."
Hearing the reaction around the chamber, Mr Doran added: "That was not a sexist remark. I know the fishing industry very well."
But several hours after the exchange, Mr Doran - who was a lawyer before entering Parliament - apologised. "It was an error of judgement which does not represent my view or the Labour Party's" he said.
Mrs Murray's fisherman husband was killed when his clothes became caught in a netting winch on his boat.
Ms Morgan said Mr Doran's comments "seriously undermine our work to raise aspiration among young women and girls".
She added: "He should apologise immediately. Labour are very good at throwing stones but they are too quick to ignore blatant sexism within their own ranks - Ed Miliband and Harriet Harman cannot ignore this."
Mr Farage said Mr Doran, who is stepping down at May's election, had been given "an easy ride".
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The MRS said the wording of a question about cancer drugs funding led participants to a particular viewpoint.
Responding, ICM said the question was "entirely defensible and structured in exactly the same way as questions used by all polling companies all the time".
The complaint to the MRS was made by the Welsh government.
The MRS also determined that the procedure for agreeing questions was insufficient on this occasion.
The question used in the poll was: "In England, NHS money is ring-fenced for the Cancer Drugs Fund. In Wales, funding for cancer drugs is treated in the same way as funding drugs for all other illnesses. Do you believe money for cancer should be protected?"
ICM director Martin Boon said the outcome of the investigation "raises questions as to the fitness and purpose of the MRS code of conduct in the context of public and political opinion polling, as the code makes no distinction between genuine concerns about question wording versus those driven by political motivation".
A Welsh government spokesman said: "We are pleased that this complaint has been upheld by the MRS.
"It is disappointing that ICM and BBC Wales dealt with a public policy issue of such sensitivity in the way this investigation finding has revealed."
A BBC Wales spokeswoman said: "We note the findings of the MRS relating to one question in a wider poll conducted by ICM on our behalf."
The 24-year-old has played 41 international matches in all formats.
He has been particularly effective in T20, with 21 wickets at 14.47 and a strike-rate of a wicket every 13 balls.
"In the last year or so I have definitely been a lot more successful in the T20 stuff than in the other stuff," he told BBC Radio Nottingham.
"But in the last six months I have been finding my way in the four-stuff and one-dayers.
"In the future I would love to come over and play all the forms. At this stage the T20 is the main focus. It is still a wee, wee way away but I will continue to look to hone my T20 skills and try to be in tip-top condition when I come over."
Sodhi says playing in England is a "great opportunity" with the 2019 World Cup in mind.
"It's great to play at these grounds where I will potentially play a World Cup, which I am targeting," he said.
"It will be great to get used to conditions. The opportunity came up and I will try to grab it with both hands."
Sodhi will be the second of two overseas players at Trent Bridge, with Australian all-rounder Dan Christian returning after being a member of the side that won nine matches in a row in 2016 to reach T20 Finals Day.
"It's a fantastic competition and I am big fan of Finals Day," he added. "We get most of the live stuff back here. It's a great concept playing two T20 games in a day - it is not something we get over here.
"In T20 sometimes being instinctive and being on a roll, the quicker you do things the better."
A report by a Universities UK taskforce has urged universities to take a "zero-tolerance" approach and provide better support to victims.
It was commissioned amid concerns about sexual harassment at UK universities.
While no comprehensive figures exist, one in seven female students polled in a 2010 student survey said they had been assaulted while at university.
The report also found that 68% of those surveyed recorded being subject to some form of verbal or physical sexual harassment on campus.
The National Union of Students (NUS) has been integral invoicing student concerns around sexual harassment and so-called lad culture across institutions.
Students at Queen's University in Belfast (QUB) has taken a proactive approach, working with the Police Service of Northern Ireland and rape crisis and counselling services to offer workshops, discussion groups and Q&As for this year's students.
Events also included a screening of The Hunting Ground, an Oscar-nominated documentary about the perceived failure of US college administrations to deal with the increasing incidence of sexual assault on college campuses.
QUB welfare officer Jessica Elder said she hoped her Consent is Bae initiative would become a regular campaign for the students' union, alongside mental health and other sexual health awareness.
Bae - short for 'before anyone else' - is a slang term meaning affection towards something and reflects Ms Elder's attempt to break existing taboos surrounding sexual harassment and assault on campus.
A qualified nurse, she ran for office with the idea central to her manifesto.
"It's something that people should be educated around and shouldn't feel awkward or uncomfortable talking about consent because it is an issue every day," she told BBC News NI.
"The clothesline project we are doing today allows people to talk about consent without verbalising it.
"People can express their feelings without feeling uncomfortable."
Clothesline projects have been used worldwide to address issues of violence against women by providing a vehicle for silent expression of personal emotions and experiences.
A week-long series of events, ending on Friday, has aimed to create a safe space for students, giving them a platform to "talk openly with like-minded people".
The campaign has reached hundreds of students, with events proving very popular.
"Social media has blown up a bit, people are just really positive that the student's union is running a campaign like this," said Ms Elder.
"They feel it's really important."
NUS-USI women's officer Collette McAllister said: "There has to be a zero tolerance approach to sexual harassment, hate crime and violence amongst students and also wider society.
"It is also crucial that all survivors of sexual violence are provided with robust support, as outlined within this report.
"It is absolutely imperative that all education institutions in Northern Ireland take on board and implement the guidance and recommendations.
"All students must be able to study in a safe, inclusive and welcoming environment."
A number of universities across the UK and Ireland have already introduced recommended and compulsory sessions as part of students' fresher's week inductions.
Ulster University has also announced it is to host a conference in November promoting safer relationships among students.
Twitter campaigners used the hashtag #UnsafeAtUni after the report's release to encourage victims to speak out about harassment faced on campus.
The assembly's Committee on Standards and Privileges report follows BBC Spotlight allegations four years ago.
Mrs Robinson broke assembly rules by failing to register three payments, including two from property developers to help her teenage lover.
The investigation found First Minister Peter Robinson did not breach the code.
A Democratic Unionist Party spokesperson welcomed the report, and called on the BBC to "apologise for its malicious comments" made about Mr Robinson.
In a letter included in the report dated 1 August 2014, Mr Robinson said he wanted "an unconditional and fulsome apology from the BBC".
A BBC spokeswoman said: "The key facts as laid out by the programme in relation to Iris and Peter Robinson do not appear to be disputed by the Assembly Commissioner for Standards' report. Spotlight did not allege that Peter Robinson had breached the members' code."
The spokeswoman said the BBC was satisfied that the Spotlight investigation raised legitimate, and important, issues of public interest.
"Our journalism was fair, robust and evidence-based," she added.
BBC Spotlight programme four years ago revealed Iris Robinson's financial and personal relationship with the then 19-year-old businessman, Kirk McCambley.
The January 2010 programme revealed Mrs Robinson obtained £50,000 from two property developers in order to help Mr McCambley secure a tender for a south Belfast café, the Lock Keeper's Inn.
One of the property developers had agreed to provide money on condition that Mr McCambley give £5,000 from the payment to Mrs Robinson to use for charitable purposes.
The first minister temporarily delegated his responsibilities to a colleague, and Mrs Robinson stood down as an MP, MLA and Castlereagh councillor.
In a letter submitted to the committee, Mr Robinson described the media's reporting of the allegations as a "witch-hunt", and said the "persecution of Iris" was "dark and brutal".
The Stormont Standards Commissioner, Douglas Bain, found that Mrs Robinson had committed only one breach of the code of conduct, but that it was a "serious" breach.
He found that Mrs Robinson had failed to register the two payments from the property developers, and payments totalling £5,000 by Mr McCambley to her, in the assembly's register of members' interests.
Mr Bain said: "Although there is no evidence that any of the three payments was in fact connected with her role as an MLA, they would assuredly have been perceived, by members of the public who became aware of them, as likely to influence her actions as an MLA.
"The fact that she failed to register them itself adds weight to the perception of their improper nature.
"In these circumstances she had a clear duty to register the payments. She failed in that duty."
The commissioner cleared her of breaking the code of conduct in relation to several other claims made in the Spotlight programme.
Mr Bain also found that the Mr Robinson had not broken any rules.
He said: "I am satisfied that none of the allegations made in that programme against Mr Peter Robinson could, even if established as true, constitute a breach of... the code of conduct."
MLAs on the Standards and Privileges Committee unanimously endorsed the commissioner's findings.
The BBC Spotlight programme was broadcast in 2010.
The commissioner produced a draft report in November 2013. Its publication was delayed after a lawyer acting for Mrs Robinson was concerned that some material might infringe his client's privacy and have a negative impact on her health.
A final report was submitted to the committee in July this year.
The leader of the Ulster Unionist party, Mike Nesbitt, compared the publication of the report to "the North Korean culture of tell-you-nothing".
Alliance MLA, Anna Lo said: "This report should have been published years ago. Serious damage has been done to public confidence in the political institutions by the length of time taken to publish this report."
She added: "I'm concerned that too much was deleted from the commissioner's report and what has been published does not do justice to his original report."
Ms Lo's comments were challenged by South Belfast DUP MLA Jimmy Spratt.
"It should be noted this report was agreed unanimously by the Standards Committee, including Ms Lo.," he said.
"Furthermore, the record shows that Anna only voted against three of the redactions, most of which were on the basis of legal opinion."
He added: "It is equally strange for the UUP leader to make comments which stand in stark contrast to the actions of the UUP's representative on the committee who only voted against two of the redactions."
Following a coup in 2009, the Rajoelina government closed several outlets and radio stations were the target of physical attacks.
Censorship, harassment and intimidation were also reported.
Although nationwide broadcasting remains a state monopoly, there are hundreds of private local radio and TV stations. Radio is the main medium for news.
There were 1.1 million internet users by November 2015 (Internetworldstats.com).
An international trial on 945 patients found treatment with ipilimumab and nivolumab stopped the cancer advancing for nearly a year in 58% of cases.
UK doctors presented the data at the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Cancer Research UK said the drugs deliver a "powerful punch" against one of the most aggressive forms of cancer.
Melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, is the sixth most common cancer in the UK - it kills more than 2,000 people in Britain each year.
Harnessing the immune system is a rapidly developing field in cancer research.
The immune system is a powerful defence against infection. However, there are many "brakes" built in to stop the system attacking our own tissues.
Cancer - which is a corrupted version of healthy tissue - can take advantage of these brakes to evade assault from the immune system.
Ipilimumab, which was approved as an advanced melanoma treatment by the UK's health service last year, and nivolumab both take the brakes off.
An international trial on 945 people showed that taking both drugs led to tumours shrinking by at least a third in 58% of patients - with the tumours stable or shrinking for an average of 11.5 months.
The figures, published simultaneously in the New England Journal of Medicine, for ipilimumab on its own were 19% and 2.5 months.
Dr James Larkin, a consultant at the Royal Marsden Hospital and one of the UK's lead investigators, told BBC News: "By giving these drugs together you are effectively taking two brakes off the immune system rather than one so the immune system is able to recognise tumours it wasn't previously recognising and react to that and destroy them.
"For immunotherapies, we've never seen tumour shrinkage rates over 50% so that's very significant to see.
"This is a treatment modality that I think is going to have a big future for the treatment of cancer."
The first analysis of the data received top billing at the cancer conference in Chicago, but the key piece of information - how long treated patients live - is still unknown.
"We hope these early responses will turn out to be durable, but at the moment we can't say," said Dr Larkin.
Side-effects such as fatigue, a rash or diarrhoea are also an issue. More than half of those tested had side effects on combination therapy compared to around a quarter on ipilimumab alone.
It is also uncertain why some people responded exceptionally well to treatment, while others had no benefit at all.
The research comes hot on the heels of another immunotherapy breakthrough which showed lung cancer could also be treated with similar drugs.
Dr Alan Worsley, Cancer Research UK's senior science information officer, said: "This research suggests that we could give a powerful one-two punch against advanced melanoma by combining immunotherapy treatments.
"Together these drugs could release the brakes on the immune system while blocking cancer's ability to hide from it.
"But combining these treatments also increases the likelihood of potentially quite severe side effects.
"Identifying which patients are most likely to benefit will be key to bringing our best weapons to bear against the disease."
Ipilimumab is given intravenously every three months and costs around £100,000 for a year. Nivolumab is given every two weeks until it stops working.
Both drugs were developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Many pharmaceutical companies are developing similar drugs that have the same effect on the immune system. Pembrolizumab, by Merck, is another leader in the field.
But the great hope is these immunotherapies will prove to be effective treatments for a wide range of cancer types.
Cait Chalwin, 43, from Cornwall, started the trail after she was diagnosed with melanoma in 2013.
A growth on her face that had been classed as benign was in fact cancerous and had spread to her lungs. Doctors said she had 18-24 months to live.
She was treated at The Royal Marsden and her cancer is now stable, but has had to come off the trial due to side effects.
She said: "I am feeling absolutely amazing now.
"It took a long time to get back to normal, to feel how I felt before diagnosis, however I do firmly believe that if the treatment hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here now."
The three helmet-cam clips were released by the Ministry of Defence after a request, led by the BBC on behalf of several other media groups.
Gunfire from an Apache helicopter can be heard in the footage.
Known as Marine A, Blackman was sentenced to life by court martial in 2013, but an appeal is due next week.
Blackman, from Taunton, Somerset, was refused bail in December.
The Court Martial Appeal Court ruled that the full video would not be released.
The released clips, filmed on the headcam of another marine, show Blackman's patrol in Afghanistan as gunfire is unleashed from an Apache helicopter.
Swearing can be heard, as well as someone saying: "They've missed him" and "error, after error, after error".
He will visit Washington DC in October for events linked to the Orlando 2016 Invictus Games.
In November and December, he will open a Lesotho children's centre and fulfil a "programme of engagements" in South Africa on behalf of the UK government.
The prince, 30, left the Army in June after 10 years' service.
He is currently working on conservation projects in southern Africa.
He is due to return to the UK in mid-September, when he will do voluntary work helping injured soldiers with their rehabilitation.
The visit to Lesotho will be on behalf of Harry's charity Sentebale. During the visit he will officially open its Mamohato Children's Centre, which will help vulnerable children.
His trip to South Africa is at the request of the Foreign Office, and while there he will represent the UK government.
Judith Macgregor, British High Commissioner to South Africa, said: "The visit will showcase the wide range of co-operation between our countries as well as offer an excellent platform to further develop the partnerships between the UK and South Africa and Lesotho."
Harry had the idea for the Invictus Games, which was first held in London in 2014.
The 2016 games will be held from 8-12 May next year in Orlando, Florida.
The Russian, 30, was ranked too low to gain direct entry as she continues her return from a 15-month drugs ban.
The French Tennis Federation (FFT) chose not to hand Sharapova a wildcard to "protect" the sport's standards.
"I don't agree with the basis for their decision. She has complied with the sanction," said WTA chief Steve Simon.
"There are no grounds to penalise any player beyond the sanctions set forth in the final decisions resolving these matters."
Two-time French Open winner Sharapova needed a wildcard, which are awarded at the discretion of tournament organisers, to play in either the main draw or the qualifying tournament.
But on Monday, FFT chief Bernard Giudicelli Ferrandini said: "There can be a wildcard for the return from injuries - there cannot be a wildcard for the return from doping.
"I'm very sorry for Maria, very sorry for her fans. They might be very disappointed, she might be very disappointed, but it's my responsibility, my mission, to protect the high standards of the game played without any doubt on the result."
Shortly after learning of her Roland Garros snub, Sharapova withdrew injured from her second-round Italian Open match against Mirjana Lucic-Baroni.
The French Open begins on 28 May.
Sharapova returned to action without a ranking last month and has since risen to 211 in the world after receiving wildcards in Stuttgart, Madrid and Rome.
That will be enough to at least earn a qualifying spot at Wimbledon next month.
Sharapova needed to reach the semi-finals of the Italian Open to qualify for Wimbledon's main draw but retired in the second round on Tuesday when leading Lucic-Baroni 4-6 6-3 2-1.
"I apologise for having to withdraw from my match with a left thigh injury," she said. "I will be getting all the necessary examinations to make sure it is not serious."
Sharapova will now have to wait until 20 June to discover whether she is among the wildcards at the All England Club.
The former world number one has not played a Grand Slam since she tested positive for heart disease drug meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open.
That brought an initial two-year ban, later reduced to 15 months after the Court of Arbitration for Sport found she was not an "intentional doper".
BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller
The ongoing fight against doping is more important than the line-up for the French Open - that was the message from the French Federation's president.
It is a brave and principled decision, which will upset some fans and broadcasters. Ratings may suffer, but Roland Garros will ultimately be stronger for it.
How could the public take the sport's anti-doping message seriously if one of the Grand Slams had invited a player who was not ranked high enough because of time served for a doping offence?
It is worth noting, though, that the FFT have awarded a qualifying wildcard to Constant Lestienne, a French player who was banned for seven months last autumn for betting on matches.
Guidicelli's argument is that he has "paid his debt" - as his wildcard for Roland Garros was rescinded at the last moment last year when he first came under investigation.
Sharapova has, in contrast, earned her place in qualifying for Wimbledon, even though injury has now deprived her of the chance to play herself into the main draw.
And assuming she is fit, she is likely to want to play at least two warm-up events. The Lawn Tennis Association has already offered her a wildcard into the WTA event in Birmingham. If Sharapova also wants to play the week before, she has Nottingham and the Dutch town of Rosmalen to choose between.
Lawyers for Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the Republican People's Party chief, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, had made "baseless allegations", state media reported.
Mr Kilicdaroglu has said his remarks were intended as a general criticism of officials' lavish lifestyles.
The palace has been criticised for its £400m ($615m) building costs.
Mr Erdogan previously invited Mr Kilicdaroglu to inspect the building, saying he would resign if a golden toilet was found.
His lawyers have extended the invite to Turkish courts, saying "we require an on-site inspection to determine that he [Kilicdaroglu] has lied".
With general elections due Sunday, Mr Kilicdaroglu has persistently attacked Mr Erdogan for excessive spending.
"Gentlemen in Ankara, palaces have been built for you, planes bought, Mercedes cars purchased... golden seats have been bought, that's how you use the toilet," he told supporters at a rally.
He later sought to clarify the remarks, telling CNN Turk: "I did not claim there is this or that in the palace. I clearly stated 'If they are making gold-plated toilet seats in this country, someone has to think about that.' It seems this gentleman [Erdogan] took it personally."
The media freedom group the Committee to Protect Journalists has meanwhile called on Mr Erdogan of to stop "bullying" journalists after he accused a newspaper editor of "espionage".
The Turkish president said Cumhuriyet's chief editor, Can Dundar, would pay a "heavy price" for printing images the newspaper says proves Turkey has sent arms to Syrian rebels, something Ankara denies.
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David Davis was speaking in the Commons as he outlined the government's new Great Repeal Bill.
At the same time, Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, was telling Holyrood that the Conservatives were planning a "power grab" after Brexit.
But Mr Davis told MPs his preference was for more devolution, not less.
The repeal bill will see thousands of EU laws on everything from workers' rights to the environment scrapped or replaced with UK equivalents.
But it has not yet been decided 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 claimed the prime minister is 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.
Ms Sturgeon told the weekly first minister's questions session at Holyrood that the Scotland Act meant the powers should "automatically come to this chamber".
But she said nobody in the UK government, including during her talks with the prime minister on Monday, 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."
A Scottish government spokesman later indicated that it would not give its legislative consent to the Great Repeal Bill unless all powers over fishing and agriculture were given to the Scottish Parliament.
However, it is not yet clear whether Holyrood will need to give its consent - although the Scottish secretary has previously said he thinks it will.
Adam Tomkins of the Scottish Conservatives claimed that the SNP was "complaining about the return of substantial new powers which, under its plans, would remain in Brussels. If ever people needed to see their utter hypocrisy, this is it."
Ms Sturgeon suspects that the EU leg of powers presently devolved, such as agriculture and fishing, may return initially to Westminster - and might get stuck, to some extent.
Mr Davis and other Conservatives say that is nonsense. They say agriculture and fishing will be devolved - but within a broader UK framework, replicating to some extent the common standards current promulgated by the EU.
That will allow, UK Ministers argue, the maintenance of a UK market in food products. It will help the economy, they insist. Scottish Ministers remain, well, suspicious.
Might that suspicion extend into Holyrood action to thwart the process of Brexit? It might, although we have yet to learn the full extent to which the Scottish Parliament will be involved.
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Mr Davis was pressed on the issue by Labour's shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer, who warned him that "Brexit should not be an excuse to hoard powers in Whitehall".
Sir Keir added: "There has to be a heavy presumption that devolved matters remain devolved as powers and responsibilities transfer from the EU to the UK."
Mr Davis repeated the government's pledge that "no powers currently exercised" by the devolved administrations would be taken away.
He said: "We also expect there to be a significant increase in the powers exercised by the devolved administrations.
"But I say this - we have to maintain the United Kingdom internal market too. That is four times as important to Scottish businesses, for example, as the European market."
Mr Davis later added: "We will have serious discussions with them about this, because my preference is for more devolution rather than less - that is my simple viewpoint.
"The constraint on that, however, is where it has direct effect on the whole United Kingdom's interests.
"So that is the United Kingdom's market - it would be very bad for Scottish farmers and for Scottish producers if the United Kingdom market became separated from them."
Highlighting other areas, such as national security and international obligations in environmental law, Mr Davis said there were "plenty of areas" where it was "clear that we need to have a UK-wide framework".
The draft repeal also says the devolved governments will be given powers to amend devolved laws that will no longer operate appropriately after Brexit.
It is currently unclear whether Holyrood will need to give its consent for the Great Repeal Bill - with Mr Davis saying he does not know at this stage.
The Scottish secretary, David Mundell has previously said he expects there will be a need for consent.
The cancellations affect admissions for Friday and Monday.
Oxford University Hospital's chief nurse Catherine Stoddart said it was so "patients with the most urgent needs can be treated more quickly".
Patients have been notified of the decision and urgent admissions will go ahead as planned.
Ms Stoddart said: "We have taken this decision to improve the flow of patients through the hospital so we can ensure that we can continue to see patients in our Emergency Department in a timely way."
She said because of increased demand "we would like to remind people across Oxfordshire to stop and consider all the options available to them before deciding to go to an Emergency Department".
She added: "Oxford University Hospitals' performance is in line with most other trusts in the current climate.
"We are continuing to work hard with colleagues in social care and our own supported discharge services to discharge patients who no longer need our care in order that patients who do need to be admitted can be seen within the appropriate timescales."
The hospital is currently at Escalation Level 3, which means there are "major pressures compromising patient flow" and "further urgent actions are now required".
Data leaked to the BBC earlier this week suggested 66 out of 152 hospital trusts raised the alarm as mounting bed shortages led to large numbers of patients experiencing trolley waits and delays in A&E in the first week of the year.
Over four in 10 hospitals in England declared a major alert as they encountered unprecedented pressures.
Gary Gillespie said the 11 consecutive quarters of expansion and upbeat forecasts for the future demonstrated the economy's underlying resilience.
But the growth was partly driven by one-off public sector building projects, he said.
And he warned the economy may not be keeping pace with consumer spending.
In his latest State of the Economy report, Mr Gillespie also said there were signs of an impending rise in UK interest rates early next year.
He said all main sectors of the economy grew, with a particularly strong performance in construction, but this was driven wholly by public sector building.
He added that the growth in public building was unlikely to continue indefinitely as major public projects such as the Forth Replacement Crossing, two hospitals in Glasgow, Borders Railway and new schools were either finished or nearing completion.
Meanwhile, private building had contracted with a decline in industrial and commercial building, such as new shops and warehouses, only partly offset by a growth in house building.
Mr Gillespie said: "Growth in household income has not kept pace with consumption, resulting in the savings ratio in Scotland falling, therefore a pick-up in productivity and real wages is needed to support consumption patterns.
"With employment now hovering around record levels we expect the pace of employment growth to ease somewhat and we should see a pick-up in productivity growth and rising real wages.
"Both of these are required to sustain competitiveness and consumption patterns."
Mr Gillespie also said low oil prices would have both "positive and negative implications" for the Scottish economy.
On the one hand, the price had kept business and consumer costs and prices low, thereby subduing inflation but it had had a knock-on effect for Scotland's oil industry.
Forecasts point to a positive outlook for Scotland's economy for the rest of this year with growth of about 2.4% in 2015 predicted.
Deputy First Minister John Swinney said: "Our programme of investment in public infrastructure is paying off, helping support a particularly strong performance in the construction sector.
"The benefits from this investment will underpin future growth in the Scottish economy and is the appropriate response in order to support and grow the economy rather than the UK government programme of austerity."
Inevitably things go wrong on occasions, and online shopping can add an extra variable of delivery into the mix.
So what are your rights, and how are things different when buying on the High Street and online?
Online retailers have up to 30 days to deliver goods, unless specifically agreed otherwise. So it may be the case that you have already left it too late.
If delivery before Christmas is part of the contract, and specified in a confirmation e-mail, then you may have a claim in a small-claims court for breach of contract if it fails to arrive before 25 December.
Otherwise, any goods that arrive late can be returned within seven days if they are no longer wanted under normal distance selling regulations.
Retailers may write into their contract that unforeseen circumstances, such as bad weather, may exempt them from a claim for breach of contract. Each retailer might have different rules.
If you decide to send items back, then the seven-day returns rule covers the period from when it arrives to when you send it back - rather than when it is received by the retailer.
So, if it is snowing, a delayed delivery will not affect your returns rights. Consumer groups advise getting a receipt from the Post Office as proof that you have sent it back on time.
Yes. The seven-day cooling-off period when buying online gives you the right to a full refund, including the original delivery charges, regardless of the reason for returning it - and that includes just changing your mind on wanting it.
Otherwise, if you buy items on the internet you have the same rights as when you buy on the High Street.
Those rights include a refund, replacement or repair if the items is not as described on the website or in the store, if it is not of satisfactory quality, or not suitable for the purpose for which it is intended.
If it proves to be defective within the first six months after purchase, then the onus is on the retailer to prove the fault did not exist at the time of sale and customers can get a partial refund, repair or replacement. After that, the onus is on the customer to prove it was faulty when they bought it.
No. Some goods, such as perishable food, are exempt for obvious reasons.
Other exemptions include flowers, personalised goods, and audio or software with the plastic packaging removed.
"Clint saved my life," said Steve John, director of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament.
The actor reportedly saw that Mr John was in difficulty and performed the Heimlich manoeuvre on him.
The technique requires a rescuer to carry out abdominal thrusts on a choke victim to dislodge the blockage.
"Suddenly, I couldn't breathe. It was as bad as it could have been," Mr John said of the incident at a drinks reception in Carmel-by-the-Sea on Wednesday.
"Clint came up behind me, and he knew exactly what to do."
The award-winning actor and director told the Carmel Pine Cone that he noticed Mr John had "that look of panic people have when they see their life passing before their eyes".
Mr Eastwood, 83, moved behind Mr John and carried out the manoeuvre.
"I gave him three good jolts, and that got it out," he said.
"And then I made him drink a big glass of water with a bunch of lemon squeezed in it."
Mr Eastwood, famous for his roles in Westerns and the Dirty Harry detective films, said he had performed the manoeuvre before, but only "to practise".
Hang Yin Leung, 64, died 11 days after she was knocked over when she opened her door to six men on 31 January.
They pushed into her home in Orne Gardens, Milton Keynes. stealing cash, jewellery and her Hong Kong police long service medal.
A 22-year-old man from Northampton was arrested on suspicion of murder on Sunday.
He currently remains in police custody.
A second 22-year-old man, also from Northampton, was previously arrested on suspicion of murder and released under investigation.
A man aged 18 from Redhill in Surrey, arrested on suspicion of murder last month, remains on bail.
Another arrested man was released with no further action.
His dismissal was announced shortly after 0830 BST, following a meeting with executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward at the club's training ground.
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Moyes, 50, was chosen by Ferguson to succeed him when he retired after 26 years in charge last summer.
United said player-coach Ryan Giggs will take charge "until a permanent appointment can be made".
His first match as interim boss will be the home game against Norwich on Saturday.
The BBC understands coaches Steve Round and Jimmy Lumsden have also left their posts, but goalkeeping coach Chris Woods and first-team coach Phil Neville will remain with the club for the rest of the season.
United shares, which trade on the New York Stock Exchange, were up more than 6.5 per cent at $18.80 at 1830 BST, signalling investor relief at the decision to sack Moyes.
On Monday, United had refused to comment on newspaper reports that Moyes, who left Everton to sign a six-year deal with the Premier League champions, would be sacked before the end of the season.
However, those reports prompted club officials to hold talks with the Scot late on Monday in a move designed to prevent a drawn-out dismissal process.
In a short statement on Tuesday, the club said Moyes had departed, adding it "would like to place on record its thanks for the hard work, honesty and integrity he brought to the role".
Netherlands coach Louis Van Gaal, Borussia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp, Atletico Madrid's manager Diego Simeone and Paris St-Germain's Laurent Blanc have been tipped as possible successors.
However, Klopp has ruled himself out of the job, the 46-year-old telling The Guardian: "Man Utd is a great club and I feel very familiar with their wonderful fans. But my commitment to Borussia Dortmund and the people is not breakable."
Former Manchester United and England striker Michael Owen said on Twitter: "Huge news at Old Trafford but with the summer looming and a huge transfer kitty available United had to be 100% Moyes was the right man.
"Evidently they didn't have the confidence in him in which case makes the timing absolutely right. Now the big question is who's next?"
The Daily Telegraph suggest United will make discreet moves to see if Pep Guardiola can be persuaded to leave Bayern Munich.
But BBC Sport has learned that Giggs is not under consideration for the role on a full-time basis.
"I definitely think Ryan will be a manager," said former United captain Bryan Robson. "Whether he gets it full-time at a club like Manchester United is a big ask."
United, who lie seventh in the table with four games remaining, are guaranteed to record their lowest points tally in the Premier League having struggled at Old Trafford in particular this season.
Under Moyes, they have lost six league games at home, been beaten in the FA Cup by Swansea at Old Trafford and were unable to prevent Sunderland defeating them in the Capital One Cup semi-finals.
In March, some supporters chartered a plane to fly overhead during their Premier League game against Aston Villa trailing a banner with the words "Wrong One - Moyes Out", a reference to the banner at Old Trafford that proclaimed Moyes to be the "Chosen One".
The Red Devils will miss out on Champions League football for the first time since 1995 and are in danger of missing out on European competition altogether for the first time since 1990.
United reached the last eight of the Champions League before being knocked out by Bayern Munich and Moyes argued that their best displays had been in the competition.
But the Scot has been dogged by claims he has fallen out with members of his squad.
When midfielder Anderson joined Serie A side Fiorentina on loan in January, he was quoted as saying other United players "wanted out" although he later denied it.
The sacking of Moyes was inevitable after Sunday's awful performance at Everton.
A dressing-room source labelled the performance as "lacking desire and passion" and "the basic heart of the team has disappeared". It had seemed for some time the players had stopped trying for Moyes. This confirmed it.
In truth, the Scot has never looked at ease in the job. He was taken aback by the sheer scale of the media interest in United and failed to impress players who own more medals than he can ever hope to amass.
The big problem for United is that, having taken Sir Alex Ferguson's word on the appointment, who do they turn to now?
Rio Ferdinand and Robin van Persie also made less than complimentary comments about his management style, while Javier Hernandez and Wilfried Zaha posted cryptic quotes on Twitter.
At the weekend, Manchester-born striker Danny Welbeck was reported to be considering his future after becoming frustrated at regularly being played out of his favoured position.
Moyes left Everton after 11 seasons saying he could not turn down the opportunity to move to Old Trafford and began his job on 1 July.
However, United endured a difficult summer transfer window and failed in reported bids for Barcelona's Thiago Alcantara and Cesc Fabregas.
A double bid for Marouane Fellaini and Leighton Baines was dismissed as "derisory and insulting" by Moyes's old club Everton, although Fellaini finally joined on transfer deadline day for £27.5m.
Moyes was unhappy United were given a difficult start to the season, playing Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City in their first five games.
"I find it hard to believe that's the way the balls came out of the bag, that's for sure," he said.
But his reign began in style with a 2-0 victory over Wigan Athletic in the Community Shield at Wembley, followed by a 4-1 win away at Swansea City in the first league game of the season.
However, things quickly got worse with defeats at Anfield and Etihad Stadium, setting the tone for what would become United's worst Premier League season.
With the exception of the additional 21 games Matt Busby (manager from 1945-1969) had in charge as emergency manager following Wilf McGuinness's exit in 1970, and the 22 games when Jimmy Murphy stood in for Busby after the Munich air crash, Moyes's reign represents the third shortest in United history.
It is also the first time since 6 November 1986 that Manchester United have sacked a manager.
The Scot's 51 games in charge exceeds the 43 matches that Walter Crickmer presided over during the first of two spells as manager.
Lal Hilditch was in charge for the shortest time, lasting just 33 games between October 1926 and April 1927.
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Since his appointment, former Stevenage, Peterborough United and Preston manager Westley has appointed Dino Maamria as his assistant.
Sean McCarthy, who was in caretaker charge following Warren Feeney's sacking in September, has left the League Two's bottom club.
"He [Flynn] knows the football club," said Westley.
"One of the most important things when you come from afar is someone really close who's on your side, who is helping you run the football club and make sure you don't make basic errors."
Newport-born Flynn enjoyed three spells at the Exiles as a player before being appointed first team coach at the club in October last year under John Sheridan.
In the summer, he moved to a newly-created role of Football and Business Director, but Westley has moved swiftly to add him to his backroom team.
"The club asked me to put together a framework for management," Westley added.
"There are certain financial aspects for what you can and can't do at any football club so for certain people to arrive, certain people have to go.
"There's nothing personal in any decision that gets made in these situations.
"I've met Michael, I knew Michael and he's coming in to work with us as well so we've got a strong team there."
The Independent Police Complaints Commission said Operation Midland was "extensive and carried out diligently".
There was no evidence to indicate "bad faith, malice or dishonesty" by the officers, the watchdog said.
The much-criticised operation closed last March without a single arrest.
Of five officers referred to the Commission, three were cleared of causing "prolonged and undue stress" to those being investigated.
One of the three - an unnamed detective chief inspector - is being investigated over an alleged failure to present relevant information to a judge when applying for a search warrant.
Former MP Harvey Proctor, who was among those cleared of being part of an alleged Westminster abuse ring, said the "bungled and disastrous" police operation had ruined his life and left him destitute.
He said he believed no police officer would ever be held responsible for it, and accused the IPCC of conducting a "whitewash".
The £2.5m Met investigation was launched in 2014 after a man known as "Nick" claimed that boys had been sexually abused and even murdered by a group of powerful men from politics, the military and law enforcement agencies.
The abuse was said to have been carried out at locations across southern England and London in the 1970s and 1980s.
Retired judge Sir Richard Henriques reviewed the investigation and identified 43 serious failings in his report, including that "Nick" had been believed for too long and that search warrants had been applied for with flawed information.
Former Met Police commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe apologised to those affected by the inquiry, including Mr Proctor, former military chief Lord Bramall, and the wife of the late Lord Brittan, a former home secretary.
The force referred five officers to the IPCC.
The IPCC has now cleared three of them - Deputy Assistant Commissioner Steve Rodhouse, Detective Superintendant Kenny McDonald and an unnamed detective chief inspector - of causing prolonged and undue stress to those under suspicion by failing to properly investigate "Nick's" claims.
Mr McDonald had, at one stage, publicly described "Nick's" allegations as "credible and true".
In a statement, the IPCC said: "There is no evidence to indicate bad faith, malice or dishonesty and no indication any of the officers may have behaved in a manner which would justify disciplinary proceedings.
"The information available indicates the investigation was extensive and carried out diligently with the majority of the decisions made appropriately recorded."
But the watchdog said there was an indication that the DCI and two other detectives may have failed to accurately present all relevant information to a district judge when applying for search warrants for three properties.
The searches - in March 2015 - resulted in those under suspicion being named in the media.
The IPCC said it was discontinuing its investigation into allegations of irregularities in the seizure of exhibits during the searches.
There will also be no further investigation of Mr Rodhouse for his conduct in relation to a separate inquiry involving Lord Brittan.
IPCC commissioner Carl Gumsley said: "The allegation that incomplete information may have been provided to a district judge when applying for search warrants is serious and the IPCC will thoroughly investigate this matter."
Vettel has won three of this year's six races and leads by 25 points heading into Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix.
Hamilton said: "It is going to take a lot for us to catch those points up but so much can happen in the season.
"There are 14 races left. It's too early to say we're on the back foot - it is so early in the season."
Hamilton added: "We are just not in our most comfortable position, but it doesn't mean we can't fight and win the championship. It just means it will be harder for us to do so than perhaps the others."
Montreal is one of Hamilton's favourite circuit and he has won five times in nine races in Canada but he said he did not regard this weekend as a must-win.
"If we don't win here, we have 13 races more to win," he said. "If we don't win here, we will focus hard to win the next one.
"This is just one circuit that has its own unique characteristics. Other circuits, with higher downforce, we have done well in Barcelona and China so there will be races where we are strong and perhaps not. We are going to try to make sure the car is quick everywhere."
Mercedes have been struggling to make their car work consistently, and are suffering particular problems getting the Pirelli tyres into their operating window.
This contributed to a difficult weekend at the last race in Monaco, where Hamilton qualified 14th and finished seventh.
Canada has similar characteristics, in that it has a low-grip, low-abrasion surface and lots of slow corners.
Hamilton said: "We are working hard to rectify the issues we had in the last race and we will attack this race. We have some unique bits on the car this weekend and it doesn't mean we can't take the fight to them."
Vettel said: "If it turns out to be a good weekend for us here, great, but it is a long year, the cars will change, there will be big updates coming, so important to stay there.
"At this point of the year I am not really bothered by the championship. We need to collect points, and if you win a lot of races you score a lot of points. Then later in the year we can be a bit more sophisticated."
Perhaps predictably, Russian state TV sees a "confident" Trump performance but an Argentine newspaper records a Clinton victory in the debate.
There "are no chances for Trump to be dismissed" from the race, Alexei Fenenko of Lomonosov Moscow State University tells Russia's centrist Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily, because with just a month left before the elections, "Republicans just have no time to promote an alternative figure".
And according to Russian state Rossiya 1 TV, "it is obvious that this time Trump performed far more confidently than in the first round and the counter-attack against Hillary and her husband put paid to the wave of accusations against him".
Meanwhile, Chinese media are critical of Trump's "body language". State broadcaster CCTV says Trump's "very menacing and threatening" gestures lacked "protocol".
But this is not enough to dent Trump's hopes according to China's Global Times. His "future isn't about his scandals. Rather, it is about US voters deciding whether they will continue to tolerate the hypocrisy that Clinton represents", it says.
In Mexico, meanwhile, the political weekly Proceso sees the debate as a "wasted opportunity" for Trump "in not asking women to forgive him". But Clinton also failed to take advantage, it says. "Instead of explaining more eloquently her government's proposals, [Clinton] fell into the trap of dismissing the personal accusations which her opponent to the US presidency was hammering home."
But the Democrat wins the praise of Argentina's La Nacion daily. "Clinton never lost her composure not even when faced with the most virulent of Trump's attacks...This was enough for her to win the night."
"Never has a TV duel been so cruel", says a headline in Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung. French broadsheets also lead with the debate, with Le Monde saying that Trump went on the attack "to forget his setbacks", while Le Figaro notes Trump's "all-out attack" on Clinton.
But in Italy, La Repubblica's "first conclusion" is that "American democracy is sick". "The mutual undermining is total. It's hard to find in the recent past a similar level of animosity, contempt and insult," says the paper.
Noting that Clinton "failed to deliver a knockout blow", Corriere della Sera daily adds that "Trump has no cause for celebration". "The only success of 'The Donald' was that he avoided being carpeted," it says.
In the Middle East, Lebanon's al-Nahar wanted to see Trump showing contrition after the "scandalous tape" revelations.
"Tens of millions of Americans who watched the debate were expecting to see Trump showing some regret... Instead, he launched a fierce attack against former President Bill Clinton," writes the anti-Syria daily.
Iranian daily Khorasan describes the sexual allegations as the "Achilles heel" of both candidates.
"Sex issues have become the main debate in America's election campaign and it seems that Hillary Clinton has the opportunity to ride this wave with her winning gender card. However, Trump will also try to use this same issue, namely Bill Clinton's past record in this regard.... It may be said that sex issues have now turned into the Achilles heel of both."
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Two shadow ministers have written to ask whether Lynton Crosby was involved in the decision to delay plans to bring in plain cigarette packets in England.
The Times says his company is used by tobacco giant Philip Morris.
But Tory chairman Grant Shapps said Mr Crosby had no role in setting policy.
Ministers had been thought keen to go ahead with the cigarette packaging proposal, designed to discourage young people from smoking by making the packets less attractive.
But a decision was delayed last week, after a Department of Health consultation found views on whether this would be effective were "highly polarised".
Under the plans, resembling the system recently introduced in Australia, the standardised packets would all be the same colour, with the same font, and carry a prominent graphic warning.
The Times reports that Mr Crosby's lobbying firm Crosby Textor (CTF) has been advising Philip Morris, whose brands include Marlboro, since November.
CTF was also employed by British American Tobacco in Australia, but the company said the lobbyists had not worked on its campaign against plain packaging there.
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham and shadow cabinet office minister John Trickett have written to the cabinet secretary to ask whether Mr Crosby has had any influence on UK tobacco policy.
Mr Burnham told Sky News' Murnaghan show there should be "more focus on the government and the Conservative Party and where they get their money from, and whether they are practising the highest standards".
But Mr Shapps responded: "First of all, every policy which is decided upon by the government is decided upon by the coalition... the Lib Dems and Conservatives."
He added: "Lynton Crosby advises the Conservative Party on political strategy; he doesn't advise on policy."
Mr Shapps went on: "This is looking like a smear campaign."
On the delay in adopting plain packaging, he said: "Only one country in the world is doing that: Australia. We have no evidence one way or another whether this is reducing smoking.
"This country has a good record on reducing smoking... We are not at all afraid to take steps. [But] we want to take steps based on evidence."
In a second letter, Labour's Mr Trickett asked the prime minister whether he would sack Mr Crosby if he refused to give up his "conflicting interests".
Liberal Democrat MPs have also questioned whether Mr Crosby should be allowed to continue his work for Number 10.
Former health minister Paul Burstow told the Observer: "Lynton Crosby cannot remain at the heart of government while he is also serving the interests of the tobacco industry.
"If he does not go, the prime minister should sack him."
The Scottish government says it will press ahead with its own plans to introduce plain packaging.
The Welsh government said it was "disappointed" by the delay and would consider "the way forward" while the Northern Ireland executive said it would like to see a "UK-wide" response to the issue.
Mr Rainsy is accused of defamation in a case that dates back seven years. He was stripped of parliamentary immunity from prosecution earlier on Monday.
He says he fears violence between his supporters and police and will return from a South Korea visit in a few days.
Last week Mr Rainsy angered Prime Minister Hun Sen for saying the ruling party would "derail" elections in 2018.
Political tensions have been rising despite a truce between the two politicians last year.
A warrant for Mr Rainsy's arrest was issued on Friday after he compared the success of Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar's recent election with his own prospects for overthrowing the authoritarian rule of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Hun Sen, who has held the job for more than 30 years, called him a "traitor's son".
Friday's warrant relates to a 2011 conviction against Mr Rainsy, then in self-imposed exile in France, for comments he made about the Cambodian foreign minister.
Mr Rainsy returned to Cambodia ahead of the July 2013 national election after receiving a royal pardon, although it was not immediately clear if the defamation conviction was part of the deal as he had been convicted of a string of offences.
His Cambodia National Rescue Party won 55 of 123 seats in the 2013 polls but led months of street protests after accusing the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) of rigging the vote.
A year-long parliamentary boycott ended in August last year after a deal was struck on election reform.
The BBC's South East Asia Correspondent Jonathan Head says the Cambodian veteran strongman's long hold on power is weakening as his government is beset by allegations of corruption and favouritism, in a country where most people are still trapped in chronic poverty.
The Communities and Local Government Select Committee said homelessness was "undoubtedly increasing" and the scale was greater than statistics suggested.
Its report urges ministers to back a private members bill that would force councils to provide homeless people up to two months emergency accommodation.
But councils said they needed more funding and powers to tackle the issue.
Official figures published by the government show that local authorities approved 14,780 households' applications for homelessness assistance between 1 January and 30 March 2016.
This was up 9% on the same quarter in 2015.
However, the report warned that the statistics did not capture the full scale of homelessness, for example many "hidden homeless" who may be staying with friends or not have sought help.
The report went on to say it was "not acceptable" that the level of support offered to vulnerable people who did seek help varied significantly across the country.
The MPs said they had "received too much evidence of councils and their staff treating homeless people in ways that are dismissive and at times discriminatory".
The scale of the problem called for a new action plan across multiple government departments, and that ministers should monitor councils and identify those failing to help correctly.
A tailored action plan should also be put in place to help the "hidden homeless", it said.
The committee called on the government to consider introducing a legal duty for councils to have to provide "meaningful support".
It urged the government to support the Homelessness Reduction Bill, proposed by the Conservative MP Bob Blackman, which would impose much tougher conditions on councils, such as providing emergency interim accommodation to homeless people for up to two months.
Other findings in the report include:
Committee chairman Clive Betts said: "No-one should be homeless in Britain today, but the reality is that more and more people find themselves on the streets, in night shelters or going from sofa to sofa to keep a roof over their heads."
The Labour MP acknowledged that councils faced significant funding pressures and legal obligations, but said he believed vulnerable people were "too often badly treated".
However, Nick Forbes, a vice-chairman at the Local Government Association, which represents dozens of councils across England and Wales, said "councils cannot tackle this challenge alone".
He said councils needed to be given funding and powers to bring together "local housing, health, justice, and employment partners" to tackle the issue.
Councils in England have a duty to secure accommodation for "unintentionally homeless households" who fall into a "priority need" category, according to government papers in the House of Commons library.
There is no duty on councils to secure accommodation for all homeless people.
The papers say: "There is no statutory duty to secure housing for homeless single people and couples without children, who are not deemed to be vulnerable for some reason."
Balbir Chatrik, of youth homelessness charity Centrepoint, said the government must "take more responsibility for all those seeking support - not just those it is legally obliged to help".
Jon Sparkes, of homelessness charity Crisis, said the report should be a "a clarion call for action".
A spokesman for the UK government said it was "considering how to improve services", including for mental health.
The level of "statutory homelessness" - a term used to describe people who are prioritised for assistance by local authorities - were less than half what it was in 2003-04, the spokesman added.
British dance-rock act The Prodigy and US rock duo The Black Keys will co-headline the Friday night of the event.
The news follows the announcement earlier this week that Fleetwood Mac would be closing the festival on Sunday 14 June.
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kings of Leon and Biffy Clyro headlined this year's festival.
Pharrell's track Happy was recently announced as the most-played song on Spotify of 2014.
His recent number one album Girl was named as the second most-played release in the UK on the streaming service.
Speaking to Newsbeat ahead of the announcement of Fleetwood Mac's headline slot, Isle of Wight organiser John Giddings said that the rest of the line-up would include up-and-coming acts.
"It's an eclectic mix of past, present and future bands," he said.
Giddings said he classed The Black Keys as "incredible" and agreed that younger bands have the ability to sell festival tickets as well as older bands.
He said: "I think younger bands of course can do it as well, but the golden age of rock and roll is past."
The organiser said Saturday's headliner would be announced soon.
Tickets for Isle of Wight Festival 2015 go on sale on Friday 5 December at 09:00 GMT
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Owen Farrell, Maro Itoje, George Kruis and Billy Vunipola (all Saracens), Jack Clifford (Harlequins) and Elliot Daly (Wasps) are on the 15-man list.
The last three winners are all English - Nick Abendanon, Steffon Armitage and Jonny Wilkinson.
Northampton's Wales wing George North, Toulon's Armitage, winner in 2014, and Racing 92's Dan Carter also feature.
Australia great George Smith and fellow Wasp Charles Piatau, Exeter number eight Thomas Waldrom and Leicester's Vereniki Goneva are the other nominees from the English Premiership.
Armitage's Toulon team-mate Guilhem Guirado and Racing 92's Argentine winger Juan Imhoff complete the list.
The winner will be announced during May's European finals weekend in Lyon.
Clermont Auvergne's Abendanon, who scored a try in a losing cause in the the 2015 European Champions Cup final, is the current holder of the award.
Researchers from Ghent University in Belgium said there could be "serious clinical consequences" for patients.
Tablets which have a narrow margin between a dose that is therapeutic and one that is toxic are riskiest.
The research was published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing.
Researchers from Ghent University asked five volunteers to split eight different sized tablets using three different techniques.
The participants used three different methods to split the pills - a specialist splitting device, scissors and a kitchen knife. The pills were different shapes and sizes.
They found that 31% of the tablets that were split were different from the expected remaining dose.
The study found the splitting device was the most accurate. However, it still produced errors in 13% of cases.
The drugs were prescribed for a range of health conditions, including Parkinson's, heart failure, thrombosis and arthritis.
Dr Charlotte Verrue, who led the study, said there were many reasons for tablets to be divided.
"It is done for a number of reasons: to increase dose flexibility, to make tablets easier to swallow and to save money for both patients and healthcare providers. However, the split tablets are often unequal sizes and a substantial amount of the tablet can be lost during splitting."
She said that most tablets were not suitable for splitting and it would be better for more doses to be available.
"We would also like to see manufacturers introduce a wider range of tablet doses or liquid formulations so that tablet splitting becomes increasingly unnecessary."
Nina Barnett, a consultant pharmacist for older people at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, said that pharmacists sometimes do recommend that tablets are split, but only when no other options are available.
She said: "There are situations where patients require a dose of medication which can only be provided through splitting a tablet. This might be because there is no liquid form available or it is not acceptable to the patient.
She said decisions were made on a case by case basis, in order to minimise risk and maximise benefit to the patients.
She added that all decisions should involving the patient where possible and take into account patient and formulation related factors.
Double world champion Lewis defeated Gary Anderson 7-2 to take the last top-four spot ahead of Peter Wright.
He will face Van Gerwen, who beat Phil Taylor 7-5 to collect a £25,000 league leader's bonus, in the semi-finals.
Taylor will play defending champion Anderson in the other last-four tie at London's O2 Arena on 19 May.
Van Gerwen's narrow victory over his closest rival Taylor capped a superb evening for the home crowd, as the Netherlands staged a round of Premier League matches for the first time.
Robert Thornton 3-7 James Wade
Peter Wright 6-6 Raymond van Barneveld
Adrian Lewis 7-2 Gary Anderson
Phil Taylor 5-7 Michael van Gerwen
One of the climbers was injured after the pair got into difficulties on Bosigran Cliff, known as Commando Ridge, in Cornwall.
Coastguard rescue teams from Lands End, St Ives and Penzance lifted the climbers to safety on Saturday afternoon.
The poor weather conditions meant a "challenging rescue" said coastguards.
Nic Lonsdale, senior maritime operations officer at Falmouth Coastguard said: "'People who know the area will know why it's called Commando Ridge.
"These teams worked hard and brilliantly to rescue these climbers and did a marvellous job."
Alibaba has been accused by its smaller rival JD.com of "forcing retailers" to promote their sales exclusively with its own outlet, Tmall.
JD.com has lodged a complaint with the Chinese industry and commerce watchdog but Alibaba denies the allegation.
The retail giant claims its rival is "panicking because they're losing".
"They simply can't match our customer and merchant experience and logistical scale because Alibaba wins with customers and merchants as we provide a superior experience for users on our platforms," said Jim Wilkinson, Alibaba's senior vice president of international corporate affairs.
The Wall Street Journal reported that a shoe retailer called Mulinsen had declined to promote JD's Singles Day event.
Singles Day began in the early 1990s as a day for people not in relationships to treat themselves, in the spirit of Valentines Day.
The Chinese State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) has accepted the complaint and warned retailers "not to use malicious marketing methods to engage in competition" ahead of the event, according to the Xinhua news agency.
A recent change in legislation bans online retailers limiting promotional activity by their merchants on other platforms.
Last year, Alibaba recorded $9.3bn (£5.9bn) sales during the annual event, which it adopted in 2009.
Abdul Hafidah was stabbed after being hit by a car on Moss Lane East in Moss Side on 12 May. He died two days later.
Fifteen people, including boys, aged 14 and 17, have previously been arrested over Mr Hafidah's death. Three will face no further action, while the rest have been bailed until September.
A 29-year-old man is being questioned after being arrested on Thursday, Greater Manchester Police said.
Police believe Mr Hafidah had been chased near Greenheys Lane before being struck by a blue Vauxhall Corsa and then stabbed.
He was taken to hospital with wounds to the neck and abdominal injuries.
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The Foxes are also guaranteed Champions League football following Tottenham's 3-0 win over Manchester United.
Vardy coolly slotted in the first against Sunderland, before outpacing the opposition defence and tucking home a second deep into injury time.
The hosts' best chance fell to Jack Rodwell, who blazed over.
Sunderland remain 18th in the Premier League table, four points from safety.
Relive the action from the Stadium of Light
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Leicester's remarkable surge towards the title shows no signs of slowing up after a battling victory over relegation-threatened Sunderland.
Foxes goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel said there is "no pressure" on his side in the run-in and there were certainly no signs of nerves at the Stadium of Light.
England internationals Danny Drinkwater and Vardy combined for the striker's 20th league goal of the season, the first Leicester striker to reach the milestone in the top flight since Gary Lineker in the 1984-85 season.
His 21st in injury time was superb, leaving Patrick van Aanholt floundering before going round Vito Mannone to slip the ball into an open net.
Claudio Ranieri's men have now won their past five league games without conceding, picking up their 14th clean sheet of the campaign on Sunday. They have lost just three of their 33 league games so far.
The supporters stayed inside the ground well after the final whistle chanting "we're gonna win the league" and it now seems only an astonishing collapse will stop them from lifting the trophy.
Sam Allardyce's Sunderland side gave a good account of themselves against the leaders, but that is not enough at this stage of the season as they cling on to their Premier League status.
They left the Stadium of Light without any points and are 18th in the table, although they do have a game in hand on Norwich, who are four points and one place above them.
Centre-back Younes Kaboul, who should have done better with a header in the first half, made 25 clearances in the match - the most by a player in the division this season.
And German Jan Kirschoff, patrolling the space in front of the defence, kept key Leicester man Riyad Mahrez quiet, completing seven tackles and gaining possession back 18 times.
However, their problems lie at the other end of the pitch, having scored just four goals in their past six games.
The result could have been different had Rodwell buried his gilt-edged chance, while top scorer Jermain Defoe, with 12 league goals, was on the periphery for much of the game.
Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce: "I can't accept how we conceded the first goal. We allowed Jamie Vardy to play to his strengths. One ball over the top... not coping with that was the reason why we lost today.
"Our most costly games were not today. A 0-0 draw would have been good for us. The costly ones were the last three, we should have won all three. That wouldn't have seen so much pressure on ourselves and that is what told today."
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Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri: "The fans must continue to dream but we must continue to be concentrated and focused. Now we have two tough matches at home, the Champions League is on the table and we have to keep it. We haven't achieved anything yet.
"You make this job for the emotion you feel inside, but it is difficult for me to tell what kind of emotion."
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Sunderland travel to Norwich on Saturday (kick-off 12:45 BST) in a crucial game at the bottom of the table, while leaders Leicester will be looking to take a further step towards the title when they host West Ham the following day (13:30 BST).
Match ends, Sunderland 0, Leicester City 2.
Second Half ends, Sunderland 0, Leicester City 2.
Goal! Sunderland 0, Leicester City 2. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Demarai Gray.
Foul by Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City).
Jan Kirchhoff (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Daniel Amartey (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Jan Kirchhoff.
Attempt saved. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniel Drinkwater.
Offside, Leicester City. Daniel Drinkwater tries a through ball, but Jamie Vardy is caught offside.
Substitution, Leicester City. Daniel Amartey replaces Marc Albrighton.
Attempt saved. Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by N'Golo Kanté.
Attempt missed. Jack Rodwell (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Jermain Defoe.
Attempt blocked. Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Rodwell.
Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Riyad Mahrez.
Attempt missed. Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by DeAndre Yedlin.
Dame N'Doye (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Wes Morgan (Leicester City).
Attempt blocked. Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Patrick van Aanholt.
Foul by Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City).
Jeremain Lens (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leonardo Ulloa.
Substitution, Sunderland. Jeremain Lens replaces Fabio Borini.
Robert Huth (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dame N'Doye (Sunderland).
Substitution, Sunderland. Jack Rodwell replaces Yann M'Vila.
Substitution, Sunderland. Dame N'Doye replaces Wahbi Khazri.
Goal! Sunderland 0, Leicester City 1. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daniel Drinkwater.
Attempt missed. Wahbi Khazri (Sunderland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Yann M'Vila.
Substitution, Leicester City. Leonardo Ulloa replaces Shinji Okazaki.
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland).
Attempt missed. Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
Attempt blocked. Wahbi Khazri (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lee Cattermole.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by DeAndre Yedlin.
Attempt missed. Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by N'Golo Kanté.
Attempt missed. Fabio Borini (Sunderland) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left.
Attempt blocked. Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wahbi Khazri.
Attempt missed. DeAndre Yedlin (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Wahbi Khazri.
Attempt missed. Fabio Borini (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Robert Huth.
The number of people leaving was estimated at 21,500 - down by 5.6% compared to 2014.
The number of people coming to live in Northern Ireland in 2015 was estimated at 23,600.
During Northern Ireland's economic boom years, annual net immigration peaked at almost 11,000.
The overall Northern Ireland population was estimated to be just over 1.85 million in June 2015, an increase of 11,100 on the previous year.
The figures, from the the NI Statistics and Research Agency (Nisra), also show a continuing trend towards an aging population.
The number of people aged 65 and over in Northern Ireland increased by 2.1% in 2015 to reach 291,800 people, almost 16% of the population.
Within that group, the population aged 85 and over increased by 2.9% to reach 35,500 people or 1.9% of the population.
By contrast, the number of children aged 0 to 15 increased by just 0.4% to reach 385,200 or 20.8% of the population.
There's not a precise number on it, but safe to say when the final cheque drops it'll be enough to pay for two or three of those £4m facial recognition systems that are all the rage at the moment, in the land of the bewildered.
The FAI last week announced that they have received 275,000 applications for tickets for the Euro 2016 games against Sweden, Belgium and Italy. Their total allocation for all three games is 26,000, so amid all the feel-good they have a problem to fix. A nice problem, you have to say.
Oh to have that conundrum in Scotland. Here, the post-mortems carry on. The latest contribution is the SFA's refinement of their 2020 Vision, as outlined on Thursday by Gordon Strachan and the association's performance director, Brian McClair.
As you read through the suggested tweaks to the Club Academy Scotland system and the call for the introduction of a draft system in the domestic game there is a temptation to sit back in disbelief.
Strachan, and the SFA, want to talk about the future and fair enough. But what about the present? What about the national team manager doing the job he was employed to do, a job that was eminently do-able? Namely, getting Scotland into the expanded Euro 2016. Nobody wants to talk about that.
The reason Scotland did not make the play-offs for Euro 2016 had nothing to do with academies or facilities or opportunities for young players. It had everything to do with Strachan's team getting it horrendously wrong by losing in Georgia midway through the campaign.
Had they not done so, then Scotland would have finished third with a real shot at qualification through the play-offs.
"We need to be honest in assessing where we are, where we want to be and how we get there," said Strachan on Thursday.
Quite. 'Where we are?' On the outside looking in. 'Where we want to be?' On the inside looking out. 'How we get there?' By beating the likes of Georgia.
Ever since Scotland failed to make the play-offs there has been a strange moving of the goalposts at the SFA. Would qualification have been the panacea for all ills in the game here? Of course not, but it would have been feel-good for fans and brought cash to develop and grow the game.
In the analysis of what went wrong in the qualification campaign, there has been too much big picture stuff and not enough close focus. Strachan is brilliantly qualified to talk about what needs to happen in youth football in this country, but there was still an element of the surreal about his vision last week.
Strachan has chipped in with a draft system idea that would see young fringe players in the Premiership being loaned out to clubs in the Championship to get more first-team football.
It's hardly Scottish football's Eureka! moment. More than 30 young home-grown players from Premiership clubs are already on loan in the lower leagues. Most of them are teenagers.
The Scotland coach wants each Premiership club to put five players into the draft. This would suggest that these clubs lose control - or total control - of where their young players end up. It's wholly wrong.
If, say, Aberdeen, want to loan a player to Falkirk because they like Peter Houston's coaching but are told no, they have to loan the player to another club, where is the fairness in that? It's illogical and unworkable. It's just noise.
It also feeds into the narrative that young Scottish talent is being held back, that impressive youngsters in this country are not getting the game-time they need and, as a consequence, are wasting away.
This is questionable, to say the least. Contrary to being obstructed, it's arguable that this is the greatest time to be a young footballer in Scotland. There is no money, fewer imports and more opportunity. The game is full of young kids. Whether they're good enough is a different point, but in big numbers they're getting their chance to show what they've got.
In the last round of matches in the Premiership the number of Scottish teenagers who saw action was in double figures and the number of under-21s involved was close to 30. Kilmarnock had three home-grown teens in their starting line-up while Partick Thistle, Hearts, Motherwell, Dundee United, Ross County and Inverness also gave game-time to a teenager (or teenagers).
Celtic would have done the same on Thursday but Kieran Tierney was given a night off in their pummelling of Hamilton. Tierney is only 18 and is now considered Ronny Deila's first-choice left-back.
It's a snapshot, sure, and these numbers might vary - but not wildly - depending on what weekend you want to look at. A study of the corresponding round of games 15 years ago - January 2001 when Claudio Caniggia was in his expensive pomp at Dundee and Rangers had Tore-Andre Flo in their attack - shows that Scotland's top division fielded 16 Scottish players with an age of 21 or under.
That number compares poorly to the one from last week. The landscape has changed dramatically.
Dip into last week's Championship fixtures and this notion that young players don't get a fair shot is undermined even further. There were almost 40 under-21s playing in those games. And many of them have already played buckets of first-team matches.
Falkir's Craig Sibbald, 20, has played 176 senior games. His team-mate, Conor McGrandles, also 20, has played 83. Hibs' John McGinn, 21, has played 121 times, most of them at his previous club, St Mirren. Barrie McKay, of Rangers, is 21 and has played 114 games.
Liam Henderson (Hibs) and Mark Russell (Morton) are both 19 and have more than 50 senior appearances already. Many others of the same age have 30 and 40 matches under their belts already. These guys are young but they've already been around for several seasons.
Strachan says that these Scottish boys lack the opportunity. Largely, they don't. If they don't make it at the big clubs they get loaned out to smaller clubs and they play and play and play.
What's lacking is not young players - the leagues are awash with them - but good young players with good skills and technique and mental strength. And the bigger problem is in coaching. Scottish football has all the young players it needs, but not all the progressive coaches.
These failings wouldn't have gone away had Scotland reached Euro 2016, but there would've been a break from the endless reviews and overviews and strategies and blueprints.
Because of a giant failure in qualification, there's more talk about plotting for some distant point in the future. The next World Cup campaign or the Euro qualifiers after that, or the following World Cup, or the new Euros. Always reaching and never achieving.
It's as the American singer-songwriter, John Legend, put it: "The future started yesterday, and we're already late."
Those who bring it into disrepute face a $200 (£154) fine and/or six months in jail, the justice ministry said.
Nobody is allowed to sell the flag without prior permission from the ministry, its statement added.
The flag is being used as a symbol of the calls for change by protesters under the #ThisFlag movement.
It was started in April by a pastor who wrapped a flag around his neck and in a video posted on Facebook calling for Zimbabweans who were fed up with the perceived mismanagement of the country to stand up for themselves.
Evan Mawarire's social-media movement backed a stay-away campaign in July, the biggest strike action since 2005.
He was accused of attempting to overthrow the government but a court dismissed the charges.
At his court appearance he was draped in the flag, as were many of his supporters.
He since fled the country and is currently in New York where he posted a video on Facebook on Tuesday, again wearing the flag around his neck, protesting outside the UN headquarters. President Robert Mugabe is in New York to attend the UN General Assembly.
Over the last month there have been several anti-government protests with people wrapping themselves in the Zimbabwe flag - and the police have now banned marches in the capital, Harare, until mid-October.
"Members of the public who engage in any action or activity, which involves the manufacture, sale or use of the national flag in contravention of the law are therefore warned that they are liable to prosecution and are liable to imprisonment if they are found guilty by a court of law," Justice Ministry official Virginia Mabiza said in a statement.
Promise Mkwananzi, the leader of young activists who protest under the banner Tajamuka, meaning "we strongly disagree", dismissed the warning.
"It is total insanity that government should ban citizens from using their own flag. We are going to continue to make use of our flag. It is our identity," he told the Reuters news agency.
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) found staff at Deneside Court in Jarrow were not adequately skilled and medicines were not administered properly.
The commission said its management of "challenging" patient behaviour "was not safe".
The home has been approached for comment.
The 40-bed facility, which cares for adults with learning, physical and neurological disabilities, had "not sufficiently improved to protect people", the CQC said.
Head of adult social care in the region, Ros Sanderson, said staff were not always properly trained to meet the specific needs of residents with diabetes and learning and mental health difficulties.
Some staff reported not feeling safe and inspectors found staff and residents "were not protected from potential harm".
"Some of the care staff told us they were frightened by the behaviour of some of the people who used the service and this led to them not attempting to de-escalate behaviour and thus leaving situations to deteriorate to the point the police needed to be called," the report said.
The home relied on temporary agency staff but failed to check they had the required skills, it said.
Risk assessments were not made and reviewed correctly and necessary improvements not always acted upon.
"This is not good enough," Ms Sanderson said.
Inspectors were "so concerned with the medicines management" at the home they returned to look specifically into the pharmacy.
They found some emergency medicines not available and others being given past their use by date.
The CQC decision can be challenged.
Graham Carroll, 26, will take part in the world's richest sim race - the Visa Vegas eRace in the North American city.
The 28-lap race starts at 00:00 on Sunday (British time) and has $1m (£812,000) worth of prize money over several categories.
His rivals include 20 pro drivers from the FIA Formula E Championship.
Mr Carroll abandoned real-life racing when, after his second Formula Ford title win in 2008, he ran out of funds.
The event is timed to coincide with the last day of the CES tech expo in the city.
Mr Carroll, told BBC Radio Scotland's Kaye Adams Programme it was nerve-racking when so much prize money was at stake.
He said: "These days the simulator is pretty much as real as you are going to get. The simulators I've been using over the last few years can get you ready for driving a real car because they are so like real life.
"When I first started off at this competition to get my ticket to Vegas there was a four round qualifier and I won the first round of the series and the week leading up to that I was on it six hours a day, I was treating it like a job because if you qualify and go to Vegas you win a minimum of $20,000 (£16,000).
"So to get that ticket out there meant a lot to me and its going to be good to be one of the 10 that make it there."
He added: "It's going to be pretty nervy, if you think about it you can make $25,000 if you make it to pole position too, that's going to be nerve-racking."
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Correction 10 November 2012: The BBC has apologised unreservedly for broadcasting a report on Newsnight on 2 November over allegations of child abuse which transpired to have involved a case of mistaken identity. As a result the video of the original report has been removed from the website. More details can be found here.
Steve Messham was one of hundreds of children abused in the 1970s and 80s - exploitation brought to light by the Waterhouse Inquiry Report in 2000.
But he told BBC Newsnight the inquiry uncovered just a fraction of the abuse.
He and another victim also told the BBC a leading Thatcher-era Conservative politician took part in the abuse.
Since the Jimmy Savile sex abuse allegations surfaced, politicians have been raising questions about other historic cases.
During the 1970s and 1980s almost 40 children's homes in north Wales were the scene of horrific child abuse in which youngsters were raped and abused by the very people who were paid to look after them.
In the early 1990s, allegations of the abuse started to surface and in March 1994 Clwyd County Council commissioned an independent inquiry into claims of widespread abuse across north Wales, centred around the Bryn Estyn care home.
Professor Jane Tunstill, who was on that inquiry panel, told the BBC in 2000 that along with a "litany of abusive practices going on in the home on the part of the care staff" there were rumours that people outside the care system were also involved in the abuse.
However, the inquiry's report was never published and the copies were pulped to ensure that the local authority was able to maintain its insurance cover.
In the wake of this, and amid growing public pressure, in 1996 the-then Secretary of State for Wales, William Hague, ordered an inquiry into allegations of hundreds of cases of child abuse in care homes in former county council areas of Clwyd and Gwynedd between 1974 and 1990.
The tribunal, led by Sir Ronald Waterhouse, heard evidence from more than 650 people who had been in care from 1974 and took almost three years to publish its report.
Counsel for the inquiry mentioned the existence of a shadowy figure of high public standing, but said that there was no substantial evidence to support the allegations.
An investigation by BBC reporter Angus Stickler at the time of the report's publication revealed allegations of a much wider circle of abuse than that uncovered by the inquiry.
He uncovered allegations of widespread physical and sexual abuse of children not just by care system staff, but that children were being lent to paedophiles from all walks of life including businessmen, police, and a senior public figure in a paedophile ring stretching beyond the borders of north Wales, to Chester, London, Brighton and beyond.
One of the victims that Angus Stickler spoke to in 2000 was Mr Messham, who described some of the abuse he suffered. Now, reporting for BBC Newsnight and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, he has re-interviewed Mr Messham.
"In the home it was the standard abuse which was violent and sexual. Outside it was like you were sold, we were taken to the Crest Hotel in Wrexham, mainly on Sunday nights, where they would rent rooms," Mr Messham recalled in this latest interview.
"One particular night that I always recall is when I was basically raped, tied down, and abused by nine different men."
He also stood by his claims then that his abusers included a leading Tory politician of the Thatcher era.
"You were taken by car, where basically you were sexually abused. Various things would happen, drink would be involved, it was basically rape. But it wasn't just him, there be other people involved as well," he said.
When asked how many times he was abused by the politician Mr Messham said:
"Off my head I couldn't give an exact number as it goes back many years but certainly more than a dozen."
In his new interview, Mr Messham also said that he had gone to the police in the late 1970s to report the abuse, but that he was not believed:
"I was called a liar. I was pinned up against a wall. I could still name to this day the police officer who had done it," he said.
"The police denied it and when they looked back, they finally admitted in the inquiry [that] statements were made. That's all they would say. They wouldn't say who was named in them. But they did admit I did make a statement of sexual abuse."
Mr Messham also insisted that his statements to the police included allegations of sexual abuse against the politician.
In his original investigation Angus Stickler also spoke to another victim who claimed to have been abused by the politician, as well as others.
Newsnight/the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has been unable to track him down for this latest report. However, in 2000 he described how as a teenager he was abused by the politician:
"We went out for something to eat and he pulled over in a layby and then, hey presto, oral sex took place," the man - who wanted to remain anonymous - said.
He told Angus Stickler that at the time, in the early 1990s, he went to North Wales Police to report the abuse, showing them faxed photographs of the senior Tory politician.
However, he said that the two police officers he showed the photograph to dismissed his claims, saying that since the pictures were faxed they were not sufficiently reliable evidence and no further action was taken.
The Waterhouse inquiry, which cost £12m to stage, promised to leave no stone unturned in its endeavour to uncover abuse.
However, there have been complaints that the terms of reference were too narrow, restricting investigations to abuse taking place within the care system, not beyond it.
"I don't understand why on Earth we had an inquiry when we had to leave out 30% of the abusers," Mr Messham said in his latest interview.
"And basically I was told to do that. I was told I couldn't go into detail about these people, I couldn't name them and they wouldn't question me on them."
Mr Messham says he wants a new investigation into what happened:
"I would like a meeting now with David Cameron. He's made a statement, a sweeping statement that abused people need to be believed, we haven't been believed, we've been swept under the carpet.
"It's time he knew the truth. It's time a full investigation took place and until I can meet with him and get some reassurance I don't believe we will get anywhere."
Richard Scorer, a solicitor with Pannone and Partners, who represented 30 victims at the Waterhouse inquiry, believes the original remit of the inquiry and attitudes at the time were at the heart of the problem:
"The terms of reference were an important restriction. It's also fair to say at that time, and we're going back to the mid to late 1990s here, at that time the idea that senior public figures; politicians; celebrities could be involved in child abuse was seen as a bit far-fetched," he told Newsnight/the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
"We now know of course from recent revelations that it isn't far-fetched at all - and that's part of the reason why it's important that these allegations are looked at again," he added.
Anyone with information into these allegations - or who needs support on the issues raised in this article - can call the NSPCC on 0808 800 5000 or email [email protected], or call their local police station by dialling 101.
The inherited condition leaves her joints weak and susceptible to dislocation.
It means she has to rely on a wheelchair a lot of the time. But when she was given the diagnosis she quickly realised the NHS was not going to be there for her.
She was offered a standard NHS-issue wheelchair - but at 20kg (3st 2lb) it would have been too heavy for her and potentially dangerous, given her condition.
She began to think her dreams of becoming a medic were over.
"I didn't even think I would get through medical school," she says.
A friend suggested she try to raise the money herself.
The NHS offered her £140 towards the costs, but modern lightweight wheelchairs can set you back thousands of pounds.
Ms Barham-Brown, 29, who is working across different hospitals in south London as part of her first year of being a junior doctor, took to crowdfunding and within 24 hours had raised enough to buy a fairly basic one for just over £2,000.
"Without it I wouldn't have been able to work as a doctor," she says.
"The standard one is just too heavy and has a wide turning circle.
"It just would not have been possible to get around the wards.
"Now, I'm the quickest doctor in the hospital - they're always sending me to get the bloods."
The wheelchair also allows her to play sport - she races and plays wheelchair basketball.
"It is so short-sighted not to fund wheelchairs that people need," she says.
"It keeps them active and working. Without them people become isolated, but unfortunately the cuts in the health service mean that is not possible."
Ms Barham-Brown is not the only person to have faced such difficulties.
She says she is increasingly hearing of people resorting to such tactics to get the equipment they need.
"More and more I'm seeing pleas on social media from people begging for support to buy wheelchairs, not only chairs like this - lightweight self-propelling chairs - but electric chairs," she says.
"The guidelines for getting chairs now are so strict, wheelchair services across the country are being privatised and it's just getting harder and harder to get access."
The derelict Westmoreland House on Stokes Croft will be demolished and the adjoining Carriageworks renovated for business units and 118 new homes.
Bristol City Council deferred making a decision on the proposal in April after protests against the lack of social housing in the design.
The scheme was approved after changes to the original plans were made.
These included the removal of gates and increasing the number of affordable properties in the development.
Lori Streich, from the Carriageworks Action Group, described the planning approval as "incredibly good news", and said it is "a very significant step to achieving an end to the dereliction of that site".
Comer Homes currently owns the buildings, but is to sell to Fifth Capital now planning approval has been granted.
The two buildings have been vacant for more than 25 years and Bristol City Council hopes the scheme will help regenerate Stokes Croft.
The area is regarded as the "spiritual home" of the street artist Banksy as his famed mural The Mild Mild West resides near Jamaica Street Junction.
The Junior Switch nightclub, which opened in September last year, hosts events for 13 to 17-year-olds.
For the first time at an event held by the club on Friday night, young people were breathalysed at the door.
A spokesperson said they had been forced to introduce the measure due to the condition of some young people on arrival.
The Monaghan-based nightclub has held a total of seven events since opening.
During its seventh event, held on Friday 12, young people were breathalysed before entering the venue.
This is the first time that the venue has imposed such a measure.
A spokesperson from the Junior Switch nightclub said that it was now a condition of entry for young people attending future events.
"We have a duty of care to the young people who attend our events and we are taking a zero tolerance approach when it comes to the consumption of alcohol."
It is understood that the club enforced the measure after a previous incident in which a bus brought young people to the venue who were unconscious due to alcohol consumption.
Young people gain access to events by purchasing tickets, however since the nightclubs spokesperson said that refunds had been issued prior to Friday night's event.
"We sold tickets and made it clear that those attending the event would be breathalysed. We then issued refunds to those who no longer wanted to attend," the spokesperson said.
"We lost about 40% of our usual turn out, but we don't care about the money. We want to ensure that the young people remain safe.
"Parents are thanking us because they don't want their kids in a situation where other kids are drinking and there may be peer-pressure for them to do the same."
Young people who were tested positive for alcohol consumption were looked after by paramedics from the Red Cross who then contacted their parents.
The spokesperson said that these young people have been told not to return to the venue for future events.
The infection has been linked to thousands of babies being born with underdeveloped brains.
Some areas have declared a state of emergency, doctors have described it as "a pandemic in progress" and some are even advising women in affected countries to delay getting pregnant.
But there is much we do not know.
Deaths are rare and only one-in-five people infected is thought to develop symptoms.
These include:
A rare nervous system disorder, Guillain-Barré syndrome, that can cause temporary paralysis has been linked to the infection.
There is no vaccine or drug treatment so patients are advised to rest and drink plenty of fluids.
But the biggest concern is the impact it could have on babies developing in the womb and the surge in microcephaly.
It is when a baby is born with an abnormally small head, as their brain has not developed properly.
The severity varies, but it can be deadly if the brain is so underdeveloped that it cannot regulate the functions vital to life.
Children that do survive face intellectual disability and development delays.
It can be caused by infections such as rubella, substance abuse during pregnancy or genetic abnormalities.
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The WHO says there is "scientific consensus" that Zika causes microcephaly as well as Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Some babies who died had the virus in their brain and it has been detected in placenta and amniotic fluid too.
Some governments have advised women to delay getting pregnant until more is known.
Experts now believe Zika is linked to a broader set of complications in pregnancy, including miscarriage, stillbirth, premature birth and eye problems.
The US Centres for Disease Control says Zika lingers in the blood for about a week and can be spread by sexual intercourse.
"The virus will not cause infections in a baby that is conceived after the virus is cleared from the blood," it says.
"There is currently no evidence that Zika-virus infection poses a risk of birth defects in future pregnancies."
The WHO advises couples practice safer sex or abstain for at least eight weeks if they are returning from Zika-affected areas. If the man in the couple planning a pregnancy develops Zika symptoms, then this period of abstinence or safe sex should be extended to six months.
The WHO is worried that Zika is spreading far and fast, with devastating consequences.
Declaring Zika as a "public health emergency of international concern" singles the disease out as a serious global threat. It puts it in the same category of importance as Ebola.
Unlike Ebola, where the focus was on boots on the ground, with Zika the attention will be on understanding the link with microcephaly.
The WHO will co-ordinate countries' health agencies to conduct trials to determine the risk.
It will also encourage efforts to stop the mosquito that spreads the disease as well as finding a treatment or a vaccine to stop the virus.
The work will depend on money donated by countries.
It was first identified in monkeys in Uganda in 1947.
The first human case was detected in Nigeria in 1954 and there have been further outbreaks in Africa, South East Asia and the Pacific Islands.
Most were small and Zika has not previously been considered a major threat to human health.
But in May 2015 it was reported in Brazil and has since spread rapidly.
"Its current explosive pandemic re-emergence is, therefore, truly remarkable," the US National Institutes of Health said.
It is spread by Aedes mosquitoes. They are the same insects that spread dengue and chikungunya virus.
They are found throughout the Americas except for Canada and Chile where it is too cold for them to survive, and across Asia.
And, unlike the mosquitoes that spread malaria, they are mostly active during the day, so bed nets offer limited protection.
If they drink the blood of an infected person they can then infect subsequent people they bite.
The WHO says sexual transmission is also possible.
The best evidence so far suggests that people can spread the virus via mosquitoes for a week after being infected.
In semen it may persist for two weeks.
Countries have advised safe sex and a ban on blood donations for a month after just visiting such countries and for longer if they developed symptoms.
As there is no treatment, the only option is to reduce the risk of being bitten.
Health officials advise people to:
The mosquitoes lay their eggs in standing water, so people are also being told to empty buckets and flower pots.
The US Centers for Disease Control has advised pregnant women not to travel to affected areas.
Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Castro has said a new testing kit is being developed to identify infections quickly.
He also said more money was being put into the development of a vaccine.
Some scientists are also trialling the use of genetically modified sterile mosquitoes that appear to reduce mosquito populations by 90%.
Meanwhile, efforts are under way to kill the mosquitoes with insecticide.
US experts from the National Institutes of Health say trials of a Zika vaccine will likely start in September this year. Depending on the results, larger trials could begin at the start of 2017.
"The very, very best scenario" would be a vaccine ready for the general public by the beginning of 2018, they say.
The Hoegh Osaka ran aground in the Solent off the coast of the Isle of Wight late on Saturday and is listing at 45 degrees on Bramble Bank.
The salvage master tasked with refloating the Costa Concordia cruise liner, Capt Nicholas Sloane, said salvors face a "critical situation".
He said the next 24 hours are "crucial for the local conditions and the wash".
"The main thing is to stabilise and bring her upright," he said.
"The next 24 hours are critical to see the behaviour of the sandbanks, whether the sand migrates away from the starboard side or the port side.
"The tidal conditions could cause some erosion of the sand itself."
Salvage experts from Svitzer boarded the ship on Monday and are carrying out an assessment to form a rescue plan.
A spokeswoman for the ship's insurers Gard said the vessel itself would be covered under a "hull and machinery" product while liability for loss and damage, including any future pollution, was covered by a "P&I" (Protection and Indemnity) policy.
She said salvage costs would usually be covered by the ship's owners but they could try and claim against part or all of the costs.
A press conference has also been called for 16:00 GMT where an update will be given.
Capt Sloane said it was "unlikely" the incident was caused by human error and was possibly an electrical fault with sensors which control the ballast, or ballast pumps.
He was in charge of refloating the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which sank off the coast of Tuscany in Italy in 2012, killing 32 people.
Ingar Skiaker, chief executive of Hoegh Autoliners, said in a press conference after the incident the crew deliberately ran the ship aground to avoid further damage.
There are 1,400 cars on board, including 1,200 Jaguar and Land Rover products, 65 Minis as well as 105 JCB machines.
Eric Williams, whose company Williams Shipping is working with the salvage team, said he was told the cars were well strapped down and not as badly damaged as feared.
He said: "We were told that the cars were still strapped down in position, which is incredible. We understand that some of the heavy machinery has moved."
There are also 500 tonnes of fuel on board, most of which is marine diesel oil. Experts plan to leave this safely aboard the ship for the time being, as it has been secured and poses no risk to the environment.
One crew member out of 25 rescued by RNLI Lifeboats and the Solent Coastguard on Saturday was injured.
Two senior officers and a pilot stayed on board before being taken ashore.
The 51,000-tonne transporter, registered in Singapore, set sail from Southampton for Germany at about 20:20 GMT on Saturday.
Mils Muliaina, 35, is alleged to have committed the offence in Cardiff city centre on 7 March.
He did not enter a formal plea, but the New Zealand Rugby Players Association has previously said the full back intended to "plead not guilty".
His case will resume at Cardiff Crown Court on 7 September.
Hours before the alleged incident, Muliaina had turned out for Irish side Connacht in their away game against Cardiff Blues.
He won 100 caps for the All Blacks before retiring from international duty in 2011.
More than 20 people interviewed described Mr Trump's behaviour toward women as crass and inappropriate.
Mr Trump's campaign dismissed the allegations.
Spokeswoman Hope Hicks said they were "outlandish, unsubstantiated and totally false".
Mr Trump has faced several allegations over the past week questioning his fitness to be president of the US.
On Sunday, the New York Times published evidence which alleged that Mr Trump may not have paid federal income tax for 20 years.
Former contestants and staff of The Apprentice described how Mr Trump frequently discussed the size of women's breasts and who he would like to have sex with on set.
Former producer Katherine Walker said Mr Trump often talked about women's bodies and commented on which female contestants he thought would be good in bed.
Eight former crew members said Mr Trump paid particular attention to a female camerawoman on set who he thought was attractive. Ms Walker said Mr Trump's comments frequently made the camerawoman uncomfortable.
"He said something like she was cute and she had a nice ass, and it was brought to my attention by someone else that he had a crush on her," Ms Walker said.
Some of the show's contestants said Mr Trump did appear professional. But a former crew member said Mr Trump's lewd comments were made on camera and later edited out of the show.
"If there was a break in the conversation, he would then look at one of the female cast members, saying 'you're looking kind of hot today, I love that dress on you,' then he would turn to one of the male cast members and say 'wouldn't you sleep with her?' and then everyone would laugh.
"There would be about 10 or 12 cameras rolling and getting that footage, which is why everybody was like, this guy just doesn't care."
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Another crew member said that Mr Trump often asked male contestants to rate the attractiveness of their female counterparts. The source described a day where cast and crew were all gathered to decide who to blame for a task.
In the middle of the discussion, Mr Trump allegedly stopped, pointed to a woman and said he would have sex with her.
"Everyone [was] trying to make him stop talking, and the woman [was] shrinking in her seat," the source said.
Denying the allegations, Ms Hicks said: "These outlandish, unsubstantiated and totally false claims fabricated by publicity hungry, opportunistic, disgruntled former employees, have no merit whatsoever."
NBC, which broadcast The Apprentice, a reality show that judges the business skills of contestants, declined to comment.
Last week Alicia Machado, crowned Miss Universe in 1996 accused Mr Trump, who formerly owned the pageant, of calling her Miss Piggy after she gained weight.
BBC News NI's Gordon Adair said it happened as the man was taking down a poster from a pole near his family home.
The poster claimed that a second individual was a security forces informer, or "tout".
The injured man has been taken to hospital in Belfast. Sinn Féin MP Conor Murphy said there were concerns that he might lose an eye.
These were also the concerns of the man's mother, who confirmed her son had got married last year.
Mr Murphy said the man was being taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital for "specialist surgery", after initially being taken to Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry.
Police said enquiries are ongoing and on Wednesday night appealed to people in the Crossmaglen area not to touch any suspicious objects.
They said the man's injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, following the explosion on Corliss Road.
Mr Murphy said the man's family had been threatened recently by "criminal gangs masquerading as republicans".
"Police recently visited the family and told them there was a threat from this group," he said.
"Now these people have attempted to kill a member of the family with a device placed close to their home.
"In recent months death threats have also been made against a number of Sinn Féin activists, including myself.
"Let me be absolutely clear; this was the work of a gang of criminals and I unreservedly condemn this latest cowardly action."
Mr Murphy said he believed the attack was "attempted murder" and described the backdrop to the incident.
"There have been a series of posters put up in the area alleging different people were informers attacking various people in the community - they were systematically removed by neighbours in the area and that's what leads me to believe it was attempted murder," he said.
"This one (the poster) with the knowledge that it would be removed, was put up close to this man's home and was booby trapped.
"When he went to remove it, it exploded and caused him serious injuries to his face and chest."
Newry and Armagh DUP MLA William Irwin expressed concern at the explosion.
He said it was clear there were "tensions within republicanism" in the area and said it was vital "that the community cooperate with the police to bring those behind such threats and attacks to justice".
Police said a man forced out of her vehicle at a car park on Bankmore Street in Belfast city centre at about 18:25 BST on Monday.
The suspect got into the woman's car but was preventing from driving off when other people came to her aid.
Police have arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of hijacking.
He is also being questioned on suspicion of criminal damage and possessing an article with blade or point in a public place.
A PSNI spokesman said the woman was not injured but was "left shaken by her ordeal".
Glammy name an unchanged 12-man squad from last week's rain-affected game at Taunton for the 50-over friendly.
Captain Jacques Rudolph is expected to partner Nick Selman again at the top of the order in a squad dominated by eight young Welsh players.
Owen Morgan features after he hit 37 against Somerset on Friday, while Chris Cooke continues with the gloves.
Glamorgan open their county championship campaign at Northamptonshire on 7 April.
Glamorgan: Jacques Rudolph (capt), Nick Selman, David Lloyd, Kiran Carlson, Chris Cooke, Aneurin Donald, Craig Meschede, Owen Morgan, Andrew Salter, Lukas Carey, Ruaidhri Smith, Jack Murphy.
Kevin Mahoney said he will quit UKIP if ex-Tory MPs Neil Hamilton and Mark Reckless are chosen to stand.
UKIP has not formally announced any candidates, but Mr Mahoney said he had been endorsed as lead candidate for the South Wales Central region by the party's national executive committee.
Another meeting of the committee is scheduled for Friday.
He said Mr Reckless, Mr Hamilton and the party's head of media in Wales, Alexandra Phillips, "have no political association with Wales".
Mr Mahoney stood as a candidate in the Vale of Glamorgan, where he is a county councillor, at the 2015 general election.
He said Ms Phillips had been chosen as a list candidate, but if Mr Hamilton and Mr Reckless were chosen too "I will have nothing further to do with the party".
"All these people have been foisted on Wales," he said.
"We had one chance of breaking the mould in the Welsh assembly.
"We have got plenty of candidates [who are] more than adequate.
"And unfortunately the party seems to have fallen prey to the same sort of political cronyism which I detest in other parties."
He added: "I don't want these people making laws in Wales."
Polls suggest UKIP could be on course to win seats in the assembly for the first time, in May.
UKIP declined to respond, other than confirming that there was a national executive committee meeting on Friday.
Jayangani scored 178 not out to lead Sri Lanka to 257-9 at Bristol.
But Australia captain Meg Lanning, who is the top-ranked ODI batswoman, hit an unbeaten 152 as her side (262-2) chased down Sri Lanka's total inside 44 overs.
At Taunton, Smriti Mandhana made 106 not out as India beat West Indies by seven wickets.
Jayangani's knock included six sixes and 22 fours and gave her the highest proportion of runs (69.2%) scored by an individual in a women's ODI innings.
But she was one of only three Sri Lankan players to reach double figures as Australia pulled off a tournament-record chase
"This is the best performance in my life," Jayangani, 27, told BBC Sport.
"I played my normal game," she added. "The first 30 overs I tried to go for singles and not boundaries, then I tried to hit the ball after the power play, for sixes and fours over the rope."
Lanning, who hit her 11th international century, paid tribute to her opponent.
"The way she was hitting the ball was incredible and very hard as well," said the 25-year-old. "She was just swinging hard and connecting and it certainly was a very special innings."
Mandhana followed her 90 in the shock win against England in the tournament opener by steadying the ship after India lost two early wickets, hitting 13 fours and two sixes.
She added 108 runs for the third wicket with captain Mithali Raj (46) as India chased a modest 184.
Mandhana told BBC Sport she is confident her team can win the competition.
"We are looking good, the batsmen are doing their job, the bowlers are doing their jobs and we are feeling well also," she said. "Hopefully we will continue the same form throughout the World Cup and on 23 July I will lift the World Cup."
Sri Lanka face England next at Taunton on Sunday, a day when all eight teams are in action.
Australia take on New Zealand at Bristol, India face Pakistan in Derby and South Africa play West Indies at Leicester.
The Gift of Life memorial has opened at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire by the Duke of Gloucester.
It features a butterfly to symbolise new life, with the forget-me-not showing donors will not be forgotten.
David Nix, from the Donor Family Network, said the memorial was "one of the charity's dreams".
The Donor Family Network is aiming to raise awareness of the thousands of transplants needed.
There are currently nearly 6,500 people waiting for a transplant in the UK and on average three people die every day because of the shortage of donor organs.
David Nix, chairman of the Donor Family Network, said: "It's tremendous to be unveiling the Gift of Life memorial.
"It has been one of the charity's dreams to have a national memorial for everyone who lives have been touched by organ and tissue donation and transplantation."
Ian Perkins, from Birmingham, was 32 years old when he died of a brain aneurysm. He saved the lives of four people by donating his organs.
Ian's wife, Audrey Wheeler, said: "It was absolutely devastating, but we spoke about it before Ian went to theatre as we knew there was a 50/50 chance of survival. Something good had to come out of a tragedy.
"Ian was a loving, caring man and he was a great dad to Sophie for the short time he was with us. He would be very proud today to be a part of this."
Ian's daughter Sophie was 14 months old when her father died. She is now 14 years old and carries a donor card.
She said: "I think it's worth thinking about it. You never know what's going to happen in your life or when your life is going to end. Make your own decisions, while you still can.
"It just makes everything a bit better knowing people are living their lives from my dad."
The National Memorial Arboretum aims to honour the fallen and recognise service and sacrifice.
There are over 300 memorials on the site that aims to act as a lasting tribute to those who serve their country or who have died in conflict, with over 200 special events held there annually.
Confirmation of Vale's return to League Two came when Brown's side could only draw 0-0 at Fleetwood on Sunday, when victory would have kept them up.
Vale's form dipped after 10-goal top scorer Alex Jones' loan deal expired and he joined Bradford in January.
"We've had extremely difficult circumstances," said Brown, 40.
He told BBC Radio Stoke: "To deliver a relegation in my first job, I'm still very disappointed, and I want to prove to everyone that I can build a good team.
"With the staff I have, and the contacts, we hope to get a team the Vale fans are proud of."
As a contracted Vale player since the summer of 2014, Brown has witnessed a major reconstruction at the club.
It began at the start of the season when manager Rob Page left for Northampton, and his assistant Brown became part of chairman Norman Smurthwaite's search for a new boss.
The appointment of Bruno Ribeiro and 16 mostly foreign signings was initially a success, but form was already tailing off prior to the departure of the Portuguese manager on 26 December.
Brown was initially told by Smurthwaite that he would be judged on results, and he won his first game in charge against a Chesterfield side who were to accompany them down.
But Vale have won just four times in 22 league matches in 2017 and Brown is now waiting to discover his fate.
"The chairman's the chairman," he said. "He owns the club and puts a lot of money in.
"It's going to need 16 players again. I'm planning as if I'm here and doing homework on the sort of players you'd want at the football club."
Several of Ribeiro's signings left in the January transfer window and one more departure is already known, after French midfielder Sebastien Amoros announced his intended exit on social media.
Gen Gregorio Catapang said Chinese "aggressiveness" was causing tensions in the region.
His comments come as the Philippines begins one of its largest joint military exercises with the US.
This year's Balikatan exercises involve more than 11,000 personnel, the biggest showing in 15 years.
China claims almost the whole of the South China Sea, resulting in overlapping claims with several other Asian nations including Vietnam and the Philippines.
They say China is illegally reclaiming land in contested areas to create artificial islands with facilities that could potentially be for military use.
Last Friday, newly published images appeared to show that China is building an airstrip on the Fiery Cross Reef in the Spratly Islands, which the Philippines also claims.
China defended the work, saying the construction was meant to serve workers on the islands and civilian purposes such as search and rescue and fishing.
A US think tank also recently released images showing land reclamation on Mischief Reef.
US President Barack Obama has expressed concern that China is using "sheer size and muscle" to elbow other countries aside.
Speaking in Manila ahead of the drills, Gen Catapang told reporters that the new evidence of land reclamation gave "compelling reasons to raise our voice to tell the whole world the adverse effects of China's aggressiveness".
He said the Philippines "believe that China's massive reclamations activities will cause tensions among claimant countries, not only because it could deter freedom of navigation, but also due to its possibility of military purposes".
The US ambassador to the Philippines, Philip Goldberg, said at the opening ceremony of the drills: "We make no pretence that we are helping the Philippines as it fields a minimum credible defence."
He said the US would "defend the important principles of freedom of navigation in the air and the sea".
The two countries' combined forces are training for 10 days and will conduct exercises and humanitarian assistance projects in the Zambales province and Subic Bay, which are by the South China Sea, said the Philippine army and the US Marines.
The US is sending about 6,650 soldiers, 76 aircraft and three ships, while the Philippines is sending about 5,000 troops, 13 aircraft and one ship, said the DPA news agency.
Will Bragg produced a characteristically solid 119 not out to take the game away from Essex.
He shared century stands with both Mark Wallace (40) and Chris Cooke (59).
Earlier, Timm van der Gugten completed a maiden five-wicket haul in the Championship as Essex were bowled out for 313 in their first innings.
Bragg's innings was his second hundred of the season in addition to three half-centuries, and he was 10 short of his career-best at the close.
Veteran seamer David Masters, with 2-64, was the visitors' chief threat with the ball, but Essex could face a demanding target against a team who are yet to win this season.
Glamorgan batsman Will Bragg told BBC Wales Sport:
"Things went our way and we built hundred partnerships for the second and third wicket, but if we can get a few more runs in the morning, we can go hard at them for maybe two and a half sessions, it could be a good end to the game.
"If you get a personal best, you have to get a round of drinks in, so I'll have to see how much money I've got in the bank!
"We've had a tricky four or five weeks where we haven't hit our straps in the batting and bowling at the same time, but this game we've dug deep and we're in a strong position."
Councils are calling for more investment in the sector after the chancellor announced an extra £2bn for social care in England.
But Eluned Morgan said extra money was not enough to address growing demand.
Philip Hammond's Spring Budget will see an extra £200m spent in Wales over four years as a result of the extra social care cash and other increases.
Finance Minister Mark Drakeford has said the Welsh Government - which has an overall budget of £15bn - will consider how to spend the extra funds.
A recent report by the Health Foundation said that the social care costs for all adults in Wales are set to rise by £1bn to £2.3bn by 2030-31.
Ms Morgan told the BBC's Sunday Politics Wales programme that creative solutions were needed in the sector.
"I think there's potential for us to marry here economic development with the care service in the sense that we could be starting to build homes, for example, [that are] adequate for a longer term future for housing older people," she said.
"We could build an economic strategy behind that."
She added: "I think we need a creative conversation with the public about what they want [and] how do they want to live when they are older.
"Maybe we can build eco homes where older people won't be spending a lot of money on heating."
The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA), which represents councils, has said that paying for social care is the biggest strategic issue facing local authorities over the next decade.
It has called for money coming to Wales as a result of spending announcements in England - amounting to £150m over three years for day-to-day services and £50m over four years for infrastructure - to be passed on to Welsh councils.
It claims that, if the day-to-day cash was spread evenly, Wales would have an extra £50m a year for services between now and 2020.
WLGA boss Steve Thomas said a big cash injection was needed: "We've got a £90m pressure on an annual basis on Welsh social care.
"So even if the whole £50m goes in from Welsh Government from their consequential, it still doesn't meet the entirety of that pressure."
Assembly Public Accounts Committee chairman Nick Ramsay said a new way of thinking was needed to address the growing challenge.
"One way or another we need to tackle this because in a few years' time it may be too late to solve this problem," said the Conservative AM.
"This can't be solved overnight, we need to look five, ten years down the line, we've got to make sure that we've got the right procedures in place so that people in the future can be reassured that they are going to get the social care that they need and, let's face it, they have paid for."
Plaid Cymru AM Rhun ap Iorwerth accused ministers of being "far too slow" to act, saying inspiration needed to be taken from "Europe and beyond".
He said that there needed to be a realisation that an aging population would inevitably lead to a different way of doing things.
"We could put all our money into health and social care and it probably wouldn't be enough," he said.
A new body in charge of social care in Wales - Social Care Wales (SCW) - is being formally launched on 1 April.
Chairman Arwel Ellis Owen said social care was being made more sustainable with a greater focus on caring for people at home.
"These are not simple issues, they are very complex issues," he said.
"But I'm confident that we have here in Wales the tools now to get to grips with the challenge that we've got."
It was set up in November last year to speed up development and encourage private investment in the industry.
The move followed the collapse of wave power technology firm Pelamis which called in administrators after failing to secure development funding.
Scottish Renewables welcomed the announcement, which it said comes at a "challenging time" for the sector.
The first contract will be awarded to a group of 12 former Pelamis employees, led by the company's former chief executive.
Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said he was glad they were able to "retain some of the best brains working in marine energy in Scotland".
He said: "Only last month, Highland and Islands Enterprise, on behalf of Wave Energy Scotland, successfully acquired the intellectual property and a range of physical assets previously owned by Pelamis.
"And yesterday, Wave Energy Scotland agreed to work with 12 former Pelamis employees to capture the impressive learning they have acquired on their technology development journey."
Lindsay Leask, senior policy manager of offshore, wind and marine at Scottish Renewables, said: "Today's announcement on the funding to be allocated to Wave Energy Scotland comes as a welcome sign of the Scottish government's continued commitment to the sector, particularly after a recent challenging period.
"This money will enable Wave Energy Scotland to continue the development of wave energy in Scotland and build upon the global lead we enjoy by funding work on some of the key challenges commonly encountered by technology developers.
"The industry has recognised for some time that a collaborative approach to solving these problems is vital to ensure wave energy devices can develop to commercial scale, and Wave Energy Scotland provides a space for that to happen."
The cash will be rolled out over the next 13 months.
Scottish Liberal Democrat energy spokesman Liam McArthur said the funding was a step in the right direction, but that there must be "sustained" support for the industry.
He said: "Wave energy offers the chance to create jobs and wealth in communities across Scotland, as well as real opportunities for exporting services and expertise overseas. Hopefully today's announcement provides a basis now to crack on and deliver that ambition."
In December, workers told BBC Scotland the Scottish government had "pulled the rug" from under the country's leading wave energy companies by withdrawing public funding.
The criticism came after Pelamis called in administrators and its main rival, Aquamarine Power, said it was making more than half of its workforce redundant. The Scottish government insisted it had supported the sector.
Pembrokeshire councillors agreed for the new school to be sited at Withybush Road, Haverfordwest, on Thursday.
As part of the process, councillors voted in favour of closing the town's Welsh-medium primary school, Ysgol Gymraeg Glan Cleddau.
A statutory notice will be published next week and residents will have an opportunity to object.
Post-16 Welsh education would be provided at Ysgol y Preseli in Crymych under the plans.
A few, though, imprint themselves heavily on your consciousness, and on history.
2014 was just such a year. Its events jolted us out of our lazy assurance that things will carry on pretty much as usual.
Here are some of them.
On the night of 21 February the violent clashes in Ukraine between the pro-Russian government of President Yanukovych and demonstrators in the streets who wanted Ukraine to join the European Union and Nato reached a climax
The demonstrators in the Maidan, Kiev's central square, threatened to take up arms against the government. The riot police withdrew, and President Yanukovych fled to Russia
A right-wing coup d'etat or a popular revolution? The Russians, the Europeans and Americans naturally disagreed
Soon, the Crimean peninsular was blocked off by soldiers who wore Russian uniforms, but claimed to be local volunteers.
Crimea, which had always seemed like a detached part of Russia anyway, voted (genuinely) to join the Russian Federation. Russia was overjoyed.
In eastern Ukraine, there was outright civil war, with Russian forces taking part under various guises.
An Malaysian Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed after being hit by a Russian-made missile as it flew through Ukrainian airspace. The 298 entirely innocent people on board died.
These things were unprecedented in Europe, and the US, the EU and various other countries and international organisations started imposing sanctions on Russia to punish it.
Increasingly damaged economically, Russia became more strident in its defiance of the West. It was the start of a second, though milder and less dangerous, Cold War.
But 2014 still had its chief shock in store.
On the night of 9-10 June a motorised column of 1,300 not very well trained religious extremists charged into one of Iraq's biggest cities, Mosul, and captured it.
People across the world suddenly became aware of the black flag of Islamic State (IS). An extraordinary force had been unleashed in Iraq as well as Syria, and threatened to spread across entire sections of the Muslim world.
The Iraqi army, and particularly its officers, simply ran for it. The next day the black flag was flying over the city of Tikrit as well. IS seemed set to capture Baghdad itself.
But Baghdad stood firm. IS went on to capture headlines rather than towns and cities, carrying out a series of disgusting murders of defenceless prisoners, skilfully filmed and set to music.
Gradually, the opponents of IS pulled themselves together. The highly sectarian government in Iraq changed. An unlikely, unspoken coalition of Western countries, Iraqi Kurds and Iran joined Syria in fighting IS.
Now, no one seriously thinks the black flag will fly over the entire region; but IS is influencing and attracting extremists in countries from Pakistan to Libya, and in Nigeria the crazy-seeming Boko Haram movement is copying its worst features.
There were moments in 2014 when it looked as though the world might succumb to another pandemic: this time Ebola.
In fact it was never really on the cards, partly because the world's medical resources were too strong, and partly because the disease itself didn't quite lend itself to that kind of spread.
Still, it terrified a lot of people; and as always in these circumstances governments and individuals didn't always behave wisely or decently.
It was a year of turnarounds. Britain and the US, having apparently pulled out of Iraq and Afghanistan, found themselves sending soldiers back there to shore up the local forces.
Separatist feelings grew in Europe, whether in Scotland or Spain, or expressed as a dislike of the European Union itself.
In Hong Kong, the desire to keep a separate identity has goaded China into a new sternness, while President Xi Jinping has continued to show a steely determination to assert his control over the Communist Party.
As 2014 fades, some of the big world issues seem to be reflected in the streets. Deranged characters from Sydney to Dijon and Tours have attacked people in the name of Islam. Racist assaults on Muslims have increased.
In Britain, policemen and politicians alike worry that terrorist attacks are inevitable. In the US, trust in the police has been severely shaken by a series of deaths of black people at the hands of individual policemen.
Time magazine has decreed that 2014 was the year of the selfie. Maybe.
To me it seems it was the year of nervousness and instability. The real selfie of 2014 was self-doubt.
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The Mitsubishi L200 he was driving came off the westbound carriageway near Livingston at about 01:15 on Saturday.
The man was seriously injured and died a short time later. The road was closed for five hours to allow for recovery and investigation work.
Police officers have appealed for witnesses to the crash - or anyone with information about it - to contact them.
Sgt Andy Gibb said: "Sadly, a 34-year-old man has died as a result of a road traffic collision on the M8 during the early hours of Saturday, May 14.
"Our thoughts are with his family at this extremely difficult time and we will continue to provide them with support as and when they need it.
"Our inquiries into the full circumstances surrounding this collision are ongoing and I ask anyone who was travelling on the M8 at around 1:15am on Saturday, May 14th, to contact us immediately if not already done so."
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Soldiers and special forces paused their advance on Wednesday, a day after pushing into the eastern outskirts.
A BBC journalist says they are moving with caution, amid fears of ambushes, secret tunnels and booby traps.
Meanwhile, an aid agency has warned that the lives of civilians in Mosul are "in grave danger".
Wolfgang Gressmann of the Norwegian Refugee Council said its staff were "now bracing... for the worst" as the battle for the city intensified.
"The lives of 1.2 million civilians are in grave danger, and the future of all of Iraq is now in the balance," he added.
