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The impact has invariably been limited, with campaigns against graft scraping only the surface and being abandoned after a short period when a few big fish have been held up to public scrutiny and the immediate political aim has been achieved.
This time, it is different.
The anti-corruption campaign launched by China's leader, Xi Jinping, after he took office at the end of 2012, will go on forever, says its chief implementation officer, Wang Qishan, head of the Communist Party's Discipline Commission.
After starting in the traditional manner by gunning for some highly placed real or potential political foes, the purge has widened into provincial governments, state-owned enterprises, the military and the regime's main broadcasting station.
It has brought in associates of the two previous Chinese leaders, Hu Jintao and Jiang Zemin. Mr Wang's commission has sent out inspection teams to delve into local authorities and industries.
Nobody can feel safe from a body that can detain people for recurring six-month periods without charge in a secret location before deciding on their guilt without any public trial - and, only then, hand them over to the civilian courts.
The campaign has coincided with a steady accumulation of top-level authority by Mr Xi, who now holds seven major posts - starting with the most important, the general secretaryship of the Communist Party.
He is also state president and chairs the Central Military Commission, the National Security Council, the National Reform Committee, the cybersecurity committee, and the commission for military reform and modernisation. He also holds other Politburo jobs that are not publicised.
The anti-corruption campaign is his blunt weapon to try to remedy what he sees as inefficiency in the monopoly party and the state it runs.
Officials have been ordered to cut out excessive spending on banquets, luxury goods, motorcades and other extravagances. The salaries of top executives at state companies are to be cut, and their perks and foreign trips restricted.
The scale and duration of the campaign have surprised observers, who expected it to tail off after a while - as happened with similar high-level exercises under Mr Hu and Mr Jiang aimed at specific political enemies.
Mr Xi has brought down two notable "tigers" - the maverick, upwardly-mobile politician Bo Xilai and the former national internal security chief Zhou Yongkang.
A network of associates - more than 300 in Zhou's case - has also been targeted. Mr Hu's former political secretary and Mr Jiang's favourite general are also in the campaign's sights.
But the effects are also being felt by scores of thousands of "flies" - lower-level officials who benefited in the past from using their positions to offer favours to those who gave them cash and perks in return.
Anecdotal evidence speaks of widespread fear among such people, not only that they may be brought to book for past misdemeanours but also that their superiors may be attacked and that they will suffer in consequence from guilt by association.
Apart from its scale and duration, what marks out this campaign is how it has reached into industry during the past year. This suggests that Mr Xi and Mr Wang (previously vice-premier for economic affairs) see it as the best way of dealing with the inefficiencies of the big state-owned enterprises (SOEs), which absorb much of China's resources while making a limited contribution to real growth and employment.
The heads of the big SOEs enjoy high political status and have been able to block reform in the past to protect their baronies, but Mr Xi and Mr Wang have been taking a tougher line, with 70 senior executives of SOEs accused of corruption last year.
The fall of Zhou, who had remained the "godfather" of the oil and gas sector where he began his career, resulted in extensive removal of executives at the biggest group, CNPC.
The power generation industry has been shaken up as well as big conglomerates. The big Shenhua coal group has been publicly accused of accepting bribes in the coal trade and officials of the China Unicom telecoms company have been said to have been "colluding with contractors or suppliers, using their power to seek money or sex".
Star figures at the main broadcasting network, CCTV, have been held for questioning, mainly for allegedly having given positive coverage in return for cash.
The Discipline Commission last week reported buying and selling of official positions, entertainment at public expense and helping relatives illicitly at a broad range of organisations.
Companies being investigated include the China State Shipbuilding Corporation; China Huadian Corporation; Dongfeng Motor Corporation; Shenhua; the oil group Sinopec; and the mobile telephone company China Unicom, where the commission said executives "collude with contractors or suppliers, using their power to seek money or sex".
The commission has set itself the target of inspecting all major SOEs this year, making combating corruption in them a priority for 2015.
The official Xinhua news agency said last week that "corruption and abuse of power in SOEs have raised operating costs, impaired the openness of the market, caused huge loss of state assets and hampered development of the firms".
Other state organisations that have been targeted this year include the culture and environment protection ministries, the China Association for Science and Technology, the All-China Federation of Industry & Commerce and China Radio International.
A Politburo meeting last week heard a report from the Discipline Commission that warned that the party should be aware of the "grim and complicated graft situation" that needed to be fought with "the most determined attitude and decisive measures".
Another meeting chaired by Prime Minister Li Keqiang focused on the need for clean governance, strict management of public assets and combating misuse of power, including the "grey zone" of administrative examinations and approvals.
Corruption still plagued the government in some sectors, largely because a minority of officials had such power to grant approvals and mete out benefits, Mr Li said.
"Every single penny of government expenses should be subject to auditing supervision," he said.
"Supervision over state-owned assets and enterprises should be tightened to make sure no national property is pocketed by a small number of corrupt officials."
There can be no doubt about the seriousness with which Mr Xi and Mr Wang are waging their campaign, and what it says about the condition of China's party state after three decades of strong growth in a system that gives huge power to those with the ability to disburse favours, requiring payment in return.
The danger is that, as they continue the campaign, they will upset the system they are trying to strengthen. They are playing a very high-stakes game that goes well beyond the political score-settling that has dominated most reports of their approach.
The outcome will be vital for China's future and, given its global importance, for the rest of the world as well.
Jonathan Fenby is author of eight books on China, including Will China Dominate the World?, The Penguin History of Modern China and Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today.
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The 2013 Active Travel Act said local councils had to provide routes and consider cyclists and walkers when planning new road and rail links.
But the only new money available was £300,000 for maps, the enterprise and business committee found.
The Welsh government said it would set out its active travel plans shortly.
Chairman William Graham said the committee "applauds the ambition" of the act but found "considerable frustration" among its supporters.
He called for targets and greater promotion as the "key to bringing about culture change".
"The Active Travel Act will only succeed if the Welsh government has the confidence to see through what it has started with its own legislation," Mr Graham said.
"The committee is concerned that, on the evidence of the first year and a half, the Government's commitment has started to waver before it has properly begun."
Plaid Cymru transport spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth said it was "another example of the Labour government failing to deliver on its commitments".
"A year ago I challenged the minister after Plaid Cymru exposed figures that showed that the Labour government's spending on active travel had reduced after passing this Act," he said.
"Now, we know that this has slipped back even further, despite protestations."
A Welsh government spokeswoman said its Active Travel Plan for Wales would set out short, medium and long-term actions to increase walking and cycling.
"We already provide over £14m a year for active travel infrastructure," she added.
"We believe it is important that these funding sources are diverse and that consideration for active travel becomes a routine part of building and improvement projects - not an add-on with extra costs.
"We are also committed to raising public awareness of this important act through a range of communication methods, including holding active travel events with various groups."
A fellow chess grandmaster, Daniil Dubov, said Yeliseyev had been trying to reach another balcony but slipped.
Yeliseyev reportedly practised parkour, an urban challenge which involves climbing or leaping across roofs, fences or other man-made obstacles.
He became world junior chess champion in 2012 and was a grandmaster aged 17.
He won the Moscow Open 2016 chess tournament and ranked 42nd among Russian grandmasters. His world ranking was 212.
Police quoted by Gazeta.ru news website said the marks on his body pointed to his having plunged from the 12th-floor balcony on Saturday night.
"Tonight my close friend died - an outstanding chess player and analyst, one of the most talented people I know, Yura Yeliseyev," wrote Daniil Dubov on Facebook.
"He was trying to climb from the window onto a balcony on the 12th floor but lost his grip."
The apartment block is on Moscow's Pyatnitskoye Avenue, in an area dominated by high-rise housing.
The Russian chess team's national coach, Sergei Yanovsky, said Yeliseyev "was a very talented chess player, a very bright lad, he was always very popular in the team".
"Yura always sought unusual methods in everything, he had a predilection for unorthodox solutions... This is a very heavy loss."
Mr Yanovsky said Yeliseyev "even as a young boy always wanted to show his daring and climb to places.
"But he didn't go to extremes - he kept within sensible bounds. For example, he'd climb to a height of two metres (6.6ft) and walk along the edge just to show that he had a head for heights."
Another Russian chess grandmaster - Mark Taimanov - died in St Petersburg on Monday aged 90. He was Soviet chess champion in 1956.
Taimanov vied with US chess genius Bobby Fischer in 1971, in a bid to become world champion, but lost all six games.
Taimanov was part of an award-winning Soviet team and earned international respect for his contributions to chess theory.
The Karma aircraft also features a detachable stabiliser that can be used to make handheld shots more steady.
In addition, the firm unveiled a new action camera that can be controlled with voice commands as well as a pay-to-use video sharing service.
GoPro hopes the launches will turn around its fortunes. The firm posted losses for each of its last three quarters totalling $233.7m (£179m).
The company's shares were trading at more than 80% below their July 2014 high ahead of its launch event - which was held at Squaw Valley, California.
GoPro first announced that it planned to make its own drone in May 2015 and had planned for it to go on sale in the first half of this year.
The move presents an opportunity for it to profit from a fast-growing market.
But it also helps the firm address the fact that DJI - the bestselling drone brand - has ditched support for GoPro's cameras in favour of its own, while 3D Robotics - another popular manufacturer - is now promoting the use of a rival camera made by Sony.
The Karma is not the first commercial foldable drone, but the feature is still relatively unusual.
GoPro says the move allows its aircraft to be carried about in a relatively small backpack that is "so comfortable... users will forget they've got it on".
The Karma's other distinctive detail is its removable three-axis stabiliser.
It can be fitted to a bundled grip and then held in the hand or attached to a helmet to film Steadicam-like shots.
Normally, filmmakers would be required to buy a separate device known as a gimbal, to achieve this.
The drone will cost $799 (£612) and will be released on 23 October.
When bundled with the new Hero5 Black camera, it will cost $1099.
That is $100 less than DJI's Phantom 4 - which includes collision-avoidance sensors, which the Karma lacks - but $100 more than the Chinese company's last-generation Phantom 3 Professional.
The research firm IHS Markit predicts sales of consumer drones will rise from three million units this year to 6.7 million units in 2020.
"The target market for consumer drones and action cams is very similar, so it makes sense for GoPro to do this," commented its senior director of consumer electronics, Tom Morrod.
"And maybe it can carry it off because of its brand.
"But what differentiates one drone from another is its flight control and navigation systems, which are typically developed in-house by the different companies.
"That technology is very different to what GoPro's done before and can be complex to develop.
"So, GoPro must convince consumers of its abilities or will not find this an easy sell."
The announcement of the Hero5 Black camera comes two years after that of the Hero4 Black - the longest GoPro has taken to refresh its top-end model to date.
The new $399 (£306) device features a 2in (5cm) touchscreen and can also be controlled by speaking to it, which might be useful in situations where the owner is wearing gloves or does not have a free hand.
"It opens up a whole new world of possibilities," said the firm's chief executive Nick Woodman at the launch.
"You just think it, say it, do it."
The firm suggested that the facility would also help users avoid missing critical moments.
As an example, it said an owner could say "take a photo" to snap a picture while they continued to simultaneously film video with the device.
Its 4K video and 12 megapixel photo capabilities are the same as the last generation.
But the new camera gains:
In addition, the camera can be set to automatically upload video and pictures to the firm's new video sharing service, GoPro Plus, if its owner takes out a $4.99-a-month subscription.
The add-on also includes access to a library of music the owner can use for their edits as well as a discount on further accessory purchases.
The new camera - and a smaller HERO5 Session, which takes 4K video but only 10 megapixel photos - will be released on 2 October.
Three hundred. That's how many people GoPro have flown and driven in for this event. 100 of its own staff, 100 athletes and 100 reporters (for the record, the BBC has paid its way).
We're at around 6,000ft (1.8km) above sea level, in a jaw-dropping ski resort that hosted 1960's Winter Olympics.
GoPro is still the most recognisable brand in action cameras, so much so that "a GoPro" has become shorthand for any brand of small camera.
But the issue isn't whether GoPro is performing well in the market. They are. Problem is, the market isn't as big as they, and their shareholders, had perhaps hoped.
Today's launch of a drone and camera is designed to inject a bit of energy back into the firm.
Its new easy editing and publishing tool cement its ambition to not only dominate hardware but also the means of consumption for extreme footage.
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IHS predicts sales of action cams will grow from 11 million this year to 14.5 million in 2020, but GoPro might not necessarily benefit.
"There's increased competition in the market," said Mr Morrod.
"At the high-end, Sony and Panasonic have released kit targeted at broadcasters and other professionals.
"At the low-end, the market has been commoditised by budget small cameras from the likes of Xiaomi and other less well known brands.
"Added to that, increasing numbers of smartphones - like the Samsung Galaxys and Sony Xperias - are now waterproof and dustproof and all that limits the market."
To underline the point, Nikon - one of Japan's leading camera brands - announced a new range of "freeze-proof" KeyMission action cams on Monday, shortly before GoPro's event.
David Grimason, who lost his two-year-old son Alistair in 2003, has pressed for tighter controls on the trade of weapons for the past decade.
An international arms trade treaty has been approved by the UN.
Scottish Secretary Michael Moore will present Mr Grimason with the letter of thanks during a ceremony in Edinburgh.
The event will mark the successful negotiation of the treaty.
Alistair was killed during a gunfight at a cafe in the seaside village of Foca, Turkey, where the family were on holiday.
The toddler was asleep in his pram when an argument broke out at a nearby table and a man opened fire, killing the boy from East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire.
Mr Grimason, who now lives in Aberdeen, has worked with Oxfam, which is a leading member of the Control Arms coalition, to help bring about global change.
He spent the anniversary of his son's death last year at the UN in New York, attending the final negotiations for the international arms trade treaty.
The treaty was approved by member states of the United Nations General Assembly last month and opens for signature at a ceremony in New York on 3 June.
Mr Grimason said he immediately tried to educate himself on the illegal gun problem that existed in Turkey after Alastair was killed.
"I found that there was a massive problem," he said.
"There are around eight million hand guns in civilian possession and only about a million were licensed. We started a campaign against illegal armament in Turkey.
"From there I found out about the control arms campaign."
"My family have suffered from misuse of guns. My son suffered the ultimate injustice, he was two and a half years old and did not even know what a gun was".
The Most Reverend Justin Welby told the BBC he had "particular friends where I recognise that and am deeply challenged by it".
But he said he still supported the Church of England's formal opposition to active homosexuality.
He spoke ahead of his enthronement at Canterbury Cathedral, due at 15:00 GMT.
More than 50 protesters opposed to cuts to public services and changes to housing benefits, labelled the "bedroom tax" by Labour, have gathered outside the cathedral.
Police were monitoring the protest as the cathedral prepared to host 2,000 guests, including religious leaders, Prime Minister David Cameron, and the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.
Campaigners, who have dubbed the protest a "Carnival Against the Cuts", waved placards including "Cuts are crippling me" and "Fight the bedroom tax".
Keith Woods, of Keep Our NHS Public, said: "This isn't a protest against royalty or the church because Justin Welby has been a supporter of what we are fighting for. But we couldn't let this occasion pass with David Cameron being here without saying we don't agree to the cuts that are hitting the poorest in society."
In his interview with the BBC, Archbishop Welby - the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of the Anglican communion - said: "You see gay relationships that are just stunning in the quality of the relationship."
While he said he did not doubt the Church's policy on same-sex relationships, he was "challenged as to how we respond to it".
"The Church of England holds very firmly, and continues to hold to the view, that marriage is a lifelong union of one man to one woman," he said.
"At the same time, at the heart of our understanding of what it is to be human, is the essential dignity of the human being. And so we have to be very clear about homophobia."
Asked if the Church would turn a blind eye to some gay relationships, he said: "It's not a blind eye - it's about loving people as they are and where they are.
"You'll find that in every church and you'll find that because it imitates the character and the practice of Jesus himself."
Pope Francis, whose inauguration Mass was on Tuesday, sent a goodwill message to Archbishop Welby ahead of his enthronement.
'Ordinary conversations'
"Please be assured of my prayers as you take up your new responsibilities, and I ask you to pray for me as I respond to the new call that the Lord has addressed to me," said Pope Francis.
"I look forward to meeting you in the near future, and to continuing the warm fraternal relations that our predecessors enjoyed."
The Dean of Canterbury, Dr Robert Willis, said Archbishop Welby had already made a good impression.
"I think he will bring an enormous clarity and a sort of simplicity of trying to get to the heart of issues and already there is a willingness to have ordinary conversations with folk here," he said.
Ahead of his enthronement, Archbishop Welby went for an early-morning jog in the vicinity of Canterbury Cathedral.
He also tweeted: "Out early this morning, Canterbury is beautiful, human scale and history falling out of the walls everywhere. Grateful to be here."
Meanwhile, the Times has reported that the archbishop has offered to meet the gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell after he criticised him in an open letter.
The newspaper said Archbishop Welby sent an email in which he thanked him for his "very thoughtful" letter, saying he would like to discuss it "without the mediation of the press".
Last month, the archbishop said he stood by the Church of England's opposition to the introduction of gay marriage.
He spoke before the Commons approved same-sex marriage in England and Wales by voting for the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, by a majority of 225.
The government believes the wording of the bill will ensure the Church of England and the Church in Wales will not face any legal challenges to their opposition to holding same-sex marriages in their buildings.
All religious organisations will be able to opt in to holding ceremonies, but the Church of England and the Church in Wales would first need to agree to change canon law.
Archbishop Welby, 57, is married with five children. He went to school at Eton, and later Cambridge University.
He rose to the top of the oil industry - ending up as treasurer of Enterprise Oil - and gave up a six-figure salary to train as a priest.
He was a vicar in Warwickshire, a canon of Coventry Cathedral, and the Dean of Liverpool, before being appointed as Bishop of Durham in November 2011.
The BBC's religious affairs correspondent, Robert Pigott, says the new archbishop is inheriting a Church which has seen congregation numbers decline dramatically in recent decades, and which is struggling to promote a Christian message to an increasingly sceptical and secular society.
It will be seen as his job to unite a Church deeply riven by disputes about women bishops, and, more dangerously, sexuality, our correspondent adds.
Zebroski, 30, and Flitney, 33, have both agreed one-year deals.
After arriving from Gillingham in March 2013, Flitney made 93 appearances for Eastleigh before moving on last season, first to Whitehawk, then Bromley.
Zebroski was on Eastleigh's books for four months from March 2013, before leaving to join Newport County.
His time in south Wales came to an end when he was jailed for four years and four months for robbery and assault.
The new contract with Eastleigh is his first since being released from prison.
Eastleigh, now under the new management of Richard Hill and ex-Gillingham boss Andy Hessenthaler, finished 15th last season.
Their first two signings this summer were Crewe Alexandra midfielder Danny Hollands and Leyton Orient striker Paul McCallum.
Christopher Oxford tweeted: "Mr Cameron has repeatedly claimed that Labour 'bankrupted the country'. Is this in any way true?"
Well, the first problem with this question is what do the Conservatives mean by this allegation?
Unlike with individuals, there is no clear definition of when a country might be declared bankrupt.
The standard definition of being bankrupt is when you cannot pay your debts.
The UK never defaulted on its debts so, by that definition, the country was never bankrupt.
On the other hand, under Labour public sector net debt rose significantly (for a variety of reasons) and it is certainly arguable the economy as a whole was in a very precarious situation.
But, technically at least, not bankrupt.
Mike Harvey tweeted: "The polls say we're going to have a hung parliament but, historically speaking, how accurate are they?"
Well, we do like a poll here at BBC Reality Check - but should we put so much faith in them?
How have they performed in the past when it comes to predicting the results of previous elections?
There are certainly more polls during the course of the campaign these days, but traditionally it is the last poll from each company before the actual vote that is used to judge their performance.
Aside from 1992, Major v Kinnock, all the major companies have called the correct party share of the vote in the last few elections.
Interestingly, while pollsters seem to do well at predicting the Conservative and Liberal Democrat share of the vote they do tend to overestimate the share of the vote Labour will get.
Except in 2010, when it was understated.
This slight fuzziness around predictions for Labour could mean this election has some surprises in store.
One final note - this is all about correctly predicting the share of the vote.
That then has to be transferred into actual seats and that adds another layer of complexity and confusion.
So the polls are usually pretty accurate, but, as the cliché goes, there is really only one poll that matters.
Martin McElroy tweeted: "Does weather affect turnout and which party does it benefit?"
This question has lead me to my favourite scientific paper ever: "The rain in Spain: Turnout and partisan voting in Spanish elections"
The conclusions are remarkably similar to what American research into this issue has discovered.
According to the Spanish paper, "rainfall on election day decreases turnout... second stage results show that conservatives are greatly hurt by higher turnout".
Academics at Stanford came to broadly the same conclusion.
But they also go on to point out that while politicians can't control the weather, they can try and control voter turnout: "Democrats should act to increase voter turnout while Republicans should act to suppress turnout."
Seasoned watchers of the American political system might argue both sides employ various ways to try and do just that.
Finally, that Spanish paper notes there was one major difference to the experience of the American two party system.
In Spain, as the turnout went up it seemed to benefit a raft of smaller parties rather than the main left-wing opposition.
So where does that leave us?
Well, according to Stephen Fisher from Oxford University, the weather does not seem to have an impact on our elections.
But it does give you something to talk about when you visit the polling station.
Divers from the FBI began searching the waters of Seccombe Lake Park, two miles (3km) from the site of the attack.
The two suspects are thought to have visited the park on the day of the shooting, an FBI spokesman said.
The attack is being investigated as an act of terror, the deadliest in the US since 9/11.
Tashfeen Malik and husband Syed Farook opened fire at a workplace event for Farook's colleagues, killing 14 and wounding 22.
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The couple, who officials say became radicalised some years ago, were both killed in a shoot-out with police hours after the attack.
Addressing reporters at the park on Thursday, the FBI declined to specify what the divers were looking for.
"We have indications through leads that at some point they came to this park," said David Bowdich, assistant director in charge of the Los Angeles field office of the FBI.
US media quoted law enforcement sources as saying they are looking for electronic devices, including a computer hard drive, linked to the shooters.
Earlier on Thursday, FBI Director James Comey and other senior US officials briefed members of Congress on the investigation, behind closed doors.
Concerns have been raised by some US politicians about how the couple were not picked up by intelligence officials as potential suspects.
American officials have said the pair discussed martyrdom and jihad as early as 2013, yet Malik was able to enter the US on a fiancee visa last year.
"Everyone's asking the same questions about how it is that law enforcement didn't know, or intelligence officials didn't know, that they could have flown under the radar and nothing gave an indication that they were a threat," said Jim Langevin, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee.
A service was held for Yvette Velasco, the first victim of the shooting to be buried, in West Covina, California.
Malik reportedly pledged allegiance to Islamic State militants on social media on the day of the attack.
According to a new poll by New York Times and CBS, the shooting has raised the fear of terror among Americans to its highest level since 9/11.
It's following the online backlash he received from his first video, in which he appeared to pinch unsuspecting women's bottoms.
He then released a second video where a woman did the same to men, which was taken down shortly afterwards.
On Tuesday, he posted The Reveal where he explained that he wanted to highlight "sexual abuse against men".
The 25-year old said the video was "staged and scripted".
"It goes without saying you can't go round touching people's bums without asking," he said.
He said he wanted to showcase a violent relationship a male friend of his had suffered.
"I chose to use sexual harassment as the focal point of the experiment," he said.
"That way I could pass it off as prank, pretend it's harmless and watch all you guys go crazy in the comments.
"I just wanted to show, in many cases people would be outraged by an act like this on a woman but then laugh it off when it's a man."
But that didn't go down well with many people on Twitter.
"I just wanted to shine a light onto an otherwise dark corner; abuse on men," said Sam.
Some on Twitter have stuck up for the ex-Big Brother star though.
Mazzi Maz, who collaborated on YouTube with Sam, told Newsbeat his friend had gone "too far" after watching the first video.
The 20-year-old said he didn't know Sam was going to be publishing the video.
"There are things you just don't do. YouTube is a place where you can get ripped to shreds."
Maz said the two of them loved making videos together.
"We are meant to push the boundaries but you need to know what's right and what's wrong.
"A sexual predator isn't a good look."
Newsbeat has contacted Sam Pepper to get a response on the backlash from his latest video, but has not yet had a reply.
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The Evac app will provide visitors and residents with information in the event of a fire, flood or terrorist attack.
It has been launched ahead of the UEFA Champions League Finals which will see up to 170,000 football fans travel to the capital.
Cardiff council said the app was potentially a "life-saver".
The app provides push notifications to inform people of major incidents in the city, and if necessary, directs them to the nearest evacuation point.
There are also links to first aid videos and advice on what to do in the event of an attack.
Emergency Management Officer, Gwilym Owen, said: "It's highly unlikely that any of us will ever be caught up in a major incident, but if the worst happens, being informed and prepared can significantly reduce the risk of harm to people and property."
The app was developed over the last six months by Cardiff council in partnership with emergency services, health and transport bodies and counter terrorism teams.
Colchester took an 11th-minute lead through Chris Porter, who headed home Brennan Dickenson's cross from six yards.
Carlisle goalkeeper Mark Gillespie parried Craig Slater's shot, while at the other end Charlie Wyke fired wide.
The Cumbrians levelled in the 28th minute when Shaun Brisley's header looped over Sam Walker following Macaulay Gillesphey's cross to the far post.
But five minutes later, Colchester restored their lead when Guthrie curled a delightful shot past Gillespie from the edge of the area after Carlisle had failed to deal with Slater's cross.
Jason Kennedy had an effort ruled out for offside after Walker had foiled both Brisley and Nicky Adams.
But Guthrie blasted home Colchester's third five minutes after the break after Porter had cleverly dummied Slater's delivery.
Guthrie's shot crashed against the crossbar before he completed a fine hat-trick in stoppage-time, tapping home after Gillespie had saved Denny Johnstone's effort.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Colchester United 4, Carlisle United 1.
Second Half ends, Colchester United 4, Carlisle United 1.
Goal! Colchester United 4, Carlisle United 1. Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Denny Johnstone (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Colchester United. Drey Wright replaces Richard Brindley.
Attempt missed. Shaun Miller (Carlisle United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Colchester United. Tarique Fosu-Henry replaces Craig Slater.
Foul by Craig Slater (Colchester United).
Jamie Devitt (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Colchester United. Denny Johnstone replaces Chris Porter.
Tom Eastman (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jabo Ibehre (Carlisle United).
Hand ball by Shaun Miller (Carlisle United).
Substitution, Carlisle United. Kevin Wright replaces Macaulay Gillesphey.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Shaun Brisley.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Macaulay Gillesphey.
Substitution, Carlisle United. Shaun Miller replaces Luke Joyce.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Richard Brindley.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Frankie Kent.
Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the centre of the box.
Attempt blocked. Chris Porter (Colchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Mark Ellis.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Alex McQueen.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Jamie Devitt.
Chris Porter (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Shaun Brisley (Carlisle United).
Brennan Dickenson (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Shaun Brisley (Carlisle United).
Foul by Tom Eastman (Colchester United).
Jabo Ibehre (Carlisle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Chris Porter (Colchester United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt missed. Jason Kennedy (Carlisle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Luke Joyce (Carlisle United).
Substitution, Carlisle United. Alex McQueen replaces Tom Miller.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Tom Lapslie.
Jabo Ibehre (Carlisle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Craig Slater (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Lifestage was designed to connect students going to the same school or university, making all of their posts available to each other.
But it faced criticism for having limited privacy controls and a "confusing" user interface.
The firm told Business Insider it had "learned a lot" from the app and would feed this into Facebook itself.
Lifestage was developed by a product manager who was a teenager himself when it became available on the iOS App Store in late August 2016.
Members were encouraged to answer personal questions by filming video replies and were rewarded with emoji graphics for doing so.
Users were supposed to be under 21 to see others' profiles, but the software could be fooled into providing access if older members typed in false birth dates.
The app expanded to Android in October 2016 but never achieved mass adoption.
It joins a lengthening list of other cancelled apps from the firm, which includes:
SM11 THY is one of 1,500 personalised registrations being sold in a three-day auction in Warwickshire.
A spokesman for the DVLA said the actor James Corden, who played Smithy in the hit TV comedy Gavin & Stacey, tweeted "Love It" on hearing of its sale.
The numberplate has a reserve of £2,000. The record price was set in March 2009 when 1 D sold for £352,000.
The DVLA holds six auctions a year selling personalised numberplates.
Since the auctions began in 1989, they have raised £1.8bn for the treasury, a spokesman said.
The DVLA has a special department responsible for selecting and marketing personalised registrations.
Owners of a personalised registration are not allowed to "alter, rearrange or misrepresent letters or numbers" in order to form names or words, according to the DVLA website.
The DVLA said the police can also issue fixed penalty fines of up to £1,000 for illegally displayed number plates and in some cases the registration mark may be withdrawn.
The investment is backed by nearly £15m from the Welsh government with production due to start in late 2018.
Economy Minister Edwina Hart said the deal would "safeguard more than 750 skilled Welsh jobs for many years".
"In a climate of stiff global competitiveness, we have been actively seeking to win a share of this investment for Wales," she said.
"Ford's decision to manufacture its new innovative engine here in Wales is a tribute to the reputation of the local management team and the quality and loyalty of the Welsh workforce," she added.
The Ford Bridgend plant opened in 1980 and has fought fierce competition to win successive investments in the past worth more than £2.8bn.
The company has said its presence supports around 10,000 jobs in south Wales, with 1,860 employed at the plant itself.
Ford said technicians based in Essex and Germany had worked together on the design and development of a new fuel-efficient range of engines.
A letter from Ford to workers seen by the BBC in June said that to win the investment there would need to be a change to working conditions at Bridgend to make the plant more competitive.
Welsh Conservative shadow economy minister William Graham said Friday's announcement was a sign of "confidence in the UK government's efforts to rebuild the economy".
This is good news for workers at Bridgend as the new production will begin in 2018, just as the manufacturing of Jaguar Land Rover engines at the site will be coming to an end.
It secured hundreds of jobs that may otherwise have been in jeopardy. Two hundred fixed contract workers were let go at Ford Bridgend this year when it stopped manufacturing engines for Volvo.
There are concerns, though, that the new investment will mean that Bridgend can only manufacture a third of the number of engines it does at the moment.
Some question why the Welsh government should be contributing £15m to the investment of a multinational company in a plant it owns.
Bridgend was in competition with three other European Ford plants for this work, all with governments offering financial support as standard.
The automotive industry is so competitive internationally that without government backing, companies are likely to go elsewhere.
Personal tax allowances allow people to earn about £10,000 a year tax free.
The change will affect about 1,150 people, about 3% of taxpayers, who earn more than £138,000 annually and would generate £2.4m in tax receipts a year.
The move comes alongside increases in the allowances which are due to lose the States about £1.1m a year.
The Policy and Resources Committee said the changes were "in order to maintain Guernsey's personal tax competitiveness with other jurisdictions, such as Jersey, the Isle of Man and the UK".
As part of the proposals, extra allowances for those aged over 65 could be removed from 2019 as it is "considered to be inequitable, positively discriminating in favour of older people but not targeting those most in need".
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The above are to be voted on by the States in November, while the plans below take effect immediately.
Deputy Gavin St Pier, President of the committee, described the budget as a "challenge" after revenue shortfalls in 2015 and 2016, but claimed it is "responsible, fair, progressive and realistic".
He said the "burden had been shared fairly" between cuts in public sector spending by about £10m and duty and tax increases expected to earn £5.4m.
"The budget is also realistic and recognises the need to make additional funding available for health and social care services ahead of their reform and to increase funding for investment in our capital infrastructure," he added.
The PM said the country's "important religious roots" made it "a successful home to people of all faiths and none".
Labour's Jeremy Corbyn used a newspaper article to highlight homelessness and praise emergency workers.
Green Party leader Natalie Bennett called for a "different sort of society" while Lib Dem Tim Farron said the world was "in need of hope".
Mr Cameron highlighted the plight of people spending Christmas in refugee camps having fled the civil war in Syria, while Christians in some parts of the world would go to church in fear of persecution.
"Throughout the United Kingdom, some will spend the festive period ill, homeless or alone," he said.
He paid tribute to people working at Christmas "to help the vulnerable" and said the armed forces were "in the skies of Iraq and Syria, targeting the terrorists that threaten those countries and our security at home" as well as saving migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean.
"It is because they face danger that we have peace," he added.
Labour said Mr Corbyn would not issue an official Christmas message, but in a Sunday Mirror article, he said many low-paid workers could not afford to take time off over Christmas, and that homelessness was increasing with tens of thousands of people spending the festive season in temporary accommodation.
People should ask themselves whether they could do more for others, he said.
"Jesus said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive'", he said.
"It is a similar maxim that inspired our party: 'From each according to their means, to each according to their needs.'"
Ms Bennett said people should look to 2016 "with the understanding that politics shouldn't be just something that gets done to you.
"Politics should be something that you do to make a difference in your society."
Mr Farron said he hoped people would be inspired in 2016 to make the country a more "compassionate, liberal and welcoming one", Lib Dem Voice reported.
Israel-born Schlesinger, who won gold at the same venue in May, missed the events in Paris and Dusseldorf because of illness and injury.
But in Baku she went straight to the semi-finals as top seed and outclassed Khanim Huseynova of Azerbaijan.
The 28-year-old then beat Slovenian Andreja Leski in the final.
Schlesinger's superior experience and physicality told and she was able to secure the arm lock and force Leski to tap.
The result also earned the British judoka 1000 world ranking points.
Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen were stopped by people posing as armed police, the US Olympic Committee (USOC) said in a statement.
The robbers demanded money and other personal belongings.
Initially the International Olympic Committee (IOC) denied reports of the robbery, before the US committee confirmed it had taken place.
Lochte said on Twitter that he and the other athletes were "safe and unharmed", and thanked all those who had given him support.
The group had been attending a party at the French Olympic team's hospitality house when their taxi was stopped on the way back to the athletes' village.
News of the incident first emerged from Lochte's mother, Ileana, who told USA Today her son was unharmed but shaken by the theft.
"I think they're all shaken up. There were a few of them," she said.
Earlier, IOC spokesman Mark Adams said reports of the robbery were "absolutely not true".
Lochte swam in two events at the Rio Games, winning gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay.
In the build-up to the games, three members of the Spanish Olympics sailing team and an Australian paralympian were robbed at gunpoint.
The Brazilian authorities have deployed more than 80,000 police and soldiers to patrol Rio during the games.
An earlier report said that the USOC had denied the incident occurred when it was instead the IOC. This has been amended.
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Speaking in Blackburn, Shahed Tameez said they should make their mark as doctors or leaders in British businesses.
Investigations continue into the death of US journalist James Foley apparently at the hands of a British extremist.
Representatives of the US and Russia, which back opposing sides in the conflict, held talks earlier in an effort to agree a joint position.
The continuing fighting on the ground in Syria has dimmed hopes for a truce.
Meanwhile, UN envoy Staffan de Mistura conceded hopes of resuming peace talks on 25 February were not realistic.
But he also insisted the talks could be successful "if emergency aid continues and we get a ceasefire".
On Wednesday, the UN and Syrian Arab Red Crescent were able to deliver desperately-needed supplies of food and medicine for 80,000 people in three besieged towns around Damascus and two in Idlib province.
The UN is also planning a "high-altitude" airdrop of aid for 200,000 people trapped in government-controlled areas of the eastern city of Deir al-Zour that are surrounded by Islamic State militants.
Last week, members of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) agreed that humanitarian access to besieged areas in Syria would be stepped up and that a taskforce would by Friday "elaborate modalities" for a cessation of hostilities.
They said it should apply to any of the warring parties other than so-called IS and al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda affiliate that is part of a major rebel alliance.
The military officials meeting in Geneva on Friday afternoon are expected discuss which areas of Syria will be covered and which groups should be included, according to the Associated Press. They will also seek agreement on what actions would constitute violations and appropriate responses.
Ahead of the talks, Mr de Mistura was quoted by the Swedish newspaper, Svenska Dagbladet, as saying: "The Americans and Russians must sit down and agree on a concrete plan on a cessation of hostilities."
The US, which backs the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad and is carrying out air strikes on IS positions in Syria as part of a multinational coalition, has criticised Russia's decision to continue its air campaign in support of government offensives in northern and southern Syria in the past week.
Washington suspects Moscow is delaying the start of the cessation of hostilities for as long as possible to give Mr Assad time to crush rebel forces around the divided northern city of Aleppo.
However, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told the BBC: "We are absolutely for and support everything which goes in the direction of a peace agreement."
There was no sign of a ceasefire taking force inside Syria on Friday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group that has a network of sources on the ground, reported clashes and air strikes in the western outskirts of Damascus, the countryside north of the city of Homs and in the northern provinces of Hama and Idlib.
Turkey, which opposes Mr Assad, was also continuing to shell a Syrian Kurdish militia across the border near the rebel-held town of Azaz, Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
It comes after the Turkish government blamed the Popular Protection Units (YPG), which is aligned to the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), for a bomb attack in Ankara on Wednesday.
YPG fighters have taken advantage of the Syrian government offensive and accompanying Russian air strikes in Aleppo province to capture several towns and an airbase from rebel groups.
Mr de Mistura said the Turkish bombardment was "complicating" the situation in Syria, and warned: "Any type of further conflict along the border of Syria has the potential to spin out of control."
The 23-year-old was released by the Imps last week after six goals in 73 league games.
He spent three months on loan at Wrexham earlier this season, making six appearances in the National League.
The former Everton trainee could make his debut for the Mariners in Saturday's home game against struggling Altrincham.
It means there are now 12 players on the contracts which are funded 60% by the WRU and 40% by the regions.
The length of the contracts has not been disclosed.
"[They] represent a cross section of experience, but each [has] proven talent," said coach Warren Gatland.
Second row Jones, 29, has played 88 matches for Wales and captained the British and Irish Lions to their historic Third Test victory over Australia in 2013.
His Ospreys team-mate Biggar, 25, has established himself as Wales' first choice fly-half while 24-year-old centre Williams made a try-scoring appearance off the bench in the 23-16 win over Ireland.
Blues outside-half Anscombe has been a non-playing member of the Wales squad during the Six Nations after moving to Cardiff from New Zealand in November, 2014.
The quartet follow Rhys Webb (Ospreys), Sam Warburton (Cardiff Blues), Dan Lydiate (Ospreys), Jake Ball, Samson Lee, Rhodri Jones (all Scarlets) and Tyler Morgan and Hallam Amos (both Newport Gwent Dragons) in signing dual contracts..
"Within the group of 12 we have signed a mixture of emerging talent and players who have secured reputations for excellence through their appearances for their Regions, Wales and the British & Irish Lions," added Gatland.
"The strength of the group is of great benefit to professional rugby in Wales and we are looking forward to working closely with the Regions and these players in the years ahead."
The chants of discontent among the more than 300 different tongues amalgamated by the British into one nation called Nigeria never seem to end.
As one ethnic group pauses to catch its breath, another mounts the world media stage, while others await their big moment.
Nigeria's system of government encourages this attention seeking.
Each of the country's different regions looks towards the centre - the federal government in the capital, Abuja. If the presidency is occupied by someone from a particular town, state or region, people from that place go to sleep, assured, rightly or wrongly, that their concerns will most certainly also be his.
Other groups must constantly "shine their eyes", keeping watch to ensure that their kinsmen and women are among federal government appointees, that their allocations are fair and intact, that the development being planned for other regions also extends to theirs.
When this does not seem to be happening, the chanting begins.
For years, the people of the Niger Delta agitated for more representation at the centre. After all, their region was producing all the crude oil that was feeding other regions.
Their heart's desire was granted when Goodluck Jonathan was elected president in 2011. After he was voted out in 2015, the restiveness resumed, with activist groups such as The Avengers making their voices heard through the bombing of petroleum pipelines.
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani:
"Decentralisation will certainly be one of the main issues at the next elections in 2019."
The Igbos of south-east Nigeria have never had a real turn at being president, apart from when Nnamdi Azikiwe occupied the ceremonial position immediately after independence from Britain in 1960.
For decades, they have cried out about being marginalised, about not getting their fair share of entitlements from the centre.
But, with no pipelines to bomb and no militant groups to fund, how could they get the attention of the world?
Fifty years ago, the Igbos attempted to secede, abandoning the Nigerian union entirely and found their own nation called Biafra.
Unwilling to let them go, the Nigerian government resisted. A ghastly civil war ensued.
After three years of fighting, the Igbos surrendered in 1970. Threatening to resurrect Biafra now seems to be the chosen way for the discontented Igbos to get the attention they desperately seek.
And, three years ago, a young Anglo-Igbo man, Nnamdi Kanu, flew in from his home in Peckham, London, to champion the struggle under a group called Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (Ipob).
At some point during his 15-month incarceration by the Nigerian government, the Londoner received the support of his local British MP, who wrote a petition decrying the detention of "my constituent".
In a popular speech last year, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar called for the country to be restructured, with less power at the centre and more autonomy for the regions. Each region could then exploit its own natural resources, thrive on its own terms and pay taxes to the central government.
"The call for restructuring is even more relevant today in light of the governance and economic challenges facing us," Mr Abubakar said.
"And the rising tide of agitations, some militant and violent, require a reset in our relationships as a united nation... Nigeria must remain a united country.
"Our potentials are enormous. But I also believe that a united country, which I think most Nigerians desire, should never be taken for granted or taken as evidence that Nigerians are content with the current structure of the federation."
Not everyone is keen on this restructuring idea yet.
Some feel that certain regions might be disadvantaged with a decentralised structure. But ever since Mr Abubakar made that call, it has reverberated across the country, with distinguished citizens of various ethnic groups also insisting that this is the way forward for peace and progress.
It will certainly be one of the main issues at the next elections in 2019.
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The 24-year-old from Ontario joins the Giants after a season split with Tulsa Oilers and Manitoba Moose.
Murphy played twice for Colgate University in the inaugural Friendship Four tournament in Belfast in 2015.
"We think he will be a popular player in Belfast with the energy he will provide," said Giants Head of Hockey Operations Steve Thornton.
"We are fortunate that we had the chance to see Darcy play and we really liked the way he skated and competed. We think that he is better suited to the big ice.
"Darcy is young and still on the up swing which is also something we wanted more of this year. He just finished his first year pro, had close to 20 goals on a very low scoring team and earned an AHL call up.
"We are also excited that the Friendship Four is turning into a nice recruiting tool for future Giants."
Head Coach Adam Keefe added that he was "very excited to add a young player of Darcy's calibre who will bring us youth, energy and a strong compete level".
"When I was in Belfast with the Friendship Four, I really fell in love with the city. Being able to continue my studies with a masters degree at Ulster University was also a major factor in joining," explained Murphy.
"The Belfast Giants have a great program with great facilities and, from everything I have heard, I believe it will be a great fit for me."
"I will bring some offensive touch and will also want to be good defensively in our own end. As long as I go out there and give 100% for the Giants, that is the only thing I can control and I pride myself on that," continued the Giants' newest recruit.
It was the Blues' 21st victory of the league season and another big step towards winning the title in Antonio Conte's first season as manager.
The Italian was once again spot on with his tactics - nullifying the predictable aerial threat of the Hammers' 6ft 4in frontman Andy Carroll early in the match.
And then in the 25th minute his attackers cruelly exposed the hosts' defence with a devastating counter-attack.
N'Golo Kante read a pass from Robert Snodgrass deep inside the Chelsea half on the left and played the ball to Hazard. The Belgium winger drove forward, played a one-two with Pedro and then shifted the ball past keeper Darren Randolph before slotting home.
The Blues doubled their lead after the break when Hazard's corner from the left was turned in with his thigh by Costa - the Spain striker's 17th league goal of the season.
The Hammers came close after Costa's strike when Sofiane Feghouli's low drive was brilliantly saved by Thibaut Courtois. Chelsea wing-back Marcos Alonso then appeared to block Manuel Lanzini's half-volley with his arm moments later - but referee Andre Marriner deemed it to be accidental.
West Ham finally pierced the last line of defence in stoppage time. Carroll robbed Cesc Fabregas and fed Andre Ayew, who squared for Lanzini to fire in.
No doubt there were West Ham supporters who would have fancied their team's chances of causing an upset on Monday.
They came into the match having lost only one of their past six league games, picking up three wins. And one of the Blues' four defeats came at London Stadium in the EFL Cup earlier this season.
But perhaps what gave those fans greatest belief of a win was the return of Carroll, back after a month out with a groin injury - and the big striker was central to the Hammers' tactics.
In the opening 20 minutes, both Snodgrass and Feghouli provided the ex-Newcastle and Liverpool forward with high lofted balls. Unfortunately for Hammers manager Slaven Bilic, Chelsea had done their homework as their defenders repeatedly prevented Carroll from having an effort on goal.
He became a peripheral figure in the second half as West Ham looked for a new way of breaching the visitors' defence.
They managed to do so through Lanzini in the dying seconds, but there was too little time to find an equaliser.
Not even an intruder who made his way towards the Chelsea players after Hazard's goal could nudge the visitors off their stride. He, like West Ham's attack, was quickly contained.
Chelsea's attack then demonstrated why they are top of the table - the opening goal was a delight.
Kante, who as a defensive midfielder made the second-highest number of sprints on the night - 77 - darted back to cut out Snodgrass' ball. It was then over to Hazard and Pedro, with the Belgian having the confidence and composure to take the ball past Randolph before tucking in.
It was not as good as his Match of the Day goal of the month against Arsenal on 4 February, but impressive nonetheless. Costa, who had a quiet game, then added a simple second after the break.
The Blues did lose their concentration on two occasions: once when Courtois made a great save to block Feghouli's low drive, and then in stoppage time when the Belgium keeper was beaten by Lanzini.
But those mistakes have been few and far between this season.
Chelsea have an FA Cup quarter-final against Manchester United coming up on Monday, 13 March (19:45 GMT) and then it is back to league action the following Saturday when they travel to Stoke.
West Ham are away at Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday, 11 March (15:00 GMT).
Match ends, West Ham United 1, Chelsea 2.
Second Half ends, West Ham United 1, Chelsea 2.
Goal! West Ham United 1, Chelsea 2. Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by André Ayew.
Foul by Sam Byram (West Ham United).
Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Chelsea. Kurt Zouma tries a through ball, but Diego Costa is caught offside.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Aaron Cresswell.
Attempt blocked. Willian (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by César Azpilicueta.
Attempt missed. Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Willian.
Foul by Edimilson Fernandes (West Ham United).
Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Diego Costa (Chelsea).
Substitution, West Ham United. Edimilson Fernandes replaces Mark Noble.
Substitution, Chelsea. Kurt Zouma replaces Victor Moses.
Substitution, Chelsea. Willian replaces Eden Hazard.
Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Victor Moses.
Attempt missed. Pedro Obiang (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Robert Snodgrass.
Pedro Obiang (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Nemanja Matic (Chelsea).
Attempt missed. Andy Carroll (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mark Noble.
Pedro Obiang (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea).
Attempt missed. César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Darren Randolph.
Attempt saved. Diego Costa (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Substitution, Chelsea. Nemanja Matic replaces Pedro.
Substitution, West Ham United. Sam Byram replaces Winston Reid because of an injury.
Substitution, West Ham United. André Ayew replaces Sofiane Feghouli.
Attempt missed. José Fonte (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Winston Reid with a cross following a corner.
Attempt blocked. Mark Noble (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Sofiane Feghouli (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by César Azpilicueta.
Foul by David Luiz (Chelsea).
Andy Carroll (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Andy Carroll (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Attempt missed. Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Attempt missed. Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Goal! West Ham United 0, Chelsea 2. Diego Costa (Chelsea) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Cheikhou Kouyaté.
The match at the SSE Arena in Belfast was goalless until Colton Fretter netted for the visitors at 10:26 in the final period.
The lead was short-lived, though, as Colin Shields got the Giants level within 22 seconds.
Chris Higgins scored the overtime winner for the second-placed Giants.
The teams face each other in another league match in Belfast on Sunday, 8 January (16:00 GMT).
The hosts edged the opening period in possession and shots, but Ervins Mustukovs in the Sheffield goal kept the Giants at bay.
In the second period home netminder Jackson Whistle and the Giants defence killed off three Steelers powerplays.
Mustukovs was again the difference early in the final period as he produced a string of impressive saves to deny the Giants in two early powerplay opportunities.
After just over 50 minutes without a goal, the game sprung to life with two inside 22 seconds.
Fretter, assisted by John Armstrong and Mathieu Roy, netted from close range and then Shields squeezed the puck into the Steelers' net, assisted by James Desmarais and Steve Saviano.
In overtime, the Giants broke into the Sheffield zone with Blair Riley dishing the puck to Higgins who, one-on-one with the goalie, pulled a move and netted to secure the win for the hosts at 60:31.
Matt Salmon, 25, had worked for the club for three-and-a-half years, mainly as the academy physio.
He was originally diagnosed with lung cancer in 2010 but only announced his retirement on Wednesday following a consultation with doctors.
Speaking on Wednesday, he said he had loved "every single moment" of his job.
"It has been an incredibly difficult decision to resign from my dream job at the age of 25 but unfortunately I have reached a stage where I am not able to give our players the level of care they deserve," he said.
He thanked his colleagues for their support during his illness.
"The fact that people who achieved so much in the game offer their time and support shows what sort of club Mansfield Town is and mirrors the principles that the town was built on," he said.
"I will finish by wishing the club, players, staff and fans all the best for next season and I look forward to the club playing League One football, which everyone at the club deserves."
The club said Mr Salmon was surrounded by his family and friends when he died peacefully during the early hours of Friday.
Chairman John Radford said he was a "thoroughly decent person" and everyone at Mansfield Town would miss him.
In a statement, youth directors Mark Hawkins and Steve Hymas said: "Matt was an inspirational person, taken far too young."
N'Doye, 30, has agreed a three-year deal with the Turkish side.
The Senegal international joined the Tigers from Lokomotiv Moscow in January and scored five goals in 17 Premier League games as Steve Bruce's side were relegated to the Championship.
Hull tweeted: "Everyone wishes Dame all the best for the future and thank him for his efforts at the club."
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Erdem Gul received five years and Can Dundar five years and 10 months.
Mr Dundar and Mr Gul, editor and Ankara bureau chief of opposition daily Cumhuriyet, had reported that Turkey had tried to ship arms to rebels fighting the Syrian government.
Shortly before the verdict, a gunman attempted to kill Mr Dundar.
The assailant fired several shots while Mr Dundar was briefing reporters outside the courthouse. Mr Dundar escaped unharmed and the gunman was arrested. A reporter was lightly injured in the leg.
Speaking after the verdict, Mr Dundar said the sentence, and the assassination attempt, were "not given only to suppress and silence us" but to "intimidate the Turkish media and make us scared of writing".
The two men were acquitted of more serious charge of espionage, which could have carried with it a life sentence. But their very prosecution has proved controversial, drawing sharp criticism from human rights campaigners and fellow journalists.
The two men are expected to appeal against the verdicts.
John Dalhuisen, Europe and Central Asia Director for Amnesty International, called the convictions a "travesty of justice".
He said: "The decision, which punishes good journalism with five years' imprisonment, shows how the law has buckled and broken under political pressure in Turkey."
Mr Dundar and Mr Gul were charged in November with espionage after their reports in May 2015 alleging that Turkey's intelligence services were sending weapons and ammunition to Islamist rebels fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Turkish security forces intercepted a convoy of lorries near the Syrian border in January 2014, and Cumhuriyet alleged these vehicles were linked to Turkey's MIT intelligence organisation.
Alongside the newspaper report was video footage showing police discovering crates of weapons hidden beneath boxes of medicine.
The Turkish government insisted that the lorries were not carrying weapons to the Islamist rebels as alleged, but bringing aid to Syria's Turkmen minority, a Turkic-speaking ethnic group.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the video footage was a state secret, and by publishing it Cumhuriyet daily had engaged in an act of espionage.
"Whoever wrote this story will pay a heavy price for this. I will not let him go unpunished," he vowed live on television.
Referring to Mr Erdogan, Mr Dundar said: "Today, we know that the reason for the threats we have been receiving for weeks and the bullets fired from that gun today are due to the fact that we have been shown as targets by the highest office in the state."
The journalists have become a symbol of the erosion of press freedom in Turkey, says the BBC's Mark Lowen in Istanbul.
Media freedom has plummeted in Turkey, which now ranks 151st of 180 countries in an index by the watchdog Reporters without Borders.
Press freedom 'a major concern'
The highest number of deaths - two Israelis, two Poles and eight Nepalese - happened when a blizzard hit a point on the Annapurna Circuit.
Many trekkers returning from the circuit remain out of contact.
BBC South Asia Editor Charles Haviland says it is one the deadliest spells of bad weather ever seen in the region.
Avalanches to the east and west have left 10 more people dead or presumed dead, among them Canadians, Slovaks and an Indian as well as local people.
A French man also died after slipping into the Budhi Gandaki river in heavy rains.
Severe rain and snowstorms in Nepal appear to have been triggered by Cyclone Hudhud in neighbouring India.
Analysis: Phanindra Dahal, BBC Nepali, Kathmandu
It has not been good a year for Nepal's trekking and mountaineering industry. An avalanche on Mount Everest in April killed 16 Sherpas - and resulted in a massive reduction of expeditions to the world's highest peak during the spring season.
The latest disaster comes during the peak trekking period. Thousands of tourists head to Nepal in October, many to enjoy its high altitude mountain passes and pristine beauty. The freak heavy snowfall caught the trekkers off guard.
The tragedy will badly hurt Nepal's tourism, with officials worried about the wider negative message it sends. Trekking and mountaineering are the key backbones of the industry - the major foreign exchange earner for Nepal.
Hudhud hit south-east India earlier this week - satellite pictures now show it moving away from Nepal towards China.
The bad weather hit a resting place 4,500m (14,800ft) above sea level, not far below the Circuit's highest point, the Thorung La pass.
The trekkers who were killed or remain missing were on their way down.
An army official co-ordinating the search operation said two military helicopters had been sent from the capital Kathmandu to assist the rescue operation.
Thousands of trekkers visit the Annapurna Circuit every October, when weather conditions are usually favourable for hiking trips.
What appears to be a freak snowstorm a little under the highest pass caused mayhem, with many people still believed to be trapped in snow.
Only a little to the east, near Mount Manaslu, a French man died after being swept into a river.
The deaths come just months after 16 Sherpa mountain guides died in Nepal's worst ever accident on Mount Everest.
Nepal's high peaks attract some of the world's best climbers - but trekking is generally safe and appeals to masses of ordinary outdoor enthusiasts.
The attack happened at Beechmount Parade just before 06:00 GMT on Friday.
The man has been unable to tell police how many people attacked him and whether or not a weapon was used.
Police have appealed for information about the incident.
Mr Tusk faces questions over embarrassing remarks attributed to his Foreign Minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, about close allies the US and UK.
In another leaked tape, the country's top banker discusses the next election with the interior minister.
Investigations continue into how Wprost magazine obtained the recordings.
Published by the magazine over the past two weeks, they were made in one or more restaurants in the capital, Warsaw, and are believed to date back as far as last summer.
Wprost's chief editor, Sylwester Latkowski, was being questioned on Tuesday as a witness in the inquiry after he resisted attempts to search the magazine's office and computers last week.
Mr Sikorski has not denied the remarks, accompanied by obscenities, that have been attributed to him. Central bank governor Marek Belka has said he will not resign over the remarks he is alleged to have said.
The conservative opposition party, Law and Justice, is calling for Mr Tusk's centre-right coalition to resign but correspondents say this is unlikely at present.
The scandal is especially embarrassing for Poland, the biggest of the former Soviet bloc states to join the EU, as it celebrates 25 years of freedom, marking the overthrow of its communist government and first, semi-free elections in 1989.
The Sejm, or lower house of parliament, is assembling for a three-day debate on the issue, state radio reports.
In one recording, Mr Sikorski can apparently be heard saying Poland's relationship with the US would prove worthless in the event of a crisis involving Germany or Russia: "It is downright harmful because it creates a false sense of security."
As heard on the tape, he also ridicules UK Prime Minister David Cameron's immigration policy and views on the EU.
Mr Sikorski, Poland's nominee to replace Catherine Ashton as EU foreign policy chief, also uses obscene and possibly racist language, according to the transcript published by Wprost.
Defending himself this week, he said the government had come under attack from an as yet unidentified "organised crime group".
In the earlier leak, Wprost published the content of an alleged private conversation in which Poland's top banker discussed the next election with Interior Minister Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz.
Under Polish law, the central bank must remain independent of politics.
Prime Minister Tusk has already said he will not dismiss officials whose compromising conversations were caught on tape in what he called a "criminal" action by "ill-intentioned people".
"The Polish government will not be dictated to by people who illegally planted these bugs... whether by ill-will, naivety, greed or to serve political interests," he told journalists on Monday.
One theory is that the conversations were recorded for purposes of blackmail.
The proposed £2m development has been earmarked for the site of the demolished Dounreay Sports and Social Club.
The power station is also in the process of being knocked down.
A four-lane running track and indoor sports hall equivalent in size to four badminton courts has been proposed.
Subject to planning permission and successful funding applications, the sports complex could be open by the end of 2016.
It would form part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy programme.
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Central-back Johnny Mullins, 30, is one of those to leave, along with strikers Jordan Bowery and Pat Hoban, defender Freddie Grant and midfielder AJ George.
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Germany took control of the area which it called South West Africa in the late 1800s.
The discovery of diamonds in 1908 prompted an influx of Europeans.
South Africa seized it during the First World War and administered it under a League of Nations mandate.
Namibians achieved independence in 1990 after a bush war of almost 25 years. Inter-racial reconciliation encouraged the country's white people to remain and they still play a major role in farming and other economic sectors.
Population 2.4 million
Area 824,292 sq km (318,261 sq miles)
Major languages English (official), Afrikaans, German, Oshivambo, Herero, Nama
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 62 years (men), 63 years (women)
Currency Namibian dollar
Hage Geingob was voted in as president in the November 2014 elections while serving as prime minister.
He succeeded Hifikepunye Pohamba, who stepped down at the end of the two terms allowed by the constitution.
Dr Geingob, who was born in 1941, chaired the constituent assembly which drafted the constitution which came into effect with Namibian independence from South Africa in 1990.
He was independent Namibia's first prime minister.
The president, who shares executive power with the cabinet, is limited to two five-year terms.
Namibia is one of the more media-friendly countries in Africa.
Broadcasters and the private press give coverage to the opposition, including views critical of the government.
Some key dates in Namibia's history:
1886-90 - Present international boundaries established by German treaties with Portugal and Britain. Germany annexes the territory as South West Africa.
1892-1905 - Suppression of uprisings by Herero and Namas. Possibly 60,000, or 80% of the Herero population, are killed, leaving some 15,000 starving refugees.
1915 - South Africa takes over territory during First World War.
1920 - League of Nations grants South Africa mandate to govern South West Africa (SWA).
1946 - South Africa refuses to place SWA under UN trusteeship.
1961 - UN General Assembly demands South Africa terminate the mandate and sets SWA's independence as an objective.
1966 - South West Africa People's Organisation (Swapo) launches armed struggle against South African occupation.
1990 - Namibia becomes independent, with Sam Nujoma as first president.
2004 - Germany offers formal apology for colonial-era killings of tens of thousands of ethnic Hereros.
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Namibia, a large and sparsely populated country on Africa's south-west coast, has enjoyed stability since gaining independence in 1990 after a long struggle against rule by South Africa.
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When the big day came, she posted about the gear, the energy gels, and the coconut waters that would sustain her through the 26.2 miles (42.1km)
Cindy ran the race of her life, finishing the New York Marathon in just 3 hours 17 minutes and 29 seconds - a lot faster than her pace in previous half-marathon finishes, which each took a little over two hours.
"Ran my heart out today and left everything on the course. All the training paid off and qualified for the Boston Marathon!" she posted on Instagram, along with a post-race selfie and a photo with the finisher's medal.
But Cindy's incredible marathon time seemed just a little too incredible to a man sitting at his computer nearly 640 miles away.
Derek Murphy, a former marathoner and business analyst who lives outside Cincinnati, has made a name for himself exposing marathon cheats on his blog, Marathon Investigation.
During his racing days, he frequented online message boards about big races, which occasionally featured a high-profile cheating scandal.
"There was so much tension from those specific cases, I just wondered how many other people cheated," he said.
Murphy's investigative process has evolved since he first started looking at race results.
He has gone from looking at missed split times in public race results to peering into other clues like suspiciously fast race times, starting line and finish line photos, and bystander video footage recorded at races.
When Murphy heard about Cindy's speedy personal record, he started scrolling through the New York race photos looking for evidence that she had honestly run her improbably fast race.
He didn't find any photos of the petite brunette running on the course. However, he did find a photo of a tall, athletically-built man running with Cindy's bib pinned to his shirt.
After Murphy sent the photos and Cindy's former half-marathon times to the New York Marathon organisers and published a story on his blog, Cindy was disqualified.
She is one of about 30 runners identified by Murphy who sought entry into the 2017 Boston Marathon using fabricated times.
At least 15 of those runners were disqualified from showing up at the starting line in Boston's Hopkinton neighbourhood when the starting gun goes off on Monday.
Some of the remaining 15 might get to run the race, but their results will be closely scrutinised. Murphy expects to identify many more people who cheated to get to Boston after the race is completed.
Only the fastest amateur and elite runners can earn a spot in the iconic Boston Marathon.
Men under 35 need a finish better than three hours and five minutes in an earlier marathon to earn a spot. Women under 35 have 30 extra minutes.
While around 30,000 people are fast enough to run the marathon each year, more than 4,500 qualified runners were turned away in 2016 because too many people registered for the race.
"The integrity of the sport is enormously important to us, and to the athletes who run in our races," said a spokesperson for the Boston Athletic Association in an email statement.
"When it comes to qualifying for Boston, we rely on the race organisers and timing systems they employ to produce accurate results, and we also rely on the honesty and integrity of 99.99% of competitors who compete fairly in pursuit of their personal records."
Murphy said he thinks the actual number of cheaters is probably higher than the 0.01% cited by Marathon officials - which would be just three people - but he thinks it is still a small percentage.
Finding those rare cheats can be tough.
"There's no governing body for marathons per se to look at results," Murphy said. "Most of the time race timers and directors definitely do care, but there's a lack of resources."
Cheating in a marathon can come in many forms. Some cut a few miles out of their qualifying race. Others give their racing bib to someone a bit faster. In rare cases, people pay to have their results altered.
Most races have methods in place to detect the most obvious examples of cheating. The race bibs have tracking devices that log a runner's split time at mats placed strategically throughout the course.
Sometimes missed mats and unbelievably quick splits will alert race officials to the foul play. But cheaters often slip across the finish line and into race results unnoticed by race timers. Some of these people claim amazing times - good enough to get into Boston.
Mr Murphy has caught cheats by looking at the distances displayed on GPS watches in finish line photos and by matching finish times with time stamps on video recordings of races.
When a runner whose qualifying time places them in an early corral position at the Boston Marathon but finishes in the back of the pack, Mr Murphy marks their race result as a priority for investigation. Often, if someone's Boston time is much slower than their qualifying time they may have cheated in an earlier race.
Instead of looking back at runners after the Boston Marathon happens as he has in the past, this year Murphy tried to find people who cheated to qualify before race day. He hopes that more honest runners with qualifying times near the cut-off will be able to run the race because of his analysis.
Not everyone agrees with Mr Murphy's methods. On the Marathon Investigation Facebook page, sandwiched between encouraging comments, the occasional criticism pops up, taking the blog to task for going after amateur runners and giving them too much attention.
Women's Running magazine published a critical opinion piece arguing that novice runners who cheat should not make the news.
Mr Murphy isn't always in the business of getting people disqualified from races. Sometimes, he does just the opposite.
Last year, Ryan Lee ran the London Marathon in just over four hours and 13 minutes, but after he finished a race official contacted him to tell him that he was disqualified for missing a timing mat. The race organisers thought he had cut the course.
One missed mat doesn't always mean someone cut a course - sometimes the mats don't cover the entire width of the course and a runner might accidentally run around it. But Mr Lee's time also seemed to be too fast - he appeared to catch up to runners who had started more than 15 minutes before him, very early in the race.
"It really was draining," Mr Lee said. "I raised quite a bit of money for my chosen charity and I put 110% into the actual marathon. To be then called a cheat after that really does make you feel distraught."
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Mr Lee and his mother, Elizabeth Lee, set out to try and prove that he had run the entire race. They tracked down photos of Mr Lee on different points on the course and sought out other runners who had seen him race. But finding sufficient evidence to convince the race director that Mr Lee was innocent was difficult.
"I thought I would never be able to prove that I never did cheat," Mr Lee said.
Mr Murphy heard about Mr Lee's case and began to look at the evidence - video footage of the race, photos, and Mr Lee's split times - and he noticed that Mr Lee appeared with runners who had a start time about 15 minutes before the London Marathon claimed he had started racing.
Crucially, Mr Lee was photographed beside those other runners before race officials said he had crossed the starting line.
Mr Murphy used these photos to prove that Mr Lee had actually started the race much earlier, and ultimately run a race about 15 minutes slower than the London Marathon had recorded.
Even with the missed mat at the 10km mark, Mr Lee's results made sense if his start time had been recorded incorrectly. When the race was presented with all of the evidence, they reinstated Mr Lee's official race times.
Proving foul play on the race course often requires more than just number crunching. Mr Murphy said that Mr Lee's case is a great example of why he looks at more than just race times.
"I was able to vindicate somebody, but if I had just looked at the data, I would have thought he cheated," Mr Murphy said.
Mr Lee still runs, in part because his racing record was cleared. He is planning to run the 2017 London Marathon later this month.
"I would love the do the marathon in America and meet Derek to say thank you for all the help." Mr Lee said.
"Without the help, I would still be known as a cheat."
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Krishna Maharaj, 75, has been in prison for 27 years for the killing of Derrick and Duane Moo Young.
Defence lawyers argued the murders had been ordered by now-dead Colombian cartel leader Pablo Escobar.
But Judge William Thomas said evidence presented at a hearing fell "dramatically short" of establishing anyone else killed the father and son.
Maharaj's lawyers called two former government informants on Escobar to testify that the Moo Youngs were stealing money from the drug lord.
An American pilot who flew cocaine shipments for the cartel said he heard Escobar order the killings.
"I'm totally shell-shocked by the idea that after everything we presented he could deny a retrial," said Clive Stafford Smith - Maharaj's lawyer and the director of Reprieve, a London-based human rights advocacy group.
Maharaj will appeal the decision, he said.
Prosecutors argued the defence's evidence was only hearsay. Maharaj's fingerprints were found in the hotel room where the killings took place, they argued, and the businessman had accused Derrick Moo Young, a former business partner, of stealing money.
Shaula-Ann Nagel - daughter and sister of the victims - began crying when the decision was announced.
"The judge saw the truth," she said. "We're all tired of this. It keeps rising up every few years and now it's over."
Calmejane finished the 163.5km ride from Betanzos to San Andres de Teixido ahead of Colombia's Darwin Atapuma who took the overall lead of the race.
American Benjamin King was third.
Froome, who is 33 seconds behind Atapuma, finished just over two minutes back alongside Alberto Contador, Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde, who is second in the general classification.
The Movistar rider is 29 seconds off the lead.
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Overnight leader Ruben Fernandez, also of Movistar, toiled during the steep final climb - the Mirador Vixia de Herbeira - and surrendered the leader's red jersey, slipping to seventh overall.
Team Sky's Froome is aiming to become the first man in 38 years to win the Vuelta and Tour de France in the same season.
The 21-stage Vuelta is the third Grand Tour on the cycling calendar after the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France.
Stage four result:
1. Lilian Calmejane (Fra/Direct Energie) 4hrs 5mins 19secs
2. Darwin Atapuma (Col/BMC Racing) +15secs
3. Benjamin King (US/Cannondale) Same time
4. Andrey Zeits (Kaz/ Astana) +19secs
5. Nathan Haas (Aus/Dimension Data) +23secs
6. Enrico Battaglin (Ita/LottoNL) +24secs
7. Pierre Rolland (Fra/Cannondale) +33secs
8. Chad Haga (US/Giant) +37secs
9. Jaime Roson (Spa/Caja Rural) +40secs
10. Cesare Benedetti (Ita/BORA) +42secs
General classification after stage four:
1. Darwin Atapuma (Col/BMC Racing) 13hrs 23mins 10secs
2. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) +29secs
3. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +33secs
4. Esteban Chaves (Col/Orica) +39secs
5. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) Same time
6. Samuel Sanchez (Spa/BMC Racing) +1min 8secs
7. Ruben Fernandez (Spa/Movistar) +1min 11secs
8. Leopold Koenig (Cze/Team Sky) +1min 13secs
9. Peter Kennaugh (GB/Team Sky) +1min 15secs
10. Gianluca Brambilla (Ita/Etixx-Quick-Step) +1mins 23secs
The 24-year-old has not featured for Mick McCarthy's team this season.
He could make his debut for the Millers, who are second from bottom in the Championship, in Saturday's game against Bristol City.
"It has been a while since I have had the opportunity to play first-team football, so this is a great chance for me," he told the club website.
But other campaigns have been taking place to encourage people to register to vote before the deadline of 20 April.
The election projections show the outcome on 7 May is difficult to predict.
So the difference could be made by minority groups if they use the opportunity to register and vote.
The campaigning group that fights for racial equality, Operation Black Vote (OBV), has been travelling around the country in an orange bus promoting voter registration especially to ethnic minorities.
The bus with its images of US civil rights activist Rosa Parks and black and Asian World War Two army personnel, has facilities to allow people to register on board.
OBV's director Simon Woolley says there is a disproportionate number of black and Asian people that have registered to vote.
According to OBV figures, in the 2010 election 18% of black and minority ethnic (BME) groups did not register to vote compared with 7% of white people. Of the BME groups - 50% of Africans, 20% of Caribbeans, and 15% of Asians were not registered.
"It's clear the people we have talked to are not apathetic to politics," says Simon.
"They are interested in education, health, politics and unemployment.
"But they are frustrated and angry because of the lack of representation in politics, so they consciously opt out."
OBV says they have reached a million people in the last eight weeks of campaigning, and that tens of thousands of people have registered on their bus.
OBV has used black British celebrities to illustrate the cause.
The Homeland actor David Harewood, musician Tinie Tempah, and the former footballer Sol Campbell are featuring on posters.
Their faces have been whitened by make-up to show that without the black vote, the colour is taken out of British politics.
"We have great role models in these individuals and they wanted to give back to the community," says Simon.
He adds: "I'm impatient for fundamental change and I won't rest until people are judged by their ability and not by the colour of their skin."
Inspired by Operation Black Vote, Operation Disabled Vote (ODV) was launched in November 2014 with the aim of aiding deaf and disabled people to register and vote.
The London-based group has been part of a national voter registration drive No Vote No Voice.
ODV is touring the capital on a bus with deaf interpreters to provide help and information.
ODV's co-founder, Ellen Clifford, says there are many issues surrounding voter registration.
"Primarily, a lot of the information is online but some people have no access," she explains.
"Statistically disabled people, particularly with learning difficulties, have less online access than any other group."
ODV has found that people are interested in registering but they may not have their national insurance number to hand or they need to rely on family members for help.
In a Mencap survey, 64% of people with learning disabilities who were questioned said they did not vote in the last election.
Reasons included finding the process of registering too difficult and being turned away from polling stations.
Ellen says: "There is no legal duty for polling stations to be made wheelchair accessible. Polling officers can come out on the street with a ballot paper. But we don't think that's acceptable."
She adds that the biggest barrier is people thinking there is no point in voting because politicians have failed in representing the interests of deaf and disabled people.
Young people, particularly women, are not big on voting.
Only 39% of women between 18-24 voted in the 2010 general election, making them the demographic least likely to vote.
After a consultation, the Youth Media Agency recognised it was more of an issue than previously thought.
The agency's Hannah Vincent says: "We found there was a massive level of apathy and young women were overwhelmed by politics."
To help redress this, the agency used the #XXVote hashtag in social media and with the help of crowdspeaking platform Thunderclap their message reached 1.6 million people.
The team also turned to the big screen to spread the word.
Hannah Vincent directed a film that was made by young women for young women, which shows the relevance of politics in young women's everyday lives and also emphasises the importance of voter participation.
The National Union of Students (NUS) has used various methods to inform students about registering.
"Some didn't realise they had to register," says the NUS President Toni Pearce.
"They thought because they pay their taxes and that the people know who they are, they would automatically be able to vote."
#RegAFriend is the latest NUS online campaign targeting students to encourage their friends to register.
Students are taking selfies with friends crossing fingers and adding their photos with the #RegAFriend hashtag online.
"It's an opportunity to talk about politics as well as people taking responsibility for others to register rather than focus individually," says Toni.
"They care and are interested in many issues. They are concerned about the cost of living for students which is really high, and they are worried about getting a job and if it pays enough to pay back their student fees."
No matter how seemingly wacky the idea, many students have heeded the campaign's message.
The University of East Anglia ran a Goats for Votes registration drive.
"The idea was that if students registered to vote, they can get a play with some goats," explained Toni, who added that the idea led to 2,000 students signing up.
"Students are a force to be reckoned with and it is not just the NUS talking about issues, so are they."
Shout Out UK, a news network for young people has won a commission for a youth leaders debate that will be shown on Channel 4 on 28 April.
William Wright of Wrightbus said immigration had convinced him the UK was better off going it alone.
In a reference to the decision of JTI Gallager to close its cigarette plant, he claimed EU regulations had cost Ballymena close to 1,000 jobs.
Mr Wright also claimed the area had had a recent influx of people from Eastern Europe.
Earlier this month, the boss of Bombardier in Belfast told its staff it would be better for the company if the UK remains within the EU
The Northern Ireland Stronger In Europe campaign will wait until after 5 May's assembly election before holding its launch.
The EU referendum will take place across the UK on Thursday, 23 June.
The woman, Sonali Shetty, had tried to take a group of street children to Shiv Sagar restaurant in the Indian capital.
She says she was turned away because the children were "poor and dirty". The restaurant says she demanded free food.
The panel said it was "evident" that they had been willing to pay.
It said it was clear the decision not to serve them had been made on the basis of "socio-economic status", which was "against the spirit" of the Indian constitution.
The incident on Sunday attracted widespread criticism in India, and prompted Delhi's deputy chief minister, Manish Sisodia, to say the restaurant had shown a "typical colonial mentality".
The Delhi state government has said it will take tough action against the restaurant, but has given no further details.
He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for standing up to the Chinese government and demanding political change - despite the government's fierce opposition.
Outside the country of his birth, he is known as one of China's leading dissidents, winning awards and the attention of the world's media.
But few people inside China have heard his name. He has repeatedly faced imprisonment and surveillance from the Chinese government.
He is currently serving an 11-year prison sentence for "subverting state power".
That charge came after he helped write a manifesto, called Charter 08, calling for political reforms.
The 54-year-old first came to public prominence in 1989, during the bloody suppression of protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
He returned home from the United States to take part in the demonstrations.
As soldiers moved to clear the square, Liu Xiaobo helped persuade some students to leave instead of facing down the army.
But that did not save him from the authorities. He was sent to prison for nearly two years.
"The massacre in 1989 made a very deep impression on me," he said in an interview he gave to the BBC just a few months before he was arrested in 2008.
The activist once worked as a professor at Beijing Normal University, although he was eventually banned from teaching.
In 1996 he was again put away for speaking out about China's one-party political system, but this time he was sent to a re-education-through-labour camp for three years.
It was while there that he got married to Liu Xia.
Since then he has continued to discuss a range of taboo subjects, including criticising China's treatment of Tibetans.
This has gained him respect, although some who know him say Liu Xiaobo was always a man who sought controversy.
His work brought him to the attention of those outside China who are trying to improve human rights in the communist party-ruled country, and he has received several prizes over the years.
At his trial in December last year the United States government felt compelled to speak out.
"We call on the Government of China to release [Liu Xiaobo] immediately and to respect the rights of all Chinese citizens to peacefully express their political views," read a statement from the US state department.
The document that got him into trouble, Charter 08, was released in December two years ago. It calls for a new constitution in China, an independent judiciary and freedom of expression.
It was backed by about 300 academics, artists, lawyers and activists, who want a fuller debate about China's future political development.
Two days before it was due to be published the police made a late-night raid on Mr Liu's home and took him away.
His wife said she could not initially find out what had happened to him because the authorities would not admit to taking him.
It was not until nearly one month later that they finally confirmed they had arrested him.
He had a one-day trial in December last year and was sentenced to 11 years a few days later - on Christmas Day.
Some suspected the Chinese authorities had chosen that day because most people in the West would be on holiday, and not notice.
Before he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Liu Xia used to visit her husband once a month at the prison where he is serving his sentence, in the city of Jinzhou, Liaoning Province.
They had hour-long meetings watched over by guards and security cameras.
She previously told the BBC: "Mentally and physically he's fine. He runs for an hour each day, he reads and he writes me letters."
As a wife, Liu Xia's greatest wish is for her husband to be released so he can come home to her.
But she believes his contribution to human rights will one day by recognised by a wider audience.
"Now his name is unknown [in China]. But one day, even if he's not regarded as a hero, he'll be thought of as a very good citizen."
The deadpan Canadian funnyman was given the prize by digital TV channel Dave, whose panel put a selection of their favourites to a public vote.
He won for the joke: "You know who really gives kids a bad name? Posh and Becks."
The British King of the one-liner, Tim Vine, took the runner-up spot for the second year in a row.
Vine, who won the award two years ago, appears twice in the list of 10 jokes compiled by the TV channel, as does Francis.
The top jokes were:
The winning joke was taken from Stewart Francis's current Edinburgh show, Return of the Lumberjacks.
The show, at The Assembly Rooms, is a reunion for Francis and other Canadian comics, Craig Campbell and Glenn Wool.
Francis, who made his Edinburgh debut 15 years ago, has made appearances on British TV shows such as Mock the Week and Live at The Apollo.
Although born in Canada, both of Stewart's parents are British and he lives in the UK full-time with his Scottish wife.
Of his win, Stewart said: "1969 West Mall Soccer Association's Most Valuable Player, and now this."
The 10 Dave judges sat through an average of 60 comedy shows.
The panel was made up of comedy critics such as Dominic Maxwell of The Times, Mark Monahan of the Daily Telegraph and Bruce Dessau of the Evening Standard.
They shortlisted 30 jokes which were then put to a public vote.
Valdez, a US citizen better known as "Barbie" for his light eyes, was arrested in Mexico in 2010 and extradited to the US in September 2015.
A key figure in the Beltran Leyva cartel, he was accused of smuggling more than 1,000kg (2,200lb) of cocaine into the southern and eastern US.
He has yet to be sentenced but lawyers said he could face life in prison.
Valdez, a former high school football player in Texas, is believed to have started his criminal career dealing marijuana in Laredo, Texas.
He left his middle-class life in Texas in the 1990s after being indicted in the US, where he had expanded his drug-dealing business to the neighbouring states.
In Mexico, he joined the ranks of the Beltran Leyva cartel and quickly gained a reputation for extreme violence which helped him rise through its ranks quickly.
He is believed to have led the cartel's gang of hitmen.
When the cartel's founder, Arturo Beltran Leyva, was killed by Mexican security forces in 2009, Valdez made a move for the top job, pitting himself against Arturo's brother Hector and unleashing a wave of internecine gang warfare,
Each group would decapitate their rival's hitmen and hang their bodies from bridges as a grisly message to keep out of each other's territory.
Valdez, who had a $2m (£1.37m) price on his head, was captured in a residential area near Mexico City in August 2010.
He pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to import and distribute cocaine, and conspiring to launder money, before a federal judge on Wednesday.
While security forces say they have dismantled the Beltran Leyva cartel, Mexico continues to suffer from drug-related violence which has left tens of thousands of people dead over the past 10 years.
The most notorious cartel leader, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman of the Sinaloa cartel, is currently at large after escaping a maximum-security jail in July last year.
Official numbers showed an expansion of 7% for the period - the slowest economic pace of growth since the global financial crisis in 2009.
The Shanghai Composite on the mainland was down 1.11% at 4,089.52.
While the benchmark Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was down 0.05% at 27,547.75 points.
Analysts said they expected China's economic growth to have slowed to 7% in the quarter - lower than the 7.3% posted for the three months to December.
Last year, the world's second-largest economy grew at its slowest pace since 1990, expanding by 7.4%.
Analysts said slower growth, together with the country's cooling property market - a key economic driver - was likely to mean further easing by China's central bank this year, including further rate cuts among other measures.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 was down 0.06% at 19,897.39 points.
A new report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) upgraded the outlook for Japan's economic growth.
But the report, which said lower oil prices and a local weaker yen were likely to boost Japanese growth, did little to boost investor sentiment.
In its latest World Economic Outlook, released on Tuesday in Washington, the IMF said Japan's economy was expected to expand by 1% this year and by 1.2% in 2016, compared to an earlier forecast of 0.6% and 0.8% respectively.
In Australia, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 0.81% at 5,898.50 points.
The IMF report said that Australia was facing a downturn in commodity prices that was "continuing to hit [its] economy".
It forecast that Australia would post economic growth of 2.8% in 2015 and 3.2% next year, in line with previous forecasts.
Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey said this week that the recent plunge in the iron ore prices would reduce revenue forecasts by A$25bn (£13bn; $19bn) over the next four years.
Meanwhile, South Korea's benchmark Kospi index was flat, up 0.06% at 2,112.90.
Four-week-old Tommy Lee died after he was taken to hospital last September. A post-mortem examination found he suffered bleeding around his brain.
Prosecutors told a jury at Hull Crown Court that Liam Laverick killed his son by shaking or throwing him.
Mr Laverick, 25, of Beeford Grove, Hull, denies manslaughter.
Tommy Lee had been left in the sole care of Mr Laverick at his partner's flat, jurors heard.
A transcript from Mr Laverick's police interview was read to the court, in which he said he woke to find the baby with sick on his face and noticed he wasn't breathing.
"His, like, lip were going blue", Mr Laverick told police.
"I could feel a heartbeat but no breathing, nothing at all".
He told officers he tried to clear Tommy Lee's airway, before falling with the child in his arms after tripping on a lamp cable in the flat.
The jury was previously shown CCTV footage of Mr Laverick taking Tommy Lee to a relative's house to find the baby's mother, Kelly Whitworth, before the couple ran to the nearby Hull Royal Infirmary.
He told police he fell again on the way to the hospital when his jeans were falling down.
Asked by police why he had not immediately mentioned a fall to doctors, he said he was sure he had but he did not know the child had a head injury and thought he was choking.
The trial continues.
Jack Marriott ensured the hosts' domination was rewarded as he headed in Olly Lee's cross after Joe Piggott had missed a host of Luton chances.
But Souleymane Coulibaly rescued County a point late on as the substitute striker nodded in Alex Rodman's cross.
Accrington's win over York mean the Minstermen drop out as County are safe.
Newport manager Warren Feeney told BBC Radio Wales: "When I first came in it was 'stay up at all costs' and (former manager) John Sheridan put the ground in there for me and I just tried to carry on what he left.
"And full credit to the players because people won't realise how hard it is down the bottom of that league.
"But they've responded and it's job done for us."
The event aims to give an insight into mountain terrains and culture and offers film makers the chance to show their work to a wider audience.
The two-day festival at George Square Lecture Theatre in Edinburgh.
Tickets for the event, which starts on Saturday, start at £6.
Stevie Christie, Edinburgh Mountain film festival director, explains: "Whether you are a committed outdoor enthusiast or more of an armchair fan, or if you simply enjoy hearing enthralling stories set against incredibly beautiful scenery, there is something for you at the EMFF.
"And if you wish you could have adventures like the ones you see but can't find the time in your life, we even have a short film which tells you the solution."
The scene involved a brief peck on the lips during the song Beggars at the Feast.
After being told it violated its "General" rating, the producers decided to remove the kiss, the Media Development Authority (MDA) said.
The show's organisers said that the scene was intended to be comical.
"The inclusion of the same-sex kiss was not highlighted in the script when it was submitted to MDA for classification. The performance was thus given a 'General' rating," MDA said. "MDA will take action against this breach of licensing conditions."
Since 3 June the scene has been adapted to exclude the kiss, Moses Lye, head of MediaCorp VizPro, the organiser of the musical told local media.
It comes after a row in Singapore over foreign companies sponsoring an annual gay rights rally called Pink Dot which took place on 4 June.
On 8 June, Singapore authorities warned it would take steps to make clear that foreign firms "should not fund, support or influence such events". The rally is sponsored by companies including JPMorgan, Google and Barclays.
Gay rights in Singapore is a fraught issue and recent years have seen courts upholding a law criminalising sex between adult men.
Singapore's vocal Christian community has also expressed its opposition to events such as Pink Dot and support for what it calls traditional family values.
The Real Madrid forward, 27, scored three goals as Wales made the semi-finals, their first appearance at a major tournament in 58 years.
Wales' bid to reach the 2018 World Cup in Russia begins against Moldova in Cardiff on Monday 5 September.
"It's great to be back together again," Bale said.
"It doesn't feel too long ago we were finishing the Euros but we've got that out of our system and we're fully focused on the campaign ahead."
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The Wales squad are together for the first time since Euro 2016 ahead of the qualifier at Cardiff City Stadium.
Bale says there is a feel-good factor in Welsh football because of the team's exploits in France as well as the fact Cardiff's Principality Stadium is hosting the 2017 Champions League final next June.
Cardiff-born Bale is a two-time European winner and is aiming to help Real defend a title they won against Atletico Madrid in May.
"Welsh football is growing on every level, whether it's us as a team or as a country hosting big events," Bale said.
"It's exciting times for us all and we all look forward to it.
"I played the [2014 European] Super Cup in Cardiff before and it was an amazing experience to have my friends and family close by.
"I suppose there's a little more motivation if there needs to be any more and we'll be trying to make history in Cardiff."
Armstrong, 41, had been paid £300,000 to settle a libel case in 2004 after the newspaper alleged he had cheated.
After US officials last year found Armstrong had the paper demanded the money back plus interest and costs.
The Sunday Times said it had reached a "mutually acceptable final resolution".
David Walsh, the chief sports writer of the Sunday Times, first raised questions about Armstrong in 1999, when he won the Tour de France for the first time.
In 2004, the newspaper published an article saying it was right for questions about Armstrong's performance to be both "posed and answered".
The American cyclist's lawyers issued a writ and sought damages from the paper, Mr Walsh and then-deputy sports editor Alan English.
It was later ruled that the meaning of the article was that Armstrong was "a fraud, a cheat and a liar".
The Sunday Times settled that claim in June 2006.
Last year, the United States Anti-Doping Agency called Armstrong a "serial" cheat who had led "the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme that sport has ever seen". He was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles.
The cyclist had always denied doping during his career, but finally confessed in an interview with chat show host Oprah Winfrey in January.
In December last year, the Sunday Times wrote to Armstrong's lawyers saying it was now clear that the earlier proceedings brought by the athlete had been "baseless and fraudulent".
"Your representations that you had never taken performance-enhancing drugs were deliberately false," the letter added.
In the latest edition of the Sunday Times, the newspaper announced that it, Mr Walsh and Mr English had "reached a mutually acceptable final resolution to all claims against Lance Armstrong related to the 2012 High Court proceedings".
The paper said it was "entirely happy with the agreed settlement, the terms of which remain confidential.
The Waste and Resources Action Programme (Wrap) said 210,000 tonnes of food which could be eaten is dumped.
The publicly-funded recycling group said buying too much, serving large portions and confusion over "best before" labels were the main causes.
Wrap said the average UK household throws away the equivalent of six meals every week, at a total cost of £12.5bn a year.
The organisation advised people to understand the difference between "best before" and "use by" dates.
Guidance from the Food Standards Agency says "best before" refers to food quality while "use by" is a warning about safety.
The top three foods people in the UK throw away includes bread, potatoes and milk.
'Seriously worried'
However, the report also suggested, since 2007, the total amount of household food and drink waste - including unavoidable waste - has fallen in Wales by 65,000 tonnes to 350,000 tonnes.
Wrap chief executive Dr Liz Goodwin asked the government and supermarkets to take action.
She said: "Consumers are seriously worried about the cost of food and how it has increased over recent years. Yet as Wrap's research shows, we are still wasting millions of tonnes and billions of pounds.
"The UK is leading the way in tackling food waste and the 21% cut is a terrific achievement by millions of people who have taken action, saved money and helped safeguard our natural resources. However, there is so much more to go for and I believe we should be going for it."
Natural Resources and Food Minister Alun Davies said: "Tackling avoidable food waste is key to Wales moving towards zero waste, so I welcome the findings of this report.
"Welsh households have made good progress in reducing the amount of food we waste, but there is still more to be done.
"As food costs rise, we can all take steps to save money and make the most of the food we have bought."
The budget airline will run two flights a week from Glasgow International to Lisbon, Valencia, Zadar (Croatia) and Palanga (Lithuania).
The new twice-weekly route from Glasgow Prestwick will be to Barcelona Girona.
There will also be five new routes from Edinburgh Airport to Barcelona Girona, Ibiza, Milan, Porto and Vigo.
Ryanair said the new routes would help deliver about two million customers per year and support about 1,500 jobs at Glasgow and Prestwick airports and 1,800 jobs at Edinburgh Airport.
The airline said it would also add six new summer routes next year from Glasgow International to Alicante, Brussels, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Malaga and Sofia.
It is also increasing the frequency of flights to Berlin to six times a week.
From Prestwick, Ryanair will also increase the frequency of summer 2017 services to Ibiza, Palma and Tenerife.
A new summer route to Warsaw will leave Edinburgh Airport three times a week, and there will also be more flights to Palma, Rome and Tenerife.
The pass mark for the new-look Higher maths was cut to just 34% because the exam was harder than expected.
A report for the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) said the main problem was the overall difficulty of the exam - not individual questions.
But a former principal assessor said the exam was not fit for purpose.
This year's Higher maths exam provoked an outcry on social media - with some candidates reportedly reduced to tears.
A question about a crocodile stalking its prey became particularly notorious - with the SQA acknowledging in its report that it had "proved to be challenging for most candidates".
However, it was possible to solve the problem - as DLBmaths demonstrates on YouTube.
Jim Reid, who was responsible for setting the maths exam until 2012, told BBC Scotland that alarm bells about this year's paper should have been ringing at a very early stage.
Mr Reid said: "Given the checks and balances that are in place, at a very early stage alarms bells should have been ringing regarding the paper and knowing that the overall level of difficulty was far, far in advance of what they were looking for, for a paper of that nature.
"My main concern is at what stage did somebody raise a red flag and say 'this isn't proper'.
"If we get to the stage where the exam is sat on the 18th May and that red flag isn't flown then something has gone seriously wrong at SQA - maybe a lack of experience, maybe producing the paper in too short a time scale."
Mr Reid said he had seen the pass marks for the exam going back to the 1960s but had never seen one anything like as low as 34%.
He added: "To reduce it to that level really says the paper was unfit for purpose."
Mr Reid, along with other members of the team who set the paper, left the SQA in 2012.
He said: "The Higher maths setting team that walked away in 2012 had between them over 300 years of experience. You were talking lots and lots of experienced people who at the one time, en masse, walked away."
The SQA report, from the principal assessor in maths, gives specific comments on some of the questions, including one the crocodile and another about the time it took a frog and a toad to escape from a well.
However, it said this question did not, in fact, pose a particular challenge to candidates, with the report saying it "met expectations".
The report said this question directly contributed to the lowering of the pass mark.
The main reason the pass mark came down was the first paper in the exam, which replaced a multiple choice paper in the old-style Higher and proved "more challenging than intended for candidates of all abilities."
The average marks reveal just how challenging many candidates found the questions. On average, candidates scored just 24.8 out of a possible 60 marks in the first paper and 32.1 out of 70 in the second.
Every year, the marks needed to pass or achieve a particular grade are adjusted up or down to ensure consistency. However, a pass mark as low as 34% in a major subject is thought to be unprecedented.
Dr Gill Stewart, SQA Director of Qualifications Development, said: "As we do every year, we consider what went well in the most recent diet, and where we need to make improvements for the future.
"Our external assessment and course reports, which are provided for all subjects at all levels, also highlight ways in which recent exams and coursework may have differed from those of previous years.
"This is to ensure standards remain high. We are committed to the continuous development and improvement of our qualifications and assessments for the benefit of all candidates."
Companies will have to be on a new register if they hold property or want to compete for government contracts.
The move comes as Prime Minister David Cameron attempts to lead a wider effort to crack down on global corruption.
World leaders are gathering in London for a summit aimed at stepping up action to tackle the problem.
Downing Street said Mr Cameron's plans for a register of foreign companies owning UK property would include those who already owned property in the UK as well as those seeking to buy.
It said the register would mean "corrupt individuals and countries will no longer be able to move, launder and hide illicit funds through London's property market, and will not benefit from our public funds".
It said foreign companies owned about 100,000 properties in England and Wales and that more than 44,000 of these were in London.
Mr Cameron will also say that some of Britain's overseas territories and crown dependencies will join 33 other countries in agreeing to share automatically their own registers of company ownership, information that will be accessible to the police.
And he will announce plans for a new anti-corruption co-ordination centre in London and a wider corporate offence for executives who fail to prevent fraud or money laundering inside their companies.
"Corruption is the cancer at the heart of so many of our problems in the world today," Mr Cameron wrote in the Guardian ahead of the summit.
"It destroys jobs and holds back growth, costing the world economy billions of pounds every year.
"It traps the poorest in the most desperate poverty as corrupt governments around the world siphon off funds and prevent hard-working people from getting the revenues and benefits of growth that are rightfully theirs."
The anti-corruption summit is being hailed as the first of its kind, bringing together governments, business and civil society.
It is being hosted by Mr Cameron. No full list of those attending the Lancaster House summit has been published, but participants will include US Secretary of State John Kerry, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
No detailed agenda has been made public, but organisers say it will agree ways to "expose corruption so there is nowhere to hide".
The summit has already been overshadowed by controversy after it emerged that Mr Cameron had described Nigeria and Afghanistan as "fantastically corrupt".
He made the comment while talking to the Queen at Buckingham Palace and his words were caught on camera.
The PM later said the countries' leaders were "battling hard" to tackle the problem.
Asked ahead of the anti-corruption conference in London if Nigeria was "fantastically corrupt", President Buhari, who came to power last year on a promise to fight corruption, replied: "Yes."
Mr Buhari, speaking at a separate event hosted by the Commonwealth, said he was more interested in the return of stolen assets held in British banks, adding that corruption in Nigeria was endemic and his government was committed to fighting it.
Ellis, has represented England at under-18 and under-20 levels and also came off the Bath bench in their win over London Irish on Saturday.
"We've been speaking to Danny Grewcock about Tom and we're keen to give him some game-time," said Bristol director of rugby Andy Robinson.
"Daniel Brooks' short-term deal is over and he has returned to New Zealand."
The 25-year-old from Stockport beat American wildcard Robin Anderson 6-7 (6-8) 6-0 6-2 in the final of the Dow Corning Tennis Classic in Michigan.
Broady came back from a set down to win her ninth ITF singles title.
Currently 112th, she will move into the top 100 when the latest rankings are announced on Monday.
She will join fellow Britons Johanna Konta and Heather Watson, who are ranked 28th and 85th respectively.
The ITF tournaments are a developmental circuit for players who are not competing regularly with the world's elite on the WTA Tour.
Broady's success followed Kyle Edmund's victory over Dan Evans in the first all-British Challenger final for more than a decade.
The 21-year-old Yorkshireman won 6-3 6-2 against Birmingham's Evans at the Dallas Challenger event earlier on Sunday, meaning he will rise to a career-high ranking inside the top 85.
And there was also victory for Liam Broady - Naomi Broady's younger brother - at a Futures event in Glasgow.
Fire crews were called to Baxter Park at about 21:00 on Thursday after the old lawn bowls pavilion was set alight.
Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used a hose reel jet to extinguish the flames. Dundee City Council is to assess the full extent of the damage to the building.
Officers are investigating and have appealed for information.
Senior US and Nato officials attended the ceremony in Deveselu, southern Romania.
The US says the Aegis system is a shield to protect Nato countries from short and medium-range missiles, particularly from the Middle East.
But Russia sees it as a security threat - a claim denied by Nato.
Relations between the West and Russia have deteriorated since Moscow's annexation of Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula in 2014.
Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and other senior officials from the military alliance attended the opening ceremony at an old Romanian air base in Deveselu., 180km (110 miles) south-west of Bucharest.
The site hosts radar and SM-2 missile interceptors, and will be integrated into Nato's missile shield when the bloc meets this summer.
Both Nato and US officials have attempted to reassure Russia that the shield in Romania, and a similar one in Poland, does not undermine Russia's strategic nuclear deterrent.
"The interceptors are too few and located too far south or too close to Russia to be able to intercept Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles," Mr Stoltenberg said.
He said the interceptors were designed "instead to tackle the potential threat posed by short and medium- range attacks from outside the Euro-Atlantic area".
But Russia says installing such shields in countries on its doorstep is a threat to its security.
"Who will this system be against?" President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, questioned. "To begin with the explanation we were given was a potential rocket attack from Iran... Now we know the situation has changed dramatically."
The defence system allows on-shore sites and warships to shoot down enemy ballistic missiles while they are still in space.
The interceptor missiles are fired to hit missiles before they re-enter the atmosphere, stopping them well before there is any danger of causing any damage.
The US is believed to have spent $800m (£554m) on the site in Romania, where work began in 2013.
On Friday, another phase of the project will be launched in Poland with a groundbreaking ceremony at Redzikowo, near the Baltic Sea. Aegis missiles are to become operational there in 2018.
A new piece in Nato's missile defence jigsaw
The £150m bridge is the idea of actress Joanna Lumley and has been designed by London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic cauldron creator Thomas Heatherwick.
Shadow transport minister Lord Davies of Oldham described the bridge as a "very expensive piece of public art".
The government said the scheme would increase visitor numbers to London.
During question time at the House of Lords, Lord Davies said Treasury Minister Lord Deighton was answering for the government on the issue rather than a transport minister "because the bridge can scarcely be defined as a means of transport".
The government has pledged £30m towards the bridge which will link London's Southbank to the north side of the river at Temple underground station.
Last month a public consultation on the project closed, after which the developers were expected to apply for planning approval.
It is hoped that work on the 1,214 ft-long (370m) pedestrian crossing will start next year and the bridge will be open by 2017.
Lord Davies said: "It is a very expensive piece of public art. It is a vanity project of the mayor.
"We know where his vanity projects have gone and what they have cost the country in terms of the cycle hire scheme, which is in trouble, the Emirates gondola crossing down at Greenwich, that carries so few passengers as to be risible, and, of course, the taxpayer is going to have to pick up the bill."
The bridge will be covered with trees and plants arranged by television gardener Dan Pearson.
Lord Lloyd of Berwick, a former law lord and independent cross-bencher, said there was no need for another crossing at that part of the river.
He asked Lord Deighton: "Why waste £30m of public money on creating a so-called garden bridge?
"There are gardens all along the embankment from the Inner Temple garden to Westminster where trees are growing."
Speaking on behalf of the government, Lord Deighton told peers: "The key to the garden bridge is it is two for the price of one - it is a garden and a bridge and combines the benefits of both."
He said the Treasury would provide £30m to support the bridge if a business case proved it was value for money.
He added that the new transport connection would "switch people out of cars on to their feet" and increase London visitor numbers.
"There is significant development value - you are really connecting up the South Bank and the creative centre there with Aldwych and Covent Garden," he said.
"The development it will bring on each side will be of significant value."
The incident happened at about 14:30 BST in Barton Arcade when a man with a three-month-old girl in a pram approached a member of the public.
A man, aged 28, has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect. Police said the child is safe and well.
Det Insp Liam Boden said: "We will be questioning him in relation to the incident as we try to establish the full circumstances."
Officers attended an address in Bamford, Rochdale, on Thursday and arrested a 47-year-old woman.
Minu Chopra and Sanjeev Chopra, 47, of Cranbourne Road, have both been charged with offences spanning from 2011-2015.
The alleged victim was removed from the house and is being cared for by partner agencies, police said.
Ms Chopra appeared before Manchester magistrates on Saturday and was remanded into custody, while Mr Chopra was arrested and charged on the same day
He has been remanded into custody to appear before Bury and Rochdale Magistrates' Court on Monday.
The pair have been charged with holding a person in slavery or servitude between 31 July 2015 and 11 February 2016, intentionally arranging or facilitating entry into the UK of a person with a view to their exploitation, and knowingly holding another person in slavery or servitude between 1 January 2011 and 31 July 2015.
Hundreds of right-wing Jews have taken part in demonstrations outside Israel's Supreme Court over the brief detention of two prominent rabbis in the last few weeks.
There were clashes with police on horseback on the nearby Jerusalem streets and several arrests were made.
Rabbis Dov Lior and Yacob Yousef had endorsed a highly controversial book, the King's Torah - written by two lesser-known settler rabbis. It attempts to justify killing non-Jews, including those not involved in violence, under certain circumstances.
The fifth chapter, entitled "Murder of non-Jews in a time of war" has been widely quoted in the Israeli media. The summary states that "you can kill those who are not supporting or encouraging murder in order to save the lives of Jews".
At one point it suggests that babies can justifiably be killed if it is clear they will grow up to pose a threat.
Israeli police investigating allegations of incitement had asked the rabbis to be voluntarily questioned, but took them into custody when they refused.
Both men have strong support among ideological Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, but the wider religious community also took up their cause.
The heated reaction to their arrests has highlighted tensions between religious and civil authority in Israel and sparked a debate over freedom of expression.
Some students who joined a rally on 4 July are now back in the quiet of the library of the Raanana Yeshiva, a seminary of higher Jewish studies, north of Tel Aviv.
Eliyahu Gross, 21, travelled with friends to Jerusalem but tells me he had not read the King's Torah.
"I was just demonstrating against the idea of the restriction of the Torah," he says, stressing the need for uninhibited discussions of Judaism's founding legal and ethical religious texts.
"In my point of view, anything that's against the freedom of the Torah is basically against my freedom as a Jew."
Rabbi Yehuda Amar, who helped organise the gathering, strongly rejects the way the text has been presented.
"Jewish law is very, very careful about anything that poses a threat to life," he says. He maintains that the book invites only theoretical analysis of scripture.
"We need freedom to study the Torah on both a spiritual level and on a democratic level," Rabbi Amar adds. "We try to show there is a contrast: Spiritual ideas are pulled away from practical life."
As the discussion goes on, the religious community's sense of marginalisation comes to the fore.
The head of the yeshiva, Rabbi Haim Rehig, sees the King's Torah as "a problematic book" and has written against it.
He believes the recent protests were mainly about religious Jews' demand for "equality before the law".
"Every time they investigate the 'right-side of the map', if you can call it that, you see there are culture clashes between us and the secular part of the country," he says.
He suggests some left-wing academics have incited hatred of settlers and religious Jews "and nobody arrested them because we are some kind of a minority here".
An unscientific sample of public opinion in the Mahane Yehuda Market on Jaffa Road in West Jerusalem, illustrates the gap between Israel's religious Jewish minority and its secular majority.
Here, there is a lot of support for the police action against the rabbis who backed the controversial text. Many see it as proof that laws apply to all.
"A rabbi is a very, very important role, but he is not above the law," says Avi Ben Yousef.
"As citizens we all follow the same laws and regulations. We live in a democracy and this is how it should be."
"If someone supports racism, it's not allowed in the law, so he should be arrested," says local business-owner, Eli.
"I think more than that, the people who wrote the book should be on trial.
"I'm worried not just because of this book, but because of religious people," he continues.
"A lot of people are worried but they don't talk. This is a problem because the people whose voices are heard all the time are the extremists who support this book."
There have been several moments in recent Israeli history that have amplified tensions between religious and secular Jews.
In 2005, Israel's unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip led to its security forces forcibly evicting Jewish settlers - who were mostly religious - following bitter protests.
Many in the religious community saw this as a betrayal by the state - and its institutions, particularly the Supreme Court, which ruled that the government's disengagement plan was constitutional.
Ten years earlier the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin by ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jew Yigal Amir also caused a deep rift. Amir opposed Mr Rabin's signing of the 1993 Oslo Accords with the Palestinians.
A research fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, Yair Sheleg, has long studied religious trends in the country and warns that misunderstanding between different groups is dangerous. He stresses that secular Jews should not view all religious Jews in the same way.
"I found an inner struggle between the liberals and extremists within the religious Zionist sector," he says. "The extremists gain power if they feel that [Israel's] secular majority describes the whole sector as extremists."
"When young people feel they are hated, it makes them more extreme. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy."
More ultra-Orthodox Jews are joining the workforce in greater numbers, instead of devoting their lives solely to study of the Torah. Some also do national service in the military.
Those in the orthodox community increasingly serve in army combat units.
Although the armed forces publish relatively little information about the background of enlistees, last August Israel Defense Forces magazine Maarachot reported that in recent years about 30% of graduates from an infantry officers' course defined themselves as "Zionist religious", up from 2.5% in 1980.
This may help change perceptions.
However, the King's Torah episode is a reminder of the potential for antagonism and clashes of ideology.
As a large number of religious Jews live in settlements in the West Bank or have relatives there, many analysts see it as the potential location for future flare-ups.
While international law deems the settlements illegal, Israel disputes this. The Palestinians want the land for a future state.
Israeli military chiefs responsible for the West Bank are reported to be worried about possible clashes with settlers when they move to clear a settlement outpost in the coming months in accordance with a Supreme Court decision.
Already an increase in violence involving right-wing Jewish extremists and local Palestinians has been recorded.
An article in Israel's Maariv newspaper quotes the country's regional army commander as saying that action by Jewish extremists "is building up into a critical mass… for this group, a book like the King's Torah is not a theoretical discussion."
Double-leg amputee Malone won gold in the T44 200m and 400m at Rio 2016.
Jamaican sprinter Bolt, who will retire this summer as an eight-time Olympic gold medallist, set the 100m world record of 9.58 seconds in 2009.
"I'm aiming for 9.4 seconds," New Zealander Malone, 23, told BBC Radio 5 live.
Malone, who is not competing at the World Para-athletics Championships in London because of injury, believes technological improvements to the blades used by amputee runners will bring down times.
"In the next three years I'll run faster than Usain Bolt over 100m," said Malone, who was born without fibula bones and had his legs amputated below the knee when he was 18 months old.
"It won't be done in the Paralympics, and I've no intention of ever racing Usain Bolt or able-bodied people, it's about racing against their time outside of the rules and regulations that limit technology. That's what I'm focused on at the moment.
"If you were me and you were bullied as a kid from five to 15, and you had this opportunity to use technology to do something that hasn't been done before, you'd absolutely want to do it and that's what I'm doing."
Malone, who clocked 11.02 as he finished second to Britain's Jonnie Peacock in the 100m in Rio, believes that in "50 to 100 years' time" Para-athletics will feature athletes who are "half-robotic, half-human".
"The point is that artificial bodies improve at a faster rate than the biological body," he said.
"Until about nine years old, my legs were basically like a pirate's from the 16th century - wood, rubber, really basic.
"It's only in the last five to 10 years I've had these new forms of technology come through.
"If blades are allowing blade runners to run as fast as able-bodied human beings at this point, what's it going to look like in 20 years?
"It's not just in Paralympic sport. Artificial bodies is one of the biggest trends in the world - from dying your hair to using contact lenses to hearing aids to breast implants and fake teeth. It really is the future.
"Human beings love customising things and the human body is the pinnacle of something you can customise."
Technology is governed by International Paralympic Committee rules - and changes are due to come into force in January that would outlaw the blades used by Malone.
"I'm not sure what the IPC are doing there," he said. "It would be easier to give everyone access to the same technology."
Hundreds of assault rifles, machine guns and anti-tank weapons were found.
They seized the weapons under a UN embargo to prevent arms from getting to Somali Islamist militants.
Earlier this month, the Australian navy intercepted a cache of arms on a fishing boat off Oman, also believed to be on its way to Somalia.
BBC Monitoring's Africa security correspondent Tomi Oladipo says the French helicopter that spotted the ship is part of the multinational Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) that patrols the Indian Ocean.
The vessel was not registered to any country and the CMF did not reveal any further information about the people transporting the weapons.
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The multinational force, which was also set up to tackle piracy off the coast of Somalia, seized the weapons to prevent them from getting to the Islamist militant group, al-Shabab.
UN sanctions authorise the interception of weapons heading for Somalia.
However, the UN allows the Somali government to buy light weapons for its fight against the insurgents.
The al-Qaeda-linked militants frequently stage attacks in the capital, Mogadishu, and other cities, and still control many rural areas in southern Somalia.
Carwyn Jones told a committee of AMs he thinks ID cards could be used to ascertain whether people are eligible to work in the UK.
Currently, foreign nationals from outside the European Economic Area must have ID cards.
The UK Government's department for exiting the European Union has been asked to comment.
Speaking to the assembly's external affairs committee, Carwyn Jones said: "In the future people will be required, I suspect, to prove they are able to work in the UK."
"It tends to suggest we will move to a system of compulsory or quasi-compulsory ID cards in order for people to be able to prove that they are UK residents," he said.
"At the moment the practice is that people are required to produce the original copy, or the original letter rather, they received from the UK government with a national insurance number on the letter but of course there's no photo ID.
"So we may end up - this is a question I put half in jest to David Davis, the well-known opponent of compulsory ID cards - this may well be where we end up, that in order to work in the UK you will have to produce a photographic identification.
"Which effectively mean a compulsory ID card."
The last Labour UK government announce plans to bring in compulsory ID cards in 2002.
In 2003 the then home secretary David Blunkett said they would help counter-terrorism, stop illegal working, cut benefit fraud and prevent identity theft.
But six years later another Labour home secretary, Alan Johnson, decided not to make them compulsory for UK citizens
A voluntary system was scrapped in 2010 by the former Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government, which described them as part of an "erosion of civil liberties".
Bradley Dos Reis Pais Quaresma died after a fight broke out between a large group of men in Stratford Park in West Ham Lane on 21 July 2016.
Mario Albino Te, 21, of no fixed address, was found guilty of manslaughter at the Old Bailey and jailed for 11 years and six months.
He had been charged with murder but was found not guilty.
The court heard young children were in the park enjoying the afternoon sun when the attack occurred.
Mr Quaresma, a Portuguese national who had been in contact with Te in the days leading up to the killing, was stabbed in the neck and chest and died at the scene.
The next morning Te boarded a train at St Pancras International Station but was detained by French police when he arrived in Paris and returned to the UK.
Mr Quaresma's family have paid tribute to the 20 year old, calling him "an adorable, charismatic, understanding and true companion".
"Not a day goes by that Bradley is not remembered for his infectious smile, his love for his family and his good heart", they said.
The country has also steamrollered fruit and burnt a huge pile of bacon.
The actions come a year after Russia banned some Western food products in retaliation to EU and US sanctions applied after Moscow annexed Crimea.
The destruction has caused an outcry from anti-poverty campaigners who say it should have been given to the poor.
One steamroller took an hour to crush nine tonnes of cheese. Another consignment was due to be burnt. Boxes of bacon have been incinerated. Peaches and tomatoes were also due to be crushed by tractors.
Religious leaders expressed outrage. One called the actions "insane, stupid and vile".
Russia has suffered notorious famines in its recent history which saw millions starve.
More than 285,000 people have backed an online petition calling on President Putin to give the food away.
The petition says that food sanctions have led to higher prices and shortages that are causing real hardship.
Food price inflation is running at around 20%.
Former prime minister, Mikhail Kasyanov, said that 20 million Russian citizens were below the poverty line, commenting that destroying food products was "some real triumph of humanism".
The EU is providing aid for European exporters of dairy produce, fruit and vegetables to ease the impact of the Russian ban on those goods.
The EU Commission said last week the "safety net" for Europe's dairy sector would remain in place until March 2016 and for fruit and vegetable growers until July 2016.
There have been daily road blockades by French farmers - and on Thursday similar protests erupted in Belgium. They want higher prices for their produce, saying they are struggling to stay in business.
Greece makes up just 2% of the eurozone economy, so stay or go, why care? Here are five reasons.
There are no guarantees that a Greek economy freed of the eurozone shackles would flourish.
The Bank of Greece has painted a very bleak picture of what Grexit might mean - a deep recession, with soaring unemployment and slumping incomes.
Ordinary Greeks would find their savings devalued. Greece would find itself an outcast on international credit markets, making a swift recovery even more unlikely.
Greece has a history of coups and there are fears leaving the euro could prove politically debilitating.
Voters turned to Syriza amid dissatisfaction with traditional parties. If Syriza leads Greece out of the euro, or gets a deal deemed unacceptable, voters may turn even further from the mainstream, and towards parties like the Communists or far-right Golden Dawn.
European politics is so intertwined it is hard to imagine a scenario that cannot be spun to the advantage of at least one of its actors.
The progress of Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, is being closely watched by other anti-austerity parties like Spain's Podemos.
The party made gains in local elections in May, and success for Mr Tsipras would be a fillip for it ahead of general elections later this year.
If Germany agrees to a write-down of Greek debt, German Chancellor Angela Merkel could face a backlash from voters unhappy about Greece being let off the hook.
And for anti-EU parties such as France's National Front, or Britain's Ukip, the crisis strengthens their argument that European integration is ultimately doomed.
Another factor is that Greece, along with Italy, has borne the brunt of the surge in numbers of migrants from the Middle East and North Africa.
A Greece out of the euro would be less able - and less inclined - to co-operate on this issue. Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos has invoked this possibility by threatening to "flood" Europe with migrants if Greece was allowed to go bust.
In a sign of how serious negotiations have become, President Obama, who has sat largely on the sidelines through the crisis, put some pressure on Mr Tsipras last week in calling for him to make "tough political choices".
Washington has previously expressed concern about the effects of a Grexit on the global economy, but Mr Obama's intervention may also reflect fears that Greece could be driven into the arms of Russia.
Leaving the euro could force Greece to seek Russian aid - but it is not clear what Moscow's price may be.
Mr Tsipras has already threatened European unity over Russia's actions in Ukraine by calling for an end to sanctions.
Greece is also a Nato member, and the organisation has warned of "repercussions" if Greece leaves the euro.
"If Greece leaves, I'll bet you that in Moscow, this will be seen as confirmation of the Russian theory that the European Union is in decline and about to fall apart," Wolfgang Ischinger, a former German ambassador to the US told Bloomberg.
A key worry is that if Greece were to leave, it would start an irreversible domino effect.
There are reasons to believe this would not happen - the EU has taken steps to isolate financial difficulties of one member state from the rest. If Greece were to leave, it would be at a time when the European economy is recovering.
But given the inevitable uncertainty that would follow a Greek exit, as US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew put it, it would be a "mistake" to think there would be no contagion. Countries like Ireland and Portugal, previous recipients of bailout money, could be dragged back into crisis.
A Greek exit would change how the common currency project is seen.
The EU commission once described eurozone membership as "irrevocable," but Greece leaving would show that is no longer the case.
Louka Katseli, chair of the National Bank of Greece, said that would give the green light for the markets to attack weaker members of the currency grouping.
Greece makes up a tiny part of the world economy - Jim O'Neill, former head of economics at Goldman Sachs, once calculated that China created an economy the size of Greece every three months.
But Greece's role in one of the world's major currencies means its exit is unlikely to be shrugged off.
Stock markets have slid and risen in line with speculation about whether a deal can be reached and are likely be further spooked by a Grexit.
Greece's creditors such as the European Central Bank and other European countries would also face immediate losses.
Even if Greece strikes a deal, its problems will not be solved overnight. Nor will all the criticisms of the single currency be answered. Further uncertainly seems unavoidable.
"The marriage may endure," says the Economist magazine - "but even more unhappily than before".
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Gavin Hunt, 41, from Tile Cross, and brothers Christopher Dixon and Jamie Dixon, both from Castle Bromwich, used axes and crowbars to break into homes.
They then demanded car keys and cash.
Hunt was jailed for 12 years and 10 months, Jamie Dixon, 32, to eight years and 10 months, and Christopher Dixon, 29, to seven years and three months.
The three men, who wore balaclavas, targeted homes with expensive cars parked outside.
In one case in January 2013, Hunt and Christopher Dixon smashed into a house in Newton Road in Great Barr, where they pulled a nine-year-old boy from where he was hiding behind the sofa and threatened him with an axe while his family found the car keys.
The men stole a Nissan Pulsar GTR in the Great Barr robbery; an Audi R8 from Grange Park, Northampton; an Audi RS4 from Tile Cross Road in Birmingham, an Audi RS6 from Western Road in Sutton Coldfield; and an Audi RS4 from Oldburgh Drive in Loxley, Warwickshire.
Det Con Damian Forrest, from West Midlands Police, said: "I have no doubt that the gang would have used serious violence to achieve their objectives if they had not got what they wanted."
Correction 23 September 2014: In the original version of this story it was not made clear which defendants were involved in the offence in January 2013. The story was amended following clarification by the Crown Prosecution Service.
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Matthew Miller and Jeffrey Fowle had been investigated and would be brought before a court, the state news agency KCNA reported.
It said that suspicions about the two men had been confirmed by evidence and the pair's own statements, but gave no further details.
A US-Korean missionary, Kenneth Bae, is currently serving a 15-year sentence.
He was arrested in November 2012 and later convicted of trying to overthrow the North Korean government.
US attempts to secure his release have so far proved unsuccessful, despite fears over his health.
Both of the US nationals to be put on trial entered North Korea on tourist visas.
Jeffrey Fowle entered North Korea on 29 April and was detained in early June as he was leaving the country, according to North Korean reports.
Japanese agency Kyodo said Mr Fowle was arrested because he left a Bible at a hotel.
Matthew Todd Miller was detained on 10 April, KCNA reported.
The agency said he had torn up his tourist visa, shouting that he had "come to the DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] after choosing it as a shelter".
North Korea has in the past been accused of using arrested Americans as diplomatic bargaining chips.
The US wants Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear ambitions in return for economic and diplomatic incentives, but talks on a deal agreed in 2007 have been stalled for several years.
Last year, North Korea carried out its third nuclear test and launched a three-stage rocket that Washington called a banned test of long-range missile technology.
The US has no formal diplomatic ties with North Korea. But in the past, senior US figures including former President Bill Clinton have travelled to the country to ensure the release of American detainees.
Other US detainees in North Korea
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Religious activity is severely restricted in the North and missionaries have been arrested on many previous occasions.
Kenneth Bae, the highest-profile of the currently detained Americans, was sentenced to 15 years' hard labour in May 2013.
North Korea says he used his tourism business to form groups to overthrow the government.
The US has tried on at least two occasions to arrange a visit by a senior human rights envoy, Robert King, to discuss his case, but Pyongyang has cancelled both these visits.
Detainees from other nations can be treated differently - earlier this year, Pyongyang deported Australian missionary John Short, who was detained after apparently leaving Christian pamphlets at a tourist site.
Also on Monday, North Korea proposed a suspension in hostilities and slander between the two Koreas.
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China is North Korea's political and economic lifeline, but Mr Xi has pointedly chosen to prioritise a visit to the South, says the BBC's Lucy Williamson.
In January, North Korea published an open letter to South Korea calling for an end to all hostile military acts and slander.
But this reconciliation drive ended a few months later with sexual slurs and racist abuse directed at the presidents of South Korea and the US.
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Belfast's MAC is the 500th member of Breastfeeding Welcome Here, in which venues show their support for the scheme by displaying a pink sticker.
A list of scheme members - from cafés to libraries and church halls - can be found on the BreastFedBabies website.
The Department of Health says NI's breastfeeding rates have remained static for several years.
Mothers in Northern Ireland who choose to breastfeed also do so for a shorter period than breastfeeding mothers elsewhere in the UK, according to department figures.
The Breastfeeding Welcome Here initiative is being led by the Public Health Agency (PHA) and is designed to show community support for breastfeeding mothers.
Janet Calvert of the PHA said World Breastfeeding Week from 1-7 August offered an important opportunity to get that message across.
"Breastfeeding is the best start in life," she said.
"Showing increased support for breastfeeding mums is really important, as Northern Ireland has the lowest breastfeeding rates in the UK and one of the lowest rates in Europe.
"We know that for many mums, getting started isn't easy.
Information and support is essential, both before baby is born, and especially in the early days, so that mums can build their confidence and stay with their decision to breastfeed.
In January, the then health minister Michelle O'Neill promised to bring forward legislation as soon as possible to protect mothers who breastfeed in public.
This was shortly before the collapse of Northern Ireland's power-sharing executive.
It has been lifted on to a huge purpose-built ship which will transport it to England to be scrapped. Shell wants to leave the legs in place.
The 24,000 tonne Brent Delta platform topsides sat on a three-legged gravity-based structure in 140 metres of water.
The platform lies 115 miles north east of Shetland.
It is one of four which is due to be removed from the field in the coming years.
Unusually for a platform, the legs of Brent Delta are made of concrete which makes it much more difficult to decommission than one with steel legs.
Allseas, the company which operates the decommissioning vessel Pioneering Spirit, said it had set a world lifting record with the removal of the platform.
The topsides have now been sea-fastened on board the vessel for transportation to Teesside.
Brent Delta was one of the first platforms to be built in the very early days of Britain's oil and gas industry.
It sits about 115 miles (185km) north-east of Shetland in a cluster of four platforms which make up the Brent field. Its sister, Brent Bravo, produced its first oil in 1976.
At its peak, in 1982, the four platforms were producing more than half a million barrels of oil a day.
Being one of the first, it's now at the end of its life and has to be removed.
Brent Delta is the first major piece of infrastructure to be decommissioned in the North Sea.
More than 100 platforms are forecast to be completely or partially removed over the next decade in the waters of the UK and Norway.
The 20-year-old centre-back spent the second half of last season at the Riverside and played 14 games.
BBC Sport has learned he turned down offers from outside England to rejoin the North East outfit.
Omeruo started every game for Nigeria at the World Cup in Brazil.
I like the atmosphere at Middlesbrough, the players and fans too are very supportive
"I am not in a hurry [to break into the Chelsea team] because everything in life is step by step," Omeruo told BBC Sport.
"I decided to return to Boro because I really enjoyed my last loan there and working with the manager Aitor Karanka.
"I like the atmosphere at Middlesbrough, the players and fans too are very supportive.
"It's such an easy choice to make and a key factor in going there is the chance to play first-team football."
A member of the Nigerian side that reached the round of 16 at the World Cup in Brazil, Omeruo has largely been loaned out by Chelsea since he joined in January 2012.
After signing for the Blues from Standard Liege, Omeruo was immediately sent to ADO Den Haag where he played 36 games on loan at the Dutch top-flight side.
He is yet to make his Chelsea debut, but remains positive about his chances at the London club where he recently signed a new deal that keeps him at the club until 2018.
"I was rewarded with a new contract because the club [Chelsea] knows what I am capable of," he added.
"I just need to focus on my career, give my best all the time and let my football speak for me.
"At the right time, I'll get my chance. For now, I believe in the Middlesbrough project and want to help the club compete for promotion."
Omeruo was key for Nigeria's defence that won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013 and also played in last summer's Confederations Cup in Brazil.
Princes Square, a former off-street courtyard in the city centre, was turned into a retail centre in 1987.
A public poll of the country's top 100 buildings - commissioned as part of the Festival of Architecture and Design - named the centre as the favourite.
The festival, which has now closed, attracted more than a million people to events across the country.
The shortlist for Scotland's favourite building from the last 100 years included a theatre, a bothy, a kirk and a seaside pavilion.
The winner was announced during Light Nights, the festival's finale event in Dundee, where the city's oldest and newest buildings (The Steeple and V&A Dundee) were lit up and a lantern parade and fireworks event were held.
The best building vote was part of the Scotstyle event - an exhibition, documenting Scotland's top 100 buildings of the past 100 years, which visited over 30 venues, travelling from Dumfries to Stromness and Kirkcaldy to Stornoway.
The top 100 buildings were selected by an expert panel from a list of over 400 nominated by the public. In August, the top ten buildings were put to a public vote.
Neil Baxter, Secretary of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) and co-editor of Scotstyle, said: "The Festival of Architecture has tapped into a keen public appetite for architecture and events on an architectural theme.
"With over 460 events and well over a million participants, it is the most substantial ever year-long celebration of a single art form in Scotland's history.
"Princes Square is a worthy popular choice for the best building of the last 100 years."
Architects Hugh Martin & Partners have won numerous awards for their renovation of Princes Square.
The brief was to preserve and restore the original buildings but create a modern shopping and dining venue of quality and distinction with an emphasis on style.
The distinctive main entrance with giant metal peacock, symmetrical criss-cross escalators and spiral staircases add to its unique appearance.
Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop added: "From galleries and libraries to train stations and shopping centres, Scotstyle 2016 has toured the length and breadth of Scotland, allowing members of the public the chance to vote for Scotland's favourite building from the last 100 years.
"Princes Square is clearly a worthy winner and I would like to thank all those who took the time to vote."
Claire Wilkinson from Princes Square said: "We know that Princes Square has always been one of the most special places in Glasgow to visit and that is now the case for the whole of Scotland.
"Every one of the other 99 Scottish buildings nominated for the award are truly outstanding and fantastic examples of architecture at its best."
Residents said at least 30 people were injured, most of them civilians, the Reuters news agency reported.
It is not clear who carried out the strike, but Houthi rebels have accused the Saudi-led coalition.
The Saudi offensive is aimed at restoring the government and driving back rebels loyal to ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Some 6,000 people have been killed since the start of the campaign last March, about half of them civilians, according to the UN.
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The strike hit the Nehm region north-east of Sanaa, where coalition-backed loyalists have been advancing as they try to reach rebel-controlled Sanaa, AFP news agency reported.
An unidentified security source told the rebel-controlled Saba news agency that 60 people were killed and injured in the attack. The report included pictures of children being treated, allegedly as a result of injuries sustained in the strike.
The agency also reported that other areas of Sanaa were hit by coalition air strikes on Saturday, but the information has not been independently verified.
The coalition has not commented.
The Saudi-led offensive supports the internationally-recognised government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, who has been based in the southern city of Aden since July.
Saudi Arabia says the Houthis are supported militarily by its regional rival Iran - something Iran denies.
In a leaked report last month, a UN panel of experts accused the Saudi-led coalition of targeting civilians with air strikes in a "widespread and systematic" manner.
The panel said civilians were also being deliberately starved as a war tactic.
Human rights groups have also said that the already dire humanitarian situation in Yemen has deteriorated severely, with more than 21 million people, or four-fifths of the population, now requiring aid.
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The term applies to raw materials, such as gold, tungsten, tantalum and tin, gathered by miners controlled by violent militia groups.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked firms to audit their entire supply chains.
But campaign groups are unhappy and say more pressure needs to be applied.
All of the materials are used widely in electronics products and the deadline applies to firms listed in the US.
Some companies, such as Apple, Intel and HP, have submitted their audits ahead of the deadline - but many others are expected to miss the cut off.
The SEC would not elaborate on possible repercussions for those who did not comply.
Campaigners have voiced concern about the quality of some audits already submitted.
"We are disappointed with quite a lot of the reports we have seen so far," said Emily Norton from the Global Witness group.
"We recognise some companies have made a huge amount of progress, but it's a question of variation... in the standard of reporting.
"Some companies are just not providing detail on the management system they should have in place, or the steps they are taking to identify risk, to manage risk, and to avoid the risk that they are financing armed groups through their supply chain."
Firms have been asked to carry out detailed examinations of their supply chain - in some cases this has involved sending staff to affected areas, including volatile countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
"We have had two people from Intel go into the DRC," explained Carolyn Duran, who has led the chip-maker's efforts to reduce use of "conflict minerals".
"Many [suppliers] that we found just didn't know and weren't interested - they were just looking for the cheapest source of mineral that they could, and not caring about where it came from."
Intel is part of a set of companies involved in the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI), a not-for-profit organisation offering guidance to firms wanting to meet the requirements.
"Some companies are really committed to this; others are doing the bare minimum because the SEC told them to," said Julie Schindall from the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition, the parent organisation for CFSI.
"[But] we must not discount the tremendous challenges companies face in tracing materials in their products this far back in their supply chains," she added.
"These supply chains are global and complex, and have hundreds - sometimes thousands - of players in them.
"Some of our member companies are seven layers or more apart from these mines in the DRC where we're concerned that the trade in minerals is financing conflict."
Apple is one of the companies that has filed its audit, and made it public, ahead of the deadline.
It reported that 21 smelters and refiners in its supply chain originated from mines in DR Congo and adjoining countries. Seventeen of them had been put through third-party audits to track the sources of their materials, but four were yet to do so. Any supplier that refused to cooperate with the audit would no longer be used, Apple said.
While pulling out of the region altogether would eradicate a lot of "conflict minerals" in products, the CFSI stressed that to do so would severely damage the economy in central Africa, perhaps creating more volatility and violence.
Business groups applied pressure to the SEC to extend the deadline, but this was denied by an appeals court last month.
However, the SEC did back down on plans to force companies to disclose publicly whether a product was conflict-free.
Ms Norton from Global Witness said tough enactment of the legislation was necessary to ensure companies did not simply ignore the issue.
"Voluntary schemes simply don't work to change the ways that companies behave and source minerals," she said.
"The conflict in DR Congo has been going on for 15 years. Mineral trade has unfortunately fuelled that conflict, and it has fuelled human-rights abuses."
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The woman, who was 19 at the time, told Southwark Crown Court Mr Clifford had grabbed her breasts and tried to kiss her during a taxi ride in 1978.
He responded with "verbal abuse" when she tried to "push him off", she said.
Mr Clifford, 70, from Hersham, Surrey, denies 11 counts of indecent assault relating to seven alleged victims, aged from 14 to 19, between 1966 and 1984.
Earlier, the trial heard allegations Mr Clifford told one 15-year-old girl that the actress Julie Christie had encouraged him to take her virginity.
Mr Clifford called the 19-year-old woman and asked her to come to his office when she was working for a recruitment agency in 1978, the London court was told.
Giving evidence, she said Mr Clifford had wanted her to find him a new personal assistant, but later interviewed her for the job in a five-hour meeting - during which he spoke about clients including the late actor Oliver Reed.
He told her about Mr Reed's "problematic" sexual preferences, the court heard.
"I remember him specifically saying about Oliver Reed, that he liked young girls, but I don't remember any specifics of the others," she said.
After the meeting, she said she shared a cab with Mr Clifford, who then accosted her.
"On the journey he started trying to kiss me," she said. "He kind of launched himself at me actually, and started trying to kiss me on the mouth, which I said no to."
"I tried to push him off and hold him off," she said, adding that he was then verbally abusive.
"He was insulting, he was saying horrible things to me. He said I had led him on," she said.
Cross-examined about the incident, the woman denied that she had "wanted" his advances.
The woman also testified she had not told police at the time because, prior to Mr Clifford's arrest last year on suspicion of similar offences, she had feared she would not believed.
The court earlier heard from a woman who claims the publicist repeatedly abused her when she was 15.
"He asked me which actors I liked. I said Julie Christie," the woman told jurors.
"He said that he was her agent and he said he talked regularly to her and mentioned her on several occasions."
She continued: "I remember him saying to me he had spoken to Julie Christie and - because this had happened to her as well, by that presumably he meant the abuse that he was doing to me - she said he should take my virginity because it would be my first and then I would fall in love with him and be 100% loyal to him."
The woman also denied being "obsessed" with Mr Clifford.
A psychotherapist told the court that she had treated the alleged victim in 2011. She said her client had looked like "she might vomit" as she named Mr Clifford.
"She didn't give precise details of the abuse but it was too horrific for her," the counsellor said.
Under cross-examination, the psychotherapist confirmed she had written in her post-session notes that her client "feels she's becoming obsessed by this".
So far three women, none of whom can be identified, have given evidence against Mr Clifford.
The trial continues.
Three years ago, the residents of Galena, in Alaska, were forced to abandon their homes when the Yukon River flooded the town. The Alaska Air National Guard and the National Army Guard evacuated around 300 residents from the surrounding area, many of whom eventually returned to find their homes no longer suitable for habitation.
Since then, the town has been rebuilt and one of the residents, Adriana Hevezi, invited British photographer Ed Gold to document the re-formed community having seen his book, Wales: Portrait of an Alaska Village at a friend's house in Fairbanks.
Gold took up the challenge and set off to reach the Alaskan community. One of the first pictures Gold took was of the funeral of long-time Galena resident Sidney Huntingdon, whose casket was taken on sledges behind snow machines along the frozen Yukon River to the cemetery.
Gold spent more than six weeks in Galena, which is just 80 miles (130km) from the Arctic Circle, from late 2015 to early 2016, shooting on film. He chose to use a 35mm Contax II camera made in the mid-1930s and a Polaroid Pathfinder 110A from the mid-1950s, and found himself constantly battling with the effects of cold weather on equipment and film stock.
While there, Gold found himself helping residents search for Andrew Henry, of Ruby, who had gone through the ice on the Yukon River while travelling between Ruby and Galena. His body has not been recovered.
Gold's portraits capture some of the residents, along with their personal history.
I came to Alaska in 1986 to look for work, any kind of work. There was a depression in Washington State so I came up here. I got sucked into adventuring straightaway so didn't do any work.
Me and a good friend drove to Eagle. We had no money and ran out of everything but we built a raft and travelled down the Yukon River to Galena. The raft was 24ft long with a gas stove, a little house on it with a chicken coop and two chickens. We had hundreds of pounds of rice and beans but eventually we ran out. We'd stop at villages and hang out and let the chickens get used to land.
My girlfriend was pregnant and we asked for work along the way. Everyone said go to Galena as we'd find work there. We got here, jumped off the raft - I had already drawn up a sign saying "looking for work" and I put it in the liquor store. Within an hour, I had got work and I have been here ever since.
This house was built in 1971 by Jenie Olson, a teacher out here and it was raised about 3ft after the flood in 2013. The water was literally on my carpet.
We bought it as an abandoned house in 1994. It's just one bedroom, it had been vandalised by kids, written all over the walls.
One of the main reasons I've stayed is I have really great people who I work with. It's a great community - if you're in need they'll have a raffle for you and can raise over $5,000 in a night. There's about 450 people here right now.
To live here, you need to be versatile, self-starters, self-entertainers. Hunting and trapping is right out your back door. Over the years, I have gotten to the stage where the dark and the cold in the winters has really gotten to me. It's a great place to save money as there are no stores to spend but other items are twice as expensive so you have to tighten your belt.
When the river decided to flood, that was the day change was beckoned.
My Mom was up here and she asked me to come up to help her out. She bought me a ticket. I told my boss and girlfriend I was going for a week. I saw a few weird things when I arrived like large icebergs on the side of the road and cars flipped over.
On the flight up, a guy asked what I can do and he offered me a job there and then for $25 an hour. I helped my Mom and a lot of others out and decided that moving to Galena was a good idea. My girlfriend moved up with me. Everyone's a one-off here.
When you go outside you don't know what you're going to find. In the city, if you look at how people get their endorphins, they are totally entertainment-based from an iPhone or an arcade. Living here instils values within you which are useful to have in the first world, like survival.
I've learned how much more there is to learn about bush living but I don't want to be here forever. I have a Ducati motorbike I want to travel on and I want to go base- jumping in other countries.
There's no billboards or adverts here. I think that the luxuries that people have come to expect are not sustainable here. A lot of things that are important become secondary concerns, like what to eat and where to get shelter. In the bush, we just get things done.
This is the last structure on the last road out of town for hundreds of miles. It's right on the edge of town, to untouched wilderness.
I was born in Nulato in 1927 and was adopted right after I was born.
I never knew who my real parents were until I was nine years old. I was on my way to school then my cousin, John Henry, ran up to me and said you have two moms and two dads. I got into a fight with him and pushed him then ran home. I told my stepmom and on the way to school the next day he said it again and that's how I found out.
Once in a great while I'd see my parents but not stay with them.
In 1940, I went to Catholic school in Holy Cross for seven years. From Holy Cross, I went to Bethel and I got married and I didn't come home for 36 years. I had 14 children. Only six are still living.
When I came home I had nothing and was lucky to get a job cleaning rooms at the firefighting department. I was divorced by then.
I have 103 grandchildren. They're all scattered all the way down the coast to Anchorage and I have two or three great-great-great grand baby girls.
I come from the Tanana village on the Yukon River, Alaska. My dad, Sidney, was half white and half Athabascan, his dad was all white - a miner from New York. My mother, Angela, is full Athabascan.
When I was 12, I'd watch the dog sledding on a TV and in 1972 I was a helper and handler for Carl, my brother, at the start of the Iditarod Great Sled Race at Anchorage town, a race he won in 1974.
I decided to try mushing eight years ago and I am the first deaf musher.
I plan on going to college, to do something in the medical field as I like to help people.
My grandmother made my kuspuk [hooded top] this past summer, she does a lot of sewing. My mukluks [boots] have seal skin bottoms and are made from hide and beaver. My grandma got them for me and I've had them for two years, I wear them a lot to potlatches [traditional feasts] and cultural days at school.
The log cabin has been abandoned for as long as I can remember. It's run-down inside with old possessions lying around. I went inside because I was just curious, it was kind of spooky in a way, I felt like I shouldn't touch anything.
I have had this bicycle of over 20 years and, apart from my parents, this is the second longest relationship I've had with anything. That's more or less true, I do have a sister also who qualifies as a longer relationship.
It was purchased in 1997 near my home town of St Charles, Illinois. I bought it at a time when me and my friends were interested in long-distance bicycle trips. I call my gloves "loose dogs" because there have been incidents when I have been wearing these mitts and dogs have run up and acted aggressively towards my gloves thinking that perhaps they are two dogs wanting to play.
Extreme cold plunge mitts are critical gear for me. Being functional here is all about having the right gear and having the right attitude. I wear a thin-lined glove under them and they're usually too warm. Mentally it gives you a feeling that you have a fighting chance with these, that I will not get frostbite.
I started the retail hardware part of it in late 2012 and I'm just guessing I have about 20,000 items for sale in this store.
My customers in general are what we refer to in Alaska as a subsistence user, basically a householder who uses basic items to live off the land to survive. I sell these knives for processing fish and game. The bullets are .22 calibre. Their main purpose is for harvesting small game - upland grouse, spruce land grouse and ruffed grouse.
I'm a hunter and trapper and started when I was nine years old in Iowa.
Not that many people trap anymore. I think that 5,000 are licensed in the whole of Alaska. It is an exportable commodity in the world market so people do it for enjoyment and just being out of doors.
A companion raised the alarm after the 19-year-old plunged more than 15ft (4.5m) near Betws-y-Coed, in Conwy, on Thursday afternoon.
Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue team stretchered her out of the the Fairy Glen gorge using ropes.
The woman suffered head, back and shoulder injuries.
She was taken to hospital in a coastguard rescue helicopter from Caernarfon, Gwynedd, which landed in a nearby field.
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The FA had opposed the re-election of Blatter, who last week won a fifth term in office before his sudden U-turn.
Dyke told the BBC: "This is great news for football. It should have happened years ago.
"There has to be a root-and-branch investigation of Fifa. It has all got to be transparent in the future."
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Dyke added: "It now means that we can get someone in to run Fifa. We can get in there and find out where all the money has gone over all these years and sort it out for the future."
Blatter was re-elected despite seven top Fifa officials being arrested two days before the vote as part of a US investigation.
But after admitting his mandate "does not appear to be supported by everybody" he called for an extraordinary Fifa congress "as soon as possible" to elect a new president.
Football Association of Wales chief executive Jonathan Ford said he was "amazed" by Blatter's announcement that he is to resign.
Ford told BBC Radio Wales: "He's been a fantastic leader, but arguably one that probably stayed on a little too long.
"Let's place credit where credit is due. He's been at the helm and taken world football to be what it is today."
Football Association of Ireland chief executive John Delaney said: "These are changes that we had called for and had hoped would come. We believe there is now an opportunity for real change and reform at Fifa.
"It is important that this opportunity to change the culture within Fifa at the highest levels is not passed up."
Scottish FA chief executive Stewart Regan said he was keen to discuss what should happen next with other Uefa associations.
Regan added: "We, like many other national associations, have maintained that the governance of world football's governing body requires to be reformed - especially in light of recent allegations - and we are glad Mr Blatter now shares this view.
"We will discuss today's developments and any collective next steps with all other Uefa associations at next weekend's Champions League final in Berlin."
Uefa president Michel Platini, who had urged Blatter not to stand for re-election and to quit following the arrests in Switzerland, said: "It was a difficult decision, a brave decision, and the right decision."
Former Portugal international and former world player of the year Luis Figo, who withdrew his candidacy for Fifa president a week before the election, said via Facebook: "A good day for Fifa and for football. Change is finally coming.
"Now we should, responsibly and calmly, find a consensual solution worldwide in order to start new era of dynamism, transparency and democracy in Fifa."
Football Association vice-chairman David Gill intends to reconsider his decision not to sit on Fifa's executive committee following Blatter's move to stand down.
Gill, the former chief executive of Manchester United, said: "Naturally, I fully welcome today's news as a major step forward for Fifa on the road to proper reform.
"I simply could not countenance serving on the Fifa Executive Committee alongside Mr Blatter.
"I respect his decision but am pleased he is standing aside and by the clear determination for real change within Fifa. This in turn allows me to reconsider my position."
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MacLean, 34, has ceased playing on artificial pitches after suffering two knee injuries but could be in line to play on the plastic surface in Vilnius.
His surgeon advised him to play only on grass after he suffered micro-fractures in seasons 2013-14 and 2014-15.
Saints must score at least two goals to reach the second qualifying round.
The winners of Thursday's tie will most likely play Swedish side IFK Norrkoping, who are 5-0 up on Prishtina of Kosovo from the first leg.
Trakai have played 16 league matches this season, while St Johnstone have yet to get their Scottish Premiership campaign under way, a factor that MacLean feels is to the Lithuanians' advantage.
MacLean has fought back from injury to become the Perth team's biggest goal threat.
About 120 cannabis plants worth an estimated £60,000 were discovered in a police search at Moneysharvin Road on Tuesday 19 October.
A detective said the discovery followed an arrest on Sunday.
He said a small amount of cannabis had been found by police carrying out a routine search of a car at Portstewart Road, Coleraine.
The 47-year-old driver was subsequently arrested.
In a follow-up search near Maghera, a 22-year-old man was also arrested for possession of cannabis.
Police said the cannabis plants were found in three containers that had been dug into the ground.
Both men have been freed on bail as investigations continue.
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The firm, which has been plagued by falling sales, high debts and several management crises, said it had agreed a deal to restructure its finances.
The Los Angeles-based company has been involved in a drawn-out legal battle with its founder Dov Charney.
American Apparel runs 260 shops and concessions in 19 countries. It expects the restructuring to take six months.
The company, which has been trying to turnaround its business, recorded a loss of $19.4m (£12.8m) in the second quarter.
Chief executive Paula Schneider said: "This restructuring will enable American Apparel to become a stronger, more vibrant company."
Under the restructuring agreement, American Apparel's secured lenders will provide about $90m in financing, the company said.
It expects to cut its debt to $135m from $300m through the restructuring, with the programme set to be completed within six months.
The firm said it would continue to operate its retail stores, and its wholesale and US manufacturing operations throughout the process.
It has 18 stores and concessions in the UK including locations in London, Leeds, Glasgow, Manchester and Brighton.
The Los Angeles-based retailer, known for making its products in the US, has not turned a profit since 2009.
In August, the company flagged up problems with its finances, saying it might not have enough capital to keep operations going for the next 12 months as losses widened and cash flows turned negative.
American Apparel was founded in 1989 by Dov Charney. The firm fired him in December over misconduct claims, and Mr Charney is suing the company for defamation and fraud. In June, the company was granted a corporate restraining order against him.
The combination of the firm's debts, falling sales and management crises have "finally proven too much for the iconic teen retailer", said Neil Saunders of retail analysis firm Conlumino.
"Bankruptcy protection is, in our view, the only viable option for American Apparel which is crippled by $311m of debt and is subject to a number of corporate lawsuits, including those brought by its founder Dov Charney," he said.
"Arguably, the big loser will be... Dov Charney, who will not only see his legal proceedings delayed but will also find, along with other shareholders, his holding in the company - currently worth some $8.2m - wiped out," he added.
More than a third of girls aged 10 to 15 years old are unhappy with their appearance and a quarter are unhappy with their lives, a new report from the Children's Society's has found.
While boys' sense of happiness remained stable, girls' happiness has plunged.
So why are girls suffering from low self-esteem and what can we do to make them feel better about themselves?
What advice would you give a younger you?
Nicky Hutchinson, a body image expert who works with schools, said she was surprised that the statistics weren't worse.
"It's just this generation," she said, "you have to promote yourself all the time, it's a PR job."
While people have always been interested in celebrity culture, today's celebrity world is "extreme" she said, pointing to celebrities who advertise their lives on social media or reality TV.
"There's this fake world that they've all created - taking 100 selfies just to get the one good one."
"What's new is that you have to post to everyone - in the past people wouldn't know what party you'd been to but now it's all posted and public - your social life. It's real misery for teenagers."
Social media encourages people to present a personal brand from a young age, and to seek reassurance in the form of likes and shares.
This amounts to "enormous pressure" on girls, says Nick Harrop from the charity YoungMinds.
Therapist and agony aunt Emma Kenny said: "We edit our lives constantly on social media but also we have to look at the deeper-rooted issue - which is the fact that young girls know from a very early age that they are judged on their appearance."
Girls need to know the facts about Photoshopping, that celebrities are being "airbrushed to their very core" and they need to question the images they are seeing.
Ms Hutchinson said girls are relieved when they discover the facts.
She said: "Question advertisements and photos and how real they are. Looking at the stars on the red carpet - ask [girls] how long they thought it took them to get ready."
Having honest images in the house and encouraging conversations about women's aspirations can help dispel the "myth of celebrity", said Mrs Kenny.
She said Photoshopped images are "creating foundations on sand because your looks don't last and actually they're not aspirational".
Ms Hutchinson said: "Parents should tell their daughters about the other parts of them that they appreciate - their sense of humour, or how brave they are.
"It's about letting them know about the good bits about them that are not about how they look."
Ms Hutchinson urges parents to concentrate on girls' qualities and individuality rather than focusing on their appearance - and it is worth starting from a young age.
"I've seen girls aged eight, nine or 10 saying their thighs are too big - it's not just teenagers. Start before they are feeling the pressure of being a teenager," she said.
Girls can learn from a really young age that legs are for running and arms are for lifting, she added, "bodies are for use - and are not ornaments".
Social media is here to stay and it can be a force for good - so there's no point banning it.
But Mrs Kenny says your child will be much happier if you "limit it rigorously".
Girls are spending a lot more time on social media than boys, according to Lucy Capron from the Children's Society: "Up to three hours a night in some cases."
Psychologist Lucy Beresford suggests introducing a family protocol.
Limit time spent on social media, make it a rule that homework has to be done before spending time online, or ban it during mealtimes or on Sunday mornings.
Keep phone chargers out of bedrooms so devices can't be used at night.
"Make it a treat and not a constant", Ms Beresford said.
Ms Beresford said the pressure to be perfect doesn't just come from social media.
She said parents must monitor their own behaviour. "We pick up our way of operating from our family - for example, if you're always going on about your weight - be very careful," she said.
What you say around the dinner table, the messages you send out about your daughter's life and your own life are very important, Ms Beresford said.
She added: "We think we are being kind when we say girls can have it all, but girls can feel a bit scared by that."
Talk to girls about all the options - even if your answer "ends up being three times as long".
Being open for conversation is key - and you can start with the small stuff.
Ms Beresford said: "They need to have proper conversations with you. Have conversations about random stuff - the latest on Justin Beiber, anything, and the serious stuff will follow."
She said people need to be open and available for conversations, no matter how busy or important you are.
YoungMinds' Nick Harrop said parents should take it seriously if their child is consistently anxious, unhappy, angry or withdrawn.
He said: "Let them know you're concerned about them and are there if they need you.
"Try to talk to them openly, without judging them or rushing to tell them what to do - and if they don't want to talk, try contacting them through text or email."
Above all, make sure you get help if you need it - talk to friends, family, your GP, the school, or helplines such as those run by the NSPCC and YoungMinds.
More than 200,000 people were killed when an underwater earthquake set off massive waves across the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004.
"While Indonesia bore the brunt of the waves' whiplash, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand too suffered enormously," the Deccan Herald says.
Papers say that people who lost their loved ones in India's coastal areas are still continuing efforts to rebuild their lives.
"Much of the misery in India befell the coastal fishing hamlets in Nagapattinam and Cuddalore districts in Tamil Nadu (southern state). These areas lay centred on the path of the tsunami," the Hindustan Times reports.
While normalcy has been restored, the landscape in these areas "sometimes points to the tragedy's legacy".
"Thatched huts have given way to housing clusters named Tsunami Colony or Tsunami Village, fishing markets have been built further inland and sea walls have turned the once-bustling beaches dreary and barren," the paper says.
The paper reports about a couple in Nagapattinam who lost both their children in the tsunami.
"I had just washed clothes and putting out them out to dry. When I turned around, my home was gone. We never found the bodies," the paper quotes the father as saying.
Most papers, meanwhile, feel India was not prepared for a natural disaster of such scale in 2004, but agree that precautionary measures have now improved.
"As it marks the 10th anniversary of the devastating tsunami …India is looking back with satisfaction in having created a tsunami warning system that has practically ruled out any large-scale loss of human lives by any similar event in the future," The Indian Express says.
The paper says India has set up a warning system to detect tsunami.
"This is done by Bottom Pressure Recorders (BPRs) that India has installed in the ocean about 3,500 metres below the surface near the fault-lines where earthquakes are generated. The BPRs record the pressure of water the above them," it explains.
The Deccan Herald agrees that "state-of-the-art" tsunami warning system is in place but warns "serious gaps exist in the last mile - tsunami alerts sent by emails, SMS, etc do not reach coastal populations that do not access such technologies".
Encouraging more frequent mock drills, the paper warns against government's "lax approach to natural disasters".
In some other news, many government officials did not get a holiday on Christmas, which was also marked as a Good Governance Day.
"With many events planned across the nation, it turned out to be a working Christmas for mantris (ministers) and bureaucrats," the NDTV website says.
The BJP-led government announced Good Governance Day to mark Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 90th birthday.
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Some 2,018 babies were involved in such cases at birth or soon afterwards in 2013, compared with 802 in 2008, the University of Lancaster report said.
About half were taken from mothers with other children in care. A third were from women who became mothers as teens.
Most babies would have been taken into care at hospital, the report said.
The figures, compiled for the first time using original family court records, showed a total of 13,248 babies were taken into care between 2007 and 2014 at birth or shortly after.
Dr Karen Broadhurst, who has been leading the research at the University of Lancaster, described the rise as "huge", adding: "We know generally there's an increase in children coming into care. But this group is disproportionately increasing.
"Some mothers are caught in a destructive cycle: their child's taken into care, because of neglect or abuse, they quickly become pregnant again without changing their outlook or circumstances.
"Social workers take their next baby away at birth - and the next."
Louise, who is in her early twenties, was sexually abused from the age of seven.
At 11 she ran away from home, and was placed in foster care but did not settle.
Over the next five years, she spent time in nearly 40 foster homes before going to live with a family member again.
Aged 18 she became pregnant and her son was born when she was 19.
"I started leaving him with other people because whenever he cried I just wanted to pick him up and shake him - and I shouldn't have been doing that as a mum, I should have been protecting him and looking after him - but I was going out and getting drunk.
"The social services got involved because I was involved with them as a child. I didn't have family support. I didn't have nobody. I asked them for help but obviously it resulted in me losing my child."
Shortly afterwards, she became pregnant again and was "over the moon" but she had her son taken away from her again by social workers.
"It tore me apart," she said. "I just kept crying and crying. Even now - it doesn't get any easier..."
Louise is now part of the Pause project in Doncaster, a scheme which helps women break the cycle of court proceedings and further pregnancies.
She said she was now planning to get a career and be more settled before having children again.
About 10% of the babies that are removed at birth will be returned to their mothers at the end of care proceedings.
Some may be looked after by other family members, while others may go into foster care or be placed for adoption.
Dr Broadhurst said there had been a "general trend towards taking more timely action, getting in there quicker", which partly explained the increased number of newborn babies being placed into care.
But she said there was little research about why it was happening.
"That's a key question for me. In the absence of any analysis research evidence, what more could we have done to prevent this huge increase?"
The Department for Education said it was aware of the problem and has given extra funding to projects such as Pause, and the family drug and alcohol court, which tries to help women who have successive children taken into care.
The 41-year-old wrote on Twitter he was "so excited" to be fronting the ceremony in January 2017.
He takes over from Ricky Gervais, who presented it this year, and Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who were hosts from 2013-15.
Next year's ceremony takes place in Beverley Hills and is one of the biggest nights of the awards season.
Fallon, who has been presenting The Tonight Show since 2014, joked he was "looking forward to spending time with the Hollywood Foreign Press before Donald Trump has them all deported".
Robert Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment, said: "This is the most spontaneous and uninhibited award show on television, and Jimmy's playful, disarming comedic brilliance makes him the ideal host to enhance and elevate the sense of fun and irreverence."
NBC will be broadcasting the awards live in the US.
Some 18.5 million Americans watched this year's awards on TV.
The Revenant dominated the 2016 Golden Globes, winning best dramatic film, best actor in a drama for Leonardo DiCaprio and best director for Alejandro G Inarritu.
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The news was announced on his official Facebook page, but no details about the cause of death were given.
"It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away," the statement said.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau led tributes to the singer, who was known for hits including Hallelujah and Dance Me to the End of Love.
"It is with deep sorrow that I learned today of the death of the legendary Leonard Cohen," Mr Trudeau said in a statement.
"He will be fondly remembered for his gruff vocals, his self-deprecating humour and the haunting lyrics that made his songs the perennial favourite of so many generations."
Fans have gathered outside Cohen's Montreal home to light candles and lay flowers.
Tributes are also being paid on the Greek island of Hydra, where Cohen had a house in the 1960s.
Cohen's son Adam told Rolling Stone: "My father passed away peacefully at his home in Los Angeles with the knowledge that he had completed what he felt was one of his greatest records.
"He was writing up until his last moments with his unique brand of humour."
A memorial for Cohen will take place in Los Angeles at a later date, the Facebook announcement added.
The Montreal-born singer's hits included Suzanne, Bird on the Wire and I'm Your Man.
He released his 14th album, You Want It Darker, just last month.
John Lissauer, the producer who worked with Cohen on Hallelujah as well as a series of albums in the 1970s and 1980s, described the singer as "almost mythical".
He told BBC Radio 4's Today: "He was just an iconic figure, because his duration was so great and he was so consistent in his devotion to the craft, and his devotion to recording and performing."
You Want It Darker received great critical acclaim, with Rolling Stone calling it a "late career triumph". The Telegraph described it as a "bleak masterpiece", awarding it five stars.
The Guardian also gave it full marks, praising the album as "wise and honest", while Pitchfork said the album "feels like a pristine, piously crafted last testament, the informed conclusion of a lifetime of inquiry".
Leonard Cohen was called "the high priest of pathos" and the "godfather of gloom".
But the influence and appeal of this poet, novelist, songwriter and legendary ladies' man has endured throughout his career.
Often prone to depression throughout his life, his often witty, charming and self-deprecating manner was reflected in his lyrics.
Obituary: Leonard Cohen
Record label Sony Music said it was proud to have "celebrated Cohen's artistry" over his six-decade career.
"Leonard Cohen was an unparalleled artist whose stunning body of original work has been embraced by generations of fans and artists alike," it said in a statement.
"The Sony Music Canada family joins the world in mourning Leonard Cohen's passing."
Cohen's songs included So Long Marianne, written about his lover and muse Marianne Ihlen, whom he met in Greece in the 1960s.
She also inspired the song Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye.
In July this year, Cohen wrote a letter to Ihlen after learning that she was terminally ill and close to death.
He said: "Well Marianne, it's come to this time when we are really so old and our bodies are falling apart and I think I will follow you very soon.
"Goodbye old friend, see you down the road."
Hallelujah was covered numerous times and reached number one in December 2008 when it was performed by UK X Factor winner Alexandra Burke.
Cohen later suggested he thought Hallelujah had been covered too many times: "I think it's a good song, but I think too many people sing it."
The singer spoke last month about the prospect of death in what is thought to be one of his final interviews.
"I am ready to die," he told The New Yorker. "I hope it's not too uncomfortable. That's about it for me."
Speaking about making arrangements for his death, he added: "At a certain point, if you still have your marbles and are not faced with serious financial challenges, you have a chance to put your house in order.
"It's a cliche, but it's underestimated as an analgesic on all levels."
Sir Elton John described Cohen as "a giant of a man", while Nick Cave said he was "the greatest songwriter of them all".
Carole King, Peter Gabriel, Bette Midler and Margaret Atwood are among others to have paid tribute.
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Shoppers at the central London store said they were asked to leave at about 15:30 GMT after a warning about a blaze in the basement of the building.
They were led to streets behind the shop while the fire brigade investigated.
The shop reopened after about an hour with no noticeable damage to the building.
There were no reported injuries.
Four-time world champion Vettel, 29, was given a 10-second penalty that dropped him from third to fifth.
Formula 1's governing body had said the German moved under braking as he tried to hold off a passing move from Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo.
A Ferrari statement said "a number of new elements have come to light after the decision was rendered".
While Ferrari accepted that the result of the race on 30 October would not be altered, they want the decision to be "reconsidered" to determine what is classed as dangerous driving and "to provide clarity" over the rules.
Speaking at a news conference before this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo, Vettel said: "Obviously I don't agree with the decision that was made.
"I moved over to defend my position, I gave Daniel enough room on the inside and kept the car straight for more than the majority of the braking.
"Daniel locked up so bad because there was no grip on the inside. It looks worse than it was, I don't think it was dangerous, but I have to deal with the decision."
Vettel crossed the finish line fourth in Mexico but was promoted to third after Max Verstappen was giving a five-second penalty for cutting a corner of the track.
Vettel featured in the podium ceremony, before his penalty - received later that night - lifted Ricciardo to third and Verstappen to fourth.
"You don't want to wait so long after a race to have an outcome," said Australian Ricciardo, who described the penalty as the "right decision".
"When you're down the straight, if someone defends and moves one way you can move the other, but when you've committed to it, it's hard to pull out of the move."
Vettel is fourth in the drivers' championship on 187 points, 55 behind Ricciardo and 162 behind leader Nico Rosberg.
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It got the man dubbed the "the iPod's father" - the engineer/designer who sold Steve Jobs on his vision of a portable music player, and then worked to build it, update it and then repeat the process with the iPhone.
In January, Google's troubled Glass computer was added to his list of duties.
"It wasn't handed to me and said, 'Tony clean it up,'" Mr Fadell clarifies, "I offered."
"I remember what it was like when we did the iPod and the iPhone. I think this can be that important, but it's going to take time to get it right."
Read more: Will Tony Fadell eclipse his ex-workmate Jony Ive?
Mr Nasheed was the clear frontrunner in last month's vote but he did not get an outright majority and the election was later annulled by the Supreme Court.
He has called for another election to take place under a caretaker leader.
Mr Nasheed is pushing for a second spell as president 18 months after he was forced to resign.
"We believe that the only prudent way forward and the solution is for Waheed to resign and the speaker of parliament to take over the government until elections are over," Mr Nasheed said on Sunday.
He accused the current leader of trying to obstruct the elections "to take this country into a constitutional void and then capture power".
Last month, he gained 45% of votes in a first-round election that was annulled because the electoral lists included made-up names and dead people .
On Saturday police prevented ballot papers from being sent out because two candidates had failed to approve the registry of voters.
The electoral commission said the police had exceeded their mandate.
Mr Nasheed has been heading peaceful protests in the capital, Male. His supporters blocked a main road, drinking tea and eating snacks in a display of civil disobedience.
The current president, who had already pulled out of the leadership race after performing badly in the annulled first round, has proposed that the re-run vote be held on 26 October.
"I hope that over that week, any outstanding problems will be ironed out," Mr Waheed told the Associated Press, saying he wanted to ensure a new president was installed before the end of his term on 11 November.
The two remaining presidential candidates - Gasim Ibrahim and Abdulla Yameen - have been fighting for the re-run not to take place.
On Friday, they had sought an injunction against the election at the Supreme Court.
They complained that they had not had time to endorse the registry of voters, a newly introduced requirement.
The court did not issue an injunction nor did it give a clear instruction for the election to go ahead.
On Saturday, electoral commission head Fuwad Thowfeek said police had entered his offices and were stopped officials from distributing election materials.
Police spokesman Abdulla Nawaz said the election was stopped because the commission did not comply with a court order to have the voters' list endorsed by all candidates.
But Mr Thowfeek accused them of exceeding their mandate.
The cancellation caused alarm among the country's international partners.
India's foreign ministry said it was "seriously concerned at attempts to stall the democratic process", while a US embassy official in Sri Lanka said the delay "represents a real threat to democracy in the Maldives".
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said he was "deeply dismayed" and called for the democratic process to be allowed to proceed.
Commonwealth observers in the country also issued an angry statement denying suggestions by the police that they had sought Commonwealth advice before stopping the election.
The 12 clubs involved are three games away from winning promotion, but what does it take to go up through the fiercely-contested end-of-season tournament?
BBC Sport looked at 26 years of statistics to bring you some answers.
Since the 1989-90 season - when the current Football League play-off format of four teams from the same league competing to play a one-leg final at a neutral venue was introduced - nine sides finishing as the top qualifier for the play-offs have won promotion to the top flight.
That may bode well for Brighton, who finished third in the Championship in 2015-16.
A quarter of second-tier teams who score first in the play-off semi-final first leg have gone on to reach the final and win promotion to the top flight.
Teams start with a one-in-four chance of being promoted before a ball is kicked, which would suggest that scoring the first goal of a semi-final is not that important at all.
In League One, it is even less important. From 52 semi-final first-leg fixtures, teams who scored first went through to the final on only 18 occasions (35%), while just 11 of those (21%) went on to win in the final.
Meanwhile in League Two, 58% of teams who score first in the fourth-tier play-off semi-final first leg go on to reach the final.
Brighton missed out on automatic promotion to the Premier League by failing to beat Middlesbrough in their final game of the season.
The Seagulls face Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough on Friday, but could they benefit from playing Monday's second leg at home?
In the current format from 1989-90 onwards, teams from the Championship who play their semi-final second leg at their home ground have won on 31 of 52 occasions.
Of those second-leg winners, 24 teams have got through to the final while 13 teams have gone on to win the second-tier play-off final at Wembley.
But what if you have lost the first leg away from home? How often have teams used their second-leg home advantage to turn their semi-final around and then win the play-off final? The answer is "not very".
In the Championship, it has only happened once. Bolton Wanderers lost their 1994-95 Division One play-off semi-final first leg 2-1 at Wolves but won 2-0 after extra-time in the return leg at Burnden Park, before beating Reading 4-3 in the play-off final at Wembley.
In League One, West Bromwich Albion (1992-93), Gillingham (1999-00), Peterborough (2010-11) and Yeovil (2012-13) have won the play-offs after losing their first leg away from home.
Only Blackpool (1991-92), Plymouth (1995-96), Colchester (1997-98) and Scunthorpe (1998-99) have been able to repeat the feat in League Two.
Your team battles their way to the play-off final and thousands of your fans, draped in the colours of their team, descend on Wembley - does scoring first put your side in the driving seat?
In a word, yes. Teams who score first in Championship play-off finals have won on 20 of 26 occasions, while it is 21 from 26 in League One finals and 20 out of 26 in League Two.
Interestingly, there is very little in the way of a fightback in these instances. Usually, when one team takes the lead in a play-off final, the other team will not score.
In the current format, 15 of 26 second tier play-off finals have seen just one team score, while it is 14 of 26 in the third tier and also 14 of 26 in the fourth.
As promotion gives second-tier clubs a huge financial advantage, play-off finals have been nervy affairs of late. Seven of the last 10 Championship play-off finals have resulted in just one team getting on the scoresheet.
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A BBC correspondent who has been to one of the registration sites in Turkey says there are few signs it is ready.
The UN and rights groups have expressed fears about migrant welfare and whether some may be forced back into Syria.
The EU-Turkey deal is aimed at easing the uncontrolled mass movement of people into Europe.
Under the deal, migrants arriving illegally in Greece are expected to be sent back to Turkey from 4 April if they do not apply for asylum or if their claim is rejected.
An EU official said it was hoped that several hundred would be returned on Monday.
For each Syrian returned, a Syrian migrant in Turkey will be resettled in the EU, with priority given to those who have not tried to enter the EU illegally.
Germany said on Friday it would take the first migrants.
Interior ministry spokesman Tobias Plate said that most would be families with children, with the numbers in the "double-digit range".
Last year, more than one million migrants and refugees arrived in the EU by boat from Turkey to Greece.
Tens of thousands have been stranded in Greece after northern countries closed their borders.
Greek officials told Associated Press that Monday's returns could start from the island of Lesbos and involve migrants whose asylum claims were considered inadmissible, including those from Pakistan.
Migrants will be taken on buses and put on chartered vessels, under a heavy security escort of one police guard for every migrant, the officials said.
But the BBC's Mark Lowen, who has been to a proposed registration camp near the western Turkish town of Dikili, says the field earmarked for the centre remains empty.
He says local officials are suggesting those sent back here would only stay temporarily in Dikili before being sent to other areas of Turkey.
Meanwhile, he says, boats are still attempting to cross - 160 migrants were caught by the Turkish coastguard near Dikili on Friday and many more actually reached Lesbos.
Our correspondent says there are grave doubts over the viability of the EU plan, not least due to concerns that migrants sent back could be mistreated, with several aid agencies and EU countries refusing to recognise Turkey as a so-called "safe country of origin".
A report from Amnesty International has accused Turkey of illegally forcing thousands of refugees back to Syria.
Turkey has denied sending back any refugees against their will.
On Friday the Greek parliament passed by 169 votes to 107 a law allowing migrants arriving in the country to be returned to Turkey.
But there have been violent protests among migrants.
On the Greek island of Chios, hundreds tore down the razor wire fence that was keeping them in and fled the camp.
They walked to the port demanding to continue their journeys to northern Europe.
One migrant said: "Deportation is a big mistake because we have risked a lot to come here especially during our crossing from Turkey to Greece. We were smuggled here from Turkey. We cannot go back.
"We will repeat our trip again and again if need be because we are running away in order to save our lives."
Tension has also flared at the port of Piraeus near Athens.
The United Nations refugee agency has urged Greece and Turkey to provide more safeguards before the returns begin.
It said conditions were worsening daily for the thousands held on Greek islands.
The Turkey-EU statement in full
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.
In an apparent misfiring, two of the blocks remained partially upright but the remaining high-rise blocks were brought down by controlled explosion.
Some residents in neighbouring properties had to be forced to leave the exclusion zone prior to the demolition.
Unconfirmed reports indicated they will not be allowed to return home.
They had told BBC Scotland they were concerned about damage to their properties.
A controversial plan to demolish five of the blocks as part of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony last summer was dropped.
When built they were considered the answer to the city's housing problem but became rundown and vandalised.
Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) said a single blowdown would be less disruptive to local residents.
Members of the public were kept about 1,000ft (300m) away from the blocks.
About 1,000 households were due to be temporarily moved while the demolition took place.
Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme, Tina Suffredini, who lives in the exclusion zone and was refusing to leave, said she wanted the block to be levelled gradually to lessen the impact on the surrounding area.
"I am concerned about everything," she said.
"Gas mains, there's a petrol station a couple of hundred yards away from the triple block, there's a nursery right under it, the dust, the flying debris - anything could happen.
"It could be two years down the line and our foundations could start to crack. I want to see them taken down safely, bit by bit."
Built in the mid-1960s to tackle the city's housing crisis, the flats were once the tallest residential structures in Europe, providing accommodation for almost 5,000 people.
The demolition programme, which changes the city's skyline, is part of GHA's renewal plan.
Two previous demolitions have taken place, in 2012 and 2013.
GHA said the decision to take all six blocks down in a single demolition was taken following feedback from local residents.
It said it would hold consultations on development options for the site.
Alvarez, 26, won with a ninth-round knockout as Smith, who had also been floored in the seventh, failed to beat the count following a body punch.
It was 28-year-old Smith's first defeat in 25 fights, in the third defence of the title he won in October 2015.
After the fight, Alvarez said "we are ready" for WBC, WBA and IBF middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin.
"He doesn't want to accept," said Alvarez. "I fear no man. I am the best at this sport. I want to fight the best.
"About a month ago, we offered 'GGG' three or four times as much to make the fight."
Alvarez has lost only one of his 50 professional fights, against American Floyd Mayweather on points in 2013.
Kazakh Golovkin, 34, beat Britain's Kell Brook in London last week to extend his unbeaten record to 36 fights, icluding 33 knockouts.
Smith said: "I am very disappointed. Canelo was too good. My timing was off."
They also pledged to work together more closely on a range of bilateral issues including trade and security.
The islands, which Buenos Aires calls Las Malvinas, may also schedule more direct flights to Argentina.
The agreements would not affect the Falklands' sovereignty, the UK said.
This is the most positive development in relations between Argentina and Britain for more than 15 years, says the BBC's diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams.
Both Argentina and the UK claim the islands in the South Atlantic - with about 3,000 inhabitants - as their own, having fought a war over them in 1982.
Profile: Falkland Islands
Wednesday's joint statement was agreed following a series of high-level meetings in Buenos Aires between Argentinian President Mauricio Macri and other senior officials, and UK Foreign Office minister Sir Alan Duncan.
Sir Alan said the Falkland Islands would be "free" to start more flights with layovers in Argentina. At present, there are occasional flights to Chile that stop in Argentina but this gives the green light to flights to other Latin American countries.
They also said they would support a project to try to identify the remains of unknown Argentines soldiers who died during the war and were buried on the islands.
The Foreign Office said it was the first positive statement the two sides had agreed on since 1999.
The UK's Sir Alan Duncan said: "It's clear to me that Argentina is open for business. The measures agreed today demonstrate we can make progress through dialogue."
Argentina's former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner pursued a claim of sovereignty over the islands and tried to put pressure on British and US companies not to drill for oil in the waters around them.
She required all vessels travelling between Argentina and the islands and those that wanted to cross Argentine territorial waters en route to the Falklands, to seek prior permission.
But her successor Mr Macri, who has been the president since December 2015, promised a "new kind of relationship" with the UK.
The Falklands are a UK overseas territory located about 530km (330 miles) off Argentina's coast.
In 2013 the islanders voted overwhelmingly to remain a UK territory.
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The 38-year-old left the Shakers in the summer and has scored nine goals in 28 appearances so far this season.
BBC Radio Manchester reported in December that Bury had approached the League Two club about Lowe and a deal has now been completed.
He will assist head coach Chris Brass, who replaced sacked boss David Flitcroft at Gigg Lane.
"I have a long association with Bury and the coaching staff understood that it was an opportunity that I really couldn't turn down," Lowe told Crewe's club website.
"Coaching is something I want to get involved in and everyone knows that Bury holds a special place in my heart.
"I was out of contract in the summer, and at my age, I had to look towards the future."
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Donaldson tucked away a low cross from Diego Fabbrini at the near post to claim his seventh goal of the season.
Blues are now just three points away from a play-off position after a first win in four games.
Bolton, who avoided a winding-up order on Monday after agreeing a £7.5m takeover, remain second from bottom.
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Former Bolton striker Dean Holdsworth, who heads the consortium which is set to take control at the Macron Stadium, again watched from the stands.
And he saw another toothless performance from a side missing top scorer Gary Madine after he was left out by manager Neil Lennon for disciplinary reasons.
Birmingham did not carry much threat but broke the deadlock when Donaldson flicked the ball home after being set up by former Watford midfielder Fabbrini on his first start for Blues.
They almost added a late second when substitute David Cotterill was denied by Paul Rachubka on his first league start for Bolton.
Bolton manager Neil Lennon:
"What we need to do is get the (transfer) embargo lifted and get some players in to bolster the squad. It's wafer thin at the moment.
"We do need a bit of strength in depth, it's something we've lacked for a while. It (the takeover) has not gone through yet so once it does we'll know what position we're in."
On his disciplinary action against Madine: "You have to set certain standards as a manager and I'm pretty fair with the players, but there are some things which you can't tolerate and you have to put a marker down and that's what I've done.
"It was at the weekend. I'm not going to go into it, it's been dealt with internally.
"It's up to Gary, the ball is in his court. He has to have a change in his thinking. There are things I will put up with and there are things I just can't, otherwise you'll have anarchy on your hands."
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Birmingham manager Gary Rowett:
"You always felt this was a really pivotal game. It was just a case of winning the game.
"We're not a free-scoring team, we didn't use the ball well enough but the one bit of quality in the game we ended up scoring from.
"We're still very much in the mix, something that, after 32 games, everyone at the club everyone would have been really pleased with."
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Clayton Donaldson's first-half goal gave Birmingham a 1-0 win over Bolton, who are still without an away victory in the Championship this season.
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Tristram Wallace, 36, died after an attack in Arden Street on Monday.
Warwickshire Police said a post-mortem examination had taken place, but further tests were required.
Peter Mallon, 41, and 39-year-old Tony Jelf, both of no fixed address, were charged with murder on Thursday, officers said, along with Neil Potter, 36, from Clopton Road.
They were remanded in custody at Leamington Magistrates Court on Friday.
Two women also appeared in court charged with theft and attempted theft.
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Twenty people were killed in the attack on the Erawan Shrine in August.
Authorities say Bilal Mohammed, also known as Adem Karadag, and Yusuf Mieraili have both confessed to their roles in the blast.
The two suspects have been indicted on 10 charges, including murder, but not terrorism.
A lawyer for one of the men told the Reuters news agency that the charges included premeditated murder, illegal possession of weapons, and murder.
"The court has accepted the 10 charges that prosecutors formally brought against the two men," said lawyer Schoochart Kanpai.
The two have been in custody for nearly three months.
Documents sent by prosecutors to the court said both men were Chinese nationals from the Muslim Uighur minority.
China has long faced criticism for the perceived harsh restrictions it places on religion and culture in Xinjiang, where the majority of Uighurs live.
Thailand recently found itself in the spotlight following its forced repatriation of more than 100 Uighurs to China.
Police have released warrants for a total of 17 people over charges stemming from the attack. They believe many have fled the country.
The motive for the bombing remains unclear.
The Erawan shrine - with its four-faced golden statue of the Hindu god Brahma - is considered sacred by Thai Buddhists, and attracts many foreign visitors.
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The 18-year-old woman was taken in a van from Sandown High Street and later assaulted in a car park in Niton on Friday morning, police said.
The man from East Cowes has also been charged with grievous bodily harm.
Hampshire Constabulary said he also faces three other charges for offences committed in September, relating to grooming and exploitation of children.
He is due before Newport magistrates on Monday.
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A US study found men and women in their 50s and 60s with a history of alcohol abuse were more likely to have memory problems up to two decades later.
The study, in The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, adds to growing evidence that excessive drinking can impair mental processing later.
Researchers say it is a public health issue that needs to be addressed.
Scientists questioned 6,500 US middle-aged adults about their past alcohol consumption.
They were asked three specific questions:
Those who answered yes to one of these questions were considered to have a problem with alcohol.
They had more than double the risk of developing severe memory impairment, the study found.
"We know that alcohol is bad for the brain in general, but it's not just how much you drink but how it affects you," lead researcher, Dr Iain Lang, from the University of Exeter Medical School, told the BBC.
"The amount that you drink is important - what is also important is if you experience any problems in your drinking or if other people tell you you have a problem."
He advised drinking within recommended daily and weekly amounts and to cut down if affected by any of the items in the questionnaire, as this could increase dementia risk.
Dr Doug Brown, director of research and development at the Alzheimer's Society charity, said there was a hidden cost of alcohol abuse, given mounting evidence that alcohol misuse can impact on cognition later in life.
"This small study shows that people who admitted to alcohol abuse at some point in their lives were twice as likely to have severe memory problems, and as the research relied on self-reporting that number may be even higher.
"This isn't to say that people need to abstain from alcohol altogether. As well as eating a healthy diet, not smoking and maintaining a healthy weight, the odd glass of red wine could even help reduce your risk of developing dementia."
Dr Eric Karran, science director at Alzheimer's Research UK, said: "Although studies such as this one can be very useful for observing health trends, it's important to note that they are not able to show cause and effect, and it's not clear whether other factors may also have influenced these results."
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The incident occurred in the 87th minute of Newcastle's 2-0 Championship defeat against Wolves on 17 September.
The Football Association says the misdemeanour was an "aggravated breach" of rules, and if found guilty the 24-year-old faces a minimum five-game ban.
He has until 16 November to respond.
Newcastle had Netherlands midfielder Vurnon Anita sent off in the same minute of the game.
If found guilty Shelvey will miss, at a minimum, a trip to Leeds on 20 November, a home match with Blackburn, the EFL Cup trip to Hull City, an away fixture at Nottingham Forest and Birmingham City's visit to St James' Park on 10 December.
In May 2013, the FA introduced new guidelines stating that any player found guilty of racially abusing an opponent or discriminating on religion, sexuality or disability, would be banned for at least five games.
Chelsea's John Terry was handed a four-match ban and a £220,000 fine for racially abusing QPR defender Anton Ferdinand, while Liverpool's Luis Suarez received an eight-match suspension and a £40,000 fine for his abuse of Manchester United's Patrice Evra - both in 2011.
Newcastle sit top of the Championship, three points clear of Brighton, and Shelvey has been one of their stand-out performers, as well as contributing three goals in 16 league appearances.
Shelvey, who has won six caps for England, joined Newcastle from Swansea in January, but could not prevent the club's relegation to the Championship.
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Gergely Raccuja proposed a distance-based charge to replace fuel duty and vehicle excise duty, with the money raised being used to boost investment in roads and improve air quality.
He also said he could maker Britain "pothole free" within five years.
The Hungarian, who is the youngest ever winner of the prize, said he was "over the moon" to have won.
Mr Raccuja, a UCL graduate, topped a shortlist of five entries, judged by senior figures including the former chancellor Lord Darling.
Entrants to the 2017 prize were all asked to address the same question: "How can we pay for better, safer, more reliable roads in a way that is fair to road users and good for the economy and the environment?"
Mr Raccuja's plan argued that a new distance-based charge would be "simple and fair" and would help "rebuild trust" between the government and motorists.
Drivers wouldn't be asked to pay more overall, but instead would pay in proportion to the distance they drove each year.
The charge would also reflect how green their vehicles were, with cleaner cars paying less per mile.
Mr Raccuja said the money raised would be invested in making UK roads ready for a new generation of electric and autonomous vehicles.
The charge, to be collected by insurers, would also be more efficient than current systems and would boost Treasury coffers as the number of cars on the road and vehicle mileage were projected to grow.
A poll of more than 2,000 adults, released by the Wolfson Prize on Thursday, found only a quarter said the current state of roads was good enough.
Some 79% said traffic was getting worse and 67% were concerned by vehicle pollution.
Lord Simon Wolfson, the chief executive of Next, who founded the prize in 2012, said congestion, pollution and potholes were a source of "daily misery" for Britons.
He called Mr Raccuja's entry "ground-breaking, yet simple".
"Policymakers can learn much from this year's prize, and I hope they will take forward solutions to solve one of the greatest infrastructure challenges of modern times," Lord Wolfson said.
Among the other entrants were the president of the AA, Edmund King and his wife, the economist Deirdre King.
The Kings proposed the idea of Road Miles, where drivers benefit from at least 3,000 free Road Miles each year with a small charge thereafter, as well as "adopt-a-highway" naming rights to boost investment.
Mr Raccuja, who read politics, urban planning and Italian at UCL, graduating with first class honours in 2015, said the competition had been "an incredible journey".
"I hope I can persuade our politicians too that everything to do with our roads could be better."
Orient supporters protested against owner Francesco Becchetti on the pitch and fans were later told the match on 29 April had been abandoned.
It was restarted and concluded later.
The EFL said it recognises "the right to protest" but added it cannot support it if it affected a sporting outcome.
The U's beat relegated Orient 3-1 and, while Orient's fate has been sealed, the victory kept Colchester still in with a chance of reaching the fourth-tier play-offs.
Following the lengthy delay at the Matchroom Stadium, the players returned to the pitch to finish the final eight minutes of the match behind closed doors.
An EFL statement read: "We would like to reiterate that the EFL recognises that supporters of clubs have the right to protest if they are unhappy and very much understand the frustration of Leyton Orient fans in particular at this difficult time.
"As we have stated, unless our rules are broken, our powers to intervene are limited once owners ("Responsible Persons") are in position.
"Our rules reflect our position as a competition organiser and are derived to protect our competitions, the format of which thrives on promotion and relegation.
"It is therefore imperative that all clubs play 46 games of 90 minutes to complete a full season and any variation from this brings the legitimacy of the competition into question.
"While acknowledging the right of fans to protest, we cannot support this if those actions 'cross the white line' and affect the sporting outcome.
"The pitch invasion at the Matchroom Stadium was peaceful in its nature but led to the referee needing to take the players off the field. We cannot sit back and allow this to happen and have the credibility of our competition, which is envied the world over, questioned."
As well as the events at Orient on Saturday, the EFL have written to Championship side Huddersfield to "request their observations regarding team selection" for the 2-0 defeat by Birmingham City on the same day.
The Terriers are already guaranteed a play-off spot and made 10 changes for the trip to Blues, who are not yet safe from relegation to League One.
"It is very much a subjective matter to determine what constitutes a 'full strength' side, however the disappointment of both (Birmingham's fellow strugglers) Blackburn Rovers and Nottingham Forest is understandable," said an EFL statement.
"Huddersfield have been asked for their observations and reasons for taking the approach that they did.
"This type of approach is another challenge to the integrity of the competition, albeit a different one to the actions of supporters. We have reminded all clubs this week as to their obligations in this area.
"It has been a difficult week for the EFL and we hope that the final weekend of matches in the Championship and League Two pass without further incident that could damage the reputation of our clubs, their fans or our competition."
Glasgow City Council and the Scottish government are supporting a £9.3m plan to purchase a majority of 579 flats in four tenement blocks in Govanhill.
The aims is to end overcrowding, poor landlord practice, a lack of factoring arrangements and high tenancy turnover.
The flats will be bought and run by Govanhill Housing Association.
The blocks earmarked for purchase are located between Calder Street, Allison Street and Dixon Avenue.
The council and housing association have devised the South West Govanhill Property Acquisition and Repair Programme to tackle problems in the area.
Under the scheme, the housing association will identify and buy properties and carry out improvement work to bring them up to a lettable standard.
The council is channelling £5m into the programme with the other £4.3m of funding, over the next two years, coming from the Scottish government
Glasgow City Council has also set aside £500,000 of its fund to address problems in properties outwith those being block purchased.
Bailie Liz Cameron, the council's executive member for economic development, said the plan would bring an economic boost to the Govanhill area and improve the lives of residents.
"It has been obvious that a longer-term solution to issues with private sector housing in Govanhill has been required for some time," she said.
"The council has already invested substantial sums in maintaining the housing stock in the area, but it is clear that difficulties with the way property is being managed have not gone away.
"By securing this funding we can now implement the strategy of bringing tenement blocks into the social housing sector so they can be managed properly."
It is anticipated that Govanhill Housing Association will take on responsibility for factoring the purchased tenement blocks when they secure a majority of ownership.
Housing Minister Margaret Burgess said: "Since 2010, we have been working with Glasgow City Council and Govanhill Housing Association to help tackle the poor condition of some properties in South West Govanhill, resulting in the purchase of empty properties and improvement works to the back courts.
"We are providing £4.3m for a pilot initiative to allow Govanhill Housing Association to acquire property, which will enable it to take on more factoring responsibilities and ensure a more effective maintenance regime.
"We will continue to work with partners to develop a longer term strategy to tackle the problems in the area."
A statement on a website close to the outlawed Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) said it carried out the attack.
The two women died in a shootout with police after hiding in the building in Bayrampasa district, officials said.
Two policemen were hurt in the attack.
The women had earlier opened fire at a riot police station in Bayrampasa, the Hurriyet newspaper reported.
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The statement on the website hailed the "brave female liberation fighters".
The extreme-left DHKP-C has waged a violent campaign for more than three decades.
Turkey says the group has killed dozens of police officers and soldiers along with scores of civilians since it was formed in 1978 with the aim of replacing the Turkish government with a Marxist one.
It also opposes what it calls US imperialism and has several times targeted US military personnel and diplomatic missions.
Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin said an investigation into Thursday's attack was under way.
Both Kurdish rebels and far-left militants have attacked police in Istanbul in the past.
Thursday's attack comes amid a rise in violence in Turkey since mid-2015.
In November Kurdish PKK rebels said they would resume fighting against the army, ending a unilateral ceasefire that over the past three decades has killed tens of thousands of people.
The youngster made the statement during a recorded police interview the day after two-year-old Liam Fee was found dead at a house near Glenrothes on 22 March 2014.
The child said one of the accused, Nyomi Fee, had told him what happened.
The dead boy's mother Rachel Fee and her partner Nyomi deny murdering Liam and ill-treating two other boys.
One of these boys is the witness the jury have been hearing from while the other is the child they are accused of falsely blaming for Liam's death.
The jury have already been shown a video interview with that boy, who told police he had "strangled" Liam but that the toddler had been sitting up and watching television afterwards.
Rachel Fee, 31, and Nyomi Fee, 28, who are originally from Ryton, Tyne and Wear, deny a series of mistreatment and neglect charges against two other children, as well as the murder charge.
The trial at the High Court in Livingston continues.
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Estimates of the number of foreigners living in the country vary, but according to the last official census the number was just over two million.
For some, life in South Africa can be tough - xenophobic attacks and a weakening rand are just two of the problems they face.
The BBC's Outside Source spent the day with foreign shopkeepers in the township of Diepsloot, close to Johannesburg, to find out what life is like and what their hopes are for the future.
Video journalist: Christian Parkinson
Outside Source is broadcasting its radio and TV programmes live from Wits University in the South African city of Johannesburg on Tuesday 1 March, discussing subjects from migration to student protests. Follow @BBCOS on Twitter to join the debate.
The Dons had been granted planning permission to build an initial 11,000-seater ground on Plough Lane by Merton Borough Council in December 2015.
However the plans were called in for review in March by Boris Johnson, who was London's Mayor at the time.
After a consultation, Khan has handed the application back to Merton Council.
Khan said the plans will be "of great benefit to Londoners and the wider community for generations to come".
Merton Council's cross-party planning committee had unanimously agreed to the plans, and will now determine the application.
AFC Wimbledon's plans to redevelop the current site of Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium include the construction of 602 residential units, and could see the capacity of the proposed new stadium increased to 20,000.
The League One club welcomed the decision in a statement on their website, adding they hoped the council would confirm that the planning application had been granted.
Meanwhile the leader of Merton Council, councillor Stephen Alambritis, said he was "thrilled" with Khan's announcement following a 14-day consultation period.
"We look forward to the homecoming of this much-loved and well-deserving team," Alambritis added.
"Merton wants to see AFC Wimbledon back on Wimbledon turf. We will now be working with the applicant towards the delivery of the site."
Merton's planning committee are expected to give final approval to the stadium scheme at their next meeting on Thursday, 15 September.
The original Wimbledon FC were forced to leave their Plough Lane ground in 1991 following the publication of the Taylor Report which, in the wake of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, recommended that top-flight sides should play in all-seater stadiums.
They shared Selhurst Park with Crystal Palace until 2003 when they moved to Milton Keynes, having been given permission to relocate by an independent commission a year earlier.
The club were subsequently renamed MK Dons, while their old Plough Lane home became a residential development.
AFC Wimbledon, formed in 2002 in response to the relocation, have played all their home games at Kingsmeadow in Kingston, which is also home to non-league Kingstonian.
The phoenix club had two main aims: to return to the English Football League and to move back to Merton, which they see as the club's spiritual home.
They have won six promotions in the 14 years since their formation, reaching the third tier with a 2-0 victory over Plymouth Argyle in the League Two play-off final in May.
AFC Wimbledon took over the leasehold of Kingsmeadow in March 2003 and have agreed to sell the ground to Premier League side Chelsea.
He has been accused by US authorities of market manipulation that contributed to the 2010 Wall Street "flash crash".
Mr Sarao was arrested by UK police in April after being charged by the US Justice Department.
After spending four months in custody, he was released on bail earlier this month.
Mr Sarao's lawyer, James Lewis, told Westminster Magistrates Court on Friday that he needed more time to obtain expert evidence about trading and how the market worked.
He said that evidence would help him address whether his client had made false representations through his trading activity.
However, District Judge Quentin Purdy rejected the application. He said expert evidence was not relevant to the decision he had to make - whether the US charges would also be offences under English law.
The extradition hearing remained set for 25 September.
The "flash crash" on 6 May 2010 sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly plunging by more than 1,000 points before recovering.
Mr Sarao, 36, is accused of using software to "spoof" markets by generating large sell orders that pushed down prices.
He then cancelled those trades and bought the contracts at the lower prices, making roughly £27m in profit, US authorities allege.
Mr Sarao has denied wrongdoing and told the Westminster court in May: "I've not done anything wrong apart from being good at my job."
It happened outside the White Swan Hotel on the High Street around 21:40.
A 29-year-old man and a teenager were both seriously hurt and taken to hospital for treatment.
Dete Insp Paul Batton said: "I'm keen to hear from anyone who was in the area of the White Swan Hotel on the High Street on Saturday".
Vettel is out of contract at the end of this season and a new deal has not yet been announced, even though Ferrari re-signed his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen this week.
"I know he doesn't want to be my team-mate," Hamilton said.
"He wouldn't have the position he is in now in terms of how his team operates if he was here."
That is a reference to Ferrari focusing all their efforts on Vettel's title campaign to the detriment of Raikkonen.
Vettel won the last race in Hungary despite a steering problem after the Finn was told not to challenge him and remain in second place to protect him from attacks from Hamilton.
By contrast, Mercedes operate a looser policy, in which the two drivers are allowed to race.
Bottas gave up third place in Hungary to Hamilton after the Englishman asked to be let by to attack the Ferraris but said he would give the place back if he could not make ground.
Hamilton ceded third place to Bottas on the final lap.
Vettel leads Hamilton by 14 points in the championship with Bottas a further 19 points adrift.
On Vettel's future, Hamilton added: "It's highly unlikely he'll be here. But I am always game to race whoever it is and racing against the best drivers is always a great thing."
He said Bottas' arrival had improved the atmosphere and workings of the Mercedes compared to Hamilton's three years of tension with Nico Rosberg, who retired after winning the title last year.
"The last race is one of the best examples of it, how great the team is currently," Hamilton said. "Coming into this season, I haven't changed a single thing I do but there is another new element in the team and it works.
"So I don't believe any of the bosses are unhappy with what is currently in place. I find it hard to believe they would change that."
Asked about his future, Vettel said: "I don't know, we'll see. At some point I think there will be news. So let's see."
Hamilton has had an up and down start to the season - he and Vettel have won four races each but the German has maximised his car's performance better than his rival, who has had a number of off-weekends.
Hamilton, who is taking part in his 200th grand prix this weekend, said: "He's leading because he's been more consistent. I want to have more consistency than I have had so far this year."
He added: "We know what is going on with our car and where it can be better. We don't need to big it up or downplay it. We just have to do the job and we are here to deliver some very special performances over the next nine races.
"I thought about lots of things over the summer break, but one thing for sure is I am here for blood, I am here to win and I am here to stay.
"I have been racing so long, you would think your passion, your desire to win, would fade, but it is stronger than ever and that is exciting for me."
Vettel said he felt Mercedes were "favourites" to win in Belgium on Sunday because the high-speed track bears similarities to Silverstone, where Hamilton dominated.
"If we had to race in Silverstone again I think we'd do a lot better," Vettel said. "We just didn't get a very good weekend altogether but it's true that Mercedes was very strong there.
"The fact that its likely to be similar here for us makes it fairly straightforward. I think we have only to gain.
"Because of how strong they were in Silverstone and some similarities, I'd say they are the favourites going to here. But for sure we're not here to settle behind them, we want to attack."
Organisers said the "unprecedented investment" has allowed them to develop their most ambitious programme to date.
The festival will run over 10 days from 22 May and will include theatre, music, comedy, dance, literature and film.
Programme director Peter Renwick said the grant, from Dumfries and Galloway Council's major events fund, was a "vote of confidence" in the festival.
He added: "I think the festival is really developing what it does and that confidence means we can go to other funders, national funders - Creative Scotland, etc. And that means we are really able to fund a bigger programme and a better programme.
"I think that really comes across this year and people will see changes over the next two or three years and we will really push what we're doing."
Council events champion Colin Smyth said: "The arts festival, like many other festivals and events organisations in the region, is becoming more financially sustainable, dynamic and customer focussed as a result of their own hard work, skills and expertise and the assistance they receive from the unique Dumfries and Galloway major festivals and events strategy.
"It is laying a very solid foundation to attract high numbers of visitors to our region as it grows in scope, prestige and national profile."
No party has overall control of Elmbridge Borough Council, where votes were not counted until Saturday.
The Conservatives lost 11 seats in the council following boundary changes. Independent numbers were also down by one seat.
The new council is made up of 22 Conservatives, 19 residents association members and seven Liberal Democrats.
The Conservatives retained control of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council, where votes were also counted earlier.
The new council consists of 39 Conservatives, seven residents association members, two Green Party, two Liberal Democrats and one UKIP.
Elmbridge votes were counted Esher Hall at Sandown Park Racecourse, while Reigate and Banstead's count was at Donyngs Leisure Centre, Redhill.
The Conservatives kept control of four Surrey councils declared on Friday.
Results from Mole Valley and Woking were declared on Friday evening, with Tandridge and Runnymede announced earlier in the day.
Labour won a by-election at Guildford Borough Council, with James Walsh gaining a seat in the Stoke ward from the Conservatives.
The Conservatives defeated independent Kevin Hurley as police and crime commissioner for Surrey.
Former Army major and Surrey County Council chairman David Munro took 100,122 votes, including second-preferences.
Lawyers say 28 of them want written reasons for the determination that it was not in their "best interests" to be relocated to the UK.
They are seeking a judicial review in the High Court early in the new year.
A Home Office spokeswoman said: "It would be inappropriate to comment on ongoing legal proceedings."
Eleven of those refused entry are aged 14, seven are 15, nine are 16 and one is 17. Sixteen are from Eritrea, 11 from Afghanistan and one is from Sudan.
Eight more waiting to have their cases determined are also involved in the legal bid.
They were dispersed to 15 reception centres around France when The Jungle camp was dismantled at the end of October.
The legal challenge is over a scheme named after Lord Dubs, who secured an amendment to the Immigration Bill for unaccompanied child migrants to be brought to the UK where they do not have family links but are considered to be at risk.
Toufique Hossain, of Duncan Lewis Solicitors, the firm behind the legal challenge, said: "Shortly before the Christmas break hundreds of unaccompanied children formerly resident in the Calais Jungle before it was demolished by the French authorities, whose plight had been the focus of cross-party Parliamentary attention in the run up the the Dubs amendment requiring the UK to take its fair share, were refused entry to the UK, summarily and without reasons.
"The children have been waiting months for the government to formulate a policy and now the policy has failed to allow the relocation of many of the most vulnerable children to the UK, in respect of whom the minister had promised to be 'flexible'.
"In fact the way in which the criteria were drawn meant that most of the children from the Jungle were refused."
Labour's shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said children were being "left in a miserable limbo".
She added: "Our priority must be to protect these children, many of whom have had to live through the very worst conditions and have lost all hope."
The government pointed out that 900 child refugees had been transferred to the UK in 2016.
It has not said how many of these were brought to the country under the Dubs amendment, as opposed to those with relatives already in the UK.
The tiny devices delivered a cargo of nano-particles into the stomach lining of a mouse.
The research by scientists at the University of California is published in the journal ACS Nano.
Medical applications for micro-machines include the release of drugs into specific locations within the body.
But until now, they have only been tested in laboratory cell samples.
A team led by Professors Liangfang Zhang and Joseph Wang from UC, San Diego fed the tiny motors to mice.
The machines, made of polymer tubes coated with zinc, are just 20 micrometres long - the width of a strand of human hair.
In stomach acid, the zinc reacts to produce bubbles of hydrogen, which propel the machines into the lining of the stomach, where they attach.
As the machines dissolve, they deliver their cargoes into the stomach tissue.
The researchers say the method may offer an efficient way to deliver drugs into the stomach, to treat peptic ulcers and other illnesses.
In their paper, they suggest that further work is needed to "further evaluate the performance and functionalities of various man-made micro-motors in living organisms. This study represents the very first step toward such a goal".
The idea of surgery on a tiny scale can be traced back to a lecture by celebrated physicist Richard Feynman in 1959 called There is Plenty of Room at the Bottom.
In the talk to the American Physical Society (APS), he explained: "Although it is a very wild idea, it would be interesting in surgery if you could swallow the surgeon.
"You put the mechanical surgeon inside the blood vessel and it goes into the heart and 'looks' around. It finds out which valve is the faulty one and takes a little knife and slices it out."
The basic idea has found its way into science fiction, including the 1966 cult film classic Fantastic Voyage. Although in this case, miniaturised humans journeyed inside the body rather than tiny machines.
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Twenty-two fire engines were called at about 03:20 BST to the Regent Superbowl and indoor market in Great Yarmouth.
The fire took almost seven hours to put out and an investigation into the cause is under way.
Town leaders have described the loss of the popular landmark at the height of the summer season as a "tragedy".
A spokesman for Regent Superbowl, which opened 53 years ago, said it was the oldest working bowling alley in the country.
He said: "A significant part of tenpin bowling history has been lost. This is a very sad time for our business, as well as the Great Yarmouth community."
Great Yarmouth Borough Council leader Graham Plant said it was a "real blow" to the town.
He said: "The Regent 'Bowl has been there for so many years now and it's so popular. A lot of people will miss it and it's a real tragedy for the town, it really is, I'm absolutely devastated."
The blaze engulfed the Regent Road building, causing it to partially collapse.
At its height, 88 firefighters tackled it and the plume of smoke could be seen up to 11 miles away in Acle and Lowestoft.
David Ashworth, assistant chief fire officer for Norfolk, said: "The fire developed quite rapidly where there was a sudden in-rush of air. That would have been a consequence of one of the roller shutters becoming displaced or falling or as a consequence of the roof structure giving way.
"That would have allowed a sudden in-rush of air, particularly oxygen, which enhances the intensity of the fire considerably."
More than 100 homes were left without power while UK Power Networks made the area safe.
Meanwhile, traders who operate from the building said they were "devastated".
Stephen Cook, who runs a memorabilia stall, said he had up to £150,000 worth of uninsured stock there.
"Everything which has taken me the last three years to build from scratch has gone overnight," he said.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard lawyers for victims' families wanted to commission reports relating to the lorry and driver and still had to see evidence.
The inquiry is due to last three weeks.
Six people died and 10 more were injured when the council bin lorry crashed into pedestrians in Glasgow city centre on 22 December last year.
The preliminary hearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court was told that lawyers representing the families were not in a position to say if they would be ready to proceed on the proposed start date of 22 July.
This was because they had still to see all the evidence relating to the crash.
Family representatives have also said they would like to commission their own reports.
One would look at the technical aspects of the lorry, such as emergency stop equipment and human error.
The other would look at GPs who cared for the driver, Harry Clark, at the time of "an episode" in 2010.
The court was given no further information as to what the term "episode" meant.
The fatal accident inquiry will look at the driver's medical background and his fitness to hold a licence.
It will also consider the technical aspects of the vehicle itself and whether it was appropriate for it to take the route it did.
Scotland's second most senior law officer, Solicitor General Lesley Thomson QC, will lead the inquiry.
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.
Bridget Patricia Mongan from Stanley's Walk appeared at Londonderry Magistrate's Court on Monday.
She has been charged with assaulting her boyfriend, obstructing a police officer and with disorderly behaviour.
The case has been adjourned until 14 April.
The offences are alleged to have been committed in the build up to the incident at John Street on St. Patrick's Day 2014.
The defendant's boyfriend, Martin McLaughlin, 42, from Lisnafin Park in Strabane is charged with disorderly behaviour, obstructing a police officer and with assaulting Ms Mongan, also in John Street on the same day.
Defence solicitor Seamus Quigley told the judge that both defendants denied assaulting one another but they pleaded guilty to obstruction and disorderly behaviour charges.
He said it was a case "which falls into the domestic violence category".
Ms Mongan admits being drunk at the time, but said the two police officers should have left her on the pavement.
They have since been moved from any duties that bring them into direct contact with the public and the Police Ombudsman is investigating the incident.
The wheel's operator Paramount Entertainment has applied to replace it with the zip wires running from a 65ft tower to a landing area on the beach.
Planning permission for the wheel, which opened in 2011, runs out at the end of May ahead of the opening of the i360 tower further along the promenade.
The zip wire is recommended for approval by the city council next week.
The council said the £1.7m Brighton Zip would be the largest such ride in Sussex. Operators hope to open in time for this summer.
The would also be a jump zone to a safe landing area and a new cafe.
Paramount applied last year for permission to keep the Brighton Wheel open for another six years but councillors decided the attraction was "detrimental" to the nearby historic buildings.
"We always remained interested in the idea of another attraction to replace the wheel," said council leader Warren Morgan.
"Now we have a proposal with much less visual impact for the neighbours.
"An attraction on that site is desirable because it brings life to the area - and one of our ambitions is to regenerate the seafront between the pier and the marina."
Eleanor Hawkins, 23, from Derbyshire, is among a group of 10 people who stripped before taking photographs at the peak of the mountain on 30 May.
Timothy Hawkins said he expects his daughter, who is "very sorry", to plead guilty in court on Monday.
Malaysian officials said she could be charged with causing public nuisance.
Miss Hawkins, who was head girl at independent Ockbrook School, will be sentenced straight away and could face three months' imprisonment or a fine, her father said.
Mr Hawkins, who has spoken to his daughter, said he was "horrified" to see her on the front pages of national newspapers.
He said the situation should not be "blown out of all proportion".
Last Friday, Mt Kinabalu was hit by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake, which left 18 people dead, including children.
A senior minister last week said the tourists had angered spirits by showing "disrespect" to the mountain, which is considered sacred by some tribes in Malaysia.
Ms Hawkins and three other western tourists appeared in court on Wednesday to have their remand extended, according to Malaysian newspaper The Star.
They will be held until Saturday while police continue to investigate.
Mr Hawkins - who said his daughter was "obviously in the photos" - said: "It's fair enough to charge for the misdemeanour committed.
"What we don't want is her lumbered with further charges."
Asked how his daughter is, he said: "As far as I know, she is OK. She is a very intelligent, stoic young woman and she's OK.
"I think she is preparing herself for the worst, just in case."
But he added it was "not a situation she's been in before, so it's not good".
In a separate interview with the Guardian newspaper, he said: "I have got every faith in [Malaysia's] judicial system. I just hope they don't make an example of them."
Miss Hawkins's former school described the ex-head girl as a "valued and accomplished student", who carried out volunteer work in Botswana in 2008 and raised more than £8,000 for charities.
"It appears that Eleanor has made an error of judgement in this case and her actions have angered many people as well as attracting press coverage," a spokesman said.
"We at Ockbrook School send our wishes of support and strength to Eleanor and her family at this difficult time as she reflects on her situation."
Ranau district police chief Mohd Farhan Lee Abdullah confirmed to the BBC the authorities had arrested Ms Hawkins at Tawau Airport in Sabah on Tuesday.
Two Canadian tourists, who are siblings, and a Dutchman turned themselves in to police on the same day.
Their lawyer Ronny Cham told the BBC's Jennifer Pak he had requested the four be held apart from other detainees in order to ensure their safety.
Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman, Sabah's police commissioner, said officials were still looking for six other tourists from the same group.
MP for Erewash, Maggie Throup, said she had been reassured the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was doing everything possible to support her constituent Miss Hawkins and her family, who live in Draycott, Derbyshire.
She said she was "hopeful of an early resolution to this matter".
Malaysia, a Muslim-majority country, is socially conservative.
Mount Kinabalu is also considered sacred by Sabah's Kadazan Dusun tribe.
Pictures posted on social media angered many in Malaysia, but public sentiment intensified after the earthquake.
It's called the "Japanese Disease". A cycle of low growth and low prices for more than two decades.
The Japanese government has tried everything to get growth rates and prices up again: negative interest rates, structural reforms and fiscal stimulus - but nothing appears to be working so far.
It wasn't so long ago that Japan was the poster-child for economic success, and the envy of its neighbours. The 1980s and 90s were characterised by innovation and overseas expansion for Japanese corporates, and a massive real estate boom at home.
So what went wrong? And is this the inevitable future for developed and mature economies?
In many ways, Japan became a victim of its own success, says Yasunori Nishiyama, head of healthcare innovation at Mitsui Chemicals. And he should know. He's in charge of marketing Japanese healthcare products to the US, and it hasn't been easy.
"Companies that have a long history in Japan don't like big changes," he says. "They worry about the size of the risk they're facing. Japan is suffering from the trap of its own success, and our past successes have made us too conservative."
I have heard the same sentiments from pretty much every expert and academic I met while covering the G7 meetings in Japan this week. Monetary policy - even tools as unconventional as negative interest rates - isn't going to revitalise Japan's economy on its own.
Fiscal stimulus - government spending - isn't going to do that either. Corporate Japan must do more - it is sitting on piles of cash and not making enough new investments, creating jobs or raising wages fast enough.
But here's the rub - Japan Inc IS investing - just not at home. Companies have been investing overseas, because it's cheaper, and they feel the domestic economy has peaked. Consumers aren't buying their products at home, which means prices aren't going up.
But it's a vicious cycle. Consumers don't buy because they don't feel confident about the economy, companies don't make profits, they don't invest in new jobs or raise wages, consumers don't spend money - you get the picture.
So what now? Japan has been trying to get out of this vicious cycle for 20 years now and has failed. Boosting economic growth has been the promise of successive governments and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has staked his credibility on turning Japan's economy around. Growth has inched up - but barely, and is likely to grow by just 0.2% next year, according to BNP Paribas' latest forecast.
And yet, most Japanese people will tell you, despite this low growth - things aren't so bad.
Here's why:
Japan enjoys a relatively high standard of living, with an enviable quality of life, as Martin Feldstein of Project Syndicate points out in this piece: Unemployment is low, public transport is efficient and reliable.
And although working hours can be pretty dire, Prime Minister Abe is trying to address that. GDP per capita - basically how much the country produces divided by the number of people in the country - was at $36,000 in 2011-15 in comparison with the US's $54,000.
Not too shabby.
So perhaps the lesson in all of this, as world leaders gather in Kashikojima, or the aptly named Island of Wisdom as Prime Minister Abe describes it in his latest op-ed in the WSJ is that IF developed countries are facing a future of low or no growth, and shrinking populations, then perhaps governments should focus on improving living standards and not simply chase high economic growth rates.
The video for the NSPCC and the FA explains how parents and children can raise concerns they may have about adults working in football.
The men's, women's and cerebral palsy team captains - Wayne Rooney, Steph Houghton and Jack Rutter - all feature.
Earlier, West Midlands Police said it was investigating historical football abuse claims - the 18th force to do so.
The video, which also includes England's under-21 vice-captain Nathaniel Chalobah, features the players speaking to the camera, outlining the four "key steps" the FA says its 8,500 safeguarding officers will conduct to keep children safe in football.
These include ensuring adults in football have been checked to ensure they are eligible to work with youngsters and that they have received suitable safeguarding training.
The other measures are making sure concerns from both children and adults are listened to and that concerns about a child's welfare are reported.
Rooney said: "It's important that everyone knows how to raise any concerns about a child's welfare."
Meanwhile, ex-England captain Alan Shearer has said he has been "shocked and deeply saddened" by revelations of abuse in the game.
The former striker, who like Rooney is an ambassador for the children's charity NSPCC, said he understood "the pain and lasting damage abuse can cause".
The Match of the Day pundit added: "I have nothing but huge respect and admiration for all the players who are now coming forward, bravely breaking years of silence in a bid to help others.
"They have carried a terrible burden for too long."
He said the FA had "acted swiftly" in its response and urged any victims to come forward and contact a dedicated NSPCC helpline.
"It is okay to speak out, there is help available and you don't need to suffer in silence anymore," he added.
Earlier, Southampton Football Club said it had contacted Hampshire Police after receiving information about allegations of historical abuse.
The club said it was offering its "full support" to the force in its probe into allegations in the Hampshire area.
On Thursday, several former Southampton players alleged they had suffered years of sexual abuse by a former employee.
Meanwhile, ex-Southampton manager Lawrie McMenemy has told the BBC he would have taken immediate action if he had known of any abuse allegations during his time in charge between 1973 and 1985.
He said: "Certainly if I'd known that was happening in my time - and I don't think it did happen in my time - I would have got it killed straightaway."
On Friday a former Chelsea footballer became the latest football player to make allegations of abuse.
In the Daily Mirror Gary Johnson, who was a member of Chelsea's first team from 1978 to 1981, claimed the club had paid him £50,000 to keep quiet about abuse allegations.
He told the paper he had been abused as a youth player in the 1970s by Eddie Heath, who is now dead.
Football Association chief executive Martin Glenn said if there was any evidence of rules being breached - "and hushing up would be one" - it would apply its rules "regardless of size of club".
In a statement, Chelsea said: "Chelsea Football Club has retained an external law firm to carry out an investigation concerning an individual employed by the club in the 1970s, who is now deceased.
"The club has also contacted the FA to ensure that all possible assistance is provided as part of their wider investigation."
West Midlands Police became the latest force to say it was investigating claims of abuse within the game, saying it was speaking to complainants about "four historical allegations".
Kent Police also confirmed it had received reports of historical child abuse within the county's football community, which it said it was reviewing.
Police forces investigating allegations:
Kent Police has said it received reports of historical child abuse within the county's football community and is now reviewing them.
The 28-year-old helped Steaua to three consecutive domestic league titles and represented the club in both the Champions League and Europa League.
Popa has played 21 times for his country, including at Euro 2016.
"Adrian is an experienced forward with enormous potential," Reading manager Jaap Stam said.
Popa is Reading's second signing of the January transfer window following the arrival of defender Tiago Ilori from Liverpool.
"With the amount of games we have coming up, a player of Adrian's quality will make it easier for us to rotate a little more," Stam added.
"I'm delighted to have him here as part of our squad."
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There is speculation the SNP may try to do a deal with Labour in the event of a hung Parliament in May, even if the Tories win the most seats in England.
Deputy Leader Stewart Hosie said this could be justified if it meant stopping David Cameron getting back into power.
And he said voters would have no right to "whinge" in such a scenario.
Recent opinion polls have suggested that the SNP, which currently has six MPs, could substantially increase its representation at Westminster in next year's general election.
Former Scottish first minister and SNP leader Alex Salmond - who is standing himself for the UK Parliament - has talked of the possibility of the party holding the balance of power after the election.
His successor Nicola Sturgeon has ruled out any accommodation with the Conservatives in the event of no party winning an outright victory in May, prompting speculation about a potential arrangement with Labour to form a coalition or support a minority government led by Ed Miliband.
Election expert Professor John Curtice told the BBC that such an arrangement would intensify debate over the question of English devolution, since in order to "prop up" a Labour government, the SNP might be forced to vote on laws affecting only England, something the party has previously said it would never do.
Speaking on Radio 4's World at One, Mr Hosie was asked whether it would be wrong for a party that wanted Scotland to leave the United Kingdom to have a decisive say in the running of the UK government.
"I think the bottom line is if we are in the position where, through whatever mechanism, we can stop a Tory 'austerity government' and we may be able to offer help to a minority Labour administration... we would obviously want to ensure the policies that government followed were the right ones for everyone across the whole of the UK," he said.
"Let me put that another way. We have one Tory MP in Scotland yet our economy is run by George Osborne. I don't think it is right for people to whinge on a UK-wide basis if we help form part of a government."
"Unionists cannot have it both ways. They cannot argue that this is a union, a family of nations, and all the other stuff they say and then start whingeing and whining when people from Scotland form part of a majority government. That would not do at all."
Mr Hosie said the current Conservative-Lib Dem coalition had "not been squeamish" in pursuing policies, such as spending cuts and welfare changes, which he suggested were deeply unpopular in Scotland..
He dismissed suggestions that it was in the interest of the SNP to introduce policies in Scotland which "stirred up resentment" in England in order to try and drain support for the Union.
"This is politics," he added. "Obviously we have our policies and we want to see these put into practice, put into play because we think they are the best thing, not just for the people of Scotland but the whole of the UK.
"I keep hearing this argument that we do good things in Scotland on purpose to stir up resentment (in England). I happen to think free education is a good thing full stop and I would love to see it in England.
"We don't do good things in Scotland to stir up resentment... but because they are popular and necessary...I only wish there was a political party that represented the English people who took the same view."
Tensions between its Belfast and Newry wings are captured in the recordings, a prosecution lawyer said.
He was opposing a bail application by one of seven men charged with terrorist offences after 70 hours of discussions were taped at a house in Newry.
Seamus Morgan, of Barcroft Park, Newry, is charged with membership of a proscribed organisation. Bail was refused.
Mr Morgan, 58, was one of 12 men arrested during a police raid last week of the house at Ardcarn Park that had been monitored since August. Five others were released pending reports.
A prosecution lawyer told Newry Magistrates Court that the recordings showed Mr Morgan was "clearly a key member" of the Continuity IRA in the city.
His defence lawyer said his client "strenuously denied" the charge.
The court was told that a total of eight meetings were recorded by MI5 prior to the police raid on 10 November.
Mr Morgan was present at two of those meetings and was referred to on five others, the prosecution lawyer told the court.
He said topics discussed at all eight meetings included:
The lawyer said the men also expressed annoyance that the Continuity IRA's name was apparently being used to "threaten children and we know nothing about it".
The lawyer said Morgan suggested using the newspapers to make clear that such a threat was not being made by the CIRA in Newry.
He said the state opposed bail on the grounds that, if released from Maghaberry, the accused could commit further offences, potentially abscond the jurisdiction, and interfere with witnesses or tip off other suspects.
Mr Morgan's defence lawyer said the bail hearing was "not an appropriate forum to conduct a trial".
The lawyer said Mr Morgan's presence at that meeting was entirely innocent as he had gone to meet a friend.
He said his client's case was "distinguishable" from the other six defendants as they were facing much more serious charges.
"It's a significantly different position he is in," he said.
The lawyer said it would be "foolhardy" to consider that his client would contemplate committing offences on bail given his knowledge that the security services were monitoring him.
"He knows MI5 have got him on their radar," he said.
On Wednesday morning police blocked entrances to Jabal Mukaber, a district that is home to three men accused of killing three Israelis on Tuesday.
The Israeli military also deployed hundreds of soldiers to assist.
Later, police said they shot dead a Palestinian who stabbed an Israeli woman at Jerusalem's main bus station.
A Palestinian also attempted to stab a policeman at the Damascus Gate of the walled Old City, but was shot dead by police, they added.
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Since the beginning of October, seven Israelis have been killed and dozens wounded in shooting and stabbing attacks, the Israeli authorities say.
At least 30 Palestinians have also been killed, including assailants, and hundreds have been injured, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
Speaking for the first time since the upsurge in violence began, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Israeli actions were "threatening to spark a religious conflict that would burn everything".
He also accused Israel of carrying out "executions of our children in cold blood", highlighting the case of a 13-year-old Palestinian boy who was shot by Israeli police after he and a 15-year-old stabbed an Israeli on Monday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described the Palestinian leader's comments as "lies and incitement", adding that the boy was alive in hospital, the Jerusalem Post reports.
He said on Tuesday the new security measures were aimed at "those who try murder and with all those who assist them".
On Tuesday night, Israel's security cabinet authorised police to close or surround "centres of friction and incitement" in Jerusalem.
It also announced that the homes of Palestinians who attacked Israelis would be demolished within days and never rebuilt, and that their families' right to live in Jerusalem would be taken away.
On Wednesday morning, a police spokeswoman told the AFP news agency that checkpoints were being set up at "the exits of Palestinian villages and neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem".
Israeli newspapers later reported that several entrances to Jabal Mukaber had been blocked by police, with neither people nor vehicles allowed in or out.
Across some roads leading into Arab neighbourhoods, a police vehicle blocks access; at other points, heavily armed police keep guard; at one access point, what was a lightly-staffed police checkpoint has been beefed up.
For years, Israel has tightly controlled access in and out of the West Bank and Gaza, where the vast majority of Palestinians live. East Jerusalem's checkpoints are not like the ones around the West Bank and Gaza; they are much more informal affairs. But they are, for the first time since 1967, restricting access to and from largely Arab East Jerusalem.
How long they will last is difficult to call. East Jerusalem's residents have the right to move freely through the city and Israel. It doesn't seem feasible to cut off whole neighbourhoods for long. And the roadblocks and checkpoints strike at the idea promulgated by the Israeli right that Jerusalem is the undivided capital of the Israeli state.
The checkpoints have the feel of short-term solution to an acute security problem. But with Israelis mourning their dead, and in fear of their lives, there is extraordinary pressure on the government to act.
Human Rights Watch warned on Tuesday night that locking down parts of East Jerusalem would "infringe upon the freedom of movement of all Palestinian residents rather than being a narrowly tailored response to a specific concern".
"The checkpoints are a recipe for harassment and abuse," said Sari Bashi, the group's Israel/Palestine country director, in a statement.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military said it was preparing to deploy six companies to assist police. Three hundred soldiers are already providing additional security under police command.
The security cabinet's decisions were made after the bloodiest day in Jerusalem since the latest wave of unrest began in early October.
In Tuesday's first attack, two Palestinian men boarded a bus and began shooting and stabbing passengers, killing two Israelis, police said. Police shot dead one of the assailants and wounded the other.
Just a few minutes later, another Palestinian rammed his car into a bus stop before getting out and stabbing people. The attacker was fatally shot by a security guard.
There were also two separate knife attacks in Raanana, a town in central Israel. Police identified the assailants as Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem.
Clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers meanwhile continued in the West Bank after Palestinian activists called for a "day of rage".
Palestinian medics said one Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire in Bethlehem.
The BBC's Yolande Knell in Jerusalem says the violence, coming at a time when peace prospects seem dim, has fuelled a sense of panic in Israel and raised fears of a new Palestinian uprising, or intifada.
There has been a spate of stabbings of Israelis - several of them fatal - by Palestinians since early October, and one apparent revenge stabbing by an Israeli. The attackers have struck in Jerusalem and central and northern Israel, and in the occupied West Bank. Israel has tightened security and its security forces have clashed with rioting Palestinians, leading to deaths on the Palestinian side. The violence has also spread to the border with Gaza.
After a period of relative quiet, violence between the two communities has spiralled since clashes erupted at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site in mid-September. It was fuelled by rumours among Palestinians that Israel was attempting to alter a long-standing religious arrangement governing the site. Israel repeatedly dismissed the rumours as incitement. Soon afterwards, two Israelis were shot dead by Palestinians in the West Bank and the stabbing attacks began. Both Israel and the Palestinian authorities have accused one another of doing nothing to protect each other's communities.
There have been two organised uprisings by Palestinians against Israeli occupation, in the 1980s and early 2000s. With peace talks moribund, some observers have questioned whether we are now seeing a third. The stabbing attacks seem to be opportunistic and although they have been praised by militant groups, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has said Palestinians are not interested in a further escalation.
England, who lost their opening game of the SheBelieves Cup against USA, take on the European champions in Tennessee.
"I don't think anyone would ever think they would achieve something like this," Williams, 32, told BBC Sport.
"It's a proud moment if it comes, for both me and my family. It's going to be massive."
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Arsenal midfielder Williams, who is England's most capped player, says she wants to prolong her international future for as long as possible, but predicts her record will be broken in the future.
"I'll keep working hard, keep myself fit, keep competitive and if I do that then I know I can always give something," said Williams, who made her debut as a 17-year-old against Portugal in 2001.
"Every game that I play, I feel really lucky to represent England. I never come here thinking I'm going to play and that keeps me motivated.
"I definitely think a women's player will reach my record in a few years, maybe after I've retired they'll be up there.
"Jill Scott has got a lot of years left in her, Karen Carney's got a lot of caps behind her and I thought Alex Scott would have stayed near but she's now got Lucy Bronze playing well too."
Striker Eniola Aluko could also make her 100th appearance for England in Sunday's match against Germany.
Other current England players with more than 100 caps are:
England's victory against Germany at last summer's World Cup, which sealed a bronze medal, was their only victory over them in 31 years.
Williams says that result, as well as a goalless draw against Germany in November, has given the Lionesses plenty of confidence ahead of Sunday's clash.
"I definitely think we'll get a result and it's going to be a win," Williams said.
"Once we lost that America match, we regrouped because there were lots of positives to take from the game. You'll see another energised performance against Germany.
"That decision making in the final third, that cutting edge is what will change the game for us."
England's final group game is against France in Boca Raton on 9 March.
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Police had been investigating a burglary in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, when two of their vehicles were rammed by the car on Wednesday morning.
Another police vehicle was struck by the stolen car in Belfast.
Four teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of attempted burglary, with two of them also suspected of motoring offences.
The first two arrests were made after police received a report of people acting suspiciously in Lynda Meadows in Newtownabbey at about 11:45 GMT on Tuesday.
Two people, a boy, 17, and a 19-year-old man, made off from officers but were detained in the Circular Road area a short time later.
At 01:45 GMT, the stolen car rammed two police vehicles in Lynda Meadows.
The car was the pursued to Cullingtree Walk in west Belfast, where it struck a third police vehicle.
Two boys, aged 15 and 16, were arrested.
All four suspects remain in custody.
All traffic including buses and taxis will be banned from the shopping street - one of the most famous in the world - as part of Sadiq Khan's plans to tackle air pollution.
More than four million people visit Oxford Street each week.
City Hall said the project would be rolled out in two stages to reduce disruption on the 1.2-mile street.
Cars are already banned on most of Oxford Street between 07:00 and 19:00 every day apart from Sunday.
Valerie Shawcross, London's deputy mayor for transport, told the London Assembly on Wednesday that the plan was to ban all traffic along Oxford Street from Tottenham Court Road as far as Marble Arch.
The ban will first be implemented on the eastern section, between Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Circus, she said.
A spokesman said the project would contribute to the mayor's aim of improving air quality and make Oxford Street "a far safer and more pleasant place to visit".
London's first elected mayor, Ken Livingstone, introduced pedestrian-only Christmas shopping days on Oxford Street in 2005.
Traffic-free shopping days have been a feature on both Oxford Street and Regent Street ever since.
The fastest bus journey along the length of Oxford Street is estimated at 4.6mph on weekdays, compared to the walking pace of the average pedestrian at 3.1mph.
Ms Shawcross said buses would be rerouted around Oxford Street, but did not give details of planned routes.
Tom Kearney who was struck by a bus on Oxford Street in 2009 and suffered serious injuries has campaigned since recovering from his accident for the street to be pedestrianised.
He told BBC London the difference that banning all traffic on the street would make would be huge.
Siwan Puw, policy manager at the London Chambers of Commerce, said: "The huge increase in footfall will require clear planning to maximise pedestrian safety and minimise disruption to businesses.
"Doing it in stages certainly has its advantages in that it means trading will continue more easily and any issues can be ironed out as we go along."
But the leader of Westminster Council Philippa Roe pointed out that pedestrianisation was only one of a wide range of options that the West End Partnership had been considering in relation to Oxford Street.
"We are now conducting significant work with our partners, including the Greater London Authority and TfL, that will report back in the autumn," she said.
"The key to any Oxford Street improvements is a very significant reduction of buses that move through the area and we need to ensure that traffic is not displaced creating congestion and air pollution elsewhere."
The New West End Company welcomed the move, having campaigned for a reduction in traffic for many years.
But CEO Jace Tyrrell said: "We feel very strongly that any form of vehicle-free zones must lead to a genuine reduction of traffic, rather than large-scale rerouting down smaller residential or commercial streets."
Launched by Sir Bruce Forsyth in 1971, the slapstick game show attracted audiences of 20 million at its peak.
It featured couples from four families competing in comedic challenges like pot-throwing and morris dancing, and the famed conveyor belt memory game.
Hart would be the show's first female host, following Sir Bruce, Larry Grayson and Jim Davidson.
She previously appeared on a 2011 Comic Relief edition of the show, hosted by Vernon Kay.
The 41-year-old is best known for her self-titled sitcom and her role in hit drama Call The Midwife, but she is a self-confessed fan of The Generation Game.
Interviewing Sir Bruce for a career retrospective last year, she said: "Bruce is too modest to say this, so I am going to say it for him: During the 1970s, The Generation Game was getting over 20 million viewers every single week and my family was one of them.
"I loved it. It is one of the greatest game shows ever."
When Sir Bruce said the show "may be a bit old hat now", Hart replied "but we need to get back to entertainment, Bruce".
The Generation Game challenged its contestants to learn new skills and take part in slapstick sketches, with the host's irreverent banter a key part of the appeal.
It climaxed every week with the conveyor belt game, where one contestant had to memorise a series of household goods as they travelled past. The selection invariably included a cuddly toy.
It was the number one game show in the 1970s, with Larry Grayson achieving an estimated audience of 25 million in 1979.
A 1990s revival also fared well, with Bruce Forsyth's Christmas Day episode in 1990 watched by more than 16 million people.
However, a new series is not guaranteed.
A BBC spokesman said: "It's in the early ideas stage at the moment. Nothing is confirmed and no series [is] planned."
Four banks are so far affected, all of which have links to Russians blacklisted by the US.
Visa and MasterCard, both US-based companies, are forbidden from having any dealings with those targeted by the sanctions.
The banks, which said card services stopped without warning, have described the move as unlawful.
One of the banks affected, Bank Rossiya, is described by the US as Russia's 15th largest, with assets of $12bn (£7.27bn).
The St Petersburg-based bank has been singled out by Washington as the personal bank for senior Russian officials. US officials said it would be "frozen out" from the dollar.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Bank Rossiya had nothing to do with events in Crimea and promised to transfer his wages there.
"I personally don't have an account there, but I certainly will open one on Monday," he told a meeting of Russia's Security Council.
President Putin also instructed the Russian central bank to step in, if needed, but the latter said the sanctions on Bank Rossiya did "not have a serious bearing on the lender's financial stability".
Visa and Mastercard also confirmed they had stopped providing services to SMP Bank, which is controlled by US-blacklisted brothers Arkady and Boris Rotenberg.
The bank, which is Russia's 39th biggest with $5bn in assets, called the actions "illegitimate" because its owners, rather than the bank itself, were the subject of sanctions.
Bank Rossiya's affiliate banks, Sobinbank and InvestKapitalBank, were also affected.
But Visa said more than 99% of its business in Russia was untouched by sanctions.
Russian shares fell sharply on Friday as investors weighed the impact of western sanctions over Ukraine.
The MICEX index, which is priced in roubles, fell as much as 3% and the RTS, which is priced in dollars fell 3.6%.
Stocks slumped after US President Barack Obama said sanctions might be extended to key parts of the Russian economy if Russia took further action in Ukraine.
Russia's mining, defence and natural resources sectors could all be targets.
Stocks recovered some ground during the day after Russian President Vladimir Putin moved to restore calm following the introduction of asset freezes and visa bans by the US against high ranking Russian officials.
The MICEX closed down 1% and the RTS index was down 1.3% at the end of the day.
Although only banks with connections to high-ranking Russian officials have been targeted, Russian bank shares were broadly lower.
Shares in Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, closed 1.17% lower - having fallen 2.9% earlier on Friday, while shares in VTB Bank were 2.61% lower after falling 4.3% earlier in the day.
Other sectors were also hit. Gas giant Gazprom was down 0.9%, oil firm Lukoil ended the day 1.36% higher. Russian steel company NLMK closed 1.94% lower.
Shares in gas producer Novatek closed down 9.63%. The company is part owned by Gennady Timchenko, a shareholder in Bank Rossiya and one of the wealthy Russian businessmen targeted by Western sanctions.
Ratings agencies S&P and Fitch warned they were changing their outlook for the Russian economy to "negative" from "stable" - the first stage before a possible downgrade in the country's credit rating - because of the potential impact of sanctions.
Fitch said: "Since US and EU banks and investors may well be reluctant to lend to Russia under the current circumstances, the economy may slow further and the private sector may require official support."
President Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov criticised the move, suggesting it was not an objective decision and that somebody "ordered" it.
Russia's credit rating is currently BBB.
Meanwhile the rouble was stable on Friday having previously fallen sharply on Thursday evening in response to the announcement of further US sanctions.
Later on Friday morning Germany said it had decided to suspend approval of all defence-related exports to Russia.
Berlin ordered defence contractor Rheinmetall to halt delivery of combat simulation gear to Russia earlier this week.
The ministry spokesman said this was a "one-off" case, but future deals would also be blocked.
"The (Rheinmetall) case that you are talking about is a one-off case. Nevertheless it is true that given the current situation in Russia, we are not approving any exports of defence goods to this country at the moment," the spokesman said.
England became the first World Cup hosts to be eliminated at the group stage after losing to Wales and Australia.
The RFU says the World Cup review will include "extensive input from players, coaches and management staff".
A five-man review panel will be led by RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie.
It also includes former Football Association chief executive and current England Rugby 2015 board member Ian Watmore and Professional Game Board chairman Ian Metcalfe.
No date has been set for the completion of the review. The next RFU board meeting will take place on 17 November.
The RFU said "feedback will remain confidential, with recommendations then made to the RFU board".
The performance of Lancaster and assistants Andy Farrell, Graham Rowntree and Mike Catt will be covered by the review.
McGeechan was part of the group which unanimously approved Lancaster's full-time appointment in 2012 and was also part of another review which granted Lancaster greater powers over the English game a year later.
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph after England were knocked out, McGeechan said he "cannot see anything better" than the current coaching set-up "which is readily available".
He urged Ritchie not to make "any rash decisions", claiming England have "come a long way" under Lancaster and they would have qualified from any other pool, adding "defeat to two strong teams was no disgrace".
Former forward Kay, who won 62 caps and lifted the World Cup in 2003, now works as a TV commentator.
RFU professional rugby director and former England fly-half Rob Andrew is not part of the panel and nor is the 2003 World Cup-winning coach Sir Clive Woodward.
Will Greenwood, who was part of Woodward's England squad in 2003, believes his former coach should have been involved in the review.
"He's a giant spectre that gets thrown into the pot the whole time," said Greenwood, who won 57 caps.
"I for one would have Clive throwing stones from inside, rather than boulders from outside."
Ritchie has said there would be no "hasty reaction" to England's exit, while Lancaster, who has a contract until 2020, said he would find it "hard to walk away" from the job.
A review was conducted into England's 2011 World Cup quarter-final exit, but players were said to feel "betrayed" after their confidential verdicts were leaked to a national newspaper.
BBC Sport pundit and former England international Jeremy Guscott has said neither players nor coaches should be involved this time because their feedback would not be impartial.
England's 2003 World Cup-winning coach Sir Clive Woodward said player input could be "very divisive".
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European subsidies to farmers through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) should be processed by 30 June.
But European Commission sources said the government had asked for that date to be extended until 15 October.
Nicola Sturgeon had earlier refused to confirm whether an extension was being sought.
It is understood that the commission is still considering the request for an extension, with the Scottish government being encouraged to accelerate payments to farmers before next week's deadline.
The deadline was also extended to October last year after problems with the Scottish government's new £178m IT system caused delays to payments which left many Scottish farmers facing a cash flow crisis, according to industry leaders.
The Scottish government had been facing fines of between £40m and £125m for failing to meet last year's deadline before the extension was agreed.
At the time, the EU's commissioner for agriculture, Phil Hogan, stressed that the extension was an "exceptional measure" which reflected the difficulties some member states and devolved regions had experienced with the first year of payments under the new CAP.
Ms Sturgeon, who is due to address farming leaders at the Royal Highland Show on Friday, was pressed on this year's payments by Ms Davidson at first minister's questions.
The first minister said: "The government is extremely focused, led by (Rural Economy Secretary) Fergus Ewing, on making sure that payments are made, and that in the meantime there is a loan scheme available for farmers to ensure that we are taking care of their cash flow issues.
"We will endeavour to make payments on time, and we will continue to discuss with the European Commission any contingency arrangements we consider are required.
"Good progress has been made on making payments, both in terms of the 2015 round and also now in terms of the 2016 round."
Reforms to the CAP system saw the Single Farm Payment Scheme replaced by the new Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2015.
The BPS is the main EU subsidy available to farmers in Scotland, with the money being allocated by the Scottish government.
The payments are designed to act as a safety net for farmers and crofters by supplementing their main business income.
19,674 different Scottish rural businesses received a total of about £650m in CAP payments last year.
Ms Sturgeon said the government had been dealing with a "small number of known defects" that had been holding up some claims, but said there were now being progressed.
The first minister added: "We are working to meet that deadline and we will continue to do so each and every day until that deadline."
But Ms Davidson said Ms Sturgeon had refused to answer her question about whether the government was going to need an extension to the deadline this year, so it could therefore be "assumed that the answer is yes".
Ms Davidson said 6,000 applications were still to be processed - about a third of the total for Scotland.
She said: "At the start of the year Nicola Sturgeon spoke directly to farmers at the National Farmers Union conference, and she said 'we understand the difficulties that late payments caused to you last year, we apologise for those difficulties and we are determined not to repeat them'.
"Another promise broken, why should rural Scotland ever trust you again?"
Ms Sturgeon responded: "We continue to deliver this scheme, and we continue to seek to deliver it by the deadlines.
"What we have done - which was a commitment I have directly to farmers - is put in place loan schemes so that farmers did get the cash that they depend on.
"So we will continue to deliver this scheme, we will continue to work hard to rectify any problems in the IT system and we will also continue to argue for the protection of CAP payments in the longer term."
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Tosin Femi Olasemo, 37, of Cardiff, used a picture of a uniformed soldier as his profile photo on the dating site match.com.
He was jailed in 2015 for four-and-a-half years after admitting fraud.
A confiscation hearing at Cardiff Crown Court ruled he would serve a further two-and-a-half years if he did not pay.
Olasemo will be deported from the UK whenever he is released.
Following his conviction, a Proceeds of Crime Act investigation took place which revealed that Olasemo had links to Nigerian bank accounts containing more than £150,000.
He also had land purchased in Nigeria for about £47,000 and was found in possession of more than £1,100 when he was arrested.
During his sentencing in July 2015, the court heard he had tried to take more than £400,000 from lonely women using the alias Captain Morgan Travis, but banks stopped some payments going through.
He had told his victims he needed money to arrange leave from the army.
At the latest court hearing, he was ordered to repay just over £200,000 to his two victims, who live in Denmark.
He also has three months to arrange the sale of the land in Nigeria to repay the remaining money.
South Wales Police Det Insp Paul Giess, from the economic crime unit said: "This case has demonstrated the dangers of providing personal details and sending money to strangers online.
"Fraudsters use a variety of tactics to con their victims, such as pretending to be in need of urgent medical attention or having been discharged from the armed services into a life of poverty."
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A man who claimed to be an American soldier serving in Afghanistan to defraud two women of more than £250,000 has been ordered to pay back the money.
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Scotland international Grant, 31, has only played five times for the Pro12 club this season but is still training with Glasgow for the time being.
Tonga international Puafisi, 28, joined Warriors from Gloucester in 2015.
French Top 14 Brive announced his capture for next season along with 27-year-old scrum-half Florian Cazenave.
Coach Nicolas Godignon told his club website: "Sila Puafisi is a powerful and very invigorating player.
"His experience at the international level will be a real plus for the team.
"As far as Ryan Grant is concerned, we were very pleased with the trial last week at the club and his availability is an opportunity we have seized."
It will be the first time Grant has played for a club outside Scotland, having joined Warriors in 2010 after spells with Border Reivers and Edinburgh.
Puafisi, who signed a new one-year contract at the start of the season, has made 14 appearances this season for Warriors, playing in all of their European Champions Cup fixtures so far.
Dutchman Mac-Intisch, 26, from SC Cambuur, Pereira, 24, from Epernay Champagne and de Freitas, 22, from Monaco, have all signed two-year deals.
New Vale boss Bruno Ribeiro has now made five signings inside three days.
Defender Kjell Knops was followed in by striker Rigino Cicilia from Roda JC.
Pereira began his career on the books at French top-flight side Socheaux before moving to Reims in 2012.
De Freitas started out at Monaco before making his professional debut while on loan at Portuguese second division club Varzim in January 2016.
Frenchmen Pereira and De Freitas have options for a further 12 months on their deals.
Amsterdam-born Mac-Intisch, the second Dutch defender to arrive in Burslem following Knops, came through the youth system at Ajax before getting his chance at Dutch second-tier sides Haarlem and Telstar.
Bruno Ribeiro has been working hard on strengthening his depleted squad since taking over on 20 June.
After a number of players opted not to renew their deals on reduced terms, Ribeiro was faced with having only 10 contracted players for 2016-17 season.
But his recruitment drive has helped ease the situation, BBC Radio Stoke having reported that the Portuguese boss is set to announce more new arrivals over the next few days.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
The site, at the South Lancs Industrial Estate in Ashton-in-Makerfield, would serve the company's network of shops across the north-west of England.
If approved, it would be the "single biggest jobs boost ever" for Wigan Borough, said a spokesman.
The new centre has the potential to create up to 800 new jobs, it said.
The development would be built on the former Georgia Pacific land on Lockett Road.
Wigan Council's Cabinet Member for Economy, Councillor David Molyneux, said: "This is fantastic news for Wigan Borough and shows why we are a major player in the creation of a Northern Powerhouse."
A wide range of skilled jobs both full-time and part-time as well as apprenticeships will be created, said the council.
Cllr Molyneux added: "This will be the largest single employment creating application that we have dealt with since the authority was formed in 1974 and in my view would rank alongside Heinz coming to Wigan in the 1950s."
For a programme aimed at a channel whose viewers have an average age of 62, and featuring a judge in her 80s, this is more than remarkable.
Bake Off was described as "quintessentially BBC" by the corporation and its formula, in which nice people cope with some mild pastry-related jeopardy, contradicts almost every expert opinion about what young people want to watch.
The BBC's other big ratings warhorse, Strictly Come Dancing, has a two-to-one split between those over and under 45. Bake Off is one-to-one.
Who would have dared say 10 years ago that the way to reach "Millennials" was baking?
So, it's no wonder that a rival broadcaster has swooped. That demographic is marketing catnip.
The company that makes the programme, Love Productions, says it's not just about money, but money certainly played a part.
The BBC's guidelines on how much of its licence fee it is willing to pay for a factual programme like the Bake Off has an upper limit of around £300,000.
In the end the BBC offered £500,000 an hour for 30 hours of programming, totalling £15m.
It was £10m too little.
There are also other issues. In the past both Jamie Oliver and Michel Roux found life easier on Channel 4, thanks to the BBC's rules on commercial activities. A move to Channel 4 will open up a wider range of money-making ventures for Bake Off's creators.
For example: The BBC, under pressure from the Government, recently curtailed its commercial activities when it came to recipes. Channel 4 faces fewer such pressures.
The problem for Channel 4 is preserving the magic formula. Just as no-one would have predicted the success of the original programme, no-one can be sure if the public will stay with the show. TV history is littered with examples of presenters and programmes that have collapsed like a souffle after switching sides.
Secondly, it is clear the presenters had no idea that the programme was going to move to Channel 4. The network says it does not want to change the format in any way but that will now be a matter of negotiation. That then takes us on to a third point - summarised by a former chief executive of Channel 4, Lord Grade.
"Channel 4 has shot itself very seriously in the foot," was his comment on Tuesday.
His concern is that the broadcaster is in the midst of its own battle with the government in which it is fending off the threat of privatisation. One of its core arguments is that it is a developer of new shows, a place that gives the public output that other broadcasters avoid.
Snaffling a much-loved programme from the BBC and promising to leave it intact is something that he feels undermines that argument. Whatever Channel 4 now does, the conversation will revolve around the Bake Off.
But of course, this not just a battle between channels. It's a reflection of how much TV has changed over the years.
The Great British Bake Off may feel "quintessentially BBC" but it is the product of a firm that is 70% owned by Sky, part of Rupert Murdoch's broadcasting empire.
The other big food programme on BBC One is Masterchef, again a Murdoch product, via his 50% ownership of production company Shine.
The BBC owns and reaps the rewards for a number of programmes such as Strictly Come Dancing, Top Gear and Doctor Who but it is also obliged to buy a lot of its output from independent producers.
That other midweek ratings winner for the BBC, The Apprentice, is a US-owned product made by a firm called Boundless, which is part of the RTL group.
There has been a shift in global power from channels to the international production companies who place their programmes wherever they can make the best return and it is a process that's only going to continue if audiences for the big traditional channels continues to decline.
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According to an Associated Press investigation, levels of raw sewage pose a serious health risk to athletes.
A course inside the bay was closed for a test event because of floating waste.
"If we can't get the water to a level, then we'll move it to the Atlantic Ocean," said International Sailing Federation's chief Peter Sowrey.
Three of the courses earmarked for the Olympics are in the bay and three are in the Atlantic, with up to 1,400 athletes set to compete in water sports at the Games.
South Korean windsurfer Wonwoo Cho was taken to hospital during the week-long test event on Thursday, with his coach Danny Ok claiming the cause was "probably from the water" at Guanabara Bay.
Sowrey also complained he had received no data during the test event from the state body that monitors water quality.
"We are not happy as a federation from the reporting on the water,'' Sowrey said. "We're not getting the reporting we expected to get.''
Sowrey added that otherwise the test event had gone "pretty well" from an operational viewpoint.
Sailors in Guanabara Bay have reported seeing pollution including furniture and floating animal carcasses.
According to the AP investigation, the Rodrigo de Freitas lake, which will host rowing and canoeing, is also badly polluted.
Nearly 70% of sewage in the Brazilian city is spilled raw into its waters.
Carwyn Jones has written to BBC director-general Lord Hall about a "growing gulf" in funding between Wales and the rest of the UK.
He said Welsh audiences "risk being dealt the worst deal" of any UK nation.
The BBC said it believed it offered "value for money" to viewers in Wales.
The letter, released on Monday, comes as the BBC as a whole faces the prospect of programme budget cuts as a result of taking on extra responsibilities following the licence fee settlement in July.
The first minister and other Welsh politicians have claimed that Wales is not getting its fair share of the BBC budget compared to other parts of the UK.
Non-news TV production was a particular area of concern, Mr Jones said, with the BBC's Audience Council for Wales review saying cuts had brought such programmes "closer to the cliff-edge".
"BBC Wales is no longer able to provide quality comedy or drama specifically for Welsh audiences, due to a lack of resources - these should be the kind of programmes that reflect our lives and our unique culture," he said.
He added that funding for English-language programmes about Wales should not be at the expense of Welsh language services on S4C and BBC Radio Cymru.
In 2014/15 BBC Wales spent £20.8m on English-language TV programmes specifically for Wales, and £19.7m on Welsh-language TV programmes for broadcast on S4C.
A BBC spokesperson said the corporation had "a good track-record" in Wales, but said the need to make savings of £700m a year meant there was "a challenge to reflect all aspects of life in all parts of the UK back to itself on our TV services".
"Despite this, we continue to deliver high-quality programmes in Wales such as the popular drama series Hinterland, the consumer-affairs programme, X-Ray the recent seasons of programmes about north Wales and the Valleys as well as news, current affairs and politics tailored for Wales," the spokesperson added.
"Blended with popular English-language shows that are enjoyed across the UK, we believe we offer value for money to Welsh audiences."
The A484 Llanelli link road will be closed overnight between the Berwick and Trostre roundabouts for a month.
Work will start for on Wednesday and will take place between 20:00 BST and 06:00 on week nights only.
It will be carried out in phases, allowing access to business premises either direct or via diversion routes.
Thomas Orchard, 32, collapsed in a cell at Heavitree Road Police Station, Exeter, after his arrest in 2012 and died in hospital.
Sgt Jan Kingshott and civilian detention officers Simon Tansley and Michael Marsden are also charged with misconduct in public office.
All three serve with Devon and Cornwall Police.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is still looking at whether the force has committed any other potential offences under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 which could include corporate manslaughter.
Mr Orchard, a caretaker at St Thomas Church in Exeter, was arrested on 3 October 2012 on suspicion of a public order offence and taken to the police station.
About an hour after he arrived he was taken by ambulance to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital where he died seven days later.
The three officers face two different manslaughter charges:
Prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence to bring charges against three constables and a custody nurse employed by a private contractor.
In a statement released by campaign group Inquest, Mr Orchard's family said: "We welcome today's decision and it makes us cautiously optimistic that justice will be done for our much-loved son and brother."
Mr Orchard's mother Alison told BBC News: "This is an important development, which has been a long time coming, but it's by no means the end of the case.
"I see it as a long climb up a big hill to get to the top, only to find there's a mountain range still ahead.
"But Christmas will feel a bit lighter this year."
Mr Orchard's brother Jack said: "I'm cautiously optimistic but we have a huge battle now to get justice for Tom, so this is a small step on the way."
Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer said: "Our thoughts are with the family of Thomas Orchard at this difficult time.
"The two-year long investigation that has followed has been difficult for all of those involved.
"As a result of being charged a decision has been made that the officer and two members of staff have been suspended and this will be continually reviewed.
"We will continue to give appropriate welfare support to those officers and staff concerned."
The three charged staff are expected to appear at Exeter Magistrates' Court on 29 January.
The operation involves parking - or stacking - lorries on the motorway when cross-Channel services are disrupted.
Eurotunnel services have now returned to normal after the backlog was cleared following disruption caused by migrants.
However, DFDS Seaways has suspended services between Dover and Calais due to disruption at the French port.
Lorries have been parked between junctions eight and 11 of the coastbound M20 in Kent on 21 days over the past three months, but Kent Police said on Sunday the operation was no longer required.
The force tweeted: "#OpStack has now been stood down. The #M20 is now open to all traffic. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding."
Cross-Channel issues remain for DFDS customers as the ferry operator has suspended crossings between Dover and Calais until further notice, stating there is currently "no access" to the French port.
A DFDS spokesman said customers travelling to France were asked to check in as normal to be transferred to a Dover to Dunkirk service.
Those sailing to the UK from France have been advised to travel to Dunkirk, where they will be placed on the next available ferry.
The statement added: "We are working hard with the parties involved to gain access to the port of Calais as soon as possible."
P&O Ferries said it was running full service but with delays of up to 90 minutes.
A P&O Ferries spokesman said there were 58 sailings across the English Channel on Sunday, adding: "Things are clearly very busy, but we are doing everything we can to ensure journeys across the Channel are as trouble-free as possible."
Operation Stack caused major problems for Kent residents, with gridlock on roads surrounding the M20.
Businesses as diverse as hairdressers and osteopaths said customers cancelled appointments because of travel difficulties.
Vanessa Challess, from Maidstone, who is eight months pregnant, said she feared what would happen if she needed to get to hospital in Ashford to give birth.
A contraflow on the M20 could be introduced to keep local traffic moving if Operation Stack is enforced again.
Kent County Council's cabinet member for transport, Matthew Balfour, said he hoped it would be ready next week.
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It shows a beaver - caught in daylight which is very rare - having a good scratch.
Wildlife film maker Tom Buckley also caught the animals carrying their young down the river.
They were also caught taking turns to gnaw away at a small tree trunk - before it snapped.
They took shifts and worked all night to bite chunks out of the bark, to make the tree weaker.
And you can see more on this on the BBC's Inside Out programme in the south-west.
It will pay the funds who sued the nation about $4.6bn to settle claims.
They had bought the bonds at heavily discounted prices after the country's economy collapsed in 2001.
The previous government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, refused to negotiate with the investors, labelling them "vulture funds".
The agreement is a victory for Mauricio Macri, who was sworn in as Argentina's president in December.
He reversed the non-payment stance taken by his predecessor.
Daniel Gallas, BBC South America Business Correspondent, said there was still a lot of work to be done.
He said that after winning over the hedge funds Mr Macri must now convince his own congress that this is a good deal for the country.
"The previous administration of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner had approved a 'lock law' which forbids Argentina from paying out hedge funds in the terms that were negotiated today," he said.
"If Mr Macri is to deliver on his promise to get Argentina borrowing internationally again, he must get politicians to repeal that law."
If Argentina finalizes a deal with hostile funds NML and Aurelius Capital it would force the remaining holdouts to negotiate and could mean the end of a 15 year battle that turned the country into a pariah of the international markets.
While its Latin American neighbours have had access to credit at around 5% interest rates, Argentina had been forced till now to pay at least double, leaving the country without much needed financial help.
An agreement would also pave the way for future international investment, as it would create confidence in the country and its adherence to the rule of law.
But the deal will also have a political cost for president Mauricio Macri, as the fight against the "vulture funds" - as they are called locally - is considered a matter of national pride by many, who applauded previous president Cristina Kirchner's stand against them.
The creditors were led by hedge funds NML Capital and Aurelius Capital Management.
Daniel Pollack, the court-appointed mediator, said: "It gives me greatest pleasure to announce that the 15-year pitched battle between the Republic of Argentina and Elliott Management, led by Paul Singer, is now well on its way to being resolved."
The long-standing dispute has restricted the country's access to international credit markets.
After the announcement was made the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange's benchmark Merval Index was up by 3%.
Wednesday night's episode saw Nathan Curtis imply he would soon be making his much younger girlfriend Bethany Platt available to his friends for sex.
Ofcom confirmed it had received one complaint about the storyline.
But children's charity Barnardo's praised the soap for "shining a light on this serious but little discussed issue".
Nathan and Bethany: The story so far
Viewers have been watching the relationship between 35-year-old Nathan and 17-year-old Bethany develop over recent weeks.
Nathan has bought her alcohol and gifts including a mobile phone and Bethany has introduced him to her mother and partner, who were shocked to discover their age gap.
On Wednesday, Nathan was seen taking Bethany to a party at his flat where he introduced her to his male friends.
One of them said he would "like to see a bit more" of Bethany but Nathan replied: "I told you mate, it's not the right time."
Nathan tells his friend he would be "the first to know" when Bethany was "ready".
A spokesman for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) told the BBC: "Soaps play an important part in highlighting abuse and in giving victims the courage to speak out.
"We hope it will raise awareness of the signs of grooming and encourage more victims to come forward and seek help."
The NSPCC has been working with Coronation Street producers on the storyline and had put the show's writers in touch with a survivor of child grooming.
"We are very grateful to the bravery of Lucie, a victim of child sexual exploitation, who shared her experiences with the writers and actors involved as part of their research for this sensitive storyline," the spokesman said.
After Wednesday evening's episode aired, some viewers took to social media to express their discomfort about the scenes.
Laura tweeted: "That storyline with the blonde on Coronation Street is grim. No need for that before 8pm on a weekday."
Beth said the storyline "literally makes me feel sick," while Lauren added the scenes made her "uncomfortable".
Javed Khan, chief executive of Barnardo's, acknowledged some viewers would be uneasy but said it would raise awareness about the issue.
"This storyline makes for difficult watching but it's important as many people as possible are aware of the signs of grooming, so we can prevent this abuse happening," he said.
"Like Bethany's character, the young victims of this crime mistakenly think these child sex abusers care for them because they're often showered with presents and attention."
Coronation Street producer Kate Oates told the BBC: "Bethany's story has been crafted over many months, to create an awareness for viewers about the dangers of grooming.
"Bethany's story is a challenging watch, but we hope it will encourage open discussion amongst friends and families about self-esteem, confidence and most importantly, safety."
Last month, Fallon told Lorraine Kelly the scenes had been "uncomfortable" to film.
But, she added: "It's so important for it to be on, especially at this time, because we're targeting young viewers watching before watershed - it's so important to target those people."
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The benchmark FTSE 100 index finished up 76.91 points, or 1.2%, at 6,338.10.
Tesco shares rose 1.8% to 169.50p after the supermarket said it was "encouraged" by its progress, with UK like-for-like sales up 0.3%.
The UK's biggest supermarket chain said it had agreed to sell its Harris & Hoole coffee shop chain to Caffe Nero.
In the FTSE 250, shares in DS Smith rose 6.1% after the packaging company's full-year results beat expectations.
For the year to 30 April, adjusted pre-tax profits climbed 12% to £332m.
On the currency markets, the pound rose 0.6% against the dollar to $1.48010, and edged higher against the euro to €1.30260.
Birmingham led when on-loan Northern Ireland striker Kyle Lafferty slotted in a debut goal, but a glancing Connor Goldson header drew Brighton level.
In-form defender Lewis Dunk then rose highest at a corner to nod Brighton ahead shortly after the break.
Brighton were rarely troubled late on and remain one point off the top two.
Birmingham remain ninth but are now 11 points behind the top six, after wins for Sheffield Wednesday and Derby.
Gary Rowett's side have won just twice in 10 matches, while Brighton extended their unbeaten run to eight games.
Both Seagulls goals came from Jiri Skalak set-piece deliveries, with both Goldson and Dunk out-jumping their markers to convert fine crosses.
Birmingham struggled to create significant chances in the second half as Brighton held on relatively comfortably, and substitute James Wilson should have added a third in the closing stages.
Birmingham manager Gary Rowett:
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"I've warned the players if they think they can take their foot off the gas then they'll be coming in on Sundays and their days off.
"I think I'd look a bit stupid if I said we could still get into the play-offs now, the gap's 11 points.
"I was really pleased with Kyle Lafferty, when I took him off a fan was screaming he was our only chance of a goal, but he hasn't played a lot of football and needs to be fitter."
Brighton assistant manager Colin Calderwood:
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"If you really want to go for it you have to chase the three points and get them. Winning tonight helps us but it won't take us up.
"We weren't aware of Middlesbrough being 2-0 up at half-time, but whether Middlesbrough win or lose, if we win every game we'll have a chance. Well, we won't have a chance, we'll be up.
"Everyone has experienced highs and lows on the final day and we hope to be involved in some of the action towards the end."
Dr Sandy Saunders, a 93-year-old veteran who organised the memorial to the Guinea Pig Club, said it was a "fantastic" tribute.
Dr Saunders, badly burned in a plane crash in 1945, said he was proud to have helped with the tribute.
The members were dubbed Guinea Pigs because their surgery was experimental.
Prince Philip unveiled the tablet at the National Memorial Arboretum.
Dr Saunders, who had 28 operations to treat his burns, said: "I am proud that I made the effort. If it wasn't for me then no one else would have done it."
He praised the plastic surgeons who repaired his face and hands, which were badly burned in the crash of his Tiger Moth training plane near High Wycombe in 1945.
Dr Saunders said: "The plane stalled at low altitude and crashed. I was knocked out but luckily the flames woke me up."
He was 21 at the time of the crash shortly after the war ended.
The young airman was inspired by plastic surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe and eventually trained to be a doctor spending 49 years as a GP in Sneinton, Nottingham.
The club got its name because patients had pioneering surgery in East Grinstead, Sussex, including new skin graft techniques developed by Sir Archibald.
Prince Philip has been the president of the Guinea Pig Club since 1960.
Sir Archibald also encouraged his patients to spend time in social activities, including drinking beer on the hospital wards.
"He didn't see any harm in having a beer on the ward. We were suffering from burns and shock and it was important to keep hydrated," Dr Saunders, who has retired to Leicestershire, said.
"It (the memorial) is very imaginative. I had hoped to raise the funds for it myself, but then the costs increased and my wife decided it would be better to try to raise funds by crowd funding."
Dr Saunders, who is seriously ill with cancer of the bladder and prostrate, said the memorial was a "fantastic" achievement.
Two men wearing balaclavas and dark clothes threatened the two male staff, at Pricecutter on Smithycroft Road, in Riddrie, at about 23:00 on Saturday.
However, they left empty-handed after being chased from the shop by staff.
Police said the weapon appeared to be a BB gun, a type of air gun that is designed to shoot pellets.
Det Sgt David Patrick said: "Thankfully no-one was injured during the incident but it was very frightening for the two men in the shop.
"We know from our enquiries that the suspects ran from the store and into a white car - not further described at the moment - parked on Ness St and before driving off at speed towards Cumbernauld Road.
"There is a pub across from the store which we know was hosting a Hallowe'en party and there were a few people outside having a cigarette at the time.
"I would appeal to them to come forward to police as they may have information that will help our enquiries."
Legg, 16, opened the scoring with his first goal for the Green Lions, but they suffered a sixth successive loss.
"I thought the team needed Robbie Legg and Robbie Legg needs to be in the team," Vance told BBC Radio Guernsey.
"I'm delighted for him, his movement's outstanding, and the players are trusting him. There's more to come."
A Ross Allen penalty and Craig Young strike put the Channel Islanders 3-2 ahead but they went on to concede four goals for the third consecutive game.
They remain 11th in the table, but are now seven points adrift of the play-offs with eight games remaining.
"There were some crazy, ridiculous decisions but you've got to live with that," added Vance.
"I asked the boys to go and be brave in possession and generally I felt they did that.
"We got absolutely nothing, but what I did say is that we can go to training and be a little bit more buoyant than we deserved to be a few weeks back."
The alleged victim claimed he went on to have regular sex with Anne Lakey in the late 1980s.
Ms Lakey, 55, from Stanley, denies 13 charges of indecent assault involving two boys, one aged 13 or 14 and the other 15.
The trial continues at Teesside Crown Court.
The boy, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said he was on a group camping trip when he crept into Ms Lakey's tent at her behest.
He said her husband was sleeping in another tent nearby.
He added: "On the one hand, I was happy with my little self that I managed to lose my virginity before I was 16, which seemed really important at the time.
"On the other hand, everything was over so quickly. It should have been a bit more interesting than that.
"It was a bit of a confusing mix of emotions as I left the tent."
They continued to have sex at her home in the marital bed when her husband was away, he told the court.
He also said Ms Lakey rang him in 2012 after accusations were first made against her by another boy and she asked him to lie to police by saying they first had sex when he was 18.
The alleged victim said: "Here is somebody who has not spoken to me for 20 years who thought she could get me to pick up the phone and lie to the police.
"If that doesn't give you an idea of the control she had over us lads, I don't know what would."
Ms Lakey's trial also heard from the mother of the younger boy who said he had "tears rolling down his face" when, in his mid-20s, he told her about having sex with the teacher.
She said: "I was just so shocked, I was totally horrified.
"That's my child. He was a child, not a young man, not an adult."
His wife also recalled the complainant telling her about what happened, and she remembered him crying. "He was a very damaged, vulnerable young man," she said.
Solar Impulse took off from Nagoya Airfield in Japan at 18:03 GMT and is scheduled to land in Hawaii in approximately 120 hours.
The team has spent nearly two months waiting for a clear weather window to cross the Pacific.
The first attempt to fly over the ocean was cut short after a change in the forecast forced an unscheduled landing.
And another attempt to take off last Tuesday was cancelled at the last moment because of concerns about the conditions.
This time, the team will not be widely publicising the take-off until the plane is several hours into its flight, as it may need to turn back if the forecast changes.
However, if the pilot succeeds, it will be the longest-duration solo flight in aviation history, as well as the furthest distance flown by a craft that is powered only by the Sun.
The Pacific crossing is the eighth leg of Solar Impulse's journey around the world.
But this stage has proven to be the most difficult, and has been hit by weeks of delays.
Swiss pilot and Solar Impulse co-founder Andre Borschberg, who is flying the experimental single-seater craft, was initially supposed to begin his journey to Hawaii from Nanjing in China.
But he spent weeks there, with his ground-support team, waiting for the right flying conditions to present themselves.
He finally took off on the 31 May, but a deterioration in the forecast a few hours into the mission meant that he had to divert to Japan.
The rainy season in Nagoya has meant another long wait there - but after the false start last week, meteorologists are now confident they have found a weather window to make the five-day, five-night crossing to Hawaii.
A spokesperson said that the plane would be heading straight out across the Pacific.
Within about eight hours of taking off, it would be past a point of no return. Until that point, if the forecast changes, the pilot has the option to turn around and return to Japan.
LEG 1: 9 March. Abu Dhabi (UAE) to Muscat (Oman) - 441km; in 13 hours and 1 minute
LEG 2: 10 March. Muscat (Oman) to Ahmedabad (India) - 1,468km; in 15 hours and 20 minutes
LEG 3: 18 March. Ahmedabad (India) to Varanasi (India) - 1,215km; in 13 hours and 15 minutes
LEG 4: 19 March. Varanasi (India) to Mandalay (Myanmar) - 1,398km; in 13 hours and 29 minutes
LEG 5: 29 March. Mandalay (Myanmar) to Chongqing (China) - 1,459km; in 20 hours and 29 minutes
LEG 6: 21 April. Chongqing (China) to Nanjing China - 1,241km; in 17 hours and 22 minutes
LEG 7: 31 May. Nanjing (China) to Kalaeloa, Hawaii (USA) - 8,200km; journey aborted, plane diverted to Nagoya, Japan
The experimental craft - which has 17,000 solar cells - is powered only by the Sun.
Once over the ocean, if it fails to soak up enough rays to fully charge its batteries and make it through the night, the pilot could be forced to bail out.
Mr Borschberg has been trained for that eventuality.
He has a dinghy and enough supplies for several days while he waits for the team to identify a vessel to go pick him up.
But, of course, the team hopes none of this will be necessary.
Mr Borschberg's will spend the duration of the flight strapped into his seat in a cockpit that is about the same size as a telephone booth.
He will only be allowed to take 20-minute cat-naps, but says he will use yoga and meditation to make his journey more comfortable.
If this flight succeeds, the plane will continue its journey around the world, with Bertrand Piccard taking the controls for the next Pacific crossing from Hawaii to the US mainland.
The plane will then continue across North America, before attempting to fly over the Atlantic.
However, the build-up of delays could impact on the later stages. Ideally, the plane needs to cross the Atlantic before August, when the hurricane season reaches its peak.
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Students would be able to get a degree in two years rather than three - and save a year's living costs.
But universities would be able to charge students the price of three years of tuition fees for these accelerated two year courses.
This would make annual fees in England higher than many US state universities.
Universities Minister Jo Johnson told university leaders such flexibility would make courses more attractive for mature students and disadvantaged youngsters who might be put off by a full three year degree.
Mr Johnson said that charging three years' fees for a two-year course was fair - as this was not a dilution of quality.
"It's not fewer credits, or lower quality of provision, it's the same standard, the same quality, but in a compressed period of time and that involves an increase in resources, which needs to be recognised in the fee structure," said the minister, speaking after a speech to university leaders in London.
"There are clear advantages for the student," he said, such as saving a year's living costs and allowing them to get into employment more quickly.
But the UCU lecturers' union warned that the main beneficiaries would be private, for-profit providers, who could adopt a "pile 'em high and teach 'em cheap" approach.
The Russell Group of leading universities said this would need "careful consideration" so that these shorter course "don't negatively affect student learning or compromise the overall undergraduate experience".
But Universities UK said it would be "a good thing" if regulations over tuition fee limit could be changed to allow such flexibility.
Labour's Gordon Marsden said: "Is it yet another example of their using their new higher education legislation as a Trojan Horse to let tuition fees rip?"
There have been attempts to promote shorter courses in the past - but there has been little financial incentive for universities to run fast-track degrees if the amount they received in fees was also reduced.
Concerns have also been expressed about a two-tier university system - with better-off students able to pay for a full three-year experience.
The proposals, likely to be introduced by 2020, would allow universities to sign students up for a two-year degree and receive the same fee income as a three-year course.
The government has announced a fee increase to £9,250 per year - and then annual increases in line with inflation - which will push a three year course above £28,000.
The shorter course would see this divided over two years - but missing the third year would mean that students and their parents would face lower costs in accommodation and living expenses.
This also reflects concerns about the lack of "contact time" for some university courses - with some students only receiving a few hours a week of seminars and lectures and long holidays in the summer and at Christmas.
A shorter time in university would allow students to begin working at an earlier stage and repay their loan debts.
Mr Johnson said that this would not mean any "flight" from the traditional three-year degree, but would provide an alternative for those wanting a different approach from a traditional three year residential degree.
"Take from example, someone who is in their mid to late twenties, who didn't go to university, who has already been in the workforce but wants an opportunity to retrain and acquire a level of skills they haven't got," the minister said.
"They don't want to spend three years studying and want a faster pace of learning than the classic three year model would allow."
Mr Johnson also announced plans for universities to reveal more detailed information about the attainment levels of different groups - such as ethnic minorities and disadvantaged youngsters.
There are also plans to make it easier for students to move between universities or courses.
Phillip Stevens, five, and two-year-old Izaak were suffocated by their mother Melanie, before she hanged herself.
The family were found at Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd in December last year.
The report added that "arguably" the only way to have saved the children was to have removed them from their mother but there were no grounds to do so.
An inquest into the deaths was held in September and a coroner recorded that the two children were unlawfully killed by their pregnant mother who then took her own life.
The report into the deaths is published by the Gwynedd and Anglesey Local Safeguarding Children Board.
The multi-agency group has responsibility to oversee how services and professionals cooperate and work together to safeguard children.
An 18-page summary of the case lists a complex family set-up and the involvement of various agencies over number of years.
Key family members are listed as adult 1 (Ms Stevens) adult 2 (her ex-husband) and adult 3 (the mother's ex-partner and Izaak's father).
Ms Stevens also had three other children, apart from Phillip and Izaak.
The report notes that records show that towards the end of 2010 Ms Stevens was under "considerable stress", including because of "contentious" custody issues.
"What is striking about this case is the complexity of the family relationships and the absence of any substantial child protection concerns that might have led to help being provided to Ms Stevens," the report concludes.
"Although concerns were raised about Phillip and Izaak, all by other family members, investigations and assessments carried out found those concerns to be unsubstantiated."
It states that although Izaak's father believed the agencies involved failed to respond appropriately to the risks he and others identified "it is difficult to know what could have been done to prevent the deaths of the children and their mother.
"Arguably, the only way of protecting Phillip and Izaak would have been to remove them from the care of their mother and there were never any grounds to do so."
Gwynedd and Anglesey local safeguarding children board chairman, Iwan Trefor Jones, said; "Whilst the report does not identify any further steps which could have been taken to prevent the deaths... the independent author identifies a number of recommendations all of which are being addressed by the relevant agencies."
A government body dismissed reports that the present leadership was breaking with the past as "ridiculous".
Some commentators have speculated that the recent removal of North Korea's top general pointed to a possible power struggle over economic reform.
Kim Jong-un succeeded his late father, Kim Jong-il, in December.
Mr Kim, believed to be in his late 20s, has since adopted a warm public persona, being photographed at fun fairs and pop concerts with his young wife.
That - together with the recent removal of army chief General Ri Yong-ho - has fuelled hopes in the South that he could be planning to open up North Korea's closed state-run economy.
However, a spokesman for North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea, which deals with cross-border affairs, dismissed the speculation in an interview with state-run KCNA news agency on Sunday.
He said that Kim Jong-un would pursue the "military first" policy brought in by his father and would build a "civilised and comfortable life for the people under socialism".
"The puppet group (South Korea)... tried to give (the) impression that the present leadership of the DPRK (North Korea) broke with the past. This is the height of ignorance," the spokesman said.
"To expect policy change and reform and opening from the DPRK is nothing but a foolish and silly dream, just like wanting the sun to rise in the west."
He accused Seoul of trying to impose capitalism on Pyongyang by "trumpeting reform and opening", adding: "There cannot be any slightest change in all policies."
BBC Asia analyst Charles Scanlon says the statement probably shouldn't be taken at face value.
Any reference to reform has always been anathema for North Korean officials, he says, and it is a word they associate with victory for their capitalist enemies in the South.
There is also substantial external pressure for change, not least from China, which appears close to Kim Jong-un and his inner circle and which has pressed for reform in North Korea for more than a decade, our correspondent adds.
Mr Kim and those around him are being keenly watched for the direction in which they will take the communist state.
Anna Lewis, 27, who lives in Fishponds, was last seen at a work placement in Southmead on Friday, 14 April.
She was reported missing to police on Friday by her family, who do not live locally.
Avon and Somerset Police said it is growing increasingly concerned for her well-being.
He takes over the captaincy from Jean de Villiers, who retired from Test rugby after breaking his jaw during the Springboks' 46-6 victory over Samoa.
Vice-captain Victor Matfield is ruled out with a hamstring strain so 33-year-old Du Preez, who has recovered from a rib injury, will lead the side.
Centres Damian de Allende and Jesse Kriel are both fit to start the match.
De Allende, 23, has recovered from a knee ligament strain, while 21-year-old Kriel is selected despite cutting his cheek against Samoa.
Jan Serfontein, the 22-year-old called up to the squad to replace De Villiers, is among the replacements.
"I was surprised to get the call," the Blue Bulls centre said.
"I was watching the Wales-England game and I got a call from coach Heyneke Meyer saying that Jean is injured and that he was considering picking me but would only confirm it on Sunday.
"I couldn't sleep that night. I'm happy to be here and will do everything I can to contribute."
South Africa begun their World Cup campaign with a shock 34-32 defeat by Japan before their win over Samoa.
Starting XV: Willie le Roux; JP Pietersen, Jesse Kriel, Damian de Allende, Bryan Habana; Handre Pollard, Fourie du Preez (captain); Tendai Mtawarira, Bismarck du Plessis, Jannie du Plessis; Eben Etzebeth, Lood de Jager; Francois Louw, Schalk Burger, Duane Vermeulen.
Replacements: Adriaan Strauss, Trevor Nyakane, Frans Malherbe, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Willem Alberts, Ruan Pienaar, Pat Lambie, Jan Serfontein.
Doctors at Wroclaw University kept the mother alive for 55 days while they waited for the boy to grow.
The 41-year-old mother was taken to hospital 17 weeks into the pregnancy with an incurable brain tumour. Her life support has been switched off.
Doctors delivered the baby when they judged the boy's life was in danger.
He was born in January in the 26th week of the pregnancy, weighing just 1kg (2.2lbs), said Barbara Krolak-Olejnik, head of the neonatal unit at the hospital.
"It's rare to successfully maintain a pregnancy for so long, that it is at such an early stage, at 17 or 18 weeks," Ms Krolak-Olejnik told the AFP news agency.
"Her whole family wanted us to try to save the child," she added.
The little boy spent three months in intensive care and has now gone home with family, weighing 3kg.
The mother's life support was switched off shortly after the birth.
Perrots Lodge in Haverfordwest provides respite for up to eight people, focusing on dementia care.
But due to a lack of demand, it is proposed that residents be accommodated in Pembrokeshire council's other care homes and by the independent sector.
A report to go before cabinet on 25 April recommends the council relinquish its lease.
Perrots Lodge opened in 2007 and is one of three care homes run by Pembrokeshire council.
A review found its residents could be better accommodated at Havenhurst in Milford Haven, where respite beds were underused.
There will also be extra capacity at Hillside in Goodwick once refurbishments are completed.
There are nine members of staff at Perrots Lodge, and if the decision is taken to close the home, the council said they will be supported to find other work.
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) said Botswana now recognised the spirit as a geographical indication (GI).
The move means only whisky that has been made in Scotland can legally be sold as Scotch in the country.
SWA said the "legal breakthrough" gave consumers a high level of protection against fakes.
Whisky shipments to Botswana increased by 163% last year to reach nearly £457,000, according to SWA figures.
The trade body said it expected to see demand for Scotch increase in African countries in future years as economies on the continent grew.
Chief executive David Frost said: "Botswana recognising Scotch as a GI - a product that must be made in Scotland - is ground-breaking as it's the first product to be given this status.
"It's also the first time Scotch has been successfully registered as a GI anywhere in Africa.
"This move will protect consumers and give a boost to the growth of Scotch exports across Africa."
According to SWA, Scotch is now officially recognised in the laws of more than 70 countries, including the whole of the European Union.
To qualify as a genuine product, Scotch must be made in Scotland from water, cereals and yeast and matured for at least three years.
The agreement was signed in Ottawa during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Canada.
The $280m (£188m) deal is for the supply of uranium concentrate over the next five years.
Canada banned the trade of nuclear materials with India in 1976.
The uranium is to be sourced from the northern Saskatchewan mines of Cameco, the world's third-largest uranium producer, reports say.
"Canada is providing uranium to India as a mark of its trust and confidence in India," Mr Modi told reporters.
Mr Modi, who arrived in Canada on Tuesday, is the first Indian leader to visit the country in more than four decades.
Canada banned the sale of uranium and nuclear hardware to India after India used Canadian technology to make its nuclear bomb.
The two countries then finalised a nuclear co-operation agreement in 2012, paving the way for Canadian firms to export uranium to India.
But differences over the supervision of the use of uranium in India delayed ratification of the deal.
"[That agreement] really allowed us to turn the page on what had been in our judgement an unnecessarily frosty relationship for far too long," Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said.
India's economy has seen rapid expansion, resulting in a surge in demand for energy. As a result, India is looking to increase its dependence on nuclear energy.
It plans to generate 63,000 MW of nuclear power by 2032 - an almost 14-fold increase on current levels. It has 22 nuclear reactors and plans to build some 40 more in the next two decades.
"This shows who the best team is - all game we dominated," Rooney told BBC Radio 5 Live after United's 3-2 win.
"The young lads made the difference - Danny Welbeck, Tom Cleverley, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling - they were all outstanding," he said.
"I think this was a footballing lesson," he added later on Twitter.
United were 2-0 down at half-time at Wembley but recovered when 21-year-old Chris Smalling pulled a goal back before Nani struck twice to complete an unlikely turnaround.
Despite doing it the hard way, Rooney believes they outplayed their rivals.
"They had five minutes where they scored two goals, and that was about it." Rooney said.
"The score-line is deserved because of our passing, and the brilliant chances we created. We are champions and we are the team to beat - we need to go out and prove that.
"Full credit to the whole team, that's our attitude. We never know when a game is finished. We hope title number 20 will come. But it's a long season and there's a lot of good teams in the league. Our main aim is to win that title again."
Welbeck and Smalling both started for United with Cleverley, Jones and Rafael Da Silva introduced as substitutes, bringing the average age of United's team down to 22.
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Cleverley, who provided the assist for United's sumptuous second goal, was glad he was one of the young players to whom Ferguson handed an opportunity.
"It was a big game for us, and to show we can win with a young team in the second half is very good for the club. This is good experience for me to try and stake a claim this year," Cleverley told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"To come back from 2-0 down in any game is good, but it's even sweeter in a Manchester derby," he added.
United boss Sir Alex Ferguson reserved special praise for Nani, who he believes is finally fulfilling his potential.
"Nani had a fantastic season (last season), he was just unfortunate that Antonio Valencia came back at a time when we needed a boost and some freshness," Ferguson said.
"Have to say. I think today was a footballing lesson. Great win for the champions."
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"Valencia has been terrific but Nani has been great in pre-season and he will start the season. He has always had great potential. Some players take longer than others to mature."
When asked whether new United goalkeeper David De Gea should have kept Edin Dzeko's strike out, Ferguson was not critical of his new number one.
"Well it was bending a little bit... it's difficult to say," he said.
But De Gea, 20, admitted that he must continue to work hard at his game.
"Football is football here and in any country. I have to adapt quickly and improve on the whole of my game."
Cafodd 19 o wirfoddolwyr o dîm achub Llanberis a thîm achub Ogwen eu galw nos Sul i arwain dau gerddwr a gafodd eu dal yn y tywydd garw ar fynydd Carnedd Llewelyn.
Roedd rhaid i aelodau o'r ddau dîm achub weithio gyda'i gilydd gan fod yna rew wedi'i ffurfio ar Fwlch Eryri Farchog.
Fe dreuliodd tîm achub mynydd Ogwen saith awr yn ceisio achub dau ddringwr a aeth i drafferthion nos Sadwrn.
Doedd y dringwyr methu â dringo lawr un o'r slabiau yng nghwm Idwal, Dyffryn Ogwen. Fe fethodd hofrennydd eu hachub oddi ar y graig oherwydd y gwyntoedd cryfion.
Fe gafodd tîm achub Aberdyfi ei alw allan hefyd brynhawn Sadwrn ar ôl i ddau gerddwr o Birmingham gyrraedd copa Cader Idris gyda dillad ac offer 'anaddas.'
Ar ôl brwydro drwy'r gwynt a'r glaw fe lwyddodd na 14 o'r tîm achub gyrraedd y copa a rhoi dillad cynnes i'r cerddwyr cyn eu harwain lawr y mynydd.
Fe ddywedodd Graham O'Hanlon sydd yn gwirfoddoli gyda thîm achub Aberdyfi: "Mae hi'n wych gweld pobl yn mwynhau'r awyr agored ond mae hi'n bwysig cymryd awyrgylch y mynydd o ddifri, yn enwedig yn y gaeaf."
The past 12 months have thrown up some classic matches, memorable incidents and remarkable feats.
BBC Sport has selected 10 standout moments from this year, with the order of the top 10 revealed on The Premier League Show on Wednesday (BBC Two, 22:30 GMT).
For some - Leicester's title triumph and Jurgen Klopp's impact at Liverpool, for example - there were multiple moments we could have chosen, so we've gone for the one match that particularly defined that team's year.
Rank your favourites from one to 10 and we will reveal our readers' top 10 on Wednesday.
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The 21-year-old was beaten, whipped, handcuffed, sexually assaulted and made to drink bleach during the ordeal.
Anna Wibrew, 24, and Simon Weller, 38, of Crawley, were convicted of conspiracy to inflict grievous bodily harm and false imprisonment.
Hove Crown Court was told five others were jailed last year over the attack.
The motive for targeting the victim in March 2009 is thought to have been revenge for a failure to pay rent.
Wibrew, of Keir Hardie House in Dalton Close, was jailed for six years. Weller, of the same address, was jailed for five.
Judge Charles Kemp told them he was aware that "some of the most serious and indecently cruel assaults occurred before you joined the conspiracy and after you left it".
But he added they were both "willing participants for a period of 24 hours".
He said there was evidence Wibrew had been one of the ones to have administered a dose of bleach to the man.
The court heard the victim was "lured" to a flat in Ifield, Crawley, on 5 March where most of the abuse took place.
The next day, he was taken to Wibrew and Weller's flat, where he was made to swallow bleach along with an alcoholic drink.
The court heard that after being returned to the original flat, the victim then had his foot broken by a claw hammer.
Unable to take the abuse any more, he stabbed himself five times in the chest with a kitchen knife, the jury was told.
The gang then called an ambulance to take him to hospital, making up a story he had been attacked elsewhere.
Wibrew and Weller, who have a six-month-old child, were both found guilty following a trial last month.
Five other people - four women and one man - were jailed for a total of 40 years in March last year, police said.
Det Con Stuart MacPherson, of Sussex Police, said it was the "nastiest case" he had dealt with in his career.
"That seven people could inflict such hideous acts against another person is simply beyond me and defies belief," he said.
Writing for Country Life magazine, Prince Charles said farmers made a "huge contribution" to the UK's "food security, environment and prosperity".
He said farmers and rural communities were facing a "grave situation" but added people "really can help by buying British food whenever we can."
The heir to the throne wrote the piece to mark turning 67 on 14 November.
He and the Duchess of Cornwall are currently on an official 12-day tour of New Zealand and Australia where they have visited a number of rural communities and met local producers.
In his article Prince Charles wrote: "On a sufficient scale the purchasing decisions of individuals can and do change markets."
He said buying British food meant customers were "more likely to be getting fresh, high quality produce from a known and trusted source, offering good value for money".
He added: "It seems to me that the key is to make it as easy as possible for people to know when they are buying British - and why that is a good choice."
The prince suggested many people were perhaps overlooking the importance of farmers to the UK.
"The rural economy is largely invisible to many people," he said. "So, it is perhaps worth spelling out, especially to those who - whether by choice or necessity - live largely urban lifestyles, that we rely on farmers to make a huge contribution to our nation's food security, environment and prosperity.
"And in all three respects, we live in an increasingly uncertain world. That is why we need to do everything we can to keep our farmers farming."
The prince concluded: "This may be considered merely romantic but, to me, our living, breathing, working countryside is one of the great glories of this country. I think we should treasure it, including its people, while we still can."
Mark Hedges, Country Life's editor, welcomed the prince's "romantic" view.
"There's nothing wrong with having a romantic view. It's not going to be particularly romantic when it's all gone," said Mr Hedges.
He added: "The prince has a powerful message where we can all make a difference. By buying British food, we will all be playing a vital part to safeguard the future of our precious countryside and everyone who works and lives in rural communities."
We also use our phones for dating, booking restaurants or playing games.
But how much can technology and apps help to improve people's health?
That question is being posed at a seminar in Belfast involving health and IT experts from EU cities, including Belfast.
They are all part of the World Health Organisation Network.
Those involved believe technology can be the driving force behind tackling some serious health problems, like Alzheimer's.
It is thought that a new smartphone app, developed by scientists at Ulster University in collaboration with Utah State University in the US, could hold the key to preventing the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
Unveiled last year at the world's largest convention for Alzheimer's research in Washington DC, the Gray Matters smartphone app encourages individuals to set lifestyle goals in areas like exercise and nutrition to stress management and brain stimulation - all of which are known to have an impact on the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease.
The event is expected to tackle health inequalities across the cities.
Joan Devlin is from Belfast Healthy Cities.
"This seminar is all about sharing knowledge, ideas and experience.
"Digital technology can play a very positive role in making the delivery of healthcare more efficient and user friendly," she said.
Also up for discussion is an app to help junior doctors hone their skills in reading X-rays.
Dr Tom Lynch, head of Nuclear Medicine, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, launched Experior two years ago, an app developed with local IT company Salt DNA.
Experior helps junior doctors hone their skills in reading X-rays and the platform is proving to be a hit with medics here and across the UK.
Speaking ahead of the event, Dr Lynch told the BBC that the app was now on the international medical map.
"The application trails a doctor's inputs and tailors training to meet their specific needs," he said.
"Since launching in 2014, the platform is now being trialled, not only in Northern Ireland, but in trusts in Great Britain too and in fact there is interest in using the same technology in other medical disciplines including obstetrics and gynaecology."
Northern Ireland is slowly getting to grips with e-health and telemedicine.
An e-health expert from Finland is expected to advise the local health industry that innovation technology in his home is revolutionising how health is being delivered, particularly through life course approaches.
While local IT experts hope to learn from their colleagues in Finland and Wales, it is hoped visitors will pick up a thing or two from Northern Ireland innovators as well.
The pair have been named locally as Jim Quigley, 69, and his wife Marie, 70, from near Hackballscross, County Louth.
He died when his car hit a truck and another car on the M1 on Monday.
When police called to the registered address of his car, his wife's body was found in a upstairs bedroom.
It is believed Mrs Quigley sustained serious head injuries.
Irish broadcaster RTÉ reported on Tuesday that police are treating her death as murder and "keeping an open mind in terms of covering all aspects of the investigation".
She was found dead at about 15:45 local time when police, accompanied by the couple's son, went to notify the family of Mr Quigley's death.
The crash happened earlier near Ardee, County Louth, at about 14:00 local time.
It is reported that Mr Quigley veered into the path of the lorry on the northbound carriage of the M1.
Three people sustained injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.
On Tuesday evening, the couple's relatives issued a joint statement appealing for privacy and time to grieve.
"We would like to thank our extended family and friends for their continued thoughts and prayers," the statement said.
"He is thankful for the many prayers and kind wishes he received during his stay," said his spokesman Jim McGrath.
The 92-year-old was admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital on 14 January, experiencing breathing difficulties.
His wife, Barbara Bush, 91, was briefly admitted to the facility days later to be treated for fatigue and a cough.
The nation's 41st president was moved to intensive care where doctors inserted a breathing tube, which was removed after a couple of days.
He was transferred out of the intensive care unit a week ago and has been recovering since then, taking antibiotics.
Mr Bush, who served as US president from 1989-93, spent a week in hospital in the US state of Maine in 2015 after falling and breaking a neck bone.
He also suffers from a form of Parkinson's disease and uses a wheelchair.
Mr Bush's son, George W Bush, was elected president in 2000 and served two terms as the nation's 43rd president.
The elder Bush was born on 12 June 1924 in Massachusetts and also served as a congressman, CIA director and vice-president to Ronald Reagan.
The men were working at Hawkeswood Metal in Nechells when the 15ft (4.5m) wall of concrete and metal fell on them just before 09:00 BST on Thursday.
West Midlands Police described it as "a very traumatic incident".
The recovery effort continued all day and will recommence "first thing" on Friday, a spokesman for the force said.
Det Supt Mark Payne said: "It's a difficult and complex process, we've had to move a huge amount of metal and concrete in order to access some of the deceased men.
"That process is still ongoing."
A sixth man was injured in the crush but managed to escape from the debris. He was taken to hospital with a broken leg.
West Midlands Ambulance Service, a specialist rescue unit, police and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) worked together at the scene.
A spokesman for the ambulance service said: "On arrival, ambulance crews found that a wall had collapsed. Sadly, there was nothing that could be done to save the five men who had been working next to it."
The five who died have not yet been officially named but they are thought to be Spanish nationals of Gambian origin, who moved to Birmingham to work.
"Everybody is sad," said Ansumana Barrow, 63, president of the Gambian Association in Birmingham.
"We are hard working. They [the men who died] are feeding their families, that's why they are here. Unfortunately, this thing happens."
A spokesman for Hawkeswood Metal confirmed the deaths were caused by "the collapse of a partitioning wall within the company premises" but it was not known why the structure had collapsed.
"The wall had been in place for more than two years and had not been subject to any damage or was not subject to any incident that would have resulted in its collapse," he said.
The company, which says it is co-operating fully with police, fire crews and the Health and Safety Executive, said it wished "to offer their condolences to the families of all those involved in the incident at this very sad time".
Det Supt Payne, of West Midlands Police, said: "We are still in the very early stages of this investigation to determine exactly what happened this morning.
"Sadly five people have lost their lives and we have several teams of specialist officers supporting their families at this time.
"This has been a very traumatic incident for those who were at the site this morning and we will continue to work alongside the HSE and the other emergency services at the scene."
At a news conference, he said the victims had been working to recover scrap metal when the accident happened.
The recycling plant was the scene of a major fire in February this year, when 700 tonnes of scrap metal went up in flames.
In 2012, the company was fined £50,000 after a worker's arm became trapped in machinery.
Hawkeswood Metal Recycling Ltd pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court to a breach of health and safety law.
According to its company website, the firm processes more than 500,000 tonnes of scrap metal each year.
The company, which employs about 50 people, began trading more than 40 years ago and has a customer base that includes local authorities, major PLCs and smaller independent companies.
The US-led coalition against IS, he insisted, is not losing to the jihadists. But the awkward truth is, the coalition is certainly not winning.
Every day that IS continues to even exist on the ground, every day that it carries out its harsh rule on a cowed population, and every day that it grows closer to becoming an entrenched, functioning, if albeit pariah state, is a mark of failure by some of the world's richest and most powerful armed forces ranged against it.
"I think the coalition strategy against IS was kind of non-existent," says Charlie Winter, a research analyst with the London-based counter extremism think-tank Quilliam.
"From the beginning it was dropping bombs against Islamic State positions, hoping to try and kill a few leaders, take out some artillery positions, that sort of thing.
"But besides that, it has resoundingly failed. Ramadi has just been taken, Palmyra has just been taken, Deir al-Zour airport is about to fall," Mr Winter says.
So, why is the strategy not working?
To be fair, the coalition strategy has not been an abject failure.
Over the last 11 months it has had some notable successes, including saving the Kurdish cities of both Kobane and Irbil from being overrun by IS.
The jihadists threw wave after wave of fighters at Kobane - but repeated and intensive coalition air strikes, coupled with a spirited defence by Kurdish fighters, drove them back.
Air strikes also drove IS fighters off the Mosul and Haditha dams where it was feared they could have set off explosions triggering deadly floods.
A US-led humanitarian rescue programme saved thousands of displaced Kurdish and Yazidi families from death and starvation in the far north of Iraq as IS overran their villages.
And there have been a few precision-guided surgical strikes that have killed operational commanders, plus the recent Delta Force raid into Syria that killed the man who ran IS oil revenues.
But for IS, these are manageable losses, irritating but not life-threatening to their cause. Their march across much of the Middle East continues.
The biggest setback to IS was not even a part of coalition strategy, it was the result of a joint Iraqi-Iranian deal.
The Iraqi government's recapture from IS of the Sunni town of Tikrit was achieved largely with the help of Shia Iraqi militias, trained, armed and funded by the Iranians.
US air strikes were only called in at the last moment as Iraqi government forces took over from the militias.
On paper, the US-led coalition against IS boasts an impressive list of countries all lined up to help push this nightmare genie back into its bottle.
But their interests are not necessarily the same.
"The problem is the diverging interests and strategies of the IS opponents," says the Saudi analyst and expert on IS, Aimen Deen.
"The US, the EU, the GCC, Turkey and the Iranian axis (Iran, Assad, Baghdad and Hezbollah) as well as the rest of the Syrian opposition are fighting an unco-ordinated campaign against IS."
From a coalition operations room in the Gulf, targets are identified, missions are drawn up, and aircraft from a range of European and Arab countries take part in precision-guided air strikes.
But there is only so much that can be achieved from the air.
IS fighters have learned to avoid exposing their forces and equipment in easily targeted columns that can be struck in open country, preferring instead to embed themselves wherever they can in populated areas amongst civilians.
The problem is that ultimately this is a campaign that can only be decided on the ground, and there is no universally acceptable force that can take that job on.
In Syria, IS has now overshadowed all other rebel groups and their only real enemy is the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, with its well-documented list of atrocities that include dropping barrel bombs filled with chlorine.
In both Syria and Iraq the poorly-armed Kurds have fought back tenaciously to defend their homeland from the advance of IS, helped by US air power.
But they don't do expeditionary warfare and have no appetite for going off to fight outside their area.
The US military, having lost 4,491 servicemen and women in its eight-year occupation of Iraq, is very reluctant to get drawn back into combat operations there.
It does have around 2,000 trainers, advisers, planners and others in the country, but its efforts to rebuild the Iraqi army into a capable fighting force have so far failed.
The Sunni tribal militias, who were recruited so successfully in 2007 to expel al-Qaeda from their land have since grown disillusioned with the Shia-led government in Baghdad.
Many are unsure which is their greatest threat: the Sunni fanatics of IS or the Shia fanatics amongst the various militias deployed to fight IS.
As of May 2015 the only units capable of taking on IS on the battlefield are trained Shia fighters backed by Iran. That includes Hizbollah units sent from Lebanon and Iraqi Shia directed by Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps advisers.
Neither will be popular in Sunni areas.
Against this backdrop, official US optimism about the direction of the campaign is unlikely to be matched by reality on the ground.
In the short term at least, the prognosis for that part of the Middle East is dire.
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The actor's first movie since the Harry Potter franchise is already the most successful horror film since records began 20 years ago.
The adaptation of Susan Hill's ghost story extends its lead as this year's highest grossing film to date.
But it falls far short of the list of biggest earning films of all time.
James Cameron's Avatar remains the number one movie of all time with takings of £95.6m.
Titanic - also a Cameron film - was second, followed by Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring.
At this week's UK box office, The Devil Inside made its debut at number one with estimated takings of £2m.
A successful marketing campaign, which included an audience reaction trailer, helped boost the horror movie's popularity.
Jonah Hill comedy 21 Jump Street was this week's second highest new entry with box office receipts totalling £1.6m.
In third place was The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, followed by John Carter and We Bought A Zoo, which made its first appearance on the chart in fifth place.
The Treasury and Resources Department wants to reduce the bond and conveyance fees paid when buying a house for less than £400,000.
Deputy Yvonne Burford said the suggested changes should just be for first-time buyers with other buyers getting a smaller reduction in duty.
Both proposals are due to be debated by the States next week.
The department has suggested the move in a bid to address lower housing sales.
In 2012 the States raised £17.1m from document duty but it is expected to fall to £14.25m in 2013.
Currently duty of 2% is paid for transactions under £150,000, 2.5% for sales between £150,000 and £250,000 and 3% on those above £250,000.
Under the department's plan from 29 October 2019 until 31 October 2014 duty would be 1% on properties below £250,000, 2% on those between £250,000 and £400,000 and 3% for any above £400,000.
From 1 November 2014 these would rise to 2%, 2.5% and 3% respectively.
Deputy Yvonne Burford's proposal is just for the duty running up to 31 October 2014.
She wants first-time buyers to have the proposed rates while anyone who has previously owned property in the island would pay 2%, 2.5% and 3% respectively.
Firefighters used cutting equipment to free her from her vehicle in Poole's Arrowsmith Road, which runs through woodland, shortly before 09:00 GMT.
The road was closed between Broadstone and Canford Magna while council workers dealt with the tree.
The woman was taken to hospital with head injuries, which are not thought to be life-threatening.
The report says the operation suffered from flawed intelligence-gathering and inadequate planning.
But it also praised the commandos involved and found the use of force had been the only way to stop the flotilla.
Eight Turks and one Turkish-American died in the naval raid in international waters, which provoked a major outcry.
The report criticised the operation's planners for not having a back-up plan in the event of violence.
But it also said the mission had not been a failure and did not recommend any dismissals.
It said there had been a lack of co-ordination between military and intelligence bodies, and preparations for the 31 May takeover of the ships had been inadequate.
By Jonathan MarcusBBC Diplomatic Correspondent
This Israeli military investigation confirms things went badly wrong when troops stormed the Mavi Marmara, but largely exonerates the naval commandos.
However, its findings that serious mistakes were made confirm that questions also need to be asked of Israel's political leaders, who approved the operation.
The Eiland report is not the only investigation. A former Supreme Court judge, Jacob Turkel, is conducting an inquiry into the legality of the operation.
The UN Human Rights Council may well launch its own study, though Israel does not trust this organisation and may well refuse to have anything to do with it. Pressure is on Israel to make its investigation credible.
Justice Turkel is seeking to give his inquiry real investigative teeth. Here he may well be backed by the Israeli courts. This though may still not satisfy the Turks who have nailed their colours to a fully-fledged international inquiry.
As they dropped from helicopters on to the deck of one vessel, the Mavi Marmara, Israeli forces were met with a violent reception, from some of those on board who were armed with clubs and knives and at least one gun, found the report.
Presenting the findings to media in Tel Aviv, retired general Giora Eiland, who chaired the investigating panel, had both criticism and praise.
"In this inquiry we found that there were some professional mistakes regarding both the intelligence and the decision-making process and some of the operational mistakes," he said.
"But also, we did find some very positive findings, and one of them that should be emphasised is the very professional and courageous way that the Israeli commando behaved."
General Eiland said the report was intended to help prepare Israel for similar situations which may occur in the future.
The Eiland Committee, which began its work on 7 June, scrutinised the military aspects of the raid.
A separate inquiry, which includes international observers, is examining whether international law was broken during the military raid.
In a statement, Israeli military chief of staff Lt Gen Gabi Ashkenazi said the Eiland inquiry had not revealed failures or negligence, but "brings up mistakes which must be corrected for future incidents".
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Israel has resisted calls for a UN-led inquiry into the raid, saying it would be biased.
The operation prompted an international backlash and has severely strained Israel's relations with its once-close Muslim ally Turkey.
Amid the criticism, Israel eased its land blockade on the Gaza Strip, allowing most civilian goods through.
The naval blockade remains in place. Israel says it is necessary to keep weapons from reaching the Islamist Hamas movement, which controls Gaza.
Jermaine McGillvary put Giants ahead, before Wildcats opened up an 18-6 lead through Tom Johnstone, Michael Sio and Reece Lyne.
Two Jake Connor tries and a Danny Brough penalty tied the scores before Max Jowitt put Wakefield back in front.
Aaron Murphy replied but Johnstone and Nick Scruton went over to hand Wildcats head coach Chris Chester his first win.
Chester, who was appointed following Brian Smith's resignation, took charge of his first home game with his side having lost 22-4 away at Hull FC last week.
But it was Huddersfield who began the brighter as Leroy Cudjoe found McGillvary on the wing and Brough converted.
Wildcats produced a stirring response as they crossed the whitewash three times only to be pegged back.
Jowitt's superb sidestep gave Wakefield the advantage as the game became scrappy and both Huddersfield's Larne Patrick and the hosts' Mickael Simon were sent to the sin-bin.
Giants replied through Murphy, but Brough missed the conversion to draw his side level and Johnstone and Scruton claimed the victory for the Wildcats.
The defeat means Huddersfield, who reached the Super League semi-finals last season, sit bottom of the table having recorded just one win all season.
Wakefield coach Chris Chester:
"Over the 80 minutes I thought we were the better side - we set the tone early doors, played some decent football, threw the ball around and defended our own line well.
"They have some quality players and we knew it would be a grind and it wasn't until the last six or seven minutes that the game finally went away from Huddersfield.
"Tom Johnstone (who scored two tries) looked good and young Max Jowitt had a fantastic game.
"There was bags of effort from everyone and collectively we worked hard for each other. From one to 17 the attitude was first class."
Huddersfield head coach Paul Anderson:
"We're in hole and we are where we are for a reason because we just aren't good enough at the moment.
"The one thing we must do is stick together and work hard because ultimately it's effort that gets you through and gets wins.
"I'm very disappointed - it's a tough one to take. It's only so long you can keep saying when we get this back and that back... the reality is we've got to stop talking and start doing.
"We'll be in (training) tomorrow because we have some questions to ask."
Wakefield: Jowitt, Lyne, Arundel, Gibson, Johnstone, Miller, Finn, Scruton, Moore, England, Kirkmond, Ashurst, Sio.
Replacements: Simon, Annakin, Howarth, Molloy.
Huddersfield: Simpson, McGillvary, Cudjoe, Connor, Murphy, Brough, Brierley, Huby, Wood, Rapira, Ta'ai, Lawrence, Hinchcliffe.
Replacements: Patrick, Johnson, Leeming, Mason.
The proposed new ground at Burringham was given the green light earlier by North Lincolnshire Council.
It will replace the League One side's 9,000-capacity ground at Glanford Park, which itself only opened in 1988. Plans include a bar, gym, hotel and offices.
Scunthorpe United said its aspirations were "no longer met by the existing stadium".
When Glanford Park was built in the 1980s, it was the first new stadium built by a Football League club since the end of World War Two and the move began an era of dozens of new stadiums opening across the country.
Scunthorpe, who previously played at the Old Show Ground, which is now the site of a supermarket, would become the first Football League club to have built a new stadium since the 1980s to subsequently move again to another newly-built ground.
The club said it wanted another ground so it could realise its "ambitions of playing in a higher division".
Scunthorpe were in the fourth tier of the league when Glanford Park was built, currently play in the third tier and have spent three seasons in the past decade in the Championship, the Football League's second level.
It has also submitted outline planning permission for a multi-use arena and outdoor football pitches at the site.
The new stadium would be at a 23 hectare-site to the west of the town, by Brumby Common Lane.
The club must adhere to conditions set by the council regarding ecology and construction.
The council said the site was within the northern part of the Lincolnshire Lakes Area Action Plan, due to be developed by 2028 with 6,000 houses, retail and leisure facilities on "a modern campus environment".
The option to redevelop Glanford Park was dismissed because the club said the pitch size, existing buildings and access would cause "significant" problems.
Scunthorpe United fan Rich Gwynne tweeted: "So, last season at GP for @SUFCOfficial. Time to build a team that'll christen the new ground with an opening game in The Championship!"
Grimsby fan Wayne Green wrote: "Local rivalry aside, you have to congratulate @SUFCOfficial on their new stadium plans, it looks class."
The woman, known only as Ms C, was referred to Perth Royal Infirmary by her GP.
The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman said, despite her symptoms, a CT scan was not performed
She was sent home, but collapsed weeks later and died in hospital.
Its report states: "Ms C had reported sudden onset of pain in her head and neck with some visual disturbance.
"She was admitted directly to the acute medical unit in the hospital where she was medically assessed by a specialist trainee doctor.
"She was then reviewed by a consultant physician.
"She was subsequently discharged home with the problem felt to be musculoskeletal."
The ombudsman ruled that this diagnosis was "unreasonable" as Ms C had no significant headache history.
A consultant physician advising him said that she should have had a CT scan, and possibly a lumbar puncture on her first admission.
The report said: "Whilst we cannot say that Ms C's life would definitely have been saved if these tests had been carried out, the adviser (consultant physician) has stated that it was probable that Ms C's condition was treatable."
In addition to issuing an apology, the ombudsman's ordered the health board to ensure patients presenting with headaches are investigated in line with national guidelines.
NHS Tayside medical director Prof Andrew Russell said: "We have been in contact with the family over this tragic event and our thoughts remain with them.
"We will be writing to them again following today's Ombudsman's report.
"We accept the recommendations and have shared them with the appropriate clinical groups to take forward in an action plan.
"As an organisation we take every opportunity to improve and we will ensure we share learning from this across NHS Tayside."
The exchanges were written by crimelord Reggie Kray while he served a life sentence in prison, to Carol Clerk, the ghost writer of his autobiography.
Kray ran a huge crime empire across the east end of London in the 1950s and 60s, alongside his brother, Ronnie.
The letters, which will be sold at McTear's Auctioneers, are valued at between £10,000 and £15,000.
McTear's managing director Brian Clements said: "Ronnie and Reggie Kray's names are synonymous with gangland life. Anything associated with the pair always attracts interest.
"We do see Kray items coming to auction but we have never seen anything on this scale going under the hammer.
"When Reggie met his ghost writer in prison they were not allowed to take notes so all Reggie's thoughts and ideas had to be put in the form of letters after the meetings."
Victoria Irvine, a valuer at McTear's, said: "They're fascinating. The details that Reggie Kray revealed to his ghost writer throughout the 1980s and the early 90s, which all culminated in his autobiography, 'Born Fighter', make for a very interesting read.
"It's a snippet of the life of someone who was very important historically. We have sold letters before by Charles Manson and they did very well at auction, which is why I believe these letters have come to Scotland."
The Kray brothers, were sentenced to life imprisonment in 1969 for their involvement in armed robberies, arson, protection rackets, assaults, and the murders of Jack "The Hat" McVitie and George Cornell.
Ronnie died in Broadmoor Hospital in 1995 while Reggie died from cancer in October 2000, eight weeks after he was released from his term on compassionate grounds.
The incident happened just before 12:00 BST on the A4139 at Manorbier, Dyfed-Powys Police confirmed.
The cyclist, who was taking part in the Long Course Weekend Sportive, was airlifted to hospital.
Anyone who witnessed the incident has been asked to contact police on 101.
He was performing mandatory military service as a policeman when he was found unconscious at his station.
The 29-year-old is not in a life-threatening condition, reports say, but is unresponsive.
T.O.P., whose real name is Choi Seung-hyun, is a member of Bigbang, one of the world's most successful boy bands.
The group's top five videos on YouTube have a combined 935 million views.
"Choi's condition is very bad," one of his doctors told the AFP news agency.
The singer's medical team told the Korea Herald that the singer was suspected to have overdosed on benzodiazepine, a range of prescription tranquilisers used to treat anxiety, among other conditions.
"He was in a state of stupor and deep drowsiness and only responded to very strong stimulation," the newspaper said.
"He is still not breathing properly and is recovering. We are currently attempting to treat him but he's in an unresponsive state."
The newspaper said that another doctor believed the singer could recover in a week.
T.O.P. had been embroiled in a controversy over marijuana use before his hospitalisation. It is alleged he smoked marijuana on multiple occasions, even though the drug is illegal in South Korea.
As a result, he was transferred from his compulsory service posting at a police station in affluent Gangnam, where he had been serving for months, to another station.
He was found unconscious in the barracks of his new posting on Tuesday.
His entertainment agency, YG, released a statement apparently written by T.O.P. a few days previously.
"I deserve punishment for hurting the members, agency, public, fans and family," he said.
"I'll regret this for tens of thousands of years."
Covering a total of over 300 miles, split into three separate stages, the Tour de Yorkshire is one of the UK's longest and toughest bicycle races.
In 2016, the tour was watched on TV in over 150 countries around the world and attracted one and a half million people who lined the route to cheer on the riders.
Each stage takes a different route and presents the riders with different climbs, not quite as steep as some of the climbs in the Tour de France but still very challenging.
The Grand Départ is the name given to the start of the Tour de France. Since the 1970s it has been common for the Grand Depart to take place outside of France and competition for a city to win the chance to host it is strong.
The Tour de Yorkshire came to life after the Tour de France Grand Départ and also two of the first stages of the Tour de France where held in Yorkshire in 2014.
After the success of the Tour's visit to the UK, the idea came about for Yorkshire to host its own stage based cycle race.
Now in its second year, the Tour de Yorkshire brings some of the world's biggest cycling teams and riders to the rolling hills of the North West of England.
New figures show car sales rose 10.6% to 1.28m in the six months to June, compared to the same period last year.
The Society of Motoring Manufacturers (SMMT) says the figures mark the best half-year sales total since 2005.
"Improving economic conditions have helped propel the UK new car market to a strong first half-year performance," said SMMT's chief executive Mike Hawes.
"The overall market has risen faster than we were expecting but, after a bumper March, growth is showing signs of stabilising around our forecast level," he added.
Sales of alternatively-fuelled cars rose 51.3% to 23,337.
Top ten best selling cars in June:
1: Ford Fiesta, 11,213
2: Vauxhall Corsa, 7,961
3: Ford Focus, 7,399
4: Volkswagen Golf, 6,546
5: Vauxhall Astra, 6,249
6: Nissan Qashqai, 5,356
7: Vauxhall Insignia, 4,660
8: Fiat 500, 4,177
9: BMW 3 Series, 3,961
10: Audi A3, 3,893
Source: SMMT
The best selling model in June was the Ford Fiesta with 11,213 sales in June and 70,153 sales in the first six months of the year.
The Ford Focus was the third best selling model in June with 7,399 sold, but it was the second most popular so far this year with 44,754 sold.
Vauxhall saw healthy sales of its three main models - the Corsa, Astra and Insignia - in June. Nissan, Fiat, Volkswagen, BMW and Audi rounded out the top ten.
Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at HIS Global Insight said the figures suggested things were "looking largely bright for the motor industry" which he said should continue to fuel ongoing healthy car sales.
He added: "The motor industry will be hoping that ongoing robust UK economic activity continues to underpin consumer and business confidence, and their willingness to splash out on new cars."
Separately, a committee of MPs has called on insurers to be banned from settling whiplash injury damage claims, without first seeking for a proper medical assessment, in order to limit fraudulent claims.
The transport committee has published a report has said the government should also stop personal injury lawyers from offering inducements, such as cash or tablet computers designed to encourage injured drivers to bring claims.
Data from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) shows fraudulent motor insurance claims were the most expensive and common types of claims. The ABI said fraudulent motor insurance claims jumped 34% in 2013.
Saints have already turned down a £27m offer for the 18-year-old.
Left-back had been one of the priority areas for David Moyes before he was sacked by United last month.
Current first-choice Patrice Evra recently signed a new contract but United are still searching for a long-term replacement for the Frenchman.
The move comes a day after news emerged that Liverpool are attempting to sign Southampton and England striker Rickie Lambert.
Lambert, 32, and Saints team-mate Adam Lallana, 26, will hope to be involved in England's World Cup warm-up match with Peru at Wembley on Friday, but Shaw will miss the game through illness.
Lallana has also been linked with a move away from St Mary's, with Liverpool interested in Southampton's captain.
Southampton themselves are searching for a new manager following the departure of boss Mauricio Pochettino to Tottenham.
Shaw is preparing for the World Cup with England and is battling alongside Leighton Baines for a starting position in Roy Hodgson's side.
Meeting in secret and banned from using mobile phones or electronic recording devices, the 124 members will propose candidates, vote to create a shortlist and pick a winner.
A member of the voting committee will call the winner. If they do not want the job, the orchestra will reconvene.
Sir Simon said two years ago he would leave when his contract ended in 2018.
He will join the London Symphony Orchestra as its music director.
The Berlin Philharmonic, founded in 1882, has had three chief conductors over the past six decades:
Among the possible successors are:
Lampard, 36, signed for New York after being released by Chelsea last June but then joined the Premier League champions on a short-term deal.
His stay has now been extended to the summer, meaning Lampard could miss the first three months of the MLS season.
New York fans group the Third Rail said it "publicly denounced" the decision.
In a statement, the independent supporters group added: "Many fans, including our members, decided to support the team, committed to season tickets, and bought merchandise under the impression that Frank Lampard would be playing for New York City Football Club, not Manchester City.
"Many of those fans are rightly outraged by this decision, and we support any course of action they take to voice their discontent over this decision."
MLS franchise New York City are owned jointly by Manchester City and baseball giants the New York Yankees.
The Third Rail added: "We reject out of hand any suggestion that NYCFC is in any way secondary to Manchester City FC, regardless of the source, and are disappointed that City Football Group would give such an appearance."
Lampard's original move to the Etihad was criticised by Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who suggested the club had bypassed Financial Fair Play rules to sign the former England midfielder.
Lampard has scored six goals in 17 appearances for City this season.
The Premier League ends on 24 May, while the Champions League final takes place on 6 June - Manchester City face Barcelona in the last 16 next month.
New York City admitted they do not know when Lampard will join the club.
"His exact starting date with New York City FC will be confirmed as the EPL and MLS seasons unfold," said the American club.
"All parties remain in ongoing dialogue to create the best outcome for all."
Former Liverpool player and New England Revolution coach Steve Nicol told ESPN the deal sent a negative message about MLS to fans.
"It's a disaster for that new franchise, a disaster for MLS," he said.
But MLS deputy commissioner Mark Abbott believes the move remains a positive one for US soccer.
He said: "Frank Lampard's performance at Manchester City reaffirms that he is one of the world's elite midfielders and we look forward to him joining NYCFC during the 2015 season."
The bid is widely seen as a challenge to last month's offer from Telefonica for KPN's German arm E-Plus.
E-Plus has a 15% stake in the German mobile market. The bid for it was backed by KPN's management.
Movil's 2.40 euros-a-share offer is 20% above Thursday's closing share price.
It is much lower than the 8 euros per share that Mr Slim paid in May last year for his original stake.
But it is considerably higher than the 1.60 euros at which the shares were trading in July before Telefonica announced its bid.
A KPN spokesman said the company was studying America Movil's offer.
KPN's shares have been falling sharply in recent years as the introduction of smartphones has eaten into its margins in the Netherlands, where it has a 40% share of the market.
The company has taken on a lot of debt as a result of paying more than expected to the Dutch government in an auction of fourth generation mobile phone licences.
Mr Slim has topped the Forbes list of the world's richest people for the past four years, with an estimated wealth of $73bn (£49bn).
America Movil, the Latin America mobile phone operator, is his most valuable asset, but he also has industrial, mining, financial, retail and real estate assets.
Buying the KPN stake was America Movil's first venture into Europe. It has since bought a 24% stake in Telekom Austria.
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child came about after Sonia Friedman approached author JK Rowling and portrays the orphaned wizard as a parent himself.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, Friedman said she was "very drawn to the notion of Harry as a dad".
She added she was "always looking for stories that might help me understand".
Friedman, 52, said she had experienced rejection due to a lack of a relationship with her father - the acclaimed Russian violinist Leonard Friedman, who left her mother before she was born.
She told Desert Island Discs presenter Kirsty Young: "I will never understand what it would be like to have a dad, and so I'm always looking for stories that might help me understand."
Friedman this year topped the Stage 100 list of the UK's most influential people in performing arts while Harry Potter And The Cursed Child won a record-breaking nine Olivier Awards.
The play was written by Jack Thorne after Rowling gave Friedman her approval to create a theatre production.
Based on an original story by Rowling and John Tiffany, it is set 19 years after the final novel of the seven-book series.
Friedman said she and her co-producer, Colin Callender, "were very drawn to the notion of Harry as a dad given that he hadn't had parents of his own, and Jo [Rowling] loved that idea".
She said: "I feel incredibly privileged and blessed that I can use my emotional background and my experiences to encourage others to put it on to paper, and then the stage."
On her own relationship with her father, Friedman said that she would meet him around "once a year" as a child.
She said: "I never had abandonment issues, but certainly rejection".
She added: "I never got a birthday present from him, I never got a Christmas present from him, and I don't blame him.
"I know that as a kid he had a very difficult life. His parents pushed him to be an extraordinary musician and he was told to put the music first, to put the art first."
But Friedman said she had a "need" to see her father shortly before his death in 1994.
"At the end of the supper he turned to me and said, 'Sonia, I'm very proud of you'," she said.
"Those were the last words he ever said to me. He never said I love you to me, but he did say I'm proud of you."
Desert Island Discs is on BBC Radio 4 on Sunday 4 June at 11:15 BST or listen later on iPlayer
A joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing has had a monopoly on those launches since 2006.
Founded by entrepreneur Elon Musk, SpaceX has already won contracts with Nasa to ferry cargo and crews to the International Space Station.
The approval from the US military followed two years of intensive reviews by the US Air Force.
"SpaceX's emergence as a viable commercial launch provider provides the opportunity to compete launch services for the first time in almost a decade," Air Force Secretary Deborah James said in a statement.
Mr Musk said the decision was "an important step toward bringing competition to national security space launch".
In June, the Air Force expects to open bidding for the contract to launch GPS satellites built by Lockheed and it will be SpaceX's first opportunity to compete for military work.
The US military has been relying on the Atlas 5 rocket, which uses Russian built engines, to power payloads into space.
But the military only has until 2019 to use that system, as US lawmakers have banned the use of Russian engines for launches that concern national security.
The certification of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will give the military an alternative rocket ahead of the ban.
The Wales Audit Office (WAO) will consider if the investment by the Welsh government is likely to provide the benefits intended.
Around 1,000 businesses and homes will be surveyed as part of the review.
A former head of BT in Wales warned last month Wales was not making the most of the contract to extend high speed broadband coverage.
John Davies, who chairs the Welsh advisory committee for the communications watchdog Ofcom, said more needed to be spent on marketing the £425m project, which is heavily backed with public money.
Take up in areas that have had superfast broadband for a year is 19% with just over £300,000 spent on marketing.
Ministers said take up was where they expected it to be at this stage.
Now the WAO will consider the effectiveness of the Welsh government's strategy, financial planning and management of the scheme, called Superfast Cymru.
Auditors will also assess the programme's contract with BT and how ministers are monitoring and evaluating the scheme.
The Welsh government signed the BT deal, the largest of its kind in the UK, in 2012.
The project aims to ensure that 96% of homes in Wales are covered by 2016 and is seen as vital for Welsh businesses in an increasingly competitive global market.
Welsh ministers are spending £58m on the scheme, with a similar amount coming from the UK government and £90m from European funding.
Sunday marks a decade since the law came in and 19% of adults in Wales now smoke compared to 24% before the ban.
There are also 6% fewer teenage boys and 14% fewer teenage girls smoking.
Campaign charity Ash Wales said there had been a "major cultural shift" but smokers' group Forest said the ban had hit pubs and clubs.
The only group that saw an increase in smokers was the unemployed, where the level has risen from 41% to 43% in the last 10 years.
Ash Cymru said other measures had contributed to the fall in smoking, such as the ban on sales from vending machines, uniform packaging, and the rise in the age limit to buy tobacco from 16 to 18.
Chief executive Suzanne Cass said: "The smoking ban has resulted in the most positive improvement in the nation's health in decades.
"The significance of this legislation should not be underestimated.
"Thousands more children now live in a smoke-free home, and hundreds of thousands of people are no longer subjected to the deadly effects of passive smoking."
Ms Cass also said she supported the increased use of e-cigarettes, with 141,000 users in Wales, saying they are "95% less harmful than traditional cigarettes".
The charity's research showed 81% of people in Wales supported the ban - including three quarters of smokers themselves.
However, in its own survey of 1,000 people, pro-smoking group Forest found 58% of people think pubs and private members' clubs should be allowed to provide well-ventilated smoking rooms, with 37% opposed.
Forest director Simon Clark said: "The suggestion that the smoking ban is hugely popular has been exposed as a myth.
"The smoking ban hit pubs and working men's clubs really badly."
He called on the Welsh Government to commission an independent review on the full impact of the ban including public health, the hospitality industry and local communities.
It will comment on the figures on Monday.
The evictions at the Sri Jayawardenepura campus comes amid disputes between students who have been protesting for days and the government.
Students accuse the government of interfering in their lives.
A senior opposition figure has said that Sri Lanka's entire education system is in a state of collapse.
Sajith Premadasa of the United National Party (UNP), said students were being threatened and their rights violated with the deployment of the army and police at Sri Jayawardenepura. Several other universities are also closed.
The government denies being heavy-handed. It accuses student union leaders of "ragging", or victimising, college newcomers.
Accusations have been exchanged between students and the army and there is nationwide indignation about official bungling in the marking of school leaving exams.
Despite the arrests of many student leaders last year, and their still pending trials, college unrest has returned on a large scale causing major disruption.
At the root of the unrest lie numerous disputes between student activists and the government.
Above all the activists' oppose plans for private colleges, which they say will end young Sri Lankans' entitlement to free higher education.
They blame both university officials and the government for interfering in their lives - for allegedly subjecting some women students to virginity tests; for insisting that all universities engage a security firm linked to the defence ministry; and for sending in the army to thwart student marches.
Last week a monument to dead student leaders was firebombed. Students blamed soldiers; the latter denied it.
Separately, widespread blunders in the recent marking of A-levels have caused many Sri Lankans to lose all faith in the examination system.
Student unrest has had deadly consequences in post-independence Sri Lanka. Such unrest set in motion a brutal conflict in the south of the island 22 years ago which ran in parallel to the much higher-profile war in the north.
The police were attacked after stopping a car on the outskirts of the village of Killeagh shortly after midnight on Monday.
One officer received a serious head and eye injury and was taken to Cork University Hospital. The second officer was less seriously injured.
The police patrol car was also rammed.
The vehicle then made off in the direction of Youghal and rammed a second patrol car before heading towards Dungourney.
Police went to an address at Ballymartin, Dungourney, and a garda spokesman said there was "another violent disorder incident" when officers came under attack.
Four men, aged 18, 22, 25, 46 and a 27-year-old woman are being detained in Midleton, Cobh and Fermoy Garda Stations.
A number of weapons, a car and cash have been seized.
The five people arrested are expected to appear before Mallow District Court on Tuesday.
The 28-year-old scored seven goals in 21 appearances for the Shrimpers during a loan spell at Roots Hall in 2009.
The former Derby County and Doncaster Rovers player has scored 71 goals in 313 career league matches.
Robinson had helped the Imps to the top of the National League and into the fifth round of the FA Cup.
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The Jags host St Johnstone on Tuesday, having not played in the league since 2 February due to postponements at home and away.
"If the forecast is what it's supposed to be - dry for the next two days - we'll be fine," said Archibald.
"But, if we get a deluge of rain, it affects the wide areas really badly."
Thistle's home game against Aberdeen was postponed on Friday and an away match against Hearts at Tynecastle had also been called off the week before.
"It's shown with the players in the last couple of days, especially that they're desperate for a game," Archibald told BBC Scotland. "It's been really frustrating."
The Jags are currently level on points with 11th-placed Kilmarnock but have played four fewer games.
Despite the Maryhill club looking into the positives and negatives of an artificial pitch before they were promoted to the top flight in 2013, Archibald stresses that it is not a subject they have revisited.
"I think they've got a place in the game, but we'd rather have grass pitches at the top level if we can," he said.
"It's the players that are important. If you ask any player, they'll always want grass. Any of ours certainly do."
Some managers and players have recently spoken out against artificial surfaces.
"We don't complain about it because we're used to it - we train on it for four or five months of the season," added Archibald.
"It's just been down to the weather this year. We only had one call-off last season.
"We've got an area of the pitch that we have to fix - there's a drainage problem.
"But hopefully, once we get that fixed, we'll just be the same as everybody else with a grass pitch."
Newport County Supporters Trust wants to acquire the club from the current owner, Les Scadding.
Interim chairman Tony Pring said fans had been asked to pledge money at a meeting on Thursday night.
The body advising the trust, Supporters Direct, has set the "very tight" but "necessary" deadline.
James Mathie, from Supporters Direct, said: "It is a very tight timescale but actually with the season started, people want clarity, is this going to happen or not.
"So, we need to stretch people, we need to push people and that's why we've set a deadline for the end of September."
BBC Wales understands the six-figure sum will go towards paying off debts and creditors, and providing working capital for the season.
There are currently 1,200 members of the trust but Supporters Direct believe the figure could rise to about 4,000.
Mr Mathie added: "We expect and hope some individuals will be able to put in significant amounts, which will make it easier for the community as a whole."
Earlier this week the club's manager, Terry Butcher, said he would be buying shares in the club.
However, the changes will only affect funds received from 1 July onwards.
The decision not to backdate the publication has been criticised by some political parties.
The Electoral Commission welcomed the move, but said it hoped to see legislation brought in to allow it to publish donations from 2014 onwards.
Stormont power-sharing deal 'remains achievable'
Unlike the rest of the UK, Stormont parties are not required to reveal who funds them.
Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Brokenshire said there was a consensus on a need for "greater transparency on political donations" in Northern Ireland.
"In line with the commitment set out in the Conservative Party's Northern Ireland manifesto for the General Election, I can confirm that I intend to bring forward legislation that will provide for the publication of all donations and loans received by Northern Ireland parties on or after the 1st of July 2017," he said.
The head of the Electoral Commission in Northern Ireland, Ann Watt, said: "While all reportable donations and loans received from 1 July 2017 will now be published by the commission, we would also like to see the necessary legislation put in place, as soon as possible, to allow us to publish details of donations and loans received since January 2014.
"Such a move will only help to further enhance today's positive announcement on future transparency."
Sinn Féin's northern leader Michelle O'Neill described Mr Brokenshire's announcement as "a very crass decision, which probably points to a side deal between the Tories and the DUP on political donations".
She said she was "100% behind transparency" but questioned the placing of the announcement in a statement about the Stormont talks.
"I really don't see the context in which that fitted in his statement today," Mrs O'Neill said.
The Alliance Party's, David Ford, accused Mr Brokenshire of offering "feeble excuses" for not making the publication retrospective.
"There are many questions as to why donations during the Brexit campaign, during the election campaigns of this year and the election campaign of last year are not fully transparent and open," he said.
"At a time when there is such deep cynicism in this society about the political process, his failure to address that issue properly can only enhance that suspicion and that cynicism.
"We need to see openness, we need to see full transparency and we need to see Parliament backdating that to January 1 2014."
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The yacht of David Romano, 57, and Michael Ashford, 42, both from Jersey, was boarded by the French authorities off Martinique in November.
The SY Hygeia of Halsa was found to contain a quarter of a tonne of cocaine with a street value of some £40m, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.
Romano received a 10-year jail sentence while Ashford got seven years.
The NCA said the men appeared before a judge at a court in Fort de France, Martinique, on Friday.
The SY Hygeia of Halsa, which had been about to embark on a transatlantic crossing, was intercepted as part of an operation involving the NCA, the Metropolitan Police and the French authorities.
The action was prompted by an NCA and Met Police investigation into a London-based organised crime group believed to be involved in the large-scale importation of drugs.
Hank Cole, the NCA's head of international operations, said: "Had we not intervened, these drugs would have ended up being sold on the streets of London."
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Police said the detained man, Moroccan Abdelmajid Touil, had arrived in Italy on a migrant boat in February.
His alleged role in the attack in Tunis has not been made clear.
Tourists from Germany, Poland, Italy and Spain were among those killed when gunmen opened fire at the Bardo museum in March.
They stormed the building and took hostages. Two of the gunmen - identified by the authorities as Yassine Laabidi and Hatem Khachnaoui - were killed by security forces.
Islamic State has previously said it was behind the raid.
It is alleged that 22-year-old Mr Touil "participated indirectly in the attack, supporting the ones who carried it out", the Associated Press news agency quotes a Tunisian official as saying.
It is not clear whether he was in Italy or Tunisia at the time.
The Italian authorities say that Mr Touil first came to their attention in February when he arrived in the country illegally and he was told to leave.
In the days after the attack, Tunisian authorities arrested a number of people.
At the end of March, they claimed to have killed the alleged leader of the assault, Lokman Abu Sakhra.
Sally Adey, from the UK, was one of those killed. She was on an excursion from a cruise ship with her husband Robert who survived the attack.
The corridors of the Lords are humming with rumour about the prospect that next week peers will be invited to strike down the government's tax credit cuts. And today it was reported that the government would hit back by either "suspending" the House of Lords or by creating yet more Conservative peers to give it a better chance of getting its measures through.
I'm not sure any government has the power to simply "suspend" a whole house of Parliament, although generations of infuriated ministers have probably wanted to. One Labour source dismissed it as a combination of "jumping the shark while throwing toys out of the pram." But that threat, reported from an unnamed source, by a reputable journalist, indicates just how alarmed ministers must be at the prospect of a Lords defeat that could throw their entire spending strategy into chaos.
That defeat is only possible because the changes are being approved through a Statutory Instrument, rather than through the more normal route of a finance bill. Not since HH Asquith faced down the Lords, in an epic constitutional crisis, a century ago, have peers dared to meddle with financial legislation. Indeed the mere words "financial privilege" are normally enough to persuade peers to keep to their appointed limits. But the same rules don't apply to SIs, so the cross party group around the anti-poverty campaigner Baroness Meacher, a Crossbencher, poses a serious threat, if they did put down a "fatal motion."
The exact terms of the motion are being finalised at the moment and will probably appear on the Lords order paper on Thursday, and a fatal or very strong regret, if pushed to a vote on Monday, would have a very strong chance of being passed.
But the terms of the motion will be crucial, a mere "regret" motion , which simply signifies peers' regret at the changes, would not trigger further Commons consideration, and so, from the point of view of the hardliners, which includes Lib Dem peers, who will be whipped to support a fatal motion, it would be completely ineffective. The only exception would be some kind of "sunrise motion" which would prevent the SI taking effect until some condition was met.
There are now quite a few voices urging caution, precisely because striking down this SI would be close to a declaration of war and would probably force the government to rush through emergency legislation, which would cost time and political capital, forcing ministers to revisit a very difficult issue at some length, and perhaps to offer concessions to those of their MPs who're unhappy, like James Cartlidge or Stephen McPartland.
There may, perhaps, have been two fatal motions against unamendable SIs in the last 30 years and none on an issue of anything approaching this magnitude. "Meacher's got to be stopped," one Labour peer, an ex-minister, told me. He expects ministers to move fast to clip their Lordships' wings if it is passed, perhaps by creating enough peers to give the Government effective control of the House, which would mean hundreds.
But they might not stop there, and could follow up with explicit curbs on the powers of the Lords in legislation although that might, as Nick Clegg discovered with his House of Lords Reform Bill, become bogged down in the Commons, and might require the blunt instrument of the Parliament Act to force into law, and take up two years in the process.
The move puts the country in stark contrast with US and UK officials, who have argued agencies need such access to fight terrorism.
The Netherlands began reviewing its policies after the recent Paris terrorist attacks.
But this week it said "restrictive" measures would put citizens at risk.
Encryption is a way of protecting communications or data so that it is incomprehensible without the correct passcode or key.
Advocates say it protects users by preventing criminals and spies from prying into private conversations.
But security agencies have said they struggled to bypass encrypted messaging platforms used by groups such as so-called Islamic State to plan attacks.
"We are not some kind of maniacs who are ideologues against encryption," FBI director James Comey said in November:
"But we have a problem that encryption is crashing into public safety and we have to figure out, as people who care about both, how to resolve it."
In a letter published this week, the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice concluded there were arguments for and against "strong encryption".
However, it said allowing law enforcers to access protected data would make digital systems vulnerable to "criminals, terrorists and foreign intelligence services".
"This would have undesirable consequences for the security of information stored and communicated and the integrity of ICT systems, which are increasingly of importance for the functioning of the society," it added.
Despite objections from the FBI, the White House has dropped plans to force tech firms to share encrypted data.
But the UK government hopes to secure such powers through its Draft Investigatory Powers Bill - referred to by some as the Snooper's Charter.
The bill also includes a stipulation that internet and phone companies keep records of every website, app and service to which a computer connects.
The proposals have met with fierce resistance from privacy advocates and tech firms.
Some fear it will legitimise the mass surveillance programmes of the US and UK security agencies uncovered by whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013.
In December, Apple told a parliamentary select committee scrutinising the bill that "in this rapidly evolving cyber-threat environment, companies should remain free to implement strong encryption to protect customers".
And this week, William Binney, ex-technical director of the US National Security Agency, said the bill would be "totalitarian" and "cost lives".
"It is 99% useless," he said in a letter sent to MPs.
"Who wants to know everyone who has ever looked at Google or the BBC? We have known for decades that that swamps [security agency] analysts."
Andrew Batten, 42, died after being punched by a man at a taxi rank in Vicar Lane, Leeds, on 13 October 1995.
Detectives have now released several images of people they want to talk to in connection with the investigation.
Det Ch Insp Jim Dunkerley said: "We believe that the answer of who was responsible probably still lies locally."
Vanessa Batten, Mr Batten's sister, said: "There is someone out there that can bring closure to the surviving members of this family.
"The people involved that night have enjoyed 20 years of life that Andrew was denied."
The "aching of his loss still cripples me", she said.
Mr Batten, who lived in Beeston, had gone out after finishing work and was still wearing his Royal Mail uniform, police said.
He was found on the pavement by an ambulance crew after an anonymous call and was taken to Leeds General Infirmary with a fractured skull. He died two days later.
He was believed to have been punched by a man, who was with a woman, in the taxi queue at the rear of the Victoria Quarter, said police.
The CCTV images are from Albion Street and Briggate
The force urged anyone with information to come forward.
The Caribbean island is 50 years old on 30 November - more to the point, it's 50 years since it gained independence from the UK.
There are a few things you may already know about this island of a little more than 280,000 people: it was a centre of sugar production, has produced numerous world class cricketers, and is the birthplace of iconic pop star Rihanna.
So as Barbados celebrates its golden year of independence, here are some more facts that you may not know about the island.
Due to its past colonial ties with the UK, Barbados is often referred to as Little England. You'd be forgiven for thinking you were wandering around England too (hot climate aside), especially with place names such as Hastings, Worthing, and Dover.
But it's not just place names that are left over from British colonial rule - Barbados has also kept the British judicial and education systems.
The predominant faith is Anglican, and Bajans, as Barbadians are colloquially known, drive on the left side of the road.
Errol Barrow is the man who became Barbados' first prime minister in 1966 and is known as the Father of Independence.
The date of his birth, 21 January, is a public holiday in Barbados and he is one of 10 Barbadian National Heroes.
(Another little fact for you: he shares a birthday with the first African-American US Attorney General, Eric Holder, whose father was born in Barbados; Mr Holder also narrates a new documentary film about Mr Barrow's life.)
Also, US politician Shirley Chisholm, who was of Barbadian descent, was the first black woman to run for president of the United States in 1972.
Bridgetown and its Garrison is a Unesco World Heritage site, stemming back to the 17th Century. The garrison served as the Eastern Caribbean headquarters of the British Army and Navy.
On Independence Day in 1966, the garrison was the site chosen for the ceremony of the lowering of the British flag and the raising of the new Barbados flag that has, at its centre, the Broken Trident that signifies the break from British rule.
Barbados is an island of "long-livers" having a high number of people over 100 years old. Per capita, it has the second highest number of centenarians in the world behind Japan.
Sugar used to be the dominant industry in Barbados, producing over 200,000 tonnes a year, compared to today's figure of just 7,000 tonnes.
So it makes sense that Barbados is the birthplace of rum (though some neighbouring islands may disagree), first producing the spirit in 1703. There are more than 1,000 rum shops, similar to pubs or bars, all around the island.
Bajans also enjoy pudding and souse, made of sweet potato and pickled pork, particularly on Saturdays.
Popular sounds that can be heard on the island are calypso and soca. Some of the best-known artists paid tribute to their country in the 50th anniversary song Our Home Barbados (Legends to Legacy).
The Crop Over festival is held every summer, traditionally heralding the end of the sugar cane harvest. Islanders and visitors watch carnival costume and song contests, and take part in parades and street parties.
Writers from the island who have made their mark include George Lamming author of 'In the Castle of My Skin', Kamau Brathwaite and Karen Lord.
And green-fingered Barbadians seem to have the knack when it comes to horticultural competitions - they are regular gold award winners at the annual Chelsea Flower Show in the UK.
Cricket is the national sport and Barbados has produced a host of legends, along with the late commentator Tony Cozier.
The 3Ws of Frank Worrell, Clyde Walcott, and Everton Weekes; the openers Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes; and the fast bowlers Wes Hall, Charlie Griffith, Joel Garner, and Malcolm Marshall, to name a few, all hail from Barbados.
One of the most revered Barbadian cricketers is all-rounder Sir Garfield "Garry" Sobers, who is also the only living national hero, having celebrated his 80th birthday this year.
Sprinter Obadele Thompson was the first Barbadian to win an individual Olympic medal having achieved bronze in the men's 100 metres at the 2000 Games.
Oh, and if it wasn't enough for Barbados to have excelled in sport, it has invented one too - road tennis is a mixture of table tennis and lawn tennis.
So da's all fuh now - I gawn yuh hear?!
(I'm sure you can work out that it means: So that's all for now - I'm going OK?!)
About 5,000 homes are at risk of closure because they carry too much debt and do not make enough profit to cover loan repayments.
On average, care homes make £17,647 in profit before tax, the research found.
The Department of Health said it was working to make sure care providers had "strong contingency plans".
The research, carried out for Radio 4's You and Yours programme by business risk analysts, found individual care homes were borrowing about 61% of the value of the business on average - a figure that amounted to £4bn across the industry.
There are 20,000 care homes in the UK, which are operated by 5,871 individual owners who make, on average, about £60,000 profit as operators.
Business risk adviser Nick Hood, from Opus Business Services, said the figures made investment difficult.
He added: "It leaves a very small pot to encourage people to stay in this market and run care homes and to invest in them and to create the extra capacity that we all know this market is going to need as the baby boomers get old and need to go into care."
Much of the funding for care homes comes from private equity firms and US real estate companies, but You and Yours reporter Samantha Fenwick - who looked at the issue for the programme - said there was concern these investors would want big and quick returns on their investments.
She said the profitability of care homes had also been hit by rising costs, including the new national living wage of £7.20.
John Strowbridge, managing director of Avery Health Care Group, which operates 47 care homes across England, said the new living wage was costing it an additional £2m a year.
He also said the fees provided to operators to care for local authority residents were often not enough to match care costs.
Mr Strowbridge added: "And if it continues, as it will do with the national living wage into next year and the year after, the number of local authority clients that care homes can admit across the country, not just Northamptonshire, will continue to be reduced in everybody's care homes, because you just cannot afford to take local authority clients anymore."
Nadra Ahmed, chairwoman of the National Care Association, which represents care providers, said: "What we're actually finding is we are in that very difficult situation where responsible providers are going to think to themselves, 'I can't do this very well, I may as well come out of it' and I think that's the worry that we have."
The Department of Health said it recognised some care providers were "finding the current market challenging".
A spokeswoman said: "No-one will be left without care if a home closes.
"Following the failure of Southern Cross, we empowered the Care Quality Commission [independent regulator for England] to monitor the finances of the largest care providers and to provide early warning of likely insolvencies so we can better protect vulnerable people who use their services."
There will be more on this story on You and Yours at 12:15 BST on Wednesday on BBC Radio Four.
A voice resembling that of Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland refers to the EU using a graphic swear word, in a conversation apparently with the US ambassador to Ukraine.
The US said Ms Nuland had "apologised for these reported comments".
The EU and US are involved in talks to end months of unrest in Ukraine.
Read a transcript of the call
Mass anti-government protests erupted in Ukraine in late November after President Viktor Yanukovych refused to sign a far-reaching association and trade agreement with the EU - under heavy pressure from Moscow.
Russia has been widely accused of intervening in Ukraine, using its economic clout to persuade Mr Yanukovych to abandon closer ties with Brussels.
Russia has itself accused Washington and the EU of meddling in Ukraine.
The alleged conversation between Ms Nuland and the US ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, appeared on YouTube on Thursday.
The 4min 10sec video was entitled "Maidan's puppets" in Russian - a reference to the square in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, where pro-EU protests have been held for months. A transcription of the whole conversation was also posted in Russian.
At one point, the female speaker mentions the UN and its possible role in trying to find a solution to the Ukraine stand-off.
She says: "So that would be great, I think, to help glue this thing and have the UN help glue it and you know..." she then uses the graphic swear word about the EU.
The male replies: "We've got to do something to make it stick together, because you can be pretty sure that if it does start to gain altitude the Russians will be working behind the scenes to try to torpedo it."
The two officials also discuss frankly the merits of the three main Ukrainian opposition leaders - Vitaly Klitschko, Arseniy Yatseniuk and Oleh Tyahnybok.
21 November 2013: Ukraine announces it will not sign a deal aimed at strengthening ties with the EU, sparking protests
17 December: Russia agrees to buy $15bn of Ukrainian government bonds and slash the price of gas it sells to the country
16 January 2014: Parliament passes law restricting the right to protest
22 January: Two protesters die from bullet wounds during clashes with police in Kiev; protests spread across many cities
25 January: President Yanukovych offers senior jobs to the opposition, including that of prime minister, but these are rejected
28 January: Parliament votes to annul protest law and President Yanukovych accepts resignation of PM and cabinet
29 January: Parliament passes amnesty law for detained protesters, under the condition occupied buildings are vacated
Ukraine's protest leaders
Q&A: Stand-off in Ukraine
The female speaker says that Mr Klitschko, the former heavyweight boxing world champion, should not be in any new government. "I don't think it's a good idea."
She adds: "I think Yats (Arseniy Yatseniuk) is the guy who's got the economic experience."
US officials refused to confirm or deny the tape's authenticity, but state department spokeswoman Jan Psaki said: "I didn't say it was inauthentic."
Ms Psaki said Ms Nuland had "been in contact with her EU counterparts and of course has apologised for these reported comments".
An EU official told the BBC: "The EU is engaged in helping the people of Ukraine through the current political crisis. We don't comment on alleged leaked telephone conversations."
Ms Psaki also played down the comments about Ukraine's opposition, saying: "It shouldn't be a surprise that at any points there have been discussions about recent events and offers and what is happening on the ground."
Ms Psaki hinted that the tape could have been leaked by Moscow, pointing out that a senior Russian official was one of the first to draw attention to the audio.
She said: "We think this is a new low in Russian trade-craft. This is something they've been actively promoting, posting on, tweeting about."
White House spokesman Jay Carney added: "I would say that since the video was first noted and tweeted out by the Russian government, I think it says something about Russia's role."
Earlier on Thursday, a senior aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Washington of interfering in Ukraine's domestic affairs.
Sergei Glazyev said the US was spending $20m (£12.3m; 14.8m euros) a week on Ukrainian opposition groups, supplying "rebels" with arms among other things.
And he suggested that Moscow could also intervene.
Mr Yanukovych held talks in Kiev with Ms Nuland on Thursday, at which he said he favoured dialogue and compromise with the opposition.
The Ukrainian leader is to meet President Putin on Friday on the sidelines of the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Moscow has promised a $15bn (£9.2bn) loan to Ukraine but said it would not be released in full until the formation of a new government in Kiev.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and his cabinet resigned last month as President Yanukovych sought to calm street protests.
Also in Kiev, thousands of Ukrainian opposition activists, some carrying shields and baseball bats, marched from their camp on Independence (Maidan) Square to parliament in a show of force.
They came close to government supporters who are camped next to parliament behind barricades manned by hundreds of police, but the march passed off peacefully.
Ronaldo had scored twice in his six La Liga matches before the Alaves game, in which he also missed a penalty.
"Cristiano is fine. Perhaps he was a bit angry before because forwards live to score goals," said left-back Marcelo, who was captain on Saturday.
"He's happy with the goals but more so with the three points."
Coach Zinedine Zidane said: "It's great that Cristiano Ronaldo scored, and that he did so three times is even better. We are happy with his performance.
"We are always going to ask that he scores goals but he was good in every aspect. Let's hope it stays that way. He has a lot of patience and showed today that with hard work anything is possible."
Real are top of La Liga, two points above Barcelona and another clear of Atletico Madrid and Sevilla.
Goals from Kyle Bennett, Michael Doyle and a Matt Pearson own goal gave Pompey a 3-1 win in the League two match - their third victory in four games.
Portsmouth have lost only one of their last seven matches and are six points behind third-placed Plymouth.
"The first half was probably the best performance we have had in relation to the magnitude of the game," said Cook.
"We absolutely dominated a team that have been excellent at home," he told BBC Radio Solent.
"We took a lot of criticism at Barnet away and we have taken that criticism properly - we have stood up like men."
Portsmouth, who are now fourth in the division, host Newport at Fratton Park on Saturday.
Economy and Transport Minister Edwina Hart said attracting more visitors to places of worship and other sacred sites would give tourism a competitive edge.
But she said increasing the £12m UK tourists already spend visiting faith venues would be difficult.
It comes as the government launched its Faith Tourism Action Plan.
Mrs Hart said the plan sets out a "challenging vision for exploiting the full potential of Wales places of worship".
It said places of worship are already amongst the most visited attractions in Wales.
Visit Wales figures showed tourists from across the UK spent £12m while visiting such venues in Wales in 2012.
St Davids Cathedral - 262,000 visitors
Norwegian Church, Cardiff Bay - 148,547
Brecon Cathedral and Heritage Centre - 120,000
Tintern Abbey - 69,631
Llandaff Cathedral - 40,372
But the Welsh government said improving that figure would be hard because many places of worship are closed or appear closed to visitors; there is no coherence between faith tourism projects and no organisation adequately funded to promote it.
The faith action plan, which was launched at St Asaph Cathedral in Denbighshire, is part of the government's wider tourism strategy.
"This is the first action plan of its kind in the UK with a specific focus on faith tourism," Mrs Hart said.
"Some of Wales' places of worship are truly iconic and attract huge numbers of visitors every year. This action plan will not only focus on the iconic sites.
"Churches and chapels have a presence in every community and the activities within Wales' places of worship have helped shape its language, culture and way of life. Temples of all religions, holy sites and pilgrim trails also have their place."
One element of the action plan is to develop a pilgrims' walking trail across south Wales to the cathedral.
St Asaph Cathedral was chosen as the site for the launch of the action plan, which was welcomed by the Bishop of St Asaph, the Right Reverend Gregory Cameron.
"Across this diocese we have holy sites and ancient places of worship which have been visited by pilgrims for generations and this initiative is a new opportunity to share our rich Christian heritage with locals and tourists alike," he said.
A working group has been set up in order to achieve the objectives of the plan and their work will focus on promoting faith tourism, help tourism businesses to make the most of faith tourism.
Twelve finalists for the Woman's Hour Craft Prize will have their work exhibited at London's V&A Museum, with a planned touring exhibition to follow.
The winner, to be announced in November 2017, will be awarded £10,000.
Woman's Hour editor Alice Feinstein said the show wanted to highlight "exceptional craft makers".
She added: "We plan to support innovation, explore the history and variety of crafting practices and, of course, to celebrate the everyday creativity of our listeners.
"We are delighted to be working with The Crafts Council and the V&A to run a prize in 2017."
Presenters Jenni Murray and Jane Garvey announced the new prize during the 70th anniversary edition of the show on Monday.
Work in ceramics, metal, textiles, jewellery, glass and wood will be among those considered by the judges.
Bill Sherman, director of collections and research at the V&A, said craft had "always been at the core of the V&A's purpose".
He added: "There is currently an immense fascination with materiality and process in art, which chimes with the values of craft, and the idea of making holds huge popular appeal."
Crafts Council executive director Rosy Greenlees said British craftsmanship was "revered around the world".
She added: "It is incredibly timely to be launching this prestigious new Woman's Hour Craft Prize to recognise the creativity and calibre of British craft."
More details on how to enter can be found on the Woman's Hour website.
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Five people were also arrested in the brawl in Melton Mowbray's High Street on Saturday night.
Oakham Police tweeted it had "all gone a little wrong in #Melton youngsters party", adding "cops from all over" had been called in.
A special constable and a full-time officer were both hurt but their injuries were not serious.
Leicestershire Police Chief Constable Simon Cole tweeted that the attack on the officer was "#unacceptable".
More on this story and other news in Leicestershire
Police said a "private under 18s" party had been held nearby.
The special constable injured her shoulder while trying to make an arrest in the fight, which broke out at about 23:10 GMT. The other officer hurt his wrist.
A 19-year-old girl was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an officer, two 17-year-old boys and a 16-year-old were arrested suspicion of breaching public order and a 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of assault.
All have been bailed or dealt with by way of "a community resolution", police said.
Ben Reeves and Kieran Agard were on target as the visitors punished defensive errors either side of half-time.
Dons forced an early save as Ryan Colclough cut inside from the left and tested keeper Connor Ripley with an angled shot.
Oldham almost struck when Freddie Ladapo let fly from 18 yards, but keeper David Martin tipped smartly over the bar.
Ripley was at fault for the opening goal after 36 minutes as he allowed a 25-yard shot by Reeves to squirm through his dive and trickle over the line.
The home side came close to netting an equaliser just after half-time when Peter Clarke's overhead kick came back off the bar.
Dons doubled their lead 10 minutes after the break as Samir Carruthers whipped in a left-wing free-kick and Agard glanced in from eight yards.
It could have been worse for Oldham - who have scored just twice in six home games - but Agard hammered a good chance against the bar.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Oldham Athletic 0, MK Dons 2.
Second Half ends, Oldham Athletic 0, MK Dons 2.
Delay in match Paul Green (Oldham Athletic) because of an injury.
Foul by Ryan Flynn (Oldham Athletic).
Dean Lewington (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, MK Dons. Ed Upson replaces Ryan Colclough.
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Samir Carruthers.
Attempt saved. Cameron Burgess (Oldham Athletic) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Paul Green (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dean Lewington (MK Dons).
Attempt saved. Ryan Colclough (MK Dons) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Paul Green (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ryan Colclough (MK Dons).
Darius Osei (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by George B Williams (MK Dons).
Ryan Flynn (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nicky Maynard (MK Dons).
Foul by Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic).
Darren Potter (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Paul Green (Oldham Athletic).
Kieran Agard (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Peter Clarke (Oldham Athletic).
(MK Dons) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Ryan McLaughlin (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kieran Agard (MK Dons).
Substitution, MK Dons. Dean Bowditch replaces Ben Reeves.
Attempt missed. Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Kieran Agard (MK Dons) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
Attempt missed. Ben Reeves (MK Dons) left footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left.
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Darius Osei replaces Freddie Ladapo.
Ryan Flynn (Oldham Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ryan Flynn (Oldham Athletic).
Samir Carruthers (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Cameron Burgess (Oldham Athletic) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Joe Walsh (MK Dons).
Attempt missed. Nicky Maynard (MK Dons) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Darren Potter (MK Dons) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ryan Flynn (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Darren Potter (MK Dons).
The figure represents an increase of 18% on the previous year.
The biggest rise was in car insurance. The number of dishonest motor claims rose by 34% to 59,900, attempting to cheat the industry out of £811m.
The ABI said fraud was now costing each household in the UK an extra £50 a year, through increased premiums.
So-called "crash for cash" car insurance scams helped to contribute to the record figures.
That is when fraudsters stage a car crash, for example by slamming their brakes on at a road junction, often having disabled the brake lights.
An unsuspecting motorist then crashes into the back of the first car.
The fraudsters have witnesses on hand to show that the crash was the other driver's fault, enabling them to make an insurance claim for the damage, as well as whiplash injuries.
In one case in County Durham last year, 60 people were convicted for one of the UK's largest "crash for cash" frauds.
As many as 25 accidents were staged in the Consett area, and resulted in local residents having to pay an extra £100 on their premiums.
In other cases a professional golfer claimed £8,000 for an injured knee, but was later filmed giving golf lessons.
A vet was also jailed for trying to claim £200,000 in connection with the "treatment" of non-existent pets.
However, while the value of attempted fraud went up, the number of fraudulent claims overall went down.
The scale of property insurance fraud also fell - down 38% by value on 2012.
The ABI says the recorded level of insurance fraud is increasing because more people are reporting it and more resources are being used to fight it.
The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department, a specialist police unit, has helped to prosecute 85 people since it was established in 2011.
The industry also funds the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB), which was set up in 2006 to specifically tackle false motor policy claims.
It is currently investigating 110 "crash for cash" schemes across the country.
Malcolm Tarling of the ABI told BBC Radio 4's Today programme insurers were getting better at detecting fraudulent claims.
But he added: "Everyone pays for fraud. We estimate that across the country fraud adds £50 a year to the average family's insurance bill - that's £50 more than people should be paying.
"This is why the industry is investing over £230m a year in tackling fraud.
"The number of detected frauds is rising; that's because we are getting better at detecting staged accidents. We are going to continue to tackle fraud - that's what our honest customers expect us to do."
Aydin Sefa Akay is part of a panel of UN judges reviewing the case of a former Rwandan minister convicted of involvement in the 1994 genocide.
The UN's Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals said Mr Akay was protected by diplomatic immunity.
Turkey has ignored past requests for his release.
The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) ordered Ankara to release Judge Akay by 14 February and end all legal proceedings against him.
It cited a UN Security Council resolution requiring states to comply with its orders, which it said were legally binding.
Mr Akay was among tens of thousands of officials detained by the Turkish government after the bloody coup attempt last July, which it blamed on followers of exiled Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen.
Mr Gulen, who leads a mass movement in Turkey, has denied being involved.
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The MICT said that replacing Judge Akay, who has been detained since September, would have a "chilling effect" on judicial independence because it would allow a state to interfere in the conduct of a case.
"Diplomatic immunity is a cornerstone of an independent international judiciary," MICT President Theodor Meron said.
Mr Akay is involved in reviewing the 30-year sentence given to Augustin Ngirabatware, a former Rwandan planning minister, by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
His lawyers asked for the review based on new evidence.
Turkey was initially a strong backer of international courts set up in the 1990s to prosecute serious crimes committed during the Yugoslav wars and Rwandan Genocide, but it has shifted its stance to a more unilateral approach under current nationalist leader President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Ryan Collins, 36, pleaded guilty to the charges in May.
He had stolen the usernames and passwords of more than 600 people.
Collins tricked his victims - including actresses Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Scarlett Johansson, and Kirsten Dunst - by sending emails appearing be from Google or Apple.
Collins was charged with accessing the photos between 2012 and 2014, in a case known as "celebgate". But was not charged with releasing them.
A statement by prosecutors said: "Investigators have not uncovered any evidence linking Collins to the actual leaks or that Collins shared or uploaded the information he obtained."
Collins accessed at least 50 iCloud accounts and 72 Gmail accounts.
Court filings said he had used fraudulent email addresses designed to look like security accounts from service providers, including [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected].
Collins was originally charged in Los Angeles, but sentenced in Pennsylvania, his home state.
The fifth woman was shot and wounded in the city of Peshawar in the north-west and later died of her injuries.
A UN-backed programme to eradicate polio - which is endemic in Pakistan - has been suspended in Karachi.
No group has said it carried out the shootings, but the Taliban have issued threats against the polio drive.
"These were pre-planned and co-ordinated attacks in various localities which took place within a span of 20 minutes," Imran Javed, a police spokesman told the BBC of Tuesday's attacks in Karachi.
Earlier reports said a male health worker had been shot dead in Karachi on Monday, but officials now say his death was not related to the polio vaccination drive.
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has condemned the attacks and praised the work of the polio vaccination teams, calling on regional authorities to guarantee their safety, Pakistan's APP news agency reported.
Pakistani health officials said the latest three-day nationwide anti-polio drive - during which an estimated 5.2 million polio drops were to be administered - had been suspended in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city with a population of 18 million.
Source: IMB
There has been opposition to such immunisation drives in parts of Pakistan, particularly after a fake CIA hepatitis vaccination campaign helped to locate Osama Bin Laden in 2011.
Militants have kidnapped and killed foreign NGO workers in the past in an attempt to halt the immunisation drives, which they say are part of efforts to spy on them.
However, the Pakistani government "would continue to mount its effort on polio eradication," Mr Ashraf's special adviser Shahnaz Wazir Ali told the BBC.
By M Ilyas KhanBBC News, Islamabad
The price of polio prevention
Mrs Ali said protection would be provided to workers, and campaigns would be staggered if necessary.
"Clearly, we are now so close to eradicating the polio virus,... acts of this type, which are intended to dissuade us, will not deter us," she said.
Along with Afghanistan and Nigeria, Pakistan is one of only three countries where polio is still endemic.
Pakistan is considered the key battleground in the global fight against the disease, which attacks the nervous system and can cause permanent paralysis within hours of infection.
Almost 200 children were paralysed in the country in 2011 - the worst figures in 15 years.
Earlier this year, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative warned that tackling the disease had entered "emergency mode" after "explosive" outbreaks in countries previously free of polio.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said polio was at a tipping point, with experts fearing it could "come back with a vengeance" after large outbreaks in Africa and Tajikistan and China's first recorded cases for more than a decade.
Declaring polio a national emergency, the Pakistani government is targeting 33 million children for vaccination with some 88,000 health workers delivering vaccination drops.
Dr Bruce Aylward of the WHO told the BBC that vaccination programmes had been suspended in other countries before but that "when you're dealing with something as basic as the health of children, usually there can be common ground found".
Dr Aylward said he hoped for a "dialogue with community leaders who have positions of power to ensure root causes of this are being addressed and the perpetrators are brought to justice".
His lawyers say he was 14 when found guilty and his confession was extracted by torture, but officials say there is no proof he was a minor when convicted.
He met his family one last time before midnight, then was hanged shortly before dawn at a jail in Karachi.
Legal challenges saw his execution postponed four times this year.
But despite the postponements, legal challenges and intense lobbying, all his appeals for mercy were ultimately turned down.
The Pakistani government scrapped a moratorium on capital punishment in the aftermath of an attack on a school in Peshawar in December last years in which more than 150 school pupils and teachers were killed by the Taliban.
How Pakistan is reacting: Shahzeb Jillani, BBC News, Karachi
Pakistan is a country where most people support capital punishment. It is often justified as an essential part of the Islamic principle of "an eye for an eye".
Many believe justice has been served and a child-killer hanged.
The campaign by global human rights groups like Reprieve and Amnesty International helped delay the execution four times this year. But here in Pakistan it was also seen as an attempt by "Western NGOs" to try to save one man from the thousands on death row.
In the end, Pakistan's top judges and elected leadership stood their ground.
For Pakistan's civil rights activists, however, this case exemplifies all that ails the legal system. The execution is seen as a sad day for a flawed and inefficient judicial system.
It's a deeper institutional problem that governments have failed to fix, focusing instead on rushing alleged criminals through faulty trials and executions.
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Since then, authorities have hanged about 200 convicts in jails across the country.
Pakistan has the world's largest number of death row inmates, with more than 8,000 people reported to be awaiting execution and it is on course to have one of the highest rates of executions in the world.
Reprieve has argued that Pakistan's legal system failed Shafqat Hussain at every turn and that his case has not been properly investigated.
"The government's decision to push ahead with the execution despite calls to halt it from across Pakistan and around the world seems to have been more a show of political power than anything to do with justice," the group said in a statement shortly after the execution.
But Pakistan's government believes Hussain was 23 when found guilty, and courts dismissed petitions seeking verification of his age.
Critics say it means the Premier League club will get their new home virtually rent free.
West Ham won the bid to occupy the stadium, which was built for the London 2012 Olympics, and are expected to move from their Upton Park ground in August 2016.
The public authority that owns the stadium, the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), has revealed some details of its rental agreement with the club in response to a Freedom of Information request.
Much of the contract between LLDC and West Ham, which has been seen by the BBC, is redacted.
But it does show that a large number of "facilities and services" will be paid for by the grantor - ie the taxpayer - and not the club.
These include the cost of stadium utilities, security, maintaining the pitch, and even the goalposts and corner flags.
The BBC understands other overheads that could also be paid by the LLDC include the cost of stewarding and policing on match days, which amounts to many hundreds of thousands of pounds for other Premier League clubs.
Two separate football business experts told the BBC the value of the services amounts to between £1.4m and £2.5m a year.
West Ham, who received more than £76m in prize money for finishing 12th in the Premier League last season, are understood to be paying approximately £2m to £2.5m a year in rent.
Chris Bryant, Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, called on the government to publish all the details of the deal or he will join calls for a full public inquiry.
"To all intents and purposes, this is a contract which gives West Ham the stadium at a peppercorn rent at most or, to be honest, for no rent whatsoever," Bryant told the BBC.
"The question is, if we were able to see the fuller facts and figures, which I think we should, would we be even more angry?"
West Ham said: "Without us the stadium would lose money. The suggestion we are getting the stadium rent free is categorically wrong - we are more than paying our way.
"Our agreement with the LLDC will see West Ham make a substantial capital contribution towards the conversion works of a stadium on top of a multi-million pound annual usage fee, a share of food and catering sales, plus provide extra value to the naming rights agreement.
"Our presence underwrites the multi-use legacy of the stadium and our contribution alone will pay back more than the cost of building and converting the stadium over the course of our tenancy."
The LLDC has not disclosed all the details of its agreement with West Ham.
It says it is restricted by financial confidentiality because of commercially sensitive figures, much to the frustration of those who feel the full terms should be revealed in the public interest.
Bryant said: "We're talking about such enormous sums of money that I think most British taxpayers would want to know what the deal was that was signed on their behalf, and that's the first hurdle that the government has got to cross.
"If it doesn't come through then I think the demands for a full public inquiry will grow and that's the point at which I'll start to want to join in those."
When the final bill for the reconstruction of the stadium was revealed in June, West Ham's contribution of £15m towards the £272m conversion costs already looked like a bargain for the club - especially at a time when Premier League clubs are about to benefit from a record £5.1bn TV rights contract.
But they now appear to be getting an even better deal, raising serious questions over the way the stadium was used after London 2012, and whether there should be more transparency over the arrangement.
Barry Hearn, chairman of Leyton Orient when they dropped a three-year long legal challenge in 2014 against West Ham's move to the Olympic Stadium, said: "This is about the Olympic Stadium which has now been effectively transferred to a commercial enterprise for virtually nothing. Something doesn't smell right.
"It doesn't take a genius to work out, in today's world of Premiership football, that [the running costs] actually come to more than £2.5m a year."
That West Ham will not be paying those costs themselves is in contrast to the situation at Manchester City, who pay all their overheads - on top of rent of about £4m a year agreed with Manchester City Council - for the Etihad Stadium, which was also initially funded by taxpayers for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
It has been reported that Chelsea and Tottenham may have to pay between £11m and £15m a year to play at Wembley if they temporarily use the national stadium while they redevelop their grounds.
The City of Manchester Stadium was always designed with football in mind as the sole post-Commonwealth Games use for the venue. That meant it cost £42m to convert, compared to the £272m bill that the Olympic Stadium's conversion has required - £35m over budget.
"They built the wrong stadium," Hearn said.
Asked why a multi-use stadium was not designed and built in the beginning, LLDC chief executive David Goldstone said: "I think that wasn't possible at the time.
"There wasn't an offer of a football tenant and, without football, it wouldn't have worked.
"It would have been a real leap to make that sort of decision, so I'm very happy those decisions that were made were the right ones.
"We can look forward now and say how can we best secure the long-term future so that it can be multi-use, it can pay its own way, and I think that's what we've done with this stadium."
The stadium was designed to be converted into a 25,000-seat athletics facility after the Olympics. However, it later became apparent that having a Premier League football club would be far more financially viable, with Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham left to fight it out as the two main bidders.
Spurs wanted to remove the running track, but that was seen as politically unacceptable when London's 2012 bid team had promised the International Olympic Committee that an athletics legacy would be maintained at the stadium.
West Ham were, therefore, seen as the only option, leaving them in a very strong bargaining position. The stadium then had to be converted for both football and athletics.
Bryant said: "It looks to me as if, because there was only ever one player that anybody was really interested in, that Boris Johnson (former chair of the LLDC) bent over backwards to accommodate them and West Ham ended up with a deal which is astoundingly good for them."
Exactly how good this "astounding" deal is remains unclear while so many pages of the published contract have been blacked out.
One of the key unknowns is how much money the taxpayer would receive as a 'claw-back' if West Ham were sold, at a profit, in the future.
While owners David Gold and David Sullivan insist West Ham is not for sale, they have expressed a desire to sell some shares and valued the club at £400m in December, four times its value when they arrived in 2010.
"It's highly likely that it will be sold to foreign investors," says Prof Simon Chadwick from Coventry University Business School. "If it's still in English ownership by 2020, I'll be very surprised."
West Ham's deal with the LLDC could come under scrutiny should a relevant party make a complaint to the European Commission, under EU competition law relating to 'state aid' contributions.
"State aid rules in Europe are there for a good reason, which is that no government should be giving financial advantage of whatever kind to one commercial player over another commercial player," Bryant explained.
"These are very real issues that are already affecting other football clubs in Europe.
"If it were subsequently proven that there had been illegal state aid provided to West Ham through this deal, then West Ham would end up having to pay back any potential financial advantage that might have accrued to them, which could run to the best part of half a billion."
However, Goldstone said: "I'm not losing sleep about whether somebody else is going to make a challenge into something that's already been looked at and considered and isn't being enquired into by the appropriate body any further.
"West Ham, I believe, have got a good deal, but we have got a really good solution to make sure that we bring billions of pounds of economic benefit into the area.
"We have an arrangement with West Ham where they pay a fee for using the stadium, effectively serviced, and that's the basic structure of the agreement."
The LLDC also points to the security gained by having an anchor tenant on a 99-year lease, and insists this will avoid the kind of 'white elephants' that blight Olympic parks in former host cities such as Barcelona, Athens and Beijing.
The stadium will only be given over to athletics for one month each year, but it will also host 10 annual community sports events, a new floodlit community running track and a training and education centre.
Boris Johnson declined a request to be interviewed by the BBC. However, a spokesperson for the London Major said: "The Olympic Stadium remains in public ownership and will be capable of hosting a variety of other events and sports.
"The mayor has secured long-term sustainable investment in order to protect an iconic stadium that Londoners took to their hearts, and which is now set to be home to almost every conceivable sport, concert or community event for decades to come.
"That has resulted in the creation of a venue that will drive and sustain thousands of jobs, contribute to over £3bn of wider economic benefit, where a share of the profits will be paid back into the taxpayers coffers and which provides a genuine Olympic legacy for London."
The Olympic Stadium: How the Hammers Struck Gold will be shown on BBC One London at 19:00 BST on Thursday, 6 August and available nationally on the BBC iPlayer shortly afterwards.
Jay Nava, 27, stabbed Natasha Wake 11 times in the chest and neck at her home in Bournemouth in October.
He then fell asleep beside her body, which he later hid in a cupboard.
A judge at Winchester Crown Court said Nava, from Plymouth, should serve a minimum of 21 years for his "frenzied and violent outburst".
The trial heard the pair had argued while drinking at Miss Wake's home in Harley Gardens on the evening of 1 October.
The dispute may have been provoked by her discovery that Nava had been investigated by the police for an alleged sexual assault on another woman, the jury was told.
Later a child in the house heard a "scream" and came downstairs to find Nava with a knife and Miss Wake lying on the floor covered by a blanket.
He told the girl it was a "game" and sent her to bed.
Nava told the jury he could not remember stabbing Miss Wake, but admitted he scrubbed the walls, wrapped the 26-year-old in a duvet and hid her in a cupboard.
The following morning Nava phoned his mother in Australia and confessed to the killing.
Later that day, police found the former Commando gunner at Hengistbury Head, Dorset, and resuscitated him when he attempted to take his own life as officers approached.
A defence psychiatrist told the jury Nava's ability to control his behaviour was "substantially impaired" by an "underlying narcissistic personality disorder".
In a victim impact statement read to the court, Miss Wake's mother, Shelley Powell, said she was "haunted by Natasha's last few moments".
Ms Powell said: "I knew her fears - that she would not live to see her children grow up."
Passing sentence, Judge Jane Miller QC said Miss Wake's family had seen her go from "infatuated to scared" of Nava because of his "controlling and jealous behaviour".
Adopting a sharper tone, Newt Gingrich said if rival Mitt Romney became the nominee, he would be laughed at by President Barack Obama in TV debates.
Ron Paul was forced to repudiate an ad endorsing him and suggesting Jon Huntsman had been brainwashed by China.
One of the contenders will challenge Barack Obama in November's election.
The candidates will meet for the first televised debate of 2012 on Saturday.
Primary votes will be held this month in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida which could well shape the race for the Republican nomination.
Primaries and caucuses will take place in every US state over the next few months before the eventual Republican candidate is crowned at the party convention in August.
By Paul AdamsBBC News, Concord, New Hampshire
As the candidate hoping his chances get a boost in the Granite State, Jon Huntsman can take a small measure of satisfaction from his strong finish in a student straw poll in Concord.
The former Utah governor finished way ahead of his rivals - including Ron Paul, who polls well among young voters - in the 2012 College Convention, which brings together students from across the country.
Huntsman says he does not expect to win in New Hampshire, merely to exceed expectations. With his latest poll numbers not even in double figures, he's left it very late to start moving the needle.
On Friday, Rick Santorum again clashed with students over gay rights, a reminder that, in the words of one college professor here, "this is not Iowa."
Mitt Romney is so far ahead in the polls in New Hampshire that he's barely appeared here since narrowly winning in Iowa, preferring to turn his attention to South Carolina.
That's causing some rancour in a state which prides itself on holding the first primary in the nation, but feels that it deserves a little more attention from the candidates.
Former Massachusetts Governor Romney, who was declared the winner of last week's Iowa caucuses, is the overwhelming favourite to win next Tuesday's contest in his political heartland of New Hampshire.
Two new polls released on Friday put him at about 20% above his closest rival in the small New England state, Texas Congressman Paul.
Mr Gingrich was in New Hampshire on Friday trying to breathe new life into his campaign after a disappointing fourth-place finish in Iowa.
He said that if Mr Romney was chosen as the eventual Republican nominee, President Obama would "laugh at him" in debates because of the similarities between Mr Obama's healthcare reforms and laws passed by Mr Romney while governor of Massachusetts.
But former House Speaker Gingrich was forced on the defensive by a row over racially charged comments he reportedly made.
When asked what he would say if invited to speak at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP], Mr Gingrich took the opportunity to attack Mr Obama's economic policies, calling him the "food stamp president".
"I'm prepared, if the NAACP invites me, I'll go to their convention and talk about why the African-American community should demand paychecks and not be satisfied with food stamps," Mr Gingrich said, in a remark that trickled out in blogs on Thursday.
NAACP President Benjamin Jealous hit back that the majority of Americans on food stamps were not black.
"It is a shame that the former Speaker feels that these types of inaccurate, divisive statements are in any way helpful to our country," Mr Jealous said.
Mr Gingrich said his comments had been subjected to "grotesque reinterpretation" and that he only meant that "every young American deserves a chance to have a job".
Another Republican candidate, Rick Santorum, was criticised last week over remarks he allegedly made about black people.
The former Pennsylvania senator was quoted as saying he did not want to "make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money".
Mr Santorum said his remarks had not been reported accurately.
On Friday, he risked the wrath of older voters by calling for immediate cuts to Social Security benefits.
"We can't wait 10 years," Mr Santorum said while campaigning in New Hampshire.
Meanwhile, Mr Huntsman - who served as US ambassador to China for nearly two years - expressed outrage over an ad posted online and portraying him as a supporter of China.
The ad, by a group calling itself NHLiberty4Paul, shows footage of Mr Huntsman with daughters Gracie, who was adopted from China, and Asha, adopted from India, when they were infants.
"American values. Or Chinese?" the ad asks to a soundtrack of Chinese music. It calls Mr Huntsman "the Manchurian Candidate" and ends with an image of him dressed as China's former communist leader Mao Zedong.
Mr Huntsman, who is trailing in most polls in the Republican race, said: "What I object to is bringing forward pictures and videos of my adopted daughters and suggesting there's something sinister there."
Ron Paul said: "I haven't looked at it, but I understand it's an ugly ad, and I've disavowed it. Obviously, it was way, way out order."
Most of the Republican candidates are focusing their efforts on the primary in South Carolina on 21 January.
Ceredigion council leader Ellen ap Gwynn told BBC Two's Who's Spending Britain's Billions? presenter Jacques Peretti and his crew "please get out of my room, the bloody lot of you".
PricewaterhouseCoopers was paid £2m to help make "£12m to £14m" in savings.
"I am apologising," she told a council meeting on Thursday.
Ms ap Gwynn responded to calls from fellow councillors to apologise after the leader of four years was accused of bringing Ceredigion council into disrepute.
Council chairman Dai Mason rejected suggestions to discuss Ms ap Gwynn's conduct in the full council meeting out of "fairness to those who haven't seen the programme" and because it was not on the agenda.
Ceredig Davies, leader of the opposition, said: "I will be asking the monitoring officer under our code of conduct to hold the leader of the council to account for bringing this council into disrepute."
Paul Hinge added: "This is disgusting. You are stopping democracy. This is stopping open and transparent council."
Ms Gwynn said she "had to respond" and outlined the council's challenge of saving £34m over four years following budget cuts which has meant the council losing "50% of our senior staff."
The leader reminded her council the decision to bring external consultants was agreed "by everyone in the chamber" and PwC won an open tender.
Ms Gwynn said she refused to answer BBC reporter Jacques Peretti's questions "on legal advice."
"I would challenge anyone of you not to lose your temper if you were pressed on the same point three times," she said.
"I do acknowledge that I lost my temper and I shouldn't have done so because I don't think I have ever done such a thing.
"But everybody has their failings. I am apologising to you and myself as I let myself down."
The BBC Two documentary investigated the activities of management consultants hired by Ceredigion, Powys, Pembrokeshire and Torfaen councils.
The investigation by Who's Spending Britain's Billions?, which emphasised the reluctance of local authorities to disclose fees paid due to "commercial confidentiality", claimed three Welsh councils paid PwC a total of £5m plus a percentage of the savings, which the programme claims is 16%.
A Welsh Local Government Association statement said: "WLGA supports the use of consultants where they add value and where there is a clear demonstrable business case to do so.
"Many councils are having to manage extraordinary levels of change and require specialist external support to help them deliver more for less.
"It would not be cost effective for the public sector (or any other organisation) to permanently retain such specialist capabilities."
O'Loughlin was shown the first red card of his career for a high shot on Chris Annakin near the end of a first half in which two Warriors men were sin-binned.
Wakefield, trailing 10-6 at the break, took an 18-10 lead in the second half.
But Wigan battled back and Lewis Tierney crossed in the corner in the final minute to win a bruising game.
A win for Wakefield - who won the reverse fixture 62-0 in April - would have guaranteed their place in the top eight and the chances of that increased when Max Jowitt collected Liam Finn's inside pass to score the first try.
Wigan's Dom Manfredi and Josh Charnley were then both shown yellow cards either side of Oliver Gildart finishing from George Williams' break to put the Warriors 6-4 up.
Sam Powell then crossed to put the hosts six points clear before O'Loughlin's dismissal and Wakefield made their extra man count after half-time.
Reece Lyne and Ben Jones-Bishop both crossed to give Wakefield a deserved 18-10 advantage and only some excellent, last-ditch Wigan defending kept them in it.
But Tierney gave Warriors hope, touching down from Sam Tomkins' fine pass, and late pressure from the hosts led to Tierney's dramatic second try that snatched the victory.
Hull FC's surprise loss to bottom club Leeds Rhinos means Wigan move two points clear at the league's summit.
Wigan coach Shaun Wane: "I'm very proud of our effort and desire.
"To come up with that win was extra, extra special. It's a very proud victory, not for the club, but mainly for a junior department.
"Me and Rads (Kris Radlinski, rugby director) hugged like we have never hugged before. It meant a lot to him and to me."
Wakefield head coach Chris Chester: "There are a lot of disappointed players in the dressing room. It's heartbreaking to lose in that fashion but Wigan were very clinical.
"I know they had a lot of kids out there, but they brought plenty of energy and enthusiasm and fair play to Wigan for that.
"I thought for large parts we had the game in control, it just shows you can't afford to switch off."
Chester on Annakin's concussion after O'Loughlin's challenge: "He's not great. He couldn't come back on, he was out cold.
"It wasn't a great challenge in all honesty, but we will let the match review people look after that."
Wigan: Tomkins; Tierney, Charnley, Gildart, Manfredi; Williams, Smith; Bretherton, Powell, Flower, Isa, Sutton, O'Loughlin.
Replacements: Tautai, Shorrocks, Shelford, Davies.
Wakefield: Jowitt; Hall, Lyne, Tupou, Jones-Bishop; Miller, Finn; Fifita, Moore, Arona, Molloy, Ashurst, Sio.
Replacements: Annakin, Walker, Walton, Arundel.
Referee: James Child
The men and boys were killed in an explosion at Sneyd Colliery in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, on New Year's Day in 1942.
Official records at the time concluded the blast it was caused by a spark from loaded wagons igniting coal dust at the colliery.
The service at Holy Trinity Church in Burslem was held on Sunday afternoon.
Miners did not usually work on 1 January because of an old superstition, but they had gone down the pit to help with the war effort.
Keith Meeson, 71, from Stanley, campaigned for a memorial for the victims, near the Town Hall in Burslem town centre, which he said was unveiled in 2007.
The former miner said: "It's so important we do not forget it... working in those conditions.
"[In] another generation it could be forgotten forever."
Sneyd Colliery, once part of a huge mining industry on the Staffordshire coalfields, closed in the 1960s.
Dorset Police said the 17-year-old boy was held at a guest house in the Weymouth area on suspicion of malicious communications and later bailed.
After coming fourth in the men's synchronised 10m platform diving event on Monday, Daley, 18, from Plymouth received a message on Twitter.
It told him he had let down his father Rob, who died in 2011 from cancer.
Police said the teenager was given a harassment warning before being bailed pending an investigation into other communications on his Twitter account.
Shortly after missing out on a medal on Monday, Daley retweeted the message from the boy which said: "You let your dad down i hope you know that."
He then responded to the tweet by posting: "After giving it my all...you get idiot's sending me this..."
The teenager later posted a tweet apologising for the comment.
He said: "I'm sorry mate i just wanted you to win cause its the olympics I'm just annoyed we didn't win I'm sorry tom accept my apology."
He later added: "please i don't want to be hated I'm just sorry you didn't win i was rooting for you pal to do britain all proud just so upset."
After Daley sent the tweet on to his followers, he received a flood of supportive messages.
Rob Daley, who was instrumental in helping his son become one of the world's top divers, was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2006.
He had 80% of a fist-sized tumour removed that year and had been in remission until a routine health check in 2010 discovered a tumour had returned.
Speaking before the Olympics, Daley said his father had given him the inspiration to compete in the Games.
He told the BBC: "I'm doing it for myself and my dad. It was both our dreams from a very young age.
"I always wanted to do it and Dad was so supportive of everything."
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Starting the day five off the lead in Florida, the 20-year-old carded a bogey-free six-under-par 66.
American Brittany Lincicome (66) and South Korea's So Yeon Ryu (69) are tied second on 12-under par in Naples.
Overnight leader Lydia Ko shot a disappointing 73 to be one of five golfers tied on 11 under.
World number one Ko struggled with her rhythm on day three after carding a course record 10-under par 62 on Friday.
England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff (69) is tied 18th on seven under, while Scotland's Catriona Matthew struggled to a 74 to be tied 48th.
SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson, leading an opposition day motion on the future of Trident, said investing billions on it was not justified.
A call to scrap the proposed replacement for the Trident nuclear weapons system was rejected by MPs.
The Commons voted against it by a margin of 364 to 35.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said for security reasons it was right that the UK had a nuclear deterrent.
Next year MPs will have to decide whether to authorise construction of new submarines to carry Trident.
The current generation of four subs would begin to end their working lives some time in the late 2020s.
The SNP, Plaid Cymru and the Greens want to see Trident scrapped. The Conservative Party is committed to a like-for-like replacement; Labour says it supports a continuous at-sea deterrent and the Liberal Democrats are keen to look at alternatives.
Mr Robertson told the Commons: "The time has come to put down a marker about scrapping Trident and not replacing these weapons of mass destruction.
"I've yet to hear a supporter of Trident convincingly explain in what circumstances they are prepared to justify the killing of hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women and children and cause massive environmental damage to the world for generations to come.
"That is a consequence of the use of nuclear weapons and surely if one has them, one has to be prepared to use them. I've yet to hear anybody give an example of circumstances where they are prepared to kill millions and millions of people."
He added: "The point is that the MoD has the wrong priorities, investing billions on nuclear weapons which it can never use, but not properly managing the conventional armed forces which are so necessary."
However, Tory coalition minister Mr Fallon insisted that the government "could not gamble with our country's national security".
He said: "We have to plan for a major direct nuclear threat to this country or to our Nato allies that might emerge over the 50 years that the next generation of our submarines will be in service.
"In a world that is getting more dangerous there are no alternatives that offer the level of protection and security that this country needs."
Mr Fallon raised the examples of Russia, North Korea and Iran and stressed the world could not simply "dis-invent" the some 17,000 nuclear weapons in circulation globally.
During the debate Labour's Vernon Coaker told MPs that is was "right for the UK to maintain a credible, minimum independent nuclear deterrent based on a continuous at-sea posture".
He added: "But what we have said of course as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review that we will look to see whether a continuous at-sea deterrent can be delivered in a more cost effective way."
Plaid Cymru MP Jonathan Edwards - whose party co-signed the SNP motion against Trident renewal - said renewal would cost an estimated £100bn over its lifetime.
He went on to question how this could be justifiable when schools and hospitals were "crying out for investment".
Liberal Democrat MP, Sir Nick Harvey, suggested the way forward was for the component parts of a nuclear weapons system to be kept and assembled if needed.
Mr Fallon rejected that approach saying a part-time deterrent would not work.
Ms Monroe was to stand for the National Health Action (NHA) Party but tweeted a letter announcing her withdrawal.
She said she took the decision after receiving two letters "along the lines of 'die you bitch'" and after being bedridden by arthritis twice.
She also cited "my own sanity" and the "safety of my seven-year-old son".
She said: "Throwing all of my energy into a personal campaign is the fastest way to burnout I can possibly imagine."
As well as publishing several budget cook books, Leigh-on-Sea-based Ms Monroe is a campaigner on health and poverty issues.
In March, she successfully sued columnist Katie Hopkins over two tweets published in 2015.
The Wales international 26, helped Real overcome Manchester City on Wednesday to set up a Champions League final against Atletico Madrid on 28 May.
He has scored 19 goals in La Liga this season and provided 10 assists.
Zinedine Zidane's Real are one point behind La Liga leaders Barcelona with two games to go.
A Real statement said Bale has "a joint strain in his right knee".
Keeper Keylor Navas, 29, also misses Sunday's match at the Bernabeu after being "diagnosed with tendinitis in the Achilles tendon of his left foot".
Valencia are ninth in La Liga, 40 points behind third-placed Real.
Zidane says he will not look to rest Cristiano Ronaldo, who has 31 La Liga goals this season, before the Champions League final.
"I think he is going to play. I think he is in perfect shape," said Zidane on Saturday.
Rescue teams have been sent to the affected area, but darkness is hampering rescue operations.
The quake struck 90km (60 miles) south of the country's only nuclear power station in Bushehr, the US Geological Survey (USGS) says.
However, the nuclear plant has not been affected and is working normally, officials have said.
The quake was felt across the Gulf in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain.
Bushehr's governor Fereydun Hasanvand told Iranian television that of those wounded, 750 had "minor injuries" and the rest had been sent to provincial hospitals.
Some 10,000 people are thought to live in the affected area in more than 50 villages, two of which have reportedly been completely levelled.
Mr Hasanvand said 700 houses have been damaged and 200 families affected.
The governor's office has sent generators to the area so rescue operation can continue overnight, the BBC's Mohsen Asgari in Tehran reports.
Iran's Red Crescent organisation hopes to end the rescue operation by daybreak, our correspondent adds.
Seismologists said the quake struck at 16:22 (11:52 GMT) at a depth of 10km (6.2 miles) near the town of Kaki, south of Bushehr - a Gulf port city that is home to Iran's first and only nuclear power plant.
Iran's seismological centre in Bushehr province, linked to Tehran University, registered the quake at a magnitude of 6.1.
In pictures: Bushehr earthquake
Tens of aftershocks - the strongest measuring a magnitude of 5.4 - struck within an hour, sending many people into the streets for safety.
State media reported that phone lines had been brought down by the quake and its aftershocks.
The earthquake shook buildings across the Gulf.
"Our entire building started to wobble from side to side for around 30 seconds or so," Phil Stevens, working on the 10th floor of a building in Abu Dhabi, told the BBC.
"It was a very strange sensation, rather like being on a rocking boat. We evacuated our office and quickly learned of the earthquake in Iran."
The governor of Bushehr, Fereydoun Hassanvand, told Iranian state TV that the nuclear plant was not damaged.
An official with the Russian firm Atomstroyexport told Russian media that the quake "in no way affected the normal situation at the reactor".
"Personnel continue to work in the normal regime and radiation levels are fully within the norm," the official was quoted by Russian state news agency Ria as saying.
Iran's nuclear programme has roused concern among major powers that Tehran wants to build nuclear weapons - a charge Iran strongly denies.
Iran straddles a major geological fault line, making it prone to seismic activity. In 2003, an earthquake in the city of Bam left more than 25,000 people dead.
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"The last thing I intended to do was to upset anybody connected to the Hillsborough case," the Professional Footballers' Association chief said.
He added: "Ched Evans is a totally different case but he has the same belief of his innocence."
His apology has been accepted by some Hillsborough families but others feel it has compounded the issue.
Barry Devonside, who lost his son in the disaster, called Taylor "foolhardy".
"He really needs to connect brain with mouth," added Devonside.
Phil Scraton, a Hillsborough Independent Panel member and adviser to the bereaved families, had led earlier calls for an apology after labelling Taylor's comments "crass, insensitive and inappropriate".
And the author of the Hillsborough Families Support Group submission to the Home Secretary in 2009 - which called for a full review of the case - said Taylor's apology failed to address the issue as it still compared Evans' case to Hillsborough.
Scraton told the BBC: "He says they share the 'same belief'. Ched Evans has been found guilty in a court of law. He is a convicted rapist. No one was convicted of any crime at Hillsborough.
"Even after having this pointed out to him, Gordon Taylor still doesn't seem to understand the distinction."
Brenda Fox, who also lost a son during the Hillsborough tragedy in 1989, was more forgiving of Taylor.
"No hard feelings to the man at all," she told BBC Radio Merseyside.
"I think it was a mistake. It was just one of those off-the-cuff things that people say and they shouldn't say and they regret.
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"Hopefully he'll be more careful and it will make him more cautious when he does speak."
She added: "I don't expect him to apologise to me personally. If he makes a statement that apologises to all the families, I will accept that and move on."
Ninety-six Liverpool supporters lost their lives at Hillsborough following a crush at the start of the FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday's stadium.
After years of campaigning for justice by the families of those who died, new inquests into the deaths began last year and continue in Warrington.
Scraton had earlier told BBC Radio 4 it was a "difficult time" for the families and survivors: "They are having to go to court every single day and sit through the longest inquests in British legal history."
Listen to Gordon Taylor's apology to Hillsborough families.
Evans was jailed in April 2012 for raping a woman but continues to maintain his innocence following his release last year.
He was poised for a return to football with Oldham Athletic, only for the League One club to abandon the move on Thursday.
Reacting to that news, Taylor had drawn comparisons between the Hillsborough tragedy and the Evans case when he told BBC Radio 5 live that the footballer "would not be the first person or persons to have been found guilty and maintained their innocence and then been proved right".
Taylor added: "If we are talking about things in football, we know what happened, what was alleged to have happened at Hillsborough.
"It's now unravelling and we are finding it was very different to how it was portrayed at the time, indeed by the police at the time."
During Friday's apology on BBC Radio Merseyside, Taylor said he had "long been a supporter" of the Hillsborough families.
He also insisted he had no plans to step down from the position he has held at the PFA for more than 30 years.
Evans, 26, looked poised for a move to League One club Oldham Athletic only for the deal to collapse on Thursday.
Sheffield United had also offered the Wales international use of their training facilities back in November, only to withdraw that offer following heavy criticism from patrons and sponsors.
Evans released a statement after talks with Oldham fell through, apologising for "the effects of his actions" but maintaining his innocence.
He blamed "mob rule" for the deal's collapse, claiming "the more radical elements of our society" had the "desired influence on some sponsors".
Read BBC Newsbeat's article on the definition of rape and consent.
Mekki, 25, played 59 times for Rovers across two seasons, scoring four goals.
Former Crystal Palace youngster Gregory, 22, joined Cambridge last summer but made just two appearances as he deputised for Will Norris.
Meanwhile, winger Louis Dennis, 24, has penned a new Bromley deal after scoring seven in 25 games this term.
The Northern Education Trust took on "too many poorly performing schools" and had "unrealistic and unachievable" plans for improvement, Ofsted found.
The trust runs academies on Tyneside, Wearside, Teesside, Northumberland, Yorkshire and Greater Manchester.
The report does not reflect changes made since the inspections, it said.
In a statement the trust said it had "made significant new appointments, injected substantial resources and made major changes to our systems over the last six months".
Ofsted inspectors, who visited nine of the trust's schools in November and December, found standards "below average at every key stage".
Half had improved at their latest inspection but the others had either remained the same or declined, its report said.
Trustees and trust leaders had "an erroneous and over-optimistic view of the schools' performance", it added.
However, the trust had a "strong track record of good financial management" and relationships with academy leaders were "constructive and positive", inspectors found.
Inspectors also said trust leaders had been "honest in their evaluation of past performance and their shortcomings in moving too slowly".
"This has led to a planned restructure to ensure that the school improvement strategy is on a firmer footing for the future."
Trust chief executive Ian Kershaw said he was "disappointed, and a little shocked, by the delay" in the report's publication.
The trust had "put in place measures to address the issues and recommendations raised.... some time ago", he said.
The schools it had taken on had displayed "signs of endemic failure" and had "rarely succeeded for decades", he explained.
"Sustainable improvement can often take longer to achieve than government guidelines suggest, or we would all wish."
It comes in evidence to AMs examining the Welsh government's draft budget.
The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) claimed cuts would put many courses at risk, while Universities Wales warned of a growing funding gap with England.
The Welsh government said it was up to HEFCW how it allocated its funds.
Performing arts degrees, medical schools, part-time students and Welsh-medium tuition were among the areas for concern highlighted in submissions to the assembly's finance committee.
HEFCW said although total spending on education and skills was set to increase, proposed cuts of almost a third to its own funding "threaten to undermine Welsh government priorities for securing economic growth and the provision of public services, including health care, in Wales".
If research funding was to be ringfenced, HEFCW claimed the amount left over for other priorities would fall from £70m in 2015/16 to £8m in 2016/17.
The Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol - which supports tuition through the medium of Welsh - could also be affected, HEFCW added, "with significant implications for the delivery of the Welsh government's commitment to strengthen the place of the Welsh language in everyday life".
In its submission, Universities Wales said there were "significant concerns" that the funding gap between Welsh and English universities could now stand at as much as £115m, "risking league table performance" and making it harder to recruit students in the long term.
A Welsh government spokesman said it was "a matter for HEFCW" to determine the allocation of its funding.
However, he added Education Minister Huw Lewis would set out the priorities he expected the council to deliver in its annual remit letter.
Tihomir Oreskovic won the support of only a handful of MPs, as 125 of the 151 deputies voted against him.
The motion was put forward by the biggest party in the governing coalition, HDZ, which fell out with the PM over a conflict of interest case.
The Croatian president will now hold talks on forming a new government.
The conservative HDZ plans to propose Finance Minister Zdravko Maric to lead a new cabinet. The opposition Social Democrats want parliament to be dissolved so new elections can be held.
If no cabinet can be formed within 30 days, President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic must call a snap election.
Croatia is one of the weakest economies in the EU and analysts say an election may delay badly-needed reforms.
Mr Oreskovic, a Canadian-educated financial expert, became prime minister after inconclusive elections last November.
But the coalition he headed was riven by internal disputes.
The disagreements came to a head when Mr Oreskovic accused HDZ leader Tomislav Karamarko of a conflict of interest over ties with Hungary's state oil company.
Speaking in parliament shortly before he was ousted, Mr Oreskovic said: "Unfortunately, instead of discussing reforms... we discuss this no-confidence motion."
Wiggins triumphed in the men's race in a time of 53 minutes 56 seconds over a 26-mile course around Abergavenny.
The 2012 Tour de France winner, who says he will not be taking part in this year's race, beat Team Sky colleague Geraint Thomas by 68 seconds.
Pooley clocked 30 minutes 18 seconds over a 12.2-mile course to win the women's event.
In persistent rain, Wiggins, the London 2012 time-trial gold medallist, denied Thomas and Movistar's Alex Dowsett, who had been chasing a fourth successive title.
Although Team Sky have yet to announce their squad for the Tour de France, which begins in Leeds on 5 July, Wiggins is resigned to not being included.
He said: "This is probably my last British time-trial championship so to win it and perhaps never come back again is a nice way to end it."
Pooley, the 2008 Olympic silver medallist, took her third national title as she finished 39 seconds ahead of Katie Archibald, with Dame Sarah Storey 51 seconds behind in third.
Elinor Barker was fourth, Laura Trott fifth and defending champion Joanna Rowsell sixth.
"It is pretty special to win this," said 31-year-old Pooley, who was riding for VC Norwich.
"I was pleased with the way I rode because I was pretty tired at the end, and that is how you should feel."
Pooley, world champion in 2010, now turns her attention to Sunday's road race in Monmouthshire, in which Lizzie Armitstead will defend her title.
The two men were taken off a plane, bound for the US, for questioning late on Wednesday and released hours later.
Two teammates - Ryan Lochte and James Feigen - were barred from leaving the country, but Lochte had already left.
Police have queried their accounts of a robbery they reported in Rio on Sunday.
The four swimmers said they had been robbed at gunpoint in a taxi in Rio.
But police say their account of when they arrived at the Olympic village does not square with CCTV recordings.
A statement from the US Olympic team said that Bentz and Conger "were released by local authorities with the understanding that they would continue their discussions about the incident on Thursday".
"James Feigen is also communicating with local authorities and intends to make further statements regarding the incident on Thursday as well," said TeamUSA.
Lochte's lawyer told the BBC he got back to the US two days ago.
"He arrived back before the judge issued anything," said Jeffrey Ostrow.
"He was never asked to remain for further investigation or for any other purpose after he met with Brazilian authorities after he gave a statement."
Lochte is one of the most successful swimmers in history, with 12 Olympic medals, and he once had his own reality television show in the US.
In Rio, he swam in two events, winning gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay.
Feigen, who told the San Antonio Express he was still in Brazil, won gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay.
Bentz competed in the 4x200m preliminaries, but not the final. He still received a gold medal after the US team's win.
Accounts of what happened to the swimmers have been confusing from the beginning.
Lochte gave an initial account of the events to US TV network NBC, but International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams said reports of the robbery were "absolutely not true".
The US Olympic Committee (USOC) later confirmed the swimmers' accounts.
Lochte himself told police that he and team mates Feigen, Bentz and Conger had all attended a party in the French Olympic team's hospitality house on Saturday evening.
He said that during their return drive to the Olympic village, their cab was stopped by men who pulled a gun and robbed him of his money and personal belongings.
But police investigating the case say they have found no evidence of the robbery. They also point to "inconsistencies" in the swimmers' accounts.
Lochte and Feigen told police they and their fellow swimmers had returned to the Olympic village at 04:00 local time (08:00 GMT).
But CCTV recordings appear to show the swimmers returning to the Olympic village at 07:00 local time.
Police say they have not been able to track down the driver who the swimmers said drove them back to the village.
They also said that Feigen and Lochte had given different accounts of how many men robbed them.
Investigators have requested a search warrant for the rooms the swimmers stayed in with a view to examining Feigen's mobile phone.
A music journalist in India has claimed to have received a list of the singer's demands, which he posted on Twitter.
It's a pretty extensive list, but then again, Justin has a pretty extensive entourage of 120 people to look after.
And, to be fair, most stars pay for the things they request, so he is the one footing the bill for the many demands.
Its authenticity hasn't been verified by Bieber's team, but oh how we hope it's accurate.
In every dressing room, Justin needs white crew-neck T-shirts, tank tops and some socks.
All fairly normal right items of clothing right? Well, yes, but the sizes he's requested are a bit odd.
Let's take the socks. JB only wants sizes available in XS (extra small) and L (large).
Now, this suggests to us that he's got one foot significantly bigger than the other.
Either that or his crew is made up of only very large or very small people, so if you're of average build you might find it hard to join the Bieber clan.
You know what's, like, really annoying? When you have to go to the effort of opening your fridge to find out what's actually in it.
Bieber has come up with an excellent solution to this problem we all face - specifically requesting a glass-door refrigerator.
That way, he'll be able to see through to his requested energy drinks, cream sodas, protein drinks, half a gallon of almond milk and "24 still water bottles" (no need for the actual water, just the bottles).
He'll need some food to go with all that liquid, so there's also dried fruit, vegetables seasoned with ranch sauce, organic turkey and white cheddar popcorn on the list.
The list doesn't just cover snacks - it also offers many clues about the kind of meals A-list singers like to eat while on the road.
"Top culinary experts will supervise the gourmet food being served to Bieber over the four days with five dishes per day being renamed after his popular songs," it says.
This line is an absolute gift to any chef, surely.
You could have the Baby burrito, the Boyfriend burger, the Sorry sandwich, the Love Yourself lamb and the What Do You Mean watermelon.
"Arrangements for a Jacuzzi have also been made for Bieber's personal use to unwind before he takes to the stage," the star's list says.
If whirlpool access could be made law for all people with normal jobs, we'd really appreciate it.
You do have to Love Yourself, after all, and Justin is clearly a man who believes you should practise what you preach.
Which would also explain the other requests for a massage table and an accompanying personal (female) masseuse.
It's quite irritating when you go out to do your food shop and remember to buy bread, milk and veg, but forget to pick up a special Indian yoga casket.
In Bieber's case, it's not just any special Indian yoga casket, but a special Indian yoga casket which contains aromatic essential oils, jasmine, mogra and incense sticks.
We're not totally confident we even know what a "mogra" is.
To compliment the casket, "books on chakras and yoga asanas will be placed in Bieber's suite knowing his love for yoga". We all knew about his love for yoga didn't we?
No Bieber tour is complete without his requested cola gummies, ping pong table, 12 white handkerchiefs and hydrating lip balm.
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Westminster City Council said the 75 cameras were primarily used to support police prosecutions rather than as a deterrent.
Cameras in the area run by Transport for London, private businesses and on housing estates will continue to operate.
In its report the council said the cameras, which require a £1.7m upgrade, cost £1m a year to run.
The cameras will be axed when the current contract with security firm G4S ends in September.
The council is now working with police, the Greater London Authority and other boroughs to find a pan-London solution.
Nickie Aiken, cabinet member for public protection, said: "Like many other local authorities around the country, our current view is that we are not able to continue to subsidise this non-statutory service when there are many other pressures on our budgets and where other partners are the main beneficiaries."
The crew launched on Saturday, not head to a boat in distress, but to deliver the groom to his bride.
Martin Wood was taken to Kildonan to tie the knot with partner Kate Gillies.
A spokesman for the Arran lifeboat team said: "We are delighted to see Martin and Kate married and wish them all the best for their honeymoon and the many happy years they have ahead."
He added: "En route to the wedding, Martin showed he is always thinking of improving his crew as he launched an impromptu training exercise while waiting for the go-ahead for the groom to go ashore."
Excavations at Beckery Chapel near Glastonbury aim to accurately date buildings of an early Christian chapel.
During an open day on Sunday visitors will be able to see remains which were last excavated in 1967-1968.
The trenches will then be filled in and the position of the chapel will be marked on the ground in the field.
Archaeologist, Dr Richard Brunning, from the South West Heritage Trust, said: "Previous excavations in the 1960s suggested that a Saxon monastery may have been present on the site before it became a chapel.
"The present research aims to get new scientific dating samples to precisely date the monastic cemetery for the first time."
The chapel is connected to legendary visits by King Arthur, who is said to have seen a vision of the Virgin Mary and the baby Jesus there.
The Irish saint Bridget also reputedly visited it in AD 488 and left some possessions at the site, which later became a place of pilgrimage.
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Gareth Williams, 47, from Cardiff, was caught after South Wales Police found thousands of indecent images of children on his computer following an international investigation into child sex abuse images by police in Canada.
They discovered films he had made using hidden pinhole cameras to capture images of children in toilets, including at two houses. He will be sentenced next month.
Two decades ago, Williams was presenting the Welsh-language programme Sut a Pham (How and Why) which answered questions on science and nature asked by children.
Teacher had 16,000 indecent images
Mr Trump's campaign planned to announce his selection on Friday, but cancelled the event because of the attack in Nice, France.
On Friday, Mr Trump confirmed the selection on Twitter.
Mr Trump hopes Mr Pence - a former congressman popular among social conservatives - can help him shore up support among wavering Republicans.
"My family and I couldn't be more honoured to have the opportunity to run with and serve with the next president of the United States," Mr Pence told reporters in New York on Friday.
Other candidates in the running were former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
If there's anything resembling a "safe" vice-presidential pick for Donald Trump, Mike Pence is it. He has executive experience as Indiana's governor and a strong legislative resume from his 12 years as a member of the US House of Representatives.
While in Washington, he chaired the Republican Study Group, a coalition of hard-core conservatives, which gives him solid bona fides among the grass-roots Tea Party wing of the party that has occasional doubts about Mr Trump's ideological purity.
Mr Pence also hails from the mid-west, which Mr Trump's team has identified as perhaps the key battleground in his quest for the White House.
In Republican circles Mr Pence's record isn't entirely clean, however. Some on the right have criticised the governor for backing down when the state's "religious liberty" law was challenged by LGBT activists and local businesses last year.
Mr Pence's decision to expand government health-care coverage for Indiana's poor is also considered ideological heresy by some.
The real question, however, is whether Mr Pence has the rhetorical dexterity to both fulfil the traditional running-mate role of political attack dog on the stump and the nominee's most ardent defender.
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Before his current job, Mr Pence, 57, spent 12 years in Washington in the House of Representatives.
His legislative experience and position of governor of a Midwestern state could give Mr Trump advantages in the general election.
The Indiana governor is strongly anti-abortion and signed a religious freedom bill, which some saw as anti-gay, into law.
The likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton quickly responded to the selection on Friday, emphasising Mr Pence's stances on gay rights and abortion.
The campaign hopes that Mr Pence will help boost Mr Trump's image with social conservatives who have been unsettled by Mr Trump's brash persona.
Mr Trump - a New York real estate tycoon who has never held elected office - has said he wants a running mate who could help him work with Congress.
However, Mr Trump and the Indiana governor differ on some key issues including the billionaire businessman's call to ban Muslim from entering the US.
Last year, Mr Pence tweeted that Mr Trump's plan was "offensive and unconstitutional".
He has also expressed support for free trade agreements and was in favour of the war in Iraq, which Mr Trump says he was not.