Elite Counter-Terrorism Service troops retook the eastern Kukjali area and reached the more built-up Karama district, on Tuesday, having entered the city for the first time since it was overrun by IS in June 2014.
The BBC's Ian Pannell, who was travelling with them, says those militants who chose to stand and fight were killed while others fled deeper into the city.
The Iraqi military said that units from the army's ninth armoured division and first division had also entered the Judaydat al-Mufti district, to the south-east, after capturing several outlying villages.
On Wednesday, a senior CTS officer, Brig Gen Haider Fadhil, told the Associated Press that they had paused their advance because poor weather was hampering visibility.
They are also waiting for reinforcements before attempting to push into the city centre, our correspondent says.
For now, troops are now moving from house to house, making the ground secure for the civilians who are still there, he adds.
Families who spoke to the BBC said they had been living in a state of fear under IS. For the women, in particular, there was a tentative sense of relief.
One said she had left her home only twice in the last two years and that she would have been beaten for even hanging her washing out on the roof.
Some 50,000 Iraqi security forces, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, Sunni Arab tribesmen and Shia militiamen are involved in the operation to take back Mosul, which began on 17 October.
The operation is receiving air and ground support from the US-led multinational coalition against IS.
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Taking place from 9-12 March, this year's programme will feature more films, activities and guest speakers.
The speakers will include long-distance cyclist and adventurer Emily Chappell, kayaker Justine Curgenven and climber Cedar Wright.
Author, film-maker and 2012 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, Alastair Humphreys will also be there.
The four speakers are well-known in the outdoor pursuits community for their achievements in harsh environments.
The full programme of events has been uploaded to the festival's website.
Ms Chappell, a former London cycle courier who helped to set a record time for cycling Scotland's North Coast 500 last year, will attend the opening film and lecture session.
During the festival, Mr Wright and Mr Humphreys will take part in a question and answer session on the theme of how to become an adventurer.
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The Work and Pensions Committee is examining the welfare system's capacity to support self-employed workers in this sector.
Committee chair Frank Field said it was one-sided flexibility.
Some five million people work in the so-called "gig" economy.
They are mostly employed in sectors such as food delivery or taxi driving.
The UK and Ireland managing director of online delivery food service Deliveroo, Dan Warne, said flexibility was extremely important to its riders because 85% of them used it as a supplementary income stream, working on average 15 hours a week.
He said its business model also allowed people to work for competitors and no-one was penalised if they did not turn up for work.
"We cannot offer that amount of flexibility to those riders if we're forced to pay a given wage and a given hour to every single rider," Mr Warne added.
"We would have to restrict the number of riders who login. We'd have to restrict their earning capacity during peak [hours]."
The company has also confirmed that it is dropping a controversial clause in its contracts that prevents couriers taking the company to an employment tribunal, contesting their self-employed status.
Mr Field said to Mr Warne: "You actually forbid that before you give them work."
Mr Warne replied: "This is not something that's enforced, so there is no need to have it in there."
All the companies insisted they were paying the National Minimum Wage.
But Mr Field expressed scepticism about the fairness of all their business models.
"You are not paying national insurance, you're not covering costs which taxpayers will have to pick up. It is a marvellous model if you can get away with it," he said.
Andrew Byrne, Uber's head of public policies in the UK, said: "94% of people when we ask them to say the thing they like about working for Uber is the freedom to choose their own hours and that is something that is difficult to hold on to in a market where you have different requirements and different working models."
The online private hire company is currently appealing against an employment tribunal ruling from last year that said UK Uber drivers can be classed as workers and not as self-employed.
This means they should be entitled to a range of benefits such as the National Minimum Wage, and holiday pay.
Carole Woodhead, the chief executive of courier Hermes UK, said the benefit of its model was that couriers were their "own bosses" and they could choose to ask other people to fulfil their deliveries if they were unavailable.
She said if a substitute could not be found, they had to inform the company who would provide cover.
Frank Field described this as "strange self-employment", since it meant there was some obligation on behalf of the courier.
He said if employees were unwell, they could claim sick pay and would not be expected to provide a substitute.
Ms Woodhead said Hermes took "its responsibilities seriously" and that the UK tax authorities had found it offered genuine self-employment.
She said the company had also met with HMRC officials last December and was awaiting the outcome of those discussions.
The Conservative MP visited the scene where the Border Force discovered 68 people, including 15 children and two pregnant women, on Thursday night.
He told the BBC they had clearly been in the trucks for a long time, and many were dehydrated and very tired.
He suggested ministers were taking the wrong approach to people trafficking.
Four Polish lorry drivers were arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and are being questioned at separate police stations.
The Border Force found the suspected illegal immigrants inside four separate lorries at Harwich International Port.
There were 35 people from Afghanistan, 22 from China, 10 from Vietnam and one from Russia.
41,000 2014/15
19,003 2013/14
11,731 2012/13
9,632 2011/12
10,916 2010/11
(Numbers of people trying to enter the UK illegally detected by the Border Force, other agencies in France and Belgium, and at UK ports)
Source: Home Office
Mr Jenkin said the individuals were being questioned on Friday night about who they had paid, how much they had paid and where they had got on the lorries - but none spoke English making communication difficult.
The Red Cross, social services and ambulance services were all at the scene, while some of the most sick were treated at Colchester Hospital.
It is believed those not seeking asylum will be sent back to their home country.
Stena Line, operator of the Stena Hollandica ferry that transported the lorries, said the service had left the Hook of Holland on Thursday afternoon and had arrived at the Essex port at 19:45 BST that same day.
It is not clear where the lorries had been before sailing to Harwich.
Mr Jenkin said the operation had been intelligence-led, and "this is why we're allowed to feel delighted and proud of our border force" who had worked closely with the Dutch.
The UK has an agreement known as "juxtaposed controls" meaning people travelling on certain routes between the UK, France and Belgium go through immigration checks before boarding a train or ferry rather than on arrival.
No such agreement exists with the Dutch.
Some 41,000 illegal immigrants were picked up at UK borders in the year to April, and almost all were stopped in France and Belgium before reaching the UK.
Asked if it was time for an agreement with the Dutch, Mr Jenkin said he was advised that the UK had a "very good arrangement" with the Dutch.
However, he said that only about 6% of lorries - or 250,000 - were stopped each year at Harwich port, and there was an argument for many more to be stopped and searched.
Former chief inspector of borders John Vine, however, warned that any more checks could lead to clogged-up ports.
He told the BBC that good intelligence and experienced staff were critical, but a lot of experienced staff were leaving and not being replaced.
This week, the chancellor announced the Home Office, which is responsible for the Border Force, was facing budget cuts of £30m.
Mr Jenkin, a former shadow defence secretary, said it was "bizarre" that one of the "frontlines" was not protected in the government's spending review, "and yet we're, dare I say, increasing our contributions to the European Union to spend on what they want".
"I don't think the government's got the priorities right here," he added.
The tragic deaths, 15 years ago this month, of 58 Chinese people in a lorry which had been searched at Dover was the first, and clearest, indication of an emerging problem: people smuggling.
Migrants seeking a better life pay criminals to help them reach their destination.
But the routes, typically through northern Africa and southern Europe, or via Turkey and eastern Europe, are hazardous.
In the year to April, almost 41,000 so-called "clandestine" migrants were detected - the vast majority picked up by British staff at joint border controls in northern France and Belgium.
But there's anecdotal evidence that because security is so stringent there, migrants are finding other ways to enter the UK: nearly 1,500 were discovered at ports in Britain - including Harwich.
However, we may never know how many have got in without the authorities finding out.
In December 2014, gunman Man Haron Monis held 18 people hostage inside the Lindt cafe until police stormed the building 17 hours later.
A coroner on Wednesday ruled it was a "terrorist incident" for which Monis was solely responsible.
But he found authorities had made major errors, including by delaying entry, during which time a hostage was killed.
Cafe manager Tori Johnson was killed in the 10 minutes between Monis firing his first shot and police storming the building, New South Wales Coroner Michael Barnes said.
Heavily armed officers shot Monis dead, but stray police bullet fragments killed a second hostage, barrister Katrina Dawson.
New South Wales Police Commissioner Mick Fuller conceded police "should have gone in earlier", in an interview released after the coroner's findings.
Mr Barnes ruled police were ill-equipped to handle the siege, relied too heavily on a sole psychiatrist, and employed a "contain and negotiate" strategy which failed.
He also savaged an earlier decision allowing bail to Monis, who had been charged with 43 sexual assaults and being an accessory to his ex-wife's murder.
Although Mr Barnes stressed the deaths were "not the fault of police", he found failings with their actions, including:
Mr Barnes said a prosecutor had given inadequate information when Monis faced an earlier bail hearing over his ex-wife's murder.
"That [prosecution] solicitor erroneously advised the court that Monis did not have to show exceptional circumstances before he could be granted bail on the murder charges," Mr Barnes said.
Monis, an Iranian-born Australian citizen, had pledged allegiance to so-called Islamic State (IS) not long before the siege.
"It remains unclear whether Monis was motivated by Islamic State to prosecute its bloodthirsty agenda, or whether he used the organisation's reputation to bolster his impact in pursuit of his own ends," Mr Barnes said.
On Monday, the families of Mr Johnson and Ms Dawson criticised a police command tactic to intervene only if the gunman killed or injured someone.
"I'll never be able understand how you can make a calculated decision that you wait for someone to die," Mr Johnson's mother, Rosie Connellan, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
In an ABC interview released on Wednesday, the police chief said it had been "wrong" to wait 10 minutes after Monis first fired his shotgun.
"There is an expectation from the community, and I think it is a fair one, that we will show force in those situations in future," Mr Fuller said.
In the words of the coroner, the Lindt Cafe siege was a moment when "Australia held its breath as torture played out across the day".
But for the victims' families, the wait for answers and an admission of failings has only added to their torment.
By conceding his officers should not have allowed 10 minutes to pass after the first gunshot, the New South Wales police commissioner has finally taken an important step.
It confirms to the families, the hostages, and the public that the police were at times confused, and did not always react to the events unfolding in front of them.
But it is an admission that could only be made with the benefit of hindsight, and with the intention of learning from the tragedy.
As the coroner said, while it is important not to paper over mistakes, it is Monis who deserves to be the focus of denunciation.
After the findings, Mr Johnson's partner, Thomas Zinn, said he still had respect for police despite the "failures of various authorities".
"The pain deep in our hearts from losing Tori is as strong now as it was in December 2014," he said.
"Everybody who knew Tori would agree that we lost a guardian angel that night."
The state's police union had criticised the inquest as a "witch hunt" that had scrutinised police officers "as if they were on trial".
"For some lawyers the focus appeared to be not just to attribute blame but moral culpability, twisting words to belittle experienced officers," New South Wales Police Association acting chief Tony King wrote earlier this week.
Mr Barnes acknowledged the police response carried extreme risk, and stressed his findings were specific to this incident.
His 45 recommendations included:
"I am acutely conscious that systemic improvements will do nothing to alleviate the grieving for Katrina and Tori that their loved ones will continue to suffer," Mr Barnes said.
"I am powerless in that regard."
The leading UK authority on sports ground safety has distanced itself from a report seen by some as a 'route map' to getting the scheme back on track.
The report was published last month. It is called a "project assessment review" and was compiled by Cabinet Office officials.
The BBC understands that the Sports Grounds Safety Authority is unhappy with parts of it.
That is even though it referred to them as specialist contributors.
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is planning to build a 38,000-capacity stadium at its existing west Belfast sports ground, Casement Park.
However, the project has been dogged by issues of safety in its design.
Paul Scott, a safety chief on the project, raised concerns. He said that any design must allow for the ground to be evacuated in an emergency within eight minutes and that the pitch itself cannot be part of the emergency exiting plan.
His comments prompted several investigations.
Last month the project assessment review, commissioned by the Culture and Leisure Minister Carál Ní Chuilín and carried out by the Cabinet Office, recommended Mr Scott's removal as head of the safety group and concluded the new stadium was still achievable.
It said there could be flexibility on the eight minutes and that the pitch could be used as part of the plan.
Now, information has been provided to Stormont MLAs by the Sports Ground Safety Authority.
Known as the SGSA, it is the leading UK body on stadium safety.
Its chief executive said that while its experts were referred to in the Cabinet Office report, they had been asked general questions and were not asked to comment in detail on the specifics of the Casement plans.
It went on to say the conclusions "should not be taken to represent the SGSA's advice on the specifics" in relation to Casement.
Crucially, when it comes to the disputed eight-minute timescale and the pitch being used as a place of safety, the SGSA appears to agree with Paul Scott.
The SGSA also told MLAs that in new stadia, the exit routes should "allow all spectators to exit the stadium in an emergency without having to exit onto the pitch".
Building the new Casement Park has been hampered by all these technical questions on stadium safety.
DCAL may have hoped that last month's project review appeared to have found a way forward - but the recognised industry experts in stadium safety are now saying the report reflects the views of others rather than the SGSA.
The SGSA is expected to be called before MLAs some time later this year.
Wrth deithio i Iwerddon roedd y Scarlets yn gwybod y byddai hi'n dipyn o dasg gan ei bod hi'n anarferol i Leinster golli gartref. Ond roedd y Scarlets hefyd wedi ennill pum gêm yn olynol ac felly yn hyderus.
Roedd y Scarlets, yn amlwg, yn barod i gwrdd â'r her wrth iddynt fynd ar y blaen o 21 i 10 ar ddiwedd yr hanner cyntaf wedi i Steff Evans, Aaron Shingler a Gareth Davies sgorio cais yr un. Roedd yna dri trosgais llwyddiannus gan Rhys Patchell.
Ond ar ddiwedd yr hanner cyntaf roedd yna gerdyn coch i Steff Evans am dacl frwnt yn erbyn Garry Ringrose. Felly rhaid oedd i'r Scarlets chwarae'r ail hanner gyda phedwar dyn ar ddeg.
Fe gadwodd Scarlets eu tir yn rhyfeddol ond chwarter awr cyn y diwedd roedd yna gais i Leinster ond dim trosgais. Bum munud wedyn roedd yna gic gosb gan Liam Williams i'r Scarlets gan ddod â'r sgôr i 15 24 a chyn diwedd y gêm cic gosb arall gan Liam Williams a ddaeth â'r sgôr terfynol i 15 27.
Y Scarlets felly yn fuddugol o 12 pwynt. Mi fyddan nhw yn dychwelyd ymhen yr wythnos i rownd derfynol y Pro 12 yn Nulyn.
Mikhail Lesin, 57, Russia's former press minister and a one-time head of the powerful Gazprom-Media Holding group, died on Thursday, they said.
Russian media, quoting his family, said he suffered a heart attack.
The Washington Post quoted Russian embassy officials as saying Mr Lesin's body was found in a room at the Dupont Circle hotel.
It reported that police were investigating the death of a man but that he had not yet been formally identified.
Last year, Mississippi senator Roger Wicker called for an investigation into Mr Lesin, saying his fortune "raises serious questions".
In a letter to the US Department of Justice, Sen Wicker said Mr Lesin bought property worth $28m (£18.6m) in Los Angeles for his family after finishing work as a civil servant.
Sen Wicker asked how a former civil servant would have been able to buy and maintain expensive property, and expressed concern their purchase may have involved people and groups on a US sanctions list.
BBC Russian said Mr Lesin was for a long time considered one of the most influential figures in the Russian media market and in the corridors of power.
Mr Lesin worked as an aide to the presidency between 2004 and 2009, when he helped advise on the creation of the news channel Russia Today.
Late on Friday, Mr Putin hailed "the enormous contribution made by Mikhail Lesin to the formation of modern Russian media", according to Tass.
Last year, Mr Lesin was accused of trying to force a radio station in which he was a shareholder to cut an interview with opposition figure Alexei Navalny.
And Sen Wicker's letter said Mr Lesin "led the Kremlin's effort to censor Russia's independent television outlets".
He resigned from Gazprom-Media last year.
The Ria-Novosti agency said he leaves a wife, son and daughter.
In Konta's Fed Cup match against Sorana Cirstea, Nastase was sent off after swearing at the umpire and abusing Konta and her captain Anne Keothavong.
He was later banned from the tie and escorted away from the venue in Constanta on the Black Sea coast.
But as play continued on Sunday, Nastase, 70, returned to the site.
He was later ordered to leave after entering the VIP restaurant, BBC Sport's tennis correspondent Russell Fuller reported.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) said the provisional suspension meant Nastase "may not participate in the Fed Cup in any capacity with immediate effect".
A statement added he "shall be denied access to any ITF event, including the Fed Cup", pending further investigation into "a breach of the Fed Cup welfare policy".
Nastase also twice abused a British journalist on Saturday over the reporting of derogatory comments he made about Serena Williams' unborn child at a Friday news conference.
While Romanian player Simona Halep was answering a question in English about Williams' pregnancy on Friday, the 70-year-old turned to one of his other team members and added in Romanian: "Let's see what colour it has. Chocolate with milk?"
He also put his arm tightly around Keothavong and asked for her room number, in earshot of the watching media.
On Sunday, former US Open finalist Pam Shriver claimed Nastase - a former world number one - also made inappropriate comments to her when she was a teenage star of the women's tour.
Shriver, 54, said Nastase repeatedly asked her if she was a virgin.
"Whenever I saw him at any tournament he would ask me the same question," she told BBC Radio 5 live's Sportweek.
"This man has not been respectful of women for a long, long time."
The BBC has contacted the Romanian Tennis Federation for a response, but is yet to receive a reply.
Shriver says that although she spoke to friends about the two-time Grand Slam winner's behaviour during the pair's playing days, she did not officially report it.
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"When I got older, perhaps 20, and he asked me for about the 30th time, I said, 'would you please stop asking me that?'," added Shriver, who won 22 Grand Slam doubles titles.
"Sort of to his credit, he never asked me again. I set a firm boundary and he stopped."
The ITF is investigating Nastase's conduct on Saturday and also the derogatory comments relating to 23-time Grand Slam singles champion Williams' unborn child the day before.
"You want the punishment to match the crime and he behaved really badly," Shriver added.
"I think it has all gone too far. I think it is over now, I think he is done as a coach, certainly in any formal setting.
"Everybody has a couple of different sides to their personality and certainly not all of Ilie Nastase is evil and mean and sexist. But unfortunately he does not have a filter and there is a side that is, so he can't coach women players any more."
American Shriver is a two-time Fed Cup champion, who reached the final of the 1978 US Open as a 16-year-old, losing to Chris Evert.
Britain were beaten by Romania 3-1 in their best-of-five World Group II play-off after Irina-Camelia Begu beat Heather Watson 6-4 7-5 on Sunday.
BBC Sport tennis correspondent Russell Fuller
Perhaps the final day would not have been complete without a cameo appearance by Ilie Nastase. Despite being banned from the premises, he walked calmly through the front entrance and into the VIP restaurant soon after Romania had taken an unassailable lead.
It appears he left via the back door - having been served notice that he had been provisionally suspended from all ITF events with immediate effect.
His team were the stronger over the two days. Simona Halep - motivated by what she saw as unfair criticism of her home crowd - was outstanding against Johanna Konta, and she looks a strong contender for the French Open.
Heather Watson was very competitive against Irina-Camelia Begu, but her defeat consigns Britain to another February in Euro Africa Zone One. It is a routine of which they are tiring.
Xolile Mngeni, who is serving a life sentence for her murder in Cape Town, was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour soon after his arrest in 2011.
The news was confirmed by a BBC South Africa correspondent, who said Mngeni was admitted to hospital on Tuesday.
Bristol businessman Shrien Dewani was extradited in April to stand trial, accused of ordering his wife's killing.
Mrs Dewani's body was found with a single gunshot wound to the neck after she and her husband were kidnapped while travelling in a taxi through the outskirts of Cape Town.
He was released unharmed and denies any involvement in his wife's murder.
Three men, including Mngeni, have already been convicted in connection with Mrs Dewani's death.
Mngeni, whose trial was repeatedly delayed while he had surgery to remove a brain tumour, is serving a life sentence for firing the shot that killed Mrs Dewani.
BBC correspondent Milton Nkosi said despite the "belief that he was recovering" Mngeni had been admitted to hospital on Tuesday.
"The Department of Correctional Services told us because of the patient, doctor confidentiality they cannot disclose the details of his condition," he said.
"But what we know is that he is in a serious, critical condition in hospital in Cape Town."
Liam Stewart - the son of music legend Sir Rod Stewart and former model Rachel Hunter - scored his first international goal, while Mark Garside, David Phillips, Evan Mosey, David Clarke were also on target.
Netminder Stephen Murphy turned away 21 of the 22 shots he faced.
Britain join Japan and Lithuania at the top of the table on six points.
There are no games in the tournament on Tuesday with Britain - who beat Croatia 4-2 in their opener - returning to action on Wednesday against Lithuania (19:00 BST).
The winners of the six-team competition will qualify for next year's Division 1 Group A with the top two from that tournament advancing to the top tier of the 2019 World Championships.
Great Britain have narrowly missed out on promotion following second-place finishes in the third-tier competition in the past two years.
Dame Helen Mirren, who appeared with Rickman in Anthony and Cleopatra at the National Theatre in 1998 (pictured), said: "Alan was a towering person, physically, mentally and as an artist.
"He was utterly distinctive, with a voice that could suggest honey or a hidden stiletto blade, and the profile of a Roman emperor. He was also a great friend, generous and social. He will be very missed by many."
Harry Potter author JK Rowlingtweeted: "There are no words to express how shocked and shocked and devastated I am to hear of Alan Rickman's death. He was a magnificent actor & a wonderful man.
"My thoughts are with Rima and the rest of Alan's family. We have all lost a great talent. They have lost part of their hearts."
Harry Potter co-star Daniel Radcliffe wrote: "Alan Rickman is undoubtedly one of the greatest actors I will ever work with. He is also, one of the loyalest and most supportive people I've ever met in the film industry. He was so encouraging of me both on set and in the years post-Potter.
"I'm pretty sure he came and saw everything I ever did on stage both in London and New York. He didn't have to do that. I know other people who've been friends with him for much much longer than I have and they all say 'if you call Alan, it doesn't matter where in the world he is or how busy he is with what he's doing, he'll get back to you within a day'.
"People create perceptions of actors based on the parts they played so it might surprise some people to learn that contrary to some of the sterner (or downright scary) characters he played, Alan was extremely kind, generous, self-deprecating and funny. And certain things obviously became even funnier when delivered in his unmistakable double-bass.
"As an actor he was one of the first of the adults on Potter to treat me like a peer rather than a child. Working with him at such a formative age was incredibly important and I will carry the lessons he taught me for the rest of my life and career. Film sets and theatre stages are all far poorer for the loss of this great actor and man."
Emma Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, wrote on Facebook: "I'm very sad to hear about Alan today. I feel so lucky to have worked and spent time with such a special man and actor. I'll really miss our conversations. RIP Alan. We love you."
Long-time friend and frequent co-star Emma Thompson wrote: "Alan was my friend and so this is hard to write because I have just kissed him goodbye.
"What I remember most in this moment of painful leave-taking is his humour, intelligence, wisdom and kindness. His capacity to fell you with a look or lift you with a word. The intransigence which made him the great artist he was - his ineffable and cynical wit, the clarity with which he saw most things, including me, and the fact that he never spared me the view. I learned a lot from him.
"He was the finest of actors and directors. I couldn't wait to see what he was going to do with his face next. I consider myself hugely privileged to have worked with him so many times and to have been directed by him.
"He was the ultimate ally. In life, art and politics. I trusted him absolutely.
"He was, above all things, a rare and unique human being and we shall not see his like again."
Sir Ian McKellen, who appeared with Rickman in the 1996 TV movie Rasputin, wrote on Facebook:
"There is so much that is matchless to remember about Alan Rickman. His career was at the highest level, as actor on stage and screen and as director ditto. His last bequest of his film A Little Chaos and his indelible performance as Louis 14th, should now reach the wider audience they deserve.
"Beyond a career which the world is indebted to, he was a constant agent for helping others. Whether to institutions like Rada or to individuals and certainly to me, his advice was always spot-on. He put liberal philanthropy at the heart of his life.
"He and Rima Horton (50 years together) were always top of my dream-list dinner guests. Alan would by turns be hilarious and indignant and gossipy and generous. All this delivered sotto, in that convoluted voice, as distinctive as Edith Evans, John Gielgud, Paul Scofield, Alec Guinness, Alastair Sim or Bowie, company beyond compare.
"When he played Rasputin, I was the Tzar Nicholas. Filming had started before I arrived in St Petersburg. Precisely as I walked into the hotel-room, the phone rang. Alan, to say welcome, hope the flight was tolerable and would I like to join him and Greta Scacchi and others in the restaurant in 30 minutes? Alan, the concerned leading man. On that film, he discovered that the local Russian crew was getting an even worse lunch than the rest of us. So he successfully protested. On my first day before the camera, he didn't like the patronising, bullying tone of a note which the director gave me. Alan, seeing I was a little crestfallen, delivered a quiet, concise resume of my career and loudly demanded that the director up his game.
"Behind his starry insouciance and careless elegance, behind that mournful face, which was just as beautiful when wracked with mirth, there was a super-active spirit, questing and achieving, a super-hero, unassuming but deadly effective.
"I so wish he'd played King Lear and a few other classical challenges but that's to be greedy. He leaves a multitude of fans and friends, grateful and bereft."
Others paying tribute included actress Mia Farrow, who wrote: "Everyone who knew Alan Rickman - or worked with him or watched his brilliant performances, feels this awful loss.
"Such a lovely, kind, generous, funny and brilliant man. Thank you Alan Rickman for that and for so many flawless performances."
Hollywood star Susan Sarandonsaid: "Alan Rickman was an actor's actor; courageous, generous, witty & surprising. When he laughed he lit up a room. A prince. You will be missed."
Comedian and writer Stephen Frytweeted: "What desperately sad news about Alan Rickman. A man of such talent, wicked charm & stunning screen & stage presence. He'll be sorely missed."
Zoolander and Meet the Parents actor Ben Stillersaid: "What a wonderful actor Alan Rickman was. He literally created his own genre of character. #RIP"
Charlie Sheentweeted: "We lost a genius today, Alan Rickman. This gentleman redefined the big screen villain, forever. RIP"
And comedian Eddie Izzardtweeted: "I do not want my heroes to die! Alan Rickman is dead & he was another hero. Alan - thank you for being with us. We are sorry you had to go."
Friend and co-star Sir Michael Gambon, who play Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films, told BBC World at One: "Everybody loved Alan. He was great. I can't believe this has happened.
"He was always happy and fun, and creative, and very, very funny. I could never be with him doing Harry Potter and keep a straight face. I laughed most of the time. Alan was just brilliant, and it's a terrible shock.
"He was a great stage actor. I spent years with him as a friend. We spent most of our time laughing or wondering what play we were going to do next."
Harry Potter actor James Phelps, who played Fred Weasley, said on Twitter he was "shocked and sad" to hear the news. He wrote: "One of the nicest actors I've ever met. Thoughts and prayers with his family at this time."
His twin brother Oliver Phelps, who played George Weasley, added: "Terribly sad news about the passing of Alan Rickman. A funny and engaging person who put a shy young actor at ease when I was on Harry Potter."
Other Harry Potter co-stars who have paid tribute to the actor include Warwick Davis, who tweeted: "So terribly sad to hear of the passing of Alan Rickman. Honoured to have shared the screen with him. #Marvin #Snape He'll be sorely missed."
Chris Rankin, who played Percy Weasley, wrote: "Just had awful news of Alan Rickman's death. Utterly devastated. Nothing more to say at this time."
The 30-year-old Morocco international, who has made 18 appearances during his loan, has signed a deal until 2020.
They will seal a sixth consecutive Serie A title if they win at second-placed Roma on Sunday (19:45 BST).
Juventus face Lazio in the Italian Cup final on Wednesday and Real Madrid in the Champions League on 3 June.
Though Celtic lost 2-0 in Israel, the Scottish champions won the play-off 5-4 on aggregate.
Griffiths was twice part of Celtic sides that lost at the play-off stage.
"For me, personally, you don't really make it as a footballer unless you've played Champions League football," said Griffiths.
"When I signed for this club, I wanted to play Champions League football and the last two seasons have been very disappointing. I started to think of myself as a jinx but we're there now.
"We had a meeting during pre-season of our targets for the season. This was number one - to get to the group stage of the Champions League, it's where every player wants to be. It's the pinnacle of your club career.
"My next test is trying to prove myself as a main Champions League striker and I can only do that by playing the group stages.
"We're going to draw at least one big name. We're just going to enjoy the draw [on Thursday]."
Griffiths scored twice in last week's 5-2 win over Hapoel at Celtic Park and captain Scott Brown's goal - the fifth - proved to be the eventual winner of the tie.
"It's just great just to chip in," said the skipper. "It's been a long time since I've scored so I couldn't ask for a better goal.
"We had to dig deep [in Israel]. It wasn't the best performance in the world."
Brown, who has played in four group stage campaigns, was asked if he felt Celtic were ready for the next phase and replied: "Definitely."
"The gaffer might bring in one or two more," he added.
Goalkeeper Craig Gordon saved a first-half penalty when the score was 0-0 and, like Griffiths, is savouring his first Champions League group stage.
"I'm 33 now and I'll hopefully get my first taste of it," said the Scotland stopper.
"To reach what is probably the best club competition in the world, it's pretty special considering where I've come from. I want to go and prove I'm capable of playing at that level. It's just really exciting.
"I don't mind who we get, it's just great to be there."
It has also detected nine small planets within so-called habitable zones, where conditions are favourable for liquid water - and potentially life.
The finds are contained within a catalogue of 1,284 new planets detected by Kepler - which more than doubles the previous tally.
Nasa said it was the biggest single announcement of new exoplanets.
Space agency scientists discussed the new findings in a teleconference on Tuesday.
Statistical analyses of Kepler's expanding sample of worlds help astronomers understand how common planets like our own might be.
Dr Natalie Batalha, Kepler mission scientist at Nasa's Ames Research Center in California, said calculations suggested there could be more than 10 billion potentially habitable planets in the Milky Way.
"About 24% of the stars harbour potentially habitable planets that are smaller than about 1.6 times the size of the Earth. That's a number that we like because it's below that size that we estimate planets are likely to be rocky," said Dr Batalha.
"If you ask yourself where is the next habitable planet likely to be, it's within about 11 light-years, which is very close."
Future observatories such as the James Webb Space Telescope could examine starlight filtered through the atmospheres of exoplanets for potential markers of biology.
"The ultimate goal of our search is to detect the light from a habitable exoplanet and analyse that light for gases like water vapour, oxygen, methane and carbon dioxide - gases that might indicate the presence of a biological ecosystem," said Paul Hertz, director of astrophysics at Nasa.
Of the telescope's finds to date, the planets Kepler-186f and Kepler-452b are arguably the most Earth-like in terms of properties such as their size, the temperature of their host star and the energy received from their star.
Dr Batalha said the new finds Kepler 1638b and Kepler-1229b were intriguing targets in the search for habitable planets.
The Nasa Ames researcher said the Kepler mission was part of a "larger strategic goal of finding evidence of life beyond Earth: knowing whether we're alone or not, to know... how life manifests itself in the galaxy and what is the diversity".
She added: "Being able to look up to a point of light and being able to say: 'That star has a living world orbiting it.' I think that's very profound and answers questions about why we're here."
Dr Timothy Morton, from Princeton University in New Jersey, said the overwhelming majority of exoplanets found by Kepler fell into the super-Earth (1.2-1.9 times bigger than the radius of Earth) and sub-Neptune sized (1.9-3.1 times bigger than Earth's radius).
He noted that planets in this size range had no known analogues in our Solar System.
Scientists used a new statistical technique to validate the 1,284 new exoplanets from a pool of 4,302 targets from Kepler's July 2015 catalogue of planet candidates. The technique folded in different types of information about the candidates from simulations, giving the astronomers a reliability score for each potential new world.
Candidates with a reliability greater than 99% were designated as "validated planets".
The team identified a further 1,327 candidates that are more likely than not to be planets, but do not meet the 99% threshold and will require further study.
Kepler employs the transit method to detect planets orbiting other stars. This involves measuring the slight dimming of a star's light when an orbiting planet passes between it and the Earth.
The same orbital phenomenon was involved when Mercury passed across the face of the Sun on Monday.
The Kepler telescope, named after the Renaissance astronomer Johannes Kepler, was launched on 7 March 2009.
In May 2013, the second of four reaction wheels - used to control a spacecraft's orientation - failed on Kepler. This robbed the orbiting observatory of its ability to stay pointed at a target without drifting off course.
However, engineers came up with an innovative solution: using the pressure of sunlight to stabilise the spacecraft, allowing it to continue its planet hunt. The resulting mission was dubbed K2.
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Those living in the country could also face jail, and foreigners deportation.
The new law was brought to light when the UAE's supreme court ordered the retrial of a man fined $800 for the offence, arguing the fine was too lenient.
The man was convicted of swearing at a colleague using the smartphone instant messaging app.
The exact words used by the defendant were not revealed by the court, which simply said that they were "insulting", according to 7Days UAE.
The claimant told police the defendant also threatened to harm him, though the defendant was cleared of the charge.
The case against the man was brought under a cyber crime law introduced in the UAE in October last year that made online verbal insult a criminal offence.
Authorities in the UAE last month warned that sending a middle finger emoji symbol would also be punishable under the law.
Locals say that Pakistan-based militants are flocking to the area and crossing into Indian-administered Kashmir to launch attacks there.
They fear that retaliatory fire from the Indian side may threaten a 2003 ceasefire and life in the valley.
The Neelum Valley was a major staging-post for militants from 1990 to 2003.
It is a long, narrow strip of land, most of which lies within the firing range of soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir.
It was one of the worst-affected areas along the Line of Control (LoC) that divides the disputed region of Kashmir.
Its tricky mountain passes meant that it was an important transit route for militants crossing into Indian-administered Kashmir.
Throughout that period, retaliatory fire from the Indians killed hundreds of residents, destroyed homes, hospitals and schools and forced people to spend most of their daily lives in bunkers.
But as it is so remote information about the latest spate of protests in the Neelum valley has trickled out slowly.
An Indian army spokesman told the BBC in early September that attempts by militants to cross over had heightened tensions on the border.
Two incidents of cross-border firing left at least four Pakistani soldiers dead in the first week of September.
And locals in the valley also told the BBC's Zulfiqar Ali that there has been an increased militant presence.
During a congregation to mark the holy festival of Eid on 31 August, residents of the town of Athmuqam passed a resolution which declared that any attempt to disrupt peace in the area would be resisted by the people.
A week later, two large demonstrations were held in Athmuqam to protest against the influx of militants which it is argued has sparked border skirmishes between Pakistani and Indian forces.
On Tuesday, hundreds of school children held another protest march in the town, submitting a list of demands to officials at a military camp.
Locals told our correspondent that the language and dress of most of the militants coming to the area suggests that they are from the Punjab province of Pakistan.
The Indian government has also accused Pakistan of sending militants to Indian-administered Kashmir to attack its forces there. Pakistan denies this charge, and says that Indian Kashmir is facing an indigenous insurgency.
George Magraw, 21 and from Ellesmere Port, was taken to hospital on Wednesday after jumping from a 13ft (4m) high platform at Flip Out Chester.
The University of Leeds student is understood to have undergone a lengthy operation on his injuries.
Cheshire West and Chester Council has launched an investigation into the park, which has closed the tower.
The council said two other people were also injured on the same day as Mr Magraw.
Councillor Karen Shore, Cheshire West and Chester's cabinet member for environment, said: "We are investigating reports of accidents which led to three people being injured at Flip Out Chester.
"The company has voluntarily closed its tower jump while investigations are ongoing."
Flip Out Chester, located on Chester Gates Business Park, opened in December 2016 and houses 200 trampolines and an obstacle course.
A spokesman said there had been "a number of incidents" on Wednesday, but the park had had "an excellent safety record" since it opened and hosted 150,000 visitors.
"Safety is our number one priority and we strive to ensure that everyone who visits can enjoy all of the activities in a safe environment," he added.
Dr John Sentamu said he had to take action regarding a bell-ringer "on safeguarding grounds" in the summer.
He said advice was taken to "minimise risk to children, young people and vulnerable adults".
The bells fell silent last Tuesday in order for a new team to be recruited.
Speaking at a news conference, Dr Sentamu backed the decision made by the Minster's governing body, the Chapter of York, in order to make the church "a safe place for everyone".
He said: "Earlier this summer, it was necessary for the Chapter to take action regarding a member of the bell-ringing community on safeguarding grounds.
"This came after complex multi-agency activity involving City of York Council, York Diocese Safeguarding Adviser and the Church of England's National Safeguarding Officer.
"The decision was taken in line with advice from safeguarding professionals, and with regard to national policies and guidance, including the Church of England's on minimising risk to children, young people and vulnerable adults."
Dr Sentamu said some bell-ringers had "consistently challenged the Chapter's authority on this and other important matters".
"Repeated disregard of the Chapter's attempts to fully implement the Church's national policies for safeguarding, health and safety and security meant that decisive action was required," he said.
"This is why the Chapter took the decision to disband the bell ringing team last week. New arrangements for bell ringing at the Minster will start in the New Year."
A petition calling for the bell-ringers to be reinstated to peal the bells on Remembrance Sunday, Christmas Day and New Year's Eve has received more than 15,000 signatures.
Addy McAllister, 33, of Charlesworth Street, Bolsover in Derbyshire, is accused of killing Adam Fanelli, 31, of Dunstable in Bedfordshire.
He was found dead at Nash Park in Nash, Buckinghamshire, on 17 March.
Thames Valley Police said a 30-year-old man also from Bolsover and arrested on suspicion of murder remains in police custody.
Officers found Mr Fanelli's body just after 09:00 after being called by paramedics.
Post-mortem tests revealed he died from blunt force trauma to the head.
Two other men were detained last week on suspicion of helping an offender.
A 25-year-old and 45-year-old, both from West Yorkshire, were arrested on 20 March and released on bail.
Japanese football legend Kazuyoshi Miura, who's 49, has become the oldest goal-scorer in Japan's footy league - again.
"King Kazu" (as he's nicknamed) headed one in against FC Gifu.
Despite losing 2-1, he said: "I'm genuinely happy. Things felt nice during training and I was sensing I could get one."
Miura currently holds the record for being the world's oldest active professional footballer.
Before he retired internationally, he scored 55 goals in 89 appearances for Japan.
Controversially, he has never played in the World Cup, something many fans were disappointed about.
Some like it hot, but the 13-day stretch with temperatures exceeding 40C in Longreach that ended last week was some of the hottest weather in living memory for the Queensland town.
It was also a new heatwave record for the cattle country town, beating the previous record by four days, according to Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BoM).
Livestock dams began drying up, local companies asked staff to start work early to avoid the worst of the heat and native animals struggled to find water.
It was not an isolated weather pattern. Last year was Australia's hottest since records began in 1910, according to the bureau.
Thanks to climate change, much of Australia will be subjected to longer, hotter and more regular spells of extremely hot weather, say climate scientists.
To cope, Australian industry needs to start "heat-proofing" its operations and sporting authorities need to rethink when and for how long competitions are played outside, says Elizabeth Hanna, president of health sector organisation, the Climate and Heath Alliance, and a researcher at the Australian National University.
It also raises questions about the kinds of houses Australians live in, says Ms Hanna, who is in the midst of a four-year project funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council that is measuring how high temperatures can rise before workers and productivity are affected.
Much of the research done around the world has looked at how military personnel and elite athletes cope with very high temperatures.
But the average person responds quite differently to very hot weather, she says.
Symptoms of severe heat stress include dizziness, headaches, confusion and fainting. More severe outcomes include dehydration, loss of fluids and electrolytes, and kidney and heart damage.
"I think it will be a big economic impost when people start to opt not to do things because of the heat," says Ms Hanna.
She says sporting authorities needed to rethink holding major events, such as long-distance cycle races and cricket matches, in the peak of summer.
Local club sports and recreational participants and organisers must also consider the heat when they plan their games, she says.
"There are some forward-thinking [sporting] people who realise they have to change but it is quite a big deal for all groups to agree on changes," she says.
Tennis Australia is reviewing its hot weather policy after the 2014 Australian Open in Melbourne was disrupted by a week-long heatwave in January.
Organisers of the event - the first of four annual international Grand Slam tennis events - implemented an extreme-heat policy halfway through the tournament when temperatures on the outside courts hit 43C.
The roofs on the central arenas were closed when the mercury hit 43.9C, although play continued.
Football NSW, which represents about 220,000 players, has had a hot-weather policy in place since 2011, says the association's risk manager Michelle Hanley.
"We send a heatwave notice to members alerting them to extreme temperature warnings from the BoM," says Ms Hanley. The association also asks competition managers to consider delaying or cancelling games during heatwaves.
People cope differently with hot weather and different parts of NSW have different conditions "which is why we don't say anyone must cancel a game" she says.
Exercising, working, or even walking at a fast pace becomes difficult at temperatures above 35C, says Ms Hanna, who senses little momentum for change in sport or work places.
"People say 'It's hot and it's always hot in summer,' ... and the message [that the weather is getting dangerously hot] is not coming through in the commercial media," she says.
"About 80% of the energy produced by working muscles is heat, so without heat loss via sweating, we would overheat in about six minutes."
Often, people don't realise the risks of continuing to work outside in such heat, even when they are protected by shade, she says. People can also become lethargic or confused during very hot weather and fail to move out of the heat.
That can be dangerous for anyone caught on public transport without air-conditioning or in cars that break down or are stuck in traffic because of heat-related infrastructure problems.
Heatwaves are occurring more often because of climate change, says climate scientist Sarah Perkins.
The University of New South Wales researcher, who specialises in heatwaves, says Australia is experiencing different types of extreme temperatures, including hotter, longer and more regular periods of heat.
"I am quite concerned that in 2013 we blitzed so many temperature records in Australia," says Ms Perkins.
"For me, it is a screaming climate change signal that we are changing to a new state," she says.
The games on 1, 3 and 4 June will form part of Ireland's preparations for the World League 3, World Cup qualifying tournament in South Africa in July.
Ireland will also face England at Bisham Abbey in games on 27 and 28 May.
In addition, Ireland will play against Germany, Spain and Austria at the Hamburg Masters which takes place from 22-25 June.
In addition to winning the Olympic title in 1960, 1968 and 1984, Pakistan have earned six World Cup triumphs, the last of which came in 1994.
However, their form has dipped over the last 20 years and they are currently ranked 13th in the world - four spots behind Craig Fulton's Ireland squad.
"We have a good build up in preparation to World League and are looking forward to starting our training camp this weekend and playing our first matches at the end of the month," said Fulton.
"We're very pleased to be welcoming Pakistan to Belfast for a 3-match series at the beginning of June.
"It will be great to play in front of a home crowd and play against a skilled team who are gearing up for their own World League campaign in London."
The map was created by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives using Civil Defence and Air Raid Precaution Records.
The creators said the Google Map showed the approximate areas of attack and damage.
It covers all the known attacks from 26 June 1940 until the last raid on 21 April 1943.
A second map shows enemy aircraft attacks recorded in the Aberdeen County Register of Air Raids and Alarms from 1940 - 1944.
The Championship side are the subject of a winding-up petition from HM Revenue & Customs.
"The publicised investment into the club from a California-based group has unfortunately failed to materialise as promised," a club statement said.
"No money whatsoever has been forthcoming in this regard."
The Exiles said they had agreed a deal with the group in early September, having avoided liquidation by settling a previous debt with HMRC.
In October, an insolvency court granted the Richmond-based side an adjournment on their most recent winding-up order for "a number of weeks".
Welsh said then that they were "confident" they would be able to settle the debt, but the Exiles are now carrying out a "full and comprehensive strategic review" of the club's future.
"All options are currently on the table," the club statement added.
"The club's board are open to approach by any parties or individuals interested in taking London Welsh forward."
The Exiles were in the Premiership as recently as 2015, when they were based at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford and finished bottom of the table after losing all 22 games.
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Peter Wood, 55, is accused of unlawfully killing Mitzi Steady, four, from Bath, Robert Parker, 59, from Cwmbran, Phil Allen, 52, and Stephen Vaughan, 34, both from Swansea.
They were all killed in the crash on Lansdown Lane on 9 February last year.
Mr Wood, of Brooklands, Chippenham, did not enter a plea to the charge at Bristol Crown Court.
Philip Potter, 19, and Matthew Gordon, 29, have previously appeared in court also charged in connection with the incident.
Judge Michael Longman adjourned the case until 1 July when Mr Wood will appear alongside Mr Potter and Mr Gordon for a pre-trial hearing.
The 44-year-old was arrested in Reading on Saturday afternoon on suspicion of assault and a drugs offence and was taken to nearby Loddon Valley Police Station.
Officers became concerned for his welfare and took him to hospital.
He was discharged the same day but was then found unresponsive in his cell on Sunday and died later, police said.
Formal identification has not taken place yet but the man's next of kin have been informed.
He was found unresponsive in his cell at about 04:00 BST on Sunday and was declared dead in hospital an hour later, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said.
It is mandatory for cases involving the death of detainees to be referred to the IPCC.
Det Ch Supt Tim De Meyer said Thames Valley Police was "co-operating fully" with the investigation.
"Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time," he added.
The Great Britain Tourism Survey, compiled by national tourist boards, suggested a strong domestic market.
However, a separate Office for National Statistics (ONS) survey showed a 4% fall in the number of international visitors in the first three quarters.
This was despite an 18% rise in tourist numbers from North America.
Just over 12 million people visited Scotland between January and September.
Spending by visitors from Britain rose by 21% year-on-year to about ??2.3bn, while expenditure by overseas tourists fell by 6% to just over ??1.1bn.
Tourism Minister Fergus Ewing described the overall figures as "encouraging".
Mr Ewing said: "The staycation market is continuing to boost visitor numbers and average spend also rising. We will continue to invest in this market and the recently launched Year of Creative Scotland will help generate even more opportunities to do so.
"An 18% increase in visitors from North America is extremely welcome and evidence that this market is continuing to pick up after a tough time.
"This is offset by an overall fall of 4% in the number of international visitors to Scotland but we have to remember that tough times in the eurozone will have an impact."
Mr Ewing added the Scottish government would work with tourism body VisitScotland to ensure the industry was "in the best possible shape" to make the most of opportunities in the next three years, including the Ryder Cup and the Commonwealth Games in 2014.
Scottish Labour tourism spokeswoman Rhoda Grant said: "These figures show a welcome increase in staycations, but a disappointing drop in overseas visitors - we need both to increase if Scottish tourism is to thrive.
"Big events, like the Glasgow 2014 Games, offer a once in a lifetime opportunity to showcase Scotland to the world. The SNP government must redouble its efforts to capitalise on events like this."
She added: "While there is a small increase in hotel stays, in areas where there is a high concentration of small businesses - such as B&B and self-catering accommodation - we are seeing a worrying drop in tourism.
"I urge VisitScotland to focus on doing all it can to support small businesses like these."
The 17-year-old from Blackwood beat Russian Polina Khan 13-4 in the final to repeat her success of 2014.
Scottish fighter Rebecca McGowan, 16, took a bronze medal in the +68kg category.
Already a senior European champion, Williams' success underlined her potential as a candidate for Team GB at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Williams was dominant throughout the tournament, dropping only six points while racking up 76 herself and stopping four of her opponents before full distance.
McGowan, a senior medallist at last month's Galeb Trophy, was unfortunate not to earn a fight for gold.
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The Glaswegian opened up with a 14-4 success over Australia's Chelsea Hobday and then edged out 2015 Asian Championship bronze medallist Shuwen Lu of China 5-4.
In the quarter-finals, McGowan despatched Ella Borisova of Russia 6-2 before losing 13-11 against eventual silver medallist, Yun Ci Pan of Chinese Taipei.
"I'm happy, but a little gutted I couldn't be number one," McGowan told the World Taekwondo Federation website.
"I was doing really well but switched off a couple of times which was vital for the match.
"I'll go back to training and work on my mistakes and hopefully next time I'll come out on top."
Russ Trent is currently in charge of HMP Brinsford in Staffordshire and chairman of the Prison Service Sports Association (PSSA).
The Prison Service will run Wrexham's category C jail, which will house 2,000 inmates, making it the UK's largest.
Mr Trent, a former royal marine, will take up his new position in the summer.
Pat Lyons and Craig Short, who worked under Wassall with Derby's under-21 side, will step up to the senior coaching team.
Assistant coach Kevin Phillips and goalkeeping coach Pascal Zuberbuhler will also remain on the coaching staff.
The Rams dismissed 44-year-old Clement on Monday after eight months in charge.
The data, published in the Lancet medical journal, showed the chance of a stroke increased beyond the traditional 9am to 5pm.
The link is uncertain, but theories include a stressful job and the damaging impact on lifestyle.
Experts said people working long hours should monitor their blood pressure
The study showed that in comparison to a 35-40 hour week, doing up to 48 hours increased the risk by 10%, up to 54 hours by 27% and over 55 hours by 33%.
Dr Mika Kivimaki, from University College London, said that in the 35-40 hour group there were fewer than five strokes per 1,000 employees per decade.
And that increased to six strokes per 1,000 employees per decade in those working 55 hours or more.
Dr Kivimaki admitted researchers were still at the "early stages" of understanding what was going on.
Ideas include the extra stress of working long hours or that sitting down for long periods is bad for health and may increase the risk of a stroke.
However, it could just be a marker for poor health with those chained to the office not having enough time to prepare healthy meals or exercise.
Dr Kivimaki told the BBC News website: "People need to be extra careful that they still maintain a healthy lifestyle and ensure their blood pressure does not increase."
The Stroke Association's Dr Shamim Quadir commented: "Working long hours can involve sitting for long periods of time, experiencing stress and leads to less time available to look after yourself.
"We advise that you have regular blood pressure checks, if you're at all concerned about your stroke risk you should make an appointment with your GP or health professional."
Dr Tim Chico, a consultant cardiologist based at the University of Sheffield, said: "Most of us could reduce the amount of time we spend sitting down, increase our physical activity and improve our diet while working and this might be more important the more time we spend at work."
The Milan court sentenced him to four years but later cut it to one year because of an amnesty law.
Mr Berlusconi condemned the sentence as "intolerable judicial harassment". He will remain free pending appeals.
He and others were accused of buying US film rights at inflated prices via two offshore companies under his control.
It is the first time Mr Berlusconi - who has faced a number of trials - has been convicted of any crime concerning his business activities.
He has in the past either been cleared, or cases have run beyond the judicial time limit.
In 1997 he received a suspended sentence for false book-keeping but that conviction was reversed on appeal.
By David WilleyBBC News, Rome
Silvio Berlusconi is down but not out as a result of his conviction and sentencing for tax fraud.
But the verdict had an immediate effect on his personal fortunes. Shares in his flagship Mediaset TV company slumped by 3% on the Milan stockmarket.
Mr Berlusconi's active political career can however be considered terminated by the successful conviction.
He had already announced earlier in the week that he was stepping down as leader of his Freedom Party and will not be offering himself for re-election as prime minister in next year's general election.
The Italian media mogul has spent the greater part of the past two decades drawing up legislation designed to ensure his impunity in various current criminal cases in which he has been charged with crimes of corruption.
It is ironic that the reduction in his sentence from four years to one year is due to an amnesty decision by a rival centre-left government in 2006, aimed at reducing Italy's prison population.
In the case for which he was sentenced on Friday, prosecutors argued that part of the money declared for the purchase of film rights was skimmed off to create illegal slush funds, reducing tax liabilities for Mr Berlusconi's Mediaset group.
The court handed Mr Berlusconi a longer sentence than the three years and eight months requested by prosecutors. However, it later announced that the sentence would be cut to one year due to a 2006 amnesty law aimed at reducing prison overcrowding.
It ordered him and his co-defendants to pay 10m euros (£8m) in damages and banned him from holding public office for three years.
Both the jail term and the ban would only take effect if the sentence is upheld by a higher court, Italian news agency Ansa reported.
"It is a political, incredible and intolerable judgement," Mr Berlusconi said on Italia 1 - one of the TV stations he owns.
"It is without any doubt a political verdict just as all the cases invented against me are political."
In all, 11 people were on trial.
Three were acquitted including Mediaset chairman Fedele Confalonieri, a close associate of Mr Berlusconi, and four were cleared because the statute of limitations had run out.
The three others convicted alongside the former prime minister included Hollywood producer Frank Agrama, who received a three-year sentence.
The trial began six years ago and has been subject to repeated delays, in part because of an immunity law that protected Mr Berlusconi while he was prime minister.
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The BBC's David Willey in Rome says Mr Berlusconi is unlikely ever to serve his sentence as the conviction first has to be confirmed by two successive courts of appeal.
The appeals could take years, he adds.
In February a court threw out a corruption case against him after the statute of limitations had expired.
He is also currently on trial charged with paying for sex with an underage girl and trying to cover it up. He denies any wrongdoing.
Mr Berlusconi, 76, has dominated Italian politics for most of the past 20 years.
He was forced to resign as the prime minister of a centre-right coalition last November, and recently said he had no plans to stand again in elections due next year.
He has repeatedly claimed that he is a victim of persecution by a left-wing judiciary.
Mr Berlusconi is not the first Italian prime minister to be convicted of a crime.
Bettino Craxi, a socialist who helped Mr Berlusconi to build his media empire, fled the country in 1994 to avoid imprisonment in a corruption trial and died in exile in Tunisia.
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The 60-year-old was found with multiple stab wounds at a property in Sunny Bank Road, Helmshore at 22:40 GMT on Friday after concerns were raised for her welfare.
She is believed to be Sadie Hartley, Lancashire Police said. A formal identification is yet to take place.
No arrests have been made.
Ms Hartley was last seen at a conference in Manchester on Thursday and is believed to have returned home, police said.
Det Supt Andy Murphy said: "We have a large team of detectives dedicated to following all lines of enquiry.
"Specialist officers are supporting Sadie's family at this difficult time."
A post-mortem examination is due to take place and a police cordon remains at the scene.
Anyone with information is urged to call Lancashire Police on 101 or Crimestoppers.
Gold for cyclist Katie Archibald as part of Great Britain's women's team pursuit quartet and silver for swimmer Duncan Scott in the men's 4x100m medley relay on Saturday brought the Scots' medal tally to 10.
That surpassed the previous best of eight from the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, and justified the pre-Games prediction of Mike Whittingham, performance director for national agency Sportscotland, that "we can get 10".
Two more medals followed on Sunday when Andy Murray beat Juan Martin del Potro to retain his men's singles tennis title from 2012, and cyclist Callum Skinner took silver behind GB team-mate Jason Kenny in the men's sprint final.
That brought the Scottish tally to 12, including four golds.
One more medal in the final week of the Games would equal Scotland's best ever tally of 13 (including seven gold) that they contributed to Team GB's haul of 65 at London 2012.
There are 50 Scots - the largest ever contingent in a Great Britain team for an overseas Olympics, surpassing the previous record of 31 in Beijing in 2008 - competing in 15 of the 42 sports in Rio.
Heather Stanning (Rowing, women's pair).
Gordonstoun-educated Stanning, who lives in Lossiemouth, and partner Helen Glover were unbeaten in the women's pair since 2011, and led the final from start to finish to successfully defend their Olympic title.
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Callum Skinner (Cycling, team sprint)
Glasgow-born Skinner, 23, who started cycling at Meadowbank velodrome when his family moved to Edinburgh, was under pressure to justify his place in the men's sprint team but claimed a superb gold alongside Philip Hindes and Jason Kenny.
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Katie Archibald (Cycling, team pursuit)
Archibald, 22, from Milngavie, near Glasgow, joined Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell-Shand and Elinor Barker to set a new world record as they beat the United States in the final.
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Andy Murray (Tennis, men's singles)
The two-time Wimbledon champion, 29, completed another memorable double when he became the first tennis player to win two Olympic singles titles with a thrilling four-set victory over Argentine Juan Martin del Potro.
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Stephen Milne, Duncan Scott, Dan Wallace, Robbie Renwick (Swimming, 4 x 200m freestyle relay)
Milne, 22, from the Perth City Swim Club, Edinburgh-born Wallace, 23, a member of the Warrender Baths Club, 19-year-old Scott and University of Stirling team-mate Renwick, 28 - who swam in the heat before James Guy took over for the final - finished strongly to claim silver behind the United States.
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David Florence (Canoeing - C2 double)
Aberdonian Florence, 34, and partner Richard Hounslow had to settle for silver for the second successive Games in the canoe double, a third for Florence after a C1 silver in Beijing in 2008.
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Mark Bennett & Mark Robertson (Rugby sevens)
Glasgow centre Bennett, 23, and Scotland sevens specialist Robertson, 31, both played key roles in a GB squad that squeezed past Japan and New Zealand in tense pool games before even tighter knock-out matches against Argentina and South Africa, only to be beaten 43-7 by favourites Fiji in the final.
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Katherine Grainger (Rowing, double sculls)
Glasgow-born Grainger, 40, became Britain's most decorated female Olympian by winning a fourth Olympics silver medal with Victoria Thornley in the double sculls, four years after striking gold in London.
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Polly Swann & Karen Bennett (Rowing, women's eight)
Edinburgh-born Bennett, 27, and 28-year-old Swann, raised and educated in the Scottish capital, helped Britain win a first Olympic medal in the women's eight, alongside Katie Greves, Melanie Wilson, Frances Houghton, Jessica Eddie, Olivia Carnegie-Brown and Zoe Lee.
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Duncan Scott (Swimming, 4x100m medley relay)
The Glasgow-born 19-year-old won his second silver of the Games, joining Adam Peaty, James Guy and Chris Walker-Hebborn in helping Britain to a sixth medal in the pool.
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Callum Skinner (Cycling, men's sprint)
The 23-year-old, already dubbed 'the new Chris Hoy' in some quarters, cemented his burgeoning reputation by reaching the final of the individual sprint, having already won gold in the team event, but had to play second fiddle to more experienced GB team-mate Jason Kenny.
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Sally Conway (Judo, women's -70kg)
Conway, 29, who won bronze for Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and trains at Judo Scotland's Edinburgh headquarters in Ratho, scored a single yuko to beat Austria's Bernadette Graf in the bronze medal match, after earlier beating world champion Gevrise Emane.
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The 28-year-old had been scheduled to join up with Yorkshire at the end of May but suffered the injury playing for Mumbai Indians against Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.
Finch scored 291 runs in five County Championship games for Yorkshire last summer.
Meanwhile, seamer Ryan Sidebottom is likely to be out for six weeks.
The 37-year-old injured his calf in the opening victory over Worcestershire last week.
"It is disappointing news for Aaron and for us. We were hoping he would be with us in May, but that is not going to happen," said director of cricket Martyn Moxon.
"Plans are in place to fill the void that Aaron will leave. We hope we can get this sorted sooner rather than later, and remain confident we'll find a replacement for the County Championship and the T20 Blast."
They were named as Detective Constable Heather Bickley, 46, and her sons Felix, 10 and Oscar, six.
A senior North Wales Police officer said Det Con Bickley, who joined the force in 1994, would be "sorely missed by friends, colleagues and the local community".
An investigation into the cause of the blaze has been launched.
The body of one child was recovered after emergency services arrived in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
But crews had to wait before recovering the two other bodies because the structure of the bungalow was too dangerous to enter.
A senior officer, paying tribute, called Det Con Heather Bickley a "trusted, respected and experienced officer".
Chief Superintendent Mark Jones called the death of a friend and colleague, along with her two sons, tragic.
He said Det Con Bickley had joined the north Wales force in August 1994, and had served at Bangor, Holyhead and Amlwch - most recently working with the public protection unit "a role she pursued with passion".
Det Con Bickley's husband, John, was being offered support, he added.
He is understood to have been at work and arrived home at about the same time as the emergency services in the early hours of the morning.
Chief Supt Jones added: "She will be sorely missed by friends, colleagues and the local community."
The joint investigation between police officers and the fire service personnel, supported by the forensic science service, is still ongoing at the scene of the fatal house fire.
Emergency crews were called to a bungalow at Tyn y Gongl near the island's coastal resort of Benllech.
North Wales Fire and Rescue could not begin a search until the building was made safe.
The fire gutted the bungalow roof, which then collapsed into the building.
A fire service spokesperson added: "Crews arrived to find the property well alight. Two sets of breathing apparatus, two hose reel jets and a main jet were used to extinguish the fire.
"The cause of the fire is not yet known and is being investigated jointly by North Wales Fire and Rescue Service and North Wales Police.
Ann Hughes, head teacher at Ysgol Goronwy Owen, Benllech, where the boys went, said: "Very sad news reached us this morning about a fire that has tragically taken the lives of two of our pupils.
"As you can imagine, it is a great shock and loss to the school and the community. Our thoughts are of two very dear and likeable young boys, who have been taken from us in such tragic circumstances.
"As a school we are trying cope as best we can with such a tragedy and are keeping the school day as normal as possible for the pupils. Our deepest sympathy goes out to the family."
Rev Elizabeth Pearce, rector of Llanfair Mathafarn-Eithaf, said: "On behalf of the church and community here in Benllech I should like to say how shocked and sad we are that this tragedy has happened.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to family and friends - and of course to the emergency services also."
The disease, carried by a biting midge, can be fatal to sheep and cows.
The return of the disease to central France last year has led to concerns the virus could spread, particularly to southern England.
Government vets say there is an 80% chance that infected midges will arrive in the UK this summer.
Humans are not affected, but bluetongue has economic impacts for farmers, who can lose livestock and face restrictions on moving animals from farm-to-farm.
Government Deputy Chief Vet Simon Hall said robust disease surveillance measures were in place and the situation in France was being carefully monitored.
''The risk of incursion from infected midges is difficult to predict at this stage because it is highly dependent on the level of disease on the continent, the proximity to the UK and the weather."
He said animal keepers should remain vigilant for signs of the disease and report any suspicions to their vet and the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
Bluetongue facts
Bluetongue is carried and spread by biting midges of a family known as Culicoides.
There is no cure but animals can be vaccinated against the virus.
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has urged farmers to consider whether to vaccinate their stock.
Prof John Blackwell of the BVA said: ''We'd recommend farmers speak to their local vet about the benefits of vaccination, given their locality and individual circumstances, and especially if farmers have any concerns about their livestock.''
Bluetongue was found in the UK in 2007 as well as in much of northern Europe.
In August 2015 the disease was found on a farm in France - the first outbreak in the EU since 2011.
It has since spread north, raising the risk that infected midges could be blown across the channel and infect flocks and herds in the UK.
Mild weather is a factor, as the virus reproduces better at warmer temperatures.
Any outbreak in the UK is thought most likely to occur in late summer.
Reading University's stress-reducing offer is the latest example of the competition to attract students.
The university sees it as a more "honest" approach to applications.
A University of Reading spokesman said it reflected a "very aggressive, competitive undergraduate market".
With the removal of limits on student numbers and a demographic dip in 18-year-olds, there is intense competition between universities, which last year accepted more than half a million students.
This has seen a growth in "unconditional offers", where universities try to tempt applicants with an offer of a place regardless of the exam grades eventually achieved.
Universities have run advertising campaigns and marketing events and provided incentives such as free tablet computers, as well as offering scholarships and bursaries.
Mary Curnock Cook, head of the Ucas admissions service, said last week that more than half of students accepted on to degree courses last year had missed their required results by two or more grades.
She also warned some teachers were "over-predicting" applicants' grades to improve their chances of university offers.
University vice-chancellor and former Universities Minister Bill Rammell has said it would be fairer for the admissions process to take place after students have their A-level results.
There have also been concerns about the reliability of predicted grades when GCSE and A-level qualifications are being overhauled.
A University of Reading spokesman said: "We've had record intakes and applications in the last two years, but we can't afford to stand still.
"More strategic, targeted offer-making is the reality of a very aggressive, competitive undergraduate market.
"Universities are not wrapped in cotton wool any more by student number caps - we need to be much more proactive.
"Every application is judged equally and individually on merit.
"We are piloting new approaches to drive up the number of firm acceptances, convert students who may otherwise have put us as insurance and to make sure we attract high-calibre students."
Provisional figures show entries for English, maths, science and computing qualifications increased.
Ofqual says the rise is likely to be in response to government targets for more teenagers to study academic subjects.
However other subjects, such as citizenship, saw a decline in exam entries, Ofqual said.
Ofqual also noted decline in the number of students taking modern foreign languages.
Chief regulator Glenys Stacey said: "The subjects that are proving to be more popular this year are the traditional ones.
"There's been a drop-off in subjects that have never been high-volume ones anyway and there are one or two noticeable subjects that have dropped, for example GCSE citizenship studies where we've seen a 50% drop in take-up."
The data suggests government performance measures, such as the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) - where pupils have to study English, a language, maths, science and history or geography at GCSE - are having the effect ministers wanted to see.
In June, the government said all pupils who start secondary school in England this September will have to take the EBacc subjects when they sit their GCSEs in 2020.
The rise in popularity of traditional subjects may also be linked to academically competitive universities urging students to avoid subjects they perceive to be less rigorous.
In 2011, the Russell Group of research intensive universities published guidance advising students to study traditional subjects at A-level and to take at least two choices from a list of "facilitating subjects" such as English and maths.
Ms Stacey said traditional subjects were seen to be "very good currency" for university.
"We know that they are seen to be very good currency for some universities," she said.
" If your aspirations are to study some subjects at universities where there is a great deal of competition for places, we know that maths is sometimes an absolute requirement for some places, and also is extremely well regarded.
"It's not surprising that some students with those sort of ambitions will focus on that."
The Russell Group welcomed the figures, saying they were "welcome news", but said more needed to be done to ensure bright students from disadvantaged backgrounds got places at top institutions.
Ms Stacey added that the marking of exam papers was "on track" for this year, in contrast to this time 12 months ago when the regulator had concerns about marking progress for the board OCR.
This was "particularly pleasing", she said, given that exams this year were less modular than in previous years and were, therefore, being marked in a relatively small window.
The data was released by Ofqual as A-level candidates wait to receive their results on Thursday 13 August and GCSE candidates the following week.
Students in Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their results at the same time as their counterparts in England, while those in Scotland received the results of their National 4s and 5s, Highers and Advanced Highers on Tuesday 4 August.
The index, the UK's leading measure of share prices, has been rising steadily since the middle December.
It marks the eighth successive record high. The latest boost came from a 1% drop for the pound against the dollar.
A weaker pound boosts the profits of the many multinational companies listed on the FTSE 100 when their foreign earnings are converted into pounds.
The pound's sharp fall was provoked by comments on Brexit made on Sunday by the Prime Minister, Theresa May.
She rejected the idea that the UK could "keep bits of membership" of the EU, raising the prospect of a so-called "hard Brexit".
That sent the pound down against a broad range of currencies.
The pound fell more than a cent, or 1%, against the dollar to $1.2170, and also dropped nearly 2% against the euro to €1.15.
"The pound has dipped to its lowest level since October on Monday after Prime Minister May said on Sunday that we couldn't keep bits of the EU, fuelling fears of hard Brexit," said Kathleen Brooks, research director at City Index.
"On Monday she said that she doesn't accept the terms 'hard' and 'soft' Brexit, and declined that her comments yesterday were a change of stance. This back-pedalling has done nothing to reverse the decline in the pound," she said.
The biggest risers were Glencore, Randgold, BAT, Imperial Brands and Sage group.
Bovis Homes shares were up 1.4% after the firm announced that its chief executive, David Ritchie, was to step down.
Last month, the company warned that building delays in the run-up to Christmas would hit profits.
Among individual shares, William Hill shares fell 1.6% after it warned profits would be at the low end of expectations.
It said a run of "customer-friendly" results at the back end of last year in football and horse racing had cut profits by about £20m.
As a result, operating profits for 2016 were about £260m, compared with previous guidance of £260m-£280m.
The vehicles will be equipped with low-emission engines and the latest CCTV systems, the company said.
The fleet will include a mix of double-decker buses and smaller vehicles.
National Express is buying 600 new buses in total across its UK division, but the "lion's share" would serve Birmingham, the Black Country and Coventry, spokesman Jack Kelly said.
The new British-made buses would provide better comfort for customers, he said.
"Inside they're going to have better climate control so they're cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.
"Every bell and whistle you can have on a bus, these will have."
They would also have LED lighting inside, to ensure the back of the bus would be as light as the front, Mr Kelly said.
The first batch of more than 100 of the new buses is scheduled to be introduced in the region by the end of the year.
The legislation, which was debated in the state Senate after passing in the House, will also shut down most of the state's abortion clinics.
Republicans had moved quickly to pass the bill after a Democratic senator originally blocked it with a marathon delaying speech.
Governor Rick Perry has vowed to sign the bill into law amid large protests.
The Texas legislation mirrors a series of state laws recently passed in Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Alabama, Kansas, Wisconsin and Arizona.
The US Supreme Court legalised abortion nationwide in 1973, but about a dozen states have enacted laws in recent years limiting access to the procedure. Some of that state legislation is tied up in court battles.
The bill came near to passage last month but was blocked in the state Senate when Senator Wendy Davis spoke for nearly 11 hours - in a delaying speech known as a filibuster - in an attempt to run out the clock on the legislative session.
The following day, Mr Perry, a Republican who opposes abortion, called a special session to take up the abortion bill and other legislation.
The filibuster drew nationwide attention and made Ms Davis a heroine of the US abortion rights movement.
Anti-abortion and abortion rights protesters have rallied at the state capitol in Austin in large numbers since the second special session began.
In addition to banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, the bill will require all abortion procedures to be performed at a surgical centre, and mandate all doctors performing abortions have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles (48km) of the clinic.
Only six abortion clinics in Texas can be classified as surgical centres, and all are in major metropolitan areas, according to the Texas Tribune. Critics say the provision will force some women to travel hundreds of miles to have an abortion, while supporters say it will protect women's health and the foetus.
The bill's sponsor, Senator Glenn Hegar, argued during debate on Friday that all abortions, including those that are medically induced, should take place at a surgical centre in case of complications.
Democrats argued childbirth is more dangerous than abortion and abortion drugs do not pose such a risk. They had planned to introduce numerous amendments to the bill, including exceptions for rape and incest.
Senator Rodney West, a Democrat, also questioned why Republicans wanted to pass restrictions similar to those currently tied up in legal challenges.
"There will be lawsuits, I promise you," said Sen West, raising his right hand as if taking an oath.
Among the bill's opponents were the Texas Medical Association, the Texas Hospital Association and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
When asked about why he was sponsoring a bill that medical experts did not support, Sen Hegar said he had heard from "numerous experts and doctors" who supported the restrictions.
"And what do we do if they are right and we don't pass this legislation?" he said.
Another senator, Bob Deuell, a Republican and a doctor, defended the bill, saying abortion clinics in the state "had not maintained the proper standard of care".
In testimony earlier before a House committee, lawmakers heard personal stories from both sides. Some women said they had regretted having an abortion, while others said it had given them a second chance.
On Friday, officers thoroughly checked the bags of people entering the gallery after Texas police said they had information that "individuals planned to use a variety of items or props to disrupt legislative proceedings at the Texas Capitol".
In a statement, police said they had confiscated "significant quantities of feminine hygiene products, glitter and confetti possessed by individuals" as well as "one jar suspected to contain urine, 18 jars suspected to contain faeces, and three bottles suspected to contain paint".
Abortion rights advocates on Twitter pointed out that concealed firearms, however, are allowed inside Texas' state capitol.
Each spectator was also given a copy of the capitol's rules of decorum, which stipulate there can be no demonstrations or attempts to disrupt the chamber's work.
In a dramatic conclusion to Sen Davis' filibuster last month, protesters chanted in the gallery after she was ruled to have gone off topic. Democratic senators took up the rest of the time before the midnight deadline with procedural challenges.
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Ivory is the hard white material found in elephant tusks.
Poachers kill elephants to get ivory and then sell it illegally around the world, to be used in things like jewellery and ornaments.
Almost a third of Africa's elephants have disappeared in the past seven years, according to a huge survey of the animals last month.
Prince William said in a speech on Thursday that there would be "no more elephants left in the wild by the time his daughter Charlotte is 25" if the situation didn't change soon.
HM Inspectorate of Prisons said the influx of drugs at HMP Lindholme near Doncaster was "destabilising" the establishment.
The Category C prison holds just over 1,000 adult male inmates.
The National Offender Management Service said "the governor was working hard with police" to tackle the issue.
Prison inspectors said they were told "horrific" stories concerning the possible effects of new psychoactive substances (NPS).
Following the Psychoactive Substances Act, brought into effect on 26 May, the production, distribution, sale and supply of drugs previously called "legal highs" is now an offence punishable by up to seven years in prison.
The Inspectorate's report, following an unannounced inspection in March, said links with crime agencies were "impressive" and a kilo of NPS, 67 mobile phones and 145 Sim cards had been seized in a month.
What are so-called "legal highs"?
Nearly two-thirds of prisoners told inspectors it was easy to obtain illegal drugs.
The report added: "The stories we were told, concerning the possible effects that NPS was having on individuals, including one young man who had literally blinded himself, were nothing short of horrific."
The watchdog said serious concerns still need addressing at HMP Lindholme, but its deterioration had been halted and work, training and education had improved.
Michael Spurr, chief executive of the National Offender Management Service, said the site had a "focus on rehabilitation", but efforts were "undermined by the illegal supply of new psychoactive substances".
"The governor is working hard with police colleagues to tackle this threat and to generally improve safety," he said.
In fact, some of the 24 unions - such as the civil service union the PCS - which have voted to have such funds aren't connected with Labour in any way.
So while proposals to introduce an "opt in" process for these funds could hurt Labour financially, they would also restrict the ability of union leaders to campaign more widely on political issues.
The legislation on political funds is more than 100 years old but was tightened substantially by the Thatcher government in 1984.
Unions which wanted not simply to contribute to political parties - usually Labour - but to campaign any issue that might be deemed "political" were required to ballot their members every 10 years to establish or keep a separate political fund.
Once a decision had been taken to have a political fund, individual members in England, Scotland and Wales then had to take a deliberate decision to "opt out" if they were unhappy with where their money was going.
By turning this round - proposing that trade unionists must now "opt in" - the object is clear.
Fewer members are likely to make a conscious effort to do so, and funds could therefore decrease as a result.
This is precisely what happened between 1927 and 1946 when the "opt in" system was introduced after the General Strike, only to be repealed by the post-war Labour government.
(The then devolved Northern Ireland parliament at Stormont did not follow suit. )
But what effect will this measure have on Labour Party funds today?
Changes introduced under Ed Miliband's leadership mean that those union members who want to be associated with the Labour Party - or, in the jargon, who wish to be "affiliated supporters" - must now consciously opt in.
It's estimated that affiliation fees from big unions, such as Unite and the GMB, will fall substantially as a result - without the need for any legislation from a Conservative government.
So if the government now applies the same principle to political funds as a whole, this would hit Labour less hard than it would have done before the Miliband reforms.
But if the government's plans result - as is likely - in smaller political funds, this would also make less cash available to union leaders to make, at their discretion, the separate party political donations on which Labour increasingly depends.
The families were joined in the protest by Travellers from across the country, with some coming from Navan, Tipperary, Sligo and Naas.
A spokesperson said the families have been traumatised by the last week.
She said the council could not hide behind doors and must present them with what she called acceptable solutions.
The council said the eviction was carried out due to health and safety concerns at the site and it is continuing to find short and long-term accommodation for those displaced.
Following the eviction, 15 families moved to a make-shift site off the N52 in Dundalk, however, they have been told by police they will have to vacate the area as it is private property.
Five more families with very young children, whose caravans were impounded during the eviction, were put up in B&Bs at the council's expense this week.
Their stay was due to expire at noon on Friday, however, it has been extended until next Friday.
Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams, the TD (MP) for Louth, addressed the protest, saying he hoped to meet with the chief executive of the council to discuss the situation.
Elsewhere, an eviction notice has been extended for Travellers in Carrowbrowne, County Galway.
The Barna Waste recycling company has extended the notice until next Wednesday.
Eleven families with 15 caravans have been illegally encamped at the entrance to the company site for several months.
The 78-year-old, from Shore Road in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, denied two charges relating to a sermon he gave in a Belfast church in 2014.
A judge said while he considered the remarks offensive, he did not consider them "grossly" offensive under the law.
Supporters of the pastor applauded when the verdict was given.
Speaking outside court, Mr McConnell said his only regret was the response from the Muslim community that he was "out to hurt them".
He said: "There was no way I was out to hurt them. I wouldn't hurt a hair on their head.
"But what I am against is their theology and what they believe in."
He said he would do it again, but would be conscious that he was "hurting innocent Muslims".
Mr McConnell had denied two charges - improper use of a public electronic communications network and causing a grossly offensive message to be sent by means of a public electronic communications network.
He made the remarks at the Whitewell Metropolitan Tabernacle in north Belfast in May 2014. His sermon was also streamed online.
During the trial, Mr McConnell said that he still believed in what he had preached, and did not go into church to "provoke anyone".
A prosecution lawyer had said his words were not "a slip of the tongue", while a defence lawyer said he should not be convicted.
Judge Liam McNally told Belfast Magistrates' Court he did think the pastor's passion in preaching meant it "had caused him to lose the run of himself" and advised him to consider the impact of his words in future.
However, he concluded that the words upon which the charges were based, while offensive, do not reach the high threshold of being "grossly offensive".
"The courts need to be very careful not to criminalise speech which, however contemptible, is no more than offensive," he said.
"It is not the task of the criminal law to censor offensive utterances."
In a statement, the Belfast Islamic Centre said the Muslim community in Northern Ireland believes in the freedom of expression, but added that "insulting other faiths and beliefs" leads to "disunity and mistrust".
It said: "We Muslims are looking forward to achieving and maintaining the values of coexistence and diversity.
"We are mindful of some voices trying to push towards disintegration and isolation of some religious and ethnic minorities.
"Although we disagree with the description of Pastor McConnell's remarks as 'not grossly offensive', we have always been ready to implement the values of forgiveness and pardon as a way forward."
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Sammy Wilson and Catholic priest Fr Patrick McCafferty appeared as character witnesses for Mr McConnell.
Speaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback programme, Mr Wilson welcomed the news, saying Mr McConnell "should never have been in court in the first place".
He said: "Anyone who is engaged in public debate or speech ought to be happy at the result today.
"We live in a free society and in a free society, people should be free to express the beliefs that they hold."
He added that if Mr McConnell had accepted a police caution, it would have introduced "a chill factor" into issues of public speech.
Peter Lynas, of the Evangelical Alliance Northern Ireland, said the verdict was "a victory for common sense and freedom of speech".
"However, until the law is changed or clear guidance is issued there will still be concern about further prosecution," he added.
"The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) need to explain why this case was brought and assure everyone that this will not happen again."
Boyd Sleator of Atheist Northern Ireland said: "His (Mr McConnell's) comments were offensive but we are allowed to be offensive and I would never want to see anybody prosecuted for being offensive. His comments were idiotic, his comments were silly," he said.
In a statement, the PPS said "it was clear from the judgement that the court considered Pastor McConnell had a case to answer and that the decision on whether the comment was offensive or grossly offensive was not only finely balanced but one for the court and the court alone to take".
"The decision to bring this prosecution was entirely consistent with the duty of the PPS to put before the court those cases in which it is considered there is a reasonable prospect of a conviction."
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The Cherries won the Championship title at Charlton on Saturday, having already secured a place in the top division.
Promotion will see them earn in the region of £120m but Howe says the club, who were close to liquidation in 2008, will be prudent in their spending.
"We will not pay silly money," Howe told BBC Sport. "We just can't do it."
Howe's Championship-winning side has been assembled on a modest budget, with the summer arrival of forward Callum Wilson for an estimated £3m a club record.
Bournemouth's manager says he will look to improve his squad, but that the majority of his side will be given the chance to prove themselves in the top flight.
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The Cherries are owned by Russian millionaire Maxim Demin, but Howe says there will not be a major spending spree over the close season.
"We are going to have to be very creative with the players we do sign," said Howe.
"We are looking for players who can make our squad better and that was going to be regardless of what division we were going to be in.
"Maybe the only thing that changes is the pool of players who find us attractive is larger. We won't do anything too different to what we have been doing.
"If we go after Premier League players we will not be able to afford them, I think our market of players will be a different pool to the majority of other clubs."
Howe says planning for their first ever season in the top flight has already begun and urged his squad to "dedicate themselves" to the cause over the summer.
And chairman Jeff Mostyn, who helped save the club from going out of business in 2008, has backed Howe to act with due care and consideration in his recruitment.
He also reiterated the club could not afford to go on any sort of wild spending spree.
"Eddie is probably the exception amongst managers in that when he's spending money he believes it's his own," Mostyn told BBC Radio 5 live.
"Despite rumours to the contrary we haven't spent large sums of money - we have a mediocre budget.
"We haven't really sat down [to look at budgets]. There's a great deal of superstition around the club and until Monday we didn't know we were going to be promoted.
"Eddie in particular will sit down with Maxim [Demin] and have a look at what he needs.
"Most people would believe that to compete in the Premier League you need to strengthen the squad but it'll be done with a great deal of thought and consideration rather than buying players who are suddenly released and available."
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp and Toffees manager Ronald Koeman said Barkley, who was booked, might have been "lucky" not to be sent off.
"It was pretty late, but I know Ross well. He's a good lad," Henderson said.
Sadio Mane's injury-time goal won the game for the visitors and lifted them to second in the Premier League.
Klopp, whose side are now six points behind leaders Chelsea, suggested that midfielder Henderson was fortunate not to have suffered an injury as a result of the challenge by his 23-year-old England team-mate.
"I saw it one time. Everything is clear. If you saw it say how it was," the German manager told BBC Sport.
"Maybe Ross was really lucky and Hendo was really lucky."
Speaking on Sky Sports, 26-year-old Henderson added: "Thankfully I'm OK. It was mistimed and he apologised after. It's a derby - it doesn't matter if you're friends off the field."
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Former Everton midfielder Kevin Kilbane told Match of the Day 2: "Barkley is lucky from two sides. He's lucky he didn't get a red card and lucky Henderson didn't get a serious injury."
The second-half incident also sparked a confrontation between Everton full-back Seamus Coleman and Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren.
The Republic of Ireland international Coleman was booked by referee Mike Dean as a result, but the Croatia centre-back was not punished.
Everton's Dutch boss Koeman said: "Why did he give Coleman a yellow and not Lovren? Everybody was reacting and it was started by Lovren and he already had a yellow."
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It was a second away victory in a row for Liverpool, following the 3-0 win at Middlesbrough on 14 December, and the result means they have now lost just one of their past 20 matches against their Merseyside rivals.
"It was quite intense, and I'm very, very happy after the game," added Klopp.
"You saw the reaction of our fans, so obviously they were happy and that's the best you can do on a night like this.
"If you only win games on your brilliant days you don't win a lot of games. Today was a real fight, a real battle - we were ready for it and we're happy."
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In a speech, Andy Burnham will say it is time for tough action to protect children and tackle obesity.
He will criticise the government's approach to industry, which has been categorised by voluntary agreements.
The Conservatives said "real progress" had been made on public health under the current government.
Mr Burnham is also expected to call for more to be done on food labelling and for plain cigarette packaging to be introduced.
But it is the move on setting mandatory maximum limits that will attract most attention.
The levels of fat, salt and sugar in food has been reduced in recent years, but many people still consume above the recommended levels.
There are signs that the rise in obesity among children has started levelling off, but 15% of under 15s are still obese.
On food labelling, Mr Burnham wants to see a clearer traffic light-based system. A front-of-pack colour coding and nutritional information system is currently being used.
It is not clear how this will be done, as introducing food labelling has proved difficult because of industry opposition and the need for mandatory rules to be agreed at an EU level.
Meanwhile, the pledge of plain packaging comes after the government has carried out a consultation on the issue and said it is "minded" to introduce it, but has yet to confirm it will.
Targeted action on high-strength, cheap alcohol is also needed, Mr Burnham will say, with options on pricing and bottle size being explored.
"Labour has traditionally led the way on public health and this new approach will chart a new course towards a healthy nation in the 21st century.
"Children need better protection from the pressures of modern living and the harm caused by alcohol, sugar and smoke. and Labour will not flinch from taking the action needed to provide it."
Professor John Ashton, president of the Faculty of Public Health, said the steps proposed were in line with the organisation's "public health priorities".
"We need an honest discussion about whether we can still have a world-class health system without government intervening, where only it can, to improve and protect our health."
A Conservative spokesman said: "Labour are naive to think that just banning particular types of food will support people to make informed choices. The public deserve better."
Tesco and the other big supermarket chains have been facing fierce competition from the likes of Aldi and Lidl which has led to pressure to cut costs.
It nevertheless came as a bolt from the blue, surprising both those in the industry and politicians.
The Welsh Government was given 45 minutes notice of announcement, which suggests that Tesco was not looking for funding to reconsider its decision.
The store group's UK chief executive spoke of "unprecedented challenges" and meeting changing needs of customers.
The jobs due to go at Tesco in Llanishen are services dealing with customers on the telephone and online through social media and emails.
Increasingly, Tesco like other call centres, is dealing with emails rather than telephone calls. This takes less time, so involves fewer people.
But overall the contact centre industry in Wales is still growing.
About 2,000 jobs have been created in the last 18 months most recently at Carpeo in Newport.
Despite the worry this will undoubtedly cause the Tesco workers, the skills that they have will put them in a strong position to get other jobs in the sector.
32,000
workers
10,000 number of workers in 1999
250 contact centres, from the AA to Zip World
£650m value to Welsh economy
Q&A: The contact centre industry in Wales
Based on an interview with Sandra Busby, managing director of the Welsh Call Centre Forum.
How strong is the sector in Wales at the moment?
It's very strong. We just represent people in the contact centre side, not the total business - so Admiral have 5,500 people in Wales and 4,700 are in the contact centre.
"We call them contact centres not call centres now because there are multi-channels - people will host web chats, answer phones, emails and, increasingly, look after social media. It's about customer contact.
The sector has changed considerably since 1999. That's due to technology - an example of that is the DVLA which pushed people into self-serving online. The same with booking cinema tickets or paying the bank's credit card bills. You might have expected to see a reduction but we've seen a growth in jobs.
There are already new jobs in the pipeline apparently both in terms of new companies coming to Wales and the many that are already here that are planning to expand.
The concern there's been when manufacturing work has closed down is that those jobs go and won't be replaced by anything else.
There's some hope that won't be the case here as opportunities arise with these call centre jobs particularly as schemes like React are put in place and organisations like JobCentre Plus get involved.
There is a medium and long-term challenge for call centres though as they will certainly be affected by automation which will have an impact on jobs.
South Wales is pretty established now as a call centre location. What are the particular attributes its workers offer? What do employers like?
Wales is well placed on competitive salaries, building costs and support from Welsh Government. Staff turnover tends to be lower, a more loyal workforce. When you look at the right behaviours to go with the skills - people turn up for work, they want a career and to progress.
There are some who still say call centre jobs are not 'real' jobs.
In 1999, there were team leaders who are now senior managers. People move up the ranks. Working in customer contact can involve sales, marketing, customer service, a whole variety of jobs and working for some great brands - Barclays, Virgin, HSBC, PPI and cold calling damaged the industry.
Earlier this year, The Shires were booked to play their first headline slot at Glastonbury. But when the BBC caught up with the band backstage, singer Crissie Rhodes had a slightly panicked tone to her voice.
"At the minute it's just me on my own," she said, indicating an empty space where her musical partner, Ben Earle, should have been.
"His fiancee gave birth this morning," she explained, nervously. "He's on his way. He should be on site soon."
By the time our interview finished, Earle still hadn't shown up... but after another nail-biting hour, he made it through the mud in time to strap on his guitar and take to the stage.
Looking back at the festival with a few months' perspective, Earle can see find the humour in the situation.
"The baby was seven days late," he laughs. "It was getting closer and closer to Glastonbury and everyone was freaking out. There was no back-up plan or anything.
"Luckily, it all worked out perfectly and it was a really, really special day. We've been singing together for three-and-a-half, four years now and it was such a milestone for both of us - but to have the baby on top of that? It was quite surreal, if I'm honest."
Earle's last-minute dash to Worthy Farm is the sort of thing you'd expect to see at the climax of a Richard Curtis film. And, should The Shires ever have a movie made of their life, the rest of the script practically writes itself, too.
The duo found each other on Facebook, after Earle posted a message saying: "Surely there must be somebody out there who likes country music?"
After meeting in a cafe (Rhodes gave her mum the address, in case Earle turned out to be "dodgy") they forged a musical partnership, writing songs in Rhodes' kitchen, with her dog acting as the sole barometer of their success.
"Our families were like, 'Really? You're going to do country music in the UK? That makes no sense at all!'" recalls Rhodes.
But, thanks largely to the support of BBC Radio 2, the band suddenly found themselves with a top 10 album - Brave. They were the first UK country act to ever achieve the feat.
"It was our label who said, 'Let's try and go for a top 10'," says Earle. "And we didn't think it was going to work. But the whole country community put their foot down and said, 'This is what we want to hear'."
The album continued to sell long after its chart debut, and was certified gold last November.
"I don't want to sound arrogant, but it just goes to show that if an album's good, people will tell each other about it," says Earle, whose gold disc hangs above his fireplace.
"I genuinely didn't want it in my house but I went away on tour and my fiancee had put it up in the living room," he cringes. "Now, whenever an Amazon delivery person comes in, they can see it."
"Mine's up in my living room, too!" says Rhodes. "There used to be a mirror in the same place, so I keep looking for the mirror, then I see my photograph staring back at me. It's a bit weird."
The discs served as a constant reminder - and a challenge - as the band wrote and recorded their second album, My Universe, which comes out this week.
"The pressure on the first album was, 'Oh gosh, are we going to sell anything?'" says Earle. "Whereas this time, it's like, 'Right, we want to be bigger, better, and the very best we can be'."
The record certainly aims at a wider audience than its predecessor - mostly because the band got the taste for playing to big audiences on tour with The Corrs and Little Big Town.
"We've done some huge support shows and we just wanted those big moments - something uptempo for the arenas," says Earle, who wrote the rousing, percussive single Beats To Your Rhythm as a result.
But it is the album's quieter moments that impress the most. In particular Daddy's Little Girl, a heartrending ballad that Rhodes wrote about her own father.
"I lost my dad 20 years ago," she says quietly. "I was only eight at the time, but it's never been something we speak about too much.
"Then it just so happened that I went into a session in Nashville and wrote this song. Every word of it is just completely honest.
"It's good to get feelings out - but it makes you think a lot more. So to have that song and open up more about that situation has been really quite tough on me.
"I just really hope that other people can relate to it."
Like The Shires' debut album, My Universe was recorded in Nashville with seasoned country players.
This time however, the band felt better able to push the session musicians around.
"The first time we were completely starry-eyed," says Rhodes, "but this time around we felt able to say, 'Could you just tweak it a little bit?'"
"Just playing our music is stepping out of the comfort zone for them, because they're so used to doing really straight down the line country music," adds Earle.
"So, like Crissie said, we occasionally had to give them a nudge. Often it was the acoustic guitarist, Joel, who's so clear and so perfect. Sometimes I'd be like, 'Joel, that's really great, but can you play it like I played it on the demo, 'cos I'm 10 times worse than you.'
"They didn't get it sometimes."
So, do the band plan to do the unthinkable, and sell country music back to the Americans?
"Yeah, that's what we would like to do with this album," says Rhodes. "We're very much influenced by American country, but we've put a British spin on it. So to be able to take it back to them and say, 'This is us' would be incredible.
"To hear our music on a radio station out there amongst Kelsea Ballerini and Sam Hunt and Little Big Town, that would be a surreal moment."
Earle says he thinks the US is ready to embrace the band's colloquial version of country - having noticed that Americans have a thing for the British accent.
"I definitely try to ham it up when I'm out there," he laughs. "I sound like I'm in Love Actually.
"It's easy to forget that while the Nashville sound seems exotic to us, with its trucks and rhinestones, it goes the other way, too. I met a writer out there called Johnny Bulford, and all he would talk about was Doctor Who!"
Whatever happens, the band are adorably proud of the album they've made. Rhodes even admits to blasting it from her car speakers whenever she gets the opportunity.
"But as soon as I pull into our close, where I live, I turn it down so I don't look too uncool, singing away to my own songs!"
My Universe is out now on Decca Records.
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The current tradition sees each stage's winner take the stage, surrounded by attractive women.
Unipublic, which organises the annual event, says recent debate in the press and on social media has led it to reconsider its protocol.
The ceremonies will now include male assistants.
The female hostesses - in Spain and in other races across the world - often pose by kissing the winner, and then get sprayed with Champagne.
"We are not eliminating the hostesses altogether. We are not getting rid of those jobs," a Unipublic representative, Laura Cueto Morillo, told the BBC, adding that they would be joined instead by men in similar roles.
"What we don't want is the usual photo of a winner getting a kiss on each cheek."
Spanish sports journalist Lola Hernánde shared the news with a female colleague on Twitter, writing: "Moving forward, little by little."
The headline on Spanish newspaper El Mundo on Tuesday read: "A Vuelta without hostesses' kisses and with male assistants on the podium."
Unipublic points out that it is not prohibiting kisses. "Kisses are a typical greeting here. If the hostesses or the local mayor or whoever else [involved in the ceremony] wants to give kisses, that's fine," said Ms Morillo.
In January, Australia's cycling race Tour Down Under replaced its podium girls with junior riders.
The Australian government had already withdrawn funding for so-called "grid girls", who perform a similar role in motor racing, at an event in Adelaide last year.
South Australia Sports Minister Leon Bignell said at the time that the tradition could foster body image issues.
"The government's paying for grid girls at the same time we're putting money into mental health areas to help young women who have body image problems," he told Australia's ABC news network.
"What we actually want to do is inspire girls and young women who come to the motor racing to be car drivers or to be mechanics or to be engineers," he added.
Spanish cyclist Mikel Landa praised the Australian decision: "Podium girls presenting the prizes is an old tradition, it's like treating the women as objects, and undervaluing them."
However, some hostesses have also defended their roles.
"Personally, I have never perceived my work as sexist. I am wrapped up and no-one forces me to do it," Lien Crapoen, a hostess at Belgium's Flanders Classics, told Sporza (in Dutch).
The moves have prompted questions about whether a change will be seen at other big races where the same hostess tradition continues, such as during France's Tour de France.
Hike4Hopey was in memory of Lee Hope, who died last year aged 33 after a 13-week battle with bowel cancer.
Only two of the original nine walkers completed the 12-day challenge, which ended at St James' Park on Saturday.
The group raised more than £17,000 for the foundation, which was set up in 2008 to help fund cancer research.
The walk started at Sir Bobby's statue at Portman Road, home of Ipswich Town and ended at his statue at Newcastle United's ground. He managed both clubs.
Lee's brother Scott, who was one of the two to complete the walk, said: "When we thought about doing this walk for Lee, it was like we were just coming home from the match. He was a massive Newcastle fan so it just felt right.
"It's proved to be a lot harder than we thought it would be, physically and emotionally.
"We were on the road for the first anniversary of Lee's diagnosis with cancer and we were walking the day after Newcastle were promoted, so there have been highs and lows. But everyone's worked together and it's been an incredibly positive experience."
Greeting the group in Newcastle, Sir Bobby's widow, Lady Elsie Robson, said: "This is an absolutely magnificent achievement. I'm very glad everyone's home safe and sound and I hope they're all filled with pride."
Lee, a Newcastle United fan, moved to Guernsey in 2010 where he lived with his wife Amy and daughter Livia.
Scott, who works for Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service, said the walkers were given overnight accommodation at fire stations along the route.
To date the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation has raised £10m.
Crewe were the brighter of the two lowly sides throughout, but found Brown standing between them and a first win in 10 games.
Brown tipped over George Cooper's curling free-kick but poor finishing cost the home side too as Ben Nugent could not keep a header down at the back post from a James Jones corner and Charlie Kirk scuffed a close-range effort straight at Brown.
Alex Kiwomya almost made an immediate impact after coming off the bench with the Chelsea loanee blasting an effort against the near post after the restart. And when Cooper picked up the loose ball, Brown kept out the attacker's ground shot.
Brown came to Cheltenham's rescue again when he turned Cooper's curling shot around the post.
Alex Pike's last-ditch tackle robbed Kiwomya as he shaped to finish inside the box. The Crewe substitute also found Brown in the way of the route to goal as he shot from 20 yards.
The Robins struggled to make inroads, with Diego De Girolamo's first-half snapshot which flew wide, their only threat until Kyle Wootton planted a late header over.
Report supplied by the Press Association
Match ends, Crewe Alexandra 0, Cheltenham Town 0.
Second Half ends, Crewe Alexandra 0, Cheltenham Town 0.
Danny Hollands (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Kyle Wootton (Cheltenham Town).
Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Oliver Turton.
Attempt blocked. Daniel O'Shaughnessy (Cheltenham Town) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.
Harry Pell (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Danny Hollands (Crewe Alexandra).
Attempt missed. Kyle Wootton (Cheltenham Town) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Daniel Udoh (Crewe Alexandra).
Daniel O'Shaughnessy (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Daniel Udoh replaces Chris Dagnall.
Delay in match William Boyle (Cheltenham Town) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Alex Kiwomya (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Alex Kiwomya (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Scott Brown.
Attempt saved. Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra).
James Rowe (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by William Boyle (Cheltenham Town).
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Manny Onariase.
Attempt blocked. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by William Boyle.
Attempt blocked. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Dan Holman replaces Diego De Girolamo.
Attempt missed. Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Jordan Cranston replaces Carl Winchester.
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Kyle Wootton replaces Daniel Wright.
Billy Waters (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Danny Hollands (Crewe Alexandra).
Ben Nugent (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Daniel Wright (Cheltenham Town).
Foul by Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra).
Manny Onariase (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
Alex Kiwomya (Crewe Alexandra) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Alex Kiwomya replaces Charlie Kirk.
With play only possible on two of the four days in Ayr, the visitors declared on 403-7.
The Scots reached 223-2 on Saturday, with Munsey 100 not out and Calum MacLeod hitting 79.
It is the third draw in five matches for Scotland, who sit sixth in the eight-team table.
Namibia are bottom of the section, with Afghanistan and Ireland a long way clear in first and second.
The teams now go to Edinburgh for two World Cricket League matches on Sunday and Tuesday.
The drivers say ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Grab have made it impossible for them to earn a living in the heavily congested city.
Some protesters were seen attacking vehicles and threatening others drivers not taking part in the strike.
The drivers have been joined by bus and "bajaj" motorbike drivers.
Mobile apps like Grab and Uber have disrupted the transportation industry across Asia, and other parts of the world.
Taxi drivers say they've been disadvantaged because the apps do not face the same costs and regulations as they do.
The BBC's Rebecca Henschke in Jakarta says Tuesday's protest is far bigger than similar action taken last week. She said it was impossible to get a taxi in the city centre.
The protesters have blocked roads outside the parliament, the city administration offices and the ministry of communication, causing massive traffic jams. Tyres were set on fire in at least one location.
Commuters have expressed frustration.
"This protest is so terrible. They really are rude and overbearing. I was very hurt," Dewi Gayatri, who missed her flight for a business trip, told the Associated Press.
"I hope the government protects Uber, because it's so easy to order and cheaper," she said.
The drivers, many of whom moved to Jakarta to work, say taxi price wars have eroded their ability to make a living.
"They are destroying us," Salahuddin, who uses one name like many Indonesians, told the BBC. "We pay tax but because Uber uses private cars they don't. I am fighting for my survival."
Ahmad Rahoyo who operates a bajaj taxi said he used to earn up to 100,000 rupiah ($10; £7) a day, "but since the apps entered Indonesia just covering my costs is hard".
One man, Hans, said he saw drivers blocking a bus lane.
"When they saw a taxi driver accepting a passenger they straight away ran over to the vehicle and told the passengers to get out of the taxi," he said.
"They threatened them with rocks. I didn't see them hit anyone but they destroyed the rear vision mirrors of one taxi."
Indonesia's government has appeared divided over the issue.
The transport ministry has said it is in favour of a ban on ride-hailing apps, since the online and mobile app-based services are not registered as public transport.
However the communications ministry, which oversees such companies, has said they are legitimately allowed to operate.
President Joko Widodo has said new technology should be embraced and not banned.
Uber, which has sparked conflict with regulators and traditional taxi companies in many US and European cities as well, has expanded aggressively in recent years.
Its success has led to a slew of localised transport-app companies with similar business models.
This includes Malaysia-based Grab, which claims to be Southeast Asia's largest, and Indonesian startup Go-Jek which specialises in motorcycle taxis.
To try and claim market share, Grab for example, has offered commuters 20 free rides on their motorcycle taxi service.
Police said the people had become unwell after eating the homemade cannabis bakes.
Two people were arrested for drugs offences after the incident on the Cushendall Road in the town.
Police said they seized the remaining cookies and a large cannabis cigarette.
Ali al-Naimi has been replaced after more than 20 years in the role by former health minister Khaled al-Falih.
Saudi Arabia, the world's largest crude exporter, unveiled major economic reforms in April, aimed at ending the country's dependence on oil.
About 70% of its revenues came from oil last year, but it has been hit hard by falling prices.
The government shake-up, announced in a royal decree, sees a number of ministries merged and others, such as the ministry of electricity and water, scrapped altogether.
A public body for entertainment is being created, and another for culture.
King Salman's son Prince Mohammad directs the country's economic policy, and Mr al-Naimi's removal is an indication that he wants tighter control over the commodity, says BBC World Service Arab Affairs editor Sebastian Usher.
Can this prince make a post-oil Saudi Arabia?
Mr Falih has spent more than 30 years working at state oil giant Aramco, most recently serving as chairman.
He will take charge of a new department managing energy, industry and mineral resources.
For 20 years, Ali al-Naimi was regarded as the most powerful figure in the global oil industry. He ran the biggest exporter of crude, Saudi Aramco, and was seen as being able to drive the price of oil on the markets through the producers' group Opec.
Over the past few years, he has been involved in a battle to protect Saudi Arabia's share of global oil sales in the face of competition from newer producers in the US. His refusal to cut oil production led to a glut of supply - more than the market needed. This resulted in a sharp fall in the price of oil, and so cheaper petrol at the pumps. It has also meant the Saudi kingdom has earned less money.
Ali al-Naimi has characterised this as a fight to secure oil sales in the long term, one he hopes Saudi Arabia will win and US fracking companies will lose. But it is a gamble. The fall in the price of oil has been much more extreme - and longer-lasting - than many analysts expected.
Industry watchers want to know if Ali al-Naimi's replacement at a new energy ministry - Khaled al-Falih - will keep his predecessor's policy or change it. Traders will be listening carefully to his every word. Mr Falih's strategy could drive the future path of oil prices.
Long years of oil profits has allowed the Saudi government to offer generous benefits and subsidies to its citizens.
But with another huge budget deficit forecast this year, last month saw the approval of wide reforms including plans to create the world's biggest sovereign wealth fund and widen the participation of women in the workforce.
Many of the changes announced by King Salman in this overhaul focus on areas where reforms have been promised.
Political difficulties lie ahead though, highlighted by the sacking of the country's water minister amid outrage over rising prices.
72%
of revenues come from oil
$98bn the budget deficit in 2015
80% increase in petrol prices last year in the country
$2.5tn size of state-owned oil giant Aramco
$2tn potential value of the sovereign wealth fund the Saudis are creating
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Burgess, 26, left the Premiership side on Thursday to return to Australian NRL club South Sydney Rabbitohs.
He made the decision after being part of England's poor World Cup campaign.
"The way we play rugby at Bath he would have fitted in brilliantly and taken our game, and rugby union I feel, to a new dimension," said Ford.
Burgess switched codes and moved to Bath last year, before the recent Rugby Union World Cup.
But he has returned to Rabbitohs, citing "family reasons", with two years of his three-year contract remaining.
The Yorkshireman had been playing at blind-side flanker for Bath, but was picked at centre for England against Wales in the World Cup.
His selection led to much debate, with many observers suggesting the newcomer should have been allowed time to develop in just one position.
Ford is adamant Burgess could cope with playing in both positions, despite personally seeing his future at number six.
"No-one can change my mind that Sam Burgess is a back-row player - that's who he is," the 49-year-old former rugby league player told BBC Radio 5 live.
"We wanted him on the field as a ball carrier and a tackler, that's what he did and it worked for us the way we played.
"Going from six to 12 for how England wanted to play, it's the same job. But with Bath he touched the ball more, made more tackles, had more involvements.
"I said to him he could play 12 with England then easily come back to us and play six. I stand by that.
"It's disappointing as I feel he has potentially left too early and we're short of a very good back-row player, and England are short of a potentially good back-row player internationally."
Burgess was given time off by Bath after England's World Cup campaign, returning earlier this week and had been poised to start on the bench in Saturday's Premiership win at London Irish.
"In that 10 days he's gone away and discussed his future to his fiancée Phoebe, he's come back in and he's still not right," said Ford after the 45-14 victory.
"On Monday, we spoke to him and there was still light at the end of the tunnel that he was going to play for Bath.
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"He trained Monday, he trained Tuesday, we picked him in the team today to start on the bench, but from late on Wednesday South Sydney rang up and started negotiating with Bath.
"We had one more chance with Sam where we sat down with him and he kept saying it was for family reasons and he wanted to go back home."
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The country's enormous banks were in deep deep trouble, and were in the process of being bailed out to the tune of around £1.3tn - not far off the value of UK GDP or national output - by the government.
Most of the rescue funds was in the form of loans and guarantees. But there was no certainty how much of that public money would eventually have to be written off - and whether the state could afford the eventual losses.
With banks too weak to lend, the economy was shrinking frighteningly fast. Which meant that tax revenues were plummeting, forcing the government to borrow unprecedented amounts, to keep the public sector running.
We were on the brink of catastrophe.
Unsurprisingly, sterling no longer seemed quite so attractive to the plutocrats who control the world's squillions. They dumped the pound.
On that day, the UK's currency fell through $1.70, and kept on falling - till it hit a low of $1.3668 on 23 January 2009.
All of which means there is quite powerful symbolic value in the pound's return today - Monday 16 June 2014 - to $1.70.
It shows - in case anyone still had a residual worry - that the UK isn't bust.