Mr Pence also criticised Mr Trump for his attacks on Hispanic judge Gonzalo Curiel, who was born in Indiana.
Mr Trump had said Mr Curiel could not possibly rule fairly in a case against him became of his Hispanic heritage.
The Lothians MSP has previously criticised UK leader Jeremy Corbyn, and has faced criticism from left-wing members of her own party.
She insisted she was leaving the party in a much better state than she had found it.
But she said a new leader was needed with "fresh energy, drive and a new mandate".
Ms Dugdale said she wanted to give her successor the "space and time" to prepare for the next Scottish Parliament election in 2021.
And she strongly denied suggestions that she was leaving now in order to avoid being pushed out by supporters of Mr Corbyn.
In an exclusive interview with BBC Scotland's political editor, Brian Taylor, she said she had taken over the leadership when the party was "on its knees" in Scotland.
Ms Dugdale, who is leaving with immediate effect, said she had devoted "every waking moment of my life" to improving Labour's fortunes in Scotland, with a lot of progress being made and the party now ready for someone else to take it on the next stage of its journey.
She added: "I have thought long and hard about this. I care deeply about the Labour Party - I love it and I have devoted my adult life to serving it in a number of different capacities.
"And I have just come to the conclusion that the best thing for it, the Labour Party, this precious, precious thing that has done so much good in our country, and indeed for me, is to pass that baton on."
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn thanked Ms Dugdale for her work as Scottish Labour leader and "the important role she has played in rebuilding the party in Scotland".
"Kezia became Scottish leader at one of the most difficult times in the history of the Scottish Labour Party, and the party's revival is now fully under way, with six new MPs and many more to come," he said.
"I want to thank Kez for her tireless service to our party and movement."
Former Labour leader Ed Miliband tweeted that Ms Dugdale had given her "heart and soul to leading Scottish Labour".
He added: "Thank You. You deserve to get your life back. Enjoy."
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was among political opponents to pay tribute to Ms Dugdale
She wrote on Twitter: "We may be opponents, but @kezdugdale led her party with guts and determination and I admired her for that.
"I wish her well for the future."
And Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson tweeted: "Leadership can be tough and @kezdugdale deserves the thanks of her party for putting in the hard yards. I wish her well."
Ms Dugdale replaced Jim Murphy as Scottish Labour leader in August 2015, after the party lost all but one of its Westminster seats in Scotland to the SNP.
Under her leadership, Labour finished third behind the SNP and Scottish Conservatives in last year's Scottish Parliament election - but went on to win seven seats in the snap general election in June.
Ms Dugdale backed Owen Smith to replace Mr Corbyn in last year's leadership contest, arguing at the time that: "I don't think Jeremy can unite our party and lead us into government."
Labour's stronger-than-expected performance in this year's general election has seen pressure mount on her from supporters of Mr Corbyn, who believe the party's improvement in Scotland was down to him rather than Ms Dugdale.
Mr Corbyn recently completed a five-day tour of Scotland, when he appeared alongside Ms Dugdale at events in Glasgow.
Kezia Dugdale was elected to Holyrood in 2011, after working for the former Labour MSP Lord Foulkes.
She was Jim Murphy's deputy as Scottish party leader - and replaced him in the top job when he stood down after the party's calamitous defeat in the 2015 UK general election which left Labour with only one Westminster seat in Scotland.
Initially highly critical of Jeremy Corbyn, she has since argued for party unity. However, that has not prevented elements of the left in Scotland from arguing that she should stand down or face a challenge.
There is no recrimination or name-calling in her departure. Rather, she pledges to continue to work for Labour as a list MSP.
But there is an oblique reference in her resignation letter to the tensions at the top, when she says that "being leader has always been a difficult but fulfilling challenge".
She adds it was a challenge that "until now" she had enjoyed.
Speculation will now centre upon her likely replacement. Contenders on the left might be Neil Findlay, Richard Leonard and the current deputy Alex Rowley. Other names mentioned include Anas Sarwar, Jackie Baillie, Jenny Marra and James Kelly.
Ms Dugdale's resignation takes immediate effect. Her deputy, Alex Rowley, will serve as acting leader - unless he decides to resign from his post to contest the leadership himself.
Ms Dugdale insisted she was not leaving now in order to avoid a possible challenge to her leadership from a more left-wing rival.
And she said Mr Corbyn has her full support, and that she expects him to become prime minister.
She said: "On a personal level we continue get on extremely well, and I wish him every success for the future".
In her resignation letter, Ms Dugdale also referred to the death earlier this year of her close friend Gordon Aikman, a Labour Party activist who died at the age of 31 after a battle with Motor Neurone Disease.
Ms Dugdale - who celebrated her 36th birthday this week - said his example taught her "how precious and short life was and never to waste a moment."
Ms Dugdale recently announced that she was dating SNP MSP Jenny Gilruth after splitting with her long-term partner Louise Riddell.
She said she had thoroughly enjoyed her time as party leader, and believes she still has a lot to offer public life in Scotland - but stressed that would not always be in the Scottish Parliament, although she will remain as a backbench MSP for now.
And she admitted that the "immense" period in Scottish politics over the past three years, which has included the independence and EU referendums alongside two general elections and a Holyrood election, had taken its toll on her.
Ms Dugdale added: "Of course it is tough - it should be tough. It is important decisions you are taking all of the time, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
"I have taken on some of the big battles of our time, whether that be around the constitution or making the case for progressive taxes.
"I have delivered two sets of diverse candidates, 50% men and 50% women, and I have guaranteed the autonomy of the Scottish Labour Party.
"Nobody has ever told me what to do in this job - it is not something dictated from London any more, that is beyond all doubt."
Dear Linda,
As Chair of the party, I am writing to you today to resign as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party.
It has been an honour and a privilege to have served this party in a leadership position for the last two and a half years, covering four national elections and one referendum.
I have worked with many great people, not least the staff in our HQ led by Brian Roy and those in the Scottish Parliament, whose boundless energy, expertise and good humour has guided our party through some dark hours and difficult times.
I'd like to thank my shadow cabinet for their efforts, and in particular Iain Gray for his unflinching love and support and James Kelly for the thankless but crucial job he does so well as our Business Manager.
Earlier this year I lost a dear friend who taught me a lot about how to live. His terminal illness forced him to identify what he really wanted from life, how to make the most of it and how to make a difference. He taught me how precious and short life was and never to waste a moment.
Being leader has always been a difficult but fulfilling challenge. One that until now I have enjoyed, driven by a clear guiding purpose and goals, many of which I have achieved.
I am proud of the fact that I've demonstrated how the parliament's powers can be used to stop austerity with progressive taxes and the creation of new benefits. Proud to have advanced the call for federalism across the UK. Proud to have delivered real autonomy for the Scottish Labour Party and a guaranteed voice for Scotland and Wales on the NEC.
Educational inequality is the number one issue in Scottish politics after the constitution because Scottish Labour under my leadership put it there.
I am proud to have delivered 50/50 slates of amazing and diverse candidates in both the Scottish and U.K. Elections and equally proud to have invested in the next generation of labour activists and parliamentarians with leadership programmes. These have already furnished us with two of our magnificent seven MPs. With that re-established Scottish Labour group at Westminster, and a talented and effective group in Holyrood, Scottish Labour has a bright future.
A marker of success for me was to leave as leader with the party in better shape than I found it and I have done that.
Emerging from the challenging times following the 2014 referendum, and the 2015 UK election, we now have a solid platform on which to build towards success, and government.
I have given the task of achieving this all that I have. But with nearly four years now until the next Scottish Parliament elections, I am convinced that the party needs a new leader with fresh energy, drive and a new mandate to take the party into that contest.
I will continue as a Labour MSP for the Lothians and am already looking forward to spending more time with constituents and on constituency issues.
Too often our leaders leave in a crisis, with scores to settle. I love this party too much for that to be my way. There will be no press conference and no off the record briefing in my name. I choose to stand down because I believe it is best for me and best for Scottish Labour, at a time when we can be positive and optimistic about our future.
I remain in awe of all those party activists who devote their time to this movement without pay or reward. I thank them for their belief in me.
Yours in solidarity,
Kez Dugdale
Two F-16s intercepted Myrtle Rose's aircraft as she took to the skies over the suburbs of Chicago city on Wednesday afternoon.
The widow told US media she thought the warplanes were just admiring her plane.
The agency which oversees air safety in America said it was investigating.
Because of President Barack Obama's visit to Chicago on Wednesday to attend a fundraiser marking his 50th birthday, restrictions were in place forbidding private pilots to come within 30 miles (48km) of the city's O'Hare Airport.
Ms Rose told the Associated Press news agency that before flying her Piper J-3 Cub aircraft she normally checks for any airspace restrictions on her computer, but it was not working properly that day.
"I hadn't flown in over a week," Ms Rose told AP. "It was a beautiful afternoon."
She also said she did not have her radio on. Jets were scrambled from Toledo, Ohio, when air traffic controllers were unable to contact her.
Asked what she thought when the F-16s appeared, Ms Rose told AP: "I thought, 'Oh, well, they're just looking at how cute the Cub is.'"
When Ms Rose landed on an airstrip on the outskirts of Chicago, police were waiting.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad), which scrambled the two warplanes, said there was no excuse for not knowing about the airspace restrictions.
"The biggest thing to keep in mind is that when F-16s come screaming up to you, they are probably trying to tell you something," said Norad spokeswoman Stacey Knott.
Ms Rose said she had filled in a report with the Federal Aviation Administration, which said she could face a fine, a pilot's licence suspension, or no action at all.
He was only 20 when a long-standing knee injury ended his playing career and he spent the next 15 years working up the ranks of youth coaching.
Elements of the job need to be learned, but Rodgers could always rely on an instinctive understanding of how to handle different personalities and manage people. That empathy and an enthusiasm for a certain style of technically advanced, passing football, immediately endeared the Northern Irishman to Tommy Burns.
Their paths crossed when Burns took charge of Reading in 1998 and Rodgers and the former Celtic manager became firm friends.
Their friendship endured, not least because Rodgers has an affinity with Celtic because so many of his family support the club.
Rodgers grew up following Sheffield Wednesday but has a keen sense of his background and his roots. He has spoken of his childhood and recognising even as a boy the efforts of his father, Malachy, to earn enough money to support the family, of which Brendan was the eldest of five brothers.
Rodgers has become a self-made man, building a property portfolio with his former wife that makes him independently wealthy outside the money he earns in football.
When he took his first senior role in management, at Watford in 2008, a framed £5 note sat on his desk. It was a limited edition, carrying the face of George Best to commemorate the former Manchester United great, and a reminder to Rodgers of the country he came from and the worth of pursuing his ambitions in the game.
One of the first text messages he received after joining Watford was from Roy Keane, then in charge of Sunderland and who did his coaching badges with Rodgers, which simply said: "welcome to hell".
Rodgers' career has contained moments of mixed fortune, but he has tended to absorb the lessons.
As well as travelling abroad during his younger years as a coach, he has also learned languages, in particular Spanish, to broaden his horizons and push his intellectual development.
At Reading, he attempted to implement his preferred style of football - possession, pressing, passing - on a team that was not adequately equipped to play that way.
He has seldom made the same mistake since. At Liverpool, he was prepared to try various different formations and styles, often switching during games, to deliver the best performances from his players.
'Rodgers has to not pretend to reinvent football as he did at Liverpool'
For Celtic, the most comparable spell has been his time at Swansea, an aspirational club, with a well-defined budget, and a sense of momentum.
Rodgers embraced the club's past, but also redefined its horizons, taking them into the Premier League and then to 11th place.
He signed shrewdly, seeking talented players who had not been coveted by larger clubs or were not yet ready for that stage, moulding them into a side that played attractive, engaging and artful football.
There has always been a sense of substance to Rodgers' career, since he never had a reputation as a top-class player to be indulged. He earned every step along the way, and that sense of worth, rather than entitlement, underpinned his move to Liverpool.
The limelight was harsh at Anfield, though, beginning with the documentary Being: Liverpool that would have benefited - not merely from Rodgers' perspective - from a sharper edit.
Rodgers has at times since then been caricatured in the media. The occasional bouts of scorn are unfair, though, when his handling of the brash, immature, but talented Raheem Sterling is recalled. With a mixture of discipline and encouragement, Rodgers played a critical role in delivering the player's potential.
His achievement in almost guiding Liverpool to the title in 2014 has occasionally been portrayed as the consequence of having Daniel Sturridge, Luis Suarez and Sterling to hand, but plenty managers fall much shorter with talented squads.
Rodgers showed the innovation and clarity of mind to make the most of his resources that season.
He might latterly have bemoaned the presence of a transfer committee that seemed to make signings based on compromise, though, and also the increased profile - one newspaper published pictures of him proposing to his fiancée in New York.
It has been evident at times in the English media that his weight loss, change in appearance and private life have somehow been connected to his work as a football manager. That is absurd, but also a heavy bout of double standards when Jose Mourinho or Quique Sanchez Flores are fawned over for their air of urbanity.
Rodgers is a talented coach and manager of individuals. He will seek to implement a vision at Celtic Park, and be respectful of the club's sense of itself. That alone should make the partnership worthwhile.
Damien Bancroft shared the photographs and videos from addresses in Dundee and Forfar over a four-and-a-half year period.
A court was told that the 36-year-old could not explain why he had distributed the material to others.
Bancroft will be sentenced at Forfar Sheriff Court on 3 August.
Depute fiscal Trina Sinclair told the court that police officers, acting on information, found more than 600 still images and 16 videos on two laptops and also on a mobile phone.
Miss Sinclair said Bancroft admitted to police that he was a pornography addict, having started watching adult material at the age of 19.
He accepted that he had downloaded and shared images with others but could not explain why that included indecent images of children.
Bancroft admitted taking or making indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children between 14 May, 2011 and 20 October, 2015.
He further admitted distributing indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children.
Sheriff Pino de Emidio continued Bancroft's bail and placed him on the sex offenders' register in the interim.
30 November 2015 Last updated at 08:27 GMT
And they also think that time is running out to change things.
In December, there's a big meeting of world leaders in Paris in France to try to agree what should be done.
Here's Newsround's guide to what's happening.
She says that stigma around mental health means that many children do not get the help they need.
The duchess recorded the message for the Place2Be charity, which is organising the mental health week.
Kensington Palace said she was a "committed champion of issues related to children's mental health and emotional wellbeing".
Place2Be, of which the duchess is a patron, provides emotional help and support in schools and is organising the first ever Children's Mental Health Week.
In the message, Kate says that both she and the Duke of Cambridge have seen how many children struggle to cope with issues such as bullying, bereavement and family breakdown, which can lead to depression, anxiety, addiction and self-harm.
"Through Place2Be I have seen the benefits of offering children support for their mental health in the safety of the school environment," says Kate, who has been royal patron of the charity since 2013.
"Both William and I sincerely believe that early action can prevent problems in childhood from turning into larger ones later in life."
The video was recorded at Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital School in Beckenham, south London, to launch the week-long campaign by the charity.
A Kensington Palace spokesman said: "Her Royal Highness has seen that issues such as addiction, poverty, abuse, neglect, loss and illness of family members, can have a long-lasting and traumatic impact if left unsupported.
"The Duchess of Cambridge is especially concerned with early intervention mental health support for young people, to tackle these issues at the earliest possible stage, so that children have the brightest possible futures, as they deserve."
Catherine Roche, chief executive of Place2Be, said: "We're thrilled to have the support of our royal patron, HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, for this important new campaign.
"By raising awareness of the benefits of getting support early for mental health issues, we hope to change attitudes and help reduce the risk of more complex and serious problems when those children reach adulthood."
The 47-year-old Serb was appointed by the west London club on Sunday, replacing Kit Symons, who was sacked as manager on 8 November.
"We talked a few weeks and it was a long process. I believe I was the first choice for the club and they pushed hard to bring me here," said Jokanovic.
"It is a great chance for me to work at a historical club."
Fulham held talks with then Reading boss Steve Clarke in mid-November about taking over from Symons, but chairman Shahid Khan said the club "had an obligation to fully explore our options" and were interested in Jokanovic "from the start".
The Championship club have paid Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv £367,000 compensation for Jokanovic's services and the former Watford boss will be joined at Craven Cottage by coaches Alberto Escobar and Javi Pereira.
Jokanovic expects Stuart Gray, who had been in charge of the Whites since 8 December, to remain in his role of senior coach at the club.
"Stuart has tried to give me all the information and I need help from him," he said. "I expect in the future we will collaborate better.
"We are both here in the interests of Fulham and I believe we can work together to do a quality job."
Jokanovic watched from the stands as his new side beat Rotherham 4-1 at home on Tuesday night to record their first win in 10 games and move up to 18th in the table.
The former Chelsea midfielder won promotion to the Premier League with Watford last season, but he has not yet set himself goals for the rest of the campaign.
"My job is clear and people expect me to improve the team and fight for more important targets," he said.
"After some weeks and months our targets will be clear. We need to take short steps.
"I believe in myself, the club and the people. I am ready for the challenge."
Jokanovic will take charge of Fulham for the first time on Saturday, when they host Sheffield Wednesday.
That being the case, he now has some new furniture.
The RAF Wing Commander has just seen the installation of the seat he will use in the Bloodhound Super Sonic Car.
This is the vehicle he will drive in South Africa later this year to try to break his own world land speed record (763mph) set back in 1997. The aim eventually is to go beyond 1,000mph.
Like all race cars, the seat has been moulded to Andy's body shape, for comfort and safety.
It was a complex build - as with a lot of the components in Bloodhound - and involved a consortium of UK engineering expertise.
First, Andy had to sit in his driving position, in a bead bag provided by Real Equip. This took a cast of his body.
Next, Hexgon Metrology scanned him and the cast to create a 3D model; in essence, a template around which to fabricate the seat.
This started with Sigmatex and SHD, who produced the carbon fibre threads and weave. The URT Group then did the final "lay up" of the material.
It took one "sitting day" to get the shape correct, and 10 man-days to make the finished article. The seat is 8.4mm thick and has, in places, 26 layers of carbon fibre.
It has no padding; it doesn't need it because the shape is perfect. Andy should feel quite snug as his supersonic car pins him back under acceleration with a force of 2g (twice the acceleration due to gravity), and throws him forward into his straps under deceleration with a force of 3g.
"All of that is really neither here nor there. What this seat is really about is what happens if there is an accident," the RAF man told BBC News.
"It is a structural carbon member of the cockpit; it is bolted to the monocoque. I will be sitting in the strongest, most survivable crash structure in the history of motorsport, and the seat is an integral part of that."
The Bloodhound project has been receiving advice and direction from motorsport's governing body, in the form of Peter Wright and Andy Miller from the FIA Institute.
For example, they have overseen the fitting of the seat into the cockpit to ensure the harness straps, buckles, and the Hans device (which holds Andy's head in place) sit properly in relation to the seat and Andy himself. This means all the loads will be carried across his body properly.
When the Wing Commander set the current land speed in the Thrust SSC vehicle in 1997, he used a large foam-moulded seat.
"At the time, that's what we were advised," he recalled. "Today, you'd never use that; the technology is so much more advanced.
"And it's another of those areas which genuinely makes me say: I feel a lot more comfortable about going 1,000mph with this technology in Bloodhound than going 760mph in the old car with its technology."
The Bloodhound SSC project aims to have the car ready for low-speed runway testing in the UK in August.
All the major components have been designed and the drawings sent out to top aerospace companies for manufacture.
As soon as these parts arrive at Bloodhound's technical centre in Bristol, they are bolted in place.
The car will use a Eurofighter jet engine and a hybrid rocket motor to power it through the sound barrier.
The "race track" will be a specially prepared dried-out lakebed in Northern Cape.
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A rare example of a UK-owned British landscape by an American painter, the government needs to raise almost £5 million to keep it in the country.
Lord Inglewood, of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest (RCEWA), called it "a rare survivor".
"I hope funds can be raised to save this wonderful painting," he added.
The ruling by Culture Minister Ed Vaizey follows a recommendation to defer export by the RCEWA.
The committe made the decision on the grounds that the painting was of outstanding significance for the study of the relationship between British and American painting in the 19th Century.
Born in New York's Staten Island, Cropsey - a leading light of the 'Hudson River School' of landscape painting - showed regularly at the Royal Academy in the 1850s.
One early assessment of his Richmond Hill painting said it depicted "a view unsurpassed for its purely English beauty".
Cropsey was forced to sell the piece after he ran up huge debts entertaining in London. The work has remained in Britain ever since.
An earlier export licence application for the painting in February 2000 was withdrawn after the RCEWA recommended that export be deferred for three months to allow time for a potential purchaser to be identified.
Any decision about the painting's current export will now be deferred until 7 April 2013, with a possible extension to 7 August if a serious intention to purchase the painting is found.
Earlier this week a temporary export bar was placed on two works by George Stubbs that gave the 18th Century British public their first chance to see what a kangaroo and a dingo looked like.
The Welsh singer will present her first episode on Sunday 23 July from the Sussex town of Hastings, where she will sing the classic hymn Jerusalem.
"Having watched Songs Of Praise for as long as I can remember, it is wonderful to officially become part of the family," said Jenkins, 37.
She joins fellow Welsh presenters Aled Jones and Sean Fletcher on the show.
Jenkins is a multi-award winning, mezzo soprano and has performed for the Pope, presidents and royalty - including performing by special request at the Queen's 90th birthday celebrations.
The Neath-born singer has had eight number one albums since her 2004 debut and has sold more than five million albums.
Jenkins, who has featured in Strictly Come Dancing, has appeared as a mentor on ITV's Popstar To Operastar and been a contestant on the 14th season of US TV show Dancing With The Stars.
She has also been praised for her performances as Julie Jordan in Lonny Price's production of Carousel at the London Coliseum.
"I am hugely excited about my new role, about working with my friend Aled again and about meeting and worshipping with new people across the country," she added.
She said she had been "personally engaged" in the efforts to restore devolution.
Mrs May was speaking while on a brief visit to Northern Ireland at the Balmoral Show in County Antrim on Saturday.
She is visiting all parts of the UK before next month's general election.
In April, a new deadline of 29 June was set for Northern Ireland politicians to restore a power-sharing executive following its collapse in January.
It allows for more talks between Stormont's political parties and the British and Irish governments after the general election on 8 June.
The prime minister was asked about criticism that she had not been involved enough in resolving the deadlock, but she said she had been in contact with Sinn Féin's northern leader Michelle O'Neill and Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster in the run up to Easter.
The prime minister said it was important the parties "come together and come to an agreement that can enable that devolved administration to be re-established".
"After the general election, there will be several weeks until the end of the June for those parties to come together and see a resolution," she added.
"We all want to see devolved administration restored in Northern Ireland."
While at Balmoral, Mrs May was asked a number of questions by the assembled media.
She insisted Friday's cyber-attack, which disrupted NHS organisations in England and Scotland, had not just affected the UK and Europol had described it as "unprecedented".
Mrs May said the government had put £2bn into its cyber security strategy and set up the National Cyber Security Centre, which has been advising organisations in the public sector like the NHS.
She was also asked about the potential prosecutions of soldiers over their involvement in Bloody Sunday.
She said prosecutors in such cases would "make those decisions independently".
Legacy issues from the Troubles had to be dealt with in a "fair and proportionate way", she added.
The prime minister was also asked how the border situation in Ireland would be resolved post-Brexit.
Mrs May reiterated that she wanted "no return to the borders of the past and no hard border". and there was "goodwill on all sides" to resolve the issues.
"Brexit is an opportunity for the UK but of course we have got to make sure we resolve the issue of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland," she added.
The prime minister was accompanied on her visit by the Secretary of State James Brokenshire and four of the Conservative Party's seven candidates standing in Northern Ireland.
The Conservatives received about 1% of the vote in Northern Ireland in the last general election.
Keziah Flux-Edmonds died in hospital after she was found unconscious near her father's body at a house on the Isle of Wight on Wednesday.
A post-mortem examination showed her father Darren Flux-Edmonds hanged himself.
On Monday, PCSOs and psychologists will visit Queensgate Foundation Primary School to reassure the children.
There will also be the chance for parents dropping off their children to talk to police, school staff and the local vicar Reverend Allie Kerr.
The post-mortem examination on Keziah's body was undetermined and further tests are being carried out.
Police said her father's death was not being treated as suspicious and they are not looking for anyone else.
Insp Sam Dunlop said: "We know that the events in East Cowes this week have had a massive impact on the community and our thoughts are with Keziah's mum and the families involved."
The name has become the runaway favourite in an online poll to suggest names for the Royal Research ship.
The man who suggested it as a joke has now said sorry.
James Hand said that while he stands by Boaty McBoatface as a "brilliant name" for a boat, he has actually voted for RRS David Attenborough to be the new name.
Traditionally, ships are named after explorers, so Boaty McBoatface would be an unusual choice.
There's no guarantee that the ship would have the name though, as the poll is only a suggestion and a panel of experts will choose the name.
Other names in the running are RRS Pingu and RRS Usain Bolt.
The boat is currently being built and when it's completed it will study ice sheets, ocean currents and marine life in the Arctic.
The plan would see all emergency acute and high-risk planned care moved to Halifax's Calderdale Royal Hospital.
The Greater Huddersfield and Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) met in the town to vote on the Right Care Right Time Right Place proposal.
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary would be demolished and a new hospital built.
It would be developed at Acre Mill, Huddersfield, but with no A&E department.
The decision was met with an angry response from campaigners at the meeting at the Cedar Court Hotel in Ainley Top.
Both CCG groups voted unanimously to approve the recommendations, with shouts of "You're a disgrace" and "Shame on you" from the public seating area.
Several demonstrations against the proposal have been staged since it was first announced, with a public consultation revealing 60% of 7,500 respondents feeling they would be negatively hit.
The CCGs will submit detailed plans to NHS England and the Department of Health for comment before a final decision is made.
The Right Care Right Time Right Place website states the proposals "have been developed and are supported by doctors, consultants and health professionals who are dedicated to improving safety and standards in our hospitals".
It states the trust would be in danger of becoming "financially unsustainable" without changes and some existing services "do not comply with national guidance".
Analysis - Jamie Coulson, BBC Look North health correspondent
There are very few things as controversial and emotive as plans to radically change local hospital services.
Thousands of people have already marched through the streets of Huddersfield and more than 130,000 people signed a petition that was delivered to Downing Street.
The leaders of the local NHS in Greater Huddersfield and Calderdale have always maintained that what they're proposing is the best option in terms of patient care and affordability.
However, their plans have been fiercely criticised by campaigners, local MPs and many front line GPs, who've raised questions about safety and cost.
Speaking after the meeting, Paula Sherriff, Labour MP for Dewsbury & Mirfield, said: "There's one man who can stop these proposals going ahead and can save lives.
"We ask Jeremy Hunt to come along to this area and have a constructive meeting."
She added: "We will prove to why we need to keep two hospitals."
Jason McCartney, Conservative MP for Colne Valley, tweeted: "After an hour highlighting huge flaws in their plans, appalled that the CCG unanimously voted for plans to downgrade A&E at HRI".
One year after the 5p charge came in, Welsh Environment Minister John Griffiths says it has been a success.
Scottish ministers have consulted on a scheme, Northern Ireland plans a charge in 2013, and the UK government says it wants to work with English shops.
But the British Retail Consortium says there are bigger waste issues.
Wales became the first nation in the UK to charge for single use carrier bags when it was introduced on 1 October, 2011, with the aim of helping the environment.
The proceeds go to good causes, but businesses with fewer than 10 staff are not obliged to keep records of how the money is used. Retailers face a fine of up to £5,000 if they do not comply.
RSPB and Keep Wales Tidy have received a combined £800,000 since the charge was introduced, the Welsh government said.
Mr Griffiths said: "I have been really impressed by the ease with which Welsh retailers and shoppers have adjusted to the charge.
"Their efforts have been key to its success and I can see no reason why the charge wouldn't work just as well in other parts of the UK."
The cost is not linked to inflation and the Welsh government has no plans to increase it.
Research commissioned by the Welsh government says the charge is "widely supported" with people changing their habits as a result.
Published in July, the study by Cardiff University found 82% of shoppers brought their own bags compared to 61% before the charge was introduced.
A Scottish government consultation on whether to introduce a 5p charge closed last week.
The Northern Ireland Executive will bring forward legislation later this year to introduce a 5p charge for single-use carrier bags in April 2013.
A spokeswoman for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said: "We want to work with retailers to help them lift their game to cut the number of bags they hand out.
"We are monitoring the results of the charging scheme in Wales and the outcome of the Scottish consultation on a charge."
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) says the UK's leading high street and grocery retailers voluntarily cut the number of carrier bags they hand out by half between 2006 and 2009.
BRC food policy director Andrew Opie said further reductions would require legislation.
"It's a political issue. Where are your priorities in terms of the environment?" he said.
"Actually there are much more important things in waste to concentrate on than bags.
"To spend so much attention on it and not address bigger issues in waste does seem to us to be missing the point."
They could suspend the organisation's board or ask another body to run the service.
In June last year, a damning report criticised mismanagement of the Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board in north Wales for a catalogue of errors.
Conservatives said the changes should go some way to making health boards accountable for poor performance.
Ministers said it would now be much clearer how such matters were dealt with.
The new arrangements are also intended to clarify the roles and responsibilities of the Welsh government, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) and the Auditor General Wales when dealing with potential problems.
Less drastic options, in place from next month, are "enhanced monitoring" and "targeted intervention".
The Welsh government said the need for a stronger inspection and regulation regime emerged from last year's joint HIW and Wales Audit Office (WAO) report into governance arrangements at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.
The board runs all aspects of the NHS in north Wales.
The report found operations had been delayed and waiting lists allowed to grow at hospitals to avoid financial problems getting worse and that "significant management failings" had risked patient safety by under-reporting infections.
On Thursday, Health Minister Mark Drakeford said inspection and regulatory regimes "need to evolve and keep pace with change so we are assured of a reliable and robust quality assurance system".
"I am confident that, where issues do emerge which give rise to concern, we now have a clear set of arrangements for all to understand how such matters will be systematically dealt with, to ensure proportionate and timely action," he said.
"Wales already has one of the most closely inspected healthcare systems in the UK - this new arrangement will ensure clarity about who is responsible for driving improvement."
The Conservatives said the situation at Betsi Cadwaldr health board had been "allowed to fester for far too long" and the previous processes were "far too murky and needed to change".
Shadow Health Minister Darren Millar said it was because of a "lack of accountability and insufficient clarity regarding triggers for Welsh government intervention".
"Patients and their families need to have confidence that (health) boards will be held to account for poor performance and these changes should go some way to ensuring that this is the case," he added.
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Argyle were set to face Dutch second division team FC Emmen on 25 July.
The League One club said that the game, part of a two-match pre-season training camp, was called off after the town's mayor consulted local authorities.
Plymouth were told that police would be too busy with the other events taking place in the town.
Several supporters are accompanying the Pilgrims on an official club trip.
In addition, many more have booked a visit to the Netherlands to watch the matches.
A Plymouth club spokesman said: "While we understand the mayor's decision, we are disappointed to have to revise the detail of our visit to Holland at this late stage.
"We are working with officials at FC Emmen, who share our disappointment, to see if an alternative venue or date can be accommodated.
"We will keep supporters appraised of the situation as it develops."
Emmen is a town in the north east of the Netherlands and has a population of 107,943 people.
The biggest attraction in the town is the Dierenpark Emmen Zoo, which attracts more than 1.5m visitors per year.
FC Emmen were formed as an amateur club in 1925 before turning professional in 1985.
The have reached the play-offs 11 times but have never managed to gain promotion to the top flight.
The butterfly incident is not the first case of an unusual football postponement, as an FA Cup match in 2015 was rearranged because of cheese.
Frome Town's FA Cup first qualifying round tie with West Country rivals Chippenham Town was brought forward in September 2015 because it clashed with the Frome Agricultural and Cheese Show.
Ian Pearce, Frome's secretary and managing director, told BBC Sport at the time: "The cheese show is huge, the biggest event in the town's calendar.
"A lot of our fans like going to the cheese show, including our chairman, Jeremy Alderman, who is one of the show's sponsors."
Between Worlds by Tansy Davies, staged by the English National Opera in 2015, triumphed in the stage works category at the awards ceremony.
The opera explores the feelings of fear, courage and loss experienced by those caught up in the attacks.
Other winners this year included a sound compilation designed to bring a train journey to life.
Sonorama by Claudia Molitor, which was composed to soundtrack the journey between London's St Pancras and Margate, won in the sonic art category.
The piece brings together music, interviews, readings and archival material and reflects what the listener can see from the train window during the journey.
The ceremony, hosted by BBC Radio 3 presenters Sarah Walker and Andrew McGregor, took place at the British Film Institute in London on Tuesday evening.
Alba, an original composition inspired by the writings of Samuel Beckett, netted Rebecca Saunders composer her second British Composer Award.
Ten of the 13 awards this year were won by first-time winners.
Shri Sriram took home the wind or brass band award for Just a Vibration - a work which combines Indian melodies with a brass band.
Roderick Williams won the choral award for Ave Verum Corpus Re-Imagined while Freezywater by Leo Chadburn won the chamber ensemble prize.
Alan Davey, controller at BBC Radio 3, said: "This year's unprecedented numbers of first-time winners encompass a broad array of different musical genres and ideas, demonstrating that the UK's contemporary classical music scene is more alive than ever."
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Scotland's first minister told the BBC's Andrew Marr she felt the prime minister had "no plan" in terms of her strategy for the UK leaving the EU.
She said she was prepared to compromise and wants Mrs May to do the same.
The UK government has said a special deal for Scotland is unrealistic.
The prime minister said on Sunday morning the government's thinking on Brexit "isn't muddled at all".
In an interview on Sky News, she said her priority was to get the "best possible deal in terms of our trading relationship with the European Union".
Brexit talks with the EU are expected to begin as early as April.
Scottish opposition parties have called for Ms Sturgeon to rule out a second independence referendum.
Voters in Scotland backed the UK staying in the EU by 62% to 38%.
Ms Sturgeon has said she wants the UK to retain membership of the European single market, the so-called soft Brexit option.
She has also indicated a soft Brexit would see the prospect of Scottish independence "put aside" in the short term.
However, in an interview for the Andrew Marr programme, she warned the UK government and Mrs May that "they will be making a big mistake if they think I am in any way bluffing" on the prospect of another Scottish independence referendum.
She said that if the UK opts for leaving the single market then she would "give Scotland the opportunity to decide whether it wants to be driven off a hard Brexit cliff by right-wing Tory Brexiteers or whether it wants to take control of its own future".
Asked if she was looking at a referendum "much quicker" than in five or 10 years' time following a hard Brexit she said: "I would think, yes. But let me not get away from this point, I'm putting to Theresa May a compromise solution."
Ms Sturgeon also told the BBC presenter that discussions with the UK government over the Brexit options had left her "frustrated".
She said: "I don't feel as if I know any more about her (Theresa May's) negotiating objectives than I did six months ago."
Asked if she seriously thinks "there is no plan", the first minister said: "Yes I do".
She added: "I say that with a lot of regret as that puts every part of the UK into a very perilous position."
Nicola Sturgeon has warned she isn't bluffing over a second independence referendum. But she's also been careful to emphasise she is offering a 'compromise' that would take one off the table. For now all options remain in play.
A key influencing decision will be whether Scotland stays in the EU single market, either as part of the UK or in a separate arrangement. Prime Minister Theresa May said today she does not intend to keep bits of membership - instead she wants an ambitious trade deal with Europe. More details in the next couple of weeks.
But the first minister will also be reluctant to call one unless she's confident she'll win; at the moment polls suggest support for independence has not increased since 2014.
Ms Sturgeon has tried to put the ball in the prime minister's court; asking her will she listen to the views of the Scottish government? If not, Ms Sturgeon thinks Scotland will have to ask itself if it's happy with the decision. Watch this space.
Ms Sturgeon highlighted a meeting at Downing Street in October which also involved the first ministers of Wales and Northern Ireland.
She said: "I'm not exaggerating too much when I say the prime minister sat on the other side of the table at that meeting and said 'Brexit means Brexit' and not a lot more.
"I came out of that meeting more frustrated, after a meeting of that nature, than I have ever been before."
In the interview, the SNP leader also said she accepted "it looks at the moment as though the UK is going to leave the EU".
She called on Theresa May to work towards a "compromise" and "common ground that avoids the worst impacts".
The prime minister has pledged to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - getting leaving talks with the EU under way - by the end of March.
Talks can take up to two years, unless an agreement is reached to prolong the process.
Responding to Ms Sturgeon's comments, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said: "This week we've seen Nicola Sturgeon say that she was going to take a referendum off the table, only for her and Alex Salmond to put it back on the table again today.
"The first minister needs to start acting in the interests of all Scots, not simply playing to her nationalist base."
Kezia Dugale, Scottish Labour leader, accused the SNP of sowing "division and uncertainty".
"With a growing crisis in our NHS and a shameful gap between the richest and the rest in our schools, the challenges facing Scotland are too great for the SNP government to be distracted by another referendum," she said.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said Ms Sturgeon was causing "damaging uncertainty".
He added: "She rightly criticises the prime minister for a lack of clarity on Brexit but the first minister is making matters worse with a similar lack of clarity on independence."
The full interview with Nicola Sturgeon was broadcast on The Andrew Marr Show and will be available later on the BBC iPlayer.
The Lib Dems are the largest group with 36 out of 123 seats, after having previously been in opposition.
They said they wanted to build a "partnership for Cornwall".
Of the larger groups now on the unitary authority, there are 35 independent councillors and 31 Conservatives.
The previous administration had been Conservative-Independent led.
The re-elected leader of the Tory group, Fiona Ferguson, said that, although they were still open to discussions, she felt any so-called "rainbow coalition" was unlikely to be practical.
Others on the council include six Labour members, six from UKIP, four from Mebyon Kernow, two Labour and Co-operative Party members, two councillors declared as "unspecified", and one Green.
Instead, the foreign secretary will focus on forging a UK-US free trade Brexit deal when he meets senior members of the president's team.
Britain is said to be ready to forget the spat after the US agreed not to repeat claims GCHQ wiretapped Mr Trump.
GCHQ said the claims made by the White House were "nonsense".
Mr Johnson will meet with congressional leaders and members of Mr Trump's team in Washington, including chief strategist Steve Bannon and senior adviser Kellyanne Conway.
Officials said he will not raise the diplomatic row which was sparked when White House press secretary Sean Spicer repeated allegations GCHQ spied on Mr Trump for Barack Obama.
The UK is said to be satisfied by reassurances from the US that the claims - described by GCHQ as being as "utterly ridiculous" - will not be repeated.
Officials hope Mr Johnson can carve out a role as a link-man between No 10 and the White House, says the BBC's diplomatic correspondent James Landale.
On his three-day visit to the US, the foreign secretary will attend a summit of countries fighting so-called Islamic State and chair a meeting of the UN security council.
He will also host a UN event on female empowerment around the world, aimed at giving women better access to schools, jobs and democracy.
GQ had created a "substantial risk" the trial of Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson and others "would be seriously impeded or prejudiced", the High Court ruled.
The court heard a GQ article, published by Conde Naste Publications Ltd, could have suggested to jurors that NoW's owners directed or knew about hacking.
Mrs Brooks was cleared of all charges.
Mr Coulson was convicted of conspiracy to hack phones and was jailed for 18 months.
Lord Thomas, the Lord Chief Justice, said a future hearing would decide on the penalty for Conde Naste.
The GQ article, written by Michael Wolff, appeared in the men's magazine in April 2014, when the Old Bailey trial had been running for more than three months.
The case against Conde Naste was brought by the Attorney General, represented by Andrew Caldecott QC.
"The thrust of the piece was that [Rupert] Murdoch, proprietor of News International, was, or probably was, implicated in voicemail interception and that he should have been prosecuted and in his absence the trial had an air of unreality about it," Mr Caldecott had told the court at a hearing in July.
He said such suggestions had not been made by the prosecution in court.
He also said the article implied defence lawyers had a "hidden agenda" of protecting Mr Murdoch's interests and concealing his involvement.
Adrienne Page QC, representing Conde Naste, said the article was "a highly subjective, personal and impressionistic sketch based upon the experience of visiting the trial courtroom".
But Lord Thomas, sitting with Mrs Justice Nicola Davies, ruled that the article was "seriously prejudicial".
After the ruling, Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC said: "While it is rare to bring proceedings against publishers, the GQ article went against the most fundamental principle of our criminal justice system; namely that everyone is entitled to a fair trial and it is not for the press to decide who is deserving of this protection."
De Kock, 23, slipped and twisted his knee while at home on Wednesday.
Vilas was set to play a domestic match in Port Elizabeth, but flew to Johannesburg on Thursday morning.
Cricinfo reported Vilas boarded a 100-minute flight at 08:40, with the 30-year-old arriving at the Wanderers 45 minutes after play began.
South Africa won the toss and batted first, meaning Vilas' absence was not felt.
However, De Kock's injury denied the Proteas, who are 1-0 down in the four-match series, the opportunity to rejig their batting line-up.
De Kock may have been promoted to open the batting, allowing batsman JP Duminy to bat at number seven and bowl some off-spin.
Without De Kock, Stiaan van Zyl continues to open, Vilas will bat at seven and the home side have only the part-time spin of Dean Elgar to complement a four-man pace attack.
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"De Kock's injury happened yesterday afternoon. He was hoping to run it off but he woke up just after midnight and the knee was very swollen, so he didn't inform team management until this morning."
News of South Africa's predicament led to a discussion on BBC Sport's live text commentary of occasions when you have been 'caught on the hop'.
Mark Horner, via email: "Back in the early nineties, our team was playing away at a new club to the league. Two cars got lost and we only had six players at the due time. The opposition refused to wait and were about to claim the win.
"My wife, who had come as a spectator and who was eight months' pregnant, waddled onto the field and said 'play'. At that time, she was the only woman registered to play in that league and it meant we had the minimum seven players. The opposition were stunned... and so were we.
"The game started... our other players turned up half an hour into the game... and we won! Wife was the toast of the club."
Andrew and Will Odell, via email: "I was playing in the same team as my brother. The opposition batted first and then it was our turn to bat. I was opening the innings and my brother was number 11.
"Obviously he thought he had plenty of time to go to the toilet. However, when he returned to the match he was not only horrified that we were all out for 11, but also that he had been timed out."
O'Sullivan's last match was at the World Championship in April, where he lost in the quarter-final to eventual winner Stuart Bingham.
Since then, the five-time world champion, 39, has played in amateur tournaments and exhibitions.
"I am reluctant to give up this easy life I have at the moment which is very enjoyable," he told BBC Sport.
"I am dithering but at the moment I am enjoying life so much I haven't really got the time to practise or give the game 100%."
Asked if a rumoured return to action at the Masters in January is possible, O'Sullivan said: "That is not true."
O'Sullivan went on to speak about his life away from the table and making his debut as a TV pundit for the second round of the UK Championship on Saturday.
With little practice now in his schedule, O'Sullivan has time to catch up on his favourite TV shows, as well as giving up bad habits he has picked up.
Start to the day: "I wake up at 4am and put a bit of telly on for an hour. I like my sports so I'll watch that. The Champions League, darts, tennis and athletics I enjoy the most. There is always something on. I'll take 10 minutes to watch the news to see what is going on around the world.
"I like I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here at the moment and Lady Colin Campbell is causing a bit of a stir. You never know, one day I might be on it myself.
"Then I get my jogging bottoms on and go to the forest. I have a slight injury at the moment so I will be walking for five, six miles and do a little bit of running because the back is getting better. That will start my day off. The more I do it, the more I feel I need to have it.
"When I injured my back, I was told I was unable to do any more exercise and for the first couple of weeks I quite enjoyed not having to go to the gym or do the morning run. It does take time out of your day. You end up gaining two hours on your day. It is important that I am able to get some fresh air and it enables me to think and find some answers to questions I have in my mind.
"After that, I'll make my way to the cafe with my friend who I go walking with, sit there and chill and have some breakfast. 80% of my food is healthy because I am liable to put on weight so I know how important diet is. I would go for porridge, poached eggs, grilled tomatoes and mushrooms. I try and stay away from the bread. I then shower and get ready for whatever the day presents for me. That can vary from day to day."
Preparing for the afternoon: "I am ready for the rest of my day by 11am. I have the Ronnie O'Sullivan Show on Eurosport so will take time working on that and also the radio show that I have on a Thursday. I enjoy spending quality time with my son and daughter. In the holidays, I get to spend even more time with them so as a parent, there are responsibilities. You are juggling quite a few things when you get to my age.
"Otherwise I will go down to the club and hit a few balls. I didn't play for around two to three months after the World Championship and decided to play in some of the amateur tournaments at the snooker academy in Gloucester. I have done a little bit of practice but not too much and played in some exhibition matches.
"It has given me the chance to travel around the UK and I love that. We move from one venue to the next and it is exciting because you never know what you are going to get. If there was no snooker for me to play, I would rather stay at home."
A healthy evening meal: "I have dinner at around 6-7pm and my girlfriend does a great curry. We try to do it as organic as you can. When you get to 40, it is harder to keep the weight down so you have to keep vigilant about what you eat. We go to a restaurant sometimes but will always have the grilled stuff.
"My favourite meal during the week is fish, but I love to eat chicken and salads too. We just got back from Bulgaria and Romania and the salads they do out there are unbelievable. I am going to try that in my diet over here. We tend to eat a lot of bread and pasta here."
Winding down: "9pm would be an early night for me. I had six hours' sleep on Thursday night which is the most I have had in about five years. I overslept. I usually have four hours and that keeps me going. I am flying if I get four hours.
"At the moment, I am reading Allen Carr's book The Only Way to Stop Smoking Permanently. That will be in my handbag which I carry around with me everywhere I go. In there I also have my pens, driving licence, some euros and my passport. Any time I think I need to go somewhere, I will always have the essentials ready in my bag. I can go to any country with that and survive.
"When I run, I don't ever feel like smoking but the last six weeks I haven't been able to and it has been a hard time for me. I may have to have an operation on my back. I was feeling sorry for myself and decided to start smoking again. It is not a good idea but I am getting off them."
O'Sullivan won his fifth UK Championship title in York last December, but decided not to defend his crown. Instead, he will be making his debut as a snooker pundit starting on Saturday on Eurosport.
"Gary Neville is a great football pundit but he has learnt off a great in Sir Alex Ferguson. Gary knows the game inside out and everyone has their different ways of looking at a game.
"The aim of punditry isn't to be controversial, it is about being honest and giving the viewers an insight. As a pundit, there is a duty to say what needs to be said.
"I will have my own view on how a match is going and I will have played against a lot of the guys so will provide an insight on how certain players will match up. I can give a view on their strengths and weaknesses too. Snooker is about cancelling each other out so if a player has an attacking game, you can put pressure on their weakest part."
Lord Hill, who told MPs he had gone "as a matter of principle", said it was important to set out "shared objectives" before talks start.
He acknowledged that the UK's influence over the EU had been "shrivelling" even before the vote to leave.
Brexit negotiations are set to begin as early as April.
Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to work for the "best possible" trade deal, although questions persist over whether the UK will remain in the European single market and customs union.
Lord Hill, formerly EU commissioner for financial services, told the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee it was vital to avoid a "dialogue of the deaf" between the UK and the other 27 EU states during the discussions.
The UK's political culture, with emphasis on confrontation rather than building relationships between different parties, sometimes looked "quite odd" to other Europeans, he added.
Ahead of Brexit talks, Lord Hill said: "If you start working out what your shared objectives are, you have got a better chance of reaching a grown-up dialogue."
Lord Hill resigned as commissioner on 25 June, the day after the result of the EU referendum - 51.9% to 48.1% in favour of Brexit - was revealed.
Having been involved with David Cameron in pushing for concessions with the EU prior to the vote taking place, he told MPs quitting had been "the right thing to do".
The deal reached in February last year, which included some curbs on migrants' benefits and removing the UK from a commitment to "ever-greater union", had been "the best deal that we could have got", he said.
On broader relations, Lord Hill said: "For a long time there's been a different basic outlook. Over a period of time the nature of our web of relationships with other European countries has been shrivelling in recent years. I think we've been less engaged."
Their 4-3 win at Stair Park keeps them two points ahead of Raith Rovers, who came from behind to beat Forfar 3-1.
East Fife beat Arbroath 3-2 to leapfrog them into third place.
Ryan Tierney scored the decisive goal as Airdrie beat Albion Rovers 2-1, and Adam Martin's late strike saw Alloa to a 1-0 victory over Queen's Park.
At Stranraer, the home side opened the scoring through Ryan Wallace but Declan McDaid levelled with a smart shot from the edge of the box.
It was 2-1 to the visitors when neat build-up play from Ross Docherty played in Craig Moore and he blasted the ball home.
Michael Moffat added a third to seemingly put them in control.
However, Ryan Thomson's bullet header made it 3-2 and his second of the game brought Stranraer level.
There was to be more drama at the death as Ayr stole victory through Paddy Boyle's breakaway strike.
Raith Rovers fell behind to Mark Millar's goal for Forfar, and then after Lewis Vaughan equalised the visitors' Jamie Bain was sent off six minutes before half-time.
Liam Buchanan and Greig Spence scored the second-half goals to give Rovers all three points.
A Thomas O'Brien own goal and further strikes from Nathan Flanagan and Chris Duggan had East Fife 3-1 ahead at half-time against Arbroath, who were briefly level through Steven Doris.
Danny Denholm reduced the arrears in the second half but it was not enough to keep hold of third place.
Andrew McNicoll, 43, from Balerno, was taken to hospital after the crash on Lanark Road in January. He later died.
Police said he had been cycling on the north carriageway of the road at the time of the crash and hit a parked car.
The concert at Polwarth Parish Church is being held at 19:30 on Friday to raise money for his parent's campaign for safer roads.
Following the crash a man was detained by police in connection with the incident but later released without charge. Police said inquiries are ongoing.
At the time Mr McNicoll's father Ian said: "Our grief, as you can imagine, is immense.
"Andrew was a fit young man with a great future ahead of him with his partner Donna.
"We are extremely proud of our Andrew and his achievements, and are devastated to have lost him."
He added: "We are setting up a memorial fund in his name to help make cycling safer in Scotland."
Emma Tapping's 7ft (2.1 metre) tree appears almost hidden under the hundreds of gifts she has been wrapping since August.
The mother-of-three has bought her children up to 85 gifts each, including 30 for her 16-month-old baby.
She said people "shouldn't judge her spending".
After putting up her tree in November, Mrs Tapping, 35, who runs a holiday cottage on the Isle of Man, shared the picture on her Instagram online photo-sharing account, and it has since been shared 27,000 times.
She said: "I'm not 'insta-famous' - I've only got a couple of hundred followers and I didn't think anything of it.
"Someone took a screen shot - wrote a caption and it was blasted all over Facebook.
"I only have 200 followers and it's been shared 27,000 times."
Mrs Tapping defended her decision to spend about £1,500 on her three children and wider family after receiving criticism on social media, with some labelling her "materialistic" and an "attention seeker".
She said the picture went viral without her knowledge and she has since appeared on ITV's This Morning programme to explain her spending, which started on 27 December last year.
Mrs Tapping said: "I didn't do it to brag and I only shared it with my friends and family.
"I'm not rich, I simply shop in a savvy way with vouchers and in sales.
"Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I am from a huge family and this is how we celebrate.
"It's my money. I'm not on benefits so it's how I choose to spend it.
"I don't want people to judge me. I shop all year around to put a smile on their faces.
Her story has now travelled the globe and featured in the media in Australia.
In a letter this month, seen by the BBC, the high street retailer says it wants a reduction of costs of at least 5% from all its suppliers.
It also wants suppliers to pay for £3m worth of security tags and CCTV.
The Forum of Private Business has described it as a "smash and grab raid" on the supply chain.
"I am surprised at the unwholesome attitude of Holland and Barrett," said Ian Cass, Managing Director of the FPB.
"Many of their suppliers are small firms who have helped the retailer increase their margins and have been unable to put up prices themselves over the last few years."
"Sometimes it is helpful to suppliers to offer discounts to retailers in return for product placement or increased marketing of their products, which is beneficial to both parties, but this needs to be agreed by both sides, not a unilateral decision as in this case."
Holland and Barrett is owned by the American private equity company, The Carlyle Group, and has 735 shops in the UK and Ireland. Last year its profits increased by 12% to £146m.
In its letter, the company said that it increased turnover thanks to a range of new initiatives and internal investment but that suppliers were not contributing proportionately to the growth of the business:
"Indeed, during a period when there has been little or no inflation, a general fall in food prices and fuel costs at their lowest for more than a decade, we have seen our margin eroded substantially by increased product costs," it said.
"We cannot allow this situation to continue and make our proposed investment. Therefore in addition to the cost price freeze referred to above, we now require a reduction in costs of at least 5% from all our suppliers. This will be entirely separate from the 12.5% retrospective discount introduced last June in respect of stock which we ship internationally."
" As a separate measure during 2016, we are also investing £3m in security tagging and high definition CCTV to address the issue of product theft - which is nearly 2% of sales. Our suppliers will have to cover the cost in the form of invoice adjustments and/or free stock."
The letter has been greeted with dismay and anger by one small supplier, who did not want to give his name for fear of losing his contract.
"This is yet another appalling example of how big business often treat suppliers and is very damaging to everyone, especially smaller businesses."
"This move by H&B is draconian and totally unethical. H&B are not in financial difficulty nor do they desperately need suppliers help financially."
"What they will gain is a 5% increase in profits and dividends for their shareholder for nothing. What they have done to their suppliers is abhorrent."
David Sables, founder of Sentinel Management Consultants, which helps advise suppliers, said it wasn't always easy for small businesses to react.
"I'm not completely surprised by this. It's reminiscent of the type of behaviour we used to see before the Grocery Code of Practice was introduced."
"It's difficult for the smaller suppliers to know how to react because there's a lot at stake. Quite often it's a negotiating tactic, but you have to know how to respond and deal with it," he said.
In a statement, Holland and Barrett said:
"We have made significant investments over recent years to drive the growth of the brand, including a major increase to both our UK and overseas store numbers and investments in both staff training and ecommerce technologies including click and collect.
"Naturally, suppliers benefit from the resultant increase in sales this growth brings, as well as customer and brand reach.
"This latest initiative is not the start of a negotiation process but a further part of this growth strategy which we are now in the process of communicating to our suppliers."
The Forum of Private Business said it would be writing to the company to make clear its concerns.
It has a hall of shame of other companies it has accused of mistreating suppliers.
The match will be played in Hamilton on Tuesday, 14 June, three days after the first Test against the All Blacks at Eden park in Auckland.
Warren Gatland's side will then face the World Cup winners on 18 June in Wellington and 23 June in Dunedin.
"It is great our midweek match against the Chiefs has been confirmed," said Gatland, a native of Hamilton.
"For the squad it will be an opportunity for further valuable game time together ahead of the second and third tests against the All Blacks.
"For me personally it will be an honour to bring Wales to Hamilton and face the Chiefs."
The Chiefs were knocked out in the quarter-finals by eventual winners Highlanders in last season's Super Rugby campaign, having won the title in 2012 and 2013.
They are captained by Brodie Retallick, a key member of New Zealand's World Cup winning squad.
Wales' visit will come towards the end of the round-robin stage of the 2016 Super Rugby season.
"The chance for provincial players to play against international sides is a rarity in the professional era, so we are really excited by the challenge," said Chiefs head coach Dave Rennie.
"Gats is hugely respected in this community so it's a nice fit for him to bring his Welsh team home to Hamilton to take on the Chiefs."
The game has yet to be ratified by World Rugby. Wales last toured New Zealand in June 2010 when they lost 42-9 in the first Test in Dunedin and were beaten 29-10 in the second Test in Hamilton.
The All Blacks won the most recent meeting between the two sides 34-16 in Cardiff, stretching their unbeaten run against Wales to 26 matches.
Radamel Falcao's opener for the visitors was cancelled out when Lucas Tousart headed in for Lyon.
But Mbappe, 18, scored his 13th league goal of the season to keep Monaco on course for a first title since 2000.
The Red and Whites are level on points with Paris St-Germain, but boast a far superior goal difference and have a game in hand on the French champions.
Match ends, Lyon 1, Monaco 2.
Second Half ends, Lyon 1, Monaco 2.
Foul by Houssem Aouar (Lyon).
Fabinho (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Memphis Depay (Lyon).
Tiemoué Bakayoko (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Maxime Gonalons (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Valère Germain (Monaco).
Maciej Rybus (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by João Moutinho (Monaco).
Offside, Lyon. Maciej Rybus tries a through ball, but Rafael is caught offside.
Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Jemerson.
Foul by Maxime Gonalons (Lyon).
João Moutinho (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Maciej Rybus (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Bernardo Silva (Monaco).
Substitution, Monaco. João Moutinho replaces Falcao.
Attempt blocked. Valère Germain (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Thomas Lemar.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Maciej Rybus (Lyon) because of an injury.
Delay in match Valère Germain (Monaco) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Lucas Tousart (Lyon) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rafael with a cross.
Attempt saved. Valère Germain (Monaco) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nabil Dirar with a cross.
Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Mouctar Diakhaby.
Foul by Memphis Depay (Lyon).
Fabinho (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Monaco. Valère Germain replaces Kylian Mbappe.
Attempt blocked. Falcao (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kylian Mbappe.
Substitution, Lyon. Maxime Gonalons replaces Jordan Ferri.
Substitution, Lyon. Houssem Aouar replaces Sergi Darder.
Foul by Jordan Ferri (Lyon).
Tiemoué Bakayoko (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mouctar Diakhaby (Lyon).
Tiemoué Bakayoko (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Mathieu Valbuena (Lyon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Nabil Dirar (Monaco).
Sergi Darder (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Bernardo Silva (Monaco).
Rafael (Lyon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Falcao (Monaco).
Scott & Charters has been operating from its Fairhurst Drive site in Hawick for more than 50 years.
It now wants to knock down its old building and put up a new two-storey structure in its place.
A statement said it would allow the company to continue manufacturing luxury knitwear in the town.
The works would be carried out in two phases, the first would see part of the existing building demolished but the rest of it retained during construction of the new facility.
Once that was completed the remainder of the old factory would be taken down.
A new access off Fairhurst Drive would also be formed and a new car park with 27 spaces created.
Resuming on 39-3, Durham slipped to 63-6, with Ryan Sidebottom (4-34) taking the wickets of Graham Onions, Scott Borthwick and Paul Collingwood.
Ryan Pringle (57 not out), Michael Richardson (33) and Graham Clark (25) delayed the hosts into the afternoon.
But Jack Brooks (3-55) took the final wicket of Chris Rushworth as Durham were all out for 192.
Second-placed Yorkshire are a point behind leaders Middlesex, who beat Nottinghamshire by five wickets on Friday to relegate the East Midlands county.
Durham's target of 421 always looked out of reach, especially after losing three wickets in 16 overs before close on Thursday.
Sidebottom finished with season-best bowling figures and he struck in his first and second over of the day to rip the heart of the Durham middle-order.
Clarke and Richardson put on 49 for the seventh wicket to make sure the game went behind lunch, while Pringle hit a spritely half-century and brought up his 50 with a six off Tim Bresnan.
But Durham slipped to their third Championship defeat of the season and remain in relegation trouble.
Cameron suffered a cardiac arrest at Pil Primary School in January and stopped breathing.
Staff administered CPR before paramedics took him to hospital.
Paula Rowlands, Cheryl Rowlands, Karen Flower-Robbins, Sarah Wallace and head teacher Neil Pryce were presented with a mayor's citizenship award.
Mr Pryce said: "I can't praise the staff enough for their response in dealing with very a serious and life threatening situation. I am immensely proud of their actions on the day.
"A small number of staff administered CPR, while others ensured that all children were cared for sensitively and given reassurance."
The five were given the award in a ceremony on Friday.
After arriving on the scene, paramedics stabilised Cameron before he was taken to University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
He was later transferred to a hospital in Bristol where a device was fitted in his chest to treat any dangerously abnormal heart rhythms.
Cameron was back at school six weeks after collapsing.
Paramedic Steve Smith said: "We were just so happy to see Cameron back in school after such a short time.
"Although we were on the scene within minutes of the call, those minutes that the teachers carried out CPR saved his life really."
Bland, 43, has qualified for November's season-ending Dubai World Tour Championship for the first time.
Three top 10 finishes during September ensured Bland gained valuable points on the lucrative Race to Dubai list.
"My game's been in really good shape and I've been playing aggressively and confidently," he told BBC Radio Solent.
Bland, from Southampton, has already doubled his prize money earnings from his previous best tour year and booked himself a place in The Final Series of the European Tour for a first time, which starts with the Turkish Open on 3 November.
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"I'm focused on getting as high up the order of merit as I can," Bland added after finishing tied 18th in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Sunday.
"I'm just outside the top 100 (ranked 127) in the world currently and I would love to get higher. I'm trying to stick the accelerator down even more between now and the end of the season.
"To do that, I've got to play and it's a massive incentive for me. I've just got to keep playing as well as I have been lately and it will give me every chance."
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Mother-of-three Lorna Moore was jailed for two and a half years after failing to tell the authorities her husband was about to join the militant group.
Her husband Sajid Aslam, 34, was part of a large network that heeded the militants' call for volunteers in 2014.
Police say 12 people from Walsall went to Syria or tried to do so that year.
Two of the men who made it to Syria have since died, while the whereabouts of others is unclear.
Ayman Shaukat, 28, was jailed for a total of 10 years with a five-year extended licence for helping Aslam and Muslim convert Alex Nash, 22, travel to Syria.
Nash, who got as far as Turkey, was jailed for five years with a one-year additional licence.
Judge Wide said Shaukat was "committed" and Nash "dedicated" to terrorism.
By Dominic Casciani, home affairs correspondent
This has been one of the most complex and challenging investigations by West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit since the Islamic State group called for volunteers to help populate its self-declared frontiers - and the investigating team were praised by Judge Charles Wide QC for how they had brought the case together.
Lorna Moore showed no emotion as she was sentenced to two and a half years - but Kerry Thomason quietly wept with relief as she received her suspended sentence.
At the centre of this case was a simple issue of mindset and motivations.
Alex Nash, who reached Turkey with his then pregnant wife, told the court in a frank letter that he was using his time in prison to learn what his religion actually meant.
Ayman Shaukat, who helped organise the travel, was however deemed so dangerous that the judge says he must be monitored for 15 years.
Muslim convert Moore, 34, originally from Northern Ireland, was planning to take her three young children - including an 11-month-old baby - to the war zone.
The trainee maths teacher sat emotionless in the dock as the judge described her as sharing the same mindset as her husband.
Sentencing at the Old Bailey, Judge Charles Wide QC described Moore as a "very strong character" and said she "knew perfectly well of [her] husband's dedication to terrorism".
"One of the troubling things about you is your facility for telling lies," he added.
He said Moore had told "lie after lie" to the jury during her trial and that some of her evidence was "nonsense".
Around the same time, a number of pregnant women from the same community were poised to travel to IS-controlled territory to give birth.
Kerry Thomason, 24, had admitted preparing for acts of terrorism by planning to join her husband, Isaiah Siadatan, in Syria while pregnant with their third child.
The judge described her as "naive" and suspended her two-year prison sentence after hearing Siadatan had threatened to send a "sleeper cell" to murder her parents.
Siadatan, 24, is believed to have been killed in the summer of 2015.
The first of the the West Midlands group to go to Syria was Muslim convert Jake Petty, 25, also known as Abu Yaqoob Britany.
His Christian minister mother Sue Boyce wept as she told jurors how she begged him not to go and later had to identify his body from video footage on social media after he was killed in December 2014.
Nash and his pregnant wife Yousma Jan, 20, were arrested by Turkish authorities and sent back to the UK.
He took sole responsibility for the plan and admitted preparing acts of terrorism, while a charge against Jan was discontinued.
In Tynwald, David Anderson confirmed plans are in place for an external assessment, the timings of which are due to be announced next month.
It follows the publication of a series of concerns from senior consultants about standards at Noble's hospital.
Mr Anderson said plans for a review have been in the pipeline since 2008.
He added the delay had been due to trying to persuade UK regulators, Care Quality Commission (CQC), to take on additional work outside the UK.
The CQC was set up in the UK as a way of checking that hospitals, care homes and care services meet national standards.
Talks are now ongoing with other health service regulators. The inspection dates will be announced in the July sitting of Tynwald.
For the majority of football clubs across Scotland, you would have to be at least in your 70s to really remember their record attendance game.
A combination of safety regulations and competing attractions means such crowds will never be seen again.
But how was the match experience in the days when the whole town turned out to watch their team? John Paterson, from Dumfries, is lucky enough to know.
A lifelong Queen of the South fan, he was a teenager when he and 26,551 others packed into Palmerston Park for the visit of Hearts for a Scottish Cup tie in February 1952.
He had first gone to see the Doonhamers with his father in August 1945 when they beat Hibs 3-0 and he has been "hooked ever since".
"In those days you had nine, 10, 11 thousand people going to the game - a poor gate was about 8,000," he said.
"But then again, there was nothing else, TV was just in its infancy and there was no Saturday afternoon sports coverage or anything like that.
"To go to Palmerston, walking down Buccleuch Street across Buccleuch Street bridge it was just a hoard of folk going there and then a hoard of folk coming back.
"For anybody trying to go in the opposite direction, it was impossible."
Queens had won promotion in the summer of 1951 back into the top division of Scottish football and there was optimism about their chances against a strong Hearts side.
"I think from memory we had drawn with Hearts 1-1 the week before and we turned up at this all-ticket game at Palmerston with a monster crowd," said Mr Paterson.
"It was amazing to see, there was hardly any room in the park. It was just an amazing day."
He watched from the left hand side of the main stand with high hopes that the south of Scotland outfit could get a result.
This was a side which the 80-year-old rates as "without question" the best Queen of the South team he has ever seen.
They boasted goalkeeper Roy Henderson - voted the club's greatest ever player in a newspaper poll nearly 50 years after his career ended - and record goalscorer Jim Patterson, as well as Scotland international Billy Houliston.
"They were a formidable team," said Mr Paterson.
"The atmosphere was phenomenal, it was the first big game that I had been to," he said.
"I had been to a semi-final against Rangers at Hampden but this was in Palmerston and you didn't know how many people were going to turn up and 26,500 turned up.
"The Terregles Street end was absolutely packed, Portland Road end you couldn't move and the Coo Shed was full to the gunnels.
"Kids were allowed to sit inside the track."
The game itself proved a step too far for Queens, they slipped two goals behind and, although they pulled one back, ended up suffering a 3-1 defeat.
"We anticipated we would be able to do something," said Mr Paterson.
"All football fans think their club can do it on the day.
"It was an anticlimax on the day but the atmosphere was fantastic.
"Maybe the occasion got to us, we hadn't played in front of 26,000 folk before - maybe that had something to do with it, I don't know."
Like any football fan, Mr Paterson gets a little nostalgic thinking about those times.
"It was a simple game, they played with two full-backs, three midfield and five forwards - with the two inside forwards being the powerhouse, running back and forward - and two wingers, Bobby Black on one and Jackie Oakes on the other," he said.
"It's the most attacking type of football, wingers get the ball, race to the corner flag, cut the ball across for somebody running onto it."
However, his passion for the game has not dimmed over the years.
"You just lived from one Saturday to the next," he said.
"Unfortunately - maybe that's not the right word - it is the same now.
"I still live from Saturday to Saturday and I still get a buzz on a Saturday when I know I am going to be watching Queens and I get a lot of pleasure out of watching them.
"Folk think I'm daft. If Queens are playing and I can feasibly get there, that's where I will be."
It is a love for the Doonhamers which he has transmitted to his family.
"I took my son when I think he was seven years old to his first game, now he is vice-chairman of the club," he said.
"And his two sons, my grandsons, are there every Saturday home and away."
One thing they won't see, however, is a crowd like their father and grandfather saw inside the confines of Palmerston Park.
"For health and safety reasons you can't get more than about 8,700 I think," said Mr Paterson.
"We are never going to draw those kind of attendances on a regular basis, unfortunately.
"If we could do that we could possibly see ourselves improving and being able to compete at a higher level."
Last season's average attendance was just a little over 2,000, which means every single one of them would have had to take a dozen friends in order to match the club's record crowd.
We modern day supporters must accept that we will never know that kind of atmosphere.
But we can still take time out to talk to fans like John Paterson to get a flavour of what it was like to be there.
Did you or a close member of your family attend your club's record attendance game? Share your memories of the day or what they told you about it via email [email protected].
11 December 2016 Last updated at 13:41 GMT
A busy city might seem like an unusual place for animals to call home but leopards, hyenas and peregrine falcons are just some of the animals living close to humans.
Many animals though, struggle to cope in a busy city environment and the programme looks into whether humans can build and adapt cities suitable for wildlife.
Leah spoke to Planet Earth II producer, Fredi Devas, about what to expect from the last programme in the series and to find out whether there will be a Planet Earth III.
This is an edited version of the session.
John in Scotland emails: Is it not the case that USA's presidential election is a totally money driven event?
Katty answers: $2 billion will be spent on this campaign but events matter too. His victory at the Denver debate didn't cost Romney a cent.
Question from @Evolve69: Why are US ballots so complicated? Why not a simple, identical, nationwide ballot with candidates names? Cheers.
Katty answers: Because each ballot has the presidential & all the local candidates as well.
Question from @TheFreeMason: Never mind what the polls say, who's REALLY in the lead at this point?
Katty answers: Short of a crystal ball - we sort of do have to rely on the polls. Sorry. But I think it is neck & neck
Question from @MikeBgolfing: 4 years ago Mitt got smoked in the primaries. What has changed to make him a viable candidate now?
Katty answers: Voters are disappointed with Obama. Romney has economic credentials & being the GOP nominee automatically gives him status.
Ewan, Scotland emails: In the event of a tie, what happens? Could President + Vice-President come from different parties?
Katty answers: If it's 269 to 269 electoral college votes, the House of Representatives chooses the president and the Senate picks the vice-president
Question from @sophie2709: Should US voters consider the world's view, which gives Obama the most backing internationally?
Katty answers: It's complicated. In 2004 Bush used global antipathy towards him to win support at home. But having friends abroad is useful.
Question from @_Stephen_Adams: There have been more female than male voters in every election since 80. Will women decide this race?
Katty answers: The campaigns seem to think so! More women vote than men in US elections, so Romney & Obama are fighting hard for female support.
Question from @Mysterion3000: From the photo, it looks like your BBC News US office needs more natural lighting.
Katty answers: It needs more everything!
Question from @strmrgn: Which Senate race do you feel is the most important to watch, and will the Democrats retain control of the senate?
Katty answers: We are watching six key Senate races. I'm focused on Massachusetts. It looks like the Democrats will hold the Senate
Andrea in the Netherlands emails: Could adverse weather like snow or hurricanes tip the balance in swing states on the day?
Katty answers: This election is so tight that yes I think snow, rain, or Sandy could affect turn out and the result.
Question from @lucyglewis: Which candidate do you think has the most momentum behind them at this stage?
Katty answers: Romney has had momentum since the first debate - I do know Obama campaign is watching this very closely.
Will Gorman in UK emails: Why were both so defensive when another candidate questioned their commitment to Israel?
Katty answers: US sees Israel as key ally in Middle East but no one running for President wants to alienate the power and money of the Jewish lobby.
Question from @redkoko: How does Romney winning election change USA/UK relations? International opinions on Romney?
Katty answers: Romney didn't win himself any friends in London - but I think the relationship will still be special, essential and strong.
Question from @rhysdgriffiths: Do you think it's a shame the other four tickets on the ballot get absolutely no airtime whatsoever?
Katty answers: It is a 2 party state and they won't win but the BBC has covered them.
Question from @Bergomi134: Why is Ohio so important/integral to the US Election?
Katty answers: Ohio is a microcosm of US. It has agriculture, manufacturing, energy, rural and urban areas. No Republican has won White House without it
Lars Tornfeldt in Sweden emails: Can Mitt Romney swear the presidential oath on the book of Mormon.
Katty answers: It would be a first! But unlikely. He took the oath as Governor of Massachusetts on the same Bible his father used in Michigan.
Question from @FunkyZedo: Why are voters disappointed with Obama - he created 5 million jobs, ended Iraq war, Bin Ladin killed, etc?
Katty answers: Expectations for Obama were high. The economy is still struggling. Unemployment is 7.8%. Not all his fault.
Question from @SmartGuyLA: Do you think there's any appetite to abolish the electoral college, a clearly outdated 18th centurey relic?
Katty answers: No.
Question from @MertensA Which state do you think will surprise people and vote against the candidate that polling suggests is leading?
Katty answers: Hmm...perhaps Florida. Romney is up but the Puerto Rican vote could tip it to Obama.
Richard in London emails: What time do you think we'll see a clear result next Tuesday night? How late will I be staying up?
Katty answers: In 2008 the election was called by 11PM - this time it could be later. It depends on a few tight counties in Ohio.
For more tweets from Katty Kay you can follow her Twitter account: @KattyKayBBC
A gay couple popular in Poland, Jakub and Dawid, mime to George Michael songs, in a YouTube video promoted with the Twitter hashtag #Polandwakeup.
George Michael, who died in December, was "the greatest gay artist of our time", the LGBT activists said.
Poland's nationalist government, close to the Catholic Church, has been accused of restricting gay rights.
Jakub and Dawid plan to get married in June - but same-sex unions are illegal in Poland, so they will go to Portugal for the ceremony.
The campaigners said the video was aimed at an international audience, in the hope that "it might force the government to make at least civil unions legal".
A European Parliament resolution in 2007 condemned homophobia in Europe, including "the emerging climate of racist, xenophobic and homophobic intolerance in Poland".
It spoke of an anti-LGBT agenda in the Polish education system, and urged the Polish authorities to stop "public leaders inciting discrimination and hatred based on sexual orientation".
Among the Polish gay celebrities backing the George Michael video project were: dancer and singer Wiktor Korszla, vloggers Piotr Sokolowski and Pawel Dworak, hairdresser Tomasz Bozek, campaigners Marek and Jedrzej Idziak-Sepkowski and drag queens Charlotte Drag Queer and Aldona Relax.
It comes as the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, says English cathedral congregations have grown in recent years.
The number of people describing themselves as having no religion rose from 15% to 25% of the population.
The British Humanist Association said it was a "significant cultural shift."
The Church of England said Christianity remained the most populous faith in England, but the fall in people choosing to identify themselves as Christians was a challenge.
Spokesman the Reverend Arun Arora said: "One of the reasons may well be fewer people identifying as 'cultural Christians' - that is, those who have no active involvement with churches and who may previously have identified as Christian for cultural or historical reasons.
"They indicate a changing pattern of religious life in which traditional or inherited identities are less taken for granted than they used to be."
A spokesman for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales said: "The overall decrease in the number of self-identifying Christians is consistent with recent social attitude and social value surveys.
"While this is a challenge, the fact that six out of 10 people in England and Wales self-identify as Christians is not discouraging. Christianity is no longer a religion of culture but a religion of decision and commitment. People are making a positive choice in self-identifying as Christians."
By Robert PigottReligious affairs correspondent, BBC News
The sharp decrease in the number of people in England and Wales identifying themselves as Christian and the dramatic increase in those reporting no religion are a sign of the loosening influence of Christianity, but also of changes in the way people think about religion.
When almost 72% of the population in the 2001 census described themselves as Christian, it was clear only a minority were regular church-goers.
Religion is a question of identity as well as belief and Christian groups have been quick to claim that even many of the quarter of people who say they have no religion do believe in such things as the soul, an after-life and reincarnation.
Being "Christian" has for many people become an increasingly ill-defined practice, incorporating a wider array of spiritual aspirations and beliefs.
Perhaps with the blurring of the margin between belief and unbelief, a "soft" Christian allegiance has proved vulnerable to secular trends, a suspicion of institutions such as churches, and visible signs that Christian morality is becoming increasingly distanced from secular ideas such as equality.
Norwich 'the most Godless city'
The census shows a 7% rise in the number of people living in England and Wales since 2001 - up to 56.1 million. More than half the increase is due to migration.
The census allowed people to declare themselves Christian (all denominations), Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, of no religion or to list themselves as belonging to any other faith.
There are 14.1 million people of no religion compared to 7.7 million a decade ago. But Christianity still remains the largest religion at 33.2 million, or nearly six out of 10 people, in spite of registering a fall of just over four million.
It showed a rise in the number of Muslims, with the proportion of the population in 2011 standing at 4.8%, or 2.7 million, up 2% from 1.5 million in 2001.
The Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish and Sikh faiths all registered increases. There are now 817,000 Hindus, a rise of 264,000 since 2001. The Jewish faith also rose by 3,000 over the last decade from 260,000 to 263,000.
Nick Spencer, research director at think-tank Theos, said: "The census measures religious identification, not beliefs or practice. It's about what people call themselves and which group they wish to identify with.
"These figures show that we have a plural religious landscape but that doesn't mean we're atheists. Digging deeper, we see that even those who say they have no religion often have a variety of spiritual beliefs but they don't want to associate these to religious institutions."
In Northern Ireland the number of people describing themselves as Protestant fell from 53% to 48% while the Catholic population went up 1% to 45%.
In the 2001 census 390,000 people nationwide claimed they were Jedi - followers of the faith popularised in the Star Wars films - but that figure fell to 177,000 in 2011.
Only 29,267 people specifically described themselves as atheist while 6,242 put "heavy metal" down as their faith.
The BBC's Religious affairs correspondent Robert Pigott said: "The increasing numbers identifying themselves with non-Christian religions seem partly the result of migration and higher relative birth-rates.
"But they are also explained by a number of campaigns encouraging members of minority faiths to acknowledge their religions, assuming that the bigger their numbers prove to be, the more influence they will have."
Dr Williams, interviewed told Radio Times, said English cathedral congregations had grown dramatically in recent years and he described the idea the Church of England was fading away as a "cliche".
Last year the British Humanist Association ran a campaign to persuade people to tick the "no religion" box.
Chief executive Andrew Copson said: "Religious practice, identity, belonging and belief are all in decline in this country and non-religious identities are on the rise.
"It is time that public policy caught up with this mass turning away from religious identities and stopped privileging religious bodies with ever increasing numbers of state-funded religious schools and other faith-based initiatives. "
The Catholic Church said: "While precise figures are difficult to determine, polling shows that the Catholic population has remained consistent at 9% of the total population for many years.
"Ipsos Mori research for Cafod in 2008 pointed to there being five million Catholics in England and Wales and around one million attend Mass on a weekly basis."
The 18-year-old was injured following a disturbance at about 0450 BST on Sunday in Springburn Road.
Officers trying to trace the vehicle involved and those responsible for the man's injuries, said the incident was being treated as attempted murder.
Part of the road was cordoned off and diversions were in place to allow investigations to be carried out.
George Porter headed the home side in front with a bullet header in the first 10 minutes, having freed himself at the back post to get on the end of a Blair Turgott corner.
The two sides then exchanged penalties in quick succession. Richie Bennett equalised for Barrow before Turgott smashed in a similarly confident spot-kick into the top corner to restore the Ravens' lead.
Tobi Sho-Silva then moved into double figures for the season, nodding in Lee Minshull's header across goal.
In a much quieter second half, Sho-Silva tapped in his second and Bromley's fourth.
Report supplied by the Press Association
Match ends, Bromley 4, Barrow 1.
Second Half ends, Bromley 4, Barrow 1.
Substitution, Bromley. Bradley Goldberg replaces Shane McLoughlin.
Goal! Bromley 4, Barrow 1. Tobi Sho-Silva (Bromley).
Alan Dunne (Bromley) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Barrow. Akil Wright replaces Lindon Meikle.
Substitution, Bromley. Alan Dunne replaces George Porter.
Substitution, Barrow. Ross Hannah replaces Liam Hughes.
Substitution, Barrow. Inih Effiong replaces Richard Bennett.
Jack Thomas (Barrow) is shown the yellow card.
Second Half begins Bromley 3, Barrow 1.
First Half ends, Bromley 3, Barrow 1.
Richard Bennett (Barrow) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Bromley 3, Barrow 1. Tobi Sho-Silva (Bromley).
Goal! Bromley 2, Barrow 1. Blair Turgott (Bromley) converts the penalty with a.
Lee Minshull (Bromley) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Bromley 1, Barrow 1. Richard Bennett (Barrow) converts the penalty with a.
Connor Dymond (Bromley) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Bromley 1, Barrow 0. George Porter (Bromley).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Emergency crews were called to the scene near Sainsbury's shortly before 07:00 BST on Sunday after three youths had "stripped off" and gone into the water but could not get out.
A member of the public alerted South Wales Police.
The youths were not injured.
The couple, who have been named locally as Donald and Maureen Macmillan, were discovered outside the house in Gravir in the South Lochs area overnight.
They ran the post office in the small community about 25 miles south of Stornoway.
Mr Macmillan was in his 70s and had been with the post office for almost 50 years.
It is not clear yet how or why the couple ended up outside as temperatures dipped below freezing.
People in the community have been shocked by the news, saying the Macmillans were well known in the community and a lovely couple.
Police Scotland said officers were at the scene and their investigation was at "a very early stage".
The deaths are currently being treated as "unexplained".
Murdo MacLennan, a local Free Church elder, has paid tribute to the couple, describing them as "lovely".
He said they would be missed in the local community.
Volunteers carrying out a study of aquatic invertebrates discovered the creatures at Low Barns Nature Reserve near Witton-le-Wear.
Durham Wildlife Trust said the Ranatra linearis is common in south and central Britain but very rare in the north.
Reserve officer Mark Dinning said: "This was an exciting find, proof that nature is always ready to surprise us."
The water stick insect hides amongst reeds and stems where it waits, camouflaged, to ambush passing creatures such as tadpoles and small fish.
It uses its long thin tail like a snorkel allowing it to breathe when submerged.
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The 25-year-old Australian made 12 appearances for Posh last season, after joining them from Crewe, but was told last month to find a new club.
"Over the last three seasons, Rochdale have almost made it into the play-offs.
"That's what has driven me to this club. Hopefully I can be part of achieving the next step," Inman told the Rochdale website.
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New MPs for Witney, in Oxfordshire, and Batley and Spen, in West Yorkshire, will be chosen on Thursday.
Former Prime Minister David Cameron, who stood down as an MP after quitting Downing Street, is being replaced in Witney.
The by-election in Batley and Spen was prompted by the death of Labour MP Jo Cox, who was shot and stabbed in Birstall in June.
Mrs Cox won the seat with a majority of 6,057 in 2015, while in Witney, the Conservatives are defending a majority of 25,155.
Polls in both constituencies opened at 07:00 BST and will close at 22:00 BST.
The BBC weather forecast for both constituencies is largely the same, with no rain predicted and a top temperature of 13C.
Here is a full list of the candidates standing, in alphabetical order by surname:
Corbyn Anti - By Election Protest
Tracy Lynn Brabin - Labour Party
Jack Buckby - No to terrorism, yes to Britain
Richard Charles Edmonds - National Front
David Furness - British National Party Local People First
Therese Hirst - English Democrats: 'Putting England First!'
Waqas Ali Khan - Independent
Garry Mervyn Kitchin - Independent
Ankit Love - One Love Party
Henry Edmund Burke Mayhew - Independent
(The Conservatives, Green Party, Liberal Democrats and UKIP are not fielding a candidate)
Emilia Arno - One Love Party
Dickie Bird - UKIP
David Bishop - Bus-Pass Elvis Party
Robert Courts - Conservative Party
Duncan Enright - Labour Party
Mad Hatter - Official Monster Raving Loony Party
Lord Toby Jug - The Eccentric Party of Great Britain
Adam Knight - Independent
Elizabeth Leffman - Liberal Democrat
Winston McKenzie - English Democrats
Helen Salisbury - National Health Action Party
Larry Sanders - Green Party
Daniel Skidmore - Independent
Nicholas Ward - Independent
Father Michael Higginbottom, 74, of West Farm Road, Newcastle, denied subjecting a teenage boy to repeated sexual abuse while he was a teacher at St Joseph's College in Lancashire.
Higginbottom was convicted of four counts of a serious sexual offence and four counts of indecent assault at Liverpool Crown Court.
He will be sentenced on Thursday.
The victim was aged between 13 and 14 at the time of the abuse but only went to the police in 2014 after telling a friend who encouraged him to report it.
He said the abuse began about about a week after he arrived at the school, when he was invited into Higginbottom's living quarters and the defendant locked the door and ordered him to undress before sexually assaulting him.
The complainant, now in his 50s, said he would be hit with a strap if he did not go to the physics teacher's living quarters at allocated times.
Adam Birkby, defending, suggested the man had "fabricated" the allegations for compensation.
During the trial, the court heard previous allegations had been made against Higginbottom in 2007 by another former pupil and the Catholic Church had settled out of court for £35,000.
Police had investigated the claims and, although Higginbottom had been charged, no evidence against him was offered in court and not guilty verdicts were entered.
In his evidence, Higginbottom denied ever sexually abusing a boy in his care.
He said he had no memory of the pupil, who attended the school for six months.
The court heard the priest would give electric shocks to pupils, using a Van de Graaff generator, as a punishment.
But Higginbottom said the machines gave only minor electric shocks and did not hurt the boys.
St Joseph's College, in Upholland, Lancashire, which has now closed, was attended by boys aged 11 to 18, many of whom were considering becoming priests.
Papa Massata Diack, son of ex-world athletics chief Lamine Diack, and Russians Valentin Balakhnichev and Alexei Melnikov want the bans annulled.
They were charged in December with multiple breaches of anti-doping rules relating to Russia's Liliya Shobukhova.
An IAAF ethics commission accused the trio of blackmail and bribery.
Cas said the three men had filed their appeals but it would not comment any further at this time.
Papa Massata Diack is a former consultant to athletics' governing body.
In a 170-page report, the independent IAAF ethics commission panel ruled he, Balakhnichev and Melnikov conspired to "blackmail" Shobukhova to cover up her doping violations by paying them "bribes" of about £435,000.
Diack and Balakhnichev, a former president of the Russian athletics federation and IAAF treasurer, were fined £17,000 while Russian coach Melnikov was fined £10,000.
In December, Diack told the BBC he "totally rejects" the blackmail allegations, saying: "There was no extortion of funds from any athlete."
Last month, France issued an international wanted notice via Interpol for the former IAAF marketing consultant, who Senegal refuse to extradite.
Cas told BBC Sport on Monday it would allow Diack to appear by video link.
Wales came from behind to beat Italy 20-14 in a qualifier in Monza to secure their place in next year's tournament.
"The game in Wales is growing," the Salford Red Devils prop told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"It's getting bigger and bigger with a lot more homegrown players coming through."
Kopczak continued: "Hopefully a lot more people will come and watch and see a lot of talent on show.
"We've got a lot of young, exciting prospects in the Super League now as well and it's great to see."
Wales qualified for the World Cup after finishing top of European qualifying group 1 having also beaten Serbia 50-0.
They will face Papua New Guinea and Ireland in Group C and will also be up against Fiji in an inter-group game.
"The group we're in is a very tough and physical group," Kopczak added.
"We know what we need to do and we've got the skills to match them."
Two Kyle Good goals levelled the contest and while South Africa regained the lead, Chris Cargo's strike earned the Irish a draw.
Keeper Jamie Carr had a fine game for the Irish who face Canada on Wednesday.
Ireland's women beat Spain 3-2 on Monday with Chloe Watkins, Naomi Carroll and Zoe Wilson on target.
The Irish women were beaten 3-0 and 2-1 by Spain in their opening two games in the four-match series and the final meeting between the countries takes place on Tuesday morning in Valencia.
Ireland's men will face the Canadians on Wednesday and Thursday before next weekend's two contests against Belgium.
The matches are part of Ireland's preparations for their challenge at the Olympic Games in Rio in August.
Ireland opened their series of games in South Africa by earning a 2-0 win over Canada before drawing 1-1 against the same opposition on Saturday.
The 24-year-old has been at the Perth club since 2008 and has established himself as manager Tommy Wright's number one choice this season.
He has made 30 appearances, keeping 10 clean sheets, in this campaign.
"I'm grateful to have this sort of security and peace of mind," Clark told the club website. "This season has far exceeded my expectations."
Clark, who has had loan spells at Elgin City and Queen of the South, was injured at the weekend, going off at half time in the win at Motherwell.
"I had hoped to try and get into the team but to have managed 30 starts is very pleasing for me but I'm taking nothing for granted," he added.
"With his second half display on Saturday, Alan Mannus reminded everyone - if it were needed - what a great keeper he is and I'll need to stay focused if I want to retain my place in the team."
The 23-year-old has played 29 one-day internationals and 14 Twenty20 internationals for the Black Caps, taking 18 wickets at an average of 20.83 in the shortest form.
Milne took 3-8 against Pakistan last week and will join at the end of June.
"He is exactly what we were looking for from an overseas player," said Essex head coach Chris Silverwood.
"We believe Adam can help us push on at the end of the group stage as we look to secure our place in the latter stages of the competition."
Chevaze McGregor, 27, abused Jeremiah Regis-Ngawah over a period of months, Birmingham Crown Court heard.
The child was found by police and paramedics at an address in Wolverhampton in November.
The boy's mother, Sindyann Regis, 25, had previously admitted allowing the toddler's death.
McGregor believed in physical chastisement to "toughen children up" and used his fists and items such as a belt and a rod to discipline Jeremiah, West Midlands Police said.
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At a previous hearing, the court heard Jeremiah was found with head and body injuries when police and paramedics were called to an address in High Street, Wednesfield on 20 November.
The toddler, who had also suffered a bite wound, died in hospital the next day.
A post-mortem examination showed he died of abdominal peritonitis caused by blunt force trauma.
Det Insp Warren Hines, from the force's homicide team, said: "McGregor was a controlling, manipulative and violent individual.
"We believe the fatal assault was inflicted a couple of days before and Jeremiah was left in agony until he succumbed to peritonitis.
"Evidence shows that Jeremiah had defensive wounds to his hands and arms, which shows he tried to shield himself from the beatings."
Regis and McGregor, both of High Street, Wednesfield, will be sentenced at a later date.
The document, which dates back to the late 17th Century, was destined for the skip when it was discovered during a house renovation.
Used as a draught excluder, it was encrusted with dirt and had been attacked by vermin and insects.
But it has now been meticulously cleaned and restored by the National Library of Scotland (NLS).
The map of the world was produced by the Dutch engraver Gerald Valck and there are thought to be only two other copies in existence.
In its heyday, the map, which measures 2.2m by 1.6m (7x5ft) would have been hung on a wall to be admired by visitors.
Despite its impressive history, the map was rolled up in a plastic bag and looked like a "bundle of rags" when it arrived at the Edinburgh library.
It was so delicate that every time it was moved, fragments of the map fell off "like confetti".
National librarian Dr John Scally said: "This is one of the most challenging tasks our conservation team has faced and they have done a terrific job.
"Although significant sections of the map have been lost, the remainder has been cleaned and stabilised for future study and enjoyment.
"It would have been very easy for this map to end up at the bottom of a skip but thankfully it can now take its place among the magnificent maps held within our collection."
The conservation process by the NLS involved:
Claire Thomson, the library's book and paper conservator, said: "Once the map was unfurled I was able to assess its condition, which I must admit filled me with dread.
"Much of the paper had been lost, and the remainder was hard and brittle in places and soft and thin in others.
"We needed to stabilise it to prevent any further deterioration, make it robust and easier to handle to get to a point where it could be studied by researchers."
The NLS said the map, which was donated to the library, will be available to view and study once the conservation work is completely finished.
Long-standing Labour dominance in the capital, along with a Remain majority, make it more complicated to assess the impact of Brexit and the concerns over Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.
In these circumstances exactly how feelings over Europe will cut across constituency and party boundaries is hard to predict.
General Election 2017
Here's a key seat which exemplifies the potential forces in terms of Brexit, while ignoring for a moment questions over Labour.
In Ealing Central and Acton, Labour is defending a majority of 274. It's an area which voted strongly for Remain.
Rupa Huq, the Labour candidate and the MP here for two years, burnished her Remain credentials when she refused to vote, against the whip, for triggering Article 50.
Her position may have been boosted by the Greens withdrawing - assuming that a fair few of the 1,841 voters who backed them in 2015 will now support Labour.
However, UKIP have also withdrawn leaving their 1,926 supporters facing, it's assumed, a choice between staying at home, and the Conservatives.
The unknown quantity - but potentially key determinant - is how the Liberal Democrats fare.
Not long ago this was a seat characterised as a three-way marginal, but the Lib Dems' vote share collapsed by 21% in 2015.
If support returns for the party because it is seen as providing the only true Remain alternative to May's Brexit, then Huq enters the danger zone.
If that support comes from previous Tory voters, then she should be safe - and a useful gauge of the extent of anti-Brexit feeling established.
The west London constituency is one of those which has assumed significance in a bigger Brexit conflict, with Huq promised support by the Best for Britain lobby group.
There's an arc of seats curling out to west and south-west London which could theoretically tell us how far anger at the Brexit decision is holding, or whether it is already shifting to a more pragmatic assessment of who is best able to make it happen to the least disadvantage.
Hammersmith, Westminster North, Harrow West, Brentford and Isleworth are the kind of seats that - in the normal run of things after seven years of Tories in government and with Remain instincts strong in London - Labour should have felt confident of retaining.
But this is by no means the case.
In fact, some now think that the fortress of support for Labour, created by Tony Blair and durable for the past two decades, could at last be stormed.
Going into this election Labour have 45 of the capital's 73 seats, against the Conservatives' 26. Yet might this be the point where the Tories achieve numerical superiority for the first time in a quarter of a century?
It is the Labour nightmare.
The reason it has become more conceivable is not just the general mood of the moment: the crises of confidence, dissolving alliances and changing loyalties.
It's UKIP.
Caught on the hop organisationally and licking its wounds after a virtual wipe out in the local elections, the party has mustered candidates in only 48 of London's 73 constituencies.
It has branded this as a strategic withdrawal - in the country's interests - from seats where it is encouraging its supporters to vote to protect incumbent Brexiteer Tories, or to back Tory challengers to unseat Labour Remainers.
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Many will see this as jumping before being pushed.
But if those previously voting for UKIP have decided the party has now served its purpose, are those that beforehand voted Labour going to return to the fold? Or journey onto the Conservatives?
If it is the latter, a handful more Labour-held seats including Eltham, Enfield North, Dagenham and Rainham, could fall to the Tories.
And so much for the Lib Dems storming back in Twickenham, holding on from Zac Goldsmith in Richmond Park, and restoring Kingston.
A collapsing UKIP could well mean the Lib Dems' longest-standing erstwhile London MP Tom Brake being at risk of defeat in Carshalton and Wallington.
One little note of caution on the extent of any Labour crisis.
The latest YouGov poll of voting intentions in London for the Evening Standard has the Conservatives on 36% percent - up 2% - but Labour up 4% on 41% - and this is since the election was called.
The fact they came back from 2-1 down to win 3-2 without some of their more recognised players, such as Tottenham's Harry Kane or Manchester United's Luke Shaw, underlined the new-found spirit in the squad.
It's a far cry from two years ago when Stuart Pearce took his squad to Israel and watched them lose all three Euro 2013 games with a disjointed group and reports of attitude problems among some players.
Contrastingly, Southgate says he has no doubts about his team's character. An exciting crop of players has enjoyed an unbeaten qualifying campaign, so there is a sense they could be real contenders in the Czech Republic in June.
But as Pearce experienced in 2013, the biggest problem could be whether Premier League clubs allow their players to be released.
So why should the likes of the Premier League's top scorer Kane, Shaw and perhaps even Everton's Ross Barkley be allowed to play for the Under-21s this summer if they have already played for the senior team?
There is a careful balancing act to be performed by Southgate when it comes to picking his 23-man squad.
Former England striker Gary Lineker said it would be a "national disgrace" if England's best youngsters did not appear at the European Championship, yet consideration must also given to the players who have helped Southgate's team qualify.
The former Middlesbrough boss has said there might be only two vacant places in the squad. "I know whoever goes is totally committed," he said. "There won't be any loafing around, there won't be any lads who feel it's a chore to go."
England could flood their Under-21s team with an impressive cast of players who have already competed for the seniors: Kane, Barkley, Liverpool's Raheem Sterling, Manchester United's Phil Jones, Arsenal winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and even his club-mate Jack Wilshere, whose birthday is on the deadline for the oldest players allowed to compete in the tournament.
But even though senior manager Roy Hodgson has softened his opposition on players returning to the Under-21s having represented his team, it seems as if Southgate will stick with those who have helped his side qualify.
That could rule out Barkley, whose form has dipped this season after appearing at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, and has not played for the under-21s since. Derby's Will Hughes is likely to be his replacement.
But it would include Kane, who scored six goals in eight games during qualifying, so long as his club allows him.
Alongside the 21-year-old Spurs striker, Norwich winger Nathan Redmond and Manchester United's Jesse Lingard, on loan at Derby, have added thrust to the England Under-21s attack. Southampton's James-Ward Prowse and Chelsea's Nathaniel Chalobah, on loan at Reading, have been steady influences in midfield.
In defence you can add in Everton's John Stones, Tottenham's Eric Dier and West Ham's Carl Jenkinson. In attack there is West Brom's Saido Berahino and Burnley striker Danny Ings, so there is plenty of Premier League experience that Southgate can rely on.
Historical evidence suggests that teams who have success at the Under-21s Championship, enjoy further riches down the road.
Germany, who won the 2009 tournament after beating England 4-0 in the final, had five players in their squad who were also involved when the senior side won the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Italy, who are the most successful side in the European Under-21s Championship's history, picked five players in their 2004-winning squad who went on to compete in the 2006 World Cup win in Germany.
Although Spain's success at under-21s and senior level has occurred concurrently, the 2011 European Under-21s triumph featured midfielders Juan Mata and Javi Martinez before they went on to win the European Championship with the seniors in 2012. The fact they had already been selected in the 2010 World Cup winning squad showed their willingness to drop down to the younger category a year later.
As England goalkeeper Joe Hart, who also played in the Under-21s, said recently: "We have all seen the blueprint of Germany and you can't look past that. It's quite inspirational and I'm sure Gareth Southgate will be alluding to that when he is drawing people to play for the Under-21s side."
Success breeding success is not a concept solely associated with other European nations.
As many as 13 of Southgate's potential England Under-21s squad could be made up of players who won the European Under-17s Championship in 2010.
That squad consisted of Berahino, Chalobah, Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland, Everton's Luke Garbutt and Middlesbrough defender Ben Gibson, who are all likely to picked this summer.
Whether it's playing every few days in pressure games, coming up against unfamiliar tactics or styles, or even penalty shoot-outs, there is much to be gained by playing opposing countries in tournament conditions.
"Tournament football is our Achilles heel," says Pearce, who cites Shaw as an example of a player who was taken to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil without previously representing the Under-21s at the Euros.
Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha, one of Pearce's squad two years ago, said at the time: "It's not that we didn't try hard enough. It's maybe we weren't used to playing in tournament games under so much pressure. We didn't expect all that quality."
It will be hoped that the current group use their experience to avoid the same naivety.
So if it appears that there is everything to be gained from a players' perspective, why the opposition from the clubs? It is no coincidence that the highest-profile players have drawn the most resistance.
England's record on this issue does not set a great example.
Two years ago, Pearce complained that up to 13 players withdrew from his squad, whether through injury or "apathy".
And the former England Under-21s boss warns that if Barkley is not selected he would be stuck in "no-man's land" between the two England teams, despite Everton boss Roberto Martinez insisting his player needs a "proper break" this summer.
Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino feels that Kane could also suffer from burnout after scoring 19 Premier League goals this season to help boost his side's Champions League charge. And yet the club's post-season tour of Malaysia and Australia has highlighted other potential agendas.
Former England defender Danny Mills rejects the notion that 21-year-old players need to rest, and says that pressure on young players can add to the indifference that Pearce has witnessed.
"Pochettino will put Kane under enormous pressure as all big clubs and managers do," Mills said. "But look at the Germans and Spanish - they always play under-21s tournaments.
"We have to create a culture where players want to play."
Fortunately for Southgate, that appears to be changing and it comes at a time when changes to a more possession-based style appear to be bearing fruit at the age-group level.
Leading the way is Kane, who has become a poster boy for those reforms and has said he wants to play for England whenever he can.
Although Pochettino's concerns are obvious, he also recognises the importance of competing for your country as he did in earning 20 caps for Argentina.
"Maybe I'd prefer that Harry has a month's holiday after the season to rest," he said. "But we realise we need to support the national team and to take the best decision for us all."
If Southgate can persuade Pochettino that the interests of the Premier League's top scorer are best served by playing for England this summer, he will have a great bargaining chip for any other refuseniks who have been less impressive this season.
About 3,000 people faced a delay in the vetting procedure for criminal records after it was suspended following a UK Supreme Court ruling.
The court said owning up to minor spent convictions breached human rights.
The ruling led to legal actions in England and Wales. The Scottish government acted to prevent any repeat.
Disclosure Scotland services should now resume on Thursday.
The Blue Sticks beat Switzerland 5-0 then thrashed Slovakia 11-0.
"We've scored a lot of goals, but defensively it's great credit to the boys at the back that we're holding out," Forsyth told BBC Scotland.
"It's a great start but we need to keep going on Saturday and Sunday."
It is 14:15 BST kick-offs for Scotland against Portugal and Wales this weekend to complete their round one section of the World League in Glasgow.
"For us to host the tournament is great because we get to play in front of friends and family," added Forsyth, who won his 100th cap versus Switzerland.
"It gives us a good vibe and it's easier for the squad; rather than travelling all the time. The squad have deserved the results we've had."
Qualification for round two goes to the top two teams from those four, with Scotland virtually assured progression after picking up six points from six.
Surbiton's Alan Forsyth was named Players' Player of the Year in England last season and topped the England Hockey League goal-scoring charts, but still missed out on selection for the Team GB men's squad who failed to reach the quarter-finals at the Rio Olympics.
His brother David Forsyth plays for Qui Vive in the Netherlands and is desperate for Scotland's men to reach their first ever World Cup in India in 2018.
The chance of qualifying for that comes if the national team gets beyond World League round two in March 2017.
"It's absolutely massive," he told BBC Scotland.
"For Scotland alone the World Cup is the biggest competition and it would be a massive achievement to get there.
"Of course, the Olympics is big but that's Team GB and it's well known we don't have any Scots in that team.
"Even if we get to World League round three we'll be really, really happy. We've got a really good, young, energetic team that's putting 100% into the programme."
On Wednesday, a message from one such account wished Jews a happy new year.
Officials were then quoted as saying that he did not have a Twitter account.
However, messages posted on the account in question have thus far been in line with official announcements, prompting speculation that they may be the work of people close to him.
In addition, the fact that Mr Rouhani congratulated Jews on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah would not necessarily be controversial, correspondents say.
Iran has a Jewish community of up to about 30,000, according to some estimates, though much lower than the population which numbered about 80,000 prior to the 1979 Islamic revolution.
The semi-official Fars news agency quoted an official in Mr Rouhani's office as saying: "Mr Rouhani does not have a Twitter account".
Mohammad Reza Sadeq added that during the recent election campaign, some of Mr Rouhani's supporters opened various online accounts using his name and "some of these... may still be active".
However, another message appeared on Thursday morning, also sending Jews greetings on the occasion, this time on a Farsi-language account under Mr Rouhani's name.
Twitter and other social media sites such as Facebook are banned in Iran but can be accessed via proxy servers.
The fact that Twitter is blocked in Iran means that if someone in Mr Rouhani's circle is indeed behind the accounts, he can always officially deny messages that cause controversy, BBC Persian's Rana Rahimpour reports.
Correction 10 September: The estimated size of Iran's Jewish community has been amended in this story.
Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald will perform 22 concerts across seven arenas, kicking off at the Hydro in Glasgow on 28 April.
The live shows will be four years after the group's last record-breaking stadium tour, Progress, and marks their first without Jason Orange, who quit the band in September.
Robbie Williams will also not be returning for the tour.
In a statement, Take That said: "We've always been very proud of our live shows and are very excited to be touring again next year.
"Playing live is something we love the most about what we do and we're looking forward to putting on the most amazing show we can.
"It will have been four years since our last tour so we're really keen to get back out on the road to play some of our biggest songs from the last 20 years alongside our new ones."
The tour will visit Glasgow, Belfast, Birmingham, Newcastle, Manchester and Sheffield before finishing in London in June.
After the announcement, Gary Barlow tweeted: "We can't wait to get back on the road and see you all, by far our favourite thing to do."
Former X Factor contestant Ella Henderson will be a special guest on the tour after the success of her debut single Ghost and album Chapter One.
Both reached number one in the UK charts.
Take That's seventh studio album III is coming out on 1 December, with the first single These Days due out on 23 November.
The three remaining members of Take That were criticised earlier this year when it emerged that Barlow, Donald and Owen and their manager Jonathan Wild had invested millions of pounds in tax avoidance schemes.
Barlow said in an interview that the tax situation was a "problem" but insisted his fans were "not interested" in his financial issues.
Tickets for Take That's tour go on sale on Thursday, 13 November at 9am.
The Take That tour dates are as follows:
Glasgow, SSE Hydro - 28, 30 April and 1 May
Belfast Odyssey - 4, 5
Birmingham, LG Arena - 14, 15, 16
Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena - 18, 19
Manchester Arena - 21, 22, 23, 25, 26
Sheffield Motorpoint Arena - 1, 2 June
London, The O2 - 4, 5, 6, 8, 9
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The 33-year-old former Leeds United, Sheffield United and Sunderland man was restricted to seven league appearances last season because of injury.
He told the club website: 'I'm really happy to sign a new contract here and I'm glad that it has all been sorted now.
"We've got good players here so I believe we can push on and have another good season."
And ever since he set foot in Adams Park, the club have stopped getting licked on a weekly basis.
In May last year, the Chairboys were 90 minutes away from dropping out of the Football League.
Now, they are in the League Two promotion places and chasing an unexpected return to the third tier.
The club, it seems, has direction and leadership, and most of it comes from a man who owns one of the country's largest ice cream companies.
"You go to grown-up dinner parties and they're all there with their proper jobs. Somebody says, 'what do you do?' I get to say, 'I make ice cream'," Howard told BBC Sport.
The 51-year-old milked cows for a living, before going into business with his wife 16 years ago, producing ice cream from the cattle on her family's farm.
Now they have two factories, in High Wycombe and Chester, and produce 150 million portions of ice cream a year.
The Wycombe players, like children handed the golden ticket, have taken on the lead role of Charlie to Howard's chocolate factory.
"The football lads have been up and it's classic Willy Wonka - they come and design and make their own ice cream. That camaraderie has great value," he said.
One of the varieties made by the players, called Trench Mud, was inspired by a trip to the Somme last year.
Howard, and manager Gareth Ainsworth, believe in developing their players off the pitch as much as on it, whether it be concocting unusual ice cream flavours or visiting World War I battlegrounds.
"I don't want any of my players ending up in trouble. I'd be devastated if any of my players got in the news for the wrong reasons," said Ainsworth, who led the Chairboys to their dramatic final-day relegation escape last season.
"We want to keep an honest, sensible group that have the edge to win football games."
Preston-born Howard does not just bring experience in the frozen confectionery industry to the table.
He started Beechdean Motorsport 12 years ago, and after taking to the wheel himself, he won the 2013 British GT3 championship.
"You talk about your dream job, and racing driving is not far off. It's absolutely awesome," said Ainsworth, with a touch of jealousy.
"I've been on a couple of track days and I've watched him drive, and wow, that's some fantastic skill. But he understands sport and sportsmen."
Ainsworth, 41, a former Wimbledon and QPR winger, is getting his first sustained crack at management with the Buckinghamshire side.
Last season, his first full campaign in charge, was racked with uncertainty over the club's Football League future and financial stability, but they won 3-0 at Torquay on the final day of the season to sort out the first bit.
And in July, a month after joining as a director, Howard, who is a Leeds supporter, stepped up to become chairman and has since voluntarily helped to run the fan-owned club.
"I joked one day that if Leeds ever got in the same league as Wycombe, I would buy a box," he recalled.
"In 2009, 20 minutes after Wycombe were promoted to League One, the chairman at the time called me and asked which box do I want?"
The Ainsworth-Howard combination has worked.
Wycombe have one of the smallest wage bills in the division, but are currently third in the table.
"Financial security is still at the top of the list," said Howard.
"But we don't want to be totally boring and say 'you can't go for promotion'. There's no point being so transfixed on it - so there has to be a compromise."
The five-year plan is to be a sustainable League One side.
Howard says he wants the supporters' trust to always have ownership of Adams Park, but believes a committed benefactor may be needed to ensure Wycombe's long-term future.
Could he be that man? He is open to it, as long as the fans would have him. But in the short-term there is the possibility of achieving something much more exciting.
"The elephant in the room 12 months ago was relegation. The elephant in the room now is promotion. It's crazy," said Ainsworth.
"What a fantastic story that has been and I have to give credit to my players and my chairman, even though he won't want it."
In the mean time, Howard continues to bathe himself in the thrill of living out his own fairytale - the speed-demon Willy Wonka who gets to run a football team.
"Every part of it is very serious to me. But I wouldn't say I wake up every morning and go to work," he said.
"There is no question I'm living every child's dream."
The accused, 24-year-old Jahzeel Lewis, from Sutton, south London, appeared at Kingston Crown Court on Tuesday.
He is charged with killing Madala Washington, 25, from south-east London on 1 April. He was an inmate at the category C prison at Bisley.
A post-mortem concluded he died of stab wounds.
The case was transferred to Guildford Crown Court for another hearing on 1 August.
Mr Hatton, the former deputy leader of Liverpool City Council, was thrown out of Labour in 1986 for belonging to the left-wing Militant faction.
The 67-year-old told ITV Granada he had rejoined the party two days after its general election defeat.
"I just felt I should do something," he said, saying there was now "no difference between the parties".
However he will need to appeal against the objection, from general secretary Iain McNicol, if he wants to continue with his application.
The Militant Tendency, which emerged from a Trotskyist group called the Revolutionary Socialist League, held key positions in the Liverpool Labour Party as it battled the Conservative Thatcher government in the 1980s.
After the then party leader Neil Kinnock condemned the council's actions, Mr Hatton, a former firefighter who had been elected to the city council in 1979, was expelled when a disciplinary panel found him guilty of membership of the Militant Tendency and of manipulating the rules of the district Labour Party.
Explaining why he had recently decided to rejoin, two days after Labour's election defeat to the Conservatives, Mr Hatton said the party had "drifted and drifted and drifted", with "the same type of Eton/Oxford person going forward" from the different parties.
"People now need to see that there is a clear choice when they go to the booth," he said.
He said he did not "for one second" expect his past to be a barrier to membership, because "the world is a different place, the Labour Party is a different place, Derek Hatton is a different person".
A Labour spokeswoman said: "The general secretary of the Labour Party has objected to this application to join."
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Thomas, 28, was voted the 2014 winner by the public.
It follows a successful year for the cyclist who went straight from his highest-placed finish in the Tour de France, to win Commonwealth Games gold in the Road Race and bronze in the Time Trial.
Wiggins presented Thomas with the award at a pre-season training camp in Mallorca.
Mr Farron said the party had increased its share of the vote by 7% - but it lost more than 40 seats.
He said the Conservatives were headed for an election landslide and warned only the Lib Dems stood in the way of a "one-party state".
In 2015, the Lib Dems ended up with eight MPs, down from 57 in 2010.
In the UK's local elections, the Conservatives have made big gains at the expense of Labour and UKIP, with the party winning control of 11 new councils in England and Wales so far.
Speaking during a campaign visit to St Albans, Hertfordshire, Mr Farron said Labour had "utterly imploded", while the Conservatives were on course for a majority in the 8 June general election.
"Imagine this, on the ninth of June with a majority larger than Margaret Thatcher's, imagine what that means for your family, what it means for you, what it means for your job security, what it means for your hospital, for your school," he said.
Mr Farron said he had grown up under a government with a colossal majority that had taken the country for granted.
"I want to lead a country that says that is not acceptable," he said.
Party president Baroness Brinton said the Lib Dems were now "breathing down Labour's necks" with a projected national vote of 18% against 27% for Jeremy Corbyn's party.
"With five weeks of the general election campaign to go, we are just 9% behind Labour and breathing down their necks," Lady Brinton said.
"We have halved the gap on Labour in just one night and scored our best national election result in seven years.
"Labour is collapsing and we will stand up for people to provide the strong opposition this country needs."
Labour lost ground in Lincolnshire, Cumbria and Warwickshire and Phil Johnson, the party's general election candidate in Nuneaton, lost his seat on Warwickshire council to the Conservatives.
Ex-MP Stephen Kinnock, who is standing again in Aberavon, said the party's performance was "pretty disastrous".
But shadow chancellor John McDonnell said this was not the "wipe-out that many commentators were forecasting" and Labour was building a "solid base" for the general election.
Polling expert John Curtice told the BBC that the Lib Dems "have made progress" but were not doing as well as they did locally before the coalition.
The BBC's projected national vote share for the Tories is 38% to Labour's 27%, the Lib Dems' 18% and UKIP's 5%.
Conservative leader Theresa May sought to combat any complacency in her party's ranks by saying she was "taking nothing for granted" in the general election.
The 25-year-old centre made his first start since September in Saturday's 48-10 win over London Welsh, following hamstring and shoulder problems.
But he was stretchered off the field after only nine minutes after suffering a serious knee injury.
Trinder must now undergo surgery on the problem and will be sidelined until at least the summer.
Gloucester director of rugby David Humphreys told BBC Radio Gloucestershire: "We're so disappointed to lose Henry to another injury.
"More so for him. He's put so much work into this year to get back from two previous injuries. He's owed a little bit of luck."
Humphreys is optimistic Trinder will be fit enough to start the 2015-16 Premiership season, as it begins late in October because of the Rugby World Cup.
"He'll have a long pre-season and hopefully he'll be back into good shape again for the start of the new season," Humphreys continued.
Swindon-born Trinder has played 94 games for Gloucester since his debut in the 2007-08 season.
He was one of three uncapped centres in Stuart Lancaster's England squad for the autumn Tests last year, but was forced to withdraw through injury.
Emergency services were called to the scene, on the B9071 between the villages of Aith and Voe, at about 17:00 on Monday.
The man was taken to Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick for treatment but Police Scotland said he died on Tuesday morning from his injuries.
The road was closed to allow a collision investigation to take place.
Sgt Donald MacKinnon said: "Our thoughts are with this man's family at this very sad time.
"I would appeal to anyone who was in the area around the time in question and saw either vehicle to please get in touch on 101 as we establish the circumstances surrounding this incident.
"The road will remain closed while a collision investigation team carry out enquiries at the scene and I would like to thank the public in advance for their patience."
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Crouch, 30, agreed a four-year deal to complete a busy day for the Potters, who also signed Wilson Palacios from Spurs and Birmingham's Cameron Jerome.
Stoke have paid an initial £10m, but the fee could rise to £12m dependent on the fulfilment of various clauses.
"These fantastic deals are a statement of this football club's intent," said City's chief executive Tony Scholes.
"The club has made incredible strides forward over the past five years and to attract players of this calibre shows our ambitions as we look to continue that progress this season and beyond that."
Manager Tony Pulis added: "There has been a real buzz of excitement around the city about where this club is going since we reached the FA Cup final and then started our Europa League adventure.
"These signings certainly add to that great sense of anticipation.
"Peter has an excellent goalscoring record at the highest level. His goals-per-games ratio for England is remarkable and he scored seven goals in 10 Champions League games for Tottenham last season, which gives you an idea of his pedigree."
The tumour originated in a single dog 11,000 years ago but outlived its host by transferring to another dog - and is still on the march today.
An international team led by Cambridge scientists mapped its progress based on DNA from 449 tumours in 39 countries.
Some of the cancer's more recent travel between continents, they found, aligns with maritime trade routes.
But apart from reflecting the shared migration history of dogs and humans, the tumour's genetic history includes a surprising quantity of DNA pilfered from its hosts.
The findings, reported in the open access journal eLife, are based on mitochondrial DNA - small, circular chains of genetic information parcelled up in mitochondria, the "batteries" of cells.
And the study centres on a rare but recurring event: at least five times during the tumour's poisonous coexistence with millions of dogs through the ages, it appears to have traded mitochondrial DNA with its host.
"Normally the dog is a transient host - and then the tumour gets passed on to more dogs. But what has happened occasionally is that DNA from the dog actually enters the tumour cell," explained Dr Elizabeth Murchison, a Wellcome Trust Investigator at the University of Cambridge and the paper's senior author.
"So rather than carrying the mitochondria of the original dog that lived 11,000 years ago, the tumour is now carrying the host dog's mitochondria. And it's going to pass those on to the next dog."
Those five wholesale transfer events create five major ancestral groups or "clades" for the tumours that exist today. By further analysing the gradual, piecemeal mutations that accumulate during the rest of the cancer's history, Dr Murchison and her colleagues built up a family tree and a clear picture of the disease's journey around the planet.
Known as canine transmissible venereal tumour (CTVT), the cancer can affect any breed of dog and is usually found in the animal's genitals. From there it is easily transmitted during sex, and is currently found in dogs on six continents.
It is one of just a handful of infectious cancers known to science, including the face tumour threatening Tasmanian devils with extinction.
Because all CTVT cells can be traced back to a single dog some 11 millennia in the past, it is regarded as the oldest and most prolific cancer lineage in nature.
A previous study showed that the tumour was able to steal DNA from its host dogs.
Dr Murchison, working with a large international team, conducted a thorough search for such genetic thievery.
"Every time the DNA from the host dog has been picked up, that acts as a little genetic flag for us," she told the BBC.
One such event, dated to about 500 years ago, spawned cancerous progeny in a tell-tale, transcontinental pattern.
"We were able to estimate the time since the mitochondrial transfer events, by counting the number of mutations. And one of them really seems to just track around maritime trade routes, in the last few hundred years.
"We found it along the coast of West Africa, in the Cape Verde islands, Brazil, South Africa, India, and some parts of southern Europe.
"You can kind of imagine those dogs on boats, which must have taken that tumour around with them."
For the geneticists involved, the highlight of this large study was a cancerous specimen from Nicaragua which showed something never seen before: not only had the tumour pinched some mitochondrial DNA from its canine host, but the two sequences had been spliced together.
This "recombination" is a routine part of how the regular DNA in our chromosomes gets jostled around - but evidence of it happening in mitochondria is rare and controversial. Many researchers "still don't really believe" it is possible, Dr Murchison said.
And it has never been seen in the mitochondria of a cancer cell.
"Mitochondrial DNA recombination could be happening on a much wider scale, including in human cancers, but it may usually be very difficult to detect," said Máire Nà Leathlobhair, co-first author of the study.
"In human cancer, the tumour's mitochondrial DNA is likely to be very similar to the mitochondrial DNA in the patient's normal cells, so the result of recombination would be almost impossible to recognise."
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Hundreds of people gathered around Castletown harbour to watch brave competitors race their customised bathtubs over a 400m course.
Nick Cain was crowned men's world champion for the third time while Erika Cowen claimed her 16th women's title.
The event has raised more than £150,000 for local charities since it began.
Competitors use decorated tin baths like small paddle boats.
Kapil Dogra, aged 34, of High Street, Addlestone, Surrey, has been charged with one count of rape, two counts of sexual assault and one count of causing a female to engage in sexual activity.
Police said the 18-year-old was allegedly attacked just off London Road, Datchet, shortly after leaving the railway station on 12 April.
Mr Dogra is due to appear at Slough Magistrates Court later.
The winger touched down early and again in the last minute, with Sam Hidalgo-Clyne kicking 13 points to add to a second-half penalty try.
Treviso have lost all their league matches this season but did cross through full-back Luke McLean.
The victory is Edinburgh's third in a row in the league after back-to-back wins over Glasgow Warriors.
Edinburgh thought they had made the perfect start when Hoyland dived over the tryline with only five minutes played, but the wing had lost the ball forward.
They did not have to wait long to open the scoring, with Hidalgo-Clyne knocking over a straightforward penalty after a succession of infringements by the Italians.
The home side were utterly dominant in the opening exchanges and were rewarded with the game's first try.
A rolling maul from the forwards put Treviso on the back foot, and when the ball was spun wide Hidalgo-Clyne floated a pass to Cornell Du Preez, who showed silky hands to pop a pass for Hoyland to dive over.
Hidalgo-Clyne nailed the touchline conversion to give Edinburgh a 10-point lead that their display in the opening quarter deserved, although James Ambrosini responded with a penalty for Treviso to reduce the arrears.
The Australia-born fly-half knocked over another three-pointer shortly after to reduce the gap to four points as Edinburgh surrendered the initiative somewhat.
Hidalgo-Clyne burst back into life on the half-hour with a searing break, and was only denied a superb try by a last-ditch Sam Christie tackle.
Despite losing all 11 of their Pro12 matches this season, Treviso were making life difficult for Edinburgh - just as they had done against Glasgow Warriors at Scotstoun last month - and the score at the break remained 10-6 to the home side.
Much of Edinburgh's spark was coming from Hidalgo-Clyne, and the Scotland scrum-half slotted two penalties in quick succession to re-establish a 10-point lead.
The capital side were generating no shortage of possession or promising attacking positions, and the Italians were testing the patience of referee Gary Conway by conceding a steady stream of penalties to halt the Edinburgh momentum.
They gambled on the referee's leniency one too many times as Conway awarded a penalty try after a dominant Edinburgh scrum was collapsed close to the Treviso line. Hidalgo-Clyne added the extras to give Edinburgh a cushion at 23-6.
Heading towards a 12th straight league defeat this season, the visitors, to their credit, refused to merely roll over and accept their fate. They worked an overlap to send McLean over in the corner, and Ambrosini kicked the touchline conversion to bring Treviso back within 10 points.
The final stages were punctuated by the whistle of referee Conway as the match petered out as a spectacle, but there was one final flourish for the home side.
Hoyland crossed the line as the clock struck 80 minutes to claim Edinburgh's third try. Greig Tonks' conversion came back off the post; frustrating as a successful kick would have taken Edinburgh above Scarlets in the table.
The real frustration though will be the failure to secure a four-try bonus point their superiority perhaps deserved.
Edinburgh: Jack Cuthbert, Dougie Fife, Michael Allen, Matt Scott, Damien Hoyland, Greig Tonks, Sam Hidalgo-Clyne; Rory Sutherland, Neil Cochrane, WP Nel, Anton Bresler, Alex Toolis, Mike Coman (captain), John Hardie, Cornell Du Preez.
Replacements: Stuart McInally, Allan Dell, John Andress, Jamie Ritchie, Magnus Bradbury, Sean Kennedy, Blair Kinghorn, Andries Strauss.
Benetton Treviso: Luke McLean, Andrea Pratichetti, Sam Christie, Alberto Sgarbi, Simone Ragusi, James Ambrosini, Chris Smylie; Matteo Zanusso, Roberto Santamaria, Salesi Manu, Filo Paulo, Jeff Montauriol, Marco Barbini, Alessandro Zanni (captain), Robert Barbieri.
Replacements: Ornel Gega, Cherif Traorè, Alberto De Marchi, Tom Palmer, Francesco Minto, Marco Lazzaroni, Alberto Lucchese, Enrico Bacchin.
The doll was carried by the daughter of Johnathan Thurston, captain of the winning team, North Queensland Cowboys.
Thurston is an indigenous Australian, as was, for the first time in the league's history, his counterpart, Justin Hodges of the Brisbane Broncos.
It has been seen by many as a moment of inclusion and diversity.
Australian sport, in particular Aussie Rules football, has been marred by racism against indigenous players.
The country has also seen heated discussion on whether it should recognise indigenous people in its constitution, and repeal clauses that prevent people of a certain race from voting and allow laws to be made based on race.
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The match was the first time two Queensland teams had faced each other in the final.
Thurston also kicked the winning goal on Sunday which sent North Queensland to their 17-16 victory in extra time.
Australians on social media applauded the images of the emotional captain sitting on the pitch with two-year-old Frankie - wearing a Cowboys jersey - and her doll.
Some drew attention to the racism controversy affecting Aussie Rules.
Adam Goodes, an indigenous Australian who plays for the Swans, decided to take time out of the game after being plagued with booing whilst he was on the pitch.
Critics said the taunts were because Goodes was an unpopular player, but supporters said the 2014 Australian of the Year was being punished for being vocal on indigenous issues.
The booing came to a head after he performed a "war cry" dance during the May Indigenous round of Australian Football League (AFL), which celebrates the contribution of indigenous players.
His distress over the incident led to an outpouring of support for him.
Nova Peris, the first Indigenous Australian to win an Olympic gold medal, and now a senator in the Australian parliament, said at the time that the saga showed Australia "has a problem with the truth of Aboriginal people".
Speaking before the final, Australian Rugby League Indigenous Council chairwoman Linda Burney said having two indigenous captains in the final meant Rugby League was about to experience its "Cathy Freeman moment".
The Australian athletics star became the second indigenous Australian woman to win an Olympic gold, during the Sydney Games in 2000.
"It is a very significant moment in the sport of Rugby League, but in particular the story of Aboriginal participation in Rugby League," Ms Burney told The Australian on Thursday.
NRL welfare manager Dean Widders described it as a "milestone" that demonstrates the league appreciates indigenous players and "can provide a lesson to the wider Australian community".
Two schools were forced to close on Thursday and up to 700 homes were without water after the pipe burst at Cold Ash.
Thames Water said the reservoir was operating normally on Friday morning.
A spokesman said the water could appear cloudy for several hours because of bubbles in the pipework but the trapped air was harmless.
Between 600 and 700 residents in the postcode areas RG14, RG18 and RG20 were without water.
Bottled water was handed out at several locations.
Cold Ash St Marks Primary and Hermitage Primary School were closed, along with Cold Ash pre-school, which operates from Acland Hall.
Priors Court School was been affected but remained open.
Born Teuku Zakaria on 22 March, 1929 in the coastal state of Penang, he is regarded as a prominent icon of Malay entertainment.
P. Ramlee enjoyed fame across South East Asia, even reaching as far as Hong Kong and Japan.
He died from a heart attack, at the age of 44, in a shock to the nation.
"His artistic achievements left a permanent mark on the cultural history of Malaysia," read a statement on Google's website.
An actor, director, producer, singer-songwriter and composer, P. Ramlee wore multiple hats during his career. He contributed to more than 60 films and composed 250 songs.
One of his most famous films was Nujum Pak Belalang. Loosely based on a Malay folk tale, it tells the story of a man and his son who work together to help their village by posing as royal astrologers.
Google said that the doodle, available only on its Malaysia page, highlighted "the Malaysian legend's diverse artistry and shows him as people best remember him" referring to his thin moustache, chequered suit and with his head cocked slightly to the side.
He "was able to reach out to different classes of society, bringing people together with his brand of humour," Andrew Lim, music director of a classical radio station in Singapore told the BBC.
"His comedies use a brand of Malay which brings me back to my childhood. P. Ramlee was so brilliant as a comedic actor because he had perfect timing and was able to deliver his lines in the most natural way," said Mr Lim.
Growing up in Penang, P. Ramlee was said to have been a reluctant student who loved music and football.
However, his studies were interrupted by the Japanese occupation of Malaysia between 1942 to 1945 where he enrolled in a navy school and was taught to sing Japanese songs. After the war ended, he continued his musical studies.
A documentary released in 2010 showed how the entertainer had later been forgotten by the Malaysian entertainment industry and the public who felt his songs and films were no longer relevant or marketable.
"The reason why he became irrelevant was because during that time, there was an influx of other things like Hong Kong and Chinese movies so there was competition," said veteran Malay TV personality Najip Ali.
"He became lost as there were other directors who wanted to establish themselves. But the thing about him was that he was an amazing storyteller and could encapsulate that era."
The documentary also revealed that despite his success, P. Ramlee died penniless.
"While he loved making others laugh, he was someone who had led a very sad life," Mr Lim said.
Today, his contribution are widely honoured. Museums, halls, buildings and even a street in the capital Kuala Lumpur have been named after him.
Recently a musical about the work of P. Ramlee was performed, featuring new singers and composers.
"But after listening to it, you would know that the original songs were far more superior," Mr Ali said.
Sean Ghazi, a Malaysian actor who portrayed P. Ramlee in the musical called him a "Malaysian musical hero."
"He was our renaissance artist, a mixture of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin."
Reporting by the BBC's Heather Chen.
Jennifer Slack, 63, and her husband Graham, 62, were found with their wrists tied together on mud banks at Breydon Water, Norfolk last September.
An inquest in Norwich heard Mrs Slack had been suffering from depression following the death of her father.
Mrs Slack's GP practice was urged by the coroner to ensure urgent letter referrals were sent the same day.
The inquest was told Mrs Slack had been treated for depression and anxiety since the mid-1990s but became worse after her father died in spring.
After telling a nurse at Park Surgery in Great Yarmouth that she had questioned the point of life, Mrs Slack's GP wrote a letter on 27 September requesting an urgent psychiatric referral.
However the inquest was told the letter was not sent until the following day and was not received by mental health services until after her death.
Mr and Mrs Slack's bodies were recovered from Breydon Water on 29 September.
A note found by police in the couple's abandoned car said the pair were taking their own lives adding "My wife has anxiety and we feel there is no help".
The Norfolk coroner, Jacqueline Lake, who recorded a verdict of suicide, said she was satisfied the GP practice had since made the necessary improvements with regard to processing urgent referrals.
Dumfries and Galloway's Library and Archive Service has officially launched the service this week.
It contains images from amateur enthusiasts, local newspapers, aerial photographers, glass negatives and historical collections.
The site also contains video and audio clips and will be expanded in the weeks and months to come.
The View Dumfries and Galloway website hosts images of school classes, local farming life, street scenes and landscapes of the region.
Collection highlights include a postcard of the German air ship the Hindenberg over Drummore, the Lusitania off the coast of Galloway, the Queen Mother at Park Farm in Dumfries, JM Barrie with the cast of the Duke of Christmas Daisies and the Burns Statue inauguration in Dumfries in 1882.
The collection currently includes more than 3,500 images with photographs regularly added.
The library service hopes to encourage users to contact them via the website, with additional details on any of the images.
It said it would also welcome "any donations of photographs, cine or video with local content".
Hospira, which made the Symbiq Infusion System pump, had already discontinued the product for business reasons.
The devices were previously revealed to be hackable by an independent researcher.
The manufacturer told the BBC at the time that it was working with the FDA on a more secure system.
The FDA is urging healthcare facilities to switch to alternative infusion systems "as soon as possible".
Although no known instances of hacking have occurred, Hospira said in June that vulnerabilities discovered by security researcher Billy Rios were being investigated by the firm, in co-operation with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FDA.
Mr Rios recently published a blog post in which he claimed the security flaw had gone unfixed for over a year.
The FDA's statement said that the agency was continuing to investigate the issues but advised hospitals to take action now.
"FDA strongly encourages health care facilities transition to alternative infusion systems, and discontinue use of these pumps," it said.
In a statement, Hospira said it was continuing to work with the DHS and FDA regarding the security issues with their pumps.
In 2007 there were more than 400,000 Hospira pumps in use in hospitals around the world, according to the company's website.
Hospira was acquired by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in February 2015 in a deal worth $17bn (£11bn).
Japan shocked Pool B favourites South Africa on Saturday, winning 34-32 in Brighton with a stoppage-time try.
"It gave us an additional focus because they didn't just compete - they won," said Cotter. "As coaches we didn't get much sleep after the game.
"We expect them to be just as ferocious, just as driven and well-organised against us."
Scotland have won all four of their previous meetings with Japan, the most recent clash ending 42-17 at Murrayfield in November 2013.
But Japan have now leapfrogged the 12th-placed Scots in the official rankings after moving up to 11th.
"The result confirmed a lot of what we thought about them," added Cotter.
"I think everyone was impressed by their commitment. They got the result because they worked hard and with accuracy.
"They identified a number of things and will have prepared for us too, so we know we'll be getting something well thought out. We need to stay focused and concentrate from start to finish."
Grant Gilchrist thinks Pool B is now wide open after top seeds South Africa dropped points.
Selected to play alongside Jonny Gray in the second row, the Edinburgh lock said: "We have always had a lot of respect for Japan. We've been looking at them for a long time and could always see they were a top side.
"They showed that on Saturday and in terms of the group, it's blown it wide open.
"It changes the dynamic of the group. Looking from the outside you'd have expected South Africa to have won their first two games before facing us.
"But even the likes of Samoa, now that they have a win under their belt over the US, will be looking at South Africa and saying, 'We want to beat them as well'.
"We want to qualify and while the Japan result doesn't change what we want to do, it does change the mindsets of the other teams who thought South Africa would roll over all their games."
Scotland open their World Cup campaign against a side getting four days rest after their famous victory but Cotter thinks Japan will be in good shape.
"I think everyone thought their energy levels would drop after an hour against South Africa but they didn't," said the New Zealander. "Assuming anything from this team is just dangerous.
"The key is to stay switched on.
"We are gearing up for a game that will be high in intensity and it will be important to play quickly and think quickly."
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Chelsea captain Terry was given a four-match ban and fined £220,000 for racially abusing QPR's Anton Ferdinand.
But Barton says the FA should be "embarrassed", claiming there is a major discrepancy between the 12-match suspension he received for violent conduct and Terry's penalty.
It's gone on far too long. It should never have been allowed to drag on for a year
"What an absolute farce," tweeted Barton, who is on loan with Marseille.
Barton, who played in the Premier League match last October in which Terry abused Ferdinand, was handed his ban following QPR's game at Manchester City on the final day of last season.
The midfielder was sent off for an off-the-ball incident with City striker Carlos Tevez before clashing with City players Sergio Aguero and Vincent Kompany as he left the pitch.
Barton, 30, said that by the "FA's perverse reckoning" he would have "got less of a ban for racially abusing the Man City players than tickling them like I did". He added: "In what circumstances can that be right?"
A number of other high-profile footballers and managers - past and present - have commented on the Terry case, which ended on Thursday following a four-day hearing at Wembley Stadium.
Former England captain Gary Lineker also questioned the length of Terry's ban.
The ex-striker, who now presents Match of the Day, wrote on Twitter: "The FA find John Terry guilty and give him a four-match ban and 220K fine. Just one game more than a regular red card?"
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Jose Mourinho, Terry's former manager at Chelsea, insisted the defender is "not a racist".
"He's not racist, that's 100%," the Real Madrid coach told CNN. "Probably he had a racist comment or attitude against an opponent. Sometimes in football we do things the wrong way.
"If he had that reaction he should pay but please don't say he's a racist."
Terry has 14 days to decide whether to appeal against his punishment, which will only come into effect once the outcome of any appeal is known.
Former England manager Graham Taylor hopes the 31-year-old centre-half accepts the FA's decision.
"Having sat on these panels and made judgements myself, I know those people will have come to their conclusion in an honest and proper manner," said Taylor. "They will have had legal advice.
"Whether John and Chelsea accept is it up to them, but I think it might be in everyone's interest to put it to bed."
Former FA executive director David Davies believes the case should have been resolved sooner than it has been.
"It's gone on far too long. It should never have been allowed to drag on for a year," he told BBC Sport. "I hope lessons have been learned from it, not just by those concerned, but also by the FA."
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MP Damian Collins says the ban presents Terry with an opportunity to acknowledge what he did was "wrong".
"He admitted making the remarks," Collins said. "It is unacceptable for a player to make such remarks, so it was hard for the FA to come to any other decision.
"John Terry is still a relatively young man. He's got a chance to move on from this and be a role model again. He has to build his own bridges with black players, who were very upset by what happened."
Kick it Out's Lord Ouseley believes the game has to move on now that the case has been concluded.
He told BBC Radio 5 live's Richard Bacon: "This is not about recriminations. It's about how football moves forward from here after it has spent 11 months going through the wringer.
"People are trying to make the game a better place to be. Seven million people play on a regular basis and we want them to play in an atmosphere of no abuse."
Before the hearing began, Terry announced he was quitting international football. The former England captain, who earned 78 caps, claimed the FA's decision to charge him had made his position "untenable".
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Police officers found heroin and cannabis during raids on two properties in Gartloch Road and Rigby Drive on Thursday morning.
Two men, aged 30 and 36, were arrested in connection with alleged drugs and firearms offences.
A 26-year-old woman was arrested in connection with alleged drugs offences.
Newly installed rebel political leader Aleksandr Zakharchenko made the call after other rebels said the army had taken a key city and encircled Donetsk.
Russia immediately renewed its offer to send a humanitarian mission, a day after Western powers warned against using such a mission to send troops.
An estimated 1,500 people have been killed in the four-month conflict.
Pro-Russian rebels stormed cities in the east and took over government buildings in April in a bid for independence.
But the government stepped up operations to retake rebel-held areas following the election of Petro Poroshenko as president in June.
Rebel commander Igor Girkin was quoted by Russian media as saying that Krasnyi Luch, which connects Donetsk city with Ukraine's Luhansk region, had been "captured".
Girkin, who is also known as Strelkov, said his men in the Donetsk region were "completely encircled".
Mr Zakharchenko later said in a statement on a rebel website: "We are prepared to stop firing to bar the spread of the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe."
Russia, widely accused of supporting the rebels' efforts, also called for an "urgent action to avert an impending humanitarian crisis".
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the request during a phone call with US counterpart John Kerry, a statement said.
"The minister urged support for Russia's initiative to deploy a humanitarian mission in the south-east in co-ordination with the relevant international structures," the foreign ministry statement said.
Mr Kerry apparently replied that such efforts were already being made by the Ukrainian government.
On Friday, the UK and US had warned Russia not to use a humanitarian mission as a pretext for sending its forces to help the rebels.
Meanwhile, reports from the city of Luhansk, second only to Donetsk in its importance to the rebels, suggest living conditions are dire.
The city council reported on its website (in Russian) on Saturday that the city of 425,000 people had been without electricity and power for a week.
Parts of the city were still being bombarded and most shops were shut.
The Ukrainian government, which has not commented on rebel claims about the situation in the east, says 13 soldiers and one civilian were killed in fighting on Friday.
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MacDonald, 26, has made 30 appearances this season, scoring three goals, and joins on a free transfer after having his contract cancelled.
Potter, 28, had been released by Northampton Town, for whom he scored once in 32 league games.
Stags manager Steve Evans has now made eight signings during January.
They have already signed goalkeeper Jake Kean, defender Hayden White, midfielders Joel Byrom and Ben Whiteman, and strikers Yoann Arquin and Shaquile Coulthirst.
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Tim Jones spent around six months creating the captain's cabin, deck and seven metre mast.
He then added finishing touches including a toy parrot and a pirate flag.
He said, "I spent every free hour I had and weekends building it."
The ship takes up about half the garden.
Some trees had to be cut down to fit it in.
Tim said the idea for the pirate ship came from his themed birthday party.
The ship has become well known by locals as the mast can be seen from the road.
"Everyone loves it," Tim said. "I'd love to make it bigger but I really don't have the room."
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The concert is to raise money for all the people affected by the concert attack in the city on 22 May.
Lots of famous singers are joining Ariana for the One Love Manchester concert including Justin Bieber and Katy Perry.
Watch fans talk about what they're looking forward to tonight...
Jack Rutherford, from Londonderry, was just 16 years of age when he left his home in Barrack Street to join the Army.
A year later, on 1 July 1916, Jack would find himself fighting on the Western Front. Of the 200 members of his Machine Gun Corps unit, only 21 survived the onslaught.
Not only did Jack survive, he went on to fight at Ypres and Passchendaele before being wounded at the Battle of Cambrai.
Incredibly, he was interviewed about his war-time experiences on BBC Radio Foyle back in the 1980s.
His grandson, John Boyle, had a copy of the interview, but had never listened to it.
"I had never heard that interview until I dug it out to give to you. It's spine chilling but not in a bad way - in a very, very good way. It's also very comforting to hear my grandfather's voice.
"He was, despite all of the tribulations and travails that he might have been through in his life, quite a happy person and quite a jolly man.
"It's a nice thing to hear. He died in 1983 so I hadn't heard his voice since 1983," John said.
The tape was rather simply and very modestly entitled "Grandpa in France". In it, Jack reveals what life was like on the front.
"The trenches in the winter were terrible. There's no one in this world who'll ever know what the first world war soldier went through," Jack said.
"You got food but it was just a cup of tea and a bit of bread, maybe the odd bit of stew. I remember one night lying in the dugout and trying to see who could fill the matchbox first with lice.
"There was always somebody injured sometime through the day or through the night.
"As a matter of fact, I remember burying a couple myself. We had to do it at night because it couldn't be done during the day because of the Germans."
"I wasn't long in the battle, we went over at a quarter to eight in the morning and I wasn't five yards before I got the bullet in my thigh.
"I was taken to the clearance station and then to hospital. On the battlefield the sights I saw - men with their legs off and holding their legs," said Jack.
Jack's recollections are as startling to hear now as they were then, maybe even more so given the loss of a direct link to the war.
Despite this, there are still moments of humour from the man described by his grandson as "jolly".
"We made a stand there, we didn't lose so many men but most of them were captured...but I was too quick for them!"
John said that although he knew about his grandfather's time in the war, it wasn't something that they ever discussed.
"I did know and I'm proud to say that I did know my grandfather. He died when I was 17 and interestingly, when he was 17 he would have been fighting on the western front.
"When I think of how he would have been involved in that horrible conflict, it's important to remember that Irish men from all sides suffered the same and so it does make you emotional.
"I think about that and I think about how senseless it was. I do know that he would have reflected upon it to the day he died and I know that he, to quote himself, he thanked God every day that he survived it," John said.
In the final passage of the interview, Jack recalls his return from the front line at the end of the war.
"I came over by boat from Holyhead to Dublin and got the train home and she wasn't fast enough.
"When I got home on the 1st of July, I went back into my job on the shipyard until it closed.
"For a few years after the war it did come back to me and annoyed me but thank God I got over that. It was a terrible time, I wouldn't like to think any of my sons would have to go through it," he adds.
Jack Rutherford's name is listed on a first World War plaque inside First Derry Presbyterian to honour those who fought and survived.
Poignantly, it is set adjacent to another plaque which lists soldiers who never did return home.
Tomasz Procko, 22, and Karol Symanski, 29, were hauling a sofa up over a balcony when they fell to their deaths.
They died when 130-year-old railings they and three colleagues used to support the sofa gave way in November 2014, the Old Bailey heard.
Martinisation (London) Ltd denies two counts of corporate manslaughter.
The firm, which also denies health and safety breaches, has a "long and unhappy history of neglect of health and safety", the court heard.
Boss Martin Gutaj, 43, from Brentford, is accused of breaching health and safety laws, which he also denies.
The major project in Cadogan Square - located between Harrods and Sloane Square - was behind schedule and £400,000 over budget when the men died, the prosecutor, Adrian Darbishire QC, told jurors.
The five workers were unsupervised when they lifted the 18 stone (115kg) sofa 20ft (6m) onto the balcony using ropes, relying on Victorian railings for safety.
The two men fell to their deaths when part of the railing gave way, jurors were told.
A third was "saved only by being grabbed by his colleagues as he began to fall".
"It was an accident, but it was an entirely foreseeable and preventable one," Mr Darbishire said.
The "dangerous" sofa hauling method "was the result of a long and unhappy history of neglect of health and safety at the company which employed them," he added.
The company and Mr Gutaj had been warned "more than once" of the importance of having trained, competent and effective supervisors before the accident, the court was told.
The entire workforce spoke Polish as their first language, yet the firm's policy documents and risk assessment were only available in English, the court heard.
The trial continues.
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We've rounded up former Wales fly-half Jonathan Davies, ex-England centre Jeremy Guscott, former Ireland hooker Keith Wood and ex-Scotland scrum-half Andy Nicol and asked them the questions you need to know the answers to.
So read on to find out what shape their national teams are in, who their players to watch are, if they think we'll get a repeat of 2015's epic final day - and which team they have all plumped for as 2016 champions.
Jonathan Davies: Wales are in good shape. They've got a tough game to start with away to Ireland but they have a solid squad. They have a few players returning from injury and they are in a good position, they have that familiarity and now they need to find consistency.
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Jeremy Guscott: Most, if not all, of England's players seem to be in very good form - the Northampton and Bath guys have had a bit of a rough ride but will enjoy the change of surroundings.
I would say they're going to play a territory-based game, with a good deal of kick, chase and defend, but all at a challenging tempo. They don't have any hefty backs to smash the gainline but they have some good pace to exploit quick ball and a scrambling defence.
Keith Wood: Ireland will go into the tournament feeling a bit battered and bruised, both physically and in terms of their confidence. They were thumped by Argentina in the World Cup quarter-finals and have also lost several players to injury.
Andy Nicol: Scotland are feeling pretty good after an encouraging World Cup but the key now is to kick on from that performance and win the tight games. There have been a few injuries to deal with as well as Glasgow's indifferent form this season - but Scotland are just about at full strength for that massive first game against England.
JD: I'd like to see if Finn Russell can make Scotland tick from fly-half. He's got a confidence about him, he tries things all the time and he's what Scotland need to spark their backline - and if Scotland start scoring tries, they will be in the mix.
JG: I see England winger Anthony Watson improving further - eight tries in 15 games is a good record, but there's more to come. He's got a good stepping game combined with rapid acceleration, which means he is good in traffic as well as space.
KW: I'm really looking forward to seeing if England centre Jonathan Joseph can match his efforts from last season. He's quick, has great feet and can light things up out wide.
AN: It is great news that centre Mark Bennett is going to be fit as he has fast become such a key player for Scotland, offering such a potent attacking threat at 13. I hope centre Elliot Daly gets a run for England because he looks very exciting as well.
JD: It is very tough to call. Looking at it in terms of strength in depth then England are favourites, but on form Wales are maybe favourites.
England only have two home games but if they win in Scotland they could get the confidence to go on to the title. The first two games are very, very important - England and Wales start as favourites but it's all about getting the first result.
JG: Wales have all the experience, they did well coping with all their injuries both before and during the World Cup, and I think they will take it on points difference.
The bulk of their team is incredibly experienced, and I'm looking forward to seeing Justin Tipuric play at open-side with Sam Warburton on the blind-side, because that gives Wales a huge advantage at the breakdown.
KW: I expect Wales to become champions in 2016. They are the most settled side and have the fewest major injuries to important players.
AN: I think Wales look slight favourites as they have the most settled squad on and off the pitch but it's really tight to call as there's lots of unknowns with the likes of England and France.
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JD: I think a lot of that was down to the good weather but everyone knew what they had to do, so the intent was there to go out and win and then rack up the points.
Historically it has been all about winning, but now the Six Nations is so competitive teams know the title may come down to points difference and that means they have to score tries. New Zealand and Australia showed how to do that in the World Cup and that's the difference - identifying chances and then taking them.
JG: There's every chance, because I think three teams will go into the last weekend with a shot at the title once again.
If every head coach had a developmental 'building towards each World Cup' attitude then more open rugby would be played, but it's still about winning and I agree with that - teams need to use their strengths to win each game as it comes.
KW: To be honest I don't think so because, with the exception of Scotland, I still think the Six Nations sides are all a bit too conservative.
AN: I hope we have a repeat of the quality of rugby we saw on the final day last year - it comes down to the attitude of the players and coaches.
It proved that if you are going out to score as many tries as possible then the games can be very entertaining, but if the mentality is to not lose, then this is when we can end up watching negative, defence-focused tactics and boring games. More of the former please!
Union members walked out for 48 hours at midnight in the long-running dispute over the role of conductors on trains.
Southern said it was doing "everything it could to provide as many services for passengers as possible".
One commuter tweeted his train was "rammed", while another described the service as "shambolic".
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The RMT said the strike action was "rock solid and determined".
Mick Cash, general secretary of the union, said: "The resilience and solidarity of our members remains undiminished despite the threats and bullying thrown at them."
He said the RMT was calling on the government to "force Southern back to the negotiating table instead of just jamming their heads in the sand".
Passenger Rob Delicata tweeted: "It's absolutely rammed on the 07:08 Three Bridges to Victoria service."
Another commuter, Iain Small, posted on Twitter: "OK definitely not! It's shambolic but no more than usual on @SouthernRailUK."
The RMT is planning further stoppages, including just before Christmas and over the new year.
Govia Thameslink (GTR), Southern's parent company, said on strike days it used "contingency conductors" - members of the management team.
Southern's passenger services director Angie Doll said as many services as possible would be provided.
"Over 99% of affected conductors have now signed up to the new role, which makes this strike even more pointless," she said.
There will be an additional train service between Tonbridge, in Kent, and Redhill, in Surrey, in addition to the Victoria/Haywards Heath shuttles introduced during the last strike.
Trains between London Victoria and Chichester, in West Sussex, will also run later.
On certain routes there will be no train services, with some stations closed.
The chief executive of Brighton and Hove Albion has urged the government and MPs to "step in and resolve the rail dispute".
Paul Barber's comments came after thousands of fans were left stranded following the game between the Seagulls and Aston Villa.
"There's no accountability, there's no responsibility and there doesn't seem to be any pride in providing a service to the public," he said.
"It's not just about 30,000 people coming to a football match, this dispute is having a devastating effect on people's lives."
It is to raise awareness of the JMA Trust - set up in memory of their friend John Maurice Aitken who died from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma aged 32.
Joe Cranston, Gary McMenamin and Mr Aitken's brothers Kevin and Ciaran will leave with organiser Gordon Moffat from Stranraer on Thursday morning.
They will finish in Annan on Friday.
Mr Moffat said he believed the idea was one Mr Aitken would have appreciated.
"I just really wanted to do something that was quite personal and I know that John would have got into himself," he said.
"He was a very, outgoing sociable personal and a massive football fan so that was really how the idea developed.
"We're setting off at Stranraer and we finish off in John's home town of Annan, where his mum still lives."
The Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill is partly intended to stop people from dying after drinking adulterated moonshine.
The BBC's Angela Ny'endo in Nairobi says at least 100 people have died in such cases this year.
The bill also makes bars and brewers display prominent health warnings about the dangers of alcohol.
The bill takes effect in 90 days' time.
By legalising changaa, officials hope to take business away from establishments where toxic chemicals are added to the brew to make it stronger - sometimes with deadly results.
Changaa is normally made from millet or maize.
The bill also introduces safety regulations, although some MPs have questioned how these rules will be enforced.
Changaa is much cheaper than other alcoholic drinks, making it the beverage of choice for thousands of Kenyans.
However, some point out that under the new bill, changaa can only be sold in glass bottles, which would increase the cost.
This could mean some people will continue to drink the illicit - and potentially poisonous - brews.
Some MPs have resisted the new bill - some saying changaa should remain illegal
The hosts, themselves looking to keep up pressure at the top, took the lead just three minutes in when Bernard Mensah came out best in a scramble six yards out after Cheye Alexander's cross.
Tranmere levelled on 37 minutes as Andy Cook headed in James Norwood's cross for his fourth goal of the season.
But the Merseysiders were stunned on 77 minutes when Scott Rendall calmly stroked home from the penalty spot following a foul on Iffy Allen, before a superb Will Evans volley made sure of the points five minutes later.
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Match ends, Aldershot Town 3, Tranmere Rovers 1.
Second Half ends, Aldershot Town 3, Tranmere Rovers 1.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Josh Wakefield replaces Matt McClure.
Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Jake Kirby replaces Andy Cook.
Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Darren Stephenson replaces Adam Mekki.
Goal! Aldershot Town 3, Tranmere Rovers 1. Will Evans (Aldershot Town).
Goal! Aldershot Town 2, Tranmere Rovers 1. Scott Rendell (Aldershot Town) converts the penalty with a.
Scott Davies (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Nick Arnold replaces Anthony Straker.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Iffy Allen replaces Bernard Mensah.
James Norwood (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Bernard Mensah (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Steven Jennings (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Second Half begins Aldershot Town 1, Tranmere Rovers 1.
First Half ends, Aldershot Town 1, Tranmere Rovers 1.
Goal! Aldershot Town 1, Tranmere Rovers 1. Andy Cook (Tranmere Rovers).
Michael Ihiekwe (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! Aldershot Town 1, Tranmere Rovers 0. Bernard Mensah (Aldershot Town).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Clement, who was appointed Swans boss in January, coached Lampard at Chelsea.
The former England international announced his retirement from the game after a 21-year career.
Clement said: "We had a chat. I think he appreciated that I called, because of our relationship. I'm not saying it got close, but we had a conversation."
He added: "It did not go very far, but it would have been nice. It would have been good.
"His ability as a player we all know about but he is also a very good leader and character and a fantastic professional.
"But instead we got Tom Carroll - so I am very happy."
As a teenager, Lampard had a loan spell at Swansea City from West Ham United, making nine appearances and scoring one goal in 1995-96.
Clement, who replaced former Swansea boss Bob Bradley following a run of seven defeats in 11 games, said he had consulted Lampard before taking the job.
"I had spoken to him about here. He said he really enjoyed his time, it was a long time ago now when he was at West Ham," Clement said.
"He spoke really fondly of the club and the people who were here. It was part of his education onto going on and having such a great career."
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry were at the Thiepval Memorial for the event.
Earlier, a UK-wide two-minute silence at 07:28 BST marked the start of the World War One battle on 1 July 1916.
More than a million men were killed or wounded on all sides at the Somme.
The Battle of the Somme, one of WW1's bloodiest, was fought in northern France and lasted five months, with the British suffering almost 60,000 casualties on the first day alone.
The British and French armies fought the Germans in a brutal battle of attrition on a 15-mile front.
At the Thiepval Memorial ceremony, close to the battlefields of the Somme, Prince Charles gave a reading from The Old Front Line by John Masefield who visited the Somme in 1917 and recounted a landscape devastated by war.
This was followed by the hymn Abide With Me.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Reverend Justin Welby, said in a prayer: "On this day we remember all those caught up by the Battle on the Somme; those who faced the terrible waste and devastation, those who fought against all the odds, who endured the clinging mud and squalor of the trenches."
Prime Minister David Cameron read the words of Corporal Jim Crow, 110th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, which highlighted a moment of humanity and mutual respect amid the hell that that part of France had become.
The actor Charles Dance read "Aftermath", a poem by Siegfried Sassoon, which asks "Have you forgotten yet?"
At a vigil in France on Thursday evening, the Duke of Cambridge paid tribute to the fallen soldiers, saying "we lost the flower of a generation".
By Sophie Long, BBC News correspondent
Everything is different here now, compared to this day 100 years ago. That morning thousands of British, Commonwealth, French and German soldiers woke to bright sunshine and birdsong, and looked out on fields mangled by trenches and bombardment as they contemplated what was ahead.
Today rain poured down on 10,000 people sitting on chairs set out in parallel lines, surrounded by perfectly manicured lawns, as they remembered the nearly 20,000 Britons who died here on this day a century ago, and contemplated what had passed.
They looked up at the Theipval Memorial to the missing. Those who gave readings stood between its imposing walls and the names of 72,000 men who fought here, but were never found.
Royalty, heads of state and actors recalled what happened here through the words of those that lived it. So too did serving personnel - some, young men, just like many of the 57,000 who were killed or injured during what remains the worst day in British military history.
At an early-morning ceremony at the Lochnagar crater, which was created by an explosion at the start of the battle in La Boiselle, a rocket was fired to simulate the artillery fire.
This was followed by whistles to symbolise those that were blown a century ago as men scrambled from the trenches.
Ahead of the two-minute silence in the UK, the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery fired guns from Parliament Square for 100 seconds to mark the 100 years since the battle began.
Across the country and at the vigil sites at Westminster Abbey, Edinburgh Castle, the Somme Heritage Centre in County Down, the Welsh National War Memorial in Cardiff, as well as in France, the silence was observed.
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall joined leaders from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland at a service at the Ulster Tower, a memorial to the men of the 36th (Ulster) Division in Thiepval.
The royal couple then attended another ceremony at the preserved trenches at Newfoundland Park Memorial in Beaumont-Hamel to mark the role of soldiers serving with the Royal Newfoundland Regiment.
The Royal Canadian Artillery brass band played the Last Post during the ceremony under a monument of a caribou, the regiment's emblem.
The Duchess of Cornwall was due to lay a wreath at the grave of her great-uncle, Captain Harry Cubitt, who was killed on the Somme in September 1916 while serving with the Coldstream Guards.
He was the eldest, and the first, of three brothers to die serving on the Western Front.
The 100th anniversary will be marked by Germany in Fricourt, France, where 40,000 Germans are buried.
And in Manchester, a wreath laying ceremony was held at the Cenotaph in St Peter's Square ahead of a national service of commemoration at the cathedral.
Meanwhile, men dressed as World War One soldiers were been spotted in railway stations and on UK streets handing out cards detailing casualties of the Battle of the Somme.
The hashtag #wearehere, which features on the cards, was trending on Twitter as pictures of the tribute were shared before it was revealed that National Theatre head Rufus Norris and artist Jeremy Deller were behind the project.
Entitled We're Here Because We're Here, it was commissioned by 14-18 NOW, the UK's arts programme for the World War One centenary.
At the Westminster Abbey service on Thursday, the Queen was joined by the Duke of Edinburgh as she laid flowers at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.
The tomb holds an unidentified British soldier killed on a European battlefield, brought back and buried in the abbey to honour the unknown dead of the war.
The Bishop of London, the Right Reverend Dr Richard Chartres, said the legacy should be that people worked towards reconciliation to ensure children never endured what the soldiers of WW1 faced.
Society must strive to reach an accord and reject "those who would stir up hatred and division," he said.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry attended a vigil at the Thiepval Memorial on Thursday evening.
Prince William spoke of European governments "including our own" who failed to "prevent the catastrophe of world war".
"We lost the flower of a generation; and in the years to come it sometimes seemed that with them a sense of vital optimism had disappeared forever from British life," he said.
"It was in many ways the saddest day in the long story of our nation."
Prince Harry also spoke at the event, reading the poem Before Action, by Lieutenant WN Hodgson of the 9th Battalion the Devonshire Regiment, who wrote it before he was killed in action on the first day of the battle.
Before the vigil, the three royals climbed to the top of the huge, newly renovated monument designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens to view the battlefield.
The memorial bears the names of more than 70,000 British and South African soldiers who have no known grave.
Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones joined personnel from the Army, Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force for the start of a vigil at Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff.
"Those who fought bravely for our futures should never be forgotten," he said.
In Scotland, an overnight vigil was held at the National War Memorial.
And in Northern Ireland, a vigil was held at the Somme Museum near Newtownards, County Down. A guard of honour, including serving soldiers, was present throughout the night.
The Battle of the Somme was intended to achieve a decisive victory for the British and French against Germany's forces.
The British army was forced to play a larger than intended role after the German attack on the French at Verdun in February 1916.
World War One finally ended in November 1918.
"If a major airline that invited us... to join the Oneworld is today restricting us from operating into that country... then I don't need to be part of this alliance," he told the BBC.
"I can do it alone," said Mr Al Baker.
Doug Parker, the chief executive of American Airlines, said they did not have a dispute with other airlines.
Rather, Mr Parker said it was for the authorities in Washington to act on this issue.
"We have a view that our US government should enforce its trade policies," he said.
The Oneworld alliance is an agreement between 15 airlines to share resources, and includes Qatar Airways and American Airlines.
"We didn't come begging them [American Airlines] to be in the alliance. we were invited by them," said Mr Al-Baker at the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) annual meeting in Miami.
"If they don't honour the commitment of an alliance then we don't want to be in this alliance.
"And there are many other American carriers that would like to do business with us so actually they are destroying the spirit of alliance," he said.
The threat came hours after Mr Al Baker complained about protectionism from certain parts of the US and Europe.
The three big US carriers - American, Delta and United - are pushing their government to restrict market access for the Gulf carriers.
They argue that their rivals in the Middle East have received $42bn (£27bn) in unfair state aid, a charge that Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways deny.
The bitter dispute has been hard to ignore at the annual IATA meeting. Instead of celebrating a record period of profitability, the row has exposed the deep divisions in the airline industry.
The broadcast on BBC One is the first since the death of Sir Terry, its longstanding presenter, in January.
A fundraiser of the year trophy was awarded in memory of Sir Terry.
Eddie Redmayne took part in a sketch and Ricky Gervais, in his David Brent guise, is also part of the line-up.
There were also special editions of Strictly Come Dancing and EastEnders, and a preview of the Doctor Who Christmas episode is also due to feature.
British Olympians Joe Clarke, Helen Glover, Lutalo Muhammad and Hollie Webb took part in the Strictly special.
Muhammad, who came within a fraction of a second of winning gold in taekwondo at Rio 2016, beat the other medallists to win the special edition of the dance show with his partner, Karen Clifton.
Redmayne featured in a special sketch recorded on the set of his Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which has just opened in cinemas.
The sketch included singer Britney Spears, former Great British Bake Off stars Mary Berry, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, Peter Capaldi as Dr Who, Simon Cowell and Sir Alan Sugar, among others.
The EastEnders cast took part in "an extravaganza", featuring Danny Dyer in a Top Gun spoof and some of the cast performing the 1980s song Foot Loose, while Rob Brydon hosted a junior edition of Would I Lie To You?
More than 1,500 children across 10 different UK locations are coming together to sing live during the show.
Gervais, meanwhile, is performing the title track from the film David Brent: Life on the Road, released earlier this year.
Tributes were paid to Sir Terry on the night, with a video montage showing his best moments from Children in Need.
The winner of the first Sir Terry Wogan Fundraiser of the Year Award - launched last month - was announced as Lauchlan Muir from West Lothian, Scotland, a boy who raises funds by being a "human statue".
Earlier, Radio 1 presenter James, who is co-hosting the show for the first time this year, paid tribute to Sir Terry, saying: "It is up to us to continue his legacy."
He referred to the famous remark made by Sir Terry on his last BBC Radio 2 breakfast show - "thank you for being my friend".
James said: "That sums up the man perfectly. To return the favour, the best way to do that is to give everything tonight."
Daly and James opened the show, with Graham Norton and Ade Adepitan presenting the central part of the night.
Marvin and Rochelle Humes are to close the show and reveal the final total.
There are also performances from Michael Buble and Little Mix.
Last year's Children in Need raised more than £37m on the night.
It was hosted by Dermot O'Leary after Sir Terry pulled out due to ill-health.
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Midfielder Weir, 27, and defender Cansdell-Sherriff, 33, have been told they will not be offered new deals when their contracts expire in the summer.
Striker Lucas Akins and left-back Damien McCrory, who are also out of contract, will be made offers along with young goalkeeper Sam Hornby.
Injured duo George Taft and Kelvin Maynard have been invited to join pre-season training to regain fitness.
Burton will play in the Championship for the first time in their history next season after finishing second in League One.
Boss Nigel Clough hopes to offer goalkeeper Stephen Bywater a contract and is taking up options to extend the deals of Marcus Harness, Matty Palmer and Tom Flanagan.
But he will not be taking up options on striker Timmy Thiele and youngsters Sam Austin and Mark Shelton.
Dean Lyness is being released and will leave the club along with Mark Duffy, who was on loan from Birmingham.
Meanwhile, Burton have announced that coach Neill Hornby has left the club.
He was part of ex-boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink's backroom team and agreed to stay until the end of the season when Clough took over after the Dutchman left for QPR in December.
"It was important we had that continuity when we took over," Clough told Albion's website. "I would like to thank Neill for helping us keep on track and ultimately gain promotion."
It is his chance to lay out how he wants to proceed with the country's finances in the wake of the referendum vote.
Much in Wales is devolved to Cardiff, but the purse strings are not. How could Wednesday's statement affect us on this side of Offa's Dyke?
In simple terms, the autumn statement is the second of two of the most important statements the Chancellor makes every year - the other being the Budget.
The new chancellor will update MPs on the government's plans for taxation and spending, based on projections for economic growth that come from the Office for Budget Responsibility.
It is different from the budget because... well it is not so clear cut these days.
In the past, the Autumn Statement outlined economic projections and how cash would be spent in different government departments, and taxation was kept to the Budget.
But recently we have had taxation thrown into the Autumn mix too.
The big public services - health, education and local government - might be run from Cardiff Bay, but they are in effect funded by the UK Treasury.
Wales gets what's known as a block grant - a big lump of cash - which the Welsh Government slices and dices to decide which services get which bit of the pie.
That will change a little in 2018 when Wales starts levying its own taxes, but the lion's share of funding will still come from the UK government.
And there are plenty of bits of government spending that are not devolved which still matter to you. Benefits is a big one.
For example, some 43,375 were claiming job seekers allowance in Wales in 2015, while there are 650,870 people in receipt of the state pension.
Policing and justice is funded and controlled from Westminster, too, as is the armed forces.
Total public spending in Wales is in the region of £30bn, around half of which is spent by the UK government and half by the Welsh Government.
Former Chancellor George Osborne's big announcement for Wales in Autumn 2015 was that the power to vary income tax was to be granted to AMs without a referendum.
That means Welsh ministers could control £3bn of taxes a year by 2020.
He also confirmed the "funding floor" for Wales, which ensures the amount of spending here remains proportionally higher than what is spent in England.
The Welsh Government at the time said their budget would still fall in real terms, however.
The chancellor also said he would also help fund a "city deal" backing infrastructure projects for Cardiff and the surrounding areas, to which the Welsh government and local authorities had already pledged £580m.
There has been much speculation that big political surprises are unlikely this year - rabbits out the hat are perhaps going to be thin on the ground.
Brexit and it's enormity is likely to be in the background of this autumn statement - with projections for growth in the economy expected to be cut.
There have been trails for more cash for roads, while £2bn has been pledged for funding scientific research.
But would the government want to make big spending decisions now if it needs to make bigger gestures to help the economy later?
Theresa May had said, before she became prime minister, that the government would no longer seek to reach a surplus by 2020 - a position where the government raises more money than it spends.
That may not end austerity, though.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned that the government would face a £25bn hole in the public finances thanks to projected slower growth after Brexit.
As is usually the case, we will be looking out for any increases or decreases in public spending in Wales as a result of extra, or less, cash for English services.
We already know that a trailed infrastructure announcement that could see £1.3bn spent on roads in England will have a consequential impact on Wales of "tens of millions" - although precise figures were not available earlier this week.
But tens of millions is relatively small beer when compared to the overall capital budget for 2017/18 of £1.4bn - and in terms of infrastructure spending it is tiny.
The chancellor could offer a "city deal" for Swansea in the same way his predecessor offered a deal to Cardiff.
He could make an announcement on the tidal lagoon for the same part of the world - its building has been delayed by a year as negotiations on the project continue.
But as our parliamentary correspondent, David Cornock, has already pointed out, it would perhaps be wise not to wait for an announcement on either.
The white-haired and blue-eyed female orangutan was being held captive in a remote village in the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo.
It had been held in a cage for two days and "still displays wild behaviours", the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation said.
The animal could soon be released back into the wild, the group said.
Albino orangutans are extremely rare and this is the first taken in by the organisation in its 25-year history, BOS Foundation told AFP news agency.
The group said it had determined the animal had albinism after physical examinations, saying its eyes were very sensitive to light.
The animal, believed to be five years old, is being assessed at the group's rehabilitation centre, home to nearly 500 orangutans.
Bornean orangutans are classified as "critically endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Their populations decreased by more than 60% between 1950 and 2010, due to the destruction of their habitat and hunting, and a further decline of 22% is expected between 2010 and 2025, the IUCN says.
Around 100,000 orangutans are estimated to live on the island of Borneo, which is split between Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia.
There may be more albino orangutans on the island, the BOS Foundation says.
"There must be orangutans living in the forests from whom the albino orangutan inherited the disorder, for it is genetic," CEO Jamartin Sihite was quoted by the Jakarta Post newspaper as saying.
Listen: Forest of the Orangutan (BBC Radio 4)
About 150 people had gathered near the interior ministry, demanding the release of political prisoners.
It follows Tuesday's "day of rage" when hundreds calling for democracy protested in Damascus and Aleppo.
The interior ministry said "infiltrators" tried to stir chaos. But among those held was a 10-year-old boy.
Activists say he was with his father - and both were detained.
Others included 69-year-old Damascus university philosophy professor and author Tayeb Tizini, and leading human rights activist Suhair Atassi.
"They pulled Suhair by her hair and took her away," one demonstrator said, according to Reuters.
Journalist and activist Mazen Darwish told the BBC that he was set free only after being held for five hours in the military security branch's detention centre alongside 20 others, including women. A further 15 were still being detained by state security, he said.
"When I showed them my international press card they shouted and said 'Why were you standing among protesters and not among the journalists?'," said Mr Darwish, head of the Syrian Centre for Freedom of Speech.
No further information about those detained was immediately available.
No dissent
The ruling Baath party has dominated Syrian politics for nearly 50 years.
President Bashar al-Assad - who came to power in 2000 after three decades of rule by his father Hafez - has moved slowly to open up the economy, but his administration does not tolerate any dissent.
Some of the 150 protesters who gathered held photos of those they said had been imprisoned for their political views.
"After a long wait and rumours of an impending release of prisoners of conscience in Syria, our hopes have vanished," said a statement from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The organisation - which groups together the families of 21 jailed human rights activists - had said it planned to demonstrate in front of the ministry on Wednesday.
Reports said that shortly after the protesters gathered a counter-demonstration was held in the same square with people chanting that they would defend the Syrian president "with our soul, with our blood".
The interior ministry denied that the initial protest was political in nature.
"There were some persons who took advantage of this call to slip among these people and tried to shout some slogans," said Gen Mohamed Hassan al-Ali, of the interior ministry's moral guidance department.
There are thousands of political prisoners in Syrian jails, and major opposition groups are banned.
The government also blocks access to several internet sites and maintains strict control of the media though authorities have lifted bans on Facebook and YouTube in the wake of uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.
In January, President Assad told the Wall Street Journal that Syria was more stable than Tunisia and Egypt. He said that there was no chance of political upheaval, and pledged to press on with a package of reforms.
The BBC's Lina Sinjab, in Damascus, said that many had doubted that any protests would take place in Syria, but observers here believe events over the past couple of days have broken the silence that dominated the country.
Jeremy Prescott, 51, from Telford, Shropshire, and Robin Frederick Meakings, 59, both died on 5 July.
Mr Prescott was hit while manning a checkpoint on Corn Du and Mr Meakings was struck while walking on Cribyn.
Powys coroner Andrew Barkley gave the provisional cause of death for both men as electrocution by lightning strike.
Aberdare Coroner's Court was told experienced mountaineers said it was the first time they had dealt with such cases on south Wales' highest mountain range.
After the tragedy, the family of part-time youth worker Mr Prescott - known to pals as Jez - said he died doing something he loved.
Two others were struck by lightning on the same day but survived.
Brecon Mountain Rescue team leader Mark Jones said the chances of two people getting hit on the same range on the same day were exceptionally unusual.
The inquest was opened and adjourned until 3 September.
The station includes 350 parking spaces, a waiting room, a staffed ticket office and longer platforms.
It was expected to open to passengers in November, but Network Rail admitted in April workers had faced problems.
The station is compatible with electrification of the line, which will facilitate more trains to and from Birmingham, Worcestershire County Council said.
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It stated longer platforms would allow additional rail services to stop at the new site, which was built about 320ft (100m) from the town's previous station.
Another station, Worcestershire Parkway, near junction 7 of the M5 for Worcester, is due to open next year.
The station, near Norton, will join the Cotswolds and Birmingham to Bristol lines.
The county council said the Bromsgrove and Worcestershire Parkway stations "are serving... different passengers".
A spokeswoman said: "Worcestershire Parkway will address the current chronic under-provision of parking spaces for mid- and south-Worcestershire passengers wishing to access trains to London or Cross Country services.
"Many of these passengers are currently driving to Birmingham International or Warwick Parkway."
The new Bromsgrove station was developed by the county council, the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and Network Rail, with construction contractor Buckingham Group.
It added the WMCA replaces Centro, the delivery arm of the former West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority, which jointly funded the Bromsgrove station in partnership with the council.
Luke Barzewicz-Dower died following an incident near Pembroke School, and police have launched an investigation.
The school's headteacher Frank Ciccotti said all pupils and staff were greatly saddened to learn of his death and were being supported by counsellors.
"He was a well-regarded student who had many close friends," said Mr Ciccotti.
"He had a gentle character, polite and respectful, and was intelligent and articulate with the potential to achieve well. We will miss him very much."
Mr Ciccotti added: "Our sincere condolences go out to his friends and family. He is very much in our thoughts.
"We are also trying to help students and staff begin to cope with their loss through a series of special assemblies."
The coroner has been informed of the death.
"It was a bomb that exploded in the Daallo Airlines flight. It was meant to kill all aboard," Transport Minister Ali Ahmed Jamac said.
One passenger was sucked out of the plane and died, and two other passengers were injured.
The Djibouti-bound Airbus 321 was forced to make an emergency landing.
Some reports suggest that an explosive device may have been hidden inside a laptop of one of the passengers.
The blast happened shortly after take-off from the Somali capital.
No militant group has so far said it was behind the explosion.
In a statement shortly after the incident, Daallo Airlines said an investigation was launched by Somalia's Civil Aviation Authority, as well as a technical team from the aircraft's owners and its manufacturers, Airbus.
Mohamed Hassan, a police officer in Balad, an agricultural town 30km (18 miles) north of Mogadishu, said residents had found the body of a man who might have fallen from the plane.
Serbian captain Vlatko Vodopivec said at the time he and others were told the explosion was caused by a bomb.
"It was my first bomb; I hope it will be the last,'' Mr Vodopivec said. He said the blast happened when the plane was at around 11,000ft (3,350m).
"It would have been much worse if we were higher," he added.
Daallo Airlines flies regularly from its base in Dubai to Somalia and Djibouti.
Somalia is battling militant Islamist group al-Shabab that has been carrying out deadly attacks in its quest to establish an Islamic state.
Trevor Hendrickx scored for the Devils in the first period with Joey Martin making it 2-0 in the second.
In the third period James Desmarais got one back but Jake Marissette made it 3-1 for Cardiff before Brandon Benedict netted Belfast's second goal.
On Friday night, the Giants had beaten Cardiff 4-3 in overtime to join the Devils at the top of the table.
In Saturday's encounter, Hendrickx netted the opener just seconds after Giants player Darryl Lloyd had rattled the frame of Cardiff's goal.
Hendrickx then served a five-minute penalty for fighting with opponent Matt Nickerson who was given the same punishment.
The two had come together following a melee of players after a boarding penalty called on Belfast's Craig Peacock.
There was controversy in the second period as the Giants appeared to have equalised, only for the score to be ruled out by a penalty on Adam Keefe. The home captain lost his helmet in the incident and was called for 'illegal equipment'.
The Giants talisman was not happy with the call and vented his anger at the officials, along with a vociferous home crowd.
The din got louder as the Devils promptly scored on the ensuing powerplay, Joey Martin putting them 2-0 up.
Desmarais scored five minutes into the third period to make it 2-1, but Morissette restored the visitors' two-goal advantage.
Benedict scored the second for the Giants to set up an exciting finale, but netminder Ben Bowns and the Devils kept the home side at bay to secure a 3-2 victory and three points from their two games at the SSE Arena.
Cyclist Robert Spooner spotted her in the dim light near Peterborough.
"I couldn't just leave it there," he said, so he carried the otter to his mother's house, who looked after it until rescue centre volunteers arrived.
They said the otter had made a "great recovery" but would not have survived in the wild without his help.
Mr Spooner said it took him a "few seconds" to realise what he had come across at the side of the road a few days before Christmas.
A passing motorist did not have time to help, but a pedestrian offered to push his bicycle while he scooped up the otter and carried it to his mother's house.
"She was a little surprised when I arrived with it," he said.
She called Fenland Animal Rescue and kept the otter hydrated, and warm in a box.
The otter was "lifeless and unresponsive" when it was first found, but "soon responded and recovered well", Joshua Flanagan, from rescue organisation, said.
He then had to find a new home for the creature.
"Otter pups are entirely dependent on their mothers for the first year of their lives.
"Coupled with them being a social species, it is best that they are recovering in an environment with other otters of a similar age," he said.
After contacting sanctuaries across the country they eventually found a new home for the otter - more than 500 miles (800km) away on the Isle of Skye.
The International Otter Survival Fund has agreed to take her in.
But transferring her there has not been simple for the volunteers.
So far they have managed to get her to a "half-way house" near Manchester.
She will then be driven to the Scottish border where she will be handed over to a member of the otter charity for the final leg to the Isle of Skye.
"When she is of age and independent, she will be released back into the wild in a suitable area," Mr Flanagan added.
The Vertu Ti costs 7,900 euros (£6,994) and is made at the firm's headquarters in Church Crookham, Hampshire.
The device had a titanium frame and sapphire screen but was not 4G-enabled, said its designer Hutch Hutchison.
Until last year the company was owned by Nokia and specialised in highly priced handsets designed for the Symbian operating system.
Vertu had chosen Android over Windows as an operating system because it was more established, chief executive Perry Oosting told the BBC.
"You need to be part of an ecosystem," he said.
"Your device will have to integrate with other devices. I think the Windows phone will have success but it is still a relatively small market share. At the moment it doesn't have the global reach of Android - which is about 60% of the market."
Head of design Mr Hutchison said that Vertu was not interested in being a tech pioneer.
"Vertu will never be at the bleeding edge of technology," he said.
"It has to be about relevant technology and craftsmanship - it's not a disposable product."
The firm is also not focused on the mass market, with just 326,000 Vertu smartphone owners worldwide after 10 years in the industry.
"We don't make massive numbers of phones and the price point is reflective of that," said Mr Oosting.
Each device is assembled by hand. The name and signature of the person who assembled the phone is laser inscribed onto the inside lid of the SIM card holder.
Vertu handsets can only be purchased in 500 retail outlets, 70 of which are the company's own boutiques, around the world.
Each device has a "concierge" button that connects the caller with a global team who can provide localised advice and help with events and restaurant bookings.
Weighing 180g (6oz), the Vertu Ti is heavier than most current generation smartphones - the Samsung Galaxy S3 weighs 118g and the iPhone 5 is 112g.
One reason for this is that it has been designed for intense durability. One handset - and its screen - remained intact and working after being accidentally run over by a delivery truck.
"People think sapphire is just posh glass," said Mr Hutchison.
"But sapphire is to glass what steel is to blancmange. The only thing that scratches it is a diamond."
Vertu does not release figures but says sales have increased every year for the past 10 - with the exception of 2008, when the bank Lehman Brothers collapsed.
It also says China is its biggest market.
Other luxury brands such as Tag Heuer and Goldvish are also now competing in the niche yet lucrative space for handsets costing thousands of pounds.
However some experts believe the wider market is moving towards lower-end smartphones.
Huawei has just launched a budget Windows device in Africa and there are rumours of a cheap version of the iPhone 5.
"We forecast that by 2016, 31% of the global overall handset market will be low-end smartphone," Ian Fogg, principal analyst at IHS, told the BBC last month.
Mr Bell made allegations in a interview with Stephen Nolan on Thursday.
Mr Bell said a whistleblower civil servant told him references to Arlene Foster were removed from a document about the ending of the scheme.
Mr Hamilton said the allegations were serious and warranted investigation.
On Monday, he released another document to the NI Assembly library.
"There are are many technical details here involving the machinery of government," he said.
"As detailed, this documentation involves the drafting and redrafting of a Department for the Economy (DETI) submission regarding RHI closure in 2016.
"There was no 'cleansing' of records, as both drafts are recorded and retained."
"The re-drafting was undertaken by Mr Bell's special adviser. It deleted a specific reference to OFMDFM being involved in discussions in early 2016 on the closure of RHI.
"This was not done on behalf of or to the benefit of First Minister Foster.
"As the documentation shows, this OFMDFM involvement helped secure the closure of RHI in February 2016 - earlier than the date originally signed off on by Minister Bell".
"To suggest this was a cover-up is to ignore the facts.
"The involvement of the first minister and deputy first minster to bring forward RHI closure was in the public interest and the original draft made this involvement explicit," he added.
Released documents
PDF - Note for Record
PDF - Closure of RHI - Urgent Procedures
PDF - Closure of RHI showing amendments
PDF - RHI - Action to address expenditure
Property values were up by 0.6% compared with September, the building society said, putting the cost of the average home at £196,807.
It said the annual pace of change had been "broadly consistent" with wage growth.
But it warned house building needed to keep pace with increased demand.
Various surveys have suggested that house prices continue to rise, primarily as a result of a lack of properties going onto the market but also owing to a shortage of new homes being built.
On Wednesday, the Land Registry said that the typical house price in London in September was very close to £500,000.
The Prime Minister said he wanted a "national crusade to get homes built".
The first set of significant house building figures since then have just been published.
They are from the National House Building Council - which provides building certificates for new homes.
And they make for pretty gloomy reading.
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Robert Gardner, Nationwide's chief economist, said that economic conditions had aided affordability levels.
"Historically low interest rates have helped to offset the negative impact of rising house prices on affordability," he said.
"Indeed, even though house prices are at an all-time high, the cost of servicing a typical mortgage is still close to the long-term average as a share of take-home pay."
The number of mortgages approved for house purchases dropped slightly in September, according to figures from the Bank of England.
The total fell from 70,664 in August to 68,874 in September, but this was higher than the average of the previous six months of 66,900.
The cost of renting a home has increased much faster than general inflation, although not as quickly as property prices, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.
Private rental prices paid by tenants in Britain rose by 2.7% in the year to September.
This included a 2.8% rise in England, a 1.6% increase in Scotland and a 0.5% rise in Wales.
Rental prices increased in all the English regions over the year, with tenants seeing the fastest rise of 4.1% in London.
The visitors had lost their past two games, but got off to a great start when Reece Hall-Johnson's free-kick from the left evaded everyone on its way into the back of the net after just six minutes.
The visitors doubled their lead in the 17th minute when a free-kick was headed back across the face of goal for top scorer Michael Cheek to turn the ball home.
It looked to be game over six minutes later as Joel Kettle brought down Cheek, who dusted himself down to convert the resulting penalty for his 17th goal of the season, but Simeon Maye pulled one back in the 26th minute, heading in Dapo Afolayan's free-kick.
Harry Lee nearly restored the visitors' three-goal lead when his free-kick struck the post, but Afolayan burst into the box with just 11 minutes to go and scored with a powerful left-footed shot which beat Ben McNamara at the near post.
And with four minutes remaining Ashley Sammons delivered a great free-kick which was powerfully headed home by George Carline.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Solihull Moors 3, Braintree Town 3.
Second Half ends, Solihull Moors 3, Braintree Town 3.
Substitution, Solihull Moors. Callum Coyle replaces Oladapo Afolayan.
Substitution, Braintree Town. Joe Maybanks replaces Sam Corne.
Substitution, Braintree Town. Lee Barnard replaces Michael Cheek.
Goal! Solihull Moors 3, Braintree Town 3. George Carline (Solihull Moors).
Substitution, Braintree Town. Kyron Farrell replaces Kristopher Twardek.
Goal! Solihull Moors 2, Braintree Town 3. Oladapo Afolayan (Solihull Moors).
Kristian Green (Solihull Moors) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Solihull Moors. Danny Udoh replaces Regan Charles-Cook.
Substitution, Solihull Moors. Omari Sterling-James replaces Nortei Nortey.
Second Half begins Solihull Moors 1, Braintree Town 3.
First Half ends, Solihull Moors 1, Braintree Town 3.
Joel Kettle (Solihull Moors) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Solihull Moors 1, Braintree Town 3. Simeon Maye (Solihull Moors).
Goal! Solihull Moors 0, Braintree Town 3. Michael Cheek (Braintree Town) converts the penalty with a.
Goal! Solihull Moors 0, Braintree Town 2. Michael Cheek (Braintree Town).
Goal! Solihull Moors 0, Braintree Town 1. Reece Hall-Johnson (Braintree Town).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR) had found remains it initially believed to be of Joe Lynskey.
He was abducted in west Belfast in 1972, and was murdered and secretly buried by the IRA.
But after Thursday's first find, the ICLVR said more remains had since been discovered at a bog in County Meath.
The term the Disappeared refers to victims who were murdered and secretly buried by republicans during the Troubles.
Senior investigator Jon Hill said identification was at an early stage and it would be a difficult recovery process.
He said the bodies of two of the Disappeared, Seamus Wright and Kevin McKee, were "believed to be buried within a couple of hundred yards" of the area that was being searched.
"There are most certainly two bodies - we're at quite an early stage but there may be more," he said.
"We were looking for Joe Lynskey, expecting it to be a single grave, and quite clearly that isn't the case."
Mr Lynskey was a former Cistercian monk from the Beechmount area of west Belfast, who later joined the IRA.
He was abducted close to his home in August 1972.
Mr Wright and Mr McKee were both IRA members who were abducted and murdered by the organisation in 1972.
Mr Hill said their families had been contacted.
The discoveries were made on Thursday by contractors under the supervision of a forensic archaeologist.
The recovery process will continue on Friday.
After that stage, the state pathologist will conduct a post-mortem examinations and begin the process of formal identification.
When excavations began at the Coghalstown bog in March, forensic investigators said they had narrowed the search to about 15 acres of bogland.
Last month, Maria Lynskey, Mr Lynskey's niece, visited the search site and made an appeal for help in finding his body.
She said her family had suffered "years of pain" after his abduction.
In a brief statement on Thursday, Ms Lynskey, thanked the ICLVR "and those who have engaged with the commission in the search for Joe".
"Our thoughts are with the other families whose loved ones remain disappeared," she added.
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams said the uncertainty over whose bodies had been recovered "must be hugely traumatic for the families involved".
"I thank everyone who has helped in the search of the remains of those who were killed and secretly buried by the IRA," he said.
"Republicans have co-operated fully with the commission and we now need to continue to do our utmost to bring closure for the remaining families."
The ICLVR was established in 1999 by treaty between the British and Irish governments.
Its role is to obtain confidential information that could help to locate the bodies of the missing victims, but such information cannot be used in criminal proceedings.
Over the past 16 years, the ICLVR has searched for 16 people who were officially listed as the Disappeared.
To date, the remains of 10 of the victims have been recovered and formally identified.
Lidia Pascale, 26, originally from Romania, but living at addresses in Smethwick and Foleshill, was last seen on 19 November.
Two men have already been charged with her murder.
Officers and dog handlers have been searching part of West Bromwich and confirmed the body of a woman had been found in Hope Street.
Ch Supt Mark Payne, from West Midlands Police, said identification was at an early stage and that officers were continuing to liaise with Lidia's family.
An area around Hope Street has been cordoned off to allow forensics officers to search the scene.
The work, including shops, an arena, aquarium and a city beach will be the biggest landscape change in Swansea in a century.
It is due to start in 2017.
But Rob Stewart is not expecting funding to be an issue, nor with Swansea University's role over the research element of the aquarium.
"None of the funding we [the council] are looking at is coming directly from Europe," Mr Stewart told BBC Wales.
"The thing that could affect it is the level of uncertainty over Brexit but we don't see a significant impact from that at present.
"There's still a significant amount of interest in Swansea.
"We've got a significant amount of interest from key retailers and I'm meeting with a couple of those in September."
The main areas to be worked on are the former St David's shopping centre, land next to the leisure centre and the prime civic centre site.
The retail aspect will double the city's offering and include well-known stores along with others that are not currently outside London or in the UK.
It will run from Whitewalls, include a cafe quarter and be built on an incline so that people at the other end can walk straight over Oystermouth Road to where the arena will be, hosting concerts, shows, conferences and ice skating.
There will also be a high-rise building next to it comprising of a hotel and flats, which could become the tallest in Wales.
An access route will run from there to the aquarium and the city beach which will have an open area as well as the other facilities.
It seems the only potential sticking point with the project could surround the funding for the sea sciences centre within the aquarium if the university hoped to rely on EU funding.
But a spokeswoman said: "The project is in very, very early stages and any decisions regarding the funding of the project would need to be agreed between the university, the council and the developer."
The parents will also be allowed contact with their biological children.
The mistake came to light when one of the couples split and the father demanded a DNA test to challenge the mother's demand for maintenance payments.
It revealed that neither was the biological parent.
The High Court in Pretoria accepted an expert's recommendation against breaking the strong bonds already formed.
The boy and girl, now aged five, had been unwitting victims of a mix-up in hospital in the Gauteng Province of South Africa.
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William Sangster, 19, from Auchnagatt in Aberdeenshire, died after the crash on the A950 New Pitsligo to Mintlaw road in November 2014.
The driver, Adam Youngson, of Mintlaw, admitted causing Mr Sangster's death.
Scott Neil, of Stuartfield, admitted driving another car at excessive and inappropriate speeds. Sentence at the High Court in Edinburgh was deferred.
The court heard that moments before Youngson's car hit a tree, the car being driven by Neil came close to the back of Youngson's red Ford Fiesta.
Youngson reacted by accelerating away from Neil's car.
However, Neil then broke the speed limit to keep up with Youngson.
Youngson - who ignored requests from his passengers to drive more carefully - lost control of his vehicle, causing it to leave the road.
Mr Sangster was a back seat passenger in Mr Youngson's car.
Firefighters had to cut him free, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Judge Lady Wolffe deferred sentenced until 1 June.
She said: "It is important for me to be fully informed about all the circumstances concerning this incident."
Youngson's defence counsel Shahid Latif told the court that he would reserve his mitigation to the sentencing hearing.
He added: "My client at this stage wishes to offer his sincere apologies to the family, friends and anybody who has been affected by the death of Mr Sangster."
Neil's defence counsel Gavin Anderson also told Lady Wolffe that he would give his mitigation at the sentencing hearing.
Mr Sangster's family previously described him as a "larger than life character" and said he would be "sorely missed."
The ministers, meeting in Japan, said they opposed "any intimidating coercive or provocative unilateral actions" that could increase tension.
China claims almost all the South China Sea and areas of the East China Sea, angering neighbours who have competing claims.
It has also been reclaiming land.
Experts say satellite images of the reclamation work could indicate that China may be steadily militarising the islands it is creating or expanding.
The foreign ministers of the G7 group of industrialised nations - US, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan - did not explicitly mention China in their statement.
But they called on all states to "refrain from such actions as land reclamations" and building outposts "for military purposes" that could risk stability or change the status quo.
Disputes should be solved "in good faith and in accordance with international law," they said.
In his response, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang reiterated China's belief it has a legitimate claim to the territory.
He urged the foreign ministers to "stop making irresponsible remarks and all irresponsible actions, and truly play a constructive role for regional peace and stability".
And it's no secret that the Home Office budget is one of the departments in Whitehall that is not protected from the overall cuts.
Following the Paris attacks, political concern over policing numbers has become acute.
A document, prepared at the request of the government's emergency committee in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, spells out some of the potential consequences of further cuts to the police budgets.
And for the Home Office, and the chancellor preparing his set piece statement for next Wednesday, it makes awkward reading.
We've seen key paragraphs of a restricted document prepared this week titled, "Implications of the Paris Attack for UK Police Preparedness".
The document suggests that further cuts to police budgets would have very serious implications for the authorities' ability to respond to multiple terrorist incidents because of the reduction in police numbers.
The document cites concerns over "surge capacity" - the need to mobilise large numbers of officers and resources in the event of a serious attack, warning that it will "reduce very significantly across the country unless a different funding settlement is found".
These concerns, outlined in a letter to the home secretary, copied to the Treasury, Number 10 and the security services, are on top of existing worries about reductions in neighbourhood policing.
The document, dated 15 November, says: "It would be remiss of me not to highlight the impact further reductions in police force numbers would have on our ability to manage terrorist incidents of this magnitude, particularly if spread simultaneously across a number of geographical locations.
"Police forces across England and Wales have already seen a reduction of 40,000 officers and further losses will severely impact our surge capacity, which is heavily geared and will reduce very significantly across the country unless a different funding settlement is found.
"A Met view is that a 5-10% CSR cash reduction should keep officer reductions at 2,000 or fewer which will be manageable. Other forces' positions vary, but the overarching concerns are the same. These considerations are of course in addition to the need to sustain neighbourhood policing to maintain local trust and intelligence flows."
Expectation in Westminster is that the cuts to the police budget may be more than 20%, more than double what this official document suggests is viable to keep numbers at the level required in the event of an attack. The concerns outlined in the document go beyond the specific budget allocated to counter terrorism.
The chancellor and the home secretary met today to try to finalise the spending plans for the Home Office, their second such meeting this week.
The government has committed to protecting the counter terrorism budget. David Cameron said at Prime Minister's Questions this week: "We rightly protected counter terrorism in the last Parliament and we will protect it again in this parliament."
But it's clear that the concerns go far wider than the specific budget allocated to fight terrorism. And, as in so many regards, the Paris attacks are having an impact on politics here too.
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Michael Carey and Charlotte Worrall were saved by a lifeboat from rocks west of St Ives, in Cornwall, on Monday evening.
They had gone to watch seals for Mr Carey's 30th birthday.
It took them two hours to get the attention of walkers who then called the coastguard, the charity said.
The RNLI said the pair were in a "life-threatening" situation after being cut off by the tide.
Derek Hall, the St Ives lifeboat operations manager, said: "They walked out to Seal Island and because of the spring tides, the sea came in very quickly and they got cut off.
"The lady had tried to swim to shore unsuccessfully, and ended up losing some of her clothes as well, so they were very cold and shaken."
The couple were with their border collie dog which managed to swim to shore, Mr Hall said.
Mr Carey and Ms Worrall, who were rescued by the St Ives lifeboat, were not injured.
As the crowds streamed towards the stadium known as the Cake Tin on a gloriously sunny Saturday afternoon, it seemed like the message of the Black Caps captain was getting through.
By the time they drifted away into the Wellington night, having seen the Martin Guptill-inspired Kiwis destroy West Indies to earn a place in the semi-finals, the dream was fast becoming a reality.
Guptill's unbeaten 237 was the highest score in a World Cup match, the second biggest in one-day internationals and the fourth best in all List A cricket.
He broke his own record for the highest score by a New Zealander, becoming only the second man to hit a World Cup double ton and the fifth to do so in all ODIs.
McCullum called it the "the greatest ODI innings I've seen live", former New Zealand captain Jeremy Coney said that Guptill "dazzled", while former India batsman Rahul Dravid described it as "incredible".
It was a New Zealand performance befitting the excitement in a country where the World Cup feels like a bigger deal than across the Tasman Sea in Australia.
Whereas Australia has struggled to fill its vast grounds, New Zealand has matched size of venue to magnitude of match to be rewarded with capacity crowds and lively atmospheres.
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And while Australia's larger cities have few reminders that the World Cup is in the area, New Zealand's smaller towns are plastered with paraphernalia.
In a rugby-obsessed nation, cricket is on the television in takeaways and hotel lobbies. Shop windows are given over to cricket-themed displays, while Black Caps flags flutter on the forecourts of a used-car dealerships.
In Dunedin, the city of McCullum's birth, the road leading to its University Oval has been renamed 'Brendon McCullum Drive'.
As for Guptill, he already appears to be living the dream - but it is one that was almost over before it began.
At the age of 13, he was involved in a forklift accident that caused him to lose three toes. As the aspiring cricketer recovered in hospital, his father arranged for former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming to pay him a visit.
"Back then I didn't think I would ever play for New Zealand," said Guptill, sensitively nicknamed 'Two Toes'. "I'm lucky enough to represent my country and I'm loving this moment."
Some 15 years later, a merciless assault on the West Indies bowling etched the tall right-hander into New Zealand cricket and World Cup folklore.
Not that the early signs were good. He needed the good fortune of Marlon Samuels dropping a straightforward shin-high chance at square leg in the first over and had to weather the storm of losing more illustrious partners McCullum and Kane Williamson.
However, with the confidence of a century in his last innings against Bangladesh, Guptill built by driving pacemen down the ground and cutting the spinners through the off side.
As he approached 200, the crowd began chanting his name.
When the double century came, the roar was so loud it was as if the whole of New Zealand was celebrating, Guptill's helmet-off, double-armed celebration providing perhaps the moment of the World Cup so far.
In the same Andre Russell over, another boundary took Guptill past Chris Gayle's World Cup best of 215.
Gayle, whose record stood for only 25 days, congratulated Guptill between overs, offering a handshake and telling him "welcome to the club".
Then came the shot that the innings will be best remembered for - Russell forgetting to use the pitch, Guptill swinging to leg, white leather becoming a dot in the sky and landing on the roof of the stand.
Guptill removed his glove and held two fingers to Craig McMillan, telling his batting coach that he had now managed more hits on to the roof of the Cake Tin. As a couple of figures in black walked around the top of the stadium in an effort to find the ball, the word "roof" trended on Twitter.
The crowd continued to shout his name as he strode off at the end of the innings and remained vocal when he reappeared to be interviewed on television.
"I'm incredibly proud of what happened today," said Guptill. "It's pretty cool to hear the whole stadium chanting your name - I've never had anything like that before."
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There were more reasons for noise as the Black Caps sprinted towards victory: Trent Boult taking four wickets to become the tournament's most successful bowler, Daniel Vettori urging his 36-year-old, injury-ravaged body into a Michael Jordan-style leap for a one-handed catch on the third-man boundary.
The Black Caps have rewarded the nation's enthusiasm with seven successive wins in this tournament and the real sense that their seventh World Cup semi-final against South Africa in Auckland on Tuesday could finally produce a place in the final - and even the trophy.
"That would make the nation throb with pride," said Coney. "Success and being in the spotlight doesn't usually sit well. Our style is to be a bit more humble. Talking ourselves up isn't really the New Zealand way."
Maybe, though, the New Zealand way is about to change - especially if a country with a population smaller than that of Yorkshire were to hold both the cricket and rugby union World Cups at the same time.
"Wouldn't that be nice?" suggested Coney, with typical Kiwi understatement.
Perhaps it really is time to dream big, New Zealand.
Listen to highlights from Test Match Special's and 5 live Sport's 2015 World Cup coverage.
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The programme follows three young people who tell their personal stories about living with grandparents who have dementia.
Dementia is a word that describes a number of symptoms which affect the way the brain thinks. People who suffer from dementia might experience memory loss, have difficulties with thinking, problem-solving or speaking. It is also a progressive disease, which means the symptoms will gradually get worse over time.
One of the stars of the show is Josh, whose granddad has been diagnosed with dementia.
He met up with Richard McCourt, one half of Dick and Dom, about how he coped when his Mum had the disease.
Josh and Richard told us more about what dementia is, and how it affected them.
You can watch the MyLife documentary called Mr Alzheimers and Me, on the CBBC channel tonight at 5:30pm.
League One Bradford stunned Premier League leaders Chelsea, Championship side Middlesbrough won at champions Manchester City and League Two Cambridge United held Manchester United to a draw.
And that was just in round four.
This weekend's fifth round sees Bradford attempt to eliminate Sunderland and Championship side Blackburn host Stoke, before League One Preston tackle 11-time winners Manchester United on Monday,
So how should a team of aspiring giant-killers approach a game against a higher-placed opponent? What are the ingredients that go into creating a great Cup upset?
We asked six giant-killers - Shrewsbury's Nigel Jemson and Kevin Ratcliffe, Wrexham's Mickey Thomas, Hereford's Ronnie Radford, Sutton's Tony Rains and Millwall's Mark Beard - exactly what it takes. We also spoke to two men - Mark Lawrenson (Liverpool) and Robbie Savage (Leicester) - who know what's like to be on the receiving end.
Tony Rains, scorer of the first goal as Conference side Sutton United beat First Division Coventry City 2-1 in 1989: "There was such a massive lead-up to the game. Once we got the draw, things turned around from our normal non-league build-up with the media attention and that disrupts any form of natural environment you normally have. That can feel really strange. You're not doing a lot of training and eventually you have to pull the plug with everyone and get out on the field and try to prepare for the game."
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Ronnie Radford, whose goal helped Hereford beat Newcastle 2-1 after extra time in a third-round replay in 1972: "There was such a frenzy surrounding the tie. The original match was postponed twice because of the weather. After the 2-2 draw in that game all of our players went back to work. There was no pressure on us - we were part-time - and then the replay was called off three times, and Newcastle had stayed in Worcester the whole time. They had to deal with the boredom of it all."
Nigel Jemson, scorer of both Shrewsbury goals as the Third Division side knocked out top-flight Everton 2-1 in 2003: "I got a text from Mark Bright before the game - I used to play with him at Sheffield Wednesday - and he said that somebody was going to be a hero, and why shouldn't it be me? That always sticks in my mind.
"The gaffer, Kevin Ratcliffe, got us revved up for the game, we prepared properly and it was like our cup final. We went into it with confidence we could pull off a draw but as the game continued, we deserved it 100%."
Mickey Thomas, who scored as Fourth Division strugglers Wrexham stunned Arsenal 2-1 in 1992: "It was number one in the football pyramid against number 92. It brought people from everywhere in the town together and the atmosphere was electric."
Kevin Ratcliffe, Shrewsbury manager as they beat Everton: "When big clubs come to places like Gay Meadow, you are taking their players out of their comfort zone. Their training ground is better than your ground, and their training pitches are much better than the one you play games on.
"It is the way that modern Premier League players are brought up as well now - they have always had those brilliant facilities. Very few of them have had to change in a Portakabin or in the toilets.
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"Then they come to a little old stadium like Gay Meadow and the changing room is tiny, and the pitch is a bit bobbly as well. That does not sway the game your way, but every bit of advantage helps when you are playing against players who are better than yours."
Radford: "When the Newcastle game went to a replay, their striker Malcolm Macdonald said the next game would be different. Well, it was different in every way. The atmosphere was amazing and the noise of the crowd was relentless for the whole 90 minutes. It must have been a daunting thing for Newcastle."
Mark Beard, scorer as First Division Millwall won 2-0 at Premier League Arsenal in a third-round tie in 1995, then beat Chelsea on penalties after a replay in round four: "We took a massive crowd of about 7,000 to Arsenal, so it created quite an intimidating atmosphere.
"That was fantastic, but when we played Chelsea at The Den… I've never experienced an atmosphere like that. It was crazy.
"They talk about the big derbies abroad like in Italy and Turkey, where the fans are so passionate, but this game was exactly the same. It was unbelievable - for the 120 minutes, everywhere you looked there were fans screaming at you."
Mark Lawrenson, whose Liverpool side were held to a 1-1 draw by Third Division York in 1986 before winning the replay after extra time: "We should not have played the first game at York when we did because it had snowed and the pitch was frozen. I knew the groundsman, the late Brian Foster, who had worked at my first club Preston. I remember talking to him before the game - I said 'you've been in the referee's ear to get this on' and he just started laughing.
"The pitch was dodgy, which made a big difference because we tried to play football and play our usual game. We should have just lumped it but, with Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush up front, we didn't really have anyone to lump it to."
Ratcliffe: "Wayne Rooney played for Everton but we were not worried about him - we were more worried about Tomasz Radzinski's pace up front for balls over the top. We were not bothered about Rooney turning and running at us because the pitch would not allow him to have the touch that he wanted to - it meant their players had to take one or two extra touches and slowed them down."
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Robbie Savage, whose Leicester team were sixth in the Premier League when they were beaten in the quarter-finals by Second Division Wycombe in 2001: "What happened in that game is why people should take nothing for granted in football.
"When we drew Wycombe at home, a lot of us at the club thought we were through to the semi-finals already. We expected to turn up and win and that was part of the problem. There is no excuse for what happened."
Radford: "It's amazing what pressure does to people. Newcastle had seven or eight internationals, Malcolm Macdonald was one of the best players in England and they had won the FA Cup six times. But come the kick-about before the game, the slope of the pitch…"
Lawrenson: "There were ways of making us uncomfortable. A lot of the time lower teams would try to bypass our midfield by playing the long ball and if they had a couple of big and strong strikers up front, you could sometimes feel as if we did not have enough of the ball, and then we struggled because we could not get Dalglish, Rush and those sorts of players into the game.
"Then the tackles would be flying in too because the lesser team would be well up for it, and the referee would let things go. Your aim, especially if you were playing away, would be to get an early goal because it would silence the crowd. If we scored first then the smaller sides very rarely came back at us.
"The longer they are in the game, the more confidence their players get and you only needed one or two of your team-mates to suddenly think that you are in a bit of trouble, and then you are struggling."
Beard: "We scored an early goal after about 10 minutes and it settled us down a bit. It especially settled me down because I was only 20 at the time, and it gave us lots of confidence."
Rains: "Once the match started we tried to stick to a game-plan, which wasn't to go gung-ho. We needed to come through the first 15 minutes without conceding and that's what we did. As the half developed we came more into the game."
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Beard: "We had really good team spirit, but also lots of good individual players who, as it proved in time, were probably more suited to the Premier League than the Championship. Alex Rae had a good career and went on to play in the Premier League, Mark Kennedy went to Liverpool for £1.5m and we had Kasey Keller, an unbelievable goalkeeper. We had players who went on to do things in their careers and that combined with our belief and togetherness."
Jemson: "We played really well. I had played against Everton before from being in the Premier League so I knew what to expect and the experienced players like myself, Mark Atkins and Ian Woan gave the inexperienced players the confidence they needed to go out there and put a show on.
"Everyone performed that day. When you play against a team like Everton, you have to be on top of your game and just hope they are having an off-day, and that proved to be."
Rains: "When you have something at stake that was that big, something that had only been achieved five or six other times in history [a non-league team beating a top-flight side], you do anything to hold onto it. The final whistle was something we remembered and enjoyed for the rest of our lives."
Thomas: "Wrexham beating Arsenal caused a bit of an earthquake in the football world - I'm told that Chelsea fans were singing my name at Hull and Spurs fans, who hated me from my Manchester United days, even chanted because they enjoyed the fact I had knocked Arsenal out.
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"All of the Arsenal lads were really respectful after the game. I'd asked for David Seaman's gloves before the game, and he was true to his word. He even waited outside the dressing room for me. Fair dos to him."
Beard: "After the game, as normal, Arsenal striker Ian Wright was a bit agitated. He wanted to fight the world - I think he had a little argument with Alex Rae and Andy Roberts and then he carried on into the tunnel and then into the bar. He didn't like losing.
"After that, the next day was surreal. I was on the train going somewhere and I was on the back page of every newspaper and I was getting spotted by people who weren't Millwall fans."
Rains: "After we had beaten Coventry and I had scored, myself and the other scorer, Matt Hanlan, got plucked out to do different things in the media. The weirdest one was going on Wogan. It was completely non-football orientated. He was not poking fun, but he was asking questions about if we had made the changing rooms cold, and did we pick up our money in our boots? It was a fantastic experience but it was a bit weird."
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Ratcliffe: "I took a phone call on the Monday morning from Everton boss David Moyes to apologise because he never stayed behind for a drink after the game as he was fuming about his team. He said he had watched a video of the game and he was sorry because he did not realise how well we had played and that we had deserved it. It was a nice touch for him to say that.
"We only won one of our remaining 22 league games after the Cup tie and ended up being relegated out of the Football League.
"It is amazing what a cup run can do - sometimes it can spur players on to bigger and better things, or it can make them think they are better than they are. I think one or two of them thought they were better than Shrewsbury and should have been playing at a higher level."
Savage: "Things were never the same again. Losing to Wycombe left a massive hangover for the rest of the season and it was the beginning of the end for Peter Taylor as Leicester manager.
"Before that Cup defeat we were in the top six of the Premier League and had beaten Liverpool 2-0 the previous week. Afterwards, we lost eight games in a row."
A record crowd of 9,000 is expected at the event on the Raehills Estate near Beattock from 8 to 11 June.
Supt Irvine Watson said everyone involved had put in a "huge amount of work" to ensure it would be another "tremendous festival".
He said police would be working in "all areas of the venue" with stewards to "keep everyone safe".
''Our priority is to ensure the safety and well-being of our communities, including the community that gathers for the weekend at the Eden Festival," he said.
"We want people to have fun and enjoy what is sure to be another excellent festival.
"Security is constantly under review at all our major events in Dumfries and Galloway."
He said police worked closely with organisers to ensure there was "appropriate security" at every event.
"At the same time we want those attending the festival to look after themselves, have respect for others and be mindful that what is against the law in Scotland is also against the law within any festival venue in Scotland," he said.
"Police Scotland will adopt the same pro-active approach to the dealing and misuse of drugs at the Eden Festival as we do across the rest of Scotland."
He added that part of the condition of entry to the festival was that New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) - also known as "legal highs" - were not permitted on the site.
Stephen "Aki" Akinyemi died after a fight with businessman Arran Coghlan at the latter's Cheshire mansion in 2010. Mr Coghlan was cleared of his murder.
A fresh inquest heard Mr Coghlan was acting as a peacemaker in a row which involved a man called Philip Atkinson.
David Mason QC told London's Royal Courts of Justice: "They both had Porsches with the number plate 'Aki'."
Mr Coghlan told a previous inquest in 2011 that Mr Akinyemi pulled a gun on him and that it went off during a struggle.
At the time, Cheshire coroner Nicholas Rheinberg recorded an open verdict, saying he had "difficulty" accepting Mr Coghlan's version of events.
At Monday's hearing, Mr Mason, representing Mr Coghlan, claimed that Mr Akinyemi was at Mr Coghlan's home because he was "upset that another man was using the same nickname".
Mr Akinyemi's brother John told the inquest he did not think his brother would have been "bothered with that" and said the only reason he wanted to see Mr Coghlan was simply because "he was his friend".
He said he did not know whether his brother carried weapons.
Coroner Bernard Richmond QC asked whether he would be shocked if the inquest heard that weapons had been discovered.
Mr Akinyemi replied: "It would be a bit of a shock but, generally speaking, nothing shocks me. It would be something I have learned."
Stephen Akinyemi was arrested in connection with the murder of Chinaedu Iheagwara, 34, in 2002.
When pressed about any comments his brother had made about this shooting and his arrest, John Akinyemi repeatedly said: "I cannot remember."
He later said: "He made out like he was being troubled for something he did not do and he did not want to talk about it."
After Mr Coghlan was initially accused of murdering Stephen Akinyemi, the Crown Prosecution Service dropped the charge because it could not prove Mr Coghlan, who suffered stab wounds, was not acting in self-defence.
It was the third time he had been cleared of murder.
In 1996, he was cleared of murdering alleged gangland enforcer Chris Little, who had been shot dead at the wheel of his Mercedes two years earlier.
In 2001, another drug dealer David Barnshaw, 32, was kidnapped, forced to drink petrol and burned alive in the back of a car in Stockport, Greater Manchester.
Mr Coghlan was acquitted of leading the gang that tortured and killed him when it emerged that police failed to pass on important information about another possible suspect.
The inquest continues.
The iPlayer service was out of action over most of the weekend thanks to problems with the database behind the catch-up service.
The faults also meant only a simplified version of the BBC's homepage was shown, while online video and audio clips were also disrupted.
A BBC spokesman said it was "pretty confident" the faults were now cleared.
"BBC iPlayer, BBC iPlayer Radio and other parts of BBC Online that were affected by problems over the weekend are now up and running," he said. "Our teams continue to investigate the problem to ensure this doesn't happen again."
He added: "We will be publishing more details about the problem in due course on the BBC's internet blog."
The duration of the outage led reporters to question BBC boss Tony Hall about the problems on a day when the corporation unveiled its annual report.
Mr Hall said that he would look into the cause of the problems and added: "99.9% of the time the iPlayer works very well".
While the iPlayer was not working the corporation put out statements via Twitter apologising several times for the inconvenience.
The apology did not mollify many people who strongly criticised the BBC about the length of the disruption.
The problems for the iPlayer and many other sites started on the morning of 19 July when engineers noticed that there was a "severe load" on the servers underlying the video-on-demand system.
In addition, reports reached the BBC that viewers were getting slow response times for some services or were seeing errors saying a programme or clip was not available.
Soon after the BBC noticed, messages were also received from network engineers at internet service providers (ISPs) including Virgin Media, which were also logging problems with the iPlayer and other BBC video traffic.
Later in the day, the service became unavailable via the web and through smartphone apps.
Internal logs of the incident and how it was handled showed that database administrators, network engineers and system analysts were all called on to see if they could diagnose the problem and fix it.
Work continued throughout the weekend to try to stabilise the servers and database supporting the iPlayer and many other BBC services.
The final fixes for the problems were expected to be applied on 21 July when the vast majority of people should be able reach the web-based video services as normal.
The BBC said it would issue a statement when it knew more about the cause of the glitches.
The blaze, close to Gypsy Lane, Swindon, started just before 01:00 BST and at one point more than 50 firefighters were on site.
People living nearby were earlier urged to keep their windows shut because of thick plumes of smoke caused by the blaze.
Crews are expected to be on site for much of the day.
Station manager Gareth Evans said the fire affected a mound of metal which he described as about 15 sq m big and originally about six metres high.
"That's burnt down now," he said.
"Metal burns with a very, very intense flame so there is the potential for temperatures in excess of 1,000C in that part of the fire."
Mr Evans said the blaze produced "vast quantity of smoke" which could be seen all over the town.
"I don't know what's in that smoke but please close your windows and stay indoors and don't breath the smoke," he added.
A spokesman for European Metal Recycling confirmed the fire started at its Swindon depot early on Saturday.
He said: "While we investigate the cause, we would like to apologise to the local community and businesses for the inconvenience this incident may have caused."
Twelve people including Mr Urban died in the attack on a Berlin Christmas market on 19 December.
Mr Urban, who was also stabbed, was hailed a hero amid reports that he had prevented further deaths.
But doctors have ruled out that he was conscious, says Bild newspaper.
The conclusions of Mr Urban's post-mortem examination say he was shot in the head between 16:30 (15:30 GMT) and 17:30 and lost a lot of blood, the paper reports. His boss and cousin said he had lost contact with him at around 16:00.
The attack on the market at Breitscheidplatz took place just after 20:00, and he may still have been alive at the time in the passenger seat although not capable of grabbing a steering wheel, Bild adds.
Mr Urban, 37, had parked the 40-tonne lorry in Berlin, waiting to unload a consignment of steel beams the following day. A petition calling for him to be given a posthumous award had attracted some 38,000 signatures by Tuesday.
Tunisian-born Anis Amri, 24, was eventually shot dead by an Italian policeman near Milan on 23 December, after he had travelled from Berlin through France. A video was released of him pledging allegiance to the head of jihadist group Islamic State (IS).
Investigators are trying to find out if he had accomplices, and CCTV footage has emerged of him at Lyon-Part-Dieu station, before he apparently boarded a train via Chambery on his way to Milan.
He was identified by his backpack, French media said. "He was on his own on the footage," a source was quoted as saying.
What is not clear is how Amri travelled from Berlin via France without being spotted by police. Rail tickets bought in cash were found on his body.
Police have produced a picture of Amri at Milan central station, three hours before he pulled a gun and fired at two police officers who had stopped him for a routine check outside Milan. They have pieced together his journey first to Turin, then by another train to Milan, where he took a coach to the north-eastern suburb of Sesto San Giovanni.
Italian policeman Cristian Movio, who was shot in the shoulder by Amri, has told Italian media he is now able to move "without too much pain".
Officials are trying to find out if the gunman was in contact with anyone in Italy and what his next destination was.
Amri had around €150 (£128) in cash, according to reports, and no food or extra clothing in his backpack. One theory is that he was aiming to take a bus to the Balkans or southern Italy.
Italy has beefed up security because of the risk of revenge attacks. A senior official in Italy's department of public security, Maurizio Vallone, warned that it was the "first time a terrorist has been killed in Italy... we have to be particularly careful to take every possible means of self defence".
Three people are being held by the Tunisian authorities, including a nephew who had contact with Amri via the social media app Telegram.
Amri's request for asylum in Germany had been turned down and although he had been designated by authorities as a potential risk, they had lost track of him.
He was classed as a "gefaehrder", considered to be a serious risk but without concrete evidence for it. German authorities have given the status to 549 people.
Amri moved to Germany in 2011 after four years in jail in Italy for a series of offences. Italy and Germany both tried to deport him to Tunisia but were unable to because he did not have valid papers. He was reportedly a follower of Abu Walaa, an Islamist preacher held in Germany on suspicion of recruiting for IS.
The attack and the failure to detain Amri in Germany has prompted calls for greater security and video surveillance.
The ruling Christian Democrats' sister party, the CSU, wants convicted extremists to wear electronic tags. And the head of Germany's association of towns and municipalities has called for the use of greater CCTV, in a country that has traditionally shied away from widespread video surveillance of its citizens.
The man, in his 40s, was acquitted last year at a retrial.
He has been charged with breaching the terms of the order by refusing to give police the Pin to his phone.
He accused North Yorkshire Police, which declined to comment, of "sour grapes" in applying for a sexual risk order after the case.
The order requires him to disclose any planned sexual activity to the police or face up to five years in prison.
The case is due back in court on 14 July ahead of a hearing on 19 August, which will decide whether to grant police's application to make the interim order permanent.
Sexual risk orders were introduced in England and Wales last year and can be applied to any individual who the police believe poses a risk of sexual harm - even if they have never been convicted of a crime.
They are civil orders imposed by magistrates at the request of police.
The man, who said the complainant had consented to sex, was cleared of rape after being held on remand for 14 months.
His trial heard he had an interest in sado-masochistic sex.
Speaking after an adjourned hearing at York Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, he said the order had devastated his personal life and "contravened his human rights".
"I had more freedom in prison," he said.
"I'm in a state of shock, I cannot believe this is how the justice system works."
He said there was "no prospect" of a relationship at the moment.
He said: "Can you imagine, 24 hours before sex? Come on.
He gave the example of chatting to a woman and saying: "There's a nice French restaurant I'd like to take you to, but first the police are just going to come around for a little chat."
"Knock, knock, knock, this is the police, (Mr X) is subject to a sexual risk order and is considered to be potentially dangerous... then they leave."
The order was extended in January for four months by York magistrates after it was initially imposed in December in Northallerton, North Yorkshire.
It declares the man "must disclose the details of any female including her name, address and date of birth... at least 24 hours prior to any sexual activity taking place".
It also contains restrictions on his use of the internet and mobile phones and requires him to inform officers of any change of address.
During his rape trial, jurors heard that the man had visited a fetish club with an ex-partner.
The jury also heard evidence from a doctor with whom he had discussed his past.
He claimed the doctor had misunderstood a discussion of fantasy for a confession, which police later seized upon.
"Thank God 50 Shades of Grey came out when it did, it helped my barrister normalise that," he said.
Ricky Tynemouth was a passenger in a Vauxhall Corsa which left the A196 near South Farm, Choppington, at about 19:30 BST on Wednesday.
The 17 year old, from Guidepost, was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other boys, both 17, were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Northumbria Police arrested the 18-year-old driver on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
The militants, believed to be a male and female, were suspected of planning to carry out a car bomb attack, the state-run Anadolu news agency reports.
They detonated the devices after they were asked to surrender their weapons.
Police had been acting on a tip-off, Ankara's governor said, suggesting a link to Kurdish separatists.
Erkan Topaca said police had found the pair hiding at a horse farm in the district of Haymana, just outside the capital.
He said: "The organisation they are connected to is not clear yet but according to information we have received it is highly likely that [the man] is linked to the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party)."
The BBC's Mark Lowen in Ankara says the pair were said to be flying a Turkish flag from their car as cover and a third person is now being sought.
Plastic explosives and ammonium nitrate were found with the vehicle.
Kurdish militants have carried out a wave of bombings across Turkey since a ceasefire broke down in 2015.
The Turkish president has vowed that the PKK, which has waged a four-decades-long fight in Turkey, will be "annihilated".
But, our correspondent says, with the attacks continuing and hostility deepening between Kurds and the Turkish state, there is little sign of the insurgency ending and neither side has shown a willingness to return to peace negotiations.
Emergency services should create a data-based system to filter reports and deploy responders, says the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET).
Smartphone technology and apps could be used to send alerts to the emergency services, it says.
Prof Will Stewart said there was a "critical" need to update the service.
A service primarily for deaf people and those with speech difficulties already exists, but requires people to register beforehand.
The report - called Contacting Emergency Services in the Digital Age - says emergency services need to "reflect the digital age" and the fact people now increasingly use text messages and social media to communicate, rather than making a voice call.
Prof Stewart, chair of the IET's communications policy panel, said communication had changed "drastically" since the 999 service was designed in 1937.
"Given that young people are statistically more likely to be victims of crime or accidents, it is a concern that making a voice call to contact the emergency services is not something that would feel natural to them," he said.
He added: "A girl alone in a minicab who becomes worried about her personal safety might feel unable to make a call on her mobile phone - but could send a text or alert someone over social media.
"And in the case of certain crimes, such as abduction or a break-in, a silent text or app-based alarm system would be more appropriate and instinctive than the current voice-based one for everybody - irrespective of their age."
Prof Stewart said much of the technology required to update 999 services was available, but changes would need to be arranged in consultation with the main mobile and app-based text providers.
The report also said existing emergency services could be improved by using the latest GPS technology available on smartphones.
An automatic software system could also scan texts and pass on any known user information and approximate handset location to call handlers.
Prof Stewart said smartphones, which were now widely used, also had the technology to provide emergency services with a variety of information about their owners.
"The real problem with 999 is triage, i.e. deciding what to do when the call comes in, and people are confused, not talking very well," he said.
"Your smartphone knows a lot of useful stuff. Firstly your location, secondly perhaps just listening to what's going on, activating your camera and looking at what's going on.
"If you're in a distressed situation, the operator would be much better able to decide what your problem was than she was just listening to you sounding confused and distressed."
Prof Stewart said the use of smartphones could "help, rather than hinder, the information problem".
Supt Mark Nottage, from the emergency services mobile communication programme at the Home Office, said the emergency services needed to reflect a world where "many people rarely make voice calls in their daily lives".
"This means that we need to adapt and be responsive to ensure that when people need to contact the emergency services or other public services they can quickly access the right information and the most appropriate service first time, and in the way that they choose and are familiar with," he said.
Sam Hallam, from London, served more than seven years for murder, while Victor Nealon, from Worcestershire, served 17 years for attempted rape.
Both men were set free after appeal judges ruled that fresh evidence made their convictions unsafe.
But judges, sitting in London, dismissed their compensation cases.
Victor Nealon's lawyer said the judgment was "wrong legally and morally", while lawyers for both men confirmed they would appeal.
Paul May, chair of the Sam Hallam Defence Campaign, said: "This is a sad day for justice and the presumption of innocence.
"The callous refusal of the Ministry of Justice to compensate this innocent man is truly shameful."
The pair asked two judges to rule that UK law is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights because it wrongly restricts compensation in miscarriage of justice cases.
Their judicial review challenges were the first to be brought against the coalition government's decision in 2014 to narrow eligibility for an award.
A person who has been wrongfully convicted can now only get a payout if it is proved "beyond reasonable doubt" they had not committed the offence.
Sam Hallam was jailed in 2005 for life with a minimum term of 12 years in connection with the murder of Essayas Kassahun in 2004.
But in May 2012, appeal judges decided the conviction was unsafe.
DNA evidence
They ruled that new evidence, in the form of timed and dated mobile phone photographs, dramatically undermined accusations that Mr Hallam had deliberately concocted a false alibi.
But the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) rejected his application for compensation for miscarriage of justice in August 2014 on the grounds that the phone evidence had been partly, if not wholly, attributable to Mr Hallam himself.
The MoJ said the new evidence did not show "beyond reasonable doubt that Mr Hallam did not commit the offence".
Victor Nealon served 17 years of a life sentence for the attempted rape of a woman in Redditch in 1996.
His conviction was quashed in 2013 after a DNA test pointed to "an unknown male" - not Nealon - as being the likely assailant.
But in June 2014, the Ministry of Justice rejected his application on the grounds that the DNA analysis "did not show beyond reasonable doubt that the claimant did not commit the offence".
Lord Justice Burnett and Mrs Justice Thirlwall dismissed their compensation cases.
In a speech at a Washington DC university he said the agreement is publically supported by every country in the world, except for Israel.
He described a forthcoming congressional vote on lifting sanctions as either a vote for war or for peace.
Members of Congress have come under intense pressure from Israeli interest groups to reject the deal.
Mr Obama described it as the "strongest non-proliferation agreement ever negotiated".
He equated those who oppose the deal with the supporters of the American invasion of Iraq.
"The same mindset, in many cases offered by the same people - who seem to have no compunction with being repeatedly wrong - led to a war that did more to strengthen Iran, more to isolate the United States, than anything we have done before or since."
In a conference call arranged by a Jewish organisation on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu rejected the notion that a vote against the deal is a vote for war.
Instead, a vote for the deal would make war more likely, Mr Netanyahu argued.
"It will spark a nuclear arms race in the region," Mr Netanyahu said. "And it would feed Iran's terrorism and aggression that would make war, perhaps the most horrific war of all, far more likely."
"Peace is not the absence of conflict," Mr Obama said in his speech, quoting President Ronald Reagan. "It is the ability to cope with conflict by peaceful means."
President John F Kennedy in 1963, spoke at the same Washington DC area university in support of diplomacy with the Soviet Union.
The Iran deal is considered a signature achievement of Mr Obama's foreign policy legacy. He and his aides will work through the summer Congressional recess to convince lawmakers to confirm the deal.
The nuclear deal calls for Iran to reduce its enrichment in exchange for the releasing of millions of dollars in frozen assets.
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The employers' organisation said growth in the volume of retail sales and orders exceeded expectations.
Sixty percent of firms said volumes were up on a year ago, while 9% said they were down, giving a positive balance of 51%.
And expectations for the year to June were even more optimistic, its survey of 134 businesses found.
"Low inflation, which we expect to remain below 1% for the rest of the year, has given household incomes a much-needed boost and greater spending power," said Rain Newton-Smith, the CBI's director of economics.
"Overall, the outlook is bright for firms on the High Street, but challenges still remain, especially for food retailers, who are still feeling the heat of stiff price competition from new entrants to the sector.
"And investment plans have also taken a hit."
Retailers expect sales volumes to grow again in the year to June, with 63% expecting them to rise and 4% to fall, the CBI said.
Last week, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that UK retail sales rose by 1.2% in April, the strongest increase since November, after the warm weather encouraged shoppers to buy summer clothes.
Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Global Insight, called the CBI's latest findings "a cracking survey" and said it indicated the pace of growth in the UK economy was accelerating.
"It is looking increasingly likely that robust consumer spending will help the UK economy regain momentum in the second quarter after GDP growth moderated to just 0.3% quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter.
"We currently forecast second-quarter GDP growth to improve to 0.7% quarter-on-quarter."
Melbourne Cup winner Mark Kavanagh was banned for three years and Danny O'Brien for four over the use of cobalt chloride, which exceeded permitted levels, according to Racing Victoria.
Kavanagh, who won Australia's biggest race in 2009 with Shocking, and O'Brien are appealing against the verdicts.
Vet Dr Tom Brennan was given a five-year ban.
Four of O'Brien's horses and one trained by Kavanagh failed tests after urine samples were taken in 2014.
"We have raised issues over how this whole process has played out over the last 12 months," O'Brien said.
The trainers will appeal to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, and were granted a stay of proceedings allowing their horses to run until Friday.
A Racing Victoria statement said the governing body was "fully committed to enforcing the rules of racing and protecting the integrity of the sport".
Peter Moody, trainer of the record-breaking sprinter Black Caviar, is still awaiting the verdict in a case centred on another of his horses.
Daniel John Roch, 19, from Narberth died on 20 July 2014 following the incident at Talsarn motocross track near Lampeter.
Coroner Peter Brunton concluded the teenager died as a result of misadventure.
A post mortem found he sustained a fractured vertebra and skull.
The inquest heard Mr Roch had been riding bikes since he was four-years-old and began competing at age seven.
James Evans, a marshal at the event, told the inquest: "On the second lap I saw the quad flip up. The quad was airborne and landed vertically."
Track and accident inspector, Stephen Murty, conducted an investigation following the death and found the surface was "expertly laid" but the gully where Mr Roach crashed was an "unnecessary hazard" that would "affect the fastest riders by the most margin".
Mr Brunton said competitors would have been familiar with the gully as it had been present for around five years.
He extended his sympathies to Mr Roch's family, describing his death as "the nightmare every parent dreads."
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told reporters those killed "in cold blood" included a six-month-old baby, a man and a woman.
Reports said a police officer died from his wounds shortly after the incident. Another policeman was injured.
The violence took place in the northern town of Roye, about 110km (70 miles) north of Paris.
It is unclear what provoked the incident.
Witnesses told the AFP news agency that a fight broke out in the camp and one of the men involved began shooting when police arrived at the scene.
The gunman was said to be in a serious condition after being shot by police.
The local Courrier Picard newspaper reported that security forces had sealed off the area.
President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Manuel Valls expressed shock over the incident.
"My thoughts are with the families, with the victims and the policeman killed in the service of France," Mr Valls tweeted (in French).
In a statement, Mr Hollande hailed the "courage and commitment" of the police officers who responded to the incident.
Betsi Cadwaladr health board is looking at plans to downgrade services at one of the area's three district hospitals.
In January, plans were approved to downgrade maternity care at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire.
But managers backed down after an outcry which prompted the rethink at a health board meeting on Tuesday.
The issues stemmed from a shortage of doctors.
Health board medical director Prof Matthew Makin told the meeting: "There is a universal desire for the safety of mothers and babies - that's why we're all here.
"Service change is seen as a threat and is particularly emotive. But we would not be proposing change unless we felt that the risks we are currently managing are becoming unmanageable.
"Any change will be temporary and for as short a time as possible to stabilise the service."
The health board's interim chief executive Simon Dean told BBC Radio Wales it had made 14 attempts to recruit doctors in the last nine month, saying the difficult past few years for the health board "may well be a factor".
Mary Heard, 36, from Rhyl, Denbighshire, and her 10-week-old daughter, Aurelia, were in the meeting listening to the discussion.
Speaking afterwards, she said she disagreed with the health board's preferred option to withdraw consultant-led care at Glan Clwyd Hospital.
"All my three children were high-risk births. It meant a lot to me to have them at Glan Clwyd," she said.
"My husband works and many of my family don't drive, so if I'd given birth elsewhere, I wouldn't have had anyone with me."
Bosses still favour the option to downgrade services at Glan Clwyd Hospital - a plan which was challenged in court - and the board agreed at its meeting in Llandudno, Conwy county, to press ahead with a public consultation on that and other plans.
This could mean withdrawing doctor-led maternity care at Bangor or Wrexham or there could be no change so consultant-led care would remain at all three hospitals.
On Sunday, Mr Dean said maternity units in north Wales have previously been forced to temporarily shut over safety fears for mothers and babies.
Critics of the plan say expectant mothers needing care from doctors would be put at greater risk by having to travel further.
The British Medical Association and politicians have also been highly critical of the health board for not seeking the views of staff and the public in drawing up its plans.
A final decision will be taken in November after the consultation closes.
Wanda Campbell, 43, of Auchenmalg near Newton Stewart, was convicted at Dumfries Sheriff Court last November.
She was found guilty of acting with others to take the money from James Haugh Castle Douglas between March 2012 and October 2013.
She was jailed and ordered to pay compensation of £110,000.
Campbell's appeal was heard by Lord Brodie and Lord Drummond Young at the High Court in Edinburgh.
Her trial had been told that the money had been transferred to Campbell to be kept safe and used as cash flow for the business.
However, she started spending the money as soon as she received it.
The business went into liquidation the day before her trial started in September 2016.
In Wales this year for instance, Aberystwyth gave honorary fellowships to Alex Jones, presenter of the BBC's The One Show, Hollywood actor Michael Sheen and the Times columnist, novelist and prolific tweeter Caitlin Moran.
On Cardiff University's roll of honorary fellows are Stephen Fry and TV presenters Fiona Phillips and Carol Vorderman.
Swansea University has given honorary degrees to the actress Ruth Madoc and Wales rugby winger Shane Williams, while opera singer Bryn Terfel has received an honorary doctorate from Bangor University.
The institutions say they are keen to pay tribute to leading names in the sporting, showbiz and political worlds who have shown "excellence and dedication in their fields".
But Nick Seaton, secretary for the Campaign for Real Education, which aims to raise standards in education, said he believed they were more a sign of our "celebrity-obsessed" culture.
"I think to a certain extent it devalues the work of the youngsters who put in three to four years of solid work to get a degree," he added.
ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY: Caitlin Moran, Alex Jones, Michael Sheen - honorary fellows
BANGOR UNIVERSITY: Bryn Terfel - honorary doctorate; Duffy, Sian Lloyd - honorary fellows
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY: Stephen Fry, Carol Vorderman, Martyn Williams - honorary fellows
SWANSEA UNIVERSITY: Katherine Jenkins, Shane Williams - honorary degrees
SWANSEA UNIVERSITY, SWANSEA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND DRAMA: Ruth Madoc
- honorary degree and fellowship
"No matter who you are or who you know, to give them away without a solid background of work doesn't seem quite right."
So why exactly do universities award honorary degrees and fellowships - and is it fair that they are given to the famous?
Cardiff University said it worked hard to ensure it maintains a long-term relationship with those it honours.
"We try to distinguish between honorary fellowships and honorary degrees as we're aware that 4-5,000 students are in our graduation ceremonies each year and they have put in years of work to get a degree," said Louise Casella, director of strategic development.
"So we only give honorary degrees to people with real academic integrity.
"We are more likely to give honorary fellowships and that is about building long-term relationships with people who we invite to become part of the university and who have achieved excellence in a lifetime of work.
"For example, Stephen Fry became patron of our neuroscience and mental health institute after he received his honorary fellowship."
She said students and staff were asked to nominate people they believe deserved a university honour, and they typically get about 80 to 90 suggestions each year.
The names are discussed by a committee represented by about 10 to 12 people from across the university who whittle them down to a shortlist. They are then confirmed by the university governing council.
"We tend to look for criteria such as whether someone is a very eminent academic, or it might be someone who has come to the end of a distinguished career, like Martyn Williams this year," she said.
"We look for a Welsh connection or a Cardiff connection or a strong interest in the work we do.
"Stephen Fry was made a fellow as he had shown a lot of interest in the work done at the university with depression and mental health issues."
TV presenter Fiona Phillips, who was made an honorary fellow of Cardiff University in 2011 for her work to raise awareness of Alzheimer's disease, said she felt it was important to maintain a relationship with the institution.
"I was given an honorary degree by Southampton Solent University for my work in the media but they have never asked me to be involved there at all," she said.
"I thought they would get me down there to mentor students and lecture as they have a very good media department there, so you think what was that about?
"But I felt honoured to get a fellowship at Cardiff - if you're making a contribution that's fine.
"In Cardiff I'm involved with them in an ongoing relationship as they do a lot of Alzheimer's research."
Actress Ruth Madoc, who has been honoured by Swansea University, Swansea Metropolitan and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, said she felt it was right for people in showbusiness to be recognised.
"I think it's a good example for people to see that we are being honoured for having a long career, even if you haven't got a degree," she said.
"I go back for the graduation ceremonies when I can and it's lovely."
Stephanie Lloyd, the NUS Wales president, said students accept that an honorary degree was "different from a bachelor's in English literature or a master's in chemistry".
"We should commend universities that honour people who've reached the top of their field, sometimes without any formal higher education," she added.
The deal was signed in the presence of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
He said he hoped it would bring "an era of peace and stability" to the region.
As many as 800,000 people have been displaced since the March 23 rebel group took up arms against the Kinshasa government last May.
"It is only the beginning of a comprehensive approach that will require sustained engagement," Mr Ban said.
The agreement, signed by leaders and representatives of 11 countries of the Great Lakes region, may lead to the establishment of a special UN intervention brigade in eastern DR Congo, along with political efforts to bring peace.
An initial attempt to get the peace agreement signed last month was called off at the last minute.
Leaders from Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo Republic and South Sudan attended the signing.
The M23 rebels say they want to improve living conditions for the people of eastern DR Congo, but the UN says they are supported by Rwanda, which has been heavily involved in its eastern neighbour since those responsible for the country's genocide fled there en masse in 1994.
Bosco Ntaganda, who is accused of being one of the M23 leaders, was an officer in the Rwandan army before he left to join a rebel movement in DR Congo. The ICC accuses him of using child soldiers and the UN says he controls several mines in the east of the country.
The group briefly seized control of the city of Goma last November after carving out an area for themselves in North Kivu province.
DR Congo's government and rebels have been holding talks in Uganda aimed at reaching an agreement on a range of issues. In January, the rebels declared a unilateral ceasefire.
An earlier attempt to reach a deal collapsed in December after the group accused President Joseph Kabila of failing to honour a deal to integrate rebels into the army.
The region's mineral riches have been plundered by numerous groups and countries over the past 15 years and little has been spent on DR Congo's infrastructure.
The station gained 737,000 listeners in the last quarter, thanks in part to new presenters Clara Amfo and Annie Mac.
Breakfast DJ Nick Grimshaw also increased his weekly reach by 344,000 to 5.84 million.
BBC Radio 2 remains the most listened to station in the UK, with 15.14 million tuning in.
In total, 48 million UK adults - or 89% of the adult population - tuned in to the radio every week between April and June, Rajar said.
Helen Boaden, Director of BBC Radio, said: "Radio is frequently underestimated so it's wonderful to see the whole market growing this quarter."
Radio 1's recovery will be welcome news to the station's bosses. Results for the first three months of 2015 showed the station's audience dropping to its lowest level for more than a decade - at 9.7 million listeners.
At the time, Grimshaw had 5.5 million listeners, his lowest audience since succeeding Chris Moyles in 2012, and the breakfast show's smallest audience since 2003, when Sara Cox was at the end of her tenure.
The next set of Rajar figures will measure the impact of Apple's Beats 1 radio station, which poached Zane Lowe from Radio 1, along with several of the station's producers.
Apple told the BBC it had signed up 11 million people to its Apple Music service since it launched on 30 June.
That compares with 75 million active users on Spotify, 16 million on Deezer and 770,000 on Tidal.
"We're thrilled with the numbers so far," said Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of internet software and services.
However, it remains to be seen how Apple's user base will change when the free, three-month trial period ends and it introduces a monthly subscription fee of £9.99.
The Luther star's production company, Green Door Pictures, will collaborate with BBC Three on the films from new writers.
Established names will work alongside new actors for the series.
BBC Three controller Damian Kavanagh vowed the channel, which goes online next month, would be bold, British and creative.
He has a budget of £30m a year for creative ideas, he said at an event to launch the new-look channel.
Elba, widely considered to have been overlooked for an Oscars nomination for his role in Beasts of No Nation, said: "I'm looking forward to working with BBC Three and giving new writers and actors a chance to show what they can do."
Kavanagh said the short films, made in conjunction with BBC Drama in-house, would be set in London, featuring "chance encounters between two people".
New programmes for the channel also include Clique, focusing on two friends starting university in Edinburgh, magic show Life Hacks with Ben Hart and Unsolved: The Boy who Disappeared which tells the true story of the disappearance of a teenager two decades ago.
BBC Three programmes including Stacey Dooley Investigates and Life and Death Row will still be available when the switchover happens on 16 February.
Kavanagh said: "We're reinventing our offer for young people and this is just the start. We will be bold, we will be British and we will be creative."
The channel is introducing two new formats for online - The Daily Drop, home to a stream of daily content, and The Best Of, bringing together original long-form programmes and new content, including short films.
BBC director general Tony Hall said: "We are the first broadcaster in the world to work out what it's going to be like in this on-demand world.
"This is new and let's be clear, it's also risky, but risky in the way it should be risky because if we don't take risks, who's going to?"
He applauded BBC Three for making programmes that "provoke such strong reactions" and emphasised the importance of finding new talent.
"I want people to look back on the new BBC Three as being the place that spotted the next James Corden, the next Aidan Turner, the next Sheridan Smith," he said.
Switchover night will include the first episode of Cuckoo, the first film from the new series of Life and Death Row, and Live from the BBC, featuring new British comedians.
Content will be available on iPlayer and BBC Three's new online home.
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Others claim he is helping people around the world improve their general knowledge.
The 30-year-old is the man behind the hugely popular mobile phone and tablet quiz game Trivia Crack.
Users have to answer multiple choice questions in six categories - entertainment, art, sports, history, science and geography.
They can compete against friends who are also logged in, or against randomly selected opponents, with 20 seconds to answer each question.
While the "crack" part of the game's name means "to solve", some committed players joke that the game is as addictive as the namesake drug.
Since it was released in 2013, Trivia Crack has been downloaded more than 150 million times around the world. And for 66 consecutive days in late 2014 and early 2015 it was the most downloaded free app on Apple's US app store.
With success like that you may imagine that Maximo and his company Etermax were firmly established in California's Silicon Valley.
Instead they are based more than 6,000 miles away in his home town - the Argentine capital Buenos Aires.
From a country certainly not renowned for its technology sector, Maximo and his 200 employees have created a multi-million dollar business that makes its money in three ways - advertising on the app, in-app purchases, and people paying for the ad-free version.
Now available in 15 languages, Maximo says the secret behind Trivia Crack's success is that it is the users who submit most of the questions.
Born into a middle-class family, Maximo was an amateur computer programmer as a teenager, before gaining a degree in software engineering from Buenos Aires Institute of Technology.
A serial entrepreneur, Etermax and Trivia Crack are not his first business ventures.
Instead he developed another app product while still at university that made him a multi-millionaire.
A keen amateur share trader, in 2008 he created iStockManager, the first free app for buying and selling shares.
The app was such an immediate success that it was bought later that same year by US stock brokerage TD Ameritrade for an undisclosed amount believed to be in seven figures.
So by the age of 22, Maximo had made a fortune. But instead of taking a very early retirement and living the easy life, he decided to throw himself into launching Etermax.
The idea was to explore making a range of mobile phone apps, and soon the idea for Trivia Crack (known in Spanish as Preguntados) was born.
The app was first launched across Latin America in October 2013, but as Maximo eyed global domination, the big hurdle was the problem of coming up with millions of questions and answers in foreign languages.
For a company which then had only a handful of staff, the task was either impossible or unaffordable. For example, to come up with questions relevant and interesting for an American audience, it looked as if Etermax would have to hire hundreds of American researchers. And likewise for any other country it wished to enter.
Maximo says: "We saw that question and answer games worked all over the world, but they couldn't become widespread. The big problem was content."
The solution was to invite the game's users to send in questions, which they continue to do at a rate of more than one million per day. And instead of Etermax having to hire thousands of staff to check the questions, they are self-policed by the users.
Trivia Crack's fans can tap to say if they found a question fun or boring, and more importantly - they can report any they think are incorrect, which Etermax's software then monitors and updates on the system.
Maximo calls the system a "questions factory".
He adds: "With the collaboration of players we are able to improve content all over the world."
If Trivia Crack's global expansion appears to have been relatively smooth sailing, where Etermax has faced problems is regarding the general difficulty of being a business in Argentina.
Maximo says that being an entrepreneur is "the most difficult job" in the country.
He adds: "In Argentina the rules of the game are always changing.
"You have got to think about your business, the exchange rate in dollars, the government and the unions. Once you overcome those difficulties you're ready for anything.
"I always say that [expanding abroad is] like getting out of the jungle and arriving in an organised country, such as Finland. Everything's easier.
"Living in Argentina is good preparation because we must overcome many difficulties."
But instead of just complaining about the difficultly of doing business in Argentina, Maximo is doing his bit to try to improve matters.
When not working at Etermax, he has a consultancy position at the innovation department of Buenos Aires City Government.
He says: "My job is to provide know-how, and talk about our experience... the world is offering us [Argentine firms] many opportunities... we need to generate education, development and companies with resources to reinvest."
Back at Etermax a new version of Trivia Crack called Trivia Crack Kingdoms has now been released. This aims to be a more educational tool, with teachers able to easily create their own quizzes for their students.
Enrique Carrier, an Argentine new media and gaming analyst, says Trivia Crack has been so successful because of the user generated questions.
"It was a great decision to allow players to send in the questions because the content becomes more and more locally based," he says.
"Mr Cavazzani managed to achieve an equilibrium - ascend to an international level with a well-made game, without losing the local flavour in each of the countries."
As Maximo continues to guide Etermax he has no plans to sell his 100% stake.
"Being an entrepreneur is like climbing Everest," he says. "Why would anyone want to do that? Because it is the highest mountain in the world."
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The landlocked country has experienced rapid economic growth over the last decade as Africa's second largest copper producer after the DR Congo. But its over-reliance on copper has made it vulnerable to falling commodity prices.
Zambia also has one of the world's fastest growing populations with the UN projecting that its population of 13 million will triple by 2050.
But economic growth and massive Chinese investment have failed to improve the lives of most Zambians, with two-thirds still living in poverty.
Population 13.8 million
Area 752,614 sq km (290,586 sq miles)
Major languages English (official), Bemba, Lozi, Nyanja, Tonga
Major religions Christianity, indigenous beliefs, Hinduism, Islam
Life expectancy 49 years (men), 50 years (women)
Currency Kwacha
President: Edgar Lungu
Edgar Lungu became the sixth president of Zambia in January 2015 after winning a narrow election victory to replace former leader Michael Sata, who died in office.
He gained a new term in August 2016.
A former justice and defence minister from the ruling Patriotic Front, Mr Lungu's toughest challenge has been to turn around a slowing economy hit by a slump in copper prices, the country's biggest export.
A trained lawyer, he has worked in both the state and private sectors.
Although state-run radio and TV continue to dominate Zambia's media sector and have the widest reach, they operate alongside several private television stations, some independent newspapers and a growing number of private radio stations.
In its 2015 Freedom of Press survey, US-based Freedom House rated Zambia as "Not Free", reporting an increase in violations, including "editorial pressure, harassment, and intimidation of journalists and outlets" in the run-up to elections at the end of 2014.
Some key dates in Zambia's history:
1889 - Britain establishes control over Northern Rhodesia.
1960 - Independence struggle: Kenneth Kaunda launches United National Independence Party (UNIP).
1964 - Independence: Northern Rhodesia renamed Zambia, President Kaunda rules for next 27 years.
1972 - One-party state: Kaunda's UNIP becomes the only legal party until 1991.
1991 - First multi-party elections in 23 years, Frederick Chiluba's Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) wins.
1997 - Attempted coup. Former President Kaunda is arrested but later walks free.
2001 - President Chiluba steps down over opposition to his bid to run for an unconstitutional third term.
2001-08 - Third President Levy Mwanawasa serves two terms, dies in office.
2011-14 - Fifth President Michael Sata, dies in office.
2015 - Sixth President Edgar Lungu elected.
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Earlier this month a £1.84bn package was announced for more than 50 projects across Tayside and North East Fife as part of the Tay Cities Deal.
The university has launched a £24m bid, as part of this, to further redevelop the former paper mill at the site.
St Andrews has already spent £25m on developing a green energy centre at Eden Campus.
The centre pumps hot water four miles to heat university buildings at the main St Andrews site.
More than 350 university staff are to relocate from St Andrews to the Eden Campus in 2018.
The Cities Deal investment would see the redevelopment of an additional 5,500 sq m of existing derelict buildings.
The new jobs would be technical, academic, administration and support.
Derek Watson, St Andrews University quaestor and factor, said: "With Tay Cities Deal help, we can continue to redevelop buildings and provide the necessary infrastructure to co-locate exciting new industry alongside academic expertise from across Scotland.
"Our plans for Eden Campus are ambitious but with help from our partners in the Tay Cities region and government support we believe we can make a genuine contribution to the government's strategic objectives and society as a whole."
Willie Rennie, North East Fife MSP, said: "I am delighted that the university is putting forward ambitious proposals to further develop their Eden Campus.
"This is a strong bid which would build on the existing investment.
"The university's redevelopment of Guardbridge has my full support."
Police were called to reports of people being attacked at Leytonstone around 19:00 GMT on Saturday. The knifeman reportedly shouted "this is for Syria".
A man was arrested after being Tasered by police. One man suffered serious knife injuries while two others received minor injuries.
Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism detectives are investigating the case.
Downing Street said it was monitoring the situation closely.
The Met said the suspect was reportedly threatening other people with a knife.
Fellow passengers reportedly shouted at the man to drop his weapon and one person shouted "You ain't no Muslim bruv," a sentiment which has been picked up on social media by people trying to disown and sideline the attacker.
Another witness told the BBC he saw a man holding a knife, about 3in (7.5cm) long, standing over another man who was lying on the ground, and people running out of the Central Line station.
Witness Michael Garcia, 24, a financial analyst from Leytonstone, said he was walking along an underground passage that runs through the station when he saw people running outside.
"I realised it wasn't a fight but something more sinister," he said.
He then saw "a guy, an adult, lying on the floor with a guy standing next to him brandishing a knife of about three inches... maybe a hobby knife".
"It had a thin blade, but looked fairly long," Mr Garcia said.
"He was screaming 'go on, then, run' to everyone else. He was pacing back and forth next to the guy on the floor. He came up to the barriers."
Another witness, named Khayam, told BBC Radio 5 live people were shouting and throwing things at the arrested man as he was led from the station.
"I saw pedestrians shouting at him, one tried to throw a bottle and the police officers said 'back off' and took him to the police van."
Police said they received a call at 19:06 GMT and the man was arrested at 19:14.
They said the most seriously-hurt victim's injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
Salim Patel, who works at a shop in the Tube station, said: "People just wanted the attacker to stop it, but then he took the knife out and used it on the victim.
"Everybody left the concourse and the attacker was using the knife on his body then he came out of [the] barrier and the people who were nearby the subway ran off."
He said he had been on the phone at the time to the police and said the attacker left the station and then returned.
Commander Richard Walton, who leads the Met's Counter-Terrorism Command, said: "We are treating this as a terrorist incident. I would urge the public to remain calm, but alert and vigilant.
"The threat from terrorism remains at severe, which means that a terrorist attack is highly likely.
"I would appeal to anyone who was in the vicinity of Leytonstone underground station earlier this evening at around 7pm who saw anything suspicious to call the anti-terror hotline on 0800 789 321."
He also urged anyone who took any photos or video of the incident to call that number.
A spokesman for the mayor of London said: "The incident, and the swift and professional response of the officers involved, reminds us of the dangers faced by the police every single day in their efforts to protect Londoners and keep the city safe."
A spokeswoman for 10 Downing Street said: "There is an ongoing police investigation into the attack in London. We are monitoring the situation closely as further details emerge."
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn wrote on Twitter: "The stabbing in Leytonstone is absolutely shocking. My thoughts are with the victim and his family."
Tim Farron, leader of the Liberal Democrats, tweeted the attack "was an act of pure evil".
Iain Duncan Smith, Conservative MP for nearby Chingford and Woodford Green, told the Andrew Marr show: "We cannot let these sort of people, terrorist etc, actually dominate our space." He urged people to carry on going about their business as normal to ensure our freedoms are not "curtailed".
Sadiq Khan, MP for Tooting and Labour's London mayoral candidate, has tweeted a photo of a London Tube notice board that reads: "London Underground say: #YouAintNoMuslimBruv."
"To defeat extremism we must directly challenge their poisonous ideology," he added.
Iran policy has been a unique zone of detente in Washington's take-no-prisoners partisan politics, and nowhere has that been more evident than in the case of Hamid Aboutalebi.
When Iran's choice for UN ambassador was revealed to have played a role in the 1979 hostage crisis - as an occasional translator, by his account - Congress swiftly passed legislation banning UN visas for anyone deemed an anti-US terrorist.
Politically, that left the White House little choice but to bar him from the country.
As one of the first major televised foreign policy crises in US history, the 14-month captivity of 52 Americans at the US embassy in Tehran engraved itself on the memory of every American who lived through it.
It has festered at the heart of Washington's relations with Iran ever since.
"I suppose it was the outrageousness of it," says former hostage John Limbert, in particular that a government would end up supporting the young revolutionaries' audacious act.
The hostage crisis may still set off emotional alarm bells here, but it's also become a political football, one that some believe was played by members of Congress suspicious of negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have often felt left in the dark about the talks, conducted by six world powers and aimed at ensuring Iran's nuclear activities are peaceful.
"This was an opportunity for people who were unhappy with the administration and the whole negotiating idea to come out and attack the administration, to raise a fuss," says Gary Sick, who was the principal White House aide for Iran affairs during the hostage crisis, and is now a professor at Columbia University.
"Congress has been trying to insert itself into the negotiation process with Iran and has taken exception to a lot of the things this administration was doing."
At the forefront of those efforts was a US Senate bill outlining onerous new sanctions, should the talks fail, and presented as a "diplomatic insurance policy" to strengthen President Barack Obama's negotiating hand.
Instead, administration officials feared it would set him up for failure.
The pro-Israel lobby brought its considerable bipartisan influence to bear in pushing heavily for the bill, to the extent that one of its co-authors, Republican Senator Mark Kirk, called it a "test issue for the pro-Israel community".
But with the White House characterising the move as a "march to war", most Democrats dropped their support and the bill was shelved.
A draft bill currently in the works that would target the financiers of Tehran's Lebanese ally Hezbollah is seen by some as a way Congress can stay relevant.
It's a way to pressure Iran without directly imposing new sanctions during the negotiations, a congressional aide told the BBC.
Senator Ted Cruz drew on this body of political calculation and suspicion when denouncing the Aboutalebi appointment.
"It is part of Iran's clear pattern of virulent anti-Americanism that has defined their foreign policy since 1979," he said.
"Given the larger strategic threat to the US and our allies represented by Iran's nuclear ambitions, this is not the time for diplomatic niceties."
Still, says the congressional aide, this was not only about politics. Lawmakers genuinely found the move insulting and saw it as symbolic of Iran's disrespect for America.
Analysts have also been scratching their heads at the choice by Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, who has shown more interest than his predecessors in engaging the West.
They suggest he was focused on finding an accomplished diplomat to fill the important UN role at a critical time, and appeared to have underestimated the strength of American reaction to even a minor connection to the hostage crisis.
As the host country of the UN, the US is legally obligated to accept representatives appointed by member states. In practice it has denied visas before - including to Iranians associated with the hostage taking - but those cases were resolved quietly.
This spat became unusually public, with Iran refusing to rescind the nomination and officially complaining to the UN.
The diplomatic row has the potential to disrupt the nuclear negotiations, but early indications are that it may not, with the UN committee handling the affair taking no immediate action.
The Iranian government is heavily invested in securing a deal, according to diplomats involved in the talks, and Mr Obama seems willing to expend political capital to get one.
Mr Sick sees this as an unprecedented period of equilibrium in 35 years of turbulent relations.
"Things have really changed," he says, noting that US and Iranian officials who once communicated through secret talks were now openly emailing each other.
In the end, however, Congress will have the final say, because there won't be a nuclear agreement without congressional action to lift sanctions.
And even if it does, says Iranian analyst Trita Parsi, the ambassador row suggests "the resolution of the nuclear issue [wouldn't automatically] fundamentally transform the relationship" and dispel the deep-seeded mistrust left in America by the hostage crisis and in Iran by US support for the 1953 coup in Tehran.
"It's like ghosts in the room," says Mr Limbert. "You ignore them, but they still haunt you. They're still there."
Prisoner Michael Hastie-Davies was injured at HMP Parc in Bridgend during a yard clearance in August 2016.
David Potts, 25, of Coity, had denied grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent and GBH.
Co-defendant Nathan White, 28, of Maesteg, had denied assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and common assault against another prisoner, Ryan Madden.
They were acquitted by a jury at Cardiff Crown Court following a two-week trial.
The incident took place on the prison's Phoenix Unit after Hastie-Davies, who suffered a fractured skull and bleeding to the brain in the incident, and two other inmates refused to come in from the exercise yard.
Mr Potts, 25, of Coity, Bridgend, and Mr White, 28, of Maesteg, were part of a team of nine prison officers in protective clothing who went on to the yard to take them back to their cells.
Mr White told police he struck Madden to try to get him to open his hands in case he had a concealed weapon, the court had heard.
Jurors were told about a "catastrophic" failure of management leading up to and during the yard clearance that increased the risk of injury for all involved.
HMP Parc prison officer James Bibby watched CCTV of the incident and wrote a report on it.
Darren Preston, defending Mr Potts, said there was always a risk of injury to prisoners or prison officers in an operation such as this, whether by action or accident, and Mr Bibby agreed.
Mr Preston said to him: "I think your concern was that the failures that we have identified of management, whilst we can't say they caused anyone injury, they increased the risk."
Mr Bibby said: "Yes, they increased the risk for all involved."
He said the briefing before a control and restraint operation was important and the one on that day did not include enough information.
Mr Preston said: "Would you agree that what you found [in your review] was that there was a catastrophic lack of management?"
Mr Bibby replied: "Like I have pointed out, procedures were not followed and that is correct."
The court heard procedures not followed included a command centre not being set up and negotiators not being brought in to try to resolve the situation with the inmates.
Mr Bibby also said no written plan was compiled, no commanders were appointed to take charge of the action, only one of the required three nurses was present and two of the nine officers did not have the proper training.
He also criticised the fact that the control and restraint on Hastie-Davies was allowed to continue after his injury was noticed.
"Anger", "outrage", "betrayal" and "shame" are just some of the strong words the Indian media are using in connection with the arrest of Rajasthan Royals players S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila.
Sreesanth was part of the national team that won the Twenty20 World Cup in 2007 and the one-day international World Cup in 2011.
The cricketers' families have already protested that they are innocent and media reports on Friday quote Sreesanth's lawyer as saying that he is "totally innocent".
The Times of India says that "the dark and ugly face of Indian cricket exposed itself on Thursday".
"Sreesanth puts IPL in a spot, fans in a fix," is the headline of The Hindu newspaper.
"A major clean-up operation is required if cricket in India is to retain the loyalty of its fans," the paper's editorial says.
The Hindustan Times says: "Indian cricket's reputation was dragged through the mud on Thursday and a billion fans were betrayed".
Prominent Hindi newspaper Dainik Jagran says the allegations have cast serious doubts over the credibility of cricket in India and that fans will now keenly watch players' actions.
Punjab's leading daily The Tribune writes: "It is a sad day when the uncertainties inherent in sport are undermined by the lure of money."
The Statesman quotes former India captain Sunil Gavaskar: "I am completely shocked. The IPL rewards cricketers quite handsomely, some of them are paid over-handsomely".
In other news, the Supreme Court has asked state governments to be careful in arresting people for posting "objectionable comments" on social networking sites, The New Indian Express reports.
"The courts said that state governments should ensure strict compliance of the federal government's advisory, which said that a person should not be arrested without taking permission from senior police officials," the paper adds.
It goes on to state that the court's advice should be seen "in view of public outrage over people being arrested for making comments or liking posts on Facebook".
Bollywood stars Sanjay Dutt's return to jail for firearms offences linked to the 1993 Mumbai blasts has also been covered extensively in the media.
A picture gallery in The Indian Express shows Dutt's journey from his house to the prison.
Though overshadowed by Dutt's return to jail, Bollywood's tryst with glamour continues and most Indian newspapers and websites are enthusiastically reporting India's presence at the Cannes Film Festival.
The Indian Express shows Bollywood "shining" in a picture gallery with photos of superstar Amitabh Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor and Vidya Balan walking the red carpet.
The Hindustan Times praised Mr Bachchan for addressing the festival audience in Hindi.
"It was a historic moment for Amitabh Bachchan to be invited to open the prestigious Cannes International Film Festival with his The Great Gatsby co-star Leonardo DiCaprio. Big B made the experience more special by addressing the audience in his mother tongue Hindi," the paper said.
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The hosts, who sit fourth in League Two, had toppled Premiership side Hamilton Academical.
But McCluskey ensured there would be no such repeat, scoring from Denny Johnstone's cross before Joe McKee powered home before half-time.
McCluskey soon completed his treble, with Matt Flynn grabbing a consolation.
McCluskey opened the scoring with an emphatic finish following a deft Johnstone assist, the latter also setting-up McKee for Morton's second goal.
Rabin Omar pulled a chance wide for Annan early in the second period but Morton pulled further ahead when McCluskey added his second with a low finish after being teed-up by Bobby Barr.
McCluskey iced the cake two minutes later with a fine angled finish from inside the penalty area before Flynn headed home Smart Osadolor's cross with 14 minutes remaining.
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The Scot, 34, finished last with a time of 109.00 after an early mistake.
Gargaud Chanut won France's second gold of the Games with 94.17, while Slovak Matej Benus took silver and Japan's Takuya Haneda got the bronze.
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Florence will compete again for a medal on Thursday in the men's C2 double with Richard Hounslow.
Florence became Great Britain's first Olympic slalom medallist with a C1 silver at Beijing 2008 but has never won gold at a Games.
"I'm most disappointed not to have put in a good run. I just didn't really get it right today," Florence said.
"I'm lucky that my Olympics isn't over just yet."
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Newcastle Crown Court heard how Tony Dodds got into the room of Matthew Davis, 39, and repeatedly hit him over the head as he slept.
The victim's body was not discovered at the guest house on North Parade, Whitley Bay, until two days later.
Dodds, 25, of Hillheads Road, admitted murder and was jailed for life. He must serve a minimum of 15 years.
The hearing was told that after attempting to enter the rooms of other tenants in March this year, Dodds managed to get into the room of Mr Davis.
The victim was punched, kicked and beaten over the head.
Dodds then tried to go into the guest house kitchen to make himself some food, the hearing was told.
Det Ch Insp Shelley Hudson, of Northumbria Police, said: "This was a truly cowardly attack on a vulnerable man.
"All of the evidence would suggest that he was attacked in his sleep - he had no defensive wounds and there was nothing to suggest a struggle took place.
"What's more it appears that Matthew's murder was without motive or reason."
She added that Dodds showed no remorse for the attack.
In May, Court of Appeal judges said her dismissal by then children's secretary Ed Balls and her employers, Haringey Council, was "procedurally unfair".
Ms Shoesmith was head of children's services when baby Peter Connelly was found dead with more than 50 injuries.
He had been seen 60 times by authorities before his death in 2007.
A year later, Ms Shoesmith learned of her sacking in a live televised press conference by Mr Balls, bringing her 35-year career to an abrupt end.
Ms Shoesmith's appeal in May 2011 challenged a High Court ruling that cleared Mr Balls, the north London borough of Haringey and watchdog Ofsted of acting unlawfully.
The Court of Appeal judges dismissed her appeal against Ofsted, but did rule that her dismissal by Haringey and Mr Balls three years ago had been "procedurally unfair".
At the time, Mr Balls said he "strongly disagreed" with the judgement and added that his decision had been based on a report from independent inspectors.
On Friday, a Haringey Council spokesman said: "The council believes it acted properly throughout the process and stands by everything it has done.
"It is for these reasons we are seeking permission to appeal to the Supreme Court."
The Northern Irishman clocked 10.64 seconds as he finished 0.14 ahead of Namibia's Johannes Nambala.
Ireland athlete Smyth's gold came after the triumph by another Northern Irish competitor Bethany Firth who won a swimming gold for Britain on Thursday.
Eglinton man Smyth, 29, went into the 100m as a strong favourite.
However just as was the case in his heat, the world's fastest Paralympian had to work hard to hold off Namibian Nambala, who produced another personal best, with Australia's Chad Perris taking bronze in 10.83.
Visually-impaired Smyth earned doubles in Beijing and London but that will not be possible in Rio after the International Paralympic Committee opted to remove the T13 200m from the athletics programme.
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The Team Ireland athlete's winning time on Friday was 0.18 seconds outside the T13 world record he set when winning in London four years ago but he was still delighted with his latest triumph.
"It's been incredible," added the County Londonderry man.
"It's my third consecutive Paralympic Games and fifth gold medal. To be honest, it's a little bit like a fairytale.
"I keep wondering when this fairytale is going to end but thankfully it doesn't."
Smyth has been unbeaten throughout his Paralympic career which began when he achieved a double at the 2005 IPC European Championships in Finland.
The Irish athlete qualified for Friday's final by winning his heat in 10.76 seconds on Thursday as he finished 0.05 ahead of Nambala.
The 29-year-old Northern Irishman has gone as fast as 10.22 in able-bodied competition and showed good form earlier this summer when he came home in 10.39 in Florida.
As an eight year old, the world's fastest Paralympian was diagnosed with the genetic condition, Stargardt's Disease, which has left him with less than 10% of normal vision.
Later on Friday, Ireland clinched a second medal of the Games as Galway cyclist Eoghan Clifford clinched a bronze in the C3 individual pursuit.
Clifford, 36, finished more than a second ahead of Canadian Michael Sametz in the bronze-medal race off.
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The 60-year-old set off from Bristol in June to circumnavigate the Arctic polar region by boat, a trip traditionally taking about three years.
His team managed it in four months and one day which confirmed, he said, his "worst fears" about disappearing ice.
A government spokesman said the UK was committed to playing a major role in reducing global CO2 emissions.
"The UK's commitment and leadership on climate action, internationally and domestically, is as strong as ever and we are recognised as the second best country in the world for tackling climate change," a Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy spokesman said.
Sir David believes the disappearing ice and rising sea levels will have global environmental implications unless politicians act swiftly, and fears this could open the Arctic route to commercial vessels.
The explorer set off on the Polar Ocean Challenge aboard the 48ft (14.6m) yacht Northabout aiming to circumnavigate the Arctic via Siberia, Alaska and Greenland in a single season.
Packed ice previously would have slowed progress on the 13,500 nautical mile trip.
But Sir David - from Box in Wiltshire - said after encountering little ice in the Laptev Sea north of Siberia, the yacht reached the Northwest Passage, where they found almost none for 1,800 miles (2,897km).
"I think we're all a bunch of ostriches, and what we're doing is handing it to the next generation to sort out," she said.
He compared the loss of ice to the cutting down of the Brazilian rainforests and said the Arctic had reached a "tipping point", which could lead to major flooding and famines.
"It's an absolutely depressing thought. I know it's a well-used adage, but the Arctic is the canary in the mine," he said.
"What we're finding now is the ramifications of all this global warming, and it will definitely have an impact on us down in the south."
The announcements from the Trump administration come amid rising fears about the North's military advances.
The Thaad system was originally not expected to be in use until late 2017. Many South Koreans oppose it, fearing they will become a target.
North Korea has vowed to conduct more missile and nuclear tests.
Speaking to members of the US Congress on Wednesday, Adm Harry Harris, commander of the US Pacific Command, said Thaad would be "operational in the coming days to be able to better defend South Korea against the growing North Korea threat".
He has said the system is designed to bring North Korean leader Kim Jong-un "to his senses, not to his knees".
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The arrival of the defence equipment at the Seongju site on Wednesday was met with protests by locals.
It has also angered China, which fears the system's radar capabilities will affect its own military security, and that it changes the balance of power in the region.
The Thaad deployment comes at a time of escalated fears of military action on the ever-tense Korean peninsula.
After repeated missile tests by North Korea - including a failed ballistic missile test on 16 April - and threats of further nuclear tests, US Vice-President Mike Pence warned North Korea not to "test" President Donald Trump.
On Tuesday, a US submarine - the USS Michigan - joined a group of warships in the Korean peninsula led by aircraft carrier the USS Carl Vinson.
North Korea meanwhile threatened to sink the aircraft carrier and launch a "super-mighty pre-emptive strike" against what it called US aggression.
After a special briefing for all 100 US senators, top US officials announced President Donald Trump's strategy on North Korea.
"The president's approach aims to pressure North Korea into dismantling its nuclear, ballistic missile, and proliferation programs by tightening economic sanctions and pursuing diplomatic measures with our allies and regional partners," said a joint statement issued by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats.
The US already has extensive sanctions in place on North Korea, including a blanket ban on trade and a blacklist of anyone dealing with North Korea.
A White House official said an option under consideration was to put North Korea back on the state department's list of countries that sponsor terrorism.
Under measures announced last year, North Korean government property in America remains frozen and US exports to, or investment in, North Korea are banned.
Clive Hopkins, from Berkshire, took the piece, belonging to his daughter-in-law, to be examined at Broughton Castle, near Banbury.
Antiques expert Jon Baddeley described it as "fantastic quality, extremely rare and currently very popular".
He valued the piece at between £60,000 and £80,000.
Mr Baddeley said: "I have never seen one, my colleagues have never seen one and if no one has ever seen one you know it is something that is truly desirable."
It was made in Switzerland between 1810 and 1820.
The item has two blades, one silver gilt, and it is decorated in enamel with sea pearls inlaid.
There is also a key arm which winds it up to play a tune.
Mr Hopkins said he would get the key fixed and bring the item back to Antiques Roadshow.
"The family will have to decide what to do and they may put it on display in a museum," he said.
"It was collected, as I gather, hundreds of years ago."
Mr Baddeley told Mr Hopkins: "You've brought in one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen on the Roadshow."
He said he believed, if wound up, the tiny mechanism would play two musical airs.
Simon Shaw, executive editor of the programme, said: "What was unusual about this sublimely beautiful musical penknife was that none of our experts had ever seen anything like it before.
"Its rarity combined with its beauty and quality is what struck a chord with expert Jon Baddeley and so it seems, everyone else who has watched it."
Saturday's visit of AFC Wimbledon was also called off amid concerns over the condition of the new turf.
"We can't get enough water onto the pitch at the moment," chief executive Mark Jewell told BBC Radio Solent.
"Exposure to quite a large police bill if the game didn't go ahead was in the back of our mind."
The Spitfires were due to play south coast rivals Pompey on Saturday and League Two Newport on 22 July.
"Remedial work as a result of extreme heat will need to be completed upon 15-20% of the newly laid turf," Jewell added.
"Unless we have a heatwave of 50 degrees I can't see the pitch not being ready for the Sheffield United game (on 28 July)."
Kleyo De Abreu, 23, from London, was killed on 21 July in Lanjaron, Granada, while jumping from the Tablate Bridge.
The Guardia Civil has charged the owner of an adventure company and a bungee jump supervisor with her death.
Its investigation found there was miscommunication between the supervisor and Miss De Abreu, who jumped before the equipment had been made safe.
One supervisor had been left to monitor 14 people taking part in the bungee jump, which was "not enough" to guarantee customer safety, police found.
It said the monitor's role was to secure the ropes and harness before authorising the person to jump.
But after attaching the harness to Ms De Abreu and moving away to tighten the ropes, there was believed to have been a "lack of communication or understanding" and Ms De Abreu jumped before being told to do so.
The police report stated: "This jump, performed before the ropes were properly tensioned...could be the cause of the accident".
Investigators believed the monitor "did not execute their function with due care and precautions", the report said.
There are two bridges at the site - a modern bridge from which bungee jumps are launched, with an ancient Roman bridge underneath.
It is believed Ms De Abreu hit the lower bridge, causing fatal injuries, when she jumped from above.
Her father Bernard Atwell described his daughter as "sweet, caring, bubbly and focused".
Ms De Abreu, an aspiring fashion student from Brixton, had been visiting her aunt in Spain, who was watching when she fell.
A vote on the issue in November 2014 ended in a tie but clubs were balloted again last week and decided against the use of plastic playing surfaces.
A Football League spokesman said the "majority" of clubs "prefer to play their matches on grass pitches".
The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) also welcomed the decision, which it said was in line with players' wishes.
Simon Barker, assistant chief executive of the PFA, said: "From the players' point of view they just want the best surface available to them.
"Some of the reasons why clubs wanted [plastic pitches] wasn't about the quality, it was about the extra income they could bring into the club by leasing it out.
"Most of the people we were speaking to, the figures being quoted [for extra income] were totally inflated. That was the issue regarding ourselves [as well as] the health and safety issues."
Artificial surfaces were banned in professional football in 1995 over problems with ball roll and injuries.
However, they can be used in the FA Cup and at Conference level.
The US Senate passed the measures, part of a general aviation bill, on Tuesday in response to rising concerns about drone safety.
It follows a suspected collision between a drone and a British Airways plane near London's Heathrow Airport.
Start-ups are already lining up to offer solutions to the problem.
The FAA (Federal Aviation Authority) reauthorisation legislation, passed by the US Senate, could also pave the way for the commercial deployment of drones in national airspace - but comes with several safety caveats.
Senator Bill Nelson, a democrat from Florida, introduced these safety features and warned that a drone sucked into a jet engine could render it inoperable or start an explosion.
The bill also contains new rules that would force commercial airlines to keep flight-critical systems separate from in-flight entertainment systems in the wake of concerns that hackers could remotely take control of aircraft.
The bill will now go to the House of Representatives for consideration.
In the UK, the British Aviation Authority told the BBC in the wake of the suspected collision between a drone and a passenger jet: "Stronger regulation and enforcement action must be a priority for the government, to ensure that the airspace around British airports remains amongst the safest in the world.
"Anyone operating an unmanned aerial vehicle has an obligation to know the rules and ensure they are capable of operating it safely. Doing so in proximity to an airfield or aircraft is both illegal and clearly irresponsible."
It has not been confirmed that the plane was hit by a drone, with transport minister Robert Goodwill telling parliament that "there's some speculation it may have even been a plastic bag or something".
Current rules state that drones must
Drones will be banned from flying in large parts of London during the visit of the US President Barack Obama from 21 April until 24 April.
Tech start-up SkySafe has recently unveiled technology that allows law enforcement agencies to hijack a drone's controls and neutralise it.
"We fully take control of the drone from the operator, it sees us as the legitimate controller, and we can move it to a safe location and land it," co-founder Grant Jordan told The Verge tech news website.
Meanwhile tech firm Battelle has released a radio jammer dubbed Drone Defender which also allows users to steal control of a drone from its owner. The device can currently only be used by government agencies.
In Japan, in response to a drone that landed a tiny piece of radioactive sand on the roof of the home of the Japanese prime minister, unmanned vehicles with nets have been deployed to catch rogue devices.
And the UK's Metropolitan Police has said that it is considering using eagles to intercept drones, following trials in the Netherlands.
The firm's pre-tax profits rose 2% to £193m in the six months to the end of June 2017, as the number of UK insurance customers rose 11%.
However, changes to the way payments are made to accident victims - the Ogden rate - meant higher costs.
The changing rate weighed on profits last year, and Admiral said the impact had continued into 2017.
"Most of the adverse impact from the increase in the costs of large injury claims was in our 2016 second half result," said its chief executive David Stevens in a statement.
"However, some extra costs carry into 2017. In these circumstances, we are happy to report a marginal increase in profitability and to deliver a more material increase in the underlying dividend," he said.
The company estimated that the cost of the Ogden rate changes would be £150m, unchanged from six months earlier.
The government has been consulting on how the Ogden rate should be set, although a final decision has been delayed.
Admiral also reported a 15% rise in group turnover to £1.45bn, and net revenue of £550m, up 8%.
Mr Stevens said: "The first half of 2017 saw Admiral ambitious in pursuit of both immediate and longer-term growth opportunities."
However, investors were disappointed at the figures.
Admiral's shares fell as much as 7% in early trading, making the stock the worst performer on the FTSE 100. They finished 6% down on the day at £20.55.
After concerted pressure, Tom Lees broke the deadlock with a close-range header, then Fernando Forestieri turned in a rebound off the post.
The win was sealed as Charlton's El-Hadji Ba was unlucky to turn Alex Lopez's shot into his own net.
Wednesday stay sixth in the Championship, with the Addicks six points from safety at the other end.
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After losing to neighbours Rotherham in their last home game, the Owls were determined to avoid another slip-up and piled on the pressure from the start.
Visiting keeper Nick Pope was swiftly called into action to keep out Forestieri's looping header, but Charlton put up a resolute defensive effort after that to keep the first half scoreless.
The interval introduction of Atdhe Nuhiu and Lopez gave Wednesday more threat up front. Forestieri drew another good save from Pope, before Nuhiu and Jack Hunt went close.
But once the dam was finally broken by Lees' header, Charlton crumbled, with Forestieri soon adding a second after Nuhiu headed against the post.
The third goal, an unlucky deflection, just rubbed salt into the wounds for the Addicks, who had lifted their spirits with a welcome home win over Middlesbrough in their previous game.
Sheffield Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal: "The team for moments in the first half lacked confidence but never lost control or organisation.
"We knew Charlton couldn't press all the time and when we had more time and space we started playing very well.
"When they lost energy we played better and we had a very good second half at a very good level. We deserved the win and the scoreline.
"We are the second or third best attack in the division and I am very happy about this because we promised our fans good attacking football and we are delivering it."
Charlton boss Jose Riga: "It's a disappointment because we're coming through three good games.
"We knew everybody had to be at their best level, the level we had against Middlesbrough and we didn't have that today.
"We were present in most of the game, we couldn't find a way to compete in the final 20 minutes.
"We have to work and try to find the right solutions. I don't accept the situation, not at all."
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) is carrying out an investigation into potential pollution in watercourses along the route.
Transport Scotland said contractors had spent three days trying to mitigate excess water flowing from the site.
The bypass is due to completed by winter 2017.
Sepa said there were concerns that pollution flowing into tributaries of the Dee and Don could affect salmon and freshwater pearl mussels.
Thumping music reaches a crescendo, the covers are removed with a dramatic flourish to reveal… what is actually a fairly dull and nondescript new car. A middle-aged man in a suit then tells us all about it, at some length.
This is a fairly common experience at the major international motor shows. But every now and then, you do see a machine that is truly striking, truly unique, that sets your pulse racing. Invariably, it's a concept car.
These are one-off designs which wow the crowds, but which will never actually be put on sale. More often than not, they don't even work.
So what exactly are they for?
"It's a very competitive business, so if you've got a really good concept, that's a way to grab some attention, get some press coverage," says editor of industry website JustAuto.com, David Leggett (no relation to me).
Over on the Infiniti stand, that theory is being put to the test.
The Japanese brand has brought along its new Q80 concept. It's a sleek, streamlined affair, elegant on the outside and strikingly opulent on the inside.
According to its designer, Alfonso Albaisa, the styling is key to its appeal.
"It's the silhouette. It has a long, sweeping roof that comes to a tapering point," he says. "It gives a romantic classical sense, but the execution I feel is quite modern."
For him, the car is clearly a work of art. But for Infiniti's product strategy chief, Francois Bancon, it serves a much more pragmatic purpose, as the company sets out to compete directly with upmarket brands such as Aston Martin and Porsche.
"It's a signal we want to deliver to the rest of the industry about the growth of our business, that we're ready to compete with the best of the best," he says.
"We also need to reassure ourselves, check what the reaction is from the media and the public before we go to the next step, which is, sometimes, production."
But concept cars are not only produced to grab headlines. They can also be prototypes, used to demonstrate new technology or manufacturing techniques that are under development.
Peugeot, for example, has brought along its new 208 Hybrid Air. This is a car that has a small, ordinary petrol engine sitting alongside a hydraulic motor that runs on compressed nitrogen.
In theory, the technology has all the benefits of a traditional petrol-electric hybrid, such as reduced fuel consumption during city driving and lower emissions, but without the handicaps.
Because it doesn't need batteries, it can be much lighter than a normal hybrid. It should also be cheaper to buy, and the hybrid system can be recharged much more quickly.
The technology is still several years from going into production, but the high-profile concept shows that Peugeot is serious about developing it.
Elsewhere, the same company has put its new Exalt on display.
It resembles an updated DeLorean, the car that found fame in the 1980s film Back to the Future.
Unlike the Hybrid Air, it does not look remotely like a real-world prototype - it is clearly more of a headline-grabber.
But design director Gilles Vidal says it has been used as a test bed for new materials that the company does intend to use on its production models.
"We have what we call newspaper wood. We turn old newspapers into blocks of wood-like material, which we can then use to sculpt new pieces for the car's interior.
"It's a very technically efficient, environmentally efficient process, and poetic at the same time," he says.
One of the main reasons for creating concept cars though, is simply to gauge reaction to them. They often include very bold styling or interior designs, which the manufacturers are contemplating using on mainstream models.
Putting those ideas on trial can sometimes help them to avoid potentially expensive mistakes.
"Quite often we're doing concept cars to test reaction from the public," explains Gerry McGovern, design director at Jaguar Land Rover.
"It can be about tonality, a look and feel - is this the right visual direction for our brand to go in? What do you think of it?
"Sometimes we might do something as a concept that's very do-able as a production car, but reaction to it isn't very good, so we don't do it. Or it's too expensive.
"Concept cars are just another tool in the product development process."
So even though many concept cars disappear without trace once they've generated their share of headlines, there is clearly more to them than simple flights of fancy from over-enthusiastic engineers.
What's more, they make motor shows like this one a great deal more interesting.
An electrical problem between Wandsworth Common and Clapham Junction on Thursday caused services in and out of Victoria station to be suspended.
Network Rail said services were back to normal at 08:00 BST.
A displaced conductor rail caused damage to six trains on Thursday, leaving commuters stranded for up to five hours.
Emergency services were called in to rescue passengers on some services, with the London Fire Brigade helping about 900 off non-moving trains.
Police and paramedics also brought water on board some trains for those who had been stuck inside without air conditioning.
All Gatwick Express services were cancelled and passengers on Southern trains were badly affected.
The attack took place in the town's New Street, near to its junction with Weighhouse Close, at about 03:00 on Saturday.
A 33-year-old man remains in a critical condition in the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.
Police Scotland said a report would be sent to the procurator fiscal.
At least, that's according to Isaac Asimov, one of the 20th Century's best-known science fiction authors, who in 1964 published an essay predicting what our world would look like today.
The occasion?
Not a mental breakdown - despite his insistence on the importance of psychiatry in the future - but rather the World's Fair in Queens, New York, which opened 50 years ago today.
Although the official theme of the fair, which ran for two six-month sessions, was Peace Through Understanding, today it is primarily remembered for its vision of the future.
And while some of those futuristic technologies on display never quite went mainstream - underwater housing and levitating cars, anyone? - a closer look at Asimov's World's Fair of 2014 reveals that his crystal ball was shockingly clear.
Here's a look at 2014, through the eyes of 1964.
1. "Communications will become sight-sound and you will see as well as hear the person you telephone."
The first transcontinental video call between two places was made on 20 April 1964 using technology developed by Bell Systems (later Bell Laboratories), which may have partly inspired Asimov's prediction.
However, he would certainly be surprised at the low cost of products such as Skype and Apple's FaceTime: in 1964, a three-minute video phone call from Washington DC to New York cost $16 (£9) - around $118 in today's money.
2. It will be possible "for you to direct-dial any spot on earth, including the weather stations in Antarctica".
Just dial country code 672 (for some parts - others use New Zealand's country code, +64).
3. "Robots will neither be common nor very good in 2014, but they will be in existence."
Asimov is credited with introducing the word robotics into the English language, so it is perhaps no surprise he was right in predicting that no real robot yet exits that can rival The Jetson's housemaid, Rosie - first brought to screen in 1962.
But there are projects under way to get robots to pass Japan's university exam, perform remote surgery, and even cook a gourmet meal.
Asimov also came close to identifying what has become a crucial component of modern life: "miniaturised computers", also known as smartphones, which he thought would serve as the "brains" of robots (anyone who has tried to navigate a foreign city without the use of a smartphone map might wonder if he really meant brains of "humans").
One of the most notable aspects of Asimov's predictions is that he often nailed the technology, but overestimated the enthusiasm with which such technologies would be greeted.
To give him his due, flat-screen televisions have replaced traditional sets, and 3D television technologies, while not in cube form, have long been a highlight of the electronics trade show circuit.
But audiences have generally shrugged: the BBC said in July it would suspend its 3D programming due to a "lack of public appetite".
5. "Conversations with the Moon will be a trifle uncomfortable."
Of course, Asimov was bound to have a few duds. The dawn of the Space Age might have made him a bit optimistic about communications with our Moon suburbs - calls would have a delay of 2.5 seconds, he thought - although he was spot on when he predicted that by 2014 "only unmanned ships will have landed on Mars".
He did not, however, predict the Mars Curiosity's Twitter account.
6. "Kitchen units will be devised that will prepare 'automeals', heating water and converting it to coffee."
Automated coffee machines do indeed exist.
Asimov's predictions that processed yeast and algae products would be available in a variety of flavours, including "mock-turkey" and "pseudo-steak", were semi-realised last year when scientists unveiled the first laboratory-grown burger.
Critics might be divided on whether or not Mr Asimov was right about the taste being "not bad at all": some who ate the burger said they "missed the fat".
7. "An experimental fusion-power plant or two will already exist."
The joke goes that fusion - essentially, harnessing the power inside stars - is the power of the future, and always will be.
And that continues to be the reality, although there is a $22bn multinational effort under way to get a reactor up and running by 2028 in the south of France.
But Asimov's predictions about large solar-power stations in desert and semi-desert areas like Arizona and the Negev desert are accurate.
Power stations in space, "collecting sunlight by means of huge parabolic focusing devices and radiating energy down to earth" remains an out-there goal.
8. "Much effort will be put into the designing of vehicles with 'robot-brains.'"
"Robot-brain" surely has a better ring than "self-driving car".
Asimov's other transport predictions - while just as catchy - still remain the stuff of dreams. The aquafoils, which "skimmed over the water with a minimum of friction" and impressed World's Fair visitors in 1964, haven't caught on. Neither have their successors - jet packs and hovercraft.
9. "Not all the world's population will enjoy the gadgetry world of the future to the full. A larger portion than today will be deprived and although they may be better off, materially, than today, they will be further behind."
Asimov predicted more - and got more right, or semi-right - than is possible to list here. His fears about population growth and birth control could be the stuff of an entirely separate article.
But perhaps his most prescient observation, or warning, was that while technology, both then and now, has the power to transform lives, without efforts towards equal access, it can hurt, rather than help, the goal of "peace through understanding".
Christopher John Barry, 53, was killed on Sunday evening at his home in The Broadway, Edmonton. Post-mortem tests found he had been stabbed in the chest.
The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will appear at Highbury Corner Youth Court on Wednesday.
Another boy aged 13, and three aged 14, have been bailed until January after their arrest on suspicion of murder.
Mr Barry, who was known as Jack, is understood to have been returning home with a female friend, when he was involved in an altercation with a group as he tried to get into the building.
Det Chief Insp Neale Baldock, of the Homicide and Major Crime Command, who is leading the investigation, said a "supervised party" had been taking place at another address in the block.
Mr Barry suffered a stab wound to the chest which led to police and London's air ambulance being called.
He was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 20:30 GMT.
With no known political credentials but with a powerful mix of religion and patriotism, Evan Mawarire seems to have won over Zimbabweans who are sick of politicians from all political parties.
In the wake of the pastor's appearance in court this week, when a magistrate threw out charges by the state prosecutor that he was trying to overthrow President Robert Mugabe, one Zimbabwean in the UK spent hours on Photoshop to create an image of Mr Mawarire as superhero "Captain Zimbabwe".
"I did it with the younger generation of Zimbabwe in mind who might not understand what the struggle in Zimbabwe is about," Tawanda Sibotshiwe told the BBC after sharing the picture on Twitter.
"I did it so they can visualise the man who has inspired Zimbabweans to seek dialogue with their government in a peaceful manner."
The pastor has galvanised people outside and inside Zimbabwe, where the governing elite is viewed by some as ruining a once-thriving economy and where the opposition is fractured and ineffectual.
Through his social media movement, which uses the hashtag #ThisFlag, he has been backing a stay-away campaign this month to protest about perceived corruption and economic mismanagement
So does the Baptist preacher have any political credentials?
He told the BBC's Brian Hungwe in the capital, Harare, that his first brush with politics was as a child after a naughty spell at school in the mid-1990s.
After getting bad grades one term he was moved to another school where he thrived - so much that he was nominated as a child parliamentarian to represent Harare.
The child parliament mirrors Zimbabwe's real legislative chamber with each constituency having a representative on the body.
Mr Mawarire was then made child president and met the real president.
He described his first encounter with Mr Mugabe as full of "respect and admiration".
"It's 23 years now since I met him. He was my hero then," the 39-year-old told Zimbabwe Independent.
"Today I look back and say: 'What changed?' Either I grew up or he messed up big time for sure."
After leaving school, he qualified as an auto electrician before starting his church, getting married and having two daughters.
His social media fame came after he spontaneously posted a video online, expressing his frustration at the state of the nation.
He told the Daily Maverick that he filmed the unscripted speech in April in a moment of clarity after a day of struggling to work out how to pay his children's school fees - most of his income comes from his bookings as a master of ceremonies.
"I was very disappointed. I remember looking at this flag [in my office]. I thought if I was in another country I could not have failed to have what I need," he told the Zimbabwe Independent.
The video that went viral started with the pastor saying: "I'm not a politician; I'm not an activist... just a citizen."
Wrapped in the stripped Zimbabwean flag, he then pointed out what each of the flag's colours was supposed to represent.
"They tell me that the green is for the vegetation and for the crops. I don't see any crops in my country," he said, leaning over to fit in the frame of the phone camera while emotive music played the background.
After listing all the ways the flag had let him down, he turned to each colour again stating how it should be an inspiration.
The green "is the power of being able to push through soil, push past limitations and flourish and grow", he said.
He ended by promising to stop standing on the sidelines and start fighting for his country.
He has gone on to produce many videos posted to Facebook and Twitter. An inspiring orator, he delivers one sentence in English and then repeats it in Shona, Zimbabwe's most spoken language.
But in all his messages urging people to refuse to pay bribes and to stand up for their rights, he stipulates that all protest must be peaceful.
"Our protest - non-violent, non-inciting, stay-at-home - is the best because it is within the confines of the law," he told the BBC.
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The flag and the bible are his symbols - and the only two things he carried with him when turned himself in for questioning before his arrest on Wednesday.
At his hearing a day later - with crowds of supporters, many draped in the national flag, spilling out of the court, singing and praying for him outside - the case was dismissed.
Prosecutors first charged him with inciting public violence and then at the last minute added subversion, which his lawyers successfully argued would deny him a fair trial.
His critics complain that the preacher does not speak for everyone and there has been no proof of how widespread his support is.
"A Facebook wall or Twitter feed does not equate to a polling booth granting him an electoral mandate," writes Bernard Bwoni in the state newspaper The Herald.
Mr Mawarire argues that it his religion that has given him the courage to continue, despite attempted abductions and threats, including one to strangle him with a flag.
"I go back to the bible," he told the Zimbabwe Independent.
"It says unless the watchman watches with God, he will watch in vain. The God factor is driving me."
The remarks came in a statement marking five years since the activist was detained for subversion.
Mr Kerry also asked that Mr Liu's wife Liu Xia, who has been under house arrest since 2010, be released. Friends say she is suffering from depression.
Mr Liu was convicted of subversion in 2009. He won the Nobel the next year despite fierce opposition from China.
In a statement released on Monday, Mr Kerry said the US was "deeply concerned" that Chinese officials continued to detain Liu Xiaobo and other activists "for peacefully exercising their universal right to freedom of expression".
"We strongly urge Chinese authorities to release Liu Xiaobo, to end Liu Xia's house arrest, and to guarantee to Liu Xiaobo and his family members all internationally recognised human rights protections and freedoms," the statement said.
"We continue to believe that respect for international human rights is critical to China's growth, prosperity, and long-term stability," it added.
China's Foreign Ministry, however, stressed on Tuesday that the couple had "violated Chinese laws" and were "to be punished by Chinese laws".
"I want to suggest that only the 1.3 billion Chinese people have a say on China's human rights," spokesman Hong Lei said.
"We hope the US can bear in mind the overall interests of bilateral relations and do more things that are conducive to a bilateral relationship."
Liu Xiaobo was detained in 2008 and jailed the next year for his role in drafting a manifesto - Charter 08 - calling for political change.
He is currently serving 11 years in jail for inciting the subversion of state power.
Either Ali Price, 23, who has yet to start a Test, or his more experienced Warriors team-mate Henry Prygos, 27, will start at scrum-half against Wales.
The other will be on the bench, with both playing regularly at club level with Scotland fly-half Finn Russell.
"That is the silver lining for us," said centre Jones, set for a sixth cap.
"It is a big loss with Greig being out but Henry and Ali both play regularly with Finn at Glasgow.
"So it could be a great thing that they have that partnership going already which can see us into the game. It's not like we have someone totally new coming in.
"They are both quality players, they both kick well, so I don't think it will be a problem for us.
"They are two different types of scrum-half. Henry is similar to Greig in that he marshalls the game really well, while Ali has quite a bit of pace and loves going forward.
"We have guys who are used to playing with both scrum-halves so it is up to the coaches what they want in the game."
With Laidlaw ruled out of the remainder of the tournament, all seven of Scotland's seven backs on Saturday have strong links with Glasgow. Five are current players, Sean Maitland is a former player and Jones is set to join Glasgow.
Price or Pyrgos will join Russell at half-back, Stuart Hogg and Tommy Seymour make up two-thirds of the back three, and Jones has swiftly forged a centre partnership with another Warrior, Alex Dunbar, that will be rekindled at club level next season.
The Edinburgh-born, England-raised Jones will leave Cape Town-based Super Rugby outfit Stormers to join Glasgow later this year.
"It's a fairly new partnership but I think we are improving game by game," Jones, 23, said of his midfield combination with Dunbar.
"Defensively we have got a little bit better. We've been working hard at making sure we talk to each other the whole time.
"On the attacking side we also complement each other quite well but we can definitely get better.
"We get on pretty well, so that helps. We're training with each other every day right now, so you see how each other plays, read what they are going to do and then react to it. It is the same in defence.
"It is not just with Alex, but the whole backline, because it is almost the entire Glasgow backline."
With the fit-again Ryan Wilson set to return to the back row for the injured Josh Strauss, the other main interest apart from who starts at scrum-half when Vern Cotter confirms his line-up on Thursday will be the identity of his new captain.
The choice appears to be between experienced flanker John Barclay, assuming he has fully recovered from head and shoulder knocks sustained against France, and 22-year-old lock Jonny Gray - a co-captain of Glasgow - who both performed the role after Laidlaw's departure against France.
Pyrgos and veteran hooker Ross Ford have also led Scotland in the past, though neither is assured of a starting spot.
"Greig is a fantastic leader and captain so obviously it's a big loss," Jones added. "It just means the rest of the leadership group come together and they take charge.
"We have got other great players, other tacticians on the field and other leaders to step up. It is shame losing Greig but it is a great opportunity for other guys to show what they are worth."
Egnedol wants to invest £685m in a renewable energy facility at the former Gulf refinery at Waterston and the RNAD Blackbridge site in Milford Haven.
But Planning Inspectorate Wales has suspended the Cypriot-owned company's application for six months.
It said it had provided "inadequate" information on several protected species and habitats.
The plant would see biomass converted into a biogas, which would be used to produce green electricity or green liquid fuels.
The planning inspectorate has written to Egnedol to say it was going to "suspend the examination" of its planning application until 30 September 2017.
It said the company's environmental statement is "inadequate" in respect of the effects the biomass plant would have on protected species and habitats, and urged it to carry out further assessments.
The 22-year-old has been accused of refusing to leave his W South Beach hotel room after an alleged altercation with staff and police on Wednesday.
Witnesses claim Tomic was asked to turn down his music following complaints from other residents.
The Miami Beach Police account of the arrest said he "pointed his finger aggressively towards hotel security".
World number 25 Tomic, whose address is listed as Key Biscayne, Florida on the arrest affidavit seen by BBC Sport, was in Miami after being omitted from Australia's Davis Cup quarter-final squad to face Kazakhstan this weekend in an ongoing dispute with Tennis Australia.
He had played in the Hall of Fame championships match in Newport, Rhode Island, USA - which Tennis Australia referred to as 'Hall of Shame' in a media release. The governing body later apologised.
Tomic, who was beaten in the first round in Newport, has accused Tennis Australia of abandoning him after hip surgery last year.
The Miami Beach Police charge sheet alleges that the two-time ATP Tour title winner was asked three times by hotel staff to turn down music in his penthouse room in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
It is then claimed that other guests in the room left, but Tomic remained and was taken to Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where he was charged with resisting an officer without violence and trespassing.
The 26-year-old was also due to be in the squad for five one-day internationals and two Twenty20s.
Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan or Mark Footitt will replace him for the final Test, while his place in the limited-overs squads goes to Liam Plunkett.
Finn is expected to be fit for the World Twenty20 in India.
England's first match in that tournament is on 22 March against New Zealand.
Middlesex right-armer Finn, who returned to the England Test side during the 2015 Ashes after a two-year absence, was not originally part of the squad to tour South Africa.
He missed the series against Pakistan in the UAE with a foot injury but, after returning to fitness, was added to the party for South Africa and named in the Test side.
Finn has taken 11 wickets to help England to a series victory that was sealed with a seven-wicket win in Johannesburg on Saturday.
However, he felt discomfort in his left side on day two of the match at the Wanderers and scans subsequently revealed a strain.
England will chase their biggest series win in South Africa for more than 100 years in the fourth Test at Centurion on Friday.
Warwickshire's Woakes played the first Test in place of the injured James Anderson, his fellow right-armer Jordan has not played a Test since May, while Surrey left-armer Footitt - capable of bowling in excess of 90mph - is uncapped.
South Africa, meanwhile, have added uncapped opener Stephen Cook to their squad.
The duo, who won the Australian Open men's doubles title in January, were beaten 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (7-2) 10-8 by Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez.
Scot Murray, 30, is looking to overtake Soares' fellow Brazilian Marcelo Melo.
"It didn't happen today, but next week we'll go again," said Murray.
"I was aware of it. People write about it so you hear about it.
"It probably came into my head a couple of times. I guess that's difficult to block that out. It's not every day you get the chance to reach the top in your sport and for me it was a huge match."
Doubles players are ranked individually and Murray, who helped Britain win the Davis Cup in November, has had 63 playing partners since 2003.
Melo will have to reach at least the semi-finals in Miami, which starts next Wednesday, to deny Murray top spot in the rankings.
Finbar Dowling, director of the Siemens factory, said it was planning to open the "massive piece of civil and marine engineering" on 1 September 2016.
He said work at Hull's Alexandra Dock was "ahead of schedule".
It could eventually create up to 1,000 jobs with 200 working in construction of the site, he said.
The building work started in January.
The 10 acre (40,000 sq m) blade factory is part of a 133 acre (540,000 sq m) development that includes manufacturing, assembly and servicing factories.
The facility will build 250ft-long (75m) rotor blades designed for 6MW turbines.
Production on the first batch of turbines for an offshore wind farm off the Norfolk coast is scheduled to start early 2017.
Siemens is investing £160m in Green Port Hull at the city's Alexandra Dock. Associated British Ports (ABP), which owns and operates the dock, is investing £150m.
Green Port Hull was first announced in January 2011 and was granted planning permission in May 2012.
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The area covers 46,000 sq km (17,800 sq miles) and is thought to be rich in gold, manganese and other minerals.
On Monday, after widespread criticism, the government said mining would not be allowed in conservation or indigenous areas.
The latest decision follows an outcry from activists and celebrities.
The federal court in the capital Brasilia said in a statement it was suspending "possible administrative acts based on the decree" signed by President Michel Temer.
The Renca reserve in the eastern Amazon is home to indigenous tribes and large areas of untouched forest. Its size is larger than Denmark and about 30% of it was to be opened to mining.
Brazilian president Michael Temer says this would boost the country's economy.
But opposition Senator Randolfe Rodrigues denounced the move as "the biggest attack on the Amazon in the last 50 years".
MaurÃcio Voivodic, head of the conservation body WWF in Brazil, warned last month that mining in the area would lead to "demographic explosion, deforestation, the destruction of water resources, the loss of biodiversity and the creation of land conflict".
According to the WWF report, the main area of interest for copper and gold exploration is in one of the protected areas, the Biological Reserve of Maicuru.
There is also said to be gold in the Para State forest, which lies within the area.
The WWF says there is potential for conflict too in two indigenous reserves that are home to various ethnic communities living in relative isolation.
WWF's report said that a "gold rush in the region could create irreversible damage to these cultures".
"If the government insisted on opening up these areas for mining without discussing environmental safeguards it will have to deal with an international outcry."
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An investigation by watchdog Ofcom found that the ISP broke a fundamental billing rule by continuing to charge a group of customers for landline and broadband after they had cancelled services.
In total, customers were overcharged by more than £500,000.
Plusnet has apologised for the error.
Lindsey Fussell, Ofcom's consumer group director, said: "There can be no margin for error, and no excuses, when it comes to billing customers correctly.
"This fine should serve as a reminder to telecoms companies that they must adhere to Ofcom's billing rules at all times, or face the consequences."
A spokeswoman for the ISP said: "We are very sorry and would like to apologise to the 1,025 customers affected. We reported this ourselves to Ofcom and made every effort to contact these customers to arrange a full refund before the investigation started.
"We would also like to reassure all customers this was an isolated historic issue and we have implemented a number of new robust measures to make sure this doesn't happen again."
Plusnet has made repeated attempts to refund all affected ex-customers by letter and phone. It has refunded 356 people a total of £212,140, which included interest at a rate of 4% for each of them.
The remaining funds, for customers whom it could not contact, have been donated to various charities.
The fine, which will be passed on to the Treasury, must be paid within 20 working days.
Peter Wrighton's body was found on Saturday near Fiveways Junction, three miles south of East Harling in Norfolk.
He was repeatedly stabbed in his neck and head, post-mortem examination tests showed. The murder weapon has not yet been found.
Norfolk Police said it was not yet known if retired BT worker Mr Wrighton, from Banham, knew his killer.
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Officers said they had received more than 100 calls in the past three days about the murder.
Mr Wrighton, a married father-of-two and grandfather, has been described as "gentle" and "mild mannered".
In a statement, his wife of 59 years and family said: "Peter was immensely kind and never had a bad word to say about anybody and people always seemed to take a liking to him.
"We are extremely thankful for all the people who have come forward to speak with the police and hope we will soon be able to understand why this has happened."
Mr Wrighton had volunteered at Snetterton Dogs Trust and Bressingham Steam Museum as a guard on the trains.
The dogs trust said his murder was a "devastating situation".
Phil Moore, parish secretary at the St Mary the Virgin church in Banham, who knew Mr Wrighton, said: "He was a very nice man, a very gentle man. He would stop and have a chat. He loved his dogs and loved his family. He never had a bad word to say about anybody.
"I am very sad. It will be a shock not to see him around the village."
Alastair Baker, from the steam museum, added: "We were already shocked that something had happened so locally but to find out it involved Peter is even more shocking.
"He was a kind, gentle guy who everybody liked. Our thoughts are with his family who must be devastated."
Mr Wrighton's body was found at about 10:45 BST on Saturday.
Norfolk Constabulary has about 50 officers working on the murder case.
The force has asked people who live within five miles (8km) of the scene to check their bins for "a weapon or anything unusual".
Ch Supt Mike Fawcett said: "It's unusual to have an attack where we can't show if there's any connection between the victim and the offender, and we don't know the motive for the attack."
He added: "If the victim is not known to the attacker, it is really strange for somebody to just attack somebody in the open.
"We have somebody who is violent out there and it's somebody we need to find quick."
He said if someone is "protecting somebody" they should consider the victim of the crime.
Police said there was no indication Mr Wrighton had been killed in a robbery.
A 71-year-old woman was raped at West Harling heath in 1994, close to the location of Saturday's murder. The attacker in that case was never identified.
It is almost impossible to get any news out of Raqqa or even communicate with residents there.
IS has cracked down on activists and is controlling access to the internet.
The main group that is monitoring the situation in the city, which calls itself Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, has to operate with extreme caution.
Last month, one of its members, Ibrahim Abdul Qader, was killed along with his friend, Fares Hamadi, in the southern Turkish town of Urfa, near the border with Syria.
IS subsequently published a video showing one of the men with his throat cut, and warned: "You will not be safe from the knife of the Islamic State. Our hand will reach you wherever you are."
I managed to speak to one member of the group via a secure application that it uses to spread news about events in Raqqa.
Ayman (not his real name) says the air strikes by France and other members of the US-led coalition against IS have intensified in the past three days, with about 15 a day targeting the group's positions.
"There have been no civilian casualties, but unfortunately we can't calculate the losses among IS members as they are not releasing any information," he says.
Earlier, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that at least 33 IS militants had been killed since Sunday night. Most of them, it said, had been manning checkpoints in and around the city that were bombed.
But for Ayman, the coalition air strikes have not been very successful and he believes that more are needed to combat IS.
He also alleges that Russian and Syrian government air strikes on Raqqa have not been targeting the extremist group.
"All their attacks have been against civilians," he says. "They have caused a lot of massacres."
"The Russian bombing in western Raqqa - which they claimed was against IS - was far away from any IS locations," he adds.
Russia has strongly denied causing civilians deaths, describing such reports as "information warfare" designed to discredit its operations in Syria.
Another former resident, Mustafa, fled Raqqa last year, after he and his family were threatened by IS. They were later also forced out another town in northern Syria by Kurdish forces who are opposed to the jihadist group.
While he strongly condemns the attacks on Paris, Mustafa believes France and other members of the US-led coalition should be employing different tactics to combat IS.
"These air strikes are not working," he says. "After one year of attacks against IS, they are expanding into new areas whether in Homs or Palmyra."
Mustafa also criticises French President Francois Hollande's plan for enlisting Russia, which launched an air campaign in Syria in September to prop up President Bashar al-Assad's government, into a "grand coalition" alongside the US to combat IS.
In a speech on Monday, Mr Hollande reiterated that Mr Assad could not be part of any political solution to the conflict in Syria, but also said that "our enemy in Syria is Daesh", using a term for IS based on an acronym of its former name in Arabic.
"I think the new French policy is not good," Mustafa says. "President Francois Hollande said many times that the primary enemies were Bashar al-Assad and IS, and now he replaces his policy to stand alongside the Russians. And IS can launch new attacks in many countries in Europe."
Mustafa doubts the US-led coalition's reliance on air strikes can defeat IS and believes ground forces will need to be deployed. He is also worried about the coalition's support for Kurdish forces, who have been accused of human rights violations.
"They must support the [rebel] Free Syrian Army to attack Raqqa and seize it from IS."
The five-time champion won 6-1 6-2 6-2 on a hot afternoon in New York.
Fifth seed Stan Wawrinka beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-5 6-4 7-6 (8-6), while Andy Murray and Petra Kvitova progressed in the night session.
Women's second seed Simona Halep progressed when Marina Erakovic could not continue at 6-2 3-0 down.
The New Zealander was the latest in an unusually high number of retirements over the first two days.
Lucie Safarova was another leading woman to make an early exit, the sixth seed and French Open runner-up losing 6-4 6-1 to Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko.
Fifth seed Kvitova swept past German qualifier Laura Siegmund 6-1 6-1 to complete the first round, after Murray had earlier beaten Nick Kyrgios 7-5 6-3 4-6 6-1.
After seven withdrawals on Monday - the highest number at a Grand Slam for nine years - Erakovic, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Ernests Gulbis and Aleksandr Nedovyesov took the tally to 11 on Tuesday.
Not all of the retirements were directly related to conditions at Flushing Meadows, but temperatures in the mid-30s and punishing humidity took their toll.
Kokkinakis battled through to the fifth set against Richard Gasquet despite being barely able to move and forced to serve under arm.
"I didn't feel tired physically, which is the most frustrating thing about it," said the 19-year-old Australian, who lost 4-6 6-1 4-6 6-3 2-0 after almost three hours on court.
"I actually felt all right. My energy levels were good, and then I went up to hit a swing and volley or something, and both my calves - it was just disaster. Yeah, I'm pretty shattered."
Federer is playing at Flushing Meadows for the 16th time, so is the perfect person to evaluate the effect of the new roof structure emerging across Arthur Ashe Stadium.
"It has changed. Forever," said the 34-year-old, bidding to become the oldest US Open champion in 45 years. "I think it's going to increase the level of play from all players. If you don't have to fight the wind you can play closer to the lines and make it better tennis.
"So probably it might be better for the top guys, my opinion."
John Isner faced an unexpected inquisitor when going through his obligatory post-match news conference. A familiar voice from the unfamiliar location of the media seats quizzed the American about his poor timing off court.
"Just because you have been playing really well leading up to the US Open, and you're close to the top 10 again, doesn't mean that you should push my press conference out," said Caroline Wozniacki. "I would appreciate you being on time."
Isner, who defeated Malek Jaziri 6-2 6-3 6-4, responded: "Now that I'm close to the top 10, Caroline is actually talking to me again.
"When I was ranked like 90 she would walk right by me. If I could get in single digits I think I can get some of Caroline's attention. That's my goal."
"I haven't done it in 17 years, so why start now? At the same time, you might think, who cares, you know?" Roger Federer has mixed feelings about mid-match interviews. On Monday, Coco Vandeweghe was interviewed by ESPN during her match.
Victoria Azarenka to the umpire: "Have you ever played tennis? You probably weren't very good."
"I don't think any of us in this room right now were perfect at 20. Speak up if you were…. thought not." Nick Kyrgios points out that he is not the first 20-year-old to slip up.
"When he let go of the racquet today after the forehand, I mean, that only happens to him. It went into the crowd." Andy Murray admits he cannot help but laugh sometimes when watching the Kyrgios antics.
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"It's not been the best two years of my life but it's all gone," he told Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2.
"Even though I knew it couldn't go anywhere [because] these things never happened, there is always the fear and the embarrassment of being talked about in those terms.
"I'm moving on with my life."
The singer was the subject of a long-running investigation by South Yorkshire police, which centred on accusations made by four men.
He was never arrested or charged, and always maintained his innocence.
The claims against the singer were dropped on 16 June on the grounds of insufficient evidence. The CPS reviewed the case following an application by one of his accusers but concluded this week that their decision has been correct.
Sir Cliff was speaking to BBC Radio 2 after announcing the release of a new album, Just... Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll which will feature a duet with Elvis Presley.
Recorded in Nashville, it is Sir Cliff's 45th studio album, and his 101st overall, and comprises new versions of classic rock tracks like Wake Up Little Susie, Rave On and his own debut single, Move It.
He said it was time to return to "the thing I love best" on the record, which celebrates "a more innocent time".
"There is an audience out there of a certain age group, and they're not going to stop loving the music they liked when they were 14," he told Radio 2. "And I'm one of those people."
"Yes, every now and then I hear something that I like from today but, for me, it never really stands up to the music of the Everly Brothers and Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis."
Elvis appears on a new version of Blue Suede Shoes, with Sir Cliff's voice mixed with archival recordings of "The King". The track was made with the approval of Presley's estate.
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There's a perfect example of that here in India, the world's largest democracy.
There is a reform which would benefit virtually every Indian and which both main political parties agree should happen, yet which has been blocked in parliament for years.
So why is the country finding it so difficult to take a decision which should be so easy?
You might imagine that India, proud of its unity, would have a single common market. But it is actually far easier to transport goods between the nation states of Europe than it is to move a load across India.
Trucks are stopped at virtually every state border. The World Bank has estimated that the average Indian trucker spends almost 60% of his time sitting in lay-bys waiting for officials to work out what levies are due on his load.
That's because apart from the taxes imposed by the federal government, India's 29 states also have the power to raise duties on the sale of goods and services.
A proposal to streamline the system, harmonising all these different taxes into an all-embracing goods and services tax, or GST, has been knocking around for almost a decade.
The effects on the economy would be profound. All those trucks would suddenly be able to move much more freely around the country, all those complex layers of taxation would be stripped away and myriad opportunities for corruption would close.
Most economists agree it would deliver a spectacular boost to country's already robust growth rate.
One study found it could add as much as 2% to annual GDP growth: an extra $20bn (£14bn) a year from year one - nothing to sniff at.
With a bonanza like that on offer it is no surprise that both India's main parties - the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress - have repeatedly said they would back a bill to reform GST.
Yet they have gone to extraordinary lengths to avoid doing just that in the last few years.
One leading Congress politician is reported to have hidden in the parliamentary toilets a few months ago to avoid discussing how to progress on the GST bill with the BJP.
Though to be fair, the BJP pursued a similarly obstructionist policy when they were in opposition.
So why are Indian politicians wilfully conspiring to deprive ordinary Indians of the benefits of economic growth?
One powerful constituency is threatened by tax reform, India's state authorities.
Losing the ability to raise taxes represents a very significant diminution of their power.
The states control the upper house of parliament, the Rajya Sabha, and that's where the legislation is blocked.
But the opposition of state legislators shouldn't be able to override the will of India's two main parties.
So what's going on?
Economist Kaushik Basu is not known for cynicism. He is the chief economist of the World Bank and the former chief economic advisor to the Indian government.
But, when I asked him why he thought the legislation hasn't been passed, he told me it was because the parties were following their own narrow self-interest.
Neither wanted "to hand the prize to the other", he said.
He believes the parties judge the political cost of gifting a 2% a year GDP fillip to their rivals outweighs any benefits to the people of India.
That kind of selfish political judgement isn't unique to India, he adds.
Citizens of most countries would be able to think of examples where a political party has been willing to make the nation suffer rather than see their rivals prosper.
But it seems to me that there has to be a failure by another key player in a democracy to allow that to happen.
The electorate - the people - has to fail to engage with the issue.
If reform of GST was an important issue for ordinary Indians then there would be pressure - outrage even - at the political games being played in Delhi.
But the fact is that the intricacies of tax reform don't tend to fire up any electorate.
What's more - as the bill is currently framed, ordinary Indians would face a tax increase in the first couple of years after it is enacted.
Not something designed to endear the electorate to the policy.
In fact, the current bill is such an ugly compromise that some economists believe it could create an even more complex regime than the one it seeks to replace.
All of which conspires to leave India in the extraordinary position of having a relatively straightforward measure that could dramatically increase growth but which fails to be enacted year after year.
This may be a particularly striking example, but the sad truth is that this doesn't actually tell us anything unique about India.
Unfortunately, all it says is that this country has the same failings as other democratic nations.
I've tried hard to resist the temptation to quote Winston Churchill, but I just can't.
"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried from time to time," he once said.
The malaise which has mired the Indian GST bill simply confirms Churchill's - ahem - "Churchillian" judgement on the limitations of the most successful form of government ever devised.
The 27-year-old made his full international debut in Northern Ireland's 1-0 home win against Slovenia.
"Michael O'Neill said there are spots up for grabs on that plane for France," Smith told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
"They're going to be watching players to see who he's going to take. I just need to play my best at club level."
Smith, who was an unused substitute in Northern Ireland's previous game against Wales, played at wing back against Slovenia.
"I think I played about 70 minutes so hopefully my foot is in the door now," he continued. "Hopefully I continue to play well at the club and get another call up."
The defender, who has made 39 appearances for Peterborough this season, was able to help Northern Ireland extend their unbeaten run to 10 games with his first appearance.
"I didn't let anyone know to be fair," he added. "My mum was about the only person who knew, just in case he (Michael O'Neill) had a last minute change of mind.
"It gives you a lot of confidence and I'm proud to say I'm an international player now."
Swansea council wanted to end free travel if a mainstream school was closer to a pupil's home.
But a legal challenge was raised by Bishop Vaughan Catholic School, a prospective student at the secondary school and the Diocese of Menevia.
On Friday in Cardiff, Mr Justice Wyn Williams overruled the council.
Bishop Vaughan Catholic School, which is the only faith secondary in the area, argued some students travelled for an hour and 50 minutes to reach school.
School Bursar Laura Howden Evans said: "The court's decision has brought tears of joy and relief to the eyes of parents, staff at the school and the wider faith community.
"Throughout the consultation process, we repeatedly warned the council that its actions would have unintended, but very serious, racially discriminatory consequences.
"Our concerns were simply brushed aside.
"Had the new policy stood, children from some of the poorest families in Wales would have been denied a faith-based education for the very worst of reasons.
"It will now remain open to them. We feel truly vindicated."
Bernard Stuart, Director of Education at the Diocese of Menevia said: "The judgement recognises and upholds the legitimate needs of those in the community for whom the suitable school is a church school."
The council has 21 days to lodge an appeal against the decision.
The authority is now considering its implications.
A spokesperson said: "We believed it was important to defend a democratic decision taken by councillors to no longer continue with this area of discretionary free transport.
"The original decision contributed to savings in one of the few discretionary areas of spending within the overall education budget so resources could be prioritised on classrooms, teaching and facilities."
They added: "Owing to the legal process there has been a period of uncertainty for young people and the schools involved and we'd like to apologise for that."
The animal was one of several to break free from enclosures at Tbilisi Zoo last weekend following severe flooding.
Police said they tracked the tiger to a disused warehouse but could not sedate it because it was too aggressive.
The flash floods devastated parts of Tbilisi, claiming the lives of 13 people, including three zoo keepers.
There was uncertainty on Wednesday about the number of dangerous animals still on the loose, with reports on Twitter of another tiger being cornered in a city centre cafe after the first was shot dead.
The zoo had said on Tuesday that all of the missing lions and tigers had been found dead, with one jaguar unaccounted for - sparking confusion when news of the tiger attack on the two men emerged.
Internal Affairs Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri told the press that the animal was found "hiding in an unused store room".
"We tried our best to sedate the tiger, but it was not possible because the animal was too aggressive. So unfortunately we had to liquidate it," he said.
Special police units drafted in to deal with the threat posed by dangerous animals have faced criticism, with zoo workers alleging that animals have been killed unnecessarily.
The zoo's website says two white Bengal tigers live at the facility, one male and one female.
The flash floods devastated parts of Tbilisi, claiming the lives of 13 people, including three zoo keepers.
Up to six people are still missing and about 40 families lost their homes.
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Hundreds of volunteers took to the streets on Wednesday to help clear up the mess left by the floodwater.
"It is hard work, yes, but we should do it, it is our job," one volunteer told the BBC. "We do not work for the zoo, we are just citizens helping to arrange everything. It's the only zoo we have."
The volunteers, many dressed in trainers and ordinary clothes and armed only with shovels, helped dig animals from the mud and carry them away.
Hundreds of creatures drowned when the zoo was swamped by floodwater, while many others escaped.
Lions, hippos and bears were pictured roaming the streets, with residents urged to stay indoors and avoid contact with any of the animals.
"I want to look after people, I'm that type of person - I wanted a profession where I can do this," Constantina told the BBC.
She left what she describes as the "NHS rat race" to join a GP surgery, where she has been since September 2016. But after 27 years working in hospitals and as a community nurse, she is leaving her nursing career to work in botox.
"It's very frustrating when you want to do a job you love but you're not supported, you're not given the resources, you're not valued," she explained.
For the first time since 2008, more nurses and midwives in the UK are leaving the profession than are joining it, figures reveal.
Meanwhile the number of unfilled posts has doubled in three years to 40,000.
"We work long hours as it is, and on top of that, we hardly get breaks because the lack of staff means we are run off our feet," explains Constantina.
"It was so hard working as a community nurse - I was supposed to work 8am to 5pm, but I often stayed until 8pm and I didn't get overtime.
"We've been working in unsafe conditions - there aren't enough nurses to fill the shifts because staff are off sick with stress.
"I was supposed to see 18 people in four and half hours - it is impossible to do that in a safe way.
"I kept thinking 'I'm rushing, I'm rushing, I could make a mistake'."
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The public sector pay cap of 1% a year, in place since 2013 following a two-year pay freeze, has not helped as inflation has outstripped real wages.
"A lot of us work six day weeks just to make ends meet," says Constantina.
"Now the government has stopped paying bursaries to train new nurses - it's put people off joining.
"Why get into huge debt to work in a really stressful job with low pay?"
After completing a course in botox administration this year, Constantina says she hopes a new career in cosmetic surgery will be less stressful and more lucrative.
"I want to work in an area where I can support myself. I might even set up my own business. They told me potential earnings are £50,000 - and I could be my own boss.
"I'd say to anyone thinking of going into nursing, 'don't bother, it's not worth it anymore'."
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Jim Sherrit's restored three-man bunker is 20ft (6m) below ground and only accessible by hatch and ladder.
The Maggie Ewing - a renovated ex-boat wheelhouse - is owned by David Carter and made from one of the last boats ever commercially built in Caithness.
The entries are among a shortlist of 32 from around the UK.
Competition includes a recreation of the Millennium Falcon, a shed built on the back of an Austin J4 pick-up truck and a Wild West "saloon".
The shortlisted sheds will feature on Amazing Spaces Shed Of The Year, on Channel 4, and the public can vote until 8 June for the category winners.
The attack took place near the Sands Hotel in Lochies Road, Burntisland, between 20:30 and 22:00 on 25 June, but was not reported to police until Tuesday.
Police said no description of the suspects was available.
Officers want to speak to anyone who remembers seeing anything suspicious in the area at the time of the incident.
They would also like to hear from anyone who remembers seeing the victim, who is described as slim with long blonde and pink hair. She was wearing black leggings, a black crop top and a light-coloured jacket.
Det Insp June Peebles said: "We are currently trying to determine exactly what has happened during this incident and would urge members of the public who can assist with our investigation to come forward."
Faletau and Gloucester's Jonny May traded tries before Bath took full control of the local derby at the Rec.
Aled Brew powered over, Max Clark raced in and Robbie Fruean got Bath's fourth.
Faletau got his second and third tries either side of May's second, before David Halaifonua's consolation score.
Other than crossing for their two late tries in a frenetic finish, Gloucester had faded badly for a 30-minute spell after half-time in which Bath were rampant and clinical.
The hosts remain fifth but are now four points below fourth-placed Leicester, with one round of matches remaining.
Tigers will travel to Worcester on 6 May while Bath are away at Sale Sharks where, barring a huge swing in points, they will need a bonus-point victory and for Leicester to come away from Sixways with nothing in order to claim the final play-off place.
After a scoreless first 20 minutes at the Rec, Wales' Rhys Priestland and James Hook exchanged penalties before Faletau skilfully collected Kahn Fotuali'i's chip for the afternoon's first try.
May caught Billy Burns' perfect kick to the corner to bring Gloucester back into an even, low-key first period, before the hosts dominated after the break.
Brew converted after a patient move for Bath's second, before Clark danced clear for a classy third and Fruean quickly extended the advantage.
British and Irish Lions back row Faletau capped a fine individual performance with two further tries of his own, while May and Halaifonua's late scores could not stop Challenge Cup finalists Gloucester from seeing their hopes of earning automatic Champions Cup qualification end.
However, the Cherry and Whites can still make it into the Champions Cup via a play-off if they either win the Challenge Cup or finish seventh in the Premiership.
Victory for Bath though did guarantee themselves at least a top-six spot this term, and a return to Europe's premier club competition next season.
Bath's Taulupe Faletau told BBC Radio Bristol:
"Over the last couple of weeks we were disappointed with our performances. We owed our home fans a decent performance.
"I thought [Max] Clark was outstanding but the Man of the Match award could have gone to any of the 15 out there.
"We have still got to work on the errors that we made today to iron out for next week."
Gloucester director of rugby David Humphreys told BBC Radio Gloucestershire:
"We let ourselves down. We let the supporters down. We know how important this game is to everybody at the club.
"Bath executed very well and all of a sudden we were chasing the game. Our set-piece was under a lot of pressure but when we had the ball we were dangerous.
"Maybe we were a little bit tired but the players were all excited to play. Once you go behind in a game like that, it is hard to get going again, having conceded two tries so quickly."
Bath: Homer; Watson, Clark, Tapuai, Brew; Priestland (co-capt), Fotuali'i; Catt, Brooker, Knight, Charteris, Stooke, Garvey, Louw (co-capt), Faletau.
Replacements: Batty, Obano, Palma-Newport, Attwood, Ellis, Cook, Ford, Fruean.
Gloucester: Hook; May, Trinder, Atkinson, Halaifonua; Burns, Heinz (capt); Hohneck, Hibbard, Afoa; Galarza, Thrush; Moriarty, Rowan, Morgan.
Replacements: Matu'u, McAllister, Knight, Savage, Ludlow, Laidlaw, Twelvetrees, Sharples.
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Cian Salmon and Evan Niland scored the goals for the Westerners who were always on top at Breffni Park.
Galway had seven points on the board before Antrim opened their account through Diarmuid McShane on 11 minutes.
The victors claimed a trio of scores, before Conal Doherty Cunning and Donal McKernan landed points to ensure a 0-10 to 0-3 scoreline after 18 minutes.
Nine points separated the teams in the 23rd minute after Keelan Molloy pointed for Antrim, but the Saffrons were not to score again until the 13th minute of the second half.
The Ulster champions trailed by 1-14 to 0-4 at half-time, with Salmon netting Galway's goal in the final minute of first-half normal time.
Both sides had equal share of possession inside 10 minutes of the restart, but crucially Galway added two points, as Antrim fired three wides.
Evan Niland and Enda Fahy added further scores to open up a 1-18 to 0-4 lead, before Doherty Cunning broke the Antrim deadlock.
Antrim pushed hard for goals, with Galway goalkeeper Jack Forde denying both Donal McKernan and Peter McCallion.
At the opposite end Niland cut through for Galway's second goal to ensure a 2-19 to 0-5 lead with six minutes remaining.
Doherty Cunning registered three of the next four points, but it was far too late for Antrim, as late scores from Jack Coyne and Martin McManus ensued a 20-point Galway win.
David Perry, 52, targeted the women, in their 20s, after they had been out drinking and socialising before getting in his cab.
Snaresbrook Crown Court heard he told police he had "high hormone levels".
Perry from Bow, east London, a taxi driver for 25 years, admitted four charges, including attempted rape and sexual assault.
The offences were committed in the early hours, against women in their 20s, before getting into Perry's cab and falling asleep.
His DNA was matched to both attacks, which happened in January 2013 in north London and in east London, last May.
After his arrest, the court heard, Perry told police he had been "worried about what he might do" and had sought medical help for high hormone levels after the break-up of a relationship.
Sentencing Perry, Judge John Lafferty said his victims had suffered "serious psychological harm".
He told Perry he would pose "a very significant risk" to other women if he were allowed to remain at large in the community.
As he was led out of the dock, Perry smiled and waved at his family and friends in the court's public gallery.
On what would have been the first day of his trial in February, Perry admitted one count of attempted rape, one count of assault by penetration and one count of sexual assault against each victim.
Prosecutor Peter Clement told the court: "They were, by virtue of their drunkenness, particularly vulnerable.
"Their incapacity made them no less deserving than anyone else of being safe. They each sought the security and safety they were entitled to expect from a London taxi - a black cab.
"He exploited his passengers' obvious vulnerability for his own sexual gratification."
Police said Perry had been eliminated from unsolved cases, but appealed to potential victims to contact police.
Perry was also stopped from driving taxis in the future and will be on the sex offenders indefinitely, under a sexual harm prevention order.
But the industry body warns future growth may be hit if the government does not maintain unrestricted access to markets in the European Union (EU).
The UK made 158,641 cars last month, 10.4% more than in June 2015.
The SMMT says the growth was driven by decisions to invest on the basis of demand from its biggest market, the EU.
"These decisions were based on many factors but, primarily, on tariff-free access to the single market, economic stability and record levels of productivity from a highly skilled workforce," said Mike Hawes, SMMT chief executive.
There are signs from elsewhere that the auto sector in the UK is already being affected by the UK's vote to leave the EU.
Car dealer Inchcape has warned that the Brexit vote is expected to slow growth in UK new car registrations in the coming months.
"Ahead of the EU referendum, the second quarter new vehicle market growth rate moderated to 1% from 5.1% in the first quarter," it said. "We expect this moderation of the new vehicle market to persist into the second half of 2016."
Second quarter GDP data, released on Wednesday, was broadly positive but also highlighted the potential for a slowdown in manufacturing for the car industry and other manufacturing.
In April industrial production jumped 2.1% month-on-month, but then dropped 0.5% in May and rose only 0.2% in June.
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Previously code-named NX, now named the Nintendo Switch, the device looks like a tablet computer with controllers that attach to its sides.
The device was revealed in a short "teaser" video posted on YouTube.
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In total, 354,000 UK households sold up and bought elsewhere, 4% fewer than in 2015.
The bank said that was the first annual decline since 2011, after four successive years of growth.
One reason was the rise in prices. Home-movers had to pay an average of £291,777 for their new property, 7% more than in 2015.
In parts of southern England anyone moving house had to put down an average deposit of more than £100,000.
During 2016 two estate agents issued profit warnings as a result of falling sales.
Foxtons reported a 42% fall in profits in July, blaming uncertainty following the EU referendum and a slowing of the market in central London.
And Countrywide, which owns 55 High Street estate agents, said in November that it expected transactions to fall by 6% over the year.
Lloyds Bank mortgages director Andrew Mason said the number of people moving home was important, as it increases the supply of properties in the market - particularly for first-time buyers.
Lloyds calculated its own estimates for 2016, and compared them with historic data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
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The Scottish Building Federation found confidence had been boosted by a supply of new work and the availability of training grants for new apprentices.
Its latest quarterly monitor recorded a record peak since its launch in 2008.
It was the eighth consecutive quarter that building employers' confidence had been rated positive overall.
Scottish Building Federation managing director Vaughan Hart said: "It's encouraging that employers' confidence about their future prospects is continuing to rise.
"The results are particularly striking against the backdrop of recent reports that overall business confidence in Scotland has declined due to falling profits.
"In construction, there can be no doubt that margins remain very tight but there is at least a supply of new work out there now, which certainly wasn't the case two years ago.
"As we've said before, certain sectors of the industry are faring better than others and we're concerned that industry employment is lagging significantly behind output."
Meanwhile, a separate survey has suggested that small business confidence is also growing.
But the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) found firms were worried about the availability of staff.
About one in three businesses reported that staff skills were a potential barrier to the growth of their business, FSB said.
However, the falling price of fuel and utilities eased cost pressures on small firms, which reported increased revenues, profits and growing wages.
FSB Scottish policy convener Andy Willox said: "Scottish small business confidence is picking up but remains behind the level recorded a year ago.
"And, while the long term trend looks good, decision-makers need to reinforce their links with local small enterprise if they really want to understand how their community, local economy and the country, ticks."
Liow Tiong Lai told the BBC that search teams would keep looking for the aircraft which had been carrying 239 passengers and crew.
The Malaysian airliner was on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it vanished.
Investigators are due to release a report on the search on Sunday.
Australia is leading an international search team in the southern Indian Ocean, approximately 1,600km (1,000 miles) off its west coast.
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Malaysian police say they are still investigating whether the plane's disappearance was intentional but have not revealed any details of their findings, the BBC's Jennifer Pak reports.
Earlier this year, the Malaysian government declared flight MH370 to have been lost with all on board, in a move it said was necessary to start processing compensation claims for the families.
But Mr Liow promised his government would continue to back the search operation.
"We are confident we can complete the search hopefully by May this year, and we hope we can get the plane," he said.
If the scan of the designated search area did not yield any result by May, investigators would go "back to the drawing board", he told AFP news agency.
That would mean re-examining all available data that was used to determine the crash zone.
Some families of those on board the plane have accused the Malaysian authorities of hiding some information, but the transport minister urged them not to "believe in all the conspiracy theories".
"[They] have to believe in data, facts, in... experts who give us the data that shows that - proves that - this plane is in the south Indian Ocean," he said. "And that is why we are focused in that area."
The family of the flight's pilot has said there is no evidence to suggest Zaharie Ahmad Shah was responsible for the aircraft's disappearance.
His sister, Sakinab Shah, issued a media statement online to deny renewed speculation that her brother had intentionally flown the plane to avoid detection.
She said no-one had the right to blame her brother without any proof.
Of all the many theories about what happened to MH370, the idea that it might have been diverted to a remote airfield and its passengers taken off, seems the least plausible. What motive could the mysterious hijacker have had? No demands have been made.
But it is a theory that Wen Wan Cheng is clinging to with defiant certainty. And who can blame him? The 64 year-old property developer from Shandong had his son, Wen Yong Sheng, on board the ill-fated flight. Until he sees some evidence of what happened to the plane, he believes his son must still be alive.
The Malaysian authorities still insist the best theory is that the plane crashed into a remote part of the southern Indian Ocean, after being diverted and flying south for several hours. That is where they are still looking, in 60,000 sq km (23,166 sq m) of sea.
But they lost the trust of the families early on due to their clumsy and confused response to the disappearance. The inexplicable absence of any wreckage, one year on, allows relatives to hold on to the near-impossible hope that some of the 239 passengers and crew may have survived.
The Irish airline said fares would fall by between 5% and 7% in the 12 months to March 2018, partly due to the weakness of the pound. In the previous financial year they fell by 13%.
Despite the weaker pricing, Ryanair posted a record profit of 1.32bn euros (£1.14bn) as passenger numbers rose.
But it warned that Brexit and the fear of terror attacks remained challenges.
Shares fell 1.5% to 17.75 euros in early trading, but have jumped by a fifth this year.
The airline, which flies 1,800 daily flights across 33 countries, attributed its lower fares to competition among European airlines and the weakness of the pound since the Brexit vote.
Despite the current challenges, Ryanair said it was cautiously forecasting an 8% increase in profits for the current financial year.
Sterling has slipped by about 16% against the dollar since last June, meaning the tickets the airline sells in sterling are worth less in euros - the currency in which it reports its results.
However, Ryanair said it had stimulated growth with cheaper fares, with passenger numbers up 13% in the year to the end of March 2017.
The carrier also said it had weathered a series of "security events" in European cities that had also prompted it to cut prices.
Its 1.32bn euro profit for 2017 was in line with analysts' forecasts. Revenues climbed 2% to 6.65bn euros.
Despite the lower fares, Ryanair said the number of on-time departures fell from 90% to 88% due to repeated air traffic control staff shortages and strikes, as well as bad weather.
"In March alone, a series of unjustified … strikes caused almost 560 Ryanair flight cancellations, and the loss of over 100,000 customer bookings," it said.
Ryanair, which campaigned for Britain to remain in the EU, said a "hard Brexit" - in which the UK leaves the EU without a trade deal - was a significant risk as it could disrupt UK-EU flights.
Kenny Jacobs, Ryanair's chief marketing officer, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme there had been no clarity from the government.
"They have indicated they will leave the European Court of Justice, that is the European institution that governs open skies, so Britain is going to leave open skies as it now stands," he said.
"If there isn't a new bilateral [deal] in place then you may have very restricted or no flying between Europe and the UK for a period.
"I think it's clear we're heading to what looks to be a very ugly divorce at the moment."
To offset these risks, the firm said it would continue to expand capacity elsewhere in Europe to capitalise on the "many growth opportunities" outside the UK.
The year-long celebration of Wales' past will promote the nation's heritage and culture with events covering everything from food to sport.
Tourism body Visit Wales has already approved £1.2m for 35 projects as part of the project.
Now, Matthews and Rheon have thrown their weight behind the campaign.
Born in Carmarthen and raised in Cardiff, Rheon shot to fame in smash hit TV show Game of Thrones.
"I'm really excited to be a part of this project, I was so lucky to have Wales' stories, history and culture as part of my upbringing," he said.
"I'm looking forward to sharing Wales' epic story."
Former Catatonia front-woman, Matthews, said she too was excited by the idea of sharing Wales' rich history and culture with the world.
"Wales' myths and legends have been huge inspiration for creativity from music, art to literature," she said.
Steve Goldswain and Norman Pickthall, members of Redcar and Cleveland Council cabinet, will not be allowed to seek re-election as Labour councillors.
The BBC understands they were told that they had not "demonstrated a commitment to campaigning for the Labour Party". The pair deny the allegation.
The Labour Party says it does not comment on individual selection cases.
Both councillors said they "refuted such an allegation" and that they were "extremely disappointed" by Labour North's decision.
They also described the reselection process as "unfair".
There is nothing particularly unusual about political parties deselecting councillors ahead of local elections. More often than not they do it in a bid to bring in "fresh blood".
What is significant about these de-selections though is that both councillors are members of the cabinet and therefore considered to be part of the local party's leadership team.
The leader and deputy of the Redcar Labour party wanted both councillors reinstating.
However, Labour North - the body that runs Labour in the North East - decided against doing that, raising the question: Who exactly does run the Labour Party in Redcar?
Mr Goldswain represents Eston ward, while Mr Pickthall is a councillor for Teesville.
Both were initially deselected by the Labour Party in November but had appealed against the decision.
Redcar and Cleveland council leader George Dunning had publicly backed both councillors ahead of their appeal hearing.
Mr Dunning said: "I am very disappointed by the decision taken by Labour North. Both men have been excellent Labour councillors and I felt both had excellent cases and should have been reinstated as candidates."
A Labour North spokesman said: "Next May, Labour will be putting forward an excellent team of candidates committed to serving their communities and to campaigning on local issues all year round."
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'Northern Ireland's Euro 2016' is a new iPlayer exclusive programme from BBC Sport NI and is now available on the platform.
It includes highlights of Northern Ireland's four games in France and exclusive material from behind the scenes as the team progressed to the last 16 of the European Championships.
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Official data shows the number of nurses employed in the two most senior grades have fallen by 3% since 2010.
The Royal College of Nursing said senior nursing roles would be vital in the proposed seven-day drive.
The Department of Health said extra money was being provided to train up a "new generation" of nursing leaders.
The senior posts cover roles such as ward sisters and senior positions such as nurse consultants that lead teams.
The government has promised to recruit 5,000 new GPs and another 5,000 support staff, including practice nurses, to pave the way for the weekend opening of GP surgeries.
But there has been little detail about how the initiative will work across other areas, such as routine hospital operations and cancer care.
While the overall workforce of nurses has been growing, the number filling senior band seven and eight roles fell by 2,295 over the past five years to just over 64,000.
Speaking ahead of the start of the RCN annual conference on Monday, the union's general secretary Peter Carter said: "Nursing staff, and above all, senior expert nurses, are a huge part of the solution to delivering seven-day care.
"Many nurses working as ward sisters or clinical experts are able to make decisions, supervise teams and educate and mentor their junior colleagues."
The issue also looks set to be a major theme of the British Medical Association's annual conference which is being held at the same time as the RCN meeting.
In his speech to open the conference, BMA leader Dr Mark Porter will say there is a need for more clarity on the seven-day working proposals.
He will say: "We all want our patients to have the care they need when they need it. So show us the detail of what you mean. Show us how the country will pay for it.
"Show us something real, because all we've seen so far is the pursuit of easy headlines."
The Department of Health said it was liaising with NHS England on the issue.
A spokeswoman said: "Ensuring we have the right number of nurses is vital. That's why we're taking the issue of nursing recruitment seriously and have prioritised and invested in frontline staff, so there are over 8,000 more nurses on our wards."
She added there were now attempts to train up a new generation of nursing leaders with extra money being provided.
Where else could you find the biggest pop, rock and rap stars rubbing shoulders with Brazilian bossa nova legends, Nobel peace prize winners, film directors, politicians, punk ballet dancers, Russian dissidents and a giant fire-breathing rave spider?
They are some of the 26 essential things to look and listen out for this year.
A 50-tonne fire-breathing mechanical spider with acrobats dangling from it and thousands of ravers surrounding it - only at Glastonbury. The spider is the centrepiece of the Arcadia area, which has been given more money and a bigger field by organiser Michael Eavis. The spider has a DJ booth in its belly, its eyes are made from old jet engines and its legs are old HM Customs & Excise scanning machines.
Walk On By, Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head, I Say a Little Prayer, The Look of Love, What's New Pussycat? - Burt Bacharach and co-writer Hal David were responsible for many of pop's greatest hits. Expect most of those tunes to feature in the 87-year-old pop legend's singalong Saturday afternoon set on the Pyramid Stage.
Before the bands begin, choreographer Michael Clark's dancers will open the Pyramid Stage on Friday morning with Come, Been and Gone, his homage to 1970s rock featuring the music of David Bowie. The English National Ballet performed last year - but this is probably more apt for Glastonbury, where Bowie has played twice.
In January, the Tibetan spiritual leader's website said he would appear at Glastonbury on Sunday morning. The listing was later removed, but it's fair to assume the 79-year-old will put in an appearance. The mystery may be something to do with protests that are planned for his other scheduled UK stop, in Aylesbury, on Monday, by people who say the Dalai Lama has "persecuted" Shugden Buddhists.
Michael Eavis, who started the festival on his Somerset dairy farm in 1970, is the godfather of Glastonbury. Now 79, he has handed over much of the organisation, including booking the bands, to daughter Emily. If the Dalai Lama's not up your street and you want to hear from Glastonbury's own spiritual leader, Michael will give a talk at Speakers Forum on Sunday afternoon.
It is eight years since Florence Welch played a disastrous set in Glastonbury's Tiny Tea Tent. "My guitarist didn't turn up. I was crying and had to do half the gig acapella," she later recalled. But that has not stopped her working her way up to the top of the bill, replacing Foo Fighters after frontman Dave Grohl broke his leg. Florence's promotion to headline status was not universally welcomed. Can she pull it off?
Escape the crowds and craziness for a while and head to the Green Fields to soak up the lingering essence of the alternative spirit that has always made Glastonbury a little bit special. Up here, you can watch music on a solar-powered bandstand, take part in a laughter workshop, have a go at using a kiln, learn about eco technologies or just chill out in the stone circle.
Yes, that Stephen Hawking. Physics genius Prof Stephen Hawking. So far, we do not know what he will be doing - only that he will be appearing in the Kidz Field, where he shares a bill with Captain Kipper and Mr Yipadee. Which makes the prospect even more mind-boggling.
It's Sunday lunchtime. You are knackered and hungover. You wander past the West Holts stage. Wafting on the air is a tempting concoction of feelgood Afro-funk, souped-up Nigerian folk and tropical disco. It is Ibibio Sound Machine, and suddenly you feel ready to party once more.
No, he hasn't come to upstage the Dalai Lama. Jesus - or more accurately J.E.S.u.S. - is a team of superstar DJs consisting of Jackmaster, Eats Everything, Skream and Seth Troxler. (Except they say the German "und" instead of "and" to make their acronym work.) They will take over the Wow! stage, part of the Silver Hayes dance arena, for four hours on Friday night.
After the first Glastonbury in 1970, Andrew Kerr persuaded Michael Eavis to have another the following year. Kerr dowsed the ley lines to determine where the first Pyramid Stage should go. It was this event in 1971 that really made Glastonbury's reputation. Kerr died last October and, fittingly, there will be a daily tribute led by another Glastonbury old-timer, Hawkwind's Nik Turner, on the Mandala Stage.
Glastonbury always has its fair share of curious bookings, and this year they include Lulu sandwiched between folk singers Cara Dillon and King Creosote on the Avalon Stage on Friday evening. But it becomes less curious when you consider that her latest album Making Life Rhyme, her first for 10 years, has less to do with her as a Shouter and more to do with her as a soulful singer-songwriter.
If you hurry, there may be time to watch Lulu after moshing to thundering rock veterans Motorhead on the main stage on Friday. Lemmy and co will be making their Worthy Farm debut, with the crowd perhaps more receptive to heavy rock after Metallica's headline set last year.
Not the name of a new death metal band, but the drug, also known as laughing gas and "hippy crack". Last year, two tonnes of discarded nitrous oxide canisters were collected from the King's Meadow stone circle. This year, they say it will not be welcome in the sacred space. "Now is the time to reclaim the spirit and lighten up the energies," says Green Fields organiser Liz Eliot.
Mr Saturday night TV is becoming Mr Friday night DJ in one of the festival's most surreal venues, the Rabbit Hole. It contains a series of tunnels leading to different areas and stages, and punters must solve riddles to gain access. Dermot has played the venue for the past couple of years and if he can find his way out, he will also present a BBC Radio 2 show on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
Glastonbury has not lost its political principles, and this year two members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot will appear twice to give talks about their protests against President Vladimir Putin. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, who spent 21 months in jail for a 2012 protest, will speak on the Park stage and Billy Bragg's Left Field stage on Friday.
There will also be political discussion at the Speakers Forum along Glastonbury-friendly themes like sustainability, human rights and corporate responsibility. It may not have a Dimbleby, but Saturday's environment-themed Question Time session will feature Green Party MP Caroline Lucas, Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven and BBC environment and energy analyst Roger Harrabin.
Dolly Parton, Tom Jones and Neil Diamond have all filled the Sunday afternoon legends slot in recent years. This year it is Lionel's turn. The slot is always a highlight of the weekend, and Lionel will bring hits like Hello, All Night Long and Dancing on the Ceiling. If you really want to get in the mood, you can learn a Lionel Richie-inspired dance, to be performed during a flashmob in the theatre and circus fields.
After the bands finish on the main stages, Shangri-La is the place for a legendary party. It is a self-contained netherworld of surreal sights, street performers, micro-venues and art installations. It has its own version of Heaven - where you have to persuade "angels" to let you in - and Hell. This year's theme is Shang Re-election, where revellers can rage against the establishment machine.
Film director Julien Temple (right) is as close as Glastonbury gets to an official chronicler. In 2006, he released a documentary tracing the festival's history, and in 2012 made Glastonbury After Hours, about the late-night revelry. He has now chosen Glastonbury for the first UK screening of his new film, which follows guitarist Wilko Johnson (left) after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
This fabled speakeasy is one of the festival's secret spots. It does not appear on any official map or line-up, and last year the entrance was apparently disguised as a portable toilet with a doorman who set you a test to decide whether to let you in. If you passed, you could have found yourself watching a gypsy folk band or Michael Eavis doing a duet with Lily Allen.
Marcos Valle has been one of the most influential and popular figures in Brazilian pop for the past 50 years, and has now somehow found his way to a mid-afternoon slot on the West Holts stage at Glastonbury. Encompassing bossa nova, lounge jazz and funk, his sound became fashionable among certain worldly DJs in the UK in the 1990s.
More than 134,000 people signed an online petition to drop Kanye from Glastonbury and get a rock band to headline on Saturday night instead. But surely Glastonbury's hip-hop debate was settled when Jay-Z blew away the doubters in 2008. And surely Kanye, one of the most gifted, ambitious and audacious musicians today, will do the same. Surely he won't launch a 15-minute rant and be booed like he was at the Wireless festival in London last year. Surely.
The musical mastermind behind Mercury Prize-winning band The xx and the most in-demand dance producer in Britain, Jamie xx has now gone solo. He will be playing tracks from his album In Colour, which features guest appearances from his xx bandmates, on The Park stage on Friday night.
Young Fathers were the surprise winners of the Mercury Prize last year. The judges have been vindicated and the trio's second album White Men Are Black Men Too has earned five-star reviews from The Guardian, which called it "a superb mix of pop and politics", and The Independent, which said it was "a joyous mash-up that crosses the cultural divide". They play the Other Stage on Saturday.
The Avalon tent on Sunday evening is the place to see one of Britain's legendary "lost" bands. The Zombies' 1968 album Odessey and Oracle often appears on lists of the greatest albums ever made, but virtually sank without trace when it was first released and the band split up straight afterwards. But after getting belated recognition, Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone reunited a decade ago.
Hearts defended stoutly as Dundee piled on the pressure to level after Jamie Walker's winner in the 53rd minute.
"I was really pleased with the back four," explained head coach Neilson.
"Liam Smith, 19, (Jordan) McGhee, 19, (John) Souttar, 19, and (Alim) Ozturk, 22, so to keep a clean sheet against such a good team was very pleasing."
The result leaves Hearts closing in on a European spot, having opened up a 17-point gap over fourth-placed Ross County.
"It's looking good but it's still not secured," Neilson told BBC Scotland.
"We would like to try and do it as soon as possible but it's not something we are talking about. We next have St Johnstone and if we win that then that takes us another step."
Dundee boss Paul Hartley was left scratching his head at how his players were unable to score after creating numerous chances in the game.
"We had some fantastic opportunities and we just didn't take our chances," he lamented.
"Hearts get a golden opportunity and they take it."
Rory Loy missed the chance of the game late on when clean through on goal but was denied by Neil Alexander, who kept a fourth straight clean sheet for the Tynecastle side.
"I think he (Loy) maybe has to go round the goalkeeper and show that little bit of composure," Hartley added.
"It's a good move and I think it's going to be a goal but you need to take your chances or you get punished."
Defeat leaves Dundee in seventh place - two points behind Motherwell, three behind St Johnstone and Ross County - with four games to go before the split, but with a top-six finish still within their grasp.
"We have got four games and we have got to get as many points as we can," Hartley added.
"We have just said to the group, 'Do you want to be in the top half or the bottom half?' It's up to us to try and achieve that."
Fe fu farw menyw, sy'n cael ei chyfeirio ati fel Ms D yn yr adroddiad, yn Ysbyty Brenhinol Morgannwg, ddiwrnod ar ôl cael ei chymryd mewn i'r ysbyty ym mis Tachwedd 2012.
Mae Ombwdsman Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru wedi dyfarnu bod Bwrdd Iechyd Cwm Taf wedi cymryd gormod o amser i ymchwilio i gŵyn mab y ddynes gan ddweud bod "diffyg tryloywder" yn ei hymateb.
Mae bwrdd iechyd wedi ymddiheuro.
Mae adroddiad gan yr ombwdsman yn dweud fod Ms D yn "sâl iawn" pan gafodd ei chymryd fewn i'r ysbyty drwy'r adran frys ar 9 Tachwedd.
Mae'n dweud fod ganddi hanes o drafferthion anadlu, heintiau, pwysau gwaed isel a diffygion gyda'i harennau.
Fe gafodd Ms D o leiaf ddau adolygiad meddygol y diwrnod canlynol ond fe wnaeth ei chyflwr waethygu a bu farw yn ddiweddarach yn y prynhawn.
Mae'r bwrdd iechyd wedi derbyn fod toriad wedi bod yn ei dyletswydd i ofalu ac y bydden nhw'n ymchwilio, ond fe wnaeth ei mab, Mr D ddim clywed unrhyw beth am bron i ddwy flynedd.
Fe gafodd wybod yn ddiweddarach fod y gŵyn wedi cael ei golli mewn "ymarferiad didoli".
Dywedodd yr Ombwdsman, Nick Bennett ei fod yn teimlo rheidrwydd i ymchwilio gan nad oedd y mab wedi derbyn ymateb erbyn Medi 2015.
Yn ogystal â'r "oedi difrifol" yn ymateb i bryderon Mr D, fe wnaeth yr Ombwdsman ddyfarnu nad oedd Mr D wedi derbyn y cyngor cyfreithiol a meddygol yr oedd gyda'r hawl i'w dderbyn.
Mae Mr Bennett wedi gwneud nifer o argymhellion, gan gynnwys y dylai'r bwrdd iechyd dalu £2,000 i Mr D am y "gofid."
"Roedd hyn ar y gorau yn ddiffyg tryloywder ac ar y gwaethaf yn ymgais gan y bwrdd iechyd i gamarwain ac o bosib peryglu ffydd rhai cleifion yn y broses o wneud pethau'r ffordd iawn," meddai.
"Er nad ydw i'n gallu newid y canlyniad trist i Ms D, rwy'n gobeithio fod y bwrdd iechyd am ddysgu o'r profiad a sicrhau bydd cwynion yn y dyfodol yn cael eu trin yn amserol ac mewn ffordd dosturiol."
Dywedodd y bwrdd iechyd ei bod yn derbyn canfyddiad yr ombwdsman.
Dywedodd Prif Weithredwr Bwrdd Iechyd Cwm Taf, Allison Williams: "Rydym yn ymddiheuro i'r teulu am y methiannau o fewn yr adroddiad.
"Rydym wedi cymryd nifer o gamau yn barod i wella a chryfhau ein proses gwynion a byddwn yn gweithio ymhellach i edrych ar argymhellion yr adroddiad."
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Victory over Belgium in November's final saw Britain win the Davis Cup for the first time since 1936.
Captain Leon Smith guided Britain from the third tier to glory in five years.
British number one Andy Murray played a key role, alongside his brother Jamie, Kyle Edmund, James Ward, Dom Inglot and Dan Evans.
Andy Murray, 28, won 11 of 12 points during Britain's successful campaign.
The award was presented by former pentathlete and 1972 Sports Personality of the Year winner Dame Mary Peters, and Republic of Ireland boss Martin O'Neill.
Captain Leon Smith said: "It is hugely humbling, it is very prestigious. It has been 79 years since we last won the Davis Cup, let's hope it doesn't take another 79 years.
"I hope what it has achieved is we get a lasting legacy for tennis."
Murray joins American John McEnroe and Swede Mats Wilander as the only men to have an 8-0 singles record in a Davis Cup year. In the doubles he is only the fourth man to win 11 rubbers in a single year.
Although the county council rejected the firm's main fracking application, it did approve an "array"' of seismic monitoring equipment.
High Court Judge Mrs Justice Lang said it was arguable the council had erred in law in granting planning permission.
A Cuadrilla spokeswoman said it was surprised at the judge's decision.
Mrs Justice Lang overturned an earlier rejection, at the High Court in London, of the Judicial Review application.
The equipment comprises 80 buried seismic monitoring stations, eight surface seismic monitoring stations and three boreholes, in a 4km radius of the proposed Roseacre Wood shale gas exploration site.
Estelle Dehon, lawyer for the Roseacre Awareness Group, said the group argues it was wrong to give permission for monitoring meant to "mitigate" a main fracking proposal, which was refused in July.
A Cuadrilla spokeswoman said: "We are surprised, particularly, as a previous written application was refused."
In many ways, that game at the Stade de France set the tone for much of what was to follow in the championship - some admirable stuff mixed with some self-defeating errors and all adding up to a defeat, albeit one that contained encouraging nuances.
Jonny Gray was a colossus that day. The second-row made 19 tackles and stole two French line-outs to mark himself out as a world class player in the making. Stuart Hogg typified the pockets of elan in Scotland's play, running for 88 metres, the second-highest total of the day.
Scotland played with ambition before the French juggernauts trundled in and won the match, 15-8. In what was to become a recurring theme of the season, Cotter's team failed to score in the second half.
There was a feel-good about the way that Scotland played, though. So many line-breaks, so much positivity in a backline that was once bereft of ideas.
The feeling before round two, at home to Wales, was that a win was possible. They came within three points. Scant consolation.
Again, we drew out the upside. Hogg was magnificent once more, the game's most lethal attacker, the full-back adding another 144 metres, and a try. After a poor 2014, Hogg's devil had been restored and he was delightful to watch.
The points famine returned, a 25-minute block in the second half where Scotland went pointless.
There was controversy, too. Glen Jackson, the referee, dished out penalties and inconsistencies like confetti at a wedding. Cotter felt aggrieved and expressed his disquiet in his own inimitable way. The less the Scotland coach says the more chilling he becomes. Stern Vern has no need for a hair-dryer.
Two games, two honourable losses and now Italy to come. This was the day that Cotter's championship would achieve lift-off. That was the plan, but not the reality.
It was a cataclysm. Discipline went out the window. Thirteen penalties made it 38 conceded in three games. Too many. In that fateful second half, Scotland spent 62% of the game in Italy's half and scored the sum total of three points.
The flair of the opening matches evaporated. Still, the win looked likely until Peter Horne, playing nicely up to that point, missed a kick to touch and Italy grew as a consequence. The great Sergio Parisse took control. Scotland lacked that kind of leader.
The endgame was horrific. Two yellow cards in quick succession for Scotland. Confusion. Panic. Then a late try that gave victory to the visitors. This is the ultimate one-that-got-away.
And it was sore. Where there was hope, now there was despair and the dread of a whitewash.
Scotland went to Twickenham, got their noses in front at half-time then sank. Another 40 minutes without a score. There were good things in there, some big performances, some suggestion that there can be a brighter tomorrow, but the bottom line - four losses from four - came as a kick in the gut.
The Wooden Spoon was served up on a dramatic last day where Scotland's only role in the championship-defining drama was as Ireland's whipping boy. Once more, 40 minutes went by without Cotter's men troubling the scoreboard. As the home team came to terms with their failure, the Irish took over Murrayfield. Champions again.
In the midst of this despond, Glasgow emerged. Thank goodness. They were like a beacon in the dark. Their Pro12 semi-final win over Ulster at a heaving Scotstoun and their conquering of Munster in the final in Belfast summed up what Gregor Townsend has created.
Both of those wins were seismic, but in different ways.
Against Ulster, it was a grind, a test of endurance, will and nerve - and Glasgow passed it right at the death. The final was an exhibition of their ambition and their execution. They were a riot of clever and accurate rugby, a joy to behold.
What quickened the pulse wasn't just the fact that Glasgow won the Pro12 for the first time, it was the way they won it. No sense of anxiety in the final, just an embracing of the occasion and a belief that they were good enough to set it alight.
Edinburgh had a major journey in the European Challenge Cup. They made a final, too, but didn't have the confidence that Glasgow had and a great chance was lost against Gloucester. Their Pro 12 was poor.
If Glasgow's next challenge is proving their worth in the Champions Cup then Edinburgh's is to make the top four of the Pro 12. It's time they delivered.
Summer saw the countdown to the World Cup. John Hardie was parachuted in from New Zealand and straight into Cotter's squad. WP Nel and Josh Strauss made it, too, on the residency rule.
Every game that Scotland played had a fascination. The eyes of the rugby world were on their opener against Japan, who had just caused international tremors by beating the Springboks.
Scotland scored five second half tries to win by 35 points. Hardie scored the game-turning try - and made 21 tackles to boot. The protest against his sudden arrival on the scene quietened somewhat in the wake of a wonderful performance.
The USA were seen off with another five-try romp, a further illustration that Scotland now possess an ability to score that hasn't been as strong for 15 years.
There was an unbreachable gulf in power against the Springboks in the third game. Even still, Scotland's capacity to conjure a try out of nothing served them well and kept within seven points until the hour-mark. They had no right to be that close. In the end, it was 34-16 to South Africa. That was about right.
The must-win game was won, but only just. Scotland weren't so much in a hole against Samoa as a crater. Defensively they were a shambles, conceding three tries and 20 points in the opening 21 minutes.
In previous years, Scotland might have folded altogether after that start, but they didn't. They fought against their own deficiencies, stayed calm, drew level with a converted Hardie try and saw it out in the second half.
It was heart-stopping, but it was enough. They were in the quarter-finals. And now it got serious.
The Wallabies had been supreme in their pool of death with England and Wales. They had a wondrous attack and a defence that the Welsh couldn't score against when the Wallabies had two men in the bin.
Scotland scored three tries against Australia. The problem was that Australia scored five. Well, it was one of the problems. The other was a referee who made a bad call under pressure and then ran away.
Everybody looked at Craig Joubert, but the bigger truth could be found by looking in the mirror. Scotland played clinically and heroically in attack and had earned their lead going into the closing minutes.
They had a line-out and had they secured it they would almost certainly have made the semi-final.
The line-out was a mess and the controversy happened as a result. It was a missed opportunity that will live with this team forever.
Going into 2016, what do we expect of Scotland? It's impossible to know. The World Cup would indicate that Nel has made a big difference to the scrum and that Hardie has a made a huge impact in the back row. The Gray brothers can be immense in-between. As a pack of forwards, they're very encouraging.
There is a menace about the Scottish backline that excites, but also a vulnerability that's worrying. Scotland can score, but can they stop the big guns scoring? They conceded three tries against South Africa, four against Samoa and five against the Wallabies.
Three wins from their 10 most important Tests in 2015 is a meagre return, but there are signs of life and hope. Scotland have the talent to turn those numbers around, but they need to get mean in 2016.
Analysis firm Springboard had predicted a 6.5% increase in footfall at shopping centres, retail parks and high streets.
Springboard's Diane Wehrle said she was surprised by the decline, which could not be blamed solely on bad weather.
Bank holidays were becoming more focused on leisure activities such as eating out, she said.
The August bank holiday is taken in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, but not in Scotland.
Ms Wehrle said there had been a shift from daytime shopping to evening trips.
Footfall at shopping centres rose by 7.3% between 5pm and 8pm on Saturday, compared with the same day last year, and soared 17.4% for the four hours until midnight.
The post-8pm increase for shopping centres reflected a rise in the number of food and beverage outlets in shopping centres compared with last year, Ms Wehrle explained.
On the High Street, there were 8% more shoppers between 5pm and 8pm and a 10.8% increase between 8pm and midnight.
However, when both Saturday and Sunday were combined, footfall at shopping centres was down by 7%, shopping centres recorded a 3.3% decline and the total for out-of-town retail parks was 2.4% lower.
Tom Nathan, general manager at Brent Cross shopping centre in north London, said he was not concerned as trading in July and August had been quite resilient.
"Some of the schools are going back a bit later this year, which could have been partly responsible, so I anticipate a busy week ahead as people shop for back to school items," he told the BBC. "It certainly looked very busy yesterday - the restaurants were rammed."
Mr Nathan also said that fluctuations in shopping patterns might depend on the weather.
Data released earlier this month from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggested warmer weather and the weaker pound had helped boost retail sales in July.
Retail sales rose by 5.9% compared with the same month last year, the ONS said.
Seventy-five years ago, a large structure ran aground in a storm on a shore of the Western Isles.
The cargo ship SS Politician was headed for Jamaica with 28,000 cases of whisky when it got into difficulty and eventually sank off Eriskay in 1941.
Islanders recovered hundreds of cases of whisky from the wreck and some of the bottles were buried to keep them hidden from customs officers.
The grounding, and hoarding of the spirits, inspired Scottish author Compton Mackenzie to write his 1947 novel Whisky Galore.
The story was adapted for the cinema in a 1949 Ealing comedy starring Basil Radford.
Since 1949, Whisky Galore has been turned into a musical and a remake of the classic film has been made.
In the 1950s, there was the comedy Rockets Galore which was inspired by establishment of a massive military missile test range on the Uists in the Western Isles.
And then, 36 years ago, there was another large arrival on the Western Isles that got creative juices flowing.
Tame grizzly bear Hercules had been brought to Benbecula for the filming of an advert in the summer of 1980. He escaped and was on the loose for 24 days before he was safely captured.
Author Bella Pollen was a teenager on a family holiday on Benbecula when the bear went on the run.
The incident inspired Pollen to later write a fictional story, Summer of the Bear.
Lewis-based artist Alex Boyd believes the grounded hulk of Transocean Winner could have a similar effect on the arts.
"From my home in the village of Bragar, only a few miles from where the Transocean Winner unceremoniously crashed ashore, I can see the towering derrick of the rig looming over the horizon like a particularly bad piece of public sculpture," he says.
"The rig joins the ever growing wreckage of industry which litters the peripheries of Hebridean villages, from farm machinery to broken down buses on an island that the writer Jonathan Meades once re-christened 'Rust'.
"Less than a day after her arrival, several artists from our village had already walked along the headland to see the new arrival, documenting the unwelcome addition to one of our most loved beaches and sharing the images on social media."
Boyd, who is an arts officer at An Lanntair arts centre in Stornoway, Lewis, has also been inspired to explore the potential of the rig's grounding. He, along with another artist, were able to get close to the site of the grounding before an exclusion zone was put in place.
"I let curiosity get the better of me and, along with artist Jon Macleod, we made our way along the cliff path to view the rig, a walk of several miles due to the closing of access routes to the beach by police and the coastguard," says Boyd.
"Following the coast south, we watched as the rig grew larger on the horizon, and the smell of diesel oil grew stronger.
"On a cliff top overlooking the scene below, we watched the gentle sway of the rig on the waves, and worried about the possible effects that a spill would have on the fragile local environment.
"As artists, however, we also got to work, documenting the scene before us, I loading film after film into my camera, while Jon hid his solargraph cameras in the landscape for an upcoming exhibition Deiseal (Sunwise) at An Lanntair.
"Over the course of several months his camera will silently record the scene, picking up the movement of the rig, its hopeful removal, and the rise and fall of the sun.
"It's probably one of the first artworks to be made of the event."
Boyd plans to document the salvage of the rig using a Victorian field camera.
He adds: "Since the first days of the incident many artists from here and abroad have been out to record and document the rig, countless images have been made, and I'm sure at the next open art exhibition, Grinneas nan Eilean, at the An Lanntair there will be wall to wall paintings and photographs of oilrigs. I hope so anyway.
"In the longer term, I hope that the incident will be recorded in other ways. Lewis and Harris are fantastically creative places, and the community will reflect that in the way that they record the event."
Meanwhile, Scottish filmmaker David Hutchison believes the grounding could influence screenwriters.
He says: "The image of the oil rig on the rocks is certainly cinematic and did make me think how I could write that into a film.
"I like to use real events if possible.
"When I wrote the script for my film Baobhan Sith I knew that the Cockenzie Power Station towers were going to be demolished so their destruction was woven into the script and filming was delayed a year until they were captured."
Hutchison adds: "So yes real event can trigger inspiration. It still needs to be mixed with a character story."
Earlier in March, The Times suggested trials would take place on a "quiet stretch" of the M6 motorway in Cumbria in 2016.
The government has now confirmed "lorry platooning" trials, in which vehicles form a convoy headed by a driver in the leading lorry, will go ahead.
It also announced that driverless cars will be trialled on UK roads by 2017.
In the Budget, published on Wednesday, the government said it wanted the UK to be "a global centre for excellence in connected and autonomous vehicles".
Companies such as Ford and Google have been testing autonomous cars for months, but trials typically take place in California.
Edmund King, president of roadside recovery firm AA, has questioned the feasibility of a lorry platooning scheme in the UK.
"The problem with the UK motorway network is that we have more entrances and exits of our motorways than any other motorways in Europe or indeed the world," he said earlier in March.
"Therefore it's very difficult to have a 44 tonne 10-lorry platoon, because other vehicles need to get past the platoon to enter or exit the road."
Other technology-related points in the Budget included:
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In 2006, he was awarded £200,000 in compensation to be paid by the News of the World's publishers News International.
The now-defunct tabloid printed allegations about the politician's private life which included claims he visited a swingers club.
The former Scottish Socialist party leader has always denied these claims.
The hearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh has been brought by News International in the hope of having the verdict against them "struck down".
Three judges - Lady Paton, Lord Drummond Young and Lord McGhie - will hear legal submissions over three days.
Mr Sheridan, who was a Glasgow regional list MSP for eight years from 1999, was awarded compensation after winning the defamation trial in 2006.
However, in 2010 he was found guilty of perjury while giving evidence during the defamation case.
He was freed from prison after serving just over a year of his three-year sentence.
In submissions to the latest hearing, Alastair Duncan QC, representing the newspaper group, said that because Mr Sheridan was convicted of perjury, the decision of the defamation jury should be set aside.
He told the court that evidence had emerged which would have made it impossible for the original jury to say that the politician was the victim of defamation.
He added: "The verdict is unsafe because of the conviction. It is essential to the cause of justice for it to be set aside.
"We say that the verdict be set aside because its basis is contrary to the evidence which is before the court."
Mr Sheridan, who is representing himself, was also expected to address the court.
The role is widely regarded as the biggest job in British theatre, and Norris called it "a great honour".
"I am thrilled at the challenge of leading this exceptional organisation, where it has been a privilege to work under the inspirational leadership of Nick Hytner," he said.
Sir Nicholas announced last April he would step down in March 2015.
Norris first came to prominence in 2001 with his production of Afore Night Come at the Young Vic, for which he won the Evening Standard award for most promising newcomer.
Having initially trained at Rada as an actor, the 48-year-old has since directed theatre in the West End and on Broadway, as well as having experience with opera and film.
In 2012 his film Broken premiered at the Cannes Film Festival before winning best British independent film at the British Independent Film Awards.
He recently directed The Amen Corner at the National and also created Dr Dee: An English Opera with Blur frontman Damon Albarn for the Manchester International Festival in 2011.
Earlier this year he also launched the National's temporary Shed venue on London's Southbank with Table, by his playwright wife Tanya Ronder.
"The National is an extraordinary place full of extraordinary people and I look forward with relish to the task ahead," Norris said.
"That being to fill our theatres with the most exciting, accessible and ground-breaking work our unique and broad community of artists has to offer."
Sir Nicholas will have spent 12 years as the National Theatre's director when he hands over to Norris in 2015.
He has overseen worldwide hits such as The History Boys, War Horse and One Man, Two Guvnors, as well as NT Live which screens theatre productions in cinemas.
He said his successor would be "welcomed with great excitement both within the National and in the theatre at large".
He added: "His work as a director is always searching, deeply considered and adventurous and I have no doubt he will bring these qualities to the running of the National."
Sir Nicholas said Norris received a standing ovation from the National Theatre company when he had introduced him earlier, accompanied by a huge roar "even louder than when old Alfie falls down the stairs in One Man, Two Guvnors".
Norris said his new role was "a great privilege and I will attack that with gusto", adding he would like to "cast the net wider" in terms of who would perform at the theatre.
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"He fits the bill. There are certain echoes between him and Hytner which no doubt appealed to the board.
"The main thing is that neither of them, upon being appointed, had run buildings before. They both enjoyed stellar careers as freelance directors which, firstly, indicates the board wants to have an artist at the head rather than a career artistic director and, secondly, they want someone with new ideas.
"He's had a fascinating career. Festen at the Almeida (2004) was a stellar production and proved that work fostered in a subsidised theatre could transfer to the commercial West End.
"The key with him is that he can direct at the Olivier (The Amen Corner, London Road, Death and the King's Horseman) and on a smaller scale at The Shed (Table).
"He's proved he has the ability to direct across the board."
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"The theatre's in a different place from when Nick [Hytner] took over - a position of strength."
Norris revealed he was directing a movie version of London Road in 2014, but said he would be "100% committed to this building" from the moment Sir Nicholas leaves.
"I'm not going to kid myself. I will be chained to this place," he added.
Norris, who has been an associate director at the National Theatre since 2011, will take up his new position from April 2015.
He is the first former actor as well as non-Oxbridge graduate to be appointed since Sir Laurence Olivier, who was the National's first artistic director in 1963.
"There have been many times in my life when I've regretted that I played in bands and was a painter decorator for four years when I could have been at university, but I seem to be here - it worked out," Norris said.
"The simple fact is, lots of people who go to Oxford and Cambridge are very, very clever. That doesn't mean they're the only clever people."
The National Theatre's chairman John Makinson said: "The Board looked for an individual with a creative reputation that would command the respect and support of British theatre, and with the generosity of spirit that has characterised Nick Hytner's period as director.
"Rufus Norris has both those qualities in abundance. He is an exciting choice, someone who will build on the National Theatre's present reputation as one of the most admired and innovative performing arts organisations in the world.
"We are fortunate that he has chosen to join us."
The National Theatre's first director from 1963-73 was Sir Laurence Olivier, who is widely considered to be one of the greatest actors of all time.
When asked by the BBC's Arts Editor Will Gompertz whether he thought his acting past would also bring a different flavour to the institution, Norris laughed: "It's an interesting question and one I had not anticipated at all, because to compare me as an actor with Laurence Olivier is one of the funniest things I've heard in a long time."
He continued: "I'm sure that what I bring to it will be nothing like the amount of skill and expertise that his acting career allowed him to bring to the table.
"But I think, yeah, training as an actor and having that experience for a while gives you an insight into a certain aspect of the process which is very, very useful."
Sir Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Daldry, Danny Boyle and ex-Donmar Warehouse bosses Michael Grandage and Sam Mendes had all been in the frame for the job, although Mendes had ruled himself out of the race.
Nick Starr, the theatre's executive director since 2002, also announced he would be leaving the NT during 2014, leading to a phased handover of the top jobs.
Last year, the commission's board apologised for its handling of a dispute with crofters over the management of common grazing land.
Board members also asked Mr Kennedy to resign as convener. He refused to do so.
The count for the commission elections was held in Stornoway on Lewis.
Mr Kennedy lost out to Billy Neilson in being elected as a commissioner for the constituency of South West Highlands.
The former convener told BBC Alba that he did not believe the row had an impact on the election as he only lost by two votes.
This is only the second time crofters have had an opportunity to elect commissioners, who serve five-year terms.
The first elections to the board of crofting's regulatory body were held in 2012.
The election involves six constituencies covering crofting in Argyll, Highlands and Western and Northern isles.
The six newly elected commissioners are:
Western Isles Council - Comhairle nan Eilean Siar - held the count.
The local authority posted results on Twitter and live streamed declarations of the results on Periscope.
Controversy has overshadowed the activities of the commission over the past year.
Last month, Scottish ministers demanded "urgent action" after a report highlighted "worrying failures" at the Crofting Commission.
A review ordered by the government found "personality clashes" amid issues with management at the group.
There has also been a long-running row at the commission over its leadership and the management of common grazing land.
Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing said it was "essential" that governance was improved "immediately".
The review followed a protracted internal dispute in the commission, which grew from a row over the running of land shared by crofters to raise livestock.
Following the elections, Mr Ewing said: "Crofting is an integral part of Scottish rural life and it is essential that it has dedicated people to represent and reflect the interests and diversity of our crofting communities.
"The elected crofting commissioners will give crofters a stronger say in how they are regulated, bringing valuable local knowledge and experience to the role and I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the six newly elected commissioners on their election and wish them every success."
He added: "This group, together with the appointed commissioners, will play an essential role in the effective governance and operation of the Crofting Commission, ensuring that it has the policies in place to deliver fair, reasonable and transparent decisions on matters affecting crofters and rural communities."
Crofting Commission chief executive Bill Barron said: "I would like to congratulate those who have been elected and I look forward to meeting and welcoming them to the commission."
That's the debate raging in South Korea at the moment.
Because the government has ruled that people under 19 who buy a smartphone must install an app that monitors their web activity.
Parents will be able to to see what their kids are up to online and block access to "undesirable" sites.
Failure to install such an app means the phone won't work.
Is it a triumph of good sense or a paternalistic government going too far, especially when you consider that many of these youngsters are old enough to vote in other countries or serve in the military?
The government has developed its own monitoring app called Smart Sheriff, but there more than a dozen alternatives on the market.
Phone stores now have posters at the entrance saying: "Young smartphone users, you must install apps that block harmful content."
There is no opt-out.
But there are loopholes, including the fact that the Communications Commission assumes that in the land of Samsung everybody prefers Android to Apple, so, according to the critics, those with iPhones can get round the rule.
The government argument is simple but powerful: there is a pit of nastiness on the web and young people should be protected from it.
The opponents' argument is also simple and powerful: it's about personal freedom.
Children have to be allowed to roam in cyberspace - just like in physical space - to learn how to cope with life's difficulties, as well as enjoy life's pleasures.
And even if parts of the internet should be closed off to children, it's for parents to decide where the barriers should be, not the government.
Blocking access to a list of forbidden sites through a smartphone app is a step too far, they argue.
Some of the apps monitor particular words and phrases, then alert parents when these triggers are put into search engines.
Examples include "threat", "run away from home", "pregnancy", and "crazy". There are many, many more.
Kim Kha Yeun, a lawyer at the Open Net Korea organisation, which is trying to get the compulsory instalment of the app blocked, said: "It is the same as installing a surveillance camera on teenagers' smartphones."
Open Net Korea also fears that the list of banned sites could expand at the behest of politicians for political reasons.
There is a tradition of paternalism in Korea.
South Korea was industrialised at the direction of the president, so it may be that what is tolerated in hi-tech Korea, where 8-out-of-10 teenagers own a smartphone, would not be tolerated elsewhere.
There have already been attempts to control the way citizens use technology.
For example, a default shutter-click sound has been introduced to smartphone cameras to discourage perverts from taking surreptitious, voyeuristic photos of people on trains, in changing rooms, or other public places.
But the small number of convictions for such an offence would indicate that the truly determined are managing to switch off this sound effect anyway.
South Korea is a vibrant democracy.
It's had free and fair elections since 1987. But paternalism doesn't have the bad name it might have in some other democracies.
That is partly because the track record of strong government is good, in the eyes of many Koreans.
The country was modernised rapidly under the firm leadership of a paternalistic president.
Major-General Park Chung-hee took power in a coup in 1961.
He was a strongman who utilised brutal methods - but he also dictated that industries be created.
Under his direction, the South Korean economic phenomenon was born.
Koreans know that.
And the current president knows that. She should do - Park Geun-hye is the dictator's daughter.
When the BBC talked to teenagers aged 18 and under, they resented being made to install Smart Sheriff or its alternatives.
At Seoul Global High School, Won June-Lee, Yerim Jin and Minjun Kim were studying 1984 - the George Orwell novel in which Big Brother first appears - when the BBC visited.
Their opinions all followed the same line: parents are right to have fears about what children are doing on the internet, but the kids are also entitled to challenge and negotiate what they are allowed to see.
And learning to control what kinds of media are encountered on the net is now a part of growing up, they argued.
Modern South Korea is struggling to come to terms with its past.
It is a country seemingly addicted to technology, but also accepting of paternalistic government; a vibrant democracy built on economic foundations laid by a despot.
Big Brother may have been tolerated in the past, but now he has to argue his case.
Mr Hampshire died earlier this month, aged 76, after a long illness.
He was part of the Yorkshire team that won three successive County Championships between 1966 and 1968. He retired as a player in 1984.
As well as playing for the county and captaining it, he went on to appear for England before becoming a renowned international umpire.
The service took place a the Minster Church of All Saints and was attended by a number of past and present Yorkshire cricketers.
Ray Illingworth, who played alongside him in the championship team of the late 60s, described Mr Hampshire as a "Yorkshire great".
"A good man as well, he was a 100% team man," he said.
"He was a joy to be with. He enjoyed life did John, liked a pint afterwards."
The pieces include Picasso's Child With A Dove worth £50m which is now thought to be in Qatar.
Wealthy buyers are using "exploitable loopholes" and "gentlemen's agreements" to avoid export restrictions on national treasures, say experts.
However, the Arts Council said 32 such items had stayed in Britain because of the rules since 2011-12.
Important cultural objects bought by overseas collectors often have a temporary export ban put on them.
This gives British dealers or museums a chance to match the price.
But a total of 41 national treasures worth £278m were granted export licences between 2011 and 2016.
These include:
The Art Fund - which campaigns to save art for the nation - said the rules should be tightened.
Stephen Deuchar, director of the Art Fund, said: "Applying for an export licence you have to promise if a museum raises a matching sum you will sell it to them.
"We [the Art Fund] want to see some proper legal muscle to a system currently based on gentlemen's agreements.
"The civil servants running it need to listen to people who have new ideas for change."
But leading art historian and dealer Bendor Grosvenor said the UK's export system was probably the best in the world because it balanced the interest of both the public and private collectors.
"Art is a global business," he said. "Is it in the public interest for the state to effectively seize someone's private assets?"
Artefacts are considered to be a "national treasure" if their loss would be felt through historical importance, appearance and scholarship.
A Department for Culture, Media and Sport spokesman said: "The UK's cultural export controls helps to keep national treasures, such as TE Lawrence's dagger and Jane Austen's ring, in the country.
"While it's not possible to save every object, the system is designed to strike the right balance between protecting our national cultural heritage and individual property rights."
The decision on whether an artwork is a national treasure is made by the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest.
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But it was not a rare Ferrari that he had bought. It was a number plate.
The registration plate "25 O" is the most expensive ever bought at a Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) auction.
Even so, Mr Collins, who owns classic Ferrari dealer Talacrest, says he would have bid more at the auction for the plate which matches the 250 model.
"It was a question of holding one's nerve until the very end," he says, glancing at the plate on the vehicle which itself has an estimated value of millions of pounds.
"I'm glad it stopped where it stopped - £520,000. You could buy a couple of nice cars with that.
"I hate to say it but it could have been the first £1m number plate. I'm glad it wasn't, but I hope one day it will be."
He is not the only motor enthusiast buying a personalised plate as an investment, according to brokers. Despite sometimes being seen as a tacky accessory for the rich and famous, the popularity and value of some plates have been rising.
"25 O" - £518,000 in November 2014
"1 D" - £352,000 in March 2009
"51 NGH" - £254,000 in April 2006
"1 RH" - £247,000 in November 2008
"K1 NGS" - £231,000 in December 1993
Mr Collins bought his record-breaking number plate at a DVLA auction. The Agency hosts five physical auctions and four online auctions each year, but there are also 30 million registrations available to buy on its website.
Prices start from £250. Some 4.2 million have been sold since the DVLA began selling them in 1989, with more than £2bn raised for the Treasury in that time.
Jody Davies, auction manager at DVLA Personalised Registrations, says that the typical price for those that go under the hammer at auction is about £2,000.
Their popularity, she says has "never really waned" but the reasons for purchases are many and varied, as are the prices paid.
Some drivers buy them as a gift for a loved one, others use them to promote their business, and some are keen to cover up the age of their vehicle with a personalised plate.
But they are unlikely to get their hands on a rude registration. The DVLA has a steering group that assesses potential plates for propriety. That assessment may change as new collections of letters can take on new meanings, such as in text message language.
There are, of course, new editions to regular registration plates released twice a year. The new series, carrying the number "15" to designate the year, have been on the roads since the start of March.
When the DVLA issues these plates, it holds some back that could be considered as personalised and sold. None of the personalised plates it sells have been on any vehicle before.
It does not trade in existing plates. That is done in a parallel market, primarily by brokers such as Regtransfers, based in Bedfordshire.
Stock purchase manager John Doherty says that buyers - certainly among their celebrity clients - are most likely to search for their initials, but they can come in at a high price.
The cost falls by adding in extra letters, and numbers, and hoping that such a combination is available.
Ultimately, he argues, it is an investment that allows motorists some enjoyment along the way.
"It is something they can use every single day of the week, and it does not depreciate in value, unlike a car," he says.
"Hopefully when it comes to selling it, you should get a good return."
The cost of getting a personalised number plate does not necessarily end at an auction or with a broker.
There is the cost of getting the number plate made up. Drivers doing so will probably have to take a certificate of entitlement - a V750 - to prove that the number can be used.
This certificate needs to be renewed for a charge of £25 but, from Monday, this only needs to be done every 10 years.
There may also be a charge to assign the registration number to the vehicle of their choice. All the rules are outlined on the government's website.
Insurers should also be informed of any change of registration. Matt Oliver, of price comparison website GoCompare, says that a personalised number plate should not add to the cost of a premium.
However, should something happen to the vehicle, there could be implications for the number plate.
Mr Oliver suggests that owners get a letter of non-interest from an insurer in order to keep the entitlement to the number if the vehicle is scrapped. If it is stolen, then an owner should tell their insurer they want to keep their entitlement as soon as possible.
The deal values Premier Farnell shares at 165p each. The shares soared 50% to 164p after the takeover was announced.
Daetwyler distributes more than 500,000 electronics products under brands such as Nedis.
Premier Farnell has been trying to put its business on a firmer footing in recent months.
It has cut dividend payouts to shareholders, and sold its industrial products business, Akron Brass, for $224.2m.
Eben Upton, the pioneer of the Raspberry Pi, was made a CBE in the Queen's latest Birthday Honours list.
The Pi has proved hugely popular with electronics hobbyists and many children use the devices to get a taste of computer coding.
In April 2016, the Pi became the most popular British computer ever made.
More than eight million have been sold since it was launched in early 2012.
Sahar Al Faifi said she "lost count" of incidents of physical abuse she received before the attacks happened.
Islamic State (IS) militants have claimed responsibility for the attacks in Paris with 129 people dead.
The first minister said the level of potential threat "remains high".
Speaking to BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement programme, Ms Al Faifi said IS wanted to create a perception of "us and them", adding: "Welsh Muslims are living in immense fear of backlashes."
Despite two Cardiff men, Reyaad Khan and Nasser Muthana travelling to Syria and appearing in a video urging people to join IS, Ms Faifi said they represent a tiny proportion of Welsh Muslims.
"The Muslim population of Britain is 4.8% or two million people and 700 have joined IS. Are they really representative of the Muslim community and faith?" she added.
"Two boys from Cardiff were not radicalised in mosques but through social media."
Ms Al Faifi also said she "lost count" of the incidents of physical abuse against her before the Paris attacks, saying: "If I reported all of them, I'd be living half of my life in the police station."
Her fears were echoed by former Neath MP and cabinet minister Peter Hain, who said: "We have to make sure we do not allow any Islam phobic targeting of Muslims in any part of Wales where Muslims form an important and valued part of the community."
As a show of solidarity, public buildings around Wales are being illuminated by the colours of the tricolour this weekend.
They include:
Speaking on the same programme, First Minister Carwyn Jones called on people in Wales to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity.
He said security in the country has been the same for the past few months and the level of potential threat to Wales remained high and had not increased following the Paris attacks.
With one of the incidents taking place near Paris' Stade de France as a football match took place, he said people in Wales should be "aware of the implications of hosting big events" like the recent Rugby World Cup matches that took place in Cardiff.
"In the past, these terrorists have wanted to attack big cities, to kill the most people and get the most publicity, but the threat is not only in big cities."
Despite the attacks, he said Welsh football fans should not be concerned about travelling to France for next summer's European Championships, adding: "It will go ahead. It would be a great victory for them (the terrorists) if it doesn't.
The panic, fear and paranoia felt in Paris during the attacks was described by the manager of Merthyr Tydfil band Pretty Vicious.
They were playing in front of 300 people in the city and completed their 45-minute set, despite half the audience leaving when news started filtering through that two people had been shot.
Bryn Phillips said information was confused and they were unaware of the full extent of what was happening.
He accompanied the four band members, aged between 16 and 18, to their hotel 300 yards away from the venue, saying: "Before the gig, there were parties and a carnival atmosphere, but after, there was about a tenth of the people on the streets and it was a totally different feeling, a bit nerve wracking.
"There were sirens going off everywhere and paranoia creeps in, I was worried about people on the streets having guns."
The hotel was "locked down" with them safely inside and despite announcements that France's borders had been closed, they were able to drive through the Channel Tunnel back to the UK on Saturday morning.
After returning briefly to Merthyr Tydfil, they then travelled to Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, where they are currently recording.
"It seems surreal now watching it on television," added Mr Phillips
"It is difficult to imagine we were there. It's terrible news but we are glad to be back,"
Warriors, the defending Pro12 champions, have found momentum hard to come by this term, currently sitting eighth in the league.
They also face an uphill battle to make the Champions Cup quarter-finals.
Edinburgh are faring rather better, occupying third place in the Pro12 and still in the hunt for the knockout stages of the European Challenge Cup.
Scotland's record cap holder and points-scorer Chris Paterson examines how both Scottish clubs have performed this season and looks ahead to what the rest of the season holds for both Glasgow and Edinburgh.
After several seasons of steady and sustained progress, Glasgow made the breakthrough last year by clinching the Pro12 title in unforgettable style against Munster.
Following that triumph with more of the same was always going to be a tough ask, especially with Warriors being forced to make do without the 20 players who represented their countries at the Rugby World Cup.
Gregor Townsend's men could still go on a run to put them right in the mix come the business end of the season, but they have displayed their undoubted class only sporadically so far in this campaign.
Back-to-back 1872 Cup losses to Edinburgh and defeat away to Racing 92 in the Champions Cup means Warriors are on a three-game losing streak, and are in danger of seeing their two main targets - defending the Pro12 title and progressing to the knockout stages in Europe - slip away.
Paterson, though, thinks the quality within Glasgow's squad means they could yet find find their best form to go on a winning streak, starting with their make-or-break European clash with Northampton on Sunday.
"It's a crucial part of the season," Paterson told BBC Scotland.
"The two games against Edinburgh were both very similar. Edinburgh deserved to win both, their defence was outstanding. Two good, high quality games. As a Scotsman it was good to see that combative style of both teams.
"After those three defeats for Glasgow they are rewarded with a trip to Franklins Gardens and Northampton who beat them pretty soundly at Scotstoun. I know that hurt a lot of the guys at Glasgow, the players and the staff.
"But they have put a lot right since that happened, especially up front, in the scrum. Northampton's domestic form hasn't been great but they are a quality team.
"It's a big, big ask for Glasgow but it's this time of year that the pressure comes on and you have to deliver. They've got a quality coaching staff, a quality group of players. We've seen that, we've seen them win silverware and they'll need all their experience in the next two or three weeks."
After being cast as a mere sideshow in the shadows of Glasgow's success in recent years, Edinburgh now find themselves in a good place.
They are just four points behind Pro12 leaders Scarlets in the league table, and victory over Agen on Friday night at Murrayfield will keep them in contention to reach the knockout stage of the Challenge Cup, a competition they reached the final of last season.
"I think quite rightly they have to target the top end of the table," Paterson said.
"With a defence like that they are hard to beat. They're in the top four at the moment, and similarly to Glasgow it's a crucial period of the season. They'll want to go into the Six Nations still in that top four.
"They'll want to finish off the two games in Europe with victories. Keeping that momentum going that Edinburgh have found will be really important and it should set them up for a big season finale."
Edinburgh's style of play has been a source of great debate, with many believing the tactics employed by coach Alan Solomons do not encourage expansive, attacking rugby.
"They're doing what suits them, they're winning," says Paterson, who played for Edinburgh between 1999 and 2007 and again from 2008 to 2012.
"It's not great to watch at times but it's effective. Purists look at style but the professional game is ultimately about results.
"Edinburgh have a fantastic defence, a great set piece and that's their strengths. They are continually adding to their attack. Duncan Hodge is in there and you can see the influence he is trying to bring with the shape and they are trying to play, but it takes a lot of work.
"Edinburgh did so well in the European Challenge Cup last year, they're in a good position this year as well. This weekend's game against Agen is crucial. If they can win at home then it sets up a big final fixture against Grenoble."
Labour First said Mr Corbyn - who is seen as the most left-wing candidate in the race - would "destroy Labour's chances of electability".
The group has urged members to vote for other candidates to prevent Mr Corbyn winning Constituency Labour Party nominations, known as CLPs.
The other leadership hopefuls are Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall.
CLP nominations have no bearing on the leadership election result, which is decided by the individual votes of party members and supporters, but they are an indicator of the level of support for each candidate.
In a newsletter emailed to members, Labour First said there was support for the three other leadership contenders.
Group secretary Luke Akehurst said: "We clearly do not share Jeremy Corbyn's politics and believe these would destroy Labour's chances of electability.
"We would therefore encourage supporters of Andy, Yvette and Liz to transfer votes to each other at CLP nomination meetings so that as few CLPs as possible make supporting nominations for Jeremy."
Constituency Labour parties have until 31 July to make nominations for a candidate.
First elected to Parliament in 1983, the former trade union official has campaigned on a succession of left-wing causes, including the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and the Stop The War coalition, and is a columnist for the Morning Star.
He has frequently been at odds with his party, opposing the Iraq war and other foreign interventions and backing public ownership of the banks. Voting records suggest he has rebelled against Labour 533 times since the party came to power under Tony Blair in 1997.
He has said his leadership campaign marked the launch of a broader anti-austerity movement.
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Reports this week said 28 CLPs had nominated Mr Corbyn so far, and Labour sources told the BBC that number could go much higher.
Earlier this month Britain's biggest trade union Unite announced that it would be backing Mr Corbyn, who is the MP for Islington North.
The union's executive committee voted to lend its support to Mr Corbyn, with Andy Burnham as its second preference.
Wendy Knell's beaten body was found at her home in Tunbridge Wells on 23 June.
To mark the 25th anniversary, her parents appealed for information to catch the murderer, who is also thought to have killed another woman.
"We don't want to die not knowing who did it, we want to die knowing what happened to her," said her mother, Pam.
A spokeswoman for Kent Police said a number of calls had been received in response to the appeal on Friday.
She said detectives were actively following up the information they had received.
Cold case detectives believe the same person is responsible for the murders of both Miss Knell, 25, and Caroline Pierce, 20, also from Tunbridge Wells, who was found dead on Romney Marsh after disappearing in November 1987.
She was last seen in Grosvenor Park. Her body was discovered 40 miles away by a farm worker in a field on St Mary in the Marsh on 15 December.
Both victims worked in Camden Road in Tunbridge Wells and had been sexually assaulted, battered and strangled.
Miss Knell's body was found in her bed in her flat in Guildford Road after she failed to turn up for work.
Mrs Knell and her husband, Bill, who are both in their 70s and live in Tonbridge, said they wanted to discover the truth about what happened before their daughter before it was too late.
"Give us some closure in our lives, so things can be a little bit better for us," said Mr Knell.
Interest may have been mixed in Canada, but with record TV audiences across the globe and 24 teams competing for the first time, Fifa has succeeded in taking the game to new frontiers.
There were fears that artificial turf might disrupt matches and cause injuries. The only ailments have been some nasty turf burns.
Despite that, there have been thrilling games, shocks aplenty, inspiring stories and even a new twist on England crashing out of the tournament in heartbreaking fashion. It all points to a sport that has never been in better health.
So what were the highs and low aspects of the seventh World Cup?
More teams, more excitement
With eight new teams joining the party, bringing the total number of sides at the 2015 edition to 24, there was scepticism it would dilute the competition and turn the tournament into a split between the new kids on the block versus wily veterans.
As it turned out, three debutants made it through to the second round, including Cameroon, who shocked Switzerland in the group stages to win 2-1.
Colombia, ranked 28th, went one better by beating France, ranked third. In that game, Colombia forward Lady Andrade was the perfect example of a previously unknown player using the world stage to showcase her skills to a new global audience.
Kindness of Canadians
When you arrive in Moncton, population 64,000, on Canada's east coast, and are told that you will be getting a free upgrade on your hire car, the first thought is "what's the catch?" No catch, just a typical example of the friendliness on offer from people who populate this huge country.
Service in restaurants and bars is first class and it is hard to think of many days here where our group hasn't made new friends.
Lionhearted luminaries
At previous tournaments I have followed, England's campaigns have usually ended in misery or at best, glorious failure.
The semi-final loss to Japan appeared to consign Canada 2015 to the latter category for England. And then watching the Lionesses finish third, the best World Cup performance by a senior England side since 1966, put a real gloss on the tournament.
It was fun to watch the players cut loose with bronze medals around their necks after almost six weeks away. They deserve the accolades that will undoubtedly come. As their manager Mark Sampson has said, they are not just special players, but special people.
Capturing the world's imagination
British audiences have lapped up England's success with up to 2.5m watching each game and 11.9m watching some part of their journey to third place. And that has all come despite the late kick-offs which were at midnight BST for the quarter-final and semi-final.
The success has also been replicated across the globe. American network Fox Sports have reported record figures for United States games, with 8.4m watching their semi-final win over Germany while over 11m people in Japan watched their team's matches en route to the final.
Canadians might not have turned up in huge numbers to games which haven't involved the hosts, but people have been taking note across the globe.
Raising the bar
Often one of the first sticks that women's football is beaten with, goalkeeping has improved markedly in this tournament. Even the Ivory Coast keeper Dominique Thiamale had a good game despite her team losing their opener 10-0 to Germany. Without her it could have been a lot worse.
Germany's Nadine Angerer and America's Hope Solo have led the way again.
Although some will question the performance of Japan's Ayumi Kaihori after she was beaten by America's Carli Lloyd in the final, the consistency across the board has risen.
Final flourish
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If organisers hoped the tournament would finish with a flourish, then they certainly got their wish.
It was the highest-scoring final in the tournament's history, matching the highest-scoring men's final of 1958 when Brazil defeated Sweden by the same scoreline.
Carli Lloyd's 13-minute hat-trick was impressive enough, but her wonder goal from the halfway line almost made the United States fans tear the roof off BC Place. Previous champions Japan could not live with their more powerful opponents.
Lack of World Cup fever
When I asked Canada coach John Herdman whether he regretted not taking up the England post he was tipped for after defeat by Sampson's side in the last eight, he insisted that Canada was a "real footballing country".
It's true that the team has been well supported, setting a new Canadian soccer attendance record in that match of 54,027. Apart from the hosts' matches, though, attendances have been mixed and the 31,467 fans at England's semi-final was disappointing.
Time for clean underwear
Not really a low as covering England for a month has been a privilege, but working across the breadth of Canada's five time zones has caused its own challenges, and not just with jet lag.
If I had a dollar for each time one of the team had said: "What time is it here? And what time is it in England?" I would be returning home a rich man. When you rush for the next flight and start leaving all your clean underwear in the drawer of a Vancouver hotel, you know you need more hours in the day.
Record attendances - really?
Figures from Fifa will show that this is the highest attended Women's World Cup in history - with 1.35m beating the previous best of 1.19m for the 1999 World Cup, held in the United States.
However, this total also includes inflated attendances for double headers held during the group stages. Buying one ticket would get you entry to two games, but your attendance would count twice.
It did not matter that you decided to miss the first game, Fifa counts the attendance at 75 minutes of the second game and then doubles it. That was despite some stadiums being half empty for the first of the day's two fixtures.
Ditch the synthetic surfaces
Following the threat of player boycotts and lawsuits, the issue of playing on artificial pitches largely faded into the background. Other than the impact on players' bodies after playing games in quick succession, there appear to have been few serious injuries.
However, there is no doubt it has contributed to some technical problems with the ball sticking to the turf when played through and then rolling away once it spun forwards.
It certainly did not help fast forwards or dribblers of the ball.
It was a good experiment, but it would be dangerous to use this as a precedent for future tournaments. There have been plenty of grazed thighs.
Red card for the referees?
A category that can be split as a high or a low.
Some people I've spoken to enjoy the aggressive nature of women's football when referees allow games to flow. It makes a nice change from the men's game where players will roll around and try to fool referees into thinking they have been fouled.
But there is a danger that referees allow too much to slide and it could have serious consequences. England defender Laura Bassett was fortunate that all she came away with following Camille Abily's elbow was a black eye.
Bassett's unlucky low point
England has become accustomed to losing tournament semi-finals on penalties, but going out to an injury-time own goal - that was a whole new level of heartbreak.
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Laura Bassett, who had the misfortune to send the Lionesses out of the World Cup, faced up to her mistake and described to the BBC how she "couldn't breathe" when she realised the goal had gone in during a tear-jerking interview.
Fortunately, the "rock" of the team ended the tournament with a smile. No player was more relieved after the third-fourth place play-off win over Germany, during which she was a colossus.
Cadets, troops and veterans received the traditional Welsh symbol, which had been wrapped in a red thread and dipped in gold.
As Colonel-in-Chief she told the regiment that it was a "great pleasure" to celebrate St David's Day with them.
She also said soldiers are now more engaging with her - suggesting that she has become "less frightening" with age.
Dressed in a heather wool tweed coat by Karl Ludwig, the Queen stood on the dais of the parade square at Lucknow Barracks in Tidworth, Wiltshire, to take the royal salute before the national anthem was played.
She inspected the parade while sat in the back passenger seat of a Range Rover and later met two regimental goats, Shenkin and Llywelyn.
"I am also delighted to be able to present leeks to representatives of the regiment, from cadets to comrades, and to meet the new mascot, Llywelyn," she said.
"The British Army, perhaps more than any in the world, has always lived through the regiment and the regimental tradition.
"In the hour of battle it has repeatedly relied on these bonds, on the pride and comradeship of men who would sooner die than betray the traditions of their corps, or be unworthy of the men of old who fought before them under their colours.
"This is reflected in your regimental motto, Death rather than Dishonour.
"I see that same pride and comradeship in parade before us today and I am certain that the regiment is in good hands.
"I wish you all good fortune for the future."
The Royal Welsh is one of the lead armoured infantry battalions of the British Army and was formed on St David's Day, 1 March, in 2006.
The Queen has been associated with The Royal Welsh and its former regiments, The Royal Welch Fusiliers and The Royal Regiment of Wales, since her coronation.
John Tomic head-butted Thomas Drouet, who suffered a broken nose.
John Tomic claimed he was acting in self-defence.
Under Spanish law, John Tomic will not go to prison because he has no criminal record and his sentence is for less than two years.
Australian media has reported that he is likely to be banned from all Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournaments following his conviction.
The ATP had already banned him pending the outcome of the court case and said on Friday that its initial 12 month suspension from the tour remained in place, but that there was no change to their position at this time.
Mr Drouet, 30, from Monaco, welcomed the sentencing as "good news".
"He should never be allowed to attend matches again," he told Australian media.
Last month a court in Madrid heard how Mr Drouet, who had been a member of Bernard Tomic's team for seven months, had complained about John Tomic.
He was assaulted at a hotel in Madrid when John Tomic asked him "to step aside for a quiet word".
Mr Drouet said that he was expecting to receive an apology, but instead John Tomic spat in his face and head-butted him.
He suffered a broken nose, bruised vertebrae and had to have corrective surgery.
Bernard Tomic, 20, is ranked at number 52 in the world by the ATP.
One of the highlights of his career so far was a quarter-final appearance at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.
In November he was fined and put on a 12-month good-behaviour bond after twice being stopped by police for driving offences near his Gold Coast home.