Indeed, if you rate the rating agencies (as it were), you would conclude that the reverse is true - since on Friday S&P removed the red flag over the UK's AAA or platinum-quality credit rating, and said it was now stable
More than that, $1.70 is a manifestation of the strength of the UK's recovery compared to what's going on in other developed economies.
It is the strength of the British recovery - and the risk that it will spark renewed inflation - that prompted the Governor of the Bank of England to signal last week that it will be the first of the major central banks to lift its bank rate or "policy" interest rate above near zero - where it has been since March 5 2009.
If you are an investor therefore you conclude that you will get a marginally improved rate of return by investing in the UK.
By contrast in the eurozone the European Central Bank is still trying to cut the cost of money, to less than zero (the measure of just how mullered that region is).
And in the US, extreme low interest rates are likely to persist a bit longer than in the UK, partly because there has recently been a hiatus in its economic revival.
So sterling looks attractive compared with dollars and euros.
That said, not everyone loves a strong pound. Exporters have to improve the quality of their goods and services, or cut prices and squeeze their profits, to remain competitive when the currency is strong.
If the surge in sterling were not to abate, there would come a moment when exporters would start to howl and complain that they were being priced out of important overseas markets - and that would be very bad news for our economic prospects.
Fortunately, those who run important UK trading businesses tell me they can cope with sterling where it is today - though they are a bit anxious about the direction of travel.
On the other hand, the rise should temper the cost-of-living squeeze that would result from the current surge in the dollar price of oil - caused by the mess in Iraq.
To put it another way, although the rise of sterling has a mixed impact on our lives and livelihoods, it says broadly positive things about the health of the British economy.
Unlike what happened to the England football team on Saturday night, it shows we are winning again.
An initial accord ending more than 50 years of conflict was struck in late September, but rejected by Colombians in a vote.
Days later Mr Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, which he said gave a "tremendous push" for a new deal.
He is in the Norwegian capital Oslo and will collect the prize on Saturday.
None of his co-signatories from the Farc are attending, with the group still designated as a terrorist organisation in many countries.
Mr Santos said, however, that they "will be here in heart and spirit".
On his award, he said: "It came like a gift from heaven, because it gave us a tremendous push.
"People in Colombia interpreted it as a mandate from the international community to persevere, to continue striving to achieve a new peace agreement."
The Colombian government and the Farc signed a revised deal in November.
The conflict has killed more than 260,000 people and left millions internally displaced.
What the PM described yesterday as "Brussels gossip", now this morning has been more firmly dismissed by Number 10, claiming "we really, really don't recognise these reports" (Not precisely the same rebuttal).
Of course, no politician would wanted to be branded "delusional", or indeed, "ignorant" or "misunderstanding", or to have a blow-by-blow account of just how awkward and unproductive a vital private dinner about the future of your country was.
Not least Theresa May who is someone who does her homework, makes careful plans, and takes "getting on with the job", one of her favourite phrases, extremely seriously.
The proactive and critical briefing against Number 10 after the meeting between the PM and some of the EU's top officials, Jean Claude Juncker and Michel Barnier, last week, has, unsurprisingly, spilled into the election campaign and onto some of this morning's front pages.
Overnight, my BBC colleagues in Brussels have been told the UK was on a "different wavelength" and "misunderstanding" of how the EU works.
The message from the EU is not really very different from what has been said in Brussels for many months.
The UK has been told repeatedly that the EU will stick together, that nothing can be agreed until everything is agreed, and also that parallel talks on trade and the exit deal are extremely unlikely.
Indeed, the prospect that the talks could fail has also been a distinct possibility.
And it can't be said too many times, there will be spin on both sides of this negotiation, right up until, and including the end of the process. Neither side right now wants be seen as willing to give ground. And like it or not, spin is part of the armoury on both sides.
But the briefings have extra charge during the febrile atmosphere of the election campaign.
Privately in March, ministers in the UK believed the EU was softening its approach, hoping that some countries could come alongside, against what they consider the rigid approach of the EU institutions.
The accusations being hurled around now, even the public statement from the EU's most powerful politician, Angela Merkel, that some in the UK have "illusions" don't augur well for the negotiations.
And the comments will be used again and again by Theresa May's political opponents to claim she is out of her depth and has no realistic plan for Brexit.
Stand by, however, to watch Number 10 try to flip it on its head, to use the very obvious challenges ahead as ammunition in her central election argument - precisely because the talks will be tricky, it's vital that she has her own strong, negotiating mandate they claim.
Although diplomats like to (mis)quote the 19th century general, Helmuth Von Moltke, that no plan, however good, survives its first contact with the enemy, and the chances of the EU agreeing all of Downing Street's approach are as skinny as a skelf, since the trigger of Article 50, the signs are not rosy.
These leaks from last week's dinner a sign that parts of the EU are willing to play rough.
The question is, whether over time, if she ends up back in Number 10, Theresa May's determination can shift them.
Or whether up against 27 in talks, she is brutally outnumbered from the start.
The pair were able to escape before Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service arrived.
The incident happened on the A483 near Clyro, Powys, shortly after 16:00 BST on Tuesday.
It follows the yellow severe weather warning which was issued by the Met Office for Tuesday.
The Met Office warned gusts of up to 60mph could hit parts of Wales and southern England as strong south-westerly winds sweep across the country.
It warned of tricky conditions for drivers of towing vehicles.
A spokesman said it was "a little bit unusual" to get winds of this severity in the southern part of the UK at this time of year.
The warning was in force until 19:00.
Unison opposes plans to introduce 30 "operational clusters", ending the system of one janitor per school.
The union also wants janitors to be paid extra for tasks that are dirty or involve outside work and heavy lifting.
The proposals aim to save £515,000 while creating a modern facilities management service for primary schools.
The Glasgow City Council body Cordia has refused to pay janitors Working Context and Demands Payments, which range from £500 to £1,000 per year.
Unison has said these payments would cost Cordia about £120,000 per year.
A union spokesman said Cordia had already saved about £477,000 in wages over the 62 days of strike, with about 100 janitors losing out on £77 in wages per day.
Instead, janitors have been offered a pay rise of up to just over £1,000 in return for new working conditions.
There are currently 219 janitors employed at schools across the city.
The Cordia Janitorial Reform review would cut 33 jobs and see janitors given the new job title of "facilities assistants".
Within the remaining 186 posts, there would be 30 promoted posts of "facilities co-ordinators" to manage the operational clusters.
Cordia said there would be no compulsory redundancies, with jobs lost when people left or moved to other roles within the organisation.
Unsion's Glasgow branch said the cluster model would leave schools without a janitor at certain points of the day, compromising many aspects of health, safety and security.
A Cordia spokesman said "The Cordia janitorial reform will create a modern facilities management service that places Cordia staff at the heart of local communities.
"When implemented, janitorial staff will see an increase in salary and other benefits and there will be promotion opportunities."
There had been concern that some janitors who live in a "tied house" as part of their job could lose their accommodation.
Cordia had said janitors were no longer needed 24/7 due to CCTV, alarms linked to control centres, and timers on heating systems.
However, the union said Cordia had since rolled back on these plans and it was unlikely any janitor would lose their house.
Wasps, who will start playing games at the Ricoh Arena from December, say they understand it is a sensitive time and have attempted to address supporters' concerns on their website.
Alexander Hayton has supported Wasps since 1998, when he was 10 years old.
"It feels very much that as a fanbase we've been abused," he told BBC Sport.
"There's a loyalty the fans have shown the club the last few seasons. As far as I'm concerned loyalty swings both ways.
"I will never support another club. Once a Wasp, always a Wasp. But my time of regularly attending home games is over unfortunately."
The Premiership club have traditionally been located in the north west London area during its 147-year history, predominantly in Sudbury, and have spent the past 12 years paying rent to play at Wycombe Wanderers' Adams Park ground.
Owner Derek Richardson saved Wasps from going into administration two years ago, but the club have continued to lose £3m a year.
Wasps completed a deal to buy a 50% share in the Ricoh Arena on Tuesday and say the move "gives the club the best opportunity to thrive as a business, which will support further investment in the squad".
"It's sad to leave London but there was no other choice. You can't sustain a business on gates of 5,000," said Wasps captain James Haskell.
Hayton has amassed more than 2,000 signatures on his e-petition opposing the move.
"It's sad the club has shown us no loyalty whatsoever," he said.
"One of the great things about Adams Park is the number of kids you get there. If they're playing rugby with their school in the morning, can they get up to Coventry in time for a game?
"I think Wasps as we know it are dead. You can't look at a club that has been in a location for 150 years and say the location has nothing to do with its identity.
"Wasps have assumed a model of seeing sports clubs as franchises rather than part of the local community. That's broken what made Wasps a great club."
"The bicycle is a beautiful object but they should never have invented Lycra!" said a sign at the Plough Hotel. "No Lycra shorts allowed please."
The hotel's owners felt that the body-hugging sportswear was inappropriate for a family-friendly cafe.
Muddy football boots, tracksuits, and flip-flops are reportedly still ok.
Co-owner Mike Saunders brought in the ban at the same time as the hotel, in the countryside north of Christchurch, began offering a breakfast menu.
"We just want to set the standards out here in the country and make sure people wear trousers when they go out for breakfast," he told Stuff.co.nz
In an interview for The Guardian, he remarked: "I am not against Lycra in general, just Lycra shorts. A lot of our customers are elderly or children and they don't need to know that much detail about the shape of somebody."
Some in the town have backed the ban, citing hygiene issues with sweaty cyclists sharing furniture with cleaner customers. But at least one other local food outlet told media that Lycra-clad cyclists would still be welcome in their establishment.
It was a sentiment backed by Spokes Canterbury Chairman Don Babe, who told Stuff that cyclists would simply take their business somewhere else: "Generally a good cycle ride involves some food along the way, if the guy in Rangiora doesn't want them to go to his place that's fine, there's plenty of other places."
The series is based on people living in the city's Derby Road, which the TV station calls "ethnically diverse".
The protesters fear the series will provoke "social unrest". It follows Channel 4's Benefits Street, which sparked complaints.
Channel 4 said residents' stories would be "represented fairly and accurately".
About 30 protestors arrived by coach with placards outside the offices in Horseferry Road, London.
They have also handed in a petition of more than 1,000 signatures.
Benefits Street received more than 1,700 complaints over a perceived negative portrayal of benefits claimants.
Muslim broadcaster and community activist Mo Ansar, who lives in Southampton and took part in the protest, said the series producers, Love Productions, had been "reckless in their approach".
He said: "We've seen with the Benefits Street programme and the programmes on Gypsy traveller communities that this sensationalist broadcasting results in prejudice.
"Both these communities have had backlashes. It fuels and feeds the far-right."
A Channel 4 spokesman said: "The producers spent several months getting to know the community and continue to have an ongoing dialogue with the local council, MPs and religious leaders.
"A number of residents wanted to share their stories and these will be represented fairly and accurately.
"Immigration is one of the most fiercely debated issues in Britain today so it is vital that as a public service broadcaster Channel 4 makes programmes that examine such topics."
The Beijing-based Reignwood group wanted to cut membership at Wentworth in Surrey from 4,000 to 900 to make it the most exclusive club in the world.
It was to charge existing members a £100,000 debenture and increase annual subscriptions from £8,000 to £16,000.
Now the club has said existing members will not have to pay the new debenture.
Residents of the neighbouring Wentworth Estate, where houses can cost many millions, will also get reduced rates.
The club announced in October it would be charging existing members £100,000 and new joiners £125,000.
The planned charges led to a bitter dispute between golfers and Reignwood, who bought the club for £135m in 2014.
Club members and Wentworth Estate residents threatened legal action against the proposals which they said would fundamentally change its nature and character.
Residents also threatened to block roads during the European Tour's PGA championship, held at the course every year.
Eric Leon, from Wentworth Residents' Association, said local people, who own the estate's private roads and verges, were not all multi-millionaires and could not afford the inflated fees.
Wentworth Club said the "membership update" followed a number of meetings between members, residents and Songhua Ni, president of Reignwood.
He said: "We have listened to a variety of differing interests from members and estate residents.
"We are continuing to make every effort to accommodate those, whilst focusing on our vision of making Wentworth Club the world's premier golf and country club."
Reignwood said it would be investing £20m into the club and golf courses by December 2018, with the first stage of the upgrade beginning in June after this year's PGA Championship.
The incident happened in the city's Golf Road at about 06:00 on Wednesday.
The victims was later said to be in a stable condition.
Police Scotland =said a 42-year-old man had been charged in connection with the incident and he was due to appear at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.
Two men were arrested hours after the incident on Saturday and police say one of them has confessed.
Police say a gang raped the tourist and beat up her boyfriend, also a foreign national, forcing them to withdraw money from cash machines.
Rio hosts the football World Cup next year and the Olympics in 2016.
Curbing violence is a major priority for city authorities.
Police say the gang has been operating in Rio for several months and that other victims have come forward since the incident.
Earlier, police named the first two suspects arrested as Jonathan Foudakis de Souza, 20, and Wallace Aparecido de Souza Silva, 22.
They later arrested a third man named as Carlos Armando Costa dos Santos, 21.
Police said the couple boarded the minibus in the neighbourhood of Copacabana.
It is believed that the driver and two others made other passengers leave the minibus before attacking the two tourists on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, police said.
The woman was repeatedly raped and her boyfriend was handcuffed and badly beaten.
The couple were dumped in the nearby city of Itaborai after being forced to use their credit cards to buy goods and withdraw money from cash machines, the police report says.
Police chief Alexandre Braga said detectives had used the bank receipts and transactions to track down the route the gang had taken.
"We identified the places and sent out teams of police where we obtained even more information about the suspects' physical characteristics and then a little while after their identity," he said.
Robberies are common on buses in Rio de Janeiro and other Brazilian cities but the violence and audacity of the latest attack has shocked local media.
Police say the owner was left "pretty bloody" after the car crashed into a safety barrier on a bridge. A suspect has been taken into police custody.
The owner, 25, woke up in Kristiansand in the early hours of Wednesday when he heard his car engine firing up.
He raced out, grabbed a car door-handle and refused to let go.
The thief tried to shake him off by driving into the snow, but the owner clambered on to the roof of his VW Passat and clung on to the bars as the car sped off.
Local police chief Jan Nesland, quoted by Norway's TV2 news, said the owner managed to hold on for several kilometres in a trip resembling something from a Hollywood action movie.
The thief drove the car at up to 90km/h (56 mph), he said, but the owner managed to smash the back window with his knee and grappled with the thief before the car hit the safety barrier.
"[Actor] Bruce Willis wouldn't have managed that," he said. "It's not something we would advise people to do, but now that he's done it - well, it's an incredible story," Mr Nesland said.
It was one thing to smash a car window with your clothes on, but to cling on to its roof at high speed in your underwear in sub-zero temperatures was totally crazy, he added.
Froome, 11 seconds in front at the start of the day, attacked his rivals late in the day on a testing climb prior to a steep descent.
Colombia's Esteban Chaves could not keep pace and lost 17 more seconds.
Alaphilippe came out on top in a three-way sprint as he claimed his first Grand Tour stage win.
"It's incredible. I didn't expect I would win the stage," he said after holding off Jan Polanc and Rafal Majka.
Froome, who is aiming to become the third man to win the Vuelta and the Tour de France in the same year, was one minute 27 seconds behind Alaphilippe as he finished 14th on the stage.
Only home favourite Alberto Contador could stick with him on the steep gradients and the pair were 15 seconds ahead of the other general classification contenders.
1. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra/Quick-Step Floors) 4:37:55
2. Jan Polanc (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) +2secs
3. Rafal Majka (Pol/BORA-hansgrohe) +2secs
4. Serge Pauwels (Bel/Team Dimension Data) +26secs
5. Nelson Oliveira (Por/Movistar Team) +28secs
6. Michel Kreder (Ned/Aqua Blue Sport) +32secs
7. Maxime Monfort (Bel/Lotto-Soudal) +32secs
8. Bart De Clercq (Bel/Lotto-Soudal) +34secs
9. Alberto Losada (Spa/Katusha-Alpecin) +37secs
10. Emanuel Buchmann (Ger/BORA-hansgrohe) +1:04
1. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) 27:46:51
2. Esteban Chaves (Col/Orica-Scott) +28secs
3. Nicolas Roche (Ire/BMC) +41secs
4. Vicenzo Nibali (Ita/Bahrain-Merida) +53secs
5. Tejay Van Garderen (US/BMC)+58secs
6. Fabio Aru (Ita/Astana) +1:06
7. David De La Cruz (Spa/Quick-Step Floors) +1:08
8. Adam Yates (GB/Orica-Scott) +1:18secs
9. Michael Woods (Can/Cannondale) +1:41
10. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus/Katusha-Alpecin) +1:57
French publication Closer printed the pictures of the duchess, taken during their private holiday in France.
The royals are now considering legal action over the case.
Closer's editor says the couple were "visible from the street" and the images are "not in the least shocking".
The BBC's Nicholas Witchell said that the royals were "incredulous that any magazine would have felt they had a justification in publishing these pictures".
"They could go to law or seek a remedy through the French court - that is a big step to take but that is clearly what is being considered now," he said.
"I have rarely heard quite such a level of publicly expressed anger that I have heard today reflecting William's feelings.
"He is absolutely determined to protect the privacy of his wife; he has always been very protective of her and that anger has mounted during the day."
Our correspondent said that the prince had a "look of absolute thunder" on his face as they left Kuala Lumpur - a stop on their nine-day tour of South East Asia - to travel to Sabah in north Borneo.
Kate, meanwhile, "looked composed and was smiling", he said.
Closer editor Laurence Pieau said: "These photos are not in the least shocking. They show a young woman sunbathing topless, like the millions of women you see on beaches."
She described the reaction as "a little disproportionate".
"What we saw in the pictures was a young couple that have just got married, who are in love, who are beautiful. She's a princess of the 21st Century," said Pieau.
"They [the couple] are on the terrace of a mansion in the south of France which is not far from a road along which cars pass without any problem. They are visible from the street."
The photos look blurry, the BBC's Paris bureau said. There are four pages of photos of the couple, with Kate topless in several.
Analysis: Royals and the media
On the magazine's website, it says the pictures are of the couple "like you have never seen them before. Gone are the fixed smiles and the demure dresses. On holiday Kate forgets everything."
The duke and duchess, who were staying at the French chateau of the Queen's nephew, Lord Linley, "have been hugely saddened to learn that a French publication and a photographer have invaded their privacy in such a grotesque and totally unjustifiable manner", a spokesman for Clarence House, the Prince of Wales's office, said.
"The incident is reminiscent of the worst excesses of the press and paparazzi during the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, and all the more upsetting to the duke and duchess for being so.
"Their Royal Highnesses had every expectation of privacy in the remote house. It is unthinkable that anyone should take such photographs, let alone publish them.
"Officials acting on behalf of their Royal Highnesses are consulting with lawyers to consider what options may be available to the duke and duchess."
The prime minister's official spokesman said: "The view from Downing Street is that they are entitled to their privacy."
The royal couple were told about the magazine's plan to publish the photos during breakfast in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on their tour to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. They are now on their way to north Borneo, where they are due to visit a rainforest.
By Christian FraserBBC News, France
In France they will tell you privacy laws that govern the press are much tighter than they are in the UK. It's only half of the truth.
While the French are sniffy about the tabloid culture in Britain many celebrity magazines have been publishing these kind of pictures for years.
France is the home of one of the oldest 'celebrity' magazines in the world - Paris Match.
But these days there are raunchier titles, like Closer, who unashamedly indulge in the celebrity gossip.
And they budget for the legal payouts which in this case are seemingly inevitable.
But for editors the fine is worth the risk.
Read more from Christian Fraser
It has emerged that British newspapers were offered photographs last week but turned them down.
The Sun's editor Dominic Mohan said the newspaper had no intention of breaching the couple's privacy by publishing what he described as "intrusive" pictures.
"The circumstances are very different to those relating to the photos of Prince Harry in Las Vegas. As we said at the time, he was at a party in a hotel suite with a large group of strangers and one of those present released a photograph into the public domain," he said.
The Sun was the only British newspaper to print the naked pictures of Prince Harry, defying a warning by Clarence House that they breached his privacy.
The Press Complaints Commission said it received hundreds of complaints from members of the public but did not act because it had not been contacted by representatives of the prince.
Lloyd Embley, editor of the Mirror and Sunday Mirror, said the papers were offered a set of pictures of the duchess in her bikini a week ago but, as with the pictures of Harry, they took the decision not to publish them.
In both cases they believed it would be a clear breach of the editors' code of practice involving breach of privacy.
Closer is not run by the same company as the British title; it is administered by Italian business Mondadori, owned by former president Silvio Berlusconi's holding company Fininvest.
A statement from the UK magazine said: "We were not offered any pictures of this nature and have no intention of publishing the photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge which have been published this morning."
That is the "political trigger" to euro exit. But market participants are watching something else: the flight of deposits out of Greek banks and into other Euro currencies.
That is because the normal mechanism for making payments across Euro borders, called TARGET2, is seen as the economic trigger for a euro exit.
It works like this. Suppose a Greek wants to send a Spaniard 1,000 euros. Let's call them Louk and Gomez:
The thing to note here is that both central banks are creating debits and credits with the entire system, not each other. They do not directly face each other. All that happens is that their accounts with the central system, TARGET2, are changed.
Now what if Bank A, in Athens, does not have enough reserves at the Bank of Greece? It borrows from the Bank of Greece, which is in turn borrowing from the ECB.
Now what if the Bank of Greece knows Bank A is in trouble because its deposits are being withdrawn? Still no problem: it can lend to Bank A, borrowing from the ECB, and take very poor collateral, by permission of the ECB, up to a certain limit.
But the sticking point comes on the issue of collateral. The Bank of Greece has permission from the ECB to lend against poor collateral up to a certain amount, set twice a week. If that amount is breached, the ECB must vote to raise it: that vote will be effectively a vote to allow massive capital flight. The moment the limit is not raised, Bank A goes bust, triggering massive capital flight if it has not already started. At that point, the Bank of Greece would have to impose capital controls, and everybody who has euros in a Greek bank account would have to keep them there and see them devalued on euro exit.
There are about 170bn euros of deposits in Greek banks. If these were then devalued by 50% after euro exit, it would probably not crash the euro system. On Greek sovereign debt, the default has already occurred. Until Monday, only 700m euros had fled Greece since the election. But on the first two days of this week, says the FT, outflow exceeded 1.2bn euros.
However, what the markets are looking at right now is contagion to Spain and Italy. Here you have 800bn euros of foreign-owned government bonds, 600bn euros of foreign-owned corporate bonds, and 300bn euros of foreign-owned listed equities (numbers from JP Morgan) - together with E3 trillion of deposits.
What policymakers and market players are worried about right now is if foreign investors see a Greek deposit crisis as a signal to rush for the exits in Italy and Spain.
One way of stopping that, says my market interlocutor, is if the Eurozone authorities would issue pan-European depositor insurance, effectively saying to everybody, everywhere in the zone, that the other members would make good bank deposits in the event of exit, or capital controls etc. It would be another way of imposing fiscal union and therefore a tough one to get through Germany/Holland etc.
The coming weeks, leading to the second Greek election, will see the interplay of opinion polls, depositor behaviour and the European Central Bank's bi-weekly decisions on the Bank of Greece's lending capacity.
The above is a technical explanation why the future of Greece in the euro may not lie in the hands of the electorate as voters: it lies in the hands of the electorate as bank customers.
Fly-half Madigan, 27, is moving from Leinster to Bordeaux, a decision which Ireland coach Joe Schmidt in March described as "unfortunate".
Ulster centre McCloskey, 23, misses out with his club-mates Luke Marshall and Stuart Olding both chosen.
Uncapped Connacht lock Quinn Roux and Ulster flanker Sean Reidy are included.
With Madigan not selected, Johnny Sexton and Paddy Jackson are the only fly-halves in the squad with Olding providing possible back-up for the role.
Auckland-born Reidy, 27, joined Ulster in 2014 and qualifies for Ireland because of his county Kerry-born grandfather.
South African-born Roux, 25, is now eligible to play for Ireland under the three-year residency rule having signed for Leinster in 2012 before switching to Connacht.
While Reidy earns his first Ireland call-up, his Ulster team-mate Chris Henry is again left out after not featuring during this year's Six Nations while Munster's Tommy O'Donnell is a surprise back-row omission.
Instead, Joe Schmidt has picked Leinster back rows Jordi Murphy and Rhys Ruddock.
Henry's last Ireland outing was in the World Cup quarter-final defeat by Argentina last October.
Following recent knee surgery, Munster wing Simon Zebo joins a list of absent injured players which also includes Tommy Bowe, Sean O'Brien, Cian Healy, Peter O'Mahony, Josh van der Flier, Andrew Conway plus Connacht props Denis Buckley and Nathan White.
Connacht wing Matt Healy has not been included despite his impressive season for the Pro12 finalists while there are also no places for Ulster wing Craig Gilroy and emerging Leinster centre Garry Ringrose.
Schmidt opts for Keith Earls, Luke Fitzgerald, Dave Kearney and Andrew Trimble as his wing options.
Ulster's fit-again Iain Henderson, who missed the Six Nations because of injury, returns to the squad.
Ireland face the Springboks in the first Test in Cape Town on 11 June, with the sides meeting again over the following two weekends in Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth.
Forwards: Finlay Bealham (Connacht), Rory Best (Ulster), Sean Cronin (Leinster), Ultan Dillane (Connacht), Tadgh Furlong (Leinster), Jamie Heaslip (Leinster), Iain Henderson (Ulster), David Kilcoyne (Munster), Jack McGrath (Leinster), Jordi Murphy (Leinster), Sean Reidy (Ulster), Mike Ross (Leinster), Quinn Roux (Connacht), Rhys Ruddock (Leinster), Donnacha Ryan (Munster), CJ Stander (Munster), Richardt Strauss (Leinster), Devin Toner (Leinster)
Backs: Keith Earls (Munster), Luke Fitzgerald (Leinster), Robbie Henshaw (Connacht), Paddy Jackson (Ulster), David Kearney (Leinster), Rob Kearney (Leinster), Kieran Marmion (Connacht), Luke Marshall (Ulster), Conor Murray (Munster), Stuart Olding (Ulster), Jared Payne (Ulster), Eoin Reddan (Leinster), Johnny Sexton (Leinster), Andrew Trimble (Ulster).
Poland international Boruc, 35, has kept three clean sheets in his past seven appearances for the Cherries.
A run of just two defeats in 14 games has lifted them seven points clear of the Premier League's bottom three.
"I think your goalkeeper is pivotal to the success you have, whether it's the top end or the bottom of the table," Howe told BBC Radio Solent.
Boruc missed more than a month of action earlier in the season through injury, but has conceded just five goals in Bournemouth's past seven games.
"When he's on top form, I think you'd struggle to find a better goalkeeper," Howe added.
"You need one who is making saves and winning you points and I think Artur has done that in recent weeks."
Bournemouth host Arsenal on Sunday and Boruc hopes to continue his impressive run of form.
"I feel glad that we keep collecting points at the moment, that's the most important thing," he said. "Your own performance is quite important, but not as much as the team's."
Colourful streams of light were seen in Rhondda Cynon Taff, Ceredigion, and the Brecon Beacons in Powys.
BBC Wales weather presenter Rhian Haf said the lights are created by electrical currents that flow through the top of the earth's atmosphere.
In the UK, strong bursts of solar activity are needed for them to be visible, making June a good time.
Ms Jolie was speaking alongside British Foreign Secretary William Hague, who is co-hosting the London summit with her.
The event - the largest ever of its kind - is the result of an intense two-year campaign to raise awareness.
Mr Hague said rape was one of the "great mass crimes" of modern times.
He called on the more than 140 nations at the summit to write action against sexual violence into their army training.
The summit aims to:
The organisers want the event to be the moment the world wakes up and declares that sexual violence is not an inevitable part of war, says BBC World Affairs Correspondent Paul Adams.
Opening the summit, Mr Hague said: "From the abolition of slavery to the adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty, we have shown that the international community can tackle vast global problems in a way that was once considered to be impossible.
"There is power in numbers, and if we unite behind this cause, we can create an unstoppable momentum and consign this vile abuse to history."
Ms Jolie said: "We need to shatter that culture of impunity and make justice the norm, not the exception, for these crimes."
She said she wanted to dedicate the conference to a rape victim she recently interviewed in Bosnia, who felt so humiliated by what had happened to her that she could not even tell her own son.
"She felt that having had no justice for her particular crime, in her particular situation, and having seen the actual man who raped her on the streets free, she really felt abandoned by the world,'' Ms Jolie said. "This day is for her.''
Angela Atim, one of the speakers at the conference, was kidnapped as a 14-year-old schoolgirl by Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in Uganda.
She told the BBC: "These people who are accountable for the sexual violence in armed conflict, they have to be brought to justice."
"It's part of our healing because it's really painful to see that they are still walking around, they are still doing the same thing."
Nations taking part in the summit include Bosnia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia - countries where sexual violence has happened "on a vast scale", Mr Hague told the BBC.
Sexual violence was systematically being used as a weapon of war in the 20th and 21st Centuries, he noted.
Mr Hague cited the estimated 50,000 women who were raped in Bosnia two decades ago, virtually none of whom have received justice.
In the two years since Mr Hague and Ms Jolie launched their campaign, a Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict has been endorsed by 141 countries.
But the aim now is to take concrete steps, including providing more help to survivors, Mr Hague said.
He added that the issue had been a "taboo" for too long, and that it was time to get rid of the "stigma and shame attached to it".
On Thursday, Mr Hague will also host a security meeting focused on Boko Haram, a militant Islamist group in Nigeria. Ministers from Nigeria and neighbouring countries will attend.
Suspected Boko Haram militants abducted at least 20 women in northern Nigeria last week. More than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by the same group on 14 April.
The 85-year-old conservative is in a clinic in the south-western city of Heidelberg, Der Spiegel reports.
His office said he was "doing well under the circumstances".
The so-called "father of reunification" was modern Germany's longest-serving chancellor, coinciding with the peaceful end of the Cold War.
He served as chancellor from 1982 to 1998.
Der Spiegel described his condition as "critical" (in German), quoting sources close to the former chancellor. It said he had been in intensive care for the past three weeks.
According to Bunte magazine, Mr Kohl was unconscious for a long time following the intestine operation.
The statement from his office said he had a successful hip replacement in May, but then required another operation, without saying what.
Mr Kohl is credited with bringing East and West Germany together after the fall of the Berlin Wall and - together with his French ally President Francois Mitterrand - was responsible for the introduction of the euro.
Former US President George Bush Senior once described him as the most important European leader of the late 20th Century.
In more recent years, the former chancellor has been a frail figure and he has rarely been seen in public although he has spoken in support of closer European integration, says the BBC's Jenny Hill in Berlin.
Mr Kohl fell from grace when a funding scandal under his leadership of the Christian Democrats came to light after he left office in 1998.
Current Chancellor Angela Merkel was once a protegee of Mr Kohl, first entering government under his rule in 1991.
But she publicly denounced Mr Kohl and called for his resignation when it was revealed the party had received millions of dollars worth of illegal donations using secret bank accounts.
In 2011, in a series of interviews and statements, he spoke out against Mrs Merkel's policy of strict austerity to deal with the European debt crisis.
Mr Kohl, who exited active politics in 2002, has been confined to a wheelchair in recent years after suffering a stroke.
King stressed that, if Rangers are going to challenge for the Premiership, it's important they strengthen the squad and get "a few more players in".
He also admitted that achieving European football next season would have an effect on their recruitment.
"We still have a plan to improve on the team during the summer," King told the Rangers website.
"We are back, but we won't relax about it."
Rangers only named five substitutes at Hampden Park.
"The squad was very light," said King. "I think the players that we had on the park were fantastic, but next year, if we're going to challenge for the title, it is important that we still strengthen the squad and get a few more players in.
"The target for the season was always to win the Championship. I think we did that quite comfortably."
Mark Warburton's side will face Hibernian on Wednesday evening in their final Championship encounter of the season before meeting again in the cup final on 21 May.
"If we're fortunate enough to win the cup final - it will still be a tough game against Hibs - it would get us into Europe and that's a year ahead," King explained.
"Our original plan was to win the Championship this year, improve the squad and challenge for the Premier League next year and hopefully be in Europe the following year.
"So it would be a real, real bonus if we could accelerate the European part of it by a season. But they've still got to win the cup final to do that.
"I had a chat to Mark in the dressing-room and I just said, 'let's see how the final goes and we might need to kind of plan differently some of the player acquisitions in the close season'."
King, who led a successful boardroom takeover last year, described the semi-final win over Celtic on penalties as "absolutely astonishing".
"When we were up there after the final whistle and I saw grown men cry, there were tears rolling down the faces of every single board member," he added.
"I think every single director, including me, was in tears and, as we looked at each other and hugged each other, everyone was crying.
"All the people who have gone through the last year, the regime change and everything we have done, this is what it is about.
"We have been doing it for this and to see the reaction of the fans it was absolutely phenomenal for everybody."
The 20ft (6m) by 16ft (4.8m) mural has been created by artist Andy Scott.
It is near the comedian's birthplace, overlooks the shipyards where he once worked as a welder and can be seen from the Kingston Bridge.
Connolly said he was "humbled" by the artwork. "It is an unexpected honour for which I am extremely grateful," he said.
Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association commissioned the 500kg (79st) mural which formally completes phase 1 of the regeneration project.
Connolly, 68, said: "I consider myself a citizen of the world, but I was born and raised in Glasgow - it is where my first children were born - where I learnt to play the banjo - where I served my apprenticeship as a welder, and where I first performed in public.
"My heart beats to the rhythm of Glasgow - it is in my blood.
"I am happy and humbled that Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association commissioned a mural of me, to be erected in my home city, and thrilled that it was so skillfully created by artist and master craftsman Andy Scott."
Mr Scott said: "We're delighted Mr Connolly likes the mural as it's been a long and challenging commission.
"It's been interesting capturing a living legend but Mr Connolly never interfered and very quickly gave the finished artwork his blessing."
He said he had tried to capture the comedian in his early days to reflect his roots in the city.
Mr Scott's early sketches were hand-drawn in pencil on a giant timber wall in his workshop, which replicated the gable end in Anderston.
Once he was happy with the drawing, it became the template for the steel mural.
It is made from about 1.5 miles (2.4km) of 6mm (0.24in) steel, chopped into thousands of pieces.
Each piece was individually placed and welded to create the image.
If the pieces were laid end-to-end, they would stretch from Billy's birthplace in Anderston beyond Glasgow City Chambers.
Mr Scott's other works include the heavy horse sculpture on the M8 and the 33ft mermaid on the A80 at Cumbernauld.
"The method used was different to my previous works but it befits Billy's unique character," he said.
Sanctuary Scotland director Gordon Laurie said: "We are excited to unveil Andy's excellent mural after his many months of hard work.
"We feel regeneration is about more than creating high quality, affordable housing and believe it should have a social and cultural impact as well.
"This mural honours one of Glasgow's most celebrated sons. We hope the artwork inspires others and brings attention to Anderston's regeneration."
Lord Provost of Glasgow, Councillor Bob Winter, who unveiled the mural, said: "This iconic mural looking out across the shipyards where Billy worked is a fitting tribute to one of the world's most recognised, living Glaswegians.
"I know it will be a great source of pride for Billy and Glaswegians everywhere."
The fifth and final phase of Sanctuary Scotland's construction of around 430 new Anderston homes is due to be completed in 2015.
Four workers died when the Oxfordshire plant collapsed on 23 February.
Rotherham MP Sarah Champion said five days after the collapse the search stopped for three weeks and the men could have been alive at this point.
Thames Valley Police and the Health and Safety Executive said the pause was so RWE Npower could prepare a rescue plan.
The firm said its priority had always been to find the men as quickly and safely as possible and recovery work was currently on hold because the building remained "unstable".
Ms Champion, who represents two of the missing men's families, said their relatives could have been alive for weeks after the building's collapse.
She cited the collapse of a factory in Bangladesh in 2013, when 1,130 people died and about 2,500 injured people were rescued over a period of weeks.
She said: "What angers me is in those three weeks they might have been alive, and we're now three months on."
She said the emergency services had been "phenomenal" but "we know, when we've seen other disasters internationally, people can come out".
"If they'd carried on the search, if they'd not stopped after four or five days, would they have been found?"
Work to recover the men's bodies has been halted at a 50m (164ft) exclusion zone because RWE has yet to submit a demolition plan to the HSE.
The bodies of Christopher Huxtable, 34, from Swansea, Ken Cresswell, 57, and John Shaw, 61, both from Rotherham, have not yet been found.
The body of Michael Collings, 53, from Brotton, Teesside, has been recovered from the site.
The decommissioned Didcot A plant closed in 2013 and the men were carrying out work preparing it for demolition when it collapsed.
An RWE Npower spokesman said: "We understand that the time it is taking to recover these men is deeply distressing for their families."
Bold, imaginative, and brilliantly-engineered, the spacecraft came very close to upstaging Nasa but ultimately failed.
Criticised by some for relying too much on the British tradition of "winging it with string and sticky tape", as one European space official put it, Beagle2 nevertheless caught the public imagination.
The mastermind behind the venture, the late Colin Pillinger, could have had a very successful career in marketing. Shyness was never an option.
His choice of the mission's name - after the vessel that had sailed Charles Darwin around the world - deliberately aligned it with one of the greatest journeys in the story of modern science.
Just as Darwin's venture had ultimately led to a revolution in scientific theory about life on Earth, Pillinger's was designed to answer the big question about life beyond it.
Distinctive whiskers in full bloom, mind fizzing with ideas, he and his wife Judith shuttled their very British Land Rover between the centres of power of the European Space Agency, hustling for support.
They enlisted help from some of the most fashionable names in British art and music: commissioning the artist Damien Hirst to paint the image that would calibrate the camera and the rock group Blur to compose the first transmission signal.
And once, while filming a story at Pillinger's lab at the Open University in Milton Keynes, I asked him to demonstrate Beagle2's scale. His answer was unbeatable, tapping into some uniquely British humour: he placed a replica of the barbecue-sized spacecraft in a supermarket trolley and wheeled it through the car park. A shot both hilarious and iconic was born.
Then, at the key moment, on Christmas morning in 2003, stars and celebrities joined our media throng for an agonising wait. This was not exactly mission control in Houston but a modest meeting room at the Open University's centre in north London.
Live on television, his shirt festooned with clip-on microphones, Pillinger was resolute as the clock approached the moment when the first message should have confirmed a safe landing. And he remained resolute when that moment passed.
Early days, he kept saying, no problem, a bold display of a stiff upper lip. But I caught sight of Judith's face which told a more forlorn story.
Nothing was ever heard from the tiny craft and there was no trace of it until now. The assumption was that it was lying in shattered pieces in the Martian dust.
And so the name Beagle entered the lexicon as a heart-warming example of plucky failure.
When a British mission to search for life beneath the ice of Antarctica was being planned, the chief scientist Martin Siegert told me he hoped it would not turn out to be "another Beagle".
The pristine waters of the ancient Lake Ellsworth, cut off for thousands of years, were the target of the drilling project. The quest was to see if life could survive in the icy darkness.
The Russians had already extracted water from another lake under the ice but the samples may have been contaminated. And an American project was drilling into a less isolated spot. The scientific prize - as with Beagle - was there to be seized by British hands.
But the team's hot-water drill could not be aimed as accurately as needed. Supplies of fuel to melt the ice were running low. And over Christmas 2012 - exactly nine years after Beagle - another British team faced crushing disappointment.
Of course, the ultimate example of near-triumph came from Captain Scott and his team in the Antarctic wilderness a century before that.
They made it to the South Pole only to find that the Norwegians had got there first. They then hauled back priceless geological samples but never made it, their bodies later found frozen in their tent.
Even so, Scott became established as a legend and inspired future generations of explorers. A key thread in the narrative of British exploration is a determination not to give up, a legacy of salvaging something positive from defeat.
So, the Lake Ellsworth scientists are hoping to win funding to try again. And British space scientists will have another go at Mars with a European mission in 2018.
Colin Pillinger himself never had the chance for a second attempt. But he always avoided using the word failure.
And, if he were alive today, he would surely argue that news of Beagle2 touching down intact proves him right, that Britain did manage to land on Mars, and by any standards that counts as success.
The Republic of Ireland international, 36, has made 339 appearances for Millwall since being signed on a free transfer in 2008.
Forde played just 10 times last season, largely because of the form of first-choice Lions keeper Jordan Archer.
He was previously at Cardiff and before that had a spell at West Ham, where he did not make a first-team appearance.
Forde helped Millwall win promotion to the Championship via the play-offs in 2010 and was voted the club's player of the year in 2014.
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An independent report published last week said patients in the Tawel Fan unit suffered "institutional abuse".
Families said patients were treated like animals in a zoo and ten members of staff have been reported to their professional bodies.
Mr Drakeford said an "urgent meeting" will consider putting Betsi Cadwaladr health board into special measures.
This could mean the Welsh government or another body taking over some or all of the board's functions.
The minister apologised for the "gross departures from basic standards of care" as the assembly held an urgent debate on the scandal on Wednesday.
First Minister Carwyn Jones had already promised that disciplinary action would follow.
Shadow Health Minister Darren Millar said those responsible at Betsi Cadwaladr local health board (LHB) should be sacked without compensation.
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have called for the LHB to be placed in special measures, while Plaid Cymru has called for a new "fit and proper person" test to be introduced for hospital managers.
North Wales Police investigated the allegations of mistreatment but said they had decided not to press any charges.
Betsi Cadwaladr health board has already apologised for failings identified in the independent report by health specialist Donna Ockenden published last Thursday.
A separate report for next week's meeting of the board says that seven employees have been referred to the Nursing and Midwifery Council and three to the General Medical Council.
Bernie Cuthel, appointed interim director of primary, community and mental health in the wake of the scandal, said the independent report had found evidence of a "closed and inward-looking culture" on the ward.
She said the problem was being tackled "head on" through "challenging workshops" making staff "confront their own behaviour and beliefs".
In contrast, Ms Cuthel noted that Health Inspectorate Wales found good team working, strong leadership and compliments from patients at the Heddfan psychiatric ward at Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
These ephemeral ecosystems support unique flora and fauna species that do not occur in permanent wetlands.
Yet these poorly understood habitats are being lost to future generations as a result of poor land-use practices, the authors observed.
The details have been published in the Global Change Biology journal.
Although these intermittent, shallow-water seasonal natural features are most closely associated with arid or semi-arid landscapes, they are more widespread than generally realised.
For example, more than half of the total river length in the US, Greece and South Africa is made up by sections that have temporary flow.
"They tend to occur during the rainy season which is when you will see shallow water but for most months of the year, it will appear to be dry," explained co-author Tatenda Dalu, from Rhodes University, South Africa.
The seasonal wetlands are dominated by aquatic biodiversity, he told BBC News.
"You have your plankton, you have your insects, which then brings in the birds to feed on these insects," Dr Dalu said.
"Some of these systems have unique communities of fish, such as the 'lung fish'."
However, these unique ecosystems were vulnerable for a number of reasons, explained Dr Dalu.
"The biggest threat we are seeing at the moment is either the digging up of the ecosystems or making them permanent.
"By making them permanent, people accidently introduce invasive species which then wipe out the unique invertebrate communities."
For example, people look to have a lake full of fish on their land. Very often, the introduced species of fish results in the unique habitat that had previously thrived in the intermittent water being squeezed to the point of becoming locally extinct.
The team also recognised that changes to the climate system were set to alter rainfall and temperature patterns.
The researchers observed in their paper: "In tropical regions of southern Africa, for example, drought is projected to be particularly problematic.
"In such areas, ephemeral wetlands are highly likely to be affected given that ephemeral aquatic environments are internally drained systems, wholly reliant on localised rainfall."
Dr Dalu said the time to act to attempt to make the wetlands more resilient was now.
"One of the most important things for us is to try to map as many of the systems as we can.
"Having a record of where these unique systems exist will be important for the development of any further legislation."
He said that the flora of ephemeral wetlands enriched people's lives, even if they were not aware of the ecological importance of such sites.
"People will tell you about some of the unique flowers they see there," he said.
"That's how people identify them but they do not know anything else about these seasonal wetlands."
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The Irish sealed their place by beating Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-0 in Dublin on Monday, clinching a 3-1 aggregate win.
"This is a special night which cannot be taken away from us," said O'Neill.
"We will have a massive contingent of fans going to France and I would like to emulate the days of Jack Charlton and Mick McCarthy."
Northern Irishman O'Neill, 63, will enjoy his first experience of tournament football as a manager when he leads the team out in France, having progressed from a difficult group including world champions Germany, Poland and Scotland.
"I could not be more proud. The players have been superb right from the start when Aiden McGeady scored that late winner in the first qualifier in Georgia.
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"We might be short on a few things, but courage and a determination to fight to the end have been in abundance."
Roy Keane - whose appointment as assistant manager O'Neill described as "as good a decision as I have made for a long time" - told RTE: "We do not want to go there just to make up the numbers.
"We will go there to do the country proud and put on a good performance. Doing your best, that is all you can ask."
It will be Keane's first experience of a major tournament since walking out of the squad during the World Cup in Japan and South Korea in 2002 following a dispute with McCarthy.
Double goalscorer Jon Walters said he was determined to savour the play-off success.
"To qualify the way we did is unbelievable," said the Stoke forward.
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"You have to take it in because these things do not come around often in your career. These are special moments and we are delighted."
Walters, back in the team after suspension, got his first goal with a disputed penalty midway through the first half and made it 2-0 on 70 minutes.
"The whole team were heroes - everyone was incredible," he added. "We had to work hard, but we got there."
Robbie Brady, whose free-kick led to the second goal, said the victory was the highlight of his career.
"This is the type of thing you grow up dreaming about," said the Norwich City winger.
"We did what was required and now we are off to France.
"We never seem to do things the easy way, but we stuck together during the campaign and got the incredible results we needed."
Speaking to party delegates in Brasilia, Ms Rousseff promised to boost social policies that have lifted millions of people out of poverty.
The party has been in power since 2003.
Ms Rousseff - Brazil's first woman president - is a former left-wing rebel who fought against military rule in the 1960s and 1970s.
She told some 800 delegates meeting at the party's convention that her second term would see more investment in housing, education and public health.
"It is time to move forward, it is time to make more changes," she said.
Ms Rousseff also defended public spending on preparations for the football World Cup and the Olympics, which Rio de Janeiro will host in 2016.
"All the investment we have done for the World Cup in transport and other infra-structure will continue to benefit Brazilians after the event," said Ms Rousseff.
She was elected four years ago, replacing her friend and mentor, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who served two terms.
Brazilians will go to the polls on 5 October. If no single candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, there will be a runoff on 26 October.
Analysis from the BBC's Joao Fellet, in Brasilia
Brazilians may be distracted by the World Cup but in the background the presidential election is starting to heat up.
In recent weeks, the country's major parties have been building up support. Dilma Rousseff's Workers Party (PT) has renewed its alliance with the broadly based PMDB (Brazilian Democratic Movement Party). It means her campaign will have the largest share of air time on TV and radio, and strong support in Congress if she is re-elected.
Meanwhile, the two main opposition candidates - Aecio Neves, from PSDB (Brazilian Social Democracy Party), and Eduardo Campos, from PSB (Brazilian Socialist Party) - are trying to attract smaller parties and the votes of Brazilians who are unsatisfied with the current government.
The World Cup has polarised political debate in Brazil. After Ms Rousseff was booed and cursed at during the opening ceremony in Sao Paulo, former president Lula said that the attitude reflected the "lack of respect" among the country's elite.
For Ms Rousseff, however, the boos are less important than the success of the World Cup. If the tournament ends without major failures, her opponents will lose some of the ammunition they were counting on to use to defeat her.
Opinion polls suggest that she has about 40% poll ratings, against 20% for her main opponent, Senator Aecio Neves.
But her popularity has declined over the years, with Brazilians taking to the streets to protest against corruption and spending on the World Cup and Olympics.
Party leaders have denounced "a hate campaign" against the government.
The Workers Party is expected to face its biggest electoral challenge since former President Lula came to power in 2002.
Disney's Chief Executive, Bob Iger, has described the project as the "biggest step" the company has ever taken. But there has been criticism in the Chinese media about the price visitors will have to pay.
It looks like a Disney park, with a huge "enchanted castle" anchored at the centre. It sounds like Disney, with a wave and a smiling hello - in English - from every staff member. And it feels like Disney - an escape from the real world. But park number six is different. This time Mickey Mouse - Me Low Shoe as he's known here - is Communist Party approved.
In pictures: The highs and lows of Disney Shanghai
Mr Iger first came to the site 17 years ago, when it was wasteland on the outskirts of Shanghai. Last month he had the latest of several meetings with China's President Xi Jinping. Afterwards, Mr Iger revealed that the Communist Party general secretary has already been to three Disney parks.
It's taken years of painstaking negotiation and $5.5bn, but now Mr Iger has his China park - his legacy to the company he was supposed to have departed by now.
"From the moment they enter, everything they see and experience, the attractions, the food, the entertainment, down to the smallest level of detail, is instantly recognisable not only as authentically Disney but as distinctly Chinese," he told journalists at an opening day event.
Those last few words are the mantra - the phrase he conceived to explain why and how this Disney is different.
But it comes at a price, which he wouldn't discuss with the BBC. Disney repeatedly refused our request for a sit-down interview. When I asked Mr Iger, as he left the opening event, if this Disney was only for China's wealthy he refused to answer the question.
When I asked if he was confident that the park was built without any corrupt practices he said nothing, and a security guard stopped me from going any further.
For some of the 10,000 staff behind the scenes on the 960 acre park, a day at Disney - without their uniform on - is beyond their reach. The cost for a couple with a child would likely be more than the average monthly disposable income in mainland China.
One ticket seller called Lee told me he was happy with his pay. But he couldn't talk about it. It wasn't "convenient" to discuss it, he said. It was similar for other staff. When I asked a young woman by her locker what she was paid, she replied: "I can't tell you."
Disney is unapologetic about it's "high end" food prices. It's all part of the battle for China's growing, richer middle class. It is a battle that the home-grown mega firm Wanda is up for. It opened a new resort town and familiar-looking theme park in the region just two weeks ago.
People like 40-year-old Yu Qi are a target for both. She said most of her friends had been to Disney parks abroad, "but for some reason we all believe that Disneyland in Shanghai will be the best".
Disney is banking on that sentiment. It hopes it will tempt people with its authentic offering. And there is lots to tempt 330 million people within a few hours' drive. So is it the real thing, or has Disney gone too far to ensure it gets its break in China?
On the surface, much is the same. There are rides that are common to Shanghai and other parks, and some that are unique to China. The food and the language are heavily influenced by Chinese tradition. But the overall feel is of the American offering. The big change is behind the scenes.
This is a joint venture, which is unusual for Disney. Like all firms looking to enter this market, Disney has gone into business with firms ultimately owned or controlled by the Shanghai government, which gets some of the profits and a lot of influence over how things look and how they're run.
It is, to borrow the phrase, a distinctly Chinese arrangement in an authentically Disney setting.
Security is one thing Disney insists will not change, though. Senior executives say there will be no police presence - uniformed or in plain clothes - inside the theme park, in keeping with the tradition at their other venues. Police representatives at a media briefing last month refused to confirm if that would be the case.
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At the launch of pro-EU exit group Women for Britain, she likened the Leave campaign to that of suffragettes.
She said those campaigning to quit the EU were fighting the "same cause" to protect "our democratic freedom".
Helen Pankhurst, great-granddaughter of suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst, said the comparison was "unacceptable".
"I believe that my great grandmother would have been the first to champion what the EU has meant for women - including equal pay and anti discrimination laws," she said.
The cross-party Women for Britain campaign - launched on Tuesday, International Women's Day - aims to encourage women to vote to leave the EU in the referendum on 23 June.
The group, which includes female political figures and women from the world of business, says the power of women's votes is undermined by being in the EU.
But the equivalent group trying to target women voters on the Remain side, Women In, says the benefits of being in the EU "clearly outweigh the costs".
In a video from the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign group, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said: "From safeguarding parental leave to tackling discrimination in the workplace and bringing an end to violence against women and girls, our EU membership is critical in helping protect and further the rights of women around Britain. A vote to leave would put all of this at risk."
International Women's Day has been held on 8 March every year since 1913, and has been recognised by the United Nations since 1975.
The UN says it's a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities.
The theme of this year's day is "Planet 50-50 by 2030" - aiming to achieve global equality in areas such as education and end all forms of discrimination.
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At Tuesday's launch, employment minister Ms Patel said: "In many ways, Women for Britain are fighting for exactly the same cause. The suffragettes fought for our democratic freedom. Now we are the ones who must fight to protect it.
"Pankhurst and the suffragettes did not fight to have the right to vote on who governs them only to then see those decisions squandered to the EU's undemocratic institutions and political elite."
And UKIP's Suzanne Evans, also on the campaign's board, said EU law "takes precedence" over UK law so the institution was undermining the suffragettes' sacrifices by "taking our vote away by stealth".
Ms Patel argued that leaving the EU would "enhance our democracy and empower women" - and attacked the Remain campaign's claims that women's rights would be at risk if the UK left the EU.
She said the UK had been a world leader in promoting women's rights and opportunities, noting that it outlawed female genital mutilation in 1985 compared with 2012 in the EU.
She also said that quitting the EU would allow the UK to scrap the EU-imposed VAT on sanitary products and pave the way for cheaper car insurance, saying EU equality laws meant women could not be charged lower premiums. The UK's financial contributions to the EU could be spent on health and education, she added.
Ms Patel said polls suggested 25% of women were undecided about which way to vote - more than double the number of men, and that females were regarded as more "risk averse". But she argued that the riskier option was for the UK to remain in the EU, as its destiny would be left in the hands of "faceless, unelected bureaucrats".
But Helen Pankhurst, the great granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst took issue with Ms Patel's comments about the suffragettes.
She said: "My great-grandmother fought tirelessly for womens' rights and dedicated her life to making sure women could live their lives free from discrimination.
"It is unacceptable to use her achievements to argue for something that is so out of line with the spirit of international solidarity that defined the suffragette movement."
Earlier, energy minister Andrea Leadsom told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it was important for women's voices to be heard in the EU referendum campaign saying the debate so far had been "quite male dominated".
The energy minister said the UK had "surrendered its sovereignty" to the EU, saying 60% of UK laws and regulations were made in Brussels.
She said women cared about issues such as the cost of living, the cost of the UK's EU membership and future prospects for themselves and their children - and argued that life outside the EU for "many people", including women, would be "much better".
"So it's absolutely not the case that the rights of women or equal opportunities would diminish in the UK if it left the EU," told Today.
Dale Hathaway, 27, attacked Maria Vella with a steak knife after she asked him not to drive because he had drunk too much.
At London's Criminal Appeal Court, Hathaway, from Cardiff, had his six-year sentence for grievous bodily harm with intent increased to eight years.
He attacked Ms Vella at Newport's Hilton hotel in April.
Ms Vella was left needing more than 200 stitches to reattach her nose and is permanently scarred.
Lady Justice Macur said the original jail term was too short and did not reflect the aggravating factors of the case.
Ahmed Mansour, who works for the network's Arabic-language service, was held on Saturday as he tried to board a flight from Berlin to Qatar.
A court in Egypt's capital Cairo sentenced him to 15 years in prison in absentia last year on torture charges.
Al-Jazeera says the accusations against Mr Mansour are absurd and false.
"This was an unfortunate incident in Germany, but we are pleased that the mistake has been rectified," said al-Jazeera's acting director general, Mostefa Souag.
"We hope that this will be a lesson to the Egyptian authorities that the rest of the world values freedom of the press," he added.
Patrick Teubner, a lawyer for Mr Mansour, told Associated Press that there were no further legal matters pending against his client in Germany.
Mr Mansour was released into a cheering crowd on Monday.
"Thanks to people around the world who supported me in the last days," he said, according to AFP.
Earlier, the German government had said that it could veto an extradition decision from the court.
Foreign ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer told a news conference that Germany has repeatedly questioned the rule of law in Egypt.
"Against this background, you will surely understand that there are doubts in the Mansour case," he said.
"I don't think one can say this loudly enough: Of course, nobody will be extradited from Germany who risks being sentenced to death abroad."
Mr Mansour, along with two Muslim Brotherhood members and an Islamic preacher, is accused of taking part in the torture of a lawyer in Cairo's Tahrir Square in 2011, during protests against then President Hosni Mubarak.
Video footage of the incident shows the lawyer being kicked but does not show Mr Mansour, according to AP. The journalist later interviewed the preacher about the incident, the news agency says.
A German interior ministry spokesman has said that there had been a request by the international police body Interpol for the arrest of Mr Mansour.
But, according to al-Jazeera, Interpol had previously rejected the Egyptian-issued arrest warrant because it did not meet its rules.
In a video recorded while detained, Mr Mansour described the incident as a "misunderstanding".
The detention of Mr Mansour is the latest in a series of legal disputes between Egypt and al-Jazeera.
Three of its journalists - Australian Peter Greste, Canadian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohamed - were arrested in Egypt in 2013 and convicted of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood in a case which caused international outrage.
They are being retried after their convictions were overturned in January. Mr Greste was deported to Australia in February and is being retried in absentia.
The move is part of Chancellor George Osborne's ambition to create a northern economic "powerhouse".
It means the Northern Rail and Trans-Pennine Express routes will see the current "pacer" trains replaced with new and modern vehicles.
Mr Osborne said in his Autumn Statement announcement that the current rolling stock was "ancient and unpopular".
Pacer trains were built between 1980 and 1987, and were originally intended a short-term solution to a shortage of rolling stock, but remain in use today.
The Northern Rail franchise covers a large swathe of the north, operating both commuter and some longer routes from the north-west of England across to the north-east of the country.
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Its services also extend to the midland counties of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, and Staffordshire.
The Trans-Pennine Express service runs regular inter-city services between major cities in the north of England as well as to the Scottish central belt area.
In 2013 the franchises carried more than 110 million passengers, connecting the key strategic cities of Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Manchester and Newcastle, and onwards to Edinburgh and Glasgow.
The franchises to run the two northern routes are going through their renewal process, with the winning bidders being announced by October 2015.
It had been thought there might also be some announcement from Mr Osborne on rail fares during the Autumn Statement, but there was no new development.
In September, it had been announced that regulated fares in England, which include season tickets and "anytime" singles, would rise by a maximum of 2.5% from January.
That was the level of Retail Price Index (RPI) inflation this summer. Normally the fares increase cap would be RPI plus 1%.
The man was hit by the HGV on the A701 at Lamancha, Peeblesshire, at about 12:20.
A police spokesman said: "Sadly the man died at the scene.
"The A701 will remain closed for several hours while collision investigations are carried out."
Speaking at a meeting in Marrakech, Mr Kerry said he believed that US commitments would not be reversed.
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to pull the US out of the Paris Climate Agreement once in office.
Mr Kerry said that market forces, rather than policy, would ensure a transition to a low carbon world.
He played an important role in building agreement with China on how the two leading economies could reduce their emissions. He was one of the architects of the Paris Climate Agreement last December.
Speaking in his last climate conference as Secretary of State, Mr Kerry delivered a passionate and emotive defence of the global effort to tackle climate change.
Massive progress was being made, he said. Investments in renewables were booming and the trend to decarbonise the world's energy supplies was irreversible.
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There was a catch in John Kerry's throat as he recalled taking his granddaughter to the signing of the Paris Agreement earlier this year.
It was the only hint of the pain that must accompany the US Secretary of State's final months in office. He has toiled towards the goal of an international deal on climate change. I recall his jovial determination in an interview a decade ago in the Polish city of Poznan. His message back then was one of optimism that the world could act together.
And, sure enough, a very long journey later, Mr Kerry was there at the tumultuous moment when the Paris Agreement was reached last December. Now one can only guess at his sense of uncertainty, and maybe loss as well, as Donald Trump approaches the White House.
His tone, though, was upbeat: the world has come too far, he argued, for any reversal now. But the coming months will show what's in store for a legacy that took so much effort to achieve.
Americans, he said, believed in the reality of a warming planet - and they would stand behind the carbon-cutting promises the country had made in the Paris deal.
"No-one... no-one should doubt the overwhelming majority of the citizens of the United States, who know climate change is happening and who are determined to keep our commitments that were made in Paris," Mr Kerry said to a strong applause.
Mr Kerry pointed to research showing that investments in renewable energy in 2015 were around $350bn, some six times larger than they were in 2014. In the US, wind powered electricity had tripled, while solar power had grown by over 30 times.
These marketplace investments wouldn't be stopped, he said, by a change in leadership in the White House.
"I can tell you with confidence that the United States is right now, today, on our way to meeting all of the international targets that we have set, and because of the market decisions that are being made, I do not believe that that can or will be reversed," he continued.
The Secretary of State didn't mention Mr Trump directly and didn't offer any direct comment on the President-elect's plans to take the US out of the Paris Agreement. But he said that investing in coal, something that Mr Trump is very keen on, would be a disastrous move for the planet.
"We literally can't use one hand to pat ourselves on the back for what we have done to take steps to address climate change, and then turn around and use the other hand to write a big fat cheque enabling the widespread development of the dirtiest source of fuel in an outdated way, it just doesn't make sense. That's suicide, and that's how we all lose this fight," Mr Kerry said.
Meanwhile, the chorus of voices calling on President-elect Trump to keep the US in the Paris agreement continued to grow.
Here in Marrakech, representatives of more that 360 US businesses released a statement supporting the deal and asking global leaders to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy.
The diverse group includes DuPont, Gap, General Mills, Nike, Mars, Kellogg Company among other major companies.
"Now, more than ever, Levi Strauss & Co believes it is important to reaffirm our commitment to address climate change by supporting the Paris Climate Agreement," said Michael Kobori, from the company.
Mr Kerry's speech wasn't the only action taken by the US government here to emphasise the current administration's commitment to cutting carbon.
The US has lodged with the UN their plan for reducing their carbon emissions by 2050. It calls for an 80% cut in CO2 from 2005 levels via a much bigger role for renewables in energy production and the continued use of fossil fuels only with technology to capture carbon.
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Ken Skates AM has written to new Culture Secretary John Whittingdale to press for the tournament to remain on terrestrial TV.
The current deal with the BBC lasts until the end of the 2017 competition.
The UK government says it currently has no plans to review the list of protected sporting events.
But Mr Skates said rugby's future could be damaged if fewer young people had access to matches on pay-TV.
"Suddenly you're reducing the number of people watching the event, particularly young people who get inspired by watching the sport," said Mr Skates.
"Short term financial gain could cause longer term pain for those rugby clubs right across Wales who could see a drop-off in membership."
He warned it could be "very dangerous and damaging" if Six Nations rugby coverage was lost to satellite channels.
For the Wales v England opening match earlier this year, the in-home audience peaked at 1.12m, with an additional 150,000 people watching the match in a pub or club.
The same match two years before was the third highest TV audience in Wales this century.
Back in January, the Six Nations' chief executive John Feehan told the Daily Telegraph he was prepared to consider all options for the tournament's broadcasting deal, with BT Sport joining Sky Sports as a rival player in the pay-TV market.
There have been reports that the next TV deal could be worth £50m a season - a 25% rise on the existing four-year contract.
In recent years, the BBC has relinquished its exclusive rights to a number of sporting events, after failing to match the large sums offered by subscription TV services.
From 2017 live coverage of the Open Golf championship will be shown exclusively by Sky, while the BBC has shared coverage of Formula 1 with Sky since the 2012 season.
Both Sky and BT Sport currently broadcast some or all of the games in other major rugby competitions including the Pro 12, the Lions tours and the European Champions Cup.
Meanwhile the BBC has undertaken a period of cost-cutting, leaving it unlikely to be able to match the large sums that rival broadcasters may offer for the Six Nations, and diminishing the prospects of the BBC's current agreement surviving from 2018 onwards.
Mr Skates said he would continue to make representations to the UK government, although it was not a devolved matter.
"There's careful consideration to be given to the balance between raising revenue for the sport and making sure the vast majority of people in Wales are able to watch the events live. I do believe it should remain free-to-air on terrestrial television.
"It's important for the UK Government to recognise that rugby in Wales along with football are the two national games.
"The ball is firmly in the court of the UK Government and we will be pressing them to do the right thing."
An official for the UK's Department for Culture, Media and Sport said the list of 'crown jewel' events given free-to-air protection is not about to be reviewed.
"Negotiations on television rights for the 6 Nations are a matter for the rugby authorities and broadcasters," said a spokesperson.
But William Field, founder of Prospero, a sports and media consultancy, said: "There's a big difference between the Six Nations entertaining bids from pay-TV and accepting bids from pay-TV.
"It would be failing in its duty to maximise the value of the event if it did not start reminding people, particularly the BBC, that if they don't pay enough for the rights next time then there is a pay-TV broadcaster who would be very, very glad to have this tournament on its channels."
A BBC spokesperson said: "We have no comment to make at this stage and in any case, the BBC does not provide a running commentary on commercially sensitive rights related negotiations and discussions."
Six Nations tournament officials would not comment.
Mrs Trivedi, 51, was a manager in the X-ray department at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children with more than 30 years of experience in the profession.
She died on the Piccadilly Line train travelling south from King's Cross station.
Mrs Trivedi was born and educated in Nairobi, Kenya, and met her husband Ashock there while a student in 1968.
The couple travelled back and forth between the two countries, marrying in Britain 1975.
They returned to Kenya for four years, where Mrs Trivedi worked in a hospital X-ray department, but came back to the UK in 1979, and in 1986 had a son, Kunaal.
She worked in St Thomas's Hospital until June 2001 and rose to be the Pictures, Archiving and Communications System (PACS) manager.
Then she moved to the PACS manager position at Great Ormond Street.
Dr Cathy Owens, paying tribute to her on behalf of the department of radiology, said: "Mala had a particular combination of skills as an IT expert and a radiographer which enabled her to set up and run the imaging IT system at Great Ormond Street.
"Her dedication to her job and her cheery polite nature made her a very popular member of the close-knit team which she helped to lead.
"Mala was kind and empathic and for her, work was a vocation."
She said her colleagues would miss "her tireless dedication and her cheery disposition".
Ten days after the London attacks, Mrs Trivedi's son visited Russell Square, to be near the spot where his mother died.
Messi finally matched Telmo Zarra's 251 goals with a fantastic free-kick, having failed to score in his last three La Liga matches.
Sevilla levelled through a Jordi Alba own goal, but Neymar made it 2-1.
Ivan Rakitic scored a header before Messi's record breaker from a counter-attack and goal number 253 came after a one-two with Neymar.
The 27-year-old's goal tally is all the more remarkable given his goals have come in only 250 starts for Barcelona.
Earlier in the month, Messi drew level with Raul's all-time Champions League record of 71 goals after scoring twice in Barcelona's 2-0 victory against Ajax.
"Messi is without doubt the best player I've seen as a player and a coach," said Barca manager Luis Enrique after that feat.
Against Sevilla he was in irresistible form, equalling the record with a breathtaking free-kick around the wall and past goalkeeper Beto to give Barca a 1-0 lead.
He struck again from close range in the 72nd minute and scored a third goal six minutes later with a powerful low drive from the edge of the penalty area.
After scoring the goal that took him past Zarra's total, Messi's team-mates picked him up and threw him into the air several times while the crowd at the Nou Camp roared its approval.
The legendary Zarra scored 251 goals in a 15-year stay at Athletic Bilbao in the 1940s and 50s.
Messi, who joined Barca's academy at the age of 13, has taken 10 seasons to overhaul Zarra - also setting a record for goals in a single campaign with 50 in 2011-12.
The Argentine became became the third-youngest player to play for Barcelona when he made his debut aged 17 years and 114 days in October 2004 and scored his first senior goal for the club against Albacete Balompie the following May.
Match ends, Barcelona 5, FC Sevilla 1.
Second Half ends, Barcelona 5, FC Sevilla 1.
Foul by Adriano (Barcelona).
Iago Aspas (FC Sevilla) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, FC Sevilla. Conceded by Gerard Piqué.
Foul by Dani Alves (Barcelona).
Vitolo (FC Sevilla) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Gerard Piqué (Barcelona).
Kevin Gameiro (FC Sevilla) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Neymar.
Corner, FC Sevilla. Conceded by Adriano.
Offside, FC Sevilla. Iago Aspas tries a through ball, but Gerard Deulofeu is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Neymar (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Adriano (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Iago Aspas (FC Sevilla).
Rafinha (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Vitolo (FC Sevilla).
Substitution, Barcelona. Adriano replaces Jordi Alba.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Gerard Deulofeu.
Goal! Barcelona 5, FC Sevilla 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Neymar.
Substitution, Barcelona. Rafinha replaces Xavi.
Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Grzegorz Krychowiak (FC Sevilla).
Substitution, Barcelona. Pedro replaces Luis Suárez.
Substitution, FC Sevilla. Iago Aspas replaces Carlos Bacca.
Goal! Barcelona 4, FC Sevilla 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Neymar following a fast break.
Dani Alves (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Diogo Figueiras (FC Sevilla).
Attempt missed. Jordi Alba (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Luis Suárez with a through ball.
Neymar (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Éver Banega (FC Sevilla).
Offside, FC Sevilla. Beto tries a through ball, but Carlos Bacca is caught offside.
Dangerous play by Luis Suárez (Barcelona).
Daniel Carriço (FC Sevilla) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Barcelona 3, FC Sevilla 1. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luis Suárez with a cross.
Neymar (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Coke (FC Sevilla).
Corner, FC Sevilla. Conceded by Sergio Busquets.
Attempt missed. Grzegorz Krychowiak (FC Sevilla) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kevin Gameiro.
The Austrian had been given the last rites as he lay in a hospital bed, bandages covering the horrific burns on his face following a fiery crash at the 1976 German Grand Prix.
However, just six weeks later he was behind the wheel of his Ferrari for the Italian Grand Prix to resume his now legendary title battle with James Hunt.
"I nearly, I don't think I can say, but, you know... in my pants because I had such a panic," said Lauda, speaking to BBC Radio 5 live as part of its Italian Grand Prix preview show.
"I could not get it out of my head. I said what is wrong with you? It was the pressure I put myself under and when I changed it, it worked out."
Lauda, who is now non-executive chairman at the all conquering Mercedes Formula 1 team, had won his first world title in 1975 and was leading the championship when he crashed at the Nurburgring.
During his 42-day absence from the track, Hunt had whittled down Lauda's advantage to just two points.
For Lauda's friends and colleagues a return at Monza was far too soon. For Lauda it was not soon enough.
"The longer you wait, the more problems come," he added.
"Yes, I had pain, logically because of all the burns on my head, but nevertheless the most important thing was to get back into the car as quickly as possible."
Lauda played down his condition to get the all clear from doctors, but while he was confident he could cope physically, it was a different matter mentally.
"I tried out the Ferrari car and everything was OK, but I came to Monza on Friday and suddenly the whole crash overtook me," he said. "I panicked, I was afraid and couldn't make it.
"I went back to the hotel, thought about what happened and then said to myself: 'Come back on Saturday, take the pressure off, drive for yourself and don't look at timing sheets and the other people.' That is what I did."
Lauda went on to qualify fifth, but the best was yet to come as he finished fourth in the race itself, while Hunt retired, allowing Lauda to extend his advantage in the championship once again.
But the gruelling demands of an hour and a half's racing were laid bare when Lauda climbed out of his Ferrari and removed his helmet.
His white balaclava was stained red with blood, and as he attempted to peel it off he discovered it was stuck to the bandages covering his face. In the end, he resorted to ripping it off in one go.
Hunt would go on to pip Lauda in the title race by finishing third in the season-ending Japanese Grand Prix, with Lauda having retired after just two laps because of appalling conditions caused by torrential rain. Lauda would later admit it had left him "panic-stricken".
However, no-one can deny that he had already produced one of the bravest acts in the history of F1 earlier that season simply by getting back in the car.
Barker, 41, had three spells with the Millers as a player, scoring 13 goals in 153 league games and is expected to work alongside boss Paul Warne.
He joined the Addicks in December 2016 to join up with Karl Robinson, who he assisted when the pair were at MK Dons.
Charlton have confirmed that Barker and coach Simon Clark will leave The Valley at the end of the season.
Rotherham will join Charlton in League One next season after their relegation from the Championship was confirmed earlier this month.
Giving official notice under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, it will be delivered to European Council president Donald Tusk on Wednesday.
In a statement in the Commons, the prime minister will then tell MPs this marks "the moment for the country to come together".
It follows June's referendum which resulted in a vote to leave the EU.
Mrs May's letter will be delivered to Mr Tusk at 12:30 BST on Wednesday by the British ambassador to the EU, Sir Tim Barrow.
The prime minister, who will chair a cabinet meeting in the morning, will then make a statement to MPs confirming the countdown to the UK's departure from the EU is under way.
She will promise to "represent every person in the whole United Kingdom" during the negotiations - including EU nationals, whose status after Brexit has yet to be settled.
"It is my fierce determination to get the right deal for every single person in this country," she will say.
"For, as we face the opportunities ahead of us on this momentous journey, our shared values, interests and ambitions can - and must - bring us together."
Attempting to move on from the divisions of June's referendum, Mrs May will add: "We are one great union of people and nations with a proud history and a bright future.
"And, now that the decision has been made to leave the EU, it is time to come together."
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said his party respected the decision to leave the EU and would hold the government to account "every step of the way".
He said: "Britain is going to change as a result. The question is how."
Mr Corbyn warned it would be "a national failure of historic proportions" if Mrs May does not secure protection for workers' rights.
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On Tuesday night, the prime minister spoke by telephone to Mr Tusk, EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Article 50 gives both sides two years to reach agreement, so unless both sides agree to extend the deadline for talks, the UK will leave on 29 March 2019.
Negotiations are expected to begin in mid-May. The UK government says it wants to carry out both separation and trade talks at the same time, but EU chiefs say the two issues must be handled separately.
The UK has said it wants an "early agreement" to guarantee the rights of EU citizens living in the UK and those of British nationals living abroad.
Other issues which are likely to be discussed are things like cross-border security arrangements, the European Arrest Warrant, moving EU agencies which have their headquarters in the UK and the UK's contribution to pensions of EU civil servants - part of a wider "divorce bill" which some reports have suggested could run to £50bn.
The Lib Dems claimed Mrs May was "pulling the trigger that will set in motion a chain of events which will change this country forever, and doing so without a proper plan", but the Leave Means Leave campaign congratulated her on sticking to her timetable of invoking Article 50 before the end of March.
"Unpatriotic, pro-EU fanatics will continue to try to derail or, at the very least, delay Brexit," the group's co-chairman, Richard Tice, warned.
The PM was forced to consult Parliament before invoking Article 50 after it lost a legal challenge in the Supreme Court, but it secured the backing of most MPs earlier this month.
On Thursday the government is expected to publish details of its "Great Repeal Bill", which aims to convert EU law into domestic legislation and repeal the European Communities Act, which says EU law is supreme to the UK's.
In the windswept skein of mountains in India's Western Ghats, geologists are drilling some of Asia's deepest boreholes in an audacious attempt to unlock the mysteries of earthquakes.
The site is Gothane, a table-top 3,051ft (930m)-high mountain in the western state of Maharashtra, lashed by squally winds and ringed by looming wind farms and damp green forests populated by Asian antelopes, wild boars and deer.
More significantly, the place is barely 10km (6.2 miles) from Koyna, the site of a devastating 6.3 magnitude earthquake in 1967, five years after a big, hydropower dam was built in the region. The December quake killed 177 people, injured more than 2,000 others and caused widespread damage and destruction.
Mountains are ideal places to set up water reservoirs for generating electricity, but water pressure can build up in the pores of the Earth and stress the crust to danger levels. Quakes can also be triggered by mining, fracking (hydraulic fracturing to recover gas and oil from shale rock) or extracting water from under the ground.
Geologists believe there are more than 100 sites around the world where quakes have been triggered by filling of water reservoirs.
At Koyna, geologists say, earthquake activity began after the reservoir was filled with more than a trillion litres of water in 1962. Seismologist Harsh K Gupta says the Koyna region "is the best site anywhere in the world where an earthquake can be observed".
No wonder then that Koyna is one of the world's most persistent earthquake "hotspots". Between 1967 and 2017, the region has seen 22 quakes with magnitudes ranging from 5 to 5.9, and some 400 quakes greater than magnitude 4. There have also been several thousand recorded smaller quakes.
The depth of the epicentres have ranged from 2km to 10km. (The last recorded quake was of 3.8 magnitude on 3 June). These quakes have caused no recorded loss of life or property in the past decades.
That's not all. In 1987, another reservoir was built on the Warna river, some 20km from Koyna. Six years later, there was a 5 magnitude quake near the reservoir.
Most seismic instruments to measure quakes sit on the Earth's surface or in shallow boreholes. Scientists believe that by drilling deep into the Earth and placing instruments in the heart of a fault zone, they can monitor quake activity at very close quarters.
Indian geologists were clearly inspired by an ambitious experiment by US scientists to drill directly into the San Andreas quake zone for a unique view of how earthquakes work. The crack in the Earth's surface, which runs through California, is one of the most studied faults on the planet.
So between 2012 and 2014, geologists drilled up to depths of 1.5km at nine places in the Koyna region to gather information on its geology. Last December, they began drilling the pilot borehole. This posed different challenges.
Braving inclement weather, scientists trekked up 4km (2.4 miles) from the nearest muddy, red earth road to the top of the barren, wind-whipped mountain. Trucks trundled up through the blinding mist carrying an imposing 90-tonne, 86ft-high drilling rig, steel drilling pipes, mud and cement tanks and other vital equipment. Tankers carried water every day for the 80-odd scientists and technicians who worked and stayed at the site because, ironically, there was little groundwater in the mountain.
Working 24/7 for six months on end, the drill dug deep into the Earth. When they finished in June, the rig had blasted its way through the hard rock and reached depths of 3km or nearly 10,000ft where temperatures hover around 80C (176F). After the monsoon rains end, the geologists plan to lower custom-made sensors - thermometers, seismometers and stress meters - down the borehole.
"Then we will have an observatory of depth to measure the changes in the physical, mechanical and chemical properties of rocks before, during, and after an earthquake. It is all very exciting," says geophysicist Dr Sukanta Roy, who is leading the project.
That's not the end.
If all goes well, next year geologists will drill deeper, reaching 5km or more than 15,000ft, in what will be India's deepest dig in hard rock. "That will be," says Dr Roy, "our main deep borehole observatory."
Drilling deep boreholes for scientific research is not uncommon.
In Iceland, geologists have drilled into the heart of a volcano. Scientists have also embarked on a controversial initiative to drill into a supervolcano beneath the Gulf of Naples. In 1961, American scientists attempted to drill into the mantle, which makes up the bulk of the planet's volume and mass. The deepest scientists have managed to penetrate is 12km at the Kola Superdeep Borehole in Russia - a paltry 0.2% of the way to the centre of the Earth.
Critics of the Koyna project like Shyam Rai, a professor of earth sciences, wonder whether the deep borehole is worth its $73m (£56m) price tag. "The maximum intensity of quakes in Koyna is between 6 and 6.5 magnitude. It repeats itself once in several hundred years. The Himalayan region is prone to bigger quakes. Have we chosen the right place to drill?"
Back at his laboratory in Karad, a sleepy, little town ringed by mountains and sugarcane farms, some 70km from the drill site, Dr Roy proudly shows me some rock samples that the dig has thrown up. Scientists from around the world have shown interest in the rocks: some want to look for rare bacteria; others want to examine whether they offer clues about an asteroid strike which wiped out dinosaurs.
There are chunks of milky white and salmon pink and dark green granite which date back to 2,500 million years. Some of the rocks are topped by dark basalt from the lava that spewed out of a volcano in the region much later.
"That was only 65 million years ago," says Dr Roy. "When our instruments go down the hole they will be observing what these rocks are up to."
They raised the alarm at 06:51 after finding the ground floor of their house in Creetown under three feet (90cm) of water.
A specialist water rescue team from Newton Stewart managed to get into the house through a first floor window.
The residents were taken to safety on an inflatable "rescue sled", according to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.
Firefighters also used specialist pumps to remove water from the house.
A spokesman for the fire service said the water ran into the building after large trees and debris blocked water running under a footbridge.
He said neighbouring properties and cars in Mill Street were also affected.
Dumfries and Galloway Council have now removed the debris from under the bridge, he added.
After replacing Roberto di Matteo, former Birmingham City boss Bruce, 55, has steered Villa to back-to-back league wins for the first time in nearly 18 months.
"It's very pleasing," Gollini, 21, told BBC WM 95.6.
"The guys are pushing themselves very hard - they're doing a fantastic job."
Bruce, who left Hull City in the summer after guiding them to promotion back to the Premier League, is unbeaten after three games in charge of Villa.
A 1-1 draw with Wolves was followed by a 2-1 win at Reading and Saturday's 1-0 home victory against Fulham.
That run has taken Villa to within six points of the play-off places, with Bruce adamant promotion is a realistic target this season.
"Everyone knows he's a man with a lot of experience," Gollini said. "He's giving us the confidence we were missing and it's been really good so far - we just have to keep it going."
Villa face Bruce's former club Birmingham at St Andrew's on Sunday.
In his Irish Times column last month, McGuinness described Donegal's Ulster Final tactics as "predictable" and said the bench hadn't been fully utilised.
This week, McGuinness appeared to praise Gallagher for his introduction of young players such as Eoin McHugh.
"He's entitled to his opinion," Gallagher told BBC Radio Foyle.
"I haven't seen either of the articles though obviously you've been filled in on bits and pieces.
"At the end of the day, Jim is no longer part of the group.
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"And again, we're only concerned about what goes on (in the group)."
Fermanagh native Gallagher was McGuinness' assistant when the Glenties man guided Donegal to the 2012 All-Ireland title.
Gallagher parted company from the management team after the heavy All-Ireland quarter-final defeat by Mayo 11 months later but was appointed boss in October 2014 after McGuinness' departure.
Ahead of Saturday's All-Ireland quarter-final tussle against champions Dublin, Gallagher has also refused to join those who say that Jim Gavin's side have a huge advantage over other counties because of the population in the capital and the financial resources that they have in terms of sponsorship and their extended backroom staff.
"I don't buy into that at all," said the Donegal manager.
"I think Dublin have done an awful lot of quality work and I would respect what Dublin have done from living there.
"I see the work that goes into clubs and the county."
Predictably, Gallagher claims that Donegal's shock 3-14 to 0-17 semi-final win over the Dubs in 2014 will have "no relevance" to Saturday's last-eight clash.
"It's a new season. There are new players in both teams. It's going to be a different challenge altogether."
For the record, the turnover in personnel in the Dubs line-up means Rory O'Carroll, Jack McCaffrey and the retired Alan Brogan will not be involved this weekend while keeper Paul Durcan is among the Donegal absentees with him now working in Dubai.
With Mark Anthony McGinley operating between the posts, Eoin McHugh and Martin O'Reilly have also become established in the Donegal team over the last two years.
There are heated and varied opinions. Some argue forcefully that they have a heavy workload on weekdays so extending a full service to weekends is impossible.
But there are others, in groups of practices which already provide weekend opening, who wonder what all the fuss is about.
The Conservative pledge to provide access to GP services seven days a week for all patients in England by 2020 was made at last year's party conference.
It was repeated, along with the commitment to more extensive weekend hospital care, in the party's manifesto.
As if to underline the importance of the issue, David Cameron in his first major speech since forming a majority government in May again spelled out his vision: "a modern NHS working for you seven days of the week - when you need it, where you need it".
So what are the practicalities of the rhetoric? Its worth noting there is already seven-day primary care in place through GP out-of-hours services.
Some doctors who work at surgeries during the week also agree to join duty rosters run by out-of-hours contractors and they resent the suggestion that they refuse to work at weekends.
The 111 phone service is available 24/7, and is intended to direct people to the most appropriate care outside surgery hours.
The weakness of the existing system, though, was highlighted by none other than the head of NHS England, Simon Stevens.
In a speech this week he talked of an incomprehensible "alphabet soup" of overnight and weekend services.
He said patients were left confused as to whether to call 111 or out-of-hours GPs or go to their local A&E unit.
Increasing numbers of GP practices are linking up locally to provide weekend appointments for patients who want them.
This will probably not be at their local surgery but at one which is at least in their town or community.
Mr Cameron said in his speech that by the end of this financial year, 18m patients in England would have access to a GP seven days a week.
These existing seven-day GP access schemes tend to be in larger urban communities with a varied population and with practices clustered more closely together.
Doctors in rural areas have complained that there is no demand for weekend appointments and that local patients, often with more elderly in their number, are well served by 12 hour opening from Monday to Friday.
The doctor's magazine Pulse reported in May that a weekend surgery opening pilot scheme in Kent had been scrapped because it was not taking the pressure off local A&E services.
The GP profession has faced recruitment problems and some doctors quitting because of what they argue is an unacceptable workload.
The Royal College of GPs has told the BBC that seven day a week, 12 hours a day routine general practice is "unachievable" in this parliament.
Serving patients over current opening hours was barely achievable with existing staff numbers according to the RCGP, never mind over weekends.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says the government is committed to funding 5,000 more GPs by 2020, what he calls the biggest single increase in GP recruitment in the history of the NHS.
He told me that ministers were "absolutely focussed" on delivering seven-day services.
People should not have to take time off work, he argued, and potentially lose wages to see their GP during working hours.
The British Medical Association has, though, questioned whether enough new doctors can be found given the current recruitment problems and where the money will come from to pay the extra salaries.
This government will be judged on their pledges at the time of the next election in 2020.
Ministers believe seven-day services in general practice will be steadily rolled out across England and GP numbers will rise to meet patient demand.
But some in the medical world believe primary care is creaking at the seams and may fracture because of the workload.
They can't both be right.
Simon Murray, Lewis Toshney and Cammy Smith all scored quick-fire goals in boss Ray McKinnon's first home match.
Chris Turner responded with a fine strike for Cowdenbeath, but Murray added two more either side of half-time and Henri Anier added a sixth before the end.
Elsewhere in Group C, Dunfermline beat Arbroath 3-0 to go second.
The victory for United was the first in 90 minutes under new manager Mckinnon after his return to the Tannadice hotseat in May.
McKinnon handed starts to six of the club's new signings, but it was one of the retained players from last season who handed the home side the perfect start.
Tope Obadeyi, who made the move from Kilmarnock in the summer, showed great pace down the left-hand side and his cross into the box was hammered home by Murray.
Before 10 minutes were on the clock United had doubled their lead.
Scott Fraser floated in a free-kick to the back post and Toshney ghosted in to volley home from the edge of the six-yard box.
United were passing the ball with slick precision while Cowdenbeath were struggling to cope with the pace from the Championship side.
And the Fifers' task became huge as United notched their third of the evening.
Fraser clipped the ball through to Smith, who slid the ball underneath the body of David McGurn.
Midway through the half Cowdenbeath reduced the deficit with the consolation, but it was the goal of the game.
Turner was allowed space to twist and turn 30 yards out before thundering a shot that was still rising as it passed goalkeeper Cammy Bell into the United net.
United though restored their three-goal advantage when Obadeyi again provided Murray with a simple task to knock home number four.
The home side continued to dominate in the second half and Murray thought he had grabbed his third of the evening after 70 minutes when he bundled the ball home from close range, only for referee Crawford Allan to blow for an infringement.
The former Arbroath player had only to wait two minutes though to complete his hat-trick when he clipped the ball home from inside the six-yard box after the Cowden defence failed to clear.
United boss Mckinnon gave new Dutch striker Nick van der Velden 20 minutes to show the Tannadice faithful a sign of what they could look forward to this season.
The home side came close to a sixth of the evening when a Cammy Smith shot was dropped by Cowdenbeath keeper David Mcgurn who managed to recover before the ball crossed the line.
And number six arrived when Henri Anier strode away from the visitors defence to fire home for a comprehensive victory for United over the league two club.
Dunfermline went above the inactive Inverness CT in Group C in the evening's other game.
Michael Moffat got on the end of Gavin Reilly's cross just before half-time.
Moffat then turned provider for Andy Geggan to slide in the second, before he swept in the third from Ryan Williamson's cross.
Dundee United striker Simon Murray told BBC Scotland: "It was good to get the hat-trick. The main thing was the performance, we knew it would be a hard game. We just had to come out with the right attitude and apply ourselves.
"The manager said 'look, we've got to go right from the start', against Arbroath (on Friday) maybe it was a bit slow at times. We had a few chances but we just never put them away. But tonight we scored two quick goals.
"We've got lots of different options. Cammy Smith's very creative, obviously Tope (Obadeyi) getting down the line and balls in the box. We've got chances coming from all directions at the moment.
"Last season I only started nine games. I'm just hoping I can continue the form from the end of the season and continue the goals."
The FA has asked all clubs in the Women's Super League and Premier League to mark her death at their matches.
The Fylde Ladies midfielder, 18, and former Everton player died at West Allerton station in Merseyside on Tuesday.
British Transport Police has said there were no suspicious circumstances.
Tributes have poured in from across the world of football for Ms Tynan who her family said "was never happier than when she had a ball at her feet".
Close friend and former Everton Ladies team-mate Natalie Clark tweeted she was "absolutely heartbroken and devastated".
Floral tributes and scarves from her first club Liverpool Feds, which she joined aged six, were laid at the train station.
Ms Tynan spent five years at Everton Ladies from the age of 12.
Fylde Ladies manager Luke Swindlehurst told the BBC: "She was just a really likeable character.
"From day one, all the girls fell in love with her. It's a huge tragedy. She loved to play football.
"She was hugely gifted and she could do anything - she was a clean striker of the ball and a really good passer."
The teenager joined Manchester City in 2015, making one Women's FA Cup appearance before moving onto Fylde.
Ms Tynan has been part of England youth squads at U15, U17 and most recently at U19 level.
Manager Mo Marley said: "Zoe has been involved in our squads for a number of years and was not only a very talented midfielder, but a hugely-liked and popular member of the team."
Ms Tynan was said to have received "outstanding" A-levels results last month.
Mr Mas - the Catalan president - is leading the movement for independence from Spain. But the CUP vote prevents him from forming a new coalition.
In September elections his Junts pel Si (Together for Yes) alliance won 62 of the 135 seats in the Catalan assembly.
The CUP is also pro-independence. It has 10 parliamentary seats.
Its rejection of Mr Mas means the Catalan parliament will be dissolved on 10 January and elections called for March.
The CUP (Popular Unity Candidacy) wants Catalonia to have a socialist economy with power devolved to local assemblies.
The Catalan deadlock comes as Spain faces weeks of political uncertainty nationally, after an inconclusive general election on 20 December.
In November the Catalan parliament voted to start the secession process - a move declared unconstitutional by Spain's conservative Popular Party (PP), which ran the country before last month's election.
Catalonia is a highly industrialised and populous region in Spain's north-east that accounts for about a fifth of the country's economic output.
Both the PP and the Socialists (PSOE), who came first and second respectively in Spain's general election, oppose Catalan secession.
The Office for Budget Responsibility's (OBR) forecasts now predicts a surplus of £10.0bn in 2019-20.
In March, the OBR forecast a surplus of £5.2bn in 2018-19, but that has now been revised to a £6.4bn deficit.
The OBR had described the March Budget plans as a rollercoaster rise because of the cuts in the first two years of the parliament and increased spending in the last two years.
The plans have now been smoothed, with more borrowing in each of the three years following 2015-16.
International organisations such as the OECD had suggested that the government's plans should be smoothed.
In 2016-17, the predicted deficit is up from £39.4bn to £43.1bn, while in 2017-18 it has gone up from £12.8bn to £24.3bn.
Mr Osborne told the House of Commons that his economic aims could be "achieved without a rollercoaster ride", describing his new plans as a "smoother rise to the same destination".
The forecast for the deficit in the current financial year has been cut from £75.3bn to £69.5bn.
Mr Osborne had already cut back the pace of his deficit-cutting in the March Budget, when the surplus in 2019-20 was revised down from £23.1bn to £7.0bn.
In its commentary on the Budget, the OBR said: "The new government has used its first Budget to loosen significantly the impending squeeze on public services spending that had been pencilled in by the coalition in March."
"This is being financed by welfare cuts, net tax increases and three years of higher government borrowing."
There were only moderate changes to the OBR's forecasts of economic growth, which has gone down from 2.5% to 2.4% this year. It is unchanged at 2.3% in 2016, rising from 2.3% to 2.4% in the following two years.
The OBR forecast a rise of one million in the number of people employed in the next five years, but Mr Osborne said he aimed to double that.
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President Trump had tweeted to say the country would no longer "accept or allow" transgender Americans to serve in the military, citing "tremendous medical costs and disruption".
This was not the way it was supposed to go. For more than a year, transgender service members have been allowed to serve openly, following an Obama-era policy change last June.
Announcing the change, then-defence secretary Ash Carter set a deadline of 1 July this year for the various branches of the military to begin accepting transgender recruits.
In the meantime, many active duty members came out and won the support of their commanders and colleagues.
Sergeant Ochoa was one of those. On Wednesday morning he was proudly putting on his uniform - the male regulation dress blues he has been allowed to wear for a year - and preparing to graduate from a training course that puts him on track for a promotion in September.
Then he saw the president's tweets. "It was heartbreaking, my stomach dropped," he said in a phone interview. "I had to just try and compartmentalise it so I could enjoy today."
Sergeant Ochoa is unwavering in his desire to continue serving his country. In five days he is due to re-enlist.
"Now I don't even know if I can do that," he said. "It just seems like chaos, so many unknowns."
It wasn't just service members that were caught by surprise, the timing of the announcement appeared to wrong-foot the military too. A spokeswoman for the Department of Defense (DOD) referred all questions to the White House, saying only that new guidance would be issued soon.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment. At a news conference, President Trump's spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the administration would work with the DOD to iron out the details. "I would imagine the Department of Defense will be the lead on that," she said.
For some, the fallout from the president's tweets was more certain. Riley Dosh trained for four years at the West Point military academy, graduating in May this year.
Ms Dosh came out as transgender while at the academy. She was secure in her decision following the Obama-era policy change and she had the full support of her commanders. Then, earlier this month, she was abruptly told she would not be allowed to commission as an officer alongside her peers.
Back at home in Austin, Texas, with no employment and no health insurance, she was awaiting a review of that decision. Now it seems certain that she's headed out of the army for good.
"I was already losing hope that I could commission, now I have absolutely no reason to have any," she said. "It's a final nail in the coffin for my military career."
She would find a Plan B though, she said. The situation was worse for those already in. "This is an absolute nightmare for my trans brothers and sisters who are serving. They now have absolutely no idea what their future is going to be."
Mr Trump's tweets may have come out of the blue but they followed a series of attacks on transgender service by Congressional Republicans.
Among them, Vicky Hartzler, Republican for Missouri, introduced an amendment to the near-$700bn armed forces funding bill - currently before congress - which sought to bar any military funds from being used for transgender medical care.
The amendment narrowly failed, but Mr Trump's tweets echoed Ms Hartzler in citing supposedly burdensome costs of transgender medical care - a concern which has riled Republican lawmakers.
An authoritative 2016 study by the Rand Corporation suggests the concern is unfounded. The study estimated that transgender health care costs would increase the active duty health budget by $2.4m to $8.4m annually - just 0.04% to 0.13%.
By comparison, the Pentagon spends about $84m annually on erectile dysfunction medication, according to a Military Times analysis - 10 times the upper estimate for transgender related costs.
Many active duty service members are already undergoing medical care related to transition. Sergeant Ochoa receives hormone therapy from his army physician, and was anticipating having a hysterectomy to lower the risk of cervical cancer created by testosterone.
It was unclear on Wednesday whether he would be able to continue with his treatment through the army, whether he would be forced to revert to female dress regulations, or if he could continue his army career at all.
"The thought of going back to serving as someone I'm not... It's just not something I could do and stay true to my character," he said.
LGBT advocacy groups were blindsided, and outraged, by the president's sudden announcement.
"This is a despicable assault on transgender troops who have been serving openly for more than a year," said Aaron Belkin, the director of the Palm Centre, a think tank which studies gender and sexuality in the military.
"You can't force people to go back in the closet, and you can't force them to serve on the basis of a lie if they've already been honest about their identity. It's unworkable for the troops and it's unworkable for the military, and it will compromise military readiness."
Matthew Thorn, executive director of OutServe, warned that discharging thousands of active duty troops would would cause chaos and resentment.
"The most important thing for service members is that the person sitting on their right and their left has their back, particularly in a wartime situation," he said. "When you start stripping away those people, that's what disrupts unit cohesion."
For those actively serving, who came out as transgender with an understanding from their commanders, and from President Obama, that they would no longer be discriminated against, the future is once again clouded by prejudice.
For Sergeant Ochoa, the only sensible response was to put on his dress blues, go to his graduation ceremony, and keep doing his job.
"The only thing I can do is carry on as best as I can, continue to be a professional and a drill sergeant to the best of my ability, and do that for as long as I have the opportunity," he said.
A trail of death and destruction was left across the 4,000 villages of Rudraprayag district when floods engulfed the famous Hindu shrine of Kedarnath.
At least 5,700 people missing were presumed dead while more than 540 bodies recovered from the mountains were buried in the aftermath.
A year later, skeletons of missing people continue to be found.
Sanjay Sharma, a pilgrim from Delhi, says news of 12 more bodies found in the Kedarnath valley last week have made him afraid.
"Naturally I am scared and am planning to wind up the trip in a few days. Looking at the debris, I am sure many more bodies would be buried right here," he said.
Rudraprayag District Magistrate Raghav Langar says the government has constituted a special force for intensive combing operations to find the thousands who are still missing.
"We may find more bodies in the coming weeks as snow has begun to melt, and with the onset of the monsoon they are likely to come to the surface," he told reporters on Sunday.
There was compensation for bereft families and the temple reopened for prayers last September.
But despite a year of relief and reconstruction efforts by the government and aid agencies, many of the villages which were completely washed away by the surging waters of Mandakani river remain cut off.
For the thousands who were displaced and provided shelter by the government in various towns, it appears a long wait to return home.
"I lost my home and a few relatives in the floods but have suffered more in the last few months. My tea stall has no visitors and tourists are absent this year. How will my family survive?" asked Proornanand Bhatt, a resident of Rudraprayag.
Every summer, hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus make a pilgrimage to the Kedarnath shrine as part of the Himalayan Char Dham Yatra (Four pilgrimages) to four temple towns in Uttarakhand. Badrinath, Yamunotri and Gangotri are the other three pilgrimage spots.
But that was until last year.
Fear appears to have kept away those who have been regulars to this region this year, affecting local businesses badly - the only means of livelihood for hundreds of people living in the higher mountains.
Newly constructed roads leading up to Guptakashi, near Kedarnath, are empty and so are the hundreds of lodges and hotels lined up next to the river.
"I'll give you an 80% discount over the regular room rates if you stay with us," a tourist lodge owner pleaded with us in Guptakashi.
The temple town of Kedarnath, meanwhile, continues to resemble a ghost town with hundreds of damaged homes and lodges covered with boulders, mud and silt.
An expensive chopper ride from Guptakashi remains the only way to reach the shrine and the temple compound is the only place of any visible activity.
Some, however, have returned to offer prayers for having survived last year when a glacial lake above the town burst after days of heavy rainfall.
Janardan Rai and wife Anjula were only a few miles away from the shrine when news of the flooding reached them.
"It was God's wish that we are alive. So we are here to thank him and offer prayers. I agree things here are in a bad shape, but that should not come in the way of faith," Mr Rai said.
The government of Uttarakhand, meanwhile, has been working hard to restore normalcy to the affected areas and work is going on to repair damaged roads and bridges.
In a bid to woo more pilgrims, the government is offering cheap accommodation and food to pilgrims who wish to visit the shrines in the near future.
But with the entire economy of Uttarakhand so heavily dependent on religious tourism over decades, this appears to be a race against time.
The 71-year-old fell ill while attending a Premier League meeting in Harrogate earlier this month.
He was taken to a local hospital before being moved to a specialist unit in Middlesbrough, where he had surgery.
Mostyn was appointed Cherries chairman for a second time in September 2013 by Russian owner Max Demin, having previously held the role in 2007.
In a statement, the club said he wanted to thank "the Premier League and everyone at AFC Bournemouth for their support, assistance and best wishes" and also "the staff at the Acute Medical Unit at Harrogate District Hospital and the James Cook Hospital".
It added: "He is now looking forward to getting back to Vitality Stadium during the 2017-18 season."
The single father from Glasgow, who wishes to remain anonymous, hit the jackpot with a seven-horse accumulator.
The man, who has not worked for five years after heart surgery, said he was shocked and said his brain was "a wreck".
He intends to buy his own home and visit his sisters abroad.
He said: "I'm shocked. I regularly place these little bets and everyone tells me I'm mad.
"I've hit the bar a few times but this is incredible.
"My brain was a wreck and I couldn't understand the balance on my account. I first thought it would pay about £21,000 and had to get my son to come and translate that the numbers meant I'd actually won £353,000."
The lucky winner placed his 50p each-way accumulator on seven horses running at Brighton, Nottingham, Towcester and Kempton.
A spokesman for William Hill said: "He's our luckiest ever punter."
Every year, hundreds of toads make the one-mile journey from woodland across a number of roads to a housing estate in the village of St Crispins, to the south of Northampton.
Many are squashed by cars and dozens more fall into drains as they try to get back to where they were born.
But those that do make it alive will find that the pond has been replaced by buildings.
Toad patrol volunteer Donna Robins, who lives in the estate, said she feels obliged to help them through the season.
She said: "My house is on the woodland where they used to live, I feel responsible. I see them getting killed every night on the road.
"They are amazingly intelligent, they have migratory instincts. Some of these toads are up to 12 years old, our estate is about six years old perhaps.
"These toads are going to a pond that they were born in, that's now been filled with building materials, a building site, houses or roads."
She said the route to the pond is so fraught with danger that the creatures are unlikely to make the return journey.
"They are heading into a building site where they are going to get killed if they don't get die on the way in," she said.
More than 60 toads a night during the end of March to the beginning of April migrate over the road, and their death rate is so high that St Crispins' toad patrollers have devised a number of ways to rescue the creatures.
To minimise the casualties, they will drop polystyrene floats into the drains to allow toads to "hop out" and will carry out "bucket lifts" to help them cross the road to a makeshift pond.
The patrollers are hoping to put a more long-term solution in place by building a new pond in the woodland, so the toads would not need to migrate, and signs to slow traffic for the toads who continue to migrate.
Mrs Robins added: "They are coming from the woodland out of hibernation to a pond that doesn't exist any more. It must be quite confusing for them.
"It's really not their fault."
Brian Laney, a fellow toad patroller said: "The number of toads is in decline as their habitat is being substantially reduced."
The patrollers are appealing for more volunteers to help the toads through the migrating season.
Mrs Robins added: "It is only for a few weeks between March and April. Every night you see around 50-60 frogs on a five-minute stretch of road.
"The more people we have helping the better."
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Aspiring citizens will undergo tougher tests on their English language skills and ability to demonstrate "Australian values", PM Malcolm Turnbull said.
Applicants must also have completed four years as a permanent resident - three years longer than at present.
The move comes two days after Australia unveiled stricter visa requirements for skilled workers from overseas.
Mr Turnbull said the changes would ensure that migrants were better integrated into the community.
"It is important that they understand that they are making a commitment to our Australian values," he said.
In explaining what constituted "Australian values", Mr Turnbull said migrants must demonstrate support for religious freedom and gender equality.
"Respect for women and children ... that is a key Australian value," he said, adding domestic violence would not be tolerated.
Other changes to the citizenship process include:
When asked about reports that applicants would be quizzed on whether they supported forced child marriage or female genital mutilation, Mr Turnbull said it was important to "reinforce our values".
"If we believe that respect for women and children [is an Australian value]... then why should that not be made a key part, a fundamental part, a very prominent part, of our process to be an Australian citizen?"
The requirements would apply to all new applications for citizenship, the government said.
On Tuesday, the government said it would replace a controversial visa scheme to make it harder for foreign nationals to work in Australia.
Mr Turnbull said both announcements had been made in the national interest.
The opposition Labor Party accused Mr Turnbull of making announcements for political gain.
"It seems a little odd to me that you would actually ask people whether or not they are going to obey the law when they already pledge to obey the law," said Labor senator Penny Wong.
The EU spacecraft uses a technique called interferometry to sense surface movements.
Its data shows rock above the blast zone going down by up to 7cm in one area and rising 2-3cm in another.
The imagery was released by Germany's Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR).
It advises the federal government on matters related to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).
The 6 January event was described by North Korean media as a miniaturised hydrogen bomb detonation, but there has been no independent confirmation of this claim.
All of North Korea's tests (2006, 2009, 2013, 2016) appear to have occurred at a site called Punggye-ri, also known as P'unggye-yok, in a remote region in the east of the country, near the town of Kilju.
The data picked up by international seismometers has given very good location information, but the new Sentinel imagery refines these estimates further.
Satellite interferometry works by finding the difference in "before" and "after" radar pictures of the Earth's surface. It allows even quite subtle ground movements to be detected.
Sentinel-1a got its first view of the test site following the explosion on 13 January, and this was compared with an observation acquired on 1 January.
The effects of both subsidence and uplift are evident.
"This is a very important result because in the past the location of nuclear tests was based only on seismological data and now we have an indication from other technologies," said BGR's Nicolai Gestermann.
At the moment, the 12-day repeat in observations is the best this radar satellite can achieve, but on Friday a sister spacecraft will be launched by the European Space Agency that should reduce the re-visit time to just six days.
Because of the gap in time between the blast and the subsequent image retrieval, scientists cannot say whether the ground deformation occurred at the same time as the detonation or a few days later.
Seismologists say the bomb test had a magnitude of 5.1.
Its characteristics were very similar to the previous explosion conducted in 2013, suggesting the 6 January event was not, as claimed, a thermonuclear blast, said Dr Gestermann.
The estimated yield was 10 kilotons of TNT-equivalent, plus or minus three kilotons, he added.
The BGR scientist was presenting his institute's work here at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly.
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The collision happened at about 16:20 on Saturday afternoon.
His family have been informed but police have not yet named him.
Anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to contact Police Scotland.
Orla Begg and Zoe Walton were reported missing after last being seen at Inverness Railway Station on Tuesday.
Police in the Highlands and Aberdeenshire had been trying to trace the girls.