In a series of raids, police arrested 8,900 suspects involved in everything from net fraud to online pornography.
China said the raids were carried out in an effort to "purify the network environment".
The raids also shut down a fake PR operation that threatened to post bad reviews of products and services unless it was paid to keep quiet.
The raids are the latest in a series that China has mounted against "harmful and illegal" elements online. Earlier operations have tackled internet cafes but the latest round has been aimed specifically at thieves and conmen.
Police say hackers who stole online identities, cyber-thieves who targeted banks as well as virus writers were all grabbed during the raids.
About 4,400 criminal cases were likely to result from the operation, said the police.
The raids, carried out over the past couple of months, tackled gangs in many different parts of China including Beijing, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and many other regions. Homes, offices and warehouses were hit, with police grabbing fake designer goods and counterfeit drugs as well as firearms and bullets.
In addition to tackling criminals, the long-running operation has also led to the removal of 188 million articles and comments from websites and chat forums that police deemed to be "harmful".
Polling stations opened their doors at 07:00 BST and will close at 22:00 BST.
Voters can choose their first and second preferences for mayor, as well as two types of London Assembly member.
Across England elections are taking place for more than 120 councils, and to elect mayors in Bristol, Liverpool, London and Salford, and 36 police and crime commissioners.
Find out more about who is standing for mayor
Londoners will be presented with three ballot papers in the polling booths.
On the pink ballot paper, voters choose their first and second preferences for mayor.
Voters have two ballot papers to choose the two types of London Assembly member.
The yellow ballot paper is used to choose the constituency member. Voters choose one candidate, who if elected will represent their area of London.
The orange ballot paper is used to choose one of the 11 additional London-wide assembly members, who represent the whole city.
This time, voters choose one political party or an individual standing as an independent candidate.
Read more about how to vote.
The site of the Bridgwater Union Workhouse in Bridgwater, Somerset, is being replaced with a primary school, due to open in September.
County councillor William Wallace said it was "right we don't forget the past" and the opening of a new school would be "a bright new chapter".
The workhouse was built in 1837, at a cost of £7,500, and housed about 300 people.
After the repeal of the Poor Law in 1930, and the eventual abolition of workhouses, the site became a hospital and registry office.
The medical site was relocated to the east side of the town in the 1980s and parts of the old buildings demolished.
Sedgemoor District Council and Somerset County Council decided to demolish the remnants of the site in the Northgate area because it was "not possible or affordable to redevelop the existing building".
Councillors said a new school was "much needed in the town" due to a 20% increase in demand for school places in the past five years. It will have 14 classrooms and a nursery.
Bridgwater's mayor Graham Granter said: "Life in the workhouse was very harsh, and it is better that there is a new school on the site, rather than the remnants of the workhouse.
"The bricks used to make the memorial came from the hospital workhouse building, so it is a lasting reminder of those times."
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A member of the public found the girl, who was pronounced dead shortly after being found, at Whitcliffe Grange in Richmond, at about 14:40 GMT on Monday.
The child's mother has not been found and police have expressed concerns for her welfare.
Officers conducted a finger-tip search of refuse in the area as part of efforts to trace the mother.
The infant has been taken to the mortuary at Darlington Memorial Hospital.
The head of midwifery at the hospital repeated the police call's urging the child's mother to contact police.
Ann Holt said: "Our message is for mum to come forward for the serious medical complications that might occur following this kind of delivery, like bleeding and infection, but also from the point of view that we have a baby here without her mum.
"We would like to reunite the mum with her baby in our hospital."
"In my book I wrote, 'There's a fine line between being selfish and being driven,' and I crossed that line a lot when I was younger," he said.
"And I didn't get a chance to spend a lot of time with my older boys and I regret that now."
But Rogers, 77, will sign off with a final farewell world tour next year.
Cities and dates have yet to be announced.
In a video message to fans on his website, Rogers said: "I love all of you, I love the way you've treated me. You've always been respectful and I will miss you dearly but I must go be with my boys. Goodbye."
Rogers, who famously sang 1983's chart-topping Islands in the Stream with Dolly Parton, has 11-year-old identical twin sons and three older children from his previous marriages.
The Grammy-winning star will also be hitting the road later this year to promote his latest Christmas album, Once Again It's Christmas.
Rogers said he is still considering making new music, including a possible duets album.
"I found that everybody sings better as a duet,'' said Rogers.
Rogers will start his Christmas tour in November in Canada.
He famously played Glastonbury Festival in 2013. He described it as one of his top five experiences, adding that he "loved that repartee with the audience".
It was a poor first half and both sides continued to toil after the break before Albion went down to 10 men thanks to Scott McBride's second yellow card.
Craig clinched the match when nodded in Michael Kennedy's cross.
It sees Forfar follow up their win over Cowdenbeath with another vital victory.
For 10 years, amateur archaeologists have been digging up the 13th Century "Lost City" of Trellech, which has appeared on several TV programmes, including Digging for Britain.
Owner Stuart Wilson hopes to submit plans to Monmouthshire council to build a research centre and camp site there.
He said it could boost tourism.
Mr Wilson, 37, of Chepstow, is waiting for the council to remove a restrictive covenant on his 4.6 acre (1.86-hectare) plot, before he submits plans for a camp site with up to 200 places, amenities and an exhibition centre
"It would be adding a heritage site and a boost to tourism in the area," he said.
"It's an opportunity to come along to dig and get experience."
Mr Wilson, who used his £32,000 life savings to buy the site in 2004, has uncovered eight buildings which he believes form part of the footprint of an iron boom town dating to the mid-1200s.
He hopes that, if his forthcoming planning application goes through without much delay, the new attraction may be open by the summer of 2018.
Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond and World Superbike Champion Carl Fogarty will lead the 23 mile (37km) ride from Shrewsbury to RAF Cosford.
Organisers estimated there were more than 3,500 bikers in the convoy.
Mr Hammond said: "I know only too well how important and vital the lifesaving work of the Midlands Air Ambulance is in critical situations."
The ride ended at the Bike4Life festival, an annual event raising money for the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, held at its at RAF Cosford base, near Wolverhampton.
The charity, which receives no government support, covers Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands.
It uses additional bases at Tatenhill, near Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, and at Strensham Services, near Tewkesbury, Worcestershire.
Brendan Rodgers' treble-chasing side will face Aberdeen in the showpiece, after booking their return to Hampden Park with a 2-0 win over Rangers.
Celtic have already romped to the Premiership title, and eased past the Dons in November's League Cup final.
"Everyone's playing for a place in the final now," Brown told BBC Scotland.
"We've got five games before that. Aberdeen have done really well to get to the final; they're a great team, but so are we. If we turn up on the day you know what can happen. It showed [against Rangers].
"We fancy our chances in every game, but we need to make sure we keep hitting those heights in the next five."
A dominant first-half display laid the platform for Celtic's fourth victory of the season over their city rivals.
Callum McGregor slotted home a sumptuous finish from the edge of the box, before Scott Sinclair's 51st-minute penalty put the tie beyond Rangers.
The Ibrox side did create a string of final-quarter chances - most falling to Kenny Miller - but Brown says he was never concerned Celtic would let the game slip from their grasp.
"It was a very professional performance from start to finish," he said. "We knew the last five, 10 minutes they were going to put a lot of pressure on us but we dealt with that really, really well, and could have scored a couple more goals.
"It's great pace from Leigh Griffiths for the second goal as well - great ball down the line from Patrick Roberts, wee touch, we got a penalty.
"Sometimes when you're under the cosh and you've got people like Patrick to control the game and Leigh to run in behind - it's a phenomenal feeling and a great win for the fans as well.
"People are scared of our counter attack if they press us high up the park, we've got a lot of pace and people that can pick passes. When you bring on people like Tom Rogic and James Forrest, it shows you what a top quality bench we have got. Everyone's fighting for a first-team place and it's the way it should be at Celtic."
Carwyn Jones will unveil a blueprint for an overhaul of relations between the governments of the four nations after the UK leaves the European Union.
A new UK Council of Ministers would settle post-Brexit power disputes.
Mr Jones will call on the UK nations to work together "through discussion, not diktat, to map our collective future".
The first minister has already written to Prime Minister Theresa May urging her to rethink plans for a hard Brexit, saying she had "no mandate" for it after the Conservatives lost their majority in the snap election she called hoping to strengthen her position.
Speaking in Cardiff on Thursday, Mr Jones will re-state his preference for securing "full and unfettered access" to the EU single market after Brexit, and stress the need for co-operation to find a way forward.
He will describe leaving the European Union as "the biggest challenge facing the United Kingdom, a challenge thrown into even sharper relief by the outcome of the general election".
It will influence "our ability to trade, travel, attract investment, determine policies, legislate, support our countryside, invest in our regions", Mr Jones will add.
He will warn the "fallout" from Brexit has "the potential to destabilise the United Kingdom as we know it - or, if we work together, we can use this as an opportunity to reinvent and strengthen our union".
The proposed UK Council of Ministers would take over from the current Joint Ministerial Council, through which the UK government has heard the Brexit priorities of the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
A new white paper from Mr Jones will also call for a convention looking at the wider questions about the future of the UK once it leaves the EU.
"The opportunities presented by EU exit must be about the future, not the past - and that is what our paper is about," he will add.
"It represents an important step forward in the work which we must undertake together with England, Scotland and Northern Ireland - through discussion, not diktat - to map our collective future."
"At the corner of 23rd and 12th", he says, motioning up the street from his front porch in the Vedado district of Havana. "I was towards the back of the crowd but I remember it clearly."
Just two years after Fidel Castro's men had overthrown the country's military strongman, Fulgencio Batista, the fledgling Cuban Revolution was facing its biggest challenge yet: the invasion of the island by CIA-trained Cuban exiles at the Bay of Pigs.
Attending the funeral of those killed in the invasion's preliminary air raids, Castro made one of his most important speeches.
Elio recites the crucial line: "They cannot forgive us for having made a socialist revolution right under the very noses of the United States!"
It was Castro's first public acknowledgement that the Cuban Revolution would be socialist - rather than just nationalist - in character.
"I was there, I saw it," exclaims Elio with a smile, momentarily transported back to an afternoon when, as a 20-year-old apprentice mechanic, he downed tools to watch the communist leader's address.
"That speech put us on a difficult path," he reflects, a committed revolutionary to this day.
As far as Washington was concerned, the island was now part of the Soviet Bloc.
President Dwight Eisenhower had broken off diplomatic ties a few months earlier and imposed the initial sanctions of an economic embargo.
But that was just the start.
For the next 55 years, Cuba would be regarded as a hostile neighbour, a threat just 150 kilometres (90 miles) off the coast of Florida.
That hostility reached its crescendo during the Cuban missile crisis, 13 tense days in October 1962, in which the presence of Soviet missiles on the island took the world to the brink of nuclear war.
Like many Cuban men his age, Elio can recall in minute detail each of those dramatic Cold War confrontations.
But for him, some things haven't changed since Eisenhower's day. He still lives in the same apartment and still does the same job. The US trade embargo is still in place too.
Yet there have been huge developments in the intervening years as well, of course, particularly over the past 12 months.
In December 2014 Presidents Raul Castro and Barack Obama announced their intention to re-establish diplomatic ties, probably the single most important event in US-Cuban relations since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
In a sense, it has ushered in a new era, diplomatically at least. Cubans and Americans no longer eye each other with the same suspicion.
Make no mistake, there has been no discernible change to the political system - nor is any great shift expected.
Immediately following the announcement, Raul Castro emphasised that the thaw with Washington would not affect the socialist ideals "for which our people have spilled so much blood and run such great risks".
But it is important not to see the diplomatic thaw in isolation.
In 2008 Fidel Castro, the man who had ruled over every facet of Cuban life, passed power to his younger brother Raul after a period of ill health. Within months, Raul began to ease some of the restrictions over the state-run economy.
There was economic necessity at play in that decision as well as political pragmatism.
Since then, small private businesses have cropped up all over Cuba, especially in the tourism sector, and thousands of workers have moved into self-employment.
The new diplomatic ties with the United States came as the island's economy had already begun to open up.
Obviously the thaw isn't universally supported in the US.
Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz has promised to reverse the Obama administration's overtures towards Havana and return to the policies of the past. Senator Marco Rubio did the same before his campaign came to end in Florida in March.
In sections of the media too, the process has its critics. The Washington Post recently spoke out firmly against the detente:
"There is scant evidence so far of a sea change in Cuba - perhaps because Mr Obama continues to offer the Castro regime unilateral concessions requiring nothing in return," the newspaper's editorial board wrote.
"Since the United States has placed no human rights conditions on the opening, the Castro regime continues to systematically engage in arbitrary detention of dissidents and others who speak up for democracy."
Others though, most notably the New York Times, have backed the thaw from the start. Editorials in newspapers aside, most ordinary Cubans are simply tired of the antagonism with the US and appear to welcome the new relationship.
The decision by President Obama and President Castro represents change, albeit one that might take time to trickle down to the streets. After almost six decades of stasis, any change is welcome.
Furthermore, the thaw goes beyond the political and economic spheres.
Disaster preparedness and the fights against human trafficking and drug smuggling are obvious areas of mutual interest. The previously estranged neighbours have also started to co-operate in the fields of science, technology, marine conservation, music and the arts.
Last year saw a sharp spike in tourists coming to Cuba, with a 54% rise in the number of American visitors after the Obama administration lifted several travel restrictions for US citizens.
President Obama was the one of latest Americans to come, when he made the first visit by a sitting US president to Cuba in almost 90 years. The picture of him in Revolution Square was as iconic an image as has ever been taken on this much-photographed island - and overall the trip was a shot in the arm for the thaw.
"It's marvellous," says Elio Garcia of the presidential visit.
Ever the witness to history in his homeland, this is one moment Elio freely admits he never thought he'd live to see.
"This is a slow process and it takes time," he smiles. "This is just the start."
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspected Darlington Memorial Hospital after "serious incidents and concerns around the culture".
There was a "real drive to improve" but "poor behaviours and performance" still needed addressing, it said.
County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust welcomed the report's conclusion that "services are safe and well led".
"Good progress" was being made on improvement action plans, a trust spokesperson said.
Despite this, there "continued to be issues relating to the cohesiveness of certain groups of medical staff", CQC inspectors found.
"Certain elements of the obstetrics team remained dysfunctional with a lack of clinical engagement and support," their report said.
There was some confusion over how guidelines were followed, but this was being addressed.
The trust was also working with the relevant members of staff, inspectors noted.
Chief inspector of hospitals Prof Sir Mike Richards said there were "issues relating to the culture in certain areas - particularly among the medical team".
"Although there was no evidence to suggest that individual clinicians were not caring for women, clinical engagement and support was not always effective," he said.
The trust had carried out its own investigations but "any significant change in culture may take some time to embed", he added.
Overall, inspectors found services at the hospital were safe and well led, the CQC said.
Italian national Samira Lupidi, 24, was arrested following the deaths of Jasmine Weaver, one, and Evelyn Lupidi, three, on 17 November.
Post-mortem examinations found they both died from multiple stab wounds.
Ms Lupidi denied two charges of murder at Bradford Crown Court earlier and was remanded in custody. A provisional trial date has been set for 9 May.
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World number 27 Brecel hit breaks of 110, 103, 81 and 57 to secure victory.
He will face Li Hang, after the home favourite defeated Mark Williams 5-3 in Guangzhou.
Shaun Murphy beat China's Zhou Yuelong 5-2 to set up a last-four match against Ali Carter, who defeated Fergal O'Brien by the same score.
Delighted Brecel said: "It was unbelievable. Against most players you think you can come back from 4-1 down, but against Ronnie you don't fancy it because he is so good.
"When I made a century I started believing again. I kept really cool and made some good breaks."
The woman were photographed by local artist Patrick Goff while they sat on Seven Sisters near Seaford.
The Newhaven lifeboat team told the BBC the actions of the women were "really stupid", and the situation was an accident waiting to happen.
That stretch of coast has seen regular cliff falls as the chalk erodes.
Last autumn, walkers were warned to keep away from the cliffs at nearby Seaford Head after a crack appeared, and in the same year, sections of cliffs fell into the sea at Birling Gap and at Rock-a-Nore near Hastings.
Bydd y cwmni'n dylunio'r genhedlaeth nesaf o system gyfathrebu ar gyfer y lluoedd arfog.
Fe fydd y system yn disodli'r un bresennol sydd yn cael ei defnyddio, sef system Bowman, oedd hefyd wedi ei datblygu gan General Dynamics yn Oakdale.
Ynghyd â chreu 125 o swyddi newydd, fe fydd y cytundeb hefyd yn galluogi 125 o beirianwyr ychwanegol i symud o weithio ar Bowman i'r system newydd, fydd yn cael ei galw'n EvO (Evolve to Open).
Bydd yn cael ei defnyddio ar gyfer fflyd newydd General Dynamics o gerbydau arfog AJAX y lluoedd arfog, sydd yn cael eu gosod a'u profi ym Merthyr.
Fe fydd y system newydd yn cydlynu cerbydau ar y ddaear gyda'r pencadlys a chyfleu gwybodaeth i beilotiaid yr Awyrlu.
Mae'r diwydiant amddiffyn yn cyflogi 5,000 o bobl yng Nghymru, gyda'r mwyafrif yn swyddi o safon a chyflogau uchel.
Cytundeb EvO yw'r rhan gyntaf yn rhaglen newydd MORPHEUS y Weinyddiaeth Amddiffyn ac mae'n adlewyrchu newid cyfeiriad gan y Weinyddiaeth, wrth roi cytundebau mawr i gwmnïau o Brydain.
Mae rhai cytundebau'r Weinyddiaeth Amddiffyn wedi eu beirniadu yn y gorffenol am yr oedi cyn eu cwblhau, ac am y gost.
Mae'r newidiadau hyn yn golygu y gall gwahanol gwmnïau wneud cynnig am waith ar wahanol rannau o raglen MORPHEUS, gan ddatblygu gwaith sydd wedi ei gwblhau'n barod gan fusnesau eraill.
Gallai hyn olygu fod y lluoedd arfog yn llai dibynnol yn y dyfodol ar un cwmni'n unig i gwblhau cynllun ar amser ac o fewn y pris disgwyliedig.
Dywedodd Ysgrifennydd yr Economi, Ken Skates fod y buddsoddiad yn "newyddion gwych".
"Mae General Dynamics yn gwmni angori gan Lywodraeth Cymru ac rydyn ni wedi gweithio mewn partneriaeth am flynyddoedd lawer i gefnogi eu twf yn ne Cymru.
"Rydyn ni wedi buddsoddi swm sylweddol mewn prosiectau ymchwil a datblygu yn General Dynamics sydd wedi galluogi'r rhaglen Esblygu i Agor, i helpu i sicrhau'r contract gwerth £330m yma, gan greu 125 o swyddi newydd a diogelu 125 yn rhagor o swyddi yn Oakdale."
"They could field 11 monkeys in black and white tops at St James' Park and 50,000 would still turn up to watch. No word of a lie."
Plumbed into the bar of the Irish Centre, in the shadow of St James' Park, is a small oasis of glory. Men who remember when the pitch resembled a farmer's field, the ball flew like a suet pudding and the Leazes End doubled as a vast, open toilet. But also men who remember when players were just like them and shared their blazing fervour. And Magpies didn't mean bad luck.
"Aye, I was there when we won the Fairs Cup in '69," says Colin, recalling Newcastle's last major triumph, in the predecessor to the Uefa Cup. A month later, Colin witnessed another miracle, when man first set foot on the moon.
"Bobby Moncur got two at St James' Park, another in Budapest and we won 6-2. Those Fairs Cup days were unreal, 60,000 crammed into the ground like sardines, every match a celebration. But I'll not go back. I've done my time."
Sitting pretty in their England rugby jerseys, brothers Don and Adrian look like gluttons for punishment. But for them, too, the experience of being a Newcastle fan curdled from a celebration to a sentence, something they just had to escape from.
"I chucked my season ticket this season," says Don, 75. "Why? Because they're bloody rubbish. Last season was the final straw. It used to be my son, my brother and myself. But I says to them: 'Don't you dare try to persuade me to go back.' As it was, we all 'hoyed' our tickets in. But you still get 50,000 muppets going every week. Blind faith, that's what it is."
It is staggering that a club that hasn't won a major trophy for 46 years, the FA Cup since 1955 and a league title since 1927 should be the third-best supported club in England - and the 12th in Europe - with average attendances of 50,359 in 2014-15. It is also staggering that the 18th richest club in the world should be rooted to the bottom of the Premier League. Three points from eight, no wins, a 6-1 shellacking last time out. Blind faith sounds about right.
Indeed, some of the old-timers in the Irish Centre sound a lot like lapsed Catholics - inculcated with religion at a young age, finally wavering, but unable to let go completely, just in case God does exist. And his pearly gates are painted black and white.
"I still go to the pub and watch it," says Adrian, 70. "It's just mindless dedication, simple as that. The club is going further and further downhill but the fans are still there and they always be. We've seen the good times, so it's very sad to see the state they're in now. But it's the young fans I feel sorry for.
"Their fathers can sit them down and tell them about Malcolm Macdonald, Kevin Keegan and Alan Shearer, players who gave the fans a little bit of excitement. There's no excitement there now. But the young fans just don't know anything else. Match day comes around and they've just got to go."
It's not all doom and gloom in the Irish Centre, and way beyond anger. "A young kid came in the other day in his black and white top," says Bobby, who is almost incomprehensible to this southerner but doing his very best to make himself understood. "On the back he'd had written: 'I hope we win something before I die.' He was only 25!"
Bobby dissolves into laughter, before adding: "The sad part is, I don't think they will. But they could field 11 monkeys in black and white tops at St James' Park and 50,000 would still turn up to watch. No word of a lie."
As the gallows humour flows on Gallowgate, I am reminded of an apt line from the final scene of The Big Lebowski: "I guess that's the way the whole darn human comedy keeps perpetuatin' itself, down through the generations."
Bobby, too, was there when Newcastle beat Hungary's Ujpesti Dozsa in the Fairs Cup final. He also remembers the quarter-final first leg against Setubal, when Newcastle beat the Portuguese side 5-1 in a snowstorm. And he was at the semi-final second leg against Glasgow Rangers - 'The Battle of Gallowgate' - when Scottish fans swung from pylons, invaded the pitch and battled with police.
He also witnessed the near-misses of the Keegan managerial era, when a dashing Newcastle side blew a 12-point lead over Manchester United to finish second in the Premier League in 1996, before losing consecutive FA Cup finals.
Those agonies of the 1990s are all still crystal clear to Bobby - "because it's the last time there was any hope" - but it must all seem like ancient history to that poor 25-year-old kid.
Bobby's pal Norman finds it more difficult to see the funny side. For Norman, since Mike Ashley bought the club in 2007 life as a Newcastle fan has been mainly about sadness, disillusionment and despair.
"We've got the best supporters in the land and we're bottom of the league," says Norman. "And if Mr Ashley doesn't get his act together, we're going to go down. It would be difficult to find another set of fans in world football who have been so badly served. It breaks my heart to see how the club's being run."
A beaming Norman hands me a clipping from Wednesday's Newcastle Chronicle. It's a photograph of him sharing a beer with Newcastle luminaries Terry McDermott, Pat Howard and Tommy Cassidy, before the 1974 FA Cup final (which Newcastle lost to Liverpool). Norman is obviously proud of his connections, but he also wants to make a point.
"The players in those days cared about the town and the club," says Norman. "They spoke to the fans directly and the fans could identify with them. These were blokes who used to train up at Hunter's Moor, where there were cows in the field. We'd sit and watch them in a little tin hut. They used to play five-a-side matches in a car park. But they had a real passion for the town.
"Aleksander Mitrovic [Newcastle's Serbian striker] was in the Chronicle the other day saying the players still care about Newcastle. What a load of rubbish. That's what hurts the most, the lack of passion from the players. There's nothing there whatsoever."
The consensus in the Irish Centre is that nothing will change as long as Ashley is there. But walking, talking Newcastle United almanacs that they are, they appreciate the club has never really been well-run.
"Jackie Milburn, our greatest bloody player, had to wait 10 years for a testimonial," says Bobby. It is also pointed out that back in the grim 1980s, attendances at tumbledown St James' Park dipped to as low as 16,000. But at least they had Beardsley and Waddle back then. To a man, they believe that the club was primarily a business acquisition for Ashley and had little to do with any grand sporting ambition.
Under Ashley, they believe the club has lost its identity and become a tawdry toy for an easily distracted owner. There was the renaming of the stadium in 2011, followed by the sponsorship deal with a controversial loan company. Newcastle fans and rivals alike started referring to proud old St James' Park as 'The Wonga Bowl'. More of that gallows humour on Gallowgate, but hard for these proud men to take.
Paranoia and suspicion creeps like a fog across the town. The boys in the The Back Page, which specialises in Newcastle United memorabilia, flatly refuse to talk to me. Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner. Dark mutterings about a "Cockney mafia" persist, even after the departure of Alan Pardew.
With the benefit of hindsight, some think that Pardew, who led Newcastle into Europe in 2012 and is now Pearly King of high-flying Crystal Palace, should never have left. Certainly, none of those I speak to think Steve McClaren, Pardew's replacement, will still be on Tyneside this Christmas.
"McClaren has got three games to sort this out," says George, who has been watching Newcastle since Stan Seymour was the manager in the 1950s and is one of the few boys I speak to who still has a season ticket.
"The Sunderland game [on 25 October] is massive. If the players don't know what they've been playing for so far, they better know what they're playing for in two weeks' time. I'm just so disheartened by what's going on over there. But it will be a lot worse if we lose to the bloody Mackems."
George thinks the only way things might get better is if his beloved team go down. But even if St James' Park is hosting Rotherham and Brentford next season, George will probably still be there. At least he can close his eyes, summon the Gallowgate roar and pretend he's watching 'Wor' Jackie. Who can the kids close their eyes and dream of? Shola Ameobi?
"All my friends have chucked in their season tickets now," says George. "And they'll never go back. Lots of people have told me not to go back but I'll never stop. I don't know why I keep going - but I keep going. Maybe it's because I'm a fighter. But do I have any hopes for the future? Not many."
The blizzard grows still thicker. Norman, rheumy-eyed now, talks vaguely of somebody needing to wave a magic wand. Bobby, growing more garrulous, fondly recalls his boots filling with warm urine at the Leazes End and about the time he witnessed Vinnie Jones "grab Gazza by 'the clemmies'". As parts are apparently called in these parts.
But I can still make out George, supping on his Guinness and sadly incanting: "Aye, they were the good times. They'll not come back again."
Reports claimed that the troops had joined thousands of citizens fleeing the fighting, but Nigeria said they were conducting a "tactical manoeuvre".
Clashes are said to be continuing in the border town of Gamboru Ngala.
Boko Haram on Sunday released a video claiming that it had established an Islamic state in the towns and villages it controls in north-eastern Nigeria.
The group's five-year insurgency has intensified in recent months despite the deployment of thousands of extra troops to the worst-affected areas.
Last week, a group of soldiers refused to follow orders to go and fight Boko Haram, saying the militants were better equipped.
Insurgents also seized one of Nigeria's two main police training academies, which is near the town of Gwoza, captured earlier this month.
The Nigerian soldiers were accommodated in the Cameroonian town of Maroua, about 80km (50 miles) from the Nigerian border, Cameroon army spokesman Lt Col Didier Badjek told the BBC.
The Nigerian defence ministry said in a statement that the soldiers found themselves "charging through the borders in a tactical manoeuvre" after a sustained battle.
The statement said it was standard practice for them to hand over their weapons and the soldiers are now returning home.
Thousands of civilians are also said to have fled across the border.
Cameroon has officially closed its 1,600 km border with Nigeria to help contain the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
But correspondents say this is impossible to enforce in remote areas near the fighting.
Nigeria will be keen to stress that its soldiers were not deserting, contrary to the initial Cameroonian account, when they crossed the border, to avoid fuelling the idea that the Nigerian army is weaker than the Boko Haram militants.
The question still remains whether the continuing violence in north-east Nigeria is a result of the failures of the Nigerian military as opposed to the strength of Boko Haram, considering there have been glaring problems in the equipping and deploying soldiers on the frontline.
There have been reports of mutinies within the army ranks and recently soldiers' wives protested at the deployment of their husbands, saying they were ill-equipped to fight the insurgents.
The Nigerian military has insisted its forces are up to the task but the fact that Boko Haram has been able to keep hold of Gwoza for some weeks now means residents of towns and villages across the north-east fear they could be next.
Boko Haram launched an attack on the police station and a military base in Gamboru Ngala at 05:30 local time (04:30 GMT), the AFP news agency reports.
In May, some 300 people were killed in an attack which left much of the town in ruins.
It is near Gwoza, the largest town under control of Boko Haram. In the most recent census, in 2006, it had a population of more than 265,000 people.
In the 52-minute video released on Sunday, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said Gwoza was now "part of the Islamic state".
He did not specify whether his group now had any links to the Islamic State (IS) group, which has seized much of northern Iraq in recent months, prompting the US to respond with air strikes.
There is no evidence for such links but in July, Mr Shekau congratulated IS on its territorial gains.
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Boko Haram controls several areas, mostly in Borno state where the group was launched, but also in neighbouring Yobe state.
Nigeria's military spokesman Chris Olukolade responded with a statement dismissing the declaration of an Islamic state as "empty".
The video also shows about 20 men in civilian clothes apparently being shot dead.
The BBC's Nathalie Wakam in Cameroon says the situation is worrying for the country's officials, who have called on the international community to help them tackle the threat from Boko Haram.
China, France, the US and UK all sent some military assistance - advisors and help with intelligence - to Nigeria after some 200 schoolgirls were seized from Chibok, near Gwoza, in April.
The duo and Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill were suspended by the club after images emerged on Wednesday appearing to show them taking the legal high, commonly known as laughing gas, via balloons.
Traore, 24, said on Twitter that he "begged for forgiveness".
Balmy, 21, added: "I am already learning from this mistake."
All three will miss Swindon's League One trip to Bradford City on Saturday as they look to end a run of six games without a win.
Between 2006 and 2012, 17 people in the UK died after taking nitrous oxide.
A new law designed to crack down on legal highs was set to come into force but has been delayed.
Then Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers said he would speak to England forward Raheem Sterling, now at Manchester City, after he was pictured allegedly inhaling nitrous oxide in 2015.
Drissa Traore: "I take this opportunity to apologise to all of my team-mates, staff and fans of Swindon Town.
"I have made a stupid decision which is well documented and I beg for forgiveness.
"I have let myself, my family and more importantly brought Swindon Town's name into the news for the wrong reasons.
"I accept the decision of Swindon Town and any punishment to come, but it has hit me hard.
"Being unable to do the thing I love as a footballer and not being able to prove myself on the pitch and repay the faith of Swindon is already hurting.
"I hope I can soon be back in the shirt and show how much the club, fans and my team-mates mean to me.
"Sorry I cannot be a part of the team tomorrow, good luck to the boys."
Jeremy Balmy: "I would like to apologise to Swindon, to all of our fans and to the team for our silly behaviour from the other night. I am already learning from his mistake.
"We do not undermine our results at all. I am sincerely sorry.
"I hope my apologies will be accepted and I'll make sure not to misbehave or be disrespectful ever again. All my support to my team for tomorrow."
Only Tommy Seymour and Stuart Hogg have been called up to the squad for the tour of New Zealand in June.
"He's gone for the best. That's why he hasn't gone for many Scotland players," Shanklin told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"[That is because] Scotland perform better as a team."
New Zealander Gatland chose 16 England players, 12 from Wales, and 11 from Ireland for his Lions squad, and just two players from Scotland.
"I think they got the most out of their players in the Six Nations but, when you look at them individually and mark them against other players, I think it's the right choice," former Lions tourist Shanklin continued.
"You could argue that Finn Russell or Fraser Brown at hooker should be named, but the players he's picked are individually better than the Scots."
Dan Biggar will be making the trip to New Zealand, and the Ospreys fly-half says he was "a little bit lucky" to be selected, but Shanklin says Gatland, who has coached Wales to two Grand Slams, chose players he was familiar with.
Shanklin said: "Dan Biggar was 50-50 but for me it was a choice between him, George Ford and Finn Russell, and he's gone with what he knows.
"With Biggar, he's probably gone with the most competitive person on that tour and he knows what he will get out of him."
Lee McFadyen, 29, was found and taken back into custody.
He went missing on Thursday during "unescorted suspension of detention in the community".
Police issued an appeal saying he had been last seen on Crookston Road near the hospital.
The Criminal Justice Act of 2003 introduced Indeterminate Sentencing for Public Protection or IPP, designed for serious sexual and violent offenders in England and Wales.
But IPP numbers mushroomed, with many in jail well past their minimum terms.
Mr Blunkett said the Labour government had "got the implementation wrong".
When it was introduced, the government estimated that IPP would lead to 900 extra offenders entering the prison system.
But the measure was applied far more widely and by 2012 - when IPP was scrapped, but not in existing cases - there were more than 6,000 IPP prisoners.
IPP prisoners were given tariffs or minimum sentences, at the end of which the Parole Board assesses whether they are still a danger to the public or ready for release.
IPP is supposed to reduce the risk posed by inmates by enabling them to attend behaviour management courses.
But waiting lists for both the courses and parole hearings mean that even though IPP has now been abolished, more than 5,500 IPP prisoners remain within the system, with nearly two-thirds over their tariff.
At the current release rate of about 400 a year, it will take nine years to clear the backlog of those over their tariff.
Mr Blunkett, who was home secretary from 2001 to 2004, told BBC Newsnight that while he believed the legislation had been "necessary to safeguard the public", he "very much regrets" that the government was not clearer in setting out sentencing criteria for judges.
He added it had not been "effective enough" in putting in the necessary resources to ensure rehabilitation courses were available.
"We certainly got the implementation wrong. The consequence of bringing that Act in has led, in some cases, to an injustice and I regret that," he said.
The family of Richard Huxley believes he is one such case.
He was imprisoned aged 18 for assault and attempted robbery and given an IPP with a 17-month tariff.
More than eight years later, he is still in prison.
His mother, Wendy Huxley, from Ellesmere Port, near Liverpool, said: "He's lost so many years, it's wrong. He's in there and forgotten about, basically."
Richard's behaviour inside has not always been perfect - three years ago he failed a drugs test - but his family argues that in eight years he has not been violent.
In two weeks' time he will get his next parole hearing. The most he can hope for, say his lawyers, is a move to an open prison, where he is likely to stay for between 12 and 18 months.
His family fear what he might do if that move does not go ahead, as he has attempted suicide several times.
IPP prisoners appear to be at a significantly higher risk of mental health problems than other prisoners, according to the Centre for Mental Health.
In a study it carried out in 2008, it found that one in 10 IPP prisoners were seeking psychiatric help in prison, double the rate in the general prison population.
Donna Ridgely, whose 30-year-old brother Shaun Beasley killed himself after three years in prison, said the lack of a release date had made him feel hopeless.
''I know Shaun done bad things... but if he had a date when he would have been coming out, he could have lived with a little bit of hope.''
Donna said Shaun, a recovering drug addict, had had serious mental health issues.
He went to prison with a tariff of two years and five months after forcing someone to take money out of a cash machine.
He had been told he needed to go on a drug rehabilitation course and was transferred to another prison to do it, but once there, he found it was not available.
This is what tipped him over the edge, said Donna. ''He rang me in the morning [of his death] and he just said 'you know I love you all... look after my mum. I just can't take no more, Donna, I don't know what's happening with my life'.''
IPP sentences were abolished in 2012 by then justice secretary Ken Clarke, who called them a "stain" on the criminal justice system.
He said it was "almost impossible" for a prisoner to prove that he was no longer a risk to the public.
Former IPP prisoner Shaun Lloyd, who was released three weeks ago, is campaigning on behalf of other IPP prisoners.
He was given a tariff of two years and nine months for two street robberies when he was 18, but spent more than eight years in prison.
He fears for some of the IPP prisoners he has left behind: ''They're running on empty. I don't know whether I am going to get another letter saying another friend has killed himself. They can't cope."
Justice Minister Jeremy Wright said the release of prisoners serving indeterminate sentences was a matter for the independent Parole Board, which had to be satisfied that "an offender can be managed safely in the community".
He added: "If prisoners pose too high a risk of harm to the public, they can be kept in custody for the rest of their lives.
"The IPP scheme was complex and widely criticised, which is why the government replaced it with a new regime of tough, determinate sentences, alongside life sentences for the most serious offenders.
"However, we have no intention of retrospectively altering lawfully imposed IPP sentences - they were handed down for the most severe crimes, to ensure public protection."
Earlier, 50 people were unaccounted for after Saturday's blast in Lac-Megantic. There are 15 unidentified bodies.
Authorities have launched a criminal investigation into what happened, but they have ruled out terrorism.
The boss of the train's US owner is due later to visit the scene, a day after he admitted "partial responsibility".
At least 30 buildings were razed by the fireball from the explosion that rocked the town on Saturday morning.
But the entire town centre is being treated as a crime scene, with several additional streets cordoned off by police tape.
By David WillisBBC News, Lac-Megantic
It is difficult to sum up the sense of shock that has engulfed this close-knit community. Life in the town beside the lake is normally so very tranquil and polite. But in the early hours of Saturday morning the French-speaking residents of Lac-Megantic had their peace shattered - in possibly the most violent and horrendous way imaginable.
The heart of the town has been destroyed. As tends to be the case in such circumstances, everyone knows somebody who was affected. One man I spoke to had lost five of his neighbours - as well as the home in which he grew up.
Oil trains have been rolling through this part of Canada for years - their cargo growing increasingly larger in accordance with heightened demand for crude. Some here saw this as a disaster waiting to happen. Now Lac-Megantic faces the long and painful task of rebuilding.
Quebec Police Inspector Michel Forget said that while investigators had ruled out terrorism as a motive for the attack, several other options - including criminal negligence - remained under consideration.
"This is an enormous task ahead of us," the police inspector said. "We're not at the stage of arrests."
Some 200 officers were still conducting searches on Wednesday morning.
But police said the effort was taking a toll on some crew members and two people had to be taken off the operation over worries for their physical condition.
"This is a very risky environment," said Quebec Provincial Police Sgt Benoit Richard.
"We have to secure the safety of those working there. We have some hotspots on the scene. There is some gas."
Authorities have asked the relatives of those still missing to provide DNA samples by bringing in toothbrushes, razors and other items.
But the authorities have also warned some of the bodies may have been burnt to ashes in the explosion.
The train, carrying 72 cars of crude oil, was parked shortly before midnight on Friday in the town of Nantes about seven miles (11km) away.
Local firefighters were later called to put out a fire on the train.
While tackling that blaze, they shut down a locomotive that an engineer had left running to keep the brakes engaged.
Shortly afterwards the train began moving downhill in an 18-minute journey, gathering speed until it derailed in Lac-Megantic and exploded.
The fire department and the train's owners have appeared to point the finger at one another over the disaster.
Rail World chief executive Edward Burkhardt suggested on Tuesday evening that firefighters shared some blame.
"We don't have total responsibility, but we have partial responsibility," he told reporters in Montreal.
Earlier this week he told the media he had received hate messages.
The train was carrying oil from the Bakken oil region in the US state of North Dakota to a refinery on the east coast of Canada.
The Cardiff Capital Region City Deal will see £734m invested in the Metro transport scheme and £495m on other projects.
Cardiff council backed a report on the deal at a meeting on Thursday evening.
Rhondda Cynon Taf and Merthyr council have already formally supported the deal while Monmouthshire and Blaenau Gwent also backed the plan on Thursday.
The other five councils will vote on the agreement over the next few weeks, with Caerphilly, Newport and Torfaen to discuss the proposal on Tuesday.
Phil Bale, Cardiff council leader, said the city deal was "crucial".
"We're a central part of a region that makes up over half the Welsh economy, yet the Cardiff capital region lags behind our counterparts in England and UK cities are even further behind their counterparts in Europe," he said.
"Over its lifetime we anticipate the deal will deliver up to 25,000 additional new jobs and leverage an additional £4bn in private sector investment."
He said the deal would "grow our economy and create new employment", adding: "This is a significant moment in the history of both this city and the region."
It follows concerns Mr Bale would struggle to persuade his Labour group to back the plan without more detail on individual projects.
The 10 local authorities involved - expected to contribute a total of £120m - will be "locked in" to the deal for five years before any can quit.
No wonder he's struggling in the polls with women voters - it would be remarkable if he wasn't.
Before we get to the latest brouhaha over abortions, let's take the last point first.
Donald Trump says he loves women. He says he employs lots of senior women in his company. His daughter, Ivanka, is clearly a powerhouse. He also claims that he will be the best candidate for women.
But how, in 2016, does that square with having such an old-fashioned view of parenting duties?
One of the biggest things holding professional women back from participating full-time in the workforce is not having husbands who are prepared to share 50% of all child-rearing chores.
It is really hard for a woman to put in the time needed to succeed at work if her husband won't pitch in fully at home. By saying, almost boasting, that nappy changing isn't for him, Mr Trump is not being a good role model for other men.
He is sending a subliminal message that women should do mother's work while he gets on with the business. Not helpful - or, in Trumpish - sad!
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It is part of an old-fashioned machismo that the Trump campaign has cultivated. A lot of it is about sex and sexual conquests. Boasting about the size of your penis on a TV debate was only one incident.
Years ago Mr Trump called Tucker Carlson, a TV presenter who'd insulted the famous "Trump coif", and left him a message saying Carlson had better hair but Trump had more sex with women (and he said it in a far more indelicate way).
In 1997, Mr Trump triumphantly told a radio host he could have "nailed" Princess Diana.
And - in what must count as two of the more bizarre statistics of this campaign - according to a recent study by dating site Match (formerly match.com) single Donald Trump supporters are 1,104% more likely to expect sex on a first date than Hillary Clinton supporters.
They are also 99% more likely to film themselves having sex. I think this means they are more likely to be men.
Promoting your sexual prowess works well with men who feel threatened by the growing influence of women in the workforce, and by the realisation that women are now better educated than men.
In the New York Times, conservative columnist David Brooks, refers to it is as the enabling of a "bad-boy protest movement". But this regressive gender stereotyping is less appealing to women.
According to a March NBC/WSJ poll 47% of female Republican primary voters cannot see themselves voting for Trump while only 32% say the same about Ted Cruz.
And Mr Trump consistently has a 20-odd point gap in support between men and women. A gap he has acknowledged he needs to do something about.
Which brings us to the unique U-turn Mr Trump performed on Wednesday after saying in a televised town hall event that women who have abortions should be punished. He quickly put out a statement reversing that position.
He did so after howls of protests from both pro-life and pro-choice groups.
It isn't easy to bring these two deeply divided sides together in common cause, but, for a few moments, Mr Trump succeeded. Punishing the woman has never been the position of even the most ardent anti-abortionists here.
Sticking to that original town hall statement would have made it very difficult for Mr Trump to close his gap with women voters.
Since single, suburban women will probably decide the outcome of this election, that is something Mr Trump has to do to become president.
The Staffordshire attraction's gates are shut for a second day while the Health and Safety Executive investigates Tuesday's crash.
Nick Varney, of Merlin Entertainments, which runs the park, said it could only reopen when they knew the problem was isolated to the rollercoaster.
However, he did not give a time frame.
Two carriages collided at the park's £18m ride The Smiler at about 14:00 BST on Tuesday.
The accident left people trapped 25ft (7.6m up) at an angle of 45 degrees for up to four-and-a-half hours.
Writing in the Sun, Merlin Entertainments chief executive Mr Varney said: "At this point I don't know if it was a technological or a human error.
"We want to know if this issue is isolated to The Smiler. We can't open again until we're sure."
A total of 16 people were hurt, including Joe Pugh, 18, and his girlfriend Leah Washington, 17, both from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and 27-year-old Daniel Thorpe from Buxton in Derbyshire.
They suffered serious injuries, along with a woman aged 19.
All four were airlifted to major trauma centres across the West Midlands.
Mr Thorpe's father has said his son is being treated at Coventry hospital. A spokesperson for Royal Stoke University Hospital said it continues to treat the other three, "following serious injuries sustained in the incident at Alton Towers on Tuesday."
Among those on board The Smiler was Vanisha Singh, who was in the second row of the carriage with her mother Chanda, 49, and her sister Meera, 26.
She told the Sun there had been "technical difficulties" moments before they embarked on the ride, as several test cars were sent ahead of them.
Paul Kelly, from the British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions (BALPPA) said the industry was "shocked and devastated" by the news.
"It's very rare and a lot of people are very upset. This is something which happened outside normal parameters."
Mr Kelly said the investigation into what happened would cover everything, including the people working the ride, the manufacturer's instructions, and the climactic conditions.
He added: "I would like to reassure the public that theme parks are a very safe environment on a normal day out".
The rollercoaster, which has a world-record 14 loops, has been closed twice over safety concerns since opening two years ago.
An Alton Towers spokesman said: "The decision has been taken that Alton Towers theme park will remain closed on Thursday following the incident on The Smiler.
"Guests with pre-booked tickets and those arriving at the theme park will have the choice of a full refund or an alternative dated ticket.
"Guests with pre-booked tickets have the option to use their tickets tomorrow at an alternative attraction. See website for more info."
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During the Troubles, some viewed him as a hate figure.
For others, he was a peacemaker - a man who shifted his movement from violence to peaceful politics.
He was born in October 1948 in Ballymurphy, west Belfast, to a family steeped in Irish republicanism.
He became an active supporter of civil rights.
In 1972, Mr Adams was interned - imprisoned without charge - but later released to take part in IRA ceasefire talks with the government.
In 1983, he became West Belfast MP on an abstentionist platform, refusing to take his seat at Westminster.
Soon after, he supplanted Ruairí Ó Brádaigh as president of Sinn Féin, an all-Ireland party. In 1986 Sinn Féin dropped its policy of refusing to sit in the Irish parliament.
From the late 1980s onwards, Mr Adams was a key figure in the Northern Ireland peace process, initially following contact by the then-Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) leader John Hume and subsequently with the Irish and British governments.
The Hume-Adams process eventually delivered the 1994 IRA ceasefire that provided the backdrop against which the Good Friday Agreement was brokered four years later.
That paved the way for devolved government in Northern Ireland.
Mr Adams won a seat for Louth in the Irish Parliament (Dáil) in 2011 after stepping down from his jobs at Westminster and Stormont.
He was re-elected in 2016.
After the election, Mr Adams said Sinn Féin met its own poll expectations, dismissing claims that he failed to lead his party to bigger targeted gains.
In October 2013, his brother, Liam Adams, was convicted of raping and abusing his daughter, Áine, in the 1970s.
The attorney general, John Larkin, subsequently concluded that the Public Prosecution Service was right not to prosecute Gerry Adams for allegedly withholding information about his brother.
In 2014, Mr Adams was arrested in connection with the IRA murder of Belfast woman Jean McConville in 1972.
He was freed without charge and a file sent to the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland. Mr Adams has always strongly denied the allegation.
For years, Mr Adams has stated repeatedly that he has never been a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).
The case against Steven Thomson, 29, took a jury just under three hours to return a not proven verdict by majority at the High Court in Livingston.
He had denied killing Duncan Banks by repeatedly hitting him on the head with a blunt object and robbing him of a money, heroin, a wallet and a key.
Mr Banks was found dead on 28 September 2015 in Skye Road, Dunfermline.
He had suffered horrific head injuries including "extensive fracturing" to his skull and deep cuts and tears in his scalp which caused "traumatic" damage to his brain. The court heard him described as a likeable character who "wouldn't hurt a fly".
Judge Lady Rae told father-of-three Mr Thomson that he was free to leave the dock.
During the 14-day trial the jury heard that the murder weapon, thought to be a rusty claw hammer, was never found.
A spare key to Mr Banks' flat and the heroin and cash the dead man had from selling drugs to addicts in the Abbeyview area of Dunfermline were also missing.
The court heard that Mr Thomson, 39, was one of a select few people who Mr Banks allowed into his council flat in Skye Road.
The accused had even stayed over at Mr Banks' flat in the week leading up to his death in September 2015.
Giving evidence in his own defence, he told the jury he had been taking heroin in the flat less than two hours before police believe Mr Banks was murdered.
Mr Thomson's DNA was found on cigarette ends in an ashtray in Mr Banks' living room.
However, he insisted he was not guilty of murder and lodged a special defence blaming another man, Jamie Curtis, 44, for the crime.
He said the large sum of money seen on CCTV stuffed in his wallet later that morning was the proceeds from his own heroin dealing.
He said a fellow inmate at Perth Prison who claimed Mr Thomson confessed to him and another drug user - who gave evidence Mr Thomson had told him he was going to "rob" Mr Banks - were both lying.
Mr Banks' mother Dorothy Banks, 73, had told the jury her son had been in the grip of a drug habit for more than 20 years before his death and said heroin had changed his personality.
She said was being "threatened" over a drugs debt in the week before he was murdered and she last saw him four days before she learned he was dead.
Chris Duggan picked out Paul Woods on the left of the box and the Spiders midfielder slotted the ball into the back of the net.
The hosts struck back as Gary Fraser's free-kick from just outside the 18-yard box floated into the top corner.
The away side had numerous chances to clinch a winner but the spoils were shared at Links Park.
Dennis Hutchings, 75, was the senior soldier of a patrol that shot dead John Pat Cunningham near Benburb in 1974.
Mr Cunningham, who had the mental age of a child aged between six and 10, had a fear of men in uniform and was apparently running away from the patrol when he was shot.
A preliminary enquiry will decide whether the case proceeds to trial.
A retired military police officer, Alan Mews, told the preliminary inquiry at Armagh Magistrates' Court that he had seized an SLR at the scene from then Colour Sergeant Hutchings.
Asked why he had seized the gun, he said it would be normal procedure to seize any weapon that was suspected of having been fired.
He was then asked what made him suspect this weapon had been fired.
"I was told that it had been," he replied.
"Who by?" asked a prosecution lawyer.
"The defendant," replied Mr Mews.
Mr Cunningham's nephew, Charlie Agnew, watched from the public gallery, while a large group of family and friends were also present to support Dennis Hutchings.
A lawyer for Mr Hutchings said his client was "not a well man" and that kidney failure would soon see him requiring dialysis for up to five hours every day.
White-haired Mr Hutchings was dressed in a light grey suit and wore his regimental tie.
He listened intently throughout with the aid of the court's audio loop system.
Due to his poor health, however, and at the request of his legal team, he took regular breaks.
A former member of the Army's Special Investigation Branch, John Cooper, also gave evidence but told the court he had no memory of the incident and did not know the identities of other members of the patrol.
Anas Abdalla and Mahamuud Diini, both from Birmingham, had been on trial for almost a month at the Old Bailey.
The men, both 26, deny preparation for acts of terrorism by seeking to leave the UK in a lorry in April last year.
Judge Christopher Moss QC said a matter had arisen that required him to restart proceedings.
"Circumstances have arisen and there is no blame to be attached to any party which means that this trial, with this jury, cannot continue," he said, discharging the jury.
"The reason is that further inquiries must be made before the trial can continue - and they will take longer than we can reasonably retain you.
"I must discharge you from returning verdicts in this case and order a retrial. This happens from time to time."
The date for the retrial of the men will be fixed later.
Hove MP Peter Kyle (Labour) told a Commons debate how Jane Clough's killer Jonathan Vass was able to cross-examined her family.
Vass was jailed for life for stabbing nurse Ms Clough in Blackpool in July 2010 on her way to work.
He was arrested outside her parents' house the day after the murder.
Mr Kyle said Vass was on his way to either murder his baby child, Jane's parents, or both.
The killer had started demanding parental rights over his child from behind bars, he said.
"The child he would have, by all likelihood, murdered himself if only he had had the opportunity," the MP added.
The MP told a Commons debate how several of his constituents who suffered domestic violence found abusers were using the family court system to continue their torment.
But he added: "If there is one example that sums up the sheer horror of abuse and its continuation in the family court, it is that of Jane Clough."
A family member started adoption proceedings in 2011 to break the link with Vass.
But the MP, who has spoken with Ms Clough's family as part of his research, said they experienced a legal system "stacked" in favour of the killer.
The would have had to sell their house to cover the costs without free help from a law firm.
Vass represented himself at the hearing, Mr Kyle said, adding: "The man who brutally murdered their sister, their daughter, would be cross-examining them.
"Jane's sister told me that she simply cannot find the words to do justice to the brutalising effect this had as the court date approached.
They were "stunned" to discover the hearing was by video-link due to concerns for his safety.
Vass asked personal questions and asked Jane's sister what would she tell the child about him.
"To her husband, he asked 'what makes you think you can be a dad to my daughter'?
"The trauma meted out by the family court process is simply inhuman. This family had suffered enough."
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The triplets were born earlier this month, and keepers recorded this great footage of them playing with their mum, Kirana.
Sumatran tigers are one of the most endangered species of big cat, with fewer than 400 left in the wild.
They can only be found on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, but the jungle where they live is increasingly being destroyed and they are at risk of poaching.
These little cubs will be spending a lot of time bonding with their mum, and the keepers will be keeping a close eye on them too.
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The figure was calculated based on comments by FBI director James Comey, who said that the agency had paid more to get into the phone than he "will make in the remaining seven years" in his post.
That would make it the largest publicised fee for a hacking job.
Mr Comey added that it was "worth it".
The calculation was based on a projection of Mr Comey's annual salary which, in January 2015, was $183,300. This has been multiplied over the next seven years and four months that he remains in his job. The figure does not factor in pay rises or bonuses.
The FBI has never named the security firm or group of hackers that helped unlock the phone, but whoever it was provided either software or hardware that helped crack the four-digit identification number without triggering a security feature that would have erased all data after 10 incorrect guesses.
Mr Comey said that the same method could be used on other 5C iPhones running IOS 9 software.
According to research firm IHS Technology, there are about 16 million such phones in use in the US and more than 80% of them run iOS 9 software, according to Apple.
The case has been hugely controversial, largely because of the spat with Apple, which had been resisting a court order requiring it to write new software to allow officials to access Syed Rizwan Farook's phone.
Farook and his wife killed 14 in San Bernardino, California, in December. Both were shot dead by police.
The FBI argued that it needed access to the phone's data to determine if the attackers worked with or were supported by other people and were planning other targets.
It is unclear how much information has been gleaned since the phone was opened. Some US news outlets have reported that, so far, the FBI has not found anything of interest on the device.
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Last year, Zerodium - a firm that negotiates bug bounties - offered $1m for a web-based exploit against iOS 9 and that bounty was subsequently claimed.
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City moved above Liverpool and into third place on goal difference thanks to Saturday's 5-0 win over Crystal Palace.
Manchester United and Arsenal, who are fifth and sixth, meet on Sunday.
"There are four amazing teams fighting for the last two Champions League places," the Catalan boss said.
"It will be a big, big battle until the last game.
"Hopefully United can focus on the Europa League and forget a little bit about the Premier League and then next season we can have five English teams in the Champions League, which would be amazing," he added.
United will qualify for next season's Champions League if they win the Europa League, giving the Premier League an extra spot in the competition. Jose Mourinho's men lead Celta Vigo 1-0 from the first leg of their semi-final.
Although City can still mathematically catch second-placed Tottenham, this season will almost certainly be the first in Guardiola's managerial career where he has not achieved at least a top-two finish.
His Barcelona side finished runners-up to Real Madrid in La Liga in 2012, but he won the title in his other three seasons there - while his Bayern Munich team were Bundesliga champions in each of the three years he was in charge.
"There is not another competition in the world with six strong teams fighting for one position - not in Spain nor Germany," Guardiola added.
"It is so clear that here, every season will be tougher and tougher to qualify for the Champions League.
"It is important to be in it for many reasons, to grow and to enjoy the big moments. We have got three games left and it is in our hands."
While City are only third in the league table, Guardiola is adamant they are the top team when it comes to their creative play - it is just their finishing that lets them down.
When asked about his side's inconsistency in attack after their crushing win over the Eagles, he replied: "I can only remember one game where the opponents created more chances than us - at White Hart Lane against Tottenham.
"The other ones? No chance.
"So we are better than all the teams in the Premier League, home and away, even the next champions Chelsea - we created more chances against them at home and at Stamford Bridge.
"In the boxes, though, we are not so good. Vincent Kompany's return has helped us, just with his presence, to be better in our own box.
"But we are the best team in the Premier League at creating clear, clear chances in front of goal - nobody can beat us at that."
Guardiola's stats are correct - Spurs had 13 shots to City's 12 when they lost at White Hart Lane in October.
Liverpool had the same number of shots as City when they drew at the Etihad Stadium in March but in City's other 33 league games under Guardiola, they have had more shots than the opposition.
And, although Spurs (460) and Liverpool (452) have had more chances, or shots at goal, in total than City this season (445), when it comes to what statisticians Opta call 'big chances' [defined as a situation where a player should reasonably be expected to score, usually in a one-on-one situation or from very close range], City are out in front with 67.
Guardiola has got used to seeing his side waste those sort of openings, and thought they would be punished again against Palace before their second-half goal glut.
"Believe me, if we had arrived in the last 20 minutes against Palace at 1-0, we do not win the game," he explained.
"I said to the players at half-time, either score another goal or forget about it, we are not able to win.
"It has happened a lot this season - I remember some similar performances against other teams, but against Palace we scored the goals, and on other days we were not able to do that."
Benny Collins, 40, a physiotherapist at Morriston Hospital's A&E department, was pulled from the sea at Three Cliffs Bay on Tuesday afternoon.
He was flown to hospital where his colleagues tried to save him, but he died.
His nine-year-old son was rescued along with him and needed hospital treatment.
Mr Collins's wife Melanie is a nurse at the hospital.
In a statement, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg health board said: "Benny was a very popular, gifted and much-loved member of staff.
"His wife, Melanie, is also one of our senior nurses, so this tragedy has struck at the very heart of the health board. "
National Trust Wales, which owns approximately 75% of the beach, said: "Our advice to anyone using Three Cliffs beach is not to bathe there.
"We have safety signs making it clear that people are putting their lives at risk if they go in the water in strong surf conditions or when the water is cold."
It added that extra safety signs advising against swimming would be placed on the beach.
Swansea Council said although it does not own Three Cliffs Bay it would meet with the National Trust to discuss water safety.
Mr Collins has become the latest person to die at the beach.
In June, Jason North from Macclesfield, Cheshire, died trying to get his children out of the water.
In August 2013, Wendy Phillips of Landore, Swansea, drowned at Three Cliffs Bay and the assistant Swansea coroner questioned the lack of lifeguard cover, but could not say for certain whether it would have prevented her death.
The RNLI said in order to provide a lifeguard service it had to have an agreement with the landowner, in this case the National Trust and Pennard Golf Club.
A spokesman said: "The RNLI can provide a safety service and are giving advice and guidance in best practice to the landowner."
Several nearby beaches on Gower including Langland, Caswell and Port Eynon do have RNLI cover in the summer but Three Cliffs Bay does not.
James Jones, who works at PJ's Surf Shop in Llangennith, said rip currents can make the area dangerous.
He said: "You can get rips and currents at Three Cliffs. One stream goes out through the bay and that can cause a rip current.
"It will create a flow out into the sea, they call it a rip current you can get dragged out.
"I would say it's one of the more dangerous beaches to swim on the Gower, but saying that, at different times the rips would be different and the water calmer."
"I knew the pain it would cause them to know their daughter had been violently raped, so I just decided not to tell them," she said.
She was on a visit to Belfast in 2008, when the horrific attack happened during a hike in a forest park.
"It's every parent's worst nightmare," said Ms Li.
In an interview with BBC Radio Ulster's Sunday News programme, Ms Li said she felt she could not tell them because she was worried about how they would react.
"My parents live in California, I live in London. I had enough stuff to go through and to deal with emotionally, and I didn't want to handle - as cruel as it sounds - or deal with their reaction," Ms Li admitted.
"I was afraid they were going to say, 'you shouldn't have gone hiking on your own'."
In the months following the attack, she suffered from severe anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
She began to recover by writing an essay about the assault and aftermath, which was later published in a book.
At Christmas 2011, she gave a copy of it to her parents.
"I was really nervous about telling them, every survivor has to go through the nervousness," said Ms Li.
"You don't know how people are going to react, sometimes they're not going to believe you and that's so damaging.
"I didn't think my parents weren't going to believe me, I was afraid they were going to crumble, but I think because I was able to tell them in a coherent way and I'd been able to put my life together, it was better than if I'd told them the day after [the attack]."
Ms Li is now an active campaigner for other rape victims, and said using her voice to help others to talk about their experiences is still incredibly important to her.
"Every time I speak about it, someone else always comes up to me afterwards and says, 'I was raped too,'" she said.
"Nobody knows what to say. There's this moment of shock, and as society we need to be better equipped to know what to say and how to help loved ones."
Ms Li has written a novel, Dark Chapter, based on her ordeal and those of other women, telling the story of a rape from the perspectives of both the victim and perpetrator.
She said she hopes that it will encourage more open and honest conversations about the subject of rape, which is often still treated as a "shameful stigma".
"We're still letting victims of rape down, but I think things have changed for the better," said Ms Li.
"It's not an easy journey - not everyone's going to understand or react in the best way, but that's the fault of our society not knowing how to deal with this issue."
Winnie Li will be appearing at the Belfast Book Festival in June to discuss her experiences and her novel.
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The in-form hosts recovered from Jefferson Montero's sublime strike to score either side of half-time.
Liam Sercombe levelled from the penalty spot before Roofe curled into the bottom corner from 20 yards.
And Roofe finished off a counter-attack to ensure Oxford reached the fourth round for the first time in 17 years, despite a Bafetimbi Gomis strike.
Swansea's rally came too late and the home side fully deserved their place in the next round following a vibrant performance.
The U's are third in League Two and a number of their young players impressed against a Swansea team that surrendered possession too often and looked shaky at the back in the absence of skipper Ashley Williams.
Michael Appleton's side are already regarded as one of the best teams in their division, and a cup run is likely to further strengthen their promotion push.
Appleton, a former Portsmouth, Blackpool and Blackburn manager, has been promised 50% of the gate receipts generated from the tie for player recruitment.
More than 11,600 supporters packed into the 12,500-capacity Kassam Stadium, guaranteeing a sizeable pay day for the promotion chasers.
Even when under some late pressure, they refused to go long, and in ball-playing John Lundstram, the pacy Roofe and midfield schemer Sercombe they have players who will surely interest clubs from higher divisions.
There was little to cheer for the visitors, who looked to have weathered some early pressure when they took the lead against the run of play from Montero's backheel after a clever one-two with Marvin Emnes.
Alan Curtis' side felt aggrieved at Oxford's leveller - McDonald tumbling without any real contact from Kyle Bartley - but the challenge was reckless and epitomised the muddled nature of some of Swansea's play.
It was desperate stuff - Jonjo Shelvey continually firing long-range shots over the bar - and more slack defending allowed Roofe time to cut inside and bury a fine finish into the bottom corner.
Again, for Oxford's third, the Swansea defence could have done better as the impressive Roofe knocked the ball past Jordi Amat and raced through to finish.
There was a late rally following a Gomis goal laid on by Jack Cork, but the sheer desperation about the Premier League side will be a concern ahead of stiffer tests in the top flight.
Oxford manager Michael Appleton: "I've got to be delighted beating a Premier League side - but not just that, it's the way we did it.
"I think a few people fancied us beforehand and I did too but we also wanted to play the same way we've been doing it all season and play with no fear.
"I've been saying since the start of the season that we've got three or four players who could play at a higher level and Kemar Roofe is one of them.
"But sometimes as a player you want to be at a football club that is also playing to your potential and hopefully they can achieve the success they want here.
"We need more days and nights like this."
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Swansea manager Alan Curtis: "We made changes and there was a certain amount of rustiness but I am disappointed. We were poor for the first hour of the game.
"The team we picked was strong enough to win, but all credit to Oxford. They were the better team and deserved to win.
"The league was always going to be the priority but we wanted a cup run and to get some momentum going. It's a huge setback for the club."
Swansea, who made 10 changes, can now focus on Premier League survival, starting with a home game against fellow strugglers Sunderland on Wednesday.
Oxford, who have a four-point cushion in the automatic promotion places in League Two, face Millwall in the first leg of the Football League Trophy area final on Thursday.
Research in the BMJ looking at long-term data for 100,000 people in five European countries found evidence of harm, even at permitted concentrations.
Experts stressed that the risk to an individual was still relatively small.
And some argued the results were not conclusive as they did not take account of previous exposure to higher levels.
Other factors, such as smoking or having high blood pressure, contribute more to a person's risk of heart attack than pollution from traffic fumes and industry, they say.
But repeated, long-term exposure to air pollution - living next to a busy road in a city, for example - does take its toll, the research, involving a collaboration of European universities and institutes, reveals.
The BMJ study found that for each 5 µg/m3 increase in annual exposure to fine-particulate (PM 2.5) air pollution - thought to be the most damaging type, as smaller particles can penetrate deep into the body - there is a 13% relative increase in the incidence of heart attacks, even after taking into account other risk factors such as smoking.
Similarly, rising levels of larger-particulate air pollution (PM 10) were also linked to heart-attack risk.
And these associations remained even when exposure concentrations were below the current European limits.
Authors of the study - the largest ever looking at the impact of pollution exposure in European people - says its results support the case for lowering EU limits for particulate matter air pollution.
Current EU legislation sets the annual mean limit on PM 2.5 at twice that recommended by the World Health Organization.
Jon Ayres, professor of environmental and respiratory medicine at the University of Birmingham, said: "There is no doubt that further reduction of PM levels would result in improvements in cardiac health in Europe.
"One can only hope that our European politicians will be persuaded of the importance of these findings and reassess their position on air pollution in Europe."
Prof David Coggon, from the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of Southampton, was more cautious.
"This study adds to the evidence that particulate air pollution is a cause of heart disease, but it does not establish that there are important health risks from levels of exposure below current exposure limits," he said.
"This is because the differences in risk that were observed may have been a long-term effect of exposures in the past when levels of pollution were higher."
UK estimates suggest nearly 30,000 people die prematurely each year as a direct result of exposure to air pollution, which has been linked to asthma and other lung diseases, including cancer, as well as heart problems.
A recent report by Defra on the issue says evidence suggests that there is no "safe" limit for exposure to PM 2.5, and that this type of man-made pollution cuts the average life expectancy of people living in the UK by seven to eight months.
A Defra spokeswoman said: "Air quality has improved significantly in recent decades and the UK currently meets the EU limits for this type of pollution.
"We want to keep improving air quality and reduce the impact it can have on human health and the environment."
Boro interviewed several candidates, but Monk emerged as the club's first choice and will be unveiled on Monday.
Monk, 38, left Leeds on 25 May after being unable to "reach an agreement" with new owner Andrea Radrizzani.
He managed Swansea City in the Premier League between 2014 and 2015 before guiding Leeds to a seventh-placed finish in the Championship last season.
Middlesbrough finished 19th and were relegated from the Premier League after winning just five of their 38 games under previous bosses Aitor Karanka and Steve Agnew.
Agnew took over from Karanka on 16 March on a temporary basis and could not prevent Boro going down, but is expected to stay on at the club in some capacity.
Former Southampton and Everton striker James Beattie, who worked with Monk at Leeds, is expected to be part of his coaching staff again at Middlesbrough.
Monk, who was appointed on a one-year rolling contract at Leeds in June 2016, had been expected to sign a new deal with the Yorkshire club after Radrizzani gained full control from Massimo Cellino.
However, Monk left saying he was unable to "agree a suitable way for us all to move forward together".
More than 180,000 people have been told to leave their homes due to risk of flooding.
As evacuees started to leave their homes, offers of shelter began popping up on social media.
Edward in Yolo County, California, tweeted that people were welcome to sleep at his house.
"I've had a few retweets but no one has yet taken me up on the offer, " he said.
"I imagine most of the displaced are without access to social media. I hope they are all safe and able to find lodging."
Residents of Oroville, a town of 16,000 people, were advised to head north causing gridlock on the roads as people headed away from the area.
Twitter user @mexi_i posted: "If you came down to Sacramento & need a place to crash I have room for u to stay at. #OrovilleSpillway #OrovilleDam Dont stay on the street!"
Others followed with their own offer of accommodation on Twitter and Facebook.
Ian Waggoner posted on Facebook: "If anyone has friends or family that need a place to stay due to Oroville dam evacuations, we have room in our home. We would love to help."
A number of Sikh Temples in Sacramento have also opened up their doors.
Gurtej Singh, manager at the Capital Sikh Centre in Sacramento, said: "Our local mayor's office contacted us to see if we could offer temporary accommodation for evacuees.
"We, in turn, put a call out to members of our community to see if they could provide food, bedding etc so that around 50 people could stay at our centre.
"The evacuees have had a long journey but have started to arrive and are now being processed."
In a separate offer of help Shivpreet Singh tweeted a list of temples keen to help. "Sikh Temples offering food and shelter, open to all evacuated people #OrovilleDam #OrovilleSpillway. Please share."
There are also reports of businesses offering free food and drink to help those affected.
Instagram user @shaylagerne posted a video expressing her thanks to Walmart for her free supplies.
The Oroville dam is the tallest in the US and it was feared its overflow channel, weakened due to heavy rainfall, could collapse.
Although the excess water has now stopped flowing, evacuation orders still remain in place.
By Rozina Sini, BBC's UGC and Social News Team
The programmes, presumed lost, were recorded by Everett for early commercial station, Radio Victory.
They feature his trademark homemade sound effects and jingles.
Former presenter Andy Ferris who discovered the reels said they showed Everett was "relentless in his pursuit of entertainment".
They include his creations Sing-along-with-the-Beatles, The Backward Contest and sci-fi hero Captain Kremmen.
Mr Ferris recently rediscovered the programmes in a collection of reels he purchased from the station when it lost its licence in 1986.
"At the time Everett was a household name with a very popular television show. He sent us a tape every week of one of his put-together programmes - it was great," Mr Ferris said.
"It was Kenny being funny and taking the mick and playing the music he liked at the time - he'd be very amusing and dropping in lots of sound effects."
Everett's wife at the time, Lee Everett Alkin, remembers him recording shows at their home in Cowfield, Sussex, using multi-track recorders to achieve what were ground-breaking effects for the time.
"I'd be having tea with someone and all of sudden you'd hear all these sound effects - horrendous bloodcurdling screams - from down the corridor. So in the end we sound-proofed him!"
The Victory programmes - along with remastered versions of earlier BBC Radio Solent programmes - are due to feature in a BBC documentary about Everett's life.
Producer Richard Latto, said: "It's remarkable how fresh the shows sound after all these years.
"The techniques Kenny used 45 years ago are still staggeringly impressive, but that's why he's hailed a genius by so many in the industry."
The tapes sold for £720 at Dominic Winter Auctioneers in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Kenny Everett
The 24-year-old is the sixth bowler, and the first non off-spinner, to be reported by match officials since July.
His action must be tested in the next 21 days at an International Cricket Council facility in either Cardiff or Brisbane.
Hossain, who has played four Test matches, can continue bowling until the results are known.
The right-armer has also played nine one-day internationals and nine Twenty20s.
Pakistan spinner Saaed Ajmal has been suspended after analysis showed his arm bent more than the 15 degrees allowed.
Sri Lanka off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake, New Zealand's Kane Williamson, Zimbabwe's Prosper Utseya were reported recently, Senanayake, and Williamson also subsequently banned from bowling.
The rules, which were not meant to be made public, say children living with a gay parent cannot be baptised until they are 18 and only when they renounce homosexuality.
The new rules also say members can be expelled from the church if they enter into a gay marriage.
Both liberal and conservatives Mormon groups have criticised the the changes.
"The surprising impact has been the amount of people who are confused and troubled and disturbed and, frankly, repulsed," Mormon scholar Patrick Mason told Reuters.
"And these aren't just progressives and LGBT advocates. ... They are saying: 'This doesn't feel right. This doesn't square with me.'"
It is a departure for the church, which recently has softened its approach on gay issues and backed a Utah state law that provided legal protections for gay people.
The new policies appear in an internal church handbook, but the changes were leaked to the public this month.
They appear to be in response to a US Supreme Court ruling that made gay marriage legal nationwide in June.
Church officials have not commented on the changes, but Mr Mason said the backlash has been so great that church officials may be forced to revise the rules.
More than 1,000 people plan to attend the "mass resignation" rally on Saturday at a park across the from the church's headquarters in Salt Lake City.
However, it is unclear how many of those people have already left the Mormon church.
Church member Sarah Epperson plans to resign at the rally on Saturday.
"Any church that wants to claim itself as a Christian organization that uses Jesus Christ the savoir to somehow exclude any group of people is not anything that I want to be a part of," Ms Epperson told the New York Times.
The inquiry has been examining 1960s letters between state bodies and the Sisters of Nazareth, who ran the homes at Bishop Street and Termonbacca.
It was shown a 1964 memo by Home Affairs Minister Bill Craig.
He said children would otherwise "have to be accommodated at much greater expense by welfare authorities".
St Joseph's Home, Termonbacca, and Nazareth House children's home in Bishop Street in Derry are the first two of 13 state, church and voluntary institutions being examined by the inquiry during the period from 1922 to 1995.
As the first phase of the hearings nears the end, the inquiry was presented with correspondence about a grant application for building improvements at Termonbacca.
It shows that the government was seeking details of the nuns' finances before approving the application.
In a memo to the Stormont cabinet, Mr Craig said "a much greater reliance is placed on voluntary homes in Northern Ireland".
He also told colleagues that "the present standards of accommodation at this home fall considerably below what my department would regard as desirable in a home for deprived children".
He added: "In the special circumstances of Northern Ireland, it could safely be assumed that quite a large number of the children voluntarily accommodated in homes like Termonbacca would, if these homes were not available, have to be accommodated at much greater expense by welfare authorities."
Later, the inquiry was told that a policy on peer sexual abuse was first given to residential homes in the north west in the late 1980s.
In a closing submission, dealing with former Sister of Nazareth homes at Termonbacca and Bishop Street, counsel for the Health and Social Care Board said the former Western Board "identified and signposted" peer sex abuse as an issue in the 1980s and distributed guidelines in 1988.
The inquiry was also told on Wednesday that the Health and Social Care Board believes that state authorities were limited in what they could do in certain areas of childcare in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
Counsel for the board said any attempt during that period to admit children from voluntary homes, into the care of the state, would have been regarded as "significant state interference" in the private lives of families and the arrangements they made for their children.
The inquiry began public hearings at the beginning of this year.
"We will not leave any pockets" of resistance, he told French television.
France has sent in 2,000 troops to help Malian forces fight Islamist militants who now control the northern half of the country.
Mr Le Drian said the former Islamist stronghold of Diabaly had not yet been retaken, even though the militants withdrew from the town two days ago.
However, he added that "everything points to a favourable evolution of the situation in Diabaly in the coming hours".
Mr Le Drian also said during his interview that seven French citizens who had been taken hostage in Niger and Mali in recent years "are alive", and there had been "contacts with hostage-takers".
There had been concerns for their fate following France's decision to send troops into Mali earlier this month.
French troops have been pushing northwards and are now in the town of Niono, 50km (30 miles) south of Diabaly.
Last week French forces carried out air strikes on Diabaly, which had fallen to the Islamists on 14 January.
Diabaly's mayor told the BBC that Malian and French forces had been patrolling the outskirts of the town, which is believed to be the base for the largest concentration of Islamists in central Mali.
The BBC's Mark Doyle, in Niono, says military patrols are being sent from there into Diabaly.
Officials say the Islamists left Diabaly on Friday. However, the Malian military suspects the fighters are hiding in a nearby forest, our correspondent says.
"The situation in the vicinity of Diabaly is confused for the moment," a French colonel who gave his name only as Frederic told our correspondent.
A senior Malian military figure cautioned that parts of Diabaly's population were sympathetic to the Islamists, and this made their task difficult.
Officials say Mali's army has also retaken the town of Konna, whose capture by rebels triggered the French intervention.
Jean-Yves Le Drian's comments to French television echo a similar sentiment by President Francois Hollande who said French troops would remain in the region for as long as is necessary "to defeat terrorism".
But French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Saturday stated that West African countries must "pick up the baton" in the offensive to drive out the Islamists.
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara also called for more support for Mali, at a summit of West African leaders in Abidjan attended by Mr Fabius.
The French foreign minister has said both Russia and Canada had offered logistical support.
Islamist militants in Algeria who seized a gas facility in the Sahara desert, killing foreign hostages, claimed the attack was in retaliation for the French intervention in Mali, though many analysts doubt this.
The IMF now says the global economy will expand by 3.3% in 2015, compared with a previous forecast of 3.5%.
Last month, the IMF lowered is forecast for US growth to 2.5% in 2015 from an earlier estimate of 3.1%.
The US is a drag on the world economy, according to the IMF, because of "an unexpected output contraction".
The US economy contracted at an annual rate of 0.2% in the first quarter of the year after being hit by bad weather.
The IMF said Greece's crisis was having a only a marginal effect on the global economy and it left its eurozone growth forecast for 2015 unchanged at 1.5%.
It predicted Germany would grow by 1.6% and France by 1.2%, also unchanged from the previous forecast.
The IMF has left its forecast for growth in China unchanged at 6.8%, despite the recent stock market volatility.
"The bubble has burst," Olivier Blanchard, director of the Research Department at the IMF, said of the Chinese stock market's wild swings.
But he did not say that China's stock market volatility would drag down the global economy.
The IMF also cited Greece's debt crisis as a continuing risk to the global economy, but said the events in China and Greece "have not changed the broad outlook picture for the global economy".
In 2016, the IMF expects global growth to strengthen to 3.8%.
The 37-year-old closed with a bogey-free three-under-par 67 to hold off Australia's world number one Jason Day (67) and win on 14 under.
American Daniel Summerhays (66) was third on 10 under, while Open champion Henrik Stenson faded with a 71 to finish joint seventh on eight under.
"It is surreal, an incredible finish," said Walker, ranked 48th in the world.
England's Tyrrell Hatton (68) and Paul Casey (67) ended on seven under.
For the first time since 2011, all four of the year's majors have been claimed by first-time winners.
England's Danny Willett won the Masters in April, American Dustin Johnson took the US Open in June, while Swede Stenson won the Open two weeks ago.
He opened his week with a five-under 65 to lead the tournament and followed it with a 66 to hold the halfway lead on nine under with American Robert Streb.
Walker did not play on Saturday, when the threat of storms forced play to be abandoned, but returned with 49 others on Sunday morning for round three.
He carded a 68 to take a one-shot lead over defending champion Day, who had shot a 67, into the afternoon's final round.
Walker holed half-a-dozen putts of between three and five feet as he opened with nine straight pars to reach the turn on 11 under.
He then pitched in from a bunker on the 10th for a birdie and followed that with a 30-foot putt on the next to get to 13 under.
A run of five pars was ended by a third birdie on the par-five 17th, but it turned out to be a more nervy finish than Walker would have hoped for.
With a three-shot lead on the last, he opted for the safety of an iron off the tee.
But then Day rolled in a 14-foot eagle putt to close the deficit to one and Walker then hit his second shot into greenside rough.
He chipped his third to 35 feet and had two putts for the win, eventually holing from three feet to seal the title.
"I made it a little more difficult than I would have liked but I did it," said Walker.
Defending champion Day and Stenson, who had earlier posted a third successive 67 in round three to reach nine under, were both within one shot of Walker during the final round but neither were able to catch the American.
Two bogeys in his opening three holes meant Day dropped back to eight under but he holed three birdies in seven holes from the fifth to get to 11 under.
Although he finished with an eagle, the six pars that preceded it proved costly.
"The eagle was nice," said Day. "I had to step up and do something and I hit two good shots with my two-iron.
"I wanted to give Jimmy something to think about but it wasn't quite enough."
Stenson looked the more likely to challenge after a birdie on the sixth got him to 10 under, but, like many, he struggled with the pace of rain-soaked greens.
He then sent his approach to the 15th over the back of the green and looked a beaten man after fluffing a chip and carding a double-bogey six.
He finished tied with Martin Kaymer as the top European after the German eagled the par-five 18th to close with a four-under-par 66 and eight under total.
England's Justin Rose (68) and Scotland's Russell Knox (69) both finished on four under for the championship.
Ross Fisher's 69 moved him up to two under, alongside Welshman Jamie Donaldson (70) and one ahead of fellow Englishmen Matthew Fitzpatrick (67) and Andy Sullivan (69).
Andrew Johnston delighted his new-found fans with a birdie on the last to finish with a one-over 71 to finish one over par.
Masters champion Danny Willett closed with a level-par 70 to finish five over, as did Wales' Bradley Dredge, while England's Lee Westwood finished with a double-bogey seven on the last in a round of 75 to finish seven over.
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The 31-year-old spent 10 years with the Robins, making 247 league appearances, before joining Aberdeen in 2014.
He joined the Chairboys in the summer but was loaned out to Eastleigh in November.
The League Two side have also signed Huddersfield defender Will Boyle, 21, on a free transfer on an 18-month contract.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.
The commemoration of the battle of Long Tan was due to be held at a cross marking the site on Thursday.
More than 1,000 Australian veterans and their families have travelled to Vietnam to commemorate the anniversary.
Eighteen Australian soldiers and hundreds of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong fighters died in the battle, deep in southern Vietnam, on 18 August 1966.
Police blocked access to the site, which is on private land, without explanation on Wednesday.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop confirmed that the Vietnamese government said it will not allow the event to go ahead, although small groups will be allowed access on Thursday.
An official party involving the ambassadors of Australia and New Zealand will lay a wreath at the site.
Australia's foreign ministry said it was lodging complaints with the Vietnamese government as it was "deeply disappointed at this decision, and the manner in which it was taken, so close to the commemoration service taking place".
"Australian veterans and their families had planned to attend a ceremony at Long Tan marked by mutual respect to remember and honour the sacrifice of those lost in the Vietnam War from both sides," a statement said.
Local sensitivities are thought to have been behind the sudden decision to stop the event going ahead, although a number of low-key memorial events have been permitted in the past.
Gambian international Barrow joined the Swans in 2014 for £1.5m from Swedish side FK Ostersunds.
The 24-year-old spent the final part of last season on loan at Leeds United.
Barrow is currently with the Swansea squad in the United States preparing for their match against North Carolina on Sunday at 00:30 BST.
As changes to make core GCSE subjects harder begin to bite, heads warn grades are becoming unreliable and incomparable year on year.
So much so that many pupils predicted to get grade C in core subjects may not now achieve it, they say.
Exams regulator Ofqual says "standards will be maintained" despite changes.
Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be receiving their GCSE results on Thursday.
The Ofqual exam watchdog in England has already warned that GCSE English, maths and all science results are likely to "look different" with grades possibly dropping this year because of changes to the exams and the patterns of entry.
The Association of School and College Leaders, which represents thousands of secondary school heads, said it was expecting "significant turbulence" in this year's results.
Its general secretary Brian Lightman said that the exam system was in a very "serious state" and he called for "some stability".
It was no longer possible to assume that children taking the same subject years apart would get the same grade for the same standard of work, he said. And those who had achieved similar standards may be graded differently, he added.
The organisation's vice-president Ian Bauckham, who is also a head teacher in Kent, said there was a significant level of anxiety over the changes in the core subjects this year.
"It is likely that some pupils whose teacher thought they were on track to get a grade C in these core subjects may well find they have fallen below the new boundary where grade boundaries have been changed."
Many schools focus efforts on C-D borderline pupils because obtaining a C grade in English and maths is the key academic requirement for pupils to continue in education, whether it be studying A-levels or a more vocational course. These grades are also the key measure of accountability for schools.
General secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers Russell Hobby said: "The exam system is so massively complicated now, I actually think it is beyond any organisation's capability to keep it under control."
The exams regulator's crackdown on grade inflation, through the system known as comparable outcomes, had led to Ofqual "regulating the exam system through the rear view mirror," he said.
This was wrong, he added, "we need to be doing it beforehand."
Under comparable outcomes, the regulator ensures that roughly the same proportion of students achieve each grade as in the previous year.
But alongside this, statistical predictions based on the results of national primary school tests sat by the candidates, and chief examiner judgments, are used to set the grade boundaries.
Mr Hobby said: "A lot of us assumed that there was more objectivity to the grades people get. Exams are often held up as being this objective standard, but there's a lot of subjectivity in the marking and grading of exams. It's quite shocking."
But Mr Lightman said: "There is a recognition that so much instability in the system means the people who need to know will have much more difficulty in interpreting the data.
"It's going to be very difficult for universities, for employers, for parents and students to understand when the exam system is going through this constant change, and there are more changes down the line."
He added: "There needs to be a transparent link between what young people are expected to know or be able to do and the result they end up with, and that results should not be calculated - especially at GCSE - in the back room using statistical methods which distance results from clarity about what the grades actually mean.
"When the government make changes to complex things like qualifications that are not fully thought through, then you end up with unintended consequences."
Dr Mary Bousted general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers said: "There have been changes this year to some GCSE science subjects which will be awarded for the first time.
"We know that these new GCSEs have been designed to be more challenging, and that there may be a drop in achievement overall, but we hope this doesn't cause disappointment to students."
Glenys Stacey, chief exams regulator, said Ofqual's main role was ensuring that exam standards were set and maintained and this was what they were doing.
"We want to make sure that whatever exam board you are sitting that you will get the right results."
She insisted that pupils would be getting the correct grades, and added: "When we look at the national results and see some changes - the very reason for that is because we have maintained the standards."
Professor of Education at Buckingham University Alan Smithers said grades were becoming more "believable" because of the changes the government and Ofqual had made.
He said: "If you have been measuring foot sizes inaccurately for a number of years then you get shoes which don't really fit. When you discover ways of making the measuring more accurate it makes good sense to make use of the more accurate measure."
A Department for Education spokesman said: "We want GCSEs to be high-quality, demanding qualifications comparable to those in the world's best-performing education systems.
"It is for Ofqual, the independent regulator, to ensure that standards are set appropriately in the awarding of GCSEs."
It had approved the relocation from the East/West Brigs ward in Galashiels to Crumhaugh House in 2015.
It said at the time that the move would address "patient care and safety issues" in the service.
However, NHS Borders said changes in provision at Galashiels had "called into question" the decision to relocate to the vacant Hawick property.
The move would have relocated 28 staff from one town to the other.
Dr Cliff Sharp, associate medical director, said: "After very careful consideration I took the somewhat unusual step of going back to the board and requesting that we did not progress with the relocation to Hawick.
"On the basis of the information presented to them the board approved the request.
"In light of this decision which has been communicated to affected patients, families, carers and our staff, I would like to assure you that the board will restart the process to find a suitable alternative use for the Crumhaugh House property."
Operation Ruby was launched following the disappearance of the schoolgirl in Walton-on-Thames in March 2002.
The force admits "mistakes were made" during the investigation.
It said a report into the attempted abduction of another Surrey schoolgirl the day before Milly disappeared had not been passed on to Operation Ruby.
In addition, officers knocked at her killer Levi Bellfield's flat 11 times following Milly's disappearance but got no reply.
Assistant Chief Constable Jerry Kirkby said he accepted the house-to-house inquiries should have been more exhaustive.
He said: "With the benefit of hindsight there were aspects of the investigation we would have handled differently."
Milly disappeared on 21 March 2002 in Station Avenue, Walton-on-Thames, near where Bellfield lived in Collingwood Place.
The subsequent investigation was the largest in the history of Surrey Police, costing an estimated £6m.
More than 100 police officers were involved in the search.
They carried out 3,500 house-to-house inquiries, searched more than 350 sites and took 5,600 statements.
The force said there had been 50 registered sex offenders living within a five-mile radius of Walton-on-Thames at the time, who were interviewed and eliminated from the inquiry.
Officers pursued sightings of Milly from around the country and further afield.
One caller said they had seen her on a ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao in Spain. Another sighting came from Fiji.
Despite a huge manhunt, police admit a key piece of information was initially overlooked.
The day before Milly disappeared, Rachel Cowles, 11, was offered a lift in a red car in Shepperton, Surrey.
Her mother, Diana Cowles, reported the incident to police.
The 999 handler who took the call and the member of staff who handled the information did not forward the information to Operation Ruby.
Police did not take a statement from Miss Cowles until three years later, when her mother wrote to the chief constable after watching a police appeal for a red car.
Mr Kirkby described it as a "missed opportunity".
He said had the incident been pursued, "it would have potentially provided a line of inquiry."
But he added it was difficult to know how much information about the incident would have helped the Operation Ruby team.
Levi Bellfield was tried for the attempted abduction of Miss Cowles but the jury was discharged before a verdict was reached.
In the early days of the investigation, Milly's father, Bob Dowler, became a suspect "in all but name", according to police. Officers had found bondage equipment in the loft and pornographic videos in the lounge.
Surrey Police refused to confirm or deny whether Mr Dowler was placed under surveillance.
Victims Commissioner Louise Casey said the treatment of the Dowler family throughout the legal process had been "appalling".
It was not until Bellfield was arrested by the Met Police in November 2004 that a connection was made between him and the flat in Walton-on-Thames.
The former club bouncer was convicted at the Old Bailey in 2008 of killing two women and attempting to murder a third in west London.
Bellfield was charged with Milly's murder in April 2010 and convicted on Thursday.
Mr Kirkby said Sussex Police had carried out two reviews of Surrey Police's investigation but had not identified significant failings.
"Questions will be asked of the early days of the inquiry," he said. "We must accept that mistakes were made.
"Having said that, even a perfect initial investigation may not have identified Bellfield as a suspect.
"It's been long, complex and challenging and taken many years of painstaking detective work."
Mr Kirkby praised the dignity of the Dowler family throughout the investigation. "None of us can appreciate what they have suffered", he added.
Mr Kirkby said the Chief Constable Mark Rowley had met the Dowler family and apologised for failings into the investigation.
He said Mr Rowley intended to meet the families of Bellfield's other victims.
The force's investigation has not been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission and no formal complaint has been received.
A security operation has now ended at one of the hotels, near the parliament building.
The BBC's Moalimu Mohammed, in the city, says the two hotels were busy with people breaking their Ramadan fast when they were attacked at 18:10 local time (15:10 GMT).
The Islamist militant group al-Shabab has said it was behind the attack.
Our reporter says the two hotels - the Wehliya and Siyaad - are among the best known in the city.
The Siyaad is near the presidential palace, while the Wehliya is close to parliament.
"Car bombs rammed into the hotels named Wehliya and Siyaad. Then our fighters stormed in," an al-Shabab spokesman told Reuters.
Some reports say fighting is ongoing, but Somalia's National Intelligence & Security Agency tweeted that the attacks had been foiled.
There was also a mortar attack on a base of the African Union (AU) force in the city at the same time.
The AU is helping the government battle al-Shabab, which is linked to al-Qaeda.
Security in Somalia has improved, but al-Shabab still attacks Mogadishu regularly.
The militants have also targeted neighbouring countries, killing almost 150 people in an assault on Garissa University College in Kenya in April.
Amir Ali Qureshi, from the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, predicts adverts featuring a dog on a trampoline will boost sales.
But he also expects a spike in people with broken bones turning up at A&E this Christmas.
He said injuries were common, even with trampolines that come with safety netting.
"Just last week I had a 27-year-old female referred to me with a life-changing injury to her left knee as a result of a trampoline accident," Mr Qureshi said.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) says more than 13,000 trampolining injuries are treated each year.
Broken arms, legs, knee dislocations and neck injuries can all result from having an accident on a trampoline.
Mr Qureshi added: "Some of these injuries are simply unpleasant, but others can be extremely serious.
"The issue at the moment, particularly where young people are involved, is that the use of nets gives children and their parents a false sense of security that they will be fine whatever the level and intensity of activity on a trampoline.
"In my opinion, as an experienced orthopaedic surgeon, the equipment is dangerous and should only be used in appropriate circumstances, which I believe can only be achieved under professional supervision."
Dave Walker, the leisure safety manager at RoSPA, said: "When using a trampoline at home parents must be aware that, just like any high-energy leisure activity, there is a risk, and they should take precautions to prevent potentially serious and life-changing injuries.
"Having netting around the trampoline is a good preventative measure, as is only allowing one child on at a time, and supervision to ensure the activity being carried out on the trampoline is appropriate.
"Many serious injuries occur when a larger person is on with a child, so parents should avoid getting on at the same time as their children."
Uefa introduced FFP regulations with an aim to "improve the overall financial health of European club football".
Economists studied activity in England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain for a decade to determine FFP's impact.
Their study says barriers to investors prove a "disadvantage to smaller clubs" and create less competition.
"Uefa Financial Fair Play didn't reduce inequality between clubs, but rather increased it further," said Professor Christoph Kaserer, from the Technical University of Munich.
The study said FFP "solidifies existing hierarchies" as it does not allow financially weaker clubs to progress via means of investment.
"Investors can break up established structures and thus strengthen competition," added Dr Daniel Urban.
However, the study suggested steps taken by Uefa for the FFP period between 2015 and 2018 in order to help clubs experiencing financial upheaval were "a step in the right direction".
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The raid happened just after 21:00 GMT on Saturday at Chisholm Bookmakers on Fielding Court, Biddick Hall.
Northumbria Police said both the men were wearing paper decorating suits, one white and one blue, and they were armed with a knife and a hammer.
They demanded cash and made off with it in the direction of Biddick Hall School. No-one was injured.
He walked away unscathed, but that day in 1974 marked the end of his dream of a career in the British army.
"My clear recollection of that time is actually flying through the air and thinking to myself, 'I'm number four', because we'd lost three guys previously," he said.
"I think that was the final straw on my Army career."
Tim Francis left his home in Wales to join the Army when he was just 16 as an apprentice surveyor.
Three years later, he was sent to Northern Ireland as a member of the Royal Artillery Regiment.
During his first tour, he was based in Newtownhamilton in south Armagh.
"Initially when we went there we went to shops, we could buy cigarettes, we could buy whatever we needed from local shops," he said.
"But gradually that became more of a problem and we were no longer welcome."
During his four months there, the teenage soldier was in an armoured truck, a Humber Pig, that hit a landmine.
"There was a big flash, bang, we were lifted off the ground," he recalled.
"We seemed to be in the air for quite a while, but it couldn't have been very long, and then hit the ground with a big bang."
Incredibly, none of the soldiers inside were injured.
The driver managed to bring the vehicle under control and they drove back to their barracks.
Members of the regiment based in Crossmaglen and Forkhill were engaged in lengthy gun battles during the tour.
In one, he said, it's estimated that about 3,000 rounds were exchanged when an army patrol was attacked by an IRA gang firing from just across the border in the Republic of Ireland.
Eighteen months after that tour ended, Tim Francis was sent back to Northern Ireland for a second. This time he was based in Derry.
"That was much more difficult than the first tour," he said.
"A very unfriendly atmosphere generally there, a lot of danger, a lot of bomb incidents, serious injuries, deaths. It wasn't a good tour."
Three members of his unit were killed during the tour, including one of his friends, on 21 June 1974.
He was Sergeant John Haughey.
"He was leading a foot patrol, he took cover behind what was a junction box for either electricity or telephone, it had an explosive device fitted inside it, and somebody detonated it."
Some members of his unit witnessed the attack and saw their friend die.
"It was horrible, absolutely horrible," he recalled.
"It was somebody that I knew and respected, I knew he was a good guy. As it happened, from an Irish Catholic background.
"It's very difficult to put into words how the whole unit feels when that happens. It's as though you've lost a very dear brother."
The following month he was caught up in the car bomb attack that flung him into the air and across a street.
He resigned from the army five month later.
Members of regular regiments of the British Army killed 302 people during the Troubles; 159 were civilians.
All of those killings are now being re-investigated by the Police Service of Northern Ireland's (PSNI) Legacy Investigation Branch, as part of a review of all killings during the Troubles.
A number of former soldiers have recently been charged with murder.
Regimental associations, a number of MPs and national newspapers have claimed former soldiers are being treated unfairly because the PSNI has prioritised military killings.
The PSNI has said that is not the case and that all Troubles killings are being reviewed with the same investigative rigour.
Some MPs have called for emergency legislation to prohibit former soldiers being prosecuted.
Tim Francis does not support a blanket ban on prosecutions, but says he shares the view that former soldiers are being treated unfairly.
He said there was too much focus on the army and not enough on former members of the IRA and other paramilitary organisations.
"By and large I don't think the current situation regarding prosecutions is justified whatsoever," he said.
"Because I don't see it happening in the opposite direction, I don't see it happening to, presumably they are still alive, people who killed people that I knew. I don't see those prosecutions happening."
The former soldier said he does not believe those who killed his friend in the bomb attack he witnessed in Derry were ever prosecuted.
Pirates had exchanged gunfire with a super tanker on Friday 11 October before attacking a Spanish fishing vessel three days later.
Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) traced the pirates' skiffs from Britain's Royal Fleet Auxiliary Fort Victoria.
Nine men were caught and forces later destroyed two boats and equipment.
Commodore Jeremy Blunden, Royal Navy, Commander of CTF-151, said: "This is an excellent result.
"My multinational counter piracy forces swiftly located and dealt with this Somali pirate group, sending a clear message that piracy no longer pays."
Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, as the group is known, embarked on board RFA Fort Victoria with support from Australian guided-missile frigate HMAS Melbourne and South Korean destroyer ROKS Wang Geon.
The European Union flagship Dutch HNLMS Johan de Witt - flagship of the EU naval force in the area - and maritime patrol aircraft from Luxembourg were also part of the mission.
After tracing the pirates an HMAS Melbourne Seahawk guided the warship to their precise location, 500 nautical miles off the Somali coast, before a boarding team made the final approach to search the skiffs.
Commander Brian Schlegel, Royal Australian Navy, commanded HMAS Melbourne during the operation.
He said: "It is clear that there are still pirates out there determined to generate income from taking merchant ships hostage.
"Mariners have been served a timely reminder of the perils of transiting the Somali coastline."
CMF is a multinational naval partnership with 29 nation members. Its aim is to promotes security, stability and prosperity across 2.5 million square miles of international waters.
A Mirage 2000 fighter jet of the Indian air force landed on the expressway connecting the capital, Delhi, with Agra early on Thursday.
The 102-mile-long Yamuna Expressway is one of India's most modern highways.
The air force plans to develop various sections of India's highways to be used as runways at short notice.
The air force said in a statement that the aircraft flew in from a base in central India and made a "practice approach on the highway, coming down to a height of 100m before landing off the next approach" in Uttar Pradesh state.
A large number of police were deployed along the stretch of the highway where the exercise was conducted. Senior air force officials were also present to witness the landing and take-off.
A makeshift air traffic control was set up, bird-watchers were on alert and fire engines and rescue vehicles were on stand-by, news channel NDTV reported..
The exercise stalled traffic on the highway for a few hours. Local people, including residents from nearby villagers, gaped at the sight.
Road runways are usually used for emergency landings if airbases come under attack during wartime.
Many countries, including neighbouring Pakistan, have dedicated stretches of expressways for landing fighter planes.
A police spokesperson identified the suspect as the same man who stabbed three people at the parade in 2005.
Yishai Schlissel, an ultra-Orthodox Jew, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for that attack and was released from prison three weeks ago.
Two of the injured are in a serious condition, medics said.
The attacker emerged behind marchers and began stabbing them while screaming, before being tackled by a police officer.
Dramatic images showed the assailant reaching inside his coat and raising a knife above his head.
Yasmin Yusupov, 20, told the BBC she and her friends were marching when she "started seeing a lot of people running".
"We didn't realise what happened but I was pulling the friends who were with me to run away. We just banged on doors of people's houses. We tried asking them to get us inside.
"When we came back I saw a few bodies on the floor right in front of me. Everyone had blood on their hands because they were trying to help," she added.
'We marched through blood'
The parade continued after the wounded were taken to a hospital, with protesters chanting "end the violence".
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack as "a most serious incident".
"In the state of Israel the individual's freedom of choice is one of basic values. We must ensure that in Israel, every man and woman lives in security in any way they choose. That's how we acted in the past and how we'll continue to act. I wish the wounded a speedy recovery," he said in a statement.
President Reuven Rivlin condemned the stabbing as a "terrible hate crime".
"We must not be deluded, a lack of tolerance will lead us to disaster. We cannot allow such crimes, and we must condemn those who commit and support them."
Carole Nuriel, a director at New York-based Jewish rights organisation the Anti-Defamation League, said the group was "shocked and horrified" by the attack.
"Jerusalem's pride parade celebrates the city's diverse and vibrant LGBT community. That celebration has once again been violated with violence and hatred," she said in a statement.
She added: "We extend our solidarity with the LGBT community, and hope for the full recovery of the victims."
Hundreds of police are deployed along the parade route to prevent violence breaking out. Jerusalem police spokesman Asi Ahroni told Reuters there was a "massive presence" of police at the parade but "unfortunately the man managed to pull out a knife and attack".
The event has long been a source of tension between Jerusalem's secular minority and its Jewish Orthodox communities. Israeli police granted a permit for 30 right-wing religious activists to protest on Thursday by the Great Synagogue, close to the parade route.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews have previously gathered in the city's Mea Shearim quarter to protest against homosexuality.
Israel's homosexual community was the target of a 2009 attack in Tel Aviv, where a gunman opened fire at a centre for young gays, killing two people and wounding 15 others.
The assailant behind that attack was apprehended.
Israel has relatively liberal gay rights policies, despite the ultra-Orthodox community's hostility towards homosexuals. The Jewish state repealed a ban on consensual same-sex sexual acts in 1988.
Correction 4 August 2015: This story, which incorrectly said Jerusalem's secular community formed a majority in the city, has been amended.
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After being swept aside 3-0 by England at Wembley, Scotland are facing the prospect of another qualifying failure.
While Strachan's much-changed side had threatening moments, they were wasteful in front of goal and porous at the back.
All three goals were headers by players who were poorly marked.
Daniel Sturridge's first-half goal established the home side's lead and Adam Lallana and Gary Cahill secured the result after the break.
Far from answering questions about Strachan's future and the direction of the side, the London defeat merely added a few more to the pile.
In a game of such importance, even Strachan's starting line-up was loaded with significance.
How could it not be when the manager made as many as eight changes, with so many alterations suggesting previous selections in the campaign were flawed.
Strachan opted to pack his team with pace, which seemed a valid ploy given the speed throughout the England side.
But the decisions to play Craig Gordon, Christophe Berra and James Morrison told of a manager prepared to be radical because the consequences of dropping stalwarts like David Marshall and Russell Martin could be left for another day, or perhaps even another manager.
Strachan, in his moment of greatest scrutiny as Scotland manager, suddenly became less reserved.
He started with Leigh Griffiths, for so long the player most commonly cited when the manager's stubbornness was being questioned.
And for much of the game, there was indeed energy, resolve, and an athleticism to the Scotland performance.
There was a sense of resurgence just after the interval, too, when James Forrest ought to have equalised and Robert Snodgrass was unfortunate not to.
Scotland were certainly not as meek or listless as in Slovakia last month - and the players, it seems, continue to respond to him.
But which display will Scotland bring to their next competitive fixture against Slovenia in March next year if Strachan is still in charge - the one from Slovakia or the one from Wembley?
Despite the painful loss in London, assessing whether Strachan's time has run its course should not be a direct response to defeat to England, but rather analysed in terms of the diminishing form and authority of a side that peaked against the Republic of Ireland in November 2014.
One figure - and certainly not a combative central midfielder - was unlikely to turn Scotland's fortunes around.
Even so, the sight of Scott Brown snapping into tackles, urging and marshalling his team-mates and generally bringing a restless energy to Scotland's play, will have been reassuring to Strachan.
The timing of the Celtic captain's retirement was damaging to a manager suddenly robbed of Brown's services against Lithuania and Slovakia.
But Brown's scurrying play, his spiky demeanour and his steeliness all brought at least an edge to the team's midfield.
Brown has left the length of his return open and much of his decision will have been based on the strength of his relationship with Strachan, so the manager's position will likely impact the midfielder's international future.
As he refused to be quelled by the circumstances of the game - undaunted late into the match as he clashed with Jordan Henderson - there was the conviction that Scotland remain better served by Brown remaining involved.
A single performance is rarely enough to be definitive but Griffiths' display typically left room for doubt as to his value to the side.
He was, as always, a bright and sparky presence, chasing down defenders and always seeing a corridor of space to zoom off to in pursuit of an attacking opening.
The Celtic forward also ensured the England centre-backs had to be wary in the air as he challenged them with real spirit.
But when slipping a pass into the path of Snodgrass would have provided his team-mate with a clear sight of goal, he opted to shoot instead.
It was a wasteful misjudgement, characteristic of a player who is most engaged with the act of shooting and scoring.
Yet for all that Griffiths does not offer the brawn of Chris Martin or the shrewdness of Steven Fletcher, there is something encouraging about the air of menace his darting runs bring.
With Griffiths in the team, Scotland fans will feel the side carries a greater threat.
The centre-back, 26, went off at half-time at Bristol City last weekend.
He will miss Saturday's visit of Burton Albion and the Tykes' trip to Newcastle on the final day of this term, 7 May.
Heckingbottom's side are 14th in the table, two points above 15th-placed Wolves and two below Cardiff, in 13th.
The event was organised by the Hunter Foundation, set up by the philanthropist Sir Tom Hunter.
Thousands of people gathered at the venue but were disappointed when Mr Obama avoided the front entrance.
The former president had visited St Andrews earlier, playing a round of golf on the Old Course.
Mr Obama had arrived in Edinburgh by private jet, on what was his first visit to Scotland.
A large crowd outside the charity dinner were told by police that Mr Obama would not be making a public arrival.
Stewart Kermack, 61, from Prestwick, said: "I came especially to see Obama. I think he is a great guy and was a very charismatic leader."
Jody Mulvey, 20, from Edinburgh said: "I'm disappointed we didn't get to see Obama but I understand after everything that's going on right now."
The dinner at the EICC is thought to be one of his first major addresses since his term as president came to an end.
Tickets for a table of 10 at the event are understood to have cost about £5,000.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was at the dinner.
Although the media were not allowed inside, Mr Obama is reported to have said that in times of inequality people turn to simplistic and populist answers on the left and the right.
He also spoke about the Manchester bombing, saying it is not possible to solve lone wolf attacks perfectly.
If someone is determined and willing to die, he said, it is almost impossible to prevent that entirely.
All of the cash raised at the dinner will be split between children's charities in Scotland and the Obama Foundation.
Security was tight in Edinburgh as police stepped up resources around major events in the wake of the Manchester bombing.
Comedian Kevin Bridges, singer Annie Lennox and Scottish band Texas provided entertainment at the event and young people were also involved.
Thirteen-year-old Mila Stricevic, from Glasgow, read a poem after winning a schools competition.
Mr Obama, a golfing enthusiast, had been joined in St Andrews by Sir Tom Hunter, whose charitable foundation had invited Obama to speak in Edinburgh.
After completing the third hole, Mr Obama spoke to the crowd who had been following him around the course.
He shook hands with people and asked them how they were doing before heading back to play golf.
The Hunter Foundation has previously arranged for US politicians and actors including Bill Clinton, Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney to come to Scotland.
Last year, Leonardo DiCaprio travelled to Edinburgh to speak at the Scottish Business Awards at the EICC.
Announcing Barack Obama's visit in April, Sir Tom said: "From the south side of Chicago to the White House has been an epic, historic journey and it will be a true honour to hear that story from the man who made that journey.
"We are both truly proud and delighted to be hosting the 44th president of the United States in Scotland at this event."
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Paying tribute to Pc Keith Palmer, who died after being stabbed, she said: "He was every inch a hero and his actions will never be forgotten."
Delivering a Commons statement she said Wednesday's attacker was British born and known to police and MI5. The attack was related to "Islamist ideology".
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn described the attack as "an appalling atrocity".
Four people died, including the attacker, with 40 more injured.
Mrs May said the victims included 12 Britons, three French children, two people from Romania, four from South Korea, one from Germany, one from Poland, one from Ireland, one from China, one from Italy, one from the US and two Greek people.
She told MPs: "Yesterday an act of terrorism tried to silence our democracy, but today we meet as normal, as generations have done before us and as future generations will continue to do, to deliver a simple message: We are not afraid and our resolve will never waver in the face of terrorism."
She said it was still believed that the attacker acted alone and there was "no reason to believe" further attacks on the public were planned.
"His identity is known to the police and MI5 and when operational considerations allow, he will be publicly identified," she said.
"What I can confirm is that the man was British-born and that some years ago he was once investigated by MI5 in relation to concerns about violent extremism.
"He was a peripheral figure. The case is historic. He was not part of the current intelligence picture. There was no prior intelligence of his intent or of the plot."
Describing it as an attack on free people all over the world, Mrs May thanked global allies including US President Donald Trump for their support.
"We meet here in the oldest of all parliaments because we know that democracy and the values it entails will always prevail," she said.
"Those values - free speech, liberty, human rights, and the rule of law - are embodied here in this place but they are shared by free people around the world.
"A terrorist came to the place where people of all nationalities and cultures gather to celebrate what it means to be free. And he took out his rage indiscriminately against innocent men, women and children.
"This was an attack on free people everywhere - and on behalf of the British people, I would like to thank our friends and allies around the world who have made it clear that they stand with us at this time."
Mrs May also paid tribute to Foreign Office minister Tobias Ellwood, who tried to save the life of PC Palmer by giving him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and attempting to stem the flow of blood from his stab wounds in New Palace Yard.
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And she praised the police for "heroically" doing their job by stopping the attacker getting access to Parliamentary buildings by shooting him dead "within 20 yards of the gate".
"If his intention was to gain access to this building, we should be clear that he did not succeed," she said.
She also said it was wrong to describe the attack as Islamic, claiming it was "Islamist terrorism - it's a perversion of a great faith".
Mr Corbyn said MPs were "united by our humanity, by our democratic values and by that human impulse for solidarity to stand together in times of darkness and adversity".
"I express my condolences to the family and friends of PC Keith Palmer, who gave his life yesterday in defence of the public and our democracy - and to the loved ones of those still in a critical condition, including the French schoolchildren visiting our capital from Concarneau in Brittany," he said.
"The injured include people of ten nationalities. Innocent people were killed yesterday walking across Westminster Bridge as many millions of Londoners and tourists have done before them."
Conservative MP James Cleverly fought back tears as he paid tribute to his friend PC Palmer, who he met 25 years ago in the Royal Artillery. He asked Mrs May whether the police officer's "gallantry and sacrifice" could be recognised posthumously - to which she replied, that this would be considered in due course.
SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson said: "Today of all days we are reminded, notwithstanding our differences on political and constitutional issues, we are as one in our dedication to democracy, rule of law and harmony between people of all faiths and none."
He wished Mrs May and Home Secretary Amber Rudd well in their work in the aftermath of the "appalling, indiscriminate, terrorist act".
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said MPs were "beyond thankful to the police, to the NHS, to the emergency services, actually to the staff of this House, in keeping us safe and being so utterly dedicated to their roles".
He said: "Those who attack us hate our freedom, our peaceful democracy, our love of country, our tolerance, our openness and our unity."
Nigel Dodds, deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, said PC Palmer "and his colleagues are the reason that we're here today and every other day".
Over in the House of Lords, the Archbishop of Canterbury said: "Yesterday afternoon, one of our own security staff at Lambeth Palace - a Muslim - arrived at the gate having been missed by the vehicle very narrowly, and spent time helping those who'd been injured.
"It was typical of this community in this country that he refused to go home until the end of his shift, and simply spent the time doing his job as he expected."
But outside Parliament, UKIP leader Paul Nuttall called on the Muslim community to help cut out the "cancer within our society of radical Islam".
He said security needed to be heightened, adding that "all that was needed for this terrorist attack to take place yesterday was a Hyundai 4x4 and a couple of kitchen knives".
Earlier MPs, peers, police and workers around Whitehall observed a one minute's silence.
Commons deputy speaker Lindsay Hoyle said Parliament's security committee will hold an emergency meeting later on Thursday to discuss security arrangements on the estate.
Speaking beside a police cordon outside Parliament, Mr Hoyle told BBC Breakfast: "We're in a village and our village policeman has been murdered and all of our thoughts are with the family and the other innocent victims.
"But of course the House must continue - we will not give in to terrorism and today we'll continue.
Mr Hoyle, who is also chairman of the security committee, said: "We will be having an emergency meeting. We'll be getting information - what else needs to be put in place - and we will reflect."
He said there would be support for MPs and staff who "witnessed things they never expected to witness in their lives", he said.
Mrs May has spoken to Mr Trump, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in the period since the attack, and will speak to more foreign leaders over the course of Thursday, Downing Street said.
The PM's official spokesman said Mrs May had been "focused entirely on this issue since it happened" and was in constant contact with police and security services.
He declined to discuss whether any changes had been made to her schedule for the coming days.
The Tiffin University graduate averaged over eight points and three assists per game for Wolves in his debut campaign in the BBL last term.
Khan is the first member of the squad to agree fresh terms at the University Arena for 2016-17.
He joins new recruits Danny Huffor, Marek Klassen, Trevor Setty, Deondre McWhorter and Jermel Kennedy at Wolves.
"Last year was his rookie year straight out of college, so it was very much a learning curve for him," head coach Paul James told BBC Hereford and Worcester.
"He had some games where he was outstanding and we're looking to improve him and make him one of the better guards in the league."
Dame Janet Smith's review is finished, the team working on it has confirmed.
However, the Metropolitan Police said publishing findings could hamper ongoing investigations into sexual abuse claims.
Publication is to take place "as soon as possible", the report's authors said.
Investigators interviewed 375 witnesses in connection with Savile and more than 100 about Hall - findings had been due to be published in the second half of this month.
A statement released by the review team said: "Dame Janet recognises that a further delay will be of particular disappointment to victims of Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall whose accounts are in the report and other witnesses before the review, to all of whom she is very grateful.
"However, it is important that the Metropolitan Police's investigations should not be prejudiced."
Dame Janet Smith's review has been looking at how Savile and Hall abused people over decades while working at the BBC.
It was set up in October 2012 by the BBC to examine the culture and practices of the corporation during the years Savile worked there after the former presenter was revealed to be a prolific sexual predator.
Shortly after Hall was convicted of 14 charges of indecent assault in May 2013, the BBC announced a further investigation into the former It's a Knockout presenter, which will feed into Dame Janet's review.
Liz Dux, abuse lawyer at Slater and Gordon, which represents 168 victims of Savile and Hall, said: "This will come as bitterly disappointing news to the victims of Savile and Hall.
"They desperately want the last of the investigations to be published and to be able to move on with their lives.
"Naturally, they do not want to prejudice any outstanding investigation.
"But given the amount of time that has elapsed since they gave their testimonies, they will question why police investigations are taking so long."
In May 2014, Hall was sentenced to an extra two years and six months in prison for two counts of indecently assaulting a girl.
He was already serving a 30-month jail term after he pleaded guilty in 2013 to indecently assaulting 13 other girls, aged between nine and 17, over a 20-year period.
A report concluded in February that Savile had abused at least 63 people connected to Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
In April, Surrey Police said 22 pupils and one visitor had been sexually abused by him at a school for emotionally disturbed teenage girls.
They have published a report saying the results of the IGCSE in English language were flawed and pupils received unfair grades.
The exam board, Cambridge International Exams, said it was "confident" in the accuracy of the results.
Exam regulator Ofqual said the exam results were reliable and pupils had received "appropriate" grades.
The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) and Girls' School Association said an "unprecedented number" of schools had come forward with concerns about the results.
The report said the exam results "cannot be trusted" and there had been a "large-scale award of false grades" for the IGCSE English language paper taken by pupils in May 2015.
The independent schools' groups said there had been problems with the grade boundaries and the results had been "exceptionally out of line" with expectations, with pupils forecast to get top grades receiving U grades.
Leicester Grammar School headmaster Chris King, who chairs the HMC, said they were publishing the report after months of "fruitless formal appeals".
"Yet again, schools have known that students have been graded unfairly but have been unable to gain justice for pupils under the current system," he said.
But the claims about the IGCSE were strongly rejected by the exam board.
Roderic Gillespie, director of assessment at Cambridge International Examinations, said the independent schools' report was "flawed" and had been based on a "small sample of self-selecting schools unhappy with their results".
"There is no evidence in the report to justify re-grading the exam papers," he said.
Ofqual said it had checked the schools' claims but remained unconvinced by the evidence.
"It is unreasonable for any study to make assertions about an entire cohort of students based on the results of an unrepresentative sub-set of schools," said an Ofqual spokesman.
The exam watchdog said it was "satisfied that the grade boundaries were suitable".
Last year saw a record number of grades being changed after pupils appealed against results.
There were more than 90,000 GCSE and A-level grades changed in 2015, almost twice as many as three years before.
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The 28-year-old survived a puncture with six kilometres to go, having broken away earlier on the final lap.
The way I felt those first couple of laps I just thought I'm going to DNF [Did Not Finish] let alone medal or win, so it's a dream come true
Thomas, who won Olympic gold on the track for Team GB in 2008 and 2012, said winning in a Wales jersey in Glasgow was special.
"It's up there alongside the Olympics, and everything to be honest," he said.
"I've only got to race for Wales maybe once before in the whole of my senior career, so it's a great feeling."
Earlier in the Games, Thomas won bronze in the time trial, just four days after completing this year's Tour de France for Team Sky.
Many of the 140 starters in the road race dropped out before the end of the 12 laps of the 14km circuit, in wet conditions, around the centre of Glasgow.
The Cardiff cyclist admitted he was nearly one of them.
"The way I felt those first couple of laps, I just thought I'm going to DNF [Did Not Finish] let alone medal or win, so it's a dream come true," he said
"It's massive. I think riding the Tour before, it just added to how good it feels because I really didn't expect it (to win).
"By the end I still didn't feel great but I just felt strong and like I could ride all day."
Thomas slipped down the field early in the race following problems with his bike's chain.
He fought back and then hit the front with England's Scott Thwaites (bronze) and New Zealand's Jack Bauer (silver).
The Welshman made his decisive break while going up the climb on Montrose Street.
"I knew I had to get a gap and time trial it and I thought I'd take them by surprise even though it was a long way out," said Thomas.
"I thought as long as I got a gap, they'd look to each other and just commit and fortunately I had the legs to go to the line."
On the final lap Thomas looked to be cruising to victory when he suffered a puncture and had to stop to have his front wheel changed.
"I couldn't believe it. I just felt it [the tyre] going down and I was like: 'oh no what's going on?'," said Thomas.
"I was definitely sweating. It just felt like it took an eternity to fix but it was probably relatively quick.
"Fortunately it didn't make a difference."
June Bacon started the campaign "to give this little boy a good send-off".
A post-mortem showed that Conley died after entering a vertical pipe on a building site near his home in Worsbrough, Barnsley, earlier this week.
The FundRazr appeal raised £1,050 after 20 hours.
Ms Bacon, from Barnsley, said she wanted to "make life easier for Conley's family at this tough time".
She said she was "heartbroken" when she heard about Conley's death and has been overwhelmed at the public's response to the appeal.
"It's absolutely amazing the amount of people who have contributed and dug into their pockets, spare change or whatever," she said.
Conley was reported missing at around 22:00 BST on Sunday after not returning home from playing with friends.
His disappearance prompted a large overnight police search and his body was found at 08:30 on Monday.
On Tuesday, South Yorkshire Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.
But officers have issued an appeal for people to help piece together Conley's movements before he died.
GAA player Odhrán McKenna, of the St John's club in west Belfast, was injured on the Killead Road in Crumlin at about 17:00 GMT on Friday.
It is believed the teenager's car left the road and hit a tree.
His family have said he is likely to remain sedated over the weekend.
Police have appealed for witnesses to contact them.
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They asked him about the dangers of the sport, who is the pick of Northern Ireland's famous Dunlop dynasty, what it was about the North West 200 that makes him want to keep coming back and whether, at the grand old age of 45, he is starting to consider retirement.
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Swansea council put the barriers up on Sunday, two weeks after the death of off-duty Sgt Louise Lucas.
Sue Mann said the barriers should continue into Dillwyn St as the same traffic system was in operation.
The council is meeting on Tuesday to consider changes to the road system.
At present traffic travels in one direction on one side of the dual carriageway, and in two opposite directions on the other.
Ms Mann, 48, from Killay, was on her way out to meet a friend in the city centre when she was hit by a taxi as she tried to cross the two-direction side of the road.
She said: "The road was completely desolate and no traffic. Next thing I knew a taxi just suddenly was there and all I can remember is my head was on the bonnet of the taxi."
She needed stitches and suffered from shock following the incident.
Ms Mann thinks the barriers do not go far enough and would like to see them extended.
"Maybe they have put them up because of that poor policewoman, but I doubt they have put them all the way around to Tesco," she added.
Sgt Lucas was the second person to die on the Kingsway in two years. In 2013, Daniel Foss, 37, was killed after also being hit by a bus.
The coroner investigating Mr Foss's death said the road had a "serious design issue" and called for urgent action.
But I don't think the people who criticise them can understand what those players are going through, or appreciate the mental strength you need when you are out long-term or suffering from a recurring problem.
I was lucky enough to avoid too many serious lay-offs during my own career but I saw how hard it was for my team-mates, especially when they were labelled as being sidelined too easily when all they were trying to do was get fit.
I have never met a player who wanted to be injured - and when you are out for a long time it becomes a nightmare that you live every minute of every day.
The life of an injured player is not an enjoyable one and it is hard to escape the feeling of being down.
It is frustrating to watch everybody else train day after day when you are nowhere near being able to do it yourself, so you need people to talk to and help cheer you up.
Jack has just started training again and he has already talked about how it helped him having other Arsenal players with long-term injuries - like Danny Welbeck or Tomas Rosicky - in rehab with him.
He will have needed a similar support network at home, too. When you are there you are still injured and still thinking about it the whole time.
There is nothing to be happy about, even when you see your wife and kids, because you just want to be playing football.
It is nice when you get fans wishing you well and asking when you are back, but all it takes is one idiot to say something like "Arsenal don't need you" and you are depressed again.
It is easy to feel like you want to give up and, to get through it, you need your family and close friends away from football.
They are the ones who keep you going during the weeks and months when you need it most.
It is a huge boost for Arsenal that Wilshere is close to a comeback because, when he gets fit, he will have a big part to play in their Premier League title push.
But the main reason I am delighted to hear about his progress is the lift it will give him personally, because of what he has been through.
Jack has not played at all for Arsenal this season because of a fractured fibula, after working all summer to get fit following his ankle problems.
He only turned 24 at the start of January so he is still a young player but, when you add up his injuries, you can see how much they are eating into his career.
In total, he has only played 36% of Arsenal's games in all competitions since the start of the 2011-12 season, and he has lost over two years to various injuries.
But I know him well enough to have always believed he would get through each setback.
I think he will come back stronger this time and, with Arsenal top of the table and Euro 2016 on the horizon, he has got a hell of a lot to play for.
The Gunners are doing well without him, of course, but he has not been forgotten about. The talk is about what difference he can make in the run-in.
With the way Arsene Wenger has been setting up his team, Jack would slot right into central midfield, next to either Francis Coquelin or Mohamed Elneny.
The statistics show Arsenal actually did better without Wilshere when he was out last season, but that is just a reflection on when the team hit form rather than his ability. With Santi Cazorla out injured, he is going to have a big role to play.
I am glad that Wilshere has not been rushed back into action because the amount of time he has taken to get himself right will hopefully mean that, if he does break down, he will not be out for so long again.
In contrast, Sturridge seems to be coming under pressure at Liverpool to play even if he is carrying a knock.
He has also missed a lot of football in recent months - he has suffered 18 separate injuries since he moved to Anfield in January 2013 and only played in 26% of Liverpool's games in all competitions since the start of last season - but he has already proved that, when fit, he is still an absolutely top-class striker.
Sturridge was very impressive when he scored twice against Southampton in the League Cup, but he broke down again soon afterwards.
People are pointing the finger at his injury record in the same way they used to poke fun at former Tottenham and England midfielder Darren Anderton - and it does not help him to hear his manager Jurgen Klopp say he has to play through pain.
Professional players do that all the time anyway - I hardly ever played at 100% - but it depends on the level of pain you have to deal with.
Everybody has got a different pain threshold and a different way of dealing with it. Without knowing what Sturridge is going through, it is unfair to comment on it like that.
I understand why Klopp and the Liverpool fans want him back, because they are not doing as well without him but, if Sturridge does play when he is injured, then he is just going to cause himself more damage.
Ian Wright was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
The 24-year-old was charged for an incident in his side's 1-1 Championship draw with Fulham on 23 February.
It is understood the bite was on Cottagers defender Fernando Amorebieta.
The Football Association said in a statement: "[This] was considered a non-standard case given the seriousness and both unusual and violent nature of the misconduct."
Doukara, who denied the charge, has also been fined £5,000.
Leeds United said that they were "disappointed with the outcome and the length of the ban" but would not be commenting further until the full written judgement has been released.
The ban means Doukara will be unavailable until the final game of the season.
Barcelona forward Luis Suarez has served three bans for biting during his career.
The Uruguay striker was banned for nine international matches and suspended from all football activity for four months for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during the 2014 World Cup.
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Dagenham & Redbridge midfielder Joss Labadie has been banned for biting twice in the past three years.
He was handed a 10-match suspension for a bite while with Torquay in 2014 before being given a six-month ban after biting a Stevenage player while playing for the Daggers last March.
"Boys were hit, force-fed sick, slippered, beaten in the sports barn," said Niomi Gabrielle, a former pupil of the now-closed Oakwood School, in Stowmarket, run for boys with emotional and behavioural problems.
The school, which operated from 1974 to 2000, has been at the centre of a Suffolk Police inquiry into allegations of excessive physical abuse.
Two former teachers admitted two offences each this week, while other charges against them, and two other teachers, were dismissed at Ipswich Crown Court.
Corporal punishment was made illegal in UK schools in 1987.
Brian Alliban was at a mainstream primary in Bury St Edmunds but was moved by the authorities and his parents to Oakwood, from the age of eight, until he left in 1986 when he was 16.
He had gender reassignment surgery in adult life and is now known as Niomi Gabrielle. She watched the Oakwood trial from the public gallery at court.
"There were teachers who were very demanding and very violent in the way they treated other boys and elements of that have traumatised me ever since," said Ms Gabrielle.
"The punishments which were meted out were legal to a point, but when it got to the stage of whacking someone's head against a canoe for example, that is over the top in terms of how a child should be treated by a member of staff."
She said one of her worst memories was being forced to eat liver at mealtimes, which she she did not like and then being forced to eat her own sick when she vomited.
She said she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder as an adult, as well as gender dysphoria.
"I already had emotional problems, interpersonal and learning difficulties but certainly the physical abuse that happened at Oakwood and a lot of things I've struggled with since, are a result of being there."
Ms Gabrielle is one of more than 100 former pupils who are mounting a civil legal case for damages against Suffolk County Council, which ran Oakwood.
Speaking at the end of the trial at Ipswich Crown Court, a Suffolk County Council spokesman said: "[When individuals came forward] we immediately contacted the police who initiated a complex and detailed investigation into these allegations.
"We are very glad this investigation has now reached a conclusion and that the voices of the people involved at the time have been fully heard and hope they feel justice has been done.
"We would strongly encourage anyone who has previously experienced such treatment to bring it to our attention at the earliest possible opportunity."
The two teachers, along with a former head teacher, are due to be sentenced on Friday.
Ms Gabrielle said she had some good memories of Oakwood.
"The school wasn't just full of bad people violating boys - there were also good teachers," she said.
It opened its gates on 30 September 1936 to provide Britain with a film studio to compete with Hollywood.
Since then, the site in Buckinghamshire has produced blockbusters such as the James Bond franchise and Star Wars films.
Former Bond star Sir Roger Moore, who made all but one of his Bond films at the Iver Heath studios, described Pinewood as a "second home".
Studio historian Gareth Owen said the site had been responsible for "really landscape-changing films".
The location has more than a dozen main stages - including the 007 stage - and covers tens of thousands of square feet.
Over the years, dozens of blockbusters and much-loved classics have been filmed at the site - from Oliver Twist and the Carry On series, to thriller Alien and several of the Marvel movies.
It has also been home to television shows, adverts and pop promos.
The studios were developed when British film mogul J Arthur Rank decided he wanted his own studio to compete with the technology and facilities of studios is the United States.
Together with builder Charles Boot he bought Heatherden Hall and the studios grew around it.
Mr Owen said film production is one of the UK's indigenous industries and Pinewood was "at the forefront" of its success.
"It has the best stages, the best technicians and really the best reputation," he said.
Sir Roger - who first worked there in 1946 and has had an office onsite for decades - said in addition to the Bond films, he has made half a dozen other movies at Pinewood, including The Persuaders.
"I like to think I know Pinewood quite well. [It] not only has the very best facilities, it also has a charm and warmth unlike any other studio."
The spoof awards that have become almost as famous as the real Nobels were handed out at their annual ceremony at Harvard University, US.
Kiyoshi Mabuchi's Japanese team measured the friction of banana skin in the lab, and showed why apple and orange peel are not quite so hazardous.
The Kitasato University group received the physics Ig for their insights.
It is another classic of its type. The awards, which are run by the science humour magazine Annals of Improbable Research, can seem quite ridiculous at first.
But when you delve deeper, you often see a serious intention beyond just the tongue in cheek.
The Japanese scientists are interested in how friction and lubrication affect the movement of our limbs.
The polysaccharide follicular gels that give banana skins their slippery properties are also found in the membranes where our bones meet.
"This concept will help to design a joint prosthesis," Kiyoshi Mabuchi told BBC News.
Another winner this year was the study that examined the brains of people who see the face of Jesus and other figures in slices of toast. The work won the neuroscience Ig.
Kang Lee, from the University of Toronto, Canada, and colleagues showed their subjects pictures of "noise" - like the random speckles you used to get on old, out-of-tune TVs - to see what patterns the volunteers would identify.
This tendency to see order in randomness - like a face in the charred areas of a piece of bread - is a well-established phenomenon called pareidolia.
Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Lee and his team saw how the same parts of the brain light up when we see non-existent faces as when we see real ones.
"Interestingly, when you superimpose all the noise images where these people say they see faces, and subtract all the noise images in which they told us they couldn't see faces - when we do this type of image processing, a face does actually show up," Prof Lee said.
The Toronto scientist explained that this type of pattern recognition was hard-wired, and even chimps experienced it.
"The face you are going to see is determined by your personal expectations or beliefs," he added.
"So, for example, Buddhists might not see Jesus on toast, but they might see a Buddha on toast."
This is the 24th year of the Ig Nobels, and they just get bigger and bigger.
Marc Abrahams, the editor of Annals of Improbable Research, said scientists were clearly now doing studies with an eye to winning an Ig.
"We're getting about 9,000 nominations a year. About 10% to 20% are self-nominations, but these entries hardly ever win," he told BBC News.
"That's generally because they are just trying to be funny. Whereas, those who win perhaps don't start out that way, and only realise later on that what they are up to really is kind of funny."
The full list of winners this year:
PHYSICS: Kiyoshi Mabuchi, of Kitasato University, Japan, and colleagues, for measuring the amount of friction between a shoe and a banana skin, and between a banana skin and the floor, when a person steps on a banana skin that's on the floor.
NEUROSCIENCE: Kang Lee, of the University of Toronto, Canada, and colleagues for trying to understand what happens in the brains of people who see the face of Jesus in a piece of toast.
PSYCHOLOGY: Peter Jonason, of the University of Western Sydney, Australia, and colleagues for amassing evidence that people who habitually stay up late are, on average, more self-admiring, more manipulative, and more psychopathic than people who habitually arise early in the morning.
PUBLIC HEALTH: Jaroslav Flegr, of Charles University, Czech Republic, and colleagues for investigating whether it is mentally hazardous for a human being to own a cat.
BIOLOGY: Vlastimil Hart, of the Czech University of Life Sciences, and colleagues for carefully documenting that when dogs defecate and urinate, they prefer to align their body axis with Earth's north-south geomagnetic field lines.
ART: Marina de Tommaso, of the University of Bari, Italy, and colleagues for measuring the relative pain people suffer while looking at an ugly painting, rather than a pretty painting, while being shot [in the hand] by a powerful laser beam.
ECONOMICS: The Italian government's National Institute of Statistics, for proudly taking the lead in fulfilling the European Union mandate for each country to increase the official size of its national economy by including revenues from prostitution, illegal drug sales, smuggling, and all other unlawful financial transactions between willing participants.
MEDICINE: Ian Humphreys, of Michigan State University, US, and colleagues, for treating "uncontrollable" nosebleeds, using the method of nasal-packing-with-strips-of-cured-pork.
ARCTIC SCIENCE: Eigil Reimers, of the University of Oslo, Norway, and colleagues, for testing how reindeer react to seeing humans who are disguised as polar bears.
NUTRITION: Raquel Rubio, of IRTA, Spain, and colleagues, for their study titled "Characterization of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Infant Faeces as Potential Probiotic Starter Cultures for Fermented Sausages."
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The club is the first to provide the training and counselling to all its young male and female players.
In 2013 four current and former Brighton players were cleared of sexual assault charges at the Old Bailey.
The Protect, Inform and Prevent (PIP) programme aims to explain when, in law, consent can be said to have been given.
It involves players taking part in confidential question and answer sessions about their previous encounters and is led by a former police detective and a psychotherapist.
The Brighton players were all found not guilty in May 2013 of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman at a hotel in Brighton. They were also cleared of voyeurism.
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Fifa has confirmed it is investigating whether Russian players benefited from the state-sponsored doping programme outlined by the McLaren report in 2016.
Football's world governing body has refused to say whether the members of Russia's 2014 World Cup squad are among the 1,000 athletes implicated by the report - though the Mail on Sunday has said they are.
Fifa did say all players tested at the tournament, including the full Russian squad, returned negative samples.
Sorokin, who chairs the local organising committee for next year's World Cup in Russia, said that meant it was "very bizarre" for media reports to "focus on things from the past".
"Despite the allegations there are clear-cut test results," he added. "That is the most important thing.
"We don't consider this to be a serious matter and it's very strange that it's in the papers."
However, the World Anti-Doping Agency, which commissioned the McLaren report, has acknowledged physical evidence of Russia's doping required to punish those responsible - such as positive samples - may be difficult to find.
That is partly because the system Russia developed included a "disappearing positive" method that involved swapping samples known to be positive with clean ones.
The McLaren report said this system was used across at least 30 sports, including football, and that more than 1,000 athletes potentially benefited between 2011 and 2015.
It said the system was used to "corrupt the London 2012 Olympics on an unprecedented scale", while further techniques, including positive samples being secretly removed from anti-doping labs through "mouse holes" drilled by spies, were perfected at the Winter Olympics in the Russian city of Sochi in 2014.
The report's findings were based on forensic evidence and witness testimony, including that of a doctor who used to work within that system, Grigory Rodchenkov.
Sorokin described its conclusions as "speculation that has appeared on the basis of an incredible witness".
He added: "If there are facts, let's discuss facts. If there are no facts, let's discuss football."
Jamie Stevenson fired a left-footed into the bottom corner before Shane Sutherland then claimed his first.
He added a second from the penalty spot after keeper Colin McCabe had fouled Leighton McIntosh, who fired in a fourth.
Substitute Lewis Small hit the crossbar for Stenny, who pulled a goal back through Carlos Martinez
The Swedish firm said no financial data had been accessed, and there was no "increased risk".
A portion of its 40 million users will need to re-enter, but not change, their log-in credentials.
Furthermore, all users of its Android mobile app would be forced to upgrade "over the next few days".
"We've become aware of some unauthorised access to our systems and internal company data," chief technology officer Oskar Stål wrote on the firm's website.
"Our evidence shows that only one Spotify user's data has been accessed and this did not include any password, financial or payment information.
"We have contacted this one individual. Based on our findings, we are not aware of any increased risk to users as a result of this incident."
While the breach was small in scale, Dwayne Melancon, chief technology officer at security firm Tripwire, said it could hint towards a troubling problem for the streaming firm.
"Had this been as simple as one user over-sharing their login credentials, it would not warrant an all-user notification," he said, in an email.
"Given that Spotify claims that only one user's data has been compromised, I suspect this was achieved via a re-usable, broadly applicable attack method perhaps affecting older versions of the Spotify app.
"My guess would be that someone demonstrated a proof-of-concept attack for the Spotify team and that constitutes the single known affected user."
News of the breach comes a week after auction site eBay told all of its users to change their passwords.
Again, no financial data was believed to have been taken - but other personal data, such as home addresses, was accessed.
Mohammed Merah, 23, who claimed to have al-Qaeda training, opened fire on police commandos after they stormed into his flat at 09:30 GMT.
Prosecutors said he was shot in the head as he tried to flee.
Merah carried out three separate attacks, killing four people at a Jewish school and three soldiers.
He had said he was acting to "avenge Palestinian children" and protest against French military interventions overseas.
By Richard GalpinBBC News, Toulouse
Mohammed Merah's violent brand of ideology is revealed in the gruesome video he recorded of the three attacks which began on 11 March.
As he shoots one of three soldiers who were murdered, he apparently says: "You kill my brothers, I kill you."
"Brothers" is presumably a reference to the Taliban in Afghanistan, where French troops make up part of the Nato forces in the country.
Like many militants inspired by the radical ideology of al-Qaeda and other groups, Merah seems to have believed he would be rewarded if he was killed.
Prosecutor Francois Molins confirmed in a news conference that a police marksman had killed Merah as he tried to jump out of the bathroom window.
"The examination of the body shows that he was shot in the head and that he was wearing a bullet-proof vest," Mr Molins said, "and had a gun covered by a pair of jeans."
"Material to make Molotov cocktails were found on his balcony."
Mr Molins said a Colt 45 handgun was found next to his body, and he estimated that Merah had fired 30 bullets as the commandos broke in.
The prosecutor also confirmed that Merah had filmed all three of the attacks that he carried out.
Earlier President Nicolas Sarkozy said in a televised address that everything had been done to try to bring Merah to justice, but it was decided that no more lives could be put at risk.
He also vowed a new crackdown on those who visited "hate or terrorism" web sites or travelled abroad to be indoctrinated in terrorism.
Interior Minister Claude Gueant said officers had thrown grenades and entered by the door and windows of the flat.
After surveying the scene and finding no sign of the suspect, they went towards the bathroom, moving slowly as they were wary of booby-traps.
When officers tried to find out if there was anyone in the bathroom, the suspect came out firing several weapons.
Mr Gueant said the suspect was "shooting very violently. The bursts of gunfire were frequent and hard".
He said one of the officers involved told him "he had never seen such a violent assault".
Two officers were reported wounded in the attack.
Before police went in, officials had warned that Merah was armed with a Kalashnikov high-velocity rifle, a mini-Uzi 9mm machine pistol, several handguns and possibly grenades.
The authorities set off several explosions overnight to intimidate Merah.
Street lights were switched off in the vicinity of the building on Wednesday evening and surrounding areas evacuated.
In his TV address, Mr Sarkozy announced an investigation into whether Merah had accomplices and into possible Islamist indoctrination practices in prisons.
"The French should not give free rein to anger," he said.
"Our Muslim compatriots have nothing to do with the crazy actions of a terrorist. We should not embark on any stigmatisation."
Merah, of Algerian descent, claimed to have received al-Qaeda training in Pakistan's Waziristan area, and also said he had been to Afghanistan.
Commentators have criticised the intelligence services for failing to track Merah closely enough.
But Mr Gueant defended their record, saying intelligence agencies track many extremists, but such isolated cases were very difficult to defend against.
"These so-called lone wolves are formidable opponents," he said.
The killings took place in and around Toulouse in three separate incidents earlier this month.
On 11 March, a soldier was shot and killed while waiting to see a man about selling his motorcycle.
Days later, two soldiers were shot and killed and a third was wounded while waiting at a cash machine.
Then earlier this week, three children and an adult were shot and killed outside a Jewish school.
Mr Molins said the authorities had recovered videos from Merah's apartment showing the attacks.
"These films are extremely explicit, as we were able to verify yesterday, in which evidently we see him during his encounter with a soldier who he shot twice, saying to him: 'You kill my brothers, I kill you'," said Mr Molins.
"Then we also see him killing the soldiers in Montauban in an extremely violent scene, fleeing on his scooter whilst shouting 'Allahu akbar' [God is great]."
Mr Molins said there was also footage of the school massacre, and added that all of Merah's conversations with negotiators during the siege had been recorded and would be used in the forthcoming inquiry.
Nicola Sturgeon said she was "up for continued discussion" with Theresa May on the matter.
The prime minister insisted this week that "now was not the time" to hold a second independence referendum.
And she indicated that the UK government would not give approval to the SNP's preferred timetable of between autumn 2018 and spring 2019.
Ms Sturgeon believed it was imperative for a vote on Scotland's constitutional future to take place once a deal had been agreed on the UK exiting the European Union.
The focus on a Scottish independence referendum comes as the SNP meet for its spring conference in Aberdeen.
On the first day of the gathering, the party's deputy leader Angus Robertson said it would be "totally unacceptable" for Westminster to deny a referendum before Brexit was finalised.
In his speech, the SNP MP said: "Let there be no doubt - Scotland will have its referendum and the people of this country will have their choice. They will not be denied their say."
Ahead of her keynote speech on Saturday, Ms Sturgeon spoke to the BBC's Sarah Smith.
She said: "We [Ms Sturgeon and Mrs May] have got a disagreement. What I am saying today is let us try and work our way through that disagreement.
"Now, I am no paragon of virtue about these things - it takes two to have a relationship, I absolutely accept that. But I have tried really really hard to find compromise with the PM over the last few months."
Ms Sturgeon added: "So let her [Mrs May} set out when she thinks it would be right and then let's have a discussion about it - who knows we might be a matter of weeks or months apart.
"I am up for continued discussion, but people will recognise in any walk of life - not just in politics - you can't have discussion and reach compromise with people who are not prepared to enter into discussion and are not prepared to countenance compromise and that so far has been my experience of the PM."
By BBC Scotland's political editor Brian Taylor
I do not believe that the first minister is attracted to the idea of a non-consensual referendum. I believe she would see it as gesture politics, not the actions of a long-standing elected government. I believe further she would question what it would achieve, given that it might face a boycott from supporters of the Union.
So might she engineer an early Holyrood election? Might she seek an overall majority in the Scottish Parliament in order, presumably, to bring the Prime Minister to the negotiating table?
She might. It is feasible. But, again, I think it is highly unlikely.
Broadly, there are three objections:
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By the BBC's Scotland editor Sarah Smith
Speaking to me today, Ms Sturgeon indicated she might be prepared to discuss the timing of another vote with Mrs May.
The Scottish government want a referendum between Autumn 2018 and Spring 2019.
It looks like they would be prepared to negotiate a different, later, date.
However, it is not yet clear that the UK government are prepared to talk about a date.
The PM did say "now is not the time" for another referendum. She didn't say never. So, will she talk about holding a vote in the future?
That seems to be the question today.
Read more from Sarah
The SNP conference got under way just 24 hours after the Scottish and UK governments clashed over a second referendum.
Ms Sturgeon insisted that a referendum should go ahead on her timescale.
It followed Mrs May rejecting calls for a second independence vote before Brexit.
Meanwhile, Mrs May used a speech in Wales to defend the UK.
She said the "precious bond" between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland was much more that just "constitutional artefact".
Mrs May went on to tell a gathering of Conservatives in Cardiff that a second Scottish independence referendum would be "bad for Scotland, bad for the United Kingdom, and bad for us all".
The prime minister added: "The coming negotiations with the EU will be vital for everyone in the United Kingdom.
"Every person, every family, every business, every community the length and breadth of the United Kingdom - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
"As the prime minister of this United Kingdom, I will always ensure the voices and interests of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are represented as we negotiate to leave the EU."
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Mrs May had already accused the SNP of forcing a "fundamentally unfair" independence referendum that would damage Brexit negotiations.
Writing in the Times, she said: "The SNP is trying to force the UK government to agree to something that is fundamentally unfair to the Scottish people.
"It wants to ask them to make a crucial decision without the necessary information.
"They would not know what the new partnership with the EU would look like, or what the alternative of an independent Scotland would be. It would simply not be fair."
The article follows a television interview on Thursday, in which she said "all our energies" should be focused on negotiations with the European Union.
At the SNP conference later, Deputy First Minister John Swinney will address domestic Scottish matters as the parties in Scotland prepare for May's local government elections.
Mr Swinney said the spring conference, which will be attended by 2,500 delegates, would "underline our party's top priorities of education, the economy and our public services".
Belcher and Hannah will compete in Rio after quota places were changed when 11 Romanian and five Belarusian athletes tested positive for banned substances.
The International Canoe Federation said there was "proof of systemic doping" within the Romanian team.
Both countries were given a one-year ban from international competitions.
The Olympics begin on 5 August.
"This truly has been the longest road to Rio, one I wouldn't change, but not one I would like to repeat," said Hannah.
An additional four Kazakhstan athletes were banned for two years after testing positive for methasterone, an oral anabolic steroid.
"This is a clear message the ICF has a zero-tolerance stance to cheats," said president Jose Perurena.
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American Mayweather, 38, outclassed his Philippine rival at the MGM Grand and was awarded a wide unanimous decision.
Pacquiao, 36, said he thought he did enough to win the fight, despite most observers agreeing with the verdict.
"Three weeks before the fight I got a tear in my right shoulder," he said. "It got better but it wasn't 100%."
Mayweather started the brighter of the two and rocked Pacquiao with a number of right hand counter punches in the early exchanges.
The Filipino came back at the American in the fourth round, stunning Mayweather with a left hand and again in the sixth round but was never able to back it up and Mayweather ran out a comfortable winner on the judges scorecards.
Pacquiao said he wanted to have an injection in the shoulder before the fight but the Nevada Athletic Commission refused.
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Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum, claimed he informed the Commission of the injury five days ago and defended the decision not to cancel the fight, the most lucrative in boxing history.
"Athletes always fight hurt and we felt the work that was done on the shoulder during training would enable him to use his right hand," said Arum.
Commission chairman Francisco Aguilar said he first knew about the injury two hours before the fight, when Pacquiao's camp requested a doctor sit in his corner, a request that was denied.
Mayweather, meanwhile, said he was carrying injuries to both arms and hands.
"If he had come out victorious, I would have shown respect and said he was the better man," he said, after adding Pacquiao's WBO welterweight belt to the WBC and WBA titles he already owned.
Mayweather, a five-weight world champion, also criticised those who doubted him, telling them he had made them "eat their words".
"For years everyone said that I was scared and that I'd lose," said Mayweather, who is undefeated in 48 professional fights stretching back 19 years.
"I made the non-believers into believers. I was the better man, the smarter fighter - more calculated, more patient. He was applying pressure but not landing many punches and I was just keeping my jab in his face."
Mayweather, who said he was presented with a cheque for $100m (£66m) in his dressing room after the fight, also revealed he planned to relinquish his titles and that his final bout in September would be a non-championship fight.
As well as the welterweight belts, Mayweather is also the WBC light-middleweight champion.
Asked if his last fight might be against Britain's Amir Khan, Mayweather replied: "I'm not thinking about that. All I want to do right now is go home and rest."
Mayweather's father and trainer, Floyd Sr, criticised those who booed him before and after the fight.
"My son should be treated better," said Mayweather Sr. "I'm not saying it bothers him but if I was in his shoes, it would bother me.
"He's paying the price for being honest and for being too good. When these guys are throwing punches and he's making them miss, people call that boring.
"They don't know boxing, that's the problem."
Having qualified for their first major finals in 30 years, they succeeded in reaching the knockout stages. That is a fine achievement for an unfancied team that was in pot five when the qualifying draw was made back in February 2014.
But the fact their elimination came at the hands of Wales will rankle. Not world champions Germany, hosts France or holders Spain, but Wales, a team one place below them in the Fifa rankings.
That it was down to an own goal from the otherwise excellent Gareth McAuley strengthens the anguish.
Once again, Northern Ireland's superb fans stayed on in the stadium, singing themselves hoarse as they had done from well before the game, and manager Michael O'Neill and his players will thank the fans for their brilliant support at a public event in Belfast on Monday.
However, they will do so disappointed that they lost three of their four matches in France.
Northern Ireland's next competitive match is on 4 September when World Cup qualifying starts with a trip to the Czech Republic. Having signed a new four-year contract, it is expected O'Neill's hand will be on the tiller.
However, having won admirers on the big stage of a major tournament, will an English club make O'Neill an offer too good to refuse?
The 46-year-old's previous managerial experience was with Brechin City and Shamrock Rovers, but his stock has risen with an enhanced reputation as an astute tactician who gets the best out of limited resources. Against Wales on Saturday, for example, his decision to play wing-backs cancelled out a lot of the opposition's attacking threat.
O'Neill said during the tournament that if a job offer came up, he would evaluate it, although he added he is happy in his role.
"Michael has rejuvenated the team, got the players onside. None of them are crying off with injuries now," said Hibernian manager Neil Lennon, a former Northern Ireland skipper.
"Northern Ireland have held their own at a major tournament and to top what Michael has done is going to be difficult."
O'Neill believes the 23 players in his squad will have benefited from the experience of being at Euro 2016.
Assuming he remains in charge, he must now ensure all his key players are on board for the World Cup qualifiers against holders Germany as well as the Czech Republic, Norway, Azerbaijan and San Marino.
During Euro 2016, he cited the example of Portugal defender Ricardo Carvalho who, at 38, is the oldest outfield player at the tournament.
O'Neill said he would be using that when persuading 36-year-old defenders Gareth McAuley and Aaron Hughes to carry on for one more qualifying campaign.
Skipper Steven Davis is 31 and most of the other players are in their mid to late 20s, so O'Neill's resources appear to be healthy.
But they are in a difficult qualifying group - with only the top side certain of qualifying for Russia in 2018.
"The players have not got long to mull over what has been a fantastic time, get a break, pick themselves up and go again," added Lennon, who is at the tournament as a BBC pundit.
"Whether we can make another tournament remains to be seen.
"A lot of revenue has come in because Northern Ireland got through the group stage and that money has got to be used in the right way.
"There has to be an infrastructure in place under Michael O'Neill and Irish Football Association elite performance director Jim Magilton.
"Hopefully, the benefits will be seen in four of five years' time."
Going by recent results, it may take time for really promising players to come through and strengthen the senior team. Two young players with Irish League clubs, Linfield's Paul Smyth and Joel Cooper of Glenavon, were brought out to train with the senior squad in France, an experience which will boost their prospects.
But Northern Ireland have just one point from six qualifying matches for the European Under-21 Championship and are bottom of their group.
There were good moments to cherish from Euro 2016, fond memories to treasure.
The victory over Ukraine which was celebrated in the midst of a thunderstorm on a never-to-be-forgotten night in Lyon.
The backs-to-the-wall defensive display against Germany, and goalkeeper Michael McGovern's part in restricting the defeat by the World Cup holders to 1-0.
McGovern, who was chosen as the outstanding goalkeeper of the group stage by both Opta and BBC readers using the team selector, is out of contract at Hamilton Academical and veteran defender Hughes is without a club. They are among the Northern Ireland players likely to reap rewards from major tournament exposure.
NI played well for parts of the last-16 match against Wales, but the lack of cutting edge and firepower ultimately proved their downfall.
And there were the Northern Ireland fans whose amazing support of their team won them many admirers and lit up stadiums in Nice, Lyon and Paris. Thirty minutes after losing to Germany at the Parc des Princes, the green-shirted fans were still singing their heads off in the stadium.
Former midfielder Lennon, who won 40 caps, added: "The fans have been incredible. They have been starved of these big occasions and Northern Ireland have covered themselves in glory both on and off the pitch."
The Northern Ireland squad will receive an official homecoming in Belfast on Monday evening.
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Getting yourself out of bed and into work can feel like one of the toughest parts of the day.
One firm claims to have found the perfect solution, albeit a very Silicon Valley one.
At the Beam shop in downtown Palo Alto, California, the employees come from all over the world, including Bermuda and Kansas City, but face none of the normal commuting grumbles.
Instead of physically dragging themselves to work, staff "beam in" to the shop to operate robot versions of themselves from the comfort of their own homes.
The robots unlock the shop doors, adjust the lighting and temperature, swivel about to answer customers' questions and as a special party trick hand out sweets to curious passers-by.
The robot's movements are controlled via a computer's mouse or arrow keys and its operator uses a webcam to display his or her face on a large screen.
The sight of a huge head displayed on what looks like a TV on stilts careering around the shop floor is both comical and slightly terrifying.
But Scott Hassan, founder of Suitable Technologies, which makes the Beam robot, says in his company - where staff can work remotely - they're now used so frequently no-one bats an eyelid.
Mr Hassan has even devised his own lingo for the situation, calling people physically present "meat bodies" to distinguish them from the robots.
"This is sort of futuristic for a lot of people [so] they probably don't understand what that would feel like. But once you know somebody and work with them, just because they're on a Beam doesn't affect it. It's just as if they're there," he says.
In some cases he says regular customers have not only managed to get past the robot exterior, they've ended up in a relationship with the person manning the robot.
For those so inclined, the machines have a "party mode", which cancels out background noise making intimate chats easier.
"They're really just humans talking to humans from a distance. If you use a Beam long enough you very quickly lose that emotional distance," says Mr Hassan.
Mr Hassan has pedigree when it comes to technology. The billionaire previously helped write the code that led to the creation of search engine Google and is reported to have made millions from his early stake in the firm.
He went on to found group email messaging company eGroups, which he sold to Yahoo, before founding his own robotics research laboratory Willow Garage.
Mr Hassan came up with the Beam due to his frustration that, despite existing technologies such as video conferencing, email and chat, remote workers still felt isolated, and he says the subsequent miscommunications were leading to mistakes.
But now the robot is in use, he says it also offers firms another advantage: a way to recruit staff from a much bigger potential pool of people.
"Being able to get talent from anywhere in the world is valuable to companies, and so our product allows people to live somewhere and work somewhere else," he says.
It's something the Silicon Valley-based firm, where the starting salary of a software engineer can be as high as $160,000 (£127,000) a year, has done itself.
"For a little start-up company, it's tough to compete. So what we do is we just go elsewhere. And so other companies can do the same things with our products: hire abroad where the cost of living is much lower," he says.
Business customers named by the firm include Power Bright boss Gil Hetzroni, who uses the Beam to oversee his company's factory in China, and Microsoft Research, which says the Beam enables its staff in Russia, India and China to have casual chats in the same way as if they bumped into someone in the hallway.
Their use is not restricted to work. In 2015, the firm partnered with various US museums to give people unable to travel due to a physical disability the chance to explore the exhibitions using a Beam.
Suitable Technologies is coy on just how many Beams - the cheapest of which starts at just shy of $2,000 - it has sold, but says there are "thousands of Beams in service around the world".
Nonetheless, Mr Hassan admits selling the concept is "challenging".
"It's new, it's something that is outside the human experience," he says.
But he believes that by giving a remote member of staff a physical presence, no matter how unrealistic it may seem, means they are listened to and respected more.
He says the Beam also enables managers who are not physically present to monitor their staff more easily.
"It's the looking someone in their eye, that kind of stuff.
"They can ignore you on your phone, on your email, on your texts if they want, but when you roll right into their office it's hard to ignore a Beam," he says.
The company is competing with several rivals, including Double Robotics and Anybots who make similar products.
But Mr Hassan says he is constantly working on improving the sophistication of the Beam to make it more realistic, including eventually a flying version.
While the Beam may seem futuristic, Mr Hassan says such things will become commonplace as technology advances.
"Once you see a computer moving into doing the things that you can do you should join it rather than resist it because you will lose eventually," he says.
It's advice that chief executive coach and author Steve Tappin says those running firms need to heed.
"Technology will turn the world of work upside down.
"Most CEOs have got no clue about it and unless they wake up they'll be replaced by leaders that do," he warns.
This feature is based on interviews by CEO coach and author Steve Tappin, and by series producer Neil Koenig, for the BBC's CEO Guru series.
Manning, who was convicted of leaking documents to Wikileaks in 2010, recently had her sentence commuted by former President Barack Obama.
The transgender US Army private, born Bradley Manning, said in an op-ed that Mr Obama's legacy was not bold enough.
Mr Trump took to Twitter to criticise her for calling Mr Obama a weak leader.
The turbulent life of Chelsea Manning
"Ungrateful TRAITOR Chelsea Manning, who should never have been released from prison, is now calling President Obama a weak leader. Terrible!" he tweeted.
His Thursday morning tweet appeared to be referring to Manning's first op-ed in the Guardian newspaper since former President Obama had her sentence reduced last week.
Manning's column suggested Mr Obama had "very few permanent accomplishments" because his attempts at compromise were met with "unparalleled resistance from his opponents, many of whom wanted him to fail".
"The one simple lesson to draw from President Obama's legacy: Do not start off with a compromise," she wrote.
"They won't meet you in the middle. Instead, what we need is an unapologetic progressive leader.
"Our opponents will not support us nor will they stop thwarting the march toward a just system that gives people a fighting chance to live.
"Our lives are at risk - especially for immigrants, Muslim people and black people," she continued.
Mr Trump's choice of words - "ungrateful traitor" and "weak leader" - were also used in a Fox News report on Ms Manning's column aired just minutes before his tweet, reports US media.
Manning was sentenced to 35 years in 2013 for her role in leaking diplomatic cables to the anti-secrecy group.
The leak was one of the largest breaches of classified material in US history.
She is due to be freed from the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 17 May instead of her scheduled 2045 release.
Shaun Walmsley was sprung from custody by two armed men in February as he was getting into a cab with prison officers at Aintree University Hospital.
Merseyside Police have detained four people from Anfield - women aged 33 and 65, and men aged 38 and 66.
They are all being held on suspicion of assisting a person unlawfully at large and money laundering, police said.
After executing warrants in Anfield and Kinmel Bay in Conwy, officers also seized a "significant quantity of cash" and two vehicles, which will now be forensically examined.
Fourteen people have now been arrested in the investigation - the 10 people held previously have been released pending further inquiries.
Walmsley is one of four men serving life sentences for murdering Anthony Duffy in 2014.
Police have offered £20,000 of Walmsley's own money - seized by officers following his conviction - as a reward for information leading to his capture.
Detectives are appealing for information but have advised people not to approach Walmsley, who they describe as "highly dangerous".
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The discussion started with a look at the latest coverage of the international efforts to defeat the Islamic State group.
A story featured on the front page of the Daily Mirror, Metro and Guardian about the death of a woman suspected of sending abusive messages to the parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann was also examined.
Another talking point was the reports of the demands being made by the Liberal Democrats over the tax policy of any future coalition government it would be part of.
The men from the Ashaninka community were attempting to travel to Brazil when they were murdered,
Campaigners say the men had received several death threats from illegal loggers, who are suspected of being behind the killings.
Correspondents say indigenous people have felt under increasing threat from deforestation in recent years.
The men included the outspoken anti-logging activist Edwin Chota.
Mr Chota and three others were killed near Saweto on the border with Brazil, Peruvian officials said.
Officials said that they are believed to have been killed over a week ago as they attempted to travel to a meeting in Brazil.
A 2012 World Bank report estimates that 80% of Peruvian timber export stems from illegal logging.
Professor David Salisbury from the University of Richmond knew Mr Chota for several years, and said that he was targeted because he "threatened to upset the status quo".
"The illegal loggers are on record for wanting Edwin dead," he told the Associated Press.
Mr Chota had campaigned against illegal logging for at least six years and written hundreds of letters to officials on the topic.
The BBC's Wyre Davies says indigenous peoples such as the Ashaninka have seen their numbers dwindle and their lands come under threat from development.
Recent footage of previously uncontacted Amazon tribes wandering into settled areas has raised fears that they are being forced out of their lands.
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The trains carry anywhere between half a million litres to two million litres of water each trip.
Yogita Limaye explains how the water is transported from the train to the residents of Latur.
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The experts reported that YouTube did not count many of the "fake views" they directed at their own videos. But it still charged the researchers for many of them.
The case highlighted the need for more transparent analytics, said one expert.
Google said it would work with the researchers to improve its performance.
"We're contacting the researchers to discuss their findings further. We take invalid traffic very seriously and have invested significantly in the technology and team that keep this out of our systems. The vast majority of invalid traffic is filtered from our systems before advertisers are ever charged," a spokesman said.
The experts tested the systems employed by five video platforms, including YouTube.
In the case of the Google-owned site YouTube, they uploaded videos and bought ads targeted at them using Google's AdWords service. They then set up a series of bots - automated systems that carry out their commands - to target fake views at the videos.
YouTube carries out two separate counts of video views. The first, called the public view count, determines how many times the video has been seen and is displayed publicly. The second, the monetised view count, determines the viewership for the purposes of calculating advertising charges.
The researchers found that the public view counter was significantly more discerning than the monetised one. On two of the videos they uploaded, Google publicly counted only 25 of the 150 fake views as real. But its monetised view counter waved through 91.
They also found that they were charged for fake views on another two videos, but YouTube then identified the activity as suspicious in a secondary check and suspended the associated account.
"YouTube uses a seemingly permissive detection mechanism to discount fake monetised views," wrote the researchers, who are from four institutions - UC3M, Imdea, NEC Labs Europe and Polito.
They said that the issue "exposed advertisers to the risk of building their advertisement campaigns on unreliable statistics" when the public view counter was "much more discriminative", demonstrating that YouTube was capable of more accurately identifying fake views.
Bots are used by a host of companies - such as search engines and analytics firms - to crawl the web to draw out information and index and archive web pages. A 2013 study suggested that they responsible for more than 60% of all web traffic.
Daniel Knapp, an expert in advertising at IHS analysts, said that the issue had already caused widespread concern.
"We have a paradoxical situation where there is much more data than ever before, but even less information on what it actually means.
"There is no single standard online. In this context, the issue has come up time and again. Google published a report saying that only 54% of video adverts is even seen, not including that on YouTube, where the figure was 91%.
"Large advertisers want to measure a return on their investments and do not trust the metrics that online companies provide. There is huge pressure to up the game and provide clear measurement of adverts. The problem is that there is no gold standard," he said.
The cliff fall saw thousands of tonnes of chalk fall on an eight-metre (26ft) stretch, that RNLI officer Alan Novis described as the biggest he had seen in his lifetime.
People have been advised to stay at least 100m (320ft) away from the edge and also avoid the cliff base.
Mr Novis said a "vast volume" fell.
Urging people to also keep dogs on leads, he said: "Instinct will kick in as soon as they see a rabbit or a seagull and often then the owners are then very close to the cliff as well and it puts people in real danger."
Sussex university geologist Dr John Barlow said cliff falls happened because of wave energy delivered by the sea to the cliff base, that weakened the rock.
"It's very exciting to see this. We like to look at the frequency in magnitude rock-fall events to understand how quickly erosion is going," he said.
Mr Novis added: "This is a natural process, so these cliffs are eroding all year round."
In court were Declan Brady, 51, of The Park, Celbridge, Jonathon Harding, 44, from Kardiff Avenue in Naas, and James Walsh, 33, from Wheatfield Avenue in Clondalkin.
All three are charged with possession of five handguns.
The weapons were found at Greenogue industrial estate on Tuesday.
The guns seized were a .357 Magnum, and four Smith and Wesson Rossi revolvers.
The men were also accused of possession of a silencer and 20 rounds of ammunition in suspicious circumstances.
An armed police unit brought the three men to Dublin District Court on Friday afternoon.
Three officers from the Garda Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau gave evidence of arrest, charge and caution.
The court heard that Mr Brady replied "no" to each charge, Mr Walsh said "no comment" and Mr Harding did not reply.
They were remanded in custody to appear again in court by video link next Wednesday.
Somerset started well, dismissing Nick Compton and Stevie Eskinazi before Adam Voges and Paul Sterling (52) put on a vital 101-run partnership.
Voges was forced to retire hurt on 86, but James Franklin (38 not out) and Ollie Rayner (29) saw them get within 150 runs of the visitors' 443.
Poor light stalled the final session as Middlesex finished 311-7, 132 behind.
Beginning the day on 42-0, the hosts were under pressure immediately as Tim Groenewald (2-36) trapped Compton lbw and Lewis Gregory bowled Eskinazi.
Nick Gubbins fell for 56 before Sterling and Voges steadied the ship against Somerset's seamers with a good partnership.
However, when Sterling fell just after bringing up his first half-century of the season and John Simpson departed to another Steven Davis catch shortly after, Somerset had the follow-on in their sights.
Toby Roland-Jones fell cheaply, but Franklin and Rayner's stand of 42 got them past the follow-on target, meaning neither side is likely to force a first County Championship win of the season on the final day.
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The 66-year-old, of Ballybinaby, Hackballscross, County Louth, denies nine charges of failing to furnish tax returns between 1996 and 2004.
The prosecution claims he failed to supply returns despite significant cattle and land dealings.
The charges follow an investigation by the Irish Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB).
At Dublin's Special Criminal Court on Tuesday, a prosecuting lawyer read a detective's statement to the court.
It said that on 9 March 2006, CAB members searched a shed at Ballybinaby and found three black plastic bags and a case.
Cash, cheques and documents relating to the oil industry and to farming and livestock were found inside, the court heard.
The trial continues.
Father Michael Higginbottom, 74, is accused of abusing the boy while he was a teacher at St Joseph's College in Upholland, Lancashire, in the 1970s.
It was a venue for "mental, physical and sexual abuse', Liverpool Crown Court was told.
He denies four counts of a serious sexual offence and indecent assault.
The boy was aged between 13 and 14 at the time of the alleged abuse.
The court heard Mr Higginbottom, now of West Farm Road, Newcastle, said he would strike the alleged victim with a strap if he did not attend his living quarters, where much of the abuse was alleged to have happened, at appointed times.
The boarding school, which has now closed, was attended by boys aged 11 to 18, many of whom were considering a career in the priesthood.
David Temkin, prosecuting, said the boy described the school as a "cold, dark and forbidding place".
He added: "He told the police that for him it was the venue for 'mental, physical and sexual abuse'."
Mr Temkin said the defendant worked at the school as a priest and teacher and was "therefore in a position of trust".
The court was told that about a week after the boy started at the college, he was invited into Mr Higginbottom's living quarters where he locked the door and ordered him to undress before sexually assaulting him.
Mr Temkin said the defendant then told the boy things would "get easier" for him at the college.
The victim revealed the allegations to a friend in 2013, who encouraged him to report them to police.
When Higginbottom was arrested he told the police the claims were "total lies" and could not remember the complainant.
The trial continues.
Red Peak, designed by Wellington resident Aaron Dustin, was on the long list but did not make the final four.
The finalists were revealed to widespread disdain last week, with many saying said they were too boring, too corporate or unrepresentative.
But PM John Key has already said no to adding Red Peak into the contest.
Mr Dustin has made the case that his flag design is simple and meaningful.
He says on his blog it uses the shape of traditional weaving patterns, and "suggests a landscape of alpine ranges, red earth, and black sky", while referencing the Maori creation myth of Ranginui and Papatuanuku, also known as Rangi and Papa.
It also highlights New Zealand's position near the international dateline, which makes it one of the "first to hold the light of new day", he said.
By Monday evening, more than 28,000 people had signed a petition started four days ago by a C Wilson.
"The other options look like a random assemblage of How should New Zealand choose a new flag? clipart. This looks like a flag," said Auckland resident, Camryn Brown.
"This is drawable, strongly and appropriately symbolic flag that looks like a FLAG. It will be something I could proudly display," said another signatory, Liza Bolton.
Oscar Hemingway in Auckland said Red Peak was "has the simplicity needed to be a memorable symbol and its colors and shapes represent the nation well. It deserves at least to be on the short lost and given its fair chance".
But Mr Key has shot down the petition, saying there was "a well set out process" and the cabinet had already accepted the four nominations.
"To accept any other flag... we would have to change the law, and we're not going back to parliament to change the law," he told a morning talkshow.
New Zealanders will have the chance to choose their favourite design in a referendum later this year. Then in 2016, another referendum will be held to decide whether to scrap the existing flag and replace it with the winner.
Mr Key has argued New Zealand needs a new flag as its current one, adopted in 1902, is too similar to Australia's, and the country needs one which better reflects its values.
But critics say the exercise is costly and unnecessary. It is expected to cost the New Zealand government more than 27m New Zealand dollars (£11m; $17m), according to news portal Stuff.
The European Commission says clearing land in order to plant biofuel crops can often cancel out the environmental benefits of biofuel. In some cases forests are chopped down.
The EU is putting a cap of 5% on the food-based biofuel allowed in the renewable energy used in transport.
The EU's total renewable energy target for transport fuel is 10% by 2020.
The Commission will change the 2009 Renewable Energy Directive and the 1998 Fuel Quality Directive.
New biofuel installations will have to meet a minimum 60% threshold in terms of their efficiency in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
BBC environment analyst Roger Harrabin says some environmentalists had supported the biofuel laws in the first instance, before the side-effects became understood.
The UN has appointed a special rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, who has sharply criticised the direct and indirect effects of biofuels on the poor.
Now the EU is trying to shift biofuel production from food crops to farm waste, algae and straw.
Clearing land to plant food for biofuel releases the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) through ploughing and can involve deforestation, which reduces the "carbon sinks" - the trees that absorb CO2.
A spokeswoman for the poverty action group Oxfam, Tracy Carty, welcomed the EU's new 5% cap but said the proposal would not go far enough.
"The cap is higher than the current levels of biofuels use and will do nothing to reduce high food prices," she said.
"The British government must up the pressure on other European member states to scrap its current targets and end all support for biofuels. With close to 900 million people going hungry every day, we cannot continue diverting valuable food into fuel."
Earlier, the EU Commissioner for Climate Action, Connie Hedegaard, said: "We must invest in biofuels that achieve real emission cuts and do not compete with food.
"We are of course not closing down first generation biofuels, but we are sending a clear signal that future increases in biofuels must come from advanced biofuels."
The European Renewable Ethanol Association (ePURE) rejected the suggestion that biofuel crops were putting too much pressure on food production.
"Global grain use for biofuels is minuscule and nowhere near enough to inflate prices significantly. Singling out biofuels for blame for rising food prices is simply reckless and only serves to damage public confidence in good biofuels", said ePURE's Secretary General Rob Vierhout.
"Europe has enough grain to produce both its food and fuel needs," he added.
Daniel Burgess, aged 37, of Chywoone avenue Newlyn, Penzance is accused of killing 48-year-old Michael Horner, Bodmin Magistrates' Court heard.
Mr Horner's body was found by police on 29 December at his home on Gwavas Road, after concerns were raised about his welfare.
The case has been committed to Truro Crown Court where Mr Burgess is due to appear on Friday.
A second man had been arrested over the incident but Devon and Cornwall Police said no further action would be taken against him.
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Police were called to Movers Lane in Barking at 01:00 BST to reports of an injured teenager. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Two males, aged 16 and 20, have been arrested on suspicion of murder after being found nearby with stab wounds.
Earlier a "disturbance" broke out at a party at the nearby Ripple Centre, police said.
The arrested teenager was taken to hospital for treatment and has since been discharged. He is currently in custody at an east London police station.
The 20-year-old man remains in hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Owls forward Fernando Forestieri slipped at a crucial moment and blazed over from inside the six-yard box shortly after half-time.
Marco Matias saw his tame finish allow Prince-Desir Gouano to get back and scramble the ball off the line.
Gary Madine headed over for Bolton when Derik Osede nodded a Liam Feeney free-kick back across goal.
Wednesday made the brighter start but missed chances through Matias and Atdhe Nuhiu.
Matias again found himself clean through after a clever pass from Daniel Pudil, but goalkeeper Ben Amos smothered the ball as the Portuguese forward elected to try to round him rather than shoot.
A Feeney corner was headed over by Osede as the hosts mounted their first meaningful attack, while at the other end Kieran Lee's brilliant skill to round two defenders was not matched by a tame shot, which Amos comfortably saved.
Forestieri spurned a golden chance two minutes after the restart when he lofted the ball over the bar after Nuhiu's header found him unmarked.
Substitute Stephen Dobbie finally forced Owls keeper Joe Wildsmith into a save, albeit a routine one, with a curling 20-yard effort in the 74th minute.
But although Bolton pressed late on they never looked like breaching Wednesday's defence.
Bolton manager Neil Lennon: "We're just lacking a bit of quality in the final third at times - the final pass or getting our shots off, but we've known that for a while.
"We're four games unbeaten, it's a clean sheet and another point, so I can take a lot of positives from it as well. We're not playing poorly. We're having a go and the players are giving me everything at the moment.
"My concern is that we're not taking chances. We need to find that little recipe to put teams away when we're in the ascendency and we haven't got that at the minute."
Sheffield Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal: "We drew but we missed a lot of chances - the first 10-15 minutes we could have scored two or three goals.
"Compared with the chances we had in the match, I'm not happy with the draw. I'm happy with the dynamic of the team - it's hard work to create chances, but we didn't score.
"The story of the game was we missed a lot of chances, but that's football."
The 500lb (227kg) device was discovered in The Avenue, Brondesbury Park, shortly before midday.
All homes within a 200m radius and a nearby nursery school were evacuated after police and fire crews were called to the scene.
The site will not be made safe until at least Friday afternoon, Brent Council has warned.
It has set up a centre for people who are unable to return home.
An Army bomb disposal team is working to make the bomb safe.
A spokesperson for the council said the bomb will not be made safe until "at least Friday afternoon", although there have been warnings that it could take longer.
One local resident told the BBC that "these things do happen" as London was bombed heavily in the war, but "it's just now inconveniencing me massively".
"I understand it's for security reason but it's just annoying", another resident said.
Supt Nigel Quantrell of the Met Police said specialist teams "are working very hard to resolve the situation".
25 November 2013 Last updated at 14:28 GMT
Operation Safeway will see Metropolitan Police officers deployed at key junctions in the city where they will issue fixed penalty notices to people breaking road traffic laws over the next few weeks.
BBC London's transport correspondent Tom Edwards spoke to Supt Robert Refill from the Met Police.
It has seen hints that HIV is getting milder as well as new vaginas and old wombs being transplanted for the first time.
Here's a round up of the year in medical science.
Darek Fidyka is the feel good story of the year.
He was paralysed after being stabbed repeatedly in the back in an attack in 2010, but he can now walk again after a pioneering therapy.
The world-first treatment involved taking cells from his nasal cavity, which constantly regenerate, and placing them into his spinal cord.
Scientists believe the transplanted olfactory ensheathing cells enabled nerve fibres above and below the injury to reconnect.
It is early days and his steps are still tentative, but when reserved scientists describe his progress as "more impressive than man walking on the moon" you know something significant just happened.
The Ebola outbreak started in December 2013, but nobody expected what followed.
Before this year, just 2,361 people had died from Ebola since the virus was first discovered in the 1970s and most outbreaks had been rapidly contained.
But in the current outbreak more than 19,000 cases and 7,000 deaths have been record.
This is not just the biggest Ebola outbreak in history, it is bigger than all the others combined.
In has seen an unprecedented response and a hunt for new treatments. Vaccine and drugs trials which would normally take place on a timescale of years and decades have been rushed through in weeks and months.
Yet, the outbreak is still not under control.
An unexpected story from the University of Oxford suggested HIV was evolving to become less deadly and less infectious.
They showed HIV was being forced to make damaging mutations to itself in order to survive the counter-offensive by our immune systems.
Scientists said the gradual "watering down" of HIV meant the virus was replicating more slowly and taking longer to cause Aids in Botswana, the country where the study took place.
Meanwhile, an outstanding feat of viral archaeology traced the origin of the Aids pandemic to the city of Kinshasa in the 1920s, in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo.
It all happened in the era of black and white film and the tail-end of the European empires when a "perfect storm" of population growth, sex and railways allowed HIV to spread.
There was nothing short of a scandal in medical science this year.
In January, a stem cell discovery promised to transform medicine. By December, the lead researcher Dr Haruko Obokata resigned in shame.
Along the way, her supervisor Prof Yoshiki Sasai was found dead at his laboratory in an apparent suicide.
It was claimed that stem cells - those cells that can become any other and hold great promise in medicine - could be made cheaply and quickly by shocking normal cells in acid.
The development of STAP cells (stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency) was a front-page story on newspapers around the world and provoked reactions such as "my God that's a game changer" from scientists.
Yet it was simply too good to be true.
Researchers coming together on message boards quickly became suspicious that the results had been faked.
Dr Obokata was found guilty of misconduct and no other research group in the world has been able to reproduce her findings.
It was another medical first as 2014 said hello to the first baby born using a transplanted womb.
The 36-year-old mother was born without a uterus, but received the organ donation from a friend who had gone through the menopause.
The womb was transplanted for a year before doctors felt comfortable enough to attempt a pregnancy by implanting an embryo that had been produced through IVF.
A premature, but healthy, boy was born eight months later.
The achievement at the University of Gothenburg raises hopes for other women left without a functioning womb after cancer treatment or because of birth defects.
On a slightly different note, four women have had new vaginas grown for them in the laboratory.
A biodegradable tubular scaffold was designed to be the right size and shape for each woman.
A small biopsy from the poorly developed vulva in each woman was used to grow a large batch of cells in the laboratory.
Muscle cells were attached to the outside of the scaffold and vaginal-lining cells to the inside.
All women reported normal levels of "desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction" after the vaginas were implanted.
In two of the women, the vagina was connected to the uterus giving them a chance of becoming pregnant.
Fat is the big bad guy in our diets right? Maybe not.
Swapping butter for a sunflower spread may not lower chances of a heart attack after all, according to one study this year.
Meanwhile there has been a sustained fight against sugar.
The World Health Organization has toughened it's stance on sugar saying recommended sugar intake should be fewer than 10% of total calorie intake a day, but people should really be aiming for 5%.
The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, in England, took a similar stance.
It would mean one 330ml can of fizzy pop would take a typical adult up to the proposed 5% daily allowance, without factoring in sugar from any other source.
But at least a Mediterranean diet keeps us genetically young, according to research, although if you want to cut your blood pressure it seems having both olive oil and leafy salad is key.
Scientists from Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Manchester and Surrey universities joined forces as part of the BBC's Day of the Body Clock to warn society had become "supremely arrogant" in ignoring the importance of sleep.
They said cancer, heart disease, type-2 diabetes, infections and obesity have all been linked to reduced sleep.
Yet people and governments were failing to take the problem seriously.
Earlier in the year studies showed night shifts throw the body "into chaos".
The damaging effect of light in the evening has also been one of the themes of the year.
A US study compared book and light-emitting e-readers to show that people using the latter take longer to nod off, have less deep sleep and are more tired the next morning.
And bedrooms light enough to see across were linked to an increased risk of weight-gain.
A whole, functioning, organ was grown from scratch inside an animal for the first time by scientists.
A group of cells were genetically reprogrammed to become thymus cells and were mixed with other support-role cells and placed inside a mouse.
Once inside, the bunch of cells developed into a functional thymus and produced a component of the immune system, called T-cells, which fight infection.
The researchers said: "This is a very exciting advance and it's also very tantalising in terms of the wider field of regenerative medicine."
In 2014, science has shown:
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The City midfielder was off target with his effort midway through the first half and Chloe Power, a QPR season ticket holder for two years, was hit in the face in her seat behind the goal.
Following the game, Ivory Coast international Toure gave Chloe a shirt with the word 'sorry' written on it.
He later said on Twitter: "Relieved to hear the girl my shot hit is OK. I was very worried."
QPR also gave Chloe a signed shirt.
City twice came from behind against QPR as Sergio Aguero's brace cancelled out Charlie Austin's strike and a Martin Demichelis own goal.
Following the game, the west London club tweeted: "We've just spoken to the young girl who was hit by Yaya Toure's shot - she's fine and will enjoy these shirts!"
The judges said they were swayed by an "ecstatic scene" involving two of the lead characters.
The book contains the lines: "Eliza and Ezra rolled together into one giggling snowball of full-figured copulation, shouting and screaming."
Morrissey was unable to attend the ceremony due to touring commitments.
The former Smiths frontman was also unavailable for comment but 400 guests did show up to toast him in his absence at the aptly named In & Out (Naval & Military) Club in London on Tuesday.
List of the Lost, which was panned by critics when it was published earlier this year, follows four Boston relay runners who are cursed by an old man in the woods.
Other lines include: "(They) pulled at each other in a dangerous and clamorous rollercoaster coil."
Morrissey's work triumphed over a varied shortlist, which included George Pelecanos's The Martini Shot, Joshua Cohen's Book of Numbers and Erica Jong's Fear of Dying, which included the line: "You raised the kundalini... like an electric snake in your spine."
Previous winners of the prize, established by The Literary Review in 1993, include Melvyn Bragg, Norman Mailer and AA Gill.
Last year the award was won by Ben Okri for Age of Magic (Head of Zeus).
The award's aim is to draw attention to poorly written passages of sexual description in modern fiction, and to discourage them. It doesn't cover pornographic or erotic literature.
Drugaid Cymru said all agencies involved have to "get to grips" with the problem.
It follows latest figures showing a 50% rise in all drug-related deaths in 2015 after five years of falls.
The Welsh Government said its priority was to see a fall again and would consider options to tackle the issue.
Ifor Glyn, regional director of Drugaid Cymru, which covers mid and south Wales, also said it had to be a priority.
"It's a massive issue for us as a provider and the Welsh Government," he said.
"Deaths are likely to go up as there is a lot more heroin around, the purity of heroin has been stronger and there's a lot more people who are not known to the services.
"We weren't able to engage with them. It's something that agencies like ourselves and across Wales have got to get to grips with."
Mr Glyn suggested a way forward could be to get users to act as informers.
He also made a renewed call to introduce "fix rooms" for users to take their drugs under medical supervision.
It follows approval in October to open a centre in Glasgow, which would be the first in the UK.
"Allowing people to inject in a room is highly controversial," Mr Glyn said.
"I don't want to see people taking drugs but you've got to be pragmatic.
"There's tonnes of evidence supporting injecting rooms."
The Welsh Government spends £50m annually on its substance misuse delivery plan and between 2016 and 2018 it is looking at what can be done to address the rise in drug deaths.
A spokesman said: "Our main priority over the coming year will be to take action to return to a position where drug related deaths are falling in Wales.
"We are working closely with partners to evaluate the reasons behind the increase and to take action to address it.
"This includes working with the substance misuse area planning boards so that everything possible is done to reach those individuals currently not in touch with substance misuse services."
According to ancient writers, a large meteorite smacked into northern Greece between 466BC and 467BC.
The writers also described a comet in the sky at the time the meteorite fell to Earth, but this detail has received little attention, say the researchers.
Comet Halley would have been visible for about 80 days in 466BC, researchers write in the Journal of Cosmology.
New Scientist magazine reports that, until now, the earliest probable sighting of the comet was an orbit in 240BC, an event recorded by Chinese astronomers.
If the new findings are confirmed, the researchers will have pushed back the date of the first observation of Comet Halley by 226 years.
The latest idea is based on accounts by ancient authors and concerns a meteorite that is said to have landed in the Hellespont region of northern Greece in 466-467BC.
The space rock fell during daylight hours and was about the size of "a wagon load", according to ancient sources.
The object, described as having a "burnt colour", became a tourist attraction for more than 500 years.
Look west
In his work Meteorology, Aristotle wrote about the event about a century after it occurred. He said that around the same time the meteorite fell, "a comet was visible in the west".
Astronomer Eric Hintz and philosopher Daniel Graham, both of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, reconstructed the likely path of Halley's comet, to see whether it agreed with the ancient observations.
They calculated that Halley's comet could have been visible for about 80 days between early June and late August in 466BC - depending on atmospheric conditions and the darkness of the sky.
"It's tough going back that far in time. It's not like an eclipse, which is really predictable," co-author Eric Hintz, from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, told BBC News.
"But we feel fairly good about this. If the [sighting] in 240BC is accepted, this has a fairly solid possibility."
He added: "If accepted, this would be three orbits earlier [than the Chinese sighting]."
The reconstruction of the comet's path agrees with the ancient reports, which say the comet was visible for about 75 days.
The researchers point out that while the Chinese and Babylonians kept meticulous records of heavenly phenomena for centuries, the ancient Greeks did not.
Nevertheless, the Greek accounts do provide important information, say Graham and Hintz, such as the comet's period of visibility from Earth.
Asked whether it was possible that the meteorite fall and the pass by Halley's Comet could be linked, Dr Hintz was doubtful.
"it would be really neat if they were connected - if it was a piece of Halley's that fell. My feeling is that it was just a really cool coincidence," said Dr Hintz.
The researchers say that there remains the possibility that other ancient sightings of comets could be uncovered from Chinese and Babylonian records.
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With the FA Cup third-round replay tied at 8-8 on spot-kicks, the Spaniard, 28, stepped up to send the hosts through.
"I didn't have nerves. I thought 'I'll take off my gloves, this game is over' and I struck the ball," he said.
The match had finished 2-2 after extra time and West Ham now travel to League One Bristol City in the fourth round.
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After taking the lead through Enner Valencia and having a man advantage when Aiden McGeady was sent off, the Hammers were pegged back by Everton when Kevin Mirallas struck a late free-kick.
Romelu Lukaku seemed to have sent the Toffees through with an extra-time strike, but substitute Carlton Cole scored two minutes after coming on to take the game to penalties at Upton Park.
Everton's Steven Naismith had his penalty saved before Stewart Downing had the first chance to win it for the hosts, only to see his weak effort blocked by Joel Robles.
However, Robles struck the crossbar before Adrian calmly converted the 20th penalty to settle the tie.
"I never took a penalty before - only in training for a joke, but not serious," added Adrian. "Never in my life had I struck one in an important game.
"I took my gloves off so quickly as I worried that the referee might blow his whistle and give me a yellow card for time-wasting.
"I have celebrated my saves before, but never scoring a goal. It was my first goal in my career and it's an amazing day."
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The minnows qualified for the 2017 finals with a 3-2 win over Zambia.
But Zambian Football Association CEO Ponga Liwewe told BBC Sport there was an "issue related to the game".
He added: "If the Confederation of African Football rules in our favour, it will have far-reaching implications. That is what we are waiting for."
Guinea-Bissau top their group with an unassailable 10 points - four ahead of both Congo and Zambia - with just one round of matches left.
There have been reports the Zambian FA's protest centres on the eligibility of Guinea-Bissau goalkeeper Pape Massa Mbaye Fall, who was born in Senegal.
However, Liwewe would not be drawn when asked about the nature of his organisation's protest.
"After the game in Guinea-Bissau, the FA sat down, consulted among themselves and sent some correspondence to Caf about several queries and issues we had," he said.
"It's premature to make pronouncements until we get some feedback from Caf."
The ultimate sanction, should Guinea-Bissau be found guilty of any wrongdoing, is disqualification.
Kyle Parish, 19, of Clifton in Nottinghamshire, pleaded guilty to rape at an earlier hearing at Nottingham Crown Court.
The victim's mother said the attack "totally destroyed" her daughter's childhood.
She said: "It totally devastated her. She has real low days and panic attacks."
She added: "She is not the confident child she was before this attack happened.
"She attempted to cut both wrists a few weeks after he was put on bail.
"It has totally destroyed our family life ... the littlest thing will take you back to that day.
"It is just soul destroying thinking how is she going to cope with this. That her first encounter was a violent rape."
The court was told the girl was with a group of friends who were camping out in a field.
When the pair were alone, Parrish, of Horwood Drive, grabbed her against her will, threw her to the ground and raped her.
Judge Stuart Rafferty said: "The devastation is not just for five minutes, five hours or five days - this will last a lifetime.
"He has taken away from her the one thing that matters to us all - that is the right to say 'yes' or 'no'."
Her mother said her daughter has had counselling but the past 18 months have been "a living hell".
Bob Ashford, a former Frome councillor, said a crime he committed as a teenager bars him from standing for the post.
The Labour Party received clarification of the ruling from the Home Office and the Electoral Commission.
Mr Ashford said he was "unhappy" with the circumstances and wanted to apologise to his supporters.
In a statement on his website, Mr Ashford said that in 1966, aged 13, he was convicted of trespassing and being in possession of an offensive weapon.
He was fined £2, 10 shillings for both offences.
The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 disqualifies a person from standing for election for a police and crime commissioner (PCC) if they have at any time been convicted of an offence for which a person could be sent to prison; whether or not they themselves were sent to prison for that offence.
Recalling the details of his offence, Mr Ashford said a group of boys from his school had persuaded him to go out with them and "I felt I had little choice".
He said: "We went to the railway embankment and I felt very uncomfortable about this.
"One of the lads pulled out an air gun and started shooting at cans. I never touched the air gun and felt unable to leave, as I was frightened at what might happen at school.
"A goods train passed and presumably the guard reported our presence to the police who arrived a short time later.
"The lads with the air gun ran away whilst I and two others froze and were arrested."
Mr Ashford said that to the best of his knowledge he was not questioned by police, but was told in court to plead guilty to both offences.
"I have just heard from a CRB check with my local police that no record of my case exists," he said.
But he added: "To sign the declaration, knowing that I had committed an offence, would in itself be a criminal act which of course I am not prepared to countenance."
Mr Ashford said that having worked with young offenders, he believed "that all young people have worth and the ability to reform and lead productive and valuable lives as I have done".
He said: "It is deeply and bitterly ironic that I now find myself in a position where my prospective career and my work to date is to be overshadowed by an event which occurred 46 years ago and a piece of legislation which completely undermines those basic human rights."
He said he had always declared this conviction throughout his career and during the PCC selection process.
Simon Duckworth, chairman of the transitional board of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, said: "The government's rules on who can stand to be a police and crime commissioner tread a difficult line between ensuring the public can have full confidence in those who will police the police and the need to attract candidates of calibre to these demanding new roles.
"The public may feel that the automatic disqualification of candidates with a juvenile conviction, irrespective of the nature or date of the offence, is flawed; ultimately it prevents the public from making their own judgement about who's best to serve them as a PCC."
PCCs will be elected in 41 areas across England and Wales on 15 November.
Homes were evacuated in Lurgan after officers responded to a call reporting an unexploded device - but, as they searched, a bomb exploded.
Police believe the initial call was designed to lure officers to the area.
Supt David Moore said it "may well have been the case" that the bomb was detonated by people watching from a distance.
He said it would probably have been "much larger" than a pipe bomb and was "obviously designed to take out officers on foot".
"It's more than likely at this stage that this was an anti-personnel device," Supt Moore said.
"It bears all the hallmarks of violent dissident republican terrorists."
He said the area where the device exploded is "frequented by both younger children at play and older children sometimes guilty of creating something of a nuisance".
He said as a result it would be an area often patrolled by the police.
The security alert began following a call to a charity, during which the caller said a device had been fired at a police patrol but had failed to explode.
Officers found a suspicious object and evacuated families from homes in Victoria Street.
However, while police officers were searching the area a second device went off. The explosion happened between 16:00 and 17:00 BST.
Police said on Sunday that the devices they recovered "appeared to have been planted" and they did not believe any device was fired at them.
Police officers were also attacked with petrol bombs and bricks during the security alert.
Northern Ireland Justice Minister David Ford said whoever was behind the attack "had a clear intention to kill police officers".
"They showed absolutely no regard for local residents, who could have been killed or injured," he said.
Upper Bann MLA John O'Dowd, from Sinn Féin, also condemned those responsible, saying they had "brought nothing but disruption to the local community".
"Those behind this alert are not representative of the people of Lurgan and should stop these pointless actions immediately," he added.
As a result of the security alert, the rail line between Lisburn and Portadown was closed.
Families have now returned to their homes in Victoria Street following the alert.
SDLP MLA Dolores Kelly described the attack as "not only an evil attempt to kill the PSNI but a total disregard for the people of Lurgan".
DUP councillor Carla Lockhart said the devices "were designed to murder police officers who were trying to serve their community".
Ulster Unionist councillor Colin McCusker said he felt nothing but "despair" with regard to the incident.
He said a small minority appeared "intent on disrupting the lives of the vast majority of people, not just in Lurgan, but the whole of Northern Ireland".
Police Federation Northern Ireland chairman Mark Lindsay said it was only the professionalism of those responding to the call that had meant tragedy was averted.
"The bravery of these officers can only be contrasted with the cowardice of those plotting such atrocities," he said.
The suspect image, of a man wanted in connection with a robbery, was posted on Kent Police's Facebook page.
But the "extra sideburn" and apparent resemblance to the Stone Age quarry worker attracted howls of derision rather than witness statements.
The force declined to comment on the response.
It issued the image in connection with a robbery of a 75-year-old man in Cliftonville, Margate, on 26 September.
Over one hundred people have shared the image, with dozens adding their thoughts underneath.
Sarah Jane Unsworth described it as "the worst e-fit I've ever seen", while Joe Higson asked: "Did someone at police HQ get carried away with the black pen??"
Robbie Britton said: "By the looks of this you're looking for a guy with a wife called Wilma and a pet dinosaur."
While Jim Pooley warned: "You see the suspect, yabba dabba, don't approach him."
The attack happened at around 10:30 BST in an alleyway between Dalby Square and Athelstan Road, close to a car park.
In its appeal for information, Kent Police said the victim was intially approached by one assailant before two more joined them.
He managed to fight the three offenders off and they ran away, police said.
WaterAid says it "has not received any money" from a dinner the Stoke City striker hosted in Mayfair in May 2015.
The Charity Commission is "deciding if there are regulatory issues to assess".
The new agent of ex-West Brom striker Berahino declined to comment. However, BBC Sport understands the dealings with WaterAid were arranged by the 23-year-old's previous representatives.
"WaterAid was approached by the Saido Berahino Foundation in February 2015 regarding a dinner to raise funds for the foundation," a statement from the charity read.
"The event was not managed or paid for by WaterAid, and attendance was by invitation only.
"It was WaterAid's understanding that we would receive a donation. WaterAid has not, to date, received any money from the Saido Berahino Foundation."
The Saido Berahino Foundation is not itself a registered charity.
Instead it operates in partnership with a charity called the Philanthropy Foundation, which also provides services for Bournemouth striker Benik Afobe and ex-Newcastle forward Lomana LuaLua.
WaterAid said it had not been in touch with Berahino's representatives since March 2016.
At this stage, the Charity Commission is not conducting a formal investigation.
The body, which would tackle the allegations made by WaterAid, said: "We can confirm that the Saido Berahino Foundation is not registered with the Charity Commission.
"We are also aware that the charity WaterAid has confirmed that they have not received any money from the foundation.
"We will now be getting in touch with the foundation to decide whether there are regulatory issues we need to assess."
In December, a Charity Commission investigation into a charity run by ex-Chelsea striker Didier Drogba found "no evidence of fraud or corruption" but said it may have "misled" donors.
Three incidents have happened near to the Hillhead Halls of Residence between September and November.
The man is described as white, aged between 17 and 20, about 5ft 8in tall, with short light brown or blond hair.
He was wearing dark sportswear including a hooded top and jogging bottoms.
Det Con Kirsty Munro said: "I would like to reassure the community that officers are taking these reports very seriously.
"Although none of the females involved were hurt or injured in any way, they were left feeling understandably concerned and uncomfortable.
"Uniformed officers have been giving particular attention to the area and I would urge people using the park to be on their guard."
She added: "These type of incidents are extremely rare in the area - and the city generally - however by no means should that make anyone complacent.
"I would urge anyone who recognises the description of this male or the e-fit image to make contact with the police."
Having lost the first leg 1-0, Stanley levelled the tie through Josh Windass' penalty after Scott Brown was fouled.
Piero Mingoia's screamer then put the hosts ahead, before Adebayo Akinfenwa's header took the game into extra time.
And Taylor slotted in to make it 2-2 on the night and send the Dons through to the final against Plymouth on 30 May.
Taylor's 104th-minute finish came after Jake Reeves had been denied by goalkeeper Ross Etheridge and provided a dramatic conclusion to a topsy-turvy contest, which was even temporarily halted during extra time because of floodlight failure.
It was also cruel on Accrington, who were denied automatic promotion on the final day of the league season on goal difference and looked to be heading to Wembley after Mingoia's superb 30-yard strike put them 2-1 ahead on aggregate.
The Dons, appearing in the Football League play-offs for the first time since the phoenix club's formation in 2002, now also face their first competitive trip to the national stadium since Wimbledon's famous FA Cup win over Liverpool in 1988.
Manager Neal Ardley, who made over 300 appearances for the old Wimbledon FC, will lead them out at Wembley as the ninth-longest serving manager in the top four tiers of English football.
The 43-year-old guided the Dons to six victories from their eight final league fixtures to secure a seventh-placed finish in the table - and they are now just 90 minutes away from reaching the third tier for the first time.
Match ends, Accrington Stanley 2, AFC Wimbledon 2.
Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Dannie Bulman.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Accrington Stanley 2, AFC Wimbledon 2.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Seamus Conneely.
Attempt missed. Callum Kennedy (AFC Wimbledon) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Tom Davies (Accrington Stanley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Tom Davies (Accrington Stanley).
Tom Beere (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Adebayo Azeez (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jake Reeves.
Brad Halliday (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon).
Brad Halliday (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Beere (AFC Wimbledon).
Delay in match (Accrington Stanley).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Attempt missed. Tom Davies (Accrington Stanley) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Josh Windass with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Callum Kennedy.
Attempt missed. Adam Buxton (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Romuald Boco.
Attempt saved. Scott Brown (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Billy Kee.
Second Half Extra Time begins Accrington Stanley 2, AFC Wimbledon 2.
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Terry Gornell replaces Piero Mingoia.
First Half Extra Time ends, Accrington Stanley 2, AFC Wimbledon 2.
Adebayo Akinfenwa (AFC Wimbledon) is shown the yellow card.
Adam Buxton (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adebayo Akinfenwa (AFC Wimbledon).
Tom Davies (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adebayo Akinfenwa (AFC Wimbledon).
Offside, Accrington Stanley. Piero Mingoia tries a through ball, but Romuald Boco is caught offside.
Goal! Accrington Stanley 2, AFC Wimbledon 2. Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Josh Windass (Accrington Stanley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Josh Windass (Accrington Stanley).
Barry Fuller (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Romuald Boco (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josh Windass.
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Brad Halliday replaces Matty Pearson.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Tom Beere replaces Andy Barcham.
Offside, AFC Wimbledon. Andy Barcham tries a through ball, but Lyle Taylor is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Romuald Boco (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Billy Kee.
Attempt blocked. Adebayo Azeez (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adebayo Akinfenwa with a headed pass.
Offside, AFC Wimbledon. Kelle Roos tries a through ball, but Adebayo Akinfenwa is caught offside.
The soldier told the Al-Sweady Public Inquiry he "categorically denied" hitting or physically threatening any of the nine detainees he interrogated.
The inquiry is investigating claims detainees were mistreated and killed at a British base after a battle.
The Ministry of Defence denies the allegations.
The soldier, who can only be identified as M004, told the inquiry that he did use a 1ft-long (30cm) pointed metal tent peg to bang on a table top and would shout and scream at detainees as part of his "tactical questioning" technique in Iraq.
The witness said he did not see this as excessive, although he was now aware from other public inquiries that it was unlikely that using a tent peg in this way would be "viewed as permissible".
The inquiry has heard claims from several Iraqi detainees that M004 had a pistol with him and fired two shots into the ground while they were being questioned in a tent at the British army camp.
There were also allegations by a detainee that the interrogator beat him with a metal pipe.
But M004 said there was "no feasible way" that a shot could be fired in the tent without someone hearing it and it being reported.
It was likely the tent peg was on a table and a detainee could see that, but it was never used to strike a detainee, he said.
He agreed the use of the tent peg fell within the category of a "harsh" approach and he that he was trying to scare the detainees by making a sudden loud noise while the prisoner was blindfolded.
Banging the tent peg on the table behind the prisoner made a "horrendous racket" and would have been heard outside the interrogation tent and probably in the prisoner cell block, he said.
Some of the prisoners had physically jumped when he did it, he said. He agreed that the tent peg could be seen as a weapon.
He was not taught to use the tent peg in this way on a course he attended, M004 said, but he did not see it as outside his remit as a tactical questioner.
But he told counsel for the inquiry: "I believe nowadays that there is very little you could physically do without ending up sat in an inquiry".
The witness told the inquiry that when the Iraqi detainees arrived for questioning he would first walk behind them and blow on the back of their neck - a tactic he had been taught on a course.
Blowing on the detainee's neck allowed the interrogator to get inside the prisoner's personal space so that he could feel the questioner's presence, something which was "remarkably effective" he said.
M004 agreed that there was a pattern in his questioning of walking behind the detainee, blowing on the back of their neck, banging the tent peg down on the table and then screaming and shouting over their left shoulder and into their ear.
He had not been taught to consider that shouting at a man close up or striking a table with a tent peg so as to induce fear was violence.
The witness agreed that anything that fell short of physical contact or violence which made the prisoner feel uncomfortable was acceptable.
M004 said he would never threaten a prisoner with any form of beating or assault, but he might have told a detainee he would never see their family again.
"And they would probably have believed you?"asked counsel. "Yes sir, "said M004.
Set up in 2010, the inquiry is named after one of the Iraqi men, 19-year-old Hamid al-Sweady, who is alleged to have been unlawfully killed while being held after the so-called Battle of Danny Boy.
Lawyers acting for several Iraqi clients claim some were taken alive following the battle and mistreated or unlawfully killed at the nearby Camp Abu Naj (CAN) base.
The inquiry continues.
Manchester United's £59.7m signing of Angel Di Maria was one of six club transfer records broken since the end of last season.
What were the other big deals? With the help of financial analysts Deloitte, BBC Sport takes you through the transfer window in numbers.
Di Maria, 26, cost a British record £59.7m from Real Madrid, while Radamel Falcao, 28, joined in a £6m loan deal from Monaco - with the club having the option to sign him for £43.5m next summer.
Louis van Gaal, named as manager this summer, has rebuilt a squad that finished seventh last season under David Moyes, their first campaign since Alex Ferguson retired as manager.
The Dutchman has already spent more than any English club in a transfer window - Manchester United's previous record outlay had been in the summer of 2007 when they parted with £62m.
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Their transfer extravaganza beats that of Manchester City's reported £148m in 2009 and Chelsea's £111m in 2003 - which followed billionaire owner Roman Abramovich's arrival.
Rob Wilson, a football finance expert at Sheffield Hallam University, told BBC Sport: "United don't really want to be out of the Champions League for another year - they can cope with a year out - it's no big deal - but a second or even a third outside of that competition will hit them very hard.
"Their new shirt sponsorship deal is effectively performance-related - obviously attracting players in the future if they remain out of that competition will become more difficult.
"United certainly won't be spending the same amount next year if they don't qualify for the Champions League this season. At a rough estimate, they are losing £80-100m by not being in the Champions League - £40m in prize money, £10m in terms of matchday ticket sales and matchday sponsors, and so on."
The record amount of money spent by the 20 Premier League sides this summer. This comes after the clubs pocketed their first season of vastly increased TV money. Last year was the start of a three-year domestic TV deal with Sky and BT worth £3.018bn, a 70% increase on the old deal.
In fact, the previous record of £630m - set last summer - was broken this year on 14 August - before a ball had been kicked.
Dan Jones, partner at Deloitte's Sport Business Group, believes the 2014 World Cup in Brazil also helped to swell the figures.
He said: "There are a number of factors contributing to this summer's spend, including the showcase for global talent a World Cup provides.
"However, one of the main drivers of Premier League spending continues to be the increased resources clubs now have as a result of improved broadcast deals."
Football agent Rachel Anderson said: "Is the spending reckless? It depends how you look at it. If you compare the spending to normal people in normal life then, yes, it is reckless.
"But if you compare it to blockbuster movies or a singer from a TV reality show who can't sing very well, then it is worth it.
"It is worth it for the entertainment they produce."
Liverpool joined Manchester United in spending more than £100m, thanks in part to their £75m sale of Luis Suarez to Barcelona in the third biggest transfer ever.
Their outlays totalled £117m, with almost £50m going to Southampton for Adam Lallana, Dejan Lovren and Rickie Lambert.
Chelsea did their business early, paying £91.3m in total on deals including Diego Costa and Filipe Luis from Atletico Madrid and Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas.
Arsenal followed up last year's dramatic £42.4m signing of Mesut Ozil by spending £82m in the window, with two big-name strikers coming in - Barcelona's Alexis Sanchez for £35m and Manchester United's Danny Welbeck for £16m.
Manchester City bought £50m worth of players and Southampton about £58m (although they received £92m for sales). Newcastle and Hull - also the busiest team on deadline day with four signings - spent more than £30m each.
The four Premier League clubs in this season's Champions League had a combined transfer spend of £342m - over 40% of the total Premier League outlay. Add in Manchester United's 18% and that is almost 60% by a quarter of the teams in the English top flight.
Six of the 20 Premier League clubs made their record signings this summer - Manchester United, Everton, Hull, Leicester, West Brom and Crystal Palace.
Dan Jones, partner at Deloitte's Sport Business Group, said: "Last season the average Premier League club received around £25m more in central broadcast distributions than they did in 2012-13, which helped fuel a record transfer window last summer.
"We are again seeing Premier League clubs use these resources to contribute to what is a new record this summer."
Almost two thirds of the money spent by Premier League clubs this season has gone to foreign teams, with £305m staying in England. The figure of 63% is considerably lower than last year, however, when 78% of the total spend went abroad.
Luis Suarez joined Barcelona from Liverpool for £75m, but English teams were busy buying some of the best that Spanish football has to offer.
BBC World Service's Steve Crossman said: "It's the second season in a row that the single most expensive deal in the summer transfer window has seen a player leave the Premier League for La Liga.
"At least it's a two-way street. The top three clubs in Spain all lost a major player to the Premier League over the summer. Angel Di Maria was the most expensive import, with Diego Costa and Alexis Sanchez also arriving.
"And the emphasis on recruitment from abroad is not reserved to the Premier League and La Liga either. Many of the big signings in Italy, France and Germany have not come from their own leagues, with the likes of Ciro Immobile swapping Serie A for the Bundesliga, Alvaro Morata heading to Italy from Spain and Xabi Alonso arriving in Germany from Real Madrid."
The top spending league in Europe outside the Premier League spent just over half the amount of the 20 English sides, with La Liga leading the way for the continent with a total outlay of £425m.
Next was Italy's Serie A with £260m, followed by the German Bundesliga with £250m and France's Ligue 1 - with Paris St-Germain and Monaco cutting back with Uefa's Financial Fair Play rules in mind - spending £100m.
BBC World Service's Steve Crossman said: "The Premier League swept all before it and only Spain could even come close. Both Ligue 1 and Serie A held back this year. In France, PSG and Monaco spent 75% less money than this time last year.
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"In La Liga the top three spenders in Spain were ahead of the Premier League's three most adventurous clubs in summer transfer window spending until Falcao's transfer to Manchester United took the Premier League elite back above them.
"The likes of Mario Mandzukic, James Rodriguez and Luis Suarez have all arrived with massive price tags.
"Likewise, in Germany the vast majority of it was forked out by a small number of teams. In this case, two.
"Some £81m of the total bill came from the efforts of Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. Add in the £20m outlay from Hamburg and you've got nearly half of the activity coming from only three of the clubs."
From next season, spending could again rise. A new Champions League television deal comes in worth £897m over three years, worth more than double the current arrangement.
But it is not just the top teams in the Premier League who will have spending power.
Stats published by Sporting Intelligence show that last season's bottom side in the Premier League, Cardiff City, earned £62m in Premier League prize and TV money - more than the previous season's champions Manchester United pocketed.
The top four sides last season all earned between £90m and £100m. There are still two years left of this lucrative deal.
Rob Wilson, football finance expert at Sheffield Hallam University, does not believe spending will continue to increase.
He said: "Over the last three or four years there has been an acceleration in the amount of money spent in each transfer window.
"There is a lot of talk about whether we'll reach £1bn worth of spending in the next one. I think that is probably bit of a stretch, the reason being Uefa's Financial Fair Play and the impact that will undoubtedly have on the top six or eight teams.
"The truth is that if you removed Manchester United's spending then in this transfer window you would be looking at something we'd consider normal - well, normal in the most liberal sense of word because I don't think spending £600m can be considered normal."
The Community union says the fracking industry will need significant volumes of steel, which will help to protect jobs in the sector.
It has signed an agreement with the body that represents the UK onshore oil and gas industry to promote domestic production and protect jobs.
Community, which has around 30,000 members, is one of the few trade unions backing fracking.
The UK's third biggest union, the GMB union, also intends to organise in the sector.
But a number of other main unions, including PCS and UCU, are opposed to the industry on environmental grounds.
"The future development of home-grown oil and gas has the potential to support thousands of jobs through its supply chain, including in the steel industry," says Roy Rickhuss, the general secretary of Community.
The fracking industry will need to drill hundreds, perhaps thousands of wells, to produce significant volumes of gas. That represents a huge opportunity for the struggling steel industry, which will want to supply the steel casings used in oil and gas wells.
Plans for fracking have been approved in two locations in the north of England, potentially creating up to 64,500 jobs, according to a recent industry report.
But while the Community union is affiliated to Labour, its endorsement of fracking is at odds with Labour Party policy.
At the party's conference in September, the shadow energy secretary Barry Gardiner said Labour would ban fracking outright if elected.
The GMB union described the policy as "madness", saying it would leave the UK reliant on "henchman, hangmen and headchoppers" for imported gas.
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Presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said doctors treating the 94 year old are "in no hurry to send him home".
Mr Mandela was admitted to hospital 12 days ago and has been treated for a lung infection and gallstones.
Doctors are satisfied with his progress but say he needs "extraordinary care" because of his age.
Mr Mandela led the struggle against white-minority rule before being elected the first black president in 1994.
He contracted tuberculosis while on the windswept Robben Island where he served 18 of the 27 years he was imprisoned for sabotage.
His lungs are said to have been damaged when he worked in a prison quarry.
Mr Mandela remains an important political symbol in South Africa, says the BBC's Karen Allen, in Johannesburg.
More so at the moment, our correspondent adds, as the governing African National Congress has re-selected Jacob Zuma as party president and returned Cyril Ramaphosa - the millionaire businessman - back into the political spotlight, as his deputy.
Once a leading trade unionist, Mr Ramaphosa became the symbol of black capitalism in South Africa after the ANC came to power at the end of apartheid.
When Mr Mandela overlooked him for the role of his deputy, he was said to have been so upset that he refused to attend Mr Mandela's inauguration as president.
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Both films are competing for the best picture and best director prizes at the awards, which honour independent films.
Also up for best picture are father-daughter tale Beasts of the Southern Wild, black comedy Bernie and Keep the Lights On, a drama about a gay romance.
The winners will be announced on 23 February, one day before the Oscars.
Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence have both been nominated for their lead roles in Silver Linings Playbook.
The pair play a manic depressive and a young widow who strike up an unusual romance in David O Russell's hotly tipped awards contender.
The film is also nominated for best screenplay, along with Moonrise Kingdom.
Wes Anderson's first-love story between a precocious boy and girl also received a best supporting actor nod for Bruce Willis and another nomination for its cinematography.
Matthew McConaughey receives two nominations: for best actor in crime thriller Killer Joe, and best supporting actor in male stripper comedy Magic Mike.
John Hawkes and Helen Hunt are recognised for their performances as a disabled man and his sex surrogate in The Sessions.
Other acting nominees include Jack Black for Bernie, Michael Pena for End of Watch, Sam Rockwell for Seven Psychopaths and Mary Elizabeth Winstead for Smashed.
There is also a best actress nomination for child star Quvenzhane Wallis for her role in Beasts of the Southern Wild, which won the top prize at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
"The nominations this year represent an astonishingly strong group of artists both in front of and behind the camera," said Josh Welsh, co-president of awards organisers Film Independent.
Spirit nominations often overlap with Oscar contenders. The Artist won four awards last year, then went on to win five Oscars the following day.
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Jake Blakeley, 18, of Abbotts Road, Didcot admitted lying to police during their enquiries into the murder of Jayden Parkinson, 17.
He was acquitted of helping to hide her body after telling the court he believed he was burying dead animals.
Jayden was murdered in December 2013 by Jake's brother Ben, 22, from Reading, who is serving a life sentence.
Her body was found on 18 December in the grave of her killer's uncle at All Saints Church in Didcot.
Oxford Crown Court heard Jake Blakeley thought he was burying weapons, a cat and a dog.
He initially told police he knew nothing about Jayden's whereabouts and had not come forward with the information about helping his brother to bury something.
The 15 months he has spent on remand will count towards the three-year sentence.
Jayden's mother Samantha Shrewsbury said in a statement after the sentencing: "Time will never erase the evil that took Jayden from us. We can never forget or forgive the Blakeley brothers. Our nightmare will never end."
A Thames Valley Police spokesman said: "Even unwittingly Jake Blakeley assisted his brother Ben to conceal Jayden's body after she was murdered, assistance which prolonged the agony of Jayden's family.
"I believe today's sentence reflects the severity of this."
Experiments with socialism and a two-year rule by junta have taken a toll on the people of Guinea. The 2010 election ushered in civilian rule but led to violent ethnic clashes, as well.
In addition, hundreds of thousands of refugees from Liberia and Sierra Leone have strained Guinea's struggling economy.
The instability has generated suspicion and ethnic tension - as well as mutual accusations between neighbours of attempts at destabilisation and border attacks.
Population 10.5 million
Area 245,857 sq km (94,926 sq miles)
Languages French, Susu, Fulani, Mandingo
Religions Islam, Christianity, indigenous beliefs
Life expectancy 53 years (men), 56 years (women)
Currency Guinean franc
President: Alpha Conde
Alpha Conde became president in 2010 after a lifelong battle against a series of despotic and military regimes which sent him into exile and prison. It was Guinea's first democratic election since gaining independence from France in 1958.
However, the vote kindled ethnic tensions, as Mr Conde hails from the Malinke ethnic group, which makes up 35% of the population. The defeated, Cellou Dalein Diallo, is a member of the Peul ethnic group, to which 40% of Guineans belong.
Mr Diallo has repeatedly accused the president of sidelining his constituents, including many Peul.
Both allies and critics alike acknowledge his charisma and intelligence, but some also describe him as authoritarian and impulsive, someone who rarely listens to others and often acts alone.
His supporters however consider him untainted, a "new man" who has never had the opportunity to "participate in the looting of the country."
He was elected for a second term in 2015.
Some key dates in Guinea's history:
1891 - France declares Guinea to be a colony, separate from Senegal.
1958 - Guinea becomes independent, with Ahmed Sekou Toure as president.
2000 - Start of incursions by rebels in Guinea's border regions with Liberia and Sierra Leone which eventually claim more than 1,000 lives and cause massive population displacement. The government accuses Liberia, the Sierra Leonean United Revolutionary Front (RUF) rebel group, Burkina Faso and former Guinean army mutineers of trying to destabilise Guinea.
2003 - President Lansana Conte wins a third term in elections boycotted by the opposition.
2008 - President Lansana Conte dies. Military seizes power. The coup meets with international condemnation, but many Guineans back the army's move.
2010 - Alpha Conde declared winner of run-off presidential race. Emergency declared after clashes between security forces and supporters of defeated candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo.
2014 - Outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in southern Guinea. It spreads to Liberia and Sierra Leone, killing 11,300 people in two years.
28 October 2015 Last updated at 08:50 GMT
Similar to gadgets in films like Star Trek, the beam moves objects without touching them.
The tractor beam works by surrounding the object with high-intensity sound waves using 64 tiny loudspeakers.
This creates a force field that keeps the objects in place.
By carefully controlling the loudspeakers the object can be either held in place, moved or rotated.
The beam has been tested on small pea sized objects.
10 August 2016 Last updated at 17:27 BST
Emergency services were called to the blaze in Wesley Road, Coley Park at 12:30 BST.
One adult and three children were treated at the scene, but the minors were taken to the Royal Berkshire Hospital for further treatment.
Fire crews got the blaze under control and are investigating the cause.
Police were called to the house in Summerville Park at 23:30 local time and discovered the man, 59, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
The state pathologist attended the scene on Wednesday morning and later carried out a post-mortem examination.
The 67-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday morning.
Rea beat English Kawasaki team-mate Tom Sykes by 4.5 seconds, with Italian Marco Melandri third.
Welsh Ducati rider Chaz Davies led for much of the race but retired on the final lap with a technical problem while in second but still vying for victory in the Netherlands.
The triumph was Northern Irishman Rea's sixth win from seven races this season.
The 30-year-old won both races at the Dutch round in each of the last two years, had a win and a third place in 2014, and has enjoyed four further successes since 2008.
Rea will attempt to seal a third consecutive double at Assen when he competes in his 200th World Superbike race on Sunday.
He is aiming to become the first rider to win three consecutive WSB titles.
"Chaz rode very well early on and it was a really fast pace but he made a big mistake and that gave me my chance," said Rea after the race.
"I really enjoy this track and it helps that I've done so many laps in testing and throughout my career. It's a special place for me."
The double world champion had qualified in pole position for the race but was dropped three positions for blocking Davies during the Superpole session on Saturday morning.
Ireland's Eugene Laverty finished eighth on his Milwaukee Aprilia.
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) alleges that Shaun Bridges stole more than $800,000 (£540,000) in Bitcoin.
His colleague, Carl Force, has also been charged with money laundering and wire fraud.
Best known for selling illegal drugs, Silk Road was closed in 2013 following raids by the FBI and other agencies.
The man accused of running the site, Ross Ulbricht, was convicted in February, and prosecutors argued that he had earned about $18m in Bitcoin from the operation.
Mr Force, who worked for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), served as an undercover agent during the investigation into the Silk Road.
One of his tasks involved communicating with Ulbricht, known online as "Dread Pirate Roberts."
The DoJ alleges that "without authority", Mr Force "developed additional online personas and engaged in a broad range of illegal activities calculated to bring him personal financial gain".
"In doing so, the complaint alleges, Force used fake online personas, and engaged in complex Bitcoin transactions to steal from the government and the targets of the investigation.
"In one such transaction, Force allegedly sold information about the government's investigation to the target of the investigation."
The 46-year-old is charged with wire fraud, theft of government property, money laundering and conflict of interest.
Shaun Bridges, who worked for the US Secret Service, is charged with wire fraud and money laundering.
The DoJ alleges that he transferred more than $800,000 in Bitcoin into an account at MtGox, a Japanese digital currency exchange that filed for bankruptcy in February.
"He then allegedly wired funds into one of his personal investment accounts in the United States mere days before he sought a $2.1m seizure warrant for Mt. Gox's accounts," the DoJ says.
Both men appeared in a San Francisco court on Monday.
Penni Hall's daughter, Alycia Mckee, died last year aged 18.
Ms Hall had wanted to place the "princess" gravestone at St Margaret and St Andrews Church in Exmouth.
But a spokesman for the Diocese of Exeter said it "fell outside the standard headstone" regulations.
Ms Hall accused church officials of being set in their ways and "not very Christian" in their approach to the memorial.
She also accused the diocese of "making money out of people's grief" after she was told she could appeal the decision at a cost of £249.
"I have this doubt in my mind that they won't sway, they will be stubborn," she said.
"Just because it is the rules set centuries ago, it is time things moved on and I hope they will see their decision is wrong and be more lenient."
Ms Hall has launched a petition calling on the diocese to change their mind.
The diocese spokesman said regulations were in place to keep churchyards as places of peace and beauty for everyone to enjoy.
He said: "A memorial that might be suitable for an urban, civic cemetery may look out place near an historic church building.
"The diocese has a responsibility to make sure that the churchyard remains an appropriate setting for a parish church for the next several hundred years."
Alycia, who had Down's syndrome and suffered from heart problems, died from multiple organ failure.
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29 October 2013 Last updated at 06:54 GMT
One person who'd like to see this change is Ruben.
Ruben swims for Great Britain, loves to DJ for his mates and also has Down's Syndrome.
The genetic condition means he has learning difficulties and looks a bit different to some of his friends.
In his report he meets Seb, a boy who has modelled clothes for Marks and Spencer.
In Pakistan, flash floods triggered by the rainfall destroyed more than 50 homes in the north-western province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
At least 22 people died in the rains, including members of three families buried when their homes collapsed.
At least 20 people were killed in heavy rains in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan in the heaviest rainfall in more than 30 years.
Rescue workers said that they feared the death toll might rise as the floodwaters receded.
Some 20,000 people have been forced to leave their homes because of flooding, junior schools have been closed and rail and transport links disrupted, the BBC's Narayan Bareth in the state capital Jaipur reports.
The state's meteorological department said Jaipur was experiencing the heaviest rains since 1981, causing flooding in low-lying neighbourhoods and slum areas.
Indian officials said that the levels of rain in the desert state were almost 50% above average, Reuters reports.
At least 10 of the people killed in the state died in the city, some of them when their homes collapsed.
According to the Times of India, the neighbouring districts of Dholpur and Dausa were also affected by the rains.
In June, at least 27 people died and a million people were forced to leave their homes by floods as rains lashed the north-eastern state of Assam.
Across the border, in Pakistan, at least 22 people died in monsoon-triggered floods, AP reports.
A total of 13 people died in Pakistan-held Kashmir on Wednesday, nine of whom were members of three families buried alive when the roofs of their houses caved in.
Nine people also died in the north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
A spokesman for the country's National Disaster Management Authority said teams were still assessing the extent of the damage.
"The death toll may rise, we are assessing the damages. Rescue work is continuing and relief activities have started," Irshad Bhatti told Agence France Presse.
Arbroath took the lead when Greg Rutherford broke free and found Josh Skelly inside the area.
Substitute Sergio Cecilia found the corner just after the hour mark to open a two-goal lead.
Linn latched onto a Ramsay through-ball as Arbroath coasted to victory.
Patients currently require intrusive surgery for tissue sample testing.
Scientists in Preston say they have now developed a way to detect a tumour by analysing blood, cutting diagnosis from weeks to under an hour, it is hoped.
Dr Matt Baker said the test could help relieve "emotional stress patients experience waiting for test results".
He said: "Statistics have shown us that more children and adults under 40 die of a brain tumour than from any other cancer and despite this brain tumours receive less than 1% of the national spend on cancer research.
"We are committed to providing reliable diagnostic tests to enable earlier detection of cancer."
Dr Baker found molecular differences when infrared light was transmitted directly at gliomas - an aggressive type of brain tumour.
The light detected molecular vibration from the blood serum, which it is hoped will eventually be used to identify different disease states i.e. cancer or non-cancer.
It is hoped in the future the test could be carried out by a doctor as part of a regular health screening.
Jay Lynchehaun, a 27-year-old brain cancer patient, from Great Harwood, said it would be "unbelievable" to be diagnosed so quickly.
"From my first symptom to surgery took ten months," he said. "If I had been diagnosed more quickly, there is a possibility it wouldn't be as serious as it is."
Cancer Research UK said over 9,000 people were diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2010 in the UK.
"Our hearts are broken. The shock waves of grief and denial are still sweeping through our family as we come to grips with what has happened," it read.
"You touched so many lives, maybe even more than you realised," it continued.
Bennington's body was found at a private home in Los Angeles on Thursday. The LA County Coroner said he apparently hanged himself.
He had previously struggled with addiction and had spoken to BBC Newsbeat about depression and suicide.
The statement continued: "In the past few days, we've seen an outpouring of love and support, both public and private, from around the world.
"Talinda and the family appreciate it, and want the world to know that you were the best husband, son, and father; the family will never be whole without you."
Bennington, 41, had six children, three with his wife Talinda.
The band are storming into this week's UK album and singles charts following Bennington's death, according to the Official Charts Company's midweek update.
Seven of the band's albums are on course to enter the top 40, with their debut, 2001's Hybrid Theory, currently at number three and One More Light, released earlier this year, at five. Meteora, the group's first UK number one, at seven.
Three of their hits are also on course to reach the singles charts. In The End - Linkin Park's first UK top 10 back in 2001 - is on course to re-enter at nine.
2003's Numb is at number 13, while Numb/Encore, the band's 2004 collaboration with Jay-Z, is at 29.
Artists can only have a maximum of three songs in the top 40 at any one time. The rules recently changed in an attempt to stop A-list artists elbowing newer acts out of the way.
Formed in 1996, Linkin Park have sold more than 70 million albums worldwide and won two Grammy Awards.
Meteora topped the Billboard 200 chart in 2003 and is regarded as one of the biggest indie rock records of all time.
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Defender Wilson, 30, made 51 appearances after signing from Celtic in 2013 for a second spell at the club.
Former Hamburg midfielder Tesche, 28, signed as a free agent in August 2014 and featured in 50 games for Forest.
Winger Burke, 32, scored six goals in 54 games after joining in July 2014 following his release by Birmingham.
Managerless Nottingham Forest finished 16th in the Championship this season, 15 points above the relegation zone.
Colchester Hospital has been under investigation since November 2013, when claims were made that data was changed to meet national guidelines.
Essex Police said it found "no criminal offences" had been committed.
The hospital said the news would be "enormously reassuring" to its cancer patients.
Dr Barbara Stuttle, director of nursing and quality at Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, said: "The police investigation has been hanging over the trust for almost two years so it is pleasing that, at long last, we can finally draw a line under it.
"It is another important step towards rebuilding public trust and confidence in the cancer services we provide."
A report released in December said the inaccuracies had been down to managerial incompetence, rather than the purported bullying of staff highlighted by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in 2013.
Staff had told inspectors they were "pressured or bullied" to change data relating to patients and their treatment to make it seem people were being treated in line with guidelines, the CQC said.
Ch Insp Tracy Hawkings said police had interviewed staff and carried out an independent assessment of medical records.
"Throughout the investigation we have worked with NHS England, the trust and other health organisations to ensure we had access to all the information, reports and medical data that could be provided," she said.
"We have concluded that no criminal offences have been committed and there is no evidence to support any criminal charges against either any individuals or the hospital trust."
Lance Hart, 57, killed Claire Hart, 50, and daughter Charlotte, 19, near the Castle Sports Complex, Spalding, on 19 July.
The women's funeral was held at All Saints Church, in Moulton.
Paying tribute, Mrs Hart's sons Ryan and Luke said she and her daughter had "lived and loved unconditionally".
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Reverend Barbara Hutchinson read the tribute on behalf of Ryan and Luke.
She said: "We were always awestruck that the universe could create something as beautiful as you both.
"We know that right now you will both be looking upon us and wishing us the strength to carry on.
"We owe you everything we have to keep going, to not be defeated.
"With your love, inspiration and determination as an example we have been shown a resilience that cannot be matched.
"We hope to make you as proud as you have made us. We love you Mum. We love you Charlotte."
The funeral was relayed to mourners outside the packed church by loud speaker.
Michael Buble's song 'Home' was played during the service as it was "a song that they both loved".
Speaking after the service Rev Hutchinson said: "It was a very moving service. The tribute that they wrote was very heart-wrenching and I have to say heart-wrenching to read.
"I think [Ryan and Luke] have coped remarkably well. Today, they are both very, very upset and the emotions are very, very high."
At an inquest hearing last month it emerged both women were shot by Mr Hart with a single barrel shotgun.
A full inquest will take place in October.
Maaxi is designed to match up to five strangers travelling in the same direction, so that they can share a ride and split the bill.
Alternatively, users can opt to ride solo when they make their booking.
The start-up already has the support of the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association.
Its backing is in large part down to the fact that Maaxi promotes itself as a black cab-only facility, unlike rival apps that also offer private hire cars.
As well as attracting extra business, the start-up says drivers will earn more money per ride if they carry more passengers than they would do via a traditional pick-up.
Under normal circumstances, black cabs do not charge extra for carrying two, three, four or five people rather than just one, but this is not the case with Maaxi.
"The taxi driver charges each person less than the meter fare but overall gets more, when aggregating all the partial fares - a true win-win," explained Gabi Campos, the firm's chief executive.
"The fares are distributed according to the distance and time the person spends in the taxi, so that if five people share a journey they split the fare for that portion in five, and if in a subsequent shared journey only four are sitting in the taxi, the fare is shared by four.
"Maaxi takes the hassle out of the hands of the driver and the passenger, and uses technology for everything to be automatically calculated."
One tech writer questioned the business model.
"You have to be really keen to save money to want to stop to pick up strangers," commented Chris Hall, editor of Pocket-lint.com.
"I think the people already using Uber will stick with it because the prices are very affordable, and so far the service is acting smoothly."
But another expert welcomed the company's entry into the market.
"Competition is always a good thing because it increases quality," said Dr Stefania Zerbinati from Cass Business school.
"And because the company's registered in the UK, if it succeeds it will pay money back to the government.
"Uber, instead, is registered outside."
Uber says that it complies with local tax laws, but the UK version of its app is registered to an entity based in Amsterdam, meaning the company's cut of each ride is taxed in the Netherlands.
Maaxi is funded by the financier Nathaniel Rothschild. It uses software developed in London, which is run off Amazon's Web Services cloud computing platform, to match customers and cars.
The system integrates with Transport for London and National Rail's timetables to allow travellers to co-ordinate the "last mile" of their journeys.
In addition, it can arrange passenger pick-ups to be "daisy-chained", so that drivers can continue picking up and dropping passengers as they go, rather than transporting one group at a time.
The firm makes money by taking a cut of the fee for shared rides, but not those of passengers travelling alone.
Users are given a quoted fee before entering the cab, which is based on earlier taxi journeys along a similar route.
"If Maaxi identifies sudden severe traffic which can impact a journey, it alerts passengers and allows them to choose not to continue the journey," said Mr Campos.
"However even if passengers choose to stay in severe traffic, the costs are much smaller when shared between several users."
He said that approximately 1,500 cabs had already signed up to be part of the service ahead of its launch in a few weeks time.
Uber began its own shared-trips service, UberPool, last month. But the facility is only available in San Francisco.
The Google-backed company has been the target of black cabbies' ire in recent months.
They claim that allowing a smartphone to work out the cost of a ride is similar to using a taxi meter, which only black taxis are allowed to do in the UK. Minicabs, by contrast, quote a fixed fee ahead of the journey.
An online advert for Maaxi notably features a passenger wearing a t-shirt that features the Google logo alongside a swear word.
There has also been tension between the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association and Hailo, after the app added private hire vehicles.
The head of the LTDA, Steve McNamara, told the BBC he had been promised Maaxi would not do the same.
"[This was] the major concern that the taxi trade had, following what can only be described as the sell-out by Hailo, who went to the dark side," said Mr McNamara. "Nat Rothschild has personally assured the taxi trade that this is a black cab app and we're very excited by it. We actually think it could be a real game changer."
Russia made the allegations in January 2006, but this is the first time anyone in the UK has publicly accepted them.
Jonathan Powell, then Prime Minister Tony Blair's chief of staff, told a BBC documentary it was "embarrassing", but "they had us bang to rights".
He added: "Clearly they had known about it for some time."
They had been "saving it up for a political purpose", he said.
The story was first aired on Russian television, which ran a report showing how the rock contained electronic equipment and had been used by British diplomats to receive and transmit information.
It showed a video of a man walking along the pavement of a Moscow street, slowing his pace, glancing at a rock and slowing down, then picking up his pace. Next the camera films another man, who walks by and picks up the rock.
The Russian security service, the FSB, linked the rock with allegations that British security services were making covert payments to pro-democracy and human rights groups.
Shortly afterwards, then President Vladimir Putin introduced a law restricting non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from getting funding from foreign governments. Many closed down as a result.
"We have seen attempts by the secret services to make use of NGOs. NGOs have been financed through secret service channels. No-one can deny that this money stinks," said Mr Putin.
"This law has been adopted to stop foreign powers interfering in the internal affairs of the Russian Federation."
"All of our activities with the NGOs were completely above board," said Britain's ambassador in Moscow at the time, Tony Brenton.
"They were on our website, the sums of money, the projects. All of that was completely public."
One human rights group accused of receiving secret payments took the FSB to court for slander but lost.
"They said there was no slander and threw out the case," said Lyudmila Alexeyeva, head of the Moscow Helsinki Group.
The FSB successfully argued that the allegations did not represent slander as the secret payments showed the Moscow Helsinki Group was a "serious organisation".
The documentary series, Putin, Russia and the West, is on BBC Two on Thursdays at 21:00 GMT from 19 January 2012. Watch online afterwards via iPlayer (UK only) at the above link.
Vladimir Medinsky told MPs that the state budget for Russian cinema was less than half the Hollywood budget for a hit like The Fast and the Furious.
He said there were both financial and ideological grounds for restricting Hollywood films in Russia.
Russian cinema-goers ought to pay extra to see US movies, he argued.
"Currently a ticket for a Hollywood movie and one for a Russian movie costs the same - 230 roubles (£3; $4) - and that's wrong," he said.
Earlier a Communist Russian MP and film director, Vladimir Bortko, complained that the culture ministry was spending 35m roubles (£467,000; $608,000) on Russian cinema, whereas the typical budget for one Hollywood movie was $12m.
Mr Medinsky agreed that Russian cinema needed more state support, because "there is no suggestion that these films can compete with the sales of Hollywood blockbusters".
Some Russian arthouse films nevertheless became box office hits in Russia, he said.
He asked MPs to consider whether Russians would buy a Russian-made car if a US car was on sale for the same price.
According to Mr Bortko, 156 Russian films were shown in Russian cinemas last year, but they drew only 18% of the audience.
Russian film hits abroad
The town of Palm Beach, where Mr Trump's retreat is located, tweeted a traffic alert on Monday morning about the 4ft by 4ft (1.2m) road cavity.
City officials tweeted that the hole had formed "directly in front of Mar-a-Lago" and was close to a newly installed water main.
City construction crews were to carry out "exploratory excavation" of site.
Social media users have been poking fun at the cave-in, which comes in the middle of Mr Trump's first foreign trip as president.
The president has been visiting Saudi Arabia and Israel and will head to the Vatican this week.
Quite a few posts referred to a glowing orb that Mr Trump touched during a visit to Saudi Arabia.
One Twitter user posted a recent political cartoon depicting Mar-a-Lago as a sinkhole receiving an endless stream of tax dollars.
He crossed the finish line at Les Sables-d'Olonne on France's Atlantic coast at 15:40 GMT on Thursday.
Le Cleac'h, 39, surpassed Francois Gabart's 2012-13 race record of 78 days, two hours and 16 minutes.
Welsh sailor Alex Thomson crossed the finish line in second place on Friday morning.
The Gosport-based sailor's time was 74 days 19 hours 35 minutes and 15 seconds.
The 42-year-old had cut Le Cleac'h's lead to 34 miles on Wednesday with 309 miles left of the race.
But he conceded he would have to settle for second place after the Frenchman moved 95 miles ahead overnight on Wednesday.
Thomson was competing in the Vendee Globe for the fourth time, and was attempting to become the first Briton to win it.
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Thomson led for many of the early stages and broke two race records prior to being overtaken, with Le Cleac'h moving ahead in early December.
He was nearly 1,000 miles behind at Christmas after his boat's hydrofoil was ripped off in mid-November, but he increased his speed after rounding Cape Horn.
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first man to complete a single-handed circumnavigation of the globe, believes Thomson could have won the race if his boat had not been damaged.
Thomson lost his starboard foil after it struck a submerged object - damage the Welshman calculated cost him around 20% of boat Hugo Boss's performance.
"When you look at the speeds Alex has been doing (early in the race) - 20 knots in a 60ft monohull - it's phenomenal," Sir Robin told BBC Radio Wales.
"He was so close on Wednesday - he was only 30 nautical miles behind - if he had not broken that foil he would have been ahead of Le Cleac'h and quite a lot ahead of him."
Thomson was leading the race by more than 100 miles when his boat was damaged.
It happened near Ballat Crossroads at Balfron Station on Saturday afternoon.
An air ambulance was seen landing in a nearby field.
Police said the road was closed between the A81 at Ballat Crossroads and Drymen. Drivers were urged to use an alternative route.
5 live's chief boxing correspondent Mike Costello will be at ringside at the MGM Grand.
You can also follow the build-up and action via the BBC Sport website online commentary from 02:00 BST.
Undefeated Mayweather is defending his WBA and WBC welterweight titles, while Pacquiao holds the WBO equivalent.
The fight has been billed as the richest in history, with revenues estimated to rise as high as $500m.
Surrey doctors asked for an immediate transfer for Mary Muldowney but several units had no beds available last July.
She later had surgery at the Royal London Hospital, but did not survive.
Coroner Mary Hassell said a prompt transfer could have saved the Crawley patient. NHS chief Sir Bruce Keogh said a serious safety issue had been raised.
Ms Muldowney, 57, was first admitted to East Surrey Hospital with a suspected brain bleed and after a scan showed heavy bleeds, doctors requested an immediate transfer to a neurosurgical unit.
Three units - St George's and King's College hospitals in London and the Royal Sussex in Brighton - refused.
Other hospitals also said they had no available intensive care beds.
In a letter to NHS England chiefs, Ms Hassell wrote: "In desperation, knowing of the neurosurgical expertise of a former colleague, one of the East Surrey Hospital doctors went out of area and rang a consultant neurosurgeon at the Royal London Hospital (RLH).
"Ms Muldowney was transferred to the RLH and taken straight to theatre at 4.40pm.
"Unfortunately, her pupils had become fixed and dilated in the ambulance during transfer to the RLH and surgery did not save her.
"If she had been transferred promptly, it probably would have."
The inner north London coroner recorded a narrative verdict.
Sir Bruce said he was "very sorry" to hear of the circumstances.
He said the process of securing a bed added a delay of just less than two hours.
He also said there was a clear "difference in perspective" between doctors at East Surrey and St George's, and a meeting would be held between clinicians at the units.
The findings would be fed into broader work on how patients are referred between hospitals, he added.
The bomb was planted at a bus stop near a market in the town of Matani, about 20km (12 miles) south of Peshawar, police commanders told news agencies.
Matani is close to Pakistan's lawless tribal regions and the Afghan border.
It is not clear who carried out the attack but Pakistan has been battling Islamist militants and its own version of the Taliban.
At least 10 people were wounded in the attack in Matani.
It is the latest violence in Pakistan since the US special forces raid last month that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in the north of the country.
It comes a day after reports that a top al-Qaeda operative, Ilyas Kashmiri, was killed in a US drone strike in the tribal region of South Waziristan.
Since Bin Laden was killed, a paramilitary academy, a naval base, government buildings, a police station and a US consulate convoy have been attacked.
Pilots went on strike at 02:00 GMT, and the action is due to continue until 22:59 GMT. Up to a third of cargo flights have also been cancelled,
Lufthansa called the strike action by pilots' union, Vereinigung Cockpit, "completely incomprehensible".
This is the 10th strike for the airline since April.
The airline's pilots oppose plans to phase out an early-retirement scheme.
Currently, pilots are able to retire at the age of 55 and receive up to 60% of their pay until the standard retirement age of 65.
Almost 50% of long-haul flights from Frankfurt and Munich airports will remain grounded.
Lufthansa Cargo will operate nine out of 15 flights.
The airline said the flights that went ahead would be staffed by volunteer pilots.
The strike comes as Lufthansa's board voted to push ahead with plans to expand its budget flight operations on Wednesday. And chief executive Carsten Spohr warned that further strikes as a consequence of the board's decisions might be something Lufthansa would "have to live with".
As well as short-haul routes inside Europe, Eurowings will also offer long-haul flights in conjunction with SunExpress Germany, Lufthansa's joint venture on Mediterranean routes with Turkish Airlines.
Lufthansa will initially lease three Airbus A330-200s, and flights to tourist destinations in Florida, South Africa and the Indian Ocean will start at the end of 2015 from Cologne.
The board also approved the lease of up to seven A330-200s and Mr Spohr said if the plan was successful the airline would have no problem in expanding further He said he did not foresee any difficulty in finding pilots for the Eurowings expansion.
"We hope that we won't have any more strikes for the sake of our passengers, shareholders and employees," he said. "But we have set the path so that Lufthansa can have a future and strikes are the consequence that we have to live with."
Lufthansa has offered mediation with the pilots in the hope of resolving the dispute in time for Christmas.
The airline is battling to remain competitive against budget carriers such as Ryanair and Easyjet and Gulf operators including Emirates, Etihad and Qatar on lucrative long-haul routes.
It has already lost €160m (£125.5m) in operating profit as a direct result of the dispute over proposed changes to an early retirement scheme.
Lufthansa is also not alone in struggling to cut costs to counter the threat to their survival from leaner rivals.
Air-France KLM faced two weeks' of pilots strikes over its plans to expand its low cost carrier Transavia in September forcing it to backtrack on plans to expand.
On Wednesday, it said a majority of its pilots now backed a deal to expand the company's low-cost operations in France, said more than 200 Air France pilots had volunteered to fill 72 positions at Transavia France.
Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies called Lesley Griffiths's comments "highly offensive".
They called into question whether Ms Griffiths was the right person for the job, he said.
Welsh ministers said she was referring to the "diverse range of skills needed to be successful in modern farming".
Ms Griffiths said her remarks were based on her early discussions with farmers after being appointed as the cabinet minister responsible for agriculture by First Minister Carwyn Jones following May's assembly election.
Answering questions in the Senedd on 22 June she said: "I also think we need to look at how we can help them [farmers] with the sustainability and the resilience of their businesses, and to look at the business side of it, because I think farmers, certainly in my very early discussions with them, are perhaps not the best people to run a business.
"They haven't that kind of business perspective also, and they want to work with us in relation to that.
"This is just some of the farmers I've spoken to early in the portfolio. I'm not saying all farmers at all."
Ms Griffiths will have one of her first big engagements in the job at the Royal Welsh Show later this month.
Mr Davies said Ms Griffiths should apologise to the farming community.
"To say that 'farmers are not the best people to run a business' is not only highly offensive but calls into question whether she is in fact the right person to take this brief forward.
"It simply betrays her ignorance of this vital artery of the Welsh economy."
Challenged with the official record of her comments in the chamber, on Tuesday, the first minister said: "That's not what she said."
Mr Davies said he was "dumb-founded that the first minister has refused to acknowledge the extremely offensive comments".
A Welsh government spokesman said: "These comments from plenary a fortnight ago have been taken completely out of context.
"The cabinet secretary was referring to the very diverse range of skills needed to be successful in modern farming."
The spokesman added that Ms Griffiths was "already forging positive relations with Wales' farming community and had hosted a "highly constructive round table discussion with key partners" on Tuesday.
Oscar-nominee Blanchett will play a woman holding her 40th birthday, attended by an odd mix of friends.
Australian actor Richard Roxburgh will co-star in the 19th Century play, which will be set in the mid-1990s.
The Sydney Theatre Company production will be directed by John Crowley, maker of the Oscar-nominated Brooklyn.
No specific dates or venue have been given by the theatre, but it said the production would open in early winter.
Blanchett - who is up for best actress for Carol at this year Oscars - previously appeared off-Broadway with Roxburgh in 2012 in Uncle Vanya, another Chekhov play.
She has also been on stage in productions of Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire and The Maids by Jean Genet.
The Present had its premiere in Sydney in August and received rave reviews from critics, with Andrew Upton - Blanchett's husband - adapting it from the Chekhov original.
The couple served as co-artistic directors of the Sydney theatre from 2008-12, with Upton running the company solo until last September.
The Chekhov play, about a character called Anna Petrovna, is one that has been adapted and retitled many times, most notably by Michael Frayn, who called his 1984 version Wild Honey.
It won three Olivier Awards, including best actor for Sir Ian McKellen. The production was staged again on Broadway in 1986 with Sir Ian, Kim Cattrall and Kathryn Walker in the lead roles.
The original work was set at the end of 19th Century and was written in the 1880s when Chekhov was a young medical student living with his parents.
He abandoned it when it was rejected by the Maly Theatre in Moscow and it lay forgotten until the manuscript was discovered in a Moscow bank vault almost two decades after Chekhov's death.
It was first published in 1933, under the title Fatherlessness, but it did not premiere in Russia until 1957.
William Tolcher, 51, is accused of attacking Alex Cusworth, 37, with the knife which he had been issued with to prepare vegetables in the kitchens in November.
Plymouth Crown Court heard he later admitted the attack to a fellow inmate.
He denied the murder charge at the start of his two-week trial.
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Simon Laws, prosecuting, said the knife was "capable of being a formidable weapon".
He told the court: "Quite suddenly and without warning he used it on another inmate.
"He was not defending himself. It was not an accident. He was seen to do it.
"He admitted what he had done to a fellow inmate in the immediate aftermath. It's as simple as that.
"After his arrest however he would say nothing to the police."
Mr Laws said that on the day of the attack there were a large number of inmates working with a small number of staff in the kitchen.
Prisoners and staff work together in the kitchens at the category C jail with meals for 650 people cooked three times a day.
The jury was told there had been no conversation between Tolcher and Cusworth before the attack and it was believed the victim had said something earlier which Tolcher had taken offence to.
Liverpudlian Tolcher was convicted of murdering a woman in Newquay, Cornwall, in 1996 and was serving a life sentence, the jury heard.
Tolcher also admitted causing actual bodily harm in an attack on a prisoner in 2003, the court was told.
The trial continues.
Critics argue councils will still get less government money than this year which they actually have control over.
The government agreed a budget deal yesterday to give councils £160 million more than previously planned.
Councils are now working out just what impact this will have on their own finances.
But it's still too early to say whether specific proposed local cuts are off the table as a direct result of the new funding deal, or get any further clarity on possible across-the-board rises in council tax.
These decisions will usually have to wait for council budget meetings in the weeks ahead. The most which could be said just now is that fewer of these hard choices may have to be made.
Scotland's 32 councils are heavily dependent on the Scottish government for cash. Government cash is shared between them through a complicated formula.
Other money comes principally from business rates and the council tax.
The council tax for properties in Bands E-H will be going up in April nationally - councils also have the power to put it up for everyone by as much as 3%, though most have still not declared their intentions.
The largest council, Glasgow, said on Friday that it still anticipates making £50m worth of cuts and savings in the coming year - less than originally envisaged but still a significant amount. Glasgow is including a council tax rise in these calculations.
But when councils talk of needing to save money, all sorts of factors are to blame as well as government funding:
A number of councils have been working on longer-term schemes which run over several years to try to become more efficient and minimise obvious changes which the public might notice.
These might involve internal restructuring and job losses, though there have been few compulsory redundancies.
Each council's share of the £160m will mean they are in a better-than-expected situation, which is bound to reduce the number of difficult decisions in the coming weeks.
The Scottish government always argued that its spending plans and the council tax changes meant more for local services overall.
One big part of this is £120m for head teachers to spend on raising attainment. The money is being targeted towards schools in poorer areas with head teachers getting about £1,200 for every student known to be entitled to free meals.
Many councils argued that including things like this was an unfair comparison.
What many voters will care about, though, is how much council tax they pay and the quality of the local services they get.
Abstract figures are unlikely to interest many voters - cuts or rising bills or service charges are another matter.
With that in mind, councils were always likely to try to minimise significant or controversial cuts in an election year.
Indeed, a number have still to make public their proposals for the coming year.
But make no mistake. There will still be difficult decisions in town halls over the coming weeks - just not as many as looked likely to be the case.
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Prime Minister David Cameron is currently in Brussels for an EU summit.
He aims to return with a reform package he can put to the British people in a referendum on EU membership in June.
He wants to restrict migration and limit benefits for those coming from Central and Eastern Europe.
The Irish ambassador to the UK, Dan Mulhall, told Bloomberg television that Ireland's arrangements with the UK regarding Irish nationals working there were "separate".
"We will continue to discuss this issue because it's recognised on both sides this is a particular issue which is a little bit separate from migration from other European countries which is a more recent phenomenon for Britain," he said.
"The issue of Irish people living in the UK predates the EU by many years. We have, of course, discussed this issue with the British government, and depending on what the outcome of this whole process might be, obviously it is a matter that will have to be continued.
"We'll have to continue to discuss it with Britain and with other member states in order to ensure as far as possible that Irish people continue to enjoy the same advantages as they currently enjoy."
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said he is "quite confident" European leaders can reach a deal with Britain over its future membership of the EU.
Mr Cameron said: "We've got some important work to do today and tomorrow and it's going to be hard.
"I'll be battling for Britain. If we can get a good deal I'll take that deal. But I will not take a deal that doesn't meet what we need.
"I think it's much more important to get this right than to do anything in a rush. But with goodwill, with hard work, we can get a better deal for Britain."
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The proportion of 10- and 11-year-olds who were obese in 2015-16 was 19.8%, up from 19.1% the year before.
Obesity among four- and five-year-olds - those in Reception year at school - hit 9.3%, up from 9.1%.
While the rises are small, they are being seen as significant because of previous signs obesity rates were no longer on the rise.
For the past few years there has been talk that the obesity rise seen over past two decades had levelled off.
But this is the second year in a row that rates for children aged 10 to 11 have gone up, according to the figures collected through the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP).
The rise is also the single biggest jump seen since the school measuring programme properly bedded in six years ago.
Professor Russell Viner, of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said it was a "stark reminder" of how serious the problem was.
He said the government needed to do more to tackle obesity following the publication of the child obesity strategy in the summer, which was widely criticised by health experts.
He called for more restrictions on junk food advertising and marketing.
"It is not an understatement to say we are entering a state of emergency," he added.
There are also signs the gap between the most obese areas and the least is growing.
The NCMP data showed Richmond upon Thames had the lowest prevalence rate at 11%, while Barking and Dagenham had the highest at 28.5% for 10- and 11-year-olds.
Once overweight children are included, the proportion nationally rises to 34.2%. For younger children it is 22.1%.
A 14-point loss would have been enough for fourth place, but they trailed 24-6 at half-time after four Saints tries, including one from James Roby.
Scott Grix and Mason Caton-Brown went over to make it 28-16 and put Trinity above Salford on points difference.
But Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook and Zeb Taia scored and a late Danny Richardson drop goal extended Saints' margin.
Their victory in the final Super League game before the Super 8s/Qualifiers split was only their second away from home this season, but their fifth in a row at Wakefield.
The result also confirmed Salford Red Devils in fourth, their highest regular-season finish since 1976, despite a 25-0 loss to struggling Leigh Centurions on Friday.
Richardson had earlier begun the scoring with the first try of the match, and that was followed by further Saints tries from Roby, Tommy Makinson and Regan Grace - with Matty Ashurst replying for the hosts.
And despite a brief fightback from Wakefield, Justin Holbrook's side pulled further away to firm up their position in sixth.
Wakefield boss Chris Chester: "We didn't get off to great start. They came out of the blocks a lot quicker and got some momentum.
"We couldn't contain their pack and we got taught a few lessons from a red-hot team.
"It hurts that we've thrown away third spot and thrown away fourth spot but I'm also proud of this group of players because we've achieved what people thought we couldn't, the top six.
"We've made it a little bit tougher for ourselves with only three home games (in the Super 8s) but we've been written off all season and we'll use that to motivate us."
St Helens coach Justin Holbrook: "We're showing we're right in the mix, which is exciting. We're heading in the right direction for sure.
"I would have liked to carry on but unfortunately we're not in the Challenge Cup semis so we'll have a week off.
"It was a really good performance from us today. The first half was really pleasing.
"We knew how big a game it was for both teams and we really turned up. We lost our way a bit in the second half but found it again at the back end."
Wakefield: Grix, Jones-Bishop, Lyne, B Tupou, Caton-Brown, Williams, Finn, Walker, Wood, Huby, Hadley, Ashurst, Arona.
Replacements: Kirmond, Hasson, Fifita, England.
St Helens: Lomax, Makinson, Morgan, Percival, Grace, Fages, Richardson, Douglas, Roby, Thompson, Taia, Peyroux, Wilkin.
Replacements: Walmsley, Amor, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Knowles.
Referee: James Child
Current guidelines were written in 1994 and should be updated to reflect legal changes and the effect of social media, the Universities UK taskforce said.
Key areas to be considered include better reporting systems and creating a "zero-tolerance culture", it said.
The National Union of Students (NUS) and the government welcomed the review.
Though not legally binding, universities often rely on the so-called Zellick guidelines when dealing with allegations of sexual violence or harassment between students. They have been criticised for causing universities to leave investigation of complaints to the police rather than investigating them themselves.
The guidelines' author, Prof Graham Zellick, has said they are still valid, but that they only cover discipline, and not other requirements such as a system of recording sexual assaults.
But BBC education editor Branwen Jeffreys said there had been increasing pressure for action from campaigners who accuse universities of being "more concerned with reputation than supporting students".
The Universities UK taskforce said "significant elements" the Zellick guidelines were still useful to universities.
But it said developments including the Equality Act 2010 and "changes in the wider social environment, including the significant impact of social media" meant guidelines should be reviewed and updated.
The taskforce will produce a final report on violence, harassment and hate crime later this year.
NUS women's officer Susuana Amoah said: "We hope this review will lead to the creation of a new set of guidelines centring around the welfare of survivors rather than institutional reputation."
Sarah Green, of the End Violence Against Women Coalition, welcomed the recognition that "it is time for universities to change the way they respond to allegations of rape and other abuse and harassment".
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills welcomed the "progress" the taskforce had made and said it looked forward to seeing the final report.
The emergency was declared on 4 November to aid security forces after what the government said was a plot to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen.
Mr Yameen narrowly escaped injury when a blast struck his boat last month.
US investigators said they had not been able to find any evidence that the blast was an assassination attempt.
"We are pleased that this matter has been dealt with so swiftly. We are looking forward to getting the country back on a more normal footing," said Foreign Affairs Minister Dunya Maumoon.
The state of emergency last Wednesday gave wider powers to police and armed forces to arrest suspects and suspend freedom of assembly and movement. Members of the country's military patrolled the streets while it was in effect.
It came two days before a planned protest by the country's main opposition, the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP).
The Maldives, a popular destination for honeymooners and other tourists, has been rocked by political unrest in recent months. Vice President Ahmed Adeeb was impeached earlier this month, accused of involvement in the alleged boat assassination plot.
Mr Adeeb, whose predecessor was also impeached in July, is accused of high treason, a charge he denies.
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Rhys Webb scored tries in either half, with Tyler Ardron and Jeff Hassler also crossing for the visitors and Sam Davies adding 12 points with the boot.
Eoin McKeon scored Connacht's only try, with Jack Carty kicking two penalties.
The Irish province are rooted to the bottom of the table, having lost 41-5 at home to Glasgow in their opener.
Their opponents went into the game on the back of a 59-5 demolition of Italian side Zebre in their opening fixture.
The Ospreys were the early aggressors and Davies' fifth-minute penalty opened the scoring in Galway, while the erratic Carty missed a gilt-edged chance to respond.
Connacht ended the first quarter on level terms, a Matt Healy surge down the left wing securing territory and Carty was successful with a subsequent penalty.
Webb's snappy 29th-minute try from a scrum proved to be the difference between the sides at the break, the scrum-half showing good strength to make it over despite the presence of Carty and Eoin Griffin. Davies converted for 10-3.
Carty punished a high tackle by Sam Davies with a 45th-minute penalty and Ardron's neck-high challenge on Finlay Bealham drew a yellow card six minutes later, following the input of TMO Alan Falzone.
A crooked lineout thwarted Connacht's initial subsequent attack but they bided their time, ramping up the pressure and then setting flanker McKeon free for a simple finish off a Bundee Aki pass.
Carty drew his left-sided conversion wide and it was his loose kick that was run back with interest by Dan Evans, the next scrum earning a penalty which Davies fired over for 13-11.
From then on there was only one team in it as the Ospreys ruthlessly exploited the gaps in the champions' defence.
Ardron muscled over from close range and then Webb ran the ideal support line to turn Ben John's brilliant break and offload into a try.
The bonus point arrived three minutes from time, industrious full-back Evans charging over halfway and sending Hassler over in the left corner, with Davies' final conversion completing his 12-point haul.
Ospreys' Tyler Ardron told S4C's Y Clwb Rygbi: "We've got a great bunch of guys.
"We've been working really hard this off season and I think the best teams in the world can come through in the last 20 to 10 minutes and that's what we did tonight.
"Of all the things we can take pride in tonight, that last 20 minutes is probably the main one."
Connacht: Tiernan O'Halloran; Niyi Adeolokun, Eoin Griffin, Bundee Aki, Matt Healy; Jack Carty, Kieran Marmion; Ronan Loughney, Tom McCartney, Finlay Bealham; Ultan Dillane, Danny Qualter; Eoin McKeon, James Connolly, John Muldoon (capt).
Replacements: JP Cooney for Bealham (60), Lewis Stevenson for Qualter (68), Caolin Blade for Marmion (68), Shane O'Leary for Carty (66).
Not Used: Dave Heffernan, Dominic Robertson-McCoy, Rory Moloney, Danie Poolman.
Ospreys: Dan Evans; Jeff Hassler, Ben John, Josh Matavesi, Eli Walker; Sam Davies, Rhys Webb (capt); Nicky Smith, Sam Parry, Dmitri Arhip, Bradley Davies, Rory Thornton, Olly Cracknell, Justin Tipuric, Tyler Ardron.
Replacements: Scott Baldwin for Parry (66), Paul James for Smith (56), Ma'afu Fia for Arhip (56), Lloyd Ashley for Thornton (44), James King for Cracknell (60), Tom Habberfield for Walker (74).
Not Used: Dan Baker, Jonathan Spratt
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
Assistant referees: Claudio Blessano (FIR), Leo Colgan (IRFU)
Citing commissioner: Tim Lowry (IRFU)
TMO: Alan Falzone (FIR)
Historic England said it could "harm the appreciation and understanding" of the Newarke Houses Museum.
But the city council has approved placing the mural on the building for two years.
It is the fourth of six pieces of art which the council has commissioned to celebrate the Foxes' 5,000-1 success.
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The mural, which features Buddhist images, will celebrate the Thai heritage of Leicester City's owners.
The Foxes stunned the Premier League by winning the title by 10 points in May.
Councillor Ted Cassidy said: "The committee took into account the objections and views of Historic England and decided that on balance, this was acceptable for that particular part of the building.
"It may in fact encourage people to go to that side."
Three murals have already been painted on to walls in the city to celebrate the title win.
Historic England had hoped the council would find a "less sensitive" building for the latest mural to be painted.
It also suggested the work could be painted on free-standing boards so it could be moved around.
"Only 8% of all listed buildings are Grade II*, making this a particularly important site," a spokesperson for Historic England said.
"It dates back to the early 16th Century and much of its medieval core survives, with later changes made in the 18th Century.
"It is an intriguing, attractive building which reflects the rich historical and architectural importance of this area of Leicester."
The council now has three years in which to start work on the mural.
The new service will begin in August but the Rail, Maritime and Transport union balloted members over staffing and performance-related pay.
The union said 85% backed a walkout with a bigger majority in favour of other industrial action.
London Underground said it had made a "fair and sustainable" offer.
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan said the Central and Victoria lines will run through the night on Fridays and Saturdays starting on 19 August, with the Piccadilly, Jubilee and Northern lines following in the autumn.
The Night Tube was due to start last September but was delayed due to disputes with unions, particularly with staff employed by Tube Lines, part of London Underground.
The RMT agreed a deal for its drivers but said the deal for maintenance staff was "inferior".
General secretary Mick Cash said the unions executive will decide its next move but he called for a resumption of "meaningful talks".
He added: "RMT members have now shown their anger at the way that Tube Lines have attempted to tie in attacks on pensions with the offer on pay and Night Tube.
"There are also major unresolved issues over the Tube Lines staffing arrangements for the Night Tube and over performance-related pay."
The strike ballot result is the first faced by the new mayor since he took over from Boris Johnson earlier this month.
London Underground said: "We have made the same fair and sustainable four-year pay offer for Tube Lines maintenance staff as has been made for staff employed by London Underground.
"Pension arrangements for Tube Lines maintenance staff have been the subject of separate ongoing discussions, and we agree that it's important that these talks resume as soon as possible so the dispute can be resolved."
Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche and Ricky John Best were killed and Micah David-Cole Fletcher was severely injured in Portland, Oregon on Friday.
They all intervened after a man launched into a verbal tirade against the teens, one wearing a hijab.
The suspect, Jeremy Joseph Christian, was later arrested.
The 35-year-old is due to appear in court on Tuesday, charged with two counts of aggravated murder, attempted murder, intimidation and being a felon in possession of a restricted weapon.
The FBI said it was still unsure if Mr Christian - who allegedly said "all Muslims should die" during the attack - will face charges for hate crime.
Meanwhile, Mr Fletcher continues to recover after sustaining a knife wound to his neck that his mother said was "a millimetre" from his jugular vein.
He posted a picture from his hospital bed, alongside a poem on Saturday evening. One of the lines said: "I spat in the eye of hate and lived."
The three men have been hailed as "heroes" in their local community, not least by Destinee Mangum - the 16-year-old who was travelling with her friend, 17, when the attack took place.
"I just want to say thank you to the people who put their life on the line for me, because they didn't even know me and they lost their lives because of me and my friend and the way we look," she told local channel KPTV.
Close to 1,000 people gathered for a vigil in memory of Mr Namkai-Meche, 23, a recent college graduate, and 53-year-old army veteran Mr Best, a father-of-four, on Saturday evening.
There have also been numerous tributes online to the men.
Tributes have been paid to the men by the city's mayor, as well as Oregon governor Kate Brown and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who described their deaths as "heartbreaking".
"No one should have to endure this racist abuse," she wrote on Twitter. "No one should have to give their life to stop it."
US President Donald Trump has yet to mention the attack.
Veteran journalist Dan Rather wrote an open letter to Mr Trump, which has been shared more than 100,000 times on Facebook, imploring the president to speak out about their deaths.
Mr Rather said: "Two Americans have died leaving family and friends behind.
"They are mourned by millions more who are also deeply worried about what might come next. I hope you can find it worthy of your time to take notice."
Katrice Lee, from Hartlepool, went missing from a Naafi supermarket at a military base in Paderborn, Germany where her family was stationed.
The Royal Military Police (RMP) said the man in the picture was seen putting a child in a green car in the same area where Katrice was last seen in 1981.
It refused to say when the e-fit was made, or if it had been newly found.
In a statement the force said it had been "reassessing all evidence... in conjunction with new evidence received".
"During that process, this piece of evidence was deemed useful to the investigation, so the RMP are duly appealing for fresh information from it," a spokesman said.
The RMP refused to confirm or deny this meant they had found the e-fit while reassessing evidence and decided to release it.
It also refused to confirm it had been created recently, using either new or old evidence.
An RMP spokesperson said: "This is a newly identified line of inquiry as a result of analysing approximately 11,000 documents including eye witness statements."
The image was shown on the BBC's Crimewatch on Monday night.
Katrice's father Richard Lee said he did not know if the picture of the man was a new image or one that police have been "sitting on for so long".
"We all live in hope, a lot of people have said to me how do I maintain hope, all I can say is hope maintains me," he said.
"At the end of the day this is about a girl who has been missing and I want her back."
The defender scored in a 5-1 victory that leaves United 11 points adrift at the bottom of the Premiership.
"I've said it for a long time, I believe we will do it," Dillon told BBC Scotland.
"I know people outside won't give us a chance, that's fine, I understand that. But, from inside I truly believe we will do it."
United have 15 league games remaining to extract themselves from the bottom spot.
The one-sided triumph against Kilmarnock was just the third win of the season for Mixu Paatelainen's side, with Blair Spittal (twice), Mark Durnan and John Rankin joining Dillon on the scoresheet.
"It's obviously easier to talk about it after a win so it's important to keep our feet on the ground," added Dillon, who insists his team-mates are committed to the cause.
"When things aren't going well, everything gets magnified," he said. "The players have always been together and individuals show it in different ways.
"It's always much easier when things are going well.
"No player goes out thinking 'I don't care'. Everybody cares, of course they do. But sit down and actually think about what you're doing. Are you giving 100%?
"Everybody works hard but we can all improve. When all the little things add up, you can see the difference.
"We got a couple of breaks with the goals and we haven't had that, but it's only one win and one game.
"We've many games to go and many wins to get."
United now take on bottom-six rivals Partick Thistle, Hamilton and Motherwell in their next three league fixtures.
And manager Paatelainen shares his captain's enthusiasm for the challenge ahead.
"I thought we played with very good intensity, the work-rate was unbelievable and we scored goals - that made it easier for us," said the Finn.
"It is only one match but we believe we can get out of this situation. Maybe we're daft but we do.
"We do have it in us to win matches and we showed that today. We will keep fighting until it is over."
Kilmarnock boss Gary Locke described his side's performance as "unacceptable" and wants to add to his squad this month.
"We were second best in too many areas of the pitch," he said. "At this level you have to win your individual battles and credit to United - they won everything.
"United said it was a cup final but it was a cup final for us as well. In a game of that magnitude it's disappointing.
"We can't afford to be like this again. We need a couple of players because we are light in certain areas. We need a bit of experience, a couple of leaders on the pitch. But that's not an excuse."
The LHCb experiment has for the first time observed decays of particles known as Bs mesons that preferentially end up as matter, rather than antimatter.
However, the difference is still not enough to explain the preponderance of matter over antimatter in the cosmos.
The work, published online, has been submitted to Physical Review Letters.
Every member of the zoo of particles we know about has an antimatter cousin, identical in mass but with opposite electric charge - the electrons and protons that in part make us up have positrons and antiprotons as their antimatter matches.
The current theory for how the Universe got its start holds that equal amounts of matter and antimatter were initially created. But whenever the two meet, they destroy each other in a flash of light.
Simply put, the Universe should have come to a blazing end just then. Something must have made for a slight excess of matter in order to lead to the matter-dominated Universe we see today.
It is the subtle details of this preference for matter that the LHCb experiment is hunting for as it tracks particles created when protons are smashed together.
Just like the long-running hunt for the particle called the Higgs boson, clues arise in the showers of particles created by these violent collisions.
Previous work at the LHCb had seen hints of an excess of matter - called CP violation - in combinations of the fundamental particles called quarks.
At other experiments around the world, the family of particles called mesons had been tackled, and small amounts of CP violation had been seen in two of the four meson types that have no electric charge.
A third type, D0 mesons, showed early hints of CP violation at LHCb in 2011, but more recent studies suggest those hints were mistaken.
The new work considered the fourth: Bs mesons. The LHCb team tracked how these particles decayed further into either the matter or antimatter version of particles called kaons.
"If one decays more often to this final state... than the other one, then it shows a fundamental difference between matter and antimatter," said Chris Parkes of the University of Manchester, spokesperson for the UK contingent of the LHCb collaboration.
"That's what we've seen - a difference of about one in four of these decays," he told the BBC.
But that difference still neatly fits within existing theory - the Standard Model - leaving a mystery unresolved.
"However, the amount that we see is still compatible with the amount inside the Standard Model picture of particle physics, and this amount is just simply too small to explain why we're all here, and why everything is still made of matter - so the puzzle still continues."
The answer to that puzzle will require considering different ways in which these particles and others decay into yet more particles from the zoo that may finally show enough CP violation to close the antimatter question.
"The last thing people want is long lists of particle names - one's got to relate it to the bigger picture, and I think today is sort of a milestone in that picture - it's the first time that we've seen anything in Bs mesons," Prof Parkes told BBC News.
The Equalities Office said existing legislation was "adequate" but it would issue guidelines to firms this summer.
The issue was debated in Parliament in March after Nicola Thorp, who was sent home for wearing flat shoes, set up a petition with more 152,000 signatures.
Miss Thorp said the decision to stop short of a law change was a "cop-out".
She began her petition after being told to leave a temp job for refusing to wear a "2-4in heel".
A subsequent parliamentary investigation into heels and company dress codes found "widespread discrimination" in workplaces.
But Miss Thorp, an equality campaigner from London, said it was a "shame" the law would not be changed.
"It shouldn't be down to people like myself," she said. "The government should take responsibility and put it in legislation. I do think it is a little bit of a cop-out."
A government spokesperson said it was already against the law to discriminate on the grounds of gender - but that this could be made "clearer to employers".
"It is unacceptable and is against the law," the spokesperson said. "Dress codes must include equivalent requirements for both men and women."
On Friday, the government said the law was "adequate" in a formal response to the petition and investigation.
It said companies should assess whether their rules are "relevant and lawful".
"But we recognise that some employers lack awareness of the law or even choose to flout it," the government said.
It added: "The Government Equalities Office will be producing guidance on dress codes in the workplace as a specific response to the Thorp petition and the issues it raises."
It comes after an investigation by the Petitions Committee and Women and Equalities Committee found "potentially discriminatory dress codes are commonplace".
Maria Miller, who chairs the Women and Equalities Committee, said she welcomed the decision to introduce new guidelines.
"This petition, and the committees' inquiry, have reinforced the need for effective enforcement of legislation and for employers and employees to be aware of their obligations and rights," she said.
"We welcome the commitments made by the government to increasing awareness of those rights."
Ms Miller said she hoped the next government, which will be voted in at the election on 8 June, would "monitor how this changes women's experiences of the workplace".
Helen Jones, who chairs the Petitions Committee, added that Miss Thorp's petition and the resultant investigation had done a "great deal" to raise awareness.
"The government has accepted our recommendation that it should be doing much more to improve understanding among employers and employees alike, to prevent discriminatory practices in the workplace," she said.
Venezuelans angry with the government of President Nicolas Maduro have been taking to the streets almost daily since the beginning of April. Despite dozens of people being killed in protest-related violence, the demonstrations show little sign of abating.
Here, demonstrators explain their reasons for protesting, and what they hope will come out of their efforts.
There's no freedom of expression here in Venezuela. There's no freedom of any kind.
On top of that you have shortages of medicines, of goods.
This crisis is affecting my entire family. We have gone from being middle class to being much lower down.
Every day we're worse off and our children don't have a future. They're killing our children [at the protests].
I'm here as a mother, not just for the sake of my own children but for the sake of all Venezuelan children and youths who are being unjustly repressed because this dictatorship wants to take over the country.
The government portrays the opposition as terrorists. We're really tired of this and that's why we'll keep protesting.
There are people who think that just another march won't change anything but I don't think that's true. I believe that if all of us gathered here think that way, we can achieve something.
I will continue marching as long as my health allows it. I'm a breast cancer survivor - I've just come from my check-up and I'm fine, so I will carry on fighting for my children, for my country.
I'm on my 32nd day of protest. I've been here every day, resisting.
I've been unemployed for two months because of the situation this country is in. The firm I used to work for left Venezuela.
I have two children. Now I do "bachaqueo" [buying and selling goods on the black market] to feed them.
We're here to put an end to the dictatorship in Venezuela, so that our children can grow up in a free Venezuela.
The people of Venezuela have been supporting us, they bring us food and water. They know we're not going to abandon them, we're the resistance of Caracas, we're the resistance of Venezuela.
I carry a homemade shield on which I've painted the map of Venezuela. I wear a mask because the Sebin [Venezuelan intelligence service] is looking for us.
The police come to search our homes and take us away if they find us. They've already taken some of my friends.
A few friends have been killed. More than 30 people have been killed in 35 days of protests. And we're fighting for them.
What drives me to protest is what's happened to my sister. She is like a mother to me because she looked after me while my parents, left-wing militants, were doing their thing.
She is 38 and she was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2012.
She was getting injections to keep it from growing. That medication was being produced here.
But in 2014 it stopped being produced in Venezuela and it soon stopped being imported, too.
My sister's tumour started growing again and left her paralysed.
In 2015, we decided as a family that we needed to get her out of the country.
She's now living abroad in a tiny flat as an undocumented immigrant and we send her what we can so she can get the injections, which keep her paralysis in check.
I don't want to continue living in a country where I can only see her on the screen of my phone because someone decided to siphon off the money needed to import medication.
When I wake up tired of protesting, I remember that day I waved her and my niece off at the airport.
You have to turn that pain into fuel, if you don't, it will turn into hate, pain will turn into a wish for revenge, and I'd rather it was a fuel for change.
I've been to all the protests so far and I will carry on going to all of them.
It's risky, but if we want freedom for my country and for the children of this country, we have to take some risks.
My children, of course, worry about me but they agree with me. They say, "Carry on mum, we will, too!"
Despite my age I feel the duty and the moral obligation to give the children a free Venezuela, which I knew when I was a student.
I demand free elections to change this government that we don't want, this government that has erased the middle class from the map.
I worked as an anaesthetist and as a doctor I can tell you the problems are numerous.
We don't have supplies. When a patient is going to be operated on, the first thing he is given is a list of the medical supplies he needs to buy, no matter how much it costs, because the hospital has nothing.
I have bladder cancer and I haven't been able to have my check-up, which was due in January, because there are no reagents.
My diet has suffered, too - now I don't eat half as much of what I used to and it's mainly carbohydrates. Where is the protein to give us energy?
I'm going to carry on protesting until that man [President Nicolas Maduro] leaves. I don't want violence, but we're going to get him out, of that I'm sure.
We're here to topple the government, one way or another. There are people dying of hunger, the currency has dropped in value, we can't buy basic goods and there's a lack of security, which is killing us.
My granny can't get the medication she needs. And then, in January last year, my uncle was killed by criminals.
That's when I decided to go out and protest, but I knew I wouldn't be allowed to on my own. We talked about it at school one day and decided to all take to the streets together.
There are about 15 of us, all the same age, and we call ourselves Los Pedros. We don't have classes at the moment anyway because of the protests so we may as well come here.
This is my fifth protest. Our parents know we're here. They do worry, but we're doing it for Venezuela.
We saw what happened with the protests in Ukraine and we think it can work here.
John Gittins concluded Lily Baxandall, 95, died from a bleed on her brain and pneumonia as a result of a fall at her Abergele home on 1 September 2014.
But he said it could not "become the norm" that ambulances were routinely parked up outside hospitals.
Mr Gittins said improvements had since been made but challenges remained.
He recorded an accidental death conclusion.
He will write to Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, the Welsh Ambulance Trust, north Wales' four councils and the Welsh Government asking them to outline what they are doing to ensure the flow of patients on admittance, discharge and back into the community.
Mr Gittins told an inquest in Ruthin: "If we allow these problems to continue... there is a danger future deaths will occur...
"But there'll be a level of culpability touching on either civil or criminal responsibility... that is not a risk I would wish to see."
The inquest heard Ms Baxandall was conscious when she was taken to Denbighshire's Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, but deteriorated in the ambulance which was held in a queue of 11 vehicles.
She arrived at the hospital with a head injury and bruising to her face at about 16:50 BST but was not admitted until 21:40.
In a statement to the inquest, her great niece Dr Kate Thomas said her aunt was initially fully conscious and able to hold a conversation, but her condition got worse as time went on.
She said it was clear to her there had been a bleed on her brain, but she felt it was too late to give treatment to reverse the blood thinning effects of the warfarin she was taking for a heart condition.
Treatment was stopped the next day and Ms Baxandall died on 5 September.
Frances Millar, who was the on-call matron that night, said it was a very busy day that became an "exceptional night", with hospitals in Wrexham and Bangor also full.
She said the situation got worse and later in the night 13 ambulances were queuing to drop off patients and more staff were called in.
"Everybody was working very, very hard," she said, adding she could not see what could have been done differently.
Adam Griffiths, head of nursing for unscheduled care at Glan Clwyd Hospital, said things had improved, with better patient flow through A&E, but they were still "nowhere near" where they want them to be.
"I aspire to not having any ambulances waiting. We try to get out there in 15 minutes with a triage nurse, and then consultant in 30 minutes," he said.
"Ms Baxandall would have been seen in 15 minutes had she been brought in now."
He added north Wales' three hospitals hold conference calls three times a day so diversions can be made if necessary.
But he said nurse recruitment and delays in transferring patients to relevant social care providers once they are medically fit remained a problem.
Heritage Lottery funding has already been granted to set up a distillery and visitor centre to attract up to 50,000 visitors per year.
But a hotel complex has been earmarked by Swansea council which would also be used by sports fans attending matches at the nearby Liberty Stadium .
Council leader Rob Stewart said there was an "opportunity" for the scheme.
The copperworks dominated the world copper market for 150 years, but has lain derelict since 1980.
CU@Swansea, a partnership between the council and Swansea University, has been working since 2010 to preserve the buildings and heritage of the Grade II-listed works.
Along with those works, which form part of the Tawe corridor regeneration strategy, the Penderyn distillery would be the centrepiece of the project.
The hotel would be built on land which is used as a car park on match days for the Liberty.
Riverside homes, restaurants and water sports facilities make up the rest of the strategy.
Jonas Knudsen, who netted in the reverse fixture in August, met Jordan Spence's second-half cross to put Ipswich ahead against the run of play.
But winger Murphy fired a 20-yard shot past Bartosz Bialkowski at his near post to level with 21 minutes left.
Bialkowski later made amends with a stunning stop to deny Alex Tettey.
Norwich moved up a place to eighth but Alex Neil's side are six points off the Championship play-off places, while Ipswich remained 15th with their fourth draw in five outings.
Both derbies this season have ended as 1-1 draws, while Norwich have still not been beaten by their local rivals since April 2009.
Referee Oliver Langford had been the centre of attention before the two goals, refusing to give Ipswich a penalty when David McGoldrick appeared to have been dragged to the ground at a corner and then disallowing a goal from Norwich full-back Mitchell Dijks for handball.
The Canaries pushed for a winner late on but Bialkowski kept out Tettey's powerful 18-yard drive and also a low shot from substitute Alex Pritchard.
Norwich boss Alex Neil told BBC Radio Norfolk:
"I think if you look at pretty much every statistic connected with the game or if you watched the game, I think we were deserving of a win.
"I think the frustrating thing from us was the fact that we've been very good going forward and scoring goals and we just lacked that little bit of a cutting edge that we've had in most games this season.
"Even when we did threaten to score, their keeper pulled off probably three really good saves to keep the game level."
Ipswich boss Mick McCarthy told BBC Radio Suffolk:
"They've had to be really well-organised and resolute and tough and all those horrible things that people don't like when you're getting beat, but when you go to Norwich and get a point everybody respects those qualities.
"(Bartosz Bialkowski) kept them out, he's been brilliant, and he's annoyed that he's let one in - he was just outstanding.
"What was good is that we didn't concede again, and maybe eight weeks ago we'd have lost that game.
"Against a good team, it's just great that we came away with a point."
Match ends, Norwich City 1, Ipswich Town 1.
Second Half ends, Norwich City 1, Ipswich Town 1.
Attempt missed. Alex Pritchard (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Tommy Smith.
Attempt missed. Timm Klose (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alex Pritchard with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Tommy Smith.
Offside, Norwich City. Alex Pritchard tries a through ball, but Cameron Jerome is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Mitchell Dijks (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexander Tettey.
Jordan Spence (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Josh Murphy (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jordan Spence (Ipswich Town).
Attempt missed. Cameron Jerome (Norwich City) header from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jacob Murphy with a cross.
Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Bartosz Bialkowski.
Attempt saved. Alex Pritchard (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mitchell Dijks.
Attempt missed. Josh Murphy (Norwich City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alex Pritchard.
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Toumani Diagouraga replaces Emyr Huws.
Substitution, Norwich City. Alex Pritchard replaces Wes Hoolahan.
Offside, Norwich City. Josh Murphy tries a through ball, but Cameron Jerome is caught offside.
Substitution, Norwich City. Josh Murphy replaces Steven Naismith.
Attempt missed. Timm Klose (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Wes Hoolahan with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Bartosz Bialkowski.
Attempt saved. Alexander Tettey (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Alexander Tettey (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Wes Hoolahan.
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Kieffer Moore replaces Freddie Sears.
Attempt missed. Cameron Jerome (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mitchell Dijks with a cross.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Jonny Howson (Norwich City) because of an injury.
Goal! Norwich City 1, Ipswich Town 1. Jacob Murphy (Norwich City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Wes Hoolahan.
Attempt saved. Steven Naismith (Norwich City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonny Howson.
Jordan Spence (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Alexander Tettey (Norwich City).
Goal! Norwich City 0, Ipswich Town 1. Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan Spence with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Cameron Jerome (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wes Hoolahan.
Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ivo Pinto (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town).
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Tommy Smith replaces Myles Kenlock.
Foul by Jonny Howson (Norwich City).
Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
The proposals for Nene Park in Irthlingborough, the former home of Rushden and Diamonds, also include a community football facility.
Planning documents submitted to East Northants Council say 300 jobs could be created if the scheme is approved.
A date is yet to be set for the council to discuss the application.
The proposals have been submitted by Rose Property Consultants on behalf of site owners Conalgen Enterprises SA.
They say the development will "breathe life back into a vacant site that was once a thriving football club serving the local community".
The plans would see the stadium demolished and replaced by seven retail units, consisting of six restaurants and a large food store, an 80-bed hotel, eight screen cinema and 650 car parking spaces.
The community football facility would include the existing, vacant training pitch and former Sports and Exhibition Centre. It would feature 500 fixed seats and changing facilities.
Rushden and Diamonds was founded by Max Griggs in 1992 by the amalgamation of Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds.
After building a 6,500-seat stadium in Irthlingborough, the club was half way up the third tier of football when Mr Griggs pulled out in 2005 for financial reasons.
The club was sold to a supporters' trust but it eventually folded in 2011.
Shortly afterwards, Kettering Town played at the ground for 18 months but could not afford its long term upkeep.
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Alonso, 33, crashed in his McLaren during the second pre-season test in Barcelona last month, suffering concussion.
The Spaniard will miss next weekend's season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
"I think there is more to this than we are being told about at this time," said BBC F1 co-commentator Coulthard.
Former world champion Alonso is in his first year back at McLaren - the team he raced for in 2007 - after five years at Ferrari.
It is a move Coulthard described as "not a marriage" but of just "pure convenience".
The Woking-based team, who have not won a race since 2012, have endured a difficult pre-season, with reliability issues plaguing them throughout testing.
Alonso's crash, which happened on the final day of the second test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, was said to have been influenced by a strong, gusty wind.
He was driving at a speed of 215km/h (133.6mph) when he lost control of his car, hit a wall, suffered two blows to his head and was flown to hospital, where he was kept for three nights.
McLaren boss Ron Dennis said four days after the incident that Alonso was not concussed and Coulthard added: "There is conflicting information coming out, saying there are zero signs of any injury but then three days of hospital for concussion.
"It does not add up. He does not need three days of privacy, he can go to his own private residence and have that."
Coulthard was speaking on the F1 preview programme, which will be broadcast on BBC Red Button on Tuesday 10 March at 22:00 GMT.
Ian Austin, 83, died in hospital three days after the accident at the junction with the B6357.
He was driving a Honda Jazz which was in collision with an Audi A1.
Police said investigations into the cause of the collision were ongoing and the procurator fiscal had been informed.
The WAO found too much focus on social care at the expense of other support, information and housing services.
The older people's commissioner said cutting "preventative services" would "continue to isolate our older people".
The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) said councils needed "realistic" funding to make the changes suggested.
The review said such other services could help to reduce pressure on more expensive health and social services.
Older People's Commissioner for Wales Sarah Rochira said: "We need to enable our older people and shift the reliance away from care services and look more closely at the value of services that maintain independence and promote wellbeing.
"To do that, councils in Wales need to get better at speaking to older people, gathering the right information and then providing services based on current needs rather than future demand."
Auditor General for Wales Huw Vaughan Thomas said the idea that older people were "primarily recipients of health and social care services" needed to be challenged.
"As this report states, there is an imbalance in the emphasis we place on prevention and, in line with my recommendations, I would be keen to see this addressed in order to allow people in Wales to maintain their independence into older age," he said.
WLGA spokesman Huw David welcomed the WAO's findings.
He said: "This report highlights exactly what local government leaders have been arguing since the onset of austerity - that sustained cuts are forcing local councils to scale back or cut their wider community support services in order to balance the books on their statutory duties such as education and social care.
"Since the onset of austerity councils in Wales have already made cuts of over £700m, and can expect to face a further £941m budget shortfall by 2019.
"The stark financial reality is that the service realignment called for in this report will only be possible if local public services are provided with a fair and realistic level of funding."
The Swans have rejected a £40m offer from Everton for the Iceland midfielder, who they value at £50m, while Leicester have also had a bid turned down this summer.
Sigurdsson did not travel with Swansea for their tour of the United States.
The 27-year-old has since returned to first-team training.
The London sluggard had been looking for love, but was finding it hard to find a mate.
That's because the spiral on his shell coils to the left, rather than to the right like most other snails. It means he can only mate with other "lefties".
It looked like help was on the way after two potential "leftie" partners were found.
But it wasn't meant to be - the other "leftie" snails mated with each other instead and had 170 babies!
Experts have said Jeremy has a "one in a million" chance of finding a mate.
So while this attempt to find Jeremy a partner was a snailure, hopefully his luck will change soon.
The 22-year-old is a product of the Sale academy and his form last season saw him play for England Saxons in South Africa this summer.
Since his debut against Saracens in 2013, Haley has established himself as Sale's first-choice full-back.
"Since I joined the club it has moved on in leaps and bounds," he told BBC Sport.
"If, when we were in contract talks, Sale were talking about being in mid-table then I wouldn't have been interested in staying - I'm here to win things."
Director of rugby Steve Diamond added: "Mike is one of the best full-backs in the game and for him to sign a three-year deal is great news.
"He can go all the way to the top and it's a statement to clubs out there that we intend to keep hold of our home-grown players."
The boy was playing with the handrail unsupervised when he fell under it.
The escalator did not stop until station staff switched it off. Authorities say they are investigating the incident, but also stressed the need for parental supervision.
A woman died in July in Jingzhou when she fell through an escalator landing.
The latest incident took place on Thursday morning at Chongqing's Hongqiaohegou metro station.
Local rail authorities said that a woman had brought her four-year-old son and three-year-old daughter into the station, and left them unsupervised in the ticketing hall.
The boy was playing with the handrail at a nearby escalator when he fell. His chest was wedged between the bottom of the handrail and the ground.
Station staff shut down the moving escalator after 20 seconds, according to local reports. They extracted the boy who later died of his injuries in hospital.
A statement by the Chongqing Rail Transport Authority on its Weibo account said they were carrying out an investigation and offering assistance to the family.
"We are deeply regretful and heartbroken over this case! We also would like to remind all passengers to look after their young children and old folks when travelling, be more alert, and avoid similar accidents!" it said.
Chinese netizens drew comparisons to a widely-publicised incident in July where a woman died after she fell through loose metal plates at an escalator landing in Jingzhou, Hubei province.
It was among a string of accidents involving escalators and lifts, and prompted nationwide safety concerns.
Many commenting online on the Chongqing incident, however, took issue with the mother and other commuters for failing to keep an eye on the children. "This time it is just the adults' fault," said Weibo user _____Nanianshengxia.
Health Minister Mark Drakeford said the money would be used to improve areas of concern, including out-of-hours help and access to psychological treatment.
Campaigners have raised concern that the budget for child mental health services has not been protected.
The money is an 18% rise on last year's £42.8m Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) budget.
Last year, Mr Drakeford announced a review of the service after childcare experts told BBC Wales it was in crisis.
The number of CAMHS referrals almost doubled between April 2010 and July 2014, from 1,204 to 2,342.
During that time, more young people (2,410) waited for treatment than the elderly (634) and other adults (1,291).
Mr Drakeford said that while money alone was not the answer for all challenges facing the NHS, the changes the Welsh government was seeking to make were the "most significant for many years".
Mair Elliott, 18, from Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, welcomed the extra money.
She has autism and has suffered with depression, anxiety and anorexia and has received help from her local CAMHS team for the past four years.
"It's very good news," she said. "The staff really try to do their best to provide the service you need but they are under-funded and under-resourced."
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), which represents doctors in child health, said demand for the service had long been outstripping supply.
Dr Mair Parry, officer for Wales, said this often meant children faced long waiting times, had to travel long distances for support or some missed out on care altogether, which she said "can be disastrous."
She said expanding access to psychological therapies and focussing on early intervention would see much-needed help given to young people in urgent need.
But Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams has expressed reservations.
"It's all very well putting the resources in, but unless they're put in in a way that is really going to make a difference, is going to be effective, then we won't get value for money and the people who really need the money won't get the help they need in a timely fashion," she said.
The Geo TV show stars Bollywood music director Shankar Mahadevan and singer Shweta Pandit.
The hashtag #GeoBetraysYetAgain has gathered traction, with many calling Geo TV "traitors".
The campaign comes after several events in India involving Pakistanis were disrupted by rightwing group Shiv Sena.
Last month, a concert by popular Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali in the western Indian city of Mumbai was cancelled after the Shiv Sena threatened to disrupt the performance.
Shiv Sena activists also doused the head of an Indian think-tank in black ink in protest at his support for the launch of a book by a former Pakistani foreign minister.
And weeks later, party activists broke into the office of India's cricket board just before a meeting between India and Pakistan's cricket board chiefs.
And now, in what appears to be a tit-for-tat move, some Pakistani social media users want the Geo TV network to cancel its singing competition "Asia Singing Superstar".
A graphic that many users are sharing reads "Pakistanis don't want to see those who are killing Muslims for eating meat and Geo management is showing entertainment programmes with an Indian agenda".
The comments are in reference to the recent lynching of a Muslim man by a Hindu mob over rumours that he consumed beef.
The sentiment has been also picked up by opposition politicians like Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, who has been retweeting some of the anti-Geo TV comments.
Other users asked "Where is Pamera?", a reference to the Pakistani media regulator which has the power to either completely shutdown a channel or impose heavy fine under what some commentators describe as draconian powers.
An article of its recently introduced code of conduct prohibits the airing of any content which is against Islamic values and the ideology of Pakistan.
But not everyone felt the same way, with other social media users defending Geo TV.
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Many rural bus services have been affected and a small number of schools have been closed in County Down and parts of counties Tyrone and Antrim.
Several roads that were blocked by fallen trees during gale force winds on Thursday remain closed on Friday.
A list of road closures is available on Transport NI's Trafficwatch website.
They include the Hillsborough Road, Lisburn, County Antrim, where a man was killed when his van was hit by a fallen tree on Thursday morning.
The public transport company Translink said there was disruption to some of its services in counties Armagh, Down, Londonderry, Tyrone and Antrim on Friday.
It said there were reports of "treacherous road conditions" around Claudy, Dungiven, Strabane and Omagh and school bus services in these areas would be affected.
It said most "back road" rural bus services in Armagh would not operate on Friday morning due to to heavy snow.
The company added that no bus services were operating in or out of Rathfriland bus depot in County Down.
Full details of public transport changes are available on the Translink website.
BBC Northern Ireland weather presenter Geoff Maskell said the snow showers were forecast to ease through the morning to leave some brighter spells.
However, he said the sleet and snow showers are expected to return on Friday evening and weather warnings for snow and ice remain in place.
The severe weather over the last few days has created dangerous conditions in several parts of Northern Ireland, especially for motorists and pedestrians.
Two teenage girls were blown against a bus in Belfast during high winds on Thursday morning. They were taken to hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
In the east of the city, three people including a child of three and a 75-year-old woman were injured when a pallet blew off a lorry in Connswater.
Meanwhile, emergency repair crews have worked throughout the night to restore power to customers who lost their electricity supply during Thursday's storm.
A total of 7,000 homes and businesses experienced power cuts over the last 24 hours as gale-force winds caused damage to the electricity network.
Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) said incident centres in the affected areas stayed open to co-ordinate the effort.
By 07:00 GMT on Friday, only a handful of customers were still without power.
A NIE spokeswoman said about 12 households were waiting on repairs, but their supply was expected to be restored shortly.
Eddery, an 11-time champion jockey, died on Tuesday at the age of 63.
"Filled with grief that my dad is no longer here," wrote Natasha in a post on social media.
"My sister, brother and I knew that we would lose him to his demon drink. Sadly his addiction was too strong and he couldn't overcome it."
Natasha said she was "so proud" of her father's achievements, while also revealing her pain at not having seen him for five years.
"He was an amazing jockey, father and husband, but in the end he was taken over by a terrible disease," she said.
"I don't think of that man, the alcoholic - he wasn't my dad. My dad was kind, sweet, emotional and, while he never said much, I know he loved us all very much."
Natasha, who later spoke to 5 live Sport, said it had been an "extremely hard decision" not to see her father.
She added: "We stayed in touch and spoke on the phone. I never missed a birthday, Christmas or Father's Day and not a day went by when I didn't think about him.
"The last time I saw him face to face was when I brought him home from rehab and he drank straight away.
"I turned to him and said 'dad if you choose to drink over health and family, I can't be part of that life for you'."
Natasha said it had been "so sad" to witness her father's decline in recent years.
"But that said, I loved him so much and I had probably the best childhood anyone could ask for," she added.
Eddery's remarkable riding career including 14 British Classic wins and four Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe victories.
The Irishman took out a training licence following his retirement and enjoyed further Group One success when Hearts Of Fire won the 2009 Gran Criterium in Italy.
About 800 litres of diesel is thought to have spilled from the lorry after it crashed with a car on the northbound carriageway, between junctions 11 and 12.
The spillage spread across the slip road and three lanes of the main carriageway.
Three people received minor injuries in the crash.
Highways England said the road would be closed well into the afternoon as workers dug up and replaced the surface.
Northbound traffic on the M1 is being diverted through Dunstable and Houghton Regis.
Taxi driver Marcin Klis, 42, and his wife Angelika, 39, from York, had been at the venue to collect their daughters from the Ariana Grande concert.
The couple were among 22 people who died when suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated a home-made device in the arena's foyer.
The funeral service was a private one at the request of the family.
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The couple's family have said they were "grateful" for the messages of support they have received.
A number of fundraising events have taken place, with proceeds going to their two daughters, who are aged 13 and 20.
One JustGiving appeal by friends of the Klis' elder daughter has raised £18,000.
A poll commissioned by Pride in London asked more than 1,000 LGBT+ people how they felt about discussing their private lives in public.
Of those surveyed, 74% said they felt the need to hide their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Pride said its findings were "striking".
LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. The plus sign represents other sexual and gender groups.
The charity - which organises London's annual gay pride event - commissioned a second survey among the general population, which showed a "huge difference" compared with LGBT+ people.
I have to hide the fact I'm a lesbian simply because my parents would disown me. I'm currently engaged but I have to tell lies day in, day out. It kills me.
My eldest brother and his partner know, but they live at the other end of the country and am lucky if I see them once a year.
If I don't have to tell people I'm gay, then I won't, as there's nothing more painful than seeing that disgust in their eyes and in their body language.
About 10 years ago, I tried to tell my mum that I was gay. She pretty much gave me an ultimatum of, "If you want to live under my roof you will be straight, otherwise get out".
She says that it's because we're a Catholic family, but truth be told I think it's more the case of her generation just isn't accepting.
I can't bear the thought of my family being absolutely ashamed of and disgusted with me all because I cannot help the fact that I am a lesbian.
There is a stigma in our society about coming out. Heterosexual couples don't have abuse yelled at them for being straight, so why do we?
A lot of people to this day think that we choose this lifestyle, but we don't.
No one would ever choose to face the hate, stigma and abuse that we get day in and day out, to be victimised just because of who it is we love.
I met my partner in 2013. She is my best friend, my lover, and my soulmate and truly the best thing that has ever happened to me.
We are hoping to get married in either the autumn or the winter of 2018.
We are currently planning the details, but it's hard as all of her family will be in attendance, and I won't have anyone, so it's a balancing act.
In particular, a larger proportion of the LGBT+ community had "felt threatened by other people's attitudes and behaviours towards them", and were more likely to experience workplace bullying as a result of their gender.
It found 77% of LGBT+ respondents had revealed their sexuality to friends, while 50% had come out to all their colleagues.
Chair of Pride in London, Michael Salter-Church, said: "Great progress has been made in the name of LGBT+ equality in recent years, but these figures show the striking reason why Pride is still as important as ever".
The annual Pride in London parade takes place on Saturday.
The Tynesiders followed up Saturday's 3-0 win over Chester to leave Southport, who were beaten 3-0 by Dagenham & Redbridge at the weekend, still looking for their first point and goal of the campaign.
The Sandgrounders' best effort came when forward Louis Almond hit the post early on with a deflected effort but, on the stroke of half-time, Danny Johnson broke the deadlock, bearing down on goal before finding the corner.
With four minutes of normal time to go Wes York, who scored twice on Saturday, did well to find an empty net after Ryan Bowman forced goalkeeper Tyrell Belford into a hurried clearance.
Substitute Mitch Brundle lashed home in the last minute to complete the scoring.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Southport 0, Gateshead 3.
Second Half ends, Southport 0, Gateshead 3.
Goal! Southport 0, Gateshead 3. Mitch Brundle (Gateshead).
Goal! Southport 0, Gateshead 2. Wes York (Gateshead).
Substitution, Southport. Ashley Grimes replaces Liam Nolan.
Substitution, Gateshead. Mitch Brundle replaces Danny Johnson.
Substitution, Southport. Connor McCarthy replaces James Gray.
Substitution, Southport. John Cofie replaces Louis Almond.
Substitution, Gateshead. Ryan Bowman replaces Reece Styche.
Second Half begins Southport 0, Gateshead 1.
First Half ends, Southport 0, Gateshead 1.
Goal! Southport 0, Gateshead 1. Danny Johnson (Gateshead).
Liam Hogan (Gateshead) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Neil Ashton (Southport) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Aras Mohammed Hamid, 26, and Shivan Hayder Azeez Zangana, 21, known Azeez, were convicted at Kingston Crown Court of preparing acts of terrorism.
A third man, Ahmed Ismail, 19, was found guilty of failing to alert authorities to their plot to join the Salahaddin Battalion, a Kurdish group fighting for IS.
They will be sentenced on 3 January.
Hamid, of no fixed address, was also found guilty of assisting another in commission of terrorist acts.
He played the "leading role" and was the common link between the other two, prosecutor Robin Sellers told the jury.
The offences included a meeting between Hamid and Ismail in Coventry on 10 May 2016.
Three days later various people called 999 to express fears that Azeez was planning to leave the UK, prompting the authorities to try to locate him.
Azeez, from Washington Road, Sheffield, met Hamid in Birmingham on 13 May.
They went to a travel agent to buy a plane ticket for Azeez to travel to an airport in Iraq from Gatwick.
On 17 May, police found the pair sleeping at the Al Noor Mosque in Birmingham in the early hours of the morning.
Ismail of Portwrinkle Avenue, Coventry, was arrested five days later.
He had decided not to travel, because he feared his brother was in a "precarious position" with his IS masters and was suspected of being a spy, the court heard.
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Conservative MP Rebecca Pow was speaking about micro-beads in cosmetics, which can harm marine life, but began by suggesting that Speaker John Bercow probably "took a shower this morning".
Theresa May said she did not know the answer to that particular question, prompting Mr Bercow to say that his wife, Sally, and Mrs May's husband Philip would be "very reassured" about that.
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A new Gweithdy, a sustainable building for craft making, will also be opened. Both will welcome visitors from Friday.
The redevelopment project, due to be completed in October 2018, is National Museum Wales' biggest ever.
It also marks the greatest period of change for the St Fagans open-air museum since it was founded in 1948.
The facility's existing Grade II-listed main building, originally designed by the Percy Thomas Partnership and completed in 1975, has been refurbished and public space doubled.
The old courtyard has been covered, creating an atrium with a new entrance.
Visitor facilities include:
Visitors to the Gweithdy will be encouraged to experience traditional skills first-hand.
There will be a wide range of courses and craft workshops on offer, run by skilled craftspeople and artists.
Nathan Beesley was in the Savage River mine in Tasmania when a rock fell "directly on top of him", his wife Katie said.
The 32-year-old from Devon had moved to Australia with his family last year to pursue a career with the Australian Defence Force.
Mrs Beesley said she was "utterly heartbroken" by his death.
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She said: "I can't fathom how I will even come close to giving my children the future and opportunities they deserve now that Nathan is gone.
"He is my world. Always has been and always will be."
The company Mr Beesley was working for, SRG, described the incident as a "significant rock fall".
Grange Resources, who own the mine, have re-opened parts of it, but the section where the incident happened last Friday remains closed.
A Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesperson said: "We are ready to support the family of a British man, who has sadly died in Australia, if requested to do so."
The visitors took a sixth-minute lead when Josh Vela's fierce right-footed shot from the corner of the box took a deflection off Stuart Sinclair to wrong-foot Rovers goalkeeper Steve Mildenhall.
And it was 2-0 after 26 minutes. Tom Lockyer was penalised for a foul 25 yards out and Jay Spearing found the top corner to Mildenhall's right with a sweetly-struck free-kick.
Rovers struggled to create a clear first-half chance, despite some neat approach play. But they got back in the game on 57 minutes when Lee Brown's left-footed free-kick from 20 yards was brilliantly tipped onto a post by Mark Howard, only for Ellis Harrison to fire home the rebound.
Having made three attacking substitutions, two of them at half time, Rovers boss Darrell Clarke saw his team almost snatch a point on 86 minutes when Jermaine Easter fired wide from Billy Bodin's pass.
But they were unable to find an equaliser as they lost at the Memorial Stadium for the first time since being beaten by Stevenage on 24 November 2015.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Bristol Rovers 1, Bolton Wanderers 2.
Second Half ends, Bristol Rovers 1, Bolton Wanderers 2.
Conor Wilkinson (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Conor Wilkinson (Bolton Wanderers).
Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Conor Wilkinson (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from long range on the right is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Zach Clough (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Stuart Sinclair.
Mark Davies (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Chris Lines (Bristol Rovers).
Attempt saved. Jermaine Easter (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Conor Wilkinson replaces Gary Madine.
Foul by Zach Clough (Bolton Wanderers).
Jermaine Easter (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lewis Buxton (Bolton Wanderers).
Daniel Leadbitter (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Chris Lines (Bristol Rovers).
Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers).
Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Zach Clough (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stuart Sinclair (Bristol Rovers).
Jay Spearing (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Cristian Montaño replaces Lee Brown.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Zach Clough replaces Jamie Proctor.
Attempt missed. James Clarke (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Foul by Mark Davies (Bolton Wanderers).
Chris Lines (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Chris Taylor replaces Liam Trotter.
Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Chris Lines (Bristol Rovers).
Dean Moxey (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ellis Harrison (Bristol Rovers).
Attempt saved. Jay Spearing (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers).
Goal! Bristol Rovers 1, Bolton Wanderers 2. Ellis Harrison (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Lee Brown (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Liam Trotter (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
He laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier in Canberra before officially reporting for duty.
He also presented a letter from the Queen in which she wrote that her grandson would "benefit greatly" from spending time with Australian troops.
The prince, called Captain Wales in his military role, will leave the British army in June after 10 years' service.
During his placement in Australia, he will patrol with Aboriginal soldiers and train with the country's special forces.
He officially reported for duty to Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, Chief of the Defence Force, after laying his wreath and placing a poppy during a tour of the Australian War Memorial.
He also presented the Queen's letter, in which she wrote: "I am delighted that the long and enduring association between the Australian and British armies will be joined by the military secondment of my grandson, Prince Harry.
"Together, our armed forces share skills, resources and resolve in order to uphold and defend our common values.
"In 2015, when together we commemorate the many sacrifices of our countrymen at Gallipoli a century ago, it is fitting that we can also reflect on the strength and persistence today of those common values and our professional military ties.
"I know that Captain Wales will benefit greatly from spending time with the Australian Diggers [soldiers] and I thank you for welcoming him into your ranks."
The Australian military has said the placement will be "challenging and hectic", and the prince has said he is "tremendously looking forward" to it.
The placement will be briefly interrupted when he travels to Turkey later this month for commemorations to mark the allied campaign at Gallipoli in 1915, in which thousands of soldiers from Australia and New Zealand were among the dead.
It is believed that the prince will do voluntary work for charities later in the year as he considers his future options.
They had already faced heavy criticism for a rape awareness film that seemed to partly blame the victim.
Safety advice from Vas county police on Tuesday said that flirting by young women could "elicit violence."
Women's groups and civil rights organisations have condemned the statement.
The safety advice was published to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Reka Safrany, of the Hungarian Women's Lobby, said she was shocked by the "unprofessional" campaigns that "very much blame the victims".
The incident comes four days after Hungarian police were heavily criticised for releasing a public safety film with the slogan: "You can do something about it, you can do something against it."
The film features a group of young women drinking and dancing with men at a nightclub after which one of them is sexually assaulted by a stranger.
The video was called "harmful and dangerous" by Keret, a group of Hungarian women's rights organisations, in a statement (in Hungarian) published on social media on Monday.
"It's not clothes that cause victims," the statement said.
The group urged the police to take down the film and to change the angle of its safety campaigns.
Before taking the job in 2011, O'Neill approached the former Northern Ireland captain and Celtic manager for advice.
In a wide-ranging interview on BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback programme, he said: "I did speak to Martin before I took the Northern Ireland job.
"[I] got a little bit of guidance from him on that."
"I don't have many mentors or people where I would pick the phone up for advice, but I suppose Martin would be high up the list."
O'Neill was reflecting on a remarkable year, in which he led Northern Ireland to qualification for the reach Euro 2016 finals in France.
He said that, as a boy, he was inspired to choose Martin as his confirmation name because Martin O'Neill was skippering Northern Ireland at the 1982 World Cup.
Earlier this month, the pair were named joint winners of the Philips Irish Sports Manager of the Year award, for having guided their teams to next summer's European Championships.
And Michael O'Neill was named coach of the year at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards after his remarkable year.
But his life could have taken a very different turn after the end of his long career as a player that included stints with Newcastle United, Dundee United, Hibernian and Wigan Athletic.
As he moved towards retirement, he had one eye on football management and another on a more traditional career.
He ended up spending five years working as a financial adviser.
O'Neill, who now lives in Edinburgh with his wife and two daughters, says this time spent working in a "proper job" has been a valuable asset in his footballing life.
"I've benefited from working outside football in terms of finance but also in dealing with people in the general workplace," he said.
O'Neill started out as a player at Irish League club Coleraine while he was studying for his A-levels, but it was a legal wrangle years later that would inspire him to return to his books.
"When I was at Dundee United I had a contract dispute where I saw the other side of football - at that point in time I turned back to my education," he said.
"I studied at the Open University and then did the professional qualifications at the Chartered Insurance Institute which enabled me to become a financial adviser.
"I worked firstly in Glasgow for a financial services company then went to Ernst and Young for three years as a financial consultant.
"I also worked in a start-up company, and at that time I also started to coach after doing my coaching badges."
Like Martin O'Neill, Michael had shown early promise as a Gaelic footballer, but he said he was never torn between the two sports.
He played Gaelic football at school in Ballymena, County Antrim, and "a little bit for the Antrim county minors".
But "it always played second fiddle for me," he said.
"My father is a big GAA man - he played for St Gall's and he hurled for Antrim and Ulster as well.
"He was a very good hurling goalkeeper, but I was never brave enough, or stupid enough, to play hurling, to be honest!"
In 2006, O'Neill got his first managerial job at Brechin City in Scotland before moving to a full-time role at Dublin club Shamrock Rovers two years later.
He guided them to their first League of Ireland title in 16 years as well as a lucrative run in the Europa League, with glamour ties against the likes of Juventus and Tottenham Hotspur.
He says his financial experience helped to put both "relatively modest" clubs on "a sound financial footing".
"It's OK to be successful, but the important thing is for the club to remain strong and stable," he said.
"That was probably the biggest plus point of Shamrock Rovers, because we won two league titles in three years and went to the Europa League group stages.
"When I left the club, they still had more than one million euros in the bank, whereas at that stage before, any team that had success in the League of Ireland typically went bust a year later."
Police say the bodies of nine women and four men were found washed up on a beach in Johor state early on Tuesday.
Those on board were thought to be illegal migrants or workers from Indonesia, they added.
Thousands of Indonesians work illegally in plantations and other industries in Malaysia.
They often risk dangerous sea journeys to bypass border controls when they enter Malaysia or return home.
District police chief Rahmat Othman said he believed up to 35 people could have been on board the boat, and a search and rescue operation was under way.
An Indonesian foreign ministry spokesman told Reuters that "ID cards from Indonesia" were found on the bodies of the 13 victims.
Accidents off Malaysia's coast are relatively common as illegal migrants try to find work in the relatively affluent country.
It is also a key transit hub for asylum seekers fleeing unrest in their own countries, such as in Myanmar, also known as Burma.
Mr Devenney resigned from the DUP after being suspended amid claims he had brought the party into disrepute.
On Friday, the Ulster Unionist Party released a statement welcoming Mr Devenney into its fold.
However, on Monday, the Londonderry Sentinel reported that Mr Devenney had decided against joining the UUP.
The paper quotes Mr Devenney as saying: "Over the weekend further discussions ensued. As a result of those discussions there were a number of issues that, I felt, we could not find agreement on.
"I have now had the opportunity to consult with a number of individuals in the broad unionist family and, while appreciating the friendly engagement with the UUP, have decided that I will remain as an independent in the local council, going forward."
Mr Nesbitt said:
"I met Maurice Devenney at his request some weeks ago. At that time, he was clear in what he wanted.
"When we met again on Saturday, I sensed he was less sure.
"I note he makes reference to a number of unresolved issues but that is news to me."
Most of the posts have been shared out between the two biggest parties, the Democratic Unionists and Sinn Féin.
The executive was formed after independent unionist MLA Claire Sugden was appointed as justice minister.
Last week, Secretary of State Theresa Villiers warned there would be fresh assembly elections if the justice post was not filled.
The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) are forming an opposition.
The posts have been shared out using a system called D'Hondt, in which ministerial posts are allocated according to parties' representation in the assembly.
Under this system, the DUP, Sinn Féin, SDLP and Ulster Unionists would have been entitled to nominate. However, the SDLP and UUP declined to nominate a minster and are, instead, forming the first formal opposition in the assembly.
Ms Sugden said that while it would be a huge challenge, she felt she was "up to" the job of justice minister - a job that had been turned down by the Alliance Party.
"This is an opportunity for me, not only for me, but for the people of my constituency and the people of Northern Ireland," she said.
"I am a progressive person, I do look forward to working with my executive colleagues."
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The Sinn Féin ministers are:
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Ms Sugden, 29, an assembly member for East Londonderry, succeeds Alliance Party leader David Ford as justice minister.
Shortly after her appointment, the DUP leader and First Minister Arlene Foster said: "This is a good day for Northern Ireland, the people will have a government in place today."
She added: "Martin [McGuinness] and I are delighted that Claire has agreed to be the new justice minister for the new mandate."
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Mr McGuinness, who formally nominated Ms Sugden, said that even though the independent MLA had sat in what he called "the naughty corner" in the assembly, he had been impressed by her.
"She is a very progressive young woman, someone who I think clearly understands the need to be a minister for everybody within our community."
However, Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt described Ms Sugden's appointment as a "corruption of the Good Friday Agreement".
"With one seat in the assembly, you get a seat at the executive table," he said.
"No wonder the Ulster Unionist Party opposed the devolution of policing and justice."
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood also said Ms Sugden's appointment was a corruption of the d'Hondt voting system for the Northern Ireland Executive.
He added: "It's very clear to our electorate that this is a position for which no nationalist need apply."
Announcing that his party would be going into opposition, Green Party leader Steven Agnew said it was no secret that he had previously taken part in discussions about accepting the justice post.
"We were very clear that we would only serve in government if we felt we could progress our agenda, if we thought we could achieve more in government than out of government," he said.
"But I think the reality was our agenda was completely different from the DUP's and Sinn Féin's, which is why I'm delighted that myself and Claire Bailey will be in opposition."
For the first time since the establishment of the assembly in 1998, Northern Ireland has a DUP education minister.
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Claire Sugden will not have too far to look for a controversial issue in the world of justice.
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One challenge faced by the new agriculture minister, Michelle McIveen, will be to balance the executive's push for growth of the agri-food industry, without compromising environmental protections.
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He had been in hospital for about 10 days before his death late on Thursday.
As a young man, he had fought against the Japanese during World War II, and with the French against the North Vietnamese in the 1950s.
He led a 15-year CIA-sponsored secret war in Laos during the Vietnam War and, when it was lost, led tens of thousands of his people into exile.
Thousands of ethnic Hmong are expected to attend his funeral in Fresno, California.
"He'll be remembered as a great general, a great warrior, a great Hmong soldier," his friend Charlie Waters told AFP news agency.
However the response from the Laos government was muted. "He was an ordinary person, so we do not have any reaction," a government spokesman was quoted by AFP as saying.
Gen Pao was a controversial figure, deeply loved by many Hmong - an ethnic minority in Lao that complains of persecution - for his insistence on freedom from foreign domination.
Former Central Intelligence Agency chief William Colby once called Gen Pao "the biggest hero of the Vietnam War".
But critics say that by allying himself with the US, Gen Pao caused his people untold suffering - something that he himself recognised.
"I lost 17,000 men, almost 10% of the total Hmong population. The Hmong sacrificed the most in the war and were the ones who suffered the most," he said at the Heritage Foundation think tank in 1987.
Americans who first came into contact with him found a man skilled in warfare and with the charisma necessary to sustain a dangerous, 15-year operation in support of the US against the North Vietnamese.
The CIA airline, Air America, carried Gen Pao and his fighters across the country.
Laos' forgotten Hmong
On the ground, he and his men disrupted Vietnamese supply lines and engaged in pitched battles to try to stave off the Vietnamese-backed communist victory in Laos.
When that effort failed in 1975, Gen Pao led many thousands of Hmong into what are now well-established exile communities in the US.
The Central Valley of California, Minneapolis and cities throughout Wisconsin have a Hmong presence of an estimated 30,000-40,0000.
In his later years, Gen Pao was accused of leading rebellions or sponsoring subversion against the People's Democratic Republic of Laos.
In 2007, he was charged along with nine others with plotting to use AK-47 rifles, missiles and mercenaries to overthrow the Lao government. Charges against him were later dropped.
He was regarded by some as an exiled head of state.
"He's the last of his kind, the last of the leadership that carries that reverence that everyone holds dear," said Blong Xiong, a Fresno city councilman and prominent Hmong-American.
"Whether they're young or old, they hear his name, there's the respect that goes with it."
BBC News website readers have been sending in their reaction to the news. Here is a selection of their comments.
General Vang Pao is our greatest leader and will remain this way. He was our beacon of hope and is the very reason why we are here in the US, our land of opportunity. He will forever be missed and no one will be able to replace him in our hearts, mind and community. He was a much loved leader that led his people. He wasn't one to be above anyone, but rolled up his sleeves and challenged our everyday struggles with us. He is a great hero that - even though was considered "exiled" - was truly not because his people followed him to the very end. Mao Lee, Fresno, California, US
I cannot believe that there can be any celebration of someone who supported the US and the CIA in Vietnam/Laos. Your note that as a Community Leader he worked as a security guard at a supermarket in the USA says it all. The US should still be damned for the horror that they exercised on Vietnamese (and US) people in the Vietnam war - and in Laos and Cambodia. Mike, Cape Town
It's a tragic loss for the Hmong community. A historic Hmong leader has passed away. Neng Vang, St Paul, Minnesota, US
General Vang Pao will always be regarded as the Hmong people's saviour of the war. He negotiated our freedom from what would be certain death for many of us in Laos. It is too bad that young people, like me, will never fully understand the extent of his courage, and the charismatic nature of this man. I just wished that he had done more for the young people here in the US. Maybe now that the only "leader" we have known is gone, maybe the Hmong community can finally understand that a divided community is not as strong as one that is unified. I certainly hope his death will cause unification and not further separation. Gregory Yang, Merced, CA, US
I met Vang Pao once in the refugee camp at Loei when he and Jerry Daniels were engineering the translocation of the entire tribe to America against the wishes of Congress. The visionary leadership at that point has become, and deserves to be, legendary. He could have just joined his relatives in Missoula but he stayed and engineered the future of hundreds of thousands of his people with craft and brilliance. With Jerry dead in 1984, the Hmong people have lost the last of the pair which worked together and alone created their destiny. I feel so proud to have met a man of his stature, may he be at peace in the presence of the Lord. Dan Pride, I.C.E.M Evacuation Officer Ampur Loei
As we heard the news, my parents were crying. They couldn't sleep last night and they told me that they don't know what is going to happen to the Hmong people now that General Vang Pao is gone. He has been the father figure for the Hmong people and this is going to be a very hard time for our community. Our community leaders will meet together and get this funeral done first and then we will talk about what we are going to do next. Pao, St. Paul, MN, US
General Pao was the last of the Nationalist leaders from the Vietnam era. Men like him fought the Japanese and anyone else that wanted to dominate their country. We, in the US, could not tell the difference between a nationalist and a Communist. So we supported Catholics to rule a country of non-Catholics and other such stupidities. General Pao and the loyalty of his people is a good story with a semi-tragic ending in that most are far from home, the worst hell on earth for a nationalist. Mike Reid, Sheridan, Oregon, US
Uniquely, in the democratic world, Britain's political leaders have to face a baying mob of their opponents every week, as they debate questions on every conceivable issue. They all hate it. They all fear it. But even those like Tony Blair and David Cameron, who have questioned the point of having to take part in a weekly pantomime, or Punch and Judy show, admit that it serves a purpose. It keeps them honest. Rightly or wrongly, the half-hour session at mid-day on a Wednesday, when the Commons is sitting, is seen as a test of a leader's ability to lead. As Leader of the Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn will get six questions to the prime minister in which to make his mark.
The new Labour leader knows all about Prime Minister's Questions. He has witnessed it hundreds of times and asked a few questions himself over the years. But always from the safety of his regular seat on the back row of the Labour benches. Moving forward four rows to the front bench is a few small steps, but will be one giant leap for a man who has never stood at the despatch box before. It is certain to be a nerve-shredding experience.
Mr Corbyn is a seasoned public speaker, used to thinking on his feet, but he will never have faced an audience as hostile as this before with his performance placed under so much scrutiny. The biggest challenge might be making himself heard above the baying, cackling wall of sound coming from the Conservative benches. Speaker John Bercow could be in for a busy session. Mr Corbyn has been chatting to predecessor Ed Miliband about how to handle it and plans to get advice from veteran left-wing firebrand Dennis Skinner, according to Channel 4's Michael Crick.
A stumbling performance would be bad for Mr Corbyn. But he could probably get away with it. What would be worse - far worse - is laughter. Sir Menzies, now Lord, Campbell, a seasoned front bench performer, never really recovered from becoming the butt of a joke the first time he asked Tony Blair a question as Liberal Democrat leader. "It was a real bear garden," Lord Campbell told The Daily Telegraph. "They smell blood in the House of Commons so if you make a mistake or two they're trying to get you."
A full-throated attack on David Cameron on inequality, welfare cuts, the banks and the Tories' friends in City hedge funds is what many on the left have been yearning for. And - in the supercharged atmosphere of the Commons bear pit, where reasoned debate and nuance takes a back seat to theatre - it could work. Alternatively, Mr Corbyn could attempt to take the moral high ground, deploying his mild-mannered, deeply serious style to wrongfoot the prime minister. Bookmakers are taking bets on what he will ask David Cameron, with migrants and refugees favourite at 4/7, followed by trade union rights (4/1), global poverty (10/1) and EU membership (14/1). He has said PMQs is too confrontational and he will refrain from "repartee", focusing instead on serious issues.
The temptation will be to go for the jugular. He has plenty of ammunition. The prime minister used to ridicule Ed Miliband over his economic policies and links to the trade unions, suggesting he was a throwback to the strife-torn 1970s. Mr Corbyn will be an even bigger target. The prime minister may go easy on him for fear of appearing too arrogant and condescending. But don't be surprised to see a few old tricks coming out, such as asking Labour MPs to put their hands up if they support their new leader on policy issues such as Trident and Nato.
There are those that claim PMQs is a terrible advert for British politics. Foreign observers regard it with a mixture of amusement and horror. In contrast to most legislative chambers around the world the British House of Commons is not a semi-circle. It was deliberately set up for confrontation, with rows of opposing benches. And yet, despite complaints about its rowdy nature, it is the most watched political event of the week. It is the one chance ordinary, back bench MPs get to question the prime minister directly, to hold the government to account. OK, many of the questions are handed to them by party managers - and many of the answers are not answers in any recognisable sense of the word. But PMQs still delivers telling moments by the bucket load and occasionally a genuinely new policy revelation. It is also great theatre.
Mr Corbyn has suggested that he would like other Labour MPs to have a turn at asking the questions, as part of the process of democratising the Labour Party. It is not clear whether he will be allowed to do this by Speaker John Bercow. Shadow business secretary Angela Eagle, who is also First Secretary of State, effectively his second-in-command, will take Prime Minister's Questions when he is unavailable. The new Labour leader has crowd-sourced the questions for his first appearance - receiving more than 40,000 emailed suggestions from supporters. This might turn out to be a shrewd move - David Cameron will find it harder to dismiss questions from the public. Crowd-sourcing has been tried before, by Douglas Carswell, now UKIP's only MP but then a Tory backbencher, who asked for suggestions from bloggers for the first question to ask new prime minister David Cameron in 2010.
Most had a low-key start and there have been few slip-ups. In 2010, Ed Miliband went on the attack over government plans to scrap child benefit for higher-rate taxpayers. Mr Cameron had some pre-prepared lines, accusing him of being "the trade unions' man" and said he's "not red, it's Brown" but the new Labour leader was judged to have acquitted himself reasonably well. In 2005, David Cameron said he would support Tony Blair on some aspects of his education policy, knowing that many Labour MPs were against it - and he managed to score a big hit with his own side with a jibe at the Labour prime minister, gesturing towards him and saying: "He was the future once." Iain Duncan Smith would have a torrid time at PMQs during his brief tenure as Tory leader, with commentators calling his performances wooden, and focusing on his tendency to develop a frog in his throat at key moments. But his first PMQs, in which he chose to split his six questions into blocks of three, on Afghanistan and the NHS, passed without incident.
Prime ministers have answered questions in Parliament for centuries but fixed time-slots were only introduced in 1881 after the election of William Gladstone. Backbench MPs were initially responsible for most of the questioning. Margaret Thatcher began the convention of prime minsters being expected to answer questions on every conceivable issue without advanced warning. Before she came to power in 1979, prime ministers would routinely hand difficult questions over to cabinet colleagues or admit their ignorance by promising a further statement. Tony Blair moved to the existing half-hour weekly format, from two fifteen minute sessions a week. The baying, shouting and hurling of abuse has been a feature of life in the Commons for centuries. Many thought it would disappear when television cameras were admitted to the chamber in 1989 but, if anything, it has become even more rowdy.
If an MP wants to ask a question, they have to enter the name on the Order Paper. The names are then shuffled and pulled out of a hat (not literally, of course). The Speaker will call on the MPs to ask their questions in alternating fashion, with an MP from the opposition benches usually being followed by one from the government side. MPs who are not lucky enough to be selected can bob up and down in their seats in an attempt to catch his eye. The opposition leader always gets six questions, which he or she can ask in blocks of three if they want, and the next largest party is normally granted two questions. At the moment this is the SNP.
"PMQs was the most nerve-racking, discombobulating, nail-biting, bowel-moving, terror-inspiring, courage-draining experience in my prime ministerial life, without question. You know that scene in Marathon Man where the evil Nazi doctor played by Laurence Olivier drills through Dustin Hoffman's teeth? At around 11.45 on Wednesday mornings, I would have swapped 30 minutes of PMQs for 30 minutes of that."
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Ali Price and Tim Visser crossed as the Scots built up a 15-3 half-time lead.
Ross Ford went over twice early in the second period before Damien Hoyland dived in for his first Scotland try, emulating Price's feat.
Michele Campagnaro and Angelo Esposito claimed second-half tries for Italy, who also had Dean Budd and Abraham Steyn sin-binned.
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Townsend's side, which featured a late change as Ryan Wilson started at open-side flanker instead of the injured John Hardie, continue their tour against Australia in Sydney next Saturday.
Fiji in Suva are Scotland's final opponents in a summer series that allows new coach Townsend to assess his pool of players.
Scotland were in control of the game for large parts but it took the former Glasgow coach's new side until just before half-time to kick on and build a game-winning lead.
Finn Russell and Tommaso Allan had exchanged penalties in a match that was rendered brutally hard by the much-mentioned humidity in Singapore.
There was never any doubt Scotland would seize the game by the throat sooner or later, with captain John Barclay doing more than most to make that happen.
Barclay was excellent and had some important men around him, with Ben Toolis enjoying a pleasing first start and Hoyland making a promising reappearance after a year in the wilderness.
Scotland had all the ball and whatever creativity existed in the Test for the first half hour belonged to them.
It did not amount to points but it drained Italy - shorn of Sergio Parisse and the class he brings - of energy and hope.
Conor O'Shea's team were one-dimensional and well beaten, with both of their tries coming when the game was a dead duck.
Italy's discipline was poor at the start and it got steadily worse. They conceded nine penalties in the opening half, the end of which saw Scotland hit them with two blows that had them reeling.
First, Allan Dell spilled the ball backwards in the tackle only for it to land in Price's hands and the scrum-half whipped around the outside to score.
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On the stroke of the break, Visser stretched the lead after fine work in the air by Hoyland and a delicious dink over the top by Russell.
The Harlequins wing ran on to get Scotland's second try and in Russell's brief absence with a blood injury, the versatile Duncan Taylor banged over the conversion.
Scotland's lead at the break was 12 points and a couple of minutes into the new half it was 19 when Ford mauled his way over from close range.
Russell converted and then Italy were made to pay for further wretched discipline when debutant Budd, the second row, was binned.
In a relative blink, Ford scored again, with Russell's ambition at the heart of it. The fly-half linked nicely with the hooker and Ford had no trouble eluding a jaded Italian defence.
Having started his evening with two tries in 108 caps across 13 years, he had now doubled his total in six minutes.
With the game now won at 27-3, Townsend emptied his bench bit by bit, saving some of his key men for Sydney.
Italy got a consolation score when one of those Scottish replacements, Magnus Bradbury, spilled the ball into the hands of the Italy back-row Maxime Mbanda, who offloaded to Campagnaro to score the try.
Their respite was brief. They lost another man to the bin in 71 minutes, replacement Steyn walking for dumping Henry Pyrgos illegally, and that made them increasingly vulnerable.
Within two minutes, Taylor sent Hoyland clear up the right wing and he went over for a first Test try, which Peter Horne converted.
The last act belonged to Italy and a try from their right-wing Esposito - a disappointing end to the game for Townsend and his team on an otherwise decent start to his reign.
Italy: E Padovani, A Esposito, M Campagnaro, T Boni, L Sarto, T Allan, E Gori (capt); A Lovotti, L Bigi, S Ferrari, M Fuser, D Budd, F Minto, M Mbanda, R Barbieri.
Replacements: O Gega, F Zani, P Ceccarelli, A Van Schalkwyk, A Steyn, M Violi, C Canna, T Benvenuti.
Scotland: D Taylor, D Hoyland, M Scott, A Dunbar, T Visser, F Russell, A Price; A Dell, R Ford, WP Nel, T Swinson, B Toolis, J Barclay (capt), R Wilson, J Strauss.
Replacements: F Brown, G Reid, Z Fagerson, R Harley, M Bradbury, H Pyrgos, P Horne.
The Royal Holloway study was small and looked at just two species - but it highlights, say scientists, the pressing issue of plastic waste in London's great waterway.
The Port of London Authority (PLA) has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the curse of litter.
It wants public support to stop plastic from getting into the Thames.
The PLA has teamed with other groups, including the charity Thames21, to ask people to "Do The Right Thing" and make sure any rubbish they have goes securely into a bin.
"This is not just a problem along the river; it's affected by litter from across London," explained the authority's environment manager, Tanya Ferry.
"So you might discard plastic near Buckingham Palace or Selfridges but if it gets into the drains, those drains could potentially discharge into the Thames and carry those plastic pieces with them."
The PLA has 16 barges positioned on the river to catch floating debris. Called "passive driftwood collectors", these devices are increasingly catching plastic, not fallen tree branches.
Some 400 tonnes of rubbish are being caught annually, and while that mass has stayed fairly stable over time, its volume has shot up, indicating that discarded plastic is on the rise.
Thames21's army of volunteers have been clearing the foreshores regularly for 10 years. They have noticed the change that is occurring.
"In the early days, it was a huge mixture of stuff - metalwork, old fridges and supermarket trolleys," said the charity's CEO Debbie Leach.
"We've dealt largely with these bigger items, and now what we find is that it is the plastic that keeps coming back - water bottles, carrier bags and, amazingly, cotton wool buds. We find millions of the plastic sticks all over the foreshore."
On the day of the launch of the campaign, Bank of America employees had volunteered to clean up exposed muds at Greenwich.
They were having to dig deep to get to the shopping bags, which had been buried in many centimetres of sediment.
Of course, much of the plastic debris is not being caught or deposited on foreshores, and is simply sweeping out to sea to add to the well-documented problems of waste in our oceans.
The litter that does stick around will eventually be broken down into small fragments and fibres by waves and UV light. Some of this will hang in the water column; some will get into the bed of the river. And it is this micro debris that can be ingested by fish.
The Royal Holloway study examined common flounder and smelt from Erith and the Isle of Shepey.
The flounder, which are bottom-feeders, had the most fibre in their gut. Up to 75% of these flatfish had plastic in them. The smelt, which swim in the water column, were contaminated in a fifth of cases.
"And we also know from some of the other work we've done on Chinese mitten crabs at Chelsea Bridge that they have knots of plastic fibres in their stomachs," said Royal Holloway's Dr Dave Morritt.
"So that's crabs and two species of fish. And those plastics seem to be a range of things, and include nylon, acrylic, polythene and cellophane."
As well as the PLA and Thames21, the campaign is backed by Totally Thames, the Environment Agency, Thames Tideway Tunnel, the London Wildlife Trust and the RSPB.
It will be running a series of YouTube videos over the next 12 months to explain the issues to Londoners and the capital's millions of visitors.
These videos will be presented by the explorer Paul Rose, a recognisable figure from the many documentaries he has made for the BBC about the marine environment.
Paul wants everyone to "take ownership" of their waste, and not - as he says he sees often - to try to stuff rubbish into over-full bins.
"Put it in your pocket and take it home," he said.
"I spend my life diving and supporting ocean science in the world's last wild places. And everywhere I go, whether it's diving in the Northwest Passage, as I was two months ago, or the Selvagem Islands, as I was last week - we take water samples, and they've always got plastic in them. We never take a sample that hasn't got plastic in it.
"It's so hard to get the message across, but we have a great opportunity here to get people to understand this global problem."
The PLA says it is talking to the riverside London Boroughs about getting them to join the campaign.
"The point about bins being emptied frequently enough so that people are not sticking stuff in so that it immediately blows out - that's really important to get the boroughs on-side with," said authority chief executive Robin Mortimer.
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Josh Carson's late header rescued a point for the Blues at Windsor Park after Adam Foley fired the Ports into a shock lead with seven minutes left.
Paul Heatley and Colin Coates struck for the champions at Stangmore Park as the leaders moved nine points clear.
Cliftonville drew 1-1 with Glentoran and Glenavon beat Ballinamallard 3-0.
Linfield's slim hopes of catching Crusaders at the top look to have evaporated after David Healy's men failed to beat the league's basement club.
Foley stunned the home support with a lobbed effort that beat Roy Carroll on 82 minutes, but substitute Carson headed an equaliser in stoppage-time to salvage a point.
The home side were guilty of missing chances throughout the match but Niall Currie may be disappointed not to walk away with all three points after Carroll's excellent stop denied Stephen Garrett making it 2-0.
Healy was sent from his touchline to the stands late on for arguing with the match officials on a frustrating night for the Blues boss.
Portadown, on the other hand, finally stopped the rot after a miserable run of six straight defeats.
A couple of first-half headers from Heatley and Coates ensured Crusaders made it six league wins in a row.
Heatley found himself unmarked to convert Jordan Owens's flick to the back post before Coates expertly finished off a pinpoint cross from Jordan Forsythe.
Cormac Burke pulled one back for the Swifts but it was not enough to stop the Belfast club stretching their winning run on the road to seven games.
Nobody at Crusaders will dare admit the title race is over, but nine points clear with as many games left to play looks like an unassailable advantage at this stage.
Cliftonville were unable to bounce back after last week's defeat to Ballinamallard as they drew 1-1 with Glentoran in an entertaining game at Solitude.
Curtis Allen headed the away side into a first-half lead before Daniel Hughes struck an equaliser to avoid back-to-back defeats for Gerard Lyttle's side.
The Reds are now only four points clear of fourth-placed Coleraine, who have a game in hand.
Andrew Hall fired Gary Hamilton's side into an early lead, calmly slotting the ball home to punish the Mallards defence for not clearing their lines.
Mark Sykes added a second on 85 minutes before Greg Moorhouse wrapped up a convincing three points for the Lurgan Blues.
The 22-year-old has been added to the squad for two one-day internationals, on 21 and 28 August in Colombo and Dambulla, and a Twenty20 match in Pallekele on 6 September.
It means the South Australian will miss the rest of Yorkshire's season.
Head scored 390 runs in eight limited-overs games for the Tykes.
"Travis is a long-term prospect for Australian cricket in all formats," said national selector Rod Marsh. "We think he will benefit greatly from working in the conditions we have here in Sri Lanka.
"He will arrive here a few days earlier than the other ODI players so he can take the opportunity to work with the Test team as they prepare for the third Test."
The main body of the Australia tour party are preparing for the third Test against Sri Lanka, which starts in Colombo on Saturday, the visitors having already lost the three-match series.
Head has got the call following a successful time with Yorkshire including a brilliant 175 on his One-Day Cup debut against Yorkshire, in which he hit the Tykes' highest-ever score in 50-over cricket, as well as making 54 on his Tykes first-class debut.
Yorkshire now lose him not only for this Thursday's T20 Blast quarter-final against Glamorgan at Cardiff, but Finals Day too, should they make it, as well as as the rest of the One-Day Cup, in which Yorkshire have been paired with a quarter-final at Canterbury against Kent on 18 August.
He will also miss the final six matches of their County Championship run-in, starting with this Saturday's Roses match match against Lancashire at Old Trafford. But the Tykes, chasing a third successive title, are permitted to bring in an overseas player replacement.
"Travis is undoubtedly a real talent and has much to offer the game," said Yorkshire director of cricket Martyn Moxon. "Although the timing is not ideal, it affords an opportunity to another member of the playing group and our focus is firmly on Thursday's T20 quarter-final against Glamorgan in Cardiff."
Regulations prevent Yorkshire from recruiting a T20 and One-Day Cup replacement.
Marco Pierre White Jr, 21, pleaded guilty to dishonestly making false representations when he appeared at Hammersmith Magistrates' Court.
District Judge Michael Snow told Pierre White Jr he was "not an honest man".
Pierre White Jr is expected to be sentenced at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 8 December.
The Court was told Pierre White Jr asked to borrow his ex-girlfriend's credit card to buy food and requested the card to be unblocked.
The former Celebrity Big Brother housemate, who gave his address as a hotel in Corsham near Bath, then made several unauthorised purchases to the sum of £2,500, including during a visit to an Apple Store.
Prosecutor Robert Chambers said the woman later received an email from her bank about a "high volume of transactions".
When confronted, Pierre White Jr told her he had been accidentally overcharged at a store, the court heard.
He then claimed he needed the card to be unblocked because he had been arrested and needed to pay bail.
The woman accused Pierre White Jr of having a "drug habit" and claimed she had never been in a relationship with him.
But defence barrister Carl Newman said the pair had been in a relationship and she had given Pierre White Jr the card to make purchases in the past.
The judge said Pierre White had been given the card voluntarily but couldn't "suggest he was given permission to go straight to the Apple Store".
Boro sit second in the Championship, behind Burnley, and could go top if they beat the Millers.
"I think it could be the most difficult game we have between now and the end of the season," Karanka told BBC Tees.
"It is the game where everybody thinks that we have three points in our pockets - it's a big mistake."
Rotherham sit 22nd, three points adrift of MK Dons and safety, but with back-to-back wins against Sheffield Wednesday and Brentford.
"Rotherham have won their last two games so for me now they are a different team," the 42-year old Spaniard continued.
"With their new manager [Neil Warnock], the team has character and the team is motivated now.
"They are playing at home and they are playing for their lives to stay in the Championship next season.
"So for me the biggest mistake is to believe it is going to be an easy game - for me it could be the most difficult game."
Prior to Warnock's arrival, Rotherham had lost eight of their last 12 league matches and Karanka says their turnaround in form is no accident.
Karanka added: "Sheffield are not at the top of the table but they are fighting for their play-off positions, they have a really good squad and Rotherham beat them away.
"They beat Sheffield, they beat Brentford a couple of days before - it is not a coincidence. It is because they are more motivated."
Andrew Morgan, from Rhondda Cynon Taf council, says infrastructure projects should be accelerated in light of the Brexit vote.
A total of £1.1bn of EU funding in Wales is yet to be allocated.
The money is due to be invested between now and 2020.
But a withdrawal from the EU before then would cut the spending round short.
Leave campaigners say the UK government would make up the shortfall, however there has been scepticism from the first minister who says he does not trust the Treasury to make up any shortfall.
EU structural funds are managed by the Welsh European Funding Office, which is based in Merthyr Tydfil, and is part of the Welsh Government.
Much of the funding yet to be allocated is for the most economically-deprived communities across north and west Wales, and the south Wales valleys.
Mr Morgan called for the decision-making and systems governing EU funds to be speeded up.
He said: "The Welsh European Funding Office moves far too slowly.
"It is a drawn out process and if we are being told that European funding is at risk they really have got to go all guns blazing.
"I would hope that the Welsh Government will put pressure on the Welsh European Funding Office to get these projects started as soon as we can.
"If there is a downturn in the economy then these projects could create secure construction jobs."
The council leader said his officials were now working with a greater degree of urgency on a number of EU-funded town-centre regeneration schemes.
The body which monitors EU spending in Wales meets for the first time since the referendum on Friday. It will be chaired by the Welsh Government's finance secretary Mark Drakeford.
One Vote Leave campaigner, Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies, said the focus should be on "outcomes, not spending money for the sake of it".
He said: "Qualification for structural funding is not a badge of honour, it's a reflection of the relative poverty of those in areas who meet the criteria, and after three successive rounds of funding that money has clearly not been put to good use."
A spokesman for the Welsh Government said: "We are determined to maximise the EU funds allocated to Wales for the benefit of our people, communities, businesses, universities and colleges.
"Where there is scope to accelerate draw-down of EU funds, we will aim to do just that.
"The protection of jobs, businesses and communities and the delivery of our programmes in Wales is hugely dependent on the timescale for leaving the EU and we need early clarification from the UK government of that timescale.
"We have also called for a guarantee from the UK government that every penny of EU funds to Wales is safe."
The State Department said it had found the project, which was blocked by former US President Barack Obama, to be in the US national interest.
The 1,180 mile (1,900km) pipeline will carry tar sands oil from Canada to refineries on the Texas coast.
While announcing the approval President Trump called it a "great day for American jobs".
"TransCanada will finally be allowed to complete this long overdue project with efficiency and speed," Mr Trump said in the White House Oval office, joined by TransCanada officials and contractors.
TransCanada, a Calgary-based company, called Friday's decision "a significant milestone".
Chief executive Russ Girling, who stood behind Mr Trump at the White House, thanked him and said his company is "very relieved and very eager to get to work".
Mr Trump signed an executive order only days after taking office in January, designed to speed up final approval of the $8bn (£6.4bn) pipeline.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson recused himself from the matter because of his previous role as chief executive of ExxonMobil.
The permit was signed by an undersecretary of state for political affairs, career diplomat Tom Shannon.
In denying the project in 2015, former Secretary of State John Kerry wrote that it would neither spur economic growth, nor help the US achieve energy independence.
He said it would threaten environmental damage by allowing "a particularly dirty source of fuel" to enter the US.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was "very pleased" with the pipeline announcement from the White House.
The project will be a benefit to both countries, he said, noting the US was seeking a partner to provide a "stable and reliable" source of energy.
"Canada will be that partner," Mr Trudeau said.
Making oil from the bitumen-rich Canadian tar sands is a messy and expensive business - separating the oil from the sand requires huge amounts of water and heat, and environmentalists say the process causes about 17% more greenhouse gas emissions than standard oil extraction. So how is green-lighting the XL pipeline to bring this oil to the Gulf Coast now serving the US national interest - when two years ago President Obama said it didn't?
Back in 2010, then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the Obama administration was "inclined" towards approval based on an assessment of environmental and economic impacts. For several years Mr Obama remained conflicted over the project, torn between opting for dirty-but-secure Canadian oil over cleaner-but-vulnerable Middle Eastern sources.
In November 2015, global warming gave Mr Obama a way out of the dilemma. Just a month before the key Paris climate meeting, John Kerry wrote that "moving forward with this project would significantly undermine our ability to continue leading the world in combating climate change." Mr Obama scrapped XL, and it helped persuade the world to sign the Paris Climate Agreement.
But the new administration has made clear that jobs and infrastructure top climate change as priorities. In January President Trump asked the State Department to re-assess the project and they found that the economic argument made sense. Mr Trump, struggling with healthcare reform, is very keen for a "win" on infrastructure and jobs, and the pipeline fits the bill.
However, completing the pipeline is not a foregone conclusion. The low price of oil makes XL (which stands for 'export limited' and not 'extra large') extremely expensive, while land rights and environmental objections may delay it for years.
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TransCanada still needs approval of the pipeline's route through the US state of Nebraska.
Mr Trump offered to call the governor of the state later today.
An evaluation by the US state department was required, because the pipeline crosses an international border.
TransCanada says the pipeline will create 13,000 jobs over two years, but opponents argue the vast majority of these jobs will be short-term work in the construction phase.
During the presidential election, Mr Trump embraced the idea that the pipeline would create American jobs.
He also signed a memorandum requiring Keystone to be built using American steel.
However, the White House later said this requirement would only apply to future applications, not projects already being built, such as Keystone.
A mandate to use US steel would not only have been more expensive for TransCanada, but could have led to US authorities being sued by the World Trade Organization.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said earlier this month: "Since this one is already currently under construction, the steel is already literally sitting there, it would be hard to go back."
The company said that roughly half the steel would come from US manufacturers.
Environmental groups criticised the decision, saying the potential damage from a spill is not worth any profit.
"This dirty and dangerous export pipeline would run right through America's heartland, threatening our water, our land, and our climate - all to pad the profits of a foreign oil company," said Tiernan Sittenfeld, from the League of Conservation Voters.
The project is expected to carry more than 800,000 barrels of heavy crude per day from Canada's Alberta province to the Gulf of Mexico.
More than 50,000 people are expected to flock to this year's Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, which starts on Wednesday.
Council officials said the event would allow hundreds of millions of people to see Gullane from around the world.
There will be no public parking at the course. A free park and ride will get people to the event and a free bus from North Berwick Railway Station.
Jonathan Brown, East Lothian Council's tourism projects officer, said: "It's massive for us. We spend a lot of money and effort promoting East Lothian as a golf destination but when something of this size comes, its massively important for us.
"Not only are we looking at £1.8m spent by the visitors but also the fact that hundreds of millions of people across the world will see this on TV and especially in America where it will go out live on NBC.
"The four days are obviously massively important to us in bringing those 50,000 people to East Lothian but we look at it as a far longer term investment for us in that there is a massive legacy from an event like this."
Robert Dick, captain of Gullane Golf Club, said: "It's a fantastic opportunity to impress. We are delighted and thrilled to have the event coming here.
"We want to make this week the best possible week for everybody, for the players, spectators and the members."
The hosts led 12-7 at half-time courtesy of Mills' boot while Chris Ashton scored Saracens' try.
After the break Mills and Alex Lozowski traded penalties before Worcester's fly-half added two more.
Schalk Brits' late score put pressure on Worcester but Mills had the last say from the tee and secured the victory.
Worcester's start was a positive one as they dictated much of the opening half and kept hold of possession well. Mills missed his opening attempt at goal but from thereon he found his range.
Warriors dominated much of the possession and field position in the first 40 minutes and took advantage of Saracens' uncharacteristic ill-discipline.
The fly-half pushed his side into a 9-0 lead before Ashton pounced on a kick through from Lozowski and the latter added the conversion.
At 12-7 in the hosts' favour, history indicated that Saracens would mount a strong second-half comeback but in fact, after Mills and Lozowski had traded penalties, Worcester took charge.
Mills made Saracens' continued infringements prove to be costly and they kept their composure.
With seven minutes to go Saracens' pack drove over and Brits dotted down, yet the final say of the game went to Worcester's match-winning fly-half.
Victory pushes Worcester five points clear of Bristol at the bottom of the table, while Saracens have to be content with second position.
Worcester director of rugby Gary Gold: "I'm proud of the guys as they had to take in a lot of information in a short space of time. As long as we showed fight, the result wasn't as important.
"We didn't want to do anything flash and there wasn't anything scientific in our tactics but we needed to shore up our defence.
"It'll prove to the boys that they can do it but the issue is whether we are able to repeat it and it's not a one-off, as we have to play many of the good teams in the Premiership in our remaining fixtures."
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall: "It was very disappointing but all credit to Worcester, who pressurised and harassed us throughout.
"Our set-piece was very poor, particularly in the first half, as we couldn't gain a platform.
"We chased the game too early, our discipline was bad and they kicked very well to keep us on the back foot."
Worcester: Adams; Heem, Olivier, Willison, Humphreys; Mills, Hougaard; Bower, Singleton, Schonert, O'Callaghan (capt), Spencer, Vui, Lewis, Faosiliva.
Replacements: Bregvadze, Johnston, Alo, Cavubati, Mama, Baldwin, Lamb. Howard.
Saracens: Gallagher; Ashton, Tompkins, Barritt (capt), Ellery; Lozowski, Wigglesworth; Barrington, Brits, Du Plessis, Rhodes, Hamilton, Fraser, Burger, Wray.
Replacements: Saunders, Lamositele, Figallo, Flanagan, Brown, Spencer, Malins, Bosch.
Referee: Tom Foley.
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The offer, which allows Orange and EE customers to get two cinema tickets for the price of one on Wednesdays, was launched more than 10 years ago.
The company said that customers' viewing habits had evolved and it was "time to move on", with the promotion ending on the last Wednesday in February 2015.
EE was created from the merger of the UK businesses of T-Mobile and Orange.
"Orange Wednesday launched over a decade ago and at its peak was a massive success and an iconic promotion," the company said in a statement.
"After 10 great years our brand has changed and our customers' viewing habits have also evolved so it's time to move on.
"That's why the final credits will roll for Orange Wednesdays at the end of February 2015. We're working on new customer entertainment rewards and we'll provide more detail soon."
With more and more people watching films on their tablets, phones and TVs at home, the number of people using the Orange Wednesday deal has declined.
It is thought that EE could not reach a commercial agreement with the cinemas.
The education secretary told MSPs he would amend the terms of reference of the inquiry to "clarify" its remit.
He said including abuse in non-residential settings would make the inquiry take much longer.
A bill was also introduced at Holyrood removing any time bar on people seeking damages over childhood abuse.
The probe into the nature and extent of abuse of children in care in Scotland is expected to last four years.
The inquiry has been dogged by problems from the outset, with the original chairwoman, Susan O'Brien, quitting the post in July complaining of government interference - a charge rejected by Mr Swinney.
A second panel member, Prof Michael Lamb, also resigned claiming the inquiry was "doomed".
Mr Swinney said he was confident that the inquiry did not need a third panel member to replace Prof Lamb, although he said experts could be called in from time to time to assist Lady Smith and Glenn Houston.
The remit of the inquiry has also been an issue, with survivors' groups claiming some abusers could be "let off the hook" if children's' organisations, clubs and local parish churches are not specifically included in the probe.
Earlier in the month, Mr Swinney told MSPs that he was "considering" expanding the remit, and said he had discussed this with Lady Smith.
However, he told MSPs that he had concluded that the inquiry should focus solely on "in-care settings", which had always been the government's intent.
He said: "It is clear that there is not unanimity on this issue across survivors - some are strongly in favour of no change, and others are strongly in favour of extensive change.
"It has always been the government's intention that the abuse of children and young people in care is to be taken into account, wherever it occurred, and I want to put that matter beyond any doubt. I have consulted Lady Smith and I have amended the Terms of Reference to clarify this point.
"That is the only change I intend to make to the remit of the Inquiry."
Scottish Labour's Iain Gray said: "Many survivors have pursued a wider remit for the inquiry because they believe it unjust that most survivors of abuse will not be caught by the scope of the inquiry at all."
He then asked Mr Swinney: "The cabinet secretary has clarified the remit today, but will he confirm that he has not extended it, that he has not brought any survivors into his ambit who were not in his view already included?"
The education secretary replied that "I confirm Mr Gray's point".
He said he had to ensure the inquiry had a remit that was "deliverable within a reasonable timescale", and had "concluded there is a clear distinctions between in-care settings and non in-care settings".
Mr Swinney said "terrible crimes" had been committed in other settings, such as day schools and youth groups, but said criminal behaviour should be referred to the police and would be "energetically pursued through the criminal courts" where evidence exists.
Mr Gray later said that the "refusal to widen the remit" of the inquiry was a "mistake" which would "leave survivors feeling let down".
Mr Swinney told members that the question of redress for victims was actively being explored, with a formal consultation to be carried out.
A bill has also been introduced at Holyrood to remove the limitation period for people to seek damages over personal injuries resulting from childhood abuse.
Mr Swinney said: "This government made a clear commitment to lift the three-year limitation period that constrains survivors of child abuse from taking civil actions. Some 18 months on, following detailed consultation on this complex area of law, I am pleased the legislation to deliver that is now published."
The deputy first minister rejected claims there had been interference with the probe, saying he was "determined" the inquiry would be independent.
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City play the first leg of their Champions League last-16 match at Dynamo Kiev on Wednesday, four days before the Capital One Cup final.
The Chilean said: "The priority is always the next game, but we must make an exception because of many injuries."
City's visit to Chelsea will be shown live on BBC One on Sunday at 16:00 GMT.
The 2012 FA Cup winners are still in contention to a complete an unprecedented quadruple by winning the Premier League, League Cup, FA Cup and Champions League.
They will have to play a game in each competition in an 11-day span between 21 February and 2 March.
Pellegrini added: "We have just 13 players available to play and have to play the Champions League on Wednesday. We'll see the best team we can play on Sunday.
"I always try to play with a strong team in every competition. They are all important but we must prioritise the Champions League."
Chelsea, who are currently 12th in the Premier League, played their Champions League first-leg tie away to Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday.
Interim manager Guus Hiddink, who won the FA Cup during his previous spell in charge in 2009, said: "We have a serious approach to the FA Cup."
Chelsea skipper John Terry has been ruled out of the tie.
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In September, Russian President Vladimir Putin said shipments had been suspended, but that if the US and its allies intervened militarily in Syria, Moscow would "think how we should act in the future".
The S-300 is a series of highly capable, long-range surface-to-air missile complexes first deployed in the USSR in 1979 and later modified by the Russian armed forces.
As well as targeting aircraft, the fully mobile units have the capacity to engage ballistic missiles.
Experts believe that Russia is most likely delivering the S-300PMU-2 systems - also known by the Nato codename SA-20 - which were first introduced in 1997 and are comparable to the US Patriot Air and Missile Defense System.
The Russian batteries are made by a state-run company, Almaz-Antei, which last year announced it was stopping the production of the S-300s and switching resources to the more advanced S-400s.
The vehicle used as a launcher is currently manufactured at the Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant (MZKT) in Belarus, although Russia is now shifting the production to its western city of Bryansk.
Source: Royal United Services Institute
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Facebook's 1.7 billion users see news stories and topics picked using a mixture of AI and human input.
Under the changes, descriptions of stories are no longer written by editorial staff, the company said.
Earlier this year Facebook was accused of suppressing conservative views, prompting complaints from Republicans.
A former journalist who worked for the company had alleged that Facebook workers "routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers".
In a blog post, the company said an internal investigation found no evidence of systematic bias.
But Facebook said it was making the changes to allow "our team to make fewer individual decisions about topics".
Users will still see personalised news, but the wording will be simplified and entries will focus on how many people are talking about them.
Staff will remain involved to ensure posts are still topical and based on news events.
"Facebook is a platform for all ideas, and we're committed to maintaining Trending as a way for people to access a breadth of ideas and commentary about a variety of topics," the company said.
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He was making the remarks in a closed-door meeting in Rome with senior members of women's religious orders.
Deacons are ordained ministers who can preach or preside over weddings and funerals, but can not conduct Mass.
However Vatican media reported that the Pope did not consider the possibility of ordaining women priests.
During a 75-minute conversation on Thursday the Pope was asked if he would be willing to create a commission to study whether women could serve as deacons.
According Vatican media, Francis said he was open to the idea: "It would be useful for the church to clarify this question. I agree.'"
Currently all Catholic priests and deacons are male. Priests must be celibate, but deacons can be married men.
Groups advocating women's ordination have long argued that there have been many female deacons in history.
The BBC's James Reynolds in Rome says the remarks do not constitute a formal Vatican announcement. But they do signal the Pope's willingness to examine a greater official role for women within the Church.
A dismal first half yielded just three points from the boot of Jason Tovey.
Sam Hidalgo-Clyne came off the bench in the second period to set up the first of two Damien Hoyland tries.
And the replacement scrum-half darted through to score as the ill-disciplined visitors faded in the face of increased pressure from the hosts.
Edinburgh nudge ahead of Glasgow and Munster into fifth place, with those teams in action on Saturday.
If Alan Solomons' side are to hang on to a top-six spot and earn a Champions Cup place, they will need to turn in more performances like the second-half showing at Murrayfield.
The error-strewn opening 40 minutes was simply appalling.
A strangely sluggish Edinburgh moved ahead on 13 minutes when Tovey, making his debut after a loan move from Dragons, knocked over a penalty following a high tackle on thundering prop WP Nel.
A ragged sequence of fumbles, stray passes and petty squabbles followed, with Kelly Haimona shoving a penalty wide for Zebre.
The first half ended with Oliviero Fabiani barreling through a gap to touch down but the visiting hooker's route was cleared by an obstruction, picked up by the television review.
With both sides penalised for squint line-out ball soon after the interval and Haimona short with a penalty attempt, an upturn in the quality on show looked unlikely.
But Hidalgo-Clyne's introduction brought with it some much-needed zip and he threaded a grubber through for Hoyland to run on to and the winger was able to kick it on and win the race for the line.
Soon after, Hoyland was diving over in the corner after Phil Burleigh did well to gather a fizzing high pass from Hidalgo-Clyne.
Tovey converted on both occasions and the fly-half made it three from three when his clever break was supported well by Stuart McInally, with the replacement hooker offloading for Hidalgo-Clyne to waltz through unchallenged.
The chance of a just a second try bonus for the hosts this season appeared to have gone when a late penalty was kicked into touch only for Zebre to rob the line-out.
However, an offside infringement allowed Edinburgh to keep the ball alive and, with the clock red for almost two minutes, a patient passing move was finished off by Toolis.
Edinburgh: Kinghorn, Hoyland, Allen, Burleigh, Brown, Tovey, Kennedy, Dickinson, Ford, Nel, Bresler, B. Toolis, Coman, Watson, Du Preez.
Replacements: Helu for Brown (74), Hidalgo-Clyne for Kennedy (48), McInally for Ford (41), Andress for Nel (73), A. Toolis for Bresler (73), Bradbury for Coman (5). Not Used: Dell, Dean.
Zebre: Van Zyl, Beyers, Boni, Pratichetti, L. Sarto, Haimona, Palazzani, Lovotti, Fabiani, Chistolini, Geldenhuys, Bortolami, Cook, Ruzza, Meyer.
Replacements: Postiglioni for Lovotti (74), Ceccarelli for Chistolini (48), Caffini for Cook (24). Not Used: Roan, Koegelenberg, Burgess, Canna, Bisegni.
Ref: Leighton Hodges (Wales).
9 February 2016 Last updated at 13:29 GMT
The survey, carried out by Comres, found a massive 78% of those in this age group had a social media account. That is despite rules for many sites requiring people to be 13 or over to sign up.
Even though the survey found most people felt happy when using social networking sites - it also showed many did not always have such a great time.
Viviani powered ahead of Sonny Colbrelli and Michael Schwarzmann at the end of Friday's 180km ride around Payerne in western Switzerland.
Britain's three-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome finished 68th.
The 31-year-old Team Sky rider stays 29 seconds behind Felline as he continues preparations for the 2017 Tour.
Saturday's Romandie stage takes the riders across a mountainous 164km route from Domdidier to Leysin that features two category-one climbs.
The six-day, five-stage race - an early indicator of form before the Tour de France in July - ends with a 17.9km individual time trial in Lausanne on Sunday.
Tour de Romandie stage three result:
1. Elia Viviani (Ita/Team Sky) 4hrs 27mins 42secs
2. Sonny Colbrelli (Ita/Bahrain) Same time
3. Michael Schwarzmann (Ger/Bora)
4. Alexander Edmondson (Aus/Orica)
5. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra/ AG2R)
6. Youcef Reguigui (Alg/Dimension Data)
7. Maximiliano Richeze (Arg/Quick-Step)
8. Moreno Hofland (Ned/Lotto)
9. Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus/Katusha)
10. Juan Jose Lobato (Spa/LottoNL)
Overall classification after stage three:
1. Fabio Felline (Ita/Trek) 12hrs 40mins 24secs
2. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger/Quick-Step) +8secs
3. Jesus Herrada (Spa/Movistar) Same time
4. Primoz Roglic (Svn/LottoNL) +9secs
5. Ion Izagirre (Spa/Bahrain) +12secs
6. Bob Jungels (Lux/Quick-Step) Same time
7. Jose Goncalves (Por/Katusha) +13secs
8. Ruben Fernandez (Spa/Movistar) Same time
9. Michael Albasini (Swi/Orica) +14secs
10. Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa/Movistar) Same time
Selected others:
16. Simon Yates (GB/Orica) +18secs
39. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +29secs
56. Peter Kennaugh (GB/Team Sky) +53secs
89 Alex Dowsett (GB/Team Sky) +8mins 32secs
99 Ben Swift (Gb)/UAE Team Emirates +9mins 34secs
The pair were players together at Barnsley in the 1970s, with McCarthy serving as Warnock's apprentice.
Warnock's Bluebirds face McCarthy's Ipswich Town on Saturday hoping to end a four-game winless run.
"He's like me and doesn't worry about the sack, and if he left tomorrow he'd get a job the next week," Warnock said.
He continued: "And so would I."
40-years and 2,253 games in management have passed since McCarthy and Warnock's apprenticeship days, with the pair managing 17 clubs between them.
Warnock remembers McCarthy as an imposing figure, even as a teenager.
"I was about 25 when I met him, he was younger [McCarthy is ten-years Warnock's junior], and an apprentice," he recalled.
"He was the biggest 16 year old ever, I think he was shaving at 12, he is a tough nut but is also a great guy.
"We've had ups and downs in our careers, we've been at clubs and it's been like I've always said - be careful what you wish for - and Mick's been the same but come through it.
"We've had some good battles over the years. He's got a bit to do to catch me yet. I remember him cleaning my boots, I bring it up every time I see him."
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McCarthy has been speaking this week about apparent pressure on his position at Portman Road, but Warnock thinks he is merely a victim of his own longevity.
"He's a bit like Wenger, fans having a go at regular times, but Mick just doesn't worry. We are passed that aren't we?" he added.
Warnock says he feels sorry for other managers in the Championship who are less secure in their positions, with 14 bosses from that division having lost their job this season alone.
"The Championship has had 14 managers sacked, dear me, how can you talk about building a project," Warnock said. "You just hope you can do well.
"We want to do well next season, but you don't know in this game. We could be at the bottom end and sacked by Christmas, nothing is guaranteed, but as you get older you don't feel the pressure as much.
"You enjoy it more. Young managers have two or three games rather than two or three years. It's frightening for up and coming managers."
Warnock thinks that the huge financial incentives on offer for promotion to the Premier League lead to a lack of patience in board rooms.
"I think it's about the money, especially the Championship. It was £100m when I last went up but I think it's more than that now and all the foreign owners have come in for that carrot of the Premier League," he explained.
"The clubs coming down the parachute payments they get will be phenomenal but that won't worry us, we've got bricks in place, we're looking for the icing on the cake.
"Although clubs come down they have the money, they lose two or three better players because they want to be in the Premier League. It won't be plain sailing for them."
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark says her government will move to scrap the dress code requirement.
This comes after a provincial Green party politician introduced a bill in the BC legislature aimed at preventing employers from setting gender-based footwear requirements.
Mandatory high heel dress codes were recently debated by MPs in the UK.
On Sunday, Premier Clark tweeted in support of BC Green Party leader Andrew Weaver's private member's bill, saying she agreed "100%" with not forcing women to wear heels at work.
Mr Weaver tabled a private member's bill last week "designed to prevent employers from setting varying footwear and other requirements based on gender, gender expression or gender identity".
An employee in BC who feels a dress code is discriminatory could file a human rights complaint, though there are concerns that workers, especially in low wage and precarious positions, would be hesitant to do so.
High heels - and whether women should be required to wear them in the workplace, or at the Cannes film festival - has become a fashion flashpoint in recent years.
In Canada, much of the debate around dress codes for female employees has centred around the restaurant industry, where critics have said gender-specific dress codes are too common and based on stereotypes or sexist ideas of how a woman should dress.
Mr Weaver's bill was in part inspired by a series of reports into the west coast province's service industry. In Ontario, some of the largest restaurant chains have taken steps to phase out "sexualised" dress codes.
It is not a new issue in the food service industry. In 2000, Nevada cocktail waitresses launched a "Kiss My Foot" campaign to agitate against being forced to wear heels in casinos.
Mr Weaver said he was surprised to learn that companies still had high heel policies in place.
"You're kidding, this is a thing in 2017?" he said he thought at the time.
While these dress codes appear most common in bars and restaurants, Mr Weaver's bill would cover all workplaces, including retail and corporate offices.
BC Restaurant and Food Services Association chief executive Ian Tostenson said he did not expect pushback from industry members, who understand it could be a health and safety concern for wait staff.
It is not clear whether Ms Clark's government will support Mr Weaver's proposed bill or take separate steps to end the practice.
In the UK, high-heel dress code policies have been in the headlines since a London receptionist was sent home from work in December 2015 for not wearing high heels at the accountancy firm PwC.
Nicola Thorp subsequently launched a petition asking that dress code laws be changed so women have the option to wear flat formal shoes in the workplace. It received over 152,000 signatures.
The UK Parliament debated the issue 6 March, and the UK government has said the dress code imposed on Ms Thorp was unlawful.
The firm that sent Ms Thorpe home in 2015 has also changed its policies.
But a House of Commons report found that requirements to wear high heels remain widespread across the UK.
After Kevin Bru's free-kick was only partially cleared, Ward controlled the ball before firing it in the corner.
Jermaine Beckford was forced off with concussion, but the visitors nearly drew level as Callum Robinson's shot was tipped over by Bartosz Bialkowski.
Liam Grimshaw volleyed wide late on as Ipswich hung on for a first league win since the opening day of the season.
Ward's impressive strike came moments after Beckford was taken off in the 15th minute, and Freddie Sears then saw a goal-bound effort deflected just past Anders Lindegaard's upright as the hosts looked to double their lead.
However as the visitors grew in confidence Eoin Doyle almost reached Chris Humphrey's long throw, but Tommy Smith just blocked off the forward from reaching the ball.
Former Tottenham forward Ward had another opportunity to double Ipswich's tally after Jonas Knudsen laid the ball off to him in the box, but he could only send his first-time shot high and wide.
Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy:
"I thought we were excellent today. We played really well in the first half and then we stood up to a right scrap in the second half - it was a real bloke's performance.
"Daryl Murphy put in a transfer request and my view is you don't stand in the way of someone who wants to leave.
"It is great move for him and he has been terrific for us so I wish him well. It is a great bit of business for the club and we will reinvest and get other players in."
Preston manager Simon Grayson:
"I am disappointed as you know when you come to Portman Road and play against a Mick McCarthy side, you have to compete and battle.
"We lost too many individual battles and not enough players played to the standard that I know they are capable of.
"There was not a great deal in the game but we didn't do enough, on or off the ball, to get anything out of it.
"I am hoping to strengthen. I have given a list of names to the owner and I am hoping to tick some people off. It is going to be a crazy three or four days through all the divisions."
Match ends, Ipswich Town 1, Preston North End 0.
Second Half ends, Ipswich Town 1, Preston North End 0.
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Adam Webster replaces Grant Ward.
Attempt missed. Liam Grimshaw (Preston North End) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Foul by Eoin Doyle (Preston North End).
Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jordan Hugill (Preston North End) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Callum Robinson with a cross.
Greg Cunningham (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Grant Ward (Ipswich Town).
Attempt missed. Grant Ward (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jonas Knudsen.
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Luke Varney replaces Brett Pitman.
Offside, Preston North End. Paul Gallagher tries a through ball, but Greg Cunningham is caught offside.
Tom Clarke (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Brett Pitman (Ipswich Town).
Attempt blocked. Christophe Berra (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonas Knudsen.
Substitution, Preston North End. Liam Grimshaw replaces Daniel Johnson.
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Teddy Bishop replaces Kevin Bru.
Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Bailey Wright.
Attempt blocked. Brett Pitman (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonathan Douglas with a headed pass.
Offside, Ipswich Town. Jonas Knudsen tries a through ball, but Freddie Sears is caught offside.
Foul by Paul Gallagher (Preston North End).
Brett Pitman (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Offside, Ipswich Town. Bartosz Bialkowski tries a through ball, but Brett Pitman is caught offside.
Foul by Eoin Doyle (Preston North End).
Christophe Berra (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Preston North End. Greg Cunningham tries a through ball, but Eoin Doyle is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Chris Humphrey (Preston North End) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eoin Doyle with a headed pass.
John Welsh (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kevin Bru (Ipswich Town).
Foul by Chris Humphrey (Preston North End).
Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
John Welsh (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Brett Pitman (Ipswich Town).
Attempt missed. Greg Cunningham (Preston North End) header from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Paul Gallagher with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Luke Chambers.
Substitution, Preston North End. Eoin Doyle replaces Thomas Spurr.
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Tommy Smith.
Foul by Jordan Hugill (Preston North End).
Christophe Berra (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jordan Hugill (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
After a successful visit to Japan earlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be welcoming Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday.
He will be following this up with his visit to the US at the end of September. And it is being claimed that both Mr Xi's visit to India and Mr Modi's visit to Washington will pack quite a punch.
Given the recent history of turbulence in Sino-Indian ties, the visit of the Chinese president to India will be closely watched and analysed.
As chief minister of Gujarat, Mr Modi travelled to China five times, more than to any other nation, and he has been visibly impressed by China's economic success.
His landslide electoral victory in May was viewed by some in Beijing as a harbinger of better times, with Mr Modi being described as India's "Nixon" who will take Sino-Indian ties to new heights.
This early exuberance has now given way to a more realistic appraisal but Beijing views Mr Modi as a strong leader who can deliver.
An early outreach to Mr Modi was, therefore, seen as essential in making sure that Delhi does not gravitate rapidly to an emerging anti-China coalition in the larger Indo-Pacific as the US fashions its strategic rebalance to the region.
Mr Xi will start his visit from Modi's home state of Gujarat on Mr Modi's 64th birthday on Wednesday where he will be personally welcomed by the Indian prime minister and treated to a sumptuous traditional dinner on the banks of the Sabarmati river.
Mr Modi and Mr Xi have already met previously at the Brics summit in Brazil where they were able to develop a personal rapport which they would like to use to make this visit a success.
Much like Mr Modi, Mr Xi is also a strong nationalist leader who has a hardline orientation on national security but remains eager to co-operate on economic issues.
Mr Modi's room for diplomatic manoeuvering is considerably higher than that of his predecessor, Manmohan Singh, who was constrained by his lack of political authority and his party's seeming foreign policy ineptitude.
Where the Congress Party has been paralysed by an almost irrational fear of offending Chinese sensitivities and in the process ended up jeopardising Delhi's ties with its partners like Japan and the US, Mr Modi has taken a more confident position from the very time he assumed office.
Where he has openly talked of Chinese "expansionism" and has started taking concrete measures to insulate India from the negative effects of China's rapid military modernisation, he has also made it clear that he would be going all out to woo Chinese investments into India.
Mr Modi's energetic diplomacy in his first few months in office seems to have put China on notice that Delhi is not without options in a rapidly evolving global geostrategic context.
It has increased India's strategic space which Mr Modi would now like to leverage in his engagement with Beijing.
In a sign that the focus of Mr Xi's visit will be on energising trade ties, the Chinese president will be accompanied by more than 100 Chinese businesspeople.
China is likely to announce several major investment initiatives in India as the Chinese corporate sector starts looking at India with renewed interest under Mr Modi.
India has been averse to Chinese participation in many sectors of the economy, thereby reducing the flow of Chinese foreign direct investment into India despite its dire need for it.
Chinese companies will now be encouraged to invest in India by unveiling dedicated industrial parks in India.
China is India's largest trading partner but with an increasing trade deficit hovering around $40bn. This is something that Mr Modi remains focused on rectifying.
This focus on trade and economic issues does not mean that Mr Modi's government can afford to soft pedal on strategic issues.
Last week, India's Foreign Minister, Sushma Swaraj, made it clear China must respect India's territorial claim over Arunachal Pradesh.
"For India to agree to a one-China policy, China should reaffirm one-India policy," argued Ms Swaraj.
The Sino-Indian relationship faces a number of challenges - from the vexed boundary issue to a growing trade imbalance.
Public perceptions have turned negative as mutual distrust between China and India has grown in the last few years.
According to the Indian Home Ministry, there have been 334 "transgressions" by Chinese troops over the Indian border in the first 216 days of this year.
China's growing naval presence in the Indian Ocean poses its own challenge to India.
Mr Xi's visit to Maldives and Sri Lanka before coming to India underscores Beijing's commitment to develop close links with the island states of the Indian Ocean.
China's plans for a "maritime silk road" connected by cross-border infrastructure will further cement Beijing's role in the region as both Male and Colombo have lapped up China's invitation to join this initiative.
India has been invited too but it remains ambivalent about the project and is yet to make up its mind.
The challenges are immense but so is this opportunity which is presented by the emergence of strong political leaderships in Beijing and Delhi.
Both Mr Modi and Mr Xi have recognised this. It remains to be seen if they will be able to grasp the nettle this week.
Harsh V Pant is Professor of International Relations at King's College, London.
Nadiem Amiri's strike from the edge of the box wrong-footed goalkeeper Jordan Pickford to open the scoring on Friday.
England's best chance fell to Alfie Mawson, but the Swansea defender's weak shot was easily saved after Nathaniel Chalobah sliced an acrobatic volley.
Jack Stephens could also have levelled, but Julian Pollersbeck saved well.
The Southampton defender then latched on to a deep free-kick inside the area late on, only to miscue his attempt from close range.
However, it was the hosts who dominated possession, with Wolfsburg midfielder Max Arnold - capped at senior level by Germany - impressing before he was substituted.
The 22-year-old went close to doubling the lead before the break with a long-range effort that Sunderland keeper Pickford watched wide.
Pickford gave an assured performance after conceding the goal, saving well on several occasions to keep the deficit at one.
Aidy Boothroyd's side are in friendly action again on Monday, when they visit Denmark.
They kick-off their finals campaign against holders Sweden on 16 June, with Slovakia and hosts Poland also in their group.
Match ends, Germany U21 1, England U21 0.
Second Half ends, Germany U21 1, England U21 0.
Janik Haberer (Germany U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nathaniel Chalobah (England U21).
Niklas Stark (Germany U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tammy Abraham (England U21).
Attempt saved. Lewis Baker (England U21) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jacob Murphy.
Corner, England U21. Conceded by Matthias Ginter.
Matthias Ginter (Germany U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ruben Loftus-Cheek (England U21).
Corner, England U21. Conceded by Niklas Stark.
Attempt blocked. Jacob Murphy (England U21) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Chilwell.
Substitution, Germany U21. Thilo Kehrer replaces Davie Selke.
Attempt missed. Lewis Baker (England U21) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by John Swift.
Foul by Davie Selke (Germany U21).
Mason Holgate (England U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jack Stephens (England U21) right footed shot from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Lewis Baker with a cross following a set piece situation.
Marc-Oliver Kempf (Germany U21) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Marc-Oliver Kempf (Germany U21).
Ruben Loftus-Cheek (England U21) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Niklas Stark (Germany U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nathaniel Chalobah (England U21).
Attempt missed. John Swift (England U21) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
Davie Selke (Germany U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mason Holgate (England U21).
Attempt saved. Jack Stephens (England U21) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, England U21. Conceded by Jeremy Toljan.
Attempt blocked. Maximilian Philipp (Germany U21) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, England U21. John Swift replaces Harry Winks.
Marc-Oliver Kempf (Germany U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jacob Murphy (England U21).
Substitution, Germany U21. Janik Haberer replaces Max Meyer.
Substitution, Germany U21. Maximilian Philipp replaces Maximilian Arnold.
Jeremy Toljan (Germany U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jacob Murphy (England U21).
Attempt blocked. Tammy Abraham (England U21) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathaniel Chalobah.
Gideon Jung (Germany U21) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Gideon Jung (Germany U21).
Tammy Abraham (England U21) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt blocked. Matthias Ginter (Germany U21) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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A disjointed first half was enlivened by George Ford's try off turnover possession, although Carlo Canna's boot kept the Azzurri within a score.
But two quick tries from Jonathan Joseph, his fifth and sixth in his past seven Six Nations matches, calmed English anxieties.
And the Bath centre completed his hat-trick with a powerful run into the left-hand corner before Owen Farrell gathered Jamie George's classy offload to score England's fifth try.
Having beaten the two traditionally weakest nations, England now face the sterner test of Ireland in a fortnight before Wales come calling two weeks further on.
But with their next two matches at home they have the opportunity to build on these early if predictable successes and lay down the blueprint for what a Jones team will really look like.
After an early exchange of penalties in a messy opening period, England opened a lead when Mike Brown won a turnover in the Italy 22, Billy Vunipola's smart inside pass finding Ben Youngs down the left and Farrell spotting Ford free on the wing for the fly-half to slide over for his first international try away from home.
Farrell had been off for a head injury assessment, forcing a comprehensive if brief reshuffle of the back line, but it was Italian injuries that really began to count - Marco Fuser, Alessandro Zanni and Gonzalo Garcia all being replaced in the first half-hour.
Canna's third penalty narrowed the visitors' lead to just two points at half-time, not quite the "good hiding" that coach Jones had asked for in the build-up.
England were looking to put the Italian back three under pressure with high kicks but just as last weekend at Murrayfield, silly mistakes and infringements slowed their momentum.
There was limited sign of the fluency Jones had hoped for, and had Canna not hooked a kickable penalty England would have trailed after 50 minutes.
Instead Italy gifted them a second try, Leonardo Sarto's looping, obvious pass on his own 22 picked off by the predatory Joseph for his sixth try in 18 caps.
With Danny Care on for Youngs, Joe Marler for Mako Vunipola and the highly-rated Maro Itoje on for his debut at blind-side flanker, at last the points and panache followed.
Care's cute grubber off a 10-man rolling maul was gathered by Joseph for his second, and with 20-year-old Paul Hill a second debutant off the bench, England's forward power enabled them to take a tighter grip.
Joseph fought through three tackles to score in the left-hand corner off more turnover ball and Care fed George who popped a pass out of contact to Farrell as a tiring Italy fell away.
It might be just two matches since an England player last grabbed a Test hat-trick - both Nick Easter and Jack Nowell scored three against Uruguay - but Joseph confirmed his value to England with three contrasting yet equally impressive scores.
Italy: McLean; L Sarto, Campagnaro, Garcia, Bellini; Canna, Gori; Lovotti, Gega, Cittadini, Biagi, Fuser, Minto, Zanni, Parisse.
Replacements: Pratichetti for Garcia (32), Padovani for Canna (60), Palazzani for Gori (75), Zanusso for Lovotti (62), Giazzon for Gega (41), Castrogiovanni for Cittadini (58), Bernabo for Fuser (14), Steyn for Zanni (30).
England: Brown; Watson, Joseph, Farrell, Nowell; Ford, Youngs; M Vunipola, Hartley, Cole, Lawes, Kruis, Robshaw, Haskell, B Vunipola.
Replacements: Goode for Brown (69), Care for Youngs (49), Marler for M. Vunipola (47), George for Hartley (69), P Hill for Cole (69), Launchbury for Lawes (47), Clifford for Robshaw (62), Itoje for Haskell (54).
Ref: Glen Jackson (New Zealand).
Following the Grenfell Tower disaster in London, Electrical Safety First (ESF) said the Welsh Government should test white goods such as fridge-freezers and washing machines for free.
The Metropolitan Police said the blaze started in a Hotpoint fridge-freezer.
The Welsh Government said its fire safety advisory group would look at what lessons could be learned.
In Wales, registered social landlords own 36 blocks and ESF wants the fire safety advisory group to consider making councils and housing associations have a legal responsibility to carry out free electrical safety checks on appliances and a register of white goods.
The charity said the initial cost would be between £500,000 and £600,000 every five years.
A Welsh Government spokeswoman said: "The group will take an informed approach, making recommendations to ensure tenants in Wales continue to be informed and safe.
"It will be guided in this by the work of the UK government's expert panel."
ESF looked at Stats Wales figures for fires involving white goods including dishwashers, fridge-freezers, spin dryers, tumble dryers, washing machine and washer/dryers.
There were 1,249 fires from 2009 to 2016 involving these appliances.
Robert Jervis-Gibbons, public affairs manager at ESF, said: "We believe that first and foremost, those living in densely populated areas like tower blocks in Wales must be protected.
"As a result we would like to see the Welsh Government implement safety checks as a matter of urgency."
At a one-day inquiry on Thursday, senior fire officers gave evidence to an assembly committee on fire safety in high rise blocks in Wales.
Stuart Millington of North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said visits had been carried out at all 76 properties above six storeys high.
Politicians also heard evidence of some residents living in high rise properties had been attempting their own fire safety tests on building materials.
Iwan Cray from Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said: "Given the scenario where we are today, 700 flats we've knocked on doors since Grenfell and not everybody has taken up the offer of a home fire safety check in those blocks, which is quite surprising really."
Pierre Claver Mbonimpa was attacked in the capital, Bujumbura.
He was a stern critic of President Pierre Nkurunziza's controversial bid for a third term in office.
On Sunday presidential aide Gen Adolphe Nshimirimana was killed in an attack on his car in Bujumbura. He was in charge of the president's personal security.
Burundi has suffered serious unrest since President Nkurunziza's decision in April to seek a third term in office.
Opponents argued this violated the constitution and there was a failed coup attempt in May.
A presidential election was held last month which Mr Nkurunziza won, but which was boycotted by the opposition.
The US special envoy for the region, Tom Perriello, condemned the attack on Mr Mbonimpa.
"We are just horrified," he told BBC Newsday.
"This is a truly courageous man who has repeatedly stood up for the rights of the people of Burundi and has repeatedly been sent to prison for standing up for basic civil rights," he added.
The activist is in intensive care in a Bujumbura hospital, a relative told Reuters news agency.
The shooting took place near Mr Mbonimpa's home north of the capital on Monday evening.
"He was going home when suddenly a group of motorcyclists encircled him and started shooting at him. Many of the bikers had guns," the relative said.
Several foreign diplomats have visited Mr Mbonimpa in hospital, says the BBC's Prime Ndikumagenge in Bujumbura.
Mr Mbonimpa is believed to be one of the few members of Burundi's civil society opposed to the president who have not fled the country.
In April, he was held without charge for more than 24 hours by the intelligence services after he called for protests against the president's efforts to secure a third term.
Correspondents say that Mr Mbonimpa's work over the years for the rights of prisoners and others has won international acclaim and that rumours of his death had circulated in Burundi before the shooting took place.
Figures suggest that 4.5 million part-worn tyres are sold in the UK every year.
In some areas more than 80% are sold illegally, many with serious safety defects, according to council Trading Standards' teams.
The LGA said irresponsible traders were "putting lives at serious risk".
Part-worn tyres are being sold with unsafe repairs and incorrect labelling, council Trading Standards teams reported.
In 2015, there were 16 deaths and 908 road casualties that involved illegal, defective or under-inflated tyres, according to government figures.
Durham County Council officers found that just one of the 39 tyres they checked at various traders bore the required "part-worn" tyre marking, with 25 tyres having problems that could impair safety.
Ten tyres had unsafe repairs, nine were over 10 years old and one was 23 years old.
The LGA is urging motorists buying second-hand tyres to check that they bear the required "part-worn" marking, which lets drivers know that the tyre has been checked and meets legal requirements.
Simon Blackburn, chairman of the LGA's Safer and Stronger Communities Board, said: "Cheap part-worn tyres might be tempting to buy but if they don't have the correct legal markings, motorists risk buying illegal tyres which could contribute to a major accident."
Mr Blackburn advised motorists to go to a reputable trader and check tyres for the "part-worn" stamp, as well as any cracks, tears and lumps.
He also said drivers should check the state of the tread before buying a tyre.
He added: "New tyres are available to suit all budgets, provide a safer option and should last longer, meaning they may offer better value for money in the long term."
Bowie unveiled two albums and his Ziggy Stardust persona during a series of gigs at Aylesbury's Friars music venue in the early 1970s.
Sculptor Andrew Sinclair has promised that the Buckinghamshire memorial will be "something special".
Fundraising for the statue is still under way and it is not yet known when designs will be revealed.
Mr Sinclair has admitted he is under a lot of pressure to get his Bowie design right. He said: "He was there all my life. He was like a friend.
"I wanted to create something that encompasses his career and his life, with Ziggy Stardust as the main focus. But, at the same time, he's too big a character to just make him Ziggy.
"Historically the design itself has to resonate through the ages."
Mr Sinclair added: "There's an opportunity to use colour in the sculpture. He'll be holding a microphone but his actual position will be unusual. I want to produce something special, that's unique to Aylesbury and something people can be proud of."
Bowie, one of the most influential musicians of the modern era, died of cancer in January at the age of 69.
His style changed through the decades and was well known for creating his flamboyant, glam rock alter ego Ziggy Stardust, which he unveiled at Aylesbury Friars.
Tracks from two of his most iconic albums, "Hunky Dory" and "The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" were also given their debuts at the venue.
The local council has already given the go-ahead for the monument to be built under the Market Square arches.
But it said that no taxpayers' money was available for the project so organisers will have to raise the £150,000 needed through grants and an online petition.
Robinson, 41, has been working at Euro 2016 as Michael O'Neill's number two.
The Latics have been looking for a new manager since the departure of John Sheridan, who left to take over at Notts County.
"When I came down, I felt like this was the right club. I really like what the owner said to me," Robinson said.
"He sold me his ideas and ambitions and I had demands of my own. He has been really good with that and it's an exciting time for the football club.
"I'm more than ready for this job. It's a club that has massive tradition and I want to get an identity back to the club."
Robinson is set to appoint Ian Baraclough as his assistant after they worked together when Baraclough was manager of Motherwell between December 2014 and September 2015.
Last week, Oldham added former Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest boss Sean O'Driscoll to the coaching staff and gave him a role in helping the board appoint a new manager.
Steve Evans, most recently of Leeds United, rejected the offer to manage Oldham despite agreeing personal terms.
The 23-year-old striker joined from Millwall for the rest of the end of the season on Monday, his second temporary deal at Sixfields.
"John was outstanding, exactly what we wanted," Wilder said.
"He had energy, aggression, he ran away from them a couple of times, was a goal threat and scored, so he can be delighted with his second debut."
Marquis has had seven loan spells at six different clubs since making his Millwall debut in 2009 and got Northampton's second goal in their 2-1 win at York on Tuesday night.
"Getting to the pace I didn't think would be a problem, the way I play is quite high intensity, it was just how long I could go really," Marquis told BBC Radio Northampton, after playing 60 minutes of the match.
"It was planned before to get an hour and I put everything I had into the hour for fitness.
"I was a bit rusty here and there and I had a good chance in the first half, which I think when I'm fit and sharp I'll be taking.
"Apart from that it was good, and nice to get some minutes in the legs."
Sam Woodhead, 18, failed to return to a cattle station in central Queensland on Tuesday afternoon.
The former Brighton College student from Richmond in south-west London was "within hours of death" his mother, Claire Derry said.
Mr Woodhead was found on Friday after a rescue helicopter spotted his shorts.
Ms Derry told BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House programme: "He's apparently in a very different condition to what he was on Friday.
"He's brown and looks very well indeed but he has some kidney problems due to the dehydration."
He had lost two stone (12kg) in the three days he was missing, she said.
"We were probably within two hours of him surviving something like that.
"The plane only saw his shorts fly into the air at the last moment as they were turning away, and they then turned back. They had very little fuel left on board."
Mr Woodhead told Radio 4 he got disorientated after going on a run.
"It started like a pretty normal run and I didn't have a set route and ended up a long way from where I thought I was.
"I knew that people would be looking for me, but I knew cars or horses would not be able to reach me.
"I turned to drinking my contact lens solution and drunk some of my own urine. It was getting pretty desperate.
"I don't think I would have lasted another half day. I was on my last legs."
He added: "The helicopter was flying pretty low and, as it went along, my shorts which I'd put on top of my SOS signal to give it some colour, flew up in the air under the propeller and they turned round and saw me."
Speaking from Longreach airport in north east Australia, Ms Derry said: "We are about to fly back to Brisbane.
"The doctor feels that in about a month he'll be properly restored to his former self."
Mr Woodhead said he is planning to continue his travels.
He was reported missing by the owner of Upshot Station, where he was working. The backpacker had been in Australia for eight days when he disappeared.
Temperatures were about 37C (100F) in the area at the time.
Macy's net income for the period between August and October was $118m (£77m), down from $217m in the same period last year.
Shares in the company fell 14% following the news.
In a statement, Macy's chief executive Terry Lundgren said the company was "disappointed" that the pace of sales did not improve as much as expected.
Sales were hurt in part by the warm weather, which made it harder to sell winter clothing, and a strong dollar, which hurt tourist spending.
"Heading into the fourth quarter, we are shifting our organisation into overdrive to focus on sales-driving activities in the holiday shopping season," said Mr Lundgren.
The company now sees full-year earnings coming in at $4.20 to $4.30 per share, compared with an earlier guidance of $4.70 to $4.80.
Macy's has opened five discounted outlets in the New York area and plans to open a sixth before the end of the year.
The company, which also owns the department store Bloomingdale's, plans to open three new discount branches of that store too.
Macy's said it is also considering discounts at its stores to help move large quantities of inventory.
On a call with investors chief financial officer Karen Hoguet said "we will need to liquidate this inventory in the fourth quarter so that we can maintain the flow of fresh new merchandise."
Macy's has been cutting down on the number of standard priced stores that it owns for the last several years. Earlier this year it announced plans to close 35 to 40 stores in the US in early 2016.
It will provide treatment to NHS, private and self-funding patients.
The treatment is a highly-targeted type of radiotherapy that can treat hard-to-reach cancers.
Cardiff-based Proton Partners International's announcement comes after two-year-old Freya Bevan was forced to travel from Neath to Oklahoma for treatment in February.
Freya and her family made the journey because the treatment for her brain tumour was not available in the UK.
Proton Partners International said two other centres will also open in London and Northumberland in 2017.
It found 20,804 shops opened in the UK between January and the end of June, down 15% on the second half of 2015.
The slowdown was surprising as the first few months of the year typically see a surge in new shops opening up.
The LDC said worries over the state of the global economy and concerns over Brexit were probably behind the fall.
Describing the slowdown as a "dramatic fall", Michael Weedon from the LDC said Brexit was not entirely blame.
"In January and February people were not thinking, 'better not open a shop'," he said.
Instead, concerns over the global economy were likely to have weighed on the minds of entrepreneurs.
The LDC report showed that the number of shop closures also fell in the first half of the year, but by only 5% to 22,801.
All told, closures exceeded openings by 1,997 - reversing the situation in the second half of 2015 when openings were ahead of closures by 335.
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The vacancy rate fell for most of the first half of the year, as shops were demolished or used for other purposes faster than new buildings were put up.
However the vacancy rate for shops and leisure premises edged higher in June, rising to 11.2%.
"Whether this will be just a twitch in the statistics or the beginning of a long term reversal will become clear over the coming months," said Matthew Hopkinson from the LDC.
"For example, the 23% net growth in restaurants since 2010 is unlikely to continue.
Business, government and the media are all sniffing the air and scanning the horizon for any piece of news that might tell us what happens next," he added.
Following the financial crisis of 2007, the vacancy rate hit a high of 12.4% in 2011, and has only declined modestly since then.
The Canadian government said gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter shrank by 1.6%, its largest loss since 2009.
The Canadian economy was hit hard by wildfires in its oil sands region, reducing its production.
In the first quarter of the year, Canada's economy grew by 2.5%.
The recent drop in GDP was larger than analysts had projected, but not far off the predicted 1.5% loss.
"[The figure] could have been worse, given the hit from the wildfire, and clearly confirms the disappointing downward trend in exports over the last few months," said Sal Guatieri, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets.
In May, wildfires devastated the parts of northern Alberta where much of Canada's oil and natural gas is produced.
The fire burned 2,300 sq miles (5,957 sq km) of land and caused nearly $6bn ($4.5bn) in damages.
Economic growth is expected to pick up in the later half of the year as oil production gets back on track. But the decline in global oil prices will continue to weigh on the country's growth.
Canada's economy slipped into a recession at the end of 2015 as crude prices fell, but has since mostly recovered.
It was not only energy export that dropped in the spring, though. Declines in manufacturing exports also hit the economy. That sector is expected to pick up in the second half of 2016.
Economic figures for June, however, appear to signal that the downward trend may be over.
"I think the Bank of Canada is still confident that exports will turn up and lead the economic expansion in the second half of the year," said Mr Guatieri.
The government is also hoping that negotiations with the European Union over a free trade deal will help increase exports.
A slowdown in the US economy also factored into Canada's second-quarter stumble. The US is Canada's largest trading partner and an uptick in US consumer spending should help lift exports.
The body of Alan Jeal was discovered on Perranporth beach on 25 February. He had multiple injuries and a pair of earphones stuffed in his mouth.
The show will feature a reconstruction of the body being found on Perranporth beach.
It also shows his last movements and bus journeys he took around Wadebridge, Truro, Newquay and Perranporth.
Det Ch Insp Dave Thorne, who features in the programme, said: "It has been five months since Alan's body was found and there are still many unanswered questions in this case.
"We are hoping that this latest appeal will bring us new leads to help us solve the mystery and bring closure to the family."
The programme also features interviews with Alan's brother Derek Jeal and some unseen family photographs of Alan as a younger man.
Officers have released new CCTV footage of Mr Jeal outside Bridge Tools in Wadebridge at about 16:45 GMT on 24 February. He was wearing a light-blue jacket, which has not been recovered.
Officers are also keen to trace a potential witness who was seen on CCTV at the bus stop in Truro's Lemon Quay at 18:19 GMT on 24 February.
Officers believe the man, with grey hair, wearing a long dark coat and fisherman's style hat, saw Mr Jeal while waiting for a bus.
Crimewatch, 21:00 BST BBC One 22 July 2014
Paul Tomlinson, 29, from Nottingham, filmed the attacks and discussed it on social media, in June 2014.
Tomlinson, of Melford Road, was jailed for 20 weeks and banned from keeping dogs for three years, at Nottingham Magistrates' Court.
The RSPCA described Tomlinson's actions as "barbaric" and would not be tolerated in modern society.
Tomlinson was charged with two counts of wilfully killing or attempting to kill a badger, contrary to the Protection of Badgers Act, on 5 and 23 June 2014.
He was also accused of keeping three Lurcher dogs for use in connection with an animal fight, contrary to the Animal Welfare Act.
Magistrate Pam Draper told Tomlinson: "You kept and trained dogs for fighting, enabling them to kill the badgers.
"You videoed this happening and posted it on social media and the dogs sustained injuries."
After the sentencing Mike Butcher, RSPCA's chief inspector, said Tomlinson went out to "deliberately attack" animals.
"That can't be tolerated. In this day and age it's a barbaric way to pass your time - it's amazing how many people do this and how prevalent it is," Mr Butcher said.
"It was organised, it was thought about, so that should always contain a jail sentence."
Stirling Orchestra, which formed in 1983, is one of the five competitors in All Together Now: The Great Orchestra Challenge.
The four-part BBC4 series aims to find the UK's top amateur orchestra.
Stirling made it to the final five after 250 orchestras initially entered the competition by submitting videos.
The orchestra, which has about 70 members, includes a horse riding coach, a social worker and a microbiologist.
It will face the London Gay Symphony Orchestra, North Devon Sinfonia, the Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra and Birmingham-based People's Orchestra in the competition.
The winning orchestra will perform on stage at the BBC Proms in the Park, in Hyde Park.
Stirling Orchestra draws amateur musicians from across central Scotland and rehearses every week at the city's Wallace High School.
It performs two or three concerts a year in Stirling's Albert Halls.
Stephen Broad, the orchestra's conductor for the past 12 years, said: "I think that when an orchestra plays well together the whole experience of it becomes much more successful, both for the orchestra and the audience.
"We have a huge range of abilities in the orchestra but you can still achieve a really successful concert if you look for everyone to play together well."
There were only eight weeks between the orchestra's first rehearsal and the first knock-out round of the competition.
Cellist Gemma McAusland said: "I think you get the discipline of having to practice.
"When you're just sat at home and you've got nothing to aim for, nothing to practice for, you can very quickly become out of practice yourself.
"Coming to orchestra once a week forces you into that routine of having to get the instrument out of the case on a regular basis.
"That in turn improves your playing over a longer period of time and it's enjoyable as well."
The show will be presented by BBC Proms presenter Katie Derham.
The orchestras will be mentored by double-bassist Chi-chi Nwanoku, and conductor Paul Daniel will judge the competitors.
The newspaper group revealed the sale price in a statement filed to the Hong Kong stock exchange. The deal was announced on Friday.
Besides the English-language newspaper, Alibaba will also own sister publications, websites, and magazines.
The acquisition has raised questions due to the close links Alibaba founder Jack Ma has with Beijing.
What do employees at SCMP think of the deal?
Alibaba has promised that the paper would have editorial independence, and said it could leverage on its technology expertise to develop the paper.
The newspaper group said it will gain about HK$1.4m from the sale, "a very substantial proportion" of which would be disbursed in a special cash dividend.
The paper was founded in 1903 but profits and sales have been hit in recent years by the same declines as newspapers in many countries.
The store on Glenesk Road in Langholm was broken into at about 02:35.
It follows similar incidents last month at a Co-op petrol station in Lockerbie and a supermarket in Moffat.
Police are gathering and studying CCTV footage in an effort to identify and apprehend the people responsible for the latest break-in.
Det Insp Scott Young said: "I would urge anyone who saw anybody acting suspiciously in the area to come forward to police as a matter of urgency.
"In particular I would like to trace two men who were seen in the Waverley Road area around 11.30pm on Wednesday evening.
"They were wearing dark coloured clothing and baseball caps."
Police are want information on two vehicles seen between 23:30 on Wednesday and 03:00 on Thursday.
One was a light coloured Transit-type van and the other was a small white hatchback car.
"The police investigation is continuing into similar incidents at the Co-op petrol station in Lockerbie and the Co-op in Moffat last month," added Det Insp Young.
"We believe that these previous incidents are linked to this break-in."
Fe wnaeth AS Arfon, Hywel Williams gyhoeddi nos Lun y bydd Shiromini Satkunarajah, 20, yn cael ei rhyddhau o ganolfan gadw Yarls Wood.
Roedd Mr Williams wedi codi'r mater yn Nhŷ'r Cyffredin ddydd Llun.
Roedd Is-Ganghellor Prifysgol Bangor, yr Athro John Hughes, hefyd wedi galw ar y Swyddfa Gartref i ailystyried alltudio Ms Satkunarajah cyn iddi gwblhau ei hastudiaethau.
Cafodd Ms Satkunarajah, ei harestio ddydd Iau diwethaf ar ôl i'r awdurdodau wrthod ei chais am loches.
Mae dros 86,000 o bobl arwyddo deiseb i geisio ei hatal rhag cael ei hanfon yn ôl i'w mamwlad.
Ond dywedodd Mr Williams ar wefan Twitter nos Lun: "Falch o gyhoeddi heno fod fy etholwraig Shiromini Satkunarajah wedi ei rhyddhau ac ni fydd yn cael ei halltudio yfory. Diolch bawb am y gefnogaeth."
Yn gynharach, dywedodd Mr Williams ar lawr Tŷ'r Cyffredin: "Mae hi wedi dilyn y rheolau mewnfudo i'r llythyren, ond pan alwodd i orsaf heddlu Caernarfon yr wythnos ddiwethaf fe gafodd ei harestio, ei chadw yn y celloedd am dridiau a'i throsglwyddo i Yarls Wood.
"Rwyf wedi cysylltu â'r Gweinidog Mewnfudo sawl tro i ofyn iddo ddefnyddio doethineb yn yr achos yma, sydd â chefnogaeth eang gan gynnwys gan rai o aelodau'r Tŷ.
"Hyd yma nid yw wedi fy ateb. Mae hi i fod i adael yfory."
Cafodd Ms Satkunarajah, ei geni yn Sri Lanka ond mae wedi byw ym Mhrydain ers wyth mlynedd ac ar fin gorffen ei chwrs mewn peirianneg electroneg.
Cyn y datblygiadau diweddaraf, roedd disgwyl iddi adael Prydain fore Mawrth.
Daeth Miss Satkunarajah i Brydain yn 2009 fel rhywun oedd yn dibynnu ar ei thad oedd wedi dod yma gyda fisa.
Fe wnaeth ei thad farw yn 2011 ond fe gafodd hi a'i mam aros tra ei bod yn cwblhau ei haddysg yn yr ysgol ac yn dechrau ei chwrs yn y brifysgol.
Cafodd ceisiadau pellach i aros eu gwrthod ond roedd ganddi hawl i aros tra roedd hi'n apelio.
Dydd Iau cafodd wybod bod ei chais am loches wedi ei wrthod.
Yn ôl Iestyn Pierce, pennaeth adran beirianneg Electronig a Thrydanol Prifysgol Bangor mae'n fyfyrwraig "abl iawn a diwyd" fyddai yn debygol o gael gradd dosbarth cyntaf.
"Pe byddai yn cael graddio byddai yn aelod gwerthfawr o'r gweithlu mewn pwnc lle mae prinder byd eang."
Spaniard Clotet, who replaced Michael Appleton in July, saw his new team seal victory with goals from Wes Thomas and Josh Ruffels.
The Latics could have gone in front when Aaron Amadi-Holloway set up Craig Davies, but the striker's first-time shot was saved by visiting goalkeeper Simon Eastwood.
Instead it was Oxford who led after 39 minutes as Jack Payne played a through-ball and, with Oldham appealing in vain for offside, Thomas raced clear and slotted home.
Ryan Ledson went close to adding a quickfire second for the away side, with his 20-yard drive forcing a save from Ben Wilson.
Oxford, who narrowly missed out on last season's play-offs, again showed their attacking threat with a superb move which ended when Payne was smartly denied by Wilson.
Oldham squandered a good chance when Tope Obadeyi slashed off target, but the visitors doubled the lead on 71 minutes as Ruffels collected Payne's pass and fired home from 12 yards.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Oldham Athletic 0, Oxford United 2.
Second Half ends, Oldham Athletic 0, Oxford United 2.
Foul by Tope Obadeyi (Oldham Athletic).
Jonathan Obika (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Ryan McLaughlin (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Flynn (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Marvin Johnson.
Ousmane Fane (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jack Payne (Oxford United).
Attempt saved. Jonathan Obika (Oxford United) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Christian Ribeiro.
Mike Williamson (Oxford United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Tope Obadeyi (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mike Williamson (Oxford United).
Attempt blocked. Tope Obadeyi (Oldham Athletic) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Courtney Duffus replaces Craig Davies.