Understood to be Pyongyang's cyber-attack elite unit, Bureau 121 is staffed by the best and brightest - although its exact size is not known.
But in an isolated nation with dismally poor infrastructure, cyber operations are almost certainly orchestrated from outside the country.
Just over the border into China is where researchers think a key Bureau 121 outpost can be found, in Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning Province.
Remarkable analysis from computer firm HP pinpointed attacks emanating from the basement of a restaurant - attached to a hotel - described by one enthusiastic reviewer on Trip Advisor as being "immaculately clean with tasteful touches of North Korean tapestries and pillows".
As you might expect, another said it had "great internet".
Evidence of what exactly North Korean hackers have done - or could do - is extremely hard to come by.
Researchers have to rely on analysing digital paper trails to determine patterns of behaviour. Bureau 121, for instance, is said to routinely use a particularly recognisable strand of malicious code designed to cover its tracks.
But several researchers have cast doubt on some of the accusations pointed at Pyongyang. None more so than the hack on Sony Pictures last year, which US intelligence aimed squarely at North Korea, but which Pyongyang denies and others have said could easily have been carried out by another sophisticated group simply emulating Bureau 121's style.
Digital sleuthing aside, talking to well-connected defectors provides revealing insight.
I met Prof Kim Heung-Kwang near his office just outside Seoul.
He gave several Bureau 121 members their first taste of computer science while teaching at Hamheung Computer Technology University - designed to bring computing expertise directly into the North Korean military.
Prof Kim told us that in his 23 years there, while he didn't teach hacking techniques, he gave the students knowledge of the ins and outs of computing, networks and data transfer.
The very best students were later plucked from his course by the military and given further, more specialist training in cyber security. The hackers-in-waiting would usually be sent to China, or in some cases to Japan or Europe.
Those selected to join the unit live privileged lives in North Korea, as do their families.
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Prof Kim told the BBC he feels saddened that some of the great, "bright" minds he nurtured had their potential channelled "not into improving our internet culture, but to terrorise other people using the internet".
But he conceded that his former students probably enjoyed their task, and took pride in "accomplishing Kim Jong-un's orders as a cyber warrior".
So who are those targets?
While questions remain over who was behind last year's Sony Pictures hack, an earlier hack in 2013 points more strongly to North Korea. Three South Korean broadcasters, and a bank, suffered from a complete seizing up of their computers, locking out employees. According to the Wall Street Journal, the hackers had help from a high-ranking technology executive based in the South.
Analysis of the attack revealed a strand of malicious code since dubbed DarkSeoul. A similar technique was observed when researchers investigated the Sony Pictures hack just over a year later.
Earlier this year, South Korea's Hydro & Nuclear Power Company suffered a mass data breach, with hackers demanding money to prevent further leaks. South Korea again pointed the finger at Pyongyang, although others noted that asking for a ransom wasn't typical of North Korea's approach in other attributed attacks.
Prof Kim told me that Bureau 121 is looking to emulate Stuxnet, an attack on Iran, reportedly originating from the US and Israel, that was successful in damaging nuclear centrifuges.
Doing so would be a major escalation in North Korea's capability - moving from attacking computer networks to instead harming infrastructure.
But it's not just the state doing the hacking in North Korea.
In the West we like to think of the country as wrapped up in its own delusion, spurred on by often comical images of leader Kim Jong-un smiling and pointing in situations which, on the face of it, seem primitive.
This mockery is most evident when it comes to technology, thanks in part to widely circulated pictures of Kim Jong-un looking at laughably huge boxes of computer equipment.
But that's not to say the country is completely isolated. While in South Korea recently, our driver - who I'll not name to protect the safety of his family still in North Korea - received a brief call from over the border.
The woman on the line gave us an update on the situation there. The trains where she lived were working, she was pleased to report, but the same couldn't be said about her home's heating.
What was interesting about the call was the ingenuity with which it was made.
There is a mobile network in North Korea, called Koryolink, run by an Egyptian telecoms firm. But, crucially, it is locked down - you can only call others in the same country.
Near the border with China, however, smuggled phones provide a way out. Chinese mobile networks leak a few miles into North Korea, allowing international calls to be made.
But that doesn't help those far from the borders - and so people on the borders have begun, for a fee, taking calls via the North Korean network from those deeper in the country - and then patching an international call together by holding the Korean phone up against the Chinese one.
A great hack, in the purest sense, and one Kim Jong-un can't do a great deal about.
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Chelsea found their scoring touch and Manchester City thrashed Stoke, while Arsenal slipped up again in the race for the top four.
At the bottom, Sunderland and Newcastle both picked up points in the fight against the drop but Aston Villa were awful again.
Here are my selections for this week:
I was watching the FA Cup semi-final with Brighton manager Chris Hughton, who turned to me and said: "He'll save this."
He was, of course, referring to David de Gea, who was about to thwart Romelu Lukaku from the penalty spot and break Everton fans' hearts. Hughton was predicting things that only a manager could possibly know in the very evenly-balanced cup tie and it was starting to irritate me. I wanted to ask him how Roberto Martinez would have been feeling, and can a manager actually do anything when his team have just missed a penalty?
I was glad I didn't because it would have been the wrong question. De Gea actually 'saved' both the penalty and Manchester United from another season of mediocrity. United's win means Louis van Gaal has the opportunity in May's final to avoid an ignominious exit from Old Trafford - and also tightened the noose around Martinez's neck. Who would have thought you could do all that with one save?
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You always know a team is going places when players don't want to be brought off the field at any price. That was the reaction of Pablo Zabaleta during Manchester City's win at Chelsea last week when Manuel Pellegrini substituted him after a clumsy tackle that could have seen the full-back shown a second yellow card.
The referee gave Zabaleta the benefit of the doubt but Pellegrini refused to be so lenient and whisked the player off the park without a second's hesitation.
The manager knew that much more was at stake and he needed Zabaleta for a punishing schedule, involving two games against Real Madrid in the Champions League and some tough Premier League fixtures as City look ensure a top-four spot.
Pellegrini was right to do what he did. The full-back not only played against Stoke but also showed what an important asset he is when he brilliantly raided down the right and set up Kelechi Iheanacho for a tap-in. Sometimes players have to be saved from themselves.
I had to see this performance by John Mikel Obi at centre-back to believe it. Because of injuries to three prominent defenders, Mikel partnered Branislav Ivanovic at the heart of Chelsea's defence at Bournemouth and looked as if he had played there all his life.
Apart from one moment when he went to ground and was lucky not to give away a penalty, the normally dependable defensive midfielder was outstanding.
Here is a player who has played under every Chelsea manager during the last 10 years - which speaks volumes. The relationship between Guus Hiddink and Mikel is evident, as the player has been ever-present since the Dutch manager returned to Stamford Bridge. The Nigeria captain must be an exceptional man to have survived the turbulence associated with the club,- not to mention the turnover of playing staff.
Comfortably beating Swansea at the King Power Stadium, moved Leicester closer to the Premier League title and the team then experienced a little of what success tastes like when they congregated at the PFA Awards in London.
Their captain will feel exceptionally proud of Riyad Mahrez, Jamie Vardy and N'Golo Kante - not to mention himself, having had a marvellous season - making the team of the year.
Morgan's team will feel like champions right now. The important thing they must remember is: You haven't won the title yet!
Every team has a weakness, but I'm still trying to precisely work out Leicester City's Achilles heel. Jamie Vardy was suspended against Swansea and they brought in Leonardo Ulloa - who scored twice. Then they leave out Marc Albrighton and bring in Jeffrey Schlupp, who did an outstanding job against a Swansea side who were patently out of their depth.
At this stage of the season, it's vital that Leicester hold their nerve - and that they can have confidence in whoever comes into the side. It helps when you're winning games but Schlupp was immensely impressive against the Swans and appears to be part of something very special in this extraordinary team Ranieri has built.
This was one game too far for Swansea. From the moment Ashley Williams made an uncharacteristic error, the Swans found it exceptionally difficult to lay a glove on Leicester. But as the goals rained in, it was that man N'Golo Kante who provided the energy and spirit for this emphatic Foxes win. If there has been one player who has brought an extraordinary work ethic and consistency to Leicester's season, it's been Kante.
Bournemouth gave Cesc Fabregas the freedom of Dean Court, so they should not have expected anything other than complete and utter humiliation. Chelsea's midfield maestro picked Bournemouth apart with his piercing through balls.
He set up Pedro for Chelsea's opener and then produced a masterful flick to set Eden Hazard free to net his first Premier League goal since last May. He then sent Willian through with a glorious ball, which the winger finished.
Fabregas may be approaching the twilight of his career but so was Andrea Pirlo when Antonio Conte took over at Juventus - and the coach rejuvenated his career. Perhaps the incoming Conte might do the same for Fabregas when the Italian arrives at Stamford Bridge next season? Pirlo won the title the following year, so no pressure then, Cesc...
What on earth is going on at Aston Villa? Some of their players are clearly losing the plot. Jores Okore asks not to be considered for the remainder of the season, former captain Gabby Agbonlahor is suspended pending an internal investigation into his professional conduct - and that's just off the field.
Meanwhile Leandro Bacuna's gift-wrapped back pass presented Southampton's Dusan Tadic with his first of two nicely-taken goals.
However, what has proved even more interesting than Bacuna's lamentable performance against the Saints was the player insisting that he wants to play Champions League football next season. The question I would like to pose is, with whom? Real Madrid or Bayern Munich?
Getting his agent to ring either club is a mere phone call but such delusions of grandeur will require far more imagination. Perhaps the agent could add Okore and Agbonlahor as part of the arrangement in order to sweeten the deal?
Well, it's nice to see Eden Hazard has finally turned up this season.
The lean, mean Belgium international looked a world away from the player I saw fail to perform against Paris St-Germain in the Champions League at Stamford Bridge. That evening he looked disinterested, out of form and out of shape.
Against Bournemouth, Hazard looked like the man Jose Mourinho said was the best young player in the world. The issue for Chelsea now is: can they keep the wolves from the door and retain Hazard's services?
Meanwhile Chelsea have Leicester and Spurs to play at the Bridge in games that will have a significant bearing on who wins the Premier League title.
By suggesting in his Match of the Day interview that Leicester are his preferred Premier League title winners rather than arch-rivals Tottenham, Hazard has set a wonderful stage for the end of the season. Let the games begin.
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At last, Louis van Gaal has taken the shackles off his players' ankles and allowed them to play the sort of football in keeping with Manchester United's traditions.
No-one has benefited more than Anthony Martial, who probed and prodded his way into the dark recesses of Everton's back four, found a key, unlocked their door and robbed them of all their possessions.
To be perfectly honest, Everton had been warned. It was Martial who twisted Mo Besic inside out and laid on Marouane Fellaini's goal on the stroke of half-time before he produced another touch of magic to score United's winner.
Once the France forward found himself face-to-face with Joel Robles in the Everton goal, there was only going to be one outcome.
This lad looked a bit special the moment he walked into Old Trafford last summer. In fact he looks as if he could be a Manchester United captain one day.
If they don't get your results right in the early part of the season, managers have to forego the luxury of resting certain players before big games. Such was the case against Stoke when Manchester City had little choice but to play their big names a few days before their Champions League clash with Real Madrid.
Sergio Aguero netted his 28th goal of the season and was immediately taken off and wrapped in cotton wool the moment the game had been put to bed.
This left the young but brilliant Kelechi Iheanacho with the striking role all to himself and he took on the mantle with great aplomb. The Nigerian has made Wilfried Bony - who cost City £28m - look pedestrian in comparison. This is the sort of talent that incumbent Pep Guardiola will relish working with.
Chinese exporters into the US - including Suntech - will now face customs tariffs of between 2.9% and 4.73%, the Commerce Department said.
In 2011, imports of solar cells from China into the US were valued at $3.1bn (£1.96bn), it added.
The price of solar panels dropped more than 30% last year, mainly linked to cheaper panels made in China.
"Countervailable subsidies are financial assistance from foreign governments that benefit the production of goods from foreign companies," the Commerce Department said.
China's Suntech, the world's largest producer of solar panels, will now face duties of 2.9% to offset what the US said is its subsidy from the Chinese government.
Another firm, Changzhou Trina Solar Energy, will receive duties of 4.73%.
All others face duties of 3.61%.
US customs will collect deposits equivalent to these amounts now and the Commerce Department will make a final ruling in June.
The US will also rule on whether China's solar panel output is violating its anti-dumping rules on 17 May.
Chinese firms have said that they are not the only ones that receive government help - for example, the US has subsidies to encourage people to install solar panels.
China has already said it will launch its own investigation into US government support for renewable energy.
It follows the fatal crash on the M9 two weeks ago which took police three days to investigate.
Scotland's inspector of constabulary, Derek Penman, said he will examine how control centre systems and staff manage, answer and prioritise calls.
He will also look at the way Police Scotland is reducing the number of control centres.
It is expected the report will be completed by the end of October.
The review will include visits to all Police Scotland call centres, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) said.
The review will examine the "capacity and capability of the systems and the staff available in the control centres to manage, answer and prioritise calls" to the police.
A separate investigation into the incident is being carried out by the independent Police Investigation and Review Commissioner (PIRC).
John Yuill was found dead and Lamara Bell critically injured on Wednesday 9 July in a car that had crashed off the M9 near Stirling.
It subsequently emerged that the crash had been reported to police by a member of the public the previous Sunday.
Officers only attended the scene after receiving a second call from a different person.
Ms Bell later died in hospital from injuries that included broken bones and kidney damage that had been caused by dehydration.
Sir Stephen House, the chief constable of Police Scotland, has admitted that his force had "got things badly wrong" over its handling of the tragedy.
But he has denied changes to the control room system following the amalgamation of Scotland's eight regional forces into a national force were to blame for the failure of officers to respond to the initial call about the crash.
Scottish Labour's justice spokesman said: "It appears that the police failure in this case wasn't an isolated incident and was the result of a number of major problems since the creation of Police Scotland.
"The inquiry by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland must look closely at the impact of the decision to close a number of police contact centres across the country and the cut in the number of civilian staff by the Scottish government.
"It is essential that this inquiry doesn't suffer from interference by SNP ministers."
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokeswoman Alison McInnes said it would be fundamentally wrong to sweep problems in police call handling under the carpet.
She said: "It is essential that serving police officers and civilian staff have every chance to have their say during this review without fear of adverse consequences for their careers.
"The commitment from HMICS to listen to police staff and public alike is welcome and they will be held to that."
But the semi-autonomous region Puntland region is among some federal states defying the ban.
Khat is popular in Somalia but it is grown in Ethiopia and Kenya.
Hundreds of Kenyans, including farmers, could be affected by the decision, which has been criticised for coming without any warning.
BBC Somali Service editor Farhan Jimale says it is equivalent to a major city like London banning imports of alcohol overnight.
But as khat has to be taken fresh, there are no stockpiles.
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More than 15 cargo flights full of khat arrive in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, every day from Kenya. According to Somali anti-khat campaigner Abukar Awale, they bring in about 12,000 bags of khat a day, which have a total retail value of $400,000 (£298,000).
Mr Awale, a former khat addict, argues that the stimulant contributes to domestic violence and other abuses.
The normally bustling Beerta khat market in Mogadishu has been practically deserted because of the suspension.
One khat seller in Mogadishu, Fartun Mohamed, told the BBC that her family's livelihood has been put in jeopardy because of the suspension as this was the only way she managed to feed her 10 children.
The planes from Kenya arrive in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, in the morning and the leafy stimulant, which is not cheap, is usually chewed after lunch, mainly by men, in the afternoon and into the evening.
Civil Aviation Minister Ali Ahmed Jangali, who announced the ban on Monday, did not give a reason for the suspension, which is understood to be temporary.
He denied that it was because Somalia was hosting a meeting on Saturday for the regional body, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad).
Workers at a khat-exporting company in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, were told not to report to work on Monday.
The Kenyan government has in the past pledged to support the growers of khat, which is also known as miraa in Kenya, after it was banned in much of Europe.
Khat is also banned in a number of other countries, including the US and Canada.
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Victor Mlotshwa was speaking outside court in the north-eastern town of Middelburg where his alleged attackers appeared before a magistrate.
"I thought they were going to kill me," he said.
A 20-second video of the incident has been circulating on social media, causing outrage.
The hashtag #RacismMustFall is now being widely shared on social media in South Africa.
The BBC's Pumza Fihlani in Middelburg says that inside the magistrates' court, the two accused, Theo Martins Jackson and Willem Oosthuizen, stood with their heads bowed as journalists and community members took photographs of them.
They have been charged with kidnapping and assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. They have not entered a plea.
The two have been remanded in custody until 25 January as prosecutors said they needed time to investigate, including authenticating the video.
The footage, which was shot on 17 August, has only recently surfaced. It shows a white man forcing a black man inside a coffin, and threatening to pour petrol over him and set it alight.
Mr Mlotshwa told reporters that he had been walking home through the men's farm, which is near Middelburg, 162km (100 miles) north-east of Johannesburg, when he was kidnapped and accused of trespassing.
"There's a pathway through the farm to the township where I live and many of us walk through there. I tried to explain to them why I was there and they just kept beating me," he said.
Mr Mlotshwa, still visibly shaken, told me he felt humiliated:
"They threatened to pour petrol on me, I pleaded for mercy and they wouldn't listen."
He said he was kept tied up for hours.
"I have nightmares about that day. It traumatised me."
Mr Mlotshwa only reported the matter after the video was circulated on social media.
Outside court, three political parties - the governing African National Congress (ANC), the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) - all jostled for the attention of the crowds that came to support Victor Mlotshwa.
The video has highlighted racial tensions in some communities here. A farm worker, who identified himself only as Bheki, told me that abuse at the hands of farmers was common. "We have a difficult time as black workers in this community and we are afraid to speak up, we don't want to lose our jobs."
South Africa has come a long way since the days of white-minority rule - but this case has been a reminder for some that racism did not end with apartheid and in small communities, change comes at a slow pace - if at all.
The companies had sought to overturn city council regulations which meant drivers had to pass fingerprint-based background checks before they could operate.
However, when put to a public vote, the regulations, introduced in December 2015, were upheld.
Both firms expressed regret.
The rules were part of a package of regulations which put Lyft and Uber in line with traditional taxi operators.
According to US broadcaster NPR, Uber spent a reported $8m (£5.5m) on a campaign proposing self-regulation instead - known as Proposition One.
However 55% of the 87,212 votes received were against it.
"Disappointment does not begin to describe how we feel about shutting down operations in Austin," said Chris Nakutis, General Manager of Uber Austin.
"We hope the city council will reconsider their ordinance so we can work together to make the streets of Austin a safer place for everyone."
At the time of writing, Uber is still displaying fare estimates for rides in the city.
Lyft said the rules "don't allow true ride-sharing to operate".
The company added: "Instead, they make it harder for part-time drivers, the heart of Lyft's peer-to-peer model, to get on the road and harder for passengers to get a ride."
"Ultimately our goal is to not keep any particular company here or not here," said Austin Mayor Steve Adler during initial discussions about the new regulations, reported the Texas Tribune.
However, many people took to social media to point out that it was the firms' decision to leave.
"Not happy that Prop 1 in Austin failed, but less happy that Uber & Lyft put so many drivers out of work with less than 48 hours notice," tweeted Burnie Burns, founder of comedy and gaming community Rooster Teeth.
Ben Wear, transport reporter at the American-Statesman, agreed.
"Prop 1's defeat wouldn't mandate that Uber or Lyft stop operating in Austin. That is entirely up to the companies," he tweeted.
The Swans beat Stoke 2-0 on Saturday to end a six-match winless run.
Hull City's victory over Watford kept Swansea in the relegation zone, still two points adrift of the Tigers and safety.
But asked if momentum was back with his side after their triumph over Stoke, Clement said: "I think it is."
He added: "It's the first time I've called it a must win and I was right. If they [Hull] had won and we hadn't, the gap would have gone to five points with four games left. It would have been very difficult for us.
"Now although the points difference hasn't changed between us and them, what has changed is we've put behind us the poor run of form which saw us pick up very few points in the last six games and we hadn't been performing that well either.
"Today's changed that, and that's important psychologically."
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Prior to beating Stoke, Swansea had lost five of their previous six Premier League matches, having won five of their first eight following Clement's appointment in January.
They arrested that slide on Saturday, as goals from top scorer Fernando Llorente and Tom Carroll gave the Swans their first victory since March.
"I feel more positive. It's a vibrant dressing room, everyone knows they've put in a good shift physically, they played well tactically, technically they played well," said Clement.
"Hopefully it will give us that impetus to go on and finish really strongly.
"We are two points behind Hull. They're in the driving seat but we're right behind them, breathing down their necks and we're going to try and do that right until the very last game."
Saturday's win over Stoke saw Swansea captain Leon Britton make his first appearance since December.
The 34-year-old's lack of match fitness was apparent in the early stages but he grew into the match and earned a standing ovation when he was substituted in the second half.
"I think it's right to give him a special mention," said Clement.
"They're the first minutes he's played under me. The way he's been as a professional, continued to get behind his team-mates, trained really well every day.
"I really looked to him today to help the team and he did it brilliantly. He played with a lot of maturity, ran himself into the ground, couldn't run any more at the end and got the cramp which is normal if you haven't played regular matches.
"It was a real captain's performance from him."
Swansea's remaining fixtures
30 April : Man Utd (a), May 6: Everton (h); 13 May: Sunderland (a); 21 May: West Brom (h).
Shadow Immigration Minister David Hanson, MP for Delyn, said he had seen "bedspreads in bus shelters" and "tents on roundabouts" in the port.
He said migrants should be stopped from entering France in the first place.
Mr Hanson called for Europe-wide action to stop illegal immigrants travelling unimpeded across EU member states.
"What I saw was quite disturbing," he said of his visit to the French port.
"There are many people who are poor, who are dispossessed, who've made tremendous journeys to get to Calais.
"But there's a lack of action I think in terms of both protection of the border and removal by the French authorities.
"We need to have an international European response to make sure we stop people getting to France in the first place."
However, sport minister Ahmed Khanou has not mentioned the stance his ministry will take should the SLFA fail to adhere to its demand.
A congress was supposed to have taken place last month but was postponed indefinitely by Fifa on the grounds of carrying out integrity checks on current and potential SLFA members.
"I instruct you to take your membership to ordinary congress as initially planned without prejudice to the Fifa task force and 'intergrity checks' within five working days starting Tuesday," Khanou stated in a letter to SLFA secretary general Christopher Kamara.
"Ensure that you report the outcome of said congress to my office for the high attention of President Koroma.
"Take all necessary steps to ensure democratic transition through the electoral process of the SLFA. Should you fail to, I'll be left with no option but to take the next necessary or expedient step," Khanou added.
The SLFA responded to the sports ministry's ultimatum through their executive committee member, Francis Konowa.
"We have received the letter from the sport minister and we have met as an executive and we have replied to him," said Konowa.
"Since the SLFA is affiliated to Fifa and the decision to postpone our congress was taken by Fifa we have written to them informing them about the letter we received from our sport minister.
"We are now waiting for the Fifa response and we'll communicate it to the sport minister whenever we receive it.
"But let me make one thing clear, it's just not possible to hold congress within a week because there are procedures to follow," added Konowa.
The ultimatum comes four days after football's world governing body stated it will continue to recognise the existing SLFA administration, led by Isha Johansen (pictured), until elections are held.
This is despite Johansen's four-year mandate having come to an end on 3 August.
Aggrieved members of the SLFA say they no longer recognise Johansen and four others in the executive.
Three white-tailed sea eagles have been spotted flying over Lough Erne in County Fermanagh in recent weeks.
The sighting has boosted hopes that a breeding pair will establish a nest in the area in the future.
Lough Erne is an important habitat for a wide variety of bird species but sea eagles remain a rare sight.
RSPB conservation advisor Sarah McCaffrey was conducting a survey of breeding waders - including curlew, lapwing, redshank, and snipe - when her attention was drawn skywards.
"I could hear the gulls calling and mobbing the animal and turned around and could see this big bird with massive wingspan, roughly about two metres, soaring overhead," she said.
"I thought: 'This is fantastic, such a majestic bird in flight and so close as well.'
"And then when she landed on the fence post and I was able to capture a picture it was just incredible, a really, really lovely experience and just proof of how important Fermanagh is for wildlife."
The white-tailed eagle is often called a "flying barn door" because of its size but this bird is still only a juvenile.
It was identified by the Golden Eagle Trust as a bird that fledged from a nest in Connemara in County Galway in 2016.
Another female called Cealtra - that fledged from Mount Shannon in County Clare in 2015 - has also been seen on Lough Erne, and there has also been a reported sighting of a mature male called Star in the same area.
Sarah McCaffrey said: "In the past they would have been persecuted to extinction but reintroduction programmes in Scotland and the Republic have been very successful.
"There's around 40 breeding pairs in the UK at the moment and probably about 13 pairs in the Republic so its all very encouraging.
"(They're) beautiful majestic birds to look at and it's fantastic to see them in the county."
However, they still face threats to their survival.
The remains of an eagle called Ingar which was released in Killarney National Park in 2011 by the Golden Eagle Trust were found near Lisnaskea in February 2015.
A breeding female in Connemara was found dead on a nest on 13 April 2015 which confirmed poisoning of a white-tailed eagle in Ireland since the reintroduction project began in 2007.
Despite a ban on poisons to control foxes and crows, their illegal use remains a threat to birds of prey.
Sarah McCaffrey said: "We don't actually know if Ingar was poisoned. When his remains were recovered he was so badly decomposed, so we can't really speculate if he was poisoned.
"It's very important to get education out there to make people aware that these birds are a benefit to our habitat.
"They feed on carrion, things that have died, and their main food source is also fish."
Sea eagles breed at about five years of age and Ms McCaffrey is hopeful that a male and female could set up a permanent presence on Lough Erne.
"We could well have them breeding it will take a wee while for these birds to reach maturity.
"Cealtra certainly seems to like the county, she's been present for a long time so it would be great certainly if we did (have a breeding pair) in the near future."
It said it was the first month this year in which new instructions to sell property increased.
RICS said a net balance of 67% of Northern Ireland surveyors said that prices rose in the past three months.
This was higher than any other UK region.
However, it said that with more potential buyers entering the market "there remains an ongoing imbalance between supply and demand which is acting to push prices upwards".
RICS Northern Ireland spokesman Samuel Dickey said he expected more properties to enter the market in "the months ahead", which he said "should ease the pressure on prices and support growth in transactions".
"Northern Ireland recorded the highest price balance of all UK regions during March and has the highest price expectations over the next three months," he added.
"This reflects the fact that the local market remains in recovery mode. Unlike other UK regions, average house prices here remain significantly below their peak and have a long way to go before they return to those levels.
"Whilst new instructions to sell increased last month, new buyer inquiries are also rising strongly, which is effectively creating a situation where we have under-supply and prices are rising as a result. But as more properties come onto the market, this should help address the imbalance."
A net balance of 69% of Northern Ireland surveyors said that they expect prices to continue rising in the three months ahead.
A net balance of 35% of NI surveyors said that transactions rose in March, with a net balance of 61% expecting them to rise in the three months ahead.
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.
Johnny Sexton (hamstring), Robbie Henshaw, CJ Stander and Rob Kearney (all head injuries) are major doubts for next weekend's game with Australia.
New Zealand's approach appeared to step over the line at times but Schmidt was circumspect after Saturday's defeat.
"We don't control that," the New Zealand-born Ireland coach told RTE.
"We've just got to forge ahead with who we had left once once those guys had been knocked around. That's all we can do.
"Jonathan Sexton has a hamstring issue and we will have an update on his situation either on Sunday or Monday.
"Rob Kearney, Robbie Henshaw and CJ Stander will all undergo HIA [head injury assessment]."
Schmidt added that the contest had been a "pretty physical encounter" but that was the extent of his verdict on New Zealand's physicality.
Centre Henshaw had to be carried off with his neck in a brace after only 10 minutes following a high shoulder from New Zealand flanker Sam Cane.
A number of other Irish players were also on the receiving end of high challenges, and captain Rory Best queried several referee calls out on the field.
These included Jaco Peyper's decision to award New Zealand's second try, in spite of the suspicion that Sexton had prevented Beauden Barrett from grounding the ball.
However, both Schmidt and Best refused to be drawn into a critique of Peyper's performance following the game.
"I thought we probably didn't get the rub of the green on one or two calls, but that's something that can be a distraction," said Schmidt.
"We'll leave that to the authorities, we'll feed our feedback through the appropriate channels."
Schmidt added that he was "proud" of his players efforts to earn a second win over the All Blacks in two weeks but skipper Best spoke of his "frustration and annoyance".
Ireland dominated possession and territory during most the contest but could not turn that into sufficient points.
"We couldn't score that try," added the Ireland captain.
"When we look back on it though we'll feel we didn't attack them enough."
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen claimed that the penalty count of 14 for his team as opposed to only four for Ireland was not an accurate reflection of the play.
"I'd like to see some consistency throughout the game. I saw the same things happening to us," said the New Zealand coach.
As for double try-scorer Malakai Fekitoa's yellow card, when he swung his arm into Simon Zebo's neck as the Irish winger sprinted down the left touchline, Hansen called it "sloppy play, not malicious".
Instead, a full three day civil trial will take place at Leeds High Court from 26 to 28 July.
The decision means no further action will be taken against eight named campaigners and "unnamed people" who stop trees being cut down.
Both parties said they were "very pleased" with the outcome.
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Nether Edge Green Party councillor, Alison Teal, was one of those served with a legal notice in June.
Outside court barrister John Cooper QC for the tree group said: "My clients came here to stop the interim injunctions.
"The important thing for them was to have a full hearing so the important issues for a lot of people who live in Sheffield are articulated, argued, developed and challenged.
"That's what we've got, so we're pleased."
Fourteen protestors were arrested between November and March for preventing tree fellings.
The Crown Prosecution Service dropped charges in March because of insufficient evidence and protestors have continued to prevent fellings by standing under trees.
In June, the council applied to the civil court for an injunction to stop the direct action.
Both parties agreed to return to court for a three-day hearing when a judge will hear each case and decide once and for all.
If the council is successful, the eight protestors plus "unnamed people", will be banned from taking direct action or encouraging others to do the same.
If the tree protestors are successful, tree felling will be halted.
The tree protestors said they were "extremely pleased" by the withdrawal of the temporary injunction.
The group said waiting longer for a full hearing would mean many trees would be felled before they had a chance to put their case.
Paul Billington of Sheffield City Council said it was a "very good result".
"We're really pleased with the outcome today because we get a full trial much earlier than we thought, and we're confident about the outcome.
"We'll continue to do our best with what we believe to be a lawful tree replacement programme.
"No doubt the protestors will try to stop us, but the court will make a decision next week."
The women students jumped into a well at the medical college on Saturday.
They left a suicide note blaming the college authorities for charging excessive fees and not providing receipts.
Students of the college and their parents have held protests demanding action against the authorities.
Police have arrested the son of the owner of the college as well as the principal and charged them with extortion, cheating and abetting suicide.
In their suicide note E Saranya, V Priyanka, both 18, and Monisha, 19, of the SVS Yoga Medical College, also alleged that despite charging prohibitive fees, the college lacked proper classes or teachers and there was "nothing to learn".
A senior police official told the BBC Hindi's Imran Qureshi that they were searching for the owner of the college Vasuki Subramanian.
A newspaper report said the medical college is "without classrooms, laboratories and teachers for around 100 students, who were charged at least 500,000 rupees ($7,382; £51,70) each in fees alone - and not a single placement conducted on campus since the beginning in 2008".
Another Indian news report said the "mortuary once doubled up as a dining hall, and the operation theatre is really a dirty room with three cots".
Reports say there were a number of protests last year by students against "excessive fees" charged by the college, but little action was taken.
PSG have won the domestic clean sweep of trophies two years in a row now.
Blaise Matuidi's early goal for PSG was cancelled out by Florian Thauvin, but Ibrahimovic then scored from the spot.
The Swede, leaving after four years in France, set up Edinson Cavani for the third, then slotted in the fourth before Michy Batshuayi's consolation.
Ibrahimovic, 34, is PSG's all-time top scorer with 156 goals in 180 appearances, and leaves for Euro 2016 amid much speculation as to which club he will join next.
Ligue 1's top scorer and player of the year had been a doubt for the final, having barely trained all week because of a calf problem.
The charismatic forward, though, was able to play, and made a significant impact in the second half before being substituted to a standing ovation in the final minutes.
PSG have now won the season-opening Trophee des Champions, Coupe de la Ligue, Ligue 1 and Coupe de France two years in a row.
Laurent Blanc's side took a second-minute lead when Matuidi swept in Angel di Maria's cross at the near post.
Thauvin, on loan from Newcastle, rolled in an equaliser from the edge of the penalty area for Steven Fletcher's Marseille, seeking some solace after a miserable season that has seen them finish 13th in the league and use three managers.
Ibrahimovic was denied a goal before half-time as the ball fell to him at the far post following a corner, with winger Thauvin palming away his goalbound shot - an offence not spotted by referee Clement Turpin.
The striker got his chance two minutes into the second half, though, sending keeper Steve Mandanda the wrong way from the penalty spot after Nicolas Nkoulou tripped Matuidi.
Cavani's cool finish from Ibrahimovic's pass effectively ended the contest in the 56th minute, and the Swede added a fourth by racing clear to beat Mandanda.
Belgium international Batshuayi, Marseille's leading scorer, touched in a loose ball late on for his 22nd goal of the season, but his team were well beaten by then.
Bradley Lowery, who has neuroblastoma, took part in the warm-up against Chelsea on 14 December, scoring a goal.
A campaign saw fans call for the strike to be given the accolade.
The youngster, of Blackhall, County Durham, was named joint-winner alongside Manchester United's Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Bradley's mum, Gemma, tweeted: "Brad just woke up and watched #MOTD2 and found out he got #goalofthemonth - he is over the moon."
Eight goals were selected for a public vote with Mkhitaryan's effort - also against Sunderland, on 26 December - notching up 39.9%.
While not included in that selection, Bradley's goal was named joint-winner of the prize for December.
He was diagnosed with cancer in 2013 and last year more than £700,000 was raised to pay for treatment in the USA, including a donation of £200,000 from Everton.
However, his family were later told his cancer had grown and treatment would only give him more time.
After his story made headlines, he was sent more than 250,000 Christmas cards by well-wishers from across the globe.
PC Guy Sinnott is in a stable condition after being stabbed once in the stomach and once in the leg, during a response to reports of anti-social behaviour in Bow, east London, on Sunday night.
The youngster was remanded in custody at Stratford Youth Court.
The youth, who can not be named because of his age, is due before Snaresbrook Crown Court on 1 December.
He is also charged with possession of a bladed item.
Some of the organisation's key personnel have links to the UDA.
Speaking on Sunday Politics, Emma Little Pengelly, an architect of the fund, said she was satisfied a robust process of checks was carried out.
BBC NI's Spotlight programme last week examined the control the UDA exerted in some loyalist communities.
It also looked at how funding from Stormont was going to organisations linked to the UDA.
Traditional Unionist Voice leader Jim Allister has also questioned the allocation of social investment funding to groups with loyalist and republican links.
However, Ms Little Pengelly said: "There is a system of checks and balances and there were concerns about how quickly this scheme delivered.
"One of the reasons why it wasn't quick was because of the number of checks and balances included in terms of getting this money out.
"They have gone through a full business case, economists, the governance has been scrutinised.
"If we weren't satisfied by that, then this money would not be going out to this organisation."
Chris Lyttle of the Alliance Party, said the social investment fund had been "beset by a lack of openness".
"There have been difficulties from day one in relation to the programme," he said.
Several men, "lurcher-type dogs" and two 4x4 vehicles - one a blue Subaru - were seen near Grantshouse, Ayton and Chirnside on Tuesday.
Police said the hunting of hares with dogs was an offence and caused "distress to wildlife and dogs" as well as damage to farmland.
Anyone with information has been asked to come forward.
PC Nick Walker said hare coursing was most likely to occur at weekends or evenings during daylight hours.
"Spring and autumn are the peak seasons and coursing generally takes place on flat arable farmland and grassland without the consent of the landowner," he said.
"Those involved in this activity will usually use lurchers, greyhounds and whippets which hunt by sight and are normally walked across fields on slip leads and are released when any hares run off.
"It has been known for multiple dogs to chase one hare and money to change hands dependent on which dog kills the hare."
Wayne Scott was jailed for 19 years in 2013 for a series of rapes and other sex offences over a 10-year period.
A report into his offending found some of his crimes could have been avoided if colleagues at Cleveland Police had acted on his "red flag" behaviour.
The force apologised to victims for its "unacceptable" failings.
Scott, from Stockton, was convicted of raping two women at Newcastle Crown Court. He also pleaded guilty to a sex offence involving a child.
The report, conducted by the Cleveland force under the supervision of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), said Scott, who joined the force in 2002, repeatedly bragged about sexual activity and attempted to humiliate female colleagues while working in Stockton and Hartlepool.
It highlighted how he preyed on vulnerable female offenders and demanded sex from them on several occasions.
Scott, 38, boasted to colleagues about a phone he kept in a locker at work, which he used to contact "girlfriends", the report discovered.
It also found he played a "rape game" where he would ask women, some of them fellow officers, if they were "interested in him".
Deputy chief constable Ian Spittal said: "I want to sincerely apologise to everyone who has been affected by the actions of Wayne Scott whilst he was a serving officer with Cleveland Police.
"It's clear from the findings that officers and staff felt unable or unwilling to challenge his sexual remarks and degrading behaviour at work.
"Where incidents were reported, we accept that red flags were missed and the organisation dealt with cases in isolation, rather than joining the dots.
"This is unacceptable and we have reviewed and changed many of our practices."
The report made 15 recommendations to the Cleveland force, including better monitoring of officers who have regular contact with vulnerable women, particularly sex workers and victims of domestic violence.
Cleveland's police and crime commissioner Barry Coppinger said: "This report lays bare the shocking behaviour of Wayne Scott and details what was known about him during his time as a serving officer. It's vital that Cleveland Police implements the recommendations from the report as swiftly as possible.
"It is completely unacceptable that his disgusting behaviour went unchallenged for so long."
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The fourth seed had won all three of their previous meetings but this was the first on grass and 6ft 10in Karlovic tested Murray throughout.
But the Scot responded well to dropping the second set and stayed strong in the fourth to win 7-5 6-7 (7-5) 6-2 7-6 (7-4) in over three hours on Centre Court.
He will play Marcos Baghdatis, who beat Grigor Dimitrov, on Saturday.
Murray's always very good at making his opponent play a lot of balls on their serve. That's a priority against Karlovic because it is almost as if he's playing two first serves. It's uncomfortable, you feel a lot of it is out of your control. He's serving second serves at 120 mph.
The balance on Murray's serve was good, he kept his first-serve percentage high, and though he lost his serve from 40-0 in the first game he didn't lose it after that. It was efficient, if not necessarily pretty. It's certainly not the best he's ever played, but he'll just be relieved to get through and with Baghdatis he'll be able to get some rhythm, and be able to control the match a lot more.
"Winning is all that's important when you're playing a guy with his style," Murray told BBC Sport. "It's so challenging to get into a rhythm.
"Tie-breaks are a bit of a lottery with someone like Karlovic. You have to get your racquet on returns and hope he makes a mistake.
"I was seeing the ball fairly well on the return, I was hitting it cleanly on the forehand and I came up with good passing shots at the right time."
Murray looked imperious in his thashing of Nikolay Davydenko on Tuesday but knew this would be a far tougher assignment.
With a game tailor-made for this surface, Karlovic stunned defending champion Lleyton Hewitt 10 years ago and reached the quarter-finals in 2009.
The world number 59 signalled his intent by battling from 40-0 down in the opening game to strike at the first time of asking.
Murray had spoken about the importance of holding serve against a player who would offer few chances on his own delivery - yet he managed to hit straight back with three passing shots and some fine defence.
That brought the crowd to life and seemed to relax both men, Karlovic flicking a magical half-volley past Murray at the net before Murray returned the favour.
But the Briton's superior return game soon told and when a backhand winner gave him a third set point at 6-5, Karlovic hit a double-fault.
Murray was getting an average of 0.571 seconds to react to Karlovic serves and his ability to deal with them waned in the second set.
That said, the Croat was making little impact on the impressive Murray delivery and the second set would have to be decided by a tie-break.
Karlovic's accuracy forced Murray to take risks and after the world number four put a forehand wide to fall 6-5 behind, his opponent levelled the match with a deft volley.
As Karlovic roared in the direction of his support team, Murray sat down and gesticulated to himself throughout the changeover.
"That was a solid effort from Murray. Maybe he didn't play the best he could, but he did it when he had to. That's a tough one for him to get through. That ages you - maybe not physically but emotionally. Whatever amount he gets paid for winning that match, he deserves it."
But roles were reversed at the start of the third set as Murray broke in game one with a lob that left Karlovic throwing his racquet in frustration.
Murray's movement and variety was now far too good for a dejected-looking Karlovic and he calmly put himself back on course for victory.
While neither player seriously threatened the other in the fourth set, there was danger for Murray at 5-6 and 15-40.
However, he served his way out of trouble and yelled "come on!" while pumping his fists as another tie-break beckoned.
The tension was palpable at 4-4 only for Karlovic to produce an untimely double-fault to help Murray wrap up an encouraging victory.
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Automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenades were among arms found when they intercepted the attackers' truck, police in the capital Bujumbura told the BBC Great Lakes Service.
The police have made two arrests.
At least 240 people have died since April, after the president decided to run for a controversial third term.
Zenon Ndaruvukanye escaped unhurt from the attack in Kajaga, western Bujumbura, in which his police officer bodyguard was shot dead.
People from both sides of Burundi's political divide have been killed in attacks on an almost daily basis in recent months.
The US said this week it will place sanctions on four current and former officials in Burundi in connection with the continuing violence there.
Earlier this month, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution strongly condemning the escalating violence.
The French-drafted resolution also paves the way for a possible deployment of blue-helmeted UN peacekeepers.
Burundi's constitutional court backed Mr Nkurunziza's third-term bid, as his first term as president did not count towards the constitutional two-term limit because he was chosen by MPs, rather than in a popular election.
Mr Nkurunziza was duly re-elected with 70% of the vote in July.
10.4m population
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The BBC had originally announced a 90-minute debate featuring Nicola Sturgeon, Ruth Davidson, Kezia Dugdale, Willie Rennie and Patrick Harvie.
However, following confirmation of the number of candidates standing in the election, UKIP Scottish leader David Coburn will now join them.
The debate will take place at 19:30 on Sunday 21 May.
It will be the first Scottish leaders' debate of the General Election campaign and will be presented by Sarah Smith and Jackie Bird.
A BBC spokesman said UKIP's decision to field 10 parliamentary candidates qualified them for a Party Election Broadcast.
He said that, along with previous electoral support and an MEP, meant BBC Scotland would now invite the party leader to join the debate.
The Scottish Greens confirmed this week they would stand only three candidates in the general election.
The same six Scottish leaders took part in a BBC debate in the run-up to last year's Scottish Parliament elections.
The BBC election guidelines for 2017, which are published online, state that appropriate level of party coverage takes into account several factors including past and current electoral support, number of candidates and a role in wider Scottish politics.
STV has announced it will host a leaders debate with four Scottish leaders on 24 May.
BBC Scotland said it would also run a series of special "Ask the Leader" programmes, with the leaders of the SNP, Scottish Conservatives, Scottish Labour and the Scottish Liberal Democrats, on BBC One Scotland in the week before the election on 8 June.
Audiences will be invited to ask questions of each of the party leaders in the programmes hosted by political correspondent Glenn Campbell.
Policy expert Anna Brychan, ATL teaching union director Philip Dixon and David Reynolds, professor of education at Southampton University and a Welsh government adviser, were taking part in the BBC's How Wales Works education debate.
It is hoped the new curriculum, based on an independent review by Prof Graham Donaldson of Glasgow University, can be made available to teachers by 2018.
The aim is to drastically improve standards, after Wales fell significantly behind the rest of the UK in key subjects.
Prof Reynolds said the changes would certainly involve asking a lot from teachers, and recommended learning from other countries.
"To expect it of our teachers, especially when we did not necessarily build capacity amongst our teachers - thus the low Pisa scores - to expect suddenly them to do it from scratch, to re-invent wheels, would be a pity," he said.
"I'd get the wheels from other countries, I'd get the wheels from research, I'd try and resource our professionals to get the optimum outputs and I do worry that that is not being done to a big enough degree."
Mr Dixon warned against expecting a quick transformation.
"It's too big an ask if you want to put a very tight time frame on it, and to say that this is going to be done and dusted in less than three years and then rolled out completely within six," he said.
"It's taken us nigh on ten years to get the Foundation Phase [for primary school pupils] up and running, and reduce some of the variability and getting some good things back on that.
"We need to do this well, we need to do it once, and my worry is we're going to do it quickly and then end up with something which is not at all what so many people and so much of the excitement about the Donaldson reforms have been about."
Ms Brychan said there was much excitement about, and support for, bringing in the new curriculum, but "nervousness" about the "very short time frame".
"The schools that are involved in developing the curriculum are enthusiastic and eager to do this, but they are going to have to do it alongside the day job of making sure that their current complement of pupils get through the current system," she said.
"I think support for them, and the support around the development of that, is going to be a critical, critical thing."
The discussion, chaired by Arwyn Jones, also covered the Foundation Phase - click here to listen.
Faisal Arefin Dipon, 43, was killed at his office in the city centre, hours after another publisher and two secular writers were injured in an attack.
A local affiliate of al-Qaeda said it carried out the attacks.
There has been a series of attacks on secularists since blogger Avijit Roy was hacked to death in February.
Both publishers targeted on Saturday published Roy's work.
Mr Dipon was found dead at the Jagriti Prokashoni publishing house, in his third-floor office.
"I saw him lying upside down and in a massive pool of blood. They slaughtered his neck. He is dead," his father, the writer Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq, said, quoted by AFP.
Earlier on Saturday, armed men burst into the offices of publisher Ahmedur Rashid Tutul.
They stabbed Mr Tutul and two writers who were with him, locked them in an office and fled the scene, police said.
The three men were rushed to hospital, and at least one of them is in a critical condition.
The two writers were named by police as Ranadeep Basu and Tareque Rahim.
Ansar al-Islam, al-Qaeda's Bangladeshi affiliate, posted messages online saying it had carried out Saturday's attacks.
Roy, a US citizen of Bangladeshi origin and critic of radical Islamism, was murdered in February by suspected Islamists. His wife and fellow blogger Bonya Ahmed was badly injured in the attack.
Three other bloggers have since been killed.
The 20mm coin was spotted in receding floodwaters in 2012, but the owner kept the details private until now.
It has been verified by the British Museum and is understood to be a Carthaginian coin, minted around Sardinia in 300-264 BC.
Several similar examples have been recorded but only from the coastline.
On one side of the coin is an image of Tanit - a Punic and Phoenician goddess - and on the reverse is a horse's head.
Its owner wishes to remain anonymous but has allowed it to be included in a history project in Saltford, where the coin was found.
Project organiser Phil Harding said: "[The coin] predates the Great Wall of China, it predates the Roman Empire, it predates the birth of Jesus Christ, it predates Alfred the Great - it's just fantastic."
Dr Sam Moorhead, who recorded it for the British Museum, said it could have been struck at one of several mints in the Punic Empire, including Carthage and cities in Sardinia.
"It is certainly one of the earliest coins found in Britain," he said, adding other examples had been found from Cornwall, around the south coast to Kent, and up the east coast to Lincolnshire.
"It has been argued for a long time that these coins reflect trade with the Mediterranean, probably often via Gaul.
"The main commodity that Britain had which was wanted by the Carthaginians and others was tin, found in Cornwall and Devon.
"The Saltford coin does suggest that there was maritime activity up the Bristol Channel as well and we can imagine traders entering the River Severn."
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The artwork, named The Bristol Whales, was installed in the city centre last summer to mark Bristol's status as European Green Capital.
A head of a humpback whale and tail of a blue whale are depicted by the six-tonne pieces which are made from willow harvested in Somerset.
They will remain at Bennett's Patch and White's Paddock Nature Reserve.
According to the Avon Wildlife Trust, which manages the site, the area has a whaling history dating back to the 18th Century.
"The River Avon would have been full of the tall-masted ships that made Bristol wealthy, one of which moored at nearby Sea Mills," said the trust.
"In 1750, Bristol merchants entered the whaling trade, and the ship Adventure brought back two whales, which were rendered to blubber at Sea Mills.
"The venture continued there for almost 50 years."
The willow pieces spent two months in Millennium Square surrounded by an ocean of "upcycled" bottles to represent the threat of plastic pollution in the world's oceans.
Bristol became the first UK city to be named European Green Capital when it took over from Copenhagen at the start of 2015.
Now the deputy White House press secretary has drawn comparisons with her boss by tweeting a seemingly random string of emojis.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders sought to laugh the accident off, claiming her three-year-old son had stolen her phone.
Reactions on Twitter ranged from confusion to unbridled joy.
"This is the most coherent statement to come from the Trump administration," opined journalist David Blaustein.
"Is 'lolaklkk" the next 'covfefe'?" asked tweeter Lotus Prince.
Recalling White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's defence of the covfefe tweet - "The president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant" - some readers offered their own translations.
Even before Ms Huckabee Sanders explained the mishap, sympathetic parents assumed the involvement of a rogue child.
Others thought the hieroglyphics would look better as a White House press statement.
Ms Huckabee Sanders has clearly decided the original tweet is harmless, as it remains on her timeline several hours on.
But her follow-up did suggest she might be more careful who gets their tiny hands on her phone in future...
The six men allegedly had plans to travel to Syria where they would join and fight with the group.
Court documents say the men tried to fly from airports in San Diego and New York City, but were stopped before doing so.
Officials say at least one person from Minnesota has died fighting with IS.
Authorities say the six men met secretly to develop their travel plans, which included flying to countries near Syria from airports in the US cities of Minneapolis, San Diego or New York City.
The men, who authorities consider to be friends, did not have plans to carry out an attack in the United States, prosecutors believe.
Zacharia Yusuf Abdurahman, 19, Adnan Abdihamid Farah, 19, Hanad Mustafe Musse, 19, and Guled Ali Omar, 20, were arrested in Minneapolis on Sunday.
Abdurahman Yasin Daud, 21, and Mohamed Abdihamid Farah, 21, drove from Minneapolis to San Diego, California, before their arrest.
Three of the arrested men had travelled to New York in November with a man who was en route to Syria and has since been indicted on charges of conspiring to support Islamic State.
"They are not confused young men, they were not easily influenced," Minnesota US Attorney Andy Lugar said. "These were focused men who were intent on joining a terrorist organisation by any means possible."
Their arrests are part of a months-long investigation into the recruitment of Westerners by IS.
Authorities say that a handful of other Minnesota residents have been successful in their attempts to join IS in the past year.
"We have a terror recruiting problem in Minnesota," Mr Lugar said.
The Minneapolis area is home to the largest concentration of Somali immigrants in the US. Since 2007, at least 22 Somali men have travelled oversees to support Islamic State or Al-Shabab, a separate militant group based in Somalia.
The six men range in age from 19 to 21, and are expected to appear in courts in Minnesota and California later on Monday. The men arrested in San Diego are expected to be returned to Minnesota.
A 14-year-old girl was mauled while swimming off Oak Island in North Carolina on Sunday, while a 16-year-old boy was attacked on the same stretch of beach less than two hours later.
Mayor Betty Wallace told Reuters that the children had both lost limbs as a results of their injuries.
A helicopter was launched to search for the shark.
Both of the teenagers were swimming in waist deep water when the attacks occurred.
Ms Wallace said the girl was attacked shortly after 16:00 local time (20:00 GMT). A man swimming nearby heard her screams and came to her aid.
She was flown to hospital in Wilmington by helicopter but lost part of her arm and suffered a leg injury.
The boy lost his left arm shortly after the attack.
"Honestly they have a really long road ahead", said one area emergency services director Brian Watts.
Investigators do not know the size of the shark or if the same shark attacked both victims.
Eyewitness Steve Bouser was on the beach at the time of the attack and described the scene as "quite nightmarish".
"I saw someone carry this girl and people were swarming around and trying to help," he told the Associated Press.
The boy was attacked about two miles (3 km) away on the same stretch of beach and also lost an arm.
Special patrols were launched along the shoreline, warning swimmers to get out of the water as crews searched for the shark.
Town officials decided on Monday not to close the beach to the public.
"I don't want everybody to think this is one of those areas where you really have to worry about shark bites. But for the foreseeable future, people have to be extra vigilant," Ms Wallace said.
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Northern Irish rider Rea saw his lead cut by four points by team-mate Tom Sykes, who was second, but he has a 44-point advantage with three races left.
Rea can clinch the title in Sunday's second race if he wins and Sykes finishes third or below.
Davies eased to victory to secure his eighth win of 2016.
Sykes and Rea were engaged in an early tussle for the lead before Ducati rider Davies moved through in a dominant display.
Sykes dropped in behind while Rea settled into third place in a cautious performance which ensured he maintained a healthy lead in the race for the title.
Davies won by 3.2 seconds with Sykes 3.8 seconds clear of Rea - Nicky Hayden, Michael van der Mark and Sylvain Guintoli completed the top six.
Sykes and Rea helped their Kawasaki team secure the manufacturers' World Championship.
Sunday's second race in Spain is followed by the final round in Qatar in a fortnight, with a maximum of 75 points available.
Rea, 29, can also seal the world crown if he finishes six points ahead of Sykes on Sunday.
Rea is attempting to become Northern Ireland's first multiple world champion since Brian Reid and Joey Dunlop 30 years ago, and the first rider to seal successive World Superbike Championship successes since Carl Fogarty in 1999.
Only 61.5% of shareholders in Chelsea Pitch Owners voted in favour of selling the freehold for the club's Stamford Bridge stadium back to the club.
Approval of 75% of the shareholders was needed to pass the proposal.
CPO acquired the freehold to the stadium in 1997 to protect Stamford Bridge from developers should the club run into financial difficulties.
Chelsea had wanted to buy the stadium in order to facilitate a possible move to a new stadium and redevelopment of the site.
However, many fans opposed the move from the club's current location where it has been based for more than a century.
"Chelsea FC is naturally disappointed with the result. While we will remain as ambitious as ever, this decision could slow down our progress," the club said in a statement.
The club maintains no decision has been made on a move, even if the club does buy the stadium.
The club feels that Stamford Bridge's current capacity of 42,000 puts Chelsea at a financial disadvantage compared with rivals such as Arsenal whose new stadium holds 60,000.
The #OscarsSoWhite controversy that dominated the build-up to the Oscars - which focused on the fact that all 20 nominees in the acting categories were white - led to leading black figures in Hollywood, including director Spike Lee and actress Jada Pinkett-Smith, boycotting the event, while Rock himself faced calls to step down as host.
But rather than shy away from it, Rock used #OscarsSoWhite as the basis for some superbly satirical routines.
In fact he - and, to their credit, the awards producers - made the controversy the dominant theme, while managing to avoid it overshadowing the prize-giving or overly humiliating the A-list audience.
It was a stunningly deft work, and arguably something that no other host could have pulled off.
The tone was set by an astonishing 15-minute opening monologue that was simply thrilling to watch, not only in terms of its stagecraft and confidence, but also the sheer quality of the material.
There was no way Rock was going to try and avoid or play down what had been happening. He began by welcoming people to the "white People's Choice awards" before saying that "if they nominated hosts, I wouldn't even get this job… you would be watching [2015 host] Neil Patrick Harris right now."
As he continued, his targets got wider - and his points sharper.
He sought to put context around the controversy, arguing that, given this is the 88th Oscars, "this whole non-black nominees thing happened at least 71 times" but that black people did not protest before because they were "too busy being raped and lynched to care about who won best cinematographer".
"When your grandmother's swinging from a tree it's really hard to care about best documentary foreign short," he added.
He was scathing about Jada Pinkett-Smith boycotting the ceremony - "Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna's panties. I wasn't invited" and her husband's lack of appearance on the nominee list for Concussion, saying: "It's not fair... I get it. It's also not fair that Will was paid $20m for Wild Wild West."
But he took on the wider context of racism in American society beyond the Dolby Theater - saying that the In Memoriam montage would just show black people that were shot by the police on the way to the movies.
Finally, he addressed head-on the question of whether Hollywood itself is racist, branding it "sorority racist".
Its people, including those in the audience, were "the nicest people on Earth", he said - but they were still not hiring black people. Their attitude, he said, was "We like you Ronda. But you're not Kappa."
The arguments made in the monologue defined the rest of the show - something that was particularly noticeable in the pre-recorded material.
Various black actors - Whoopi Goldberg; Tracy Morgan - were inserted into scenes from the best picture nominees, for example, to see how it would have changed them; the alteration to The Martian saw Rock himself simply left on Mars.
Rock also went to Compton to ask black movie fans there what they thought about films like Trumbo, Brooklyn, Bridge Of Spies or The Big Short - to be met with baffled looks.
"Are these movies from London?" asked one. It highlighted the gulf between what the Oscars reward and what certain audiences are actually enjoying.
It was not always successful. Actress-turned-Fox News pundit Stacey Dash's appearance - she came on to say "happy Black History Month" - was baffling to most in the audience, and led to a spontaneous mushrooming of online explainer pieces.
Meanwhile Rock's daughters going into the audience to sell cookies to the A-listers was sweet, if a little baffling.
But, as he did when first hosting in 2005, Rock kept things moving along at a real clip. This was a stripped-down show that romped along, with far fewer montages than usual and far more good gags.
They did not all come from Rock either. Kevin Hart's part was so impressive that he looks a genuine contender to be a future host, while Louis CK was on superb form, doing a hilarious routine around, of all things, best documentary short: "This Oscar is going home in a Honda Civic."
By the time Rock was saying Black Lives Matter in his goodbyes, this was already cemented as one of the very best ceremonies of recent years.
The Oscars had no idea when picking Rock that he would have faced such a challenge. But by sheer luck, they turned out to have booked possibly the only person in the world who could have made it work - and that's precisely what he did.
Researchers aboard the Greenpeace ship also discovered plastic in the nests and beaks of seabirds.
Beluga II is due to arrive in Edinburgh later to present the findings of its two-month voyage.
The crew was investigating the impact of "plastic pollution" on wildlife and landscapes around Scotland's coast.
The environmental campaign group said it had found plastic bottles, bags, packaging and fragments on every beach it surveyed.
The organisation visited more than 30 beaches in remote areas.
Plastic was also found in "internationally significant seabird colonies" on Bass Rock, Isle of May and the Shiant Isles.
The boat also went to the islands of Mull, Rum, Eigg and Skye.
Tisha Brown, oceans campaigner at Greenpeace UK, said: "It cannot be right that our beaches, seas and the stunning wildlife they are home to should become the final dumping ground for throwaway plastic bottles and other plastic trash.
"With a truckload of plastic entering the ocean every minute, we need urgent action from governments and from major soft drinks companies which produce billions of single-use plastic bottles every year."
Campaigners will deliver a petition to Scotland's Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham calling for the introduction of a deposit return scheme for drinks containers in Scotland.
Greenpeace said the schemes have been shown to increase collection rates of plastic bottles as high as 95% in other countries and reduce the number ending up in the environment.
The Cod Army slipped out of the top two last week after being held to a goalless draw at home to AFC Wimbledon.
And although Kyle Dempsey hit a post for Fleetwood, they now trail second-placed Bolton by six points.
Bobby Grant hit a first-half shot straight at Shakers keeper Joe Murphy before Dempsey fired against the inside of a Bury post from just outside the box.
Bury's James Vaughan headed over from a Jermaine Pennant free-kick after the break, while Cian Bolger missed a header for Fleetwood.
Dempsey's cross then deflected inches wide off Bury midfielder Jacob Mellis while Ashley Hunter fired wide after cutting in from the right.
But the hosts went closest to winning it as Hallam Hope dragged a shot wide and Greg Leigh fired straight at Alex Cairns.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Bury 0, Fleetwood Town 0.
Second Half ends, Bury 0, Fleetwood Town 0.
Attempt saved. Kyle Dempsey (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Leon Barnett (Bury).
David Ball (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Leon Barnett (Bury) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
George Glendon (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Antony Kay (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by George Glendon (Fleetwood Town).
Attempt blocked. Jacob Mellis (Bury) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Alex Cairns.
Attempt saved. Greg Leigh (Bury) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Antony Kay (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Dangerous play by George Glendon (Fleetwood Town).
Attempt missed. Hallam Hope (Bury) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Jermaine Pennant (Bury) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
George Miller (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cian Bolger (Fleetwood Town).
Attempt blocked. Leon Barnett (Bury) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Cian Bolger.
Leon Barnett (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by David Ball (Fleetwood Town).
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. George Glendon replaces Markus Schwabl.
Attempt missed. Joe Davis (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Kean Bryan.
Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Greg Leigh.
Substitution, Bury. Hallam Hope replaces Tom Pope.
Markus Schwabl (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jacob Mellis (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Markus Schwabl (Fleetwood Town).
Attempt missed. Cian Bolger (Fleetwood Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Kean Bryan.
Foul by Leon Barnett (Bury).
Bobby Grant (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Ashley Hunter replaces Cameron Brannagan.
Paul Caddis (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Amari'i Bell (Fleetwood Town).
Substitution, Bury. George Miller replaces James Vaughan.
Attempt missed. James Vaughan (Bury) header from the centre of the box is too high.
First Minister Carwyn Jones published an update on a report by Dr Margaret Flynn into one of the owners, Prana Das, on Tuesday.
She concluded Dr Das "should and could" have been prosecuted.
Inquests into the deaths of Stanley Bradford, Megan Downs, Edith Evans, Ronald Jones and others known to the Gwent coroner have been recommended.
Dr Das had faced charges relating to neglect and fraud at two care homes - Brithdir Care Home in New Tredegar, Caerphilly county, and The Beeches in Blaenavon, Torfaen.
But the £15m case against him collapsed after he suffered brain damage when he was attacked during a burglary at his home in 2012.
Mr Jones said he had now been contacted by Gwent Coroner David Bowen and inquests would be held "where he does have jurisdiction and where the law requires" and "he is already working to that end".
The first minister said he was aware of the "very real frustration" among patients' families after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) refused to reconsider criminal proceedings following the publication of Dr Flynn's report.
"I know that the families were both surprised by the speed of the response - on the same day as the report was published in the media - and the refusal to reconsider the case," he said.
"I know the families continue to ask why so few have been held accountable. I hope they take can take some comfort from the reply from the coroner who indicates he is pursuing inquests, as Dr Flynn recommended, where he has jurisdiction," he said.
Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders, has decided there is "no need" to refer the case back to the Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division of the CPS, Mr Jones added.
Operation Jasmine was launched by Gwent Police in 2005 to look into alleged abuse at six care homes in south Wales.
It began after the death of an 84-year-old woman at one of the homes and involved 75 police officers over seven years.
Loraine Brannan was among several relatives in the Senedd on Tuesday to listen to the first minister, and later met Carwyn Jones to discuss Operation Jasmine.
"We do need to know where we can move on from here," she said.
"We're hoping now that this will provide us with the aim that we're campaigning for - that we will have justice for our loved ones and someone will be held accountable."
Mrs Brannan, who chairs the Justice for Jasmine campaign group, said inquests for families was a step forward.
"Really, we do need the CPS to reopen the case," she insisted.
The 26-year-old had an X-ray on Sunday after hurting his bowling hand during Yorkshire's Twenty20 Blast semi-final defeat by Durham on Saturday.
Nottinghamshire seamer Jake Ball will replace Willey as the five-match series opens in Southampton.
Willey could feature in the second game of the series at Lord's on Saturday.
Centre Lisa Thomson broke through a tackle to finish off an interception try under the posts on 50 minutes, with Lana Skeldon adding the conversion.
The visitors finished strongly but could not add to their tally.
Italy dominated the early stages with tries from Melissa Bettoni, Elisa Cucchiella and Manuela Furlan.
It was the Italians' first win of the tournament following defeats by France and England, while Scotland are without a success since 2010.
Bettoni squirmed her way over a pile of bodies to breach the Scottish defence on 16 minutes, with prop Cucchiella also crashing over before the interval.
Furlan's score made it 22-0 for the hosts early in the second half but the Scots refused to fold and Thomson's try gave them the impetus to pin Italy back for spells, although they could not find another way through.
Italy: Furlan, Magatti, Cioffi, Rigoni, Stefan, Schiavon, Barattin (capt), Cucchiella, Cammarano, Bettoni, Pillotti, Trevisan, Este, Locatelli, Giordano.
Replacements: Gai, Giacomoli, Nicoletti, Ruzza, Arrighetti, Folli, Zangirolami, Madia.
Scotland: Rollie, Sinclair, Gaffney, Thomson, Lloyd, Martin (capt), Maxwell, Balmer, Skeldon, Smith, Wassell, McCormack, Forsyth, Dunbar, Konkel.
Replacements: Quick, Falconer, Lockhart, Sim, Stodter, Law, Bain, Evans.
It will mean men can attend formal occasions in skirts and stockings and women in suits and bow ties.
The new rules come after a motion by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer society (LGBTQ Soc) was passed by the students' union earlier this year.
The changes, to start from 4 August, have now been agreed by the university.
Jess Pumphrey, LGBTQ officer, said the change would make a number of students' exam experience significantly less stressful.
Under the old laws on academic clothing - known as subfusc - male students were required to wear a dark suit and socks, black shoes, a white bow tie and a plain white shirt and collar under their black gowns.
Female students had to wear a dark skirt or trousers, a white blouse, black stockings and shoes and a black ribbon tied in a bow at the neck.
If a transgender student wanted to wear subfusc of the opposite sex they had to seek special dispensation from university proctors, who had the power to punish those who breached the rules.
An Oxford University spokesman said: "The regulations have been amended to remove any reference to gender, in response to concerns raised by Oxford University Student Union that the existing regulations did not serve the interests of transgender students."
Matt Toomua's Tigers debut saw him sin-binned for a dangerous tip tackle on Finn Russell but the visitors led 10-3 after Brendon O'Connor's try.
Warriors responded superbly with three tries in eight minutes from Leonardo Sarto, Fraser Brown and Henry Pyrgos to lead 22-13 at half-time.
Intercept tries from Mark Bennett and Sarto compounded Leicester's misery.
This was the most points the two-time winners had conceded in a European Cup game, and they must rouse themselves for a home game against Racing 92 next Sunday, while Glasgow travel to face Munster on Saturday.
Leicester had a 3-0 lead through an Owen Williams penalty when this game became feisty and controversial.
Making his debut for the Tigers, Australia centre Toomua put in a spear tackle on Russell. It was only the 13th minute but already this one had exploded.
Mercifully, Russell managed to break his head-first fall with his elbow. Instead of going for a red card, referee Mathieu Raynal went for yellow, a decision that incensed the home crowd.
Their mood grew darker soon after. Stuart Hogg's booming penalty put Glasgow level but Ryan Wilson was binned in quick order and Leicester piled on the pain when O'Connor was mauled over the line. Williams converted and the visitors led 10-3.
In the first quarter, Glasgow conceded a stratospheric seven penalties and had just 35% possession. All of that changed thunderously in the second quarter when Gregor Townsend's team upped their ferocity in a seismic way.
They got on the ball and when it was not their clever footwork that was getting them through Leicester tackles, it was their undiluted power. This was one of their greatest performances.
Patience and power saw Sarto score Glasgow's first, then more of the same saw Brown go over. The hooker was terrific in taking the tackle, rolling through it and bouncing back up off the floor to finish.
Sarto and Tim Swinson took Glasgow downfield again and when they got to the line, Pyrgos executed coolly. Russell missed that conversion but landed the other two to make it 22-10 - 19 points in eight devastating minutes for the Warriors.
A Williams penalty narrowed the gap but their respite was brief. Glasgow came back at them in the second half and would not let them alone. Their ambition was a delight, their ability to find space lighting up the Glasgow night.
Russell made it 25-13 with the boot and when Glasgow started shunting the Tigers scrum backwards the visitors lost another man to the bin, replacement Logovi'i Mulipola walking off only minutes after running on.
Glasgow were utterly dominant in every phase. Another Russell penalty took the gap to 15 points and the only question now was whether they could get the fourth try for the bonus point.
It duly arrived when Mathew Tait coughed up the ball in the tackle and Bennett galloped away from his own 22 to score under the posts.
A fifth score, and a second intercept, put Scotstoun into an advanced statue of delirium. Italy flyer Sarto gobbled up possession and ran in from distance for his second try.
With another conversion from Russell, Glasgow brought it to 42-13 - proper reward for their verve and ferocity.
Glasgow Warriors: Stuart Hogg, Leonardo Sarto, Mark Bennett, Sam Johnson, Rory Hughes, Finn Russell, Henry Pyrgos,Gordon Reid, Fraser Brown, Zander Fagerson, Tim Swinson, Jonny Gray, Rob Harley, Ryan Wilson, Josh Strauss.
Replacements: Pat MacArthur (for Brown, 69), Alex Allan (for Reid, 66), Sila Puafisi (for Z Fagerson, 63), Matt Fagerson (for Gray, 77), Lewis Wynne (for Wilson, 70), Ali Price (for Pyrgos, 70) , Nick Grigg (for Johnson, 33), Sean Lamont (for Hughes, 71).
Yellow card: Wilson (19)
Leicester Tigers: Telusa Veainu, Adam Thompstone, Mathew Tait, Matt Toomua, Tom Brady, Owen Williams, Ben Youngs, Ellis Genge, Tom Youngs, Dan Cole, Dom Barrow, Graham Kitchener, Mike Fitzgerald, Brendon O'Connor, Lachlan McCaffrey.
Replacements: Harry Thacker (for T Youngs, 47) Logovi'i Mulipola (for Genge, 56), Greg Bateman (for Cole, 54), Ed Slater (for Barrow, 65) , Will Evans (for O'Connor, 71), Sam Harrison (for B Youngs, 71), Freddie Burns (for Williams 69), Peter Betham (for Brady, 48).
Yellow cards: Toomua (13), Mulipola (59)
Mr Price, 43, from Nantyglo, died after a collision on Chapel Road in the village at about 18:05 BST on Friday.
A 19-year-old man from Cardiff, who was driving the car, has been arrested and released on bail, pending further inquiries.
Mr Price's family said he was "extremely loved and hard working".
In a statement, they added: "No one can describe the grief we are feeling. He will be greatly missed by us all."
The Gloucester back-row was retained at number eight for Saturday's match against Scotland after a fine display in the loss to England on 11 February.
British and Irish Lion Taulupe Faletau remain on the bench for the trip.
"If I play as well as I know I can, I will give coaches less reason to not let me be in the team," Moriarty said.
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"[The England game] was probably the best I have ever felt in a Test match, and the best game I have played. It's confidence, and things going my way."
Interim Wales coach Rob Howley expects the experienced Faletau to react to the pressure of missing out on a starting place and said Moriarty deserved to start against Scotland.
Moriarty will join Sam Warburton and Justin Tipuric in the Wales back-row at Murrayfield, where they will chase a 10th successive victory in the fixture, with an unbeaten run stretching back to 2007.
"I think it [Wales' winning run v Scotland] puts more pressure on us, because if you lose it then we will look a lot worse than anyone else," he said.
"We don't want to be the team that falls short. Hopefully, we will be bringing our best game. We have trained hard for it this week.
After putting some powerful tackles in during a largely dominant display against England, former England U20 Moriarty says he enjoyed playing against some of his former teammates.
"Even when you are playing for your local team, you put a big hit in and all your mates go a bit crazy. It's always a good laugh," he said.
"That's the way I felt against England. Obviously, a lot more of my friends were behind me, and to have people enjoying what I was doing always feels good.
The former deputy prime minister lost his five advisory roles after voting against the government in the House of Lords over Brexit on Tuesday night.
He had been due to visit Swansea today in his role advising on a proposed £1.3bn investment deal for the region.
Minister Guto Bebb said he was "confident" the deal would go ahead.
During Welsh Questions in the Commons on Wednesday, Plaid Cymru MP Liz Saville Roberts had asked the minister "what hope we have of securing similar deals for the rest of Wales if experts are axed at the whim of an insecure executive fearful of parliamentary sovereignty?"
In reply, Mr Bebb described the Swansea region city deal as a "bottom-up agenda", adding that Lord Heseltine contributed "significant expertise" at a "challenge' session.
"I am confident we will have a city deal for the Swansea city region," he said.
"We will have further growth deals for Wales as a result of the work that this government is doing to ensure that Wales benefits from investment in the same way as this as any other part of the United Kingdom."
A UK Government spokesman said: "Lord Heseltine provided useful input to the Swansea City Deal project.
"However the decision over his role as government adviser does not impact on the city deal.
"We will keep working to ensure we meet the Secretary of State for Wales' ambition to turn a good proposal into a great one."
Lord Heseltine told the BBC he felt "great disappointment" to be sacked as an advisor, but defended his rebellion on Brexit, saying Europe was the "transcending issue of our time".
The four firms bidding to run the Wales and Borders network were due to submit tenders on 18 August.
However, the UK Department for Transport (DfT) wants the date moved to 26 September to resolve a funding row.
The Welsh Government wants £1bn plus £3.5m for delays it said were caused because of June's general election.
The bidders - Abellio, Arriva, KeolisAmey and MTR - have been in discussions since June 2016 over the running of the network, including the South Wales Metro project.
But UK Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling has threatened to put the whole process on hold.
Russell George, the Conservatives' economy and transport spokesman in the assembly, called the letter "damning".
The £1bn requested by the Welsh Government relates to an annual rebate of £67m given by current franchise holder, Arriva Trains Wales, to the DfT.
The rebate, which is linked to track charges, is passed to Network Rail via a grant for improving railways.
However, the rail infrastructure in Wales will remain in UK government hands after the handling of the franchise is devolved to Wales from 2018.
The Welsh Government says this means it will not be able to collect the rebate - which it has calculated to be worth £1bn over the 15-year span of the contract.
In a letter to Welsh Economy Secretary Ken Skates, Mr Grayling said he would only authorise the tender process continuing when agreement is reached on this.
He described it as a "claim which would commit my department to finding an additional £1bn over the franchise term compared with today, and for which I see no basis".
Mr Grayling also said he was "unable to accept" an assertion he attributed to Mr Skates that the "general election caused the process to be behind schedule".
He listed seven outstanding issues, such as the Welsh Government not resolving the future of the valleys lines with Network Rail and services that cross into England.
The secretary of state blamed "cumulative delays in the process over the last few months" and refused to pay the £3.5m in compensation requested.
Saying the tender process will not begin until he is happy all issues were resolved, he added: "The scale of the challenge for all of us is clear."
A Welsh Government spokesman said Mr Grayling's letter "misrepresents a complex devolution position".
He added: "This approach jeopardises the Welsh Government's ability to award a replacement for the current Wales and Borders franchise, which, if unresolved, will be a major issue for rail users.
"Being willing to subject people to the prospect of continued overcrowding and poor quality rolling stock to resolve a budgetary issue of their own making is no way for the UK government to behave."
The spokesman accused the UK government of having a "cavalier attitude to devolution".
A Department for Transport spokeswoman said: "We remain committed to the principles agreed with the Welsh Government in 2014 to devolve rail powers."
Tory AM Mr George added: "Sadly, it's the commuters which are going to pay the price and they will be extremely worried that the timeline for completing the next franchise seems some distance away."
Swindon led when Jon Obika converted Ben Gladwin's pass, but Dack equalised 90 seconds later with a placed effort.
Hessenthaler capitalised on Raphael Branco's mistimed clearance to slot home, before Jackson's long-range effort secured the Gills' second successive away victory.
Branco was sent off late on, before Dack's late penalty was saved.
Gillingham are currently third in League One, one point off leaders Walsall, while Swindon sit 15th in the table.
Robert Chester was stabbed to death and his house in Rothersthorpe Road, Northampton, set alight on 8 October.
Mary Cash, 39, of no fixed abode, and Karl Pound, of Briar Hill, Northampton, were both arrested and charged.
Pound confessed to murder but Cash denied the charge and was convicted of manslaughter by a jury at Northampton Crown Court.
Mr Chester was found dead on his sofa with a eight stab wounds.
The trial heard from a number of eyewitnesses who said they had seen visitors leave Mr Chester's house the day he died.
CCTV footage showed Cash and Pound walking around the area and two knives were recovered from various places they had been.
The pair were arrested when a resident spotted them in a garden with their trousers pulled down.
The court heard it took more than 13 hours for Cash to be sober enough to be interviewed.
She told police she was frightened of Pound and said he had struck her. But she maintained she played no part in the killing or setting the house alight.
Prosecutors said Cash was either involved in a physical attack on Mr Chester or she "encouraged or assisted" Karl Pound to do it.
Speaking after the verdict, Det Insp Louise Hemingway, who led the investigation, said: "Robert was known by his neighbours to be a quiet man who never caused any issues or harmed anyone.
"It appears that an act of kindness by Robert was a fatal mistake. He offered to take in two people who might otherwise have had to spend a night out on the streets on a cold October night.
"They repaid [him] by... stabbing him in his own house and then setting a fire to cover their tracks."
Cash will be sentenced along with Pound after psychiatric reports.
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Two goals in three second-half minutes sealed their fate in Lyon.
"We have to be proud of ourselves," the forward said. "We have given everything on the pitch and off the pitch and tried to enjoy the experience."
Prime Minister David Cameron said Wales had "inspired a nation and made Britain proud" with their exploits in France.
First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones said he was "sad it's over" but "very proud again".
Chris Coleman's side upset the odds to reach the last four as the likes of England, Italy, Spain and Croatia were knocked out in earlier rounds.
But he admitted: "It hurts that we lost. The players are gutted, but they need to look back and see they have done their country proud."
Reaching the semi-finals was a historic moment for Wales.
Their previous best tournament result came in 1958, when they reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup in their last appearance at a major finals.
After a goalless first half, Cristiano Ronaldo broke the deadlock on 50 minutes with a magnificent header.
Three minutes later, his shot was diverted past Wayne Hennessey in the Wales goal by former Manchester United team-mate Nani.
Wales began the tournament as one of the outsiders but caused a shock by topping Group B, finishing above England despite losing to their neighbours.
They then edged past Northern Ireland in the last 16 before upsetting a highly regarded Belgium side 3-1 in the last eight.
Their exploits earned rave reviews back home, securing a good luck message from the Prince of Wales before Wednesday's game against Portugal.
Footballers past and present, politicians, celebrities and other sportsmen and women were also full of praise for the Wales team.
Welsh rock band The Manic Street Preachers, who performed the country's Euro anthem Together Stronger, tweeted that the campaign had been "a beautiful dream" and thanked the team from "the bottom of our hearts".
Former Wales midfielder and BBC pundit Robbie Savage said: "The boys have made us all so proud of our country," while Wales rugby union wing George North tweeted: "Gutted but what an unbelievable tournament!"
Boxer Enzo Maccarinelli said Wales had achieved more than anyone thought possible, while cyclist Geraint Thomas, busy riding in the Tour de France, said: "The dream is over... but the boys have done themselves and Wales proud!"
Five months before Coleman was appointed in 2012, Wales were ranked 117th in the world. They reached a high of eighth in October last year, one month after moving above for England for the first time ever.
Wales were 26th before the tournament began but when Fifa updates its list on 14 July, they are set to rise to 11th - above England again.
Wales players had started referring to their fans as 'The Red Wall'.
"We want to thank the fans for all the support we have had, they have been absolutely incredible," Bale said. "I felt we deserved better.
"We wish we could have done it for them and we'd like to thank all the fans at home and all the ones who have travelled out and behaved themselves.
"It is difficult to analyse now as we are obviously massively disappointed.
"We tried our hardest to get back in the game, we fought until the last second and we are sorry we couldn't get to the final, but we gave it everything.
"It's been an amazing journey. We look forward to the future."
Coleman admitted a real sense of hurt but was proud of the performance.
"I have a dressing room full of disappointment unfortunately," he said.
"As much as I've told them that they should be proud of themselves, the nation is proud of them, they're still devastated.
"That speaks volumes for them and they'll get stronger from this experience.
"I always thought that whenever the time was to bow out it would hurt, but I didn't expect it to hurt this much. It was just one too far for us tonight."
Bale and Real Madrid team-mate Ronaldo shared a warm embrace at the final whistle.
Asked what he had said to Bale, Ronaldo replied: "I congratulated him on their run. They were the shining star, the revelation of the tournament."
Ronaldo is now hopeful of winning a major trophy with his country, 12 years after they were stunned by Greece in the final of Euro 2004 on home soil.
"I've always dreamed of winning something with my country and it's just one step away," he said. "Dreaming is free so let's keep dreaming."
Coleman believes the performances of the squad in France have set the tone for the future.
"It's not the end of this group," he said. "There's plenty of football left in them."
Bale also believes Euro 2016 can act as a spur for Wales as they turn their attentions to qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Wales open their campaign at home to Moldova on 5 September.
"We've got confidence now for the future," he said.
"We're all going to be disappointed now but we're going to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves down and we'll go again for the World Cup qualifiers."
Dundee United fan Tommy McKay scored during a half-time challenge at Tannadice last month.
The goal is featured in the SPFL facebook post on the nominated goals for November.
The 32-year-old had his right leg amputated after he was found to have bone cancer as a child.
Tommy made no mention of his disability when he entered the McEwan Fraser Legal #HomeAdvantage Challenge competition for a chance of winning a hospitality ticket but was welcomed into the contest.
His goal, during half-time entertainment at Dundee United's match against Dunfermline on 8 November, earned a huge roar from the 6,000-strong crowd.
Tommy travelled half the length of the pitch on crutches before lobbing the ball past keeper Brett Long and into the back of the net.
Footage of the goal has since been viewed more than two million times after it was posted on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
Tommy said was it was "unbelievable" to be nominated for his goal, alongside seven professional players.
"It's very humbling to be considered in the company that I am," he said.
"Fantastic professionals. And to think that for this month's goal of the month competition I'm in that company is beyond my wildest dreams."
Recalling his moment of glory, he added: "I was just happy to get on Tannadice really, and the intention was just not to fall over - or my trousers or something to fall down.
"But I thought: 'Why not?' I had to take my chance when it came along. It's worked out quite well, and the response to the goal and the video has been phenomenal."
His goal came in the same week that Scottish charity Amputee Football Association Scotland (AFAS) was launched with the aim of growing the sport of amputee football in Scotland.
Ashley Reid, of AFAS, said: "We're really excited for Tommy. To see him get the chance to score at Tannadice and knowing what that meant to him personally was fantastic - but now for his strike to make the SPFL Goal of the Month nominations is the stuff of dreams.
"Tommy's goal has helped put a spotlight on both the sport and on Amputee Football Association Scotland and we're thrilled that amputee football is getting the recognition it deserves by way of this nomination."
Tommy, from Monifieth in Angus, has been a lifelong fan of Dundee United.
He believes football saved his life as his cancer only came to light when, as an eight-year-old boy, he snapped his femur while attempting a Johan Cruyff turn.
He has continued to play football throughout his adult life and is now midfielder for Scotland's only amputee team, Partick Thistle Amputees FC.
His goal at Tannadice helped persuade McEwan Fraser Legal to provide financial support for the amputee team to attend its first international fixture next year in Limerick.
Kevin McGeever, 71, of Clontarf in Dublin, was at Galway Circuit Criminal Court on Tuesday and admitted wasting police time, RTÉ reports.
He told gardaí (Irish police) in 2013 he had been abducted and held in captivity for eight months.
McGeever was found on a roadside in County Leitrim in a dishevelled state in January that year.
He later told gardaí he had been kidnapped at gunpoint and held in a steel container, possibly underground, by his captors.
His statements prompted a six-week investigation, costing €86,500 (£68,000) and involving over 3,000 hours of police time.
The court heard McGeever owed a considerable amount of money to investors following the economic crash.
He hoped the claim of kidnapping would get them off his back.
McGeever's defence counsel John Jordan said his client had done something "incredibly stupid" and regretted his actions.
A judge said the charge was of considerable gravity, but in light of the defendant's age and the burden already carried by taxpayers as a result of his crime, he suspended the sentence.
When asked afterwards if he was glad the matter was resolved, McGeever said: "Figure that out yourself".
Kent Police "significantly" increased its presence in an attempt to prevent a repeat of January's clashes.
Officers lined the streets as anti-immigration groups followed a planned route.
Eight people were arrested after they left a designated assembly area and blocked the route, police said.
Three further people were arrested after they were identified as people the police were looking for in connection with the violence on 30 January.
One man was detained on suspicion of possession of offensive weapons and another on suspicion of theft of a police baseball cap.
At one point, there were loud chants and tense exchanges through a wall of police, who prevented the two opposing groups from meeting.
Before the march, Kent Police said: "We respect anyone's right to protest peacefully - we are impartial and are working with all involved to minimise disruption."
On Friday it warned: "Those who choose to act in a violent, threatening or disorderly manner... will be held to account for their actions."
As the march set off, Conservative MP for Dover and Deal Charlie Elphicke said it was "appalling" the town was so disrupted.
He added: "These people are not welcome, they don't come here with any good intent and the law should be changed so that they can be removed more forcibly."
But he praised police action saying it had been "proportionate, appropriate and very effective in preventing disorder".
In anticipation of the march the group Global Justice Now, working with "guerrilla" projectionists Feral X, lit up the cliffs with the words "Refugees welcome" on Friday evening.
The group said thousands of people across the UK were working to support refugees who had fled desperate circumstances to get to the country.
Judges allowed a government appeal against a High Court ruling that the 2007 ban covered all public places and workplaces in England and Wales.
The government says it means it can carry on with its plans to roll out a ban gradually "in a safe and secure way" rather than rushing it through.
An inmate who wanted quicker implementation had brought the case.
He and some other prisoners and staff argue state prisons should never have been exempted from the 2007 ban on smoking in public places.
Smoking has, until recently, been allowed in cells and exercise yards at all 136 state-run prisons in England and Wales - the ban already applies to private prisons as they are not Crown premises.
Welsh prisons began to go completely smoke-free in January and the government says all of those in England will eventually follow suit to reduce health risks to staff and inmates.
By Danny Shaw, BBC home affairs correspondent
At the Whitehall headquarters of the Prison Service they will be lighting up in relief.
The Court of Appeal ruling means, firstly, the government can continue its steady-as-she-goes approach to introducing smoke-free public sector jails; and, second, prison officials won't be prosecuted or fined if they fail to enforce the current no-smoking ban in communal areas.
That was why Paul Black brought the case: he wanted the rules restricting smoking to cells properly enforced, as they are in pubs, for example, where local authorities can intervene.
However, the judgement does not exempt the Prison Service from being sued by inmates or prison officers for the effects of passive smoking.
A report last year provided further evidence of the risks - which is why a phased introduction of a full smoking ban is already under way.
Paul Black, an inmate at HMP Wymott in Lancashire, complained that prison smoking rules were being flouted and should be made legally enforceable under Part 1 of the 2006 Health Act, which came into force in July 2007.
His lawyers told the hearings he suffered from a range of health problems due to frequent exposure to second-hand smoke, in particular on prison landings, in laundry rooms and in healthcare waiting rooms.
Black's health problems included hypertension and heart disease, the court was told, and other prisoners provided statements in support of his claim.
Sean Humber, head of human rights at law firm Leigh Day, which represented Black, said the ruling seemed "absurd" to their client and they would discuss an appeal to the Supreme Court.
Government lawyers had warned that a "particularly vigorous" ban could cause discipline problems and risk the safety of staff and inmates.
That warning was echoed by the Prison Governors Association, which is in favour of a ban, but has raised concerns about it potentially leading to instability in jails, given about 80% of inmates currently smoke.
A Prison Service spokesman said: "The result of this appeal means we are able to roll out smoke free prisons in a safe and secure way.
"Our careful approach will ensure staff and prisoners are no longer exposed to second-hand smoke, while not compromising the safety and security of our prisons."
In Scotland, prisoners are allowed to smoke in their cells and in some open-air areas. Prison staff are not allowed to smoke anywhere.
A Scottish Prison Service spokesman said they were developing plans to deliver smoke-free prisons in Scotland, but no timeframe for this was available.
The Northern Ireland Department of Justice said it had no plans to change the current rules, under which smoking is permitted in prison cells and certain open spaces.
Under the terms of the deal, the club will pay back about £25,000 a year.
The club revealed in February the bank wanted to end its relationship with it as soon as possible, putting its property assets in jeopardy.
Chairman Bob Dorrian admitted he was "very pleased to have finally sorted things out with the Co-op Bank".
"It's financially damaging but it is my belief that it is manageable" Mr Dorrian said.
"Overall, we think it is the best deal we could have got".
Under the terms of the new deal, the club should pay off the debt in 15 years.
The money owed is made up of a £300,000 overdraft and a £70,000 mortgage.
"What we've agreed to do is pay off the mortgage of £70,000, I shall loan the money to the football club to allow that to happen.
"The £300,000 overdraft will now be split."
"The figure is £25,000 a year plus interest and charges, so from that perspective, it's quite onerous, but it does give us a lot of time to get our house in order," said Mr Dorrian.
"We're looking to increase our revenue by at least £25,000 per year and that is the way to counter that problem".
The Co-operative told the BBC it could not comment on individual customer matters.
The source crops could be grown on marginal land, avoiding displacing food production, the team observed.
They added the development of renewable liquid fuels was critical to reduce global reliance on petroleum and help mitigate climate change.
The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Biofuel sweetspot
"We've identified a new route of chemistry with its source from sugars in sugarcane plus some of the so-called waste material called bagasse," said co-author Alexis Bell from the University of California, Berkeley, US.
"We show in this paper how we can put these components together to make jet diesel and lubricants."
The development of a reliable biofuel that can be scaled up to a level that be used by the world's commercial airlines has proved somewhat elusive.
Prof Bell explained that there were a number of understandably strict requirements when it came to aviation fuel.
"The first one is that there must be no oxygen content, the reason being that any oxygen you put in decreases the energy density and as space on an aircraft is at a premium, and you'd like to pack in as much energy in the form of burnable fuel as possible," he told BBC News.
"Second, the fuel must have the right boiling point distribution, and then it has to have properties called lubricity, which means it does not cause excessive wear of the turbine components.
"It also has to have a very low pour point, which means the temperature at which the fuel becomes gelatinous and therefore no longer flows. When you are up in the stratosphere, temperatures around the aircraft are around -40C (-40F) or -50C, so you do not want your fuel gelling up on you."
He added: "What we have developed meets all of those criteria."
The carbon cost of flying
Is jet travel becoming the dirtiest way to cross the planet?
The search for aviation biofuels broke on to the public stage in the late 2000s when there were a number of test flights using a blend of conventional fuel and biofuel.
In February 2008, the first commercial flight partly powered by biofuel (derived from a mixture of babassu nuts and coconuts) took off from London's Heathrow airport.
After a lengthy review by aircraft makers, engine manufacturers and fuel producers, biofuels were approved for commercial use in 2011.
Prof Bell said the team were hopeful that their findings would ultimately be adopted by commercial fuel producers.
"Our sponsors, BP, have encouraged us to apply for a patent, which we have, on this technology," he revealed.
"Where they see the likely commercial interest for themselves and others is that the lubricants would be first as the profit margins are largest, next would be aviation fuel because of the growing US and European regulations requiring a 'green' component of aviation fuel."
Food v fuel
In recent years, political support for biofuels has waned as concern grew that global demand for biofuels would result in a switch away from food production to biofuel production, exacerbating food security worries.
Prof Bell acknowledged that certain crops as feedstock for the sugar-derived process would be problematic: "If, for example, we were to use sugar beet instead of sugarcane then there would be a potential conflict over fuel versus food."
But he added: "By using sugarcane, particularly in Brazil, on land that is not used for agriculture, we escape that conundrum.
"But we are talking about the Amazon basin, and one of the issues there is that if you cleared the land of scrubs and trees - whatever is growing there naturally - in order to make it available for growing sugar plantations, and you get rid of that vegetation by burning it then you are putting a big pulse of CO2 into the atmosphere."
Prof Bell said that the process to make the aviation biofuel outlined in his team's paper would use waste biomass to generate the energy required operate the refinery, with excess energy being put into the Brazilian grid system.
The BBC's gamble on Chris Evans as host for the first series of the show since the departure of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May was always going to split opinion.
Some felt Top Gear had departed too much from its original format - others felt it hadn't departed enough. No one really expected the same on screen chemistry as Jeremy Clarkson and co, but there was no obvious alternative TV presenting blueprint for the new team to follow either.
A critical mauling and a slump in viewing figures followed - but for those that stuck with the series, there were some pleasant surprises.
Matt LeBlanc turned out to be quite likeable. Rory Reid had gravitas and passion. Chris Harris overflowed with genuine motoring expertise. Sabine Schmitz proved it was possible to be both funny and German. Eddie Jordan was… well… Eddie Jordan.
Top Gear is now returning for its 24th series - minus Evans - perhaps a little wiser, cleverer and more mature than ever before.
"I thought the last series was good," mulls LeBlanc. "But we're very collaborative now. This series it feels like ideas are welcome. Things are discussed a little more openly."
"I think we were in for a hard time whatever happened," Harris chips in. "We went in to it knowing that. This is our dream job. We don't sit around dwelling on what's been said. I'm from the internet. If you think [the press] are harsh, try YouTube comments."
The new team seem unfazed by the inevitable comparisons to the Top Gears of old. Since the departure of Evans however, the show's producers have backtracked slightly. For the new series, the presenter dynamic will more closely resemble the lads-on-tour camaraderie of Clarkson's heyday.
"In the last series Matt was very much front and centre," says Reid. "Chris [Harris] and I operated more like lone soldiers, and our films were kind of plugged in to the main thing. This year we're doing much more challenges together and having fun as a trio."
As well as having to distinguish themselves from previous incarnations of Top Gear, since the show was relaunched last year the new team must also now contend with a new rival motoring programme - The Grand Tour, fronted by Clarkson, May and Hammond.
"I've seen a couple of parts," sighs LeBlanc. "It is what it is. It's those guys. They're great."
The Grand Tour was an instant hit with hardcore fans - but the elaborate set-ups and dad gags grated against some critics.
The new Top Gear team saw The Grand Tour's focus on contrived humour as an opportunity to indulge in a level of vehicular geekery not seen since the days of Quentin Wilson and Tiff Needell.
"The car is absolutely central to our approach," says Harris. "Everything we do begins with the automobile, whether it's old, new, bizarre, weird, strange, or cool.
"We're not going out to make a comedy show, and that's great, certainly from my point of view because obviously I'm totally obsessed with cars and I don't really like people."
So will this latest series of Top Gear be entirely void of laughter?
"In my experience, in this business, if you're having fun making it, generally it's fun to watch," says LeBlanc. "It's fun to find the balance between the car porn and the funny element. The jokes are as important as the cars."
And what about Top Gear's reputation as a magnet for controversy? When asked what the most offensive moment of the new series might be, the team eventually agree it's probably the accidental smashing of an Alfa Romeo windscreen - hardly a front page tabloid scandal.
"We don't want to damage cars," says Harris. "People work hard and save money to buy these things."
As Top Gear continues to evolve, it will no doubt face further criticism from fans sentimental about its past. But it's a sentimental attachment to the world of cars that the new team believes aligns them with Top Gear's rich history.
"The car is such a part of our lives," adds LeBlanc. "When you go off to work, when you're arrested they bang you in the back of a car, the first car you ever have, if you go on a date and you end up in the back of a car. That's why we love cars."
Since launching in 1977, Top Gear has been through many guises with many presenters. Each time the programme was reborn, it took years for its core audience of car lovers to warm to its new presenters and format.
Whether or not this latest incarnation will become a fan favourite remains to be seen, but its new team are determined to make it work.
"I never thought about walking away," says LeBlanc.
"I believe in the show. I'm a fan of the show. And if they fire me, I'll continue to be a fan."
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The move follows a consultation with its workforce.
A further 24 redundancies are being made at the firm's operations in Morecambe Bay.
Centrica said the cuts come as it explores new ways of working to "maximise the potential of its North Sea assets".
A company spokesman said: "After a full consultation with our people, we have taken the difficult but necessary decision to reduce the number of roles in our E&P team.
"We want to maximise the potential of our North Sea and Morecambe Bay assets, and over several months have been working hard to find new ways of operating and finalising the structure of our business to make that happen.
"We recognise that this represents difficult news for our employees who may be affected. Our priority now is to support all those impacted."
A BBC correspondent says both teams are now concentrating more on getting their supporters to vote, rather than swaying those undecided.
Thirty-seven million early ballots have already been cast.
US authorities say they are assessing the credibility of information on a possible al-Qaeda terror attack.
New York, Texas and Virginia are believed to be the potential targets mentioned in connection with a possible attack before election day on Tuesday, but a police spokesman said the information "lacks specificity".
Officials say they regularly assess all possible threats before major events.
News of a possible attack came as both Mrs Clinton and Mr Trump made final pushes for support in battleground states across the US.
They both held rallies in Ohio and Pennsylvania on Friday, two states that may prove crucial on Tuesday.
Both candidates are due to campaign in Florida today. The state is seen as a key contest that could tip the election.
In Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs Clinton ended the day's campaigning at a concert, where she was joined by the singer Beyonce and her husband, rapper Jay Z.
"We have unfinished work to do, more barriers to break, and with your help, a glass ceiling to crack once and for all," Mrs Clinton said.
Addressing the crowd, Jay Z explained his support for Mrs Clinton. He said that though he did not have any "ill will" towards Mr Trump, the Republican's conversation was "divisive".
"That's not an evolved soul to me, so he cannot be my president. He cannot be our president," he said.
The free concert was part of a series of events put on by Mrs Clinton's campaign as she aims to encourage greater African-American participation in the election.
Mr Trump, meanwhile, told a crowd of supporters in New Hampshire that his rival wants a "550% increase" on Syrian refugees allowed into the US.
"Her plan would mean generations of terrorism, extremism, and radicalism spreading into our schools and communities," the Republican candidate said.
Earlier, at a rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mrs Clinton said that her opponent was "unfit" for office because of his temperament and disparaging comments about women and minorities.
Mr Trump is currently ahead in Ohio, according to a state polling average by Real Clear Politics (RCP), while Mrs Clinton leads by a small margin in Pennsylvania.
In Florida, RCP's poll average puts the Democratic candidate ahead, but poll analysis website FiveThirtyEight says Mr Trump has a 52.4% chance of winning the state's 29 electoral votes.
National polls have suggested that the Republican candidate has gained substantial ground on his rival in the last week or so. That momentum also appears to have helped him in several key battleground states.
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The Democratic nominee has had a tough few days after the FBI said last week it was looking into emails that may be connected to her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state in the Obama administration.
Mrs Clinton has said she is confident the new inquiry will not change the FBI's original finding in July, which criticised her but cleared her of any illegal acts.
The Clinton camp have questioned the timing of the announcement. Two senior Democrats have now called for an investigation into the role of former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a Trump surrogate.
In an interview on Fox News on Friday morning, Mr Giuliani appeared to suggest he knew about the inquiry before it was announced, saying: "I had no role in it. Did I hear about it? You're darn right I heard about it."
Democratic Representatives Elijah Cummings and John Conyers wrote to the Justice Department on Friday afternoon asking for an investigation into the source of the information to Mr Giuliani.
"Leaking this information to former FBI officials as a conduit to the Trump campaign is equally intolerable," they wrote.
But Mr Giuliani later denied having prior knowledge of the inquiry, telling CNN he had not received advance notice: "No, I've spoken to no current FBI agents."
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The 27-year-old held off Donald, who shot a three-under 68 and finished one back on 12 under par - his fifth second-place finish at the tournament.
Donald hit three birdies in four holes down the back nine but South Carolina-born Bryan took his first PGA title.
England's Ian Poulter shot 73 on Sunday to finish in an 11-way tie for 11th.
Bryan, who birdied four consecutive holes on the front nine and secured the lead with a birdie on the 15th, became the first native South Carolinian to win the Heritage in its 49-year history.
Former world number one Donald, who shared the halfway lead, is now ranked 96 in the world and without a PGA Tour title since 2012.
"After starting with a seven at the second, to bounce back, I'm pleased with the way I played this week," he told Sky Sports.
"I just need a tiny bit more off the tee and hopefully I can give myself some more chances."
Poulter was in fifth place going into Sunday's final round but carded four bogeys for his worst score of the week.
And despite recording his best-ever finish at the tournament, there was disappointment for the 41-year-old - who finds himself in a precarious position.
Playing on a medical exemption after foot surgery last year, Poulter needed to finish outright 12th or better to secure his playing card for the rest of the season.
But an 11-way tie for 11th, in the the penultimate event of his 10-tournament exemption, was not enough and he now has just one chance to collect the prize money he needs to secure his playing status.
"I'm a little hot under the collar right now. Today could have been a victory and I've let it slip," he told Sky Sports.
"To three-putt from 25 feet is unacceptable. I should have got it done today. I didn't do what I needed to do and shut out some of the putts I needed to.
"I played well enough to win the golf tournament today. I need to continue to work harder on the putting."
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The classified documents reveal previously hidden aspects of the Troubles.
A number demonstrate government concerns about the UDR.
In 1985, members of this locally-recruited regiment of the British Army were alleged to be involved in a confrontation with an Irish Army unit.
Sir Alan Goodison, the British ambassador in Dublin, reported a complaint from the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs about the event at Kilclean, County Donegal, on the Tyrone border.
It was reported that eight UDR soldiers, dropped by helicopter, had pointed their guns towards an Irish Army permanent vehicle checkpoint 300 metres away and shouted "in unison and in a non-jocular tone" the words: "Never, never, never!"
This was a phrase used by the DUP leader Rev Ian Paisley in a speech opposing the recently-signed Anglo-Irish Agreement.
Replying, Chris McCabe of the Northern Ireland Office's (NIO) Law and Order Division said members of the UDR patrol were "adamant" that no verbal contact or provocative behaviour had taken place.
Mr McCabe added that: "Given the nature of their task and in the real risk of terrorist attack, it is not surprising that their weapons were pointed in the direction of the Republic. Indeed, it is mischievous to suggest that such action is unreasonable, or unwarranted."
This diplomatic incident proved to be a storm in a teacup compared to the snub at the regimental dinner.
In the same week as the Kilclean incident, Westminster direct-rule minister Lord Lyell was invited to a UDR regimental dinner at Ballykinlar camp in County Down.
In a confidential note, Linda Rogers, Lord Lyell's private secretary, informed Secretary of State Tom King that Brigadier Harry Stevenson had asked his lordship not to attend.
'A most unfortunate incident'
This was confirmed by Ulster Unionist MP Ken Maginnis, who informed Mr King that many of those due to attend the dinner had "threatened to stay away because of the presence of Lord Lyell".
Evidently feelings were running high following the signing of the agreement.
The matter quickly escalated as the NIO's Permanent Under-Secretary, Sir Robert Andrew, brought the insult to the attention of the Army's General Officer Commanding, Sir John Waters.
An official informed Tom King that: "Sir Robert thought it was a most unfortunate incident, which raised questions about the UDR."
Budget Minister Pierre Kangudia said the cost of organising the poll, which was said to be $1.8bn (£1.5bn), was too expensive.
Last year the government and the opposition agreed that new elections would be held by the end of 2017.
President Joseph Kabila's final mandate ran out in November 2016.
Mr Kabila's opponents have accused him of repeatedly delaying the poll in order to remain in power.
The plan to hold an election before the end of 2017 initially reduced tension between the government and the opposition,
The electoral commission said last November that it needed at least until July 2017 to register more than 30 million voters in a country similar in size to Western Europe, but with one of the worst transport and communication networks in the world.
Earlier this month, the death of veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi led to concerns about the country's future.
Elections in DR Congo are often controversial. Last year, protests against moves to delay the presidential poll resulted in at least 50 deaths.
DR Congo has never had a smooth transfer of power since independence more than 55 years ago.
Mr Kabila took power in 2001 following the assassination of his father, Laurent Kabila. He has won two elections and the constitution bars him from running for a third term.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is known to be interested in the 34-year-old, whom he knows from their time together at Barcelona.
Speaking to Italian media on Wednesday, Juventus chief executive Beppe Marotta said that Alves had "expressed a desire to try a new experience".
Marotta said Juventus hoped to reach a "mutual termination" with Alves.
He wished the Brazilian good luck for the future.
Alves has only been with Juve for a year, winning Serie A and reaching the Champions League final.
Prior to that, he had spent eight seasons at Barcelona. The first four of those were under Guardiola, a period when the pair shared in two Champions League triumphs and won La Liga on three occasions.
City do not have an experienced right-back after releasing out-of-contract duo Pablo Zabaleta and Bacary Sagna.
Guardiola has been linked with Tottenham's Kyle Walker as well as Alves, who he bought for Barcelona from Sevilla for £23m in 2008.
Bailey Anderson, 13, was attacked along with another 14-year-old boy on the Ardoyne Road on Saturday 21 May at about 15:00 BST.
Police said the attack was carried out by "two unknown males".
The teenager told the BBC he was targeted for being Protestant and that they were attacked while walking to a band parade in Ballysillan.
He said the pair decided to walk up the Ardoyne Road as buses had been cancelled and it was the shortest route.
"As we were walking up, two wee lads jumped off one of the buses and started following up behind the shops."
He added that they were asked where they were came from and received sectarian abuse before being attacked.
"I was scared and shocked that it happened," he said.
The teenager said one of the boys "pushed me against the wall, I hit my head and then started punching me in the face".
"If I do ever go up past that area again, I'll be scared to go up past it.
"It makes me feel annoyed that I can't go somewhere without being attacked because of my religion."
DUP councillor Brian Kingston said: "This was a totally disgraceful and inexcusable sectarian attack on two innocent boys just minding their own business and trying to make their way from Woodvale up to Ballysillan."
He said that one of the boys had been "punched repeatedly to the head" and another "kneed in the face".
"One has got a black eye, the other has a busted nose and he's required hospital treatment because he's having difficulty breathing normally.
"It was only when two adults saw what was occurring and shouted and ran down that the attackers made off and ran down a side street to Ardoyne."
He added: "I do not believe this is representative of how the vast majority of both communities wish to treat each other and it's very important that every co-operates with the police investigation."