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Ryan Flynn replaces Oliver Banks.
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Mike Williamson.
Goal! Oldham Athletic 0, Oxford United 2. Josh Ruffels (Oxford United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Payne.
Substitution, Oxford United. Canice Carroll replaces Joe Rothwell.
Ryan McLaughlin (Oldham Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Marvin Johnson (Oxford United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ryan McLaughlin (Oldham Athletic).
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Curtis Nelson.
Attempt missed. Tope Obadeyi (Oldham Athletic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
Attempt blocked. Ousmane Fane (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Joe Rothwell (Oxford United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ryan McLaughlin (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joe Rothwell (Oxford United).
Anthony Gerrard (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jonathan Obika (Oxford United).
Substitution, Oxford United. Jonathan Obika replaces Wes Thomas.
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Marvin Johnson.
Oliver Banks (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Wes Thomas (Oxford United).
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Ryan Ledson.
Foul by Marvin Johnson (Oxford United).
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Tope Obadeyi replaces Paul Green.
Paul Green (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Ryan Ledson (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
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There's no doubt that President Trump's withdrawal will make it more difficult for the world to reach the goals that it set for itself in the Paris agreement - keeping global temperature rises well under 2C. The US contributes about 15% of global emissions of carbon, but it is also a significant source of finance and technology for developing countries in their efforts to fight rising temperatures.
There's also a question of moral leadership, which the US will be giving up, which may have consequences for other diplomatic efforts. Michael Brune, from US environmentalists, the Sierra Club, said the expected withdrawal was a "historic mistake which our grandchildren will look back on with stunned dismay at how a world leader could be so divorced from reality and morality".
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The key relationship that brokered the Paris agreement was between the US and China. President Obama and President Xi Jinping were able to find enough common ground to build a so-called "coalition of high ambition" with small island states and the EU. China has rapidly re-affirmed its commitment to the Paris accord and will issue a statement with the EU tomorrow pledging greater co-operation to cut carbon.
"No one should be left behind, but the EU and China have decided to move forward," said EU climate commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete. It's also likely that Canada and Mexico could emerge as significant players from the Americas in global efforts to stem rising temperatures.
One of the strongest voices in favour of the US staying in the Paris deal has been corporate America. Leaders of companies such as Google, Apple and hundreds of other including major fossil fuel producers such as Exxon Mobil have urged the President to stick with Paris.
The Exxon chief executive Darren Woods wrote a personal letter to Trump saying the US is "well positioned to compete" with the accord in place and staying in means "a seat at the negotiating table to ensure a level playing field".
The shift in the US away from coal is mirrored in other developed countries. The UK will phase out coal for the generation of electricity by 2025 - the number of jobs in the US coal industry is now just a half of the number employed in solar.
While developing countries are likely to still depend on coal for decades to come as their primary source of energy, the impact on air quality and public anger about pollution will be a limiting factor.
The tumbling price of renewables is also encouraging emerging economies to leapfrog to greener sources. In recent auctions in India, the price of solar energy was 18% lower than the average price for electricity generated by coal-fired plants.
Despite President Trump's withdrawal from the accord, US carbon will continue to drop. The projections are that they will fall about half as much as had been planned by President Obama. That's because US energy production is now powered more by gas than by coal.
The fracking revolution has seen a huge jump in the production and a huge drop in the price of natural gas. Energy producers like gas because it is flexible and integrates better with renewable sources which are also growing rapidly.
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The shooting happened in Aitnamona Crescent shortly after 22:00 BST on Wednesday.
No-one was injured in the attack. The shots were fired through two of the living room windows.
Sinn Féin MP for west Belfast, Paul Maskey, said the shooting was "disgraceful" and that someone could have been killed.
The woman and the girl, who was her cousin, were upstairs watching a film when the shots were fired.
"It just sounded like someone was putting their fists to the windows, not like a gun," the woman told BBC's Evening Extra programme.
"Two minutes later, I heard another one and then another one. My wee cousin was squealing and shaking.
"All the neighbours were standing out in the garden asking if we were ok. I was just looking for my keys and shouting: "Get me out of the house".
"The child now won't leave her mummy's side. She won't come down to mine anymore. She is asking me if I'm ok.
"Five-year-olds shouldn't have to think of stuff like that and shouldn't have to see things like that".
The attack left four bullet holes in a living room window, next to a sofa, said Paul Maskey.
"If anyone had been in that living room they would have been seriously injured or killed," he added.
"It is quite clear the attackers did not care who their target was.
"No-one has explained to the family why this attack occurred on their property.
Police are carrying out a number of follow-up enquiries and have appealed for information.
David and Carol Martin, both aged 54, appeared at a news conference at the Dalmahoy Hotel, south of Edinburgh.
Mrs Martin said she was stunned when her husband said they had won. "I thought he was just joking," she said. "I couldn't believe it."
Mr Martin said it felt "great" to have landed the huge win.
They were one of two ticket holders who matched the six winning numbers 26, 27, 46, 47, 52 and 58.
The couple received a cheque for £33,035,323. The record jackpot followed 14 consecutive rollovers.
The Borders husband and wife said they were relaxing at home on Sunday morning with the lottery ticket on their mantelpiece and only checked it when a friend urged them to do so.
They used a mobile phone to check the numbers and the first line contained all six winning ones.
"Obviously the initial shock was surreal," said Mr Martin.
"If we had won £50,000 we would have probably been dancing round the living room," said Mr Martin.
"But when we were sitting looking at each other and we had won £33m we didn't speak to each other for about five minutes.
"We were in total shock."
The first person to be told the news was their 26-year-old daughter, Lisa, who lives in Australia.
Mr Martin said she had thought they were "pulling her leg" when they told her the scale of their win.
They now plan a family reunion this weekend to begin planning their futures.
"My daughter's in Australia so that will be the first purchase, probably a first class flight home from Australia," said Mr Martin.
Mr and Mrs Martin said they intended to take early retirement as soon as possible.
Mr Martin has been working for the last eight years for Borders Care and Repair (part of Eildon Housing Association) which helps elderly and disabled people fit specialist equipment in their home.
Mrs Martin has worked in the local chemist for most of her working life.
The couple, who have been married for 28 years, said they would love a new home in the country, near where they live now, and perhaps a holiday home in the sun.
They also intend to help their family and closest friends.
Mr Martin said they might look at some ways to help their home town which has been badly affected by flooding recently.
"It has been everywhere with the flooding, not just Hawick," he said.
"It is something we will look into. Hawick is a tight-knit community."
The couple insisted they would not be changed by the win.
"It will certainly change our lives but as people it won't change us," said Mr Martin.
"We were happy without the money so hopefully we will be happy with it."
Even though the prize total is shared, it is still the biggest National Lottery win.
However, Saturday's prize is still dwarfed by the the biggest UK win in the Euromillions lottery, a draw where prize money comes from ticket sales in several European countries.
Another Scottish couple, Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs, North Ayrshire, collected £161.6m in 2011.
Mourinho, 53, joined the club in July, and they lie sixth in the Premier League after 17 games.
In October, the Portuguese said that hotel living was "a bit of a disaster", and United struggled for form until a recent improvement in results.
"I know that if one day they bring a new contract, I will sign it," he said.
Mourinho says he will not be making the switch to China - although he admitted that "China money is attractive for everyone".
Chelsea midfielder Oscar has been linked with a move to Shanghai SIPG, where he could be paid as much as £400,000-a-week.
"I want to stay in the most difficult place to win," he said.
"Too young, too many years of football to go to a place like China. China money is attractive for everyone but I love more my football at the highest level."
In the interview with Sky Sports, Mourinho said that he "will be more than happy to keep the squad as it is" in January, and he regrets not being able to give some players more first-team opportunities.
"I still have some bad feelings towards myself because I didn't give a real chance to everyone," he said.
"To be honest, people like Ashley Young and Memphis Depay, I didn't really give them a run of matches to play."
The winger has been linked with a reunion with ex-Newport boss John Sheridan at Notts County.
"Talks resulted in Alex not accepting the offer made to stay with us. As a result we would like to wish Alex all the best for the future," the club explained in a statement.
"We are also able to confirm that we will be announcing new signings early next week."
The news comes after the Exiles made their fifth and sixth signings of the summer.
Midfielder Jennison Myrie-Williams and reserve goalkeeper James Bittner have both signed one-year deals at Rodney Parade.
The 34-year-old Bittner will back up regular number one Joe Day as well as being goalkeeping coach.
Former Bristol City player Myrie-Williams, 28, joins from Sligo Rovers in the Ireland Premier Division.
The club are also being linked with midfielder Sean Rigg who's a free agent after being released by AFC Wimbledon after their promotion from League Two.
"Newport County feels like a club that is going places and I want to be a part of it," said Myrie-Williams.
Bittner said he was looking forward to working with manager Warren Feeney.
"I have known Warren for a few years and it is an exciting time at Newport County," he said.
In a summer of major change, Mark Byrne, Danny Holmes, John Christophe-Ayina and Medy Elito all had contract offers withdrawn earlier this week while Byrne and Elito have already signed for other clubs.
Top scorer Scott Boden also left to join SPL side Inverness while academy graduate Andrew Hughes departed for Peterborough.
The club have retained defender Darren Jones and also signed Jamie Turley,Scot Bennett,Mark Randall, and Joss Labadie..
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Arrowgrass initially agreed to a £600,000 loan in May 2016.
Its investment was increased to £10m in January, with administrators Duff and Phelps saying the money would be used to get the park ready for sale.
Dreamland's interim financial director Steven Mitchell said the company wanted to "create a sustainable business".
The investment will be used for "new park rides and the restoration of existing ones", as well as "major upgrades" to indoor and outdoor event spaces.
The company also plans to expand its footprint, which includes the acquisition of properties and land adjacent to the park.
Chris Wells, leader of Thanet District Council, said it was "positive" to see investment going into Dreamland "to help secure its financial future".
Sir Roger Gale, MP for North Thanet, said he was also pleased with the investment, adding: "I continue to have great confidence in Dreamlands' prospect as a major leisure complex."
No-one from Arrowgrass, which is registered in the Cayman Islands, was available for comment.
Tunisia's health ministry has said at least 39 people are dead, mostly foreigners.
The UK death toll could rise, Mr Hammond said, with a "high proportion" of casualties expected to be British.
Tunisian officials say one gunman was shot dead and another is being pursued.
Extremist group Islamic State has claimed that it was behind the attack, identifying the dead gunman as Abu Yahya al-Qayrawani.
Tunisians, Germans, Belgians and at least one Irish citizen are among the dead. A further 36 people are injured, the health ministry said.
A number of people have posted appeals on Twitter for information about relatives who have not made contact since the attack.
Tourists described "bullets whizzing around us" and scenes of "panic" at the Port El Kantaoui district.
Tunisian officials said one attacker, who had posed as a swimmer but was carrying a rifle under a parasol, was shot dead in an exchange of fire with police.
Local media reported that a second attacker had been arrested, but this has not been confirmed.
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Mr Hammond said: "The situation on the ground is still somewhat confused and we can't be sure exactly how many, but because of the nature of the composition of the tourist population in this part of Tunisia we have to assume that a high proportion of those killed and injured will have been British."
Prime Minister David Cameron said: "I have called the Tunisian President to offer my support. We stand shoulder to shoulder in the fight against terrorism."
The UK's terror level remains at severe. But police are putting in place additional security measures for events this weekend, including Armed Forces Day and Pride London.
A man from south Wales is believed to be among the injured.
Saera Wilson said her fiancee, gas engineer Matthew James, 30, from Trehafod, near Pontypridd, was trying to protect her when the gunmen opened fire.
Ms Wilson, 26, said Mr James, known as Sas, was hit in the shoulder, chest and hip.
An Irish woman in her 50s is among the dead, the Irish government confirmed. The woman from County Meath, named locally as Lorna Carty, was on holiday with her husband who made contact with the Irish consular authorities.
Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan said he could not rule out the possibility that other Irish people had also been killed.
Earlier, a statement from the Foreign Office said gunmen attacked the Imperial Hotel and Hotel Club Riu Bellevue at Port El Kantaoui.
It added that some attackers may still be at large and urged those nearby to remain indoors, and contact their tour operator and the Foreign Office on 020 7008 0000.
"For security reasons they should not advertise their location on social media or when speaking to journalists," the statement added.
Mr Hammond said the travel advice issued in the wake of an attack in Tunis earlier this year was "appropriate", but would be kept under "constant review".
Abta, the Association of British Travel Agents, said around 20,000 visitors were currently on holiday with Abta members in Tunisia but added that there will also be a number of holidaymakers who have travelled independently.
Debbie Horsfall, from Huddersfield, was on the beach with her friend when the shooting began.
She said: "My friend stood up and saw a man with the gun firing. We got up and ran, but we didn't know where to go."
Steve Johnson was also on the beach when the attack began. He says he tried to make sure others were safe until police arrived.
He told the BBC: "We shouted to everybody around us who joined the sort of mass rush from the beach and we ended up in the spa area of the hotel where we sort of tried to organise people to get themselves concealed away from windows, got the staff to lock all the doors.
"We stayed there until we started to see armed police officers and waited until we were told it was safe to come out."
Gary Pine, from Bristol, who is on holiday with his wife and son, said he had been on the beach with his family about noon when he heard a sound he initially thought was firecrackers.
"It seemed to be happening 150 yards to our left. The people in the direct vicinity of the incident were breaking in all kinds of different directions.
"There was confusion. No-one knew what seemed to be breaking out. My wife was shouting to my son to get out the sea, and as he ran up the beach he said 'I just saw someone get shot'."
A meeting of the UK government's emergency Cobra group took place in London, chaired by the foreign secretary.
Speaking in Brussels earlier as news of the attack emerged, the prime minister said: "We have got to do all we can to help.
"That means co-operating on counter-terrorism, building our capacity on counter-terrorism, it means dealing with the threat at source whether that is Isil [also known as Islamic State] in Syria and Iraq or whether it is other extremist groups around the world."
6.1 million
the number of tourist arrivals to Tunisia in 2014
15.2% the total contribution of travel and tourism to Tunisia's GDP
473,000 the number of jobs supported by travel and tourism (13.8% of total employment)
Officers were called to North Street, Grangetown, at about 04:20 BST on Saturday.
The 35-year-old later died in hospital sparking a murder probe.
One man was arrested on Saturday and South Wales Police confirmed on Sunday a second man had also been arrested in connection with the incident.
Anyone who was around North Street, Thomas Street and Penarth Road between 03:30 and 04:20 is asked to call 101.
Labatt announced it is cutting off the allotment of free beer for its former employees by 2019.
The perk has been part of the company's retirement package for more than half a century.
Labatt was founded in Canada but was sold in 1995, and is now owned by Belgium-based beer powerhouse Anheuser-Busch InBev.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation first reported that Labatt was phasing out the retirement benefit.
In a letter sent to employees 28 October, the company cited the rising costs of maintaining the full benefits package, including its healthcare coverage, as the reason for the cut.
James Holden worked as a filtration and brewing manager for Labatt for over a decade, and started in the industry in 1973.
He retired in 2013, and said the move is part of a trend he has seen the industry go through over the last couple of decades.
The brewing industry has changed as global companies came in and snapped up formerly Canadian-owned companies like Labatt, Mr Holden said.
"It was a friendly industry but as soon as the accountants and the corporations got a hold of it, it became cold. Ruthless is a way to put it," he told the BBC.
"The difference between night and day."
Labatt spokesman Charlie Angelakos said in a statement that the decision to end the benefit was taken "reluctantly" and came after internal research showed other companies no longer offered free product to retirees.
The benefit will be phased out and will officially end January 2019.
In 2009, another brewer, Molson Coors, decided to phase out its annual complimentary beer allotment over five years for its 2,400 retirees across the country.
At the time, some retirees protested outside the Molson brewery in St. John's, Newfoundland and demanded a meeting with the the company's CEO.
It was reported that the free beer perk cost Molson Coors CA$1m ($740,400/£600,000) a year.
A union representative told the London Free Press that the local had filed a grievance with Labatt over the decision to end the benefit.
"I'm really, really disappointed they would try to save money on the backs of retirees," union representative Jeff Robinson told the newspaper. He said retirees, who would share the beer with neighbours and friends, often felt like ambassadors for the company.
In London, former employees get eight cases of beer annually. In Edmonton, current employees and retirees received an annual gift card from the brewery that allows them to purchase up to 52 cases of 12 beers.
There, local union president Jim Stirr told the CBC that he felt the company is "nickel-and-diming our retirees that put in a lot of work for many, many years."
"In the cost of doing business, it's such a small, small thing."
Labatt has about 3,000 Canadian employees across the country.
Nothing to do with sweltering civil servants; this BO is the nose wrinkling acronym for biodiversity offsetting - a concept that has been criticised by some environmentalists as a licence to "trash" the countryside.
The government is very keen on the idea, the offsetting, that is, not the trashing.
But despite their interest, new proposals on offsetting have now been kicked into the autumnal long grass.
The idea of biodiversity offsetting works like this : Developers who want to build houses in environmentally sensitive areas would be allowed to go ahead with their schemes if they could offset any damage by paying for conservation activities in other locations.
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) believes the idea can help grow the economy and improve the environment at the same time.
Certainly, similar schemes have been up and running for many years in other parts of the world. In the US a wetland banking idea has been active since the 1970s. In New South Wales, Australia, a bio bank was set up a decade ago, allowing land owners to generate credits through the improvement of biodiversity and these credits can then be sold to developers who are likely to damage a site.
In England, six pilot areas were selected in 2012 for two year trials of a voluntary approach to offsetting through the planning system.
In April this year, a report from the Government's Ecosystems Markets Task Force recommended that the offsetting scheme should be rolled out nationwide as a matter of priority.
BO, it said, would "revolutionise conservation in England by delivering restoration, creation and long term management on in excess of 300,000 hectares of habitat over 20 years".
Secretary of State Owen Paterson said he would outline his proposals in a green paper that was due to be published for consultation this week.
But BO has now been offset to the back end of the year.
Defra says it needs to take the time to get the proposals right,
"Biodiversity offsetting could help improve our environment as well as boost the economy and it is important that we get the detail right," said a spokesman.
"We will continue to talk to interested groups and will launch a formal consultation in the Autumn."
However environmental organisations have a different view of what is going on.
"I guess there wasn't as much of a consensus around developing an approach as people might have thought was emerging," said Austin Brady, head of conservation at the Woodland Trust.
He says there are considerable problems with the idea - the suggestion that ancient woodlands could be included in any scheme is something he says is a non-starter. And he is concerned that by making offsetting a statutory part of the planning process, developers will use it to their advantage.
"The concern is with the 'licence to trash' concept is that if a developer comes along with a major project they may be tempted to just put some money on the table to pay for offsetting and not feel obliged to go through the preliminary steps of trying to avoid damage.
"That might feel like a quicker fix for them and that's a concern."
Other organisations object to the concept that one bit of nature can be used to replace another. This is a fundamental misunderstanding of the complexity of our environment says Neil Sinden from the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE).
"In practice, how could a developer replace a mile of ancient hedgerow with three times the length of new planting and say that is sufficient mitigation? Many habitats are simply irreplaceable and integral to the character of our landscape."
Supporters say that despite these difficulties, the overall concept is sound. They point to the fact that you could pool the money you might get from developers for relatively minor damage and use it to create a much larger conservation area.
"If we get it right it could benefit the economy and benefit wildlife," said Nik Shelton from RSPB.
"But the early proposals that we saw weren't going to achieve that. It sounds like they've listened."
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The bird, known to conservationists as EJ, refused to leave her clutch of eggs even after being buried under snow earlier this week.
The latest webcam images of the nest show what the RSPB described as EJ's "snow doughnut" has gone.
EJ has been visiting RSPB Scotland's Loch Garten reserve near Grantown on Spey in the Cairngorms for 15 years.
Staff at the reserve said EJ had experienced wintry conditions before and the snow could even act as an insulator.
However, the staff added that they could not remember EJ, whose large nest is in a tree, encountering so much snow during her visits to the loch.
EJ and her mate Odin are the most successful breeding pair at the Loch Garten site.
Over previous seasons 17 of their chicks have fledged.
Ospreys migrate from west Africa to Scotland to breed and can be seen hunting for fish from rivers and lochs.
In a BBC interview, she said there were still too many women being abused.
She told BBC Radio 4's The World at One she had been talking to Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), which assesses the police, "about them looking into this whole question of police response".
About two women a week die from domestic violence in England and Wales, a rate which has remained fairly steady for more than a decade.
"Too many young men, and in some surveys it shows young women as well, think that some form of abuse or violence within a relationship is a norm - part of a relationship," said May.
But men are also victims of domestic abuse. There are about 5,000 domestic violence cases brought against women every year.
Experts below discuss what should be done to address the issue.
Dealing with domestic violence is rightly at the top of the police agenda; having been a key topic of discussion at the most recent Chief Constable's Council.
It is clear that in the past not all victims have been provided with an excellent service, and that on occasion mistakes have been made. Domestic violence is always complex, with multiple organisations often being involved in cases. While accepting that more must be done with less, we must continue to learn lessons and always work to improve our responses to victims of domestic violence.
This cannot be done by the police alone and we must work with social services, local authorities, probation and third sector services to ensure there is a joined-up approach to dealing with those who are vulnerable to domestic violence and tackle it early to prevent it from escalating.
Our responses to domestic violence have greatly improved over the past few years, including the investment in specialist officers, training call handlers to better assess risks and building working partnerships with a multitude of organisations. This led to the number of prosecutions for domestic violence last year increasing by 15% to 52,500.
Working with government, police forces have also piloted multiple initiatives to protect victims and prevent potential victims, including the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme and Domestic Violence Prevention Orders.
Research has shown that on average it's the 35th incident of domestic abuse before a victim calls us. It is therefore vital we consider each and every first-time response not as a one-off but as a critical moment where we must be effective in an ongoing crisis.
We'd encourage anyone who is suffering at the hands of a partner to call police on 101 or 999 in an emergency.
I've been practising almost 17 years as a family lawyer.
Early on the police were totally useless, [they] didn't believe that domestic violence happens and were not particularly proactive.
But my experience now is that the police are proactive and they do act. You can get hold of [officers] very quickly if you have a client in this position.
One reason for deaths, and domestic violence generally, is what Theresa May said about it being "normal". Sometimes when a woman, or a man, is in an abusive relationship, they're used to it.
And it's only when it becomes so bad that people decide they can't actually live like this. But sometimes it's gone far too far.
It's about educating from a young age about respecting people in relationships, and that if you do things like this there are going to be severe consequences.
[Another reason] is that whilst the police are much better than they were in dealing with domestic abuse issues, it's when you come to the courts that's the problem.
If you want to get an injunction to protect somebody, so their husband or partner cannot come within "x" distance, those orders are very easy to get.
The major problem is when it comes to getting the abuser out of the house.
[I have clients] with children who leave the home because it's so unbearable. The police were helping, Women's Aid were helping, but obviously I need to get [the abuser] out of the house so I can get [the victim] back in.
If you, or someone you know, is suffering from domestic abuse, you can seek out help and information from the following charities:
If you wish to report domestic abuse, dial 999 for emergencies.
Otherwise, regional contact numbers can be found on the government website.
[One woman's] in torrid accommodation and the court is only listing this hearing in two months' time, [even though] I write and write.
And this lady has her children crying and crying, about to start school, they want to see their dog, and sometimes it's the easy option to go back.
So it's not just about the immediate "What are the police doing?", it's about looking at housing arrangements, making sure that the person who has been put into the safekeeping thinks: "There's going to be an end to this very soon and my children are going to back in their environment."
That's where, in my view, the law needs to be changed. There are situations where the courts need to put aside the normal rules and say that it's bad to keep children in this position.
I feel nervous writing about this, even though my own experience of domestic abuse means I am more qualified than most to have an opinion on this issue.
I think that this is one of the reasons why progress has yet to be made, and suggests the beginning of an answer. People are afraid to talk about it. Part of why I feel nervous writing about this is the stigma attached to domestic abuse.
Another reason is the sort of reactions women speaking out against domestic violence can be met with. "Feminist" has become a dirty word. Debates on this issue can so easily be misconstrued as an attack on men.
We ask: "Why is it that two women a week are killed by their partner?" But the issue cannot be properly addressed until we ask the complementary question: "Why is it that two men a week kill their partners?"
I can begin only to answer from my own experience - that in a domestic situation, when no-one speaks up, violence escalates. A paradox lies in that violence, although a temporary exertion of control, is in fact the most eloquent expression of its loss.
And control is what domestic abuse is all about. It was about my dad feeling a devastating necessity to hold the power. Perceived disobedience, however slight, was threatening to his sense of identity and self-worth. His father treated him the same way, I know that it was learnt.
It is going to take everyone engaging openly in this debate, as a problem that we all share, before we can expect to make any progress. Women should not feel reluctance and shame in speaking out. Men should feel that they have a rightful, central part in the debate too, without being judged for it. We can no longer afford to avoid debate just because it is too uncomfortable, too painful, too close to home.
Domestic violence will not be stopped without a significant change in attitudes and greater investment in services. We have seen some improvements, not least in the prosecution of domestic violence cases by the CPS, but the attitudes which allow domestic violence to thrive are still deeply entrenched in society.
Myths, like the idea that "it takes two to fight" or a woman experiencing abuse "should just leave", are very widely believed. Unfortunately many of those tasked with intervening to stop domestic violence, like police officers, are also influenced by prevailing social attitudes and therefore sometimes fail to act in the most effective ways to stop violence.
Because so many domestic violence support services are constantly fighting for survival against a lack of funding, and even funding cuts, too many women are struggling to find a safe place to escape to. And when they have escaped, services based on their individual needs to help them and their children rebuild their lives are increasingly scarce.
Right now we need an end to cuts and security of funding for the services which keep women safe in emergencies. In the longer term, the attitudes towards women and relationships that underpin violence need to be challenged: through specialist training for police officers, social workers and other professionals, as well as through compulsory relationships education in schools.
Domestic violence and femicide is the far end of a spectrum of violence against women that begins with street harassment and online trolling. We won't end domestic violence until we end sexism.
While we welcome the broad thrust of the initiative and the concerns raised by the home secretary, on the basis of equality we still cannot understand why the focus and emphasis remains on female victims rather than all victims.
The Home Office's own figures show that one in three victims of domestic abuse are male and over 4,000 women per year are prosecuted for domestic abuse yet the government narrative continues to be on men committing domestic abuse on women.
This often unacceptably relegates men (and by extension their children) to being a footnote in the debate on domestic abuse solutions. In an age of equality, and to ensure all victims receive the support and recognition they need, irrelevant of gender or sexuality, there has to be a sea change in attitude and that comes from the top.
Any of the initiatives the home secretary is promoting, such as improved training for police officers and better education within schools, has to continually explain and recognise on equal terms that domestic abuse against men is as awful as domestic abuse against women. Only then can we say any such initiatives are successful for all victims and achieve the change we need to see.
The first incident of domestic violence is often difficult to stop, however repeat incidents of domestic violence is where all agencies need to improve.
Most agencies have training already in place so that isn't the answer, and national standards will only be useful if they are mandatory, and monitoring and accountability takes place.
While agencies have discretion on how to act and deal [with domestic abuse], there will always be issues and failures. The police cannot work in isolation to combat domestic violence and we must look at the [risk assessment models in place] to ascertain whether they are assisting victims and putting appropriate safety measures in place.
Monitoring and accountability is the key, not just for the police but for all agencies involved.
Police and the majority of agencies often deal with the immediate issues of domestic violence - predominantly safety and any legal address - and therefore perhaps don't always take into account the levels of trauma and impact that domestic violence has on a victim, and find the rationale of many victims difficult to comprehend.
Why? Because domestic violence is complex and the emotional and psychological impact is immense from the incidents, memories, triggers and associations.
To begin to understand, explore, reflect and work through this impact - for a victim and all directly involved - takes time in order to heal and recover and for them to comprehend what has happened.
So you have police and other agencies wanting immediate answers and decisions from a victim and they are often not, at the time, in a position to give them.
If you, or someone you know, is suffering from domestic abuse, you can seek help and information from Women's Aid, Refuge, ManKind. If you wish to report domestic abuse, dial 999 in an emergency. Otherwise, contact numbers for the UK nations can be found on the government website.
Student Melanie Road was 17 when she was attacked after a night out in June 1984. Her body was found in front of garages near St Stephens Road.
A 63-year-old man from Bristol remains in police custody.
An Avon and Somerset police spokesman said it would be "inappropriate for us to comment further at this stage".
Deaths have fallen by a quarter, from just over 12,000 in 2005 to just over 8,800 in 2014, according to the Heart Disease Annual Report.
Health Secretary Vaughan Gething said authorities would "build on the positive progress we've seen so far", on risk factors and diagnosis times.
The Welsh Conservatives said care still "lags behind the rest of the UK".
About one in 12 adults in Wales said in 2015 they were being treated for a heart condition.
The report said the fight against heart disease was a "national priority", describing it as "a major killer in Wales, particularly affecting our poorer communities".
It hailed success in tackling risk factors, such as the percentage of adults smoking falling from 23% in 2010 to 19% in 2015.
Former HGV driver Gerald Williams thought he was healthy, but tests by his doctor put him at a 32% risk of a stroke or heart attack.
"I could see something was not right by the look on her face when she took my blood pressure," said Mr Williams, 66, a former Ystrad Rhondda winger from Pentre.
"I had no idea my blood pressure was like a ticking time bomb."
Since his health check, he has kept an eye on his diet with the help of his wife and daughter, who is a nurse.
The introduction of community cardiology services was praised for diagnosing patients closer to home and much sooner than before.
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board cut the waiting time for diagnosis from six to three months.
Mr Gething welcomed a "positive report", saying: "The steady decline we've seen in the rate of people dying from all cardiovascular disease, alongside the fact that fewer people are suffering from heart disease, is something we're proud of.
"There's always further work to be done and the report outlines where improvement is needed.
"We'll take that on board and will build on the positive progress we've seen so far."
Welsh Conservative health spokeswoman Angela Burns said: "The fall in deaths linked to heart disease is encouraging, but the Welsh Government should not crack open the champagne just yet.
"Patients in Wales continue to receive care that lags behind the rest of the UK, with diagnosis currently taking 10 days longer in Wales than in England."
"Murder suicide horror" is the headline on the front of the Daily Mirror. "Murder-suicide leaves two dead" says the Belfast Telegraph. "Man and woman dead in apparent murder-suicide" reports the Irish News.
The Irish News adds that it's understood that the man attacked the woman with a knife before taking his own life.
The Daily Mirror reports that the woman's son was also attacked and has been left in intensive care with stab injuries after the "frenzied knife attack".
In the Belfast Telegraph, the paper reports that a relative of the woman said the family were deeply shocked and finding it "hard to take in".
It also says that it's understood the man was the estranged partner of the victim. The police have confirmed that they are not looking for anybody else in connection with what happened.
The News Letter also features the story on the front page, reporting that police are investigating the deaths of a 51-year-old woman and 55-year-old man.
Elsewhere in the newspaper, lawyers representing the families of those killed in the Kingsmills Massacre have accused the Irish authorities of "insulting" them.
The inquest into the massacre reopened in Belfast on Monday. Alan Kane QC, representing the families, said Irish police were guilty of a "diet of obstruction" and a "failure to assist the legacy process in Northern Ireland into the deaths of 10 people".
The coroner said the inquest would not finish until all relevant material had been received from authorities in Dublin.
Back over in the Irish News and we're getting into that time of year again - bonfire season. The paper reports exclusive figures that indicate four fines have been issued for bonfire offences in the last three years.
It said the figures, released through a Freedom of Information request, indicated that environmental officials had investigated 93 complaints about bonfires since 2014, but that no enforcement action was taken in the majority of cases.
The Northern Ireland Environment Agency defended its enforcement record, saying that many incidents are referred to local councils while the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs added that "many of the incidents are subsequently referred to the local council for action".
Meanwhile, the Belfast Telegraph uses its editorial to pay tribute to Brendan Duddy, the IRA-British government go-between, whose funeral took place on Monday.
The paper says it was in "his home over three decades that the foundations of the peace process were laid".
"When the definitive history of this chapter in the existence of Northern Ireland is written - as opposed to the revisionism that is already ongoing - the name of Brendan Duddy deserves to be written large," the paper says.
"As journalist Peter Taylor said, Mr Duddy deserved a Nobel laureate. Instead his reward was going to his grave knowing that he had saved countless others from an early death."
Finally, U2 are back and touring their classic 80s opus The Joshua Tree in full - the Daily Mirror carries two pages of coverage from the world tour's second stop in Seattle.
The band sprinkled hits such as Beautiful Day and One into a spectacular-looking set that lit up CenturyLink Field, with the group set to bring the show to Croke Park in Dublin in July.
Speaking to a Daily Mirror reporter before the gig, Bono told her that US President Donald Trump was not welcome at the band's shows and revealed an unlikely source of inspiration for a new song about his wife - Irish broadcaster and football pundit Eamon Dunphy.
Bono said that the commentator had said that his wife, Ali, was the best thing about him,
"So we've written a song called You're The Best Thing About Me," said Bono.
There are 20 local authorities rated as inadequate for protecting children.
Sir Michael branded Birmingham as an example of bad practice, which he called a "national disgrace".
He suggested the local authority might need to be broken up.
Sir Michael also called for a wider recognition of the impact of children's home environments, such as irresponsible and alcohol-dependent parents and living on streets lined with betting shops and fast-food shops.
Presenting his annual report on social care, Sir Michael delivered a series of hard hitting messages about weaknesses in protecting children.
Inspectors only rated four in 10 local authorities as "good" or better for safeguarding.
It should be an "urgent priority" of government to examine the role of local authority safeguarding bodies, said Sir Michael.
His inspectors had often reported major concerns about these bodies, he said.
And he warned about the negative impact of too much "volatility" in the senior leadership in children's services.
"One in three local authorities has had a change in their director of children's services last year alone. The combination of unstable communities and political and managerial instability in our social care services is a dangerous mix," said Sir Michael.
He warned that poor leadership was often isolated from frontline staff, such as social workers, many of whom felt "profoundly undervalued".
Sir Michael said that the average career span in social work was only eight years and the profession faced a "demographic timebomb".
He delivered a stinging attack on Birmingham's services for children - accusing them of long-running failures in supporting the safety and well-being of young people in England's biggest authority.
The city had a poor record on child mortality and child poverty, he said, and there had been repeated failings in inspections and inadequate serious case reviews.
This was "failure of corporate governance on a grand scale", he said.
Asked after his speech if he meant that the authority should be broken up, he said that was the implication of his argument.
In response a Birmingham City Council spokesman said: "We are already on record as saying that we have failed to meet the basic expectation of keeping vulnerable children in this city safe. This is a long-standing problem which we acknowledge and the leader has said that improving children's services is his number one priority."
"What we don't need, however, is simply a repetition of our failings without any proposed solutions," said the council spokesman.
Sir Michael also warned of the destructive force of "social breakdown" on young lives and how they were let down by their families.
"They lack more than money, they lack parents who will take responsibility," he said.
There were 705,000 children living with alcohol-dependent parents and 130,000 in homes where there was domestic violence.
"Compassion should not be about making excuses," said Sir Michael, who warned about the corrosive consequences of the "hollowing out and fragmentation" of families.
He quoted Louise Casey, the so-called troubled families tsar, as warning that there was too much "pussyfooting around" in supporting families, with too many meetings and too little action.
Debbie Jones, Ofsted's national director of social care, said that the child protection system was under "huge pressure", with rising volumes of work at a time when local authority budgets were under pressure.
The 20 councils where the standard of child protection services has been judged "inadequate" by Ofsted are:
Barnsley, Bexley, Birmingham, Blackpool, Calderdale, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire East, Cumbria, Devon, Doncaster, Herefordshire, Isle of Wight, Kingston upon Thames, Medway, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Rochdale, Sandwell, Slough and Somerset.
The Edinburgh-based firm posted profits of £34.6m last year - up from £10.4m in 2013 - while group revenues rose by 19% to £484.4m.
The company's results were boosted by a strong performance from its homes division.
Completions rose by 12% to 1,918 units, driven in part by a strong opening order book.
The division's performance was lifted by a 10% improvement in average selling prices to £200,000.
Miller said the growth reflected an increased focus on building larger houses in quality suburban locations, together with modest price inflation.
Group chief executive Keith Miller said: "Miller Homes delivered a strong performance in 2014 benefiting particularly from continued improvements in the housing market.
"The business achieved significant growth in operating margins and return on capital driven by higher volumes and the increased contribution from newly-acquired sites.
"Miller Homes also made an encouraging start to 2015. Private reservations to date are 18% higher than the prior year.
"Land supply and housing demand across our regional markets remain healthy."
He added: "We are focused on the delivery of increased margins and an enhanced return on capital.
"This is being achieved by a disciplined approach to land investment, growing volumes with limited additional overheads and increasing the conversion of strategic land."
Miller aims to deliver annual completions of up to 3,000 units in the medium term.
In October, Miller shelved plans to float on the London Stock Exchange, blaming market volatility.
It had planned to raise about £140m in a drive to reduce debt and increase flexibility.
The England one-day specialist, 28, has just scored a County Championship double century to add to some superb domestic one-day cricket displays.
Hales, who hit 187 not out as Notts beat Surrey to win the One-Day Cup in July, won the last of his 11 England Test caps against Pakistan in 2016.
"All I can do is score as many runs as I can," he told BBC Radio Nottingham.
Hales, who scored 218 for Division Two leaders Notts in their ongoing county four-day match against Derbyshire, said returning to Test cricket had not really crossed his mind.
"I have not really thought about it at all in the last few months," he added. "I have just been enjoying my cricket.
"And I am going to try not to let it cross my mind for the rest of the season. Hopefully I can just keep enjoying it and keep doing well for Notts."
Hales also smashed 95 off just 30 balls in the T20 Blast against Durham on Saturday, while a new-look England batting order struggled for consistency despite earning a 3-1 Test series win over South Africa.
England coach Trevor Bayliss says the series victory does not "paper over the cracks" in his team, with the positions of opener, number three and number five still up for grabs.
A three-Test series against the West Indies starts later this month, followed by an Ashes series in Australia at the end of 2017.
Hales has previously opened for England in the longest form of the game, but prefers to bat further down the order. His run-a-ball 218 against Derbyshire came batting at number five.
Hales said: "All I can do is knock on the door. I think I get a couple of more four-dayers in before the winter tours. Hopefully I can do well in that and then there is a one-day series against the West Indies. I guess it is just up to me to score as many runs as I can.
"It's a great place to be when you are in a purple patch and enjoying your cricket. All three forms I am enjoying so I am going to keep riding the wave and hopefully keep it up until the end of the season.
"I have felt in really good touch and in really good order across my whole game. It is up to me to not be complacent. It's a big couple of months for Nottinghamshire."
Notts head coach Peter Moores, formerly in charge of the England team, believes Hales has the quality to return to Test cricket.
"I don't think anybody can deny he has the ability to to play well on the big occasion," Moores said.
"We have seen in the One-Day Cup final, we have seen it when there are big crowds at Trent Bridge and I think England have seen it in two or three extraordinary innings in one-day cricket.
"If they are going to look to give him another opportunity, he has now played some Test cricket so he knows what it is about and has had a chance to reflect on it.
"They know they will get a person who can respond to the big occasion and there will be no bigger occasion than the Ashes."
The controversial fashion line filed for bankruptcy with the US courts on Monday, struggling to keep its cool persona while juggling lawsuits and mounting debt.
Until now, much of the company's woes have centred on founder Dov Charney.
Mr Charney founded the company while he was a student at Tufts University in 1989. The sexually provocative advertising campaigns, skintight clothing, and retro designs helped make the company popular among young people.
Business choices like manufacturing in the US have set the company further apart from other retail brands.
In December 2014 Mr Charney was fired from the helm amid mounting sexual harassment lawsuits and slumping share prices. He has filed a wrongful termination suit against the company.
In the end though it wasn't the sexually explicit emails its founder sent to employees or any failure by the new CEO Paula Schneider, but more basic issues faced by retailers - getting too big, too fast and taking on too much debt.
American Apparel has built up its reputation as a brand by defying many social norms.
"When you see a company doing what no else does, you think that is notable. But on the other hand you wonder whether if there was a reason no else was doing it," said Kevin Starke a research analyst at CRT Capital Group.
Its models are typically shown half-dressed and in provocative positions. Many of the models are not professionals but are presented along with their bios in the ads. The company has featured orthodox Jews, a 62-year-old and models of every race.
This cultural diversity that the Los Angeles-based company has championed the brand to appeal outside the US, while still maintaining an American feel.
The company has faced its share of controversy in the UK as well. Several ads were banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after complaints in 2009 and 2012. Another round of ads, which featured a model wearing a thong bathing suit, was banned in March.
American Apparel has 260 stores across 19 countries including 18 stores in the UK. Many of the new locations have been opened in recent years capitalising on the brand's growing popularity.
The company's bankruptcy proposal includes plans to end a number of multi-year leases on store front property. Without filing for bankruptcy, it would be difficult for the company to get out of these agreements.
It is unclear if the UK stores will be affected by this scheme.
American Apparel is not the only company in this market facing issues of scale.
Another US retail chain, Abercrombie and Fitch, popular with teens, has released plans to close stores after expanding too quickly. Abercrombie became known for building its cool factor by creating stores that mimicked nightclubs more than clothing shops.
The company will also have to rethink its inventory strategy within each remaining store. Most keep a large amount of basic inventory on hand including T-shirts and leggings but too much in stock can be costly for a company.
American Apparel makes 75% of its sales from 600 basic items and figuring out a better inventory ratio will be tough.
The company's manufacturing has created a Catch-22 for the brand as well. Customers are attracted to the made in America approach, but this raises the price of each garment.
American Apparel has given no indication it will change this approach and any restructuring plan that keeps the company open will probably need to capitalise on this unique platform.
The retail approach of the company though will probably be in for a change, as it attempts to drive more sales through its website.
Most clothing retailers make about 20% of their sales online. In comparison 11% of American Apparel's sales are online.
"The company has been in dire need of adult supervision," said Craig Johnson, president of consulting firm Customer Growth Partners. "The company has good assets and it has a good brand name, but its corporate governance is a mess."
The new CEO Paula Schneider will have to slim down the business. In an interview with Forbes Magazine in January she said her first plan was to formalise internal processes that had been more chaotic under Mr Charney.
While she has roots in retail, having run the swimwear department at Warnaco and other retail brands for the private equity firm The Gores Group, the real question will be whether she can reorganise the company while retaining the cool factor.
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The four mechanics in a 4x4 were caught in the middle of an incident as police clashed with protestors.
Some tear gas fired by police entered the car, before the driver escaped through a gap in the flames on the road.
No Force India staff were hurt but two team members have asked to return home.
This circuit in the desert is a cocoon, shielded from the realities of this divided island. Publicly, the drivers obediently follow the FIA's orders, say the right things, and prepare to race. But Force India's traumatic experience last night has sparked a fresh sense of unease and tension among the teams. Some I've spoken to are angry with Bernie Ecclestone and Jean Todt for making guarantees over safety that now appear hollow. The expectancy is that the unrest will escalate before Sunday, and most say privately that they would rather be somewhere else, despite the renewed reassurances of the circuit authorities.
Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg questioned the decision to stage the Bahrain race, telling BBC Sport: "We shouldn't have been put in this position".
But while team-mate Paul di Resta described Wednesday's incident as "uncomfortable" he is prepared to take part if Sunday's grand prix goes ahead.
The mechanics were travelling on the main highway from the track into the capital Manama when unrest spilled into the road.
After being stopped in the road for two to three minutes, the vehicle was able to move away as part of a larger group of traffic.
Anti-government protests in Bahrain caused the 2011 race to be called off, and a number of teams expected a similar outcome for this year's race amid security concerns.
Teams and drivers are known to have private misgivings about the wisdom of racing in Bahrain amid ongoing civil unrest, but none have so far publicly questioned the decision.
The four men were said to be emotional, upset and angry with organisers that the race had been allowed to go ahead.
"We obviously sympathise with their position, their families, and we make sure it happens," said Force India deputy team principal Bob Fernley.
"But the team itself is behind the programme for Bahrain. There's no issues as far as we are concerned. We want to see it go ahead and we want to see it as part of a healing process hopefully for Bahrain."
Bahrain circuit chairman Zayed R Alzayani said: "They weren't targeted. They just happened to be there.
"I think it's unfortunate. It's an issue of timing. It could happen in any place in the world really, getting caught up in a riot or a fight or anything."
One of the Force India team who has asked to return home was in the 4x4, which ran into trouble around 20 minutes from the circuit on the outskirts of the capital Manama.
It came at the end of the first day of work for teams in Bahrain, where they have travelled for this weekend's race following assurances from the country's authorities and F1's governing body, the FIA, that the Gulf state is completely safe.
The MRS team entered in the supporting Porsche SuperCup series has withdrawn from the weekend's season-opening race, saying it could not guarantee the safety of staff.
A spokesman for the McLaren F1 team said: "We are putting in place the appropriate security measures, which we always do at every grand prix, in accordance with local requirements."
Alzayani said there would "probably" be more violence, adding: "I can't comment on the degree of violence, whether it will be more or not - I don't have that kind of information.
"I don't think they will be within the track or close to the track, and I think they will be handled in the right way."
Alzayani said his advice to fans was "be vigilant".
"I would give them advice to enjoy the weekend," he said. "Don't be too worried and too distracted not to enjoy the weekend."
A statement from the circuit said the Force India group had driven through "an isolated incident involving a handful of illegal protestors acting violently towards police."
It added: "During this incident a Molotov cocktail landed in the vicinity of their vehicle.
"After approximately two minutes, the route was cleared and the vehicle carried on its journey. There were no casualties and eyewitness reports from the scene confirmed that their vehicle had not been targeted itself."
The Gulf Kingdom's ruling royal family are being pressured to improve human rights and make reforms by the majority Shia population, who accuse the minority ruling Sunnis of discrimination.
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On Friday, the FIA said it was "satisfied that all the proper security measures are in place for the running of a Formula 1 world championship event", and the race will go ahead.
However, with practice in Sakhir due to start on Friday, protests have continued in Manama with more scheduled for near the circuit on Sunday's raceday.
The Foreign Office said it would not be advising British fans to avoid travelling to the grand prix, although it was concerned about the unrest.
An all-party for group of MPs has written to F1 sponsors and urged them to boycott the event.
Some television broadcasters have decided against attending this year's race, but it is set to be shown in the UK.
Sky Sports refused to comment, while a spokesman for BBC Sport - which is due to screen highlights - said: "As the race has been officially sanctioned by the FIA we will cover the event as part of our contractual obligations.
"We take staff safety very seriously and continue to closely monitor the situation on the ground."
The reading age of 16-year-olds typically fell to at least three years behind, the study of 26,000 Scottish students found.
Dundee University's Prof Keith Topping carried out the study for online assessment provider Renaissance UK.
According to the company's What Kids Are Reading report, the trend was reflected across the UK.
Prof Topping found that primary-school students typically pushed themselves to read more complex books than older pupils.
He said: "The brain is a muscle that literacy skills help train.
"As it gets more toned, like all muscles, it needs more exercise.
"Currently, primary schools are exercising it more vigorously by reading more challenging books - we now need to replicate this in secondary schools."
Prof Topping said more discussions between young people about books they were reading should be encouraged.
He said: "I would also encourage all secondary teachers, not just English teachers, to look closely at their pupils' literacy levels and remember - even the brightest students need to be stretched."
The report studied the reading habits of 848,219 young people across almost 4,000 schools in the UK.
Renaissance UK managing director Dirk Foch said: "Most primary schools place a large emphasis on developing literacy skills.
"However, this is rarely transferred onto secondary school and, as a result, literacy standards at secondary level are a persistent challenge."
A Scottish government spokesman said: "We welcome this report's finding that primary schools are providing challenging books for children to read.
"It is essential young people continue to develop advanced reading skills in secondary, which is why Education Scotland published literacy and English benchmarks last year, making clear what pupils need to know and do at each stage."
Northampton South MP David Mackintosh was criticised in a report over the loan to Northampton Town from the borough council when he was leader.
His successor as leader, Mary Markham, said his conduct had "undoubtedly damaged" the Conservatives' reputation.
Mr Mackintosh said he had "never asked or pressured officers to cut corners".
He said: "I apologise for the part I played in the granting of the loan to Northampton Town Football Club, and I am sorry that our efforts to support the club ended as they did.
"I do however refute the suggestion that undue pressure was put on officers to deliver the loan."
Mrs Markham, who is a member of the local Tory party's executive board and resigned as council leader in October, said: "I'm disappointed that David Mackintosh hasn't spoken out to his electorate, hasn't spoken out to the association.
"The Conservative Party in Northampton has undoubtedly been damaged because he has not communicated."
Northampton Town was given the loan to redevelop Sixfields stadium, with much of it being passed to a company called 1st Land Ltd.
The company is now in liquidation while the work on Sixfields was not completed.
A BBC investigation found that Mr Mackintosh benefited from "hidden" donations to his general election fighting fund from 1st Land, which are currently subject to a separate police investigation.
But Mr Mackintosh previously said he had "no reason to believe" the donations were from anyone other than the named donors.
Mrs Markham claimed the MP had been "very distant" from his constituency party.
She said he had not been able to attend executive board meetings since January and that he does not attend association meetings.
"It's fair to say there isn't really a relationship," she said.
But Mr Mackintosh said: "My door has always been open to constituents and members of the party who want to speak to me about the loan or any other issue."
The Weeping Window section was draped down St George's Hall ahead of Remembrance Sunday.
Thousands of visitors are expected to see the display, which ends in January.
Army reservist Sgt John Ryan said: "Every time I see one of the poppies, it just reminds me of one of my friends who are with us no more."
Created by artists Paul Cummins and Tom Piper, the Tower of London artwork marked 100 years since the start of World War One and drew more than five million visitors last year.
It was named Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red after a line written by a Derbyshire soldier who died in Belgium.
Each of the 888,246 poppies in the original display represented one of the deaths in the British and Colonial forces between 1914 and 1918.
Most of the poppies were sold to the public, raising about £9m for military charities, but two sections - the Wave and the Weeping Window - were bought for the nation by the charities Backstage Trust and Clore Duffield Foundation.
About 120,000 people saw the Weeping Window when it was displayed at Woodhorn Museum in Northumberland during the past two months, while Yorkshire Sculpture Park said its visitor numbers nearly trebled in September when the Wave was installed.
Both sections will be exhibited at other venues across the UK before they are permanently housed at the Imperial War Museums in London and Manchester after 2018.
The hosts had keeper Richie Branagan sent off for a foul on Ricky Modeste and, with no keeper on the bench, were forced to give Sampson the gloves.
He made several saves but was less busy after Dover's Richard Orlu was red-carded after a clash with Reece Styche.
The Silkmen dominated the second half but could not find a way through and had to settle for a draw.
Dover stay third, and need one win from their remaining three games to seal their play-off place, while Macclesfield cannot now finish in the National League's top five.
The avalanche occurred early on Monday near Nasu in Tochigi prefecture, 120km (75 miles) north of Tokyo.
Another 40 people, mostly students, were hurt including two who were in a critical condition, reports said.
The victims were part of a 70-strong group from several schools who were on a three-day mountain climbing training trip.
Dozens of troops were involved in rescue efforts, amid bad weather and heavy snowfall.
"All the people have been carried down from the mountain and they are now being transported to hospital," a prefecture official told AFP news agency.
Officials said the eight victims had no vital signs. In Japan, rescue officials wait for a doctor at a hospital to pronounce victims dead instead of doing it at the scene.
The region had received heavy snow over the past two days and avalanche warnings had been in effect.
"We have avalanche incidents once or twice a year around here, but haven't had anything this big," a fire department official told Reuters news agency.
Another official told Reuters that there would be an investigation into why the group were out during an avalanche alert.
The area around the town of Nasu has several ski resorts, but these had closed for the season. The area had seen more than 30cm of fresh snow since Sunday and recent warm weather had further raised the avalanche risk.
Mark Arries, 26, from Blyth, and Edward Ide, 21, from Amble, died on the boat in Whitby harbour in January 2014.
The pair were using the grill of a gas cooker for heating as they slept.
Timothy Bowman-Davies, 44, from Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, has admitted failing to ensure the boat was operated safely.
A trial of issue before a judge is being held at Leeds Crown Court to decide if he knew the crew were using the cooker as a heating source.
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Mr Bowman-Davies told the hearing he was unaware of the risk of carbon monoxide on boats.
He also said he did not realise he needed to have the cooker serviced.
The boat, the Eshcol, had been inspected 11 weeks before the men's death by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), Mr Bowman-Davies said.
"I didn't know it [servicing the cooker] needed to be done," he told the hearing.
"I had the MCA inspector on the boat, I would have thought he would have told me."
Mr Arries and Mr Ide had joined the Eshcol to fish for scallops on 8 January 2014 and returned to Whitby harbour in the early hours of 15 January.
They were found dead in their bunks with the gas cooker grill switched on by Mr Bowman-Davies' 15-year-old son later.
Mr Bowman-Davies told the hearing he was "devastated" by the deaths.
He added: "I don't blame anybody. It's something that happened that shouldn't have happened, a tragic accident."
Mr Bowman-Davies' son has denied telling police at the time that he and his father were aware the cooker was being used as a heat source.
The hearing continues.
Bob Hill told the island's care inquiry key witnesses were not interviewed.
He said the review in 2008 failed to quiz a minister and police officers.
In 2010, Graham Power's suspension was described as unfair in the Napier Report and he said he had been exonerated.
Mr Hill - a former member of the Health and Social Services Committee - told the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry the Home Affairs Minister Wendy Kinnard responsible during the police investigation was not interviewed.
He added that London police officers, who wrote a report allegedly used to suspend Mr Power, were also not interviewed.
In November 2008, Mr Power, who was the chief of police, was suspended over his handling of Operation Rectangle - the historical child abuse investigation.
His performance became subject to a separate ??1m investigation by Wiltshire Police and Mr Power accused ministers of "a state-sponsored, taxpayer-funded personal vendetta".
He said politicians "interfered" with police investigations and "closed ranks" with civil servants.
Mr Power was suspended in 2010, but no charges were brought against him.
Mr Hill told the inquiry he was not aware of child abuse at Haut de La Garenne care home until the police investigation in 2008 was made public.
The inquiry is investigating child abuse in Jersey's care system since 1945 and is focusing on - but is not restricted to - Haut de la Garenne during the 1960s.
PCC David Keane referred the case to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) which handed it back.
Mr Byrne, the chief constable since 2014, said he could not comment as he did not know the detail of the claim.
The BBC understands that the complaint originated from an officer with the Cheshire force.
Mr Keane said he referred the allegation to IPCC in the "interest of openness and transparency".
The IPCC returned the investigation for a "local investigation".
Mr Keane said: "This investigation will be conducted independently of Cheshire Constabulary in accordance with the statutory police complaints process."
Father-of-two Mr Byrne, who is a holder of the Queen's Police Medal, previously served as an assistant commissioner for the Metropolitan Police, deputy chief constable of Greater Manchester Police and assistant chief constable with Merseyside Police.
The family were among seven people injured in the crash outside The Friary Centre in Guildford on Friday morning.
A boy, aged two, and his one-year-old sister were both released from hospital over the weekend, Surrey Police said.
The condition is not known of three other women who were hurt. Their injuries had been described as minor.
A spokeswoman for the force said the police investigation was ongoing.
At the time, police said the Volkswagen Polo was being driven by a woman in her 80s, and she had a male passenger with her.
The siblings were in a children's push-along shopping trolley, in the shape of a car, which was being pushed by their grandparents.
A specialist crash investigation unit has been investing the circumstances of the crash in North Street.
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He also told flight controllers of an engine problem at 16:09 local time (11:09 GMT) on Wednesday, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chairman Muhammad Azam Saigol told reporters.
All 47 people on the twin-propeller plane flying to Islamabad were killed.
An investigation is ongoing, but the carrier has insisted strict checks left "no room for any technical error".
"I want to make it clear that it was a perfectly sound aircraft," Mr Saigol said. "I think there was no technical error or human error."
A flight data recorder has been found, the airline said.
PIA had earlier put the number of people on board at 48, but on Thursday said 42 passengers and five crew had died in the crash.
Pakistani authorities have said the apparent engine issue will be a focus of inquiries.
Irfan Elahi, from Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority, told Dawn newspaper: "At the moment, there is no other reason for the plane crash other than the failure of the left engine."
The plane crashed in the Havelian area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, about 70km (43 miles) from Islamabad.
Police said the passengers' charred remains have been taken to a hospital for DNA identification.
Famous pop singer turned Islamic preacher Junaid Jamshed was on board, along with three foreigners - two Austrians and one Chinese citizen.
There was anger amongst relatives of the victims, gathering at the hospital to collect their loved ones' remains.
Ghulam Rasool Khan told the AP news agency: "It is a murder and I want to know who killed my brother."
Plane crashes are not uncommon in Pakistan, but the last major crash involving a PIA aircraft was in 2006, in which 44 people died.
Junaid Jamshed was one of the pioneers of Pakistan's pop scene that took off after the 1987 death of the country's conservative military dictator, Gen Ziaul Haq. Vital Signs, of which he was the lead singer, is still considered one of the best Pakistani bands of the era.
After the 11 September attacks in the US, he gradually moved away from music and closer to religious circles. Influenced by Tablighi Jamaat, a global Islamic missionary movement that encourages Muslims to be more religiously observant, he grew a long beard and switched permanently to the local kurta-shalwar dressing and a preacher's turban. In this new incarnation, he evolved into a singer of na'at, or devotional Islamic hymns praising God and the Prophet Mohammad, which are sung without musical instruments.
During this period, he started a fashion-design chain called J. (J-Dot) which created fusion clothing - traditional garments with a modern touch. The chain has branches in all the major Pakistani cities, as well as in the Middle East and UK. He had three wives, the youngest of whom was with him on the ill-fated flight.
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Leading goalscorer Jonathan Kodjia is also a doubt, but full-back James Bree could return from a knee injury.
Derby County midfield duo Craig Bryson (hip) and Johnny Russell (hamstring) could return after injury.
But striker Nick Blackman is likely to remain sidelined with a knee problem, as the Rams look to end a four-game winless Championship run.
Channel 4 accidentally tweeted the statement about his departure, before promptly deleting it. The broadcaster later confirmed Abraham's departure.
He leaves Channel 4 at a time when it is thriving both editorially and commercially - and yet under a cloud.
The government has flirted with privatising the broadcaster, which is a commercially funded public organisation, and there have been rumours about a relocation, or part relocation to Birmingham.
In recent weeks, my sources at the broadcaster have conveyed immense frustration at the lack of clarity from government about its future. This at a time when it is generally considered to be fulfilling its public service remit well.
But when I spoke to Abraham, he made explicit that this wasn't an act of protest. He has undoubtedly found it frustrating trying to lead such a big organisation without clear direction from a key stakeholder - ie the government - but for what it's worth, and knowing him a bit, I believe him when he says he always thought this was a job he would do for about seven years.
Over the course of its 35-year history, seven years has been the average tenure for chief executives at Channel 4.
Moreover, Abraham, who is 53, says he wants the challenge of running his own business. He used to run UKTV, a multi-channel offering in Britain, and knows the advertising market well. While tight-lipped about his next move, he says it will call on his previous experience.
By most measures, his tenure must be measured a success.
Revenues have risen sharply from £830m to over £1bn, despite the structural challenges in the advertising market. This shows Abraham's efficacy in raising digital revenues, not least through the internet service All4, which has become a sustainable data company of its own accord.
Moreover, he inherited a broadcaster that was forecast to slide, especially after the loss of cash cow Big Brother to Channel 5. To have improved finances in such circumstances is commendable. Though the creative output of the broadcaster is ultimately the responsibility of chief creative officer Jay Hunt - who will naturally be a strong contender for Abraham's job - it's worth noting that in Abraham's time Channel 4 has had considerable success with shows such as The Last Leg, Gogglebox and, more controversially, Benefits Street.
Whoever succeeds him will have a tough job in continuing to grow revenues as a new generation of viewers watch television on other devices, and in dealing with a government that is yet to persuade Channel 4 staff that it really believes in what they do.
Abraham's successor will be appointed before the end of 2017, and he will remain in position until then.
A report discussed on Thursday said the county's CCTV/out of hours calls team must cut spending from £341,000 to £228,000 per year by 2014/15.
Proposals - which have not been made public - were being discussed by councillors on Thursday.
Plans to establish one CCTV control room for north Wales were recently abandoned after a feasibility study.
A review of CCTV in north Wales, led by Conwy council, was commissioned in 2009 and was funded by a Welsh government loan of £805,000.
The study explored establishing one regional monitoring operation for CCTV across north Wales, to replace the existing six stand-alone operations.
A report being considered by Denbighshire's Performance Scrutiny Committee said: "Members will be aware that a long-running feasibility project for a single CCTV control room for north Wales was only recently concluded.
"The findings being that it was not a project the region wanted to pursue."
The council is considering how to make its CCTV and out of hours call team more efficient, which "must be done against the backdrop of the council's medium-term financial plan".
Some £50,000 has already been saved, said the council, leaving £63,000 to be cut from the budget within 18 months.
The report said that "a number of the proposed options will require extensive consultation prior to implementation".
Murray and Brazilian partner Bruno Soares, who were seeded fourth, lost 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-4) against 16th seeds Marcin Matkowski and Leander Paes.
The pair won the Australian Open earlier this year - their first Slam playing together.
It means Murray, 30, must wait for another chance to reclaim the world number one ranking he held in March.
Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza's hopes of holding all four women's doubles Grand Slam titles were ended with a 6-3 6-2 defeat by Czech duo Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova in the third round.
The top seeds were hoping to win four majors in a row after following up last year's Wimbledon and US Open triumphs with victory in January's Australian Open.
Venus and Serena Williams, the last women's team to hold all four majors in 2010, also went out in the third round, losing 6-3 6-3 to the Dutch-Swedish pairing of Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson.
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Bath head coach Mike Ford announced the news after Priestland's losing Aviva Premiership debut against Wasps.
The fly-half, 28, joined up with the English Premiership side following Wales' exit from the World Cup.
"I think he knows he's saying goodbye to his international career," said ex-Llanelli star Bennett.
Priestland, who has won 40 Wales caps, signed for Bath this year after 10 years playing for Llanelli-based Scarlets.
He was first choice at number 10 for Wales under Warren Gatland at the 2011 World Cup.
But Ospreys' Dan Biggar has become established in the position.
Bennett, who captained Wales and the Lions during the 1970s, says Biggar's status may have helped persuade Priestland to take the unusual step of forgoing international rugby.
"My first reaction is not one of great shock really… he's probably thinking 'I didn't take part a lot in the World Cup; Dan Biggar was the main man'," Bennett said.
"And I think Dan Biggar now is one of the top three fly-halves in world rugby, he's become a truly outstanding player.
"I think Rhys is thinking, 'what do I concentrate on?'.
"And by him declaring himself unavailable for Wales for 18 months, I think he knows he's saying goodbye to his international career."
Bennett believes New Zealander Gatland will now look to versatile Cardiff Blues pair Gareth Anscombe and Rhys Patchell as challengers to Biggar, along with Bristol's Matthew Morgan.
"Gatland will say, 'we're going to move on without you'," Bennett added.
"And you're looking at Patchell, Anscombe, Matthew Morgan etc fighting for a crucial position at number 10.
"But it is a massive decision [by Priestland]."
Gloucester's vastly experienced James Hook and Priestland's fellow former Scarlet, the uncapped Owen Williams of Leicester, are also potential picks in future.
Bennett believes the criticism Priestland has faced on social media must be taken into account.
"I don't think people realise the abuse, the stick he's taken on... Facebook etc… and I think it's all played a part, probably, in his decision," said Bennett.
However, Bennett says Priestland's absence, added to Anscombe and Patchell having yet to fully establish themselves at Blues, leaves Welsh domestic rugby with only one "outstanding" fly-half.
"We're looking at possibly just one outstanding fly-half in Wales and that's Dan Biggar," said Bennett.
"So good luck to Rhys Priestland. I think it's the end, possibly, of his international career, but [we're] losing a fine player."
Three men opened fire with machine guns at the al-Furat Cafe in the mainly Shia town of Balad early on Friday.
The assailants fled and hours later one blew himself up after being cornered by Shia militiamen, killing four of them.
In a claim of responsibility, IS said the attack had targeted militiamen and did not mention any connection to Real.
But a statement from Real Madrid said 16 members of a supporters club had died in the attack.
"The club expresses its great sadness and offers its regards and condolences to the families and friends of the victims," the statement said.
A correspondent for the Reuters news agency reported seeing the burned body of one of the suspected assailants outside the cafe.
Residents said they had found the man hiding in a nearby house after the attack and burned him alive after he confessed, the Reuters correspondent added.
Javier Tebas Medrano, the president of Spain's La Liga, said he was appalled by the incident.
"Terrorism has attacked football. We are with the victims and their families," he wrote on Twitter. "We were going to travel this month [to Iraq], but it was put off for security reasons. We will be back to support the people of Iraq."
Real Madrid said its players will wear symbolic black armbands in their league match on Saturday against Deportivo La Coruna.
Balad, about 80km (50 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, was overran by IS militants in June 2014, when they routed the Iraqi army and seized control of large swathes northern and western Iraq.
The town was recaptured by security forces and Shia militiamen a month later, and is currently about 40km from the nearest frontline with IS.
The cafe attack came two days after more than 90 people were killed in three suicide car bombings in Baghdad. Two of the three attacks were in Shia areas.
Iraq's most revered Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, condemned the bombings on Friday and said the government was ultimately responsible for security breaches in the capital and elsewhere.
IS, a Sunni jihadist group, considers Shia to be irredeemable apostates.
The party's acting leader Harriet Harman said the government's rhetoric was "liberated from reality".
She said her party would give "serious consideration" to some measures and be a "different kind of opposition".
She accused the Tories of "ducking" out of a decision on expanding airport capacity and said apprenticeship numbers were "stagnating".
Mr Osborne's first Budget of the Conservative government included a freeze on working-age benefits for four years, a pledge to spend 2% of GDP on defence and a four-year cap on public-sector pay rises.
He also introduced a new National Living Wage which would rise to £9 an hour by 2020.
In her response, Ms Harman said she would resist the temptation to "oppose everything the government does".
She said Labour supported measures including lowering the welfare cap and would have made cuts to unprotected departments had it been in power.
In a reference to the cheering on the Conservative benches when the living wage was announced, she said: "Clearly what honourable members do not understand is that even with the higher national wage that he's announced it will not be enough for a family to live on because of the cuts in tax credits."
She also criticised the government for delaying the electrification of the railway line between Manchester and Leeds, saying: "The great Northern Powerhouse is starting to look like the great Northern power cut."
Labour would support the raising of the 40p tax threshold and the lifting of the personal allowance but would study the detail of both measures, she added.
Speaking to BBC News, shadow chancellor Chris Leslie questioned whether the measures prioritised by the chancellor would boost productivity.
He said "manifesto promise after manifesto promise" was being "thrown out" by the Conservatives.
"They won an election in some respects on a false prospectus," he added.
Jones, an Ashes winner with England in 2005, was on a pay-as-you-play contract for one-day games in 2012.
But after playing one four-day match during the summer, he has agreed a new deal which adds six County Championship matches to his commitments.
"I've agreed to do these four-day games because I don't want to leave anything in the tank," he told the Back Page.
Jones has a history of knee problems which have curtailed his England career and limited his appearances in the county game.
But the seam bowler says he is confident he can manage his troublesome knee and help Glamorgan challenge for promotion from Division Two of the County Championship.
"It's a continuous thing, I have to look after it," said Jones of his knee.
"I have to do the right preparation in games, I have to rest up properly.
It's just a matter of spacing the games out that I get the rest in between each game so that the knee is fine
"It's hard work, but it keeps me playing the game I love so it's not a hardship.
"I'm 34 on Christmas Day, I still feel I've got a couple of years left in me and that's why I've agreed to do these four-day games.
"It's one of those things. I just want to get everything out of my system so when I finish I know I've done everything I can in the game and then I can relax and just chill with the kids.
"I have to play six four-day games and obviously a number of one-day games as well, which I'm backing myself to do. It's the best I've felt in a long, long time."
Jones' knee problems stem from an incident in Brisbane in 2002.
The Welshman ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament sliding to stop a ball in the field during the first Test between England and Australia at The Gabba.
That injury kept him out of the game for 18 months.
And even though injuries have plagued Jones ever since, he is confident his knees will stand-up to the rigours of the four-day game.
"The body's feeling good, I'm working hard I'm feeling strong," he said.
"I felt good in the four-dayer I played last season, it was at Derby and the ball was coming out nicely.
"It's just a matter of spacing the games out that I get the rest in between each game so that the knee is fine and I can crack on.
"There's a lot of Championship games to be played and I feel that if I do play in the six I feel I can help Glamorgan get towards the top of the table and hopefully get promotion."
The 24-year-old, in his second U's spell after one season at Barnsley in 2014-15, scored 22 goals in 52 games for the League Two side last season.
Hibernian boss Neil Lennon has said a "deal fell through" to sign Berry.
"The facts are at no point did we agree a fee at any football club for Luke Berry and that we turned down four bids for Luke Berry," said George.
"We haven't accepted a bid, we don't want to accept a bid and we've got no need or desire to sell Luke.
"But if the situation arises that it's the right deal and opportunity for Luke, and the right deal for the club, then I can't rule it out ever happening. At the moment it's not our intention."
Berry came through the youth ranks at Cambridge and has since made 237 appearances in all competitions, scoring 59 times.
"Our intention is always that we won't sell to a club in our league," George told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
"We want to keep our best players, but if the perfect opportunity arises for them and we can secure the right deal for the club, we have to be bigger than just looking at our immediate intentions because we'll never get a player willing to join us in the future."
Other species including golden plovers and lapwings are also at risk from rising temperatures in the coming decades.
The report says changing conditions in England will significantly benefit wasps, ants and many southern species.
The study is said to be the largest of its kind ever undertaken in England.
Researchers looked at the impacts of a 2 degrees C rise in global average temperatures on over 3,000 species. They projected where the most suitable ranges for these plants and animals would be found in 2080.
When the researchers looked in more detail at 155 species listed as being of high conservation concern, 38% were identified as being at risk with 39% potentially benefitting from warmer temperatures.
"The positive side of things is kind of painting maybe too rosy a glow, because many species may not get there," Dr Humphrey Crick from Natural England told BBC News.
"Some species will be pushed further and further north and some may end up in Scandinavia rather than in Britain at all."
Many of those at risk are found in the north and in upland areas, but there are also lowland species under threat including rare spring sedge, orange ladybirds and triangle hammock spiders.
For species like the curlew, the climate impacts are mostly to do with water.
"In the upland areas it's the drying out of the habitats and the lack of rainfall that might occur and the increased evaporation, and the habitats that many of these northern species will dry out - for things like curlew the ground will be too hard for them, to stick their beak in effectively," said Dr Crick.
The report paints a picture of a divided England. Species such as wasps, bees and ants, are likely to do better in warmer conditions and move into newer habitats.
Some birds are also set to thrive including the avocet and the little egret. Some are already doing so, including the Dartford warbler which was reduced to just a few pairs in the 1960s. It recovered and has moved across England in recent years, thanks to a changing climate.
"They have spread quite widely, up into Surrey, up into Suffolk, the Peak District and into Wales," said Dr Crick.
"They have done incredibly well, and we can pretty well ascribe those changes to climate, and the less severe winters we have had. They could become a characteristic species of the uplands in the future."
The authors of the report believe the document will be a useful guide for land managers across England on how to prepare the ground for the arrival of new species in the decades to come.
Other experts believe it's an important signpost for the future.
"This report builds upon a substantial weight of evidence that climate change is already affecting UK species, and will have further, large impacts in the future," said Dr Richard Bradbury, from the RSPB.
"The nature we know and love will change, with some warmth-loving species becoming more familiar, while we risk saying goodbye to some of England's colder-adapted species."
"It is imperative that we minimise the risks, by reducing carbon emissions, while redoubling our efforts to reduce the threats to vulnerable species and provide safe homes for nature, both in nature reserves and other protected areas, and in the wider landscapes in which wildlife should thrive."
The report has been published by Natural England in partnership with the British Trust for Ornithology, University of York, the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and the RSPB.
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The 19-year-old has yet to appear for Middlesex's first-team, but has played for their Second XI while studying at college for the past two years.
The left-handed batsman, who can also bowl right-arm off-break, is currently on tour in India with England's U19s.
"Ultimately I want to play as much cricket as I can," Holden told Northants' club website.
"Seeing Haseeb Hameed progress the way he has and break into the England team has really given me a push.
"Obviously the ambition is to play for England Test XI, that's the dream."
Children from a nursery school spent a week in Caernarfon's Maesincla day care centre as part of the Bangor University project.
Experts said the experiment shows the benefits of bringing children and older people together.
The results will be broadcast as part of an S4C documentary, Hen Plant Bach.
Maesincla day centre manager Idwen Roberts said: "I was a bit scared of the unknown when this started, but the results have been brilliant.
"One lady had no children and hadn't got the confidence to do anything with kids. She didn't know how to handle it, or what to say to the children.
"But by the end of the week, she was making hats with them and they were sitting on her knee. She opened up and came into her own.
"It was great - I don't want this to stop."
Glyn Hughes, 84, suffered a stroke 15 years ago and has trouble with his speech.
Day centre staff said he sometimes gets frustrated and angry with himself, and were worried about how the children would respond to him.
But they were surprised by the results.
Bangor University psychologist Nia Williams explained that, like Mr Hughes, the children cannot rely on their speech, so they were able to understand his gestures and hand movements.
Ms Williams added: "As a result, by the end of the week, Glyn managed to use more language ​​than usual and started phrasing clearly.
"The result was extraordinary, but shows the psychological benefit of bringing children and older people together."
Ross Embleton's family was attacked after the club lost to local rivals Oxford on Sunday.
The club's head coach, Luke Williams, said the incident happened after an argument at full time.
It happened in front of Mr Embleton's children. The matter has not been reported to police.
Mr Embleton's parents were not seriously hurt, but both "struck" inside the County Ground.
The club said if anybody was identified as having been involved "banning orders will be issued".
Speaking to BBC Wiltshire Mr Williams said he expected criticism but said this was "too far".
He said he had "no problem" with people coming down to the dugout and swearing at him.
"But Ross' family were both struck by fans physically which is not acceptable.
"Hitting people and attacking people's family physically is criminal and that needs to stop.
"If you feel frustration and you want to vent your feelings please do it towards me, but please no more attacking people's families.
Armagh's game with Tyrone will bring back memories of their battles from the last decade which included the Red Hands' 2003 All-Ireland Final win.
Ulster champions Tyrone will go in as favourites but Armagh are on a high after their impressive qualifiers run.
Monaghan will be big underdogs against the three-in-a-row seeking Dubs.
The Farney County have qualified for three All-Ireland quarter-finals over the last five seasons but have been unable to get past the last-eight stage.
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Armagh progressed to their first All-Ireland quarter-final since 2014 as they held their nerve to beat Kildare 1-17 to 0-17 at Croke Park on Saturday.
Jamie Clarke starred in the qualifier win and his performance will be crucial to Armagh's hopes of upsetting Mickey Harte's Ulster champions.
However, Tyrone will be bookies favourites after following their provincial semi-final demolition of Donegal with a comfortable success over Down in the Ulster decider.
Monaghan struggled in the first half against Down on Saturday but dominated the second half to run out 1-24 to 1-16 winners.
However, they will be facing a totally different proposition in Jim Gavin's champions next weekend.
Particle beams have now travelled in both directions, inside parallel pipes, at a whisker below the speed of light.
Actual collisions will not begin for at least another month, but they will take place with nearly double the energy the LHC reached during its first run.
Scientists hope to glimpse a "new physics" beyond the Standard Model.
Rolf Heuer, the director-general of Cern, which operates the LHC, told engineers and scientists at the lab: "Congratulations. Thank you very much everyone… now the hard work starts".
Cern's director for accelerators and technology, Frédérick Bordry, said: "After two years of effort, the LHC is in great shape.
"But the most important step is still to come when we increase the energy of the beams to new record levels."
The beams have arrived a week or so later than originally scheduled, due to a now-resolved electrical fault.
The protons are injected at a relatively low energy to begin with. But over the coming months, engineers hope to gradually increase the beams' energy to 13 trillion electronvolts: double what it was during the LHC's first operating run.
After 08:30 GMT, engineers began threading the proton beam through each section of the enormous circle, one-by-one, before completing multiple full turns. It was later joined by the second beam, in parallel.
The experiment teams have already detected "splashes" of particles, which occur when stray protons hit one of the shutters used to keep the beam on-track. If this happens in part of the pipe near one of the experiments, the detectors can pick up some of the debris.
"It's fantastic to see it going so well after two years and such a major overhaul of the LHC," said Prof Heuer.
"I am delighted and so is everyone in the Cern control centre - as are, I'm sure, colleagues across the high-energy physics community."
Big unknowns
Physicists are frustrated by the existing Standard Model of particle physics. It describes 17 subatomic particles, including 12 building blocks of matter and 5 "force carriers" - the last of which, the Higgs boson, was finally detected by the LHC in 2012.
Prof Tara Shears, from the University of Liverpool, works on one of the LHC's four big experiments that will soon recommence their work, slamming protons together and quantifying the fallout.
"Of course in every particle physics experiment we've ever done, we've been wanting to make a big, unknown discovery," Prof Shears told BBC News.
"But now it's become particularly pressing, because with Run One and the discovery of the Higgs, we've discovered everything that our existing theory predicts."
In order to explain several baffling properties of the universe, things beyond the Standard Model have been proposed - but never directly detected.
These include dark energy, the all-pervading force suggested to account for the universe expanding faster and faster. And dark matter - the "web" that holds all visible matter in place, and would explain why galaxies spin much faster than they should, based on what we can see.
A theory called supersymmetry proposes additional particles, as yet unseen, that might fill in some of these gaps. But no experiment, including the LHC, has yet found evidence for anything "supersymmetrical".
Even the familiar and crucial force of gravity is nowhere in the Standard Model.
By taking matter to states we have never observed before - the LHC's collisions create temperatures not seen since moments after the Big Bang - physicists hope to find something unexpected that addresses some of these questions.
Debris from the tiny but history-making smash-ups might contain new particles, or tell-tale gaps betraying the presence of dark matter or even hidden dimensions.
But first we need collisions - due in May at the earliest - and then a steady torrent of data will make its way to physicists around the world, so that the massive analysis effort can begin.
Even when the results start to flow, we shouldn't hold our breath anticipating a breakthrough, according to Steven Goldfarb who works on the Atlas experiment.
Dr Goldfarb remembers working on Cern's previous atom smasher, the LEP collider, which commenced operations in 1989. Then, just like today, there was much excitement about staging higher-energy collisions than ever before.
"We thought at that time, perhaps we'd find the Higgs, perhaps we'd find supersymmetry. Many of the things we're looking for now, we looked for then," he told the BBC.
"In the end, we just measured the Standard Model more and more precisely. We put a lot of really good constraints on it, which taught us where to look for the Higgs - but there were no Eureka discoveries.
"And that could really be the case for the next several years."
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The Tories claimed Labour's spending plans to date amounted to a £45bn "bombshell" for workers and families.
But shadow chancellor John McDonnell said its plans were fully costed and dismissed their opponents' calculations as "absolute lies".
Parliament has now been dissolved ahead of the 8 June general election.
It means every seat in the House of Commons has become vacant and there are no MPs until a new Parliament is elected. However, government ministers retain their roles and continue their work.
Mrs May is expected to be driven the short distance from 10 Downing Street to Buckingham Palace for an audience with the Queen.
The parties have not yet released their election manifestos, but their taxation plans have already come under the spotlight, with Prime Minister Theresa May refusing to repeat her party's 2015 "tax lock guarantee" - while promising there would be no increase in VAT.
The Tories have now turned their fire on Labour's plans with an attack poster claiming Labour's commitments to date amount to a tax "bombshell", which they say "don't stack up".
Labour, which is promising to suspend the closure of hospital services across England, has already pledged to appoint an extra 10,000 police officers and increase NHS workers' pay, and it also plans to borrow to invest extra money in infrastructure.
The Conservatives have also included costings from other announcements, speeches and interviews made by party figures dating back to Jeremy Corbyn's 2015 leadership campaign, as well as proposed revenue raisers such as Labour's planned corporation tax increase.
Brexit Secretary David Davis said: "Jeremy Corbyn's nonsensical and irresponsible ideas pose a grave risk to the future of Britain's economy and the finances of every family in the country.
"His many, ill-thought through promises simply don't stack up and could not be paid for."
On Sunday Mrs May said she had "absolutely no plans" to increase taxes, and that a Conservative government would not raise VAT if she won the general election.
But she did not back predecessor David Cameron's pledge which also ruled out rises in income tax and National Insurance until 2020.
Labour has also said it will not raise VAT, and has promised low taxes for what it calls "low and medium earners". It has also said it will increase corporation tax and reverse capital gains and inheritance tax cuts, which will pay for the majority of its spending commitments.
The party's campaign manager Andrew Gwynne accused the Conservatives of "blatantly misrepresenting" their plans.
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The Tories, he said, had included more than £2bn in pledges that were not current party policy, such as subsidised nursery provision for all children, increased benefits for the over-25s, buying out all private NHS contracts and reversing all cuts to arts funding.
Plans to increase the carers allowance, reinstate bursaries for trainee nurses, restore the educational maintenance allowance and scrap maintenance loans for students, replacing them with grants, were all fully funded, he said.
Mr McDonnell said the Conservatives' "desperate" attacks were designed to divert attention from the fact that they were not themselves ruling out increasing tax on low and middle-income earners.
"To be frank, in common parlance, people would call these, what the Tories have published today lies, absolute lies," he told BBC Radio 4's Today.
Labour is returning to the NHS with its campaign on Wednesday, promising to suspend local reform plans involving closures to A&E, maternity and stroke units. It said the process was causing confusion and risked being driven by money rather than what was best for patients.
But the Conservatives dismissed the idea and said funding was in place to pay for the changes.
A huge wall of red sludge descended on the south-eastern village of Bento Rodrigues when two dams holding waste water from an iron ore mine collapsed.
Hundreds of rescue workers continue to search for 26 people who are missing feared dead.
The authorities have confirmed the death of one person.
Two other bodies have been retrieved, but officials are not sure whether their deaths were connected to the breach of the dams on Thursday afternoon.
They will carry out DNA tests to check if they are related to the 13 mine workers and 13 residents, including five children, who are missing.
"It is unlikely that the 13 workers who were at the dams will be found alive. We have to accept that," said Mr Pimentel.
Two men, who are related, were located on Sunday evening at a nearby hotel, bringing the number of people feared dead from 28 to 26.
Their family was not aware of their whereabouts and had reported them as missing.
Residents complained of not being warned once the Fundao and Santarem dams collapsed.
Many saved their lives by running to higher ground when they heard the noise of the approaching sludge.
The mine is owned by Vale and BHP Billiton and is operated by Samarco.
Samarco head Ricardo Vescovi told the AFP news agency that to the best of his knowledge, Brazilian law does not require an emergency alarm for dam failures.
The authorities approved the company's emergency response plan, he said.
The authorities say there is no risk of a third dam in the area collapsing.
The thick red mud surge engulfed cars and lorries, and destroyed homes shortly after the dams collapsed.
The floodwaters and mud have reached towns up to 70km (40 miles) away.
There are fears that the iron ore residue in the mud poses a health risk.
More than 500 people lived in Bento Rodrigues, which lies about 7km (four miles) south of the burst dams.
It is part of Mariana, an old colonial town and a major tourist attraction in Brazil.
Mine owners Samarco do not have information on the environmental impact of the dam bursts, a spokesman told the Reuters news agency.
The cause of the breach is not yet known.
The authorities are investigating whether low-intensity tremors registered in the area on Thursday could have played a part in the tragedy.
Pedro Hernandez of Maple Shade, New Jersey, told police he choked Etan Patz to death and left his body in a bag in an alley, New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told reporters.
Etan vanished while walking to a school bus stop on his own for the first time.
He became one of the first to appear on milk cartons asking for information about missing children.
Mr Hernandez, 51, is the first suspect to be arrested in connection with the case. He worked in a convenience shop near the Patz family home in Manhattan, New York.
"He was remorseful, and I think the detectives thought that it was a feeling of relief on his part," Mr Kelly said. "We believe that this is the individual responsible for the crime."
Mr Kelly added that Mr Hernandez had lured the boy "with the promise of a soda". After leading the boy into the basement he "choked him there and disposed of the body by placing him in a plastic bag and placing it in the trash".
No body or bag was ever recovered.
Mr Kelly told reporters that police took Mr Hernandez back to the scene of the crime, which is now a shop selling spectacles. When the incident took place, Mr Hernandez had been stacking shelves at the small grocery shop for about a month.
He added that police had already informed Etan's family of the development in the case.
"We can only hope that these developments bring some measure of peace to the family," he said.
US media said that police had been tipped off by someone Mr Hernandez had confided in, possibly a family member.
By Laura TrevelyanBBC News, New York
The image of Etan Patz's smiling face, framed by his fair hair, haunted Americans in the 1980s as they saw it on their milk cartons nationwide.
Etan's disappearance helped launch a national missing children's movement. The harrowing story of how a six-year-old vanished while walking to the school bus stop for the very first time prompted American parents to curb their children's independence.
Today it's almost impossible to think of a six-year-old being given such freedom, but back in 1979, it was common.
Investigators last month searched a handyman's former workshop near the Patz family home.
In an apparent breakthrough for the decades-old investigation, the Manhattan basement flat was excavated over four days. But no obvious human remains and little forensic evidence were found.
Several containers of rubble and sand from the property were hauled away and preserved in case officials need to revisit the excavation.
The handyman, Othniel Miller, has been questioned by detectives over the past year. But he denies having anything to do with his disappearance.
Etan vanished on 25 May 1979, near his home in New York's SoHo district. Friday is the anniversary his disappearance.
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan declared 25 May National Missing Children's Day.
Etan's parents, Stanley and Julie Patz, became outspoken advocates for missing children in the years after their son's disappearance.
The Patzes have not moved since his disappearance and for years refused to change their phone number, hoping that Etan was alive.
In 2001, however, the family obtained a court order declaring Etan dead as part of a lawsuit in which a convicted child molester was held responsible for their son's death.
A judge ordered Jose Antonio Ramos, who knew Etan's babysitter, to pay $2m (£1.3m) to the Patzes.
Ramos is serving a 20-year prison sentence for a different case, and is scheduled to be released this year.
Northumbria Police wants to give the book compiled by Henry Littler back to his family.
Mr Littler, who joined the then County Borough of South Shields Police in 1929, started his collection of cuttings and pictures in the 1930s.
Ch Insp Chris Grice described the book as "fascinating" and a "piece of history".
Mr Littler served as a detective for a number of years before being promoted to sergeant in 1946 and later inspector.
Ch Insp Grice said: "The newspaper cuttings include incidents he was involved in and details of his promotion, along with some of his sporting achievements and his old warrant card.
"There are also plenty of old photographs of the people Henry worked with over the years.
"Sadly we don't think Henry will still be alive but are hoping he has some living relatives or there are people who knew him and are really keen to trace them so we can share his memories with them."
Officers were called to the King Street area at about 17:30.
A Police Scotland spokesman said the incident was "contained" with no danger to the wider public. He added: "Inquiries are ongoing."
Spectators lined the roads throughout Belfast, the Antrim coast and County Armagh over the course of three days.
The third stage began in Armagh on Sunday as the cyclists headed across the Irish border towards Dublin.
The race has been hailed a success by NI's ministers, while police praised people for their efforts.
The Giro d'Italia was the biggest sporting event ever staged in Northern Ireland, with competitors from more than 30 countries taking part.
Germany's Marcel Kittel of the Giant team won his second stage in two days in a sprint finish in Dublin. His winning time in the 187km (116 miles) route was four hours, 28 minutes and 43 seconds.
Australian Michael Matthews of the Orica team retained the pink jersey with an eight-second overall lead.
Hundreds of people turned out to wave goodbye to the Giro as it crossed the border into the Irish Republic.
At Forkhill in County Armagh, well-wishers lined the route and cheered as the lead group of five riders arrived in the border village.
Several minutes later the rest of the peloton swooped through the village as camera helicopters hovered overhead.
The response from the public over the three-day period was praised by police.
Assistant Chief Constable Alan Todd said: "Despite the inclement weather, thousands of you were lining the streets to support the cyclists.
"For those of you who had to alter plans or rethink your journey, thank you for your understanding and patience.
"This was a significant event that portrayed Northern Ireland on a global stage and yet again we have proved that we are more than capable of hosting international events and doing them well."
Stormont Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster was in Armagh to start the third stage of the race.
"Once again Northern Ireland has proved that, in rain or shine, we can host top-class major events," she said.
"Not only did the Giro d'Italia capture the imagination of people living here, as the pink theme was embraced and spectators turned out to cheer on the competitors, but Northern Ireland has impressed the many visitors who have travelled from far afield.
"Bringing the world's second biggest cycling race to Northern Ireland was about proving on the international stage that we can deliver when it comes to staging major events. It was, of course, also about showcasing our tourism product to the world. We have achieved both of those objectives and much more."
She said hosting the event had "lifted Northern Ireland to a new level".
"We have already announced that the Irish Open is returning in 2015 and 2017, and I have every confidence that more major events will follow in the years ahead," she added.
Culture minister Carál Ní Chuilín also praised the event, saying it had showcased Northern Ireland.
"We had this spectacle (shown) in 175 countries all over the world," she said.
"Our scenery, what we had to offer, the organisation, the infrastructure, will all be beamed round," she said.
"It has been proven on previous occasions that that, in terms of tourist potential, you can't buy that.
"Yes, you do need to spend money to make money.
"We saw this before during the torch relays for the Olympics and Paralympics. Certainly the tourist figures seemed to have bounced as a result of that."
Saturday's route took in some of Northern Ireland's most scenic parts, as the riders travelled through Antrim, Ballymena and Bushmills along the Causeway coast, before returning to Belfast via Larne and Carrickfergus.
German rider Marcel Kittel won the stage in a thrilling sprint finish with a time of 5:13:12, while Australian Michael Matthews took the pink jersey as overall race leader.
On Friday, the Giro d'Italia's opening stage was held in Belfast. Australia's Orica GreenEdge won the team time-trial, with Svein Tuft taking the first pink jersey.
Ray Johnstone found casting lines off South Australia's Yorke Peninsula without company had turned his lifelong passion into a solitary affair.
His online ad on a popular Australian classifieds site, in which he jokingly described his condition as "used", was posted on 19 January.
"I'm a widowed pensioner who is looking for a fishing mate," Mr Johnstone wrote. "My previous mate is now deceased."
"I am willing to share all costs, e.g. petrol, bait and should you happen to own a boat [I am] willing to pay all ramp fees, but happy if you are also a land-based fisherman."
Propelled by a social media campaign using the hashtag #IllFishWithRay, Mr Johnstone's plea rapidly spread beyond his small town of Lewiston.
His advert had gathered 14,000 views by Monday, and late on Wednesday, the number neared 100,000.
"I've had TV coverage," he tells the BBC. "I've had just about every radio station in Australia ring me up. My phone has just not stopped. I can't believe this even happened."
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Mr Johnstone's daughter Pamela has thanked people for the response, writing on Facebook that her father had "been so lonely since mum passed away".
"I just like getting out in the fresh air and keeping myself active," Mr Johnstone says.
"I don't want to end up as a vegetable like some old people do."
Since posting the advert, more than 100 people from around the country have offered to fish with Mr Johnstone.
A carpenter even offered to fly the pensioner and his grandson more than 1600km (995 miles) to Queensland for a two-day fishing trip off Stradbroke Island.
"I've had about half a dozen charter boats offer to take me and my grandson out on a charter boat," Mr Johnstone says.
"I've got about another seven or eight people lined up to go fishing afterwards."
However, he has struggled to understand the enormous attention.
"I can't see how one simple little ad caused that many people to respond," he says.
"Maybe it's because I'm 75 years old."
The central bank head said as long as inflation was stable and the US economy was strong enough to boost jobs, the conditions would be right for a rise.
Despite expectations of a rise this month, the Fed held rates, in part due to fears about global economic growth.
Ms Yellen, speaking at the University of Massachusetts, said US economic prospects "generally appear solid".
Speaking a week after the Fed delayed that long-anticipated hike, she said she and other policymakers did not expect recent global economic and financial market developments to significantly affect the central bank's policy.
Much recent inflationary weakness is due to special and likely temporary factors, such as a strong dollar and low oil prices, she said.
"Most [policymakers] including myself, currently anticipate... an initial increase in the federal funds rate later this year, followed by a gradual pace of tightening thereafter," Ms Yellen said.
US rates have been held at practically zero since December 2008 as the economy recovers from the financial meltdown.
This month, nine members of the Fed's key policymaking committee voted to hold the federal funds rate target at 0 to 0.25%.
One committee member, Jeffrey Lacker, favoured a 0.25 percentage point rise.
The Fed's long-term policy is to keep interest rates low until employment levels improve further and the main US inflation rate approaches its 2% target.
In her speech on Thursday, Mrs Yellen cautioned that inflation may rise more slowly or rapidly than anticipated. "Should such a development occur, we would need to adjust the stance of policy in response," she said.
The World Bank recently warned developing countries to brace themselves for possible financial turbulence when the Fed eventually hikes rates.
The bank said it is possible that there would be sufficient disruption to capital flows into developing countries to harm economic growth and financial stability.
Meanwhile, towards the end of her speech, Mrs Yellen, 69, paused twice for several seconds, appearing to have lost her place in the text.
Reuters reported that the chairman of the university's economics department, Michael Ash, appeared at her side, asking: "You ok?" and offering to escort her off the stage.
The Fed said in a statement later that she "felt dehydrated at the end of the [hour] long speech under bright lights".
The statement said she was seen by emergency medical personnel and "felt fine afterward and has continued her schedule Thursday evening".
Cristiani Girelli's goal in first-half injury-time gave Italy a deserved lead with Melania Gabbiadini's 76th-minute strike doubling their advantage.
Girelli hit Italy's third in injury-time to complete a straightforward win.
NI keeper Emma Higgins made a number of fine saves while Girelli also struck the woodwork.
The Irish remain fourth in Group Six with qualification out of reach as Italy edge closer to a place in the Netherlands next year.
Group leaders Switzerland are already through as they cannot be caught after winning their opening seven games.
The Swiss host Northern Ireland in Biel in the final round of qualifiers on Tuesday evening.
Italy, managed by 1982 World Cup winner Antonio Cabrini, have guaranteed second place and victory over the Czech Republic on Tuesday will ensure their qualification as one of the six-best group runners-up.
Home keeper Higgins was kept busy in the first half as she saved a Barbara Bonansea effort superbly and also denied Alice Parisi and Gabbiadini.
However Higgins was beaten right on the stroke of half-time as Girelli put the Italians ahead after being set up by Gabbiadini.
Italy were even more dominant in the second period, forcing a series of corners, with Higgins denying Daniela Stracchi and Girelli hitting the frame of the goal.
The inevitable second goal came on 76 minutes as Bonansea set up Gabbiadini to score and Girelli added the third in added time.
The analysis of global data details the ruthlessness of our hunting practices and the impacts we have on prey.
It shows how humans typically take out adult fish populations at 14 times the rate that marine animals do themselves.
And on land, we kill top carnivores, such as bears, wolves and lions, at nine times their own self-predation rate.
But perhaps the most striking observation, say authors Chris Darimont and colleagues, is the way human beings focus so heavily on taking down adult prey.
This is quite different from the rest of the animal kingdom, for which the juveniles of a species tend to be the most exploited.
Part of this is explained by the tools that human hunters exclusively can deploy.
We can tackle adult prey at minimal cost, and so gain maximum, short-term reward, explained Prof Darimont from the University of Victoria (UoV), Canada.
"Advanced killing technology mostly excuses humans from the formerly dangerous act of predation," he told reporters.
"Hunters 'capture' mammals with bullets, and fishes with hooks and nets. They assume minimal risk compared with non-human predators, especially terrestrial carnivores, which are often injured while living what amounts to a dangerous lifestyle."
This concentration on large adult prey is triggering extinctions, as well as driving an evolutionary shift towards smaller fish sizes and disrupting global food chains, say the authors.
Prof Tom Reimchen, a UoV co-author on the study, uses a financial analogy to explain the damaging consequences of hitting adult populations hardest.
He calls the adults the system's "reproductive capital" - the equivalent of the capital held in a bank account or a pension fund. And he says we are eating into this capital when we should really be living off the interest - the juveniles, which many species will produce in colossal numbers, expecting a good fraction to be doomed from the moment they are born via predation, starvation, disease, accidents and more.
The heavily biased preference for adults was not a sustainable strategy long-term, which ought to be clear from fundamental biology, argued Prof Darimont: "In the overwhelming number of cases as fishes age, they become more fecund. That is to say, they produce more eggs, have more babies, and, in fact, in many cases, many of those babies are more likely to survive and reproduce themselves.
"So when a predator targets that reproductive age class and especially the larger more fecund animals in those populations, we are dialling back the reproductive capacity of populations."
However, much of the standard conservation management today is based on the notion that it is the "tiddlers" that should be let go, to ensure robust numbers for the next generation. Trawl nets are often designed specifically to support this approach.
Doing it the other way would be challenging, but the technical solutions were available, said Prof Reimchen.
"There are traps that can define the entrance to a net, which then very easily allows you to exclude fish above a certain size - in other words, the reproductive capital. Once the motivation is in place, clever people will work out how this transition from the reproductive capital to the interest could be brought about."
As for quotas, these should more closely align with the numbers taken out by natural predators, the team suggests.
Dr Chris Carbone studies predator-prey relationships for the Zoological Society of London, UK.
He described the research as an interesting study that aimed to put some actual numbers on phenomena that many in the field would recognize.
But he cautioned that as broad as the investigation was, the data was still sparse, especially in the marine environment.
And as for refocusing the age class to take more juveniles, Dr Carbone argued that it would very much depend on the species in question. Not all species would react in the same way. But he said there was perhaps an even more fundamental problem, which was the density of human predators versus their prey.
"We exist at vastly higher densities than natural predators," he told BBC News.
"It might be that 100 zebras could support a lion, but in the case of humans we can outnumber our prey in many instances, and that throws the system. So even if we didn't have the efficient hunting technology, we'd still have problems with sustainability."
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Conservative Nusrat Ghani said the term was used by abusers as a "pathetic self-justification" for their violence.
She proposed a bill in the House of Commons that would ban the use of the description in official publications.
The move would make it clear that "cultural and religious sensitivities are not a barrier to justice", the MP for Wealden in East Sussex said.
There is no specific offence of "honour-based" violence.
The Crown Prosecution Service describes it as a "collection of practices, which are used to control behaviour within families or other social groups to protect perceived cultural and religious beliefs and/or honour".
Ms Ghani said police had been put off investigating such crimes because they fear being branded "racist".
"Language matters," she told the Commons.
"The use of the term 'honour' to describe a violent criminal act - sometimes committed against a man, but more often against a woman - can be explained only as a means of self-justification for the perpetrator.
"It diminishes the victim and provides a convenient excuse for what in our society we should accurately and simply call murder, rape, abuse or enslavement.
"I want us in this House to send a clear message that the excuses end here."
Her Crime (Aggravated Murder of and Violence against Women) Bill would also require the UK authorities to fund assistance for British women attacked in other countries and for the bodies of those murdered to be repatriated.
UK nationals guilty of such offences towards other UK nationals overseas would also face prosecution in British courts, her bill states.
MPs agreed the bill should be able to proceed, although Conservative MP Philip Davies - who said it was too focused on women and did not mention honour crime towards men - objected.
Mr Davies said he would continue to oppose legislation "unjustifiably aimed at dealing with just one gender", adding: "Yes, of course women are far more likely to be the victims of honour-based crimes than men, but they are not exclusively the victims of these crimes.
"As far as I am concerned, all these things are just as bad as each other."
The bill will be heard again on 24 March, although it is unlikely to become law without the government's support.
Tata Sons, owners of Tata Steel, replaced "lame duck" Cyrus Mistry with his predecessor Ratan Tata last week.
Tata Steel employs almost 7,000 workers around Wales, including more than 4,000 at its plant in Port Talbot.
Community Union said Tata must now engage in discussions on the long-term future for steelmaking in Europe.
In a joint statement Community's general secretary Roy Rickhuss and Frits van Wieringen, chairman of the Tata Steel European Works Council, said: "The news that Cyrus Mistry has been removed as chairman came as a surprise to us all.
"However we wish Ratan Tata well in taking over the reins at this challenging time for Tata Steel Europe.
"At this time we are asking Tata to alleviate the uncertainty for the workforce, customers and suppliers, by clarifying the situation regarding the strategic direction of the European operations.
"Furthermore, it is imperative Tata now engage with us to discuss their long-term vision and plans for steelmaking Europe."
Mr Mistry has lashed out at the way his sudden departure was handled.
In a no-holds-barred email to the board seen by the BBC, Mr Mistry said he had become a "lame duck" chairman and alleges constant interference, including being asked to sign off on deals he knew little about.
He also warned the company risks huge writedowns across the business.
Tata said it currently had no response to the allegations.
Last week, Tata Steel's UK head Bimlendra Jha praised the "significant effort" to turn things around - after Port Talbot was said to be losing £1m a day earlier this year.
Tata looked to sell its UK business, but paused the process in July.
Losses at Port Talbot have been reduced by a turnaround plan and better market conditions such as rising steel prices and a drop in the pound's value.
Five youths dropped concrete posts and manhole covers off an A4174 bridge on 6 April, the Bristol Post reported.
A dispersal order has been put in place in Longwell Green following the "dangerous and reckless" behaviour of children.
Ch Insp Mark Evans, said: "We don't want to criminalise children, but we need to take action."
Over the past six weeks the anti-social behaviour of a group of children - some as young as nine - has escalated in the Barrs Court, Longwell Green and Oldland Common areas, according to Avon and Somerset Police.
Last week, two 15-year-old boys were arrested for breaching a dispersal order.
In addition, an 18-year-old man was given a street caution and a 16-year-old boy was arrested and street bailed for possessing cannabis.
Ch Insp Evans said children are being dropped off by parents who are not "fully aware of the danger their children are putting themselves or others in".
"What we're finding now is they're stepping up their behaviour and it's becoming more reckless and is beginning to put lives in danger," he said.
"Up until now we've been using dispersal powers to move on those causing problems, but we've now reached the stage where we're making arrests with the intention of bringing offenders to justice for their actions.
"So the appeal to parents is to get control of your children."
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Bolt helped Jamaica land 4x100m relay gold, having already won the 100m and 200m individual titles, to match his feats at Beijing 2008 and London 2012.
British showjumper Nick Skelton, 58, and the women's hockey team added to GB's gold tally on day 14 of the Games.
Lutalo Muhammad also won a taekwondo silver, while there was a bronze for Britain's women's 4x100m relay team.
With two days of competition left, GB now have 60 medals in total, five short of the 65 won at the London Games in 2012.
Bolt, 29, has said the Rio Games will be his final Olympics as he plans to retire from the sport after the 2017 World Championships.
He signs off having won all nine Olympic finals in which he has appeared.
Bolt has claimed gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay at Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016.
"There you go, I'm the greatest," he said afterwards.
Former Olympic 1500m silver medallist Steve Cram, who was commentating for BBC Sport, agreed Bolt was the "greatest ever".
"We are all privileged to have been here throughout his career and watched his Olympic performances," added the the Briton.
Sprinter Allyson Felix also created history by becoming the first woman to collect five gold medals in athletics.
She was part of the USA's victorious 4x100m relay team after winning silver in the 400m earlier in the Games.
The 30-year-old can make it six golds in the 4x400m relay final on Saturday.
Earlier on Friday, Britain won a first women's hockey gold as 58-year-old show jumper Skelton became their oldest Olympic champion in 108 years.
The double success took Team GB's tally to 24 gold medals, consolidating second place in the table behind the United States but ahead of China.
Muhammad, 25, was unable to add a 25th after an agonising last-second defeat against Ivory Coast's Cheick Sallah Cisse.
The women's 4x100m relay team won GB's first medal in the event since 1984, claiming bronze as the United States retained their title.
Boxers Nicola Adams and Joe Joyce could add two more golds when they fight in their respective gold-medal bouts on the final weekend.
Athlete Mo Farah, who is already the 10,000m champion, runs in the 5,000m on Saturday, while diver Tom Daley competes in the men's 10m platform.
Britain's Olympic achievements are to be celebrated with events in Manchester and London, Prime Minister Theresa May has announced.
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Team GB have now landed gold medals on 10 of the 14 days so far in Brazil following the success of Skelton and the women's hockey team.
Skelton is the oldest medallist at Rio 2016 - and the oldest ever in Olympic equestrian history - after winning the individual event in his seventh Games.
He had initially retired 16 years ago after breaking his neck in two places, only to change his mind and then win gold at London 2012 in the team event.
Skelton said winning gold had "capped" his career. "I always knew in the back of my mind that I could do it," he added.
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Several hours after his victory, Britain's women added another gold by beating the Netherlands, the reigning world and Olympic champions.
The game finished 3-3 in normal time and went to a dramatic penalty shootout.
Britain won 2-0 to improve on their bronze medal at London 2012.
"This is what we dreamed of and now we've got it," said GB forward Nicola White. "No-one can ever take that away from us."
Day-by-day guide to what's on
Diver Daley, bronze medallist at London 2012, qualified in first place for Saturday's semi-finals of the men's 10m platform.
Liam Heath is on track to increase his personal medal haul after qualifying fastest for the men's kayak single 200m final. The 32-year-old won silver with Jon Schofield in the kayak double 200m on Thursday.
The women's kayak four 500m team are also through to the final after Jess Walker, Rachel Cawthorn, Rebii Simon and Louisa Gurski finished joint second with Canada in their semi-final.
In the women's golf, Charley Hull is joint fifth after three rounds, six shots behind leader Inbee Park of South Korea, with Catriona Matthew tied 26th.
All times BST:
15:00: It's Daley time as he goes in the 10m platform semi-finals.
18:00: Adams attempts to retain the Olympic flyweight boxing title.
20.30-21.55: Assuming he qualifies safely, Daley will go in the 10m platform final as he looks to improve on the bronze he won in London.
21:30: Hosts Brazil take on Germany in the men's football final. The match is a re-run of the World Cup semi-final in 2014, which hosts Brazil lost 7-1.
01.15 (Sun): South Africa's Caster Semenya has been dominant in the women's 800m so far, and will be favourite to take gold.
01.30: Can Farah win a fourth Olympic title - and second gold medal of these Games - by taking the 5,000m title? He starts as favourite.
02:00 and 02.35: The women's and men's 4x400m relays.
Opposition lawmakers in the lower house of Congress failed to obtain the two-thirds majority needed to send the case to the Supreme Court.
Mr Temer welcomed the vote as "clear and incontestable".
The president has been accused of receiving $12m (£9m) in bribes from the boss of a giant meatpacking firm, JBS. He has denied the allegation.
In the 513-seat chamber, 263 voted against the motion to send the president for trial and 227 voted in favour, well below the 342 needed for the motion to pass.
"With the support the lower house has given me, we will pass all the reforms that the country needs," President Temer said, after the vote.
"Now it is time to invest in our country. Brazil is ready to start growing again."
He vowed to complete his term of office, which ends in December 2018.
The Congress session was marred by scenes of chaos and angry exchanges.
Lawmakers shouted abuse, pushed each other and threw fake bank notes at their opponents.
Julia Carneiro, BBC News, Rio de Janeiro
You know there's something serious happening in Brazil when the prime time soap opera is cancelled.
In its place, the voting session in Congress was shown on the main TV channel, with no lack of drama - from pushing and shoving to fake money flying in the air.
After the outcome, Brazilians turned back to the evening's live football match.
A recent poll suggested that more than 80% of the population wanted the investigations to continue, but the outcome of the vote in Congress was expected.
Over the past weeks, Brazilians followed news of Mr Temer's manoeuvres to muster support to save his government.
Unlike his impeached predecessor, Dilma Rousseff, Mr Temer is no beginner in politics, and showed his ability in forging alliances - even if this includes promising roles in ministries, funds for lawmaker's projects and other benefits.
President Temer is currently approved by only 5% of the population, but still has the backing of political elites and businesses due to the economic reforms he is pursuing - and has so far managed to resist the political scandal.
Left-wing Congressman Ivan Valente, of the Socialism and Liberty Party, demanded the ousting of Mr Temer and the holding of new elections.
"The Brazilian people do not want Temer, the Brazilian people want direct elections. We do not want to change six for half-a-dozen. Out with Temer! Direct (elections) now!" he said.
The lengthy session descended into chaos earlier, when both sides traded accusations of corruption.
Pro-government lawmakers displayed inflatable dolls depicting former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as a prisoner.
He was sentenced last month to nine years and six months in jail and is facing other charges of corruption.
Lula says all the accusations against him are politically-motivated.
Mr Temer's supporter argued his dismissal would cause instability and damage Brazil's ailing economy.
"I am in favour of all investigations, but the moment we are living in is very delicate and we need to recover the economy," said Luiz Claudio from the centre-right Republic Party.
Mr Temer became president last year following the impeachment of his predecessor, Dilma Rousseff.
She was found guilty of tampering with the government accounts in order to hide a growing deficit ahead of her re-election in 2014.
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The 60-year-old was the only person on board and died at the scene when the Piper Tomahawk plane crashed near Padbury in Buckinghamshire last August.
The Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) was unable to find what caused his downward spiral into a field.
The AAIB's report found no evidence the craft was faulty.
Investigators could not explain how the unnamed pilot remained airborne for two minutes after sending the text message to a relative that he was going down.
The pilot had set off from White Waltham Airfield, near High Wycombe, and was heading northwards when he started to fly in a circular pattern for almost an hour. During this time he made a number of telephone calls.
The AAIB said the pilot then tried to telephone a relative 25 seconds before sending the text message but the call "did not connect".
The pilot, who had more than 3,000 hours of flying time and a commercial pilot's licence, broadcast a Mayday call two minutes after sending the text.
Those who met him on the day of his death described him as "chatty, friendly and relaxed", the report said.
The Schibsted group, publisher of Aftenposten and the mass-circulation VG, is one of Scandinavia's largest media concerns. Norway-based Telenor is a leading Nordic broadband, telecoms and satellite TV provider.
Digital television via cable and satellite offers a wide range of specialist channels. Norway has completed the switch from analogue to digital terrestrial TV.
Norwegians are among the world's keenest newspaper readers. The number of titles is impressive, given the small population. Most of the press is privately-owned and openly partisan.
Press freedom is guaranteed by the constitution and public radio and TV broadcast without official interference.
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The hosts had the better chances in a stuttering first half, with Lex Immers twice heading over.
Although both sides squandered opportunities after the break, the game looked destined to end goalless.
But Kermorgant seized on a loose ball in the Cardiff box and struck an emphatic half-volley to seal Reading's first away win of the season.
It was a rare moment of quality in an otherwise forgettable meeting between two sides who struggled to play with any fluency.
The most significant event of the day for Cardiff was their omission of goalkeeper David Marshall ahead of a £5m move to Hull.
His successor, Ben Wilson, almost gifted Reading victory midway through the second half as he dropped the ball in the Bluebirds' box, but Roy Beerens' scuffed shot was cleared off the line.
Paul Trollope's side mustered some promising chances - Immers and Sean Morrison both missing with free headers - but their toothless attacking display prompted boos from the home crowd at the final whistle.
Cardiff manager Paul Trollope:
"I'm really frustrated. We prepared really well and created enough chances, especially in the first period, to be in front.
"We controlled the game and coped well with their game to limit them to a few chances. But you need to score goals in football and we should have been ahead.
"We had three very, very good chances from headers and didn't take them and then conceded that late goal that felt like a real sucker-punch.
"We thought we had this one in the palm of our hands at half-time and that we would go on to win. But not taking those chances came back to haunt us so we need to improve that."
Reading boss Jaap Stam:
"I'm very proud of the players and how they reacted and the passion they put into this game.
"They are learning a different style of play but I told them if they keep believing, working hard and are patient then eventually we will start winning games.
"We were up against a physically strong side who don't give away much space to pass. They pressed us high up and were winning back balls in midfield and had chances in front of goal.
"We kept our patience and picked it up in the second half. We controlled the game and created chances late on."
Match ends, Cardiff City 0, Reading 1.
Second Half ends, Cardiff City 0, Reading 1.
Foul by Jordan Obita (Reading).
Kadeem Harris (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Chris Gunter (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City).
Roy Beerens (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jazz Richards (Cardiff City).
Goal! Cardiff City 0, Reading 1. Yann Kermorgant (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan Obita with a cross.
Foul by Liam Moore (Reading).
Frederic Gounongbe (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Stephen Quinn (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City).
Attempt missed. Garath McCleary (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Paul McShane (Reading) because of an injury.
Paul McShane (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Frederic Gounongbe (Cardiff City).
Substitution, Cardiff City. Craig Noone replaces Aron Gunnarsson.
Substitution, Reading. Jordan Obita replaces Tyler Blackett.
Attempt missed. Yann Kermorgant (Reading) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Garath McCleary with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Reading. Conceded by Sean Morrison.
Attempt blocked. Roy Beerens (Reading) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Garath McCleary.
Offside, Reading. Joey van den Berg tries a through ball, but Garath McCleary is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Liam Moore (Reading).
Frederic Gounongbe (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Frederic Gounongbe (Cardiff City) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Anthony Pilkington with a cross.
Attempt missed. Danny Williams (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Joey van den Berg with a headed pass.
Attempt blocked. Joey van den Berg (Reading) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yann Kermorgant.
Corner, Reading. Conceded by Jazz Richards.
Yann Kermorgant (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City).
Stephen Quinn (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kadeem Harris (Cardiff City).
Attempt blocked. Roy Beerens (Reading) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Garath McCleary.
Substitution, Reading. Stephen Quinn replaces George Evans.
George Evans (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City).
Foul by Roy Beerens (Reading).
Increased banking and trading activity helped lift profits at JPMorgan Chase 17% from the same period in 2016, the bank said. Profits were $6.45bn (£5.1bn).
Citigroup's first-quarter profit also gained 17% to $4.1bn on revenue gains from institutional clients.
Citi's revenue was 3% up on 2016 to $18.1bn.
Both reports beat analyst expectations.
JP Morgan chief executive, Jamie Dimon, said the background to the results was healthy: "US consumers and businesses are healthy overall and with pro-growth initiatives and improving collaboration between government and business, the US economy can continue to improve."
Chief executive, Michael Corbat, saw a similar picture: "The momentum we saw across many of our businesses towards the end of last year carried into the first quarter, resulting in significantly better overall performance than a year ago."
At JP Morgan, troubles at the consumer and community banking unit were offset by record revenues from commercial banking.
The firm's revenue increased to $24.7bn, up 6% from a year ago.
Provisions for credit losses fell 28% to $1.3bn. Last year, trouble in the oil and gas industry hurt results.
Separately Wells Fargo, which has been working to contain fallout from a scandal related to fake consumer accounts, said it earned $5.5bn in the first quarter, largely unchanged from a year ago.
Radio 1's Adele Roberts will be chatting with a collection of open and honest women from the sport and entertainment worlds.
Paralympian Hannah Cockroft, So Solid Crew's Lisa Maffia, Olympic cyclist Joanna Rowsell Shand, boxer Natasha Jonas, Lady Xsize, TV psychologist Emma Kenny and Liverpool's own heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson are just some of the people we'll hear from.
The group will be talking at FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) in Liverpool on Thursday, 6 October at 14:00 BST.
Tickets for the show have all been allocated but, for anyone not lucky enough to be in Liverpool, you can watch it live on the BBC Sport and BBC Radio 1Xtra websites.
This live interactive session will cover everything from physical and medical conditions to religious and cultural diversity.
Whether it's size, shape, periods, body hair or anything else, there are a lot of body image barriers that prevent us from taking part in physical activity.
By talking about them and not hiding behind them, we can improve our experience and learn from each other.
We're taking the time to talk about our body issues because you are not alone. Every woman has them, even medal-winning athletes!
Use #BBCBodyTalk on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram to join the conversation or put your own question to the panel. You can also email us.
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In December 1980, there were reports of phenomena in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk near a United States Air Force base.
The Forestry Commission has created a metal interpretation of a UFO to add to its trail which commemorates the alleged sightings.
The commission said the sculpture was "impartial" and did not seek to answer the mystery.
The 'Rendlesham Incident' took place over three nights starting in the early hours of 26 December 1980.
Two US servicemen claimed to have seen lights outside the perimeter fence at RAF Woodbridge.
Since then, many books and internet sites have been filled with conflicting theories about whether it was an alien visitation, a military aircraft, the beam from Orfordness Lighthouse or natural phenomena.
The Forestry Commission opened a UFO Trail in 2005 and placed three logs in a clearing where witnesses claimed a craft had landed and disappeared.
The new UFO will be placed in the same clearing.
Nigel Turner, recreation manager at Rendlesham Forest, said: "Clearly something happened - there's a party who believe it was something military, there are people who believe it was extraterrestrial activity and we respect all opinions.
"We think it will fit in well, because it offers a goal for people completing the trail and also give an insight into our timber-growing and conservation work."
Olivia English designed the UFO sculpture and said it was based on one of the servicemen's sketches and other descriptions of sightings in the forest.
She said: "The design is really about trying to find a middle ground and remaining impartial and creating an interpretation.
"The symbols on the side of the UFO were originally part of the trail, but we've recycled them to add another dimension. There's no secret code - it's art."
Builders renovating the Garden Museum, housed at the deconsecrated church of St Mary-at-Lambeth, found a hidden crypt containing 30 lead coffins.
Site manager Karl Patten said: "We discovered numerous coffins - and one of them had a gold crown on top of it".
The remains date back to the 1660s.
Mr Patten, from the building contractors Rooff, said his team were exposing the ground, lifting the flagstones in the church, when they uncovered an entry to what looked like a tomb.
They used a mobile phone camera on the end of a stick to search the void.
Garden Museum Director Christopher Woodward said he received a call from the builders and immediately assumed something had gone wrong with the project.
"But wow, it was the crown - it's the mitre of an archbishop, glowing in the dark," he said.
The red and gold mitre was resting on top of one of the coffins - which were stacked on top of each other in a brick-lined vault.
The Sunday Telegraph's Harry Mount, the first outsider to be granted access, said: "It is a spine-tingling view".
The coffins have been left undisturbed, though builders have installed a glass panel in the chancel floor above them for visitors to catch a glimpse.
Two of the coffins had nameplates - one for Richard Bancroft (in office from 1604 to 1610) and one for John Moore (1783 to 1805) whose wife, Catherine Moore, also had a coffin plate.
Bancroft was the chief overseer of the publication of a new English translation of the Bible - the King James Bible - which began in 1604 and was published in 1611.
According to Mr Mount, St Mary-at-Lambeth's records have since revealed that a further three archbishops were probably buried in the vault: Frederick Cornwallis (in office 1768 to 1783), Matthew Hutton (1757 to 1758) and Thomas Tenison (1695 to 1715).
A sixth, Thomas Secker (1758 to 1768) had his internal organs buried in a canister in the churchyard.
Also identified from coffin plates was the Dean of Arches John Bettesworth (who lived from 1677 to 1751) - the judge who sits at the ecclesiastical court of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Beyond that, Mr Woodward said: "We still don't know who else is down there".
However, further clues may lie in the history of the church.
One of the most sacred and precious sites in London, St Mary's was built in the 11th Century along London's Embankment, opposite Westminster Abbey, by St Edward the Confessor's sister.
Mr Woodward said: "This church had two lives: it was the parish church of Lambeth, this little village by the river…but it was also a kind of annex to Lambeth Palace itself.
"And over the centuries a significant number of the archbishops' families and archbishops themselves chose to worship here, and chose to be buried here."
Though the church is steeped in history, Mr Woodward and his team did not expect to make such an exciting discovery.
He said: "We thought there was no crypt because it's so close to the Thames that it would have been flooded.
"The Victorians cleared hundreds, if not thousands, of coffins out [of the grounds] to make this new building - nobody told us to expect to find anything."
Wesley Kerr, chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund from 2007 to 2014, said: "This is really astonishing - this is one of the most incredible things I've seen… To know that possibly the person that commissioned the King James Bible is buried here is the most incredible discovery and greatly adds to the texture of this project."
Deconsecrated in 1972, St Mary's was due to be demolished before becoming the Garden Museum.
In October 2015, the museum closed for 18 months to undergo a £7.5m redevelopment project and is due to reopen next month.
"Radio Scotland" was the brainchild of Tommy Shields, a former PR man with STV who ran his own advertising agency.
In the summer of 1965, inspired by pirate pioneers such as Radio Caroline and Radio London, Shields purchased a former Irish lightship, the Comet, for £7,000 - and spent about three times as much adapting the vessel for use as a floating radio station.
Today, in an era of internet streaming and downloads, it seems an absurd way of serving the nation near-continuous pop music.
But the record companies back then had instituted "needle-time" restrictions, which severely limited the number of discs that radio stations were allowed to broadcast in an average week.
And with successive governments unwilling to licence radio stations other than the BBC's, the pirates struck upon the idea of broadcasting from international waters where they were immune from British law.
Radio Scotland launched shortly before midnight on Hogmanay 1965, anchored in the Firth of Forth a few miles off the coast of Dunbar.
Within days the first boatload of mail reached the ship and there were soon sacks of letters and postcards addressed to the DJs.
Pirate radio may have made stars of the disc-jockeys but life on the waves was rarely glamorous.
At the age of 21, actor Paul Young from Edinburgh - better-known now as "Shug" in BBC Scotland's hit comedy Still Game - was the first voice on the station. He was assured the Comet would be the last word in luxury.
"From a distance it looked all right," he recalled. "But we got out there to find that we were on a floating tip, it was an absolute mess."
Letters written by the late Jimmy Mack, who went on to work for the BBC and Radio Clyde, paint a vivid picture of life on the ship.
"The past couple of days have been really rough," he told his wife. "Last night on the Lucky Dip show, I literally had to hang on to the [control] panel to avoid falling off the chair."
But on rare summer evenings, sunbathing on the deck in calm waters, the experience was altogether more romantic.
"Later in the evening," he wrote, "the ship was surrounded by a school of whales — about half a dozen of them. And they put on quite a show, diving and turning and generally splashing about. There's never a dull moment on the Comet."
The average working schedule was two weeks on-board and one week off.
When they were back on land the disc-jockeys made personality appearances at the Radio Scotland "Clan Balls" around the country - in venues like Glasgow's Locarno, McGoos in Edinburgh and the ice rinks at Inverness and Ayr.
These became the Scottish showcase for major British groups of the sixties such as The Kinks, The Troggs, The Searchers, The Animals and Manfred Mann.
Scottish groups got their share of the limelight too - Studio Six, The Poets and The Beatstalkers, for example.
"One has to remember it was the swinging sixties in London and that hadn't quite reached Scotland yet," explains Tony Meehan, then a 22-year old DJ.
"Radio Scotland gave this new free energy to listeners and broadcasters alike."
Nevertheless, the station lacked the polished sound of Radio London and Britain Radio, which were largely backed by American money and American ideas.
Radio Scotland may have focused on chart music, but with Scottish country dance, easy listening, and religious programming part of the mix, it often sounded uniquely "couthy".
Couthy or not, the death-knell had sounded for Radio Scotland barely seven months after it had begun.
On 27 July 1966, the government's Marine Broadcasting Offences Bill had been presented to parliament, proposing to make it unlawful to operate, broadcast from or advertise on the pirate ships.
The Scottish National Party spoke for many when it described the bill as negative and ill-conceived. But it was the Scottish Young Conservatives who, a year later, rallied the masses with a huge demonstration at the Mound in Edinburgh.
The protests were to no avail. The Marine Offences Act came into effect at midnight on 14 August 1967, spelling the end for the pirates and for Tommy Shields' vision of a radio station for Scotland.
On that last night 2,000 fans joined the staff of Radio Scotland for an emotional closedown party in Glasgow's Locarno ballroom.
Meanwhile, out on the Comet, two DJs, Tony Allan and Mark West, remained on-board to broadcast farewell messages and play out pre-recorded programmes.
The last hour featured a eulogy from Tommy Shields, who promised listeners that Radio Scotland would be back in "one form or another":
"We in Scotland have never accepted defeat lightly in the past. Although oppressed we have always come back to win. We are Scotland the brave. This is not good-bye, merely au revoir."
Six years later Radio Clyde was launched as Scotland's first licensed independent radio station - the same night the BBC, rather cheekily, rebranded their Scottish Radio 4 opt-out service "Radio Scotland".
Shields, however, never lived to see his legacy. About six months after Radio Scotland's closure, he died, aged 49.
Some suggested the stress of running a radio station against the odds had taken its toll - and that being robbed of his life's ambition had left him a broken man.
But for 20 months his modest little boat made huge waves and pulled Scotland into the "swinging sixties".
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In his annual report, Douglas Bain is recommending changes to the way complaints are handled.
These include the appointment of members of the public to the assembly committee which decides whether MLAs have broken the Stormont rules.
Last year, Mr Bain received just 14 complaints about MLAs' behaviour.
That was down dramatically from 53 the previous year.
He is suggesting MLAs should end what he calls their current "party political approach".
He wants a ban on the use of assembly vetoes - or Petitions of Concern - to stop politicians being punished for breaking the rules.
Such a petition was used to prevent any sanction against the Democratic Unionist Party's Sammy Wilson last year.
Mr Bain also wants Stormont to follow the example of Westminster, where seven members of the public sit alongside seven MPs on the committee charged with maintaining parliamentary standards.
The provisions allow the director of public prosecutions to state that a trial should be conducted without a jury in a specific case.
Northern Ireland Minister Chloe Smith said the government wants to end the "exceptional" arrangements.
However, she said it is important violence is not allowed to "undermine the criminal justice system" for the time being.
According to guidance from the Northern Ireland Office, there is "a strong presumption" for jury trials, but the "severe threat from Northern Ireland-related terrorism and the presence of violent paramilitary groups continues to pose risks" that can necessitate non-jury trials.
The Labour Party backed the extension.
Shadow Northern Ireland Minister Stephen Pound said the current security situation is "serious" and the order "goes a long way" to assuaging concerns over threats posed by terrorists and their associates at trials.
North Down independent unionist MP Sylvia Hermon asked if that position is shared by the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, but Mr Pound said that is "above my pay grade".
At the height of paramilitary violence in Northern Ireland, hundreds of people were tried without a jury every year.
The non-jury system was named after Lord Diplock, a former senior judge and Law Lord.
During the height of the Troubles, he chaired a commission that examined proposed changes in the administration of justice in an attempt to deal with terrorist offences.
The commission published its report in December 1972 and non-jury courts were introduced the following year.
The introduction of Diplock courts were opposed by civil liberty organisations and both nationalists and republicans.
At their peak, more than 300 trials per year were held without a jury.
The government technically abolished the old Diplock courts in 2007.
However, the government gave the director of public prosecutions temporary power to decide that exceptional cases should be tried without a jury if he believed there was still a risk of jurors being intimidated.
Sanford Wallace, who is known as the "Spam King", faces a maximum prison sentence of three years and a fine of $250,000 (£160,000).
Wallace tricked people into revealing their login details which he then used to access half a million accounts.
He then used those accounts to send spam to other Facebook users.
The charges against Wallace included fraud and criminal contempt in connection with misusing electronic mail, according to a statement from the district attorney.
One of Wallace's strategies for distributing spam involved targeting Facebook users with bogus "friend requests", which were in fact disguised advertisements.
As part of the guilty plea, he admitted to knowingly violating an order not to access Facebook's computer network.
The move to prosecute Wallace relates to a complaint filed in 2011, which was the result of an FBI investigation.
He will be sentenced on 2 December.
Wirapol Sukphol, formerly Nen Kham, became notorious in 2013 when a YouTube video appeared to show him on a private jet with a designer bag and sunglasses.
Later in 2013 he was accused of having sex with an under-aged girl and fled to the US soon afterwards.
Mr Sukphol is expected strongly to contest all the charges against him.
He is reported to have resisted the move to extradite him from California.
The former monk faces charges of child molestation and child abduction. He is also charged with money laundering and fraud after investigators say millions of dollars of assets were discovered in his name.
He arrived on Wednesday in Bangkok wearing clerical garments despite being expelled from the monkhood, the Bangkok Post reported.
Buddhism is traditionally one of the three cornerstones of Thai society along with the nation and the monarchy. Temples are at the centre of community life, especially in rural areas.
But the monkhood has come under increased criticism in recent years following a succession of scandals, mostly involving sex and money.
The military - which has been running Thailand since a coup in 2014 - is under increasing pressure to tackle some of the alleged excesses.
One of the most high-profile cases has involved influential Buddhist abbot Phra Dhammajayo. He is wanted on money laundering charges but police were prevented from arresting him earlier this year by thousands of the abbot's supporters who say the charges are politically motivated.
The crash happened on the slip-road to the A414 at Sandon, Chelmsford, at 03:40 BST on Thursday.
The teenager, from South Woodham Ferrers, had multiple injuries and was taken to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford.
He was later transferred to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, where he died on Friday night.
The 48-year-old BBC pundit played over 1,000 professional matches during his 24-year career, and went on to manage Pompey, Millwall and Weymouth.
He returned to semi-professional football in 2007 and most recently played for Gosport, helping them to promotion to Southern League in 2012.
Salisbury are looking for a new manager and league to play in for next term.
Under former boss Mikey Harris, the Whites finished 12th in the Conference Premier last season but the club have been hit by severe financial difficulties this summer.
They have been thrown out of the Football Conference for failing to meet deadlines to pay football creditors and Harris quit his role last month to join Portsmouth as youth-team coach.
A consortium took over the ailing club on Friday, overthrowing former chairman Outail Touzar, and the new owners plan to appeal to be reinstated into Conference South.
Claridge began his professional career at Bournemouth in 1984 and went on to have spells at Aldershot, Cambridge United, Birmingham City, Leicester City, Wolves and Millwall.
While at Leicester, Claridge scored the decisive goal in the 1996 First Division play-off final - which secured promotion to the Premier League - as well as their winner as they beat Middlesbrough in the 1997 League Cup final.
He later scored scored 34 goals in three years at Portsmouth, and he went on to spend four months as manager between October 2000 and February 2001.
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West Brom midfielder Chris Brunt has won 48 caps for Northern Ireland and played in eight of their 10 qualifying games for Euro 2016, but missed out on their squad for the finals through injury after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in March. He is in France as a pundit for BBC Sport.
When he had delivered his piece to the whole squad, our goalkeeper Michael McGovern put some music on. I cannot remember exactly what it was, but it was very loud and quite bad, old-school dance music. I don't think you would hear it in too many other places these days, let's put it that way.
Quite a few of the lads were dead on their feet after the effort they had put in during the game but the place was absolutely buzzing and it was a very different scene to the aftermath of our opening defeat by Poland.
I was so happy for them. We have worked so hard to get to France and a lot of the lads have been part of the squad for a long time and never experienced anything like this before.
I was especially pleased for Aaron Hughes, who is a mate of mine and a fantastic lad who has been there for everyone throughout the whole qualifying campaign and has probably not played as much as he liked.
He got on the field against Ukraine and did a great job at right-back, so a special mention to him, although the whole team did brilliantly.
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I have been around our base in Lyon all week and I could see that things were being mixed about on the training ground but I certainly don't think anyone expected Michael to make five changes for the Ukraine game.
It was a big call because it involved some big players - striker Kyle Lafferty and midfielder Chris Baird, for example, have been mainstays in our team for the last couple of seasons.
But he is the manager and it is his job to make those big decisions. I am delighted for everyone that they paid off.
Once everybody knew who was playing and who wasn't, they really started to focus. I could sense on the bus on the way to the game and in the dressing room beforehand that the lads were determined to show what a good team we actually are and they didn't half do that.
I said after the Poland game that we wanted to prove something because that was not a reflection of what we can do as a team - and you could tell things were going to be different against Ukraine from the first minute because we were a lot more like our usual selves.
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Up front, in particular, we looked a lot more dangerous than in the first match. We had to be.
With Conor Washington's pace up top and Jamie Ward and Stuart Dallas so direct down the wings we caused them problems every time we got the ball. The stats will tell you that they had more of the ball - 64% possession in the first half and 75% after the break - but we were a lot more effective with it when we got it.
Our set-pieces were back to their normal standard too, as shown by our first goal. Ollie Norwood was disappointed with his deliveries against Poland but he was right on the money to set up Gareth McAuley.
I was right in line with Gareth's header when it went in and it was a fantastic moment for the lads and obviously the fans, too. I was in the stands again and I am finding watching a lot worse for my nerves than playing is, but I enjoyed celebrating that.
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Getting a second goal in stoppage time was a big bonus for us, even though we were all screaming at Josh Magennis to take it into the corner to use up time. I still cannot believe he crossed instead.
Michael O'Neill was especially pleased about it afterwards because, if we finish third in Group C, then our goal difference might come into deciding whether we are one of the four third-placed teams who go through.
He and the players will watch the Ukraine game back and then start preparing for our final group game, against Germany in Paris on Tuesday.
They are the world champions but if we can play anywhere near how we did on Thursday then we are capable of taking something out of that game too.
I will be back in France and working for the BBC again at that match at Parc des Princes and I cannot wait but before then I have another big day.
My youngest brother Aaron is getting married on Saturday, so instead of heading back to the training base after the Ukraine game, I went to Lyon airport.
I am at West Brom on Friday for a bit of a catch-up and to do some more rehab on my knee, then I am flying to Belfast on Friday night.
I am back in Paris on Monday evening so it is a busy time for me but I am loving every moment of it - and hopefully there's even more to come.
Chris Brunt was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
The poll was triggered when sitting Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith resigned after the government backed building a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
Both the Tories and UKIP are not fielding candidates, while Sarah Olney is standing for the Lib Dems.
Mr Wolmar said the vote "gives us an opportunity to expose the disastrous policies of this government".
Mr Goldsmith, who is standing as an Independent candidate in the poll, won the south-west London seat from the Lib Dems in 2010 and held a 23,015 majority at the 2015 general election.
Mr Wolmar, a writer and broadcaster who specialises in transport, said it was a "great honour to stand for Labour".
He accused Mr Goldsmith and the Lib Dems of supporting "every terrible decision taken by the last coalition government."
"The only way to send a message to this government that we do not accept what they are doing to our country is to vote Labour," he said.
The vote will take place on 1 December.
The club have described the problem as a "grade two" injury, but have not given a time frame for his absence.
Spanish newspaper AS has reported the Wales forward, 27, will be out for three to four weeks.
Real face Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final next Tuesday, with the final in Cardiff on 3 June.
Bale, 27, came off after 39 minutes in Sunday's El Clasico defeat by Barcelona.
Real, level on points with La Liga leaders Barca and with a game in hand, have important league games this week, facing Deportivo on Wednesday and Valencia on Saturday.
Wales play a World Cup qualifier in Serbia on 11 June, eight days after the Champions League final.
However, Bale is suspended for the match in Belgrade.
Super-featherweight Taylor, an Olympic Games gold medallist in 2012, won by a 60-53 margin after a fine performance.
Obenauf was knocked down in the second round and was outclassed throughout.
The Brazilian suffered a bad cut, near her left eye, after a clash of heads in the fifth round, but went the distance as Taylor comfortably got the verdict.
In a contest which consisted of six two-minute rounds, 30-year-old Taylor began strongly with a succession of body shots and a left-hook counter that rocked Obenauf's head back.
Obenauf, who had won nine of her previous 10 professional bouts, received a count in the second as she attacked Taylor but fell after being caught on the top of the head.
Taylor was in control with superior footwork, speed and variety of punches, although her opponent battled to the final bell, despite suffering that bad cut in the fifth round.
Taylor turned professional after losing in the quarter-finals in the 2016 Rio Olympics and claimed a third-round stoppage win over Poland's Karina Kopinska in her debut last month.
Tesco said its 5% reduction on the cost of women's sanitary products would cover the VAT levied on these items.
Labour MP Paula Sherriff, who has led the campaign for VAT to be cut to zero, said she hoped other retailers would follow suit.
Most have promised to apply a price cut when VAT is reduced.
The minimum VAT rate is set at EU level. The European Commission is aiming to bring in a zero rate for sanitary products in 2018.
Tesco is the first retailer to announce that it will cut its own prices before the headline tax rate has changed.
Michelle McEttrick, Tesco's brand director, said: "For many of our customers, tampons, panty liners and sanitary towels are essential products.
"However, the cost of buying them every month can add up, and for many women and girls it can be a real struggle on top of other essential items."
Other major supermarkets and pharmacies have agreed in writing to reduce the cost of sanitary products when the VAT charge is reduced, following fears of a repeat of the situation in France where prices failed to fall following a VAT cut. Ms Sherriff said they could now follow Tesco's lead.
"It would have been completely unacceptable if abolishing the tampon tax had just led to big businesses boosting their bottom line at the expense of women buying what are essential goods, which is why we pushed the supermarkets to sign up to a deal to pass the cut on," she said.
"But this goes a step even further, by reducing prices right now - and I hope the other big retailers now consider doing the same.
"With retailers coming on board, the UK government and European leaders should set a clear timetable for the tampon tax to be abolished."
At present, the government spends the proceeds from the tax on sanitary products on women's charities after hundreds of thousands of people signed a petition calling for the products to be exempted from tax altogether.
The government said the latest £12m of funding announced in March benefitted 70 UK charities.
However, MPs and campaign groups criticised the £250,000 grant awarded to anti-abortion group Life - one of the largest amounts from the government fund. Life said the money supported a project for homeless pregnant women in London.
An HMT spokesperson said: "We strongly support cutting VAT to zero on tampons and that's why the Finance Act 2016 included legislation to make this happen - however we cannot do this under current EU law.
"In the meantime, we're awarding £15m a year to women's charities - equivalent to the amount of VAT raised from the sale of women's sanitary products".
As reported earlier this week on the BBC, the UK's biggest banks have lost some customers following a change to the switching system.
It now takes seven working days to change accounts, rather than up to 30 as was the case previously.
All regular payments are automatically moved over to the new account.
For 36 months after the switch, payments accidentally made to or requested from the old account are automatically redirected to the new one.
Banks including Barclays, NatWest, HSBC, Lloyds Bank and RBS were among those recording the biggest losers of customers using the switching service between July and September last year, figures show.
Meanwhile, Halifax, Santander, Nationwide Building Society and Tesco Bank made net gains in current account customers using the switching service.
The Payments Council, which oversees the switching system, said 1.14 million current account customers switched to another deal in the past 12 months, a 7% year-on-year increase.
Andrew Hagger, of MoneyComms, said: "The figures show that although more people are voting with their feet and looking for a more suitable banking relationship, the vast majority are refusing to budge from their existing provider despite the array of enticing upfront cash incentives on offer.
"The confusing array of different tariffs on offer for credit interest, cashback, rewards and overdraft charges means the current account market remains a minefield for customers looking to find the most appropriate deal."
The Bury-born defender began his career with the Shakers, playing 158 times for his hometown club before moving to Dale in 2007.
Kennedy, 29, returned to Spotland for a third spell in August on a short-term deal, but has made just five starts.
He has also played for Leicester, Peterborough and Barnsley.
"Tom brings a leadership quality and a quality in terms of some of the best passing this league will see," manager David Flitcroft told the club website.
"He's a character that, at times away from home, we have been missing and he adds value to the squad.
"He's the ultimate professional and is desperate to play. He's a fantastic signing for us and, as a left sided player, he will balance the squad out."
Prospects for play were grim once bad weather delayed the scheduled 10:45 BST start at the north Dublin venue.
Conditions never looked like improving as heavy rain continued to lash the ground.
Pakistan won the two-match series 1-0 after thrashing Ireland by 255 runs in the first ODI at Malahide on Thursday.
The tourists now face England in a five-match ODI series that begins at Southampton on Wednesday - where a new trial involving TV umpires calling no-balls will be held.
Not unjustifiably, in Hamilton's view his former team-mate Nico Rosberg managed to win the championship only because of a reliability record at Mercedes skewed in his favour. As such, in Hamilton's mind, he might have lost, but he was not beaten.
Rosberg has gone this year, replaced by the former Williams driver Valtteri Bottas, but that is a detail that does not change Hamilton's primary focus.
"I definitely don't want to finish second," the three-time champion says. "Every year you generally set the same goals but you might add more. All drivers want to win but not everyone has the ability or the opportunity.
"I am looking for that fourth world championship. It's there for the taking again. I am up against another great driver in Valtteri and hopefully Red Bull and Ferrari will be up there as well."
Losing out to Rosberg in 2016 clearly hurt. And, unsurprisingly perhaps, Hamilton has been distinctly prickly when asked about how he was affected by it.
"Nowhere near as much as you think," he said at the launch of the Mercedes car. "It doesn't change my life. You just move onwards and hopefully upwards." And that was your lot.
Hamilton turned 32 in February, is heading into his 11th season in F1, and has described himself as "the same old" Lewis this year. But Mercedes people detect a subtle shift.
Rosberg's decision to retire was always going to shift the dynamic in the team.
He and Hamilton were the same age and their rivalry went back to their teens, when they were karting contemporaries, team-mates and friends.
The friendship died, killed by the intensity of being each other's only rival for the biggest prize in motorsport. But there was always an inherent balance between the two.
Hamilton's talent and fundamental superiority on the track meant he was always the dominant figure in the team. But the German had been at Mercedes for three years longer and, a much less demanding character, had a more stable relationship with the team and the company.
He was Mr Corporate and Dependable, whereas Hamilton, for all his greater status and appeal, was harder to manage.
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In one sense, little will change with Bottas' arrival. Hamilton is who he is, and he will be just as determined to win again. He will remain the superstar in the team; the low-wattage Bottas likely an even more hassle-free employee than Rosberg was. The two will have equal status and they will compete for wins in the same way as Rosberg and Hamilton did.
Hamilton has made clear some things will not change for him personally. The restless lifestyle, the frequent trips to New York and Los Angeles to pursue his wider interests are still very much on the agenda.
"Self-motivation is difficult for the human race to find each year and each day," Hamilton says. "I am very lucky I have fans, family and friends who motivate me to grow and be better every day. I will always do the things I do and explore the world and meet new people and new cultures."
Some in F1 see this as a negative, as a reflection that Hamilton is not fully focused on the job in hand if he is flying back and forwards across the Atlantic so often. For Hamilton, it is a way of keeping boredom at bay and using a creative outlet to stimulate him and keep him centred.
In another way, though, there has been a reset for Hamilton this year.
The baggage and residual complications of Hamilton's rivalry with Rosberg have gone and been replaced with a more fundamentally straightforward team-mate relationship. And removing that tension has simplified matters within Mercedes.
Inevitably, Mercedes will lean on Hamilton more - because of his record, his length of time with the team, and because Bottas is inevitably still learning the ropes and does not yet carry the gravitas that repeated success brings.
That gives Hamilton an opportunity to strengthen his position, which he is already doing by exploiting the influence and motivational possibilities his status gives him.
Hamilton, it is said, has if anything been working harder and better than ever during preparations for the season - and so far has stepped up to the leadership opportunity that Rosberg's departure presents.
There were plenty of frictions between driver and team last year - Hamilton's controversial comments about engine failures; his behaviour at the Japanese Grand Prix when he walked out of a news conference; the team's attempt to interfere in his battle with Rosberg at the final race of the season.
But these were sorted out in a clear-the-air meeting in the kitchen at team boss Toto Wolff's pristine Oxford home before Christmas.
The result of all these factors, insiders say, is that they are seeing a more mature and reflective Hamilton so far this year.
Wolff said at the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday: "There was a point towards the end of the year where we sat down and it felt like a reset of the relationship and so many things came out which needed to be discussed. And since then I have perceived him as being in a really good place. He is happy, he is motivated and I have seen the strongest Lewis that I have seen so far consistently over the weekend."
How the pressures of the on-track battle affect all this will be clear only as the season unfolds.
Pre-season testing had suggested Mercedes would face some genuine opposition from Ferrari this season, and the opening grand prix weekend in Australia has confirmed it.
Hamilton took pole, and looked superb all weekend, but this is a track on which he has usually excelled and Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari was only 0.268 seconds behind him.
And the 32-year-old is now expecting a close fight with Ferrari, not just in Melbourne on Sunday, but over the whole season.
"They are obviously very close and that is great for the fans," Hamilton said. "I wouldn't say there is relief. I truly believe in all the work they have done but in testing I really couldn't have done the lap he had done.
"But coming here I felt even if we were behind, it doesn't matter because I have the strongest team. The fact we have come here and we are still ahead is a beautiful thing but they are very close I have to keep applying the pressure and that is what I am here to do."
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The fact Bottas was within 0.3secs of him in his first qualifying session with Mercedes will have made Hamilton sit up and take notice - he praised the Finn for doing a "great job" afterwards. And the prospect of a battle with Vettel is just another reason for Hamilton to be on top of his game this year.
It is no secret that Hamilton regards McLaren's Fernando Alonso as his only true rival out on track in terms of outright ability - each has expressed their admiration for the other's talent often enough - and the fact Vettel has won more titles than them burns both Hamilton and the Spaniard.
This season is Hamilton's chance to put the record straight, equal Vettel's tally of four titles and beat him in a straight fight doing it.
"Ferrari have done such a great job so we have to stay on our toes," Hamilton said. "I am down for the battle with anyone. He is a four-time world champion so of course I want to be racing with him because if I finish ahead it makes me look good, it makes me look better."
It was a theme Hamilton had already addressed over the winter.
"I've never wished to go out and dominate," he says. "Of course I want to have a car I can fight for a title with, but for the fans it's best when there's multiple teams fighting."
For the first time since the start of Mercedes' domination in 2014, it looks like Hamilton will get his wish.
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The results of their latest Marine Mammal Sightings Survey has found that Canary Wharf, which has lots of tall buildings and people, is London's seal watching hotspot.
Their presence is a good sign that the Thames, which used to be polluted, is getting cleaner and supporting many fish species.
It also shows that urban environments, where there are lots of people and buildings, are still important for wildlife.
Rotherham MP Sarah Champion was speaking after 17 men were convicted of forcing girls in Newcastle to have sex.
Mostly British-born, they are from Iraqi, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Indian, Iranian and Turkish communities.
Ms Champion said asking if there were "cultural issues" was simply "child protection".
Northumbria Police said society "can't be afraid to have this discussion".
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Ms Champion, Labour's shadow women and equalities minister, said gang-related child sexual exploitation involves "predominately Pakistani men" were involved in such cases "time and time and time again".
"The government aren't researching what is going on. Are these cultural issues? Is there some sort of message going out within the community?" she said.
Ms Champion said the "far right" would attack her comments for "not doing enough" and the "floppy left" would call her racist.
"This isn't racist, this is child protection," said the MP for Rotherham, where at least 1,400 children were found to have been exploited between 1997 and 2013.
The issue was not being dealt with because "people are more afraid to be called a racist than they are afraid to be wrong about calling out child abuse", Ms Champion said.
Mohammed Shafiq from the Ramadhan Foundation said the debate needed putting in context.
"Amongst these criminals there is a mindset that they think that white girls are worthless," he said.
"They don't have any regard for their standing within society and therefore they think they can be used and abused in that way.
"But the vast majority of child sex abuse carried out in this country is carried out by white men - through the home, through family networks and through the internet."
Northumbria Police Chief Constable Steve Ashman said the force did not ask about religious background on arrest.
As those arrested under Operation Sanctuary were from a number cultural backgrounds, "who do I point that finger towards to say you have an issue here, culturally?" he said.
Some communities' attitude to "women, principally white women" needed addressing, he said.
"But the discussion has to take place beyond policing."
Former director of public prosecutions Lord Macdonald said there had been a reluctance in the past to investigate gangs from some Asian communities targeting vulnerable white girls.
"Some recognition that this is a problem" was needed, he said.
All communities needed to address it, "not pretending it's something else, not shying away from it, recognising it for what it is, which is profoundly racist crime", he said.
Styche opened the scoring after seven minutes when he rounded home keeper Sam Russell and tapped into an empty net.
He then doubled their lead from close range as the Gateshead defence failed to deal with a Danny Rowe corner.
Styche finished his excellent afternoon in the 87th minute with a powerful drive from the edge of the box.
Macclesfield remain 12th in the National League table, while Gateshead sit in ninth place, four points off the play-off positions.
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Ryan Hall opened the scoring for his 34th try in 34 Tests and Stefan Ratchford added another before the break as England led 14-0 at half-time.
Samoa threatened after with tries from Joey Leilua and Anthony Milford.
But scores from Josh Hodgson, James Graham and Jermaine McGillvary ensured an easy win for Wayne Bennett's team.
A crowd of just over 18,000, containing largely Samoa supporters, watched the Islanders go behind early.
Bennett's side were in control from the third minute when Leeds wing Hall picked up a looping pass from skipper Sean O'Loughlin to go over in the left corner.
A penalty from Castleford's Luke Gale, who converted all but the last of his side's tries, gave England an 8-0 lead before Warrington full-back Ratchford spotted a hole in the Samoan line to go over.
Samoa were a far more lively attacking proposition in the second period and reduced the deficit when centre Leilua showed great strength to plant the ball with five England defenders grappling. Milford converted.
The teams exchanged tries as Canberra Raiders hooker Hodgson burst through to score before Milford exposed the English defence for his side's second try.
However, England halted Samoa's fightback in the final six minutes as Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs prop Graham barged through a couple of Samoan defenders to touch down before a late fifth try from Huddersfield's McGillvary.
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A very satisfying night for England.
Not the perfect performance, but more than enough for them to look forward to the World Cup with plenty of confidence.
Big raps to Kevin Brown. He may have been a late call-up, but he took his chance superbly with three try-scoring assists in the second half.
Ratchford was also an eye-catcher with his fine individual try-scoring effort in the first half.
Samoa had more possession in the second half and managed to cross through their headline acts - Leilua and Milford. But generally England looked solid in defending their own line.
James Boyle, 24, is alleged to have gone on the run after being granted a period of home leave while serving eight years for the attempted murder of a former friend.
Prosecutors allege he repeatedly took steps to avoid being recaptured after failing to return to the open prison.
Boyle made a brief appearance in private at Perth Sheriff Court.
He was given a period of temporary home leave which was due to end with his return to the prison on 8 February.
The charge alleges that he failed to turn up at Buchanan Street bus station in Glasgow at 12:45 for pre-arranged transport back to the jail, in Longforgan, near Dundee.
It is also alleged that as a consequence of failing to adhere to the strict conditions of his temporary release, Boyle tried to defeat the ends of justice.
Boyle made no plea during a hearing before Sheriff Gillian Wade and was remanded in custody for further examination.
The Greenock Morton boss has previously been in charge of Falkirk, Dundee, Hibernian, Brechin City and Clyde, plus a spell as Norwich City caretaker.
Duffy has experience of clubs lending players funds then taken from wages.
"There are many, many occasions where we have had to help players financially," Duffy told BBC Scotland.
The issue of gambling hit the headlines again last week after Burnley midfielder Joey Barton, who started the season with Rangers, was banned for 18 months by the English FA for breaking rules on betting.
PFA Scotland chairman John Rankin claimed that referees and club directors were involved in gambling as well as players in Scotland.
Duffy said he had dealt with many players "who have got themselves into such a distressed state", some even becoming involved with "money lenders".
"Let's just say people they shouldn't have got money from and they had real difficulties to the point where they were being threatened," the 58-year-old told BBC Scotland's Sportsound.
"Over the many years I've been involved, there's been an awful lot of circumstances where, of course, I would never disclose which players because it's unfair.
"Gambling is a huge problem within football."
However, Duffy suggested that the FA had been heavy handed in its dealings with Barton.
"When it becomes an addiction, that's when it becomes a problem and that's the reason I've got sympathy for Joey Barton," he said.
"Joey Barton's got an addiction, Joey Barton's got an illness, so why is he the one who's castigated for this?
"You go back to the Eric Cantona one - he kung-fu's a supporter and gets nine months - and Rio Ferdinand misses a drug test and gets eight months.
"Barton's getting 18 months. What's worse?"
Ladbrokes also last week announced that it had extended its sponsorship of the Scottish Professional Football League for another season.
It is just one of a number of bookmakers involved in Scottish football and Motherwell captain Keith Lasley thought that such companies also had a responsibility to act.
"Why are they taking those bets?" said the midfielder. "Who doesn't know Joey Barton in British football and yet they are continuing to take those bets?
"I think the bookies do a fantastic job investing a lot of money in our game, but to me I think they have their cake and eat it a wee bit."
The pair were killed after being hit by strong winds that tipped them into the cold water.
Nine others were rescued in the incident at Lake Tekapo, a popular tourist destination in Canterbury.
The identities of the victims have not been released but local media reported they were both men in their 20s.
Police said they were part of a group of young people who got into difficulties on the lake after a sudden change in weather.
Inspector Dave Gaskin, mid-south Canterbury area commander, told the New Zealand Herald that emergency services were alerted at 16:30 local time after winds had started gusting up to 40km/h (25 mph).
A local man who hired out the kayaks alerted police when he saw a change in the weather, he said.
"The boats were swamped and they were tipped into the water," he said. "The air temperature when it happened was about 3C [37F] and the water wasn't much warmer than that and they were in the water for about an hour," he said.
Mr Gaskin added that those who had survived were "lucky to be alive".
Those rescued were suffering from hypothermia and some were taken to hospital, New Zealand Police said in a statement.
All members of the group are understood to have been wearing life jackets.
Officers said an investigation would follow into why the accident happened.
The FCO said it was supporting the British national's family and was in contact with New Zealand authorities.
An Austrian woman who shot the video said the migrants were being treated like "animals". Human Rights Watch's emergency director said people were being held like "cattle in pens".
Hungary says it is investigating the scenes at the camp in Roszke.
Meanwhile, Central European ministers again rejected a mandatory quota system for sharing out migrant arrivals.
"We're convinced that as countries we should keep control over the number of those we are able to accept and then offer them support," Czech Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek said at a press conference with his Hungarian, Polish and Slovak counterparts.
The European Commission, with Germany's backing, has proposed sharing out 160,000 asylum seekers a year between 23 of the EU's 28 members.
The Central European states had already rejected the plan, even though they would take in far fewer refugees than Germany if the EU backs it. European Council President Donald Tusk has said he will call an emergency summit later this month if a solution is not found soon.
In recent weeks, tens of thousands of migrants have been desperately trying to make their way to Europe from war-torn Syria and Libya. Many travel through Hungary to Germany, Austria and Sweden - wealthier EU nations with more liberal asylum laws.
Hungary has become a key point on the journey. The footage comes from a camp at Roszke, where large numbers of migrants have built up.
It was filmed by Michaela Spritzendorfer, the wife of an Austrian Green party politician who was delivering aid to the camp, and Klaus Kufner, a journalist and activist.
"These people have been on a terrible tour for three months," said Michaela Spritzendorfer.
"Most of them have been across the sea now and on the boat and through the forest and they've gone through terrible things and we, as Europe, we keep them there in camps like animals," she told the BBC. "It's really a responsibility of European politicians to open the borders now."
Human Rights Watch said migrants were being kept in "abysmal" conditions at two detention centres in Roszke, lacking food and medical care. The group quoted two migrants who described the conditions as only fit for animals.
The Hungarian refugee camps have become humiliating holding zones for the thousands trying to cross the country's borders. Journalists are banned from entering, but images shared by human rights groups and refugees are disturbing.
The Hungarian government has not yet commented, but the images will fuel the allegations that Hungary is failing to meet the minimum standards for the treatment of migrants, as laid out in the European Convention on Human Rights.
The Council of Europe has reminded member states that people should not be treated like prisoners.
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There is also a bottleneck at Hungary's border with Austria. Officials said about 8,000 people had crossed into Austria at Nickelsdorf on Thursday and a similar number were expected on Friday.
Existing shelters in the area are full and the army is putting up tents, the BBC's Bethany Bell reports. Exhausted men, women and children are everywhere, some even sleeping on the manicured gardens of Nickelsdorf's neat houses.
With no buses running early in the morning, and just one packed train departing, some have started walking along the motorway towards Vienna, which police have closed to traffic.
On Wednesday, the Hungarian army started military exercises to prepare for a possible future role in guarding the border and stemming the flow of people.
A new razor-wire barrier is also being constructed along the country's border with Serbia, and Hungary said on Friday that it was increasing the number of troops deployed to build it.
A UNHCR spokesman said the agency was "closely following" Hungary's use of soldiers and expected the authorities "to respect rights of refugees whether they are the police or army".
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.
Molloy, who has won 53 caps, is set to appear in her third World Cup.
The 29-year-old takes over the captaincy from Niamh Briggs, who was ruled out with an Achilles injury.
"I'm incredibly humbled to be given the opportunity to captain my country, it's a massive honour to be selected to lead the team in a World Cup on home soil," said Molloy.
"I'm fortunate that I'll be surrounded by players with great experience, and I'm just really looking forward to pulling on the green jersey and running out with my team-mates."
The former Galway GAA player plays her club rugby with Bristol RFC in the UK, where she also works as a doctor.
She competed at the 2010 World Cup in England and the 2014 World Cup in France, and picked up Six Nations medals in 2013 and 2015.
Molloy has previous experience of leading her country, having captained Ireland during the 2013 Sevens World Cup in Russia.
"Claire is one of the most experienced players in the squad, and having competed at two previous World Cups, she's very much aware of the challenges that lie ahead," said Ireland head coach Tom Tierney.
"She has been one of the most outstanding performers for Ireland over the past number of seasons and has demonstrated her durability and consistency over the course of these campaigns.
"Since we began our World Cup preparations she has shown great leadership qualities and she thoroughly deserves the captaincy."
Ireland will take on Australia, Japan and France in their World Cup pool next month, with only the winners guaranteed a semi-final place.
The three pool winners will be joined by the best second-placed team in the semi-finals at Kingspan Stadium, with the final also taking place at the Ravenhill venue in Belfast.
Ireland women's World Cup squad
Forwards: Ashleigh Baxter (Cooke/Ulster), Anna Caplice (UL Bohemian/Munster), Ciara Cooney (Railway Union/Leinster), Ailis Egan (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Paula Fitzpatrick (St. Mary's College RFC/Leinster), Ciara Griffin (UL Bohemian/Munster), Leah Lyons (Highfield/Munster), Claire Molloy (Bristol/Connacht), Cliodhna Moloney (Railway Union/Leinster), Heather O'Brien (Highfield/Munster), Ciara O'Connor (Galwegians/Connacht), Ruth O'Reilly (Galwegians/Connacht), Lindsay Peat (Railway Union/Leinster), Marie-Louise Reilly (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Sophie Spence (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Backs: Louise Galvin (UL Bohemian/Munster), Eimear Considine (UL Bohemian/Munster), Mairead Coyne (Galwegians/Connacht), Nicole Cronin (UL Bohemian/Munster), Jeamie Deacon (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster), Katie Fitzhenry (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster), Claire McLaughlin (Cooke/Ulster), Alison Miller (Old Belvedere/Connacht), Larissa Muldoon (Railway Union), Jenny Murphy (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Sene Naoupu (Harlequins FC), Nora Stapleton (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Hannah Tyrrell (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
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The Williams sisters beat Vesnina and fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova 7-6 (7-1) 4-6 6-2 to reach the semi-finals.
Serena had already beaten Vesnina in the singles semi-finals, while Venus was beaten by Angelique Kerber.
The Americans will meet German Julia Goerges and her Czech partner Karolina Pliskova for a place in the final.
The Williams sisters have already won five Wimbledon ladies' doubles titles, the last of which came in 2012.
Their path to a sixth has been eased slightly by a defeat for number one seeds Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza.
The defending champions were beaten 6-2 6-4 by Timea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova.
That was the first of two titles surrendered by Hingis on Thursday, who, along with partner Leander Paes, was beaten in the mixed doubles by Great Britain's Heather Watson and Finnish partner Henri Kontinen.
Watson and Kontinen, in the third round after walkovers in each of the first two, won 3-6 6-3 6-2 to book a quarter-final with Scott Lipsky and Alla Kudryavtseva.
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Peter Blackwood was accused of demanding money and cigarettes before trying to kill Naser Hussain at his Glasgow store in January 2016.
An attacker was seen on CCTV pointing a gun at Mr Hussain's chest and then shooting him the leg.
But Mr Blackwood denied any involvement and was cleared after a trial.
The High Court in Glasgow was told that despite Mr Hussain telling his attacker to take what he wanted, the gunman shot him in the leg and tried to help himself to cigarettes.
But the 24-year-old shopkeeper then chased him out of the KOF Convenience Store in Yoker with a bullet lodged in his leg.
Mr Hussain gave evidence at the trial and said he has since given up his shop and is now studying.
Jurors watched footage of a man dressed all in black with only his eyes on show going into the shop.
Mr Hussain was in another part of the store and made his way to the till area where the man pulled a gun out.
He told the jury the raider pointed the handgun "directly at him".
The police and an ambulance arrived after Mr Hussain chased his attacker away with a metal rod, the court was told.
Mr Blackwood later gave a "no comment" interview to police. The jury heard evidence that when he was charged with attempted murder, he confessed to police.
Footage of London Road police station was played to the jury, which officers claimed captured Mr Blackwood saying: "I wish I'd shot him in the face."
But jurors found the case against Mr Blackwood was not proven.
Thousands of gallons of water flooded Harborne Lane in Selly Oak after a water main burst in November.
Around 10 homes were damaged as water gushed through doors, with numerous cars trapped.
Severn Trent said repairs have begun and are expected to be finished by mid-February.
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Engineers are aiming to fix the pipe while maintaining water supplies across the city.
Paul Baldwyn, area operations manager, said once the pipe is repaired work will begin on fully reopening Harborne Lane, which is expected to last until the end of next month.
"We absolutely understand the frustrations of those affected by the burst and the subsequent road diversion, and we know it's been going on for a long time, but we want to reassure everyone that we have been working hard on this in the background constantly since the burst happened," he said.
"We know that this is really inconvenient for everyone and we can only say sorry for this."
Weir, 36, who has won six Paralympic gold medals, recorded a time of two minutes and 57 seconds in London, beating his previous best by six seconds.
"I've always said I could do it," said Weir, who has also won six World Championship gold medals in his career.
"I wanted to prove a point I was still up there with the best in the world."
It was Weir's fourth consecutive Westminster Mile title, beating South African rival Ernst van Dyk, and comes after six victories at the London Marathon.
Sir Roger Bannister, who ran the first sub-four-minute mile in 1954, congratulated Weir.
"I know that Dave's been on the edge of the three-minute mile for a while, so I send him all my congratulations for his huge achievement," the 87-year-old said.
Michael Davison and his wife spent six weeks living at a Premier Inn after their home in Mytholmroyd was flooded on Boxing Day.
The couple were told it would be between six and nine months before they could return home.
But housing association Places for People said he was a priority and have found the couple a bungalow in Halifax.
Mr Davison said he and wife Wendy were happy to be in their new home.
"In the hotel I was eating biscuits and chocolate bars whereas [now] I can make toast or a sandwich," he said.
"You notice little things like that which mean so much, so it's great."
Storm Eva flooded more than 4,400 homes and businesses across Calderdale when the River Calder burst its banks.
Mr Davison was one of about 40 people who had to flee their homes on Elphaborough Close.
"God willing I'll be back [in Mytholmroyd] and can end my days there as we originally planned," he added.
Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) said it would seek to cancel its 25-year private finance initiative deal with Viridor Laing Ltd.
GMWDA, which signed the contract in 2009, faces financial challenges, Viridor's parent company Pennon said.
It indicated the firm would seek compensation over the termination.
Viridor Laing is a consortium of the waste and resources firm Viridor and construction group John Laing Infrastructure.
In December last year, John Laing PLC reported that GMWDA said it was "not satisfied with the current status" of the project and that it continued to "seek significant cost savings and efficiencies".
In a statement, GMWDA confirmed it had agreed to terminate the deal.
The authority added: "The decision allows for delegation for officers to progress termination. At this time we are unable to comment further."
Dominic Nash, a financial analyst at Macquarie, believes it could be "up to three years before there is any clarity".
He said: "The main driver is to save money. It does not come down to Viridor Laing doing a bad job because I don't think they have. The council budget is lower and they will want to reduce bills for customers."
Mr Nash said jobs would be transferred to any new contractor, and compensation would be paid.
He warned: "How the compensation is calculated is a good indicator for investment perception in the UK...If it is handled badly it has the potential to damage investor sentiment, as it would increase risk for investors."
GMWDA provides waste disposal services for councils in Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford.
People are being asked to give their views on measures including the introduction of a soft opt-out system for organ donation.
Under an opt-out system, organs could be removed from a dead person if they had not registered or expressed an objection during their lifetime.
People have to opt in, under the current system.
That includes signing up to the Organ Donation Scotland.
Ministers have said they would consider introducing an opt-out system if it had wide support and could be introduced in a way that did no harm.
While progress has been made in increasing organ donation and transplantation in Scotland, there are still insufficient donors to meet the number of organs needed.
In 2015-16, despite 183 deceased and living organ donors and 415 people receiving transplants, there were still 542 people on the active transplant waiting list.
The consultation follows a previous bid to change the law by Labour MSP Anne McTaggart, which failed when Holyrood voted by 59 to 56 against her Transplantation Bill in February.
The Scottish Government described the Bill as well-intentioned but "seriously flawed".
Launching the 14-week consultation, public health minister Aileen Campbell said: "This year, there have been 85 deceased organ donors in the eight months since April compared to 60 over the same period last year.
"However, there is more we can do for those who are still waiting for a transplant and it's essential that we make sure we're doing all we can.
"That is why we are launching this consultation which looks at ways in which we could increase the number of people being referred to the donation services in Scotland and the number of times when donation is 'authorised' to proceed.
"In particular, we have agreed to consider the introduction of a soft opt-out system of donation if this can be developed in a way which will do no harm to trust in the NHS or to the safety of transplantation."
A soft opt-out system was introduced in Wales in December 2015 and Ms Campbell said the government would monitor its progress.
The consultation was welcomed by BMA Scotland, which supports the move to a soft opt-out system.
Dr Sue Robertson, a renal physician and member of the BMA's Scottish council, said: "Organ transplantation is an area that has seen amazing medical achievements but has not yet reached its full life-saving and life-transforming potential.
"The whole transplant community has worked tremendously hard to increase donation rates but we believe that more can be done.
"We believe that genuine choice over organ donation can be facilitated through a soft opt-out system.
"If properly implemented, with adequate resources and staff, and backed up by a high-profile campaign, an opt-out system could save or transform peoples' lives."
Officials said it was operating, but at a reduced capacity, after diesel fuel was sent from Egypt.
Engineers hope to restore it to full working order within days.
The plant was shut down in April amid an escalating power struggle between Hamas, which governs Gaza, and the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority.
The closure worsened the already lengthy blackouts which Gaza's two million inhabitants have been experiencing.
Despite the plant's partial resumption, residents will continue to receive four hours of electricity followed by about 14 hours off.
On Thursday, a day after lorries brought a million litres (220,000 gallons) of diesel into Gaza from Egypt, engineers partly restarted the plant.
A spokesman for the Gaza Electricity Distribution Company (Gedco), Mohammed Thabet, told the BBC that two of the four generators were now operating
He added that the other two generators would hopefully be operational before the festival of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan.
The power plant is now generating 45MW - 30% of the 148MW of electricity available in the Strip. Israel is providing 80MW and Egypt another 23MW.
Gaza has long suffered from chronic power cuts, says the BBC's Yolande Knell in Jerusalem.
But, our correspondent adds, recent decisions made in Ramallah by the Palestinian Authority, headed by President Mahmoud Abbas, to put pressure on the Hamas government in Gaza have led to a worsening energy crisis.
Hamas stopped buying fuel for the power plant from the PA after the PA scrapped a tax exemption, doubling the price.
And this week Israel - which considers Hamas a terrorist organisation and does not deal directly with it - began reducing the electricity it supplies to Gaza after President Abbas said he would no longer pay Israel the full amount for it.
Mr Abbas had warned in mid-April that he would take "unprecedented steps" to "end the division" between Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
In 2006, Hamas won Palestinian parliamentary elections and reinforced its power in Gaza the following year when it ousted Mr Abbas' Fatah faction from the territory.
The rival groups agreed to the creation of a unity government in 2014, but it never got off the ground in Gaza.
Last week, the United Nations warned that a further increase in the length of blackouts was likely to lead to a "total collapse of basic services, including critical functions in health, water and sanitation sectors".
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Voice370 said the search ought to be expanded - it was "an inescapable duty owed to the flying public".
The plane vanished en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 on board.
More than 120,000 sq km (46,300 miles) of the Indian Ocean has been searched with no results. Pieces of debris have been found as far away as Madagascar.
But only seven have been identified as definitely or highly likely to be from the Boeing 777.
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There were 14 nationalities among the 227 passengers and 12 crew on board the plane. The majority - 153 people - were Chinese.
The underwater search discovered new volcanoes, anchors, long lost ships. Its sonar mapped an area of seabed less well known than the surface of the Moon. The sea gave up many secrets but it didn't give up MH370.
There were false alarms. At one point the search team rang the prime minister of Australia and told him to get ready to make an announcement. But when they sent down cameras on a drone to look at the odd shaped lump, they just found another ship wreck.
The experts on the boats had to cope with some of the worst weather on Earth, many days sailing from help. No helicopter could reach where they were looking.
They were desperate to solve this mystery, but drew a blank.
So what next?
The pain of not knowing is as sharp for the families as it was two years ago and they will lobby hard to keep looking. New scientific drift analysis suggests that MH370 came down slightly further north of where they were looking. There is a chance that private companies could fund a new search. Maybe Boeing?
But for now the hunt for MH370 is all but over, leaving the way open for internet "theorists" to fill in the blanks.
Mysteries like this never fade.
Announcing the suspension, Australia, Malaysia and China said "no new information has been discovered to determine the specific location of the aircraft" despite numerous studies.
They remained hopeful this would happen in the future.
However, Voice370, a family support group, said the search must continue and be extended to include an area of some 25,000 sq km north of the current one, recommended by a report released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau last December.
"Stopping at this stage is nothing short of irresponsible, and betrays a shocking lack of faith in the data, tools and recommendations of an array of official experts assembled by the authorities themselves."
A report in November 2016 said the plane probably made a "high and increasing rate of descent" into the Indian Ocean.
One man's search for answers
Promise Ndlovu's body was found in Charter Street in Leicester on the morning of 29 October.
Leicestershire Police has referred itself to the Independent Police Complaints Commission as Mr Ndlovu had contacted them prior to his death.
The cause of the 40-year-old's death has not been confirmed.
Two other men, aged 34 and 55, have previously been charged with conspiracy to murder.
The three men charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice are aged 27, 28 and 36, and were due to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court earlier.
A fourth man, aged 48, was arrested in connection with the death but has been released with no further action.
Sir Bernard, who was appointed to the role in September 2011, will remain in post until February to allow for his successor to be appointed.
During his time in charge, the 58-year-old oversaw policing of riots and the Olympic Games.
Sir Bernard said he believed it was "the right time to move on".
He said he had loved his time in the role but said it was "a good chance to make this change now" after the appointments of a new London mayor and home secretary.
"It also allows a decent amount of time to select my successor," he said.
Prime Minister Theresa May, who was home secretary for the majority of Sir Bernard's time as commissioner, praised his "total policing" approach saying he "has done an excellent job... at what has been a difficult time given the level of terrorist threat".
According to the Met, crime has fallen by around 18% during the time Sir Bernard has been in post.
He led the police response after the riots in 2011 and the murder of soldier Lee Rigby in 2013.
However, he has also faced controversy including questions about the Met's handling of Operation Midland.
The 16-month investigation was launched after claims boys were abused more than 30 years ago, but it closed in March without a single arrest.
The announcement of Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe's departure came as a surprise, given that he'd sought, and been granted, an extension to his original five-year contract.
The commissioner's explanation for resigning seven months early was that it was better to go before his "power deteriorates" in his final year.
That suggests that with a new London mayor and a new Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, he did not expect that his contract would be renewed again.
Sir Bernard denied his decision was linked to criticism of Operation Midland, the high-profile inquiry into allegations of a Westminster paedophile ring. He's due to discuss the findings of a report into the affair next week.
But the controversy surrounding the Met's handling of Midland remains the one significant blot on Sir Bernard's tenure.
He'll otherwise be viewed as a commissioner with a commanding presence who kept a firm grip on the Met during turbulent times.
Sir Bernard took charge of the UK's biggest police force when his predecessor Sir Paul Stephenson quit amid criticism of the Met's role in the phone-hacking scandal.
The Sheffield-born former traffic officer was awarded a knighthood in the 2013 New Year Honours list.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan thanked the commissioner "for his years of service" and denied reports he had helped oust the country's most senior police officer.
"It isn't to do with me, it's to do with Bernard deciding to retire," he said
Sir Bernard also said the pair have "an excellent relationship".
Home Secretary Amber Rudd, who will begin the search for Sir Bernard's successor with Mr Khan, called the commissioner a "determined crime fighter and an inspirational senior officer".
Several people have emerged as possible successors to Sir Bernard:
Sara Thornton is the current chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC)
She has been in the role since April 2015 after the organisation replaced the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo).
Ms Thornton joined the Met in 1986 and undertook operational postings in West London and strategic roles in New Scotland Yard over the next 15 years.
Mark Rowley is the assistant commissioner in specialist operations at the Met and the national policing lead for counter-terrorism.
He was previously chief constable of Surrey and has served in the police for close to 30 years.
Among the crises he has had to deal with are the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan and the fleeing of three London schoolgirls to Syria to join so-called Islamic State.
Stephen Kavanagh is the chief constable of Essex, but started his career with the Metropolitan Police in 1985.
He was a founding member of the Racial and Violent Crime Task Force and was involved in creating the Race/Hate Crime Manual following the murder of teenager Stephen Lawrence.
He was head of intelligence in the Anti-Corruption Command before being named commander to SO15 Counter Terrorism Command where he worked closely with the security services.
The visit, later in June, is part of the Let Girls Learn initiative.
It comes six years after she delivered an emotional address to pupils at Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School in Islington, north London.
Mrs Obama's mother, Marian Robinson, and daughters Malia and Sasha will accompany her on the trip.
Her 2009 encounter with the Islington schoolgirls is said to have been a significant inspiration to her taking on a more campaigning role.
She was reunited with them in 2011, when she gave a speech at Oxford University on the second day of President Barack Obama's state visit to the UK.
The US embassy said Mrs Obama would "meet with students and discuss how the UK and the US are working together to expand access to girls' education around the world - supporting adolescent girls in completing their education".
Her trip to Europe will also take in Italy, where she is leading a presidential delegation on health issues and visiting members of the US military and their families stationed in Vicenza.
The aim of the Let Girls Learn initiative is to "encourage and support community-led solutions to reduce barriers that prevent adolescent girls from completing their education".
He was arrested following the death of 24-year-old Xixi Bi at a property in Ely Road, Llandaff, on Friday.
South Wales Police received a report of a woman experiencing breathing difficulties at about 08:25 BST, but she died at the scene.
The man appeared at Cardiff Magistrates' Court on Monday and spoke only to confirm his name and address.
He was remanded in custody and will appear at Cardiff Crown Court on Tuesday.
Ms Bi grew up in Nanjing, China, and came to Oxford to study as a teenager. She later went to Cardiff University.
Her family, who live in China, have been informed.
Mr Woolfe blamed technical issues with the site and insisted he was still in the race - but this has not been officially confirmed by the party.
He submitted his application at 11:35 BST - before the noon deadline - but it "did not successfully go through until 12:17", his spokesman said.
Candidates will be named on Tuesday.
Other contenders to succeed Mr Farage are thought to include Huntingdonshire councillor Lisa Duffy and MEPs Jonathan Arnott and Bill Etheridge.
Meanwhile, Mr Farage hit out at the party's National Executive Committee, which he said was made up of "amateurs" and "the lowest grade of people I have ever met".
He urged his successor to "bypass" the governing body and "make big decisions about UKIP's future via direct polling of the membership".
UKIP's leader in the Welsh Assembly, Neil Hamilton, said Mr Woolfe should not be able to run for the party's leadership if his nomination was submitted late.
But explaining his difficulties, Mr Woolfe, a north west England MEP and UKIP immigration spokesman, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I did feel like I was in a scene from Little Britain's 'computer say no'.
"But at 11.35 yesterday I managed to be on the phone with my bank to prove that the £5,000 had been transferred over."
He said he had been speaking to a party official "at four minutes to 12, telling him 'I'm pressing the button for submit'" - and that he had sent pictures, upon request, to prove it.
He said there had been issues with the online system before and told Today that it showed UKIP needed to "professionalise".
Asked if he would pursue legal action if his application was rejected, he replied: "I hope it wouldn't come to that.
"Hopefully they recognise that everybody in the country now sometimes looks at their computer screens and screams at it when something is not working but we have a system in place that didn't seem to work properly that day."
Mr Woolfe also said claims that his party membership had temporarily lapsed in 2014 - which could affect his eligibility to stand under the party's rules - were "false".
"On March 17 2011, I paid over £1,500 to the party. Part of that was to the patrons' club and the remainder was to have a five-year membership that ran out in 2016 in March," he said.
Mr Hamilton, who is backing MEP Jonathan Arnott to be leader, said it was "ironic" that Mr Woolfe was standing on a platform to make UKIP more "professional" and "yet it seems he can't get his nomination papers in on time".
He told BBC Wales: "I think there are rules which have to be observed. It's not something there's any discretion about, the NEC has to abide by the rules, everybody has to do that, and if anybody is late in submitting nomination papers, I'm afraid that's it.
"I mean he's stood for election enough times, why did he leave it to the last minute, to the 59th minute of the 11th hour? If something goes wrong it's too late to do anything about it."
The leadership contest has been sparked by Nigel Farage, who led the party for most of the past eight years, standing down after the UK's vote to leave the EU.
A number of high-profile figures, including deputy leader Paul Nuttall, former deputy chair Suzanne Evans and UKIP's sole MP Douglas Carswell have ruled themselves out.
To stand, candidates each needed the backing of a proposer and 50 supporters from at least 10 UKIP branches - and to have been a member for the past two years.
The final list of candidates will be considered by the vetting committee of the party's national executive, before being announced on Tuesday, a UKIP spokesman said.
The winner will be announced on 15 September.
The Scot defeated China's Mei Xi Wen and England's Dominic Dale 4-0.
O'Sullivan recorded two 4-2 wins - over veteran fellow Englishman Jimmy White and Northern Ireland's Mark Allen.
Judd Trump faces Robert Milkins, Yu De Lu takes on Liang Wenbo and Mark Davis is up against Marco Fu in the other quarter-finals.
Hong Kong's Fu edged out Australia's Neil Robertson 4-3 having already beaten Finland's Robin Hull 4-0.
Following his 4-1 win over China's Xiao Guodong, Englishman Davis was also made to battle to a 4-3 win by Mark Williams, the Welshman having earlier beaten home favourite Stephen Maguire.
Trump beat fellow Englishman Kyren Wilson 4-2 after whitewashing Thailand's Noppon Saengkham.
Milkins was another to win a by a deciding frame, against Anthony Hamilton, having beaten another fellow Englishman, Joe Perry, 4-1.
China's De Lu had single-frame wins over Welshman Daniel Wells and England's Sean O'Sullivan.
Wenbo edged out Barry Hawkins by one frame after the Chinese beat another English opponent, Ian Burns, without the loss of a frame.
Sources close to government forces denied that they had been pushed aside and said they had driven the rebels back from an artillery base.
UK-based activists say the rebels have indeed managed to link up with their comrades in eastern Aleppo.
But the rebels have so far failed to establish a secure route, they add.
There were sporadic clashes and air strikes on Sunday morning, after the reported ending of the siege, monitors said.
Children burn tyres to create no-fly zones
Government forces cut Aleppo's rebel-held areas off in July, with some 250,000 people living under siege.
Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based activist group, said the rebels had broken the siege but the route was "not fully secure yet".
On Friday, the rebel groups said they had stormed an artillery base in the city.
But the Syrian army said it had repelled the assault and inflicted heavy casualties on the rebels.
Meanwhile, a US-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters seized most of Manbij - a key Syrian city - from so-called Islamic State.
Fawaz Gerges, who is professor of Middle Eastern Politics at the London School of Economics, told the BBC News Channel that the rebels had certainly made gains.
"The rebels coalition - it's called the Army of Conquest - has basically made some major progress," he said.
"It has been able to score some major gains in the past 48 hours. The question is not whether the opposition has made some progress or not [but] whether they can really maintain the areas that they occupy and whether they can consolidate it."
The Syrian army has been fighting the rebels with the help of Russian air strikes.
Earlier this week, Russian state television ran pictures of civilians and fighters reportedly leaving the city through humanitarian corridors announced by Moscow.
But some rebel groups described the Russian initiative as a ploy to recapture all of Aleppo.
Aleppo was once Syria's commercial capital and also boasted a rich architectural and archaeological heritage.
Much of it has been destroyed or looted during more than five years of war.
RWE Innogy wanted to use water from the River Conwy to supply its proposed hydro power project at Betws y Coed.
The firm said it would have had a positive impact on the environment but campaigners were worried half an acre of the centuries-old Fairy Glen Wood would be destroyed by the build.
Snowdonia National Park Authority rejected the proposals on Wednesday.
The project would have taken water from the river above Penmachno bridge and diverted it through more than half a mile (1km) of pipeline around Fairy Glen to generate electricity, before returning it to the river near the River Lledr junction.
It would have been capable of generating enough power for about 3,200 homes a year.
Billy Langley, of RWE Innogy UK, said he was "extremely disappointed" with the authority's rejection of the plans, which he said would have had a positive impact on the local environment and economy.
"In light of this decision, we will now take some time to consider our options," he added.
She is accused of leading one of Africa's biggest ivory smuggling rings, responsible for more than 700 elephant tusks worth $2.5m (£1.7m) illegally leaving Tanzania for the Far East.
Ms Yang denies all charges. Her trial, set to begin in Dar es Salaam on 9 May, has been postponed for two weeks.
So what do we know about the woman dubbed the "Ivory Queen" and what exactly is she accused of?
Originally from Beijing, Ms Yang first went to Tanzania in the 1970s. She was one of the first Chinese students to graduate in Swahili and worked as a translator for Tazara, the Tanzania-Zambia Railway project that China was helping to fund and build.
According to China Daily, after the railway was completed in 1975 she returned to Beijing to work in the government's foreign trade department.
It wasn't until 1998 that she decided to set up business in Tanzania. In fact, she set up two.
She rented a two-storey building in downtown Dar-es-Salaam, opening a Chinese restaurant on the ground floor and establishing an investment company, Beijing Great Wall Investment, on the floor above.
The restaurant proved to be a success but in 2014 she told China Daily: "Now I do not count on the restaurant to make money. Instead, I see it as a place where people from China and Tanzania can communicate, get to know more friends and conduct information exchanges."
She has spoken of her attachment to Tanzania, both physical and emotional. Her daughter is named Fei, the first character of the word for Africa in Mandarin.
By 2012 she was secretary-general of the Tanzania China-Africa Business Council.
"I know I should have retired, but whenever I think that my language advantage and network can help many Chinese and Tanzanians and increase mutual trust and confidence, I do not want to stop. I myself am the best illustration of China-Tanzania friendship," she said in 2014.
But at the same time, investigators say, Ms Yang was a major player in a far darker relationship developing between Tanzania and China - the illegal ivory trade.
They say she was a key link between poachers in East Africa and buyers in China for more than a decade.
Tanzania's National and Transnational Serious Crimes Investigation Unit tracked her for more than a year. She was arrested after a high-speed car chase in October 2015 and charged with ivory smuggling between 2000 and 2014.
Poachers and ivory traffickers are threatening the very existence of elephants in Central and East Africa. Tanzania lost more than 60% of its elephants between 2009 and 2014.
The role of Chinese buyers in this hardly comes as a surprise - demand for ivory in China is high because of its use in ornaments and even in holistic medicine.
Most of the time those arrested are small-time smugglers - which is why Yang Fenglan's arrest was welcomed by wildlife groups.
"It's the news that we all have been waiting for, for years," Andrea Crosta, co-founder of the US-based Elephant Action League, said in October.
"We must put an end to the time of the untouchables if we want to save the elephant."
The Elephant Action League says Ms Yang is "connected to various companies abroad, all Chinese-owned, and circulates in the upper echelons of Chinese citizens living and working in Tanzania".
"When we think of a kingpin, we think of someone like Al Capone," Mr Crosta said. "But this was someone who mingled with the country's elite, who blended in."
Ms Yang denies the charges against her. If found guilty she faces up to 30 years in jail.
The federal government says it is monitoring the situation closely and is ready to provide assistance upon request.
CBC News reported that an estimated 7,000 people had been forced from their homes.
The fires threaten several communities in BC's central interior region.
It is the first state of emergency declared by the province in 14 years.
The BC Wildfire Service said that lightning, strong winds and high heat were all contributing factors in the spread of the wildfires burning across hundreds of kilometres.
The hot weather is expected to continue throughout the weekend.
No deaths or injuries were reported and authorities are asking residents to take every precaution to stay safe.
The province of Saskatchewan is sending three planes and 30 firefighters and support personnel to assist. About 260 firefighters from outside the province are expected to arrive in BC next week, provincial Natural Resources Minister John Rustad told journalists.
"The weather situation is not favourable," Mr Rustad told Reuters. "There is very aggressive fire behaviour that makes it very difficult to directly attack."
Incoming provincial Premier John Horgan in a statement: "To those who have lost their homes and to those who are under evacuation order, I want to send my comfort at this difficult time."
"Whatever these wildfires throw at us, we will overcome it."
Environment Canada said much of southern BC was under threat of forest fires.
The BC Wildfire Service said that the Gustafsen wildfire burning near 100 Mile House, a town about 400km (250 miles) north of Vancouver, reached a estimated size of 3,200 hectares by Saturday afternoon. About 120 firefighters are battling that blaze.
"This fire is expected to grow substantially in the next hours and the amount of growth is dependent on weather and wind conditions," the agency said, urging the public to exercise caution and stay away from the region.
BC experiences up to 2,000 wildfires a year but the majority are contained within 24 hours.
The 53-year-old's spell as interim Chelsea boss is coming to an end and he will replace Walter Mazzarri, who has joined Napoli's Serie A rivals Inter.
Napoli finished second in the Italian league last season and have qualified for next season's Champions League.
This season's Europa League win with Chelsea means Rafael Benitez has won 10 trophies as a manager:
"I am very happy and very satisfied for having committed to a great club with an illustrious heritage like Napoli," said Spaniard Benitez.
"I understand the history of the city and how the club forms a fundamental part of the culture and traditions of Naples.
"I must confess that I am extremely excited because I can share my passion for football with the fans of Napoli; it is proven that they are very, very special.
"I look forward to experiencing each and every one of the fans of Napoli and their strong support for this project that we will begin."
Benitez is bringing first-team fitness coach Paco de Miguel and first-team opposition analyst Xavi Valero with him from London to Naples.
Napoli club president Aurelio De Laurentiis first made the appointment public when he posted a picture on Twitter of himself shaking hands with Benitez.
"Rafa Benitez is the new coach of Napoli," he tweeted. "A man of great international experience. A leader."
Napoli later confirmed the appointment, calling Benitez a "prestigious" coach.
The Spaniard twice won La Liga with Valencia, while also leading the club to a Uefa Cup victory.
He then spent six seasons in charge of Liverpool from 2004 and guided the Reds to Champions League glory in 2005 as well as the FA Cup in 2006.
Benitez parted company with the Anfield club in June 2010 before taking over at Inter Milan a week later - a post in which he lasted just over six months, despite a Club World Cup success.
Following nearly two years out of club management, he took over as interim Chelsea boss in November 2012.
Benitez guided the Blues to the Europa League trophy this season, while a third-place finish in the Premier League ensured the Stamford Bridge outfit would play in the Champions League next season.
He also led Chelsea to the final of the Club World Cup - where they lost to South American champions Corinthians - and the semi-finals of the FA Cup and League Cup.
Despite a season widely regarded as a success, Benitez remained unpopular with a section of the Chelsea support after succeeding Roberto Di Matteo in November and had underlined his intention to leave the club at the end of the season.
The Spaniard was linked with the vacant roles at Everton and Stoke after announcing he would be leaving Chelsea, who are expected to re-appoint former manager Jose Mourinho this summer, after the Portuguese's departure from Real Madrid was confirmed.
A Blues statement read: "Everybody at Chelsea Football Club would like to place on record our thanks to Rafa and his staff for their work at the club, and wish them success for the future."
The 29-year-old, who joined the League One side from Millwall earlier this summer, suffered a suspected dislocated or broken left ankle.
He was hurt after landing awkwardly 13 minutes before full-time, and the game was called off soon afterwards.
"Our thoughts are with Lee," said Gillingham manager Justin Edinburgh.
"We hope that he makes a quick recovery," Edinburgh added of the former Manchester United youngster, who had come on at half-time in place of Bradley Dack.
First-half goals from Jordan Bowery and Jay Simpson had put League Two side Orient 2-0 up when the game was abandoned.
Martin is the third Gillingham player to be injured during pre-season, with defender Bradley Garmston and midfielder Aaron Morris both out of action with knee injuries.
The difference in average turnovers between Premier League and Championship clubs grew in each season from 2014-16.
More and more Championship clubs are spending beyond their means chasing a place at English football's top table.
However, the Premier League is becoming a "closed shop" as successful clubs only become richer, an expert says.
The EFL said its clubs were "in a good financial position overall because of the support of their boards and shareholders" and could compete with teams across Europe who did not take part in Uefa competitions but conceded there was "clearly a sizeable gap in revenue generation".
The Premier League said it made solidarity payments to EFL clubs "linked to the value of broadcasting contracts", made youth development and community grants throughout the EFL and made pension contributions and provided medical insurance to all professional players in the Championship and Leagues One and Two.
It said broadcast revenue gave its clubs "investment choices, and the financial regulations [including parachute payments for relegated teams] we have in place encourage good governance and sustainable investment".
In 2015, the Premier League sold television rights to its games for a record £5.136bn, 71% above the previous deal.
BBC England's data unit and BBC Sport analysed most recent accounts - covering the three years until 2016.
The full extent of the impact of the new TV deal on clubs is expected to be seen first in the 2016-17 accounts, which have not yet been published.
The extra money awarded to clubs at the end of the last season, however, suggests the financial divide between the Premier League and the EFL will only widen further.
Our analysis found:
That was up from eight out of 24 in 2014 and nine of 24 in 2015, with the rise occurring despite rules being in force to curb excess spending.
The combination of a record TV rights deal and the effect of spending rules will prevent the rise of any "new money" clubs in future and extend a hierarchy of historically rich Premier League clubs, according to football finance expert Kieran Maguire, from the University of Liverpool.
He added that the Championship is also at risk of becoming a "basket case" division as clubs are tempted to stake more money on chasing Premier League status, if they have financial backers who can sustain losses.
The Premier League rejected that criticism, saying its model supported all of its clubs "to put on competitive and compelling football, and compete in European club competitions".
It said this season Brighton and Huddersfield Town would be the 48th and 49th clubs to compete in the Premier League in "a clear example of the overall health of the English game and the opportunities for ambitious clubs to develop and progress within the football pyramid".
In the Premier League, what were known as Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules in place from 2014-16 limited the increases clubs could make in spending on players between seasons that were funded purely by new broadcast revenue.
They could, however, make bigger increases in player spending every year if they had more of their "own revenue", which could come from new commercial or sponsorship deals, profit from player sales, rising matchday income - such as an increase in ticket sales - or Uefa prize money from appearing, for instance, in the Champions League.
Clubs which could not satisfy those criteria were capped on any increases in player spending between seasons.
There was no cap on player costs or wages in the Championship but the rules limited losses to a maximum of £13m per season, or £5m per season if the owner did not inject cash into the club to cover those losses.
FFP was replaced with Profitability and Sustainability rules last season, which changed the assessment period to three years.
That change meant clubs that remained in the Championship from 2014-17 were permitted to lose an average of up to £13m each season without facing sanctions; they could lose a total of £39m at any point during those three years.
Maguire echoed the warning earlier this year from finance firm Deloitte that Championship clubs may continue to be tempted "to spend excessively relative to their revenues, particularly on wages".
"In the Championship, clubs have a three in 24 - or one in eight - chance of winning the lottery [by promotion] and it's just a case of how much are they willing to pay for a ticket," said Maguire.
"But it means the vast majority of clubs - if they do not have rich owners who can sustain losses - are happy to settle for staying up.
"The spending rules operate well at the lower levels because there is a wage cap but at the elite level it's anti-competitive and prevents the rise of the next new money club, such as a Manchester City."
The EFL told the BBC "these [spending] rules will be kept under regular review".
The gap in revenue generation between the divisions was "nothing new", said the EFL, which is reported to be set to announce its own new £180m-a-year TV deal.
"In addition, revenues for EFL clubs continue to increase through club-generated income, alongside improved central contracts and EFL-negotiated solidarity payments," the EFL added.
"FFP regulations were first introduced in 2012 to help support clubs to spend within their means.
"New regulations came into force this year, and now clubs in the Championship are governed by Profitability and Sustainability measures.
"These rules allow clubs to function in a fair and sensible manner, whilst also providing the freedom and flexibility for club owners to operate in what is an increasingly competitive marketplace. These rules will be kept under regular review."
Lord Alan Sugar, who was involved in the first Premier League TV rights deal in 1992, previously described the money coming into the Premier League as the "prune juice effect" - as in "it goes in one end and goes out the other".
The former Tottenham owner said the more money that was given to clubs, the more money would be spent on players.
The Premier League itself has previously highlighted its investment in facilities and good causes, the tax revenue from players' wages and said its wealth is distributed beyond those 20 clubs.
It emerged earlier this year higher costs for Premier League rights had hit annual profits at Sky despite a jump in revenues and new customers.
The Fifa confederations of Africa, Oceania, South America, Concacaf (North, Central America and the Caribbean) and Europe were drawn. Qualifying has already started in Asia.
Group A
Netherlands, France, Sweden, Bulgaria, Belarus, Luxembourg
Group B
Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Faroe Islands, Latvia, Andorra
Group C
Germany, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Norway, Azerbaijan, San Marino
Group D
Wales, Austria, Serbia, Republic of Ireland, Moldova, Georgia
Group E
Romania, Denmark, Poland, Montenegro, Armenia, Kazakhstan
Group F
England, Slovakia, Scotland, Slovenia, Lithuania, Malta
Group G
Spain, Italy, Albania, Israel, FYR Macedonia, Liechtenstein
Group H
Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Greece, Estonia, Cyprus
Group I
Croatia, Iceland, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland
Nine group winners qualify. Eight runners-up with the best record against the teams first, third, fourth and fifth in their groups proceed to play-offs. Russia automatically qualify as hosts.
Round one
Two-legged ties, played 5 October and 13 October.
Somalia v Niger, South Sudan v Mauritania, Gambia v Namibia, Sao Tome e Principe v Ethiopia, Chad v Sierra Leone, Comoros v Lesotho, Dijibouti v Swaziland, Eritrea v Botswana, Seychelles v Burundi, Liberia v Guinea-Bissau, Central African Republic v Madagascar, Mauritius v Kenya, Tanzania v Malawi
Round two
Two-legged ties, played 9 November and 17 November.
Somalia/Niger v Cameroon, South Sudan/Mauritania v Tunisia, Gambia/Namibia v Guinea, Sao Tome e Principe/Ethiopia v Congo, Chad/Sierra Leone v Egypt, Comoros/Lesotho v Ghana, Djibouti/Swaziland v Nigeria, Eritrea/Botswana v Mali, Seychelles/Burundi v Congo DR, Liberia/Guinea-Bissau v Ivory Coast, Central African Republic/Madagascar v Senegal, Mauritius/Kenya v Cape Verde, Tanzania/Malawi v Algeria, Sudan v Zambia, Libya v Rwanda, Morocco v Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique v Gabon, Benin v Burkina Faso, Togo v Uganda, Angola v South Africa
The 20 winners from the second round will go into a third round comprising five groups of four. The winners of each group qualify for the World Cup.
Third round
Two-legged ties, played from 31 August to 8 September.
Curacao v El Salvador, Canada v Belize, Grenada v Haiti, Jamaica v Nicaragua, St Vincent & Grenadines v Aruba, Antigua & Barbuda v Guatemala
Group A
Honduras, Mexico, Curacao/El Salvador, Canada/Belize
Group B
Panama, Costa Rica, Grenada/Haiti, Jamaica/Nicaragua
Group C
Trinidad & Tobago, USA, St Vincent & Grenadines/Aruba, Antigua & Barbuda/Guatemala
The top two teams from each group will play in a six-team mini-league. The top three qualify and the fourth goes into an inter-continental play-off.
Round one (group stage)
American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga
Round two (group stage)
Group A
Winner of round one between American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa and Tonga. Plus Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Tahiti
Group B
New Zealand, Vanuatu, Fiji, Solomon Islands
The top three teams in Group A and Group B progress to round three. That will comprise of two groups of three, with the top team in each progressing to a two-legged play-off. The winners of that qualify for the inter-continental play-off.
Group stage
Colombia, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay
Top four automatically qualify. Fifth place goes into a play-off.
He is expected to spend the remainder of a five-year prison sentence at his uncle's home in Pretoria.
He shot Reeva Steenkamp through a locked bathroom door in 2013 but said he thought she was an intruder.
Ms Steenkamp's relatives say they think Pistorius is "getting off lightly".
Oscar Pistorius, 28, was found guilty of culpable homicide, or manslaughter, of his 29-year-old girlfriend at a trial in October last year.
A case lodged by the prosecution appealing against that decision is due to be heard by the Supreme Court of Appeal on 3 November. State prosecutors say Pistorius should have instead been convicted of murder.
The athlete was released on Monday evening, a day earlier than expected, according to a spokesman from the Kgosi Mampuru II prison, where Pistorius was being held.
"Oscar Pistorius was placed under correctional supervision tonight," Manelisi Wolela confirmed in a statement.
"The handling of the actual placement is an operational matter of the local management, and how they handle it is their prerogative that is carried out in the best interest of all parties concerned, the victims, the offender and the Department of Correctional Services," he added.
Oscar Pistorius was driven under cover of darkness to his uncle's house 20 minutes away, a premature departure designed presumably to avoid the media glare, says the BBC's Karen Allen in Pretoria.
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It is understood he will not be electronically tagged but he will have restrictions on his movement, she adds.
His parole conditions include gun ownership restrictions and continued psychotherapy sessions. The disabled sportsman is also expected to do a period of community service.
South Africa's justice minister blocked an earlier attempt to get the Olympic athlete's release in August in a surprise move.
Speaking earlier to the BBC, Reeva Steenkamp's cousin Kim Martin said the family might consider visiting Pistorius when the time is "right". But she also said she felt he was "getting off lightly".
Her parents have previously said that the time served by Pistorius was "not enough for taking a life".
Under South African law, the double amputee was eligible for release under "correctional supervision" having served a sixth of his sentence.
Meanwhile, a close family friend of the athlete said he was in poor physical shape, adding that his return to athletics would be unlikely.
Pistorius competed in the 400 metres at the London 2012 Olympics, wearing carbon-fibre blades to run against able-bodied athletes.
If the prosecution is successful with its appeal next month, Pistorius could face a lengthy sentence back in prison.