Sinn F??in councillor Gerry McCabe said: "This attack on two young boys on the Ardoyne Road on Saturday was wrong and I condemn it."
Cllr Julie-Anne Corr Johnston of the PUP said that "18 years post peace agreement, we should not be witnessing violent attacks of this nature, particularly amongst our young people".
The condemnations were echoed by Cllr Jolene Bunting of the TUV, who said the attack was "a despicable and cowardly act".
Rough seas meant the Denbighshire swim was put back from Monday to Tuesday.
The event - held to raise funds for Rhyl's RNLI station - started with the setting off of rocket fireworks before participants rushed to the water.
People in fancy dress costumes included men dressed as Elvis, elves and other popular characters.
Una Crudden is marking World Ovarian Cancer Day on Thursday by highlighting the symptoms of the disease.
Five years ago, Una was diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
"I was originally misdiagnosed," she says, "My GP told me I had irritable bowel syndrome.
"By the time I went back to a doctor two months later, I had swollen so much that I looked like I was heavily pregnant with twins.
"The tumour was 13 inches, and had spread to my pelvis."
She added: "I could feel it sticking into my bones. Nothing could be done. Then I decided to spread awareness about the signs of ovarian cancer."
Last year, 160 women in Northern Ireland were diagnosed with the disease.
Una, a 60-year-old grandmother, is determined to help every woman in Northern Ireland by highlighting what she says is a low profile condition.
"It's too late for me. I'm terminally ill. But this is a cancer that can be treated, if the signs are caught in time.
"I didn't drink or smoke. I walked six miles a day. If I can get ovarian cancer, it can happen to any woman out there."
To raise awareness about the disease, Una took to Facebook and Twitter.
She currently has more than 2,000 Twitter followers and has brought her campaign to a huge audience.
She said: "It's a way to reach people all over the world. The impact is amazing."
Despite undergoing four intensive sessions of chemotherapy, she has also spent the past five years trying to persuade the Northern Ireland Assembly to launch an ovarian cancer awareness campaign.
The mother-of-five, with six grandchildren, succeeded in hosting the first awareness event at Stormont and persuaded Belfast City Council to light up City Hall in teal, the colour used by ovarian cancer campaigners, on Wednesday.
Four other women living near Una were eventually diagnosed at the same time as her. All had been misdiagnosed initially. All have since died.
"Women are dying needlessly," she said.
Una believes her campaign has been therapeutic for her.
"I have turned a negative into a positive. When you have a disease, people will listen to you more than they will to a doctor reading out a lot of statistics.
"They relate to you as a person. They think, 'that could happen to my wife, or my mother, or my sister, or my daughter'."
At the moment, Una is not feeling very well, but she is a woman on a mission.
"I only finished chemotherapy in December and I have pain over the liver again, so I didn't get much of a break," she said.
"They might not be able to offer me any more treatment. There have not been any new drugs to treat ovarian cancer for 20 years."
Una's youngest son is 18 and he is about to start his A-levels.
"I try to be hopeful and strong. My life span was given as three to five years, and I am into five years now. I feel I am flagging a bit," she said.
However, this will not stop her from taking part in setting up a cancer awareness campaign for the autumn, involving all the cancer charities and the Public Health Agency (PHA).
Una is also delighted about another development.
"Six weeks ago, every GP in Northern Ireland got an Ovarian Pathway.
"That means if a woman presents with any of the signs, doctors have to follow specific procedures.
"It means the doctors will have to take it more seriously. Women like me will not slip through the net so easily."
In the meantime, Una says she will keep working on her campaign.
"It will be my legacy. It saves lives. How many people can say that?"
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In a surprise visit, the prince joined troops at a base in Kandahar, laying a personal wreath and giving a reading.
More than 450 British soldiers have been killed during the 13-year fight against the Taliban.
A senior commander said their sacrifice meant Afghanistan was better and "we walk in safer streets at home".
Brigadier Darrell Amison - Commander Joint Force Support (Afghanistan) - added: "The final Remembrance Sunday ceremony in southern Afghanistan has significant poignancy as we pay tribute to the 453 men and women who have given their lives since 2001, along with the many hundreds who have suffered life-changing injuries.
"We are incredibly proud of what they have achieved."
Britain ended combat operations in Afghanistan last month. Most troops have now been withdrawn, but 500 will stay on as mentors and trainers after 2014.
Prince Harry flew into Kandahar Airfield to represent the Queen at the main Remembrance Sunday service.
Following the ceremony, the prince met service personnel and climbed into the cockpit of a Tornado GR4 aircraft, receiving a brief on the aircraft's role in support of Afghan army operations.
Prince Harry has served two tours of duty in Afghanistan, the last of which - a four-month deployment as an Apache co-pilot gunner - ended in January 2013.
He was the first member of the Royal Family to see active combat since his uncle, the Duke of York, fought in the Falklands War.
The trip to Kandahar also afforded him an opportunity to spend time with the unit he was deployed with in 2012, the Ministry of Defence said.
Scores from James Craig and Alex Waller bookended a penalty try to deliver a comfortable 21-0 half-time lead.
After the break Saints upped the tempo, with Lee Dickson setting up Jamie Elliott and scoring one of his own.
David Paice scored a late consolation try from close range, but Saints secured their second win in a row.
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Northampton, who beat fellow play-off hopefuls Harlequins last weekend, have now moved up to fifth in the table, just three points behind third-placed Leicester.
London Irish, who are now two points adrift of Worcester in 11th and four points off Newcastle in 10th, opened promisingly but Halani Aulika's yellow card put them on the back foot.
Saints' pack seized their early opportunity and tries were the result. Craig finished a textbook driving maul, their power then delivered a penalty try and prop Waller strolled in out wide.
London Irish had little discernible opening-half possession but after the break enjoyed a few promising early attacks. However, handling errors thwarted their progress and they could not get off the mark.
By contrast, the home side were much more clinical. First, Dickson's chip through set up their bonus-point score, with the TMO deciding that Elliott had gained enough downward pressure on the ball. Then, three minutes later, Dickson finished a slick team score.
As the clock ran down the game broke up and Saints' discipline waned. JJ Hanrahan and Jamie Gibson were both given yellow cards and London Irish used the numerical advantage to gain a consolation try, as Paice drove over from close range.
Northampton Saints captain Lee Dickson:
"We have a different mindset and a different attitude now.
"Over the past two weeks we have shown some sparks. We have put a performance in today and we have played some exciting rugby.
"We scored some phenomenal tries today. It is still a work in progress, but we are building some blocks leading to some important games coming up."
London Irish head coach Tom Coventry told BBC Radio Berkshire:
"I thought the sin-binning of Halani Aulika was the turning point of the game.
"They scored a couple of tries off the back of us having a depleted pack. We capitulated and weren't able to gather them back.
"Their confidence grew and they finished the half strongly. The game dwindled in the second half but they got what they needed out of the game.
"It wasn't a nice finish to the game, but it was out of reach just after half-time I thought.
"We need self-belief and that comes from winning. You get winning from confidence in your game and having guys who've done lots of that.
"We don't have that, so we need to find other ways of gaining self-belief."
Northampton: Foden; Elliott, Burrell, Mallinder, Wilson; Myler, Dickson (capt); Waller, Haywood, Brookes, Craig, Day, Gibson, Wood, Dickinson
Replacements: Marshall, Waller, Denman, Matfield, Harrison, Kessell, Hanrahan, Pisi
London Irish: Fenby; Ojo, Mulchrone, Williams, Hearn; Geraghty, Steele; Court, Paice, Aulika, Symons, Lloyd, Sinclair, Narraway (capt), McCusker
Replacements: Ellis, Smallbone, Halavatau, Nagle, Treviranus, Allinson, Brophy Clews, Waldouck.
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The group of 11 were trapped between floors two and three at the Riverside car park on Boxing Day after watching The Force Awakens at the cinema.
Martin Burge, who posted pictures of the incident on Twitter, said the fire brigade freed them after 45 minutes.
"It began to get pretty hot", he said.
"My sister was with me and we pushed the [alarm] button but no-one answered.
"We then held it down and no-one answered again so we started knocking and waving.
"My sister then wrote "help" in condensation in the window and we finally flagged someone down outside.
"It wasn't as dramatic as in the movies. Quite surprisingly, everyone was very calm and rather bemused."
The 23-year-old from Attleborough said they communicated with people outside by writing in their phones to try and get help.
First reported in the Eastern Daily Press, the fire brigade was called by security at 17:45 GMT and the group was released after about 45 minutes.
Mr Burge said it would not put him off using lifts in future, but added "maybe if I'm parked on just the second floor I'll get the stairs next time".
The BBC has contacted car park operator Riverside Entertainment for comment.
The BBC understands that Little Chef, which employs 1,100 people, was sold for about £15m.
It has been taken over by the UK arm of Kout Food Group, which already runs more than 40 Burger King and KFC outlets in the UK as well as the Maison Blanc brand.
Turnaround specialists RCapital put the company up for sale in April and had warned about its future.
Little Chef serves more than 6 million customers a year.
Kout "has exciting plans to revitalise the Little Chef brand," said Fadwa al-Homaizi, the chairwoman of Kout's UK arm.
"Little Chef will benefit from a process of brand renewal in keeping with current trends, supported by traditional British values," she added.
There had been fears that Little Chef would disappear from the UK's A-roads, marking the end of more than 50 years of trading in the UK, which began with an 11-seat restaurant in Reading in 1958.
RCapital has owned the roadside restaurant chain following administration in 2007, when it underwent significant restructuring.
That included cutting the number of outlets from 234 to 83 and reducing staff numbers from 4,000 to 1,100.
The firm said that Little Chef was the "biggest and longest turnaround in our nine-year history".
Jamie Constable, the head of Rcapital said: "Since we put Little Chef up for sale people have asked us, why sell the business? The answer is very simple. We are specialists in reversing the fortunes of businesses with significant financial and operational problems.
"It was much harder than we expected. As the country faced one of the worst economic declines in living memory, we rolled up our sleeves and got on with it, we believed we could make it work and we did."
Johnson has been a manager for nearly 30 years and says January is the most stressful month of the year.
"My wife swears in January she is going to go away for a month as she says I change," said Johnson.
"It's so true, the transfer window does make an ogre of you. You are definitely not the same person."
Johnson began his management career in 1986, taking charge of Newmarket Town. He has gone on to manager Cambridge United, Kettering, Yeovil Town, Bristol City, Peterborough United, Northampton Town and took over at Cheltenham in 2015.
"I'm all nice and polite with you in front of the cameras, but I'm a horrible, raging bull away from them because you are taking calls, your mind is somewhere else," he said.
"'I can't do the washing up, darling, I can't make the bed, I've got a centre-half on my mind'. She deserves a medal, more accolades than me because these wives of managers put up with a lot."
Welsh competitors in Rio won 10 medals, surpassing the seven collected at London 2012.
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson said Wales is more a nation "that likes watching sport" than a sporting nation.
She also said budget cuts mean the upcoming Paralympics will not "move the movement on around the world".
Speaking to BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement, Baroness Grey-Thompson said people "dip in and out" of sporting participation.
She cited the example of Wimbledon, saying it may inspire people to buy tennis rackets, but keeping them interested in the sport for longer than the summer is the difficult part.
"People call us a sporting nation, but I think we are a nation that really likes watching sport," she said.
"But we can't change that and get people active without investment in places like schools."
Newport East AM and cabinet minister John Griffiths said "money wins medals" and investment in elite athletics will inspire others to take part.
However, he said this must be balanced with investing in communities around Wales to get more people physically active.
Mr Griffiths said there are "very strong" community-focused schools in some areas.
But he wants to see all schools opening up in the evenings and weekends, allowing as many people as possible to use facilities.
Baroness Grey-Thompson - who won gold medals at four different Paralympics - said the build-up to next month's event will be "nerve wracking".
Despite cuts to venues, media centres, the workforce and transport, it was announced that it will go ahead as planned in Rio.
"Transport is a potential problem - with wheelchair issues on how many of them you can fit on a bus," she said.
"If I look back to Atlanta (1996), there was burger and chips three meals a day, no accommodation. These things add extra layers of distress.
"But most (British) athletes are laid back. They compete in challenging conditions all year."
However, she said these changes mean her "high hopes" for Rio giving massive impetus and exposure to disability sports around the world have now disappeared.
She said: "I'm not sure it will move the Paralympics movement on around the world.
"It won't change the world as I hoped it would."
Our car got stuck behind dozens of buses organised by Mr Erdogan's supporters.
They had been able to call in tens of thousands of demonstrators from across the country - and drive them to and from the rally.
At this point, it became clear that the prime minister would defeat protesters who had taken over Istanbul's Gezi Park.
The protesters were angry. But the prime minister was organised. In Turkey, organisation wins.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan now finds himself facing an opponent who is just as organised as he is: Fethullah Gulen.
The struggle between the two men poses a threat to Mr Erdogan's undeclared ambition to run for the presidency in 2014.
Fethullah Gulen is an Islamic scholar who founded an influential social and cultural network which now includes more than 900 schools in Turkey.
Profile: Fethullah Gulen's Hizmet movement
Mr Gulen himself has lived in self-imposed exile in the US since 1999. His followers hold senior positions in the Turkish police and judiciary.
For years, the Gulenist movement worked alongside Recep Tayyip Erdogan's alliance of the working class and religious and business communities.
This broad alliance won Mr Erdogan three general elections.
The Gulen movement's loyalists formed their own informal faction within the ruling AK Party.
In recent years, the Gulenists helped the prime minister to reduce the power of the armed forces.
But, during the Gezi Park protests in June, differences between Mr Erdogan and the Gulenist movement began to emerge.
Mr Gulen's supporters accused the prime minister of governing in an authoritarian manner - a charge Mr Erdogan dismissed.
Then, in November, the government announced plans to get rid of private schools which help students to prepare for university exams, including those run by Mr Gulen's movement.
This began the period of open conflict between allies of the prime minister and those loyal to Fethullah Gulen.
On 17 December, the police carried out dawn raids against leading businessmen and allies of the prime minister.
Many here believe that these raids were orchestrated by Gulenists in the police and the judiciary.
In June 2013, Recep Tayyip Erdogan survived the challenge posed by opposition demonstrators.
But this time the challenge comes from a much more organised opponent - whose ultimate goal remains unclear.
The incident happened at about 16:30 BST on Saturday on Johnsville Avenue in Blackpool, near to its junction with Highfield Road.
Police said a car, thought to be red, hit the man before continuing along Johnsville Avenue.
The pedestrian was taken to Blackpool Victoria Hospital suffering from a broken pelvis and an elbow injury.
PC Adam Crossley from Lancashire Constabulary's Road Policing Unit said: "This is a collision where an elderly gentleman has received serious injuries and I would appeal to anyone who either witnessed the incident or were in the vicinity at the time to come forward."
Anyone with information should call police on 101 or contact Crimestoppers.
The Democratic presidential candidate called on the FBI director to explain the new inquiry to the American people.
James Comey earlier said the FBI was looking into newly found messages.
The latest emails came to light during a separate inquiry into top Clinton aide Huma Abedin's estranged husband, former congressman Anthony Weiner.
Devices belonging to Ms Abedin and Mr Weiner were seized in a separate FBI inquiry into whether he sent sexually explicit emails to a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina.
"The American people deserve to get the full and complete facts immediately," said Mrs Clinton, in her first public comments on the issue.
"It's imperative that the bureau explain this issue in question, whatever it is, without any delay."
She highlighted that Mr Comey had said "he doesn't know whether the emails referenced in his letter are significant or not", adding: "I'm confident (that) whatever they are will not change the conclusion reached in July."
Mr Comey said the FBI would investigate if the newly discovered emails contain classified information.
The FBI chief said in a letter to Congress that investigators had discovered the emails "in connection with an unrelated case... that appear to be pertinent to the investigation".
He said he "cannot yet assess whether or not this material may be significant, and I cannot predict how long it will take us to complete this additional work".
The FBI has already established the Democratic candidate had classified information on a private email server.
In July, Mr Comey said Mrs Clinton's handling of sensitive material during her 2009-13 tenure as secretary of state was "extremely careless", but cleared her of any criminal wrongdoing.
The revelation that she handled sensitive information while breaking federal rules by running her own email server out of her upstate New York home has dogged her campaign since last year.
It could be nothing. It could be everything. And it almost certainly won't be resolved before Americans head to the polls in just under two weeks.
The letter from Mr Comey to Congress is frustratingly vague. There's no information, for instance, or how many emails are in question. That will only fuel the rampant speculation already breaking out, with leaks from "government sources" in the coming days sure to fan the flames.
Mrs Clinton's critics will go on the attack, using the latest news to support their claims that the former secretary of state engaged in malfeasance. Her supporters will spend the next few days in a defensive crouch, trying to assess how bad the damage could be.
What's certain, however, is that whether this turns out to be a big deal or not, it places the spotlight on all the wrong places for the Clinton campaign. It all but guarantees that even if she wins White House, the early days of her presidency will be dogged by this long-running political imbroglio.
Earlier, Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta criticised the FBI's "extraordinary" timing.
The revelation comes just 11 days before Americans go to the polls in the presidential election.
Mrs Clinton is five points ahead of her Republican rival Donald Trump, according to a Real Clear Politics average.
What a difference a plane journey makes. When we left Westchester, New York, on Hillary Clinton's campaign plane, spirits were high amongst her staff.
Her campaign manager, Robby Mook, came to the back of the plane and told reporters that early voting was going in their favour and that Mrs Clinton would even campaign in Republican-leaning Arizona next week.
But Mr Mook added that they weren't taking anything for granted. He said: "Hillary is superstitious."
When we landed and wifi internet was restored, the Clinton team first learned the news of a reopened FBI investigation.
She was right to be superstitious.
As we got off the plane, one of her advisers told us: "We are just learning about this at the same time as you are."
Mrs Clinton stayed on for far longer than usual. Her team were digesting the news and working out how to respond.
When she did walk off the plane, she smiled and ignored shouted questions from the media on the tarmac about the long-running email saga.
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At a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, Mr Trump told a cheering crowd: "They've reopened the case into her criminal and illegal conduct that threatened the security of the United States of America.
"Hillary Clinton's corruption is on a scale we've never seen before. We must not let her take her criminal scheme into the Oval Office."
Paul Ryan, the highest-ranked elected Republican, called the FBI decision "long overdue".
The House of Representatives Speaker renewed his call for the Director of National Intelligence to halt classified briefings for the Democratic candidate.
"She was entrusted with some of our nation's most important secrets, and she betrayed that trust by carelessly mishandling highly classified information," he said.
The former secretary of state's private email server was first revealed in March 2015 by the New York Times.
She did not immediately express regret, and said the main reason for her "[email protected]" address was "convenience".
Soon after that she apologised in an interview with ABC News, and has since said sorry to voters a number of times.
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The 43-year-old American triumphed by three shots from Sweden's Henrik Stenson, with English pair Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood four back, alongside Australia's Masters champion Adam Scott.
Mickelson surged to the third leg of a career Grand Slam of all four majors with a stunning five-under 66 to finish three under.
"What an unbelievable round by Mickelson. He almost made it look simple. He played with such freedom. The second shot he hit to 17 was absolutely majestic and then he went on to birdie the last, which was the sign of a true champion. He was the best guy out there this week.
"The only disappointment was Lee Westwood's round today. He played a poor round and only he knows why. It's not his last chance, but this one will hurt. Fortunately he is extremely resilient and he will fight back."
The left-hander, who won the Scottish Open last week, birdied four of the last six holes and was in tears on the final green as he hugged caddie Jim 'Bones' Mackay.
The mercurial Mickelson's Open record had been modest up to now, despite a third place at Troon in 2004 and second at Royal St George's in 2011, as he slowly got to grips with a style of the game he initially "hated".
But a play-off victory over the Castle Stuart links in Inverness last week, and now his first Claret Jug, should make amends for his devastation at recording a record sixth runner-up spot in the US Open behind Justin Rose last month.
"This is such an accomplishment because I never knew whether I'd be able to develop my game to play links golf," said Mickelson.
"I played arguably the best round of my career, and shot the round of my life. It's such a difficult six-hole finish, I putted so good. It feels amazing."
He added: "The range of emotions I feel are as far apart as possible after losing the US Open. But you have to be resilient in this game. These last couple of weeks, these last couple of months, I've played some of the best golf of my career."
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Mickelson, who won the Masters in 2004, 2006 and 2010 and the US PGA in 2005, continues the list of illustrious former champions at Muirfield, which includes such greats of the game as Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Tom Watson, Nick Faldo (twice) and Ernie Els, who was defending champion this week.
American Mickelson becomes the third consecutive player in his 40s to win the Open, after Els and Darren Clarke.
Westwood, seeking a first major title at the 62nd attempt, led by two going into the final day and moved serenely into a three-shot lead after five holes. But he took two to get out of a pot bunker on the short seventh and from then on was always struggling for momentum in a 75.
"I didn't play that badly, my round came unstuck at seven, eight and nine," said Westwood.
"Phil must have played really well. To birdie four out of the last six here on any day is good going. But to do it today on a breezy day with the flags blowing and in the Open Championship is exceptional."
Stenson carded 70 for his best finish in a major, while Ryder Cup hero Poulter surged from eight strokes back with a brilliant 67 on an overcast, breezy day in contrast to the heat and sunshine of the rest of the week in East Lothian.
Scott, who blew a four-shot lead to finish runner-up to Els last year, hit the front at one stage on a topsy-turvy afternoon that saw the lead change hands numerous times, but the 32-year-old faltered late on with a 72.
Tiger Woods began two behind Westwood and in prime position to strike for a 15th major title and first since 2008. But he went backwards from the first and ended with a 74 for two over.
America's longest war isn't something that he has said much about, and - as with so many issues - what he has said is contradictory.
In the past, he has described America's involvement in Afghanistan as a "disaster", and has talked about pulling out US troops.
But when he spoke to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on 2 December, he reportedly told him that America would not waver in its commitment to Afghanistan.
Then, however, he failed to invite Mr Ghani to his inauguration, deepening worries in Afghanistan that it simply was not a priority for the new president.
The Taliban pitched in earlier this week, calling on President Trump to withdraw American forces from what they described as the "quagmire" of Afghanistan.
"Nothing has been achieved," said the insurgent group, "except the staining of innocent Afghans in their blood, and the destruction of villages and gardens."
The official American assessment of progress is not much more upbeat.
Mr Trump's challenge was summarised with shocking clarity earlier this month by the US watchdog overseeing the reconstruction process in Afghanistan, the special inspector general for Afghanistan, John F Sopko.
Mr Sopko says the US has spent more in real terms in Afghanistan than America spent on the reconstruction of Europe after World War Two, yet only 63% of the country is currently controlled by the Afghan government, opium production is at record highs and corruption is still rife.
"After 15 years," he says, "Afghanistan still cannot support itself financially or functionally.
"Long-term financial assistance is required if the country is to survive."
Just how vulnerable parts of the country are became very apparent when an Afghan colleague was given rare access to the battle against the Taliban in Helmand a few weeks ago.
Aziz Ahmad Shafee flew into the provincial capital, Lashkargah, with soldiers from the Afghan National Army's 215th Corps.
A convoy of Humvees drove the troops a few kilometres to the outskirts of the city: that is where the front line is now.
The Taliban now control more than 80% of Helmand.
A province, let us not forget, where most of the 456 British military personnel killed in the Afghan conflict lost their lives.
And - despite a complete restructuring of the command of the 215th Corps overseen by American forces - it seems it still is not combat effective.
Afghan troops complain they lack even the most basic supplies.
"For a month we've been saying we are running out of ammunition but we don't get any new supplies," Sgt class 1 Hyatullah told the BBC.
"Our enemy is firing at us, but we don't have enough bullets to take them on."
His commander urged America's new president not to falter in his commitment to the Afghan government.
"As a soldier of Afghanistan, I ask his excellency Donald Trump to continue the fight here", said Brig Gen Mohammad Wali Ahmadzai, the commander of the 215th Corps in Helmand.
"If he can give us more support, we can wipe the terrorists out."
Most of the foreign troops in Afghanistan were withdrawn at the end of 2014, but when I visited the headquarters of Resolute Support, the Nato mission in Afghanistan, it was busy, with helicopters flying in and out every few minutes.
There are still 13,000 Nato military personnel in Afghanistan, mostly American.
Brig Gen Charlie Cleveland, the spokesman for the Resolute Support mission, believes America still has a clear strategic interest in Afghanistan.
He says the US troops now have two tasks:
Resolute Support's work with the Afghan army has, says the brigadier general, been instrumental in ensuring it has managed to hold the ground it does.
"In the winter of 2015-16, the government of Afghanistan changed their strategy," Brig Gen Cleveland tells me.
"They realised they couldn't defend everywhere, and so what they really started focusing their efforts on was the major population centres.
"As we look at the security situation right now, the government controls - secures - really about two-thirds of the population.
"About 10% of the population is controlled by the Taliban, and the remaining difference is really what's contested."
He says while this situation is not ideal, the Afghan army has managed to reverse what was a deteriorating situation in 2015 and establish an "equilibrium" in favour of the government.
Nevertheless, there is much work to be done.
Some 5,000 Afghan military personnel were killed last year, losses both the Afghan government and Resolute Support agree are unsustainable in the long term.
And, amid the uncertainty about American policy, other powers have been flexing their muscles in Afghanistan.
Last month, Russia hosted a meeting in Moscow about the country's future, with senior officials from China and Pakistan, and it makes no secret of the fact it has been talking to the Taliban.
So the big question is what will President Trump do?
Two of his key cabinet picks may provide a clue.
President Trump's Defence Secretary, Gen James Mattis, is a former commander of forces here.
He has spoken in the past about the need to urge Pakistan to take further action against the Taliban and the Sunni Islamist militant Haqqani network.
The new president's national security adviser, Lt Gen Michael Flynn, has also talked about the need for Pakistan to take tougher action against Taliban fighters who shelter there.
And President Trump has been very consistent about his desire to take a tougher line against the so-called Islamic State group.
Pulling out of Afghanistan would make that more difficult, given the toe-hold it has established in eastern Afghanistan over the past couple of years.
So it seems unlikely that - in his effort to extricate America from foreign entanglements - President Trump will simply declare that it has no strategic interest in Afghanistan and withdraw his troops.
He and his advisers will certainly not want to be responsible for America's longest war ending in what many people would regard as a clear defeat.
Hoyeon Jang, 75, was separated from her husband and son when she boarded a Northern Line train without them at Embankment station on Thursday.
They signalled to her to get off at Charing Cross, the next station, but could not find her there or at Archway station, where they were going.
The Met Police said Mrs Jang was found on Saturday afternoon.
Officers previously said Mrs Jang was last seen at Embankment station at about 17:00 BST on Thursday and was reported missing to the force about three hours later.
The family had been visiting relatives in London.
A disciplinary panel found PC Simon Ryan of North Yorkshire Police guilty of gross misconduct.
It also heard he defaced a suspect's CV with the words "kiddie fiddler" and "paedo" during a child abuse inquiry.
The panel concluded the appropriate sanction "was dismissal without notice, demonstrating the gravity attached by the panel to the gross misconduct".
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PC Ryan, who did not speak at the hearing, had earlier apologised for what he said was "a poor practical joke".
Afterwards, PC Brad Jackson, deputy secretary of North Yorkshire Police Federation, said: "This has been a very difficult period in PC Ryan's career and personal life which he accepts was brought on by his own doing.
"[He] has apologised unreservedly for his actions and extends his apology to the public and people of North Yorkshire.
He said the federation would "continue to support Simon as he moves forward".
Panel Chairman Lindsey Hall ruled PC Ryan had breached six standards which police officers should uphold and had shown a lack of respect.
She told him: "The public have the right to expect the highest standards of behaviour and conduct from the police officers who serve them."
She said his admission of defacing the CV would have to be disclosed if he was allowed to remain in his job and if he was involved in searches as part of criminal proceedings. That would affect his operational ability to carry out his duties, she said.
Guy Ladenburg, for the defendant, had urged the panel to allow him to continue on the force and described him as a "diligent and hard-working" officer of 13 years' experience.
He added: "This officer intended simply to make a joke for the benefit of his colleagues. We recognise, of course, how inappropriate that is."
The panel heard PC Ryan found the CV at a house during a search into an allegation of a sex offence involving a child in January 2015.
He amended it to say "abusing children" in the section marked "interests" before showing it to colleagues, the hearing was told.
The panel was told he did not record it as evidence and later destroyed it at Northallerton Police Station.
Ten days later he was on duty wearing the hat both in the office and while on patrol.
To mark the United Nations Day of Anti-Bullying, the Internet Society and Panos Pictures asked young people around the world what their dream internet would look like.
"The internet needs to feel more like chatting in a bar," said Adela Goberna, 23, a newly qualified lawyer and co-founder of the Internet Society's Youth Special Interest Group.
"You need to be able to say, 'OK, our opinions are different but I respect what you're saying and I'm getting something from this conversation.' And I think that type of conversation makes people much more relaxed and willing to speak."
Ayu 'Ulya is a 25-year-old teacher and game designer from Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Her game, called Cempala: Prime Numbers, teaches students mathematics while also talking about ecology and Indonesian heritage.
"We need to share and preserve culture through the internet. We have to be open-minded and think outside our boxes. We have to think creatively.
"Because I'm staying in a corner of Indonesia, and am far away from Western culture, it doesn't mean I can't learn about it. I can learn everything from internet, think and compare. Take the good things and throw out the bad things."
"My role is to create ways that governments, businesses, and people can talk to each other to make the internet better in the Philippines," said Benjz Gerard Sevilla, part of the Internet Engineering Taskforce, a group whose mission it is to make the internet work better.
"It's not a silver bullet, but it's about making sure there's content and there's equitable access to it."
Elif Sert is a 22-year-old law student and blogger living in Istanbul.
"You can share your love on the internet. I can just go to the Philippines, buy my tickets, meet people on couchsurfing.com and go. This makes me feel alive and makes me feel like a world citizen. It allows me to have friends everywhere."
Balpreet Kaur, 22, is in her last year of International Development at Ohio State University in Columbus.
In 2012, a post on Reddit mocked her appearance, but rather than getting angry, she posted a response talking about the importance of her Sikh faith and provoking a thoughtful discussion of how we treat strangers. Her response went viral and sparked an incredible discussion about the power of positivity online.
"There's nothing special in what I did. We all have that capacity," said Kaur.
"And so to label one person as inspiring and the other person as not so inspiring, it's kind of difficult for me to reconcile. If there are parts of me that are inspiring, then I'll take it.
"I'm glad that even if I don't intentionally want to inspire you, there's something in me that you see that is inspiring, and that inspires me that you're seeing this."
The Internet Society and Panos Pictures are using the tag #dreamInternet and would like to hear your views and stories to inspire others.
But another battle is being played behind the scenes - and it is bigger than a Budweiser Clydesdale.
The National Football League (NFL) and Canada's telecommunications regulator are locked in a months-long legal and public relations fight over what ads can appear on Canadian TV screens during this Sunday's championship game.
For the first time in some 40 years, Canadian ads will no longer be inserted into US broadcasts of the game.
The change was put in place by Canada's independent broadcast regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), which says that the glitzy US ads are part of the reason football fans tune in to the big game.
In a populist and surprise move, the CRTC mandated that as of 2017, any Canadian broadcaster that owns the rights to the Super Bowl will have to stop subbing Canadian ads over the US commercials on American feeds, a practice called "simultaneous substitution," or simsub.
In previous years, whether a Canadian football fan watched the game on CTV - a Canadian channel - or Fox, for example, they would only see Canadian ads.
The NFL claims this change is an "arbitrary attempt by the CRTC to disadvantage not only the NFL, but Canadian broadcasters and the Canadian creative community as well."
Siding with the league is Bell Media, which owns the rights to the Super Bowl in Canada; unions, advertisers, and politicians on both sides of the border, including Florida Senator Marco Rubio.
Both Bell and the NFL have a financial stake in having Canadians watching Canadian ads.
Bell media says they could lose millions because Bell relies on Canadian ad sales to counter the costs of the exclusive license. The NFL stands to lose next time Canadian rights to the game are being negotiated, because they are likely to be sold for less if there are fewer captive viewers for Canadian ads.
The league has been on a lobbying blitz on Parliament Hill, seeking political allies to overturn the new policy.
In December, Sens Rubio and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin wrote an open letter to Canada's ambassador in the US, saying the regulator's decision change "sends a troubling signal" about the Canada-US trading relationship.
The NFL recently ramped up the stakes, warning that it had informed "the highest levels of government in both the United States and Canada", including US President Donald Trump, about the broadcast spat.
Bell and the NFL are also challenging the decision in court.
American Super Bowl ads have become an annual tradition for advertisers who try to outdo each other with increasingly elaborate commercials.
Patricia Valladao, a CRTC spokeswoman, told the BBC the decision by the regulator to end simsub for the Super Bowl was made after months of broader consultations, and is a once-per-year exception to simsub.
Beyond the roughly 100 formal complaints received each year by the regulator, they also noticed "a lot of people going on Twitter ranting" about not being able to watch the American ads.
The Super Bowl is the most-viewed TV event in Canada and generates the highest advertising revenues of all of the live event programs that air on Bell Media stations.
In December, Bell and the NFL filed legal action with the Federal Court of Appeal arguing that the regulator has no jurisdiction to end simsub on a single program or to interfere with contracts already negotiated between the broadcaster and the league.
In an attempt to mitigate what the company is projecting as "significant" losses and tempt viewers into watching the game on their Canadian network, Bell Media is broadcasting the game on three of its channels, offering prizes - including a car - to viewers, and sending Canadian fans to a website where they can watch all the "best new" and "fan favourite" American ads.
And the NFL is publicly appealing to the federal government to overturn the decision before Sunday, warning the new policy threatens the relationship between the two countries.
"At a time when the future of the Canada-US relationship is in the headlines daily, we want the NFL-Canada relationship to continue to serve as a positive example - to government and to business - of what works," the league's executive vice-president, Mark Waller, said in a recent opinion piece.
With trade fears in the air and Mr Trump's ties to the NFL - he is friends with Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, and he recently appointed New York Jets owner Woody Johnson as UK ambassador - it is not an idle warning.
But so far Ottawa has said it respects the regulator's independence.
Meanwhile, time is ticking on the Hail Mary pass by Bell and the NFL.
Their court case will not be heard in time for Sunday's big game, but Bell Media is hopeful for a favourable ruling in time for the next NFL season.
Members of the NASUWT teaching union are staging a one-day strike over pay, job security and workload.
As a result, about a third of schools in Belfast and Newtownabbey have either been closed or partially closed to pupils on Wednesday.
In schools with few NASUWT members, the strike is having little impact.
The education minister called the strike "futile", while the union said it had been "left with no choice".
Education Minister Peter Weir said he had made it clear the education budget was "under severe pressure" and his priority was "protecting school budgets".
"The escalation of this action, resulting in strike days, will severely harm the education of the children that we all seek to serve," he added.
"It will cause major disruption to parents, and put further pressure on other teachers and leaders that are already struggling to cope in addition to damaging the reputation of teachers."
Members of NASUWT are attending a rally in Belfast.
Justin McCamphill, NASUWT's national official in Northern Ireland, said teachers did not take strike action lightly.
"No teacher has any wish to inconvenience parents or disrupt pupils' education, but this action is not the fault of teachers," he said.
"The minister has been given the money to pay teachers the minimum of 1% for 2015-16. It is nothing short of scandalous that he does not think that paying teachers is important."
The union says its members are also protesting about excessive workloads and job insecurity.
In October, all five main teaching unions in Northern Ireland rejected an offer which saw their pay frozen in 2015/16 and a rise of 1% in 2016/17.
NASUWT has previously announced its members elsewhere in Northern Ireland would stage further one-day strikes in January and February.
Meanwhile, the Ulster Teachers' Union, Irish National Teachers' Organisation and Association of Teachers and Lecturers are to ballot their members on 5 December on potential strike action.
Mr Radjabu, a former head of the governing party, reportedly escaped with three prison officers.
He was widely regarded as Burundi's most powerful man until his arrest in 2007, amid a rumoured rift with President Pierre Nkurunziza.
Tension has been growing over the president's plans to seek a third term.
The governing CNDD-FDD party is said to be split between those who support Mr Nkurunziza's intention to stay in office, and those who oppose it.
Mr Radjabu's escape was aided by at least three guards, including the chief warden in charge of the prison's security, a police spokesman told AFP news agency.
At least two other inmates escaped with him into vehicles that had been waiting outside the prison, the spokesman said.
The escape reportedly took place before midnight on Sunday evening, at a time when many guards were asleep.
In 2005, Mr Nkurunziza, a former Hutu rebel leader, became the first president to be chosen in democratic elections since the start of Burundi's civil war in 1994.
Mr Radjabu, who was also a rebel leader, became the head of the CNDD-FDD at the same time. He was regarded as the real power in the country.
Many Burundians saw his arrest in 2006 - on charges of plotting against state security - as politically motivated.
Mr Nkurunziza was re-elected in June 2010. The vote was boycotted by the opposition, which complained of fraud in the earlier local elections.
Opposition leaders and international observers have since complained of a growing crackdown on opposition parties and the media.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond announced that 14th Signal Regiment would move from its base at Cawdor - formerly Brawdy - barracks, near St David's, to St Athan after 2018.
The UK government is investing £1.8bn in a new basing plan across the UK with £100m being spent in Wales.
It comes as thousands of troops are expected to return from Germany.
Mr Hammond said the remote Cawdor barracks site was "not fit for purpose - that is the reality".
"It's a very remote, singleton garrison site," he said.
"I think I'm right in saying it has the highest level of unaccompanied service of any Army location in the UK, reflecting the fact that people are reluctant to move their families to a site that remote."
He added: "The physical state of the accommodation was a significant factor."
He explained that housing the Signals regiment at St Athan fitted in with the strategy of regional concentration.
Mr Hammond said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) was working with the Welsh government to maximise the use of St Athan, while the MoD will dispose of the Cawdor site.
The defence secretary said local planning constraints meant it was unlikely to be used for housing, but could return to agricultural or non-developed use.
The changes are part of a new "basing plan" for the Army to follow the return of British troops from Germany.
In another move, the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards will move from Hounslow, west London, to Pirbright in Surrey.
Stephen Crabb, the Wales Office minister with responsibility for defence and Preseli Pembrokeshire MP, said: "Whilst it is disappointing that we will see Cawdor Barracks in Brawdy, Pembrokeshire close, these changes are essential for our future armed forces.
"I am pleased that the defence footprint is largely being maintained and that 14th Signal Regiment will be relocating within Wales to St Athan.
"It is also expected that Wales specifically will receive much-needed infrastructure investment of approximately £100m to support the rebasing."
A Pembrokeshire council spokesman said: "It's a sad day for Pembrokeshire. It's very disappointing news and the council will continue to press the government to overturn the decision."
The authority said there was around 250 permanent Army personnel and their families who lived locally to the barracks.
Thousands of troops are expected to return from Germany during the next few years.
Ministers say it is a good time to review where they are based across the UK.
Troops from the 14th Signal Regiment are experts in electronic warfare.
In October 2010, St Athan lost out when a proposed £14bn defence training academy, which would have created 2,000 jobs in the Vale of Glamorgan, was scrapped.
It was axed as the UK government announced cuts of up to 8% in the defence budget.
Last summer two Royal Welsh battalions were merged under defence cuts.
The star says that being forced to sing covers, as they do on the ITV show, can harm aspiring musicians.
Speaking to the Mirror, the 22-year-old said it was a conscious decision for him not to audition for the show when he was younger.
"I feel that X Factor is perfect for singers who sing, and that's all they want to do. They don't care what they sing, they just love singing," he said.
"You could sing on a cruise ship or release a cover album, that's what it's for. Because when you think about it, every week, that's what you do.
"You're singing other people's songs. People are judging you on other people's music.
"The minute I started writing music, I knew that none of that stuff was going to be for me. I want people judging me on my voice and my songs - that's what's important to me.
"I always say to people, 'If you're a singer, go for it.' It's an amazing platform. But if you're not, and you're a songwriter, I think it's actually quite damaging for you to go on there.
"You're singing other people's music, so then when you release your own stuff, people might not like it."
Smith sang Stay With Me on the final of this year's X Factor at Wembley Arena but says he was disappointed not to be introduced to the judges.
"I didn't like that I didn't get to meet Simon and Cheryl," he said.
"I would have thought they would come and say hello, or I'd have got to go and say hello. But I never got to see them."
Smith, who was 2014's BBC Sound Of winner, also says he doesn't want to become a judge on a show like The X Factor just yet.
"I'm passionate that nobody should judge anyone else until they're at the top of their career and they can give people amazing advice after releasing four or five albums.
"That's why I love Cheryl - she has released a lot of music and knows what she's talking about when it comes to products and being an artist and being famous."
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It has now dropped out of the top four universities in Wales and is ranked 93rd in the UK in one national guide.
The latest rankings means students in their third year have seen the university drop from the top 50 in their time there.
But the university said it aims to be ranked in the top 30 in the UK by 2017.
The Guardian university guide has seen Aberystwyth slump to 88th place, down from 49th place in 2011 while The Times now ranks it 93rd in its Good University Guide.
It has also dropped into the bottom quarter of universities worldwide.
Student Tom Wooldridge said the university had had a "decent reputation but, with it slipping, it's only a matter of time before employers realise it's is not as competitive as the top universities these days.... so it's a worry".
Fellow student Joe Mallinder said: "How has it gone down so quickly in two years, what has drastically changed... and will that have a massive effect on me getting a job?"
Established in 1872, Aberystwyth's history and name has been regarded as prestigious but some students fear it is becoming nothing more than a clearing university with some courses requiring just two E grades at A Level to get in.
The university says it has invested heavily in facilities in recent years.
Pro Vice-Chancellor Rebecca Davies believes the league tables are not a fair reflection on standards at Aberystwyth.
"By 2017 we want to be one of the top 30 universities in the UK," said.
Referring to the recent rankings, she said: "It is always disappointing when you hear news like that but it was not a surprise for us because in Aberystwyth, over the last couple of years, we have been investing so much.
"We have been listening to the student voice to make sure we have the best ever student experience," she said.
Punjab's law minister said those held were among more than 5,000 questioned in a sweeping counter-terror offensive.
Weapons and ammunition have also been seized in raids by security forces.
Taliban splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar said it carried out the attack against Christians celebrating Easter, although most of those killed were Muslims.
The area around Gulshan-i-Iqbal park was more crowded than usual, as members of Lahore's minority Christian community had gathered to celebrate Easter at a funfair there.
At least 29 of the victims were children. Another 300 people were injured, with officials saying they expected the death toll to rise.
"There are no militant safe-havens or no-go areas in Punjab," law minister Rana Sanaullah told a news conference in Lahore.
He said 56 intelligence operations had been jointly carried out by police, paramilitary, army and intelligence forces.
Both Pakistan's prime minister and the powerful army chief have vowed to bring the attackers to justice.
Reports say the military is preparing to launch a new crackdown in Punjab, Pakistan's most populous and wealthiest province - and the heartland of PM Nawaz Sharif's support.
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar's spokesman mocked Mr Sharif on Tuesday, saying that war had "reached his doorstep".
Read more: Who are Pakistan's Christians?
"The Minsk Agreements must be implemented in good faith, starting with full observation of the ceasefire and genuine withdrawal of heavy weapons," the EU said.
Ukraine on Monday accused rebels of carrying out the heaviest shelling since the truce was agreed.
Russia denies any role in the fighting.
However, Ukraine and the West say there is a growing body of evidence pointing to direct involvement from Moscow.
Rebel leaders have denied firing on Ukrainian positions and accuse government forces of violating the ceasefire themselves some 40 times over a 24-hour period.
Denis Pushilin, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic envoy in Moscow, said the Kiev government had so far failed to fulfil any of the conditions of the Minsk deal.
Ukraine says pro-Russia forces launched dozens of attacks in a number of locations on Monday and Tuesday.
Some of the worst fighting was near the village of Starohnativka, 50km (31 miles) north of the strategic port of Mariupol.
"The renewed escalation of the conflict raising the number of casualties, as a result of attacks on several government controlled areas today and in the night of 10 August on Starohnativka, violates the spirit and the letter of the Minsk Agreements," the EU's External Action Service said late on Tuesday.
In its statement, the EU condemned an arson attack on Sunday on armoured vehicles belonging to the monitors from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) as well as the fact that the monitors had been caught in the crossfire in Shchastya, in Luhansk, and Shyrokyne, near Mariupol.
These incidents "put in danger the crucial role" of OSCE officials in "monitoring and verifying the implementation of the Minsk agreements," it said.
Meanwhile a London-based think tank released a report on Wednesday warning that an increase in military exercises by Russia and Nato in and around the Baltic states and Poland raised the threat of armed conflict in Europe.
The European Leadership Network (ELN) said that the war exercises fed "uncertainty'' and heightened the risk of "dangerous military encounters".
Relations between Russia and the West have been in crisis since Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine last year.
Around 7,000 people have been killed since the Ukrainian conflict started and more than one million people have been displaced.
The ceasefire agreed in Minsk in February has not brought an end to the conflict, but it has resulted in a lower level of fighting.
There are fears now that the violence could erupt once again into a full-scale war.
Dr Reg Bunting, who died in 2013, was Avon and Somerset Police's chief medical officer between 1990 and 1997.
The victim, who wanted to remain anonymous, said the force "fuelled Dr Bunting's fantasies" by doing nothing.
The force has since apologised "unreservedly" to those affected.
Most of Dr Bunting's victims were new recruits to the force.
Following a number of allegations against him between 1981 and 2002, including groping, fondling and reported sexual assault, an independent investigation was commissioned by the force.
It found in 44 of the 112 cases looked at, his examinations "fell below a common or acceptable standard for the time" and "woefully or grossly below" in 10 cases.
The officer, a frontline policeman for more than 20 years, said he was groped by Dr Bunting during his medical assessment.
"I thought this wasn't right, but what do you do?" he said.
"He knew that we needed to get through the medical.
"He had the power to abuse his position and do what he wanted. I don't think anyone would have complained because it was a hard job to get into."
The report identified three opportunities for the force to have intervened after concerns were raised.
The victim said: "They were fuelling Dr Bunting's fantasies and feeding him victims.
"They gave him carte blanche and missed three chances to prevent crime."
Two further victims of Dr Bunting told the BBC they were unhappy at how the force dealt with their complaints.
Avon and Somerset Police has since apologised to victims for "failing to ensure acceptable medical conduct during their examinations", and praised the people who had come forward.
"Had Dr Bunting been alive, there would have been sufficient evidence to interview him under caution as a criminal suspect," a spokesman said.
It is understood the scheme would offer people flying into the airport the chance to jump the queue for about £5.
The FastTrack service would be the first of its kind in Scotland.
It comes after chief executive Gordon Dewar wrote to then Home Secretary Theresa May to raise concerns about cuts to the UK Border Force.
In an open letter to Mrs May in July, before she became Prime Minister, he said Edinburgh airport was preparing for its "busiest summer ever".
But he warned that queues at passport control could hit unprecedented levels following "very serious" staffing cuts.
The airport already offers passengers the opportunity to pay £4.49 to use a priority security lane for departures.
The new FastTrack passport control scheme for arriving passengers is a joint venture with the UK Border Force.
Similar services are already offered at Gatwick and Heathrow airports.
A spokesman for Edinburgh airport said it was likely to be trialled in the "near future".
"This new service will offer choice to people flying into Edinburgh Airport," he added.
"We look forward to being able to offer our overseas passengers and returning UK-based passengers an even smoother arrival into Scotland."
The Home Office confirmed that the Border Force was "working closely" on the project.
A spokeswoman said it would "allow business travellers and those on tight schedules to make the most of their stay with the shortest possible wait".
She added: "Working with airport operators, Border Force is committed to providing an excellent service to all passengers arriving in the UK."
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Needing to juggle studies with bringing up three young children, she was accepted for an interview to study medicine in London - but that's as far as she got.
"There were no grade issues with me," she tells us.
"I had the required grades. When they looked at my personal statement they just said, 'Oh, you're a mother'.
"I'm sorry to say the British system had a very narrow perception of what I was capable of."
Zahara says it was her commitment to last the distance in medicine that was questioned in the UK.
Disappointed but determined to cling to her dream, she decided to turn her sights abroad, to Bulgaria.
Now she is in her third year and has four children back in Barking who are looked after by her husband and parents who give her "amazing support" to fulfil her dream.
Zahara is not alone. She is one of a growing number of British students now studying in Eastern Europe.
The Medical University of Varna has 250 more like her, studying medicine and dentistry. In this holiday resort on the Black Sea, the slightly cheaper tuition fees at 8,000 euros a year, and substantially cheaper living costs, have made coming here an attractive proposition.
At Varna's St Marina University hospital we are shown, with pride, around several departments.
The building needs a lick of paint outside, but inside the wards are spotlessly clean. We meet second-year medics hoping to specialise in neurosurgery.
Shahswar Arif, from Hounslow, and Zarina Brady, from Dublin, are deep in discussion with their tutor about a patient with a brain tumour.
Their professor, Yavor Enchev, is the head of neurosurgery and a member of the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in the UK.
Both students came after initially taking a degree in the UK in a different subject. Neither was successful with their medical school applications in the UK because of the fierce competition for the limited places. So do they feel let down?
"No, I can understand that the standard has to be high to get into medicine," Shahswar says. "But now 18-year-olds are competing with PhD students, and even several A*s are not enough to get into medical school in the UK."
Zarina says she hasn't struggled with the hard work expected of them, but having to learn to speak Bulgarian to treat patients is more of a challenge.
Varna's vice-rector of student affairs, Prof Albena Kerekovska, says There has been a big increase in the number of UK students coming to study medicine in the last 10 years because they offer their courses in English and the standard of education is high.
But what about the concerns that her British students come here because their A-levels are not good enough to get them into medical universities at home?
"The young people we get are highly motivated. We have an admissions procedure regulated by the state and all applicants have to sit and pass entry tests in biology and chemistry to study here," she tells us.
Varna's medical school is far from the only place attracting British students. We've discovered that there are dozens of English-language universities all over Central and Eastern Europe trying to attract British medics - and not all of them have admissions tests.
Romania, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic are among the destinations for substantial numbers of students over the last few years. Agencies have also sprung up to encourage this migration.
Many charge thousands of pounds to help settle students.
Aris Grigoriou, head of student recruitment at Study Medicine Europe, says his agency sent 1,500 students from the UK and Ireland to Bulgaria and Romania last year alone - and the numbers are expected to grow, thanks to the cheaper fees overseas and the limited numbers of places available in the UK to do medicine.
"All the universities have to meet EU standards. Many of the students have A and B grades. Some universities are more flexible and accept lower grades, like Cs, but those students have to do extra entrance exams in biology and chemistry," he says.
The agency charges to help students with accommodation and offers translation services. Mr Grigoriou says the level of training means their qualifications will be regarded as equal to those of their British-trained colleagues.
But will all the trained medics returning to the UK find work in the NHS despite the shortages of doctors - and does it matter that they are being trained abroad?
The General Medical Council, which sets the standards for medical students' education and registers all newly trained UK doctors, told us that current EU legislation embedded in UK law meant doctors who qualified in Europe could not be asked to sit clinical exams to check their competence.
However, things might change with Brexit.
Chief executive Charlie Massey admits there is a weakness in the system.
"For some years now we have argued that we should have the right to test the competence of European doctors with assessments of their knowledge and clinical skills, just as we do for doctors with international medical qualifications.
"Brexit provides an opportunity to improve the checks we can carry out to ensure all doctors practising in the UK meet the same standards."
For now Shahswar and Zarina are focusing on finishing their training.
"We know how lucky we are to have this chance to become doctors. Ultimately we'll be coming home to work in the NHS."
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A shortage of doctors is often the reason which has left expectant mothers being transferred at short notice to give birth further away from home.
It is understood the three maternity units in Gwynedd, Denbighshire and Wrexham have on different occasions implemented "emergency closures".
These usually last for several hours.
"It's incredibly disruptive (for mothers)," said Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board's head of midwifery, Fiona Giraud.
"The first that any woman would know about it would be when they phone the unit in early labour or when seeking advice in relation to their pregnancy.
"But this is a service that's currently run as if it's in emergency mode 24-hours a day and it is monitored to that level. No other maternity service in Wales or any of the other countries are monitored to this level."
Staff sickness, a lack of a temporary locum positions, or mothers with high level or complex care can bring levels at any one unit below what bosses deem to be safe and they say they have no option but to shut the doors.
The health board argues full-blown maternity services cannot be kept running at all three hospitals.
It wants to temporarily transfer maternity doctors from Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan to strengthen the teams at Bangor's Ysbyty Gwynedd and the Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
Glan Clwyd would only have a stand alone midwife-led maternity unit - for low-risk pregnancies. Higher risk mothers would need to go to Bangor or Wrexham.
But the proposal has caused uproar amongst some campaigners.
Following a public consultation, the health board will decide what to do on 8 December.
Interim chief executive Simon Dean said: "The whole point of these changes is to offer the best possible treatment to the people we serve and on occasions that may have to mean travelling distances that in an ideal world they'd prefer not to."
The Irishman, 27, was set to fight Rafael dos Anjos for the Brazilian's lightweight title on 5 March but the champion pulled out with a foot injury.
McGregor said: "As long as there's an opponent and a date, you'll see me.
"The only weight I (care) about is the weight of them cheques, and my cheques are always super-heavyweight."
McGregor is predicting a quick victory over America's Diaz, 30, in their non-title welterweight fight at UFC 196 in Las Vegas.
He added: "His soft body and his lack of preparation, he will not be able to handle the ferocity. End of the first round I feel he will be put away.
"There's a respect there between us but it's business in there and business is business. He will be KO'd inside the first round."
McGregor was looking to make history against Dos Anjos by becoming the first fighter to hold titles in multiple weight classes at the same time.
And he was critical of the Brazilian for pulling out of their bout.
McGregor, who also distanced himself from Diaz's claims that all UFC fighters use steroids, said: "Dos Anjos has a bruise on his foot. Did ya see it?
"It's a bruise. Ice. Ibuprofen. If I jumped under an X-ray, the doctor would slap me and say: 'What are you doing, kid? Get out of here! Stop this.'"
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy can damage the reproductive organs in girls and boys, with one in 10 undergoing such treatment being left sterile.
The NHS does not fund the freezing of testicular or ovarian tissue needed to let patients have their own children.
But the money from fertility firm IVI has helped create a national service.
Doctors said it was "amazing" that such "groundbreaking treatment" was now available.
In 2014, a woman in Belgium was the first in the world to give birth to a baby using ovarian tissue that was frozen when she was still a child.
"It's a very significant problem," said Dr Shelia Lane, a consultant paediatric oncologist at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
She said patients who have conquered cancer would often struggle to even form relationships knowing they could not have children.
Her site in Oxford has been offering fertility preservation on a case-by-case basis for the past two years.
But it depends on local groups of doctors deciding if individual patients should be funded or using the hospital's own charitable funds.
Prof Lane told BBC News: "The donation will make such a significant difference to making this available to every eligible patient.
"It has given us the opportunity to make this groundbreaking treatment available to young people at risk of fertility failure and it's amazing that we can do that.
"As we accumulate more data it will be reviewed and hopefully get standard NHS funding and I think in the future it will become part of cancer treatment."
Hospital staff will have to collect the tissue from the patient and return it to Oxford in the short window between diagnosis and therapy starting.
There are around 1,500 new cases of childhood cancer in people under 15, but only those at highest risk of infertility will be offered tissue freezing.
Fertility preservation costs roughly £3,000 to £5,000 per patient.
If the child died then the donated tissue could only be incinerated or used for research.
Prof Antonio Pellicer, the president IVI, said: "We hope that it [the donation] will help to deliver this important service to young people with cancer.
"Alongside this, our Foundation will work with the University of Oxford on the basic science around the return of fertility to young people who undergo sterilising treatment for their cancer."
The university will be investigating the science of fertility preservation - including how to ensure that any returned tissue is free from cancer, producing eggs in the laboratory and finding ways to protect such tissue from being damaged by treatment in the first place.
The charity said notable sightings included 100 white-beaked dolphins from Holborn Head in Caithness, and 12 killer whales off Unst in Shetland.
Marine biologists and volunteers who took part in the survey captured images of some of the whales, dolphins and porpoises spotted.
Colin Speedie photographed killer whales, including a male nicknamed John Coe that can be indentified by a notch on its dorsal fin.
The whale is a member of a small, west coast community of orcas.
In recent years, the group of whales have been seen off the Isle of Eigg, also from John O'Groats and even off the east coast from Peterhead and Girdleness.
White-beaked dolphins were recorded in large numbers on several occasions during the survey.
Chanonry Point in the Black Isle, near Inverness, is a hot spot for sightings of bottlenose dolphins.
A Risso's dolphin with its young was another notable sighting during the national, annual survey.
More than 400 harbour porpoises were recorded off the shores of the Hebrides, including Canna, north east mainland Scotland and Orkney.
Staff at Claythorpe Watermill, near Alford, Lincolnshire, said Stan the cockerel had a reputation for chasing toddlers and pecking ankles.
They said with the busy summer season approaching it might be better if Stan found somewhere else to live.
Owner Rebecca Agate said she wanted people to enjoy a trouble-free visit to the watermill.
She said: "We get a lot of small children visiting the park and if he is chasing you, or pecking, he can be a bit intimidating.
"So, rather than people going away remembering their visit for the wrong reasons, we thought someone might be able to offer him a nice home."
She said Stan, who is thought to be at least part Dutch bantam, has "lots of personality and likes being around people".
However, she added: "He has a bit of a grumpy side as well."
There have been numerous other cases of birds attacking either people, animals, or other objects.
Last year in Cambridgeshire, a "terrorist" pheasant attacked vehicles and chased cats and dogs at a farm in Hail Weston.
One delivery driver was trapped for 20 minutes after the bird blocked his way, flew at the bonnet then chased his van.
Another pheasant, named Phil, started attacking members of a Shropshire family, forcing one of them to carry a badminton racket for self-defence.
Claythorpe Watermill and Wildfowl Gardens is home to numerous animals, including waterfowl, wallabies, chipmunks and peacocks, as well as a family of otters.
Firms pumped out more emissions than allowed, operated without licences or had insufficient pollution control equipment, Xinhua news agency reported.
Checks were carried out at thousands of companies at 28 cities in and around the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
Air pollution in Chinese cities is notoriously bad.
The findings appear to confirm suspicions that companies ignore strict environmental protection policies and that officials do not enforce them, correspondents say.
Inspections found that more than 13,000 companies had failed to meet environmental standards, the ministry of environmental protection said in a statement.
The ministry ordered local officials to investigate the firms and rectify the problems, the statement said.
China's government is under pressure to do more to address the sources of smog, including reducing reliance on coal-fired power plants, the country's primary source of electricity.
Earlier this year, Beijing's mayor said a new team of environmental police would try to reduce smog levels by tackling local sources of air pollution, including open-air barbecues and dusty roads.
The mayor also promised to reduce coal consumption by 30% this year.
While some papers tried to score points on who was favoured more by the pontiff in his visits to holy sites and landmarks, others felt his tour would have no impact on the Middle East conflict.
Some editorials in the Palestinian press were positive about the visit, praising the Pope for what they saw as his recognition of a Palestinian state.
"The Pope blesses the establishment of a Palestinian state," pro-Fatah Al-Ayyam newspaper, declared.
It said that while some world leaders visited Israel before heading to Ramallah - the Palestinians' de facto administrative capital - the Pope began his journey in Ramallah first.
"That means avoiding entering Ramallah from the Israeli gate and airspace, underlining that he recognises Palestine and dealing with it as a [sovereign] state," Al-Ayyam said.
Another Palestinian paper also lauded the Pope for visiting the Israeli barrier separating Bethlehem in the West Bank from Jerusalem. Pro-Fatah Al-Quds said that his insistence on leaving his car and walking to the gate there to say a prayer was "a step with a unique significance".
The pro-Hamas Filastin newspaper however rejected the pontiff's visit outright. "The Pope's visit to the occupied Palestinian territories is mainly political," an editorial said, claiming that he conveyed the message of the US administration to the Palestinians. "Anyone who believes that the Church will oppose the Israeli occupier is wrong. The Church recognises the legitimacy of the entity which usurped Palestine and did not condemn the crime of the blockade of Gaza," it said.
But according to an editorial in the Palestinian Authority-owned newspaper Al-Hayat al-Jadidah, the Pope's visit came at a "crucial time" after great upheaval in the region.
"The Arab Spring created a state of fear and apprehension for many religious sects, particularly Christians, as Christian Arabs in Iraq and Syria have been the target of dubious Islamist groups," the paper said. "For this reason, the Pope's visit carries an important political and moral meaning in encouraging Palestinian and Arab Christians, in general, to remain in their homeland."
In the Israeli press, some commentators felt that the Palestinians had indeed scored a PR victory. "There is no doubt that the Pope gave the Palestinians tail wind in the PR battle they have been leading in recent months," Jack Khoury wrote in Israel's Haaretz daily.
Saying that the Pope's decision to fly directly from Jordan to Bethlehem without landing at Israel's Ben Gurion airport was being perceived by the Palestinians as recognition of sorts for an independent state, Khoury said that the pontiff's "most significant, most political step" was his decision to pray at the West Bank barrier.
"In a calculated decision, the Pope descended the vehicle taking him to the mass, stood in front of the fence and prayed... No-one heard the prayer, but it is clear that his attitude to it was not positive and within minutes his picture praying in front of the fence starred in news sites all over the world..."
Ben Hartman in the Jerusalem Post agreed that photographs of the Pope praying at the barrier overshadowed his visit to Tel Aviv. "Pictures had already circulated the globe of the pope only minutes earlier praying at the West Bank security barrier, his head bowed in prayer, surrounded on both sides by graffiti reading 'Free Palestine' and 'Bethlehem looks like Warsaw Ghetto.' A shot like that is hard to compete with."
However an editorial in the Jerusalem Post conceded that the Pope had tried to be even-handed. "In what can be seen as an attempt to balance the impression made by his silent prayer at the security barrier outside Bethlehem, Francis also made an unplanned visit to a memorial to Israeli terrorism victims on Mount Herzl," it said.
"Showing empathy for one side risked offending the other side. Too neutral a message would be seen as bland… These nearly insurmountable challenges were met by Francis with grace and charm."
But while Reuven Berko in Yisrael Hayom said that the Pope's meetings with the Israeli president and prime minister were "de facto expressions of the Vatican's recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel", Noah Klieger in Yediot Aharonot was disappointed. "The statements of Francis at this impressive, touching memorial [to victims of terrorism] in the Jerusalem mountains were undoubtedly sincere and came from genuine pain. It's just a pity they will contribute nothing to the struggle against the spread of anti-Semitism in the world."
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Jerame Reid was a passenger in a car pulled over by police in Bridgeton, New Jersey, for going through a stop sign.
Before opening fire, one officer warns his partner about seeing a gun.
The case follows months of protests over the killings of unarmed black men by white police officers in New York and Ferguson, Missouri.
However, one of the two officers involved in the Bridgeton altercation is black.
The newly released footage from a police dashboard camera shows police approach the car and then an officer warning his colleague about seeing a gun in the glove compartment.
An officer shouts at Jerame Reid to show his hands and warns him that: "If you reach for something, you're going to be... dead."
After the officer reaches into the car to retrieve what appears on the video to be a handgun, the car door opens and Jerame Reid steps out with his empty hands raised to his shoulders.
At that moment, the two officers fired several shots.
The killing on 30 December has already sparked protests in Bridgeton, a city of about 25,000 people south of Philadelphia.
The BBC's Nick Bryant in New York says the video is likely to inflame tensions further.
Both officers have been given leave pending an investigation by the Cumberland County prosecutor's office.
Activists say they want the prosecutor to transfer the case to the state attorney general.
Scientists at the University of Aberdeen are working to find ways to prevent hackers enticing people into downloading malware.
Recent large-scale incidents included one that affected the NHS across the UK, including Scottish health boards.
The researchers suggest hackers "exploit" certain human behaviour.
The scientists believe the main problem faced by big organisations is getting computer users to follow existing security policies.
The project will test how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and persuasion techniques can improve the way safety advice is followed.
The UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has awarded the research team £756,000 towards their Supporting Security Policy with Effective Digital Intervention project, which now has total funding of more than £1m.
Dr Matthew Collinson, who is the principal investigator on the project, said: "If we look at most cyber security attacks, there is a weakness relating to human behaviour that hackers seek to exploit.
"Their most common approach, and the one we are most familiar with, is the use of phishing emails to entice a user to download malware on to their computer.
"One of the main problems faced by companies and organisations is getting computer users to follow existing security policies, and the main aim of this project is to develop methods to ensure that people are more likely to do so."
The project coincides with the launch of a new masters degree in AI at the university.
Russia is barred from international athletics after last year's McLaren report claimed more than 1,000 athletes benefited from a state-sponsored doping programme between 2011 and 2015.
The Russians vowed to make changes but the taskforce set up to monitor those has delivered a damning report.
"There is no reason why better progress has not been made," Coe said.
"It's not that complicated, frankly. The criteria we laid down is the criteria that stands. There is no timeline here. We are going to see this through."
Speaking at a IAAF council meeting in London, Coe said that the six milestones set out for the reinstatement of the Russian Athletics Federation are still outstanding.
Furthermore, the taskforce concluded "it does not look like they will be met any time soon".
Their concerns centre on problems with testing, the difficulties in getting biological passport samples, issues around closed cities, and the employment of coaches who were linked to tainted regimes.
Meanwhile, the World Anti-Doping Agency has lifted the suspension on the doping analysis laboratory in Doha.
It was one of 34 Wada-accredited facilities to lose its status last year.
Coe also confirmed that world athletics' governing body has scrapped plans to remove the 50km men's walk from the Olympic programme.
She also said that lewd comments Donald Trump made about women that were caught on videotape were unacceptable but did not represent the man she knows.
The Republican presidential nominee was guilty of "boy talk" but was "egged on" by TV host Billy Bush, she added.
The tape prompted dozens of Republicans to drop their support for him.
In the video, Mr Trump tells Mr Bush, who was then host of NBC's Access Hollywood, that he can force himself on women because he's a star.
Several women have since come forward and accused Mr Trump of sexual assault, which he denies.
"I know he respects women but he is defending himself because they are lies," Mrs Trump said in an interview with CNN.
"I believe my husband," she said. "My husband is kind and he is a gentleman and he would never do that."
She claimed the scandal had been "organised and put together to hurt his candidacy" by Hillary Clinton's campaign team and the media.
"With the details [the media] have got, did they ever check the backgrounds of these women? They didn't have any facts," she added.
Speaking for the first since the scandal began, Mrs Trump defended her husband's conduct with women, saying he had never behaved inappropriately over the years.
Women commonly approached her husband in front of her to give him their phone numbers and behave inappropriately, she said.
Reflecting on the 2005 Access Hollywood videotape leaked to the media 10 days ago, she said: "I said to my husband that, you know, the language was inappropriate. It's not acceptable.
"And I was surprised, because that is not the man that I know."
After the taped remarks became public, Mrs Trump issued a statement saying she found the words he spoke to be offensive but she accepted his apology.
Now she believes Billy Bush, who was fired by NBC over the tape, was the main culprit.
Mr Trump, she said, "was led on - like, egged on - from the host to say dirty and bad stuff".
She also justified her husband's tactic of appearing with the women who have accused former President Bill Clinton of sexual assault.
With three weeks to go before Americans cast their vote, polls show Mr Trump with considerable ground to make up on Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in key battleground states.
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Adelaide sweltered through four consecutive days of 40C-plus temperatures until rain on Sunday brought cooler weather.
Paul Jansen was driving to a Christmas carols event on Sunday when he spotted the thirsty marsupial.
Mr Jansen, who filmed the incident, told the BBC he was amazed by the amount of water it was drinking.
"It didn't mind the attention or the road noise, it was just focused on the drink," Mr Jansen said.
"They don't usually drink so much water, it's usually extreme cases."
Fauna Rescue of South Australia volunteer Anne Bigham said the organisation took around 60 calls about koalas every day during the heatwave.
She said it was hard to determine whether a koala was heat-stressed or suffering renal failure, a kidney disease common in South Australian koalas.
The koala in the video likely left its tree because it was feeling ill and took the opportunity to rehydrate at the drain, she said.
"I think they're just feeling so rotten that they come down to the ground," she said.
The 64-year-old Rugby Football Union chairman was the unanimous choice of the World Rugby board, with ex-Argentina international Agustin Pichot taking the role of vice-chairman.
The pair begin their tenure on 1 July.
Beaumont captained England to the grand slam in 1980 and led the Lions tour of South Africa that same year.
Pichot, 41, won 71 caps at scrum-half for Argentina before retiring from playing in 2009.
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Scientists from Scotland, Canada and US, said their studies of rocks on Barra and the Uists showed that hydrogen was formed after earthquakes.
Hydrogen is essential for supporting life, the researchers said.
The scientists said on Mars there are "Marsquakes" which may produce hydrogen in the same way as quakes on Earth.
The study, which has been published in the journal Astrobiology, was carried out by scientists from the University of Aberdeen, working alongside colleagues from Yale University in the US and Brock University in Canada.
Their research was supported by the Science and Technology Facilities Council and has been released amid preparations for Nasa's 2018 mission to the Red Planet.
Prof John Parnell, from the University of Aberdeen's School of Geosciences, said: "Earthquakes cause friction, and our analysis of ancient rock in the Outer Hebrides has demonstrated how this creates hydrogen.
"Hydrogen is a fuel for simple microbes, so microbes could live off hydrogen created in the Earth's subsurface as a result of seismic activity.
"This is a model that could apply to any other rocky planet, and on Mars there are so-called 'Marsquakes' that may produce hydrogen and therefore could feed life in the Martian sub-surface.
"Our analysis finds that conservative estimates of current seismic activity on Mars predict hydrogen generation that would be useful to microbes, which adds strength to the possibility of suitable habitats that could support life in the Martian sub-surface."
He added: "Nasa has plans to measure seismic activity on Mars during its 2018 InSight mission, and our data will make those measurements all the more interesting."
Det Con Sharon Garrett, 48, died in a five-vehicle collision on the A141 near Wyton, Cambridgeshire, in June 2014.
Danny Warby, 28, of Runcton Holme, near King's Lynn, Norfolk, had opened a text message moments before his 13.6-tonne vehicle hit the officer's car.
Warby had denied causing Mrs Garrett's death by dangerous driving but was convicted by a jury last month.
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He was also banned from driving for 10 years.
During a nine-day trial, Peterborough Crown Court heard Warby had opened a text message one minute and six seconds before the crash.
His vehicle crossed the white line in the centre of the road and clipped an oncoming lorry, showering two cars in debris, before crashing into Mrs Garrett's Renault Clio, which was in the oncoming line of traffic.
Warby was driving at 53mph (85km/h) on a stretch of single carriageway restricted to 40mph (64km/h) for lorries at the time of the collision, the prosecution said.
The court heard the delivery firm driver had numerous previous convictions including speeding and using a mobile phone while driving. In 2015, Warby was banned for a year for drink-driving.
Mother of two Mrs Garrett was married to a fellow police officer and was on her way home from work at the time of the crash on 6 June.
Her car crashed off the road and ended up in a field and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sentencing Warby to six years in prison, His Honour Judge Stuart Bridge told him it was clear he had not learned anything from his previous court appearances.
"Your driving in general was reckless and cavalier, and on this day it was deplorable," he said.
"Mrs Garrett and her family have paid the ultimate price."
Mrs Garrett joined Cambridgeshire Police in 1991 and served in a number of roles across the force, most recently investigating complex fraud offences in the Economic Crime Unit.
In a statement released after Warby's conviction, her family said they remained "devastated" by her death.
"Sharon was a fantastic mother who has been taken from her two young children in such tragic circumstances," they said.
Mr Sipila has already rejected claims of a conflict of interest over a contract awarded by a state-run mine to a steel company owned by his relatives.
But the case has now also placed him at the heart of a censorship row.
It has emerged that Mr Sipila sent a series of emails to public broadcaster YLE to complain about its coverage.
Finland has been rated highest in the World Press Freedom index for the past five years.
The prime minister told reporters on Wednesday that he had not tried to limit press freedom or influence the broadcaster, but said he had not been given a fair opportunity to comment on the allegations against him.
According to YLE, Mr Sipila also felt that its coverage had given an impression that he or his relatives had acted fraudulently.
The Suomen Kuvalehti website reported on Wednesday that the prime minister had sent a string of critical messages late on 25 November to a YLE reporter covering the story.
A news story written by the public broadcaster on Friday night assessing allegations of a conflict of interest involving Mr Sipila was dropped, the website said. A further story written on Monday morning about the prime minister's emails was also shelved, it added, citing three sources at YLE.
Finnish talk show host Ruben Stiller complained on Twitter on Friday that he had been barred from raising the issue on his weekly programme.
YLE's news and current affairs editor Atte Jaaskelainen responded to the allegations with a lengthy piece denying that the broadcaster had been silenced. The story had led all YLE's platforms for four days, he argued, insisting that the prime minister's emails had played no part in its coverage.
However, he said the broadcaster had decided not to publish stories questioning whether Mr Sipila should have not taken part in decisions on contracts awarded to his relatives' steel company.
That was because YLE had decided to wait until investigations had been carried out into whether there had been a conflict of interest. Mr Stiller returned to Twitter on Wednesday to say the ban on him covering the story had been lifted.
The 24-year-old Germany international, who arrived from Schalke in 2013 for £1.5m, played 42 games for Spurs.
After a loan spell at Fulham, he spent much of last season on loan at Bundesliga club Hamburg, who exercised an option to make the deal permanent.
Brazil midfielder Paulinho left Tottenham for Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande for £9.9m on Tuesday.
The militants have also moved Christians taken captive in the town to their stronghold of Raqqa, according to a UK-based monitoring group.
IS captured al-Qaryatain from government forces some two weeks ago.
Photos showed the group bulldozing parts of the monastery, which was founded more than 1,500 years ago.
IS also transferred more than 100 captives to Raqqa, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
But the group says the fate of 230 people kidnapped after al-Qaryatain's capture remains unclear, including Jacques Mourad, a prominent local priest who had been working at the Mar Elian monastery.
January: The group ransacks the central library in the Iraqi city of Mosul, burning thousands of books.
February: A video emerges showing the destruction of ancient artefacts at the central museum in Mosul.
March: IS uses explosives and bulldozers on Nimrud, one of Iraq's greatest archaeological treasures. Shortly after they destroy ruins at Hatra.
May: The group overruns the historic Syrian city of Palmyra. They have destroyed statues there and this week were reported to have beheaded an expert at the site.
IS regards Christians as infidels. The threat of violence and persecution from the militants has forced many Christian communities from their homes in Syria and northern Iraq.
Al-Qaryatain was captured in the militants' first major offensive since May, when they seized the historic town of Palmyra, famed for its Roman-style ruins.
More than 230,000 Syrians have died in the civil war, which began after anti-government protests in March 2011.
Rebel groups that originally fought against the government of President Bashar al-Assad have also been battling each other in an increasingly complex and bloody conflict.
In a separate development, at least five people have died in an Israeli strike on a Syrian-held section of the Golan Heights.
Israel has carried out a series of raid in the area, which lies in south-western Syria, after rockets fired from Syria struck its territory on Thursday. The rockets set fire to scrubland but did not cause any casualties.
Israel's military has accused Palestinian militants from the Islamic Jihad group of firing the rockets, who Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran had given "sponsorship and instruction" to.
While the Israelis said five or six militants were killed, a Syrian army source, quoted on Syrian state TV, said the strike killed five civilians.
One Syrian soldier was earlier reported killed in an Israeli strike on military positions in the Syrian-held section of the Golan Heights.
Israel seized most of the Golan Heights from Syria in the closing stages of the 1967 Six-Day War.
The king's casket went on display on Monday morning and people waited up to four hours to see it.
Richard III's skeleton was found under a car park in Leicester in 2012.
A requiem mass was said at Holy Cross Church in Leicester earlier, led by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England.
The reburial ceremony will be held at Leicester Cathedral later this week, led by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.
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Liz Hudson from Leicester Cathedral said the amount of people visiting had been "remarkable".
"We would have liked for people not to have waited three to four hours but everybody has got through," she said.
"It is the only chance we will ever get to do this and we are expecting even more people on Tuesday with the longer opening times."
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.
In the centuries since, Richard gained notoriety as Shakespeare's villain and the possible killer of the princes in the tower.
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.
BBC Today's Justin Webb reports from Leicester Cathedral: "A combination of solemnity... and a tourist attraction".
In the queue outside the cathedral Rebecca McCole, from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA, said: "I was one of the lucky ones to get an invite so how could I not come to see this all.
"I have always been interested in history, especially in the British monarchy.
"This visit has been really inspiring and everyone has been so helpful and delightful."
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.
John Wesseldine, from Barwell in Leicestershire, said he had taken sons Jayden and Jenson, aged 10, out of school to view the coffin.
Jayden said: "School wasn't going to do a trip to visit the cathedral so dad said he would bring us to see the King's coffin.
Mr Wesseldine said: "This is part of their history and is a chance to see a real King. It is a chance they will never get again so we made the effort to come down."
"The climax will come on Thursday when the Archbishop of Canterbury comes to join us - and the eyes of the world will be on us," the Bishop of Leicester, the Right Reverend Tim Stevens, said.
On Sunday, Richard's coffin left the University of Leicester where it had been kept since the discovery of his remains in 2012.
It was accompanied by the team who made the find to Fenn Lane Farm in the village of Dadlington, the site believed to be the closest to his death.
More than 35,000 people lined the route of the cortege as it travelled through Leicestershire and then back into the city for a service at the cathedral.
Trevor Monk, 47, of south east London, also paid nearly £15,000 to watch child sex abuse in Manila on his webcam.
Police found more than 80,000 images and 1,750 indecent videos of children in a raid on his home in March 2015.
He admitted possessing and making indecent images of children, assault of a child under 13 and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
In total Monk pleaded guilty to 18 charges at the Old Bailey.
One of the girls he abused was eight years old and an image of a three-year-old child was discovered among the pictures.
Judge Anuja Dhir described the pictures as "harrowing images of very young children being abused and degraded in the most vile manner".
She said: "Your actions were depraved and revolting. It is astonishing that anyone would want to film such abuse, but you did.
"I have no doubt you did so so that you could watch it again for your own sexual gratification."
The court heard Monk paid "facilitators" to watch live streams of abuse and for access to the children during a two-week holiday to the Far East in the spring of 2014.
The National Crime Association (NCA) arrested Monk as part of an investigation into UK nationals who pay to live-stream child abuse in the Philippines.
It was found he spent more than £14,000 to pay for what he called "shows" which he watched from his Erith home, before travelling to Manila to carry out the abuse himself.
Analysis
By BBC Correspondent Angus Crawford
The case of paedophile Trevor Monk represents a growing problem of British men ordering abuse over the internet.
Law enforcement is beginning to make inroads into the trade. Police in the Philippines carry out raids and arrests on a regular basis, but it's impossible to estimate accurately the scale of the problem.
Monk's case is significant because it shows that although his crimes began in the UK, using live streaming, that then led to him travelling to carry out contact abuse in the Philippines. The internet facilitated an escalation in his offending.
Most important though, is the fact that he got caught - thanks to co-operation between forces in the UK, US, Australia and the Philippines - which should send a powerful message to offenders that they cannot hide in the anonymity of the internet.
He was re-arrested in November when officers discovered a video of him sexually abusing a child during a trip to South East Asia.
Erica Hall, from aid charity World Vision UK, said: "The widespread use of webcams coupled with dire economic conditions in many parts of the world means we're seeing many more cases of such vile abuse.
"It's encouraging that laws are keeping up with technology...[but] we suspect this is the tip of the iceberg with many cases still undetected."
Following sentencing Kelvin Lay, senior investigating officer for the NCA, said it was a "very important result".
Two women - Victoria Balch and Leah Washington - had legs amputated after the Smiler ride hit an empty carriage on 2 June.
Staff misunderstood a shutdown message and wrongly restarted the ride, an investigation by the park confirmed.
No technical or mechanical issues were found with the ride itself.
The ride, which has been closed since the crash, will reopen next year with improved safety measures.
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"A ride shutdown message was misunderstood by staff at the ride," an Alton Towers spokeswoman said.
"This led to a decision to manually restart the ride, overriding the control system without appropriate safety protocols being followed correctly."
A total of 16 people were injured when the carriage they were in collided with an empty one that had come to a halt ahead of them.
Merlin Entertainment, which owns Alton Towers, previously said all 16 would receive compensation.
Four people sitting in the front row were among those most seriously hurt.
Ms Balch, 20, from Lancashire, had six rounds of surgery in a bid to save her leg before needing an amputation.
Ms Washington, 17, from Barnsley, also had one of her legs amputated and her 18-year-old boyfriend Joe Pugh shattered his knees.
Daniel Thorpe, 27, from Buxton in Derbyshire, was treated for a collapsed lung and lower leg injuries.
Another passenger Chanda Chauhan, 49, from Wednesbury, had surgery after suffering internal injuries.
The Health and Safety Executive said its own investigation was "still ongoing".
Alton Towers said it had followed "standard HR procedures and taken the appropriate action" when dealing with the staff whose errors caused the crash.
A spokeswoman said: "The outcome of this however remains a private matter between us and any individual concerned."
Merlin Entertainments said significantly lower numbers of visitors to Alton Towers over the summer had prompted a restructuring of the business which could see 190 job losses following an 11.4% fall in revenues.
When the Smiler reopens next year, it will feature an additional level of authorisation so no manual override can happen without a senior member of staff, the theme park said.
"We are confident that lessons have been learned and that appropriate action has been taken to address all the issues raised by our investigation."
The report from the Royal Academy of Engineering says that making fuel from crops like wheat should be restricted.
Incentives should be given to farmers to increase production of fuel crops like Miscanthus on marginal land.
Even with electric vehicles, biofuels will still be needed for aviation and heavy goods say the authors.
While the European Union has mandated that 10% of transport fuels should come from sustainable sources by 2020, these biofuels have been a slow burner in the UK.
Suppliers are already blending up to 4.75% of diesel and petrol with greener fuel, but doubling this amount will take up to 10 years say the authors of this new report, that was commissioned by the government.
To get to this point, the authors argue that several important changes will need to take place.
While in countries like the US and Brazil biofuels are mainly made from maize or sugar cane, the main sources in the UK are wheat and used cooking oil.
To boost production there will need to be restrictions on crops grown for fuel, say the authors.
Last year according to the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), almost half the land in the UK used for biofuels was used to grow wheat.
When the authors of this study reviewed the global scientific literature, they found that if all the extra emissions involved in changing land use to grow wheat were added in, fuel based on this grain was worse for the environment than regular petrol or diesel.
"Generally, we know if land use change is involved, do not use wheat to make biofuels, it is higher than petrol in terms of carbon footprint," said Prof Adisa Azapagic from the University of Manchester who chaired the panel that produced the report.
"What we need to understand about agriculture, is that it is different from farm to farm. This is what we have found across the world, how people farm wheat in different ways and the emissions would be different depending on soil, previous carbon stocks and so on, it really is a very complex science."
The study recommends that the government set a cap for all crop-based biofuels to reduce the risk of indirect land use change.
"We would be concerned if we went up to 10% and allowed all of that 10% to come from food based crops, then we would say no, that's not what we're recommending," said Prof Nilay Shah from Imperial College London.
Instead, the report suggests that renewed emphasis be placed on developing waste. In the UK we produce 16 million tonnes every year, enough to double our current biofuel supplies. A third of that waste is called green waste, a quarter of it is agricultural straw.
The authors believe there is great scope for expansion in the use of unavoidable waste, such as used cooking oil, forest and sawmill residues, the dregs from whisky manufacture, even so-called "fatbergs" from sewers could play a role.
However the study warns that care must be taken to avoid giving people perverse incentives to create waste just to cash in on biofuels.
"There have been some examples where people have used virgin cooking oil as a source of biofuel because it was cheaper than used cooking oil so we need to make sure we avoid these market distortions that unfortunately do happen," said Prof Azapagic.
The government should also aim to remove any incentives for the use of materials in biofuels that involve deforestation or the drainage of peat land. Incentives should be put in place to encourage farmers to grow crops like Miscanthus and short rotation coppice wood on marginal land.
If we want to double the amount of biofuel we are using over the next decade, say the authors, the government will have to stump up some cash.
"If you've got a ready supply of used cooking oil it is not very challenging or expensive, if your alternative is to go clear some land and plant Miscanthus and all the processing that goes with that, then the prices are going to be different," said Prof Roger Kemp, a professorial fellow from Lancaster University.
"We wouldn't be getting up to anything like 10% if it was purely a market based thing."
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The 22-year-old Olympic champion, who had lowered the World Championship mark in qualifying, clocked 57.47 seconds - 0.34secs outside his own world record.
Peaty told BBC Sport: "You aim for world records, but they are world records for a reason."
Fellow Briton Ben Proud, 22, took the 50m butterfly title, clocking 22.75.
Peaty, who now holds the top 10 times in the world for the 100m breaststroke, finished more than a second ahead of his nearest rival.
That was American Kevin Cordes (58.79), with Russia's Kirill Prigoda (59.05) third. Peaty's fellow Briton Ross Murdoch was eighth.
"I felt like a little boy again going out to the crowd," said Peaty.
"I was a bit long into the wall, but I'm very happy with that. I'm more than happy to come here and attack my title."
Peaty is attempting to become the first swimmer to break the 57-second mark in the event, a challenge he refers to as 'Project 56'.
The Briton, who in 2015 became the first man to complete the world 50m and 100m breaststroke double, will begin the defence of his 50m title on Tuesday.
Former world champion Mark Foster
Any swimmer will tell you every time you get out you can go faster.
The start has been his weakest part of the race but after that he goes past people and just keeps going and going.
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Proud, the 2014 Commonwealth champion, qualified fourth fastest from the 50m butterfly semi-finals.
But he took the sprint event by 0.04 seconds from Brazil's Nicholas Santos, with Andrii Govorov of Ukraine in third.
"I am on the verge of tears," said London-born Proud, who moved back to the UK from Malaysia at the age of 11. "It has been a dream since I was six years old.
"The pieces of the puzzle have come together. I was panicking before as I couldn't get my clothes off, but once I put my foot on the block, it was just about me and my race."
Siobhan-Marie O'Connor made an impressive start to the 200m individual medley final, but eventually took seventh as home favourite Katinka Hosszu won a sixth world title.
"It's going to teach me a lot. It was a test of character," said O'Connor.
"I knew I wasn't in the shape I wanted to be, but I've made the team and you don't get this opportunity very often."
Duncan Scott and James Guy both won their 200m freestyle semi-finals to progress.
"The plan was to be relaxed but go in hard. It felt great," said Guy.
Sarah Vasey set the eighth-best time in the 100m breaststroke heats to qualify for Tuesday's final.
"I am absolutely over the moon," said the 20-year-old. "I'm chuffed to make the final. I've got nothing to lose, I might as well just go for it."
In the 100m backstroke semi-finals, Kathleen Dawson qualified in eighth but Georgia Davies narrowly missed out.
It said 60% of its flights were likely to be cancelled on Tuesday as a result of the strike, which began on Monday.
The pilots are protesting against a transfer of jobs by the airline to its low-cost European carrier, Transavia, which is being expanded as part of a new strategic plan.
Air France is urging passengers around the world to change or postpone travel.
It says customers who have booked a flight between 15 September and 22 September can "delay their trip, change their ticket free of charge or claim a refund".
Chief executive Frederic Gagey told France Inter radio that the strike would cost the airline 10m to 15m euros (£8m - £12m) a day.
"[Management is] doing everything to try and find a way out of this situation," he added.
The airline said it would consider negotiation on benefits based on seniority for Air France pilots who agree to work for Transavia.
However, it said it would not agree to trade union demands that the contracts of Transavia pilots carry the same terms as those flying under Air France.
Separately, the Vereinigung Cockpit union, which represents Lufthansa's pilots, says they will cease working from Frankfurt airport for eight hours on Tuesday, preventing departures by Germany's biggest airline from its busiest airport.
There have been several strikes in the past three weeks by Lufthansa pilots in Munich and pilots at Lufthansa's Germanwings business.
That strike is over early retirement terms.
Greater Manchester Police said they were called to an incident in the Gorton area at about 22:00 BST on Friday 26 June.
The arrested boy has since been bailed pending further inquiries.
Det Insp Carol Hobson said: "I want to stress this was not a random stranger attack and there is no reason for any parents to be fearful."
First things first.
As long ago as last October, the Bank's chief economist, Andy Haldane, acknowledged that immigration depresses pay.
He noted that one respected study, by Dustmann, Frattini and Preston, found that each 1% increase in the share of migrants in the working age population leads to a 0.6% decline in the wages of the 5% lowest paid workers.
And to be clear, the general point that an influx of workers from abroad represents a weight on the pay of the indigenous population is a statement of the overwhelmingly obvious: it is simply a version of the law of supply and demand, that the price of anything falls when supply rises relative to demand.
So there is nothing terribly revelatory in Mark Carney saying, at the Bank's three-monthly news conference on its Inflation Report, that immigration had held down the rise in wages and living standards.
Perhaps more interesting is that the Bank acknowledged that it - like the government - had underestimated how much immigration there would be in recent years.
This is what its Inflation Report says: "Net inward migration was close to a historical high of just under 300,000, around 0.5% of the population, in the four quarters to 2014 Q3.
"That is well above the 165,000 per year assumed in the ONS's population projections, which were last updated in 2012, and upon which the Labour Force Survey is based.
"Bank staff have revised up their assumptions about population growth from 2013 onwards on the basis of higher net migration."
So that would imply, on the Dustmann formula, that over two years, immigration had depressed the pay of the poorest by around 0.6% - which is neither devastating nor trivial.
Which is broadly consistent with what Mark Carney said on the Today programme this morning - though not completely.
The governor wanted - in his words - "to dampen down" the idea that net migration was a big negative factor on productivity and wage growth.
And to prove his point, he said that net migration over the past two years was just 50,000 - which he regards as relatively inconsequential, compared with a net increase in the effective size of the labour force of more than 500,000 due to people retiring later and wanting to work longer hours.
But I am not sure of the source of his 50,000. It is a sixth of the net inward migration statistic cited by the Bank itself for the year to the end of October 2014. And the Office for National Statistics yesterday said that the total number of UK non-nationals working in the UK rose by 294,000 in the year to the end of March (to a total of 3.1 million).
I hesitate to say the governor got it wrong. But the official statistics don't tell his story.
Now there are two other issues here.
First is whether the influx of migrant workers depresses productivity as well as wages.
That looks very unlikely at first blanche. As the Bank points out, the Poles and Romanians who take service sector jobs tend to be overqualified for the work they do in the UK. Often they have degrees. So it is very unlikely that their output would be less than the equivalent indigenous Brit.
However, if the availability of this relatively talented pool of foreign workers is persuading British companies to take on labour to increase output rather than investing in expensive new kit, then that would have a negative impact on productivity - because this failure to invest would means that the output per hour of the workforce would be lower than it would otherwise be.
That said, it would be slightly bonkers to blame immigrants for companies' low investment: that is surely much more to do with their confidence and their culture.
The second important question is whether pulling up the drawbridge and shrinking the numbers of migrants to the UK would be so wonderful for those living and working here.
Well, if the labour market were to tighten, that would probably lead to a welcome increase in wages.
But the Bank of England does not believe there is massive slack in the labour market any longer. And how can there be huge spare capacity, with employment at record levels and unemployment more or less back at pre-Crash levels?
So if wage increases suddenly accelerated, at a time when productivity growth remains trivial, they would probably be passed on by companies in the form of higher prices. Or to put it another way, inflation would take off.
What you will already have deduced, of course, is that as soon as the Bank were to see a tightening in the labour market, it would pre-emptively increase interest rates, to choke off demand and any serious rise in inflation.
So if living standards were to rise thanks to a rise in wages, they would almost certainly be simultaneously depressed by a rise in mortgage and other interest rates on households' record debts.
In other words, when the Bank of England talks about the uncertainties and risks built into its forecasts stemming from the uncertain outlook for immigration, its big concern is that interest rates would probably rise faster and more, if the number of workers arriving from abroad suddenly dried up (and if they kept on coming in such large numbers, interest rates would stay lower for longer).
So here is something to chew on: the corollary of the Bank of England admitting that wages would be higher if immigration were a lot lower is that it is also signalling that interest rates would probably be higher too.
BBC Sport has pulled together some of the highlights that might have passed you by on a humdinger of an afternoon.
If you cast your mind back a couple of decades, you may remember a video called 'Danny Baker's Right Hammerings' Or was it 'Freak Football'? Either way, in it Danny refers to the indignity, the pain and the shame of the Videprinter spelling out your team's scoreline after a heavy defeat.
It is a sentiment that will ring true tonight for Yeovil Town fans.
Luton Town, with a hat-trick from James Collins, ran riot at Kenilworth Road, winning 8-2 (EIGHT) against the bedraggled Glovers in League Two.
It was the first time since 1955 the Hatters had scored eight in a Football League game and the first time since 1988 they had been involved in a game that produced 10 or more goals. As for Yeovil, it equals the margin of their heaviest EFL defeat, a painful 6-0 loss to Stevenage in 2012.
"That was as good a day as we possibly could have had," Hatters boss Nathan Jones told BBC Three Counties Radio, in something of an understatement.
It's all about the first dismissal. That dubious 'honour' for the 2017-18 season goes to Lee Novak.
The Charlton Athletic forward walked after just six minutes in their League One game against Bristol Rovers for a tackle on Stuart Sinclair.
However, the Addicks still ran out 1-0 winners thanks to defender Patrick Bauer's first-half goal.
If there is one thing that starts to make a person feel old, then it is when you see the sons of players you grew up with starting to play professional football.
Angus Gunn is the latest one and as a goalkeeper he is a chip off the old block, following in the footsteps of father Bryan to make his first-team debut for Norwich City at Fulham.
The 21-year-old, who joined the club from Manchester City in the summer, could not keep a clean sheet but made some key saves to keep his side in the game before Nelson Oliveira cancelled out Russell Martin's own goal to earn the Canaries a point.
Oliveira meanwhile was left on the bench and after marking his substitution with a well-taken goal, whipped his bright yellow top off and ran to his manager Daniel Farke to hand him the slightly sweaty polyester, seemingly in a defiant protest about being left out of the starting XI.
"He wants to start, it was a sign for the guys and for me," a laughing Farke told BBC Radio Norfolk.
"He's emotional, and full of passion. I'm relaxed about it. We'll speak about it but I'm content with his performance. Thank God he scored."
Coventry City's past few seasons have been pretty miserable - their EFL Trophy victory at Wembley last season aside.
Relegation to the bottom tier of English football's professional league structure for the first time since 1958-59 was a nadir for the Sky Blues.
Sometimes you need to take a step back to take two steps forward and that seems to be the mantra for Mark Robins' side.
Jodi Jones has certainly taken to life at the Ricoh Arena in style. He scored all three goals in the opening day win against Notts County to get the Sky Blues up and running in front of a 10,000-plus crowd.
Of all the towns and cities to have hosted a Football League team, Nailsworth in Gloucestershire is one of the smallest with a population of just 5,800.
The town is the home of Forest Green Rovers, promoted to the EFL for the first time in their history last season. Not bad given they only joined the Conference in 1998.
It's been an impressive rise, winning at Wembley in last season's National League play-offs and began with a point after a 2-2 draw against Barnet - even if they did let slip a two-goal lead.
Meanwhile, last season's National League champions Lincoln City - back in the EFL for the first time since 2010-11 - drew 2-2 against promotion hopefuls Wycombe.
Hannah Witheridge, 23, from Norfolk and David Miller, 24, of Jersey, were killed on the island of Koh Tao.
Laura Witheridge said police "bungled" the investigation and had "nothing to tell us". She said she feels frightened after being sent defaced photographs from people in Thailand.
The Thai Embassy and Royal Thai Police have been asked to comment.
Burmese migrants Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo were last month convicted of the 2014 murders and sentenced to death.
Laura Witheridge made her comments in a public post on Facebook, which has since been shared more than 4,000 times, but has declined to speak to the BBC about the claims.
It comes after the family of Isle of Wight bricklayer Luke Miller, found dead in Kao Tao last week, said it had concerns over the inquiry into his death.
Miss Witheridge said her family had been expecting a briefing when they travelled to Thailand soon after Hannah's death to collect her body, but were instead "ambushed by a mob of hungry journalists" at police headquarters.
"The Thai police chief had no intentions of giving us an update… after all, the bungled investigation meant he had nothing to tell us," she said.
She claims she has had "many death threats from Thai people" since her sister's murder, has been sent crime scene photographs and been chased in her car.
"They defaced photographs of me saying that the killers had only done 'half the job'… people commented on these photographs saying things like 'there is still time', and 'tick tock tick tock'.
Miss Witheridge, who claims Thailand's "aesthetic beauty can lure you into a very dangerous trap", said she was now frightened of her own shadow and is constantly looking over her shoulder.
"I am exhausted, but frightened to sleep because of the nightmares. I miss my sister desperately," she said.
"My heart is heavy and my mind is tired."
Amnesty International has called for an independent inquiry over allegations Thai police tortured both defendants during the inquiry.
On their conviction in December Michael Miller, David's brother, urged those who had doubted the accused's guilt to respect the court's decision.
The camps have sprung up along streets and under overpasses, swelling in some cases to 30 or 40 tents. They have divided opinion in a city which has seen an influx of well-paid tech workers in recent years but struggled to house its poorer citizens.
Now a new ballot measure, backed financially by tech investors and to be voted on by residents next month, is proposing to introduce laws against the tent camps.
Proposition Q would give the city the right to tear down camps and remove residents' belongings. Police would have to give 24 hours notice and find a shelter for anyone they turf out.
Supporters say the measure prioritises housing over dangerous camp environments. Opponents say it is yet another move to criminalise the homeless.
Here's what you need to know about Prop Q.
In theory, a police officer or other city worker would offer someone sleeping in a tent a room in a shelter for the night, or a paid bus ticket out of the city to a family member or friend, under the city's existing "Homeward Bound" programme.
If the homeless person refused, they would be given 24 hours notice to dismantle their tent and vacate the site. If they failed to comply, the city would remove the tent and store the owner's possessions for up to 90 days.
Prop Q was drawn up and sponsored by Mark Farrell, a San Francisco city supervisor. Mr Farrell told the BBC that the camps had become "the symbol of the city's homeless problem" and were "some of the most dangerous places you can imagine".
"From documented rapes, to fires, to tonnes and tonnes of waste - these camps are a significant strain on our public safety resources," he said.
Mr Farrell and Prop Q's other advocates say no one will be moved on from a camp unless there is a guaranteed bed for them that night.
He said that allowing the camps to remain and providing water or other assistance would encourage homeless people to come to the city.
"If word got out... we would see a massive influx of tent camps in the city," he said.
Mr Farrell said he "completely rejected" the accusation that the law would criminalise the homeless. "This is about rejecting dangerous living environments and prioritising shelter and housing," he said.
In the other corner is San Francisco city supervisor John Avalos, Prop Q's official opposition. Mr Avalos called Prop Q "a political move".
"Police already have all the powers they need to move encampments," he said in an interview. "This measure is on the ballot so voters can vote with their anger about homelessness."
He said the key to solving homelessness was to focus resources on supportive housing. "This measure does not do anything to increase supportive housing, it pushes people from sidewalk to sidewalk, from block to block, in the hope of housing that doesn't exist."
"This is kind of like a tough love measure," he said. "But we know from the past, they tend to operate on very little love and mostly toughness."
Also opposing the law is San Francisco's Coalition on Homelessness charity. Jennifer Friedenbach, the charity's executive director, called it "an incredibly deceptive measure" and warned it would stir up hate against the homeless.
"It's already illegal for tents to be on the sidewalks," she said. "So it bears the question why put it on the ballot? The only reason is to have the homeless vilified to draw out more conservative voters."
Not exactly. San Francisco has a lower homelessness rate than many major US cities including LA, Seattle, and Washington DC.
But San Francisco does have a significantly higher proportion of unsheltered homeless people - 511 per 100,000 people, according to 2015 data from the city's Housing Department. That's more than five times the rate of unsheltered homeless than Washington DC, which has twice the overall rate of homelessness.
And San Francisco's homelessness rate is slowing growing, according to the Housing Department's biannual survey.
One of the central arguments against Prop Q is that there aren't enough rooms in shelters to move people to, so the homeless will just get pushed around.
Mr Farrell says that a new so-called Navigation Centre under development, plus the city's existing sheltered housing, will total 1,500 rooms, against just 600 people believed to be in tent camps.
But opponents point to the total number of homeless in the city, thought to be at least 6,500 but possibly as high as 9,500, and say there is already a long daily waiting list for a room.
"We have over 800 people waiting for shelter," said Ms Friedenbach, "and the city would hold shelter beds empty in order to offer them to people in encampments, putting other elderly people and people with disabilities who are in those shelter beds out on the streets."
According to a 2015 study by California's University of Berkeley, the average city in the state has nine homelessness laws - significantly more than in other states. San Francisco has the most - 23 laws.
San Francisco's include so called "sit-lie" - a 2010 measure which bans sitting or lying on the sidewalk during daytime hours and is punishable by up to six months in prison.
And a 2015 measure against begging which set a 20ft perimeter around cash machines and made it illegal to ask for money again from someone who had refused.
That measure did also include provisions to get more homeless people into drug or mental health programmes instead of prison.
According to a report by the Guardian, wealthy tech investors have donated significant amounts of money to the campaign for Prop Q. The newspaper reported that Sequoia Capital chairman Michael Moritz, tech angel investor Ron Conway, and hedge-fund investor William Oberndorf donated $49,999 each to a war chest totalling $270,000.
Mr Farrell said the campaign had also had large numbers of small donations from ordinary voters, but the news that rich investors putting up most of the funds has angered many.
"These are people who spend more money in a year than homeless people have for a budget for food for six years... I mean how awful to have a billionaire funding a campaign to take away people's tents," Ms Friedenbach said.
Anti-homelessness legislation has typically been popular among voters in San Francisco and proponents say they are confident of it passing. The measure needs more than 50% of the vote to pass. Voting is on 8 November.
Reporting by Joel Gunter
Valentina Romano, from Como, Italy, found the postcard on the pavement and was instantly struck by the postmark.
Stamped with the Nazi eagle, the card was signed by Roberto Bianchi and sent from Breslau, now Wroclaw in Poland.
The young writer seems to have sent it to reassure his loved ones.
"My dear parents," he writes, "after a long silence, this is me letting you know that I'm now at another site where I work on the land. I'm in the open countryside, in a farmhouse. I've got plenty to eat, so don't worry at all - I'm very well."
Sending love to his parents and grandparents, the soldier concludes: "I'm always close to you in thought. There's nothing left for me to do except send you a kiss, dear mum and dad. I trust that I will soon return to you."
Ms Romano, 42, who teaches Italian and Latin, said the card gave her "an emotion as strong as it was unexpected". Determined to find the mystery writer's family, she posted on Facebook asking for help tracking them down.
A journalist friend working for local TV station Espansione suggested Ms Romano should make a TV appeal, and a few days later the writer's family got in touch.
Delighted, the teacher delivered the card to Roberto's 74-year-old cousin, Roman Bianchi.
She told the BBC: "When I handed over the postcard, they were so grateful, happy and emotional. I was happy to be told that Roberto had managed to get home and lived a long life.
"I love 'old paper', having carried out research in medieval history and studied paleography [old handwriting] for a long time. I realised very soon that I had in my possession more than a simple piece of paper - I had a piece of history."
Roberto Bianchi was born in 1924, and taken prisoner by the Nazis as a 20-year-old soldier. He survived the war and returned to the small town of Faggeto Lario, where he married and stayed for the rest of his life. He died in 1999.
"We did not know of the existence of this postcard. Reading the words of our cousin has awakened old memories - it was a great thrill for all of my family", Roman Bianchi told the Italian Huffington Post.
He said the card had been kept in his cousin's old house, and that the current occupant "had emptied [out] everything: furniture, cabinets, books and old papers".
The relic would have been pulp by now, had it not blown away and settled in Ms Romano's path.
In a final stroke of coincidence, Roberto Bianchi was also a postman.
"Everyone knew him as Robertino the country postman," his cousin said. "He was very generous and helpful. A boy who - like many at the time - did not have the facilities to study, but could conquer everyone with his smile and an accordion".
The younger Mr Bianchi said his cousin was very proud of his work, and honoured to be the keeper of the locals' letters.
Ms Romano told the BBC she hoped the 74-year-old would visit the school where she teaches, "to tell my pupils about that part of history that no-one should ever forget".
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Unite said its members at Refresco Gerber, in Bridgwater, were "angry" and "feel betrayed" by planned cuts.
The action is the first of 11, 36-hour strikes planned to take place over the next 10 weeks.
A Refresco Gerber spokesman said they were disappointed about the action as they had "worked hard to protect jobs and pay levels".
The juice maker produces supermarket-brand products for Waitrose, Asda and Tesco, and works with other brands including Innocent, Del Monte and Ocean Spray.
Unite said the strikes followed "a refusal by the company to fully negotiate the introduction of cuts to shift and sick pay and the imposition of new shift patterns".
The first stoppage began at 06:45 GMT and will last until 19:00 GMT on Wednesday.
The union said up to 430 members were expected to take part.
Roy Winter, from the union, said: "Loyal staff who have worked hard to make Refresco Gerber Europe's biggest juice manufacturer feel betrayed by plans to railroad through cuts to their pay, terms and conditions.
"They are angry that their modest working conditions are being torn up in a bid to squeeze every last drop of profit out of them."
However, the firm said it had spent four months negotiating with Unite which, on two occasions, had recommended its members accept the new terms.
It said the changes were necessary to remain competitive and secure the future of the business in the long-term.
"Over the last couple of months we have held positive one-on-one discussions with team members and 95% have chosen to accept the new employment terms. The majority of the workforce just wants to get on with the job in hand," said a spokesman.
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But what does Germany owe Greece, if anything, and why?
The Nazi occupation of Greece from 1940-44 was among the most savage - around 250,000 people died, mostly from starvation.
Massacres include the one at Kalavryta where about 500 people were killed. At issue now is compensation for the killing of 218 civilians in Distomo in 1944. In 2000, the Greek Supreme Court ruled Germany should pay €28m (£19.7m; $30m) to the relatives of those killed, although the decision was not enforced, and the dispute effectively reached stalemate in international courts in the following years.
Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos has said he is ready to approve that ruling.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told parliament on Tuesday he had a duty to pursue reparations. He set the tone for his presidency early on by laying a wreath at a memorial to a massacre of Greeks by German soldiers in Athens.
But Greece's wartime enemy is now its major creditor.
Greek relations with Germany have deteriorated in recent years because of the financial crisis, with Germany one of the big contributors to the eurozone bailout that began in 2010.
The new leftist government argues austerity measures should be relaxed, a demand opposed by Germany. It negotiated a four-month extension to its €240bn (£170bn; $255bn) bailout last month after tense talks with creditors.
Berlin paid 115m Deutschmarks to Athens in 1960 in compensation. It was a fraction of the Greek demand but was made with the agreement there would be no more claims. Greece says the 1960 deal did not cover key demands, including payments for damaged infrastructure, war crimes and the return of a forced loan exacted from occupied Greece.
Germany insists the issue of compensation was settled in 1990 legally and politically before Germany reunified and has questioned why Greece did not negotiate when it entered the eurozone.
It is classified but based on previous estimations, Athens could be demanding as much as €162bn: €108bn for destroyed infrastructure and €54bn for the forced loan.
The Supreme Court ruling allowed for German-owned property to be seized as compensation though it was never acted on by then-Justice Minister Michalis Stathopoulos.
Among possible assets are property belonging to Germany's archaeological school and the Goethe Institute, a cultural association.
About £30 million will be cut from adult social care, while other savings including reductions in advice services will be made in 2015-16.
The government is giving a 1% grant to all councils that freeze council tax.
The council will offset the savings with £9m from a share of its stake in Manchester Airport.
It holds a 35.5% share in the airport, which has recorded a rise in passenger numbers, commercial revenues and profits.
Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council, said: "This budget, like other recent budgets, has been an exercise in making the best of a bad situation.
"We have had to make some difficult decisions but are striving to balance investing in the future and supporting the most vulnerable in our city with making the spending reductions which have been forced upon us."
The 43-year-old was seen in Argos at Inverness' Eastgate Shopping Centre at 13:00 on Thursday 9 March.
Mr Green is described as being 6ft 2in tall, of large build, with black, balding hair.
When last seen, he was wearing a black jacket, a blue jumper and blue denim jeans. He was also carrying a red rucksack.
Police Scotland said Mr Green was known to have a tent and could be camping in the Highlands, but has previously travelled throughout Scotland.
The National League side had to put defender Simon Downer in goal in their win at Torquay on Saturday, following Ross Worner's leg injury.
Reserve keeper Wayne Shaw, who is under investigation for potentially breaching betting rules, resigned last week.
Puddy, 29, joined Rovers in August 2014, making 28 appearances for them.
Ex-Aldershot and Barnet forward Cadogan, 26, has most recently been playing in Sweden.
Shaw, 45, is under investigation by the Gambling Commission and Football Association for eating a pie on camera during the FA Cup loss to Arsenal, when a bookmaker had offered 8-1 odds on it.
Victorian scientists believed the creature was a giraffe with a trunk and a "missing link" between mammals.
Digital reconstructions of the bones show that while the giraffe was gigantic, the theory that it was as big as an elephant was not true.
The findings, published in Biology Letters, shed new light on the work of 19th Century fossil hunters.
The first fossil specimen was found by the Scottish geologist Hugh Falconer and the English engineer Proby Thomas Cautley on an expedition to the Siwalik hills in India in the 1830s.
In a paper published in 1836, the two men outlined their discovery of an animal with a skull the size of an elephant which they believed had a trunk.
Palaeontologists envisaged it as an elephant sized, moose-like creature - a view that has prevailed.
Christopher Basu of the Royal Veterinary College in Hertfordshire, co-researcher of the study, said the fossil hunters did a "beautiful job at describing it and taking measurements", although it turns out the body mass calculation was "educated guesswork".
Sivatherium was a giant relative of modern giraffes, living over one million years ago in both Africa and Asia.
Unlike the giraffes of today, Sivatherium had a short neck, with short, stocky legs.
At the time of the first discovery of bones of the mammal in the 1800s it was thought to be a link between giraffes and elephants.
"They thought it was this missing link animal," Mr Basu, a veterinary scientist, told BBC News. "They had never seen anything that size with that kind of anatomy."
As part of research into the anatomy of living giraffes, he used modern computer methods to investigate the skeleton of the giraffe "cousin".
By reconstructing the animal's anatomy in 3D, he was able to estimate its body mass.
"As a palaeontologist, it is really important to understand the basic question - how big was this animal?" he explained.
The research - carried out with Liverpool John Moores University - came up with an estimated body mass of 1,246kg (857 to 1,812kg range).
This is thought to be an underestimate, as it does not take into account large horns possessed by the males.
Although its size does not approach that of an African elephant, the animal - dubbed "Siva's beast" - was certainly a large member of the giraffe family and may have been the largest ruminant mammal that has ever lived.
"This was probably the largest giraffe relative to have ever existed, which makes it the largest ruminant that's ever existed," said Mr Basu, who is studying for a PhD.
Such a large ruminant might have struggled to eat enough to provide the energy needed to power such a large body, he added.
"It's a rare animal," he said. "It's pushing the limits of its anatomy."
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The New Zealander was happy with the way his side fought back from 13-0 down to lead 16-13 with eight minutes remaining.
But Johnny Sexton's late penalty spoiled what could have been a good day for Wales.
"I'm not satisfied at all - I'm feeling pretty flat at the moment," said Gatland.
"It's disappointing that you've played one game and even though it's not a loss you've taken a couple of trophies out of the cabinet already.
"You can't win the Triple Crown and you can't win the Grand Slam so that's disappointing."
Wales took the lead for the first time in the 72nd minute when substitute fly-half Rhys Priestland - on for the injured Dan Biggar - kicked his third penalty to make the score 16-13.
But a miscued clearance kick by another replacement - scrum-half Lloyd Williams - led to a Welsh infringement which saw Sexton fire over his third penalty to draw Ireland level.
"We didn't start well, but got ourselves back in the game, dominated territory and possession," Gatland said.
"And then to get in front and obviously not execute an exit play accurately enough was disappointing.
"We possibly should have come away with a win but maybe a draw was a fair reflection of the game."
Wales, who name their team to play Scotland next weekend on Wednesday, will have to wait to know the extent of Biggar's injury.
The Scots are coming off the back of their Calcutta Cup defeat against England and seeking a first win in Cardiff since 2002.
Gatland says he is looking forward to the challenge but hopes they will agree to the roof at the re-named Principality Stadium being closed for the match.
"With the weather we have had hopefully they'll agree to close the roof so we can play a little rugby," he added.
"It is the situation - it is our stadium but we do not decide if the roof is closed. It is up to the Scots."
Before kick-off the visitors were forced into a late change by Gareth Anscombe's hamstring injury.
Travelling reserve Liam Williams went into the starting line-up.
Ireland coach Joe Schmidt was asked whether he thought Wales' late full-back switch was 'gamesmanship'.
Schmidt replied: "Undoubtedly. But it is one of the things that sometimes happens.
"We have to adjust and be ready to go no matter who the opposition are."
After the match Gatland offered his explanation of the late Wales change.
Gatland said: "Gareth's hamstring was tight on Friday so he pulled out of training on Friday so Liam ran at full-back in training and flew over with us.
"Gareth did the captain's run and came through that, but the tightness was still there so the medical decision was made Saturday night that it wasn't worth the risk of starting with Gareth particularly as we didn't have a huge amount of full-back cover and one of our 10s was going to have to go back there."
Gatland added the risk of aggravating or causing further injury was also a factor in leaving Anscombe out, saying a hamstring tear would have been "a six week injury".
A 16-year-old girl was raped and her 15-year-old female friend was sexually assaulted in Sunderland's Mowbray Park at about 19:00 GMT on 8 December.
Northumbria Police said a 46-year-old from the Barnes area of the city had been charged.
He will appear at Sunderland Magistrates' Court later.
The Bombay High Court ruled in favour of Shell's Indian unit, which was accused of under-pricing shares transferred to its parent firm by $2.5bn (£1.6bn) in February 2013.
Officials wanted tax on the interest that the firm would have earned.
But the Indian court ruled that the stock transfers were not taxable.
[The tax department] "clearly exceeded its jurisdiction", said Shell's India lawyer Mukesh Butani in a statement, referring to the country's share transfer provisions, which exempt taxation.
The ruling is a significant victory for Shell and other international companies operating in Asia's third largest economy, that have been targeted in tax disputes.
A series of high-profile tax claims on big international firms recently including IBM, Nokia Oyi, HSBC and AT&T has put negative attention on India's tax authorities and dented the country's reputation as a destination for foreign investment.
"This is a positive outcome which should provide a further boost to the Indian government's initiatives to improve the country's investment climate," Shell's Indian unit said in a statement on Wednesday.
In October, an Indian court also ruled in favour of the biggest foreign corporate investor in India, Vodafone, which was involved in a similar transfer pricing battle with a local tax department.
Forget the complexities of this case and look at the bigger picture.
Multinationals in India often complain that tax authorities seem out to get them with rulings that are - at best - unpredictable.
And that has done nothing to help India's reputation as a friendly place for foreign firms at a time when it desperately needs overseas investment - both for expertise in key industries and the cash.
Narendra Modi's new government has pledged to end the "tax terrorism" that is scaring companies away.
The courts are independent of the government and this case dates back years.
But, this Shell victory, on the back of a similar win by Vodafone, will be keenly watched by dozens of other multinationals involved in similar battles, including HSBC and AT&T.
The former Newcastle and Fulham midfielder, 44, joined the League One strugglers on Wednesday, replacing temporary manager Chris Brass.
Clark kept Kilmarnock in the top tier via the play-offs last season, and leaves them in sixth place.
"The year I had at Kilmarnock has shown everyone I can manage, I'm a good manager," Clark told BBC Manchester.
The ex-Huddersfield and Birmingham City manager took over Blackpool in 2014, but three wins in 33 matches saw them relegated from the Championship.
"It was a tough six months at Blackpool. For a few months after that there was a time I considered not continuing in football, it took a lot out of me. It wasn't the real Lee Clark," he added.
"I've got my mojo back - I have thoroughly enjoyed the year I've had with Kilmarnock, they've done a lot for me and now Bury can reap rewards of that."
Clark joins Bury with the club two points from safety, having played two games more than their nearest rivals Port Vale.
"I've been in a relegation battle at Birmingham which we got through, and the same at Kilmarnock."
"There'll be no knee-jerk reactions, we will deal with this in a cool, calm and calculated way, to understand the situation, survive and build for the future."
"I know this league from my time with Huddersfield, where I had a lot of success."
The ex-Sunderland player believes he can be successful again in the third tier.
"How do I become successful at Bury? The players. I have to get them to buy into what I'm about. The players at Kilmarnock got me this move, they produced the results to get from bottom of the table to the top six."
"The short-term goal is to win as many games as possible to stay in the league, and then the next objective is to challenge at the other end at the end of the table. If you don't have ambition, don't come into the game."
Clark will take charge of his first match on Saturday, with the Shakers travelling to fellow relegation candidates Chesterfield.
"I want the lads to be extremely fit. Everyday we will train as hard as we can so we can replicate it on match day. If the players give me that, and we don't get the results, then there is nothing we can do. The club deserves this, and if they do, they have my total support."
The options were the most popular in a consultation on how travel between Witney and Oxford could be improved.
The plan to upgrade the Witney to Eynsham stretch and add bus lanes from there into Oxford will be considered by councillors next week.
A new park and ride at Eynsham is already in the pipeline.
Other options included in the public consultation included using the disused railway line between Witney and Oxford for a tram or guided bus or reopening it for trains.
County council leader Ian Hudspeth said: "What's been put forward is a very good pragmatic solution. I know some people will say we should be looking at having a rail solution but the funding of that is just not realistic in the present climate."
However, Hugh Jaegar, chairman of Bus Users Oxford action group, said widening roads was not the solution.
"We know that encouraging more cars and more HGVs leads to more emissions and eventually you just end up with a bigger traffic jam with twice as many lanes," he said.
"We've got to break that spiral now and get everybody onto public transport."
Indian media reported that the accident happened while local students were picnicking on the banks of the Kosi river in Rampur district.
A police official said a group of boys went into the river and two ventured too far into deep water.
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"A group of students were bathing in the swollen river," Police inspector Kushalveer Singh told the BBC.
"Two decided to go deeper into the river to get a better selfie, but they lost their balance and drowned."
The rescuers took more than an hour to retrieve the bodies of the victims, he added.
Twelve other teenagers who had been bathing were reported safe.
Eyewitnesses speaking to local media said the boys appeared to have been caught unaware by a surge of water that could have been released from a nearby dam.
Earlier this year police in Mumbai declared 15 locations in the cities as places where taking selfies "can be dangerous".
The move followed the death of an 18-year-old girl who drowned in the sea while taking a picture.
Last year, authorities also imposed a "no selfie zone" at a Hindu festival due to fears they could cause stampedes.
Every corner of the globe, it seemed, had become obsessed with Psy's viral hit in 2012.
But despite two successful follow-up singles and promises of a US-produced album, there has been very little noise from the South Korean rapper since.
K-pop was officially on the map, but did its unofficial ambassador give up?
Hardly. Having earned an estimated $55m (£36m) from his work in the West, Psy is now racking up similar amounts from the lucrative Chinese market, where his collaboration with world-class pianist Lang Lang is currently producing a run of consecutive number ones.
"Chinese fans love his music and the song," Hyun Suk "YG" Yang, his manager and founder and chairman of one of Korea's biggest entertainment companies, YG Entertainment told the BBC.
"It topped [all the] Chinese music charts."
Psy's decision to focus on the Asian music market may be an indication of where the entertainment industry turns over the highest profits for musicians - China's entertainment market was last valued at $95.7bn - but it also put a sudden end to the epic K-pop tidal wave he was supposed to be riding in to the West.
That could be about to change.
Talent manager Scooter Braun, who discovered the likes of pop megastars Justin Bieber and Carly Rae Jepsen, told the BBC that it was Psy who opened his eyes to South Korea's hottest commodity and its line-up of talented idol stars ripe for export.
When he first saw Psy's Gangnam Style video "something in my gut went off" says Braun, who immediately signed the singer to his US-based label, School Boy Records.
"K-pop as a genre invests a lot in their music videos, with unique and vibrant visuals and even a bit of an exoticness to them," he says.
"These larger than life visuals allowed fans who may not understand the language to still understand the music."
Which explains why, with virtually no marketing whatsoever, K-pop music videos continue to rack up millions of daily video views by overseas fans, many of whom simply discover the genre by chance.
In fact, more than 90% of K-pop YouTube streams are now consumed outside Korea, many in North America.
"The fact that fans around the world can see content online is really helping to establish K-pop outside of Korea and Asia," Braun says.
As are the K-pop concerts. South Korean boy band, Big Bang's 2013 Alive Galaxy Tour performed at 48 international stadiums, including sold-out shows at London's Wembley Arena.
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And for those still unaware of the genre, Braun's next discovery could be about to change things. Step forward 24-year-old Korean pop sensation, CL.
Hailing from one of K-pop's biggest girl groups, 2NE1, the singer and rapper has more than 45 million Asia single sales under her belt and is already a favourite among US producers and elite fashion designers.
Moschino's creative director Jeremy Scott, who has worked with the likes of Britney Spears, Katy Perry and Rihanna, credits her as his muse.
"My team first saw CL perform with 2NE1 in Seoul at one of Psy's concerts," says Braun. "We were extremely impressed with her stage presence… [she's an] amazing performer.
"We wanted to help her bring her talent to the US," explains Braun.
So, can CL singlehandedly drive the K-pop takeover that Psy almost pulled off?
"I grew up listening to English bands and American pop," CL says.
"Now that I've been an artist in Asia for eight years, I feel like challenging a new crowd. I definitely have a long way to go, but I feel like I have the right people around me, a good team."
Plus great connections.
In the past year, Braun has helped CL (real name Chaerin Lee) rap on tracks for producers Diplo and Skrillex. In April, she appeared alongside young Hollywood's elite, including Bieber, Kendall Jenner and Ariana Grande, for a viral video style lip-sync cover of Jepsen's I Really Like You.
Last week, her collaboration single with Diplo, Riff Raff, and OG Maco, called Doctor Pepper was released.
Diplo, whose back catalogue includes hits for Beyonce, Madonna and Chris Brown, calls the hip-hop track "the right balance between glossy K-pop attitude and keeping CL positioned where she belongs - as the baddest, coolest female out right now."
Like many idols in the K-pop industry, CL began training with her agency at the age of 15.
Trainees are expected to juggle school and long hours of daily practice, which include singing, dancing, acting, language classes and, in extreme cases, plastic surgery makeovers.
It is a gruelling process that can last years before an artist is deemed ready to debut though the rewards for those who succeed are worth the intense training periods.
Korean entertainment agencies are known for signing artists to golden handcuff-like contracts, anywhere from seven to 13 years.
These guarantee long and profitable careers for the artist and a lucrative return for the agency, who will have spent seven-figure sums on training.
2NE1's label mates Big Bang, a five-member male group who debuted in 2006, reportedly earned $71m in 2014, just $4m shy of One Direction in the same year.
But for every success story there are, of course, cautionary tales.
It is not uncommon for hopeful artists to dedicate years of their lives to training with an agency, only to never properly debut.
Some trainees just do not live up to expectations, says a staffer at a well-known agency (who asked for anonymity).
Instead of being dropped they will be tested out in different fields such as a variety show or TV presenting.
"If that doesn't work, it might be behind the scenes - styling, writing, choreography," says the staffer.
"Because the company has invested so much in to the training, they often refuse to let them go from their contracts until they have made some of the money back."
Ida Simmons began training with SM Entertainment, one of South Korea's other major talent agencies, at 14.
With a Korean mother and German father, her unique looks and note-perfect singing voice should have had her destined for big things with a company behind some of the top names in the industry.
But while her peers went on to the big stage, Simmons failed to catch the attention of new fans during focus groups and TV appearances.
Having signed a 13-year contract with SM, Simmons was technically benched by the agency and found a job by the company as a DJ on Korea's Arirang Radio to sit out the remainder of her contract.
"It was definitely difficult," Simmons, now 29 and free of her contract, has said.
"Now I'm just happy to be able to move on with my career."
Nevertheless, there is much the Western music industry is keen to learn from the well-oiled system in South Korea.
"The entire structure of developing a new artist in the US is completely different than it is in Korea," talent spotter Braun says.
"In Korea, there is no real distinction between management and the record company. They are one and the same and invest heavily in finding and grooming talent from a young age.
"I've actually learned a lot from YG and his company's system and really admire the work they do."
Over the next year, we could see more of Western music's big players looking for a slice of the K-pop pie.
Rapper Kanye West's creative team recently announced plans to launch Seoul-based joint-stock company 10-Jones, incorporating brand, agency and entertainment branches.
The Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy group (LVMH) recently invested $80m in YG Entertainment.
As for CL - who will release a full solo album later this year - she has fan and personal friend, Chanel and Fendi creative director, Karl Lagerfeld rooting for her.
"CL is beautiful… you can't take your eyes off her. This year she will help K-pop take over the world."
About the author: Omid Scobie is the European Bureau Chief for US Weekly magazine and founder of Korean entertainment news site, IdolWow!
The Neath-born mezzo-soprano, 34, announced the news on Monday that she and husband Andrew Levitas were expecting a baby girl.
The singer posted a picture on her Instagram and Twitter accounts of two pink baby boots on top of a framed picture of the married couple.
Next to the image she wrote: "Couldn't be more excited to meet our little girl!"
In a statement, she said they were "overjoyed" to be expecting their first child.
"Starting a family and moving into this exciting phase of our lives is a blessing for which we are incredibly grateful," she added.
"We eagerly await the arrival of our little girl."
The singer married American director Mr Levitas at Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, in September last year.
The preferred route for the section between Pitlochry and Killiecrankie is on public display until Thursday in Pitlochry Town Hall.
Two other proposed sections covering more than 16 miles of the dualling programme will be displayed this month.
The 80-mile £3bn programme is expected to be completed in 2025.
The Enchanted Forest event is held every September in Faskally Wood, Perthshire. This year's light and music show attracted more than 70,000 visitors.
Transport Scotland said the preferred route, which is about four miles long, would avoid the need for a new structure over Loch Faskally and was the least-expensive option.
Economy Secretary Keith Brown said: "One of the challenges of dualling the route is trying to fit the road through some of the country's most striking landscapes, including the Cairngorms National Park.
"On this stretch of the road, our design consultants have worked hard to identify a route that avoids any impact on the area of ancient woodland in Faskally Wood well known as the home of the popular Enchanted Forest event that attracted over 70,000 visitors this year.
"The preferred route also avoids the need for a new structure over Loch Faskally and will lead to less disruption for road users during construction."
Proposed dualling routes for the Tomatin to Moy and Glen Garry to Dalwhinnie sections will be displayed in Tomatin and Dalwhinnie later in November.
Mr Brown said the new consultations, along with three others carried out earlier this year, meant that preferred routes for more than 36 miles of the programme had now been identified.
He said: "At the same time, the construction work on the section between Kincraig and Dalraddy, the first to be dualled, is well under way and is expected to be complete in summer 2017."
Alan Bennett told John Ainley he felt no sense of celebration following the death of Ian Brady on Monday.
Brady, 79, tortured and killed five children with Myra Hindley.
But he never revealed where Keith's remains were buried, though Keith's mother Winnie Johnson, who died in 2012, had begged Brady to do so.
Writing on Facebook, Alan Bennett, who runs a website, Searching for Keith, in a continuing attempt to locate his brother's body, said: "We will carry on doing whatever we can to bring Keith home".
He said support from well-wishers "means more than I could ever put in to words".
Brady, who was jailed in 1966, buried four of his victims in graves on Saddleworth Moor, Greater Manchester.
He died at Ashworth Hospital, a secure psychiatric unit in Merseyside where he had been detained since 1985.
A Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust spokesman said Brady had died at 18:03 BST on Monday.
An inquest into his death is due to be opened at Southport Town Hall later.
Brady, who was born in Glasgow but later moved to Manchester, was jailed at Chester Assizes 51 years ago for the murders of John Kilbride, aged 12, Lesley Ann Downey, 10, and Edward Evans, 17.
In 1985 he also admitted to the murders of Pauline Reade, 16, and Keith Bennett, who was 12.
The children had been abducted by Brady and his lover Hindley, who died in prison in 2002, between 1963 and 1965.
Robin Makin, who was Brady's solicitor for 25 years, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he was with his client in hospital less than two hours before his death.
"I got a call that he wanted to see me - he was obviously well aware that his death was imminent," he said.
He described the encounter as "quite a moving sort of situation", where the pair discussed Brady's legal affairs and funeral arrangements.
He said the whereabouts of Keith Bennett's remains did not come up in conversation.
"I would be very surprised if he really had information that was useful," he said.
"He did go to the Moors a long time ago and I suspect that if there had been information for him that he could have provided, he would have provided it then."
Describing coverage of the search for Keith's body as a "frenzy", he said: "I would very much hope that the remains can be found, but unfortunately I haven't got any information that's going to assist."
Brady and Hindley were caught when her brother-in-law David Smith, who was a petty criminal, phoned the police after seeing Brady abuse and strangle Edward Evans.
The officers caught Brady and Hindley at home, retrieving Edward's body from the bedroom, along with Brady's library of volumes on perversion and sadism.
Martin Bottomley, the head of Greater Manchester Police's cold case unit, said the force would never give up the search for Keith and Brady's death did "not change that".
He said: "Our aim, as it always has been, is to find where Keith is buried and give closure to his surviving family members so they can give Keith the proper burial they so desperately want.
"Whilst we are not actively searching Saddleworth Moor, we will act on credible and actionable information that will help lead us to him."
Ch Insp Ian Hanson, chair of the Greater Manchester branch of the Police Federation, said: "Having grown up in that part of Manchester where Brady and his cohort committed these terrible crimes, I know first-hand the impact this had on decent young families.
"We couldn't even play in the street unless somebody's mum could see us from the window.
"He now takes his place in hell and he can rot there and as far as I am concerned.
"Ashworth Hospital can leave him out for the bin men."
In 2012 Brady's health advocate, Jackie Powell, was questioned by police after she told a television documentary Brady had given her a sealed envelope to pass to Mrs Johnson in the event of Brady's death.
The letter was never found.
John Kilbride's brother, Terry, told the Sun newspaper: "It's been years and years of anguish and pain for us and the families of the victims.
"He's dead but we will have to still live with the nightmare that he left behind."
Speaking about the case of victim Lesley Ann Downey, former police officer Norman Brennan told of the "grief and torment" he had seen on the faces of her mother and father.
Police found photographs of the naked 10-year-old, along with tape recordings of her final moments pleading for her life as she was brutally abused.
Mr Brennan told BBC Two's Newsnight: "To know that your daughter was lost, alone and murdered and then actually her death was recorded, the grief can never ever be etched from your mind.
"Those two individuals, Myra Hindley and Ian Brady, they didn't just destroy five young children's lives.
"The... false hopes that they gave the families for over 50 years destroyed all of the families as well, even to this day."
Brady had been on successive hunger strikes since 1999, arguing he should be allowed to die, but had been force-fed because he was considered mentally ill.
He campaigned for several years to be moved from Ashworth to a Scottish prison where he would not be force-fed and would be allowed to die if he wished.
The Mersey Care Trust was unable to confirm the cause of Brady's death, but said he had been given oxygen for a while.
Brady was not found dead in his room, its spokesman said, but he was unable to confirm if anyone was with him when he died, adding: "Quite possibly. I don't know."
With most of its furnaces, coalmines and factories now long-closed and unemployment high, a very different type of industry is seen as a catalyst for reviving the area's fortunes.
Millions have been spent turning the old town hall and Zoar Chapel into cultural centres, while the third Merthyr Rising festival is set to bring artists, musicians, writers and filmmakers together in June.
It is these creative industries that are seen as the potential trigger for tapping into a wealth of local talent and drawing in investment and tourism.
But for this to happen, a belief that local people are not good enough to achieve big things must change, according to Lynnette Jenkins, who left school at 16 to work in a chocolate factory.
She was on the verge of giving up a part-time theatre and media drama course when the BBC gave her positive feedback about a script she had written.
"Everyone in Merthyr underestimates themselves, but after that I believed in myself and kept going," she said.
Her defining moment came in 1999, when she saw an advert in a newspaper asking for writers to submit ideas for a new HTV drama set in the valleys.
Ms Jenkins, now 45, sent her script in and Nuts and Bolts was born, which would run for four series until 2002.
"There was no regional drama at the time and for me it was the biggest thing ever. They wanted to film it in Pontypridd but I insisted it came here," she said.
"They invested a lot in local talent, it was like a university on set, with few professionals.
"In many ways it was a turning point for Merthyr and the hope and buzz it created is still here today."
While the gritty drama was axed after viewing figures dropped when it was moved to a late-night slot, Ms Jenkins is now writing a film she hopes will show the area to a worldwide audience and help stimulate economic regeneration.
"There is no heavy industry coming here now, that's never coming back. But we have a massive resource that hasn't been tapped into - the community spirit that still exists here.
"These nuggets of gold have never been mined. People have so many stories and tales that have been passed down through the generations.
"What people in Merthyr don't realise is that there is a big world out there and we can reach it - working class people can write better as they have experienced things others haven't."
To help bring out this creativity, a new workshop called I Can is set to be launched at Theatr Soar - that encourages anyone with a mobile phone to write and direct their own film.
"I think all children are creative but they lose it as they get older and are encouraged to become more mainstream," said the theatre's Phyl Griffiths.
The bilingual community theatre was created as part of the old Zoar Chapel after a £1.8m investment and hosts performances in both English and Welsh.
Mr Griffiths said the cafe at the centre is also becoming a "focal point", where artists and musicians are meeting to exchange ideas.
There is also the old town hall, renamed The Redhouse after a £8m redevelopment in 2014, that is being used for exhibitions and live music - with highly-rated local band Pretty Vicious playing their first gig there.
"We were the iron capital of the world, Merthyr could be a world heritage site. But it was left to ruin and is in many ways became a pretty desolate place," said Merthyr College film lecturer Mark Boucher.
"But the area is turning around, there has been a lot of investment over the last 10 years and only now is it starting to show.
"My students have won a string of awards for films they have produced. There are a lot of talented people in Merthyr and there is definitely a buzz about the place."
This has been helped after a large investment in the college after it was taken under the wing of the University of South Wales, says Mr Boucher.
He is another who left school with no great creative ambition and worked as a builder and then ran a shop.
But it was in 1999, when Nuts and Bolts producers convinced him to let them take over his house for filming, that his life changed.
"There were 30 people in my living room - sound people, cameramen, actors, directors. I just thought 'wow, I'm in the wrong job'.
"I phoned a mate and he said there was only one way into the industry - college. So, I sold the shop and started a theatre and media drama course."
As well as his lecturing work, he has helped produce a string of films and plays, including Karl Francis' Hope Eternal and Patrick Jones' The War is Dead, Long Live the War.
Along with Ms Jenkins and Mr Griffiths, he is involved in CoDu Productions, which aims to inspire local people and a wider audience.
One of its first projects is a Festival of Fear at Halloween - with bilingual talks on horror through the ages at Theatr Soar.
It will culminate in a run of stage play Kill Phyl, which has been written by local man Gareth Hunt, 38, with the production company hoping to make it into a feature film over the summer.
While Merthyr Tydfil's furnaces may no longer be burning, ambition is and it is hoped the creative industries can put the town on the map once again.
But Villa Park's fifth home league draw in six games this season could quite easily have ended badly for Bruce.
Villa took the lead through Jonathan Kodjia's 15th-minute penalty, only for Wolves to level with a spot-kick of their own from Helder Costa.
And Wolves had enough second-half chances to have won comfortably.
On a day when Bruce's side began the game in the Championship's bottom three thanks to the day's earlier results, they ended it in 20th - nine points behind his old club Birmingham City, who occupy the last of the four play-off places.
And the new Villa boss certainly now knows the full size of the job he has taken on.
In a game of penalty decisions, two given, and one not, Wolves had the more raw deal.
Villa's Jack Grealish had already given a warning of his close control before he got into the penalty area, where he went down under a challenge from Dominic Iorfa - his England Under-21 international team-mate in midweek.
Kodjia converted the penalty, but Wolves levelled just 19 minutes later, also from the spot - a far less controversial decision.
Having left Costa alone on the edge of the area, a desperately back-tracking Aly Cissokho tried to cover but the Wolves winger's goalbound left-foot curling shot struck his outstretched arm, and Costa himself converted the spotkick.
Wolves then had the best penalty shout of the lot early in the second half when Micah Richards bundled over Jon Dadi Bodvarsson, but nothing was given.
The visitors could feel aggrieved but they had only themselves to blame after that as Prince Oniangue and Bodvarsson both struck efforts wide, sub Nouha Dicko shot over from an angle and Ivan Cavaleiro's goalbound shot was brilliantly blocked by Alan Hutton.
Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce told BBC WM:
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"There's a lot of work to be done. The hardest part in management is always getting over a relegation. We've now won only four games in 55, which is an alarming statistic, but it's my job to find a formula to win.
"We did well with all the late blocks and saves we made, but we tired badly, which was alarming.
"It would have been nice to bring big Rudy Gestede on, or Jordan Ayew, and make an attacking substitution. But we had two struggling with calf injuries, Micah Richards and Tommy Elphick. They've now got no chance of making it on Tuesday night (at Reading)."
Wolves head coach Walter Zenga told BBC Sport:
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"In any game, there are always moments that determine whether it is a win, loss or draw and the challenge on Bodvarsson was one of those moments. The perfect moment to put my team in front. Totally, no doubt. It was a penalty.
"The start of the the season was difficult, introducing so many new players, but now we know what we want and the team is benefiting.
"Wolves played with spirit, courage and attitude. It was important for us to play this way. But we need the same performance every week, not to be up and down. We have to find consistency."
Match ends, Aston Villa 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.
Second Half ends, Aston Villa 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.
Offside, Aston Villa. James Chester tries a through ball, but Aaron Tshibola is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Ivan Cavaleiro (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dominic Iorfa with a cross.
Nouha Dicko (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aly Cissokho (Aston Villa).
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Matt Doherty.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Joe Mason replaces Jón Dadi Bödvarsson.
Ivan Cavaleiro (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Albert Adomah (Aston Villa).
David Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by David Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Ivan Cavaleiro (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Edwards.
Attempt missed. Nouha Dicko (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is too high. Assisted by Romain Saiss.
Romain Saiss (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ross McCormack (Aston Villa).
Substitution, Aston Villa. Nathan Baker replaces Tommy Elphick.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Tommy Elphick (Aston Villa) because of an injury.
Foul by Danny Batth (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Albert Adomah (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. David Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ivan Cavaleiro with a cross.
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Tommy Elphick.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Ivan Cavaleiro replaces Hélder Costa.
Foul by Aaron Tshibola (Aston Villa).
Hélder Costa (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hélder Costa tries a through ball, but Conor Coady is caught offside.
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Jonathan Kodjia.
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by James Chester.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Alan Hutton replaces Micah Richards because of an injury.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Nouha Dicko replaces Prince Oniangué.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Micah Richards (Aston Villa) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. David Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jón Dadi Bödvarsson with a headed pass.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by David Edwards.
Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Albert Adomah (Aston Villa).
Attempt missed. Prince Oniangué (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Hélder Costa with a cross.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Ashley Westwood replaces Mile Jedinak.
The technology was designed by Philips and has been installed at a Carrefour supermarket in Lille.
It transmits codes via light waves, which are undetectable to the eye but can be picked up by a phone camera.
The innovation offers an alternative to Bluetooth-based "beacons", which are being installed by many retailers.
"We are always on the lookout for innovations to facilitate customers' navigation," explained Carrefour executive Celine Martin.
"Thanks to this new application, which uses Philips technology, we are now able to provide our customers at the EuraLille Carrefour with a new service, enabling them to quickly search and locate their preferred promotions or detect all the promotions around them."
Philips said that an added benefit was that its system required 50% less electricity than the old lights it had replaced.
Philips is not the only organisation to have researched ways to transmit data via specialised LED bulbs.
Engineers at the University of Edinburgh are working on a "li-fi" system capable of transmitting data at up to 10 gigabits per second, which they suggest could offer an alternative to radio waves.
The Philips scheme is more limited in its scope, but has the benefit of being ready for market.
It works by making each of the fitted LEDs transmit a distinct location code.
If users open a compatible app and let their smartphone camera look upwards, this can be used to determine their location - accurate to up to 1m - and the direction they are facing.
It functions in a similar way to GPS-based maps used outdoors, and compares favourably to wi-fi based location systems, which are typically accurate to only 3-5m.
Many retailers, however, are investing instead in beacons - small Bluetooth 4 transmitters that allow compatible apps to work out how far away a user is standing, but not their precise position.
Beacons have the benefit of being cheaper and potentially easier to try out than replacing a store's complete lighting system.
However, one expert saw the merits of Philips's alternative.
"You have to look at this as a long-term investment, but this is potentially an easier spend to swallow as you're not just betting on one thing - you still have a good lighting system," commented Chris Green, principal technology analyst at the Davies Murphy Group consultancy.
"It also goes far beyond what is achievable with the beacons.
"To try and get a similar effect you'd need so many of them that they would be awkward to deploy, plus you'd need to rely on users having a phone that not only supports the newer Bluetooth standard but also has it switched on.
"By contrast, this is up in the air, so easier to roll out."
The diversion followed a "security threat onboard".
The guests, baggage and aircraft crews went through additional security screening which took several hours, according to the airline.
The majority of transferring guests were re-booked on flights on Saturday morning and were offered overnight accommodation in Abu Dhabi.
Etihad Airways has apologised for the inconvenience caused.
In a statement the airline said "the safety and security of our guests and crew is our top priority.
"The crew completed all necessary in-flight checks as per procedure, with no abnormalities found, then followed the authorities' instructions to undergo further security checks at the air base."
David Cameron tried to re-brand the Conservatives as the party of working people - the day after Ed Miliband claimed that Labour was the party of economic responsibility.
It is not just the language that has changed it is the tone.
Today the Tory leader tried to re-discover the rhetorical "sunshine" he was once associated with - with his promise to deliver "The Good Life" in a country which he claimed was on the "brink of something special".
So, gone is the "age of austerity". Gone too the warnings of red flashing lights on the dashboard. Gone all talk of difficult decisions.
In their place comes not one but three give-aways - an extension of the right to buy, a doubling of free childcare and a promise that tax allowances will rise to ensure that the minimum wage is tax free. This after a series of others - not least the pledge to cut inheritance tax and spend at least £8 billion a year on the NHS.
What today's Conservative manifesto does not spell out is who will pay. Which budgets will be cut (police, colleges, councils…)? Which benefits will be stopped? Whose taxes will be raised?
David Cameron and George Osborne used to warn against unfunded spending commitments. They are gambling that their reputation as protectors of the public purse is good enough to risk looking like they can't wait to get spending again.
There is, of course, a reason the Tories and Labour are trying so hard to look like each other. It is because the two big parties are stuck in the opinion polls. Neither shows any sign of breaking away. Neither can be confident of getting enough support to get a majority government.
The question after this manifesto launch is raised by David Cameron's own rhetoric - do you really see him as leader of the workers' party? Do you believe that the Tories can deliver the Good Life?
Peter Capaldi, who has replaced Matt Smith as the Time Lord, joined co-star Jenna Coleman in Cardiff.
The actor, and lifelong Doctor Who fan, said: "New job, first day, slightly nervous. Just like the Doctor, I'm emerging from the Tardis into a whole other world."
Capaldi appeared in the hit BBC show during the Christmas Day episode.
The show's writer Steven Moffat said: "First the eyebrows. Then, at Christmas, the face. Coming soon, the whole Doctor. In the Cardiff studios, the Capaldi era begins."
Filming on the latest series of the show will continue until August with director Ben Wheatley coming on board.
The men, each jailed for life for the failed 21 July 2005 plot, said their convictions were unfair because police interviewed them without a lawyer.
But judges ruled that the police were justified because of the urgent need to protect the public.
The Home Office welcomed the decision.
The attempted attack came two weeks after the 7 July bombings in London, which killed 52 people.
Meanwhile, the court upheld a claim from another man, Ismail Abdurahman, who was jailed for withholding information about the planned attacks and helping the fourth failed bomber, Hussain Osman.
The judges said he should have been offered legal advice when he started to incriminate himself while being interviewed as a witness. He was awarded 16,000 euros for legal fees.
The failed bombers had targeted three London Underground trains and a bus - in an attempted repeat of the 7/7 attacks - but their devices failed to explode.
Because the bombs did not explode, police were able to recover forensic material from the scenes, while CCTV images of the bombers were also available.
Ramzi Mohammed, Muktar Said Ibrahim and Yassin Omar were each found guilty of conspiracy to murder and sentenced to minimum terms of 40 years' imprisonment.
After their arrests the men were questioned by police in what are known as "safety interviews", as detectives tried to establish whether there was any further risk to the public.
The men complained that they did not have access to lawyers at that point.
But judges in the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights said the police were justified in carrying out the interviews of the three men without lawyers present because of the urgent need to protect the public from possible suicide attacks.
In the ruling, they said: "The police had been operating under enormous pressure and their overriding priority had, quite properly, been investigations and interviews to obtain as a matter of urgency information on any further planned attacks and the identities of those potentially involved in the plot."
The judges said there were "compelling reasons for the temporary restrictions" of the three men's right to legal advice.
The court was also satisfied that the proceedings as a whole in respect of the three men had been fair, it said.
Responding to the decision, a Home Office spokesman said: "Had their plot been successful, it would have had devastating consequences.
"We are pleased that the Grand Chamber has agreed with the British courts and has rejected the appeal of the three bombers. They remain behind bars where they belong."
The spokesman added that the Home Office was "disappointed" with the decision made about Abdurahman.
He added: "Although this does not overturn his conviction for this serious offence, we will now carefully consider the implications of the judgment for our procedures in this type of case."
In his time in this country, with Falkirk, Hibs and Celtic, he's had 190 starts (plus 38 appearances off the bench). He has scored 114 goals (just six of those were penalties) and assisted in 64 others.
It is rare that a guy with that kind of artillery in his locker becomes available on loan in the Premiership, but he's up for grabs until the end of the season.
Given those numbers, no wonder that Mixu Paatelainen's tongue has been hanging out of his head for a few weeks. Stokes is precisely the kind of player he needs if Dundee United are to stage any kind of act of defiance at the bottom of the Premiership.
Up in Inverness, John Hughes hasn't so much fluttered his eye-lashes in Stokes' direction as give him the full come-hither routine. Stokes is not returning his calls, so Hughes has been left to do his serenading in public.
It has been a bit desperate, but entirely understandable because Hughes knows better than anybody what Stokes can do for his team.
Hughes has applied the defibrillator to Stokes' career on two separate occasions - when he took him on loan from Arsenal to Falkirk and when he signed him for Hibs after the striker had endured joyless spells at Sunderland and on loan at Sheffield United and Crystal Palace.
Hughes' management worked wonders on Stokes - and Stokes worked wonders for Hughes - and it was on his watch at Hibs that the striker got his big move to Celtic. The Dubliner owes the Inverness manager a lot, the least of the debt being the returning of a phone call.
Stokes is bound for Easter Road and the care of Alan Stubbs. It could prove a good move because Stubbs looks like the kind of manager who understands how to deal with players who have a pretty loose interpretation of what it is to be a good pro, on and off the pitch.
He has turned Jason Cummings around and if Stokes is ready to listen then he might well do the same for him. Stokes is just 27 - old enough to know better but young enough to have some fine years left in him if he can get himself on track.
The player has clouds on his horizon that he needs to clear. He faces a trial in Dublin on charges of an alleged assault on an Elvis impersonator at a nightclub in the city in June 2013.
His ability to score goals in Scotland is beyond question. His judgement in other areas of his life is far less certain, however.
As a footballer, he has a future but only if he can rid himself of the attitude that has seen him fail to kick a ball for Celtic since late August. The sight of Nadir Ciftci and Carlton Cole ahead of him in the pecking order at Parkhead should both embarrass and inspire him. In ability terms, he's better than the pair of them and nearly everybody at the club would accept that.
It's what's termed "the other stuff" that has held him back. Former Celtic boss Neil Lennon first mentioned "the other stuff" more than three years ago and the fact that we're still talking about it now shows that Stokes is slow to learn his lesson.
To avoid the grim prospect of looking back on his career with a ton of regret the player needs to start making better decisions, on the pitch and off.
He looks to have made a good one in committing to Hibs for the rest of the season. Everybody knows that he has the talent to be a success (again) in Edinburgh.
It's his temperament that will be on trial in the coming months.
A narrative is steadily building up around Hearts' style of play. It's euphemistically called "robust". That's the way Mark McGhee, the Motherwell manager, termed it on Friday.
McGhee - hardly a delicate flower in his own playing days - might well have meant it as a compliment, but on the back of comments last week from Jonny Hayes of Aberdeen and, before that, Murray Davidson of St Johnstone, it added to a picture of Hearts as the Premiership's pre-eminent cloggers.
Davidson went even as far as quoting the number of fouls Hearts were supposed to have committed in their five games before they met St Johnstone last month.
He reckoned it was about 70. The image of the St Johnstone boys sitting in front of the television with their notepads counting the indiscretions is an amusing one. You might say that whatever Hearts are doing, or not doing, they've definitely got into the heads of their nearest rivals for second place in the league.
The notion of Hearts as bully boys who muscle their way to victory is a distortion. They're physical, of course. Why shouldn't they be? They have some big men mixed in with some wee guys. What's wrong with that?
They're hungry, as evidenced in their first half against Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup last weekend. That was a thunderous opening 45 minutes from Robbie Neilson's team. Throughout the match they looked like a side who wanted it more than the Dons and who were prepared to work harder for it.
Do they take it to the edge sometimes? Of course. What supporter of any team in the world wouldn't want their players to show such commitment.
But they can play. Let's not be daft. The feeling here is that there's more improvement in this Hearts team, but right now, only Celtic have scored more goals in the league than Neilson' side.
You can do anything you like with statistics, but in terms of yellow cards dished out in the Premiership this season, Hearts have two players on the list of the top 20 whereas Hamilton and Kilmarnock have three.
Their foul count - if it's higher than the rest - can be an illustration of their desire. The sight of a few of their rivals passing comment on it is an indication that they're rattling a few cages. That's no bad thing either.
When Bernard Higgins, assistant chief constable of Police Scotland, urged football fans in this country to report anything that makes them feel "uncomfortable" at matches it might have taken about a minute - if that - for people to start taking him up on the offer.
Had he given details of a hotline then the thing would have been jammed from now until eternity with justified complaints (some against the police force itself, no doubt) and others of a somewhat less serious nature. "Our back four make me very uncomfortable, sort it!"
Higgins made the point, as many have done before him, that he'd like to see football fans reporting unsavoury behaviour in real-time. If they see somebody with flares, attract the attention of a steward or the police. If they hear sectarian singing, do the same.
There is more than an element of "Do as we say, not as we do" about this. Did it really require fan intervention to identify the buffoons in the Celtic support who set off smoke bombs at Stranraer last weekend? No.
Did it really require a disgusted Celtic fan to point out the morons who sang about the IRA in the same match? No, it didn't. If the stewards were paying attention they would have seen and heard it for themselves and would have done what the assistant chief constable is now asking football fans to do.
Namely, telling the miscreants to behave - or else.
Similarly at Ibrox, where many, many thousands sang The Billy Boys during Rangers post-Christmas game against Hibs at Ibrox. Are the police seriously saying that they needed embarrassed Rangers fans to tell them what was going on?
There is an element of buck-passing. Traditionally, the Scottish FA and the SPFL (and before them, the SPL) have done absolutely nothing about sectarian chanting. No fines, no suspensions, no point deductions, despite the SFA saying, years back, that they wanted a policy of heavy punishment for repeat offenders.
Stewards and police routinely stand by and allow "uncomfortable" behaviour to unfold, reluctant, understandably, to go in amongst the fans to stop it. The assistant police constable is now asking the fans to do, more or less, the job that others are there to do.
Any supporter would be brave - and would be commended - if they reported unruly behaviour on the spot, but it's not their responsibility. That lies with the people running the game, not those paying to go and watch it.
Police were called to a house on the Glenshane Road at about 04:30 BST on Saturday.
Det Ch Insp Michael Harvey said the 36-year-old woman's death was unexplained and was being treated as suspicious at present.
A post mortem examination will be carried out to establish the cause of death.
Police appealed for anyone with information to contact them.
Police are investigating a "significant and sustained cyber-attack" on the phone and broadband provider's website.
Talktalk said it was too early to know who had been affected by the attack.
The Northern Ireland man received a call on 16 October from a woman who said she wanted to investigate problems with his internet connection.
She then attempted to steal more than £5,000 from his bank account.
The man, who wished to remain anonymous, was asked to switch on his computer so that the problem could be resolved by remote access.
Suspicious about the caller's intentions, he asked for proof that she was a legitimate TalkTalk employee.
When she was able to relate all of the man's account details, he was reassured.
"I naively believed only TalkTalk employees could have access to information like that," he said.
"At the end of the day, when I had problems before, it was resolved over the phone by an IT person who took control by remote access, so I went ahead and keyed in her various instructions on my keyboard.
"I didn't realise that what I was actually doing was disenabling any anti-viral software on my computer so that they could hack me.
"Eventually, she drew my attention to what looked like a message from TalkTalk, on the bottom of the screen, saying my warranty had expired.
"She said that this was the source of the problem and apologised on behalf of the company for allowing it to expire. She told me they would renew the warranty and in the meantime they would compensate me with £200."
But when the man checked his bank account, he noticed that a lodgement of £5,200 had been made.
"When I told her this, she got very upset, telling me that she had made a mistake and leading me to believe that she was going to get into serious trouble with her employers.
"The alarm bells began to ring when she asked me if I could transfer the money back through the post office, to an account that wasn't TalkTalk, without telling the post office what had happened.
"So I went straight to my bank to find out what was going on."
The bank informed him that the £5,200 had actually been transferred from his main account into his joint account and warned him that TalkTalk customers had been targeted in this way before.
Although the fraudsters were ultimately unable to access the man's money, he said the experience caused him huge stress.
"It's a terrible feeling knowing that people would be so manipulative," he said.
"The fraud expert I spoke to since said that these people use tactics to provoke sympathy or fear. He described it as 'social engineering'.
"I would just appeal to others to be very cautious, not just now, but in the months ahead."
He also expressed frustration at the lack of support offered to him by TalkTalk.
"I tried to get through to them on Friday to explain what happened and I was put through to a call centre in Capetown, where I was told the systems were down.
"I tried again on Sunday but the person on the other end seemed to struggle to understand me and couldn't offer me any proper explanation or solution to the fact that I now have a broken computer."
The phone and broadband provider, which has more than four million UK customers, said on Friday that potentially all of their customers could be affected but it was too early to know what data had been stolen.
The Metropolitan Police said no-one had been arrested over Wednesday's attack but enquiries were ongoing.
TalkTalk said in a statement that a criminal investigation had been launched on Thursday.
It said there was a chance that some of the following customer data, not all of which was encrypted, had been accessed:
Cyber security consultant and former Scotland Yard detective Adrian Culley told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that a Russian Islamist group had posted online to claim responsibility for the attacks.
He said hackers claiming to be a cyber-jihadi group had posted data which appeared to be TalkTalk customers' private information - although he stressed their claim was yet to be verified or investigated.
It is understood the team are keen to return to the event, where they have enjoyed success in the past.
Paul Bird Motorsport, for whom Irwin competes in the BSB series, have not confirmed their participation as obstacles have yet to be overcome.
Irwin secured a podium place in the Supersports at the NW 200 in 2015.
However, he indicated last year that he would not compete in road racing any more, citing his focus on forging a successful career in British Superbikes and the birth of his son as the main factors in his decision.
"I am a road racer and it is great to have the opportunity to race in front of my home crowd again." said the 27-year-old.
"I really want to do the North West again because I loved the place when I first raced there. It will be great for people to see a great bike like the Ducati in action too."
Paul Bird Motorsport last competed at the North West in 2015, when they enjoyed podium finishes with Ian Hutchinson on board their Kawasaki machines.
"The team's primary focus for 2017 with both Glenn Irwin and Shane Byrne is to retain their title in the MCE British Superbike Championship for Be Wiser Ducati and Ducati Corse," they said.
"Paul Bird Motorsport have had lots of success at the North West 200 over the years, including podium finishes on their last visit in 2015, and the team is hoping for Glenn Irwin to participate at this year's event.
"As with all factory-backed teams, various logistics and demographics have to be considered prior to taking on additional challenges such as the North West 200 and all parties are working towards having the Ducati Panigale R at this year's event."
Irwin raced in the Macau Grand Prix in November but was forced to retire with mechanical problems while challenging for the lead.
He has also competed at the Ulster Grand Prix, making his debut at Dundrod in 2014.
Irwin was third in the second race of the opening round of the 2017 British Superbikes Championship at Donington last weekend.
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So where will the next unicorn come from? Many would guess from established tech centres like Nairobi, Cape Town or Lagos. But what about Buea - a small town in south-west Cameroon?
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The Mercedes driver, 31, has already described it as the "worst-looking" modification in Formula 1 history.
"I understand safety is a huge issue and something we have to work towards, but this is not the one," he said.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel said the device can be as "ugly as possible" as long as it helps save lives.
The German, a four-time world champion, said Henry Surtees and Justin Wilson would "still be around if we had this type of system".
Surtees and Wilson were both killed when hit by debris while racing in other forms of motorsport.
"Nothing justifies not having these guys around anymore," said Vettel.
Hamilton said F1 cars had lost "the cool look they used to have in the 1980s and 1990s", adding: "It is not F1 for me.
"If they do implement it, I hope we have a choice of whether we have to use it and are not forced to, because ultimately it is our safety."
It is a structure that fits over the cockpit to protect the driver from flying debris, but retains an F1 car's open feel.
A prototype version has been tested by Ferrari at this week's final pre-season test in Barcelona, with a view to it being rolled out to all cars in time for 2017.
To protect drivers from large pieces of flying debris following a series of deaths and injuries across motorsport.
It has the support of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association, of which the vast majority of drivers are members.
The design was agreed by all the teams and sport's governing body, the FIA, after years of research.
However, it is not necessarily the definitive design that will be used next year as further testing still needs to be done on the strength of the mounting points.
You've read what Hamilton and Vettel think, but other drivers have had their say, too.
It's fair to say that the 'halo' has split opinion, with some drivers all for it and others against because it 'sterilises' the sport.
Vettel thinks it will, but it remains to be seen. Some observers have questioned whether it could restrict visibility.
Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen, who did two laps with it on Thursday, said his view was "a bit limited in the front" but said the design could still be tweaked.
Ferrari team-mate Vettel said "you can see what you need to see", adding: "I tested it in the simulator and I think we will see evolutions of it very soon."
Hamilton, obviously, but Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg is not a fan either.
The German insists F1 needs to retain an element of danger to remain "sexy and attractive".
Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso says it is a "step in the right direction" because "head protection is the weakest link in safety".
Hamilton's team-mate Nico Rosberg thinks the device is "quite cool" to look at and a "really massive step in safety".
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo commented: "The cars from 2008 to 2009 had a big change [visually], the cars were ugly. The halo isn't as dramatic as that."
"I heard Hulkenberg say some things I don't agree with, because there's no need to be a hero about the situation.
"It doesn't change the sport, or the speed of the car - it's just if there are any flying objects, it's an extra bit of protection for us.
"I don't know why he's puffing his chest out for something like that, it doesn't make sense."
Red Bull are proposing a different solution, which one source described as a "half canopy".
Team boss Christian Horner says they plan to run it on a show car next month, but one senior insider told BBC Sport that the design "doesn't look very promising".
F1 bosses are pressing ahead with plans to introduce the 'halo' in 2017.
It still needs some fine-tuning - and the mounting points to the chassis have not been subject to comprehensive load-testing yet - but it seems inevitable that F1 cars will feature a design similar to that seen on the Ferrari this week.
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Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton says the new 'halo' head protection device is "too drastic" and wants to be able to choose whether to use it.
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Keane Wallis-Bennett, 12, was fatally injured at Edinburgh's Liberton High School in April 2014.
In a statement read to the inquiry, PE teacher Kerry Sweeney said she heard a bang from a girls' changing room.
She said she heard pupils shouting and saw panic on their faces. She described how she found a wall on top of Keane.
She said she was lifeless, not conscious or breathing.
Both Ms Sweeney and head of PE Stuart Robertson said no-one had previously reported any problems with the modesty wall.
Ms Sweeny told the police she had gone to the changing rooms to tell pupils that, because of the weather conditions, they would not be playing football.
"As I entered the gym I heard a bang. There were a lot of girls in the changing room and I assumed someone had dropped something.
"I heard girls shouting 'Miss Sweeney, Miss Sweeney' and from the panic in their voices I knew something had happened". She said the wall was about six feet high. "When I went in I saw the wall had collapsed.
"I think there were three girls standing on the far side. I looked down and I saw a pair of legs, but I could not see her face it was covered by a piece of concrete about a metre square.
"I managed to lift it up and tried to get it away from her head. I tried to move it with my hands, but I could not, it was so heavy."
Another teacher, Nicole Christie, arrived and Ms Sweeney said they managed to lift the block onto its side.
She said: "I saw it was Keane.
"There was a lot of blood. She was lying on her back and her hair was matted across her face.
"She was lifeless. I could only hear a very, very weak gurgle."
Keane, she said, was unconscious and not breathing.
The school nurse arrived, told the girls to get out, and Ms Sweeney ran to the school office and dialled 999 for an ambulance.
She told the police she had never heard of the wall moving and added that if she had she would have taken action. She had, she said, never seen pupils kicking or pushing the wall.
Mr Robertson told the police the school nurse had come running past him carrying a first aid kit and asked him: "Where's this incident?"
Mr Robertson said some pupils were standing outside the changing area, sobbing and crying. "I realised it was not an innocuous incident and I was not prepared for what I saw in the changing room. I could not make sense of what I was seeing."
Mr Robertson said the wall had fallen and broken into pieces, like a jigsaw. He saw a girl on the floor on her back with Ms Christie crouched down beside her.
The girl, he said, had blood on her face and her mouth was open. The nurse was trying to get a response from the girl and Mr Robertson said he heard her saying "Come on Keane".
Following a police investigation, it was decided no-one would face criminal charges.
However, an inquiry was ordered to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident.
In her opening remarks on Monday, Sheriff Principal Mhairi Stephen said the two-week inquiry would focus on why the wall collapsed, why it collapsed when it did and the property maintenance regime at the school.
The inquiry at Edinburgh Sheriff Court continues.
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The 24-year-old DR Congo international joined the Mariners in 2014 from Southport.
The former Everton trainee has also had spells with Macclesfield and Accrington Stanley, as well as playing in Vietnam.
Meanwhile, winger Nathan Thomas, 21, has agreed a new contract with Pools, having scored five times in 22 games since his January arrival.
Nsiala is the sixth new signing so far this summer.
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The Spaniard, 40, worked as number two to Garry Monk at both teams and replaces Michael Appleton, who left Oxford to become Leicester assistant.
Clotet was chosen from a list of six, which included an internal candidate, and will work with the League One side's existing coaching staff.
"I will be working very hard to ensure their faith is repaid," said Clotet.
"Right from the first time I spoke to the club, we were very much in tune about the challenges and opportunities here, which is what led me to realise that this was the right move in my career."
Clotet, who did not accompany newly appointed Middlesbrough boss Monk to Teesside, joined Swansea as academy consultant in 2013 under Michael Laudrup.
He has managed in Spain - at lower-league Cornella and Figueres as well as the B teams at Espanyol and Malaga - and Sweden - at Halmstads. He was among the candidates to become Brentford's new boss in 2015.
"It is an appointment that demonstrates our growing reputation within football as a forward-looking and ambitious club," said Oxford chairman Darryl Eales.
"Pep was the unanimous choice of the board, and we believe he will build on the significant progress we have made over the past three years and accelerate our collective objective of sustainable Championship status."
On Monday, Eales said the club had missed out on transfer targets Liam Lindsay and Conor McAleny as a result of Appleton's departure on 20 June, adding that player recruitment would only start after his successor was found.
He was flown from the northern town of Adado, escorted by government security forces, but it is unclear whether he has surrendered or defected.
The United Nations says he gave himself up to government allies after infighting but clan elders deny this.
Mr Aweys is considered a terrorist by the UN and the United States.
Regarded as the elder statesman of Somali Islamists, he has been on a US list of people "linked to terrorism" since shortly after the 9/11 attacks in 2001.
A new UN-backed government in Mogadishu is trying to regain control of the country from al-Shabab after more than 20 years of conflict.
Supported by some 18,000 African Union soldiers, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's administration is the first in more than two decades to be recognised by the US and the International Monetary Fund.
Mr Aweys was flown by plane from Adado, a town about 500km (310 miles) north of the capital.
"If he renounces violence, then we can start the discussion about the options available," government spokesman Abdirahman Omar Osman told Reuters news agency, without describing the options.
Mr Aweys left al-Shabab territory after factions within the al-Qaeda linked group clashed last week - the first deadly infighting since it launched an insurgency in 2006.
Al-Shabab, which means "The Youth", is fighting to create an Islamic state in Somalia - and despite being pushed out of key cities in the past two years still remains in control of smaller towns and large swathes of the countryside.
It was as a radical offshoot of the now-defunct Union of Islamic Courts, which was led by Mr Aweys and for much of that year controlled Mogadishu and many southern and central areas.
The exact cause of the al-Shabab split is not known, but there has been a long-running internal power struggle between its leader Ahmed Abdi Godane and those seen as more moderate who oppose links with al-Qaeda, analysts say.
There are conflicting reports about the fate of the second-in-command - Ibrahim Afghan, the al-Shabab founder - following last week's fighting.
Initially, sources told the BBC he had been captured and was in al-Shabab detention; subsequent reports in local media say he has been executed.
About 50 employees downed tools on Thursday afternoon to raise concerns about their December payslips.
The workers were then involved in discussions with management.
A spokesman from the Ucatt union said a resolution had been reached between the workers and Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors.
Work on the project, which involves a workforce of 1,200, continued on Thursday afternoon.
The union said in a statement: "Following emergency talks it became clear that the company was currently unable to assess how much each worker was owed.
"In order to resolve the dispute it was agreed that each worker would receive £500 as an interim payment.
"Each worker's actual holiday entitlement will then be calculated in the new year.
"If it transpires a worker has been overpaid this will be gradually clawed back from future wages in a way to avoid the worker experiencing a major financial detriment."
Harry Frew, regional secretary for Ucatt, said : "We have brokered a sensible solution to an entirely preventable problem.
"Thankfully once the company recognised the depth of feeling amongst its workforce they worked with us to find a sensible solution."
The online retailer will also create thousands more jobs elsewhere in Europe.
It is investing to expand its European operations, including its warehouses, known as fulfilment centres.
The company currently employs 40,000 people in Europe and last year created 10,000 jobs.
It says it has invested more than €15bn (£11.5bn) on European infrastructure and operations since 2010, with £4.6bn in the UK.
Amazon said the jobs would be added across its business operations in the UK.
These include posts at its new London head office, which is under construction, and at three research and development centres, in Cambridge, Edinburgh and London, as well as at a customer service centre in Edinburgh.
It will also be hiring people for its 10 warehouses and its new fashion photography studio in London. The new Amazon Web Services data centres, due to launch next year, will also need new staff as will local delivery centres.
"Britain has a world-class tech sector with a reputation for innovation and excellence," said Amazon UK's managing director, Christopher North.
"These new jobs we are creating up and down the country are testament to the quality of the workforce in the UK and our confidence in its economy, which we are proud to support through our continued investments," he said.
Analysis: BBC technology correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones
Amazon first arrived in the UK in 1998, buying a local online book retailer to get into the market.
Since then it has marched remorselessly into all kinds of retailing and other services, and this latest announcement signals that its desire for growth has not been sated.
Many of the jobs will be in the vast warehouses which sort and dispatch goods, but the firm is keen to stress that there are also highly skilled research and development posts.
In the Cambridge R&D centre, work will expand on projects like the voice recognition behind the Echo speaker - perhaps soon to arrive in the UK.
London will be the focus for Amazon's Prime Video service and its battle with Netflix.
But today's statement does not reveal anything about the subject which strikes fear into the boardrooms of the big supermarkets - any ambition to enter the fresh food retailing business.
Amazon Fresh, launched in Seattle eight years ago, has made only slow progress in the US.
But the company which has proved so single-minded, not to say ruthless, in pursuit of the efficient distribution of just about everything may see disrupting Britain's grocery trade as a challenge it just cannot resist.
Since Amazon launched Amazon Fresh, its full online grocery delivery business in the US in 2007, there has been a lot of speculation about when a similar service might be introduced in the UK.
The company refused to comment on its future plans for bringing Fresh to the UK.
Last year it launched the more limited Amazon Pantry for dry goods and the Amazon Prime Now mobile app, which offers one-hour delivery on a range of about 200 grocery items.
Those businesses will be taking on new staff as they expand.
In its statement announcing the new jobs Amazon said it was looking for people with all types of experience, education and skill levels.
It also highlighted its adult education programme, Career Choice which it said helps employees gain skills which they can use both working for Amazon and elsewhere.
However, Elly Baker from the GMB Union said she can't give the new Amazon jobs "unqualified support".
The union has concerns about the working conditions for workers at Amazon's warehouse.
She told BBC Radio 5live, "What we hear from our members working in Amazon warehouses is these aren't good jobs.
"The risk of losing your job and being replaced is ever present and for that reason we're nervous of giving it unqualified support when we know that in fact a lot of these jobs will be ones people won't be happy in. Effectively you're just a cog in a machine".
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Robertson, 31, fought back from 5-1 down to add the title to his World Championship and Masters triumphs.
"To become the first overseas player to win all three is a fantastic feeling," the Australian told BBC Sport.
Selby, the 2012 UK Championship winner, missed the chance to overtake Robertson as world number one.
Robertson won the World Championship in 2010 and the Masters - the game's most prestigious invitational event - at Alexandra Palace last year, while his UK Championship victory is his ninth ranking title.
"Mark in the first session was too good for me today," he said.
"If I was another professional, Neil Robertson would be the benchmark for me right now. He is dedicated, he is such a good competitor and to turn it round from 6-3 down was great. I always felt he was hitting the ball better than Selby."
"Tonight I came out 6-3 down and I just had to play good snooker to get back in. When I beat John Higgins in the Wuxi Classic, I said the way I played was the best, but today was definitely the best I have played in a final.
"When I came over to England, [China's world number three] Ding Junhui and I turned professional at the same time, and to get the Triple Crown ahead of him is a fantastic achievement."
Robertson and Selby, 30, had faced each other in the Masters final at the beginning of the year when Selby came out on top 10-6.
And the defending UK champion, who had made snooker's 100th maximum 147 break in the semi-final against Ricky Walden, started the match in stunning fashion, stroking in a sublime 130 clearance en route to a four-frame advantage.
But Robertson, who withstood a comeback from Stuart Bingham in the last four to reach the final, hit back with breaks of 54 and a superb 123 to stay in touch at 5-3 after the first session.
He then won three of the first four frames in the final session, including superb back-to-back centuries of 122 and 132 to restore parity at 6-6.
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All the momentum was with the Melbourne man as he won his fifth frame in a row to make it 8-6, but Selby took the 15th with a run of 74, his highest break since the fifth frame.
Robertson was 48 ahead in the next, but Selby gnawed away at the deficit and needed only the final black to level the match when he missed a fairly routine top-cushion pot, an astonished Robertson tapping in to go one away from victory.
And he clinched the 17th with a knock of 57 to secure the £150,000 prize money and complete the Triple Crown.
Selby - who has now won only three ranking titles from his 10 final appearances - told BBC Sport: "I played sort of OK in the first session but tonight I was very poor.
"I didn't deserve to win. I had more than my fair share of chances [but] I didn't take them and Neil did.
"If I had potted the black to make it 8-8, I probably wouldn't have deserved it. I've been quite poor this week so to get to the final is a good achievement."
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Bobsleigh was first created in the late 19th Century when Swiss pioneers paired together two skeleton boards, along with a steering mechanism, to create a toboggan for use in the resort town of St Moritz.
This form of toboggan allowed for multiple passengers - and later team members as bobsleigh became a highly competitive international sport, harnessing the latest in aerodynamics technology.
Bobsleigh, like sister-sport skeleton, relies on the start for much of what follows. You need to push the sled down the track before jumping in - logic dictates that the faster you push it, the quicker you'll go once you're on-board.
That means the push-start is vital and bobsleigh athletes train hard to be exceptionally strong and quick. Current GB bobsleigh athletes have set faster 100m times than many dedicated 100m runners, for example. So if you sign up for bobsleigh, you can expect an intense workout alongside sitting in a technologically advanced barrel while plummeting down an ice slope.
British Bobsleigh is the governing body in charge of the sport and provides access to facilities and training, centred around the GB team's complex at the University Of Bath.
British Bobsleigh offers a membership package which gives members the chance to compete at the British Championships, alongside a Try it! page with more details.
Tourists in continental Europe, many of them British, first made the sport of toboggan - and later bobsleigh - both practical and popular. The first bobsleigh club was opened in the resort town of St Moritz in 1897.
According to the International Olympic Committee, the name 'bobsleigh' comes from the effect of the sleigh on competitors as they bobbed along the track.
The importance of a decent start in any bobsleigh race was soon recognised and, as competitions became more organised and professional, a weight limit was placed on a whole team in an effort to help teams get a good start without gifting any other team an unfair advantage.
In 1924, bobsleigh became one of the first sports at the inaugural Winter Olympic Games, where a four-man race took place, Switzerland took gold with Great Britain finishing as runners-up. The women's event was introduced for the 2002 Salt Lake City Games.
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The 2012 team dressage gold medallist won the freestyle dressage title at the London International Horse Show.
"Last year I competed there and came fifth and it was quite a difficult ride, but it was totally different this year," Hester told BBC Radio Guernsey.
"It's fairly unbelievable that he's come this far and he looks like an Olympic prospect."
Hester beat Olympic individual dressage gold medallist and stable mate Charlotte Dujardin to the title at Olympia, and says the pair are hoping they will be selected for the 2016 Olympics.
"He (Nip Tuck) was fifth at the European Championships this year and we won the team silver, so we're definitely in the running for Rio," added Hester.
"So far Charlotte and I are in the top 10 at the moment in the world rankings.
"But with horses you have to be aware that they have to fit on the day, they have to have no problems and be fully up to the job, because it's a very big ask - flying horses to Rio and then the competition ahead of them."
Tye took 18 wickets for Gloucestershire in 14 T20 matches in his first spell with the club last season.
The 30-year-old has won three caps for Australia in 20-over cricket, with his last international appearance coming in a defeat by South Africa in March.
He has played for Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League for the past two seasons, winning the 2014-15 title.
Growth in the north should at least keep pace with the south over the next five years, he said.
Plans include upgrades to the M62 between Leeds and Manchester and the A1 in Yorkshire, and one million apprenticeships.
Labour has said public services face "disintegration" due to Tory cuts.
Mr Cameron used a speech at the headquarters of Asda in Leeds to restate his party's ambitions for a "northern powerhouse", underpinned by devolution of economic, transport and care budgets to the north-west of England and new powers for Yorkshire.
He also visited the key marginal constituencies of Pudsey in West Yorkshire and Pendle in Lancashire, where the Conservatives are defending slim majorities against Labour.
Mr Cameron said Labour had "let down" voters in cities such as Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle where they had been the dominant political force for years and the Conservatives had scarcely any representation.
"My message to everyone in the north is simple: the Conservative Party is the party for you," he said.
"We have the ideas, the passion, the desire and, yes, the track record to create something special here."
The whole of England was benefiting from the economic recovery, he argued, with the north-east seeing the biggest rise in earnings in the past year and Yorkshire seeing the biggest fall in unemployment.
What he was pledging "is nothing less than the most important commitment to the north for decades: we're going to close the north-south growth gap. We're going to build a northern powerhouse, with more jobs and new investment coming to the north.
"The next five years will see a northern surge - and, economically, it will be the most exciting time to be here since the industrial revolution."
The north, he suggested, would "not get a look in" if a Labour government had to rely on the SNP for its support. "Transport projects in the north will get cancelled. Investment in science and industry in the north won't happen," he said.
Labour says most people are worse off than they were five years ago due to the government's austerity measures and that family budgets will be "devastated" if the Conservatives return to office, with child benefits and tax credits cut.
It has said it would devolve £30bn of funding to the English regions by 2020 and pursue a new industrial strategy, focused on increasing productivity, boosting business investment and harnessing green technology, a key industry in the north.
UKIP, meanwhile, has said it is on course to replace the Conservatives as the main opposition across much of the north of England.
The show, which had been scheduled to air at 19:00 GMT, was expected to feature a "gunfight", according to the Radio Times.
An ITV spokesman said: "Tonight's episode of Jekyll and Hyde has been postponed in consideration of recent events in Paris."
Creator Charlie Higson described events in France's capital as "shocking".
Last month, Ofcom opened a probe into the programme after it received 459 complaints about an episode broadcast before the 21:00 watershed and deemed "too scary" by some viewers.
Best known for her self-penned BBC One series Miranda and TV drama Call The Midwife, the Bafta award-winning actress stars alongside fellow Britons Jason Statham and Jude Law, as well as leading lady Melissa McCarthy.
"It's still sinking in to be honest" the 42-year-old admits. "God bless Paul Feig!
"He knew my British sitcom and said he wanted to write me a part in one of his films four years ago, but I never thought it would actually happen".
"So now I owe him my life, which is really annoying," she quips.
Hart takes on the role of frumpy Nancy, a dissatisfied desk-bound CIA analyst, working in a basement littered with rats.
But when agent Bradley Fine (Law) goes missing, Nancy is thrown into the world of international espionage as she attempts to protect her colleague and best friend Susan Cooper (McCarthy).
The action comedy sees Statham take on the role of stubborn British agent, Rick Ford, while Rose Byrne plays an intimidating Bulgarian arms dealer.
'Womance'
"Nancy is an earpiece girl, like Susan," Hart explains.
"She's tacky, geeky, great at her job, but socially quite awkward.
"Nancy is terrified of the world and begins screwing things up for Susan.
"She gets everything in a complete muddle, which is where a lot of the high comedy happens.
"They are two fish-out-of-water, in the same empty fishbowl. They have a 'womance,' you might say"
Standing at more than 6ft, Hart dwarfs McCarthy, but a shared sense of humour and love of life meant the ill-fitting pair developed a genuine off-screen friendship.
"Paul really hoped me and Melissa would work well together and I knew from the minute we shook hands that it was going to work," she says.
"We clicked on-screen and off, and genuinely became friends, which is so lucky - what you see on screen is just so natural."
The Call The Midwife actress had an equally strong bond with rapper 50 Cent - who takes a cameo role in the film.
Yet Hart admits she was "slightly apprehensive" about her opening scene with the Candyshop hitmaker and has bruises to show for it.
"There's a scene where I have to run at him and tackle him to the ground, but it was shot on the very first day of filming.
"It was like, 'OK, welcome to 'Spy', meet 50 Cent, how do you do, now can you just literally run at him?' 'OK!'"
"It was completely surreal. I never would have thought I would be filming in Budapest sprawled all over Mr Cent."
"I mounted him rather aggressively after the tackle and we lay on each other for hours of shooting, which made for a somewhat awkward hello the next day."
'Subjective'
Hart, who waved goodbye to her self-autobiographical series earlier this year, is not the first British comedian to take on Hollywood, with the likes of Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Simon Pegg having forged successful careers across the Atlantic.
So despite being relatively unknown in America, the Torquay-born actress hopes she will over fans.
"I hope that people in America will watch me for the first time and like my work - but it's so subjective," she admits.
"It's a weird career path, acting.
"People expect you to have a plan, but you can't really. You never know where the next job will come from."
As director Feig prepares to start shooting his next film, an all-female Ghostbusters, also starring McCarthy, Hart says that you "don't need to be an intelligence officer" to see the attraction of a Spy sequel, something Feig is rumoured to be considering.
"We all want to do another one," she says.
"I am going to lock him in a the hotel suite until he agrees to it - hopefully, fingers crossed he will! "
Yet despite eyeing up a Hollywood sequel, Hart has no plans to relocate, wanting to keep her feet firmly on British soil
"People always ask if I want to break American now, but I have no plans to move to Los Angeles, I simply love British TV too much."
The actress is keen to quash rumours which suggested her next career move would be hosting a reboot of the BBC's Generation Game, after appearing on a one-off special of the show for Comic Relief in 2011.
The classic show, previously presented by the likes of Bruce Forsyth, the late Larry Grayson, and Jim Davidson, was reported to be returning to our small screens.
"It was literally an informal chat with the BBC," she explains.
"We talked about it, and whether the format would work for a modern audience - but that is literally all it was, just a chat, nothing more."
Hart adds: "It got massively blown out of order in the press and, no, we are not doing it right now."
Spy is released in UK cinemas on Friday 5 June.
The Indian firm wants to sell its loss-making UK interests and set 17:00 BST on Tuesday as a deadline for prospective bidders.
Liberty House, which runs a steelworks in Newport, has also said it would make an offer for Tata Steel's UK assets.
But the Tories said they were not favouring one bid over another at the moment.
Welsh Labour leader Carwyn Jones met steel workers at Tata's Port Talbot plant on Tuesday, and said he "won't stop fighting for their jobs".
"I want to pay tribute to the trades unions and the local steel communities in Port Talbot, Shotton, Llanwern and Trostre - everyone is pulling together for a successful outcome," he said afterwards.
"I have always been very clear that I feel the steel industry has a bright future in Wales."
In an article for online newspaper the Huffington Post, he said it was a "slightly unreal moment, politically and economically" in Wales, with the future of its steel industry "hanging in the balance" as the Welsh Assembly election approached.
Mr Jones said he was giving the 4,000-strong workforce at Port Talbot "my assurance that, come what may on Thursday night, I won't stop fighting for their jobs".
"In truth, it's a battle we've been fighting for many months and though there is much more to do, I am pleased the actions we have taken thus far have helped push us closer to a possible deal, though the experience of our governments working together in the middle of an election has been unexpected," he said.
The first minister added he had "pressed the prime minister to take seriously" the prospect of a management buyout (MBO).
He confirmed the Welsh Government was giving financial support to the MBO team, but said it would consider supporting other bids if the people concerned made a case for it.
"All the steelworkers have asked is that they have a fighting chance to earn a decent living," he wrote.
"Election or not, I will continue to work 24 hours a day and leave no stone unturned to give them and their heroic communities that chance."
Plaid Cymru's Adam Price said an employee and management buyout was the "best hope to secure the steel industry's future in the long term and deliver a stable future for the Port Talbot plant".
"I hope that all political parties will get behind this bid now as we fight for the future of this crucial core industry, and fight for Welsh jobs," he said.
Also backing the management buyout plan, Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams said: "Of course we need to be ensuring that plants stays open and that jobs are saved.
"However, the best course of action would be to also keep the heavy side of production in operation," she added.
"I am worried that would might not be the case with regards to Liberty House's bid."
Conservative candidate Stefan Ryszewski said: "We're not favouring one [bid] over the other at the moment - we would just like to see the best possible option for the future of the plant and for the steel workers."
Welcoming the Liberty House bid, Ken Rees from UKIP said he hoped the firm might be able to work with the team planning a management buyout to "sustain the steel industry for Britain, which is as important as the army or the navy or the air force".
Prime Minister David Cameron visited the Port Talbot steelworks last Tuesday to discuss the crisis.
The UK government has said it would consider taking a stake in any rescue plan for Tata's UK steel plants.
Playboy Magazine's parent company put the West Los Angeles estate on the market on Monday for $200m (£138m).
The five-acre property has appeared in numerous films and TV shows as a luxurious bachelor pad.
As a condition of the sale, Mr Hefner, 89, would be allowed to stay in his home of 45 years.
"The Playboy Mansion has been a creative centre for Hef as his residence and workplace... as it will continue to be if the property is sold," Playboy CEO Scott Flanders said in a statement.
The mansion has 29 rooms, a wine cellar and a home theatre, but real estate experts say the home would need major upgrades to match current high-end properties in Beverly Hills.
However, buyers would get history. The backyard includes a swimming pool with the famous cave-like grotto where Playboy bunnies mixed with celebrities.
In addition to "bunnies", the estate is currently home to monkeys, cockatoos, peacocks, African cranes, parrots, toucans and pelicans. And the new owner could do keep them - thanks to a rare zoo license.
Mr Hefner bought the home in 1971 for $1m. The estate eventually replaced the original Playboy Mansion, which opened in 1959 in Chicago.
The proposed sale comes as Playboy has been making changes to its businesses as demand for nude pictures has dropped with online porn becoming ubiquitous.
The magazine announced last year that it would no longer publish photos of completely naked women in its US edition.
Taylor, 28, took an indefinite break from the game last year to deal with anxiety problems, but rejoined the England camp in April.
Captain Heather Knight is named in the squad despite suffering a fracture in her left foot earlier this month.
The tournament starts on 24 June, with hosts England facing India in the first match at Derby.
The inclusion of both Taylor and Knight, 26, is subject to their return to full fitness.
England coach Mark Robinson said: "The return to the squad of Sarah Taylor shows how far she's come and we are hopeful both her and Heather Knight will be able to play a full part in the tournament.
"We are hugely excited about the potential of this squad."
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Knight, who has captained England to victory in six series since taking over in June 2016, heads a young squad, with five players set to experience their first 50-over World Cup.
Alex Hartley, Beth Langston, Nat Sciver, Fran Wilson and Lauren Winfield make their debuts, while 2009 winners Katherine Brunt and Jenny Gunn will take part in their fourth World Cup.
However, there is no place for Amy Jones - Taylor's deputy behind the stumps during her international absence - while seamers Kate Cross and Natasha Farrant miss out, as does teenage spinner Sophie Ecclestone.
"It's such a dream to captain England in a World Cup on home soil; it's not something that many cricketers can say they've done and it's a real honour," said Knight.
"We're a young group but we've made massive strides over the past 12 months and everyone has worked so hard.
"We know it's going to be a tough tournament - and we won't go in as favourites - but backed by home support we'll do our best to challenge for the trophy."
Bristol, Derby, Leicester and Taunton host the group games before the final takes place at Lord's on 23 July.
England squad: Heather Knight (capt, Berkshire), Tammy Beaumont (wk, Kent), Katherine Brunt (Yorkshire), Georgia Elwiss (Sussex), Jenny Gunn (Warwickshire), Alex Hartley (Lancashire), Danielle Hazell (Yorkshire), Beth Langston (Yorkshire), Laura Marsh (Kent), Anya Shrubsole (Somerset), Nat Sciver (Surrey), Sarah Taylor (wk, Sussex), Fran Wilson (Middlesex), Lauren Winfield (Yorkshire), Danni Wyatt (Sussex).
Londoner 2 to me this morning: "There are too many stupid people here, that's why we had to have Brexit."
The British capital is in shock today. Even people who voted Leave seem rather stunned by what's happened.
It is also a country deeply, bitterly divided and it is hard, so soon after this seismic result, to see how it can easily be unified.
Half the population is giddy, half despairing. This is not just a divorce between Britain and the EU, it feels just as much like a divorce between one Britain and another.
I was last in the UK in March, and this week I've been really struck by how much the national discourse has changed since then. The mood - on both sides - is angrier, more divided and positions are more entrenched. Did the referendum campaign create this, or just enable it?
Either way, this vote has revealed a deeper truth about the time we live in because it was a referendum, as much as anything, on globalisation itself.
Globalisation, with inexorable speed, has changed the world we live in. For all of us. Jobs have changed, the way we trade has changed, who we employ has changed and the feel of where we live has changed.
And the world has become more unequal too. In retrospect, it was perhaps inevitable that that process wasn't going to go ahead unchecked, ad infinitum.
But politicians, in Europe and the US, failed to grapple with the real life implications of this force and on Thursday a majority of Brits said "enough."
They were fed up with politicians who didn't listen to their concerns. It's no coincidence that London, which has benefited massively from the globalised financial system, voted just as massively to remain.
The question for Brits now is where does this take us? The markets plunged but that could be a temporary blip.
There are plenty who believe that Britain pays too much into the EU and gets too little back and that the UK will be better off when it is unshackled from the weight of the troubled EU economies.
There are just as many economists who say Britain will be worse off alone. The truth is we don't really know how protest votes pan out.
The global implications will be fascinating. This British referendum on the EU was, if you like, the test case for this new era of populist protest. It's the first big national vote we've had in this mood. The next will be America in November.
On Friday Donald Trump congratulated Brits on taking back their country. He drew the parallels with his own campaign and made the point that people are angry, in a lot of places.
So, are enough of them angry enough to kick established politicians out in America too?
"I'd do it in a heartbeat! 100%. I'd have walk-ons, music, fire... and a trap door if people didn't like what they said," he said.
"And I'd definitely have a clap-o-meter. I am deadly serious. I really would love a chance to do that!"
Last month's seven-way party leaders' TV debate got seven million viewers.
Cowell, whose TV talent show became the highest-rated entertainment programme on television last month, was keen to get audiences more involved in the debates.
He also told Radio Times he was not always totally honest when he is judging Britain's Got Talent, especially when children are involved. When asked if he ever lied, he said: "Obviously. Sometimes you have to tell what's called 'a kind lie'.
"With a kid dance act, for example, that's not very good... I obviously can't say what I really think! Especially if they're a bit fragile."
Fellow judge David Walliams, who won the TV judge award at the National Television Awards in January, said he was always truthful, adding: "That's why I'm the nation's favourite. People don't realise we see about 650 people over the series and only one in four of those people make it on to the TV. So there's a hell of a lot of people who are just mediocre."
The pair present the show along with Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon.
The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced that 14 local theatre groups will join a company of professionals on a national tour of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Over 12 weeks, 84 amateur actors will play the Mechanicals, the bungling labourers who put on a play for a wedding celebration.
The tour kicks off in Stratford-upon Avon, Warwickshire, in February 2016.
The RSC's Erica Whyman, who will direct A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Play for the Nation, said Shakespeare's comedy was "a very affectionate and fitting way to celebrate amateur actors everywhere".
In theatres across the UK, the local amateur company will share the stage with 18 professional actors, while Titania's fairy train will be played by local schoolchildren.
Like their Shakespearean counterparts, the amateurs playing "rude Mechanicals" - Quince, Bottom, Flute, Starveling, Snout and Snug - have a range of professions.
Becky Morris, from Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, is one of two women playing Bottom on the tour.
She will appear with the Lovelace Theatre Group at the Nottingham Theatre Royal in May 2016. "It's a gift of a part because the lines are so funny and there's a lot of physical theatre," she said.
"I've been in plays where the audience has numbered no more than 19. Capacity at the Theatre Royal is about 1,200, so I have no idea what that's going to be like."
Peter Cockerill, a pub landlord, will play Bottom at Newcastle's Northern Stage. He told the BBC he was "absolutely thrilled" to hear that he had won the part.
"It was a rigorous selection process with several auditions. I'm looking forward to working in a professional environment."
Mr Cockerill, who runs the Old Well Inn in Barnard Castle, County Durham, is a member of the Castle Players who are about to put on Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor.
"I'm learning lines for that," he said. "It's tempting to start learning the Bottom lines, but I don't think I should until I get this one out of the way."
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Whyman, the RSC's deputy artistic director, said: "We have cast people from all kinds of backgrounds, with a wonderful range of voices, shapes and sizes.
"But every single one of them has already demonstrated tremendous courage, skill and hard work to have survived the audition process and be selected to star in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
"And they have done all this whilst holding down a huge range of demanding jobs in the daytime. These first steps in creating a true 'Play for a Nation' have been inspiring, humbling and very refreshing."
A BBC One documentary series, The Best Bottoms in the Land, will follow the progress of the tour in spring 2016.
It is part of a series of programmes next year marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.
He will replace James Naughtie on the presenting team of BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
Robinson will also report and present across television and radio for BBC News and Current Affairs.
He said it was an "honour" to succeed Naughtie and he was "looking forward to hearing someone else's analysis of what our politicians are up to".
"I cannot remember a time when my morning did not begin with Today - the programme - setting the nation's agenda," Robinson said.
"As a child it was the sound not just of the latest news and the sharpest comment but also of my best friend's dad, Brian Redhead, who inspired my love of radio.
"I'm delighted that all these years later I am being given the chance to sit in what was his chair."
BBC director general Tony Hall said Robinson was "tireless and inquisitive, acute and open-minded".
"He has deciphered the coded world of politics with intelligence, clarity and wit," he added.
The BBC said Robinson was taking time off after the coverage of this week's Budget to complete his recovery from surgery he had in March, which successfully removed a tumour from his lung.
He is still undergoing a course of chemotherapy.
Robinson took over from Andrew Marr as the BBC's political editor in September 2005.
During his time in the role he has covered two general election campaigns, the formation of the first coalition in 75 years and the referendum on Scottish independence.
Robinson will join John Humphrys, Sarah Montague, Mishal Husain and Justin Webb on the Today programme.
Naughtie will become special correspondent for Radio 4 as well as BBC News books editor.
The BBC said a new political editor would be appointed "in due course".
They will be shown in the National Portrait Gallery exhibition Victorian Giants: The Birth of Art Photography.
The Oxford academic photographed his neighbour Alice Liddell, daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, as a girl.
Years later she was photographed by him again, as well as by Julia Margaret Cameron whose work is also featured.
Carroll's fascination with Liddell, who died aged 82 in 1934, has been the subject of speculation.
Phillip Prodger, the show's curator, said: "Much has been written about the relationship between Carroll and Alice.
"We will never know exactly how Carroll himself felt about his subjects, and there is no doubt he developed deep personal attachments with many of his sitters.
"Nevertheless, Carroll nearly always photographed his children with their parents present, and no claims of impropriety were ever made in his lifetime.
"For Victorian artists, children represented the blank slate of humanity - the potential to experience pure thought and feeling before the corruptions of modern life intervened."
The images of Liddell as a girl come from the gallery's own collection, but have only rarely been on display.
The exhibition will also feature portraits of Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-79), Oscar Rejlander (1813-75) and Lady Clementina Hawarden (1822-65) as well as Carroll (1832-98).
The exhibition runs from 1 March to 20 May, 2018.
The 750-tonne section, known as the Aft Island, will be taken on a 1,335-mile journey around the south of England and up the east coast to Rosyth.
Once assembled it will be the control centre for all aircraft operations on the new HMS Prince of Wales carrier.
HMS Prince of Wales is the second Queen Elizabeth Class carrier after the 65,000-tonne HMS Queen Elizabeth.
They are the largest British warships ever constructed and can be used for a range of military activity from fighting in conflicts to providing humanitarian aid and disaster relief.
The ships have been constructed in blocks at yards across the UK and are being put together in Rosyth.
BAE's project director, Iain Stevenson, described the carrier leaving the River Clyde as a "proud day" for everyone involved.
"To see the final section delivered to Rosyth, ahead of schedule and to an incredible standard of engineering is testament to the dedication, skill and ingenuity of all those working on the programme."
Defence Procurement Minister Philip Dunne said: "Our aircraft carriers, the largest ships ever built in Scotland for the Royal Navy, will help to secure the UK's interests both at home and abroad.
"Our new F-35 Lightning II aircraft will fly from the decks of HMS Queen Elizabeth in 2018."
The units, dubbed "Churchill's Secret Army", were set up to relay vital information about enemy movements and help mount counter-attacks as Britain braced itself for occupation.
Now Forestry Commission Wales has unearthed a bunker which would have provided a secret hideout, had the troops needed it.
The concrete structure nestled in the Coed Coesau-Whips Woodland near Rudry, between Caerphilly and Cardiff, has been overgrown for 60 years, but even then it would have been hard to spot.
It has been cleaned out, and made to look as it would have done in wartime, with the help of historians from the Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team (CART), and a newspaper appeal for secrets held amongst locals for over half a century.
CART founder Tom Sykes said, "Preserving sites like this is really important as they allow the public to see just what life would have been like for members of Churchill's Auxiliary Units.
"If Hitler had invaded, up to eight men would have lived in bases similar to this and they would have survived off the land and their rations.
The Coed Coesau-Whips site was chosen for its strategic advantages.
Its elevation gave a view over south Wales and the Bristol Channel.
It was also close enough to the heavy industry of the south Wales valleys to act as a base for sabotage missions, and was rural enough for men to have scavenged for food and live anonymously for months at a time without attracting attention.
The bunker's concrete facade was camouflaged in soil and undergrowth and was designed to slide away like a sunroof.
It would have revealed basic living quarters which could easily have been mistaken for the den of a vagrant if discovered.
However, behind another false door was an inner chamber which would have hidden state-of-the-art radio communications, maps and reconnaissance photos, and be a control centre for hundreds of operatives working in the field.
To make it safe for visitors, Forestry Commission Wales has had to clear away all the accumulated foliage and rubbish, as well as build a path from the road and put up fences to prevent people falling into the camouflaged bunker.
Ranger at the forest, Emma Louise Felkin, said, "We've always said that our forests have an important role to play in providing a whole range of social, environmental and economic benefits, but this bunker reminds us of a time when they were important for a totally different reason.
"It's right that we remember our past and we were delighted that CART was able to help us preserve this fascinating part of our heritage."
The 27-year-old victim was attacked behind Wallace Primary in the village of Elderslie on 20 February.
The suspect is described as white, aged between 35 and 50, with dark receding hair, and of medium to stocky build.
Detectives have urged anyone who may recognise him or who witnessed anything suspicious at the time to come forward.
The women was hit and knocked to the ground as she walked along a path between Byres Road and Glenmalloch Place before being raped.
Her attacker was wearing dark trousers and a light-coloured t shirt.
Det Insp Louise Harvie said: "Whilst we understand that this crime has caused a great deal of concern amongst the local community, I would like to reassure everyone that our officers are doing absolutely everything they can to investigate this crime.
"We are completely focussed on solving this crime and I cannot stress enough the importance of members of the public coming forward with any information that could potentially assist with our inquiries."
Best actor winner Kevin Kline summed up the mood by saluting the NEA (National Endowment for the Arts), which faces funding cuts under the Trump regime.
US talk show host Stephen Colbert also mocked Trump by suggesting his tenure as president "could close early".
Dear Evan Hansen was named best musical at the New York ceremony.
The show, about a teenager who fabricates a former friendship with a classmate who killed himself, also saw Pitch Perfect star Ben Platt named best actor in a musical.
Bette Midler received the female equivalent for her role in Hello, Dolly! and celebrated her second Tony win with a lengthy acceptance speech.
"Shut that crap off!" the veteran comedienne snapped at one point when the orchestra tried to play her off the stage.
Other awards went to Laurie Metcalf for her role in a newly written sequel to A Doll's House and to Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon for her supporting role in The Little Foxes.
There was also an award for Briton Nigel Hook, who won best scenic design for the Broadway transfer of British production The Play That Goes Wrong.
Yet other big names, among them Danny DeVito, Cate Blanchett and singer Josh Groban, left New York's Radio City Music Hall empty-handed.
Full list of 2017 winners
Spacey opened proceedings with a musical number that climaxed with him tap dancing in top hat and tails.
He also appeared in character as House of Cards' Frank Underwood, with his on-screen wife Robin Wright beside him.
But such comic flourishes went hand in hand with acceptance speeches that reflected America's politically charged climate.
Nixon's speech, in which she quoted directly from The Little Foxes playwright Lillian Hellman, was a case in point.
"Eighty years ago she wrote there are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it, and other people who just stand around and watch them do it," she told the audience.
"My love, my gratitude and my undying respect go out to all the people in 2017 who are refusing to just stand and watch them do it."
Sunday's ceremony took place shortly after news that Delta Air Lines and Bank of America had withdrawn financial support for a New York production of Julius Caesar.
The contemporary staging of Shakespeare's play features an assassinated Caesar who resembles President Trump, a depiction Delta said had "crossed the line on the standards of good taste".
Last year's Tonys, hosted by Britain's James Corden, were dominated by hip-hop musical Hamilton. which won 11 awards.
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The 18-year-old made his only first-class appearance to date against Glamorgan in May, making 26 and 22.
Taylor is a member of the England Under-19 squad for the winter tour of Sri Lanka.
He told the club website: "Hopefully the next two years can be successful for the team and myself."
Students aged from nine to 12 have been asked to create their designs in the blocky 3D world.
The results could then be incorporated in upgrades to existing national parks around Adelaide.
The government has set aside nearly $10.4m Australian dollars (£5.4m) for the redesigns.
It was keen to find a new way to engage young people in its processes.
"This competition is part of a community engagement project asking people of all ages what sort of facilities would encourage them to spend more time in national parks," reads the Natural Resources, Adelaide website which announced the prize.
"The State government has set aside $10.4m for park projects, so some of the ideas your class create might end up being used."
The only rule is that "whatever you design needs to be able to be created in the real world", it added.
"The park features need to complement the natural environment, taking into account the animals and plants that live there."
Ideas could include trails for bushwalking, mountain biking or horse riding, barbecue and picnic areas - or something completely different," it suggested.
There is a growing trend towards creating ever more ambitious designs in Minecraft.
The Danish government has mapped the entire country in the game, as part of an educational project.
And in 2012 Mojang, the creators of Minecraft, teamed up with the UN to help them design city spaces in developing countries.
They recreated public spaces in the game and then shared it with community groups, where participants could redesign them.
The project has spawned new ideas for green space in Kiberia, the largest slum in Nairobi and the tool was also used to design a new waterfront in Les Cayes, Haiti's third largest city.
The Adelaide competition closes on 12 June and the winner will be announced a month later.
Winners will get a government-funded trip to the Belair National Park.
Called ROOT 1066, it will run from 1 September 2016 to the anniversary on 14 October.
There will be exhibitions plus a "large scale sound and light event" on the seafront which will be beamed across the Channel to Normandy.
Hastings Borough Council leader Peter Chowney said the impact of the Norman Conquest could not be underestimated.
"It laid down the bedrock of English language and culture," he said. "That's why we've called the festival 'ROOT' 1066."
He added: "We hope that people from across the country, Europe and beyond will be able to visit our town and enjoy this festival, and appreciate how this corner of Sussex became the birthplace of modern English culture, in all its diverse and kaleidoscopic variations."
During the festival the Jerwood Gallery in Hastings; the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill and Hastings Museum and Art Gallery will hold exhibitions
The series of events are being funded by Hastings Borough Council and Arts Council England.
The landslip at East Beach, West Bay, happened at about 14:30 GMT.
Coastguards, the fire service and police were at the scene and people have been urged to stay away from the cliffs.
It is not yet known if anyone was hurt. A coastguard helicopter was used "to determine the state of the remaining cliffs", Solent Coastguard said.
Watch manager Andy Jenkins said: "We did have a report that two people were missing in the area, but they have now been accounted for."
He added Dorset County Council were sending a geologist to assess the site.
The slip at East Beach is about a mile along the coast from where Charlotte Blackman, from Derbyshire, died in the Burton Bradstock landslip in 2012.
Another slip at Burton Bradstock happened in January.
The 31-year-old, who began his career at the Priestfield Stadium, was named in the squad for their League One match at Southend on Saturday.
Crofts earned a recall to the Wales squad for their upcoming friendlies against Northern Ireland and Ukraine.
He has made 18 appearances for Albion this season, but has not featured for Chris Hughton's side since February.
The loan deal has a 28-day recall option between the two clubs.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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The basic principle behind due impartiality in political coverage is set out in the agreement accompanying the BBC Charter.
This requires the BBC over time to "give due weight and prominence to all the main strands of argument and to all the main parties".
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Subjects which have been at issue or part of the campaign - or other controversial matters relating to the election - must not be covered on polling day itself, so the BBC's output cannot be seen to be influencing the ballot while the polls are open.
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The airport, which was bought by Scottish ministers for £1 in November 2013, returned a loss of £4.1m in 2014/15.
This was up from £3.9m the previous year.
Prestwick accepted it had been "another challenging year" but said there were "promising signs in a number of areas".
The annual reports from TS Prestwick Holdco Limited - the company set up up to acquire the airport on behalf of Scottish ministers - warned the loss of some Ryanair flights to Glasgow Airport could be "more severely felt" in the current financial year.
Pre-tax losses for 2014/15 stood at £8.9m - almost double the £4.6m loss before tax the previous year.
The airport's loan from the Scottish government has also increased, rising from £4.5m at the end of March 2014 to £10.8m at 31 March this year.
That could increase further, with ministers having budgeted for a total of up to £25m of loan cash for the airport by the end of 2015/16.
The Scottish government took the airport into public hands after former owner Infratil earmarked it for closure.
While the government hopes to return it to a profit before selling it back to the private sector, ministers have warned that could take time.
The annual report said there had been "positive signs in a number of areas" at Prestwick, including freight business and military activity.
But it added: "The largest driver of revenue is linked to passenger volumes and the associated passenger spend."
While it said load factors had increased, it added the number of flights has "seen an overall decline as total capacity has been reduced".
The report warned: "This will be more severely felt in the next financial year to 31 March 2016 following Ryanair's decision to open a base at Glasgow Airport from October 2014."
Airport chief executive Iain Cochrane said: "Following another challenging year the airport continues to work to turn around the financial performance and there are promising signs in a number of areas, though growing the passenger business remains a challenge whilst air passenger duty exists at its current level.
"The airport is a frontrunner in the process to become the first designated UK spaceport and is continually looking for opportunities to maximise both income and the broad scope and opportunity offered as a strategic national asset.
"The recent appointment of four high-calibre non-executive directors brings considerable new knowledge and experience to help drive the business forward."
A Scottish government spokesman said that by stepping in to save the airport, it had safeguarded 3,200 jobs and secured a vital infrastructure asset that contributes more than £61m annually to the Scottish economy.
He added: "These financial results are as we expected. As we made clear at the start of the acquisition process, this is a long-term investment. There is no quick fix to turn Glasgow Prestwick Airport around but there are real opportunities to improve in all areas of the business.
"Our investment is on a commercial basis and takes the form of loan funding. This attracts a market rate of interest in line with state aid rules. The recent Audit Scotland report confirmed that we are highly likely to generate a return on this investment."
Scottish Conservative transport spokesman Alex Johnstone said the latest figures were a "massive blow for Scotland's transport, business, infrastructure and tourism industries.
He added: "As one of Scotland's busiest airports, Prestwick should be thriving not operating at a loss.
"When it was announced that the airport was to be publicly owned, we issued an warning at the time, stating that it would take an enormous effort to get the airport back in to profit.
"The Scottish government needed to have the courage to do what was necessary, rather than simply pouring money into something without accruing any benefit."
The 55-year-old was backed by voters in the Merseyside boroughs of Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral, as well as Halton in Cheshire.
The city's former Lord Mayor was elected with 59% of the vote. Conservative candidate Tony Caldeira came second with 20%.
Mr Rotheram will now lead the region's combined authority.
He has worked as parliamentary private secretary to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, and served as MP for Liverpool Walton before Parliament was dissolved earlier this week.
Mr Rotheram has not yet decided whether to seek re-election to the Commons, the BBC understands.
Fewer than a third of registered voters used their ballot in the Liverpool City Region election, with turnout at 26%.
Only 21% voted in Halton, while in Liverpool 29% exercised their democratic right.
Mr Rotheram said his election was an "early warning shot across the Tory bows" before next month's general election.
The win was "the best platform we can have to demonstrate that Labour in power can be trusted," he said.
He said it was time for the region to "punch above its weight" and he would "work to address the north-south divide by raising aspirations for all".
Liverpool City Region has "spoken loud and clear in favour of a Labour metro mayor... a bold manifesto, a Labour vision and a fresh start" and "together we can seize devolution for the golden opportunity it presents," he said.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted his congratulations, saying Mr Rotheram is "a person of great integrity, who will stand up for the people of Liverpool".
Celebrating in Liverpool with Mr Rotheram, he praised those who have campaigned for Labour.
Referring to the city's two Premier League football teams, he said: "I know there are two teams in Liverpool, but today there's just one".
The Knowsley-born city region mayor elect was born into a Labour family with his father, a forklift truck driver, serving as a councillor in Kirkby in the 1970s.
He became a bricklayer after leaving school and set up his own company by the age of 22.
He was elected to Liverpool City Council in 2002 and was Lord Mayor during the city's year as European Capital of Culture in 2008-09.
Mr Rotheram was elected MP for Walton in 2010 with a 58% majority, increasing this to 72% in 2015 to make it Labour's safest seat.
Steve Rotheram - Labour: 171,167
Tony Caldeira - Conservative: 58,805
Carl Cashman - Liberal Democrat: 19,751
Tom Crone - Green Party: 14,094
Paula Walters - UKIP: 11,946
Roger Bannister - Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition: 7,881
Tabitha Morton - Women's Equality Party: 4,287
Paul Breen - Get the Coppers off the Jury: 729
Out of the customs union.
Free of European Union laws.
Immigration under Westminster control.
If anyone was wondering whether the government might offer some substantial wriggle room on the Brexit negotiations to take account of the very different Parliamentary arithmetic following the general election, they have another think coming.
Dr Liam Fox, the cabinet minister for international trade, has told the BBC that nobody voted to "part-leave" the European Union.
The public either voted leave - which he takes to mean being out of the two substantive EU trading structures, the single market and the customs union - or remain, a vote to stay wholly in the union.
As leave won, Dr Fox argues, it is now time for the Conservatives to get on with it and deliver, even without a majority in Parliament.
"We have to go full steam ahead and get the job done," he told me, saying he didn't recognise the terms "hard" (fully out) and "soft" (partially out, or a delayed out) Brexit.
To coin a phrase, Brexit means Brexit.
And anyone, including Conservative MPs, sympathetic to a different approach - and who may feel emboldened by the election result - should remember the referendum outcome last year.
Dr Fox was speaking to me as part of a news special on BBC1 tonight at 8.30pm called Brexit: What's Next?
With colleague and Europe Editor, Katya Adler, it is an attempt to try to unpack what the remarkably close general election result means for Britain and the EU's approach to Brexit.
Dr Fox admits that getting the final Brexit deal through Parliament "won't be easier" after the Prime Minister lost her majority, but argues that Theresa May will stick to the position laid out before 8 June.
Which is fully out of the single market and the customs union.
There may be transitional arrangements as Britain moves to a new trading relationship with the EU, but Dr Fox refused to be drawn on how long that would be.
"How long is a piece of string?" he answered, after I put to him the former business secretary Sir Vince Cable's suggestion that it could be a decade before any final deal is completed.
I don't think that means Dr Fox is relaxed about how long any "transition" may take - he wants the deal done as quickly as possible.
But he does believe a "cliff edge" departure should be avoided - which may take some time, although how long, for Dr Fox, is still unclear.
"The British public made a decision to leave," Dr Fox told me.
"We have to honour that decision to leave.
"We didn't say we would part-leave the European Union.
"[The public] gave us an instruction to do so and anybody who is a democrat needs to follow that instruction.
"If we want to get what the British public voted for in the referendum - control of our laws, control of our borders, control of our money - then we have to have an exit which takes us outside the single market and outside the customs union - although we will want to maximise our ability to trade inside that market."
He said that the option of "no deal" had to be left on the table.
"What are these people actually saying to us?" Dr Fox said of those who say that "no deal" should be off the table.
"Are they saying that we should seriously go into a negotiation and saying whatever deal is offered we would accept that rather than walk away?
"I mean what sort of a negotiation actually would that be?
"It's effectively waving the white flag before the negotiations actually begin.
"It is not a sensible position for us to have
"But we don't want to get to no deal.
"We've set out the sort of deal that we want, a deal that's good for European citizens in the United Kingdom and British citizens in the European Union; that's good for British business, that enables us to trade maximally with the single market; that means there's as little friction at our borders as possible, giving Britain simultaneously the freedom to develop new trading agreements elsewhere."
Of course staying in the customs union - which would prevent Britain signing its own trade deals with countries outside the EU - would effectively make Dr Fox's department superfluous.
Dr Fox may not like the distinction between "hard" and "soft", but Philip Hammond, the Chancellor, is judged to have a rather different approach ("soft", if you like) to the type of deal Britain may strike with the EU, as I wrote last month.
And, for this BBC1 news special, both Sir Vince, who is standing to be leader of the Liberal Democrats, and Sir Keir Starmer, Labour's shadow secretary for exiting the EU, said they might be willing to join forces with Mr Hammond to put "jobs and prosperity" at the heart of the negotiations.
Dr Fox says that is a false division - and that the future prosperity of the UK is at the heart of his approach to Brexit.
Britain can be strong economically outside the EU, he says, despite the myriad of warnings that leaving the single market and the customs union could damage the UK economy.
"If you are looking at a free trade agreement in a global context, this one with the European Union ought to be the simplest in the history of mankind because we're beginning from a completely tariff free basis and we're beginning with exactly the same laws and regulations as the rest of our European partners," Dr Fox said.
"And the only reason that we'll not get to this perfect arrangement would be if the politics of Europe got in the way.
"That would be a pity because it would just say that they were putting the politics of Europe above the prosperity of Europe."
And on the chance of Britain ever staying in the EU - as some EU leaders have rather wistfully suggested - Dr Fox has a straightforward answer.
"There's about as much chance of us staying in the European Union as of me finding the tooth fairy."
The tourists, who were bowled out for 245 by Essex last weekend, collapsed from 101-2 to 192-8 at Grace Road.
But uncapped Shanaka shared an unbroken stand of 122 with Rangana Herath (28 not out) to take Sri Lanka to 318-8.
The first of three Tests against England begins at Headingley on Thursday.
Sri Lanka, who conceded a first-innings deficit of 158 in the draw with Essex, were again troubled by a Leicestershire side showing nine changes from their previous first-class match against Northamptonshire.
With Test captain Angelo Mathews rested, his stand-in Dinesh Chandimal won the toss but they immediately lost Dimuth Karunaratne, who was bowled by Atif Sheikh on the fourth delivery of the match.
Kaushal Silva (38) and Kusal Mendis (65) steadied the ship, but 21-year-old Rob Sayer dismissed them both as the Sri Lanka collapse began.
The middle order showed little resistance, with all six Leicestershire bowlers claiming scalps.
When Jigar Naik had Dushmantha Chameera caught behind just after tea, the tourists looked in danger of being bowled out for less than 200.
However, Shanaka went on the offensive, hitting nine fours and three sixes in his 115-ball stay and will resume on Saturday looking for a fourth first-class hundred.
Sri Lanka were playing for the first time since wicketkeeper Kusal Perera's ban for missing a drugs test was lifted.
"It's great news for us that the ban has been lifted, he's a wonderful cricketer and we've missed him," said coach Graham Ford.
"He is a good player in all formats and I am sure the selectors will think about him for the one-day format.
"I'm not sure what is happening with the officials in terms of him playing in the Test squad but it's just great news to know that he is available for selection again."
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Losses have increased slightly at the Scottish government-owned Glasgow Prestwick Airport over the past year.
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Labour's Steve Rotheram has been elected as the first "metro mayor" of the Liverpool City Region.
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Out of the single market.
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Sri Lanka put in another poor batting performance on day one against Leicestershire before being rescued by an unbeaten 91 from Dasun Shanaka.
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Cladding at the flats in the city did not pass the new tests despite meeting current regulations.
The results at four blocks in Clyne Court, Sketty, and another in Jefferys Court, Penlan, come after 149 high-rises in England also failed.
The council said it was keeping tenants informed.
However residents have raised concerns about "conflicting information".
Samples of the same type of cladding used on Grenfell Tower are being tested from seven social housing tower blocks in Wales at the request of the Welsh Government.
Claire Lane, who lives on the sixth floor at Clyne Court, said: "I'm unable to sleep, I'm nervous.
"I don't feel safe at the moment. It's heartbreaking since the Grenfell disaster. My nerves are gone living here."
Lynne Cleobury said letters from the council updating them on the fire safety checks had not been able to put her mind at ease.
She said: "[I'm] a little bit worried, I'm on the fourth floor. I have problems with mobility and find that if the lifts don't work I have a lot of difficulty coming down in the fire escape."
She also called for the council to hold a meeting with residents: "I think we need to be there to ask questions so they can actually tell us what's going on, whether the cladding does have to come off or whether it's going to stay up."
Other tenants at Jefferys Court have also raised concerns.
One 68-year-old resident, who lives on the first floor, said he didn't trust "conflicting information" from the council.
"They say one thing and say something else, so what do you believe? They say it's failed yet its safe," he added.
"I'm not concerned myself really, it's people living higher up because if there's a fire, would they be able to get out?
"If a panel is not safe it should be replaced with panels that are safe."
But another resident said safety checks being carried out by the council were "reassuring".
"I'm just glad they're doing all the tests they can and the council are keeping us up-to-date, trying to keep us calm. It's good," he said.
Swansea council said on Monday that extra fire safety checks were being carried out and tenants were being kept informed.
Communities Secretary Carl Sargeant stressed that tower blocks where cladding had failed safety tests remain "safe places to be".
He told the assembly on Tuesday that on the matter of further action, he would follow any recommendations made by the UK government's advisory panel.
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Worried residents at four tower blocks in Swansea which failed safety tests following the Grenfell Tower fire have said they are "unable to sleep".
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After nearly 20 years of cycling professionally around the world, Sir Bradley Wiggins was the first Brit to win the Tour de France and has become Britain's most decorated Olympian.
His cool, laid-back attitude made him hugely popular in the summer of 2012, when just 10 days after winning the Tour de France, he won Olympic time trial gold in London.
Later that year, the public voted him the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
Bradley Wiggins became Sir Bradley Wiggins in 2013 and was knighted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace, for services to cycling.
Speaking at the time he said the title was an "incredible honour".
"It's quite humbling," he added. "I was talking to some of the other people getting stuff, and asking them what they've been honoured for, and they're historic things, ground-breaking sciences or whatever.
"I've won a bike race, you know, and I feel a little bit inferior to everyone, really."
2000 - wins first Olympic medal, bronze in Sydney
2004 - first Briton to win three Olympic medals at same games since 1964
2008 - wins two gold medals at Beijing Olympics
2012 - first British winner of Tour de France
2012 - BBC Sports Personality of the Year winner
2012 - Velo d'Or winner (best cyclist of the year award)
2013 - knighted for services to cycling
2014 - world road time trial winner
2015 - sets world hour record on the track at 54.526km
2016 - wins team pursuit gold at Rio Olympics
Won eight world titles on the track and road
Britain's most decorated Olympian with five gold medals in his haul of eight
In September 2016, hackers leaked confidential medical information about Sir Bradley Wiggins and the medicine he was allowed to take because of a rule called Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUEs).
This rule allows some drugs - which would otherwise be banned - to be used if an athlete needs them for medical reasons that have been checked out by the authorities.
Wiggins said he sought a Therapeutic Use Exemption because of suffering from asthma.
The TUEs were approved by British authorities and cycling's world governing body, the UCI.
There is no suggestion that either he, British Cycling or Team Sky, his former team, have broken any rules.
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Five-time Olympic champion, Sir Bradley Wiggins, has announced his retirement from cycling at the age of 36.
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The Kremlin said both sides had agreed to make fighting "international terrorism" - including so-called Islamic State and "other terrorist groups" in Syria - a top priority.
The White House said the call was a "significant start" to improving a relationship "in need of repair".
Mr Trump also spoke with leaders from Japan, Germany, France and Australia.
In a statement in English, the Kremlin provided more details of the first official call between the two leaders since Mr Trump took office.
It said it was a "positive and constructive" conversation, during which they discussed:
"The two leaders emphasised that joining efforts in fighting the main threat - international terrorism - is a top priority," Russia said.
"The presidents spoke out for establishing real coordination of actions between Russia and the US aimed at defeating Islamic State and other terrorists groups in Syria."
The Russian account of the call was also notable for its lack of any mention of economic sanctions against Russia by the US, which have been the subject of much speculation in recent days.
But the statement did say both parties "stressed the importance of rebuilding mutually beneficial trade", which, the Kremlin said, could aid the development of relations in other areas.
Russia considers all anti-Assad rebels in Syria as terrorist fighters, though the previous US administration has supported some moderate rebel groups opposed to President Bashar al-Assad.
The White House did not offer additional clarity on the items discussed, but rather issued a short statement saying: "Both President Trump and President Putin are hopeful that after today's call the two sides can move quickly to tackle terrorism and other important issues of mutual concern."
The pair also agreed to arrange a face-to-face meeting for a later date - and stay in "regular personal contact".
In his other telephone calls on Saturday, President Trump invited Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the White House in a meeting scheduled for 10 February, press secretary Sean Spicer said.
Strident critic of Russian Policy and chair of the Armed Services committee, Senator John McCain, warned Mr Trump about easing sanctions against Moscow.
"I hope President Trump will put an end to this speculation and reject such a reckless course,'' he said in a statement.
"If he does not, I will work with my colleagues to codify sanctions against Russia into law."
Another Republican senator, Rob Portman, said lifting sanctions would send "a dangerous message to a world already questioning the value of American leadership" after President Obama's term.
Meanwhile, the new president's executive order banning refugees from entering the country has been met with protests and legal action, after a number of refugees in transit were detained at airports.
The former Luxembourg prime minister said the EU had become involved in "too many domains where member states... are better placed to take action".
His comments came amid an intense debate in the UK about EU membership.
Voters face a June in-out referendum on the EU and opinion polls suggest a very close race.
Mr Juncker also said the EU would not relax its visa conditions for Turkey.
The "criteria (on visa liberalisation) will not be watered down in the case of Turkey", he said, commenting on the EU's controversial deal with Turkey aimed at tackling Europe's migrant crisis.
The EU has pledged to grant Turks visa-free travel to the passport-free Schengen zone in return for Turkish efforts to stop boatloads of migrants crossing to the Greek islands.
The EU is also giving new impetus to Turkey's long-stalled negotiations to join the EU.
Mr Juncker was addressing the Council of Europe, the main European human rights watchdog, in the French city of Strasbourg. The 47-nation body is not an EU institution, although all 28 EU countries are in it.
Shortly after he took over as president in 2014, the Commission, which drafts EU laws, scrapped 80 proposals, in a drive to reduce red tape.
"We were wrong to over-regulate and interfere too much," he said. For decades he has been an influential figure at the heart of EU integration moves.
"It is true we're not very popular when we advocate for Europe. We're no longer respected in our countries when we emphasise the need to give priority to the European Union," Mr Juncker said.
The European project had "lost part of its attractiveness", he warned, but said the Commission was taking steps to address it.
7 April 2016 Last updated at 09:08 BST
Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness previously represented Mid Ulster, but had decided to run in Londonderry against the SDLP's new leader Colum Eastwood.
Chris Page reports.
Biggar has won 56 Wales caps, but has been selected for his first Lions tour.
The 27-year-old along with Ireland's Jonathan Sexton and Owen Farrell of England are the three number 10s in coach Warren Gatland's 41-man squad.
"What I've found really interesting with Johnny and Owen is the amount you pick up off them," Biggar said.
"It's good to see how clever their brains are and how they understand the game and get a different perspective on 10 play."
The Wales player has established himself in recent years as his country's first-choice fly-half and is setting his sights on a Test start.
But he is more than willing to put personal rivalry to one side for the greater good of the team.
The Lions are aiming for back-to-back series wins for the first time since 1974, having won in Australia four years ago - also under the charge of Gatland.
"Obviously we're all competing for the same position and we all want to be playing in that 10 shirt," Biggar said.
"But the most important thing rather than the battle for places is that we do everything on and off the field and for boys playing in different games.
"We have to back them up as much as possible because the greater gain would be the Lions winning the series in New Zealand, which would be absolutely historical."
Ospreys fly-half Biggar says he will not make any drastic changes to the way he plays the game.
He is among the more vocal and outwardly confident players in the Wales team and feels his outspoken nature can benefit the Lions.
"You want your 10 to have a bit of authority and bit of confidence to push you round the field a bit, rather than be softly, softly," Biggar said.
"You have to find out who can take a little bit more of a kick up the backside or some boys may be a bit more softly, softly.
"It's about driving standards and leading the team around the pitch."
Biggar has been sharing a room with Sexton and says the pair, who both make their feelings known to their team-mates on the pitch, get along well.
"It's been the 'narkiest' room in the hotel but otherwise it's been a really good week.
"We've always got on well when we've played against each other and it's really good to get to play alongside him and challenge him, as much as he's probably looking to challenge myself and Owen."
The British Geological Survey recorded the 2.4-magnitude tremor at 14:35 on Tuesday, with an epicentre in Lephinmore.
The organisation said the depth of the earthquake was 11km, and affected areas including Tayvallich, Lochgilphead, Colintraive and Kilmory.
Between 200 and 300 earthquakes are recorded in the UK each year, most of which are under two in magnitude.
The four earthquakes, which rocked central Italy on Wednesday, were above magnitude five on the Richter Scale.
It allowed Erik Sorto, from California, to sip a drink unaided for the first time in 10 years.
The details, published in Science, reveal how complex bursts of electrical signals in his brain could be interpreted into commands for the arm.
Experts said the results made brain-controlled robotics closer to being a reality.
Mr Sorto was shot at the age of 21. The damage to his spinal cord left him paralysed from the neck down.
Two tiny sensors were implanted into his brain to monitor the activity of around 100 neurons.
Previous attempts at thought-controlled robotics have focused on the motor cortex - the region responsible for the action of individual muscles.
However, the US team tried implanting the chips in the posterior parietal cortex - the part of the brain that comes up with the initial intention.
It is the difference between deciding to pick up a mug or telling your hand to move towards it.
The team hopes this approach will be more intuitive.
One of the researchers, Prof Richard Andersen from Caltech, told the BBC News website: "The first time he tried the robotic limb he could form his hand to mirror one of the student's hands as if shaking hands - for him it was a huge thrill."
He has improved with training so that he can lift a drink to his mouth and also control a cursor on a computer screen.
Mr Sorto said: "I joke around with the guys that I want to be able to drink my own beer, to be able to take a drink at my own pace, when I want to take a sip out of my beer and to not have to ask somebody to give it to me.
"I really miss that independence. I think that if it were safe enough, I would really enjoy grooming myself - shaving, brushing my own teeth. That would be fantastic."
The field of harnessing a healthy brain to overcome a damaged body is advancing rapidly, particularly in the US.
Cathy Hutchinson used a robotic arm to serve herself a drink for the first time since her stroke 15 years previously.
Jan Scheuermann was able to deftly grasp and move a variety of objects just like a normal arm.
However, the developments are still largely restricted to the laboratory.
The procedure still requires an implant with wires coming out of the brain, which could be an infection risk.
Scientists also want to monitor even more brain cells to improve control.
A commentary, from researchers Dr Andrew Pruszynski and Dr Jorn Diedrichsen, argued: "The results represent one more step toward making brain control of a robotic limb or computing device a reality.
"Despite the impressive series of steps taken over the past 15 years, however, these neural prosthetic devices still have a substantial way to go before becoming practical therapeutic interventions."
It comes as ministers began campaigning on the UK's EU membership, after the PM called a referendum for 23 June.
The BBC's Norman Smith said Mr Johnson, previously thought to have been "conflicted", had now made up his mind.
The MP is expected to reveal his decision at 22:00 GMT.
He will give the reasons in his column for the Telegraph newspaper later, according to a count-down on the paper's website.
The BBC's political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, said it would be a "big blow" to Number 10.
But she said Downing Street had been resigned to Mr Johnson campaigning to leave following a meeting this week which left him disappointed with Mr Cameron's plans on the EU.
The Conservative candidate to be the next mayor of London, Zac Goldsmith, will also vote to leave the EU, his team has confirmed.
Mr Cameron has said he will campaign to remain in a "reformed" EU, but six ministers who attend cabinet have joined the leave campaign.
Asked on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show if he wished to send a message to Mr Johnson, the prime minister said he would "say to Boris what I say to everybody else".
"We will be safer, we'll be stronger, we'll be better off inside the EU.
"If Boris and if others really care about being able to get things done in our world, then the EU is one of the ways in which we get them done."
Referring to two other prominent supporters of the leave campaign, Mr Cameron also warned against "linking arms with Nigel Farage and George Galloway".
Earlier on the Marr Show, UKIP leader Mr Farage said he would "absolutely" like to see Mr Johnson come out in favour of leaving the EU.
"He's one of those half a dozen people that reaches out to a large number of voters. We'd love to see 'Bo Go' as the headline tomorrow."
Mr Johnson's sister, the writer Rachel Johnson, told Sky News's Murnaghan programme that her brother was not "milking his decision for maximum publicity".
She said: "It's a very, very hard choice that he has to make. It's a hard choice for everybody to make, because there are good and bad arguments on both sides."
Asked if he was "on the horns of a dilemma", she agreed, saying it was "agonising" for him.
Ms Johnson's refusal to give away what her brother might have decided led the Sun's Westminster correspondent, Harry Cole, to tweet about her "poker face".
House of Commons leader Chris Grayling told the BBC's Sunday Politics programme that he hoped Mr Johnson would join the campaign to leave the EU, adding: "I know no more about his intentions than anyone else."
Mr Johnson has also discussed the referendum with Justice Secretary Michael Gove, one of those to declare support for the leave campaign.
The Sunday Times reported that Mr Johnson, thought to have been undecided earlier, had told a Westminster colleague: "I'm veering all over the place like a shopping trolley."
The ruling came from Seattle district judge James Robart, the same judge who had issued the order that in effect halted implementation of the first ban.
Judge Robart said lawyers needed to file more extensive documentation.
The new 90-day ban on citizens of six mostly Muslim nations is due to come into effect on Thursday but has sparked legal action in a number of states.
Lawyers in Washington state had asked Judge Robart to extend his decision on the first ban to cover the second.
But the judge cited procedural reasons for not doing so.
He said a complaint or a motion would have to be filed before he could rule.
The justice department had argued that since the initial travel order ban had been revoked, the judge's first ruling could no longer apply. Those opposing that argument said the new travel ban had the same effect as the original.
In succeeding with the first ban, they argued the move was unconstitutional and damaging to businesses in Washington state.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Thursday that the administration believed the new order would withstand legal scrutiny.
Several states have launched legal challenges.
Oregon - said the order hurts residents, employers, universities health care system and economy
Washington - it has "same illegal motivations as the original" and harms residents, although fewer than the first ban
Minnesota - questioned the legality of the move, suggesting the Trump administration can't override the initial ban with a fresh executive order
New York - "a Muslim ban by another name", said the attorney general
Massachusetts - new ban "remains a discriminatory and unconstitutional attempt to make good on his campaign promise to implement a Muslim ban"
Hawaii - argued it would harm its Muslim population, tourism and foreign students
The first order, which Mr Trump signed in January, sparked mass protests as well as confusion at airports.
Critics maintain the revised travel ban still discriminates against Muslims. Trump supporters say the president is fulfilling his campaign promises to protect Americans.
Citizens of Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, six countries on the original 27 January order, will once more be subject to a 90-day travel ban.
Iraq was taken off the banned list because its government boosted visa screening and data sharing, White House officials said.
The new directive says refugees already approved by the state department can enter the US. It also lifts an indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Green Card holders (legal permanent residents of the US) from the named countries will not be affected.
The new order does not give priority to religious minorities, unlike the previous directive. Critics of the Trump administration had argued that this was an unlawful policy showing preference to Christian refugees.
The deal includes the option for the Hornets, who are currently 14th in the Premier League, to make the move permanent during the summer.
Niang, 22, joined Milan from the French Ligue 1 side Caen, scoring 12 goals in 77 appearances for the Italian club.
The France Under-21 international also had loan spells at Montpellier in 2014 and Genoa in 2015.
He becomes Watford's third signing of the January transfer window.
Argentine forward Mauro Zarate joined on a two-and-a-half-year contract from Fiorentina on Wednesday, with Everton midfielder Tom Cleverley also signing on loan until the end of the season earlier this month.
A survey of nearly 3,000 children and young adults found nearly a third had felt forced to fend for themselves too early, Anne Longfield said.
She said most parents would not "wave goodbye" to children at 18 and "we shouldn't do so for children in care".
A Department for Education spokesman said reforms had been made since 2010.
Ms Longfield - who took up her post as children's commissioner in March - said there were about 69,000 children in care in the UK.
She said it was "unacceptable" that about half of those youngsters were confused about why they were in care.
"This group of young people are probably the most vulnerable, often having suffered from extreme neglect, often abuse and often trauma," she said.
"They are no longer living with their parents and have often not had stable placements. They are the least likely to find employment and most at risk of drugs, alcohol and crime.
"They need support as they go into their adult life."
She said children in care should be able to keep the same social worker for longer and should receive therapeutic care to "recover from their difficult past experiences".
"We know that many children who leave care still struggle to reach their full potential and helping them to overcome their harmful experiences and build their resilience and emotional well-being for the future will help them to do so."
Ms Longfield, a former chief executive of the 4Children charity, was announced as the new children's commissioner last year, to promote and protect the rights of all children in England.
A Department for Education spokesman said the government was "committed to improving the lives of care leavers".
"That is why we have introduced a comprehensive series of reforms since 2010 to help and support them.
"We welcome the survey's findings that the vast majority feel they live in the right place, are treated with respect and feel part of the family.
"But we are not complacent and will continue to work to make sure all young people, whatever their background, have the best opportunity to achieve their full potential," the spokesman added.
A number of controlled explosions were carried out on a car in Azalea Gardens. A number of items were recovered and taken away for further examination.
Police have said they believe it may be linked to a robbery in Dunmurry.
On 3 April, three men dressed as postmen, and one armed with a suspected gun, robbed offices in The Cutts area. They assaulted two female members of staff and escaped with cash.
The alert began on Friday night. Residents in the area were not moved out, but were advised to stay towards the rear of their homes.
"I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the local community, who have been inconvenienced during the operation, for their patience," Det Insp Stephen Harvey said.
"I would appeal to anyone who has information about the robbery at The Cutts, or who saw any suspicious activity in the Azalea Gardens area, to contact police on the non-emergency number 101, quoting reference 1178 of 7/4/17."
The Labour leader said the IRA's actions were "completely wrong" because they killed civilians.
Mr Corbyn said on Friday he had "never met" the IRA and had only held talks with its political wing Sinn Fein.
But the Conservatives claimed comments by Diane Abbott in an interview on Saturday showed this was untrue.
Ms Abbott, a long-time ally of Mr Corbyn, told LBC radio he had only met IRA members "in their capacity as activists in Sinn Fein".
"I think we have to distinguish between conducting private meetings and supporting violent attacks and actually being on a platform," said the shadow home secretary.
And she compared Mr Corbyn's links with the Irish republican movement to the way former Prime Minister Tony Blair had negotiated with Sinn Fein during the peace process.
The shadow home secretary was questioned about remarks of her own made in a 1984 interview about Northern Ireland, where she said: "Every defeat of the British state is a victory for all of us."
Ms Abbott said: "It was 34 years ago. A few years later I became an MP... I have moved on in the intervening 34 years."
Conservative Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has used her remarks to launch an attack on the Labour leadership: "Jeremy Corbyn's lies have been exposed by his own shadow home secretary.
"Just hours after Corbyn claimed he had never met the IRA, Diane Abbott says he did - and she disgracefully sought to defend it.
"It is increasingly clear that Jeremy Corbyn will make up anything in an attempt to mislead voters.
"He's pretending he didn't support the IRA, just like he is pretending he won't raise taxes and pretending he will replace our Trident nuclear deterrent."
Mr Corbyn has faced questions over his meetings with Sinn Fein, the political wing of the IRA, during the 1980s and 1990s and his views on the republican movement during that period.
He repeatedly insisted in an interview with the BBC's Andrew Neil on Friday that he had been working for a peaceful solution in Northern Ireland and that there "had to be a dialogue".
On Saturday morning Mr Corbyn took part in a training session with youngsters on a visit to Hackney Marshes football pitches, in north London, where he launched plans to offer football fans a "flexible football ticket" to help more people attend matches.
Asked about his reaction when Downing Street and then-Prime Minister Sir John Major were targeted in an IRA mortar attack in 1991, Mr Corbyn said: "Obviously appalled.
"I was in Parliament at the time, I heard the attack go off... The bombing campaign was completely wrong because it was taking civilian lives and there had to be a process that dealt with the basis of it in Northern Ireland."
That had come about through the subsequent peace process, he said, beginning on the nationalist side in talks between Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams and the leader of Northern Ireland's moderate nationalist SDLP party.
But former Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, who was an officer in the British army during the Troubles, demanded an apology from the Labour leader, claiming he had tried to place British troops "like myself" on "an a equal par with terrorists blowing people up".
"The troops were sent to Northern Ireland to uphold the peace. We were not sent to kill and maim indiscriminately. The IRA chose to bomb civilians indiscriminately… they did not care who they killed and maimed," said Mr Duncan Smith.
"To equate what they did with British soldiers that were trying to uphold the peace is outrageous and that is what he [Mr Corbyn] has never apologised for or explained himself."
He said that was why Mr Corbyn's "judgement was so in question and that is why his disgraceful comments yesterday make him unfit to lead this great country of ours".
The collision between a car and flatbed lorry happened between junctions 19 and 20 near Lymm at about 08:15 BST.
The driver of the car suffered serious injuries to his head and chest.
The northbound carriageway of the M6 was closed for about five hours between the two junctions while crash investigators examined the site.
A medieval priory and the Cathedral have received more than £7m for their restoration and modernisation plans.
Work at the Cathedral to build a new public space, entrance area and to conserve the 15th Century Lady Chapel is expected to begin later this year.
At Llanthony Secunda Priory, the money will help restore its major buildings and bring them back into use.
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded £4.16m towards the £6m wanted for Project Pilgrim - the title for the cathedral's three phases of planned development.
Anne Cranston, project manager, said: "We're extremely fortunate to have received so much support from so many people during the development of Project Pilgrim."
Less than a mile away, the Llanthony Secunda Priory Trust has been granted £3.2m.
Plans there include the restoration of the Medieval Range, Victorian Farmhouse and Brick Range as well as the grounds landscaped.
Jeremy Williamson, trust chair, said: "After eight years of dedication from trustees, friends, and volunteers and with support from local businesses and other funders we are now one big step closer to realising our ambition.
He added "we are ecstatic about the news of their generous support."
The range includes a new type of device called the Chromebit, which looks like an oversized memory stick, and turns monitors and TVs into computers when plugged into their HDMI ports.
The tech firm also revealed the cheapest Chromebook laptops to date, costing $149 (£101).
The move is likely to intensify competition with Microsoft.
The announcements came less than a day after Microsoft revealed plans to sell a new entry-level tablet-laptop hybrid of its own.
Its Surface 3 costs more -$499, and £419 in the UK for the basic model - but provides access to a wider range of software made for the Windows platform.
"This is a booming sector of the market at the moment," commented Chris Green, a tech analyst at the Davies Murphy Group consultancy.
"With the falling cost of hardware, schools are looking to families to equip kids with their own computers - the idea of BYOD [bring your own device to class].
"This has prompted manufacturers to create low-cost entry-level laptops that parents then buy for their children as well as themselves."
Google has pledged not to display ads to children that use the education-related software it provides for its Chrome platform, and does not charge manufactures to use its operating system.
But one expert said the company still hoped to financially benefit in the long-term.
"The key goal here for both Google and Microsoft is to put their brand and services out there in front of kids to build loyalty at a very early age," said Ronan de Renesse, a consumer technology expert at the Ovum consultancy.
"It's also a good way to to see whether or not to extend these types of devices to emerging markets, where they could be used outside education by people with very low disposable incomes."
For now, Google says the new Chromebooks and Chromebits will be limited to the US.
"We hope to make these widely available in the future, however we have nothing more to announce at this time," said a spokeswoman.
Chrome OS runs web-based software via the firm's Chrome browser and recently gained the ability to run a limited number of Android apps . The platform is designed to store most of its users' files in the cloud.
More than five million Chromebooks and Chromebase desktops were sold across the world last year, according to market research firm Gartner.
It forecasts that figure will grow to close to eight million units this year, and 16 million in 2018.
The Chromebits will be made by the Taiwanese manufacturer Asus.
Google said they would cost "less than $100" and go on sale before the end of the year.
The search firm has already had success with the Chromecast, a media streaming dongle with a similar form factor.
In recent months both Intel and Hannspree have launched Windows-powered "PC-on-a-sticks", albeit at a slightly higher cost.
Such devices require their owners to provide displays, keyboards and other peripherals, but the idea is that many people will already own them.
"People seem to love the idea of having a working computer on something no bigger than a dongle that lets them do web browsing, media streaming and other tasks on a big screen, but can be out of sight, out of mind when needed," said Mr Green.
The two new laptops have already gone on sale.
The Haier Chromebook 11 is exclusive to Amazon while the Hisense Chromebook is being sold via Walmart.com.
Both feature an 11.6in (29.5cm) screen and between 8.5 to 10 hours of battery life, but keep their costs low by restricting themselves to 16 gigabytes of storage and 2GB of RAM.
Google also announced a slightly higher priced model, the Asus Chromebook Flip, whose touchscreen can be turned around. It will cost $249 when it goes on sale.
"The [ultra low-cost] sector is still a relatively small part of the entire PC market, but is growing fast, so is important," commented Mr de Renesse.
"What's key is to offer some of the lowest prices. But that has to be balanced against the fact that the US is a market with very high consumer expectation, even within schools."
Venezuela's Linares relieved Crolla of the WBA lightweight title with a unanimous points victory in Manchester.
However, Crolla gave such a good account of himself that the rematch would probably generate more money.
"There's a rematch clause. It's the biggest fight for Linares. I don't envisage any problems," said Hearn.
"Because Anthony put up such a good fight the 12-13,000 that were in the Manchester Arena for the first fight will increase next time.
"And because the money will be big and Linares will think he can win again, they'll be thinking 'bring it on'."
The 29-year-old Crolla was making the second defence of the title he won from Colombia's Darleys Perez in November 2015.
And former three-weight world champion Linares was a big step up in class, the 31-year-old challenger's boxing ability ultimately trumping Crolla's pressure.
Bizarrely it was the first time Linares had gone 12 rounds in 44 professional fights, including three defeats, especially given that he first boxed for a world title in 2007.
"I felt I had Jorge where I wanted him and he was feeling a few shots, and then he hit me with a hell of a shot and wobbled me in round six," said Crolla.
"It gave him that bit of belief that he needed at the time. I'd love a rematch but I'd have to come back better in order to win. But sharing a ring with a great fighter like Jorge can only benefit me. I'll be smarter than I was this time."
The only realistic alternative is Crolla's old school-mate and WBO champion Terry Flanagan, although promotional differences have nixed the fight before.
Earlier this year, Flanagan accused Crolla of ducking him, only for Hearn to counter that Flanagan did not bring enough money to the negotiating table.
"If there was a huge offer to fight Flanagan we'd consider it," said Hearn.
"But Flanagan is looking for a huge fight himself and Anthony isn't going to be ready until next year."
It has been a chastening few weeks for British boxing, what with Kell Brook losing to middleweight king Gennady Golovkin, Liam Smith losing his WBO light-middleweight title to Saul Alvarez and now Crolla losing to Linares.
In addition, Joe Gallagher, the Ring magazine's 2015 trainer of the year, has seen three of his fighters lose world titles this year, the defeats of Smith and Crolla following on from Scott Quigg's defeat by Carl Frampton in February.
But Hearn added: "A loss at the highest level is never the end of the world. You're not going to win all these fights against great fighters.
"Brook-Golovkin was a war, Liam Smith did great and Anthony just had a great fight against Jorge Linares. It's all about fighting the best guys, that's why British boxing is in such great shape."
Despite recent reverses, Britain still has 12 current world champions.
The newspaper says test marches in the Brecon Beacons could be postponed in the case of extreme temperatures, humidity and winds.
The decision has angered SAS insiders and their US counterparts who fear it may lower standards, the paper claimed.
The Ministry of Defence has not commented on the story.
At an inquest last month, the Ministry of Defence was severely criticised for the planning and conduct of a 16-mile march which resulted in the deaths of three soldiers.
L/Cpl Craig Roberts, L/Cpl Edward Maher and Cpl James Dunsby all collapsed and died after overheating on a Brecon Beacons exercise on one of the hottest days of 2013.
The MoD apologised and said changes to the SAS recruitment test were under way.
Changes will include more water stations along the route and a "weather test" which would allow the hike to be postponed if conditions are too hot, the Times reported.
It also said would-be SAS members would be allowed practice sessions allowing them to become accustomed to the terrain.
It claims there is a fear within the SAS of a lowering of standards, and quotes a former officer who says there is a feeling that selection is being made "softer and easier".
Professor George Havenith, a specialist in environmental physiology and ergonomics who gave evidence at the inquest, told the BBC the special forces needed a "culture change" so existing rules were followed, rather than new guidelines.
"Many people have come to that conclusion without really knowing the real Derek Adams," explains the Plymouth manager.
There is a sense he wants to be liked but there's a pragmatism that suggests he accepts it's an uphill battle he might never win.
"People have written in the press and have said things that haven't sat with me for two minutes and been able to have a right go," Adams told BBC Scotland's Sportsound.
"I find that difficult at times. I don't think you can say things about people until you really get to know them.
"People's perception of me is probably their ignorance rather than me getting to know them."
His next statement might divide opinion further.
"There is no doubt that teams in League Two could play in the Scottish Premiership. No question about it," he says.
"The teams that are in and around the top three or four could easily play in the top flight in Scotland. There's a very good quality."
A year ago, the former Ross County boss took over at Plymouth and came close to promotion to League One at the first time of asking, falling at the final hurdle in a Wembley play-off against AFC Wimbledon.
"Moving to England has really enlightened me," he enthused.
"The backing we've had. We take an average of 1,500 to away games. We've got an average gate of 8,700. For a team that's in League Two, it's fantastic.
Adams turns 41 on Saturday, with nine years of management experience behind him.
He began by steering County to promotion to the First Division, then to a Scottish Cup final, famously defeating Celtic on the way.
After a short spell as Colin Calderwood's assistant at Hibernian, Adams returned to Dingwall and won PFA Scotland manger of the year as he took County into the Premier League on the back of 36-game unbeaten run.
He was sacked by chairman Roy MacGregor in 2014, a decision he still believes was unfair.
"We were five games into a season," he said. "We had finished champions, seventh, fifth; which is still the highest finish the football club has achieved.
"We had a team in place that there's no doubt would have finished in the top half of the table. It was probably the best squad that I'd ever had at Ross County.
"I had to work with a tight budget. I didn't have the money that is available now. There was obviously a reason for that.
"They were looking to move in another direction. It was just the nature of how it happened that didn't go well with me."
For all of his success, Adams is perhaps considered an outsider by many within Scottish football.
Comments like those above probably don't endear him to some but he feels justified in arguing his case given his record.
His image perhaps hasn't been helped by run-ins with opposing managers; something he believes is simply part of football.
"In football you're going to have disagreements," he said. "You're fighting for your football club.
"I get on well with a lot of managers in Scottish football. We might have had blows on the touchline for 90 minutes but that's just the nature of the game.
"Yes, there'll be managers that we don't get on with but everybody will say the same.
"Your supporters want to see you looking after your football club. It's my job to be the focal point, the leader of that team to show you've got a wee bit of heart and spirit."
Whatever people think, Adams has proven that he is a capable manager and if people don't like him it doesn't seem to be holding him back.
The Public Accounts Committee said the fact Whitehall departments continued to award work to Serco and G4S while they were under investigation for overcharging highlighted the problem.
It said ministers had placed "too much trust" in a small pool of large firms.
The Cabinet Office said there was "more to do" to support smaller providers.
But it insisted that progress had been made over the past four years.
In a new report, the cross-party committee said there needed to be more competition in the £90bn market for private outsourcing of public services.
The MPs said contracts should be split up to give small and medium-sized firms a better chance of getting business and to prevent a situation where a handful of firms were "too important to fail" despite questions about their performance.
"Departments have taken their eye off the ball and placed too much trust in contractors and relied too much on the information contractors supply," said Margaret Hodge, the Labour MP who chairs the committee.
"Government's current approach to contracting gives too much advantage to contractors. Open book accounting and published contracts should be the norm," she added.
The committee said ministers had wrongly created the impression that all business with G4 and Serco had been suspended after it emerged they had been overcharging the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) for years in relation to electronic tagging contracts.
G4S and Serco were stripped of responsibility for tagging criminals in England and Wales last December after the revelations, for which they have apologised and re-paid nearly £180m in total to the public purse.
The two firms were, in effect, barred for bidding for public sector work for a time following a government review into their other contracts, which recommended there should be limits on the size and duration of contracts as part of a wider shake-up of Whitehall procurement.
The Cabinet Office said in May that G4S would be considered for government business again following changes to its business practices and that reforms undertaken by Serco showed it was on "the right direction of travel" towards rebuilding confidence.
But the committee said the government should be taking a much harder line on firms whose "ethical standards have been found wanting".
It suggested a host of government departments, including the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), the Ministry of Defence, the Department of Health, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and HM Revenue & Customs, all continued to award the firms additional work while a criminal inquiry by the Serious Fraud Office into overcharging was continuing.
It said the electronic tagging contracts were not isolated cases, with two other G4S contracts with the MoJ having been referred to the SFO while another Serco contract with the MoJ was being investigated by the City of London Police.
"The fact that government gave the impression that all discussion with Serco and G4S were halted whilst investigations took place... is evidence of the over-reliance on these larger suppliers," the report concluded.
Ms Hodge said the contractors had not shown "an appropriate duty of care" to the taxpayer and to users of public services.
The Cabinet Office said changes made to the government's procurement and commercial management since the last general election in 2010 had brought savings of £5.4 billion last year, but acknowledged that more needed to done.
"At the time of the last general election, departments simply didn't know how much business they did with strategic suppliers," a spokesman said.
"Despite our excellent progress over the past four years, we have long argued that there is more to do, including to strengthen transparency further and support SMEs.
"Public service providers should act with integrity and our action over the past year shows how seriously we take breaches of those high standards."
They include Nuon Chea, also known as Brother Number Two. He was the right-hand man of the Maoist regime's supreme leader Pol Pot, who died in 1998.
The former leaders, now all in their eighties, face charges including genocide and crimes against humanity.
The Khmer Rouge regime fell in 1979, and the process of trying its senior figures has taken many years.
Cambodia originally asked the United Nations and the international community to help set up a tribunal into the genocide in the mid-1990s.
A joint tribunal was finally established in 2006 following long drawn-out negotiations between the Phnom Penh government and the UN - but to date only one person has been convicted.
The tribunal began hearing four days of opening statements on Monday. Court spokesman Lars Olsen described the day as a "major milestone", saying: ""Many people never thought it would happen."
By Fergal KeaneBBC News, Phnom Penh
Arriving at court this morning were the frail and the elderly - survivors of the Khmer Rouge, as well as former guards and regime officials.
Some have come to give evidence. Others to simply observe the last chapter of the nightmare which claimed the lives of nearly two million people.
The UN's British chief prosecutor, Andrew Cayley, said the proceedings would send a strong message around the world: "If you lead a country into this kind of disaster the past will catch up with you."
But the trial - a joint enterprise between the UN and Cambodia - has been heavily criticised. Theary Seng, whose parents were killed by the Khmer Rouge, said putting three people on trial for the deaths of 1.7 million simply wasn't enough.
Hell on Earth, documented in court
As well as Nuon Chea, the regime's former head-of-state Khieu Samphan and Ieng Sary, who was foreign minister and the international face of the organisation, are also on trial.
All three deny the charges they face.
Ieng Thirith, the former social affairs minister, had been set to go on trial with them but has been declared unfit due to health issues.
Prosecutors told the tribunal that the Cambodian people were in a "pitiful state" and their suffering "was absolute" during the regime's rule.
The Khmer Rouge "turned Cambodia into a massive slave camp, reducing an entire nation into prisoners living under a system of brutality that defies belief to the present day", said co-prosecutor Chea Leang.
The regime attempted to create an ideal communist society by forcing city residents to work as peasants in the countryside, and by purging intellectuals, middle class people and any supposed enemies of the state.
About 1.7 million people - about one-third of the population - are believed to have been murdered, or died of over-work, starvation or torture from 1975 to 1979.
Hundreds of people - including monks, students, regime survivors and former cadres - packed the court's public gallery for the first of four days of opening statements in the landmark case.
"I feel very happy. I came here because I want to know the story and how it could have happened," 75-year-old farmer Sao Kuon, who lost 11 relatives under the Khmer Rouge, told the AFP news agency.
The process has been broken up into several mini-trials, with the first hearing set to judge on the offence of enforced removal of people from the cities.
The BBC's Guy De Launey in Phnom Penh says the defendants are old and frail, and concern that they might die has forced the tribunal to split the cases in the hope of gaining at least one conviction.
But it is unclear how much the court will hear from the three accused.
Ieng Sary has already said he does not intend to testify, and Nuon Chea walked out of an earlier hearing.
Pol Pot died in 1998 before facing a full trial for his crimes.
The only senior Khmer Rouge figure to be convicted so far is Kaing Guek Eav - better known as Comrade Duch.
He was head of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison - a torture facility located in a school building - where he presided over the torture and murder of thousands of people.
The 46-year-old was on his way to a church in Ashfield Street when he was attacked on Bardowie Street by two men.
He was hit with a glass bottle and punched before the men ran off with his rucksack at about 23:35 on Friday.
Police Scotland are treating the attack as a hate crime. The preacher sustained only minor injuries but was "very shaken", officers said.
The suspects were white and in their late teens. One is described as medium to heavy build, with a short dark crew cut hairstyle and wearing a grey hooded top, black tracksuit trousers and white trainers.
The second man has a slim build with short light brown hair, wearing a black hooded top and red tracksuit bottoms.
The preacher had just got off a bus on Saracen Street before the attack. The two men stole his rucksack which had a Bible and other possessions inside.
Det Con Alan Watt said: "On checking CCTV we can see the two suspects hanging about in Saracen Street a short time before the attack. I would appeal to anyone who recognises their description or who has information that will help officers with their enquiries to contact the Community Investigation Unit at Pollok via 101."
DC Watt said he was keen to hear from the driver of a grey Hackney taxi who was seen on CCTV just before the attack.
Gary Scott, known as GJ, 17, was found in Marquis Road, Finsbury Park, at about 23:00 GMT on Tuesday.
His mother, Annette Gill from Tottenham, described him as a "good boy" and said he had been studying mechanics at college.
Adrian Carpenter, 30, and Jermaine Reid, 27, both of Victoria Road, Crouch Hill are due to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court later.
In an emotional tribute earlier this week, Gary's aunt, Melissa, said: "He'll be missed by all of us. GJ was such a lovely kid. He didn't give us any trouble."
He is the 15th teenager to be fatally stabbed in London this year.
The directors, whom she did not name, had urged her to expose herself on screen, offered to buy her clothes and made other suggestive overtures.
"I remember going to audition for a really big male director and being told 'You should show your body off more, you should be naked on screen'," the 41-year-old told an audience in Cannes.
"I've also had the 'What are you doing after this?' conversation [and] the 'Do you want to go shopping and try on some clothes?'. I did not get the parts obviously."
Asked if she considered this to be sexual harassment, the actress answered: "I would consider that Hollywood."
"Was it sexual harassment?" she continued. "I mean, it's such a fine line."
'Double standard'
Sevigny, who was Oscar nominated for 1999 film Boys Don't Cry, also said she had been "frustrated for over 20 years" about the way men and women in the film industry were respectively portrayed by the media.
"[Look at] the award ceremonies and how unfairly the women are judged over the men in their tuxedos.
"When women on set become a little emotional or impassioned even, they're instantly labelled as hysterical or crazy and have a hard time getting hired again."
She said there was a "double standard" that a male film-maker who behaved in a similar fashion would be "embraced" as a "a mad, crazy, wild director".
Sevigny's comments came during the Women in Motion series of talks on women and cinema at the Cannes Film Festival.
The organisation promotes "openness and diversity on the silver screen".
Jodie Foster, Juliette Binoche, Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis have taken part in the talks, sharing their experiences of working in the film industry.
The former Thelma and Louise stars were reunited on the 25th anniversary of the cult film, but said the feminist road trip movie would unlikely be made today and expressed disappointment the film didn't pave the way for more films with female stars.
Sarandon pointed to the fact there are "still many more male executives" making casting decisions for the gender imbalance in Hollywood films.
Sevigny will also present Kitty, her directorial debut, at the festival on Thursday.
The Big Love star is one of 12 female "creatives" who have been invited to make short films for the women-focused media company Refinery29.
Others include Twilight star Kristen Stewart and Empire cast member Gabourey Sidibe.
Warning: This story contains horror themed images, including clowns.
According to the National Retail Federation, American consumers will spend $6.9bn (£4.5bn) on Halloween costumes, decorations and related items this year - so it's unsurprising many attractions are cashing in on the event.
Not content with just one night to dress up for spooky fun and frolics, it has been drawn out to a whole season at many attractions.
In Florida alone - the second most-visited US state after New York for British tourists - some 80 Halloween events are being held this year, including at its most popular theme parks Disneyland, Busch Gardens and Universal Studios.
Their popularity has helped give the state a tourism boost in recent years, with 23.7 million people visiting during the Halloween quarter in 2014 - an 8.5% increase on the same period in 2013.
Universal Studios has been running its Halloween Horror Nights Orlando attraction for 25 years, transforming the park after hours into a mix of haunted house mazes and "scare zones".
What started out as a three-night event with one maze and one scare zone has turned into a six-week run with nine mazes and five zones, attracting thousands of visitors a night - many of them British. And with general admission tickets at around $100 (£65) for a single night's entry, it's easy to see how the money adds up.
The premise of the haunted house is simple - visitors file into each 360 degree immersive maze, where they are pounced upon and scared witless at every turn, with each experience lasting around five minutes.
So why would they want to do that to themselves?
"A lot of people really enjoy it," says Mike Aiello, who heads up Universal's entertainment creative development team.
"I've always perceived someone being scared or wanting that adrenalin rush as the same as someone who wants to laugh or find something funny. They're two ends of a really dramatic, emotional spectrum - the laugh and the scare - there's a rush either way. And for those few moments when you're experiencing that you're not thinking about anything else at all."
But although visitors willingly put themselves into the horrific scenarios, their reactions sometimes can't be anticipated.
"I've seen people soil themselves," Aiello says. "It's not often and certainly not something we want to occur, but in some cases it is a by-product of the content of what we do.
"I've seen people run out of mazes or crawl out on their hands and knees. Part of me is a little bit sorry, but part of me thinks it's a job well done."
Putting on the event is not as simple as hanging up a few skeleton decorations and dotting some pumpkins around - it takes around 13 months to design and build the mazes in the giant studio sound stages around the theme park.
With the event already in full swing, ideas for next year's event have already started. In the coming months, treatments will be written to detail the visitor experience and room sketches drawn up in December. Construction will then begin in April, with each house taking four to six weeks to make.
With houses this year based on popular franchises including The Walking Dead, Insidious and Freddy v Jason, millions of dollars are spent on creating the mazes to movie quality standard by Hollywood set builders and special effects experts.
"There's a great amount of detail that goes into each maze," Ailleo says. "In Insidious, the interior of the home used in the movie had a distinct wallpaper that didn't exist and was made for the film, so we recreated the wallpaper ourselves.
"We want people to feel like they've been transported into those films or TV shows. We'll go to great lengths to make sure it looks and feels as authentic as it can be.
"Universal created the horror genre with the classic monsters like Dracula and Frankenstein - we want to make sure we're honouring that horror legacy it has."
Around 700 "scare actors' are also brought in and transformed each night with masks, make-up and prosthetics to terrify unsuspecting visitors in the mazes and scare zones.
I was given the rare chance to join the scare actor ranks for a night to frighten the beejeezus out of visitors.
Made over by make-up designer Michael Burnett - who has worked on films including Evil Dead, Aliens and Universal Soldier - my face was bruised and "cut" up, while conditioner was put in my hair to make it look greasy.
Stage manager Billy Mick gave me my scenario: I'm a criminally insane patient from a fictional asylum who has escaped. I was given a foam - but very real looking - monkey wrench and free rein to do what I wanted, but I had to follow three rules: Don't touch anyone, don't swear and have fun.
Out in the park, it was fascinating to see people move away from me as I shuffled towards them with my most menacing glare. Michael gave me the tip of stamping my foot close to my victims while screaming at them. It worked a treat.
I couldn't help but laugh after the first couple of scares (after all, it's funny to make grown men and women jump and scream) but I managed to compose myself while terrorising and chasing the masses.
Scaring seemed to come remarkably naturally to me - perhaps I might audition for a part next year.
The job is not without its hazards though - scare actors have been accidentally punched after being surprised.
"Everybody reacts differently when they get scared, just like everyone's laugh is different," says Ailleo. "But our actors are trained to realise who can be scared safely and effectively, and who should be avoided."
Part of the success of Universal's event is its relationship with already popular franchises to attract new visitors to the park. Past houses have seen tie-ins with Saw, Alien v Predator, Halloween, Evil Dead, Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Thing.
"We work with our marketing team to find out what brands really identify with the public and then we figure out how we can translate it to be really good for the business of the event," Ailleo says.
"The Walking Dead has brought a lot of new fans to our event who love the show, but have never been to Halloween Horror Nights before - and now they do because they love the programme."
Ailleo has worked on Halloween Horror Nights since 1997, when he first worked as a scare actor and jumped out of a washing machine for six hours every night.
From there he has worked every job possible from both a performing and creative standpoint, but he hopes people will look back fondly on his legacy in the top job.
"Yes, we do haunted mazes and scare zones, but I want people to still have that sense of Halloween tradition," he says.
"It's still trick or treating for adults, but it still feels like a really great Halloween party."
The Lib Dem business secretary told the BBC Tories had been kept on a "tight leash" in coalition but were now "getting into all kinds of extremes".
He suggested the armed forces would be "largely ceremonial" after Tory cuts.
Chancellor George Osborne claims the Lib Dems plan "hefty income tax rises" and would cause "economic chaos" alone.
The two coalition parties have been stressing their different approaches to reducing the deficit and managing the economy after next year's general election.
Forecasters predict public spending will fall to levels not seen since the 1930s, suggesting the loss of one million public sector jobs by 2020.
In an interview with BBC One's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Cable said he would "really worry" if Conservative Chancellor George Osborne's future spending plans were realised.
He said information in the Autumn Statement suggested that Home Office spending, including on police officers, could be roughly halved.
He said on defence "our armed forces would become largely ceremonial" and local government spending - on issues like social care - could be almost halved.
"It would be devastating, it would be ideologically driven and I would be very strongly opposed to it," he said.
He said there was some "common ground" between the coalition parties on restructuring the economy - as there was with Labour - to avoid "short term credit bubbles".
But he said that the speed and scale of future spending cuts outlined in the Autumn Statement "were not signed off" by Lib Dem Deputy PM Nick Clegg and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander.
"There are big differences in the way in which we approach this deficit reduction."
He told the BBC the Conservatives would "destroy public services in the way that we know them". The Lib Dems had a plan to keep to financial discipline with a "different mixture of tax and spending reduction".
"We've actually worked well in turning the country around. While we've been in coalition we have kept the Tories on quite a tight leash and they have been well behaved in a coalition.
"But now they have been let off the leash and confronting the possibility of majority government we are getting into all kinds of extremes."
Mr Osborne has suggested that, under Lib Dem plans income tax or National Insurance would have to rise to cut the deficit and electing either a Labour or Lib Dem government would mean a "return to economic chaos".
He told BBC Radio 5 live's Pienaar's Politics on Sunday that he wanted to keep at the same pace of deficit reduction to "deliver greater economic security".
He said there was "nothing arbitrary" about his timetable for dealing with the deficit: "I think the prudent and sensible thing to do when your economy is growing, when things are on course, is to get on top of your problems so you are prepared for the future. This is precisely what should have happened a decade ago and didn't happen. "
Labour's shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Chris Leslie questioned why the chancellor had not set out details of how he would enshrine in law a commitment to eliminate the deficit on day-to-day spending by government departments by 2017-18.
The announcement in the Autumn Statement was a "Tory trap" for Labour that was now "a shambles", he said.
All three of the main Westminster parties face criticism of not being clear with voters about how they would reduce borrowing by closing the gap between tax revenues and spending in the next Parliament.
Lib Dem MP and Deputy Commons Leader Tom Brake told BBC Radio 5 live's Pienaar's Politics it would be "extremely difficult" for any party to be elected, if they were to set out now every spending cut necessary to eliminate the deficit by 2017/18.
The five-year-old has neuroblastoma and his family are trying to raise £700,000 for treatment in the United States.
Bradley led the teams out before Everton's 3-0 Premier League win on Monday and received a minute's applause from fans in the fifth minute.
Everton have also invited the Lowerys to the return fixture and will auction off signed shirts from the game.
The doll was found in March floating in the sea by a fisherman in the Banggai islands in Sulawesi province.
His family took care of the doll, and pictures soon spread online along with claims it was an angel.
Police investigated amid fears the rumours would cause unrest, and found it was in fact an inflatable sex doll.
Indonesian news portal Detik said photos of the doll dressed demurely and wearing a hijab spread on social media shortly after its discovery.
Rumours then began to spread that it was a "bidadari" along with unverified stories about how it was found "stranded and crying", prompting the police investigation.
Many across Indonesia continue to hold strong beliefs in the supernatural, including the existence of "bidadari", which is a type of angel or spirit.
Local police chief Heru Pramukarno told reporters that villagers had found the doll shortly after the rare March solar eclipse that swept across South East Asia.
The timing of the discovery led some to believe the doll had a divine provenance.
"They have no internet, they don't know what a sex toy is," the police chief was quoted as saying by AFP news agency.
In 2012, a TV station in China's Xian city apologised after running a false report that a local farmer had discovered a giant piece of precious lingzhi mushroom.
The fleshy object, found in a well by the farmer, was identified by many viewers as a sex toy made of silicone.
He told MPs much of the criticism of UK ministers' draft Wales Bill was "ill-informed or just plain wrong".
But First Minister Carwyn Jones said Mr Crabb wanted a "political row to hide his embarrassment" over criticism of the proposals.
Shadow Welsh Secretary Nia Griffith said Labour would not back the "badly flawed" bill without radical changes.
She told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales programme: "As the bill stands at the moment, we cannot back it as it would mean turning the clock back, meaning that some of the things the assembly has done to date would not be possible and it would end up in the courts time, after time, after time."
The new laws would give Welsh ministers more power in some areas, let the assembly call itself a parliament and decide its own election rules.
It would also scrap the requirement to hold a referendum before Wales gets some control over income tax powers.
The bill aims to set out more clearly which powers are reserved to Westminster, but opposition politicians and academics say it could lead to a reversal of devolution and give UK ministers a "veto" over Welsh decisions.
Defending his plans, Mr Crabb told a meeting of the Welsh Grand Committee on Wednesday: "There is no 'English veto' and there is no 'roll-back' - the bill actually strikes the right balance."
The Welsh secretary conceded there were "elements of the bill" that would need to change, but warned that "when the first minister keeps moving the goalposts and shifting his own position it makes negotiation very difficult".
He accused Mr Jones of being "in the same camp" as Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood "arguing for a devolution settlement that undermines the role and legitimacy of UK government".
Suggesting he fears Mr Jones has "given up on the Union", the Welsh secretary added: "It is absurd for Welsh government to be arguing for a devolution framework which not only gives them free rein in devolved areas but also total freedom to block and interfere in decisions by UK ministers."
Responding, Mr Jones said Mr Crabb "wants to have a political row to hide his embarrassment over the recent criticism of his draft Wales Bill" but he was going to "disappoint him".
"He knows our views. He knows the views of the entire National Assembly for Wales, including the Conservative group, who by his own logic are now in favour of independence.
"He knows the views of every constitutional expert who has looked at the draft bill."
The first minister urged Mr Crabb to stop "throwing stones and buckle down to the hard task of actually fulfilling the promise his prime minister made to the people of Wales" on Welsh devolution.
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The event in Calne was attended by 1,254 people dressed as shepherds, angels and wise men.
This beat the previous record of 1,039 people, which was set in the US state of Utah.
Guinness World Record official Jack Brockbank described it as "a fantastic result" for the town.
The body of the 36-year-old was discovered on Friday evening in Culver Street, Salisbury.
Officers said "there may be a quantity of contaminated heroin" in the city and have issued an 'urgent warning' to drug users to be aware.
The woman has not been formally identified.
DS Guy Williams, of Salisbury CID, said the batch of drugs could "have the potential to lead to further illness or death".
He added: "We would like to reassure the local community we are carrying out a detailed and robust investigation following this death and enquiries will be continuing."
Temperatures plummeted overnight and Northern Ireland suffered its coldest August night on record at -1.9C.
The Met Office has issued yellow warnings for rain on Monday - indicating people should "be aware" - for Wales and most of England.
The forecaster said the rain was caused by a "complex area of low pressure".
It said the conditions could cause problems for motorists, with surface water and spray predicted.
BBC weather presenter Darren Bett said that following sunshine on Sunday, increasing cloud would then bring heavy rain.
Temperatures on Monday will struggle to get above 19C (66F), forecasters said.
Scotland, where it is not a bank holiday, is expected to have the best of the weather.
The Met Office said strong winds would be an additional factor, as well as rain, close to southern coasts and in north-west England.
In Northern Ireland, the forecaster said temperatures would not exceed 15C and there would be cloud and patches of rain, becoming heavier and more persistent across the southern border.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, the temperature dropped to -1.9C at Katesbridge, in County Down - which set a new record for the coldest August night in Northern Ireland. The previous low of -1.1C was set in 1964.
In Scotland, the mercury in Eskdalemuir fell to 0.8C overnight. In southern England, Bournemouth saw a low of 2C.
The lowest August temperature ever recorded in the UK was -4.5C in Lagganlia in the Scottish Highlands, registered in 1973.
Low temperatures are expected again in Scotland overnight on Sunday, but the rest of the country will be less cold, BBC forecasters said.
The Met Office warned people across the UK to be aware that there may be "some impacts to holiday traffic and other outdoor activities".
A spokesman said: "A complex area of low pressure will bring an unpleasant day's weather to much of England and Wales on Monday.
"Rainfall amounts are likely to exceed 15mm (0.6in) quite widely, while a few places could see more than 30mm (1.1in). There will be a lot of surface water and spray on roads, and winds will be locally strong and gusty, for instance over parts of north-west England."
Tourism agency Visit England said more than five million people were planning an overnight stay away from home over the weekend.
About one million people are expected to attend London's Notting Hill Carnival, one of Europe's biggest events of its kind, which takes place on Sunday and Monday.
Romania captain Nastase swore at the umpire before abusing Johanna Konta and GB captain Anne Keothavong on Saturday.
He was banned from the tie and later handed a provisional suspension by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).
"Ilie is very patriotic and sometimes he says things that he doesn't really mean," said Comaneci.
"Everybody in Romania loves Ilie because he is Ilie."
But Comaneci, a close friend of two-time Grand Slam champion Nastase, warned the 70-year-old must accept any punishment imposed by the ITF.
"Ilie is responsible for what comes out of his mouth, and I think it is important in sport that you keep the respect and good behaviour," she added.
"He will have to deal with it [the consequences], but he can survive whatever happens to him. People make mistakes."
The ITF is investigating Nastase's conduct in Constanta on Saturday, and also derogatory comments he made relating to the unborn child of 23-time Grand Slam singles champion.
The organisation said the provisional suspension meant Nastase "shall be denied access to any ITF event, including the Fed Cup", pending further investigation into "a breach of the Fed Cup welfare policy".
ITF president David Haggerty said: "One of the principles that is important is that we want a rigorous process that is fair.
"We will also hear Nastase's side of the argument. It will be a thorough process conducted in an efficient manner. I do not think you will be hearing any final decisions in the next two weeks."
Despite that, Nastase returned to the site as Britain were beaten 3-1 on Sunday.
He was later ordered to leave after entering the VIP restaurant, BBC Sport's tennis correspondent Russell Fuller reported.
A spokesperson for the ITF told BBC Sport on Monday the organisation was aware of Nastase re-entering the venue on Sunday.
But, as the investigation is ongoing, no further comment will be made.
Nastase said on Monday: "I don't regret it and they can send me to prison if they want - I don't care."
The Times reported on Monday that the All England Club has held initial discussions about Nastase's behaviour and will not invite him into the Royal Box at Wimbledon this year.
An All England Club spokesman told the Press Association: "Invitations to the Royal Box are at the discretion of the chairman and committee of management who will take into account a range of factors, including any suspensions, when determining the guest list for the Championships."
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David Lander, of Montrose, was caught on CCTV at Wagley's bar in Exchange Street and Sizzlers in Guild Street at the end of November.
Lander admitted the crimes at Aberdeen Sheriff Court. He was estimated to have taken about £160 in total.
The court heard he had lost his bus ticket home.
Sheriff Donald Ferguson told Lander: "This has crossed the custodial threshold by a large margin.
"This was a mean and despicable offence and it's important that you are jailed immediately."
The tin at Wagley's was in aid of Children's Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) and the bar is raising funds to replace the money.
The basic machine is capable of pricking a finger but is programmed not to do so every time it can.
Mr Reben has nicknamed it "The First Law" after a set of rules devised by sci-fi author Isaac Asimov.
He said he hoped it would further debate about Artificial Intelligence.
"The real concern about AI is that it gets out of control," he said.
"[The tech giants] are saying it's way out there, but let's think about it now before it's too late. I am proving that [harmful robots] can exist now. We absolutely have to confront it."
Mr Reben's work suggests that perhaps an AI "kill switch", such as the one being developed by scientists from Google's artificial intelligence division, DeepMind, and Oxford University, might be useful sooner rather than later.
In an academic paper, the researchers outlined how future intelligent machines could be coded to prevent them from learning to override human input.
"It will be interesting to hear what kill switch is proposed," said Mr Reben.
"Why would a robot not be able to undo its kill switch if it had got so smart?"
In a set of three robotics laws written by Isaac Asimov, initially included in a short story published in 1942, the first law is that a robot may not hurt humans.
Mr Reben told the BBC his First Law machine, which at its worst can draw blood, was a "philosophical experiment".
"The robot makes a decision that I as a creator cannot predict," he said
"I don't know who it will or will not hurt.
"It's intriguing, it's causing pain that's not for a useful purpose - we are moving into an ethics question, robots that are specifically built to do things that are ethically dubious."
The simple machine cost about $200 (£141) to make and took a few days to put together, Mr Reben said.
He has no plans to exhibit or market it.
Mr Reben has built a number of robots based on the theme of the relationship between technology and humans, including one which offered head massages and film-making "blabdroid" robots, which encouraged people to talk to them.
"The robot arm on the head scratcher is the same design as the arm built into the machine that makes you bleed," he said.
"It's general purpose - there's a fun, intimate side, but it could decide to do something harmful."
Footage of a train narrowly missing two people who walked into a tunnel in Downhill Strand was released by Translink on Tuesday.
The CCTV film shows Ray Cunningham, 23, waving to the train to warn the driver.
Mr Cunningham, a lifeguard for six years, said he "feared the worst" when seeing the two enter the tunnel.
According to Mr Cunningham, the pair were tourists from the Republic of Ireland who entered the tunnel thinking it was abandoned.
"It was two people between 40 and 50-years-old. I got them out to make sure they were ok," he said.
"When I talked to them they said that they were using it because they thought that it was abandoned or not in use.
"This is the first time I've ever seen it happen."
The 26-year-old said he was on patrol at the water's edge and doing his final scan of the beach with his binoculars.
It was then that he spotted two people enter the tunnel from about half a kilometre away.
"Obviously alarm bells started ringing. I made my way to the tunnel entrance, took a quick look around to see if I could see them," Mr Cunningham explained.
"Then I noticed the train going down the tracks at quite a speed, so I immediately started waving for the train to stop.
"I knew that these people were in the tunnel and I was freaking out. At the time I was expecting the worst and then out of the darkness the couple started stumbling towards me and that was a massive relief.
"There's no recesses in that tunnel so there is nowhere to really hide. From what I can see in the video they just dived to the ground and hoped for the best," he said.
The pair were not struck by the train and only received some scratches in the incident.
Translink, which operates buses and trains in Northern Ireland, released the July 2015 footage as part of a campaign to raise awareness over the risk of trespassing onto rail tracks.
Gavin Massey scored the only goal of the game in the 18th minute, side-footing in from Elliot Lee's fine pass.
Visiting keeper Elliot Parish saved on-loan Norwich player Jacob Murphy's penalty shortly before the interval.
A second Easter win for 23rd-placed Colchester moves them within seven points of safety, while Coventry are eight points adrift of the play-offs.
The Sky Blues have now lost nine of their last 13 matches, to plummet from fourth to 10th.
The 41-floor ageing property, which occupies a full block that fronts Fifth Avenue between 52nd and 53rd Street, was purchased by Kushner Companies in 2006 for $1.8bn (£1.5bn). At the time, it was the highest price paid for a single building in Manhattan.
But does Chinese interest in the building, just a few blocks south of Trump Tower, raise questions over a potential conflict of interest with someone so personally and professionally close to the US president? And would a possible sale to China's Anbang Insurance Group pose security risks?
On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Anbang was planning a $4bn (£3.3bn) investment deal with the owners of 666 Fifth Avenue. The agreement, the news agency reported, would make Kushner Companies, owned by Jared Kushner and his father Charles, more than $400m (£327m).
The report says that some real estate experts consider the terms of such a transaction unusually favourable for the US company.
On Tuesday, however, Anbang said that reports circulating of its investment in the Fifth Avenue property were "not correct".
"There is no investment from Anbang for this deal," the company wrote in a statement.
Kushner Companies later confirmed that it is in "active discussions" over the building in Manhattan, but did not name Anbang specifically.
"Nothing has been finalised," company spokesman James Yolles told Reuters news agency.
After Mr Kushner was given a senior role inside the White House, his lawyer told the New York Times that he "would recuse from particular matters that would have a direct and predictable effect on his remaining financial interests".
As an owner of Kushner Companies, and with close ties to Mr Trump, investment deals under negotiation between his company and firms such as Anbang do raise questions.
Responding to these concerns, company spokesman Mr Yolles said that Mr Kushner sold his ownership stake in 666 Fifth Avenue to family members, meaning that any transaction would pose no conflict of interest with his role at the White House.
"Kushner Companies has taken significant steps to avoid potential conflicts and will continue to do so," Mr Yolles said in a statement.
Jared Kushner, 36, is married to Mr Trump's daughter, Ivanka. In 2006, at just 25, the softly-spoken millionaire bought the once-venerable New York Observer newspaper.
Although he shares with Mr Trump a complete lack of political experience, last year he exerted a powerful influence over the Trump campaign - including digital strategy and top-level hires - and carried that clout into the White House.
His father, Charles, founded Kushner Companies in 1985 and made his fortune as a New Jersey property mogul.
A controversial figure, Kushner senior received a prison sentence in 2005 for tax evasion, illegal campaign contributions and witness tampering.
At the time, he admitted setting up his own brother-in-law with a prostitute, secretly filming the liaison, and sending the tape to his sister in an effort to dissuade them from testifying against him.
The man who prosecuted Charles Kushner was the former US Attorney for New Jersey and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie.
Jared Kushner is reported to have been involved in counselling Mr Trump to choose Mike Pence as his running mate, over Mr Christie.
China's Anbang Insurance Group was founded in 2004. It is now one of the country's corporate goliaths with an increasingly large international portfolio and interests ranging from banking to traditional Chinese medicine.
The firm first came to prominence in 2015 when it bought New York's landmark Waldorf Astoria hotel for $1.95bn (£1.35bn), then the biggest US real estate deal by a Chinese buyer.
Following the acquisition, then President Barack Obama refused to stay at the Waldorf Astoria during a UN general assembly gathering, citing security concerns.
Anbang has been making an aggressive push into the US property market over the last few years but little is known about the company.
In April 2016, the firm unexpectedly abandoned a $14bn (£9.75bn) takeover offer for Starwood Hotels, ending a three-week bidding war with Marriott. According to reports at the time, there were questions over its financing sources.
The company now claims to have total assets of more than 1.9tn yuan ($300bn, £240bn).
Anbang chairman Wu Xiaohui is considered one of the best politically-connected men in China, having married the grand-daughter of former leader, Deng Xiaopeng.
Mr Wu, 49, is considered "reclusive" but in 2015 he appeared at a Harvard event in Beijing, where he spoke about his firm's investment strategy.
"We must win the first battle and every battle thereafter, as we are representing Chinese enterprises going global," he said.
Company records have also shown members of the board to include the son of a top military commander under former leader Mao Zedong and the son of China's former prime minister Zhu Rongji.
Mr Trump's overseas business interests invite questions of whether his foreign policy decisions are directed by US interests or by his own - or his family's - business interests.
A section of the US Constitution known as the Emoluments Clause restricts what US presidents can accept from foreign governments.
America's founding fathers included this to prevent US leaders from being beholden to foreign governments.
After Mr Trump was elected in early November he spoke over the phone with Argentine President Mauricio Macri. After that call, the Trump Organization issued a press release indicating that Trump Tower Buenos Aires - which had been waiting permit approval to be built - was a done deal.
In January, Donald Trump said he had formally given "complete and total" control of the Trump Organization's businesses to his two sons in a bid to avoid conflicts of interest.
But meetings with Indian business partners and current projects in places like the Philippines and Brazil are also raising questions about what the power of the presidency could do for the Trump brand's international negotiating power.
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The manoeuvre, which saw the van turning around and driving back the wrong way, was captured by Marek Scyzor near junction 33 at Milton, Cambridgeshire.
He sent the footage to the BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
Cambridgeshire Police said: "Congestion and accidents can cause tailbacks and delays on the county's roads but that is no excuse for this type of driving behaviour."
We have a big ship with tanks full of fuel, aground on an island in a sea fringed with natural protected areas.
So the worst case scenario is pretty bad.
Isola del Giglio, where the stricken cruise ship rests, is part of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park, the largest marine protected area in Italy.
Among its inhabitants are important plants and birds and some rare frogs, while the seas support coral, cetaceans and the occasional Mediterranean monk seal - a critically endangered species.
However, there is also quite a large human presence in the archipelago. On Giglio itself, only about half the land area is protected, and none of the seas around the shore.
Other islands further to the north and west - Elba, Pianosa, Montecristo - contain more natural riches.
To the east on the mainland, lies the Laguna di Orbetello, an important bird reserve.
A little further north is the Natural Park of Maremma - the only Italian habitat for at least one dune-dwelling plant, a stopover point for migratory birds, and the location for a successful reintroduction of osprey.
Elena Moutier, a scientific consultant working at the park, told BBC News that an oil spill there "would be a disaster".
"The Maremma Park is one of the most important regional parks in Italy, for the landscape, the ecosystem and the richness in endemic species of plants and animals," she said.
However, all of this is in the realms of the potential, not the actual.
As far as we are aware - and sources including the salvage company Smit and environmental group WWF concur - there has been no fuel spillage so far.
There has been a fair amount of confusion about what material is on board, with some reports saying the Concordia runs on heavy fuel oil and others citing diesel.
That's a crucial point if there is a spill.
While relatively light diesel would disperse fairly quickly in a swelling sea, heavy fuel oil is clumpy and clinging, as we saw in the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010.
The answer is that the ship contains both. Smit's figures are 2,400 tonnes of heavy fuel oil and 200 tonnes of diesel; the manufacturer of the ship's engines told BBC News that they are "fuel flexible".
For comparison, said Simon Boxall from the UK's National Oceanography Centre, the fuel oil consignment is equivalent to "about half of a day's output" from the Deepwater Horizon disaster "when spewing oil at the full rate".
But the ship's proximity to the coast means a spill would be "damaging", he said.
Smit's experts and equipment are now in place near the stricken ship, and are ready to begin extracting the oil. The process involves drilling holes at the highest and lowest points of the tanks and fitting valves to them.
Seawater exerts pressure from the bottom, forcing the oil up and and out of the top valve. The sticky oil is encouraged to flow by using heat from a steam generator on a nearby barge.
The process could take two to four weeks.
The big risk in the meantime would be if the vessel began breaking up.
During a news conference on Tuesday morning, contractors were optimistic that it would not.
The seas are said to be calm; and although the Concordia is perched in coastal shallows with the potential to tumble into deeper waters, Smit believes it's unlikely to move.
"Based on the first underwater pictures, there are quite a number of [hull] penetrations on the starboard side," operations manager Kees van Essen told reporters.
"They are acting as an anchor; so although we never underestimate the danger, the chance of the vessel sliding down into deeper water is minimal."
In case of spillages in the meantime, the site is surrounded by booms - although as Deepwater Horizon proved, their utility as barriers can be substantially less than promised.
Perhaps the closest recent comparator is the Rena, the container ship that struck New Zealand's Astrolabe Reef in October.
Again, the site was in an area of outstanding ecological importance. And the pounding seas eventually broke the ship in two.
Nevertheless, the incident fell a long way short of constituting an environmental disaster - mainly because salvage operators were able to pump out the vast majority of the oil.
So far, the indications are that the Concordia may prove even less damaging - at least from an environmental point of view.
In both cases, there's a wider question. Neither vessel was on its scheduled course, for different reasons.
But parts of the Italian government and environment groups are asking whether such large vessels should be able to travel through, or even close to, areas that are supposed to be protected.
As Italy's Environment Minister Corrado Clini put it, referring to the passenger boats that ferry people around the Venetian lagoon: "That's enough, we have to stop treating these ships like they were simple vaporetti [small ferries]."
But cargo ships and cruise liners have commercial imperatives to go where they go. We will see whether Mr Clini wins the argument he is bound to have if he is serious about reining them in.
Dan Fish returns at full-back, while Jarrad Hoeta starts in the second row.
Visitors Scarlets welcome Wales scrum-half Gareth Davies back to their starting line-up after a calf problem.
That means Aled Davies is named among the replacements, along with Wales hooker Emyr Phillips, who has been selected as back-row cover.
And with Jake Ball (knee) and John Barclay (forearm) both injured, Tom Price and Jack Condy come into the Scarlets pack.
Blues' other positional switch will mean Phys Patchell moving to fly-half.
Australia international prop Salesi Ma'afu, who joined on 18 December, is not named in the home side's squad.
Cardiff Blues: Dan Fish; Alex Cuthbert, Cory Allen, Rey Lee-Lo, Tom James; Rhys Patchell, Lloyd Williams; Gethin Jenkins (capt), Kristian Dacey, Taufa'ao Filise; Jarrad Hoeata, James Down; Josh Turnbull, Josh Navidi, Manoa Vosawai.
Replacements: Ethan Lewis, Sam Hobbs, Dillon Lewis, Lou Reed, Macauley Cook, Tavis Knoyle, Jarrod Evans, Garyn Smith.
Scarlets: Michael Collins; Steff Evans, Gareth Owen, Hadleigh Parkes, DTH van der Merwe; Aled Thomas, Gareth Davies; Rob Evans, Ken Owens (capt), Samson Lee; Tom Price, Lewis Rawlins; Aaron Shingler, Jack Condy, Morgan Allen.
Replacements: Kirby Myhill, Phil John, Rhodri Jones, Maselino Paulino, Emyr Phillips, Aled Davies, Steve Shingler, Regan King.
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
Assistant referees: Ian Davies, Gwyn Morris (WRU)
Citing commissioner: Gwyn Bowden (WRU)
TMO: Derek Bevan (WRU)
The £350m move will initially see 900 workers relocating from sites such as Porton Down in Wiltshire to the former GlaxoSmithKline labs in Harlow.
Public Health England says the move is a "big step forward for UK public health science".
But Salisbury MP John Glen has said he is "extremely disappointed" now the decision has been confirmed.
The new facilities, based on the site currently owned by GSK, will create a centre for research, health improvement and protection working on international health threats, such as Ebola.
The chancellor made the announcement while visiting Harlow this morning.
It was not only crucial for the future of research in public health, but it was also the right decision for the taxpayer, he said.
Duncan Selbie, Public Health England chief executive, said it was a "big step forward".
"Giving our world leading scientists world class facilities, located in the region with the greatest concentration of academic and commercial expertise in life sciences, will ensure we can deal with the health challenges we face now and are certain to in the future," he added.
But Salisbury MP John Glen, whose constituency covers the Porton Down site, said: "I am extremely disappointed to hear this decision has finally been confirmed.
"I have had four debates and lobbied hard for five years but the question now is how to maximise the opportunities for a brighter future for Porton.
"I met the chancellor yesterday and he has readily agreed to support a task force for Porton."
The group claims the bank deliberately misled shareholders into believing it was in good financial health just before it collapsed in 2008.
More than 12,000 private shareholders and 100 institutional investors have raised a class action against the bank.
Former chief executive Fred Goodwin is among those named in the action.
Ex-chairman Sir Tom McKillop is also being sued, along with Johnny Cameron and Guy Whittaker, who were senior figures at the bank in 2008.
RBS has declined to comment on the development.
The institutions involved in the claim are understood to include 20 charities as well as churches, pension funds, hedge funds, fund managers and private client brokers. Collectively they manage in excess of £200bn.
The bank has 30 days to respond to the claim, which relates to a £12bn rights issue by RBS in 2008 to shore up its balance sheet after its disastrous acquisition of Dutch bank ABN Amro.
It is the second in recent days to be lodged against RBS.
Last week a group of 21 claimants launched a multimillion-pound lawsuit, also over its 2008 cash call.
The latest claimants said in a statement on Wednesday: "The action group maintains that the bank's directors sought to mislead shareholders by misrepresenting the underlying strength of the bank and omitting critical information from the 2008 rights issue prospectus.
"This means that RBS will be liable for the losses incurred on shares subscribed in the rights issue, by reason of breaches of Section 90 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000."
The action group estimated that the final claim may be as much as £4bn.
A spokesman for the investors said: "Today represents a giant step forward for the many thousands of ordinary people who lost money as the result of inexcusable actions taken by banks and their directors in the financial crisis.
"Now, for the first time, some of these directors will have to answer for their actions in a British court."
The class action has been raised with High Court of Justice's Chancery Division in London.
RBS was saved from collapse in 2008 by a UK government bailout and is now 82% taxpayer-owned.
He was discovered in Surgeon's Gully area, to the south east of Ben Nevis.
The 23-year-old, from London, had been reported missing on 31 March, after he failed to return to his accommodation in Fort William.
His next of kin have been informed and a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.
Mr Knox had last been seen at about 10:00 on 30 March in the Glen Nevis area of Lochaber. It is believed he was planning to ascend Ben Nevis.
A previous search, immediately after Mr Knox's disappearance, had been suspended due to bad weather.
The 70 prints featuring Alfred Hitchcock, Sir Laurence Olivier, Henry Fonda and John Wayne were used in Cardiff cinemas from 1936 to 1940.
But two builders later stumbled upon them while renovating the home of a late cinema owner in Penarth in 1985.
They have been put up for auction but are so rare there is no guide price.
The posters, which are up to 3m (10ft) tall, were turned into makeshift underlay after once being used in the New Theatre, Capitol, Empire and Olympia cinema theatres.
They include Alfred Hitchcock's second Hollywood feature, Foreign Correspondent, in 1940 and John Wayne's breakthrough film, Stagecoach, in 1939.
Also included is Fire Over England, the first British film to have its premiere in Los Angeles and the first to pair together Hollywood stars Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in 1937.
They have been kept in pristine condition after being found by the builders.
Now film fans are to be given the chance to own them as they go up for auction next month.
Auctioneer Ben Rogers Jones, of Rogers Jones & Co, said valuing the posters was "nearly impossible" because there was no comparison "in terms of titles, condition and size of some of them".
"It wasn't just the sheer volume of them that was impressive but the condition was fantastic considering their age and the imposing size of the 12-sheet posters," he added.
Former All Blacks players Tana Umaga and Michael Jones led mourners.
Lomu, who was of Tongan descent, died suddenly at the age of 40 earlier this month. He was widely regarded as one of the best players of all time.
Another public memorial service is due to be held on Monday at Auckland's Eden Park stadium.
Lomu was diagnosed with a rare kidney condition in 1995. It forced him to quit the game and he had a kidney transplant in 2004, but the organ stopped functioning in 2011 and he had to have regular dialysis.
He died of cardiac arrest in Auckland, but the exact cause of his death has not been established.
Lomu was capped 63 times by his country and was considered one of the game's first global superstars.
"He impressed us with his courage, his humility, his grace under pressure," New Zealand's Governor General Jerry Mateparae said, AFP reports.
"His determination to use his influence and his mana (prestige) for the benefit of others was exemplary," he said.
Pellegrini will not admit it, of course. He seemed to enjoy deflecting questions about what Tuesday's win over Paris St-Germain meant to him - and for his future - preferring to talk about the club's prospects instead.
The 62-year-old Chilean has done that a lot since City announced to the world at the start of February that he is making way for current Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola in the summer, handling any praise or criticism that comes his way with the same quiet dignity.
On Tuesday night he was given congratulations by the media for his achievements, which surely deserve more credit given the unique circumstances he finds himself in.
His replacement has already been named and has been given the brief of winning Europe's elite club competition, but it is still possible that Pellegrini could win it first - and beat his successor along the way.
Win or lose, Tuesday night was always going to be seen as one of the games that will define Pellegrini's time at City, along with the silverware he has collected.
Defeat would have ended his final chance of adding to his haul of trophies, which stands at one Premier League title and two League Cups and is viewed by some as a modest showing from three seasons at a club of City's means.
An exit would also have increased the volume of those voices that believe the club's faltering form in the Premier League in recent weeks has been down to the announcement Pellegrini is on his way out.
Instead, victory keeps alive City's chances of the type of triumph that their wealthy Middle Eastern owners surely envisaged when they bought the club in 2008.
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And even if he falls short, Pellegrini is already responsible for the sort of landmarks he knows he was expected to reach when he was appointed in 2013.
City are now into a European semi-final for the first time since 1971, when they lost to Chelsea in the last four during their defence of the now obsolete Cup Winners' Cup - which remains their only continental trophy to date.
Pellegrini had already taken them out of the Champions League groups for the first time in 2013-14, then helped them win their group for the first time this season and has continued to lead them into uncharted territory in the knockout stages.
"I came to City because I had good performances in Europe, so to leave this club without taking them to a new state would have been a bad thing for me," the Chilean conceded after Tuesday's victory.
"It is very important to me to be in the semi-finals because that is my job."
Given his side scored a record 151 goals in all competitions in his first season in charge and are also known for some chaotic defending, a 1-0 win with one shot on target was an unlikely way to register such a significant European victory.
An exciting attack and an occasionally disastrous defence is the way Pellegrini's City sides will be remembered.
On Tuesday, however, his team - and some of his signings - showed they are capable of disciplined defence too.
Not that it affected his attacking philosophy. Pellegrini said before the game that he would not change his style to protect the advantage City held with the away goals they scored in last week's 2-2 first-leg draw in the French capital.
We should not be surprised that it worked. While the Champions League semi-finals are new territory for City, Pellegrini has been there before.
It is 10 years since he took Villarreal to the last four, where they narrowly lost to Arsenal after missing a last-gasp penalty that would have forced extra time.
He came within seconds of returning in 2013 with Malaga, when it took two stoppage-time goals by Borussia Dortmund to steal victory in their quarter-final.
His success and style of play - the Daily Telegraph described it as "death by beautiful geometry" during City's title-winning season of 2013-14 - surely makes him a catch for Europe's leading sides when he leaves Manchester behind.
Whatever his long-term future holds, Pellegrini does not want to talk about it yet.
"I am not thinking about it. I don't want to link anything that has happened with this win with the future and another job that happens for me," he said.
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In the short-term, City - and Pellegrini's - chances of winning the Champions League will be clearer once Wednesday's quarter-finals are completed and Friday's draw is made.
He would not entertain the thought of City meeting Guardiola's Bayern Munich side - who play Benfica on Wednesday - before the season is out, asking: "This is interesting for who? The media?"
Instead, as usual, he was concentrating on his own team. Before those semi-final first legs take place, City play three Premier League games and Pellegrini says his focus is on those to ensure they finish in the top four and are back in Europe's top tournament next season.
Could they win it this time though? On the back of their performance against PSG, even Pellegrini dares to dream.
"In the semi-finals you know you have to play against a very big team," he said. "But playing the way we did here, we have a lot of chance against anyone."
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said the fish, which weighed "a few tonnes" was found near the A78 Shore Road.
North Ayrshire Council was notified along with Largs Coastguard Rescue Team which photographed the shark.
Basking sharks can be up to 40ft long and are the largest fish found in British waters.
They are the second largest fish in the world, after the whale shark, according to the Shark Trust charity.
An MCA spokeswoman said: "This was reported to us by a member of the public in the evening of 23 January. The shark was dead when it washed up. It was 15ft long and weighed a few tonnes.
"North Ayrshire Council was contacted and we sent Largs Coastguard Rescue Team to confirm it. All relevant agencies were informed."
Ian Bailey is suing the Irish state after twice being questioned over the killing of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.
The 39-year-old producer was found by two neighbours beaten to death on a hillside outside her holiday home in a remote part of west Cork in 1996.
Mr Bailey denies any involvement in the death and was never charged.
Under cross-examination in the High Court in Dublin, the 57-year-old was forced to recount his history of violence and a litany of injuries his partner Jules Thomas suffered at his hands.
Admitting he had been "seriously violent" towards his Welsh-born artist girlfriend three times, Mr Bailey said they separated for several months in mid-1996 after she sought a protection order against him.
"It's common knowledge, to my eternal shame, that in the past when I used to drink spirits, that to my eternal shame, that I was involved in incidents of domestic violence with Ms Thomas," Mr Bailey said.
"I don't know what I can say about that other than to say it's to my eternal shame."
In the most recent beating, in August 2001, the court heard Mr Bailey hit Ms Thomas across the face, body and limbs with a crutch after she woke him from a nap on a sofa in their home near Schull, west Cork.
Mr Bailey pleaded guilty to an assault charge and was given a suspended sentence.
In an earlier incident, Mr Bailey told the court, he pulled out a 4cm clump of Ms Thomas' hair, left her with a closed black eye, in need of stitches inside her mouth and bruising to the face and head, hands and arms after a row broke out in her car as she drove them home from a west Cork pub.
Ms Thomas was kept in hospital in Cork city for one night after the attack and the couple separated and got back together before Christmas.
Mr Bailey told the court Ms Thomas grabbed him when they were in her car after a night socialising and drinking. He reacted by pushing her away before attacking her.
He was shown four photos of injuries to Ms Thomas but refused to detail them to the jury.
Pressed on the injuries by senior counsel for the state, Mr Bailey agreed Ms Thomas was shown with a closed, blackened right eye, bandaged and badly bruised arms.
The couple have been side by side since the case started over a week ago.
In the earliest violent attack, in 1993, the court heard Mr Bailey attacked Ms Thomas after waking from sleep with a nosebleed and lashing out.
Almost 20 years on from the killing of Ms Toscan du Plantier, Mr Bailey, originally from England and resident in County Cork for 23 years, is suing for wrongful arrest and the handling of the murder investigation.
The jury of eight men and four women has been told the state denies all claims.
Mr Bailey was arrested twice on suspicion of the murder of Ms Toscan du Plantier, first on 10 February 1997 and again on 20 January 1998.
He told the court he was "1000%" sure he had never met the film maker in the months before her death.
Junior Fuller was found with stab wounds to his chest in Mill View Close, Sneinton, on Sunday and later died from his injuries, police said.
The BBC has been told Mr Fuller was holding a party to celebrate the life of a man stabbed to death in the same part of the city 24 hours earlier.
Dwayne Johnson, 29, from The Meadows, appeared in court on Saturday.
Mr Johnson was arrested on Thursday and will appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court, police said.
The BBC understands the party was being held in honour of Martin Maughan, 27, who was found wounded in West Walk, Sneinton, on Saturday and later died from his injuries.
Ben Richardson, 19, of Main Road, Gedling, has been charged with Mr Maughan's murder, while a 43-year-old, arrested on suspicion of murder, has been released on bail.
The two stabbings are not being directly linked, police have said.
United Utilities said the burst caused "significant damage" washing away earth beneath Rochdale Road, Royton.
Greater Manchester Police has closed the road in both directions between the Halfway pub and Thorncliffe Park and advised motorists to avoid the area.
United Utilities said engineers are on site repairing the 6in (15cm) pipe and the road.
It added eight properties without water due to the incident have been provided with bottled water.
Oldham Council said diversions are in place via Shaw Road, Royton, Crompton Way and Rochdale Road, Shaw and Broad Lane, Rochdale.
The Ivory Coast player, 33, accepts he was "above the permitted limit", and did not challenge the charge.
He was fined £54,000 - a means-tested fine - and banned from driving for 18 months by Barkingside magistrates.
"It is well known that I am a Muslim and do not drink, said Toure. "I have always refused alcohol."
Toure was driving in Dagenham in east London at the time of the offence last month.
Barkingside Magistrates Court said Toure had an alcohol reading of 75 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath - more than twice England's legal limit of 35 micrograms.
He pleaded guilty to the charge on Monday, but did not say in his Facebook statement how the alcohol got into his system.
In his statement Toure added: "Drink-driving is a serious crime and even though I was not intentionally consuming alcohol I accept the ban and fine and I would like to apologise for this situation."
The Ivory Coast international was recalled to the Manchester City squad earlier this month after apologising for "misunderstandings" relating to comments made by his agent Dimitri Seluk.
The 26-year-old joined the Swans in January from Italian side Chievo Verona and scored two goals in 10 appearances for the club.
The former AC Milan striker's transfer will be completed on 1 July.
"Everyone at Swansea City would like to thank Alberto for his services and wish him well for the future," a statement on the club's website said.
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The Belfast native is one of the most recognisable and controversial figures in Irish politics.
To some he is hailed as a peacemaker, for leading the republican movement away from its long, violent campaign towards peaceful and democratic means.
To others, he is a hate figure who publicly justified murders carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
The paramilitary group is believed to be responsible for about 1,700 deaths during more than 30 years of violence, mostly in Northern Ireland, that became known as the Troubles.
The Sinn Féin leader has consistently denied that he was ever a member of the IRA, but has said he will never "disassociate" himself from the organisation.
Gerry Adams was born in October 1948 in Ballymurphy, west Belfast, and both of his parents came from families that had been active in armed republicanism.
His father, Gerry senior, had been shot while taking part in an IRA attack on a police patrol in 1942 and was subsequently imprisoned.
Influenced by his father, the young Adams became an active republican while still a teenager.
He worked as a barman at the Duke of York pub in Belfast where he was fascinated by the political gossip traded among the journalists and lawyers who frequented the bar.
However, as the civil rights movement gathered pace in the late 1960s, the young Adams did not spend long pulling pints.
Soon he was out on the streets, involved in the protests of the time, and in 1972 he was interned - imprisoned without charge - under the controversial Special Powers Art.
According to his own account, he was purely a political activist, but that same year, the IRA leadership insisted that the then 24-year-old be released from internment to take part in ceasefire talks with the British government.
The talks failed and were followed by the Bloody Friday murders, when the IRA detonated at least 20 bombs across Belfast in one day, killing nine people and injuring 130.
Security sources believed Gerry Adams was a senior IRA commander at the time, but interviewed after the organisation's formal apology 30 years on, he adamantly denied this.
In 1977, he was acquitted of IRA membership.
At the height of the 1981 IRA hunger strikes, he played a key role in the Fermanagh by-election in which Bobby Sands became an MP a month before his death.
Two years later Gerry Adams became MP for West Belfast on an absentionist platform, meaning he would represent the constituency but refuse to take his seat in the House of Commons.
Also in 1983, he replaced Ruairí Ó Bradaigh as president of Sinn Féin. Three years later, he dropped Sinn Féin's policy of refusing to sit in the Irish parliament in Dublin.
Despite the tentative moves towards democracy, the IRA's campaign of violence continued and Sinn Féin were considered political pariahs.
In the late 1980s, Gerry Adams entered secret peace talks with John Hume, the leader of the Sinn Féin's more moderate political rivals, the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).
The Hume Adams negotiations helped to bring Sinn Féin in from the political wilderness and paved the way for the peace process.
But treading a line between politics and violence was risky.
In 1984, Gerry Adams survived a gun attack by loyalist paramilitaries, the Ulster Freedom Fighters, in Belfast city centre. He and three companions were wounded but managed to drive to the Royal Victoria Hospital for treatment.
A second murder attempt was made at Milltown cemetery, west Belfast, in 1988 at a funeral for three IRA members. Three mourners were killed but loyalist paramilitary Michael Stone said his real targets were Adams and Martin McGuinness.
The 1993 Shankill bombing confirmed the tightrope Gerry Adams had to walk in order to keep hardline republicans on board with his political project.
He expressed regret for the bombing that killed nine people and one of the bombers, but did not condemn it.
Mr Adams then carried the coffin of the IRA man Thomas Begley, who died when the bomb exploded prematurely.
But the Hume-Adams talks were beginning to bear fruit. US President Bill Clinton withstood pressure from London to grant Gerry Adams a 48-hour visa for a peace conference in New York. The visit attracted worldwide attention and Adams used it as justification to press on with politics.
The Hume-Adams process eventually delivered the 1994 IRA ceasefire that ultimately provided the relatively peaceful backdrop against which the Good Friday Agreement was brokered.
In 1998, 90% of the party backed its president in taking seats in the new Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont - a remarkable piece of political management given Sinn Féin's "no return to Stormont" slogan in the 1997 general election campaign.
Mr Adams stayed out of the Stormont power-sharing executive, letting Martin McGuinness take a ministerial post.
When the power-sharing deal collapsed in 2003, Gerry Adams became a key player in the government's attempts to broker a new agreement between Sinn Féin and their one-time enemies, the Democratic Unionist Party.
The negotiations foundered at the end of 2004, but in October 2006 both Mr Adams and DUP leader Mr Paisley indicated their support for the St Andrews Agreement, drawn up after intensive talks in Scotland.
The deal led to a once-thinkable situation, a Stormont coalition led by the DUP and Sinn Féin.
A key element of the deal was Sinn Féin support for the police, whom the IRA had once deemed "legitimate targets".
It was unthinkable in the days of the Troubles, but persuading Irish republicans to embrace policing was another step on Adams' personal and political journey between war and peace.
In January 2011, Gerry Adams formally resigned as West Belfast MP in order to run for election in the Republic of Ireland.
The move was believed to be in response to fears that the party was too narrowly focused on Northern Ireland and needed to boost its all-island strategy.
The following month, he was elected as a Teachta Dála (member of the Irish Parliament), representing the border constituency of Louth and East Meath.
However, closer to home, personal turmoil was unfolding in the Adams family.
His brother, Liam Adams, was publicly accused of rape and child sexual abuse. The allegations were made by Liam Adams' adult daughter Aine, who waived her right to anonymity in a bid to bring her father to justice.
Gerry Adams publicly named his own father as a child sex abuser as he spoke about the impact the allegations had made on his whole family.
He then became embroiled in the police investigation, when it emerged his niece had told him she had been abused several years earlier.
The Sinn Féin president said his brother had confessed the abuse to him in 2000 and added that he made his first report to the police about the allegations in 2007, shortly after his party voted to accept the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).
In 2013, Liam Adams was jailed for 16 years for raping and abusing his daughter over a six-year period.
The following year, Gerry Adams was arrested by detectives investigating the 1972 murder of Belfast woman Jean McConville.
The widowed mother-of-10 was abducted by the IRA in 1972 and later shot dead and secretly buried on a County Louth beach.
Mr Adams said he was "innocent totally" of any involvement in the killing.
He was questioned for four days, before being released without charge. The PSNI sent a file to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS).
At the time, Sinn Féin accused the PSNI of "political policing" and claimed the arrest was due to a "dark side" within the service, conspiring with enemies of the peace process.
The PSNI said they had a duty to "impartially investigate serious crime" and said they were committed to treating "everyone equally before the law".
Brendan Rodgers' Celtic side go into the game 33 points ahead of Rangers and have won all three derbies this season.
Moussa Dembele scored a hat-trick in Celtic's 5-1 victory in September and the French striker fired the winner in the League Cup semi-final.
Celtic came from behind on Hogmanay at Ibrox to claim three points courtesy of Scott Sinclair's strike.
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In 2003 there were around 1,596 pandas living in the wild, but according to the latest count there are now 1,864.
Nearly three quarters of the pandas live in China's south-western province of Sichuan.
The number of giant pandas in captivity has grown too - almost 200 more now than there were back in 2003.
Ginette Hemley, from animal charity World Wildlife Fund, says it's great news: "The rise in the population of wild giant pandas is a victory for conservation and definitely one to celebrate.''
But the latest count says the main threat to the panda numbers is the building of roads and power stations. Over 300 hydropower stations and 800 miles of roads have been built in areas where giant pandas live.
It is the fourth time Shafqat Hussain, who was found guilty of kidnapping and killing a child in 2004, has been given a stay of execution.
His lawyers say he was 14 when he was charged, and was tortured into making a confession.
The authorities however believe he was 23 when he committed the crime.
The execution was halted after Pakistan's Supreme Court agreed to consider an appeal.
Shafqat Hussain's family say they cannot believe the execution was halted.
"We were not expecting this, we had even found a place for his grave in a local cemetery here in Muzaffarabad," his brother Manzoor told the AFP news agency.
Rights groups have petitioned the Pakistani authorities throughout the past week, calling for the execution to be halted.
A spokeswoman for the charity Reprieve told the BBC that both the president and the Supreme Court had been intensely lobbied before the latest stay of execution.
"At one point on Monday - before the latest stay - the Supreme Court ordered a hearing to be held four hours after his scheduled execution. It was a Kafkaesque situation," a Reprieve spokeswoman told the BBC.
Reprieve argues that Pakistan's legal system has failed Shafqat Hussain at every turn and that even now his case has not been properly investigated.
"Ten years later, Shafqat still bears the physical and psychological scars from the torture," a petition filed by human groups to President Mamnoon Hussain says.
"The execution of a juvenile offender is strictly prohibited under both Pakistani and international human rights law."
A group of UN human rights experts has also called for the execution to be halted, pointing out that "he did not receive a fair trial and that the state-appointed lawyer never raised the fact that he was a child at the time of the alleged offence".
Pakistan is on course to have one of the highest rates of executions in the world. It executed three other men on the same day that Shafqat Hussain was reprieved.
Activists are petitioning to halt Wednesday's planned execution of Aftab Bahadur Masih, who they argue was also a minor at the time of his crime. He was convicted of a double murder in 1992.
The Pakistani government scrapped a moratorium on capital punishment in the aftermath of a deadly attack on a school in Peshawar - in which more than 150 school pupils and teachers were killed by the Taliban.
Pakistan has the world's largest number of death row inmates, with more than 8,000 people reported to be awaiting execution.
The HealthWise Wales project, described as the first of its kind in Europe, hopes to collect information from 260,000 people.
The aim is to build an in-depth picture of the health of the nation, using the data to plan NHS services in future.
Anyone over 16 can take part and the Welsh government said the data would only be used for research.
The project is led by Cardiff and Swansea universities, and some participants will be asked if researchers can access their information and invite them to take part in further studies.
Dr Ruth Hussey, Wales' chief medical officer, said it was the largest research project of its kind ever launched in Wales.
"Young or old, fit or unwell you will be contacted every six months to get an ongoing understanding of your health," she said.
"This is about people sharing their knowledge to improve health and care in Wales."
A pilot was launched in May 2015 and 570 people have signed up to date.
It aims to recruit hundreds of thousands more over the next five years by encouraging people to register online, as well as a mixture of roadshow events, TV adverts and social media campaigns.
Prof Shantini Paranjothy, from Cardiff University's School of Medicine, said the project built on "a strong tradition of population health research in Wales".
"This large-scale project will use modern technology to engage people in research and provide opportunities to contribute to the design and conduct of research studies," she said.
The East Region Junior side held out for 28 minutes before Murray's close-range finish broke the deadlock.
Paul McManus began a second-half goal deluge when he netted from six yards for the League Two leaders.
Murray grabbed his second after being teed up by Kevin Nicoll and added his third in the 75th minute before McManus found the bottom corner a minute later.
The part-timers had a chance to give the majority of the 1,769 crowd something to cheer late on only for Stuart Hunter to head over.
Match ends, Bo'ness United 0, Arbroath 5.
Second Half ends, Bo'ness United 0, Arbroath 5.
Foul by Kevin Buchan (Arbroath).
Ross Campbell (Bo'ness United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Craig Johnstone (Arbroath) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Nicky Walker (Bo'ness United).
Attempt missed. Darren Gribben (Bo'ness United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Ali El-Zubaidi (Arbroath).
Mark Cowan (Bo'ness United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Scott McBride (Arbroath) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ian Nimmo (Bo'ness United).
Foul by Mark Whatley (Arbroath).
Andy Scott (Bo'ness United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Stuart Hunter (Bo'ness United) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Substitution, Arbroath. Kevin Buchan replaces Paul McManus.
Corner, Bo'ness United. Conceded by Kevin Nicoll.
Foul by Adam Hunter (Arbroath).
Nicky Walker (Bo'ness United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Arbroath. Jack Smith replaces Simon Murray.
Goal! Bo'ness United 0, Arbroath 5. Paul McManus (Arbroath) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bobby Linn.
Goal! Bo'ness United 0, Arbroath 4. Simon Murray (Arbroath) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Craig Johnstone.
Attempt missed. Paul McManus (Arbroath) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Foul by Simon Murray (Arbroath).
Stuart Hunter (Bo'ness United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Bobby Linn (Arbroath).
Mark Cowan (Bo'ness United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Bo'ness United 0, Arbroath 3. Simon Murray (Arbroath) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin Nicoll.
Goal! Bo'ness United 0, Arbroath 2. Paul McManus (Arbroath) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Simon Murray.
Attempt missed. Scott McBride (Arbroath) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Darren Gribben (Bo'ness United) is shown the yellow card.
Ricky Little (Arbroath) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Darren Gribben (Bo'ness United).
Substitution, Bo'ness United. Mark Cowan replaces Kieran Anderson.
Attempt missed. Craig Johnstone (Arbroath) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Corner, Arbroath. Conceded by Stuart Hunter.
Substitution, Bo'ness United. Andy Scott replaces Chris Donnelly.
Corner, Arbroath. Conceded by Mark Peat.
Attempt saved. Bobby Linn (Arbroath) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Arbroath. Conceded by Ross Philp.
Attempt missed. Kieran Anderson (Bo'ness United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high.
A California court ordered German firm Bossland to pay $8.6m (£6.8m) to Blizzard for 42,818 counts of copyright infringement.
Blizzard had argued that Bossland had reverse-engineered and otherwise altered its games without permission.
It follows related court rulings in the UK and Germany.
Bossland had attempted to have the US case dismissed, but did not defend itself in court, according to the news site Torrentfreak.
It also faces having to cover about $177,000 of legal costs.
"The Bossland hacks destroy the integrity of the Blizzard games, thereby alienating and frustrating legitimate players and diverting revenue from Blizzard to defendants," the US games developer had argued.
The tools included the ability to see other players' positions, health scores and other information from a distance within games.
The Zwickau-based firm's managing director said it did not accept the US court had jurisdiction over it, and that the judgement did not take into account that many of the licences it had sold had been "trials" at a fraction of the normal cost.
"We are discussing with our lawyers how to continue - if an appeal to the declined motion to dismiss is worth trying," Zwetan Letschew told the BBC.
Bossland's website remains active and continues to advertise cheats for several Blizzard games, insisting "botting is not against any law".
However, UK visitors are blocked from access and are instead shown a message saying the sale of its software to "any person resident in the United Kingdom, constitutes an infringement of Blizzard's intellectual property rights and an inducement to players of Blizzard's games to breach their agreements with Blizzard".
One games industry analyst said the US games developer had a lot riding on its multiplayer titles remaining fair.
"If the cheats work then they fundamentally break the gameplay mechanics as it's impossible to balance these types of game as a consequence," commented Piers Harding-Rolls from IHS Technology.
"If you have a competitive game like Overwatch - which is starting to branch out into the e-sports playing-for-money scene - if cheats are being used it spoils the whole concept.
"And even outside the competitive scene, if casual games don't feel they are experiencing a level playing field then they can be turned off playing."
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Temperatures could reach up to 27°C (80F) on Saturday, with warnings issued for high UV and pollen levels.
Visitors to beaches in Rhyl have been given the all-clear to enter the sea after Friday's pollution incident.
BBC Wales weather presenter Behnaz Akhgar said it would be a "lovely weekend if you like hot and sunny conditions".
On Saturday maximum temperatures are forecast to reach up to 27°C in Monmouth, Welshpool and Wrexham, with some light winds.
Sunday could be even warmer with temperatures expected to reach up to 28°C in parts of Wales.
In Denbighshire the council has put up temporary signs advising visitors and residents not to swim or paddle in the sea off Rhyl.
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Fish and eels were killed after slurry from a farm leaked into the Afon Bach in Tremeirchion
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The authority said it would continue to monitor the water and once it had returned to an "acceptable standard" access to beaches would return to normal.
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Security plans will be reviewed and any necessary lessons learned, the home secretary said in a Commons statement.
Her comments come as the Metropolitan Police revealed there are 600 counter-terror investigations active in the UK.
Armed police will be deployed at the football match between England and France at Wembley Stadium on Tuesday.
Prince William, who is president of the Football Association, has decided to attend the friendly out of "solidarity to the people of France", the BBC's Peter Hunt said.
Multiple attacks on bars, restaurants, a concert hall and the Stade de France on Friday left 129 people dead, including Briton Nick Alexander from Essex. The Islamic State group has said it was behind the killings.
A minute's silence was observed across Europe at 11:00 GMT on Monday, including at Trafalgar Square and the French Embassy in London, as well as in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Among hundreds injured is Callum MacDonald, 24, from Fort William in Scotland, who was in the Bataclan concert hall where gunmen opened fire. He is understood to be in a medically-induced coma.
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Speaking in the Commons, Mrs May confirmed that new funding would be made available for an extra 1,900 security and intelligence officers at MI5, MI6 and GCHQ - an increase of 15%.
She said those who had attacked Paris "represent no-one and they will fail" to divide free countries such as Britain and France.
"France grieves but she does not grieve alone. People of all faiths, all nationalities and all backgrounds around the world are with you and together we will defeat them," she said.
The announcement on Monday that Britain's intelligence and security agencies are to be given a massive boost in resources has taken some there by surprise.
Expecting a modest boost in the coming Strategic Defence and Security Review, they have now been told they are to get a 15% increase in headcount, raising their numbers by 1,900.
For MI5, the Security Service and MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service, this will take some time to absorb, perhaps years. They will need to find, recruit, vet and train new intelligence officers largely from scratch.
But for GCHQ, the government's secret listening station in Cheltenham, it will be relatively easier for them to recruit already-qualified IT analysts and linguists from the commercial marketplace.
Deploying extra aviation security officers should also show results fairly quickly. They will be expected to assess security in overseas airports used by large numbers of Britons where security is suspected of being lax.
Mrs May said police and emergency services had been prepared for the possibility of a "marauding gun attack" in the UK since the 2008 Mumbai attacks, but plans would be reviewed in light of Friday's events.
"As soon as the attacks took place, we took steps to maintain the security of the UK," she said.
"The police have increased their presence on some streets and at some locations, and they will be intensifying their approach at events in big cities."
The UK's Border Force had intensified checks on people, goods and vehicles entering the UK - and was carrying out "targeted" security checks against passengers and vehicles travelling to France, the home secretary added.
She also said she would be lobbying her European counterparts for tighter gun laws across the European Union.
In other developments:
Mrs May said that in recent months, "a number of serious plots" had been disrupted in the UK, adding there could be "little doubt" that the threat posed by IS militants was evolving.
More than 750 people are thought to have travelled from the UK to Syria and Iraq, and approximately half of those have returned, she said.
The terror threat level in the UK has been at "severe" - meaning an attack is highly likely - since last August.
Earlier, UK Prime Minister David Cameron said world leaders had agreed to do more to share intelligence and cut off funding for terrorists, as the Paris attacks "underlined the threat we all face".
Speaking at the G20 summit in Turkey, he said the gap between Russia and the West's position on Syria "has been enormous", but now "everyone recognises the need for compromise".
Meanwhile in the UK, officers from the Met Police's Counter Terrorism Command unit are interviewing people returning from France who may have information.
The Met is also appealing for any potential witnesses to contact its anti-terrorist hotline, on 0800 789 321.
Bataclan concert venue, 50 Boulevard Voltaire, 11th district - 89 dead when stormed by gunmen, three of whom were killed; another gunman died nearby
La Belle Equipe, 92 rue de Charonne, 11th district - 19 dead in gun attacks
Le Carillon bar and Le Petit Cambodge restaurant at rue Alibert, 10th district - 15 dead in gun attacks
La Casa Nostra restaurant, 92 rue de la Fontaine au Roi, 11th district - five dead in gun attacks
Stade de France, St Denis, just north of Paris - explosions heard outside venue, three attackers and a bystander killed
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Thames Water said the sewer would stop millions of tonnes of sewage leaking into the River Thames every year.
But the Thames Tunnel Commission favours a shorter tunnel with "greener" options for preventing rain water entering the sewage system
Thames Water said it would study the findings of the commission which was sponsored by five London councils.
The inquiry was commissioned amid concerns that water bills would have to rise to finance the project and fears over the loss of green space and regeneration sites.
The Thames Tunnel Commission (TTC) examined whether the 20-mile (32km) tunnel from west to east London was the best solution to the problem of raw sewage entering the Thames.
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Lord Selborne, who led the team that scrutinised the plans, said: "Our forensic analysis shows there is a substantial body of evidence pointing to the fact that there is a smarter way to make the River Thames cleaner.
"A shorter tunnel, combined with green infrastructure solutions that are built up incrementally in the medium to long term, would be both compliant with EU directives and less costly and disruptive to Londoners.
"These alternatives require further study."
The report recommended the primary reason for rejecting a short tunnel that costs less than half the current "super sewer" estimate "should be revisited as a matter of urgency".
It also found complimentary environmentally friendly solutions that minimise the amount of fresh rain water entering the sewerage system should be considered.
A Thames Water spokesman said: "To be a viable proposition, any alternative to the Thames Tunnel would need to provide a more economical way of meeting the environmental objectives set by the Environment Agency for the health of the river, within the time scale required by the government."
He said it would be a "valuable contribution" to a second consultation into the scheme which starts on Friday.
At the same time as the report was being published, Thames Tunnel Now, a coalition of 15 environmental charities, including the Angling Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, WWF-UK, and the London Wildlife Trust, said it backed the sewer plan.
A spokesman for the coalition said: "It is completely unacceptable for people to be faced with raw sewage in one of the most sophisticated cities in the world, and for tens of thousands of fish to die from suffocation every time it rains heavily in the summer."
Some of the men, who are all thought to be members of the ethnic Uighur group who live in the region, were accused of plotting to assassinate local police.
An exiled Uighur group described the sentences as "repressive".
It said the men had been persecuted for listening to foreign radio broadcasts and forwarding video clips.
The men were convicted of a number of crimes, the local state-run news agency reported. These include circulating extremist religious material and attempting to promote ethnic separatism on the internet.
It is not known whether the 20 accused men pleaded guilty or not. Regardless of their plea, acquittals in China's party-run court system are rare, says the BBC's John Sudworth in Shanghai.
Xinjiang is home to about nine million mainly Muslim Uighurs.
But as a result of inward migration over past decades, that number is now almost matched by residents from the Han Chinese majority, our correspondent adds.
Tensions between the two groups have been high since riots in 2009, China's deadliest ethnic violence in decades.
Exiled Uighur groups accuse the Chinese state of trying to crush their culture and religion.
But the Beijing authorities say they are fighting only violent extremists who want to take over the region and form an independent Islamic state.
Both sides are unbeaten and the winner of the match will automatically qualify for next week's semi-finals in Belfast.
Sarah Hunter returns to captain the side at number eight, while prop Sarah Bern has recovered from a sprained ankle to start at tight-head.
Kay Wilson, who scored four tries in the opening 56-5 win against Spain, returns to the wing.
Full-back Danielle Waterman is the only player to have started every game for the reigning world champions.
"I believe we've got a strong enough squad to make sure we get the job done and done well, but we're under no illusion that it will be an easy contest," she said.
Hooker Vicky Fleetwood will start from the bench after joining up late with the squad as she continues to recover from a knee ligament injury.
"This is a winner-takes-all game in terms of topping the pool and will require a full effort from the squad to get the job done," said head coach Simon Middleton.
Following the Spain victory, England beat Italy 56-13 on Sunday, while the USA beat Italy 24-12 and Spain 43-0 in their two pool games.
Middleton added: "We know playing against USA will be tough. They play a very physical game and have some dangerous players on the ball, but we have prepared well and the squad are in a good place, not only physically but mentally.
"We have confidence in the entire squad and it's now about going out and making sure we put in a full 80-minute performance."
The Red Roses have played USA in four previous World Cups, winning three and losing once.
While England have been in full-flow on the try-scoring front during the tournament, putting ten tries past both Italy and Spain, there has been criticism of their place kicking.
England captain and first choice goal-kicker Emily Scarratt has only managed a 27% success rate from the tee.
In 2014, when England were crowned World Champions, Scarratt's right boot was often credited with being the difference between England and their opponents.
But Middleton has rushed to the defence of the centre: "Emily doesn't get phased, she's very confident in her own ability and we're very confident in her," he said.
"We've scored an awful lot of tries out on the flanks, it makes goal kicking very difficult. Emily's been very close with a lot of her kicks.
He added: "She asked the other day 'are you ok with me leading the goal-kicking?' I said 'yes, absolutely', because I know she'll get it right."
England team: Danielle Waterman, Amy Wilson Hardy, Emily Scarratt, Amber Reed, Kay Wilson, Katy Mclean, Natasha Hunt; Vickii Cornborough, Amy Cokayne, Sarah Bern. Abbie Scott, Tamara Taylor, Alex Matthews, Marlie Packer, Sarah Hunter.
Replacements: Vicky Fleetwood, Rochelle Clark, Justine Lucas, Poppy Cleall, Harriet Millar-Mills, Leanne Riley, Rachael Burford, Megan Jones.
A 70-year lease for the golf course between the Vale Commons Council and the Royal Guernsey and L'Ancresse clubs ends at the end of this year.
Years of negotiation have failed to reach a new agreement.
Under the proposals, the States would agree activities and fees but the council would still receive the money.
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In its report, the Culture and Leisure Department said a deal needed to be brought in to "secure the future of Guernsey's only championship golf course".
It said: "This agreement needs to reflect commercial, fair and affordable terms, as would be the case with all other sports. The need to resolve the situation is now an urgent priority."
The changes to the Vale Commons Ordinance 1932 will be debated by the States in March.
The department said the issue of the upkeep of the common and additional questions over the "relatively small number of people" who claim the ancient rights to cut furze on the common could be looked at in the future.
Further updates to the law should be expected within the next few years to reflect modern health and safety and environmental standards, it added.
Fasna, which represents self-governing schools and academies, questioned whether there was capacity to "execute that policy effectively".
The government announced plans for all schools to become academies by 2022, in its White Paper on schools last week.
The government said the academy system "empowered" teachers and leaders.
An academy is an independent but state-funded school. Currently, there are about 5,800 of them in England, most of which are secondary schools.
Last week, the Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan, said all schools would become academies, ending any role for local authorities in running schools.
She said there would be "fair, stretching accountability" focusing on tackling underperformance and "incentivising strong leaders to take over underperforming schools".
Fasna is a national forum for self-governing schools, academies and multi-academy trusts.
Like the government, it believes creating autonomous schools is the best way to raise standards, and offers advice and support on academy conversions and the expansion of multi-academy trusts.
Fasna chairman Tom Clark said: "Given that there are 16,000 schools that are not academies, to get them to switch to that new structure on this timescale and for that to be effective is really quite challenging.
"We broadly support the direction of policy and that includes the concept of system leadership by schools, but I am surprised at the speed and timeline.
"The White Paper depends on system leadership by the schools.
"Our question is whether there's the capacity to execute that policy effectively."
Mr Clark said there was a "shallow pool" of schools, perhaps about a third of the 24,000 schools in England, that were able to assist and support other schools in improving.
"System leadership needs time to mature to be effective," he said.
"It's a big ask of established system leaders - the ones who are most able to help and support schools - to provide that effectively.
"There is a risk in terms of the pace of change, and the capacity of the schools to lead and support other schools in such numbers."
Mr Clark also suggested multi-academy trusts might have to grow too quickly to accommodate the pace of change.
He said it took time to build the supportive relationships between teachers and heads in different schools that were needed if they were to work together successfully.
But a spokesman for the Department for Education said the academy system "empowers great teachers and leaders and gives them the autonomy to make the decisions that are right for their community and their pupils".
"Full academisation will mean that all schools will be part of a dynamic self-improving system in which underperformance can be addressed decisively," he said.
"We are giving schools until 2020 to carefully consider the best arrangement for becoming an academy and until 2022 to convert.
"Each Regional School Commissioner will play a pivotal role in recruiting new sponsors to take on underperforming schools, and we will be investing in the people and systems necessary."
Fans hoping to see German rock giants Rammstein streamed out of the Nuerburg arena after organisers asked them to leave in a "calm and controlled" way.
"Due to a terrorist threat the police have advised us to interrupt the festival," they said.
A bomb at a concert in Manchester claimed 22 lives last month.
Some 85,000 people were expected to visit the three-day festival, Efe news agency reports. It falls on the Pentecost holiday weekend.
The organisers said in a Facebook post they hoped the festival would resume on Saturday.
Fans could be seen pumping the air with their fists and chanting as they left on Friday evening.
"Defiant spirits among Rock am Ring visitors, cheated out of a day of festival, maybe the complete festival," tweeted DW reporter Rick Fulker.
Rock am Ring celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Friday's other bands included Welshly Arms, In Flames and 2Cellos.
In August of last year, a failed asylum seeker from Syria blew himself up outside an open-air concert in the south German town of Ansbach.
He had been prevented by a security guard from getting into the concert area and detonated a rucksack filled with explosives in a local beer garden, killing himself and wounding 15 others.
Police in the nearby city of Koblenz said in a statement (in German) the festival had been halted "due to concrete indications of a possible terrorist threat".
In light of the attack in Manchester, it added, security at this year's festival had already been boosted, with some 1,200 personnel on duty.
Last year, the same festival was disrupted by a storm when 30 people were taken to hospital as a result of lighting strikes.
The German was 0.203 seconds quicker than Hamilton, with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen third, a second off the pace.
Mercedes set their times on the super-soft tyre, while Ferrari used the soft, which would account for about half the gap between the two cars.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was fourth, ahead of Force India's Sergio Perez.
Hamilton enters the race nine points ahead of Rosberg in the championship after recovering from 21st on the grid to finish third at the Belgian Grand Prix last weekend, as Rosberg won.
Ferrari have used the last of their remaining engine development 'tokens' ahead of their home race in an attempt to boost their competitiveness after a slump in form that has seen them lose second place in the constructors' championship to Red Bull.
The fastest Red Bull was Max Verstappen in eighth, behind Haas driver Romain Grosjean and Williams' Valtteri Bottas, whose team-mate Felipe Massa announced on Thursday that he would retire at the end of the year.
Verstappen remains the focus of attention following his controversial battle with Raikkonen in Belgium.
Raikkonen has criticised Verstappen for being too dangerous, while the Dutchman said he would not change his driving because others were not happy.
The stewards took no action against Verstappen in Spa, but BBC Sport has learned that Charlie Whiting, the F1 director of governing body the FIA, felt that Verstappen's late move in defence at 200mph as Raikkonen attacked was on the edge of acceptability.
Whiting told the teams in a meeting on Thursday that he felt Verstappen could have received a black-and-white warning flag for his driving.
The black-and-white flag is an indication of unsportsmanlike behaviour and is only shown once. If the driver commits the same offence again he can be disqualified from the race.
Whiting's intervention raised the stakes in the debate ahead of the drivers' briefing after practice on Friday afternoon, where the incident is expected to be discussed.
It was a relatively low-key session on track, despite a number of drivers running off the track at the tricky Monza chicanes in the warm sunshine.
McLaren's session came to an unfortunate end as Fernando Alonso was forced to pit with a gearshift problem. He was 13th, with team-mate Jenson Button 11th, the drivers expecting their most difficult weekend of the year because of the lack of power of the Honda engine, which still lags despite recent updates.
Button and Verstappen ran the halo head protection system in the first part of the session as trials continue ahead of the planned introduction of the device in 2018.
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Now she is to embark on a challenge to become the first person to swim round the coast of mainland Britain.
The 36-year-old, from the east end of Glasgow, describes herself as a recovering aquaphobe and "basket case".
"I am someone who has had a lot of problems with social anxiety and mental health," she says.
"I used to be so terrified of failing that I just wouldn't try anything."
But something changed when she turned 30 - a realisation that unless she did something, she might continue life as a "functioning recluse" for another 30 years.
The first fear she decided to tackle was learning to ride a bike.
By all accounts it wasn't pretty. Paula left her first adult class knee deep in bruises.
But she stuck at it, and eventually she was able to triumphantly cycle round Glasgow's Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome.
In a campaign she named "Paula must try harder", she had a go at all 17 sports featured in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
After the games, she kept setting herself more challenges - from stripping naked as a life model for an art class and flying a jet to simply shopping on her own.
"Everything over the last few years has built me up to this point," she says.
"Now I know that the only thing that will make me fail is if I stop trying."
She admits her latest challenge to swim from Land's End to John o' Groats and back may seem "a bit ridiculous since I've only recently learned to swim".
Now I know that the only thing that will make me fail is if I stop trying."
Over about five months she plans to cover 1,800 miles, swimming for six hours at a time, sometimes starting in the middle of the night to beat the tides.
"But I've no doubt that I'll do it," she says.
"With the right attitude and support, I'm a firm believer that we can achieve incredible things."
As someone with a fear of water who has learned to swim, Paula perhaps knows this better than anyone.
She describes the process as the equivalent of "trying to learn to knit while running away from a bear".
"When I was being instructed I couldn't really take anything in," she says.
"I would be shaking, I could randomly burst into tears.
"My head would be going a million miles an hour, and I would be trying to calm my body down."
Over time she developed coping mechanisms.
She learned to focus on her breathing and to "connect" herself to things around her by naming things she could see, hear and feel.
1,800
Miles of swimming
Five months to complete
Six hours a day in the water
In true Paula style, she just kept trying and it paid off.
"Thinking back, I couldn't even stand in the water, I couldn't even get near a puddle without breaking into a sweat," she says.
"But now it's where I go when I want to relax, it's my place of peace.
"There's nothing quite like moving through the water under my own steam, putting one arm in front of the other- it's almost dreamlike.
"Even though I do still have mild panics in the water, it is a place of comfort for me now."
Next May she will step out of her comfort zone once more, and wade into the water at Land's End to start her challenge.
Paula hopes to raise awareness about mental health, and to show people who have these issues that you can still have a fulfilling life.
"Looking ahead to next year, I know that there will be days when I am exhausted and the fear will take over," she says.
"But as long as I keep trying and keep swimming I know that I will succeed."
Hock, 31, asked to leave the Red Devils at the start of September, a request approved by chairman Marwan Koukash.
The former Wigan and Widnes player has just finished the first season of a four-year contract.
"I realise I upset a fair few people and I can only apologise to them, and say that I firmly intend to make things right next season," Hock said.
"When I signed a long-term deal at the start of 2014 it was never my intention to be seeking a move within 12 months."
Hock was close to a move to Australian National Rugby League side Parramatta Eels before opting to join Salford just over a year ago.
He scored on his Super League debut for the club against Wakefield, the first of six tries from 15 appearances during the campaign, but the Red Devils finished 10th, despite owner MKoukash's large investment in the squad.
Hock's career has been littered with controversy; he was handed a five-game ban for grabbing a referee in 2008, suspended the following year for testing positive for cocaine, given a seven-match ban for making contact with a referee and removed from England's World Cup squad following a breach of discipline last year.
"I had been through what was a frustrating time for me personally," Hock told the Salford website. "When I experienced my recent suspension from the game, I began to feel that I needed a change of environment.
"I did have offers to play elsewhere in Super League, and in rugby union, but I now appreciate what a truly good club the Red Devils are and I'm sure we are going to have a big year next year."
Akhtar Javeed, 56, was shot during a robbery at his business premises in Digbeth, Birmingham, on 3 February.
One man, Suraj Mistry, 26, has been convicted of his manslaughter.
But police are looking for Tahir Zarif who, the prosecution, say shot Mr Javeed in the legs, throat and mouth and is thought to be in Pakistan.
Mr Zarif is said to have passed through Heathrow Airport with his mother five days after the killing.
On Tuesday, at Birmingham Crown Court, Mistry, of Laundon Way, Leicester, was cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter and conspiracy to commit robbery.
On Wednesday he was also convicted of possession of firearms with intent to cause fear of violence.
Lemar Wali, 19, also of Osmaston Road, who drove to the scene but said he did not know his accomplices were armed, was cleared of murder, manslaughter and firearms charges but convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery.
Sander Van Aalten, 50, of Kyrwicks Lane, Birmingham, admitted conspiracy to rob before the start of the trial.
Mr Javeed's daughter, Lilas Javeed, from Ilford, north east London, said: "There has been three people brought to justice. It's three less criminals roaming the streets but of course it's very important for us that the other person [Zarif] is brought back.
"I have faith that the relevant authorities will work together to bring him back and face trial so that we can get justice.
"I do believe the police and the relevant authorities will work their hardest to bring him back," said Mrs Javeed.
"I don't want to think about the idea that he will get away with it."
Det Ch Insp Martin Slevin, of West Midlands Police, said the convicted men had planned the robbery for weeks.
"We would urge anybody who has information where Tahir Zarif is currently living or being harboured to contact West Midlands Police, or Crimestoppers in confidence," he said.
The raid was launched after sacked delivery driver Sander Van Aalten, 50, provided the gang with a plan of the warehouse.
The Dutch national had worked at Mr Javeed's fast food warehouse, Direct Source 3, but was fired for his timekeeping.
Mistry and Mr Zarif, 25, of Osmaston Park Road, Derby, were joint owners of a Derby car modification business that had run into financial difficulties, police said.
Mistry was being threatened by a gang he owed money to, police said. He had reported the threats but later dropped his complaint.
The 40-year-old, who will take charge officially on Sunday, will remain part of the England coaching set-up.
Peter Lim, Valencia's Singaporean owner, has a stake in Salford City, the non-league club co-owned by Neville.
His brother Phil, who joined the Spanish club as assistant manager in July, will stay on the coaching staff.
"I am absolutely thrilled to be given this opportunity with Valencia," the new head coach said.
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"Valencia are a huge football club of immense standing - and I know from my time as a player the passion and dedication of the Valencia fans."
Neville, who has stepped down from his position as a Sky Sports pundit with immediate effect, will attend a news conference with club president Layhoon Chan on Thursday.
Chan said of Neville: "He is hugely respected in English football and it was his personal qualities which persuaded us that he was the right choice to lead Valencia until the end of the season."
Neville's brother Phil will assist interim head coach Voro for Valencia's next two matches, away to third-tier side Barakaldo in the Copa Del Rey on Wednesday and at home to Barcelona in La Liga on Saturday.
Next Wednesday's Champions League home match against Lyon will be Neville's first match in charge.
England head coach Roy Hodgson said: "As far as I'm concerned, this will be an extra string to his bow and the experience he will gain working in the Spanish league can only be beneficial to our work together with the England team.
"Gary's commitment to the FA's preparations for Euro 2016 will not be in any way affected by the fact that he will be coaching abroad during the next five months."
Neville replaces Nuno Espirito Santo, who resigned after Sunday's 1-0 defeat at Sevilla, a result that left Valencia ninth in the Spanish league.
The club finished fourth last season, but have won only five of their opening 13 league matches this term.
Boco, 32, is Orient's 11th signing since they were relegated from the League Two last season.
The Benin international joined Accrington from Portsmouth in February 2016 and scored seven goals in 38 appearances for the club last season.
As well as three spells with Stanley, Boco has played for Irish side Sligo Rovers, Plymouth and India's Bharat FC.
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The 250 vehicles including lorries, cars and motorcycles, which earlier set off from Westminster, had hoped to board a ferry at 14:00 BST.
Kent Police said it had been notified by the French authorities the convoy had been refused entry to France.
"No agency within the United Kingdom has any grounds to challenge this decision," it said in a statement.
The convoy, organised by a number of campaign groups including the People's Assembly and Stop the War Coalition, made the decision to set off from outside the Houses of Parliament at 09:00 BST, despite a public order injunction being taken out by the authorities in Calais.
A spokesman for the People's Assembly said the convoy was separated from the rest of ferry traffic when it arrived in Dover.
"A few cars have made it to France but they are being stopped there apparently," said Steve Sweeney.
Mr Sweeney said organisers had been told the ban was to do with heightened security in France.
He said they had been organising the convoy for six months and accused Kent Police of colluding with their French counterparts to prevent them from crossing.
"Kent Police were taking down our number plates when we stopped on the way here," he said.
"We're now holding a rally."
The People's Assembly said a 38-tonne truck loaded with aid was allowed on to a EuroTunnel shuttle.
A Kent Police spokesman said however, the refusal of entry to France was a matter for the French authorities.
"Kent Police is working with partner agencies in planning a policing response to minimise any disruption to the community, businesses and the public," he said.
The Port of Dover said the protesters later began heading back to their vehicles and returning to London after the stand-off with the French border authorities.
The People's Assembly tweeted: "Convoy now reassembling and heading for the French Embassy in London for mass protest".
Politicians have concentrated on increasing the quantity of free childcare available but its quality is crucial, they say.
In particular, funds should be targeted at quality provision for the poorest children, says the British Association for Early Childhood Education.
They deserve more than good "care", says an open letter from the group.
"They need high quality, professionalised early educators," the letter argues.
"The evidence shows that children who benefit most from high quality early years provision are those whose families are struggling in the most challenging economic circumstances," says the letter.
It adds that the "substantial" economic and social benefits of good early education "are demonstrable for all society".
The group welcome the focus by politicians on the accessibility and affordability of childcare for working parents but say there needs to be more emphasis on the quality of the care and education provided.
They are keen to point out this is not about the "schoolification" of early years.
Instead they argue for a "suitably trained workforce capable of sensitively stimulating, challenging and extending these young children's capabilities in an atmosphere which is caring, responsive and attentive to their needs".
So the next government should work both to increase the number of hours of childcare available for working parents but also on "upskilling" the early years workforce "to create a graduate-led profession able to give children the best possible start in life", they argue.
The association's chief executive, Beatrice Merrick, said: "Politicians of all parties clearly think offering more hours of free childcare will appeal to parents, but they need to look rigorously at the evidence of whether that is good use of scarce public funds.
"One clear lesson from every previous expansion of early years provision is that quality does not keep up with quality when the sector is pressured to grow too fast."
The current system entitles three and four-year-olds in England to 15 free hours of nursery or childcare a week.
The Liberal Democrats say protecting funding from "cradle to college" is a "red line" issue for them while the Conservatives say they will increase the number of free hours to 30 a week, and Labour to 25 hours.
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The association's president, Prof Tony Bertram, said: "This election has seen promises to increase the number of hours of childcare for working families, and much less discussion about the quality of early education, especially for the most disadvantaged children.
"Every child has the right to the best possible start in life, including high quality care and education delivered by a well-qualified workforce.
"This may cost a little more, but all the evidence shows that it is an investment not a cost, with beneficial impacts on the educational achievement and wellbeing of our poorest children."
Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) is contracted by the government to provide and maintain nuclear warheads.
The Prospect union said members "cared deeply" about national security and did not want to take action "that could impact on the UK's continuous sea deterrent".
AWE said procedures were in place to ensure the safety of its operations.
Union bosses said strike action had been taken after months of consultation and discussions over the new scheme.
The Prospect union said 87% of members who took part in the ballot voted in favour of strike action..
Turnout was 68%.
Mr Abhisit said the government would "move swiftly to restore normalcy" following a week of violence which left more than 50 people dead.
In a televised address he said reconciliation efforts would continue to address political divisions.
Anti-government protesters returning to Chiang Mai in the north received cheers and applause from supporters.
Many of the "red-shirt" protesters - named for the colour they adopted - said they were determined to keep up the drive to force Mr Abhisit to step down and call new elections.
Many of the protesters in Bangkok came from the north and north-east of Thailand, where support for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted in a 2006 military coup, is strong.
Fighting broke out last week in Bangkok as the army moved to end the anti-government protest that had paralysed parts of central Bangkok for two months.
Eight of the red-shirt leaders are now in police custody.
In his address, his first since the violence, Mr Abhisit said: "Fellow citizens, we all live in the same house. Now, our house has been damaged. We have to help each other.
"We can certainly repair damaged infrastructure and buildings, but the important thing is to heal the emotional wounds and restore unity among the Thai people."
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Protests: Eyewitness account
He said the government would "allow the due process of law to operate" and use "parliamentary democracy to resolve the problems with the participation of all groups of people".
Mr Abhisit was speaking from the military base north of the capital where the government has been working during the protests.
He said he recognised there were "huge challenges" now facing his government, "particularly the challenge of overcoming the divisions that have occurred in this country".
An independent investigation would take place into "all the events that have taken place during the protest".
"You can be assured that this government has every intention of moving the country forward - restore order, make sure that our recovery is well on track - and that we will do so in a transparent manner," he said.
The red-shirts were demanding the resignation of Mr Abhisit, saying his government came to power illegitimately.
Mr Abhisit had previously offered to hold elections in November but withdrew the offer when the red-shirts refused to end their protest.
Speaking in Tokyo, Thailand's Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij said no elections could take place while tensions were so high.
"We need to make sure that emotions have cooled to the extent that candidates from all parties can feel safe in campaigning anywhere in the country," he told reporters.
"Frankly we would not feel safe doing that today."
A clean-up operation is now underway in Bangkok to clear the piles of debris left behind at the protest site and throughout the city.
Troops are still on the streets of the city, security forces have been searching the area for caches of weapons and the main protest area remains off limits to most people.
The latest violence broke out on Wednesday, as the army stormed the barricaded encampment in the centre of Bangkok where the protesters, known as red-shirts, had been protesting since March.
Four key red-shirt leaders had surrendered saying they wanted to avoid further losses of life.
Many other protesters left the site but several thousand spread out through the city, some clashing with the military or burning buildings.
By Vaudine EnglandBBC News, Bangkok
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is personally under an immense amount of pressure. This comes both from members of his government and related institutions, and from Thais seeking a way out of a deadly and damaging political trauma.
Smouldering ruins in the centre of town, a high death toll, the fear of more violence, and uncertainty about the political future will require more than words.
But Mr Abhisit appears keen to show he remains in charge for the moment.
Damaged Thailand ponders future
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At least 15 people died in the subsequent street fighting.
Buildings including banks, a television station, the stock exchange and the vast Central World shopping centre were set on fire.
Officials said one body was found in the smouldering ruins of Central World on Friday, contradicting earlier reports that nine bodies had been found.
Officials have said more could have been done to prevent the arson attacks.
Secretary-general Korbsak Sabhavasu said the scale of the violence and arson had far exceeded the government's expectations, the Bangkok Post reported.
Smaller protests were also reported in northern provinces of the country.
Mr Abhisit said the violence was "one of the worst episodes Thailand has ever faced".
Eight of the protest leaders are now in police custody. On Thursday one of them, Veera Musikapong, called on all sides to "calm down and talk with each other in a peaceful manner".
Most of the protesters have now been bussed home but there are concerns some hard-core elements could still in the capital.
A night-time curfew remains in place in Bangkok and 23 provinces in a bid to prevent a resurgence of unrest.
One of the women gave birth to twins after the treatment.
But her partner, who was the biological mother, had to go to court to be declared a legal parent - because the wrong forms were filled in at the clinic.
The case is among 15 similar ones brought to the High Court.
The president of the Family Division, Sir James Munby, said the clinic's lawyers had been "grossly insensitive" in their handling of the case.
He granted the woman - identified only as X - a declaration that she was a legal parent of the twins in February.
Giving his reasons for Wednesday's judgement, he said the women had been left "shocked and angry" when the clinic's error came to light.
Sir James said the women had paid more than £15,000 for their treatment with IVF Hammersmith Limited.
He described how the clinic's solicitors sent a "crass and insensitive" letter to the women, offering them £1,000 in compensation.
Sir James said in his ruling: "The offer of money, whatever the amount, was merely adding insult to injury.
"If an offer of financial compensation was appropriate at all, the idea that £1,000 began to approach a realistic figure was so wide of the mark as to be not merely insulting but almost offensively so.
"If ever there was a situation calling for empathy, understanding, humanity, compassion and, dare one say it, common decency, never mind sincere and unqualified apology, it is surely this."
The clinic's director had expressed regret in a witness statement and said there were now procedures to try and avoid any repeat of the situation.
Sir James described this as a "mealy-mouthed observation".
This case is among eight, involving a number of clinics, which have been resolved at the High Court, after the UK's fertility regulator identified the form-filling errors.
A further seven cases are still awaiting a final court hearing. It is thought as many as 85 couples could be affected in total.
A spokeswoman for IVF Hammersmith said: "We understand the stress the process and hearing has caused and we are sorry for this.
"We would like to reiterate that we have learned from this case.
"To safeguard all other patients receiving donor sperm, since 2013 we have introduced witnessing to the process, run dedicated staff training and operated continuous audits."
Mr Murray was annoyed by camera flashes after fans spotted him at the lounge in the seaside town of Carmel, reports say.
He is alleged to have grabbed at least two phones before throwing them.
Police reportedly spoke to the star but have decided not to press charges.
The owners were happy to be compensated rather than press charges, the TMZ website quoted police as saying.
The website said the actor was "hanging out" on Thursday at the Vesuvio rooftop lounge, "a popular watering hole for celebs" playing in an annual golf tournament.
Californian broadcaster KSBW reported that a tequila party hosted by the actor and singer Justin Timberlake was being held at the venue.
The owner of the restaurant told TMZ that Mr Murray had not been drinking at the bar but got angry when "a few patrons got star struck and took his picture".
"The flashes were going off only 10 feet away from Bill," the owner said, "and he got so angry he got up and chucked their phones off the second storey rooftop."
A police spokesman told People that officers were called to "a disturbance" but that Mr Murray had already left by the time they arrived.
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Nigeria has voted. All the world's pundits expected the same scratched record to play out to its predictable conclusion: Incumbent stays put.
But President Goodluck Jonathan, defeated by Muhammadu Buhari, exhibited a rare grace by conceding and said he had kept his word about organising free and fair elections.
It was a fine example to set in 2015, year which sees many African nations go to the polls.
Zambia kicked off the year of the African votes in January, followed by Lesotho, where there was a snap election in February. This was after an attempted coup against Prime Minister Thomas Thabane which threatened to upset the peace of the mountain kingdom.
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In some cases election winners can be challenged and are seen as weak, and democracy has sometimes given way to chaos
Elsewhere, African voters will be wooed with T-shirts and bags of rice and promises of every grain and shade in Burkina Faso, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sudan, Tanzania and Togo during the course of 2015.
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir will be battling against the splintered opposition to maintain his grip on the presidency, now into its third decade.
Meanwhile, Africa's youngest nation, South Sudan, has postponed its first election since independence, due this year, until 2017 because of continuing violence and the spectre of another protracted war.
Over in the Central African Republic, 2014 was filled with bloody images as the country appeared to divide along religious lines.
July's vote should be where people declare allegiance to the religion of democracy but it is likely to be tense.
Burkina Faso will vote for the first time after a popular uprising which waved goodbye to President Blaise Compaore. You may think then that all will be sweetness and light there but the army, which had its say in the uprising, is still lurking in the wings.
Michel Kafando may be the president, but Lt Col Isaac Zida, who briefly took power after President Compaore's departure, has stayed close to power. He is currently the prime minister and the minister of defence.
There are more considerations, for example: Who will France and the US, both with special operations in the country, want to see in charge?
Not everything then is in place to ensure a free and fair vote in Burkina Faso. And in most places where there are upcoming elections there is reason for concern.
Democracy gives African governments legitimacy, but what else does it guarantee?
The age of the despot getting 99.9% of the vote is a memory for most, but in some cases, especially in Libya, election winners can be challenged and are seen as weak. Democracy has sometimes given way to chaos.
There was a lot of hope for South Sudan when it achieved independence in 2011 but democracy there has not yet borne fruit. The signs were always there, given the difficulty of her delivery, that Africa's youngest child would keep us all up for some time to come.
Nigerians exercised the patience of Job in their millions, orderly queuing as the bureaucrats sorted out technical faults and dealt with the grumbles over voters cards.
Many nations this year may not be as fortunate as Nigeria in her calmest election ever.
There will be the inevitable disagreements about the ballot and how it was conducted. Losers will cry foul.
So why do Africans in their millions bother to vote when so many variables can dilute the democratic exercise?
They cannot take for granted the right to vote which was denied for so long.
Despite the security concerns, and in some cases the futility of the exercise if presidents will not relinquish their grip on power, voting is still the only way to prove our citizenship.
It is also the only way to bestow legitimacy on our fledgling states.
The people want their right to make their mark, sometimes that mark is ignored, but in the best cases it brings about a momentous change such as in Nigeria.
Millions of citizens in Nigeria will now have a different perception of democracy.
Researchers in the US have found grains of cooked plant material in the teeth of the remains.
The study is the first to confirm that the Neanderthal diet was not confined to meat and was more sophisticated than previously thought.
The research has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The popular image of Neanderthals as great meat eaters is one that has up until now been backed by some circumstantial evidence. Chemical analysis of their bones suggested they ate little or no vegetables.
This perceived reliance on meat had been put forward by some as one of the reasons these humans become extinct as large animals such as mammoths declined.
But a new analysis of Neanderthal remains from across the world has found direct evidence that contradicts the chemical studies. Researchers found fossilised grains of vegetable material in their teeth and some of it was cooked.
Although pollen grains have been found before on Neanderthal sites and some in hearths, it is only now there is clear evidence that plant food was actually eaten by these people.
Professor Alison Brooks, from George Washington University, told BBC News: "We have found pollen grains in Neanderthal sites before but you never know whether they were eating the plant or sleeping on them or what.
"But here we have a case where a little bit of the plant is in the mouth so we know that the Neanderthals were consuming the food."
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One question raised by the study is why the chemical studies on Neanderthal bones have been wide of the mark. According to Professor Brooks, the tests were measuring proteins levels, which the researchers assumed came from meat.
"We've tended to assume that if you have a very high value for protein in the diet that must come from meat. But... it's possible that some of the protein in their diet was coming from plants," she said.
This study is the latest to suggest that, far from being brutish savages, Neanderthals were more like us than we previously thought.
Andreas Schleicher, in charge of the international Pisa tests, faced questions from MPs about how he thought England's academy system was working.
Mr Schleicher said the global evidence suggested local flexibility for schools was linked to higher results.
He described free-standing academies as a "promising trend".
Describing the features of the most successful education systems around the world, he praised "local discretion" for head teachers and school leaders combined with a shared expectation of high standards.
The flexibility of individual schools needed to be balanced by a strong culture of transparency and accountability, he told MPs.
The House of Commons Education Select Committee was taking evidence from Mr Schleicher in its inquiry into academies and free schools in England.
He gave his broad endorsement of the academy system in England, where state-funded schools are given more control over their budgets and flexibility over their curriculum.
But Mr Schleicher warned that autonomy on its own was not a way of improving schools.
He pointed to the example of the United States as evidence that more autonomy could be "part of the solution or else part of the problem".
In the US, the negative side could be isolation and a lack of coherence in maintaining standards, he said.
"You need a very strong education system to make autonomy work, you can't leave it to market forces alone," he told MPs.
Within Europe, he said that autonomy was linked to high performance in the Netherlands but not in Sweden, which has seen a fall in its Pisa test ranking.
He told MPs that high-performing systems had a culture of expecting good results from all pupils - and that there was nothing inevitable about the under-achievement of children from poorer families.
Within England, he commended the achievement of the former London Challenge initiative, which had seen schools in the capital improve more quickly than elsewhere in the country.
In England, academies are now the most common type of secondary school.
There have been recent disputes over whether providers that use public funding to run academy chains should face greater accountability.
Sir Michael Wilshaw, the head of Ofsted, argues that there should be inspections of academy chains in the way that inspectors can scrutinise local authorities - a proposal that the government has resisted.
Mr Schleicher was asked by MPs about whether creating such chains to run groups of academies removed the benefits of autonomy.
He said that moving decision making away from individual schools would reduce the advantage of such local flexibility and risked reducing a school's sense of "ownership".
The OECD education expert was also asked about the Pisa tests, which had seen the UK failing to improve.
He told MPs that the most successful school systems invested heavily in teacher training and professional development.
Education systems such as Shanghai and Finland require constant training and updating of skills for heads and teachers.
Another problem facing schools in England, he said was that as well as poorer results from disadvantaged pupils, many schools serving privileged areas failed to reach their potential.
Facing questions about the reliability of comparing countries with an individual city such as Shanghai, he told MPs that Shanghai had a bigger and poorer population than many OECD countries and that the statistics were robust.
Emergency services were called to Honiton Avenue, Hattersley, at about 10:00 GMT, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.
Firefighters found the man's body inside the flat during a search after they tackled the blaze. Formal identification is yet to take place.
Hattersley Road West has been closed between Honiton Avenue and Hare Hill Road.
A joint investigation between GMP and Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) has been launched.
Det Sgt David Donlan said: "This investigation is in its very early stages and we will be working closely with GMFRS to establish exactly how this fire started and identify the man who tragically died.
"This means we will be speaking to residents in the area and anyone who may witnessed the fire or saw anything earlier this morning.
"I would urge anyone with any information to please contact police."
Harry Bishop, 19, from Birmingham made a "spur of the moment" decision to take the Audi R8 after a drunken night out, the city's crown court heard.
Unable to handle the car, he smashed it into an elderly couple's home, shifting part of the house off its foundations.
Bishop admitted aggravated vehicle taking and driving while drunk.
He also pleaded guilty to driving without insurance and was given a two-and-a-half year driving ban.
Birmingham Crown Court heard he had been punished at home - having his pocket money stopped and being made to do "extra chores". He was also banned from a holiday abroad with friends.
The crash, on 2 May, happened just 100m from Bishop's home in Netherstone Grove in Sutton Coldfield.
The owners of the house he crashed into, Janet and Harold Perry, both in their 70s, have since spent £25,000 on rebuilding their porch.
Bishop was described to the court as "quiet, thoughtful and hard-working".
In mitigation, Naomi Gilchrist told the court he walked home after the crash to explain himself to his father.
Recorder Anthony Warner told Bishop he had shown "fantastically poor judgment" but that a prison sentence would have a "disastrous effect" on him.
He said: "I accept the impact of these proceedings on someone like you has been significant, and thus in itself has already brought to you a degree of punishment: the shame and disgrace of having to be brought to the crown court in public and face sentence for these offences."
Mr and Mrs Perry, who were uninjured but "shaken" said they felt "no ill-will" towards Bishop, who took them a bunch of flowers and a box of chocolates days after the crash.
Mrs Perry said: "We don't wish the guy any harm, but if it was my son I'd have to say to him he needs to compensate in some way - not in money, but in deeds."
Ex-deputy prime minister Mr Clegg confirmed he would defend his Sheffield Hallam seat for the Liberal Democrats, while Mr Miliband is to run for Labour in Doncaster North.
Prime Minister Theresa May called for a general election on 8 June, which has been backed by the House of Commons.
Mr Clegg called her announcement a "grubby political calculation".
"I will be re-standing as the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate in Sheffield Hallam - a constituency I have had the immense privilege to represent in Parliament for 12 years - because I vehemently oppose the direction that Theresa May wishes to drag our wonderful country," he said.
"This general election is unlike any I've ever known in my political lifetime.
"Basically, the prime minister has opportunistically triggered this general election in order to secure a landslide victory so that she can impose a hard Brexit on the country, a hard Brexit which I believe is bad for my constituents here in south-west Sheffield and bad for the country as a whole."
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The Labour Party has confirmed to the BBC that its former leader Mr Miliband is standing, although he is not commenting further at present.
Earlier, MPs voted in favour of Mrs May's motion by 522 to 13 in the House of Commons.
Mrs May has argued that an early general election will help the UK make a success of Brexit and provide long-term certainty.
In an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today programme earlier, she said "no politician wanted to hold an election for the sake of it" and there were risks involved in doing so.
The next general election had been set for 2020, but the Fixed Term Parliaments Act allows for one to be held earlier if two-thirds of MPs back the move.
An area of land stretching from Bo'ness Harbour to the former Kinneil colliery is to become a haven for wildlife and plants.
It is the second Local Nature Reserve created in the Falkirk Council area.
The local authority now plans to use the reserve status to attract funding to the area.
The new status marks the end of an era for the site, which until the closure of its central colliery in 1983, spent almost 200 years being used for heavy industry.
Parts of the area already had been recognised for their environmental importance. The mudflats and "island" off the foreshore are designated as a Special Protection Area for their conservation value.
Councillor Adrian Mahoney, convener of leisure, tourism and community welcomed the new status for the Kinneil foreshore.
He said: "This year marks the 30th anniversary of the closure of Kinneil Colliery, the last pit in the area, which once dominated the local foreshore.
"The closure of the pit and the dismantling of buildings in 1983 was a terrible blow for the local community, with the resulting loss of jobs and investment in the local economy.
"But out of a bad situation came an opportunity to create a new space for local people and visitors to enjoy."
He added: "The site has been transformed with trees and shrubs and become a haven for local and visiting wildlife.
"I'm delighted the site has been formally designated a local nature reserve.
"At the request of the community, it will be called 'Kinneil Nature Reserve' and hopefully attract even more visitors and new funding to this regenerated site in the years to come."
Shane Goldsmith sent the 38-year-old One Show star a string of messages for 17 months and waited outside the BBC's headquarters to tell her he loved her.
A judge imposed a restraining order which also bars him from the BBC's New Broadcasting House in central London.
Mr Goldsmith, 44, was formally cleared of a single charge of harassment.
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Senior district judge Howard Riddle imposed the restraining order at Westminster Magistrates' Court, banning him from having any contact with the presenter, her partner Charlie Thomson or her parents Alun and Mary Jones.
Goldsmith, of no fixed abode, is also barred from going to any other place Miss Jones lives or works.
Before succeeding Christine Bleakley as a One Show host, Miss Jones had stints on a number of Welsh-language shows and appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2011.
The 39-year-old has now pulled out of the scheme, which, although it was legal, was branded "morally wrong" by Prime Minister David Cameron.
It is not the first time Carr - one of the UK's most successful comedians - has caused headline-making controversy, and it will probably not be the last.
The 8 out of 10 Cats host's previous forays onto the front pages have been as result of his edgy material, rather than his financial arrangements.
A joke about soldiers who had lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan ("we're going to have a good Paralympic team in 2012") also prompted condemnation from No 10 - and led to the Sunday Express headline: "TV comic's slur on amputee soldiers."
After that media storm, Carr made an apology, which also served as a mission statement for the taboo-breaking comedian.
"I'm sorry if anyone was offended, but that's the kind of comedy I do," he said in October 2009.
"If a silly joke draws attention to the plight of these servicemen, then so much the better. My intention was only to make people laugh."
Carr later said that, after telling the joke to 9,000 people on tour, only two had complained.
"There are a hundred jokes in the show that are worse than that," he noted.
The quick-fire comedian told the Guardian he had found the media reaction on that occasion "generally stressing".
But he is used to the attention. Jokes about gypsies, car crashes and Variety Club coaches have also made the press.
"I'm quite an edgy comic - I like dark things so it's lovely that I've found that many people who share my sense of humour," he told the Independent in 2008.
He researches that audience reaction extensively, reading one-liners from a clipboard at his preview shows, and rating the response from his fans.
The greatest of those gags are then taken on tour - and the comedian drives himself to all his gigs.
Carr grew up in Slough, Berkshire, before graduating with a political sciences degree from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
He worked in marketing until he left his job at Shell in January 2000, the same month he performed his first paid comedy gig, aged 27, earning "£80 for 20 minutes in Plymouth".
Carr, who also trained as a psychotherapist, said he had become unhappy with his life and decided comedy would be "a joyful thing to do".
His first solo show, Bare-faced Ambition, performed at his debut Edinburgh Festival in 2002, earned him a Perrier award nomination and was followed by TV appearances - including a spot with Des O'Connor in 2003.
He became a regular on shows like Have I Got News For You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and QI and wrote and presented Channel 4's series of "100 greatest" countdown shows.
Like many working comedians, he is fascinated by the psychology of joke-telling, and wrote a book on the many theories of comedy in 2007.
The Naked Jape, co-authored by his university friend Lucy Greeves, looked into why stand-up comedy is dominated by men, how jokes are constructed, and what constitutes offensive humour (context is more important than content, they noted).
Carr has put his research to use in annual tours, including 2006's Gag Reflex, 2008's Joke Technician and 2009's Rapier Wit.
As well as fronting 13 series of comedy quiz show 8 out of 10 Cats, Carr has most recently appeared on shows including Deal or No Deal, and at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee concert.
"The temptation to say something inappropriate is almost too much," he told the audience. "I could end up in the Tower by the end of the evening."
Carr - who supports charities including Comic Relief and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - counts fellow performers including Simon Pegg, Jonathan Ross and David Walliams as friends.
The Little Britain star once commented that Carr "dares you to dislike him".
In 2006, Carr told the Guardian: "When I meet people on the high street, they are surprised I'm friendly because they think I'm going to be very barbed. I'm not. I just happen to like that sort of joke."
Earlier this year, Carr lampooned people who avoid tax during the second series of Channel 4's satirical news programme 10 O'Clock Live.
A sketch from the show, in which he donned a dress and blonde wig to poke fun at Barclays' 1% tax rate, has now come back to haunt him.
A number of papers have referenced the sketch, which referred to "aggressive" and "amoral, blood-hungry tax lawyers" while some websites have carried a clip from the programme.
Fans at the next date of his current Gagging Order tour - in Stockport, Greater Manchester, on Friday night - will be interested to see whether Carr makes reference to his current situation.
According to
some reports
, he was heckled about his tax affairs at a show in Tunbridge Wells on Tuesday, replying: "The Murdochs are after me..."
But it may be harder to make light of the story following his mea culpa on Thursday morning.
The suspected thief also suffered a cardiac arrest in the altercation in The Shires car park in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, on Thursday afternoon.
He was treated by paramedics but died at the scene, police said.
The 20-year-old security guard, from Trowbridge, was arrested shortly after.
He was later released on unconditional bail.
Det Ch Insp Jeremy Carter said: "He tackled the suspected shoplifter causing a number of glass bottles he was concealing to smash.
"He suffered significant bleeding from which he died."
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He said the victim, who was aged 30 and thought to be from Cornwall, was suspected of committing a number of shoplifting offences in the town and there had been "various episodes involving this individual and security staff from surrounding stores during the day".
"We need to understand whether or not the force being used was proportionate to the circumstances that unravelled during the course of the day," added Mr Carter.
"Formal identification is yet to be carried out and a post-mortem is due to be carried out later today [Friday]."
An Asda spokesman told BBC News its security staff were not involved.
She revealed in February that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
The programme posted the news on its Twitter account, writing: "Such sad news - our friend and colleague Denise Robertson has lost her short but determined battle against cancer."
Robertson, from Sunderland, had been with the programme since it began in 1988.
Robertson's family said in a statement read out on Friday's show that it was "with the deepest possible sorrow" they announced the passing of "a very great lady".
"The world has lost an extraordinary woman," they said.
This Morning presenter Ruth Langsford led the tributes on the programme, announcing the "terribly sad news" about "our beloved Denise".
Colleague Holly Willoughby said: "Whatever she did on screen, it was the tip of the iceberg really, because she continued to help people behind the scenes.
"She was a real fighter for everybody."
Presenter Phillip Schofield said the news was "absolutely heartbreaking".
Former colleague Richard Madeley, who presented the show with wife Judy Finnigan from 1988 to 2001, told the BBC that Robertson "was probably the best agony aunt in the business".
"What very few people will know, the viewers certainly won't know this, is that when a show was over Denise would stay in the phone-in room sometimes for hours, well into the afternoon, talking to people, who hadn't been able to get on the air or continuing to counsel people who had," he said.
"She'd give up so much of her time and she made a difference. She was a truly, truly, wonderful, warm-hearted and wise woman."
Paul O'Grady who appeared on This Morning with Denise as his alter ego Lily Savage in the early days of the show has paid tribute, saying he was "absolutely mad on Denise."
He rang in to This Morning and told Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford "she was a truth northern lass - she spoke her mind."
"She was feisty, she was warm, she very genuine. I'm going to miss her wisdom and her feistiness.
"She brightened people's lives and she certainly enhanced mine."
He also pointed out she was a "great writer".
Robertson wrote 17 novels and published a number of advice books.
Robertson's This Morning colleagues continue to pay tribute on Twitter.
Soap expert Sharon Marshall tweeted: "I loved you my darling Denise. Thank you for days shrieking with laughter, the gin, the gossip and the friendship."
Rylan Clark-Neal tweeted: "Devastated. The nicest and kindest woman in tele. Will miss her so much. She'll always be the only woman for me."
Finance expert Martin Lewis wrote: "No! A wonderful lady. Even behind scenes like a rottweiler helping those who got in touch - making many lives better."
Stylist Gok Wan tweeted: "The saddest news of the beautiful Denise passing. RIP darling and I'm sorry we never got to make that beautiful coat you wanted X"
In a statement read out by This Morning presenter Ruth Langsford in mid-February, Robertson said her diagnosis had come as a surprise but she did not plan to "give up without a fight".
She also thanked the viewers of the show who had been concerned about her health.
Her popularity on the show led to her being offered her own TV show, Dear Denise, in 2000, and she was appointed an MBE in 2006 for services to broadcasting and to charity.
The agony aunt was also a regular fixture on Channel 5's Big Brother's Bit On The Side.
She also had her own advice website and wrote a column for Candis magazine.
Robertson lost her first husband Alex Robertson to lung cancer in 1972, but kept his surname when she remarried.
In 2006 her stepson, John, also died of cancer, at the age of 44.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said gambling "shouldn't be a con" and is launching an inquiry into whether customers are treated fairly.
Online gambling has grown dramatically, and 5.5 million Britons now regularly log on to betting sites.
The industry said it would co-operate fully with the CMA's investigation.
The competition watchdog said many people found it hard to win the money they are expecting.
"Gambling inevitably involves taking a risk, but it shouldn't be a con," said Nisha Arora, the CMA's senior director for consumer enforcement.
"We've heard worrying complaints suggesting people may be lured into signing up for promotions with little chance of winning because of unfair and complex conditions."
Sarah Harrison, the chief executive of the Gambling Commission, which will work alongside the CMA on the inquiry, said: "Gambling, by its very nature, is always going to involve risk, but customers must have faith that if they win, they will not end up feeling that the deck is stacked against them because of an obscure condition that they did not properly understand."
The investigation could result in enforcement action against individual gaming sites, or prosecution in the courts.
Online gambling firms typically advertise welcome bonuses of up to several thousand pounds, or supposedly free bets.
But the small print may disqualify certain games, or require customers to spend large amounts of money before they qualify.
The CMA is also concerned that:
However, the Remote Gambling Association - which represents the industry - said there was no reason to believe there were widespread failings amongst its members.
It said it would be wrong to pre-judge the outcome of the CMA's inquiry.
Chris Sattin from Gloucester was playing roulette on a website called Maria Casino and won £35,000, but he wasn't allowed to withdraw his winnings.
He told Radio 4's You and Yours: "I was shaking, my adrenaline was pumping. I pressed on the iPhone to withdraw, but nothing was happening. Because I'd never won these sums of money before, I thought maybe it's only happening because it's a large sum of money and I need to contact customer services."
Maria Casino told Chris he had an account with its sister company Unibet, and he had used a self-exclusion feature on the site - something introduced by the Gambling Commission to help problem gamblers.
Chris told the company he had self-excluded only to close his account. But Maria Casino said this breached the company's terms and conditions.
You and Yours contacted Maria Casino about Chris's case and they decided to pay him the £35,000 winnings.
The attacks took place in the Wadi Khaled region, where both Syrian armed rebels and civilians have taken refuge from the violence at home.
There have recently been clashes between armed men on the Lebanese side and the Syrian military.
There are fears the Syrian conflict will spread to neighbouring countries.
The first artillery shells from across the border landed on farm buildings early on Saturday, killing one woman, local residents say.
Two more people were killed in the second strike just hours later.
Children are believed to be among the injured, with the Lebanese National News agency reporting that local residents were fleeing their villages "in a state of panic and fear".
It was not immediately clear whether the victims were Lebanese or Syrian nationals and whether the buildings were hit deliberately or caught in crossfire during a battle between the Syrian army and opposition fighters, the BBC's Richard Colebourn in Beirut reports.
The border area has become increasingly volatile in recent weeks, and fears are now growing that Lebanon could be sucked into the 16-month Syrian conflict.
Like Syria's other neighbours - Turkey, Iraq and Jordan - Lebanon has absorbed thousands of refugees fleeing from the violence.
Kayode, 23, made his debut for Nigeria in a 1-1 draw with Senegal in London last month, and hopes Gernot Rohr was impressed with his game-changing appearance as a second-half substitute.
"It was nice to finally get a chance to complete my international appearances for Nigeria under coach Rohr," Olanrewaju told BBC Sport.
I've played for Nigeria at the U-17 and U-20 World Cups, and to play in Russia would be a dream come true
"It was a bit frustrating when I was constantly overlooked at some point because I was scoring in the Europa League and Austrian League - but this is a big chance for me to compete.
"Hopefully it is the first of many caps for my country and I look forward to playing regularly in the future," Olanrewaju added.
The Austria-based forward is likely to feature again for the three-time African champions when they face South Africa in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa in June and is hopeful of helping the Super Eagles qualify for the 2018 World Cup.
"I've played for Nigeria at the U-17 and U-20 World Cups, and to play in Russia would be a dream come true."
But Kayode admits he has to fight for a regular place in the Super Eagles team alongside Manchester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho, Watford's Isaac Success and China-based duo of Odion Ighalo and Brown Ideye.
"I know what to expect as Nigeria is greatly blessed with other strikers but it is only a challenge not an unhealthy rivalry," he said.
"I can only look at other players who I played with at the youth World Cups like Kenneth Omeruo, Ogenyi Onazi and Ahmed Musa for inspiration."
Kayode, who has also played in the Ivory Coast, Switzerland and Israel, represented Nigeria at the 2009 and 2011 Fifa U-17 and U-20 World Cups respectively.
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Ipswich midfielder Kevin Bru scored a spectacular scissors kick to give the visitors a half-time lead.
Ryan Fraser then tapped in shortly after the break to make it 2-0.
Substitute Andre Gray raced clear to score for the hosts two minutes into added time, before defender Tarkowski bundled the ball home to make it 2-2.
There was little sign of the late drama to come after Ipswich dominated the majority of the game and were kept out by a string of fine saves from David Button.
The lively Freddy Sears was denied twice by the Brentford goalkeeper in the opening half, first tipping his weak shot wide before palming his powerful strike away.
However, the visitors capped their dominance with a goal just before the break.
Fraser, on loan from Bournemouth, cut in from the right and smashed a shot against a post, but the ball fell to 17-year-old Joshua Emmanuel who chipped it back in for Bru to turn home magnificently.
After a fine counter-attack led to the Tractor Boys' second, Ipswich continued to press forward and almost added a third when Bru's fierce strike was tipped away by Button.
Gray - who was only among the substitutes after being the subject of interest from Hull this week - grabbed what looked like a consolation as he finished coolly from Tarkowski's through ball.
Then Tarkowski himself earned a point when he tapped home following a scramble in the box.
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Brentford head coach Marinus Dijhuizen: "We put a lot of pressure on and took a lot of risks, but we got better and better in the game.
"There were big chances, but we couldn't get a goal. Then finally Andre scored.
"You think it's too late with a few minutes left, then we sent everybody forward and we got a goal. We got a bit lucky of course, but we deserved a draw in the end."
Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy: "It's an annoying one and we should have won. We conceded two really poor goals.
"There were chances at both ends and we had the majority of them. We scored two, but should have scored another to put it beyond doubt. If you don't, you don't concede two goals like that.
"I'm really delighted by the way we played, I thought we were terrific. It's a shame that three minutes at the end annoys you like that."
Match ends, Brentford 2, Ipswich Town 2.
Second Half ends, Brentford 2, Ipswich Town 2.
Goal! Brentford 2, Ipswich Town 2. James Tarkowski (Brentford) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner following a corner.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Jonathan Douglas.
Attempt blocked. Philipp Hofmann (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Harlee Dean.
Goal! Brentford 1, Ipswich Town 2. Andre Gray (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Tarkowski.
Attempt blocked. Jake Bidwell (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Jota (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Toumani Diagouraga with a headed pass.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Daryl Murphy.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Luke Chambers.
Attempt saved. Andre Gray (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Alan Judge with a cross.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Freddie Sears.
Attempt missed. Alan Judge (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Andre Gray.
Attempt missed. Akaki Gogia (Brentford) right footed shot from long range on the left misses to the left. Assisted by Jake Bidwell.
Attempt saved. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andre Gray.
Foul by Jota (Brentford).
Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Jota (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jota (Brentford).
Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Ipswich Town. David McGoldrick replaces Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
Foul by Jake Bidwell (Brentford).
Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Harlee Dean.
Attempt blocked. Jota (Brentford) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Jonathan Douglas replaces Ryan Fraser.
Attempt missed. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Akaki Gogia with a headed pass following a corner.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Tommy Smith.
Jake Bidwell (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town).
Offside, Brentford. Harlee Dean tries a through ball, but Andre Gray is caught offside.
Substitution, Brentford. Lasse Vibe replaces Alan McCormack.
Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Harlee Dean.
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Giles Coke replaces Kevin Bru because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Kevin Bru (Ipswich Town) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Kevin Bru (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Luke Chambers.
Offside, Ipswich Town. Cole Skuse tries a through ball, but Ryan Fraser is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Andre Gray (Brentford) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is high and wide to the right. Assisted by James Tarkowski.
Akaki Gogia (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
The world's second-biggest luxury goods group has been hit by the economic slowdown in Asia and in Europe.
The company said trade had been severely affected by the Paris terror attacks on 13 November in which 130 people died. France accounts for 8% of global sales.
Richemont said that the market in Asia remained "challenging".
Sales were down 9% in Asia and 3% in Europe. Overall, they fell 4% to €2.9bn (£2.2bn; $3.2bn).
Richemont, which owns global brands such as Montblanc, Van Cleef & Arpels and Piaget, has also been hit by currency fluctuations.
The Geneva-listed company, owned by South African businessman Johann Rupert, said sales were below expectations. The company said it expected the "challenging trading environment" to continue to the end of the financial year, which ends on 31 March.
Asia has in recent years been the driver for many in the luxury goods market.
Richemont said Japan bucked the trend with a 9% rise in sales, but Hong Kong and Macao saw a marked slowdown.
Hong Kong is the top market for Swiss watches, but exports to the territory were down 28% in November.
The company said conditions in mainland China were improving, but tough anti-bribery rules had affected expensive gift-giving among the business community. Sales of luxury watches, in particular, had been hit.
Terror attacks across Europe had kept shoppers and tourists away. Sales in the region took a sudden downturn, falling 3% in the last quarter compared with a year ago. Paris was particularly affected following the attacks in November.
Richemont's share price, which last year slumped 19% over concerns of a slowdown in the Chinese economy, has fallen a further 9% since the start of this year.
The warning comes after Johnny Sexton took a number of heavy tackles in France's 10-9 win over Ireland.
Sexton was eventually forced off, and France lock Yoann Maestri was warned by the citing commissioner.
"I think these boys have to realise they're in the firing line in today's game," said Jenkins.
"There's no hiding place and he's just got to get on with it and front up."
Sexton was under fire throughout the the game, with one television replay clearly showing Maestri striking the Leinster fly-half in an off-the-ball incident.
Biggar was himself forced off in Wales' 16-16 draw with Ireland in Dublin, but his injury was the result of turning on his ankle.
He played most of the 27-23 win over Scotland, but had his foot strapped after being replaced in the 76th minute.
"He (Biggar) is tough, so let's just hope he keeps going and doing what he has been doing," Jenkins told BBC Radio Wales.
"We need him to keep playing as well as he has. If sides target him, that is a positive for us, because it shows how well he has been playing.
"We can't hide him. Wherever he plays, unless we get him a seat near the posts, he will be targeted, (as) he was against Ireland and Scotland.
"If they want to target him, he is good enough and strong enough to deal with that and he should take it as a compliment."
Jenkins also says Biggar's Ospreys half-back partner Rhys Webb needs more game-time before he is considered for a Wales recall.
Webb made his Ospreys comeback against Munster last Sunday after being out since September with a foot injury.
But the scrum-half suffered a knock to the head which looks set to rule him out of the region's match against Edinburgh on Friday.
World number four Stenson was 12 under and shared ninth place, regaining the European Tour crown he won in 2013.
Fitzpatrick, 22, one behind overnight, birdied the last for a 67 to finish 17 under and win his third tournament.
Tyrrell Hatton bogeyed the last for a 68 and was second, with overnight leader Victor Dubuisson four adrift.
World number two Rory McIlroy, who needed to win the tournament and Stenson to be outside the top 45 to have any chance of winning the Race to Dubai for a third successive year, had seven birdies and an eagle in a closing 65 and also shared ninth.
Sweden's Alex Noren, six strokes behind overnight, would have claimed the $1.25m bonus prize for winning the European Tour money list prize had he won the tournament, but he could only post a 71 and finished eight under.
Masters champion Danny Willett needed at least a top-four finish to have any chance, but dropped to joint 51st place after a third-round 76, and he finished with a 70 to tie for 50th, 16 strokes off the pace.
Fellow Englishman Hatton, who secured his first European Tour victory at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews last month, looked set for another when he holed a bunker shot for a par at the 17th to retain a one-shot lead.
But his final drive found the stream meandering through the 18th fairway and he took six.
Fitzpatrick, however, who made his Ryder Cup debut this year, played a masterful shot from a greenside bunker at the last and then holed a breaking putt from four feet for victory.
The Sheffield golfer is now expected to move into top 30 and he said: "It's happened so fast it's difficult to take in some of the time, but this week has been a special one."
A winner of the 2015 British Masters and the Nordea Masters in June, he added: "I just did everything really well and putted out of my shoes. It was fantastic all week and I think that's where I gained on the field."
Stenson, 40, who won his maiden major with victory at Royal Troon and then added an Olympic silver medal in Rio said: "I've had the best year in my career."
The Swede likes to write his goals down at the start of the year and, asked what they might be for 2017, he added: "I can just cut and paste this year."
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The vehicles crashed on the A849, between Craignure and Fishnish, at about 20:15 on Wednesday.
Emergency services attended but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said a 26-year-old man had been arrested in connection with the crash. He is due to appear from custody at Oban Sheriff Court on Thursday.
The government recently passed laws aimed at banning all "extremist" preachers from campuses.
But Lib Dem minister Mr Cable says guidance to be issued to universities should say it only applies to those who directly incite terrorism.
Tory chairman Grant Shapps said there was a row over where to draw the line when it came to extremist views.
"What we're saying is that if we believe somebody comes into university and they preach extreme hate, if they preach that students should effectively be radicalised, then that is going to far," he told BBC Radio 5's Pienaar's Politics.
"We don't have a problem - at all - with free speech with people talking about different belief sets and what motivates and drives people.
"But we err on the side of caution because we think that protects the British public. The Liberal Democrats have a more liberal view."
Lib Dem climate change minister Ed Davey accused Conservative ministers of "playing to the audience" on the issue and of being "vague" about how the new rules will apply.
He said Home Secretary Theresa May appeared to be breaking the consensus that action should only be taken if a speaker crossed the line into directly inciting violence.
"If you change that line, that's a dangerous attack on free speech," he told Pienaar's Politics.
He said someone who espoused an Islamic caliphate "and said in order to get that you need to kill people" would cross the line.
"But saying some people believe in a caliphate, I don't think that's wrong," he added.
Under the Counter Terrorism and Security Bill, which became law in February, many public bodies, such as schools, universities and local authorities, have a duty to help prevent people being drawn into terrorism.
The government is currently considering the results of a consultation exercise on how the law should be applied and what guidance should be issued to universities and other bodies such as local authorities.
The proposed guidance says: "Universities must take seriously their responsibility to exclude those promoting extremist views that support or are conducive to terrorism."
But sources close to Mr Cable said the business secretary, who also has responsibility for higher education, thought this was "too prescriptive".
"Clearly, there needs to be cases where speakers with extremist views are banned but allowing the debate to go ahead is really important.
"The debates are likely to happen even if they are banned from campus. They will find another venue."
Banning all extremist preachers risked driving debate underground, making it more difficult to provide strong opposing opinions to "horrific views," the source added.
Mr Cable is arguing that only those who directly incite violence should be excluded.
But Theresa May has said she expects universities to take a tougher stance following claims Mohammed Emwazi - so-called "Jihadi John" - may have been radicalised at Westminster University in London.
The home secretary told The Sunday Times: "If colleges and universities didn't realise before what we are up against, they should know now.
"We're not talking about regulating debate - we're saying they need to do more to stop radicalisation on campus."
There have been concerns from universities and others, including from the former MI5 chief Baroness Manningham-Buller, that the law risked banning "non-violent extremists" from speaking at universities, which could impact on freedom of speech.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) ruled that everolimus, which can prolong life in some cases, was too expensive.
The charity Kidney Cancer UK, which appealed against earlier draft guidelines, said it was disappointed.
Each year, 4,000 patients are diagnosed with advanced renal cell carcinoma.
Two drugs, sunitinib and pazopanib, have been approved for use by the NHS.
Everolimus, also known as Afinitor, has been shown to increase overall survival in cases where the other two have failed.
It costs more than £200,000 per patient for a full course of treatment.
Sir Andrew Dillon, NICE chief executive, said: "We regret not to be able to recommend this drug, but we have to ensure that the money available to the NHS, for treating cancer and other conditions is used to best effect, particularly when the NHS, like the rest of the public sector, is under considerable financial pressure."
Dr Pat Hanlon, from Kidney Cancer UK, said his reaction was: "one of deep disappointment".
He added: "We know the NHS cannot afford all drugs, but they are effectively robbing people of a few months of life."
He recommended that doctors and patients apply for help from the government's cancer drug fund, which can be used for medication not approved by NICE.
After rival Italian tycoon Andrea Bonomi dropped out, Fosun was left as the sole bidder.
The price offered to Club Med shareholders values the company at €939m (£700m)
Fosun has had its eye on Club Med for nearly five years. But the takeover battle began in earnest in May 2013.
Its the longest running bid battle in recent times in France.
Fosun used a special investment vehicle, Gaillon Invest, to conduct its bid for the French operator.
"We can now get on with the work we started almost five years ago to support the development of Club Med in France and in fast-growing markets," said Gaillon Invest chairman, Jiannong Qian.
In recent years Club Med has focused on serving wealthier sections of emerging economies attracting new customers particularly in Brazil and China.
Club Med pioneered the all-inclusive holiday resort in the 1950s and 1960s, but has recently struggled amid the economic downturn in Europe.
The challenge was brought by Elizabeth Morrison.
Her son Michael, his partner Evelyn Baird and their child Michelle were among 10 people killed in the IRA attack.
A judge has refused permission for a judicial review of the scheme.
It resulted in more than 180 republican paramilitary suspects being sent letters assuring them they were not wanted by police and would not be arrested.
The judge said he was dismissing the legal action because the government had stated publicly that the letters did not mean those who received them could not be prosecuted, and that the scheme is now abolished.
During the hearing, a lawyer for the PSNI told the court there was no evidence to support a claim that a Shankill bomb suspect had received one of the letters.
Mrs Morrison's legal challenge centred on a press report that one of the bomb suspects who fled across the Irish border was among nearly 200 republicans in receipt of a secret letter stating he was not wanted by police.
The On the Runs scheme provoked outrage after County Donegal man John Downey's trial on charges linked to the 1982 London Hyde Park bombing collapsed in February 2014.
He had been mistakenly sent a government letter saying he was not wanted for questioning by police.
The full scale of the administrative scheme involving other republican paramilitary suspects then emerged.
Police were said to believe 95 of those people who received letters could be linked to nearly 300 murders.
Kate Walsh, who was the captain of GB's women's hockey team, has been with midfielder Helen Richardson for five years.
The pair live in Reading and play for the town's hockey club.
"We've been together for five years and we decided we were going to get married," said Ms Walsh.
The couple have been engaged since January and will undergo a civil partnership in Henley on 14 September.
Speaking about playing hockey alongside her partner, she said the two "spur each other on".
"We put our hockey heads on when we're at hockey and then when we get away we're Helen and Kate, the couple," she said.
Their entire hockey training squad are invited to the wedding, although Ms Walsh said she would rather not have a "cheesy" guard of honour with hockey sticks.
"You can guarantee that some of those girls will bring their hockey sticks," she said.
Last September, rowers Natasha Page and Sam Townsend, also from Reading, got married at an event attended by fellow Olympians.
Page was part of the women's eight who finished fifth at London 2012, while Townsend was also fifth as part of the men's double scull.
Guests included gold medallist Alex Gregory, 28, who won in the coxless four.
Civil partnership is a legal relationship exclusively for same-sex couples, distinct from marriage.
I played under Alex as a manager for Scotland, faced him as a fiercely competitive opponent when I was captain of Liverpool and he was in charge at Old Trafford, then observed his great successes at close quarters as a pundit for the BBC. I have nothing other than total respect for him.
People often talk about two things that happened during the years mentioned above - his decision to leave me out of Scotland's 1986 World Cup squad to go to Mexico and the day I ended my analysis of a United defeat with the words "you can't win anything with kids".
This was made at the start of the 1995-96 season when United lost at Aston Villa after selling Paul Ince, Mark Hughes and Andrei Kanchelskis, a season they ended by winning the Premier League and FA Cup Double.
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Some people have the perception that Alex and I fell out when he left me out of that World Cup squad. We never had a problem then and there has never been one since.
Whenever I see him he is always very friendly and communicative - 1986 was simply his opinion against mine and, of course, as Scotland manager he had the final say.
Alex was actually apologetic about it. When he told me I just said I thought he was wrong. He said he couldn't get everyone into a 22-man squad and he was going to go with Scotland-based players Willie Miller and Alex McLeish in my position.
I had just captained Liverpool's Double-winning team and thought it had been one of my best seasons. I felt that if I couldn't get into the squad there was something wrong. It was a difference of opinion but certainly not an argument.
As for me saying, "You can't win anything with kids", I suppose those words could have haunted me given the phenomenal success United enjoyed. Instead they made me and people still talk about it now.
Alex has never said it but I think he might have agreed with me to a certain extent - and some people have told me he used to say "you'll win nothing with kids" to his players to inspire them. So I suppose you could say I played my part in their success.
What you have to remember is that those "kids" were an exceptional bunch like David Beckham, Gary and Phil Neville, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs. And there was a lot of experience as well with Peter Schmeichel, Roy Keane, Gary Pallister, Steve Bruce and Eric Cantona. It was also the season Newcastle contrived to throw away a nine-point lead.
I only played under Alex a couple of times with Scotland. He had been very successful at Aberdeen, breaking up the Old Firm's domination. He was youngish in managerial terms and had taken over as Scotland boss from one of the older generation in Jock Stein.
Alex was enthusiastic, knew what he was doing and you instantly formed the impression that this was a manager you could play for. He could get the best out of players and that is the very basis of good, successful management.
Some people think Alex and they think volatility - volatility with journalists, volatility with referees. But, with his own players - as I learned with Scotland, he was 110% behind them and fostered an us-against-them attitude.
To stay in management for 25 years is some achievement, but to do it for that length of time at a club like Manchester United, where you are under such pressure to get results and attention is focused on you every day, shows the sort of man he is.
You have got to have the drive, hunger, motivation and desire to get up every day and get the best out of your players. At the start of every season you have to have all those things personally - and you also have to ensure your players have that as well.
He must have tremendous inner and mental strength to do what he does, as well as complete self-belief. He must still want it so badly that he can't walk away. Why should he while he is still winning Premier Leagues and taking United to Champions League finals?
It can be like a drug - but it is a drug that can wear you out. Alex announced his retirement a few years ago, then realised it was a mistake and carried on. He was still motivated and has never stepped back from meeting a challenge.
Sir Alex Ferguson's 25th anniversary at Manchester United is a remarkable achievement and he has earned every plaudit he will receive
I had some great times at Liverpool but knew when I was coming towards the end. If I could have had the great times without the pressure it would have been perfect but I knew in my mind I was ready to go.
The pressure came with meeting the standards at Liverpool and every season was getting harder - but Alex has done this for 25 years at a club like Manchester United. It takes some doing and makes my admiration for him even greater.
You also need the nous and experience to keep producing winning teams. When United lost to Liverpool in the FA Cup fifth round in 2006 I really thought they were coming to the end of their successes. They were so bad it was embarrassing.
The Chelsea revolution was in full swing and you thought United's era of dominance may be coming to an end, not a conclusion anyone would reach lightly. And yet Ferguson rebuilt to win three successive titles in 2007, 2008 and 2009 and the Champions League against Chelsea in 2008. This ranks up with his greatest achievements.
When I captained Liverpool to the title in what turned out to be my last game in 1990, who would believe we would be sitting here 21 years later and they have not won it since?
Manchester United have dominated those years - and the towering presence throughout has been Sir Alex Ferguson.
Alan Hansen was talking to BBC Sport's Phil McNulty.
KCC has approved a 3.99% tax rise including the 2% social care precept.
The Unite union said schools, libraries and street cleaning would be cut and Unison said the 2% social care precept would not cover costs.
Conservative council leader Paul Carter said plans maintained frontline services despite financial challenges.
Unison spokesman David Lloyd said residential care providers' costs had risen and the living wage would also see expenses rise.
Referring to the social care precept, he said: "Even with the increase it's going to be difficult to make ends meet."
Eric Segal, branch secretary of Unite, which organised the protest, said: "These budget cuts, driven by a Tory government, will have an adverse affect on much-needed essential services such as schools and libraries."
He said about 80 people protested outside County Hall in Maidstone, including union members, families, students, care home staff and library workers.
Parents and pupils also protested against the planned closure of Pent Valley School, which KCC has said should shut because of declining numbers.
Mr Segal said campaigners wanted KCC to set "a people's budget" based on community needs, and use its financial reserves in order not to cut services.
"They should draw on the £50m which is sitting idly by while they are cutting services and closing down mobile libraries," he said.
The authority needs to save £126m.
Mr Carter said the social care precept would raise £11m and cover living wage costs of about £8m - but an extra £31m was needed for adult social care.
He also said changes in government legislation including increases in National Insurance and the impact of the National Living Wage had brought additional costs of £13m.
"Our grant has gone down by about £40m every year which is a significant proportion of our budget - which is about £900m," he said.
He said while the budget had reduced each year, pressure on services had risen by £55m a year.
On Wednesday, KCC said it had received an extra £5.7m from the government which made the budget "slightly more bearable".
The Exiles have also signed defender Mickey Demetriou on a free transfer.
"This is an important loan move for Flo and we're delighted that we've managed to arrange this spell at for him," Huddersfield's head of operations Stuart Webber said.
Newport have seen six players depart since 1 January, and have now signed eight, with more arrivals expected.
Defender Demetriou was previously with Shrewsbury but was released at the end of last season after suffering a knee injury.
The Exiles are five points adrift at the bottom of League Two and have lost eight successive matches.
Now it's all about your followers on social media.
Thirteen-year-old Californian food blogger Chase Bailey - who has autism - has just written his first cookbook after gaining more than 200,000 views for his YouTube page, Chase 'N Yur Face.
His weekly posts see him cooking new recipes, working with established chefs and teaching his thousands of subscribers to cook soups and macaroni cheese dishes.
"Food influencers like Chase have definitely changed how we look for new authors," Chase's publisher, James Fraioli of Culinary Book Creations, tells the BBC.
"Blogging and vlogging [video blogging] provide an additional and invaluable resource for connecting with people - it's information and trends that we might have otherwise missed."
The fact that publishers are increasingly thinking like this is an indication of how the digital economy is creating new types of jobs and shaking up the way traditional industries operate.
Food vloggers and bloggers are the new ones to watch.
Madeleine Shaw, author of cookbook Get The Glow, started by blogging her healthy recipes on her website.
As a nutritional adviser she built up her followers via social media. Now, with 40,000 followers on Twitter and nearly 250,000 on Instagram, her second cookbook, Ready, Steady, Glow, has just been released and she also regularly works with brands such as Brita, the water filter company.
Brands are seeing the benefits of tapping in to these ready-made audiences.
For example, fast-food giant McDonald's recently worked with "food, travel and lifestyle" vlogger Doug Armstrong to tell the story of how McDonald's burgers are made.
The company allowed Mr Armstrong to record a video where he visited a beef farm, meat-processing factory, and kitchen. The aim was to promote directly to his fans how the Big Mac burger is made.
Although he was paid to make the video, Mr Armstrong was given full editorial control, McDonald's insists. That said, it's hard to imagine the video appearing had Mr Armstrong ended up advocating vegetarianism.
As it was, the video attracted more than 2.2 million views.
"Influencers single-handedly build a relationship with their audience based on expertise, authenticity, and trust," says Arya Alatsas, director at digital influencer agency, Nuffnang.
"They voluntarily give up their privacy, spend countless hours creating content and engaging with others, and passionately share what they care about by granting us an insight into their lives, thoughts, and interests."
Agencies like Nuffnang are popping up all over the world to make the most of popular people on social media.
This benefits the brand but also the influencer - allowing both of them to gain more followers on social media platforms.
"With social media and technology flooding the internet with over 200 million pieces of content a minute, it's essential that brands find a way to break through the noise," says Kirsty Sharman from online marketing agency, Webfluential.
"Influencer marketing is one of the proven ways to do this," she says. "In 2015, Google actually classified the search phrase 'influencer marketing' as a breakout trend - which means it experienced growth of over 5,000%."
The sharing economy is also having an impact on the world of food.
VizEat is an online service that hooks up cooks who are happy to prepare meals in their own homes, with diners who fancy a unique, more intimate experience - like AirBnB for great homemade meals.
VizEat encourages food influencers from all over the world to tuck in - the social dining platform allows users to eat in hosts' houses all over the world, and encourages food bloggers and Instagrammers to sign up as hosts.
Alla Driksne, a VizEat host, doesn't just cook for guests every week, but also uses the app to promote herself online and offline. The VizEat app combines her social media profiles and food vlogs, resulting in more shares, "likes" and exposure for her.
Recently one of her YouTube videos gained two million views in just a couple of weeks.
Ms Driksne sees it as a platform on which to be seen by others.
"It allows me to connect with a new, wider audience - outside of my networks. It is a means of advertising a service that I offer as well as helping me to boost my public profile - hopefully leading to me being able to do what I love full time."
Most people in the industry will tell you they expect this trend to continue, and that brands will push these popular bloggers and vloggers to spearhead international campaigns.
"What the industry will see more of in 2016 is influencer marketing strategies that span across different continents," says Webfluential's Ms Sharman.
"One of the great things about influencer marketing is that brands producing global messaging can work with local influencers, in different markets, to localise the content and share the message in a way that's unique to each country."
The tricky part for influencers and brands is making sure they don't fall foul of local advertising regulations - making it clear to viewers and readers when content is paid-for promotional material, for example.
And influencers have to be careful not to associate themselves with brands that might lose them followers rather than gain them.
But however the digital economy develops, there can be little doubt that food will remain a perennially popular topic with people around world.
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The Cobblers finished this season as League Two champions under Wilder.
"My relationship with the chairman and the fans is going to make this a very difficult decision, but I do feel at this stage of my career it is one I need to explore," said Wilder, 48.
Jose Riga resigned as Addicks boss after their relegation to League One.
The Belgian had returned for his second spell at The Valley in January following the sacking of Karel Fraeye, but could not prevent the club from dropping into the third tier.
Charlton fans held a series of protests on Saturday as the Addicks lost 3-0 at home to Championship winners Burnley, the latest in a series of demonstrations against owner Roland Duchatelet.
Under Wilder, Northampton finished 13 points clear of second-placed Oxford in the League Two table after a 24-game unbeaten run.
Their promotion was achieved despite financial uncertainty earlier in the season because of outstanding loan repayments of £10.25m to the local council and a winding-up petition from HM Revenue & Customs.
BBC Radio Northampton are hosting a Monday Night Sport phone-in from 18:00-19:00 BST to discuss the possible departure of Wilder.
Headliners Adele, Coldplay and Muse will rock the Pyramid stage - which this year is festooned with a giant lightning bolt in honour of the late David Bowie.
And many of the bands will contribute a song from their sets to a live album, which will raise money for Oxfam, in honour of MP Jo Cox.
With more than 100 stages spread across the 1,200-acre site, it can be hard to work out what to watch. So here is a guide to 11 of the suggested best acts making the pilgrimage to Worthy Farm.
And even if you're not attending, you can catch up with the festival on BBC radio, TV, online and the red button.
Formed in Surrey by brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence, Disclosure's exhilarating sound and light show has quickly become a highlight of festivals around Europe. This year, they graduate from the dance arena to Glastonbury's second-biggest venue, The Other Stage, where they top the bill on Friday night, as Howard explains.
It's an honour to be asked. The Other Stage - especially this slot we've been asked to do - is something we've wanted to do for a long, long time. For us, it's the pinnacle of what we've ever set out to do at Glastonbury.
What acts are you hoping to emulate?
People like The Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy. They're some of the few acts we think have done electronic music in a live format and made it a genuinely entertaining show. It's much easier said than done.
Calvin Harris recently told us he'd grabbed Rihanna and recorded her vocals for This Is What You Came For in a caravan backstage at the Coachella festival. Do you ever get up to that sort of thing?
We always write the songs with the person who's singing it. So we've never done it quite as quickly as that. I guess the closest thing would be a couple of times we've bumped into Sam Smith on tour and literally had him on stage within an hour.
Is it really that ramshackle?
Generally we try and organise it at least a day or two in advance. But if it comes to it, we can literally decide 10 minutes before we go on.
For example, at Coachella, AlunaGeorge were playing on a different stage directly before our slot, so Aluna had to jump off stage at their show, get on a little golf buggy and head straight to us for the first song of our set. She only made it by 10 seconds, so that was pretty touch and go!
Psych-rocktonauts Tame Impala have broken into the mainstream with their third album, Currents. Fronted by Kevin Parker, the Australian outfit won best international band at the Brits in February. They play the Pyramid Stage immediately before Adele on Saturday night.
You made a guest appearance during Mark Ronson's set last year. Did you have any idea at that point that you'd be coming back as the second headliner in 2016?
Obviously not! What's lucky for us is each year has new surprises in store. Things where, if you'd asked us a year earlier, we'd have had no idea they were coming - and this is one of those. But on a bigger scale.
What's your Glastonbury experience been like over the years?
We actually played the main stage the first time we ever went to Glastonbury. It was about 11:30 in the morning, with people just crawling out of their tents. We were playing mostly to a field of mud.
But each time we've played, I've fallen in love with it more and more.
Last year, Florence + The Machine were booked in the same slot as you, but they ended up headlining when Dave Grohl broke his leg. You must be hoping that Adele watches her step over the next few days...
Ha! Absolutely. We'd certainly be the most... what's the word? The most confusing headliner ever.
Are you looking forward to Adele's set?
I think everyone is... I'm not even English and I feel like it's going to be a religious moment for me. You know what I mean? She's England's girl. She's royalty.
Given your affection for the festival, do you feel like you have to do something special for your set?
I do, I do. We've already put the wheels in motion. But you have to balance doing something special, a one-off, with the nerves of messing that up and ruining the whole show.
Self-described "ginger little cookie," Frances is being tipped as one of this year's breakthrough acts, thanks to heart-rending piano ballads like Don't Worry About Me and Grow. She plays the Pussy Parlure stage at 16:30 on Friday.
This is your first Glastonbury. What are you expecting?
I'm expecting chaos. I'm expecting it to be a completely different world.
Are you staying in a tent or the tourbus?
I'm actually staying in a hotel!
Oh, how posh.
I know! But I get back from Australia the day before… and it's also my birthday on the Monday, so it's like my birthday treat. I'll start the celebrations watching Coldplay on the Sunday.
What should people expect from your set?
Well, I've been touring with a keyboard since I was 16 and just recently I've got my own proper, big girl's piano. So that's very exciting. But I just want it to be a nice, relaxing little introduction for people that might not have heard me before.
What's the best, or the strangest, reaction you've had so far?
I played at Wilderness festival last year and people started doing contemporary dance - this sort of capoeira stuff - in the crowd. It was very nice, but it was pretty distracting.
Husband and wife Phoebe Bates and Christopher Anaspitos will spend most of Glastonbury 11 metres off the ground, performing their high-wire show Equilibrius. When they're not in mid-air, the couple also give classes in circus skills and invite fans to their caravan for a cup of tea.
What can you tell us about Equilibrius?
It's paying homage to traditional wire-walking and high-wire skills throughout the ages, but with a contemporary twist - there's a theatrical storyline about how we met and hopefully a few laughs, too.
How do you pay homage to your predecessors?
Those with a keen eye will notice my wife Phoebe stepping into buckets, which is a reference to Maria Spelterini, who crossed over the Niagra Falls in the 1800s wearing cherry baskets [strapped to her feet].
How dangerous is it to perform an act like this in Glastonbury's notoriously inclement weather?
We train in different weather conditions, so we know what our limits are. There's always an element of risk, but I'd be lying if I said I thought it was dangerous.
What's your top tip when you're training people to walk the wire?
What I find is that depending on the body that you've got, certain tricks will be easier. So it's easier for me to mount a unicycle on a slack rope than to do a backflip on a tight wire.
Wait... Neither of those sound easy
Easy might be the wrong word - but certainly more achievable. It's a shorter path to success!
What's your greatest Glastonbury experience?
There's so many! But it was probably when I did the Arcadia show in 2010, and I walked across a wire 11 metres in the air, near one of those [flaming] gas jets, and there were about 8,000 to 10,000 people in the field. It was a very simple walk, but the feeling of arriving at the other end of the wire, with the huge cheer from all those people, is something that reverberates in your soul.
With a back catalogue that includes Time After Time, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and True Colours, Cyndi Lauper's set on the Acoustic Stage is sure to be a highlight of the festival. The singer will also perform songs from her new album, the country-tinged Detour.
This is your first Glastonbury. Are you looking forward to it?
Hell yeah, I'm excited! I was with Boy George in the States and he said: 'You're going to have so much fun' so I'm really looking forward to it.
Do you know what to expect?
There's a lot of camping and it's going to rain on Thursday, so bring your galoshes.
And will you be sticking around to see some of the other acts?
I won't be able to see some of the people I'd love to see, because I'm on tour. I think I'm playing on Sunday, so I can't see the people on Saturday like Squeeze or Madness and Adele. That stage is pretty slamming.
Tell us about how you came to record a country album in Nashville?
When you first come out, and you're famous, your job is being famous, I guess. You have to stay on the hamster wheel. Everything you might want to do, people are like: 'Don't do that, it'll ruin your career!'
At this point, it's like how many times can you be ruined? It's never too late to do what you want.
On Saturday night at The Park stage, an orchestra conducted by Charles Hazlewood will perform Philip Glass's Symphony No 4, which is based on Bowie's Heroes LP. The performance will be accompanied by a light show designed by artist Chris Levine, who has worked with Massive Attack, Grace Jones and Sigur Ros - as Charles explains.
For people who've never heard the Philip Glass Symphony, tell me what it's like.
It's a really remarkable piece. Most people have some sense of what Philip Glass's music is like - it's hypnotic, it's repetitive, it's quite kaleidoscopic. And what he did, was he took the essence of Heroes - the essential melodic and harmonic contours of that album - and turned it into a symphony. It's almost like you're experiencing Bowie through a strange, glassy prism.
Is it right that you have to wait for Adele to sing her last note before you can strike up the orchestra?
Well, absolutely. We don't want to clash with that. So it will be literally at that moment, when all the other stages shut down, that we kick off. There will be something very magical and 'in the midnight hour' about it. I think The Park stage is the perfect place to do it because it's a gorgeous natural amphitheatre. People can just come and lie down, and take in this extraordinary 'son et lumiere' experience.
Apparently the light show will be visible right across the site.
Look, what I've heard is that, provided it's a relatively clear night, you'll be able to see the light from the moon.
So it's literally a Space Oddity!
Yeah, I think we can call it that! And do you know what? I feel in my heart this is exactly the kind of thing Bowie would approve of.
Quite clearly, by the means and the manner of his passing, he didn't want funerals, he didn't want memorials, he didn't want any of that mawkish rubbish. What he would have liked, I think, would be a big old celebration. A very theatrical, very out-there celebration of what it was he meant to all of us. And so, for me, this is a pitch perfect way of saying we're grateful David Bowie ever existed.
Ireland's Roisin Murphy brings her off-kilter, expansive pop music to the West Holts stage at 20:30 on Friday. Expect to hear songs from her Mercury-nominated album Hairless Toys, alongside new music from the forthcoming Take Her Up To Monto.
You're something of a Glastonbury veteran...
Yeah, I think this might even be my fourth visit to Glastonbury. One time with Moloko, two solo times and back once again like a renegade master.
What are your best and worst experiences?
The sun setting as we were singing The Time Is Now, the first time I played there, was outstanding.
The Ruby Blue set (in 2005) was really difficult because it was just pure muck. It wasn't a pretty sight to look out from the stage and see people all brown and slithering around. You felt pretty sorry for them, to be honest.
How do you approach a festival set, compared to one of your own shows?
The requirement is to bang 'em out a little bit. It's not the opportunity to teach people about my new record.
Unlike a lot of electronic and pop acts, you play with a live band. How important is that?
With our band, it's all live. Anything could happen. Anything could go wrong. But it is musicianship. There's a flair to that, which you don't get any other way.
You're known for your costumes and elaborate staging. Do you have to scale that down when you're playing a festival?
Sometimes festivals aren't really set up for divas like me. My little crew has to set up a tent at the side of the stage to put all my clothes and props in.
It's just you and Grace Jones…
Yes, me and Grace Jones causing all the trouble!
Guitar pop band Blossoms were all born in the same Stockport hospital, formed in 2013 and have honed their sound by rehearsing in their bassist's grandfather's scaffolding yard. They play The Other Stage on Friday morning, after coming fourth in the BBC's Sound of 2016.
This is your Glastonbury debut. What do you expect, having watched it from afar for all these years?
It'll just be surreal being there. It'll be like being in the telly.
Why should people get out of their tents to see you at 12:30 in the morning?
Well, they'll still be quite fresh on a Friday, I'd imagine. If we were playing on a Sunday I might have been a bit worried that nobody would come to watch us.
But if the sun's out and we're playing our melodic tunes, it'll be a nice way to start your Friday morning.
What's the song that goes down best in your set?
Charlemagne's the one. People's heads pop up, like: 'Oh, I know this one'. They've heard it subliminally. That catchy riff has gone into their head.
Will you be staying in a tent or a tourbus?
We'll be on a bus with beds, which is only a recent addition.
Paint me a picture of that bus.
To be honest, it's got a chilled vibe. And you can make some toast, which is fun when you're flying down the motorway.
The Sonic Stage is dedicated to Britain's burgeoning Grime scene on Friday, with sets from the likes of Stormzy, Section Boyz, Charlie Sloth and J Hus. At the top of the bill is Kano, one the genre's original and most distinctive voices, who'll be playing songs from his critically-acclaimed new album, Made In The Manor.
Your album is so heavily rooted in East London - how will it feel performing it in a field down the road from Stonehenge?
Well, we'll find out! But what I've seen at the festivals I've done already, is everyone embraces it. Sometimes I'm on stage rapping about roads in East London and I hear people singing the lyrics back and I wonder: 'Why do you identify with this so much?'
I think it's two things. There's people who are interested in where I'm from, and it gives them a peak into my house, so to speak. And there's people who say: 'Do you know what? It's exactly like where I live'. So people from Birmingham and Manchester and all those inner city places just really embrace it.
This is the first time Grime has taken over a stage at Glastonbury - does it feel like a watershed moment?
Do you know what? It does feel like a real moment. I remember playing Glastonbury about 10 years ago and it was mainly indie bands, with a little section of rap. I remember people would try and spit on an Arctic Monkeys beat to try and do something the audience would recognise. Now you look at this line-up and you feel like: 'Wow, we really have arrived'. It's been a massive year for us. So yeah, it's a proud moment.
You joined Gorillaz on stage when they headlined in 2010. What was that like?
It's just crazy. It's just like a sea of people. Oh man, the emotion and the energy is like nothing you've ever, ever felt before.
Gorillaz' frontman Damon Albarn is playing with the Orchestra of Syrian Musicians on Friday, too. Will you try to hook up with him?
Yeah, I'll try. I think I'll be doing a song with them. So I should be performing twice that day.
To quote one of your own songs back at you, do you think it'll be "t-shirt weather in the manor" this weekend?
I'm hoping so. I wouldn't put money on it. But my venue's a tent so if it rains, it'll get even busier. So I'm glad if it rains, man!
Garage rock trio The Bay Rays were formed in Kent just last year. But their debut single Four Walls and its follow-up, New Home, have blasted onto radio thanks to their combination of dynamic riffs and melodic harmonies. They headline the BBC Introducing stage on Sunday. Frontman Harry Nicoll can hardly believe his luck.
What were you doing this time last year?
This time last year, we were playing small cover gigs in local pubs, just to try and raise money to make some demos and buy a van that could get us on the road.
How did you go from a covers band to headlining a stage at Glastonbury in just 12 months?
I really don't know! We worked quite hard. We started with a bass player that didn't really know how to play bass - but he learned to play 30 songs in a week so we could do some gigs. [From that], we seemed to pick up the knowledge of how to put songs together.
For people who haven't heard you, what's the music like?
We're just writing about everyday life, really. There's only three of us and it's quite a simple sound. There's a bit of a glam feel - but there just seems to be something about it that resonates.
You're on at the same time as Coldplay - so why should people choose you over Chris Martin?
Well, everyone knows what Coldplay are about, because they've been around for a while. If you want to see something fresh and exciting and new, the Introducing stage nurtures that.
How nervous are you, on a scale of totally calm to permanently on the verge of throwing up?
At the moment, I'm fairly nonchalant. But I know that at the time, I'm going to be quaking in my boots.
US folk-rock trio Lumineers hit it big in 2012 with songs like Ho Hey and Stubborn Love. Their debut album went platinum on both sides of the Atlantic, with President Obama declaring himself a fan, and they became a firm favourite on the live circuit. Frontman Wesley Schultz tells us what to expect from their Glastonbury return.
When you first played Glastonbury in 2013 you jumped off stage and played a song in the middle of the audience. What do you remember about that?
We had just flown in, so I don't know what time it was in my body and mind but I remember feeling like it was all dreamlike. We were just going off instinct and muscle memory. We'd never played in front of that many people at that point. It was just an unbelievable high.
Had you heard of the festival before you played?
We had heard about it through friends but we didn't know what to expect. We had never heard of wellies!
Even the flags reminded me of watching Braveheart. You felt like you were removed from the present day.
How has the set list evolved now the second album's out? You must be pleased to be playing new material.
You can say that again! We used to love festivals because we barely had enough songs to fill 45 minutes! But it's just been really wonderful to turn the page and have all this new material to draw from.
Does that mean you won't be doing any more covers?
Sometimes we cover Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues. We used to play that in little bars, where they'd pay us next to nothing, but it'd be free food and beer. Subterranean Homesick Blues was one that got everyone's attention for a minute. Everyone would stop and say: 'I wonder if they're going to remember all the words?'
At festival it's really important that you take that into account, because there's a lot of people that may never see you again. So you think: 'How are we going to make them stay for one more song?'
There's a tradition of people dressing up at Glastonbury. What would you like to see as you look out at the crowd?
Of all the people in our band, Jerry is the only one who has a signature look. He's like a superhero, he always has to wear the same thing every day. So if people wear some braces and a white shirt, we'll know they're Lumineers fans, so that would be cool.
The 28-year-old former Lincoln, Bury and Grimsby Town man has joined the Town on a one-year deal from Newport, with the option for a further year.
He follows fellow striker Arthur Gnahoua, who has also joined on a one-year deal from Kidderminster Harriers.
John-Lewis is just one short of 50 career goals in a combined 309 appearances at his four previous clubs.
Having been signed in 2015 for Newport by Terry Butcher from Grimsby, where he was signed by Paul Hurst (now the Shrewsbury manager), John-Lewis missed most of last season through injury.
But he returned to play in their final two games, including the final-day win over Notts County that kept the Welsh side in the EFL - although he had been substituted by the time their crucial late winning goal went in.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
Coming as it did in the middle of a general election campaign, perhaps led to a more intense debate than usual about what a government should be doing to protect its citizens.
Some criticised the speed with which the political parties returned to their campaigns as they outlined their promises on security, amid an atmosphere of pain and heightened sensitivity.
Many voters locally will undoubtedly feel their visit to the polling booth comes against the backdrop of that devastating attack.
Whether such a tragic event will influence where they put their cross remains to be seen but certainly, much had already changed in politics in Greater Manchester since the last general election.
While the region has always been - and still remains - a Labour stronghold, some of the assumed guarantees of before appeared in doubt.
Whereas once the Conservatives didn't build up much hope of winning here and Labour arguably took its safest seats for granted, there's a new intensity to campaigning from both sides.
Prime Minister Theresa May chose Bolton North East, Labour-held since 1997, as her first campaign visit after announcing the snap general election.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn chose to launch his party's battle bus at Event City in Trafford before embarking on a tour of Greater Manchester seats where, traditionally, no other party would get a look in.
Jittery Labour activists will have been suitably buoyed by Andy Burnham's thumping victory in the metro mayor election.
But the failure of the former Leigh MP to join Mr Corbyn on a rally to celebrate his own victory did nothing to reassure them that this upcoming general election will pan out quite so successfully.
Despite the area's councils feeling the impact of 40% government-imposed austerity cuts, the Tories now see constituencies which have been off limit for decades as suddenly presenting potential rich pickings.
While their prime targets will be Oldham East and Saddleworth, Bury South and Bolton North East, with a decent swing they could pick off a good few more.
Labour are desperate to hold these and need to be taking back places like Bury North and Bolton West if they hope to win nationally.
UKIP voters could play a very significant role during this general election.
They've been a growing force in Greater Manchester in recent years but the EU referendum win appears to have knocked the wind out of them.
They took a veritable beating in the local and regional elections last month, and they're fielding fewer candidates than in 2015.
Largely, this is tactical - in Bury North, UKIP is actively urging people to vote Conservative instead.
The party says it doesn't want to stand in areas where its presence could risk causing any Brexiteers, such as the ardently anti-EU David Nuttall, to lose their seats.
The local election results nationally suggested that UKIP supporters are already switching to the Tories anyway and there are many seats in Greater Manchester where a repeat of that could cause real problems for Labour.
The Green Party is only standing in four seats in Greater Manchester, implicitly trying to boost Labour's chances.
They're avoiding both Bury constituencies in a move they say is aimed at "defending the poorest and most vulnerable members of our community".
In Bury North, the Liberal Democrats are standing but their candidate is also telling people they should really be voting Labour, if they want the Tories out.
However, nationally, the Lib Dems insist they're fighting for every vote and say they remain optimistic that MPs who lost in 2015 could return in seats like Manchester Withington and Cheadle.
Beyond that, we have Simon Danczuk standing as an independent in Rochdale after he was deselected by Labour and George Galloway claiming he can end decades of Labour rule in Manchester Gorton.
This was always going to be an unpredictable election in Greater Manchester. The shocking events at the Manchester Arena only make it more so.
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 to Donald Trump's offer of face-to-face talks with North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.
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.
In a presidential primary debate in 2007, Mr Obama was asked whether he would meet "without precondition, during the first year of your administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea?"
He answered: "I would. And the reason is this, that the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them - which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this [George W Bush] administration - is ridiculous."
One of his Republican opponents at the time, John McCain, who later challenged him in the presidential election, condemned Mr Obama as naive and reckless.
The Obama campaign later clarified he was "not promising summits with all of those leaders".
And in the end, he hasn't talked to North Korea's leader.
When Mr Obama took office, there seemed to be a real possibility of negotiating an end to North Korea's nuclear programme.
Pyongyang had tested one nuclear device in 2006 but then tested another in 2009, with Mr Obama freshly installed in the White House. Talks broke down and attitudes hardened.
Mr Trump's offer of talks - if so it is - comes at a time when a widespread global feeling is for sanctions rather than negotiations.
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The Republican presumptive presidential nominee has hardly been cool in his language towards Kim Jong-un.
He recently called him 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".
Where Mr Trump has drawn stronger reaction in South Korea is over his assertion that Japan might do well to have nuclear weapons of its own.
"Would I rather have North Korea have them with Japan sitting there having them also? You may very well be better off if that's the case," he said. "If Japan had that nuclear threat, I'm not sure that would be a bad thing for us."
And he upset some with his claim that South Korea and Japan should rely less on American troops on their territory to protect them from North Korean attack.
"How long will we go on defending South Korea from North Korea without payment?" Mr Trump asked.
"When will they start to pay us?" he added in a video. South Korean media pointed out that South Korea pays hundreds of millions of dollars to the US for its military presence in the region. Broadly, South Korea shoulders half the bill.
Mr Trump's tone on this matter is more likely to be analysed in the back-rooms of power than any vague proposal to talk to Kim Jong-un.
There are already people on the left in both South Korea and Japan who resent the American presence, and a president who wanted to withdraw American troops would, therefore, concern those on the right in the two Asian countries.
Mr Trump's instincts seem to be to pull back. He told the New York Times: "At some point, we cannot be the policeman of the world."
He said: "It's a very scary nuclear world. Biggest problem, to me, in the world, is nuclear, and proliferation. At the same time, you know, we're a country that doesn't have money.
"You know, when we did these deals, we were a rich country. We're not a rich country. We were a rich country with a very strong military and tremendous capability in so many ways. We're not anymore."
Sometimes, Mr Trump's language generates headlines. Nobody doubts his oratorical flourish. He was quoted as saying at a rally in Wisconsin that war involving nuclear-armed North Korea would be a terrible thing "but if they do, they do".
"Good luck," he added. "Enjoy yourself, folks."
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His report comes after a loss of £307,778 for 2016.
Morris describes the results as "satisfactory", with a profit forecast for 2017.
He will also outline hopes of staging city-based T20 cricket from 2020 to Welsh Assembly members on Thursday, 30 March, hours before the AGM.
The 2016 loss rises to £898,298 when depreciation of assets is taken into account.
Glamorgan will stage five days of international cricket in 2017, compared to just two in 2016, leading to the more optimistic financial forecast.
"The club has come a long way since the financial crisis of 2011... however, it has some way to go in improving its position further and providing the investment in the team, stadium and related infrastructure that is required," writes Morris in his report.
"It remains crucial that the club improves its underlying income through memberships, gate receipts and sponsorship which are still not at satisfactory levels to drive investment.
"Overall, the results for the year have been satisfactory, despite posting a loss. It was planned, and whilst finances remain tight, we look forward to a financially successful 2017."
Glamorgan benefitted from a multi-million pound debt write-off from Cardiff City Council, Allied Irish Bank and former chairman Paul Russell in 2015.
The county is hoping its SSE Swalec Stadium in Cardiff will be one of the host venues for the eight-team, city-based T20 competition which the England and Wales Cricket Board plans to launch in 2020.
Counties would stand to benefit by £1.3m a year, but would not retain their identities in the new centrally-controlled tournament.
Morris and chairman Barry O'Brien will try to gather political support for the Welsh cause at the Senedd, before addressing members at the AGM.
Off the field, the club's turnover on conference and dining facilities went up by 25% to £1.35m.
But a venture into concert staging with the Kaiser Chiefs and Simply Red failed to yield a profit.
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