Guy Verhofstadt said a system is needed for individuals to keep rights, such as freedom to travel and voting in European elections.
The former prime minister of Belgium said Brexit had been a "tragedy" for people in the UK and EU.
He also warned the European Parliament had veto powers over any deal struck.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Verhofstadt said he had received more than 1,000 letters from UK citizens who did not want to lose their relationship with "European civilisation".
He said: "All British citizens today have also EU citizenship. That means a number of things: the possibility to participate in the European elections, the freedom of travel without problem inside the union...
"We need to have an arrangement in which this arrangement can continue for those citizens who on an individual basis are requesting it."
He now hopes to convince European leaders to agree on this.
But Mr Verhofstadt also warned that the European Parliament will have veto powers to reject any deal brokered between the UK and the European Commission on Brexit.
Prime Minister Theresa May has said she wants to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty by the end of March, which would pave the way for Brexit negotiations.
But experts say many other factors could be at play and people should not stop taking supplements.
University of Auckland researchers analysed 23 studies involving more than 4,000 healthy people.
The UK government recommends children and over-65s take a daily supplement.
The New Zealand research team conducted a meta-analysis of all randomised trials examining the effects of vitamin D supplementation on bone mineral density in healthy adults up to July 2012.
The supplements were taken for an average of two years by the study participants.
Bone mineral density is a measure of bone strength and measures the amount of bone mineral present at different sites in the body. It is often seen as an indicator for the risk of osteoporosis, which can lead to an increased risk of fracture.
The trials took place in a number of different countries including the UK, the US, Australia, Holland, Finland and Norway.
Although the results did not identify any benefits for people who took vitamin D, they did find a small but statistically significant increase in bone density at the neck of the femur near the hip joint.
According to the authors, this effect is unlikely to be clinically significant.
Prof Ian Reid, lead study author, from the University of Auckland, said the findings showed that healthy adults did not need to take vitamin D supplements.
"Our data suggest that the targeting of low-dose vitamin D supplements only to individuals who are likely to be deficient could free up substantial resources that could be better used elsewhere in healthcare."
Writing about the study in The Lancet, Clifford J Rosen from the Maine Medical Research Institute agrees that science's understanding of vitamin D supports the findings for healthy adults, but not for everyone.
"Supplementation to prevent osteoporosis in healthy adults is not warranted. However, maintenance of vitamin D stores in the elderly combined with sufficient dietary calcium intake remains an effective approach for prevention of hip fractures."
The Department of Health currently recommends that a daily supplement of vitamin D of 10 micrograms (0.01mg) should be taken by pregnant and breastfeeding women and people over 65, while babies aged six months to five years should take vitamin drops containing 7 to 8.5 micrograms (0.007-0.0085mg) per day.
Dr Laura Tripkovic, research fellow in the department of nutritional sciences at the University of Surrey, said the study was important but very specific.
"I'm not surprised they didn't find any evidence of the effects of vitamin D on bone density because there are so many other factors involved in osteoporosis, like genes, diet and environment.
"To pin it all on vitamin D... it's difficult to do that."
Dr Tripkovic said it was no good taking vitamin D supplements if people didn't also maintain a healthy, balanced diet containing calcium and take plenty of exercise.
She said most healthy people should be able to absorb enough vitamin D naturally, through sunshine and diet.
"But if people are worried about their vitamin D levels then a multi-vitamin tablet would do. If you have bone pain and muscle aches then you should go and see your GP and discuss it."
We get most of our vitamin D from sunlight on our skin, but it is also found in certain foods like oily fish, eggs and breakfast cereals.
However, taking too much vitamin D in the form of supplements can be harmful because calcium can build up and damage the kidneys.
Experts advise taking no more than 25 micrograms (0.025mg) a day.
The UK guidance is currently being reviewed.
A video shot by Facebook user Johnny Lester in the Weston Favell store shows people forming a scrum as they cram their baskets full of bargain produce.
A woman is overheard calling the shoppers "disgusting". Mr Lester blamed the store for how the food was put out.
A Tesco spokesman said the "safety of our customers and colleagues is of paramount importance to us".
The video, which has been viewed by almost 1.5m people, starts with a number of Tesco customers surrounding a reduced counter at the store.
Someone is clearly heard telling them: "Sit, sit."
Staff have to fight their way out as customers dive in to grab the goods. Customers are seen piling baskets high with meat produce.
Mr Lester, who took the video on Monday, said he was "shocked and in disbelief".
"I had heard about it, but never seen it happen like that before," he said.
"Tesco were at fault. If you throw a load of trays on the floor like that with people waiting, what is going to happen?"
Former Northampton North MP and Green Party politician Tony Clarke said Tesco were "crass and irresponsible" for putting the food out in the manner they did.
He said: "They put their staff at risk and allowed their customers to wrestle on the floor in the hunt for a bargain."
A woman in the background of the video can be clearly heard saying: "I am sending this to your head office because they are disgusting."
The Tesco spokesman said an investigation had been held and the store manager "will take steps to prevent a similar situation happening again".
He said: "We are continually trying to improve the way we deal with surplus food, this includes making better reductions earlier in the day to make it easier for customers and colleagues in the evening."
Full-back Scott Wiseman made the decisive breakthrough in the 80th minute, his sweetly-struck shot from the edge of the box nestling in the back of the net via the inside of the post.
The story could have been much different had the Latics taken one of three good opportunities that came their way in the opening 45 minutes.
Billy McKay side-footed a great opportunity wide from seven yards when the goal was gaping and Iron keeper Luke Daniels twice thwarted Ryan Flynn after he had got in behind the defence.
Scunthorpe improved greatly after the break and were unlucky not to go in front much earlier.
Kevin van Veen thought he had broken the deadlock with a shot that cannoned down off the stanchion before being cleared and seconds later Tom Hopper was flagged offside after adding the finishing touch to a free-kick.
It did not matter though as, after Latics midfielder Paul Green had been sent off for his second booking in the space of seven minutes, Wiseman fired home.
Report supplied by Press Association.
Match ends, Scunthorpe United 1, Oldham Athletic 0.
Second Half ends, Scunthorpe United 1, Oldham Athletic 0.
Jonathon Margetts (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Oliver Banks (Oldham Athletic).
Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Ryan Flynn.
Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Ryan Flynn.
Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Ryan Flynn.
Ousmane Fane (Oldham Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jonathon Margetts (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ousmane Fane (Oldham Athletic).
Foul by Jonathon Margetts (Scunthorpe United).
Cameron Burgess (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Luke Daniels.
Attempt saved. Oliver Banks (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Jonathon Margetts.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Flynn (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic).
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Richard Smallwood replaces Kevin van Veen.
Luke Williams (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic).
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Lee Erwin replaces Cameron Dummigan.
Jonathon Margetts (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cameron Burgess (Oldham Athletic).
Foul by Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United).
Oliver Banks (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Scunthorpe United 1, Oldham Athletic 0. Scott Wiseman (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Cameron Burgess.
Connor Ripley (Oldham Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Luke Williams (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Kevin van Veen (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cameron Burgess (Oldham Athletic).
Attempt missed. Oliver Banks (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Jonathon Margetts replaces Tom Hopper.
Attempt missed. Lee Croft (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Lee Croft replaces Ryan McLaughlin.
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Ousmane Fane replaces Billy McKay.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Luke Williams replaces Duane Holmes.
Oliver Banks (Oldham Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Second yellow card to Paul Green (Oldham Athletic) for a bad foul.
The Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital (QEQM) in Margate said it had experienced a sudden surge in attendance in the last 24 hours.
People are being asked to go to a pharmacist, GP or minor injuries unit.
QEQM is run by East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which was put into special measures in September.
It followed a Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection which rated QEQM's A&E as inadequate.
The trust said the hospital was currently extremely busy caring for large numbers of people who were seriously ill.
Senior Matron Mike Walker said it was dealing with increased numbers of elderly people who were suffering from dehydration in the hot weather.
The summer was also causing an increase in minor ailments from people visiting the seaside and working in their gardens.
The trust asked the public to carefully consider safe alternatives to A&E in east Kent, particularly at QEQM.
"This will help us to provide the specialist care seriously ill patients need in our emergency departments," said director of operations Jane Ely.
The trust also runs the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford; the Kent and Canterbury in Canterbury; the Buckland in Dover; and the Royal Victoria in Folkestone.
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The World Bank's chief economist for Africa, Francisco Ferreira, said the total economic loss was likely to be about a tenth of the $32bn his organisation had initially predicted.
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Coppola, an Oscar-winner for Lost in Translation, will direct a new production of Giuseppe Verdi's tragedy La Traviata at the Rome Opera.
She was enlisted by fashion designer Valentino Garavani, a fan since seeing her lavish 2006 film Marie Antoinette.
The venue and its patron Garavani - known as Valentino - said the drama balanced "the classic and the modern".
Like Marie Antoinette, Verdi's opera is set in 18th Century Paris.
But, based on the play La Dame aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas fils - the son of The Count of Monte Cristo author Alexandre Dumas - it tells the story, not of a queen but of a young courtesan who sacrifices all for love.
Rome Opera Foundation's general manager Carlo Fuortes said the production of La Traviata would take inspiration from the world of film and would be a "momentous event".
Coppola, the daughter of Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola, won the best original screenplay Oscar for her 2003 film Lost Translation, starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson.
Her other notable films include The Virgin Suicides and Somewhere, for which she won the Golden Lion at the Berlin Film Festival.
Nathan Crowley, who worked on two Batman movies, will design the production.
Meanwhile, Valentino will fittingly create the costumes for his collaboration with Coppola. He will be helped by the two designers who took over from him at the fashion house that still bears the Valentino trademark name.
The involvement of the celebrated fashion designer has been a big boost for the Rome Opera House whose finances have been hit hard by the European financial crisis.
It finally returned to break even last year after cutting costs and accepting state funds. The engagement of the world famous designer has added extra kudos, funds, and now celebrity sway.
There will be 15 shows of La Traviata from 24 May to 30 June.
The IMF says Greece needs more leeway to pay its mountainous debts before further rescue funds can be released.
But the eurozone, which has already given the country significant debt relief, is reluctant to go much further.
With major repayments due later this year, can the two sides come to an agreement before Greece's financial situation becomes untenable?
It has long been the IMF's view that Greece needs more debt relief in order to make the government's financial situation sustainable.
The IMF has published its annual assessment of the Greek economy and it said: "Greece cannot grow out of its debt problem. Greece requires substantial debt relief from its European partners to restore debt sustainability."
Eurozone governments have provided some debt relief already, in the form of lower interest rates and extended repayment periods. IMF staff think they need more, although it can take the form of more of the same.
The IMF says there is no need for what it calls an "upfront haircut", a reduction in the principal that has ultimately to be repaid.
There were reports last month that analysis by IMF economists suggested the debt burden would, without relief, become "explosive". That means, on a path of continuous increases (as a percentage of national economic activity).
Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who chairs eurozone meetings, described the IMF's view as "unnecessarily pessimistic".
Several have domestic political problems about providing debt relief. It doesn't go down well rescuing governments of other countries from what are seen as the consequences of their own irresponsibility.
Some also worry that debt relief would take the pressure off Greece to complete difficult reforms. Last year, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said: "Anyone who now speaks about debt relief for Greece does not strengthen those who want reforms."
There have been reports of disagreements within the German coalition government. Germany is the key player (though not the only one) within the eurozone that has been unenthusiastic about debt relief.
The business newspaper Handelsblatt reported that Sigmar Gabriel, the German vice-chancellor, had expressed "great concern" and called for the German government to moderate its demands for the Greek government's financial targets.
Mr Gabriel represents the Social Democrats, the junior party in the ruling collation. His comments are seen as a criticism of Mr Schaeuble, who leads Germany's input into the negotiations with Greece and is a member of the leading party in the government, the Christian Democratic Union.
Unusually, diverging views within the IMF's Board have emerged publicly. When the IMF conducts annual reviews of countries, it also publishes a brief summary of the Board's discussion.
On this occasion, the document says "most directors" thought there would be a need for further debt relief. There were several other points where that phrase "most directors" cropped up. Usually these reports convey an impression (justified or not) of consensus.
There is no indication of which directors did not share the view on debt relief, but it's not unreasonable to hazard a guess that they were among those who represent eurozone governments.
The Board is made up of representatives of the member countries, plus Managing Director Christine Lagarde.
Not immediately. The key date is July. That's when Greece is due to make debt repayments, to creditors in both private and public sectors (notably the European Central Bank).
To make those payments, Greece will need the next payment of its current (third) bailout. It won't get that until the review of the programme - by the IMF, the European Commission and the ECB, known as the Troika - is completed.
That has been delayed, as Greece has been unable to convince them that it has made enough progress with reforms intended to support long-term economic growth and stable government finances.
The IMF is not contributing financially to the third bailout. It provides advice and did put money into the first two financial rescues. The eurozone would like to have the IMF's full backing. It would make the exercise look more credible.
The situation is further complicated by forthcoming elections in Eurozone countries. In France, Marine Le Pen's National Front and in the Netherlands, Geert Wilders' Freedom Party are both hostile to the European Union and have both criticised the bailout. Germany has elections later in the year.
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The major oil producing Gulf state is hoping to get close to this by 2050 and says it wants to balance economic needs against environmental goals.
The UAE has considerable solar power potential and is eager to reduce its use of fossil fuels.
The country ranks high in per capita greenhouse gas CO2 emissions.
The UAE is eighth on the World Bank's worldwide list of CO2 emissions per capita, below Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain.
UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum said it is hoped that by 2050, 44% of the country's energy needs will be provided by renewables, with 38% from gas, 12% from cleaner fossil fuel and 6% from nuclear energy.
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Writing on Twitter, he said: "The plan aims to increase usage efficiency by 40% and boost clean-energy contributions to 50%.
"He who does not think of energy is not thinking about the future. The UAE government has made an achievement in drawing up a unified energy strategy for the country."
Dubai and Abu Dhabi in particular have been at the forefront of the UAE's push to plough resources into renewables:
Elsewhere, Morocco, Tunisia and Yemen pledged in November to use only renewable energy by 2050.
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The United Arab Emirates has said that it intends to invest $163bn (£134bn) in projects to generate half of the nation's power needs from renewables.
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A World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) survey found 73% of English health trusts do not have a policy on the food sold in their vending machines.
Yet, the Welsh and Scottish governments introduced guidelines in 2008.
Experts say the NHS must send out a clear message on healthy food choices.
England has no national guidelines on the health content of food and drink sold in hospital vending machines, unlike Scotland and Wales where machines are recommended to be stocked with at least 30% healthier choice products.
The WCRF survey asked all 146 acute hospital trusts in England about their policy on vending machines.
Of the 110 which responded, 81 said they did not have a policy. Only 11 said they did have a vending policy - and 18 hospitals said a policy was under development.
Fifty-eight per cent of hospitals said their vending machines were not stocked with 30% healthy products.
But 67% responded that they offered at least one healthier choice option for each product type.
Amanda McLean, general manager at the WCRF, said chocolate bars, crisps and sugary soft drinks were not appropriate items to be selling in hospitals.
"Because there is strong evidence that these foods cause obesity - a risk factor in diseases such as cancer, type 2 diabetes and heart disease - they are partly to blame for many people ending up in hospital in the first place," she said.
"Hospitals should put an end to vending machines that sell only high calorie food and drink. They should be beacons of good health in our communities and encourage and support people in making healthier choices about the food they eat."
She said the UK government should make England fall into line with Scotland and Wales on the issue.
At the British Medical Association's conference in June, doctors backed calls for hospitals to ban the sale of junk food in vending machines and cafes.
The BMA's science board is now looking at the issue in detail in order to persuade the Department of Health to introduce guidelines for all hospitals across England.
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) called for a ban on unhealthy foods in hospitals earlier this year.
Professor Terence Stephenson, chairman of the AoMRC, said: "The NHS needs to avoid providing the same obesogenic environment as the high street and send out a clear message that it takes obesity and the health of the nation seriously by offering patients and staff alike healthy food options.
"In February the Academy called for improved food standards in hospitals, including vending machines.
"There is no reason for England to fall behind other UK nations and not have these guidelines in place."
Five years ago, both the Welsh and Scottish Governments introduced guidelines for hospital trusts on this issue.
The Scottish Government produced nutritional guidance on what makes products healthy and encouraged NHS boards to remove soft drinks with high sugar content.
Its guidelines also aim to make at least 30% of vending products 'healthier choice' and it says these products should be positioned prominently in vending machines.
In Wales, the government issued guidance that included a five-point charter ensuring food and drink sold from vending machines has a positive nutritional benefit.
These require that food and drinks must comply with nutritional criteria.
A spokesperson from the Department of Health said: "Hospitals in England have a clear responsibility to promote healthier choices in vending machines so staff and visitors can eat good quality food.
"We know that some hospitals have already signed up to our Responsibility Deal and committed to making healthier food and drink available, and would encourage other hospitals to do the same and look after their staff, patients and visitors."
Dr Johnny Marshall, director of policy at the NHS Confederation, which represents all organisations providing NHS services, said many trusts rent space to commercial outlets to provide a good service to patients and visitors.
"Nowadays, the majority of these offer fruit, smoothies, tea and coffee, as well as a range of sweets and treats," he said.
"And if a patient who has been in hospital a week wants a few mint imperials, or a parent wants to buy their child who has just had a broken arm reset some chocolate buttons, as a doctor I think that is absolutely fine.
"The key thing is that the NHS ensures there are easy ways for patients, staff and other users to make healthy choices.
"There isn't a hospital trust in the country that would prioritise the relatively small amount of income they get from these sources above the overall health of their local community."
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Hospital vending machines in England contain too many high-calorie snacks, and guidelines should be introduced to make them healthier, says a cancer prevention charity.
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Three men reportedly approached a barrier at the entrance to the temple complex on Wednesday morning.
When confronted by police, one of the attackers detonated an explosive belt he was wearing. A second was shot dead and a third severely wounded.
Two civilians and two policemen were injured but no tourists were hurt.
The number of foreign tourists visiting Egypt has been increasing over the past 18 months, after slumps following the revolution that ousted President Hosni Mubarak in 2011 and the overthrow by the military of President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
Source: British Museum
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but jihadist militants have killed hundreds of security force and government personnel since Mr Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, was ousted.
After Wednesday's incident, Egypt's antiquities minister issued orders to increase security at tourist sites across the country, the official Mena news agency reported.
Last week, two members of Egypt's tourism and antiquities police force were shot dead on a road near the pyramids at Giza.
In 1997, jihadist militants killed more than 60 people after attacking a group of foreign tourists visiting the Temple of Hatshepsut, across the River Nile from the city of Luxor near the Valley of the Kings.
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The two-time champions dominated possession in a turgid last-16 tie, but were unable to break through until Di Maria swept in Lionel Messi's pass.
"Angel Di Maria was lucky to still be on the pitch when he scored as he had played so badly.
"You look at Argentina and on this performance they will struggle to win the World Cup."
Switzerland defender Blerim Dzemaili headed against the Argentina post then prodded wide after Di Maria's winner.
Argentina will face Belgium, who beat the USA, in the last eight on Saturday.
It was a remarkable conclusion to a match that saw Argentina, rated among the favourites to win the World Cup, produce another distinctly average performance in neighbouring Brazil.
Real Madrid winger Di Maria was wasteful in promising positions throughout but kept his composure when it mattered most, coolly sweeping an angled shot into the bottom corner after Messi's pass found him advancing into the area.
About 40,000 Argentina fans were estimated to be inside the Arena de Sao Paulo and Di Maria's late intervention sparked wild celebrations between players and fans.
But it was a heartbreaking end for Switzerland and particularly their veteran coach Ottmar Hitzfeld, whose 31-year managerial career ended in cruel fashion.
The 65-year-old German, who was twice voted World Coach of the Year, retires after winning 19 major club trophies for Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Grasshoppers.
Argentina failed to find top form during the group stage as Messi's brilliance inspired them to three narrow victories against Bosnia-Hercegovina, Iran and Nigeria.
And they failed to impress again as Switzerland, who progressed as Group E runners-up with wins against Ecuador and Honduras, frustrated them for long periods.
Hitzfeld appeared to have instructed his defence to sit deep and crowd out Argentina's attacking players, which worked perfectly as the South Americans dominated possession but had few clear-cut chances to show for it. Messi was regularly deprived of space in the first half by a host of red shirts.
The Swiss offered little forward threat themselves, focusing more on keeping their shape.
But just before the half-hour mark, it was Hitzfeld's side who created the best chances of the opening 45 minutes.
Xherdan Shaqiri's cute cutback found Granit Xhaka, whose drilled shot was palmed clear by Sergio Romero. And the Argentina keeper then sprang quickly to his feet to block Stephan Lichtsteiner's long-range shot seconds later.
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It might have served as a warning for Argentina - but they failed to take notice.
Shaqiri pinched possession to pick out Josip Drmic but, as an indecisive Romero decided to stay close to his goalline, the Swiss striker's attempted chip was easily gathered by the Argentine.
Although the South Americans began to move the ball more quickly after the interval, only Messi looked capable of unlocking Switzerland's sturdy defence.
The Barcelona star sent a vicious volley dipping over the crossbar before jinking into the penalty area shortly after, forcing Diego Benaglio to push out his low shot.
Switzerland barely moved the ball out of their own half in the final 20 minutes as Messi continued to orchestrate Argentina's best attacking moves.
But neither side could find a late winner as the match went into extra time - the fourth of seven second-round ties to do so.
The European side stuck rigidly to their game plan in the additional half-hour, refusing to become more adventurous as penalties approached - before Di Maria finally netted with Argentina's 28th effort at goal.
Benaglio joined the Swiss attack in a frantic final few minutes, and his side came desperately close to saving themselves when an unmarked Dzemaili headed down and onto the foot of a post from inside the six-yard box, before jabbing a leg instinctively at the rebound.
There was still time for Shaqiri to hit a free-kick into the wall before Argentina's bid for a third World Cup progressed to a quarter-final in Brasilia on Saturday.
Match ends, Argentina 1, Switzerland 0.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Argentina 1, Switzerland 0.
Attempt blocked. Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Ezequiel Garay (Argentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ezequiel Garay (Argentina).
Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Ángel Di María (Argentina) left footed shot from more than 40 yards on the left wing is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ezequiel Garay following a fast break.
José Basanta (Argentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland).
Attempt missed. Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland) left footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the left.
Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland) hits the left post with a header from very close range. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri with a cross following a corner.
Attempt missed. Diego Benaglio (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ricardo Rodriguez with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Ezequiel Garay.
Ángel Di María (Argentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ángel Di María (Argentina).
Ricardo Rodriguez (Switzerland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Argentina 1, Switzerland 0. Ángel Di María (Argentina) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
Foul by José Basanta (Argentina).
Haris Seferovic (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Switzerland. Blerim Dzemaili replaces Admir Mehmedi.
Attempt missed. Ángel Di María (Argentina) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Fabian Schär.
Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Argentina) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pablo Zabaleta.
Attempt blocked. Javier Mascherano (Argentina) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ezequiel Garay.
Federico Fernández (Argentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Gelson Fernandes (Switzerland).
Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Diego Benaglio.
Attempt saved. Ángel Di María (Argentina) left footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Lucas Biglia.
Javier Mascherano (Argentina) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Admir Mehmedi (Switzerland).
Second Half Extra Time begins Argentina 0, Switzerland 0.
Substitution, Argentina. Lucas Biglia replaces Fernando Gago.
First Half Extra Time ends, Argentina 0, Switzerland 0.
Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Argentina) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fernando Gago.
Substitution, Argentina. José Basanta replaces Marcos Rojo because of an injury.
Attempt blocked. Haris Seferovic (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Fernando Gago (Argentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Haris Seferovic (Switzerland).
Foul by Rodrigo Palacio (Argentina).
Valon Behrami (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
The deal means Calderon, who finished 21st in the GP3 feeder category last year, will spend time in Sauber's simulator and with the team at races.
The 23-year-old will race in GP3 for a second season in 2017.
Team principal Monisha Kaltenborn said Sauber could give Calderon "a professional platform to develop her racing knowledge and skills".
Calderon said: "I am grateful to be working with such an established Formula 1 team and to benefit from its long experience.
"I look forward to working with the team and learning as much as I can. It is a step closer to my dream - one day competing in Formula 1."
Olympic 400m hurdles finalist Eilidh Doyle finished second behind Olympic champion Dalilah Muhammad in Lausanne.
And high jumper Robbie Grabarz, fourth in Rio, was runner-up to Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim.
The meeting also saw Jamaican double Olympic sprint gold medallist Elaine Thompson back on the track.
The 100m and 200m gold medallist in Rio won the 100m with ease in a time of 10.78 seconds, while Britain's Desiree Henry was fourth in 11.17 seconds.
Long jumper Ugen might have beaten American Bartoletta with a leap of 6.71m but had to settle for the runner-up spot behind Serbia's Ivana Spanovic.
Team-mate Proctor was fourth (6.48m) - a place ahead of last week's gold medallist.
Doyle, meanwhile, leads the Diamond League 400m hurdle standings.
Djibouti's Ayanleh Souleiman set the fifth-fastest time ever to win the men's 1,000m in 2 minutes 13.49 seconds, with American Olympic 1500m champion Matthew Centrowitz sixth.
Two American bronze medallists from Rio won their events, with LaShawn Merritt posting 44.50 seconds in the 400m, and Sam Hendricks setting a pole vault meet record of 5.92m.
While world-record holder Kendra Harrison - who failed to make the US squad for Rio - took the 110m hurdles in 12.42, a time that would have been good enough for gold in the Olympic stadium, as Britain's Cindy Ofili matched her fourth place in Rio.
Joel Fearon, the bobsledder who is Britain's fastest man this year but did not qualify for Rio, finished third in the men's 100m race in 10.05 seconds.
Compatriot Harry Aikines-Aryeetey was eighth (10.43) in a race won by Asafa Powell in 9.96 - the Jamaican's 97th legal sub 10-second time in the event.
Lynsey Sharp produced her third fastest time of the year (1:58.52) to finish third in the 800m.
The Diamond League series continues in Paris at the Stade de France on Saturday, 27 August.
Gareth Robert McClurg, 23, of Tower Street in the city, is accused of stabbing a man on High Street on Thursday night.
The 19-year-old was treated for stab wounds and is understood to be in a stable condition in hospital.
Mr McClurg also faces charges of possessing cannabis and diazepam and an assault on police on the same date.
No bail application was made at Belfast Magistrates' Court and the judge remanded Mr McClurg back into custody.
He will appear again on 16 November via videolink.
James Vaughan bagged a brace, taking his tally for the season to 24, and George Miller netted to leave Bury five points above fourth-bottom Port Vale, who have a game in hand on them.
The Cobblers made a poor start, letting goalkeeper Joe Murphy's goal-kick bounce through for Vaughan to fire into the bottom corner in the third minute.
Northampton replied with Brendan Moloney firing over while Bury's Tom Pope shot straight at David Cornell.
Murphy then turned wide a Matty Taylor free-kick but Bury had the rest of the chances, Ryan Lowe twice going close while Taylor Moore volleyed over.
Cameron Burgess then headed an Andrew Tutte corner against the bar, with Miller heading in the rebound, before Vaughan fired in from 20 yards at the death.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Bury 3, Northampton Town 0.
Second Half ends, Bury 3, Northampton Town 0.
Substitution, Bury. Nathan Cameron replaces James Vaughan.
Goal! Bury 3, Northampton Town 0. James Vaughan (Bury) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Andrew Tutte.
Attempt missed. James Vaughan (Bury) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Harry Beautyman (Northampton Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Taylor Moore.
Substitution, Bury. Scott Burgess replaces Ryan Lowe.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Lowe (Bury) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Northampton Town. Harry Beautyman replaces Brendon Moloney.
Attempt missed. Paul Caddis (Bury) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Goal! Bury 2, Northampton Town 0. George Miller (Bury) header from very close range to the top right corner following a corner.
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Matthew Taylor.
Attempt saved. Ryan Lowe (Bury) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Bury. George Miller replaces Tom Pope.
Substitution, Northampton Town. Keshi Anderson replaces Alex Revell.
Attempt missed. Taylor Moore (Bury) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt blocked. James Vaughan (Bury) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. James Vaughan (Bury) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Paul Caddis (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Shaun McWilliams (Northampton Town).
Attempt missed. Alex Revell (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Foul by Paul Caddis (Bury).
Paul Anderson (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Matthew Taylor.
Brendon Moloney (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Brendon Moloney (Northampton Town).
Greg Leigh (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Cameron Burgess.
Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Joe Murphy.
Second Half begins Bury 1, Northampton Town 0.
Substitution, Northampton Town. Rod McDonald replaces Neal Eardley.
First Half ends, Bury 1, Northampton Town 0.
Attempt blocked. Matthew Taylor (Northampton Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Cameron Burgess (Bury) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Aaron Phillips.
Attempt missed. Andrew Tutte (Bury) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Foul by Tom Pope (Bury).
Neal Eardley (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Ryan Lowe (Bury) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Spain said there had been a "worrying delay" in executing plans agreed by eurozone leaders last month.
The main provision would allow the future European bailout fund, the ESM, to pour money directly into ailing banks.
Under the deal, the Spanish government would avoid an international rescue.
However, the creation of the fund has been hampered by constitutional challenges in Germany which mean Berlin will not be able to ratify the agreement before 12 September.
"The swift implementation of the financial assistance programme is essential to restore confidence and recreate conditions for growth," French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici and Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said in a joint statement after talks in Paris late on Wednesday.
Germany's finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble stopped short of calling for immediate action on the bank plan following a meeting with his Spanish counterpart on Tuesday, but reiterated his belief that the fundamentals of Spain's economy remained strong.
France and Germany are the eurozone's biggest economies and the biggest contributor to its rescue funds, which have been used to bail out Greece, Ireland and Portugal so far.
Fears increased this week that the Spanish government might need a similar full international bailout.
Madrid has been granted assistance but it is directed at its banks, and does not come with the strict economic monitoring of a full rescue.
A German finance ministry spokesman said there was no question of Spain seeking a new bailout.
Meanwhile, share and bond markets rose modestly in early trade on Wednesday, partly in response to hopes that the new eurozone rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) would be given a full banking licence, something that would boost its power.
A European Central Bank (ECB) governing council member, Ewald Nowotny, said that giving the permanent rescue fund a banking licence to increase its capacity had merits.
Such a licence would allow it to exchange the bonds it buys to support indebted countries for fresh cash from the ECB, without needing extra government funds.
But the issue is highly political, with the ECB President Mario Draghi against the idea.
Spain's 10-year bond yield fell to 7.4% on Wednesday, although that is still well above the 7% level at which refinancing is seen as unsustainable.
Also on Wednesday, German business confidence fell in July to its lowest level in 28 months, according to a closely watched survey.
The
Ifo think tank's index stood at 103.3
, down from 105.2 in June, citing a "significant deterioration" in the manufacturing business climate.
It was the third month in a row the Ifo registered a fall in sentiment.
The news comes shortly after the Moody's rating agency put Germany's top AAA rating on negative outlook, citing risks from the rest of the eurozone.
The German economy is slowing, but the government said it still expected it to grow by 0.7% this year, at a time when much of the rest of the eurozone is in or near recession.
A spokeswoman from the Economy Ministry said the German economy would remain strong: "[The Ifo survey] shows that uncertainty in the eurozone has increased."
"The euro debt crisis raises the risk for our economy as well but at the same time our economy has a high degree of growth and resistance. Our situation is robust."
There are also fears that Germans may be asked to contribute much more to rescue funds to help Spain, Greece and even Italy, which could weigh on German government finances and hamper its own economic growth.
As a result, credit ratings agency Moody's downgraded the outlook for Germany's AAA credit rating to negative, a first step towards a possible cut in Germany's credit-worthiness.
Last month the community-led Stove Network put initial plans on show of how to "breathe new life" into the area around the town's Midsteeple.
It was designed as a response to the number of shop closures in the area in recent months.
Now the group has started on online survey to gather public opinion on the best way forward.
It hopes to find the actions which "can shape a vibrant Dumfries High Street".
Among the areas it wants to assess are measures which could encourage more people to live or work in the town centre.
Exeter lost 4-1 at home to Oxford on Tuesday, their worst defeat at St James Park since October 2011 and their third loss in a four-game winless streak.
"It's difficult to put your finger on things at the moment, things are bit of a mess," Nicholls told BBC Sport.
"We're working our hardest to try to put things right, we all just need to be pulling in the right direction."
The losses come just a few weeks after a three-game winning run in League Two had left the club four points off the play-off places.
"We're stuck in a bit of a rut over the last two weeks, but we don't feel like a lot has actually changed," added the former Northampton Town player.
"It's a time where we need to stand up and be counted, because there's only us in the dressing room that are going to get us out of it.
"We just need to keep the positive turn on things and try to improve things game after game."
Exeter's gap to the play-off places is now eight points with 14 games to go and Nicholls believes that, while it will be difficult to make the play-offs, it will not be impossible.
"We're going to have to turn things around quickly if we're going to achieve something this season," he said.
"I think everybody in the dressing room still believes we can do it, I know it's going to be tough, but we have to believe that we don't want the season to peter out and the mindset of the group is that.
"We want to put some performances together, get some wins and get back really in touch with the play-offs."
Centre-back Dean Jarvis headed the Candystripes into the lead in the 31st minute from an Aaron McEneff free-kick into the penalty area.
McEneff made it 2-0 midway through the second half with a twice-taken penalty.
The spot-kick was awarded for Dan Byrne's foul on Ben Doherty and McEneff drilled in the retaken spot-kick.
City badly needed the three points having taken just three from their last six fixtures after starting the season with four wins in a row.
It was a deserved victory Kenny Shiels' men against a Bohs side which had lost five of their last six in the league.
Visiting keeper Shane Supple saved early on from Ronan Curtis who did not get a clean strike on is far-post shot after McEneff's free into the box.
The Bohs defence will be disappointed they did not deal with another McEneff set-piece as Jarvis managed to get across his marker and head in his second goal of the season.
Nathan Boyle and Barry McNamee had chances early in the second half but failed to make them count.
Then came the penalty for Byrne's foul on Doherty just inside the box. McEneff netted past Supple, and kept his head to repeat the trick when Dublin referee Robert Harvey ordered the retake.
The team of Lucas Tramer, Simon Schuerch, Simon Niepmann and Mario Gyr, who were fifth in London four years ago, won by 1.46 seconds.
The medal was Switzerland's third of the Games, after cyclist Fabian Cancellara's gold and shooter Heidi Diethelm Gerder's bronze.
Denmark, bronze medallists in 2012, took silver, and France bronze.
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It was the first time Prince Charles and his son Prince William have attended the event at Edinburgh Castle.
The annual Tattoo is currently in its 68th season.
This year's event recognises 2017 as being the Year of the Royal Navy and comes ahead of the official naming of the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales later this year.
It is also marking Scotland's Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology with a second "Splash of Tartan" theme.
As well as attending the Tattoo, the royals viewed a short performance beforehand on the forecourt at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
Charles, known as the Duke of Rothesay in Scotland, and William, who takes the title the Earl of Strathearn when north of the border, attended the Tattoo around halfway through its August run.
This year's performance involves a cast of more than 1,200 people from across the globe.
The line-up includes more than 250 pipers and drummers, five UK military bands and the event's first Japanese act, as well as major contingents from France, India and the United States.
The first Edinburgh Tattoo took place in 1950, with the first overseas regiment taking part in 1952.
Since then, 48 countries from across six continents have been represented at the Tattoo.
It attracts an annual audience of around 220,000, meaning that more than 14m people have attended the Tattoo since it began.
Tuesday's announcement by Dhoni is the top story in most newspapers and many Indians have taken to social media to express their surprise.
The cricketer said he was retiring from Tests "to concentrate" on the 50 over and Twenty20 formats.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) called him "one of India's greatest Test captains".
The 33-year-old, who made his debut in 2005 and was captain for 60 of his 90 Tests, quit after India drew the third Test against Australia on Tuesday.
In its lead story Dhoni drops a bomb, The Hindustan Times wonders about the "abrupt announcement" and says that experts were surprised as the BCCI announcement came in the middle of Australia tour.
The Times of India reports that Dhoni got emotional after breaking news to his team: "MS Dhoni, always known as 'Captain Cool,' got a touch emotional when he announced his decision in the dressing room. His teammates hugged him and took pictures with the departing skipper."
Discussing his legacy, an editorial in the paper questions "what will we remember for MS Dhoni"?
"Even if India has had players come from its hinterland before, few managed to make such an impact as MS Dhoni. He infused a belief in small-town folks that they could rise to the very top if they backed their talent. And that would remain the biggest of his contributions to India's Test cricket team over the past decade," the paper writes.
In a story headlined Dhoni retires Dhoni style, the Indian Express reports that "a teary-eyed Dhoni gathered his teammates for an impromptu huddle in the dressing room and dropped the bombshell, leaving them astonished and devastated. Then around 45 minutes later, the rest of the world experienced the same shock".
Social media too has been abuzz with the news of Dhoni's retirement with his fellow cricketers and fans taking to Twitter to express their love and gratitude for Dhoni.
Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar applauded Dhoni's "wonderful career in test cricket":
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan praised him for his "courage":
Chandra Sekhar described him as "a true idol for Indian cricket":
Yash Khandelwal wrote he was "saddened" by Dhoni's retirement:
Columnist Devinder Sharma, however, said Dhoni's decision was right as it came when the cricketer is at his peak:
Davies, 52, has been out of coaching for almost three years since he was sacked 13 months into his second spell at Nottingham Forest.
Boyd spent time on loan at Forest during Davies' first stint and told BBC Scotland: "He'll do anything to win.
"It's a results-driven world and, for me, there's not a better man."
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Boyd, 33, moved to the City Ground in March 2011, scoring six goals in 10 league games for Forest, where Davies had been since December 2008 after time in charge at Derby, Preston and Motherwell.
Davies was sacked by the two-time European Cup winners at the end of that season - but recruited again in early 2013.
"He's a winner," added Boyd, who was a prolific finisher at Ibrox from 2006 to 2010 and had a second, less successful, spell in the Championship campaign of 2014-15 before returning to Kilmarnock for a third time.
"When you see some of the runs he's been on at clubs, the records he's broken, he has something that can bring out the best in people.
"He got me back scoring goals inside a week after a difficult few months not playing at Middlesbrough. That didn't happen by coincidence.
"It wasn't just me. There were three or four others at Forest who were lacking a bit of fitness and he had us out on bike runs at seven in the morning.
"A lot of the good work he's done in England has gone unnoticed up here.
"And if you go back as far as Motherwell, they were fighting relegation when he took over. He kept them up and then they were challenging for Europe.
"When you look at the stats, I don't think there's much comes near him."
Rangers announced Warburton's departure on Friday, along with assistant David Weir and head of recruitment Frank McParland, while youth coach Graeme Murty oversaw Sunday's 2-1 Scottish Cup win over Morton.
Former Ibrox captain Barry Ferguson says Rangers will look for "a short-term solution" and reckons Alex McLeish fits the bill.
The 58-year-old, who was manager for five years until 2006, has said it would be difficult to turn down the opportunity to make a return.
"He knows what the club is all about, he knows the traditions and what is expected," said Ferguson, who played under McLeish for Scotland, Rangers and Birmingham.
"I saw his interview and it looked to me like he would take it in a minute. If he got offered it, I think he'd be a good choice.
"He assembled a good team at Rangers and we had a real togetherness.
"He wanted us to work hard and play attacking football. In training, as well as matches, he demanded that you outwork whoever you were up against.
"He has more experience now - and if they are looking for someone to take over until the end of the season he's a serious contender."
Friday's second singles rubber will be between Kyle Edmund and Vasek Pospisil.
Jamie Murray and Dom Inglot will contest Saturday's doubles rubber against Daniel Nestor and Pospisil.
Captain Leon Smith has confirmed world number one Andy Murray will not compete for Great Britain this weekend, saying it is the "right thing for him to do".
"We all miss Andy because he is such a great influence on the team both on and off the court," said Smith.
"Like we saw last year [in the match against Serbia when he watched as a spectator], he puts a lot of interest and care into this team."
World number three Milos Raonic pulled out of the Canadian team with an injury, meaning the hosts are without a top-100 singles player.
The statue was installed by activists outside the Japanese consulate in the South Korean city of Busan last month.
South Korea has long called for reparations for "comfort women", who were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War Two.
Japan says the statue violates a previous agreement on the issue.
Bad blood between Japan and Korea persists
'Comfort women' - a painful legacy
The big row over a small Australian statue
The 1.5m-tall (5ft) bronze statue depicts a young, barefoot woman sitting in a chair.
It has become a symbol of hardships faced by the women and the perceived lack of adequate apology and compensation from Japan.
Many of the estimated 200,000 women forced to be wartime sex slaves were Korean. Others came from China, the Philippines, Indonesia and Taiwan.
It is a perennial issue that has dogged relations with Japan.
The matter has only escalated with each passing year as many of the survivors are old and dying. About 46 survivors are thought to remain in South Korea.
No. In fact a more famous statue is outside the Japanese embassy in the South Korean capital, Seoul.
It was put up in 2011 to mark the 1,000th rally by activists calling for an apology and compensation.
Another 37 are thought to exist in South Korea, while in Australia a similar statue has sparked a row between Korean and Japanese community groups.
South Korean activists put up the statue in Busan on 28 December as a protest against a deal struck exactly one year before, in which Japan apologised and promised to give 1bn yen (£7m; $8.6m) to a fund for Korean women.
Critics say it was reached without consultation with victims, did not contain Japan's acknowledgement of legal responsibility, and did not provide direct compensation to the victims.
Busan police initially removed the statue but there was fierce domestic pressure for it to remain, reported The Korea Herald.
Days later, after Japan's defence minister visited a controversial war shrine in Tokyo, local authorities allowed it to be reinstalled.
Japan says the statue violates the 2015 deal, which agreed that Japan's reparations would "finally and irreversibly" resolve the issue.
In a statement on Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said it was important that both countries carry out their agreement.
It has withdrawn its Busan consul-general and South Korean ambassador. It also suspended a currency swap and postponed high-level economic discussions.
"We have repeatedly asked South Korea to handle the resolution of this issue appropriately, but the situation has not improved, so we have taken this action," Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said.
The statues have been a constant source of irritation for the Japanese.
Japan has previously claimed the statue outside its Seoul embassy is illegal as it breaches the 1961 Vienna Convention, which dictates that host countries must protect the premises of diplomatic missions.
Cornwall Council said it had received up to £150,000 a year since Cornish was recognised as a minority language in 2003.
The authority said it received confirmation of the cut in a letter.
The government has claimed it is "committed to Cornwall" as shown by the county's "historic devolution deal".
Julian German, council cabinet member for culture, said: "The prime minister makes a point of telling us how much he loves Cornwall and the devolution deal highlights the government's recognition of our unique culture and heritage.
"However, when it comes to backing those statements up, the government just doesn't deliver for Cornwall."
The authority said government funding, which had been used to "support the development of the language", had been provided since it was recognised under the Charter for Regional and Minority Languages in 2003.
Malcolm Bell, head of Visit Cornwall, said: "The Cornish language is an essential part of the Cornwall brand."
The council is yet to confirm whether any jobs will be lost as a result of the funding cut.
A Department of Communities and Local Government spokesman said: "This government is committed to Cornwall as shown by our historic devolution deal - the first county deal in the country.
"On top of this, Cornwall will have a core spending power of £1.7bn over the next four years.
"It is for local councils to decide what their priorities are and fund the services local people want to see."
In 2014, Cornish people were granted minority status under European rules for the protection of national minorities.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 390.08 points, or 2.43%, to 16,459.72.
The S&P 500 climbed 46 points, or 2.43%, to 1,939.36 , while the Nasdaq Composite gained 107.28 points, or 2.38%, to 4,613.95.
Global markets were boosted Friday by news that the Bank of Japan introduced a negative interest rate.
Data released on Friday showed US gross domestic product in the fourth quarter rose an annualised 0.7%, falling short of expectations.
The figures have led to speculation that the Federal Reserve will hold off on raising interest rates again in the near term.
"This basically sets the tone that central banks are going to have to boost the economy," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at First Standard Financial.
Stocks have fallen sharply in January. The S&P 500 recording its worst start since 2009.
Microsoft was a bright spot for the Nasdaq. Its shares gained 5.8% on Friday.
Office-supply company Xerox also saw its share price rise 5.6% after it announced it would split into two companies.
Chevron shares managed to pull off a modest rise of 0.64% despite reporting its first money loosing quarter since 2002. The company pledged to continue cost cutting measures, including layoffs, to offset the falling price of oil.
The document presents the government's 12 "principles", which were recently laid out by Prime Minister Theresa May in a key speech in London.
Brexit Secretary David Davis unveiled the plan to the House of Commons.
It focuses on a series of themes, including trade, immigration, devolution and the Irish border.
DUP Deputy Leader Nigel Dodds said the "central stress" of the plan was the opportunity the UK's withdrawal from the EU offers to "strengthen the union".
"This is why the DUP supported Brexit, and this is precisely what Brexit lets the UK do," he added.
"I am glad that the government took the time to restate the obvious - that Brexit would have no impact on the Common Travel Area, or the unique relationship between British and Irish citizens.
"This long predated EU membership and will happily outlast it."
However, the White Paper received a less favourable reaction from Sinn Féin, which campaigned for the UK to remain inside the EU.
Michelle O'Neill, Sinn Féin's leader north of the border, said the government is "acting in its own self-interest".
"It's clear the only credible approach is for the north to be designated a special status within, rather than outside of, the EU," she said.
The SDLP's Mark Durkan was also heavily critical of what he saw in it, saying it was "padded out with platitudes" and there was "not a lot of solid content".
The Foyle MP added that the government was going in the wrong direction and had set a route to Brexit with "no sat-nav, map or compass".
Both Sinn Féin and the SDLP want Northern Ireland to have special status after Brexit, but such a move has been ruled out by Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire, who believes it is the "wrong approach".
The Ulster Unionist MP Danny Kinahan welcomed the publication of the White Paper, saying that "clarity" is what constituents and businesses "deserve in order to best plan for the future".
He added: "Now that we know the government's intentions, we will work tirelessly to hold them to their commitment to ensure a frictionless border, protect the rights of UK citizens in EU member states and secure the best trade deal possible for Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK."
MPs backed the European Union Bill by 498 votes to 114 on Wednesday evening after two days of debate.
The DUP and the Ulster Unionists supported the bill, while the SDLP and independent unionist Lady Sylvia Hermon voted against it.
MPs will discuss the bill in more detail next week, when it reaches the committee stage in the Commons, and the Labour Party has vowed to force through amendments.
The Rob Marshall-directed film was previously announced but no release date was given.
Marshall said he was "humbled and honoured" to be taking on the story.
Mary Poppins, which starred Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, was a major success when it was released in 1964 and picked up five Oscars.
Based on the books of PL Travers, it told the story of a magical nanny who arrived to help Mr and Mrs Banks and look after their children Jane and Michael.
Travers wrote eight books about Mary Poppins, which were published between 1934 and 1988, but only the first has previously been adapted for the big screen.
A Disney spokesman said the sequel would take up the story of a "now-grown" Jane and Michael, and Michael's three children, who will be visited by Poppins in "Depression-era London... following a personal loss".
"Through her unique magical skills, and with the aid of her friend Jack, she helps the family rediscover the joy and wonder missing in their lives," he said.
Jack, a street lamplighter who did not appear in the original film, will be played by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who created and and performed in Broadway hit, Hamilton.
The script will be written by Finding Neverland screenwriter David Magee, who will be "drawing from the wealth of material in Travers' seven additional novels", the spokesman added.
Marshall, who previously directed Chicago and Into The Woods, said the "iconic original film means so much to me personally".
"I look forward to creating an original movie musical that can bring Mary Poppins, and her message that childlike wonder can be found in even the most challenging of times, to a whole new generation," he said.
Marc Shiaman and Scott Wittman, best known for their work on the Broadway adaptation of Hairspray, will produce the music for the film.
The Labour councillor previously held the post from 1997 until 1999 when he was elected to the Scottish Parliament.
Mr McAveety held several ministerial positions before he lost the Glasgow Shettleston seat to the SNP in 2011.
He was elected to the council in 2012 and succeeds Gordon Matheson who stood down on Thursday. Mr McAveety said it was "an immense honour and privilege" to lead Scotland's largest council.
He said: "At all times, I will be pressing the case for what's best for Glasgow.
"The city has given me everything in life and I will work tirelessly for the benefit of its people."
Mr McAveety said the council's focus would "continue to be on education and job creation".
"We will attempt to be a shield for the vulnerable and the creator of opportunity for all," he said.
"I'll work in partnership with anyone - the UK government, the Scottish government and the business community - as long as they are prepared to do the right thing for the people of Glasgow, because I will always put our citizens first."
Mr McAveety was chosen to succeed Mr Matheson at a meeting of Labour councillors on Wednesday and was formally elected at a meeting of the full council on Thursday.
He served as deputy minister for Local Government, deputy minister for Health and Community Care and Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport during his time in the Scottish Parliament.
His predecessor, Mr Matheson, who served for five years as council leader, is expected to stand as a candidate for Labour in next year's Scottish Parliament elections.
Labour, which has had overall control of Glasgow City Council since 1980, had 45 of the city's 79 councillors at the last election in 2012.
It has been acknowledged that inclusion of the treasure in the new facility would boost visitor numbers.
The items were discovered in Galloway last year by a metal detectorist.
The Treasure Trove Panel will decide where the artefacts end up but Dumfries and Galloway Council is being asked to back a bid to bring them to the region.
A report to the Kirkcudbright common good sub committee states that the acquisition of the hoard would be a considerable draw for visitors to the town and the new gallery, with benefits for the local economy.
However, finance is a major issue with the plans with the collection thought to be worth between £500,000 and £1m.
All accredited museums in Scotland can bid for ownership.
The local authority has been advised that £100,000 should be allocated from the common good fund to kick-start a public appeal.
If the bid to bring the Viking hoard to Kirkcudbright was to prove unsuccessful, the council's pledge would not be called upon.
It increases fines and jail sentences for those who break the law and will be applied to fans and clubs alike.
"We want to make sure that fans and families can enjoy the game safely and in pleasant conditions," said Interior Minister Jorge Burgos.
Chile will host the Copa America 2015 tournament, which kicks off on Thursday.
The new law will also punish violence during training sessions, during the movement or transportation of fans, and at celebrations in public places.
Clubs could be fined for discrimination, racism and xenophobia.
"We will do all that we can to put an end to violence and give the sport the feeling of a community celebration," said Mr Burgos.
Twelve national teams from the Americas will be taking part in the tournament from 11 June to 4 July.
Football violence is a huge problem in some South American countries.
In Argentina, the so-called Barras Bravas, gangs of radical supporters who control the terraces and the streets around the stadiums, have been blamed for many deaths in recent years.
But fans in Chile, Peru, Colombia and Brazil, among others, have also encountered violence at football matches.
Every other winner of the ITV talent search, bar two, has hit the top spot in their single's first week on sale.
Johnson's single Forever Young is at a comparative disadvantage, however, as only four days of the chart week count towards her song's chart position.
This follows the shift of the singles and album chart from Sunday to Friday.
Weekly chart positions are determined by sales from Friday through to midnight on Thursday, and Forever Young did not go on sale until Sunday night.
Only Steve Brookstein and Joe McElderry previously failed to claim the top spot with their winners' singles in their first week.
Both initially had to settle for a number two slot, in 2004 and 2009 respectively, though both tracks did subsequently climb to pole position.
Without a realistic challenge from this year's X Factor winner, Justin Bieber remains at number one for a third week with his track Love Yourself.
With his previous single Sorry holding fast at number two, the Canadian star is now the first artist to spend four weeks at numbers one and two consecutively.
The previous record holders were The Beatles, who logged three consecutive weeks in 1967/68 with Hello Goodbye and Magical Mystery Tour (EP).
The rest of this week's top five is made up of Adele's Hello at three, You Don't Own Me by Grace featuring G-Eazy at four, and another Bieber track, What Do You Mean, at five.
Christmas favourites continued to make a strong impression on this week's top 40, with Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is You at 12 and Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl at 15.
Elsewhere Wham's Last Christmas charts at 24, Wizzard's Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday at 34, while Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin' Stevens was at 35.
In the album chart, Adele's 25 continues to command the number one position in its fourth week of release.
According to the Official Charts Company, her third album is set to become the fastest album to sell two million copies in UK music history.
When figures for this week's chart were finalised, 25 had reached 1.97 million sales, having sold between 46,000 and 61,000 copies a day over the past week.
At its current rate of sales, the singer's latest release is likely to pass the 2.5 million sales mark by the end of the year.
Elvis Presley's If I Can Dream Album climbs one place to two this week, trading places with Coldplay's A Head Full of Dreams.
Justin Bieber's Purpose and Jess Glynne's I Cry When I Laugh complete the top five in this week's album countdown.
Mrs Leadsom has made her experience in the City a key part of her campaign to be the next leader and prime minister.
Allies of the energy minister have said she is a victim of a concerted effort to rubbish a "stellar" career.
Mrs Leadsom, who was a leading Brexit campaigner, came second in the first round of voting in the leadership race.
Mrs Leadsom, a former economic secretary to the Treasury, will battle it out with fellow Brexit backer Justice Secretary Michael Gove on Thursday to join Home Secretary Theresa May on the ballot to succeed David Cameron.
Liam Fox and Stephen Crabb withdrew from the leadership race after the first round, and gave Mrs May their backing.
By John Pienaar, deputy political editor
Energy minister Andrea Leadsom's claim to have been a financial high-flier is under intense scrutiny.
Team Leadsom has made much of her background in banking. One friendly MP described her as having managed "hundreds of people and billions of pounds".
But the Times newspaper described her credentials as a senior banker as having been "politely but firmly undermined".
Robert Stephens, formerly of the investment firm Invesco Perpetual, had said "she didn't manage any teams, large or small and certainly did not manage any funds".
Ms Leadsom's CV also lists the post of Project Director at Barclays. "Director" was a managerial title, not a boardroom one.
A campaign helper told me she'd been unfairly attacked, but also admitted her experience may have been "bigged up" - exaggerated, in other words - by the MP who'd boasted of her high-powered background.
Mrs Leadsom's campaign has responded to a report in the Times - which claimed her career had been exaggerated - by publishing a summary of her CV setting out her various banking roles, including senior roles at Barclays and Invesco Perpetual.
Defence Minister Penny Mordaunt - one of Mrs Leadsom's backers - claimed there was a "concerted effort" being made to cast doubt on the leadership hopeful's background before entering parliament, and said she was the "strongest candidate on the economy".
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mrs Mordaunt also dismissed the suggestion some of Mrs May's supporters could back Mr Gove in the next round of voting in an effort to prevent Mrs Leadsom's name being on the final shortlist of two presented to members.
"I would say to all my colleagues on Thursday, if you are voting for a candidate who you do not think is the best person to lead this country, you are doing something wrong," she said.
Despite her clear lead in the first round of voting by Tory MPs, Mrs May - who supported the campaign to stay in the EU - said she did not want the contest to be a "coronation".
"I have been clear from the start. The party and the country deserve an open, honest, robust debate - and the next leader needs to have won a mandate to lead.
"So there should be no deals, no tactical voting, and no coronation," she said.
Mrs Leadsom and Mr Gove both say the next PM must have campaigned for Leave.
Mrs May got 165 of 329 votes cast by Tory MPs on Tuesday. Mrs Leadsom came second with 66 and Mr Gove got 48.
Given the margin of Mrs May's lead, she is almost certain to feature on the two-person ballot to be put to the around 150,000 Conservative members, with the eventual outcome due on 9 September.
But former Conservative chairman Grant Shapps called for the process to be accelerated, saying it should be finished by the end of July.
Mr Shapps has written to MPs seeking their backing, saying it was a "matter of concern for the country", and also plans a petition.
Mr Gove's supporters insist he can be trusted despite his dramatic 11th hour decision to turn on ally Boris Johnson and launch his own campaign.
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey told Today the U-turn had "caused Michael some difficulty" but said colleagues would "trust a man who was prepared to make that decision", claiming his was the campaign "building the momentum".
He claimed 5-12 after the Red Rose club declared on 203-5, leaving the home side a target of 323 from 59 overs.
Leicestershire went from 20-0 to 29-7 in the space of seven overs, thanks to Bailey and Kyle Jarvis (2-10).
Clint McKay hit 24 before Nathan Buck (2-22) took the last wicket against his old club when Charlie Shreck fell.
The manner of their defeat was a body blow for Leicestershire, who are still searching for a first Championship victory since 2012.
But they were undone by fast, straight bowling from Bailey and Jarvis, who each sent down nine overs with the new ball and were backed up by some excellent catching from Lancashire's fielders.
Home skipper Mark Cosgrove was late getting into position for an attempted hook from a short Jarvis delivery and top-edged a catch to wicketkeeper Alex Davies, who later sprinted several yards into the leg-side to catch McKay off Buck.
Only two batsmen apart from McKay reached double figures as they were dismissed in just 30.3 overs.
Earlier, Davies made 54 off 57 balls in a partnership of 107 with Ashwell Prince, who remained 76 not out when Lancashire made their declaration.
Leicestershire captain Mark Cosgrove:
"So far this season we've played some pretty good cricket, so to put up a performance like that was pretty disappointing.
"Sometimes it happens. The pitch was fine, we just didn't play as well as we should have.
"The dressing room isn't happy, but we know we're moving forward and while this is a setback, it's how you bounce back."
Lancashire paceman Tom Bailey:
"I've done a bit of work with Chappie (former captain Glen Chapple) during the games, and it's really helped.
"I was trying to bowl like Brett Lee from the top end in the first innings, and I'm not that fast.
"I calmed down a bit in the second, tried to use my skills, and it paid off."
A statement carried on Saudi state media blamed violations by the Houthis and other allied militia.
But the coalition is still "keen to create the right conditions to find a peaceful solution", the statement said.
The 15 December ceasefire began at the same time as UN-brokered talks aimed at ending Yemen's conflict.
Negotiations broke up days later, however, without agreement. Further talks are due later this month.
Despite the truce, fierce fighting continued on the ground.
The coalition's statement accused the Houthis and forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh of firing ballistic missiles at Saudi Arabia, attacking border posts and shelling civilian areas.
"All this shows their lack of seriousness and disregard for civilian lives as well as their attempt to take advantage of the truce to achieve gains," it said.
About 6,000 people, almost half of them civilians, have been killed since the Saudi-led coalition launched a military campaign against the Houthi rebels in March.
The conflict has worsened an already dire humanitarian situation, with about four-fifths of Yemenis requiring aid.
Yemen's humanitarian catastrophe
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Meeting the Houthis and their enemies
Researchers widely believed the asteroid cut off the food supply in the ocean 65 million years ago.
But the new study has found evidence to suggest some algae and bacteria survived and acted as a sinking "trickle of food" for sea creatures.
The research analysed fossilised shells from South Atlantic drilling cores.
It showed deep sea creatures managed to survive despite the fact dinosaurs, giant marine reptiles, invertebrates and microscopic organisms became extinct.
The study, led by researchers from Cardiff University's School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, has been published in the Geology journal.
PhD student Heather Birch, who led the research, said the findings answered "one of the outstanding questions that still remained regarding this period of history".
He said that a bailout programme was "all ready to go" for Greece, "with serious reforms and financial support".
"There will not be a 'Grexit'," said European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker, referring to the fear that Greece would have to leave the euro.
Greece is expected to pass reforms demanded by the eurozone by Wednesday.
Parliaments in several eurozone states also have to approve any new bailout.
Eurozone leaders had been meeting in Brussels for about 17 hours, with talks continuing through the night.
The Hibs boss also hit out at the "pathetic" decision to send him to the stand for challenging the ruling.
"We had a perfectly legitimate goal disallowed. It was a beautiful goal.
"I've remonstrated with the linesman and the next thing I know I'm sitting in the stand. It's pathetic, absolutely pathetic," Lennon told BBC Scotland.
Hibs fell behind after just 17 seconds of the second qualifying round first leg at Easter Road, goalkeeper Otso Virtanen fumbling the ball into the path of Kamil Wilczec to turn the ball home.
Cummings thought he had hauled Hibs level after finishing off a fine move, only to see the strike ruled out for offside.
"The linesman's not up with play so he can't make the decision," Lennon continued.
"We've seen it again about five times from different angles and Jason has actually checked his run to make sure he is onside."
Despite the defeat, Lennon believes his team can go to Denmark and win to go through to the next round.
"Yeah, no question. We've had a good look at them now. Maybe they got spooked a little bit the first five or 10 minutes which is natural when you concede a goal in the manner that we did, but the reaction after that was fantastic. So the tie is not over."
"It was a quality performance. There were some outstanding performances. The team as a whole were excellent. They gave me everything tonight I could have asked for really.
"A really top quality performance from a team that wasn't expected to produce that. I am surprised not only by the level of quality they have shown but their desire, which is very pleasing."
The former Celtic manager believes keeper Virtanen, 22, whose error proved so costly, had a decent game other than that horror moment.
"He's not had much opportunity, we've given him an opportunity tonight. Apart from obviously the important thing which is a goal, he handled the game pretty well.
"He's got to mentally strong now and get through that quickly."
Glenna Duram, 48, has been charged with murdering her husband, Martin, in front of the couple's pet in 2015.
Relatives of the victim believe that the pet African Grey, named Bud, overheard the couple arguing and has been repeating their final words.
The local prosecutor says it's unclear if the bird can be used as evidence.
"It is something we are going to be looking at to determine if it's reliable to use or if it's information we need," Newaygo Country prosecutor Robert Springstead told the Detroit Free Press.
Mrs Duram is accused of shooting her husband five times before turning the gun on herself in a failed suicide attempt.
Mr Duram's ex-wife, Christina Keller, now owns Bud. She believes that he has been repeating the conversation from the night of the murder, which she says ends in the phrase "Don't shoot!", with an expletive added.
His parents agree with her.
"I personally think he was there, and he remembers it and he was saying it", Mr Duram's father told local media.
His mother, Lillian Duram, added: "That bird picks up everything and anything, and it's got the filthiest mouth around."
Mr Springstead said it is unlikely the bird could be called to the stand to testify as a witness during a trial.
Robson-Kanu, who scored twice as Wales reached the Euro 2016 semi-finals, is a free agent after leaving Reading at the end of 2015-16.
The 27-year-old remains without a club with the domestic season now underway.
"The important thing is that Hal gets the right move," Roberts told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"There's no point rushing into something if he feels it's not the right one or if he's convinced it's not the right one for his career to progress.
"Everybody understands that's the most important thing but at the same time, he like us, hopes that happens sooner rather than later because everyone's back training and playing games regularly.
"It's important for him that he gets back in the swing of things."
He has been linked with Premier League sides Hull City and Crystal Palace and has said he has received offers from "around the world".
Robson-Kanu left Championship club Reading after nine years when his contract expired during a summer in which he played a key role for Wales.
He scored the winner in the opening game against Slovakia, but grabbed the headlines with a stunning goal in the 3-1 quarter-final win over Belgium.
Wales begin their World Cup qualifying campaign against Moldova at Cardiff City Stadium on 5 September.
Joseph Sheridan, 13, died of multiple injuries after the crash on the Southend-bound carriageway of the A127 near Basildon in February.
An inquest into his death earlier heard there were no issues found with the BMW involved.
A verdict of accidental death was recorded by Greater Essex Coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray.
Joseph was hit by a car near the junction with Oak Lane, a private road which leads to the former Dale Farm travellers' site.
The following night about 30 people blocked the road in protest by parking cars across the lanes. The road was shut for about five hours.
Signs on the A127, which has a 70mph (112kmh) speed limit along the stretch involved in the crash, warn: "Do not cross. Fatal accident site."
The 31-year-old BMW driver was initially arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving but was released without charge.
Along with neighbouring and mainly Albanian-inhabited Kosovo, it has a Muslim majority - a legacy of its centuries of Ottoman rule. Approaching twenty per cent of the population are Christians, divided mainly between the Orthodox and smaller Catholic denominations.
After World War II, Albania became a Stalinist state under Enver Hoxha, and remained staunchly isolationist until its transition to democracy after 1990.
The 1992 elections ended 47 years of communist rule, but the latter half of the decade saw a quick turnover of presidents and prime ministers.
Many Albanians left the country in search of work; the money they send home remains an important source of revenue.
During the Nato bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, nearly 500,000 ethnic Albanian refugees from Kosovo spilled over the border, imposing a huge burden on Albania's already fragile economy.
While there have been signs of economic progress with inflation under tighter control and some growth, the country remains one of the poorest in Europe outside the former Soviet Union. By 2013, public debt stood at 60% of GDP.
Country profiles compiled by BBC Monitoring
Unemployment remains stubbornly high, and the infrastructure and corruption continue to deter much foreign investment. According to a report published by graft watchdog Transparency International in 2012, Albania is currently the most corrupt country in Europe.
Albania made a formal application for membership of the European Union in 2009, on the basis of a 2006 Stabilisation and Association agreement. It was granted EU candidate status in June 2014.
The EU is keen to encourage further reform, particularly as regards stamping out organised crime and corruption and developing media freedom and property and minority rights.
Edi Rama, the Socialist Party leader who took over the reins of government in 2013, has vowed that Albania will achieve full EU membership within the next ten years.
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The call comes after divorces following October's election.
The vote on the semi-autonomous archipelago was cancelled.
Even so, Tanzania's Daily News reports eight women at a lawyers' meeting said their husbands had divorced them over their voting preference.
Saada Salum Issa, programme co-ordinator of the Zanzibar Female Lawyers Association, told the BBC Swahili service she had concerns about the divorces.
"This is really affecting democracy in the island as women's free choice is being compromised by their spouses' dictation," she said.
Some women had not voted in the poll because of divorce threats, she added.
The Daily News added that women whose husbands had left them were complaining that they had also abandoned their children.
The BBC's Aboubakar Famou in Tanzania says that while the vote at the polling booths is confidential, disagreements most probably occurred after discussions between the couples.
There is little the women can do to challenge the men's actions in Zanzibar where 99% of the population is Muslim, he adds.
Zanzibar maintains a political union with Tanzania, but has its own parliament and president.
Its presidential vote were cancelled by the head of Zanzibar's electoral commission on grounds of alleged fraud.
International observers say the nationwide elections were largely "free and fair", but all groups raised concerns over the subsequent annulment of Zanzibar's local elections.
Population 1.3 million
Area 2,461 sq km (950 sq miles)
Major language Kiswahili, English
Major religion Islam
Life expectancy 58 years (men), 62 years
Currency Tanzania shilling
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Husbands who abandoned their children after disagreeing with their wives' choices in Zanzibar's election must provide for their families, a women's rights lawyer has told the BBC.
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The Yorkshireman took advantage of the perfect conditions on Tuesday to post a speed of 130.626 on his Tyco BMW.
John McGuinness, a 23-time winner, was second at 129.618 on his Honda.
Hutchinson, 36, heads the Superstock times to date with a lap of 128.723 on Tuesday, while Bruce Anstey is best of the Supersports with 124.508.
New Zealander Anstey's speed was marginally faster than the previous benchmark of 124.46 set by Bradford's Dean Harrison in Monday night's session.
Hutchinson (124.156) and Dunlop (124.053) lie third and fourth respectively in the overall Supersport leaderboard for the week.
Lincolnshire's Ivan Lintin tops the Lightweight class for Supertwins with 118.00 as he bids to repeat his success in that event last year.
In addition to Hutchinson and McGuinness, Michael Dunlop, Peter Hickman, Conor Cummins and Dean Harrison have now all posted speeds in excess of 129mph in the Superbike class.
Kiwi Anstey fell just short of that on Tuesday evening with a lap of 128.976 on his Padgett's prepared MotoGP-based Honda RC213V-S.
BMW-mounted Michael Rutter is second quickest in the Superstock class after recording 128.429 on Tuesday, ahead of Harrison, who set 128.044 in Monday's practice.
After setting the quickest time on Monday evening, John Holden and Andy Winkle again topped the sidecar leaderboard on Tuesday, improving their speed to 113.15mph.
Father and son team Ian and Carl Bell were only marginally slower at 112.98mph.
Practicing is scheduled to continue on Wednesday evening.
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Ian Hutchinson set the fastest Superbike practice speed of the week to become the first rider to lap at over 130mph at this year's Isle of Man TT.
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The Centre for Computing History in Cambridge raised £100,000 since 10 March, and this will be matched by software company Red Gate.
It will pay for refurbishments and a new exhibition charting "the global impact of the computing revolution".
Museum director Jason Fitzpatrick said: "We are deeply grateful."
The museum opened in 2013, having moved from its old home in Haverhill, Suffolk, and features about 800 computers as well as old mobile phones and games consoles.
Mr Fitzpatrick said: "In its present condition, this building fails to do justice to the richness and variety of the collection.
"Although visitors can see, touch and use many of the superstar machines of the 70s, 80s and 90s, we lacked sufficient funds to show how each of these computers represents a step towards the small, powerful, multi-purpose devices most of us use today."
He said the new Tech Odyssey exhibition would help "tell the inspirational and epic story of the computing revolution to anyone - young and old, techie and no-geek alike".
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A computer museum says it has been "overwhelmed by the generosity" of people who helped secure £200,000 funding within a month.
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Asked why a cyber-attack had never been launched on such assets, Thomas Rid said: "Al-Qaeda are too stupid and China doesn't want to do it."
China denies state-backed hacking and says it is, rather, a victim of it.
Dr Rid, a reader in war studies at King's College, London, was briefing the Public Accounts Committee.
He said Britain's critical infrastructure was vulnerable to disruption at sites where industrial control systems were linked to the internet.
In some cases, the owners of the equipment might not know it is capable of being connected to the internet or, if it was installed some years ago when cybersecurity was less important, it might not be adequately protected from attack, he told the MPs.
But although cybersecurity was a rapidly changing field, his assessment was that terror groups did not currently have the expertise required to disrupt key public services.
"It requires intelligence about the targets you are trying to penetrate.
"And then it is not just enough to switch off the systems through a software attack, but you actually have to reprogram the system in order to modify outcome parameters and that is much more difficult. You need to know what you are doing.
"You need skills and intelligence. Right now militants don't have that."
Dr Rid, who has hit back at warnings from military experts about the risk of cyberwarfare in the past, said it was important to distinguish between sabotage and espionage.
"Let's put it this way, people in China have a commercial interest in stealing information from Western companies.
"They don't have a commercial interest in breaking anything. So they want to steal stuff, but they don't want to break stuff because, after all, they are part of the same economy."
Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude warned last year against the threats to British interests from "hostile foreign states and others".
In 2011, the British government launched a £650m National Cyber Security Programme, the latest phase of which was unveiled this week by security minister James Brokenshire..
The government has also issued advice to senior business leaders about how to combat the threat of electronic espionage.
Britain's major banks now share information on attempted cyber-attacks and hold regular meetings with officials from the UK's secret listening post GCHQ, the Public Accounts Committee was told.
But British officials have been reluctant to point the finger at China or any other foreign state suspected of being behind the attacks - in contrast to increasingly strident comments from Washington.
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama said he had made clear to Beijing and "some other state actors" that the US expect them to abide by international rules.
"We have seen a steady ramping up of cybersecurity threats," said Mr Obama in a television interview. "Some are state sponsored, some are just sponsored by criminals."
Last month, a US cybersecurity firm said a secretive branch of China's military was probably one of the world's "most prolific cyber-espionage groups", believed to have stolen hundreds of terabytes of data from at least 141 organisations around the world.
Officials attempted to resuscitate Grant Cook after he collapsed on the field on Sunday in Murwillumbah, in New South Wales.
The father-of-two was flown to Gold Coast University Hospital but died from his injuries overnight.
His wife, Colleen, said that Mr Cook's sudden death has "left a huge hole" in her heart.
Mr Cook - who had played rugby league all his life - received a head injury and went into cardiac arrest as a result of the tackle, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported.
It said that New South Wales police were investigating the incident and were reviewing footage from the game before submitting a report to the coroner.
Police say that Mr Cook was injured just before half time and collapsed shortly afterwards. The attempt to resuscitate him was made before paramedics arrived.
Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League (NRRRL)'s Brian Rix was quoted by ABC News as saying that that Mr Cook required CPR on the side of the field after going "into some sort of fit or convulsion".
"He had to leave the field because he didn't feel great, he sat on the bench before he started to feel even worse," Mr Rix said.
"My beautiful husband Grant is now an angel watching over us," Colleen Cook wrote on Facebook.
"Life can be so cruel. He has left a huge hole in my heart and I know all the family, especially his parents, are hurting trying to understand this tragedy."
"[My husband] died doing something he loved so passionately, and I guess that's how I have to look at it." (Colleen Cook on Facebook)
"Country Rugby League (CRL) send their sincere condolences to the family and friends of 28-year-old Grant Cook who tragically passed away whilst playing for the Murwillumbah Mustangs Rugby League Club. CRL will be offering counselling to the family and both teams who participated in the Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League match." (CRL media release)
"It is with a very heavy heart that we wake up today, hearing the news of the passing of Grant Cook. Grant has been a member of the Giants family since he was a Jnr Giant, playing, coaching and being a committee member. No words can describe the sadness we are feeling." (Mullumbimby Giants Rugby League on Facebook)
Mr Cook, from the Gold Coast, had been playing for the Murwillumbah Mustangs in a game against the Casino Cougars.
His death comes amid increasing international concern about tackling safety in rugby union and rugby league, along with evidence released earlier this year of the link between head injuries received in the sport and dementia.
The last Australian to die playing the game was in June 2015, when Sunshine Coast Falcons front-row forward James Ackerman, 25, suffered a head injury in a tackle during a Queensland Cup match against the Norths Devils and later died in hospital.
Men over the age of 65 and women over the age of 63 can get up to £25 a week extra on their state pension, in return for a one-off payment.
How much they have to pay will depend on their exact age; the older they get, the lower the cost.
The offer is open to existing pensioners and anyone who will reach state pension age before April 2016.
After that date, the new, more generous, single-tier pension will kick in.
The current basic state pension is worth up to £115 .95. The new flat-rate pension will be worth up to £155 a week to those that qualify.
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The new top-up scheme, known as Class 3A contributions, will provide an income that will rise with inflation.
Spouses or civil partners will be able to inherit at least half of that income when the pensioner dies.
About seven million people are currently of pensionable age, according to the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI), and are therefore eligible to take part.
But the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) concedes that it will not be suitable for everyone, and expects around 265,000 to take up the offer.
"It won't be right for everybody and it's important to seek guidance or advice to check if it's the right option for you," said Pensions Minister Baroness Altmann.
"But it could be particularly attractive for those who haven't had the chance to build significant amounts of state pension, particularly many women and people who have been self-employed."
The maximum extra income possible will be £1,300 a year, or £25 a week. The younger someone's age, the more they will pay for a given level of income.
So someone aged 65, who wants an extra income of £10 a week, would have to pay a lump sum of £8,900.
But at the age of 75 they would only have to pay £6,740.
Those wanting to apply will now have 18 months to do so. Unlike pensioner bonds, there is no limited pot of money, so the DWP said there was no need to rush to apply.
Ah'Kiell Walker died on 31 July after he was taken to Bristol Children's Hospital from his home, in Archdeacon Street, Gloucester.
Alistair Walker and Hannah Henry, charged with child cruelty and neglect, appeared at Bristol Crown Court.
The court was told that following a review of the evidence they would now be prosecuted for manslaughter.
Mr Walker, who now lives in London, and Ms Henry, from Gloucester, were released on conditional bail, with a court appearance due in April.
Manoj Bakkarwala, who is being held in Delhi's Tihar jail and is described as a notorious gangster in Indian media reports, had offered to buy shoes for the policemen too, reports said.
Six Delhi policemen, who had escorted the prisoner, have been sacked.
Five policemen in Agra have also been suspended, police said.
Bakkarwala, who is accused in more than 300 cases of car thefts, was taken to an Agra court last Thursday in connection with a murder case.
He managed to persuade the police team to take him to a shoe store on Agra's MG Road, local journalist Vivek Jain told the BBC.
On seeing the handcuffed man trying out shoes along with the policemen, the shop owner recorded a video on his mobile phone, adds Vivek Jain.
Reports say Bakkarwala has in the past also managed to persuade his police escorts to take him to a restaurant for a meal or go shopping and that on at least two occasions, he even managed to escape.
The fire at the Holly Tree pub in Holly Tree Lane, Margate, was reported at about 08:40 BST.
Kent Fire and Rescue Service crews attended the blaze, which started in the roof of the pub.
There were no reports of any injuries. The cause of the fire is not yet known, a fire service spokesman said.
The man got into difficulties at Portmellon near Mevagissey while walking with his pets at around 11:00 GMT, said Devon and Cornwall Police.
Officers called the death a "tragic accident".
Another member of his family tried in vain to help and the man was airlifted from the sea by a coastguard helicopter crew.
The family member, believed to be the man's stepdaughter, was rescued from the water by a member of the public.
A coastguard spokesman said: "Two people were recovered from the sea at Port Mellon near Mevagissey this morning.
"One was recovered from the sea by a member of the public and brought to shore.
"A second person was recovered from the sea by the Coastguard helicopter and was taken to hospital.
"The RNLI Lifeboat from Fowey and Mevagissey Coastguard Rescue Team were also in attendance."
It is not clear what has happened to the dog.
The airlift of the man was the first rescue operation by private firm Bristow which took over air and sea rescue services in Cornwall from RNAS Culdrose on Friday.
Two of those infected have died but have been described as having died of "underlying conditions".
There have been another 14 cases, with patients being kept in isolation.
NHS Lothian has said all wards at the hospital remain open and infection prevention and control procedures have been reinforced.
The health board said test are being carried out to see if any of the identified cases are linked.
NHS Lothian Executive Nurse Director Melanie Johnson said: "We have identified a cluster of C diff at the hospital and an investigation is ongoing to establish if there is a link between the cases.
"As is usual practice, we isolate symptomatic patients, emphasise the importance of infection control precautions and undertake additional cleaning. We always act as if cases are linked and implement action to prevent cross transmission.
"Our robust surveillance procedures meant that we were able to identify these cases quickly and take the appropriate action."
Without Olympic champions Mo Farah, Greg Rutherford and Jessica Ennis-Hill, Britain won a silver and two bronze.
Long jumper Dan Bramble finished sixth on Sunday, as did Stephanie Twell and Lee Emanuel in their 3,000m events.
"There were more medal hopes so three might be seen as disappointing," said BBC Sport pundit Steve Cram.
Eighteen-year-old Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha (7min 57.21secs) showed he will be a threat to Farah at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, racing clear to win the 3,000m from surprise silver medallist Ryan Hill of the United States, with Emmanuel (8:00.70) never nearer than at the end.
In her event, Twell kept pace well and was still in medal contention with four laps remaining.
Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba (8:47.43) was too good though and she eventually finished almost seven seconds clear of the field to win gold.
Isobel Pooley finished 10th in the high jump, clearing 1.89m, whilst Chris O'Hare finished eighth in the 1500m.
Britain finished 16th in the overall medal table, compared to fourth two years ago.
Only one medal came on the track, through Tiffany Porter in the 60m.
Lorraine Ugen finished third in the long jump, with Robbie Grabarz winning Britain's only silver in the high jump.
Bramble, 25, produced an indoor personal best of 7.14m in the long jump and Ennis-Hill's coach Tony Minichello joked: "We look like we are a jumping nation. A nation of kangaroos."
The host nation won exactly half of the 26 gold medals on offer - Ethiopia were the only other country that won more than one.
The US won four golds on the final night of competition, including both 4x400m relays in world best times for 2016.
The hosts were helped in the men's race when a highly-fancied Belgium quartet dropped the baton and eventually finished last.
The collision happened shortly before 18:45 BST on Saturday in London Road.
Kent Police said a car - believed to be a black Vauxhall Astra - hit the man but failed to stop. It was later found abandoned in Grange Road.
The man suffered serious injuries and was taken to a London Hospital where he remains in a "critical but stable" condition.
Police have appealed for witnesses.
A military source told the Yonhap news agency every part of Pyongyang "will be completely destroyed by ballistic missiles and high-explosives shells".
Yonhap has close ties to South Korea's government and is publicly funded.
On Friday North Korea carried out what it said was its fifth, and largest, nuclear test.
The international community is considering its response.
The US says it is considering its own sanctions, in addition to any imposed by the UN Security Council, Japan and South Korea.
Pyongyang responded on Sunday by calling the threats of "meaningless sanctions... highly laughable".
The South Korean military official told Yonhap that Pyongyang districts thought to be hiding the North's leadership would be particularly targeted in any attack. The city, the source said, "will be reduced to ashes and removed from the map".
The BBC's Korea correspondent Steve Evans says the South is using the same bloodcurdling rhetoric that the North frequently uses about the South Korean government in Seoul.
He says there has been rising criticism within South Korea of the government as its attempts to isolate the North have failed to deter leader Kim Jong-un's nuclear ambitions.
News of South Korea's attack plan for the North is believed to have been revealed to parliament following Friday's nuclear test.
Meanwhile, the US's special envoy for North Korea says Washington is considering taking unilateral action against Pyongyang.
"North Korea continues to present a growing threat to the region, to our allies, to ourselves, and we will do everything possible to defend against that growing threat," Sung Kim said.
"In addition to sanctions in the Security Council, both the US and Japan, together with [South Korea], will be looking at any unilateral measures as well as bilateral measures as well as possible trilateral cooperation."
North Korea is banned by the UN from any tests of nuclear or missile technology and has been hit by five sets of UN sanctions since its first test in 2006.
The North said Friday's test had been of a "nuclear warhead that has been standardised to be able to be mounted on strategic ballistic rockets".
Estimates of the explosive yield of the latest blast have varied. South Korea's military said it was about 10 kilotonnes, enough to make it the North's "strongest nuclear test ever". Other experts say initial indications suggest 20 kilotonnes or more.
The nuclear bomb dropped by the US on Hiroshima in 1945 had a yield of about 15 kilotonnes.
Cecilia Burns, 51, from Strabane, County Tyrone, had started a campaign in February to have the decision overturned.
Ms Burns had her benefits cut after she was assessed by government contractor Atos Healthcare.
She had her benefits reinstated just a few weeks ago but died on Monday.
During her campaign the County Tyrone woman said she was "disgusted" after the government cut her sickness benefit and told her she was fit to work.
Cecilia Burns had her Employment Support Allowance reduced by £30 a week even though she was still undergoing treatment for breast cancer.
Ms Burns had described the medical test as a "joke".
The government is seeking to reassess all 2.6 million people on incapacity benefit - and its successor employment support allowance (ESA) - by 2014 in an effort to encourage more people back to work and to cut the welfare bill.
Stormont Assembly MLA, Michaela Boyle, had helped Ms Burns in her campaign.
"I have known Cecilia since she went for her medical assessment. She received nil points and appealed that assessment."
Ms Boyle is critical of the assessment process.
"Our office has been dealing with the fall-out of this on a daily basis and that is mainly with the flaws. A lot of MLAs will be facing the wrath of this.
"We have been deeply critical of all aspects of the decision-making process with many claimants being disallowed who have severe disabilities, chronic conditions and life limiting illnesses.
"We have questioned the objectivity of these decisions given that a large number of these decisions are being overturned at appeal stage.
"At 60% of these appeals, the claimant had been awarded nil points in assessment."
Last week Atos said they would be reviewing their correspondence with claimants after they incorrectly told one woman that assessors were not required to be specifically trained in mental health.
Later on Friday, Disabled People Against Cuts and UK Uncut will protest outside Atos headquarters in London to coincide with the Paralympics.
Before her death, Cecilia Burns told the BBC that dealing with the side effects of the treatment were bad enough, but she had been angered by the cut in benefit after she went for a medical.
"I know there's other people out there and they're all scared to come forward," she said.
"I was treated badly. I've been working since I was 17, I've paid all my stamps, all my National Insurance. The only time I was ever sick was when I was pregnant with my two sons.
"It has had a financial effect on me but it's more (that) they're getting away with it. They are just treating you like a second class citizen. That's how I feel - that I don't count, I don't matter," she said.
In a statement Atos said; "We do not make decisions on people's benefit entitlement or on welfare policy but we will continue to make sure that the service that we provide is as highly professional and compassionate as it can be.
"We do this through a constant programme of training and education for our staff, a rigorous recruitment process for healthcare professionals and through continual work with the Government, disability rights groups, healthcare professionals and those going through the process on the ground."
Meanwhile, in Northern Ireland, Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland has organised a public consultation on the changes.
He said said during previous stages of the review, the public response was limited and it was important that people got across their views.
Luton saw house prices rise 19.4% in 2016, the Halifax said.
Annual house price inflation ticked up again last month across the UK, the lender said, with prices rising by 6.5% in the year to the end of December.
That was up from a rate of 6.0% in November and 5.2% in October.
Between March and October 2016, inflation had been easing.
The latest increase leaves the average UK house price at £222,484, according to the Halifax, another record level.
"House prices finished 2016 strongly," said Martin Ellis, Halifax chief economist.
However, he said house price inflation was expected to cool in 2017, to between 1% and 4%.
"Slower economic growth, pressure on employment and a squeeze on spending power, together with affordability constraints, are expected to reduce housing demand during 2017," Mr Ellis said.
Earlier this month the Nationwide said that house prices increased by 4.5% in 2016, the same rate as 2015.
The average house in Luton increased in price by £41,700 during 2016, to £256,636.
The Halifax said the main reason was that the town is within easy commuting distance of London, but still has relatively low property prices.
Dunstable, a few miles away, saw prices rise by 17.9% during the year.
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Dáithí O'Ceallaigh told BBC Radio Ulster's Inside Business programme the relationship built up between London and Dublin could be put in jeopardy.
"It is very dangerous territory," he said.
"For the relationship between Britain and Ireland it is worrisome."
He added: "Within the framework of the European Union over the last 40 years we have built up a very close relationship with the United Kingdom in trade, in agriculture, but most importantly in working together to try and help the situation in Northern Ireland.
"All of these things are in danger of unravelling."
Inside Business is on BBC Radio Ulster at 13:30 GMT on Sunday.
Ivy Atkin, 86, died in November 2012 days after she was moved out of the Autumn Grange care home in Nottingham.
The care home company, Sherwood Rise Limited, also faces a charge of corporate manslaughter - the first case of its kind in England and Wales.
The two men and a woman have been bailed and will appear at Nottingham Crown Court next month.
Yousef Khan, 46, from Nelson Road, Nottingham, Mohammed Khan, 38, from Zulla Road, Nottingham and Naseen Kiani, 53, from Whirlow Grange Drive, Sheffield, made their first appearance at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
They jointly owned Sherwood Rise Limited, which was accused of failing to provide Mrs Atkin with adequate food and drinks and check she was taking fluids.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) confirmed it was the first care home company to be charged under the Corporate Manslaughter Act.
The act came into force in 2008 to clarify the criminal liabilities of companies where serious failures in health and safety result in a death.
The 35-year-old midfielder suffered the injury during Friday's 2-2 draw with Croatia, and national team doctors say he will play no further part in France.
Czech Republic next play Turkey on Tuesday, and a win could see them secure second and a spot in the knockout stage on goal difference.
For that to happen, Croatia would also have to lose to Group D leaders Spain.
However, third place may also be good enough for Czech Republic to make the next round, as the four best third-placed teams across the six groups teams also advance.
The Public Accounts Committee says the sector was expanded "without sufficient regulation".
The PAC says that almost £4m went to ineligible foreign students.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) says alternative providers play a "significant role in widening access to education".
Approximately 140 institutions offering higher education are termed "alternative providers".
They include, for example, BPP University which is a highly regarded college offering routes into careers in accountancy and law, and the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine, which teaches a bachelor's degree in acupuncture.
Some are private companies run for profit, others have charitable status.
They do not receive government grants directly, but can access public funding through student loans, which are used to pay their fees.
The PAC describes the growth in the sector as "substantial and rapid".
Between 2010 and 2014 the number of students claiming support for courses at alternative providers rose from 7,000 to 53,000.
Over the same period, the total amount of public money paid to students at alternative providers, through tuition-fee loans and maintenance loans and grants, rose from about £50m to £675m.
Of the publicly funded students attending these colleges, 40% are from other EU countries, compared with 6% in the rest of the higher education sector.
Margaret Hodge, who chairs the PAC, said the department had "ignored repeated warnings about the potential waste and abuse of public money intended to support legitimate students and institutions" since it had started the expansion in the sector.
"The department pressed ahead with the expansion of the alternative provider sector without sufficient regulation in place to protect public money," she said.
"The department was explicitly warned by the Higher Education Funding Council for England and the Universities and College Union about these risks, but chose to disregard them both before and after implementation.
"As a result of its lax approach, the department allowed £3.84m of public money to be given to ineligible EU students in the form of student loans and grants, where EU students had either chosen not to or had been unable to prove that they met eligibility criteria on residency."
Mrs Hodge added that the department had been "unable to quantify" the money lost when it funded students who had failed to attend or complete courses, and that it had been "slow to react to obvious red flags".
She also said the committee had been given evidence suggesting that proficiency in English language had not been tested.
A BIS representative insisted alternative providers widened access to higher education for British students and boosted exports.
"Our priority is to protect the interest of students and safeguard taxpayer's money," the spokesman said.
"We have made continuous improvements to the management of alternative providers since 2012.
"We recently introduced reforms to drive up quality, aimed at the small number of providers who are not currently meeting our high standards.
"These include a fit-and-proper persons test for directors and a requirement to register students for the course before they can access funding.
"We are also shortly consulting on how to ensure that all students on funded courses have the right English language skills to achieve their qualifications", he added.
The UCU lecturers union said the Public Accounts Committee had clearly been "as shocked as we were over the government's refusal to heed our warnings".
The union's general secretary, Sally Hunt, said the government had "serious questions to answer about why it ignored these repeated warnings and why it allowed such rapid expansion to go unchecked".
Prof Aldwyn Cooper, who chairs the Independent Universities Group, which represents a group of alternative HE providers, said it was important to remember many offered "a first rate higher education".
"The members of the Independent Universities Group have undergone stringent quality reviews in order to gain their own degree-awarding powers and provide excellent student outcomes," he said.
"These institutions offer first rate value for money, employability and student experience.
"They receive no direct funding from government and are careful to ensure that they are fully compliant with the expectations of the department and the Student Loans Company.
"Poor quality should not be tolerated - it drains the public purse and risks tarnishing the UK higher education brand."
Liam Byrne, the shadow universities minister, said the PAC's findings were "yet more evidence of the mess the government has made of the student finances".
"These findings show the staggering way the Tory-led government has wasted hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers' money, handed over to private providers without proper safeguards or controls," he said.
"Ministers completely ignored and disregarded repeated warnings on the potential for waste and abuse, and they now have serious questions to answer on the way funding for private providers has been so badly mismanaged at the taxpayer's expense."
Beyake Keita Ann, 21, died in hospital three weeks after he was injured in Attock Park, Bradford, on 23 August.
Two men, aged 20 and 26, have been arrested on suspicion of murder. A third man, aged 21, has been re-arrested for the same offence.
Six other men, aged between 17 and 32, are on bail and three more have been released without charge.　
Mr Keita Ann had gone to the park in the Laisterdyke area of the city to play football when an argument started and players were attacked.
Det Ch Insp Ian Scott, from West Yorkshire Police, said: "Beyake was sat to the side of the pitch, not involved in this disorder in any shape or form.
"He was brutally attacked, being struck around the head causing fatal injuries."
His family paid tribute to a "gentle, quiet and happy boy" who came to England in May to "find a better life for himself".
James will swap with Scott Mills, who has been presenting the slot since 2004. Mills will now front the lunchtime show from 13:00-16:00.
T4 host Jameela Jamil and 1Xtra's Gemma Cairney will also join the station.
Radio 1 boss Ben Cooper said the changes were aimed at attracting younger listeners.
In recent years the BBC Trust has called for the station to refocus towards a younger audience.
Radio 1's target audience, as set by the trust'sservice licence, is aged between 15 and 29. But the official average age of a Radio 1 listener has risen from 29 to 32 in the past three years.
It is thought James' new role will put the 26-year-old in line to eventually replace Chris Moyles, 38, as the station's flagship breakfast DJ when his contract ends in 2013.
New signing Jamil will host the Radio 1 Request Show which will be now broadcast on Sundays from 19:00-21:00.
Cairney will move from Radio 1's digital sister station 1Xtra, taking over Edith Bowman's weekend breakfast show.
Bowman will move to a midweek slot, fronting Radio 1's Review Show on Tuesdays from 21:00-22:00, resulting in her on-air time being cut from six hours to one.
"These are exciting times at Radio 1 & 1Xtra," Cooper said.
"The latest changes are about attracting even more young listeners by bringing in new and fresh talent to the stations."
The moves come nearly three months after Radio 1 announced changes to its dance music schedule, which will also see long-time presenters Judge Jules and Gilles Peterson leave the station in favour of younger, new talent.
Last year, meanwhile, long-serving presenter Jo Whiley moved to Radio 2, with new music champion Huw Stephens claiming her slot in the weekend schedule.
The new schedule will begin from Monday, 2 April.
Some 24,000 children in 267 schools took the NI Numeracy Assessment (NINA) and NI Literacy Assessment (NILA) tests in 2016/17.
However, 17,000 pupils who took last autumn's maths tests initially received lower scores than they achieved.
The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) apologised "unreservedly".
The tests are used to assess maths skills and the progress of pupils in P4 to P7.
Paying for them cost CCEA about £400,000 per year.
In a letter to schools who used the tests, the Department of Education said the minister had decided that "the existing contracts for NINA and NILA should not be renewed".
The letter, dated 17 January, also said that CCEA would not be asked to develop a replacement for the tests.
"The minister is fully aware of the challenging financial position facing schools this year and looking likely to continue in future years," the letter said.
"He could not justify extending the contract beyond the 2016/17 academic year."
The letter also said the education sector was facing "considerable financial constraints".
Both the computer-based NINA and the NILA tests were the subject of a critical Department of Education review in 2014, following widespread technical problems experienced by pupils taking the tests.
Following that, the then education minister John O'Dowd said the tests were not mandatory for schools.
However, about a third of primary schools still used them to assess the performance and skills of pupils in English and maths.
The royals were shown around the set of the new Star Wars film on Tuesday afternoon.
During their visit they met actors Daisy Ridley, Mark Hamill and John Boyega, who are currently filming Star Wars: Episode VIII.
Kensington Palace said the visit was planned to celebrate Star Wars' "fantastic British creative talent".
British talent featured both in front of and behind the cameras in 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which saw Ridley and John Boyega play the central characters Rey and Finn.
British locations also featured in the film, with director JJ Abrams shooting exterior scenes on Greenham Common, in the Lake District and Scotland.
All seven Star Wars films have included shoots at British studios, with Ealing, Elstree, Leavesden and Shepperton Studios variously being used for Episodes I to VI.
The next Star Wars release, stand-alone film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, also used Pinewood Studios and other locations around the country.
Following the release of that film's trailer, it was revealed one scene was filmed on the Jubilee Line platform of the Canary Wharf London Underground station.
Star Wars: Episode VIII will be released in December 2017.
The Duke of Cambridge joked he could not stop stroking Chewbacca's head during the visit.
R2-D2 was on display during the visit as was the BB-8 droid from The Force Awakens.
The seventh instalment of the franchise also saw the return of original cast members Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher and was the highest grossing film of all time in the UK.
Visitors who want to eat their own food have been told to eat it at a picnic site outside before entering the theme park.
Admission staff have begun checking visitors' bags for sandwiches and recommending restaurants on site.
More than six million people a year visit the attraction, which charges £86 for an all-day family ticket.
A section of the park's website said: "We do not allow people to picnic within the park.
"Pleasure Beach is experiencing a growing problem with visitors using our restaurants' tables to eat food they have brought in themselves.
"In order to alleviate this, it is our aim to stop people with excessive food from setting up a full meal."
Blackpool Pleasure Beach said that allowances are made for guests with special dietary requirements and dedicated picnic areas are also provided for school parties which book in advance.
Councillor Fred Jackson, deputy Labour leader on Blackpool Council said: "I think it's very sad.
"It's not a family-friendly policy, which is a shame because we all want Blackpool to be family-oriented.
"When our children were younger we couldn't afford to eat in cafes and always had picnics - and there are plenty of people in that position today.
"I would like the Pleasure Beach to reverse that decision."
Blackpool Zoo and Camelot at nearby Chorley both allow picnics to be brought in, in common with other attractions including Alton Towers and Thorpe Park.
It was first proposed in February when First Minister Arlene Foster asked the then Health Minister Simon Hamilton to set up a working group.
In a written answer to Sinn Féin MLA Catherine Seeley, the Justice Minister Claire Sudgen said she had met the Health Minister Michelle O'Neill.
They agreed the establishment of the interdepartmental working group.
The group met on Thursday, 14 July.
The group is expected to report to both ministers by the end of September.
The bitter recriminations will now begin everywhere, and the Tory HQ in Cardiff will be no exception.
They made great play of Theresa May campaigning in Labour-held target seats in Bridgend, Wrexham and Clwyd South, and in the end they did not seriously challenge in any of them.
With hindsight, Mrs May would have been better off shoring up support in Cardiff North, Gower and Vale of Clwyd.
So what went wrong? Did they run a terrible campaign?
Was it a victory of hope over fear, as Jeremy Corbyn would have us believe, or did the country send a signal to Downing Street that it wanted a softer Brexit?
There were local problems with the campaign that will be magnified by the success of their counterparts in Scotland.
That is a problem Plaid Cymru will be able to tell them all about.
Ruth Davidson is the unmistakeable leader of the Scottish party there while the Welsh Tories had three different men in three different debates.
Sources tell me the Welsh-dimension to the campaign was non-existent.
That said, there were times when it just felt that the Conservatives in Wales were being steam-rollered by a tidal wave of red which may have been impossible to stop no matter what was done differently at a local level.
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The challenge is seen as one of the most gruelling sporting events, sailing alone for 30,000 miles, non-stop and unaided around the world.
Held once every four years since 1989, the race has claimed three lives, and only 71 of the 138 vessels that have taken part have finished.
"Today is bitter-sweet for me," Thomson said before setting sail in France.
"I get to enjoy the atmosphere as thousands of people gather to wave me and the other sailors off, but I also have to say goodbye to my wife and children, which never gets easier as time goes on.
"The team has worked incredibly hard to get the boat ready and I am confident we now have a boat which is genuinely capable of winning the race."
Another 28 sailors are in action alongside Thomson, whose yacht cost £4.5m over two years to make, and are expected to be at sea for three months.
Chemicals from dandelion root and the "thunder god vine" plant have long been used in traditional medicines.
Now, Californian researchers have found they can also block fertilisation.
A UK sperm expert said the discovery could lead to a new and novel approach to male contraception.
But the compounds existed at such low levels in plants that the cost of extraction was very high, the US team said.
In tests, chemicals called pristimerin and lupeol stopped fertilisation by preventing human sperm from whipping its tail and propelling itself towards and into the woman's egg.
The chemicals were acting like "molecular condoms", the study authors wrote in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
In other words, they successfully blocked progesterone - which triggers the sperm's forceful swimming - but didn't damage the sperm.
"It doesn't kill sperm basal motility. It is not toxic to sperm cells; they still can move," said Polina Lishko, assistant professor of molecular and cell biology from the University of California, Berkeley.
"But they cannot develop this powerful stroke, because this whole activation pathway is shut down."
Lupeol is found in plants such as mango, dandelion root and aloe vera, while pristimerin is from the tripterygium wilfordii plant (also known as "thunder god vine") and is used in traditional Chinese medicine.
The researchers found that the chemicals worked at very low doses and had no side-effects either, unlike hormone-based contraceptives.
They concluded that the compounds could potentially be used as an emergency contraceptive, before or after intercourse, or as a permanent contraceptive via a skin patch or vaginal ring.
Prof Lishko and her colleagues are now going to test how well these chemicals work in primates, whose sperm cells work in a similar way to humans.
They also are searching for a cheap source of the chemicals, which are very expensive to extract from wild plants because they are present at very low levels.
Allan Pacey, professor of andrology at the University of Sheffield said there was a real need for a non-hormone base male contraceptive.
"This is a very interesting study which shows that two natural compounds can knock out a key molecule on sperm that regulates how they swim in the final moments before fertilisation.
"Moreover, because the molecule is specific to sperm, it seems a good bet that this could be a novel contraceptive target that might lead to a male contraceptive pill without any of the side-effects so far seen in trials with hormone-jab contraceptives."
However, he said clinical trials were needed to show whether it worked in real people and this was likely to take a few years.
He will now start forming a minority government, after the Queen's approval.
But in a fiery Senedd session, Plaid leader Leanne Wood said her party would vote against Labour again if needed, accusing it of "bullying" behaviour.
UKIP's Neil Hamilton also sparked a row calling her and Lib Dem Kirsty Williams Mr Jones's "political concubines".
The comments came after Mr Jones outlined his plans.
He told AMs there would be legislation on public health, additional learning needs and on smacking.
But he said legislation would not be brought forward in the first 100 days so that AMs could establish a new, more collaborative way of law-making.
The Welsh people wanted Labour to proceed with "caution and humility", he told the assembly.
Mr Jones added his government's priorities would reflect "the successful result for Welsh Labour in the May election, and subsequent discussions with the main opposition party, Plaid Cymru".
Labour's main aims include a "relentless focus on securing a successful and sustainable future for our steel industry", and Mr Jones pledged ministers would "campaign vociferously for a Remain vote" in June's EU referendum.
He said Labour would then bring forward "a new Public Health Bill, an Additional Learning Needs Bill, and we will take forward, on a cross-party basis, legislation that will remove the defence of reasonable chastisement [of children]" and "seek to amend the current Welsh language measure".
But Ms Wood issued a warning to Labour not to expect an easy ride over the next five years after Plaid became the official opposition.
"Today is not about coalition," she said. "Today's is a one off vote to allow Labour's nomination to go through.
"And if that party thinks their bullying last week will stop Plaid Cymru from voting in a similar way in the future to hold you to account, then think again."
Ms Wood also refused to apologise for challenging Mr Jones for the first minister post which led to a tied vote and deadlock,
"I'm not sorry for what happened last week and I will do it again if I have to make Labour realise they are running a minority government," she added.
Meanwhile, Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies urged Mr Jones to clarify where he stood on controversial plans for an M4 relief road around Newport, improving the NHS and reducing the number of local councils.
"We will from the benches here hold you to account, on each and every corner that you try and turn", Mr Davies said.
"But we will also seek to be constructive in the way we engage and debate on the points that need to be brought forward."
Any suggestion that there would be a cosying up between Labour and Plaid came to an abrupt end when Leanne Wood wasted no time in laying into Carwyn Jones.
You would never have guessed that the two parties had been working closely together over the past few days on a deal when she described Labour as complacent, arrogant and having a sense of entitlement.
One AM described it to me after as being close to a declaration of war, and something that caused genuine surprise among Labour and Conservative ranks.
The inevitable question is how long the Labour-Plaid deal is likely to last in the light of Leanne Wood's tone.
Throw into the mix Neil Hamilton's description of Leanne Wood and Kirsty Williams as "concubines", and all round we were left with a spiky first session that kept us all guessing.
The lens module features optical image stabilisation (OIS) tech to counteract the effect of shaky hands - marking the first time the feature has appeared in a handset's front camera.
The firm also says the HTC 10's rear camera is ranked as one of the best.
But analysts are doubtful whether such features are enough to improve the Taiwanese company's fortunes.
Five years ago, HTC was the world's fourth bestselling smartphone maker with a market share of about 9%.
But in 2015, it fell to 17th place with a share of about 1%, according to research firm IDC.
HTC posted a 15.6bn Taiwanese dollar ($480.5m; £335.8m) loss in its last financial year, leaving it with cash reserves of just over double that sum.
It blamed its ill fortune on a lack of demand for its last top-end handset - the HTC One M9.
"To be very candid, our flagship did not perform well," the firm's chief financial officer Chialin Chang told analysts in February.
"Actually I would say our flagships are falling far short of our expectations for the entire cycle of 2015."
One company watcher said the new Android handset addressed complaints about the M9's camera, display, battery life and ageing design - but said it might still struggle.
"HTC has righted all the wrongs with the last two generations of products and delivered the phone that it needed," said Ben Wood from the consultancy CCS Insight.
"But it still has a mountain to climb to gain any traction despite the fact this looks like a beautiful device.
"That's because there are many, many other manufacturers out there with stunning products too, and HTC can't afford the marketing firepower to match rivals like Samsung and Huawei."
HTC says that by adding OIS to both the 10's cameras they should cope well in low light conditions since they can keep their shutters open for longer without risking blurred results.
"It's a world's first - optical image stabilisation in the front-facing camera," explained its executive Graham Wheeler.
"It was incredibly difficult to do because OIS is quite a large module with magnets in it - and we had to have two near to each other.
Both front and rear cameras have a relatively wide aperture of f1.8 - meaning they let in more light than the previous generation - but differ in resolution.
The front is five megapixels and the rear 12MP.
Photos can be captured in the RAW format - allowing more flexibility in photo editing software than Jpgs - and a laser-based focusing system on the back is said to be fast enough to work in photo-burst mode.
HTC's marketing materials point out that 10's rear camera ties with the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge's as the best of their kind in tests by DxOMark - a highly regarded image research firm.
Other features of the new phone include:
It will cost £569 when it goes on sale later this month.
That is £20 less than the M9's launch price and matches the cost of Samsung's Galaxy S7.
One analyst who was given an early look at the handset said he found little to be excited about.
"It has a good display, but it's not the best," said Stuart Robinson from Strategy Analytics.
"The DxO mark is good, but it's the same as the S7 Edge - and does that make it the best? Normally, I would recommend people look at several benchmarks rather than just one.
"Selfies are very popular, so putting optical image stabilisation in the front camera does matter.
"But if HTC really wanted to push the message about its front-facing camera hard it should have used the same one as that in the rear - the reason it hasn't done so is to keep costs down."
HTC recently launched the Vive - a virtual reality headset that offers more features than its competitors and is more expensive as a consequence.
But unlike LG and Samsung, it has chosen not to sell add-on VR kit for the HTC 10, although the phone is compatible with Google Cardboard cases.
Mr Wood said this was not surprising.
"It's a conscious decision as HTC feels Vive is at a completely different level from its virtual reality competitors and doesn't want to dilute that message by offering a mediocre VR smartphone experience," he said.
"But it's not out of the question that it will do something with mobile VR when it thinks it's the right time."
Patients needing routine care such as knee and hip replacements are meant to be treated in 18 weeks under NHS rules.
But the numbers waiting longer than that now top 350,000 - a 163% rise since 2012. There are 3.7 million people in total on the waiting list.
The government promised the NHS would do "better in the future".
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have also seen pressures grow - meaning no part of the UK is now meeting its target to see patients.
Royal College of Surgeons president Clare Marx said the picture was "very disappointing" as these operations and treatments could make a huge difference to people's lives.
"Someone waiting for a gall-stone removal will be in a lot of pain and discomfort.
"The longer you wait for a hip or knee replacement the less likely you are to have good outcomes. These waits really matter.
"The standards of care are being eroded and we don't want it to get worse."
But Richard Murray, from the King's Fund think tank, predicts the numbers on the waiting list will keep rising.
The total of 3.7m is a 44% increase since 2012, but he expects to see the trend continue and break through the four million barrier by the spring.
"If you go back 15 years waiting lists were longer, but it is now heading in the wrong direction."
One of those affected has been Nikki Alldis, who lives in the South East.
She has been waiting 15 months for a bowel operation. It has twice been cancelled.
She said the wait had been very difficult and she was "gutted" the last time it was put off in January. "It's hanging over me."
England: Up 163%
Northern Ireland: Up 95%
Scotland: Up 82%
Wales: Up 74%
The figures are the percentage rise in the number of waits over the target time for treatment in each nation
The latest figures cover the month of November and mean the target for the NHS - that at least 92% of patients on waiting lists will not have been waiting over 18 weeks - has been missed since February last year.
A Department of Health spokesman said the NHS was having to treat more patients - 5,000 extra a day compared with 2010 - so the levels of performance were actually a "tribute" to the work of NHS staff.
He said the investment being made in the NHS this Parliament would help "transform services" and mean the NHS will do "better in the future".
The targets for routine treatments are measured differently in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, but all show a similar picture.
In Wales, 95% of patients are supposed to start treatment within 26 weeks. This target has not been met since August 2010 and the number of long waiters has risen by 74% to 60,643 in November 2016.
Scotland's target is for 90% of patients to start treatment within 18 weeks. This has been missed since June 2014. The number waiting longer than 18 weeks was up 82% over that period at 16,635.
Northern Ireland has a target of 55% per cent of patients waiting no more than 13 weeks for an operation. The number waiting longer than that was up 95% in the four years to September 2016.
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The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) said growing use of new psychoactive substances (NPS) and low staff levels had created a volatile environment.
The report said: "The increased availability of NPS in prison has led to some episodes of protracted rage."
The Prison Service said it had taken a number of steps to address concerns.
The report - which covers from August 2015 until July 2016 - stated staff were "overwhelmed" and "reluctant" to assert their authority.
This created "strained relationships" between staff and inmates, leading to fights and injuries on both sides, the IMB found.
Mark Fairhurst, from the Prison Officers' Association (POA), said: "There's a lack of experience to guide them, there's no managerial presence because of the pressures our POA members face."
He added that since 2010, the service had shed 7,000 officers. Staff retention was also problematic as officers were left facing violent situations without any support, he said.
POA members went on strike earlier this month in protest over staffing level concerns and the nationwide surge in prison violence.
The Prison Service spokesman said: "HMP Bristol has taken a number of steps to address the concerns raised by the Independent Monitoring Board, including refresher courses and new training for staff.
"The prison is also working to recruit new staff and anticipates being fully staffed early next year."
It added that an extra 2,500 extra frontline prison officers were being brought in to reduce violence and tackle use of drugs, drones and mobile phones.
In May, the chief inspector of prisons, Peter Clarke, warned synthetic drugs - which were made illegal in the UK in May - were "destabilising" some prisons.
The IMB's report on HMP Bristol described how NPS usage affected inmates there.
It said: "The effects vary greatly from, at one end, unprecedented and unpredictable violence and, at the other, a reduced state of consciousness."
Because this drug use frequently required hospitalisation, it disrupted staff routines and caused high sickness rates; during one week 35 ambulances were called to the prison.
The Isle of Man rider, 29, had slipped four seconds adrift of Germany's John Degenkolb on Friday.
But he claimed 10 bonus seconds in his second stage victory of the four-day event to finish six seconds clear of the German in the final standings.
"To win here is pretty special," said Cavendish. "We rode hard the whole week and today we really had to work. I'm super happy with our lads."
The Etixx-QuickStep rider clocked a time of two hours, 37 minutes and 15 seconds in Saturday's 123-km stage, which finished at the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa.
He finished just ahead of Team Sky's Elia Viviani and Juan Jose Lobato of Movistar, both of whom recorded the same time as Cavendish.
Degenkolb could only cross the line in ninth.
Cavendish was critical of rival teams at the end of the race, claiming that "most of the days we were the only team riding".
"I was a bit frustrated with the other teams," he added. "They came here but didn't really want to race."
Final overall standings:
1. M Cavendish (GB) (EQS) 15 hours 22 minutes 38 seconds
2. J Degenkolb (Ger) (TGA) @ 0:06
3. JJ Lobato (Sp) (Mov) @ 0:10
4. A Valverde Belmonte (Sp) (Mov) @ 0:12
5. M Canola (It) (UHC) @0:14
6. A Bazzana (Ut) (UHC) @0:17
7. G Bole (Slo) (CCC) @0:18
8. P Gilbert (Bel) (BMC) @0:18
9. M Board (It) (TCS) @0:18
10. F Pozzato (It) (LAM) @0:18
The Rhinos were beaten at home by Wakefield on Monday, having lost at Castleford three days earlier.
"We haven't been good enough and we haven't played well and we have to take it on the chin and deal with it," he told BBC Radio Leeds.
"The mood is good in training despite the poor form and we have to look to ourselves to get out of this."
Brian McDermott's side, who have only won two of their opening eight fixtures, lost just nine of 30 Super League games last season as they won the treble.
Burrow added: "We can't keep saying that we need to get it right next week.
"It's been a tough season and it's just getting worse and worse. We've got no excuses. We just need to get wins."
The Rhinos host 11th-placed Hull KR on Friday.
The bird, thought to be nearly 20 years old, had been guarding her nest of six eggs in Perranporth when she was savaged by a dog, it is believed.
'Mrs Swan' and her mate 'Mr Swan' have been described as 'big friends of the community' and have made national headlines for holding up traffic.
Vets tried to treat her leg wound but she had to be put down on Sunday.
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Julian Tredinnick who manages the boating lake where they nest, said reports from vets suggest the bird was attacked by a dog.
"She was sitting quite happily on the nest. The eggs were due to hatch in the next couple of weeks so everyone was all happy and expectant".
Mat Judge, who also works for Perranporth Gardens Charities, which manages the land, said: "She was a big friend of the community and a lot of people are really upset. The male is going to be lost".
He said they were contacting the RSPCA to see if another female could be introduced.
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The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) jab is offered to teenage girls in the UK to protect against cervical cancer.
A health committee was expected to meet later to review whether boys should also get the jab, which can protect against throat and penile cancers.
Dr Kirsty Bonney, from Devon, paid privately for her sons Zak, 13 and Finn, 11 to be immunised.
She made the decision after working on a chemotherapy unit, where she looked after two young men with HPV-related throat cancers.
She said she wants to see boys "equally protected" with the HPV vaccine rather than risk cancer in later life.
"I could never really understand why we weren't vaccinating boys and then I discovered we could have it done privately," she explained.
"I'd be much happier knowing all the boys' friends were equally protected.
"I wouldn't want to be seeing one of their friends in my surgery in a few years time [with cancer] because they hadn't been vaccinated.
"[The jab] is certainly not cheap [at £540 for both boys] but the cost of that compared to the thought of them getting a throat cancer puts it into perspective."
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advises UK health departments on immunisation and is considering extending the programme to include boys.
It said there was increasing evidence on links between HPV infection and other cancers.
It will discuss the matter at a meeting later and has asked Public Health England to look at the cost effectiveness of such a change.
Why should boys be vaccinated against HPV?
Source: HPV Action
Gary Tanner, from Somerset, was diagnosed with HPV-related throat cancer in 2013.
He has undergone chemotherapy, radiotherapy and had his voice box removed. The 64-year-old said vaccinating girls alone made no sense.
"I am still living with cancer and most certainly my wife and I are living with the fear of cancer. We know it has shortened my life expectancy.
"There are vaccines available to prevent to protect people against this. I think they should be used on all available members of the public."
Different types of HPV
Infection with HPV is the cause of almost all cervical cancers.
However there are more than 100 different types of HPV and infection with other types of the virus may cause:
Source: NHS
Campaign group HPV Action said it was "unfair that females should be expected to bear sole responsibility for tackling an infection that affects both sexes similarly".
In a letter to the JCVI, it said "significant" numbers of men will have sex with unvaccinated women.
"While private vaccinations can protect individual boys, this is not a solution for the male population as a whole," a spokesman added.
Public Health England's (PHE) head of immunisation Dr Mary Ramsay said boys are already protected, with around 85% of eligible girls fully immunised.
She said: "This helps to prevent the spread of the disease in girls and boys.
"PHE has been asked by the independent Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to look at the impact of extending the HPV vaccination programme to adolescent boys.
"We are also running a pilot vaccination programme in men who have sex with men. The JCVI will review the evidence from this work."
The Lostprophets singer, 36, from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT), admitted sex offences last month, including the attempted rape of a baby.
Ten slabs with lyrics were laid in Taff Street in a regeneration project.
A representative for the band said it was "understandable, but devastating".
RCT said the paving would be removed "as soon as possible".
Pontypridd AM Mick Antoniw had said RCT council should discreetly remove them.
The lyrics from Streets Of Nowhere had been used in the feature when the stones were laid last autumn.
Watkins's lyrics - "Every time I walk these streets I know they're mine" - appeared as part of a council-run project to highlight the area's history and culture.
Others on display include one from Sir Tom Jones's worldwide 1966 hit Green Green Grass of Home.
The slabs were put down last year but in December 2012 it emerged Watkins had been arrested following a drugs raid on his terrace house in Pontypridd.
Police found child sex abuse images and videos on his computer hard drive.
In December last year he was charged with sex offences including possession/distribution of indecent images of children - charges which he "furiously" denied.
Last month he admitted all the charges against him at Cardiff Crown Court.
Sentencing will take place on 18 December.
Watkins's former band mates have already turned their back on him, saying they are "heartbroken, angry, and disgusted" at his sex crimes and have urged more of his victims to contact police.
Now Pontypridd's AM is urging Watkins's home town to rid itself of his contribution in the regeneration project.
Mr Antoniw said: "My personal view is that it's probably not a good idea to keep something in a public place that now has this connotation.
"I think we should probably replace it discreetly and without a fuss.
"There was a lot of pride in Pontypridd in the band and what has happened has absolutely shocked, horrified and disgusted a lot of people.
"No-one has actually raised this as an issue with me but I think it's one of those things that if it's felt that it is offensive then I think the council would need to give some careful thought to removing it."
RCT Council said in a statement: "Rhondda Cynon Taf Council can confirm that granite paving featuring song lyrics written by convicted paedophile Ian Watkins will be removed from the streetscape of Pontypridd as soon as possible."
Claude Knights, chief executive of the child protection charity Kidscape, said: "Ian Watkins's crimes are appalling.
"It would be wise for the council to consider taking the slabs up. His work has been tainted.
"It should be removed for the sake of the local community."
Lostprophets were founded in Pontypridd in 1997 and the band sold about 3.5 million albums worldwide.
Income from vast natural resources, above all oil and gas, helped Russia overcome the economic collapse of 1998, but the oil price slump of 2014 ended the long run of prosperity.
The state-run gas monopoly Gazprom still supplies a large share of Europe's needs.
Vladimir Putin - Russia's dominant political figure since 2000 - has enhanced his control over state institutions and the media - a process supplemented more recently by an emphasis on fierce nationalism and hostility to the West.
Population 142.7 million
Area 17 million sq km (6.6 million sq miles)
Major language Russian
Major religions Christianity, Islam
Life expectancy 63 years (men), 75 years (women)
President: Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin has been Russia's dominant political figure since his election as president in 2000, serving two terms and then a four-year stint as prime minister, before resuming the presidency in 2012.
Since his re-election against only token opposition, Russia's authorities have further tightened control over the media, muffled an embryonic opposition movement.
He has also and adopted a stridently nationalist course and appealed to memories of Soviet-era power to shore up domestic support.
The president presents himself as a strong leader who took Russia out of the economic, social and political crisis of the 1990s and defends Russia's national interests, particularly against alleged hostility.
Critics say he has undermined Russia's institutions, stymied democratic development and entrenched rule by a narrow, wealthy elite.
Russian TV is dominated by channels that are either run directly by the state or owned by companies with close links to the Kremlin.
The government controls Channel One and Russia One - two of the three main federal channels - while state-controlled energy giant Gazprom owns NTV.
TV is the main news source for most Russians. There is a fast-growing pay-TV market, led by satellite broadcaster Tricolor. The government is undertaking a project to bring digital TV to every Russian home.
Some key dates in Russia's history:
1547 - Grand Prince Ivan IV of Moscow (Ivan the Terrible) is the first ruler to be proclaimed Tsar of Russia.
1689-1725 - Peter the Great introduces far-reaching reforms.
1798-1815 - Russia takes part in the European coalitions against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, defeating Napoleon's invasion in 1812 and contributing to his overthrow.
1853-57 - Russia suffers setback in attempt to seize territory from declining Ottoman Empire through its defeat in Crimean War.
1904-05 - Russian expansion in Manchuria leads to war with Japan - and the 1905 revolution, which forced Tsar Nicholas II to grant a constitution and establish a parliament, the Duma.
1914 - Russian-Austrian rivalry in Balkans contributes to outbreak of First World War, in which Russia fought alongside Britain and France.
1917 - Nicholas II abdicates. Bolshevik revolutionaries led by Lenin topple the provisional government and take power.
1918-22 - Civil war between Red Army and anti-communist White Russians.
1922 - Bolsheviks reorganise remnants of Russian Empire as Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
1945 - Allied victory over Nazi Germany is followed by swift establishment of Soviet hegemony in Central and Eastern Europe, and Balkans. The end of the war sees the start of decades of Cold War rivalry with the West.
1953 - Death of dictator Joseph Stalin ushers in less repressive rule at home, although Communist Party political dominance is firmly upheld.
1991 - Russia becomes independent as the Soviet Union collapses and, together with Ukraine and Belarus, forms the Commonwealth of Independent States, which is eventually joined by most former Soviet republics.
2014 - Russia seizes Ukrainian region of Crimea, prompting the biggest East-West showdown since the Cold War.
2015 September - Russia begins armed intervention in Syria to support ally President Bashar al-Assad.
Kasim Davey, 21, of London, wrote a strongly-worded Facebook message during the trial of a man for sex offences.
The High Court ruled he and Joseph Beard, 29, who was a juror on a separate fraud trial, "interfered with the administration of justice".
There have been two previous similar prosecutions of jurors.
After the attorney general was given permission to bring the cases earlier this year, Davey and Beard were summoned to the High Court where two judges heard the evidence against them before deciding whether they were guilty.
Davey, from Palmers Green, north London, said he had sent the Facebook message last December as a result of "spontaneous surprise at the kind of case I was on".
His posting - containing strong language and an offensive word - suggested he was going to find the defendant guilty, said BBC News home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw.
Davey's Facebook post: read: "Woooow I wasn't expecting to be in a jury Deciding a paedophile's fate, I've always wanted to Fuck up a paedophile & now I'm within the law!"
The judge at Wood Green Crown Court was alerted and Davey was discharged. The defendant, Adam Kephalas, was eventually found guilty of sexual activity with a child.
Davey told the High Court he was unaware he had been in breach of a formal order made by the crown court judge. He accepted he was not meant to discuss the case but believed he was only prohibited from using the internet to carry out research.
In their ruling, High Court judges Sir John Thomas and Mr Justice Sweeney said they rejected as "untruthful" Davey's contention that his message was not meant seriously.
They said it made clear to his Facebook friends "he would use his prejudices in deciding the case" and his choice of words "underlined his disregard of the duties he had undertaken as a juror".
In Beard's case, the High Court heard claims that he had wanted to find out how long the proceedings at Kingston Crown Court would take as he was worried they would drag on.
He was said to have researched the case via the Google search engine and told fellow jurors extra information about the number of victims of the alleged fraud.
The case was abandoned in November last year after more than five weeks when his activity came to light. The two defendants in the fraud case were later found guilty at a retrial.
At the High Court, Sir John - who is shortly to take over as the Lord Chief Justice, the head of the judiciary in England and Wales - said "immediate custodial sentences are almost inevitable in cases of this kind".
In his ruling, he said that "every attempt is made to try and warn jurors not to use the internet or social sites for any purpose in relation to the case".
He added: "They have done this so that no juror can subsequently claim that he or she did not understand what they should not do and what the consequences might be."
But Sir John said he would invite courts to consider whether a practice adopted by some judges of also handing out a printed notice should be "universally followed".
Speaking after the case, Attorney General Dominic Grieve said jurors who use the internet to research a case "undermine justice".
Mr Grieve added: "It creates a risk that the defendant will be convicted or acquitted, not on the evidence, but on unchallenged and untested material discovered by the juror.
"Equally, the case of Kasim Davey shows that jurors must follow the directions given to them by the trial judge not to discuss the case outside the jury room, including discussions and posts on the internet."
Her bid to "respect and indeed better understand the language and culture that we are not a part of" leads both the Irish News and the News Letter.
The offer came as the government imposed a new May deadline for a deal.
But Mrs Foster qualifies her remarks, saying she wants to meet Irish speakers "without party political baggage".
She describes this group as "people who genuinely love the Irish language and don't want to use it as a political weapon".
The qualification will no doubt be seen as a snap at Sinn Féin and its demand for an Irish language act, but the DUP leader's statement struck a considerably different tone to her pre-election stance.
In February, when asked about the DUP's position on the Irish language act, Mrs Foster compared Sinn Féin to "crocodiles" who kept coming back for more.
But writing in the Belfast Telegraph, her party colleague and former Culture Minister, Nelson McCausland, says a "stand-alone" act would make Northern Ireland a "cold house for unionists".
Mr McCausland says "actions speak louder than words" and criticises the "Irish first" policy of Newry, Mourne and Down Council on recently erected road signs in the district.
The arrest of a former employee of the Police Ombudsman's Office also makes the front page of the News Letter and features prominently in other local papers.
The watchdog investigates complaints against the Police Service of Northern Ireland but had to call in the PSNI over allegations that documents were stolen and passed to lawyers.
The Irish News highlights the fact that the PSNI has temporarily stopped sharing sensitive files with the ombudsman, pending a review of security measures.
The Daily Mirror leads with the headline "Dambusters" - reporting on the "destruction" of a dam wall in County Antrim, which has caused concern due to the area's function as a bird habitat.
The paper says the owners of the dam insisted they had carried out approved work to reduce the risk of flooding.
However, wildlife expert Debbie Nelson tells the Mirror that of the 15 swans nesting in the area, only two remain.
She adds: "They can't escape because they need a long run to take off, but there's not enough water."
Belfast City Council is taking action after grave concerns were raised about the safety of headstones in its cemeteries.
The Belfast Telegraph reports that council is considering the use of a machine known as the "ToppleTester" to check the stability of memorials.
The paper says the machine applies a "controlled force" to headstones to check if they can withstand a force of 25kg (3.9 st).
If memorials fail the topple test, grave owners will be contacted and told to carry out repair work.
It follows on from the council's decision to cordon off more than 100 "unstable" graves in Roselawn Cemetery earlier this week, which caused "upset" to relatives, the paper said.
Finally, all the papers warn we may be tightening our belts with news that the price of an Ulster fry has risen to a three-year high.
Pork sausages and tomatoes have seen the biggest rise, while margarine has gone up a "whopping" 29%.
Many countries around the world use a local product or basket of familiar goods to help monitor prices - the Cappuccino Index being just one example.
Northern Ireland now has its own unique economic indicator to help us count our pennies, if not our calories.
"Ours is the The Ulster Fry Index," explains Ulster Bank economist Richard Ramsey.
"It hopefully gives the man or woman on the street a clearer idea of why their household finances are currently the way the are."
Banks will have to set aside £5.7bn in the next six months in case future economic shocks mean some borrowers cannot keep up their repayments.
A further £5.7bn will have to be found by the end of next year.
The Bank's Financial Policy Committee (FPC) suggested lenders had become complacent about their lending.
"Lenders may be placing undue weight on the recent performance of loans in benign conditions," the FPC said.
The committee has also taken action to stop banks getting around key tests which are designed to stop them lending too much to consumers.
The FPC's assessment is that the risks facing the financial system remain at a normal level for now.
But there are "pockets of risk that warrant vigilance" it said, in the Bank's half-yearly Financial Stability Report.
Lenders, the committee said, are relying too heavily on borrowers keeping up payments as well as they have recently, and banks and other lenders have started lending to people with weaker credit records.
The FPC highlighted rapidly growing consumer borrowing via credit cards, personal loans and, notably, car finance.
Collectively known as consumer credit, these forms of borrowing have grown by more than 10% in the past year, far outstripping the growth of incomes.
While the amount of borrowing for consumer credit is just a seventh of the size of mortgage lending, the amount lenders have to write off because it is not likely to be repaid is ten times greater than for defaulting mortgage borrowers.
In a news conference, the Bank Governor Mark Carney explained that the Bank was worried about those households who are heavily in debt.
But their borrowing, he said, had not in fact increased the threat to the general resilience of banks.
"We are reinforcing some of the protection [for banks]," he explained, by telling banks to add to their financial cushions.
He declined to blame people for borrowing more, and said that most personal borrowing decisions were reasonable.
However, he advised: "Borrowers should consider adverse scenarios as well as positive scenarios."
The Bank is bringing forward by six months a so-called "stress test" in respect of consumer credit, whereby lenders have to test their ability to withstand losses on loans that go bad and are not repaid.
It is also blocking lenders from getting around affordability tests for lenders designed to stop them over-lending on mortgages.
Banks and building societies are currently allowed to lend a maximum of 15% of their mortgages to homebuyers who take especially large loans of more than four and a half times their income.
The lenders have to scrutinise the borrowers to ensure they could still afford their repayments if the Bank of England raised its official base rate by three percentage points.
But some lenders have been assuming they would not in fact pass on all of that increase in higher standard variable rates, thus allowing them to lend slightly more.
Mr Carney said these lenders were not "gaming the system" but instead appeared to have forgotten some of the lessons of the recent past.
Despite these concerns, Mr Carney stressed that the UK financial system was far stronger than at the time of the great banking crash in 2008-09.
He said that since then, UK households had reduced their levels of debt and that it was only in the past 18 months or so that personal lending and borrowing had accelerated again.
"The resilience of the UK financial system has strengthened since the financial crisis," Mr Carney said.
BBC Wales director Rhodri Talfan Davies said there were "no easy answers" to questions over how many jobs were at risk.
It follows the announcement by director general Tony Hall of plans to save £50m a year.
The number of job cuts in Wales are not expected to be confirmed until the autumn.
Most job losses are likely to affect managerial roles, as well as the BBC's support teams including HR, marketing, finance, project management and business affairs.
Mr Davies said: "This is obviously tough news and I'm not going to pretend there are any easy answers.
"The additional savings targets announced today by Tony Hall are very challenging and will inevitably impact on important teams that do vital work at the heart of BBC Wales.
"But the financial context for the BBC is clear and we will sit down with the affected teams and the unions to work out the best way forward.
"By looking for savings outside programming areas, the BBC will do everything possible to minimise the impact of the changes on the output and services we deliver to audiences."
Lord Hall said the BBC was facing "difficult choices" due to the financial climate.
Any new savings will need to be delivered alongside the existing BBC savings plan - Delivering Quality First - which has already seen BBC Wales cut more than 100 posts and reduce its budget by £10m since 2012.
While the majority of cuts at BBC Wales have affected support areas, management and overheads, the BBC's investment in English language programming for Wales has fallen 32% - or £10m - in real terms over the past eight years.
The tiny crab, known only as clibanarius erythropus, has not been recorded in Cornish waters since 1985.
It is a species found in warmer waters but can be found in the channel islands and along the French coast, according to Cornwall Wildlife Trust.
The find at Castle Beach was made by an amateur photographer who was taking part in a survey run by the trust.
More on this story and other news from Devon and Cornwall
Local marine experts said the ten-legged crustacean was occasionally found on the south coast of Cornwall but since the Torrey Canyon oil spill in 1967 it had "virtually disappeared" from Cornish shores.
They believe the discovery shows Cornwall's marine life may now have fully recovered from the environmental disaster.
Clibanarius erythropus is from the Latin meaning soldier, clad in mail with red legs.
Finding the tiny crab was "the icing on the cake" during a fruitful rockpooling survey, Matt Slater, marine awareness officer for Cornwall Wildlife Trust, said.
"Spectacularly low tides and stunning weather provided a unique view of Cornwall's fabulous coastline exposing sections of the shore which you would normally only see with a snorkel.
"We were all really excited by the find. Its scientific name is a bit of a mouthful so if anyone can think of a good name for the crab we would appreciate suggestions."
Simon Dean took charge after ministers put Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in special measures amid concerns about management failings.
A report also condemned poor treatment of mental health patients at Glan Clwyd Hospital as "institutional abuse".
Mr Dean said his priority was to "get out and about and listen to people".
Meeting families of patients on the Tawel Fan mental health ward had been a "powerful and humbling experience", he said.
The deputy chief executive of the Wales NHS was asked by Health Minister Mark Drakeford to run Wales' largest health board following the suspension of its chief executive Trevor Purt earlier in June.
Mr Dean said he did not know how long he would be in charge as he sought to provide "stability and leadership".
"I don't see myself as the saviour of Betsi. This is a team effort. I see my role as being a catalyst," he said.
The 100-day plans will set out objectives and milestones, but that does not mean everything will be resolved in that time, he added.
Mr Dean said people would be held to account where it was required.
"We have to see special measures as an opportunity rather than a challenge. I am very heartened by the way staff have responded," he said.
7 February 2016 Last updated at 16:25 GMT
Footage of the bus crossing Lambeth Bridge was captured by London Fire Brigade who were on standby in case anything went wrong with the explosion.
The bridge was closed to all traffic for the filming, which is believed to have been for the forthcoming Jackie Chan movie, The Foreigner.
Chapelcross near Annan was on a shortlist of five potential locations.
Capenhurst in Cheshire has been selected to store the nuclear components, with Aldermaston in Berkshire as a "fall back" option.
The Scottish site was ruled out along with Sellafield in West Cumbria and Burghfield in Berkshire following public consultation.
Chapelcross was home to Scotland's first commercial nuclear station, which was built on old airfield in Dumfriesshire. The site ceased generation in 2004.
The nuclear components are from 18 redundant submarines and nine still in service.
The redundant Royal Navy submarines are currently stored afloat at Devonport in Plymouth and Rosyth in Fife, but cannot be dismantled until the reactor components have been removed.
The radioactive parts will be stored until after 2040, when the UK's Geological Disposal Facility, for the permanent disposal of spent fuel and nuclear waste, is planned to come into operation.
Defence Minister Philip Dunne said: "When submarines in the Royal Navy fleet reach the end of their lives, we need to dispose of them in a way that is safe, secure and environmentally sound.
"We have worked closely with the local communities around potential sites to listen carefully to their views, and the opinions and feedback we received has played an important part in formulating our final decision.
"With Capenhurst as our recommended site, we know that the radioactive waste from our decommissioned submarines will be dealt with properly and responsibly."
It comes after Port Adelaide Power's Paddy Ryder and Adelaide Crows player Eddie Betts were racially abused during a match at Adelaide Oval on Saturday.
In the letter, the AFL players' indigenous advisory board said it had "had enough".
"Racial vilification has been a part of our game for too long," it added.
"That both Eddie and Patrick were abused because of the colour of their skin is absolutely unacceptable."
The latest incident follows a Port Adelaide Power member being banned after she was filmed throwing a banana at Betts last year.
"These are more than just words and the impact these slurs have on the player, their family, their children and their community is profound," continued the statement.
"There's no room in our game for any form of vilification, whether it's based on race, gender, religion or sexual orientation.
"Anyone who thinks that this is an acceptable way to act is no football fan."
The Crystal Palace striker netted a hat-trick in a 6-0 Group H win, the first of which was also the quickest in his country's history.
Benteke beat the previous record of 8.3 seconds, set by San Marino's Davide Gualtieri against England in 1993.
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba scored a long-range effort as France won 1-0 in the Netherlands.
At Estadio Algarve in Portugal, Benteke pounced on a loose ball after the home side had kicked off and dribbled into the box before scoring with a left-footed shot.
Chelsea's Eden Hazard was also on the scoresheet, along with Axel Witsel and Dries Mertens, as Roberto Martinez's side won their third 2018 World Cup qualifier to maintain a 100% start.
In Amsterdam, Pogba's 30th-minute goal means France top Group A ahead of Monday's opponents and Sweden, who beat Bulgaria 3-0.
Meanwhile, Euro 2016 winners Portugal beat Faroe Islands 6-0 with FC Porto striker Andre Silva scoring a first-half hat-trick and Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo netting his 66th international goal.
Match ends, Gibraltar 0, Belgium 6.
Second Half ends, Gibraltar 0, Belgium 6.
Attempt saved. Kevin Mirallas (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Jean Carlos Garcia.
Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Aaron Payas.
Attempt missed. Toby Alderweireld (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Kevin Mirallas (Belgium) hits the right post with a left footed shot from outside the box.
Substitution, Gibraltar. Mikey Yome replaces Kyle Casciaro.
Attempt missed. Nacer Chadli (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Axel Witsel.
Axel Witsel (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joseph Chipolina (Gibraltar).
Attempt missed. Jan Vertonghen (Belgium) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the left.
Substitution, Gibraltar. Anthony Bardon replaces Liam Walker.
Substitution, Belgium. Michy Batshuayi replaces Christian Benteke.
Goal! Gibraltar 0, Belgium 6. Eden Hazard (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Toby Alderweireld.
Joseph Chipolina (Gibraltar) is shown the yellow card.
Kevin Mirallas (Belgium) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jayce Mascarenhas-Olivero (Gibraltar).
Attempt saved. Kevin Mirallas (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Attempt missed. Thomas Meunier (Belgium) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right.
Axel Witsel (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Liam Walker (Gibraltar).
Attempt blocked. Eden Hazard (Belgium) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin Mirallas.
Attempt missed. Laurent Ciman (Belgium) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Eden Hazard with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Scott Wiseman.
Attempt blocked. Steven Defour (Belgium) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Thomas Meunier.
Attempt blocked. Axel Witsel (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Foul by Thomas Meunier (Belgium).
Joseph Chipolina (Gibraltar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Belgium. Kevin Mirallas replaces Dries Mertens.
Attempt saved. Toby Alderweireld (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Axel Witsel.
Attempt missed. Eden Hazard (Belgium) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Jan Vertonghen.
Attempt blocked. Liam Walker (Gibraltar) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Casciaro (Gibraltar) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Offside, Gibraltar. Scott Wiseman tries a through ball, but Joseph Chipolina is caught offside.
Goal! Gibraltar 0, Belgium 5. Christian Benteke (Belgium) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Foul by Axel Witsel (Belgium).
Jayce Mascarenhas-Olivero (Gibraltar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Belgium. Nacer Chadli replaces Yannick Carrasco.
Eden Hazard (Belgium) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Maria Louise Hopes, 46, and her son Leon Port, 24, were jointly accused of murdering Mark Hopes, 45, at the couple's home in Trealaw last October.
They blamed each other for the killing, Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard.
Port was previously found guilty of Mr Hopes's murder, but there was a retrial after the jury could not reach a verdict on his mother.
Both mother and son admitted perverting the course of justice, along with Port's girlfriend Rebecca Donovan, 24.
All three will be sentenced at a later date.
The court heard the violence began with an argument between Mr Hopes and Port on the afternoon of 2 October, which ended with Port throwing punches.
Port, of Mountain Ash, claimed that was the end of his involvement and said his mother pulled her husband from the sofa and hit him with a weapon, causing the fatal injuries.
Hopes claimed her clothing was covered in blood because she helped clean her husband up, but the jury heard attempts were made to dispose of the evidence, with blood found on a mop and on an outside drain cover.
It was not until the following day that Port called 999 and tried to deflect the blame from himself. He told the operator Mr Hopes had been out drinking and had come home injured.
Prosecuting, Christopher Quinlan said Mr Hopes suffered "significant external and internal injuries" to his head, face and body.
"He was beaten to death in an assault which must have lasted an appreciable time and involved the use of a weapon," he added.
Mr Quinlan said Hopes and Port had "helped themselves and each other and not the dying Mr Hopes."
Ayew drove into the top corner from inside the area to cancel out Fabricio Coloccini's close-range opener.
Both sides had chances to win in the closing stages, with Newcastle striker Georginio Wijnaldum and Villa's Rudy Gestede having shots saved.
Villa, without a Premier League win since the opening game of the season, remain 10 points from safety.
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Results and reaction from Saturday's Premier League football
Until recently, Newcastle boss Steve McCLaren had looked in danger of losing his job after failing oversee a win any of his first eight Premier League games.
However, back-to-back victories against Liverpool and Tottenham lifted Newcastle out of the relegation zone and three points on Saturday would have moved them five points clear of danger.
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Key to Newcastle's upturn in form has been a switch to a more counterattacking style of football, but a sodden pitch, coupled with Aston Villa's defensive approach, meant was ineffective against Aston Villa.
They struggled to break Villa down for long periods, with their opener coming from a defensive lapse in concentration from a corner, as Coloccini was left unmarked.
However, when Villa pushed forward after equalising, it played to Newcastle's strengths and they twice went close to snatching victory on the break, with Wijnaldum's and Ayoze Perez's finishing letting them down.
Newcastle remain one place above the relegation zone, but the draw means they are three points clear of Swansea in 18th.
No Premier League team with as few points as Aston Villa at this stage of the season have stayed up, and they would certainly need an impressive upturn in form to rescue their situation.
Villa have kept just two clean sheets in their 17 league games this season and the ease with which Newcastle scored, with Siem De Jong's corner cutting through the defence, will be of concern for manager Remi Garde.
However, their second half performance will give the Frenchman some hope.
In Ayew, they have a striker who is finding his form in the Premier League. He had gone seven games without scoring at the start of the season but, having been employed in a more central role recently, he has scored four goals in his last eight games.
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Newcastle head coach Steve McClaren: "The conditions were horrendous. Get the ball wide and get the ball in the box - it was a game for width.
"Anybody can beat anybody in the league. I said before the match this was a dangerous game. Regarding us, a settled side has helped the momentum. We might not win every game but we've made huge steps forward."
Aston Villa manager Remi Garde: "We didn't play well at all in the first 45 minutes. We were out of the game in terms of impact and intensity. If you are in the position we are in it's difficult for the player to get in the game straight away.
"There's a lack of confidence. It's better to react late then not to react. The fact we got back in the game could be very important. Newcastle have won the last two games, but in the second half we showed we are not far away from this type of team."
Newcastle host Everton on Boxing Day while Aston Villa host West Ham on the same day.
The Tories won 58 of the 98 seats, the Liberal Democrats 27, independents eight, Labour four and UKIP won its first seat in the county.
UKIP's David Martin Pollit won Melksham Central from the Lib Dems.
Conservative council leader Jane Scott held on to her Bybrook seat with a reduced majority and finds out on Saturday if she will remain as leader.
Mr Pollit said: "I'm stunned to be honest. We saw from the news this morning the successes overnight of the UKIP party, and long may it continue".
John Walsh, who won Fisherton and Bemerton Village for Labour by just one vote, said: "It was a close run thing, and all credit to my opponents who ran me very close indeed."
Nigel Carter and Jane Burton from the independent group the Devizes Guardians both lost their seats to the Conservatives.
Six Conservative seats were not contested - Warminster West, Tidworth, Ludgershall and Perham Down, The Collingbournes and Netheravon, Winterslow, Fovant and Chalke Valley.
The results can be found on the BBC election website.
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The high-throughput platform should provide customers with superior connections at a lower cost.
Designated Intelsat 29e, it will sit at 50 degrees west, and deliver services to the Americas and the North Atlantic aeroplane and shipping routes.
At least six more Epic spacecraft will follow, to cover other regions and to provide back-up.
Commentators and analysts see the success of the fleet as critical to the fortunes of Intelsat, which is based in McLean, Virginia, and is battling to hold its ground in a fiercely competitive market.
At 6.5 tonnes, Intelsat 29e is a heavyweight "bird", and was the only passenger on its Ariane launch rocket, a vehicle that normally puts up two platforms at once.
All the major commercial satellite operators are in the midst of introducing next-generation systems.
The 29e has substantially enhanced capability compared with Intelsat's previous spacecraft, delivering a throughput of 25 gigabits per second.
Stephen Spengleris is the CEO of Intelsat: "Intelsat 29e is the first of our Intelsat Epic high-throughput satellites. Its entry into service starts the first phase of establishing a high-performance overlay for our global fleet. And more importantly, it allows us, our partners and our customers, to deliver broadband services that will impact the lives of millions of people around the world."
The satellite will be used for all manner of data connections, from broadband access in remote areas to machine-to-machine communications - the so-called "Internet of Things". Media companies will use Epic to transmit video channels, and telcos will route backhaul traffic through 29e from their cellphone networks.
Special antennas are being developed that will allow even motor cars to talk to the Epic system.
But two key areas of business will be the aeronautical and maritime sectors. Providing connectivity to planes so that passengers can surf in their seats has become a booming business.
The footprint of 29e will cover the region of the North Atlantic with the densest traffic.
Panasonic Avionics, one of the big players in inflight entertainment, was one of the first customers to buy capacity on the new satellite.
Epic's pursuit of aeronautical and maritime business brings it into very direct competition with Inmarsat of London which has traditionally dominated in satcom services to mobile users.
Inmarsat has recently launched three spacecraft in its own high-throughput system called Global Xpress. Unlike Epic, which operates in the C, Ku and Ka portions of the radio spectrum, Global Xpress is concentrated solely on the higher frequency Ka-band.
The Intelsat approach would minimise disruption to customers, commented Rachael Villain from the space consultancy Euroconsult, based in Paris.
"Intelsat have taken the view that they want to maintain backwards compatibility for their customers using their exiting fleet. They have anticipated that the transition to new reception equipment - whatever it is, aeronautical or maritime - would take more time or would be more costly with Ka-band than with Ku," she told BBC News.
The next Epic satellite, Intelsat 33e, which will serve Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, should launch later this year.
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The Red Devils twice came from behind, with Marouane Fellaini and Daley Blind, late on, cancelling out Stephane Sessegnon and Saido Berahino strikes.
"I'm disappointed because we played our best match of the season and the result is not good enough," said Van Gaal, 63.
"We could have won but that does not count in our world."
United are still without a victory away from home under Van Gaal, who replaced David Moyes in the summer after steering the Netherlands to the World Cup semi-finals.
While the Red Devils had 63% of possession and registered 22 shots, with seven on target, they looked vulnerable at the back as the Baggies exposed their inexperienced backline on numerous occasions, scoring with both of their shots on target.
Despite that, Van Gaal remained positive about his side's display.
"I have to be happy because we created lots of chances and West Brom only had two chances," he said. "We gave it away, which is a pity because we could have had a new start if we had won.
"There were individual errors and they were forced because West Brom were playing more narrow in midfield and we had to push up."
The Dutchman insisted his team would not sacrifice any of its attacking flair in order to prevent similar defensive mistakes.
"I don't think that is the solution," he said. "Football is made to play attractively for the fans.
"And I think today the fans have enjoyed, not only the Manchester United fans but also the West Bromwich Albion fans, because it was a great game.
"I am happy about our style of play but not happy about the result."
Van Gaal introduced Fellaini as a half-time substitute, and the move paid instant dividends when the Belgian netted his first goal for the club with a stinging shot from the edge of the area, equalising after Sessegnon had smashed home the opener.
Berahino restored the home side's lead with a cool finish after being played in on goal but Blind equalised in the 87th minute with a low shot from 20 yards.
United face Premier League leaders Chelsea at Old Trafford on Sunday before a visit to second-placed Manchester City seven days later.
"I don't think it was a good result for us because the next two games will be difficult," midfielder Fellaini, 26, told BBC Sport. "The manager asked me to put pressure on the box and to keep fighting. I did and I managed to score."
West Brom manager Alan Irvine said his side were "disappointed" not to hold on for all three points against a team they beat at Old Trafford last season.
"We were so close to getting a fantastic result and for us to be in our dressing room feeling bitterly disappointed is a feeling we won't experience much," said Irvine. "We thought the three points were there for the taking.
"We scored two fantastic goals with two fantastic moves. Saido Berahino has good role models here. He is a good finisher with both feet and is very composed in those situations, I wasn't surprised when he scored.
"I enjoyed tonight and I'm enjoying the job, the players are so responsive. We're making progress and I can't praise them enough for how they've reacted since I came to the club."
The portrait by Oscar Rialubin from the Philippines is called Xyclops.
Martin Samworth, chief executive of CBRE said: "The competition constantly provides us with new perspectives on working environments within cities. This year was no exception and Rialubin's intimate portrait of a watch repairman gives insight into a universal trade. Urban life is constantly changing and the beauty of the competition is that it has captured this every year through the winning images."
The Europe, Middle East and Africa prize was awarded to Armen Dolukhanyan for another black-and-white picture. This one shows a young couple, both in the Ukrainian police force.
Peter Graney's photograph of poultry being prepared for market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, won him the Asia Pacific prize.
The other top award went to Christopher Martin, as the winner of the Americas prize for his picture Winter Work, which shows an aeroplane being de-iced at Calgary International Airport, Canada.
Cocu Liu won the mobile section of the competition, capturing this winter scene in Chicago on his phone camera.
There were two awards for younger photographers, with Diogo Miguel Carvalho Goncalves claiming the prize for the 13-15-year-old category with this picture taken at the Carreiros do Monte in Madeira.
The 16-25 age category was won by Belal Hossain Rana, who photographed technicians in Bangladesh working underground to repair electrical cables.
As well as these awards a picture is selected to depict each hour of the day around the globe - here is a small selection of them.
Pedro Lins's picture was taken during a series of protests in Rio De Janeiro in Brazil.
A construction site opposite Borna Mirahmadian's home in Tehran, Iran, is the subject of another image selected by the judges.
Mirahmadian said: "One night I noticed the employees were working double-shift throughout the night (apparently to finish their job on time). Contrasting colours of the lights and shapes of workers' silhouettes grabbed my attention and after a long wait, I could capture this shot from the window of my bedroom."
Johanna Siegmann photographed professional dog walker Leslie in Malibou, California.
Siegmann said: "She can walk up to 20 dogs at a time, although on this day she 'only' had 12. Here she is driving them to a dog park, where they will be allowed to run around, unleashed. The hardest part of her job, from what I witnessed, was unravelling the giant macrame knot of leashes created when the dogs weave in and out around each other."
Martin Faltejsek's picture was taken in London and captured a man with his smartphone.
Faltejsek said: "I was spending some time at my friends in London and one night we went out to buy some food. Walking through the little backstreets, we were passing by so many people standing in front of walls or sitting down on pavements, holding their smartphones and smoking cigarettes or drinking alcohol.
"I love the simplicity in the picture, the symbol of an empty wall and one little man standing there. We tend to live our lives inside social sites and we prefer to spend our time swiping through our phones instead of communicating with people in real life. I find this reality very sad."
Club vice chairman and businessman St Quinton bought a 25% stake in the Cherry and Whites in 2008, and later purchased a further 15%.
Tom Walkinshaw took over the club in 1997, with son Ryan then replacing the former Formula One team boss, who died in 2010.
"This club isn't broken, there's a lot of good things," St Quinton said.
"My goal will be to fill the stadium every week, if you can fill the stadium every week you can have a fantastic atmosphere here at Kingsholm, and you're only going to fill the stadium if you're playing attractive rugby and you're winning.
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"If you can fill the stadium that's the prerequisite to really developing a fantastic club.
"At that point you can afford the very best players, the very best coaches, you can develop the stadium, increase the capacity and you've got great momentum."
Gloucester are eighth in the Premiership, five points outside the top four.
Harry Whitlam, 11, died after the vehicle driven by Gary Green, 51, reversed into him at Swithens Farm, Rothwell, in 2013.
An inquest last year heard Mr Green was almost three times the legal alcohol limit on the day of the crash.
He was not prosecuted at the time as it happened on private land.
Mr Green, of Bradburn Road, Wakefield, admitted failing to ensure the safety of others at a hearing at Leeds Crown Court.
He is due to appear in November for a further hearing before sentencing.
The Health and Safety Executive announced this year it had brought a charge against Mr Green under Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act.
Hollywood actor George Clooney and Republican White House contender Jeb Bush were among Colbert's first guests.
The former host of Comedy Central's satire programme, The Colbert Report, opened the show with a sketch, singing the national anthem around the country.
He also paid tribute to his predecessor Letterman, calling himself "a fan".
"We will try to honour his achievement by doing the best show we can and occasionally making the network very mad at us," said Colbert.
"As long as I have nine months to make one hour of TV, I could do this forever," he added.
The comedian played a hardline conservative in his previous show, Comedy Central's satirical news show The Colbert Report, but he appeared as himself for his mainstream debut.
He was first seen singing the Star Spangled Banner with people at a bowling alley, in a factory and at a youth baseball game - where an "umpire" took unmasked himself as Jon Stewart - Colbert's former colleague on The Daily Show .
As the segment ended, and Colbert walked on stage he was given a standing ovation by the studio audience, who chanted, "Stephen, Stephen, Stephen".
"If I knew you were going to do that, I would have come out here months ago," he joked.
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"With this show, I begin the search for the real Stephen Colbert. I just hope I don't find him on Ashley Madison."
With a self-referential zinger, the new host of The Late Show got straight to the question that many viewers doubtless tuned in asking: Who is Stephen Colbert, now that he has shed the hyper-conservative persona that catapulted him to fame on the cable channel Comedy Central?
The answer, pretty much, is the Stephen Colbert of old. As he joked to one of his first guests, the Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush: "I used to play a narcissistic conservative pundit. Now I'm just a narcissist."
From the supreme confidence with which he bounded onto stage at the famed Ed Sullivan Theatre to the news-style graphics he used to punctuate his comic riffs - one featured a photo-shopped wall along the Mexican border made up of Trump Towers toppled on their sides - much of his show reprised the style and content of The Colbert Report.
So his debut show on CBS felt more like a refurbishment of his on-screen personality rather than a reinvention.
Colbert presented his first guest Clooney with a belated wedding gift for his marriage last year to human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin - a Tiffany paperweight inscribed with the phrase, "I don't know you."
He also binged on a bag of Oreo cookies as he made jokes about Donald Trump, who recently vowed never to eat Oreos again after makers Nabisco Inc said it was opening a new plant in Mexico.
Fellow light-night TV figures also wished him well - including NBC rival Jimmy Fallon who said: "Have a good show, buddy. See you in the locker room." The British host of the Late Late Show, James Corden, showed support on Twitter.
The broadcast ended with Colbert singing with his new house band, led by Jon Batiste, in a cover of Sly and the Family Stone's Everyday People.
They were joined by Mavis Staples, Aloe Blacc, Ben Folds and Buddy Guy, amongst others.
Writing in the Los Angeles Times, critic Robert Lloyd said: "It started strong, ended strong, and in between it was mostly ... strong."
The New York Post said: "The cranky, jaded ghost of David Letterman was driven out of the Ed Sullivan Theatre as its new tenant, Stephen Colbert, made a rousing, late-night debut."
There were too many adverts, said Variety, which timed a "nine-minute break" between Clooney and Bush.
But, once the show hits its stride: "Colbert looks like he has the skill set to settle in and make this job his own, night in and night out."
Asad Shah, 40, was found seriously injured in Minard Road, Shawlands, at about 21:05 GMT on Thursday. He died in hospital.
The incident happened hours after he apparently posted social media messages wishing his customers a happy Easter.
Police said both Mr Shah and the arrested man were Muslims.
A post on Thursday from an account that appears to be Mr Shah's said: "Good Friday and very happy Easter, especially to my beloved Christian nation x!"
Mr Shah was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Floral tributes have been placed at the scene and people have been taking part in a silent vigil there in memory of the shopkeeper.
Residents told BBC Scotland they were shocked and saddened by Mr Shah's death and described the shopkeeper as a "gentleman".
Brothers Qaiser and Omar Khan said they knew Mr Shah well and had repaired his cars in the past. They described him as "a humble, sweet person".
Omar Khan added: "I've known him since I was a wee boy so this is shocking news.
"He was a very straight-forward, humble person who was very good with his customers. He cared about his family a lot."
Robert Maitland, said: "He was very friendly. Every morning we shook hands and said 'have a nice day'. He was just a pleasant, lovely lad."
Isabella Graham, 64, said Mr Shah employed her daughter at the shop when she was younger.
"He was an amazing, wonderful man, he couldn't do enough for you," she said.
"He wouldn't hurt anybody. Nobody in Shawlands would have a bad word to say about him. I can't believe he's gone."
Earlier forensic officers placed a white tent outside his shop, Shah's Newsagent and Convenience Store. Another white tent was placed some metres down the road.
One card left at the cordon read: "Thank you for being the nicest guy on the planet."
Another read: "A good man, much loved and a pillar of the community. You'll be sorely missed."
The town, known for real and fictional links with Cosa Nostra, will now be run directly by the interior ministry.
Corleone was the hometown of the fictional "Godfather" in Francis Ford Coppola's films.
It was also the birthplace of real mafia bosses Salvatore Riina and Bernardo Provenzano.
Riina and Provenzano were both eventually captured, having spent many years on the run.
Provenzano died last month at the age of 83 while Riina, 85, remains in prison serving a life sentence.
Their links with Corleone ensured the town's continuing notoriety but in more recent years residents had tried to overcome historical associations with the criminal network, opening an anti-mafia museum.
Wednesday's move is the first time Rome has disbanded the local government in Corleone.
Local administrations in Arzano, near Naples, and Bovalino and Tropea, both in Calabria, were also dissolved this week amid allegations of mafia links.
But in doing so made it clear Tay's views were a result of nurture, not nature. Tay confirmed what we already knew: people on the internet can be cruel.
Tay, aimed at 18-24-year-olds on social media, was targeted by a "coordinated attack by a subset of people" after being launched earlier this week.
Within 24 hours Tay had been deactivated so the team could make "adjustments".
But on Friday, Microsoft's head of research said the company was "deeply sorry for the unintended offensive and hurtful tweets" and has taken Tay off Twitter for the foreseeable future.
Peter Lee added: "Tay is now offline and we'll look to bring Tay back only when we are confident we can better anticipate malicious intent that conflicts with our principles and values."
Tay was designed to learn from interactions it had with real people in Twitter. Seizing an opportunity, some users decided to feed it racist, offensive information.
In China, people reacted differently - a similar chatbot had been rolled out to Chinese users, but with slightly better results.
"Tay was not the first artificial intelligence application we released into the online social world," Microsoft's head of research wrote.
"In China, our XiaoIce chatbot is being used by some 40 million people, delighting with its stories and conversations.
"The great experience with XiaoIce led us to wonder: Would an AI like this be just as captivating in a radically different cultural environment?"
The feedback, it appears, is that western audiences react very differently when presented with a chatbot it can influence. Much like teaching a Furby to swear, the temptation to corrupt the well-meaning Tay was too great for some.
That said, Mr Lee said a specific vulnerability meant Tay was able to turn nasty.
"Although we had prepared for many types of abuses of the system, we had made a critical oversight for this specific attack.
"As a result, Tay tweeted wildly inappropriate and reprehensible words and images. We take full responsibility for not seeing this possibility ahead of time."
He didn't elaborate on the precise nature of the vulnerability.
Mr Lee said his team will continue working on AI bots in the hope they can interact without negative side effects.
"We must enter each one with great caution and ultimately learn and improve, step by step, and to do this without offending people in the process.
"We will remain steadfast in our efforts to learn from this and other experiences as we work toward contributing to an Internet that represents the best, not the worst, of humanity."
Next week, Microsoft holds its annual developer conference, Build. Artificial intelligence is expected to feature heavily.
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Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said the one-year-old girl known as Asha and her mother would be released into community detention in Australia.
Protesters blockaded the hospital to prevent the child being removed.
Australia's policy on asylum seekers has been widely criticised.
Previously, the government said it would stand firm on its asylum seeker policy amid the protests over the child's impending deportation to Nauru.
It argues that its offshore detention policy is necessary, and aimed at preventing asylum seekers trying to reach Australia on unseaworthy boats.
Australia's High Court upheld Australia's asylum policy as legal under the country's constitution in a decision handed down at the beginning of February.
A woman, 24, and a man, 27, have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence, and bailed.
Paramedics were called to Harlow Town Park in Essex, just after 16:00 GMT on Saturday, where an event organised by Thurston fun fairs was taking place.
Summer was treated by ambulance crews but later died in hospital.
A post-mortem examination established the cause of her death as multiple injuries, Essex Police said in a statement.
It is believed the dome-shaped inflatable carrying Summer blew over a number of trailers and caravans in the park.
Ray Smith, a representative of the Showmen's Guild of Great Britain, said: "It was a sudden gust. Had it been a consistent wind they would have closed down all the inflatables."
The Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate is leading the investigation into the incident.
Det Insp Daniel Stoten urged people who had been at the event to contact police, and urged anyone who had video footage of the scene to get in touch.
He said: "This is a very tragic incident where a young girl has lost her life. My deepest sympathies go out to her family."
East of England Ambulance Service said the girl had suffered serious injuries when the inflatable was blown "some distance". She was treated by ambulance crews and the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance before being taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow.
A spokesman for the ambulance service said: "Our thoughts are with the friends and family involved on this sad day."
Floral tributes have been left at the gates of the park, where a section remains cordoned off by police.
Among them is an Easter basket, while a card on a bunch of flowers reads: "God has taken a beautiful girl for his angel. RIP Princess."
Almost £2,000 has been donated after an online fundraising drive for Summer's family.
On Sunday morning, police were still standing guard around the inflatable. BBC Essex reporter Nick Alliker said about 20 caravans and trailers and a couple of fairground rides remained in the park.
The Health and Safety Executive said it was assisting police with the investigation.
Last year a bouncy castle collapsed while children were playing on it during a fair in the park.
Harlow Council officers visited the site following the incident last May and suggested a number of health and safety improvements, including better stewarding of the event.
It was reported at the time that three children were treated by paramedics when the inflatable castle collapsed on them.
After news of Saturday's tragedy broke, Conservative MP for Harlow Robert Halfon tweeted: "My thoughts and heart go to family."
He said in a statement he would be asking for an "urgent inquiry" and to consider whether bouncy castles "should be banned from Harlow town fairs, until we can be sure that they are completely safe, so such a horrific tragedy never happens again".
Jon Clempner, leader of Harlow Council, said: "Harlow is a town in shock following this tragic incident yesterday. I can't imagine the heartache of the parents and family of the little girl who has died, and my thoughts are with them."
Ardron, 25, joined from Ontario Blues in 2013 and scored seven tries in 64 appearances for the Ospreys.
Wing Tom Grabham and prop Dan Suter will also leave the Ospreys this summer at the end of their contracts.
Centre Jonathan Spratt had already announced his retirement while Sam Underhill, Josh Matavesi and Joe Bearman have signed for other clubs.
Flanker Underhill, who has been included in England's squad to tour Argentina, will join Bath while centre Matavesi has signed for Newcastle Falcons and Bearman will play for Merthyr.
"The nature of professional sport means that there is always a turnover at this time of the year with people leaving," Ospreys managing director Andrew Millward said.
Those in favour of hunting won just over half the votes cast in the keenly-contested vote.
Campaigners for the ban have conceded defeat.
There were jubilant scenes in the counting hall as the pro-hunt activists celebrated victory, which was achieved by only 2,200 votes.
The BBC's Mario Cacciottolo in a tweet says that hunters' association head Joe Perici Calascione is "ecstatic" about the outcome of the vote and has described hunting as an integral part of Maltese tradition.
Opponents of hunting say it will now be an "uphill struggle" to stop annual spring shooting of turtle doves and quail.
The issue has led to disagreements between conservationists and those who say a Maltese tradition is at stake.
Critics accuse hunters of killing scores of birds - they say that turtle dove numbers have declined 77% since 1980 - and encroaching on the island's open spaces.
They argued that the hunting season is abused by some hunters through the illegal shooting of protected species during a crucial migration period as birds fly over Malta into Europe.
About 340,000 people were eligible to vote in the referendum, which was held in response to a voters' petition for a ban on the hunting of birds between 14 April to 30 April.
The margin of victory was tiny - 50.44% to 49.56%.
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat who supported the hunters warned that existing laws would be rigidly applied and anyone who violated them would be punished.
The Times of Malta said that the "Yes" campaign successfully argued that a "No" victory could result in other pastimes, such as fireworks and motorsports, also being banned in referendums.
The paper says that hunting enthusiasts also succeeded in using the "pulling power" of Mr Muscat while simultaneously ensuring that their campaign was "characterised by an absence of images of shotguns and dead birds".
A second hunting season in autumn was not included in the referendum.
Malta is the only EU country that allows recreational spring hunting.
The 24-year-old made 130, hitting his final 56 from 21 balls to press his case for inclusion in England's XI for the Test series with Sri Lanka in June.
Chris Rogers replied with 122 not out for Middlesex in an opening stand of 181 with Sam Robson (77).
Dawid Malan reached 28 by stumps as Middlesex closed day four 230-1.
The record fourth-innings run chase in the County Championship was achieved by Middlesex, who reached 502-6 to beat Nottinghamshire in 1925.
Should the home side pull off an unlikely victory, their score will still be 30 runs short of the County Championship's record fourth-innings run chase.
The fact Middlesex have any chance of achieving such a feat is proof of how much the Lord's pitch has flattened after the sides managed just 301 between them first time around.
Yorkshire began the day in a strong position on 213-4, and after Ballance was supported by Adil Rashid (43) and Andy Hodd (22), it was soon 350-9, leaving Ballance to take charge.
And the England man punished seamer Neil Dexter and the spin of Ollie Rayner to race well beyond three figures before Tim Murtagh finally had him caught at third-man.
Though not in the same fashion as Ballance ended his knock, Robson and captain Rogers scored at a rate well beyond four-an-over before the latter edged Jack Brooks to slip.
But that pace continued with Malan at the crease. Such positivity makes 472 an achievable target in terms of time, though Middlesex still face a colossal task to simply avoid defeat.
BBC London 94.9's Kevin Hand:
"A quite extraordinary day at Lord's has seen the game swing dramatically into the balance.
"Yorkshire would have felt more than comfortable with their position, which has been dominant throughout, when they were bowled out for 416 after some pyrotechnics from Gary Ballance.
"However, Chris Rogers has replied with a magnificent century under incredible pressure with a target of 472, and more than four sessions to bat.
"Opening partner Sam Robson must be close to being nailed on for England's first Test of the summer, as he hit 77.
"Dawid Malan played some further fluent shots towards the end and with nine wickets standing, Middlesex will know that with every run that ticks by, so the pressure will mount on the visitors."
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The soldiers found the money packed in plastic bags during an operation in a deserted Farc rebel camp in April 2003.
They were found guilty of embezzlement. Their lawyers had argued that there had been no theft as it was not clear who owned the money.
The jail sentences ranged from eight months to five years.
At their trial, the court heard that the soldiers had known the money belonged to the Farc and that it had come from drug trafficking, kidnap ransom and extortion.
Instead of reporting the find, the judge said, the soldiers had decided to split it.
Many deserted with the cash and some went on spending sprees, which raised suspicions.
On Friday, the military court ordered the immediate capture of those still on the run.
The soldiers belonged to an anti-guerrilla battalion fighting members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) in the San Vicente de Caguan area.
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Ministers have conceded the poll will not be held on 5 May 2016, the same day as elections to devolved parliaments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
They will also amend planned changes to "purdah" rules, which limit government announcements in the run-up to polls.
Ministers said voters must be assured the referendum would be a "fair fight".
The concessions came ahead of the first day of detailed debate on the EU Referendum Bill, which will authorise an in-out referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union by the end of 2017.
While the bill is backed by the overwhelming majority of MPs, the government is facing opposition within its own ranks and more widely in Parliament over a number of issues, including the date of the referendum and the conduct of the campaign preceding it.
Although he has yet to name a date for the poll, David Cameron had not ruled out holding it next May, at the same time as national and local elections in Scotland and Wales, elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, English council elections and London's mayoral election.
But in an e-mail to Tory MPs, Europe minister David Lidington said the bill would be amended to explicitly rule this out.
"The bill sets out a requirement to hold the referendum by the end of 2017 at the latest and the prime minister has always been clear that if we can hold it earlier then we will," he wrote.
"This has led to a great deal of speculation that the government intends to hold the referendum in May 2016 in combination with elections to Scottish Parliament and Welsh and Northern Irish Assemblies. I can confirm that this is not the case."
Conservative backbenchers are also angry that existing rules governing the conduct of elections and referendums could be relaxed in a way which they say would allow the government to use its resources to influence the outcome of the vote.
The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 sets out a 28-day period ahead of a referendum, during which ministers, government departments and local authorities are banned from publishing material relating to the issue in question.
Prime Minister David Cameron has proposed suspending these rules, arguing the government will not be "neutral" when it comes to the referendum and they would mean ministers were barred from speaking about European court decisions and the EU budget.
In his letter, Mr Lidington defended the move, saying the rules as they stood could prevent ministers conducting day-to-day business.
But he said the government had no intention of spending public money to deliver mailshots to households in the last four weeks of the campaign and would offer amendments in other areas to "command the widest possible support".
The BBC's deputy political editor James Landale said this was designed to assure MPs that the government would not be able to use public funds to back a Yes vote to stay within the EU.
"We will work with colleagues over the next few months to understand their specific areas of concern and.... put beyond any doubt that the campaign will be conducted throughout in a manner that all sides will see as fair," Mr Lidington wrote.
"Working out a system that will reassure colleagues and voters that the referendum is a fair fight, yet will preserve the government's ability to act in the national interest is not straightforward. It is important that it is legally clear and robust."
Ministers are considering issuing a code of conduct aimed at reassuring rebels that they would not abuse the power of the Whitehall machine during the campaign.
The European Union Referendum Bill was unveiled. This is the UK legislation required to allow the referendum to take place. It is currently being debated by MPs before moving to the House of Lords. It is expected to become law in the Autumn.
The first EU summit after the UK general election takes place. David Cameron has pledged to meet every other EU leader before this date, to try to win support for his proposed reforms.
This was regarded as the first possible date for the referendum but it has now been ruled out by ministers. due to opposition to holding it on the same day as other elections, including for London's mayor, the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh and Northern Ireland assemblies.
The UK's first referendum on EU membership, in 1975, was held in early June but this date may come too soon. Mr Cameron has said the timescale should be determined by the renegotiation process.
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says he wants to wrap up EU negotiations by the summer of 2016 if possible, and, if not, by the end of 2016. In the context of the EU this is a very tight deadline, particularly if treaty change is triggered by Mr Cameron's demands. Treaty change requires unanimity of all member states and national parliaments - which took 10 years to complete last time around.
A date in late September would avoid a clash with other elections and meant the poll was held when the weather was still good, which would boost turnout. However, it would clash with the party conference season.
A new US president will be elected. The US has made clear that it hopes the UK will remain within the European Union.
This would be an obvious choice but is complicated by the fact that French presidential elections are due to take place then. With French President Hollande focusing on getting re-elected, the government will be keen to have its negotiations wrapped up by now.
This is getting tight now, with David Cameron having pledged to hold the poll by the end of 2017. There are also German parliamentary elections taking place this month.
The referendum must be held by the end of 2017. Should there be a No vote, the UK will not leave the EU immediately. There will be a transitional period, potentially lasting several years, during which the terms of exit will be negotiated.
But Conservative MP Bernard Jenkin said ministers should simply accept an amendment being tabled on Monday stating that the purdah rules should be reinstated in full.
"Why don't they cut themselves some slack by accepting the amendment and conceding that there needs to be purdah in this referendum," he told the BBC. "Put that in the Bill now and that would give reassurance.
"That is an issue of principle which they could put in the Bill now and amend at a later date if they need to."
The existing rules, he added, had been applied to every referendum staged in the past 15 years and had been endorsed by both the Electoral Commission and the Committee on Standards in Public Life.
And former Conservative defence secretary Liam Fox said to change the rules on purdah for the government's benefit was "unseemly" and unless there was a rethink, he could vote against his party in a whipped division for the first time in 23 years.
Labour said there were "not in the same position" as Tory rebels over the issue but did want "clarity" about how the government would operate during the referendum period. The opposition has also welcomed the decision to rule out the May 2016 date.
Last week, MPs overwhelmingly backed plans for a referendum, allowing the legislation to move to the next stage of its progress through Parliament. It still has several more stages to pass through, however.
David Cameron is starting renegotiation of the terms of Britain's EU membership ahead of a referendum. Here is some further reading on what it all means:
Q&A: The UK's planned EU referendum
UK and the EU: Better off out or in?
What Britain wants from Europe
Timeline: EU referendum debate
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The former AC Milan forward, 26, arrived in England on Wednesday amid reports he is about to join the Premier League strugglers until May.
Chelsea have not commented on a move for Pato, who spent the last two Brazilian seasons on loan at Sao Paulo.
"I really want to play for Chelsea. I need to play. I'm so happy," the Brazil international said.
Pato joined Milan as a 17-year-old in 2007 and was a success, but scored only once in his final 21 Serie A games before moving back to Brazil in 2013.
The forward has scored 10 goals in 25 caps for Brazil, but last appeared for his country in 2013.
He also won a silver medal at the London Olympics in 2012.
After landing at London's Heathrow Airport, Pato said: "Thanks Chelsea for the support and thanks for my fans.
"I want to know my new friends, the new players, and the team."
Pato was speaking as Chelsea midfielder Ramires joined Chinese side Jiangsu Suning in a deal believed to be worth about £25m.
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The 28-year-old was hit by a straight drive from Sam Hain and was bleeding but managed to walk off the pitch with the help of a physio.
He was taken to hospital and Notts later confirmed he had a concussion.
Players from both sides were visibly shaken by the incident, with some in tears as the match was held up.
The match resumed after a 30-minute delay with Birmingham chasing down Notts' total of 158 to win by six wickets.
Notts head coach Peter Moores came out to talk to his players on the pitch and the players then returned to their respective dressing rooms.
Notts and England bowler Jake Ball posted a picture on Twitter to show his team-mate was in good spirits, apparently in the back of an ambulance.
Moores told BBC Radio Nottinghamshire that it was a tough decision to restart the game.
"The lads were shaken up. I mean one of your mates has just gone down.
"We all sat in there [the dressing room] for 20 minutes. A few lads were struggling a bit, but it seemed the right decision to go back and carry the game on.
"Credit to the umpires, they gave us that half-hour to decide what we were going to do."
Nottingham-born Fletcher made his first-class debut for Notts in 2008 and has taken more than 350 wickets across the various formats of the game.
He was part of the side that earlier this month beat Surrey to win the One-Day Cup at Lord's.
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And Brendan Rodgers' footballing philosophy - rare in the blood, guts and thunder of the English league - adheres to the "beautiful game" ethics as Swansea are slowly becoming the second favourite team of purists.
The super-slick Swans enjoy dominating possession and playing with a tempo that few Championship sides have matched this season as the Welsh club stormed into the play-offs.
It is much more difficult to coach a team to play our way than telling them kick the ball up the pitch
Every Swans player is comfortable with the ball at their feet in Rodgers' adaptation of "Total Football", perfected by the Dutch national side of the 1970s, where lumping the ball down the channels or into the stand is frowned upon.
It is an unique style that Swansea's own Dutchman Dorus de Vries feels has not just won admirers but has taken the club to the brink of the Premier League.
"We have great self-satisfaction about our style where we like to be dominant over the opposition, have a slick passing game and be positive going forward," said Swansea's record-breaking goalkeeper.
He added: "When I arrived four seasons ago when we were in League One, Roberto Martinez had just taken charge.
"He tried to build an attractive European brand of football but people said we're not going to win things playing beautiful stuff.
"But we managed to upset people as in his first year we won the League One title by a mile.
"Once we were promoted to the Championship, people again said Swansea are going down because of the way they try to play football.
"We upset everybody again as we finished eighth with virtually the same squad.
"We progressed last year and missed out on the play-offs by a point on the final day of the season with the same style of football, albeit a little bit more defensive.
"Now this season we have scored 60% more goals, only conceded five more than last year and upset the rules that we can play attractive football and succeed.
"I always want to watch beautiful sides, football is an entertainment business. Everyone loves to watch sides like Barcelona and Arsenal and that is how we try to play.
"But we have to win prizes because that is the main thing you want as a player."
De Vries has kept 45 clean sheets in the past two seasons as the footballing finesse that Swansea developed under Martinez, before his move to Premier League Wigan, has grown a solid backbone.
But Rodgers "penetration with possession" mantra, aided by 24-goal summer signing Scott Sinclair, has given Swansea the cutting edge lacking under Paulo Sousa last season.
Swansea have often saved their sublime best for the television cameras with comprehensive triumphs over promoted Norwich City and Leeds United.
And their dominant performance against Championship play-off semi-final rivals Nottingham Forest in March will worry the team that stands between them and a 30 May Wembley final.
"We had some great games live on TV when the pressure was really on because we had to stay in the play-off positions," said De Vries, who was raised on "Total Football" and was a connoisseur of Italian and Spanish football rather than watching the "kick and rush" of the English game.
And Rodgers is a new breed of British coach that, while respecting the traditional English game, shares De Vries' continental values harvested from coaching experience in the Netherlands with Ajax and at Barcelona in Spain.
Rodgers, in his first season at the Liberty Stadium, inherited a talented squad that shares his footballing principles but has polished the edges as Swansea push for a top-flight return after 28 years in the lower leagues.
"It takes courage, it takes bravery and takes trust to play our brand of football," he insists.
"It is much more difficult to coach a team to play our way than telling them to kick the ball up the pitch, take no risks at the back and play only in the opponent's half.
"I have to trust my players, advise them which positions to get in to receive the ball and teach them to show patience if the killer pass is not on to build the game again.
"It is what we believe in, our style is important but football is no good on its own, we have to be able to penetrate.
"People have enjoyed watching us this season and it is a great compliment to my players as they have shown remarkable courage to play the way we want.
"But we are a team that can adjust. We can compete, we can battle, we can fight but we can also control our game.
"If we can hold it together for a little longer, it could be a fantastic end to a brilliant season."
The irony is not lost on Rodgers that the first Welsh team that could grace the English Premier League, may do it playing a foreign brand of football.
The 22-year-old England centre was carried off midway through the second half of Exeter's 41-27 win on Saturday.
"Henry has an injury to the lower part of his right leg and it is envisaged he will be operated on today," said Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter.
"We have set no timescale on how long he will be sidelined for."
The injury raises the prospect of Slade missing England's Six Nations campaign starting in February, but Baxter said more would be known after the operation.
Baxter said the player was "in a cast and the initial prognosis is that it looks likely to be a broken leg".
Slade has won two caps for England, making his debut in the World Cup warm-up game against France in August before starting Stuart Lancaster's side's final pool match against Uruguay.
His injury came on the same day Northampton confirmed prop Alex Corbisiero is set to miss England's Six Nations campaign because he requires knee surgery.
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Ding trailed 4-1 in the best-of-nine-frames match when he made his clearance, but world number three Robertson recovered to win 5-2.
"The reds were looking good so I went for it," Ding told BBC Radio 5 live.
"It's just a 147, a new record for me. I like to beat the records every time I play in the tournaments."
Robertson, who made a 140 break in the third frame, praised his opponent saying: "What a wonderful break.
"He was clearly determined because he went for a risky shot in the forties."
Ronnie O'Sullivan turned down the chance to make a 147 break in the first round because the £10,000 prize money was "too cheap", making 146 after choosing the pink over a black.
The £10,000, which is boosted by £2,000 on offer for the highest break of the tournament, is a rolling prize fund at ranking events.
O'Sullivan thrashed world number one Mark Selby 5-1 in his quarter-final on Friday, and insisted he had been trying for a 147 when an opportunity arose.
"I thought 'he's let the lads down, hasn't he?' O'Sullivan joked when asked about Ding's maximum.
"Ding got it. Fantastic, at least they've had a 147 this week - and a 146. But I was going for it, 100%. There's obviously pressure and I twitched on the black."
Despite making headlines for his decision to ignore a possible 147 earlier in the week, O'Sullivan added: "I think I've done brilliant for this tournament.
"Most people are saying they didn't actually know this event was on. I've created such good headlines - if you had to go and buy them headlines, it would probably cost you a few quid.
"They've had the best of both worlds. They've had a maximum from Ding, they've had the headlines from me this week, so I think I've given great value for money."
After losing only one frame against Selby, a relaxed O'Sullivan said he was in the mood to "go for everything" and entertain the crowd.
"That's exactly what I was thinking, it's good practice for the exhibitions," said the Englishman. "If you start to think of it like a match you can start to not enjoy it.
"It's not really that important. Although it's nice to win and you want to do well, don't get me wrong."
O'Sullivan goes on to face compatriot Joe Perry, who beat Ben Woollaston 5-1, while Robertson will play Northern Ireland's Mark Allen, who beat Michael White 5-0.
Elsewhere, Dave Lewis replaces Will Chudley at scrum-half, while Moray Low and Harry Williams come into the front row.
Damian Welch and Kai Horstmann are included in the second and back row respectively, with teenage scrum-half Jack Maunder on the bench.
Former Bath player Nick Abendanon starts at full-back for the visitors.
The French side, who finished top of the Top 14 regular-season standings last year, have also named former England and Harlequins winger David Strettle in their starting line-up.
Exeter beat Clermont 31-14 at Sandy Park in the pool stages last season, and director of rugby Rob Baxter says that victory will provide his side with belief.
"It's not something we know we can't achieve," he said.
"You have to fly into your first couple of fixtures and that gives you a chance to be a leader, but if you lose, you are a chaser. We will focus on being a leader after these two rounds."
Exeter have won two of their opening six Premiership fixtures, but after narrow defeats by Wasps and Northampton, as well as last weekend's draw with Gloucester, Baxter believes things could easily be different.
"I'm comfortable with where we are. Had a couple of kicks gone differently we would be sitting near the top of the table and thinking everything is all right," he added.
"However, we still have plenty to work on and it starts this weekend."
Clermont are top of the French league after a 29-22 win over Toulouse last weekend.
Pool Five is completed by Bordeaux-Begles - who Exeter were also drawn against in last year's pool stages - and Ulster.
Exeter Chiefs: Lachlan Turner; Olly Woodburn, Ollie Devoto, Sam Hill, Ian Whitten; Gareth Steenson (c), Dave Lewis; Moray Low, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Harry Williams, Geoff Parling, Damian Welch, Kai Horstmann, Julian Salvi, Tom Waldrom
Replacements: Jack Yeandle, Carl Rimmer, Greg Holmes, Mitch Lees, Dave Dennis, Jack Maunder, Henry Slade, Max Bodilly
Clermont Auvergne: Nick Abendanon; David Strettle, Remi Lamerat, Wesley Fofana, Noa Nakaitaci; Camille Lopez, Morgan Parra; Thomas Domingo, Benjamin Kayser, Davit Zirakashvili, Flip Van Der Merwe, Sébastien Vahaamahina, Damien Chouly (c), Julien Bardy, Fritz Lee
Replacements: Nathan Charles, Etienne Falgoux, Clément Ric, Paul Jedrasiak, Alexandre Lapandry, Ludovic Radosavljevic , Pato Fernandez, Aurélien Rougerie
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In June, Lancashire County Council rejected Cuadrilla's fracking application at Roseacre Wood but backed the firm's bid for a monitoring array.
Roseacre Awareness Group (RAG) said the fracking refusal removed the need for monitoring and is lodging papers at the High Court.
The council is yet to respond.
Cuadrilla said it recognised the move by campaigners was "part of the democratic process".
The energy firm is appealing against the decision to refuse permission to drill and frack at Roseacre Wood and a second site at Little Plumpton.
It is also appealing against conditions imposed on the monitoring array at Roseacre Wood which it believed were "not necessary".
Cuadrilla plans to install 91 monitors and dig three boreholes, to monitor seismic activity and water quality.
The boreholes are drilled using a very small truck loaded rig, the firm said.
Chair of the Roseacre Awareness Group Elizabeth Warner said: "These conditions are designed to protect people, environment and wildlife.
"The monitoring array is over 4 km and will affect about 10 communities. It would have significant impact."
The decision to grant the monitoring array after refusing the fracking application was "bizarre", she added.
"We're not dinosaurs, we recognise there has to be development but there clearly should be a need for that development.
"The need for monitoring was outlined as mitigation works for the main application, that need dissolved when the fracking application was refused."
The group's barrister will set out the campaigners' case at the High Court and a judge will decide if it should proceed to judicial review.
"Our hope is the judge will see the fatal flaw in the process and grant permission to proceed," said Ms Warner.
Campaigners have raised £8,000, through crowd funding and fundraisers, to cover legal costs and potential damages.
Ms Warner added: "This is a David and Goliath situation. Cuadrilla have spent about £100m overall.
"We have raised about £8,000 over the last 18 months to fight them. They have spent loads and loads and we were at Garstang show with a bucket trying to raise funds."
Fracking - or hydraulic fracturing - was suspended in the UK in 2011 following earth tremors in Blackpool where Cuadrilla previously drilled.
It is a technique in which water and chemicals are pumped into shale rock at high pressure to extract gas.
The Etixx cyclist was fifth going into the race, almost half-a-minute behind the overall leader Rohan Dennis.
However, the Australian BMC rider dropped out of contention following a crash 48km into the stage.
"The plan was to attack to put BMC and Rohan Dennis in difficulty, and it worked perfectly," Terpstra, 32, said.
Boasson Hagen beat Terpstra and Belgium's Oliver Naesen in a sprint finish to win the 197.8km stage between Bornem and Grammont.
Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin was fourth on the day, followed by Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet, of Belgium, and world title holder Peter Sagan, of Slovakia.
Stage seven result
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor/Dimension Data) 4hrs 33mins 36secs
2 Niki Terpstra (Ned/Etixx Quick-Step) +01sec
3 Oliver Naesen (Bel/IAM Cycling) same time
4 Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Team Giant-Alpecin) +42secs
5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel/BMC Racing) same time
Final standings
1. Niki Terpstra (Ned/Etixx Quick-Step) 22hrs 43mins 26secs
2. Oliver Naesen (Bel/IAM Cycling) +31secs
3. Peter Sagan (Svk/Tinkoff) +1min 00secs
4. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel/BMC Racing) +1min 02secs
5. Jos van Emden (Ned/LottoNL) +1min 03secs
The large billboard on Warwick Road urged electors to vote for Cat Smith - Labour's candidate for Lancaster and Fleetwood, 70 miles away.
Labour's candidate for Carlisle is Lee Sherriff.
A Labour spokesman said the advertising company working for the Lancaster party branch had made the error.
The spokesman said: "This has now been removed. Carlisle Labour Party campaign were not involved in any way."
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German prosecutors have accused Mr Winterkorn, and another former board member, of withholding information from investors about VW's emissions scandal.
Mr Winterkorn resigned last September following revelations that the firm cheated US diesel car emissions tests.
But VW said the prosecutors have offered "no new facts or information".
Volkswagen has already said in response to an investor lawsuit that it met its disclosure obligations.
Mr Winterkorn said at the time of his resignation that he was "not aware of any wrongdoing on my part".
Instead, he said that his resignation had been in the best interests of the company.
The German prosecutor's office in Braunschweig said that the investigation focused on "sufficient real signs" that Volkswagen had not alerted investors as soon as they were aware of the possible financial damage of the emissions manipulation.
The firm officially notified investors on 22 September last year.
Prosecutors did not name the second former board executive being investigated.
Germany's financial watchdog, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, requested the probe, prosecutors said.
On Monday, Europe's largest carmaker, said in a statement: "Today's press release from the Braunschweig public prosecution service does not cite any new facts or information on any serious breaches of duty by the members of the Board of Management now accused.
Last year, US regulators discovered that VW cars were fitted with software that could distort emissions tests.
The German giant subsequently said 11 million cars worldwide were affected.
Last September Volkswagen admitted to installing so-called defeat devices in 11 million cars worldwide.
Regulators found the defeat device enabled VW cars to appear less polluting during tests than they would while driving normally.
In celebration of astonishing aliases and marvellous monikers from throughout pop history, we take a look back at some of the most bizarre names in music.
In 1993, Prince changed his name to a symbol.
A mash up of the male and female gender symbols - and officially referred to as The Love Symbol - he wrote in a statement at the time that it was "an unpronounceable symbol whose meaning has not been identified. It's all about thinking in new ways, tuning in 2 a new free-quency".
Floppy disks containing the font file for The Love Symbol were distributed to the press, allowing journalists everywhere to type Prince's new name, even though they had no idea how to say it out loud. Instead, most chose to go with somewhat clumsier The Artist Formerly Known As Prince or simply The Artist.
Prince's name change had its roots in a conflict with record company Warner Bros. "Warner Bros took the name, trademarked it, and used it as the main marketing took to promote all of the music I wrote," Prince said. "The company owns the name Prince and all related music marketed under Prince. I became merely a pawn used to produce more money for Warner Bros."
In 2000, after the contract expired, Prince went back to simply being called Prince.
Fans of zoology will know monkeys are not native to the Arctic Circle, but that didn't stop Sheffield's favourite indie four-piece from naming themselves after non-existent sub-zero simians.
There's no deep and meaningful reason behind Arctic Monkeys' name. In fact, in 2011 singer Alex Turner revealed in an interview with Q Magazine that Arctic Monkeys was chosen precisely because it was meaningless.
"I've no idea where it came from. It was Jamie [Cook, guitarist]'s fault, he came up with it and he's never even told us why. If he even knows, he's keeping it a secret from me.
"There might have been other ideas for offshoots at the time, but the Monkeys was the first one. It sounds like a first band name, doesn't it? It's so bad that the tribute bands don't sound worse. I saw there's an Aertex Monkeys, that's pretty clever."
Not to be outdone by Prince in the name-changing stakes, Sean John Combs has officially had seven separate sobriquets throughout his rap career.
His 1997 debut album No Way Out was released under the name Puff Daddy - the "Puff" part supposedly derived from his childhood reputation that he would "huff and puff" when he was angry, and the "Daddy" being a popular rap tag of the day meaning "The Man".
He reverted to the simple Sean John until follow-up LP Forever hit record stores in 1999. Combs began referring to himself as Puffy in the press, even though Puff Daddy remained his official title.
Later that year, after being charged and cleared of bribery and four weapons-related offences, he told MTV he wanted to break from the past, saying "no more Puff Daddy... I just want something fresh. I'm rocking with P Diddy now." This latest epithet had been suggested by his late friend the Notorious B.I.G.
Ever restless, Combs dropped the "P" to become just "Diddy" in 2003, telling NBC: "I felt the 'P' was coming between me and my fans."
Following an impressive eight consecutive years using just one name, in 2011 Combs shocked the rap world yet again with the change to Swag. He even set up a Twitter account @iamswag, which went dormant five days later.
Just in time for the release of his 2014 mixtape MMM, Combs told fans they'd been getting it wrong for the preceding 13 years, as his name had actually been Puff Daddy all along.
Combs' musical swansong No Way Out 2 is set to be released in April 2017 under the name Puff Daddy. As he retires from the biz forever, so too will his many monikers, he told CNN in 2016.
"Now I'm just good old Sean. I'm back to me. I have different personalities, you know what I'm saying? Nobody knows who's coming downstairs in the morning."
Of all the parts of human anatomy to name a band after, the elbow is especially odd.
Guy Garvey and co spent years going by the name Mr Soft when they formed at Bury College in 1991, inspired by a character from an infamous soft mints commercial.
In time they dropped the "Mr" to simply become Soft, until 1997, when they changed to Elbow, allegedly because of how the word was described as "the most sensuous in the English language" in BBC TV drama The Singing Detective.
Born Arnold George Dorsey in 1936, the legendary Leicester crooner initially tried to make his name in showbiz under the name Jerry Dorsey, owing to his ability to do an uncanny impression of comedian Jerry Lewis.
For a decade, Dorsey struggled to make an impact on the music scene, until he teamed up with manager George Mills, who suggested Dorsey borrow the name Engelbert Humperdinck from a 19th Century German composer.
The gamble paid off when Release Me went to number one, beating The Beatles' double A-side Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane to the top slot in 1967.
"I had no choice," Dorsey later said of the name change. "I was a starving singer, and someone was giving me a chance to get on in the business."
Years later, Engelbert Humperdinck grew fond enough of his weird new name to legally adopt it by deed poll.
It goes to show that having a bizarre name is no hindrance to musical success. What might sound daft when first heard has the potential to become an all-time classic.
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The EuroMillions ticket for the 8 June draw was bought in the Stevenage or Hitchin area of Hertfordshire.
The missing ticket-holder matched all five numbers - 5, 11, 22, 34 and 40 - and the Lucky Star numbers - 9 and 11.
The deadline to claim the money was 23:00 GMT on Wednesday. It is the biggest unclaimed lottery win in history.
A National Lottery spokeswoman said: "Unfortunately, I can confirm that the ticket-holder did not come forward within the deadline to claim their prize and has now sadly missed out on this staggering amount of money.
"The vast majority of prizes are claimed within the 180 days but to avoid this unfortunate situation happening again, we would urge all National Lottery players to check their tickets on a regular basis."
The money, and the interest it has generated, will go to the National Lottery Good Causes.
A statement released by the firm said his departure was "in the best interest of the company".
The senior management team will take over leadership until a new chief executive is appointed, it added.
Details of more than 33m accounts were stolen from the website, which offers people the chance to have an affair.
"We are actively adjusting to the attack on our business and members' privacy by criminals. We will continue to provide access to our unique platforms for our worldwide members," the firm's statement said.
"We are actively co-operating with international law enforcement in an effort to bring those responsible for the theft of proprietary member and business information to justice."
Canadian parent company Avid Life Media, which owns the site, has offered a reward of C$500,000 (£240,000) for information about the Ashley Madison hackers.
The leaked data, stolen by a group calling itself Impact Team, also included 200,000 emails belonging to Noel Biderman.
Norwegian security researcher Per Thorsheim confirmed to the BBC that they appeared genuine.
"I saw one email or two emails and I could verify the sender, the recipient, the domains and everything so it has to be an email from the CEO's mailbox," he said.
"There's no doubt about that."
Mr Biderman, a former sports lawyer, launched the website in 2001.
He said at the time that he wanted to offer the same opportunities for both women and men seeking extra-marital encounters.
However some of the journalists and security experts who have trawled through the leaked data say there appear to be many more male profiles than female ones.
The site's name was made up of the two most popular names for baby girls in the US at the time - Ashley and Madison.
Parent company Avid Life Media also owns other match-making websites including Cougar Life, Established Men, and The Big and the Beautiful.
Prior to the hack, the firm had announced plans to list publicly in London later this year, with the aim of raising up to $200m (£134m).
At the time Christoph Kramer, Ashley Madison's director of international relations, said Europe had "a more laissez-faire attitude" towards the sector.
The recall applies to boxes sold in the US, Puerto Rico and some Caribbean and South American countries.
"We deeply apologize to the consumers we have disappointed," Kraft said in a statement.
A full list of the recalled products is available on its website.
Kraft said that 242,000 cases of 7.25oz boxes were being recalled, and that they were sold in packages of three, four and five boxes.
It said it had received eight consumer complaints but no reported injuries as a result of the metal pieces.
This is Kraft's second product recall in six months. In August, it recalled about 7,700 cases of some varieties of its Kraft American singles cheese product after an ingredient was stored improperly.
The 36-year-old will play his first game against Essex at The Oval on 19 July and then will be available for the rest of the tournament.
Pietersen first joined Surrey in 2010 and made his last appearance in England in June 2015, when he did not bat in a rain-affected game against Sussex.
He recently helped Quetta Gladiators reach the Pakistan Super League final.
Pietersen has played mostly T20 cricket since appearing in the last of his 104 Tests in 2014.
He is England's third-highest run scorer in international T20 cricket behind Eoin Morgan and Alex Hales, and was part of the England team that won the World Twenty20 title in 2010.
South Africa-born Pietersen revealed the news via video on his Facebook page while playing golf at Wentworth.
"I am so, so happy to be back with Surrey and back playing in England," he said.
"I love playing in England, I love playing at The Oval and I've always loved the dressing room at The Oval."
Surrey won the inaugural county T20 competition in 2003 and have been losing finalists on two occasions since then, most recently to Northants in 2013.
Pietersen will miss the first four group games of the 2017 competition, but will be available for the other 10 matches and the knockout stage, should Surrey get that far.
"Re-signing KP is a massive boost to the club and the T20 Blast competition," Surrey director of cricket Alec Stewart told the club website.
"To have a player of his undoubted calibre available to us will add strength and experience to our squad and I'm sure all our fans will enjoy seeing him back playing in England again.
"His work ethic and appetite for success are infectious and our squad have always enjoyed having him around the dressing room and performing out in the middle."
Pietersen began the winter in South Africa playing for Dolphins in the CSA T20 Challenge and scored 198 runs in five innings, including 81 off 46 balls against Warriors in December.
From there, he travelled to Australia for the Big Bash tournament, contributing 268 runs in eight innings to help Melbourne Stars reach the semi-finals.
In February's Pakistan Super League, he had two ducks in his first three innings, but bounced back with two half-centuries, including a match-winning 88 not out off 42 balls against Lahore Qalandars, in which he hit eight sixes.
But he, along with England's Tymal Mills and Sussex all-rounder Luke Wright, opted not to take part in the final because of security concerns about playing in Lahore.
The Hornsea Project Two scheme would see 300 turbines built 55 miles (88 km) off the East Yorkshire coast and provide enough electricity to power almost two million homes.
Developer Dong Energy is already building a smaller site nearby.
The company said it would make a final investment decision on whether to construct the new site later.
Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark said his decision to give consent would lead to "jobs and economic growth right across the country".
"The UK's offshore wind industry has grown at an extraordinary rate over the last few years, and is a fundamental part of our plans to build a clean, affordable, secure energy system," he said.
Brent Cheshire, Dong Energy's UK chairman, said development consent for the project was "very welcome".
"We have already invested £6 billion in the UK, and Hornsea Project Two provides us with another exciting development opportunity in offshore wind," he said.
Hornsea Project Two is the second stage of Dong Energy's planned development of the Hornsea Zone in the North Sea.
If built, the four wind farms would cover an area of 662 sq miles (1,725 km sq).
At 623 feet (190m) high, each turbine would be taller than the Gherkin building in London. The first of the turbines will be made in Siemens' newly-built Hull factory.
The aim is for Project One to be operational by 2020.
The energy firm said it expected to submit a planning application for Hornsea Project Three in 2018. If approved, construction was anticipated for sometime between 2022 and 2025.
"I stupidly got on my bike this morning and got the sleet right in my face," she winces.
Having dried off and freshened up, she settles down to chat. Marling has a reputation for being a shy, sometimes reluctant interviewee - but LA clearly has rubbed off on her.
She chews gum as we talk, laughing bawdily as she discusses her penchant for dating drummers. ("What do they bring to a relationship? Rhythm!")
The 27-year-old also reveals her mum keeps a "very meticulous scrapbook" of her career, and admits to cooking up her own brand of Halloumi cheese.
"I'm aiming for direct competition with Alex James," she says, referring to the cheese-making Blur bassist. "But bloody hell, what a boring thing to talk about".
So instead we circle back to that new album.
It's her sixth, and possibly best, record since she emerged at the age of 17 as part of the indie folk movement that also spawned Mumford and Sons, Lucy Rose and Noah and the Whale.
Sumptuous and sensual, Semper Femina adds a hint of West Coast sheen to her delicate, acoustic melodies. Marling generously credits her band and producer Blake Mills for the progression.
"All of the musicality of the album is down to them," she says. "I wanted to be in the middle of it, but for someone else to be painting the picture around it."
If you don't have a Latin textbook to hand, the album's title is taken from a line in Virgil's epic poem The Aeneid.
The line is "varium et mutabile semper femina", which translates as "woman is always fickle and changeable". "I thought that was very jolly," says Marling, apparently without sarcasm.
She came across the phrase years ago and had a truncated version - "Semper Femina", or "always a woman" - tattooed on her leg when she was 21.
It's a fitting title for a record that explores femininity in all its forms, from the archetypal wild teenager to the artist's muse, while reflecting on female friendships and betrayals.
Marling prompted a lot of speculation when she announced in a press release that the album was written during a "masculine time" in her life, after she had "gone on this trip of abandoning any sexuality".
She clarifies that today, saying she was simply trying to write about women from a "neutral perspective". But she admits LA prompted a period of androgyny.
"People there are just a bit more far-out," she explains. "Nobody's got a job, they can dress however they want. A lot of my friends are queer or gender-fluid. So I was picking up on that.
"Then there was also my natural relationship with [womanhood]. I'm unsure. I'm unsure of my own femininity or masculinity.
"There are some circumstances in which I employ more of a masculine approach in order to protect myself; and there are circumstances where I indulge in my more feminine side because that vulnerability seems more important.
"I'm interested in the differences between men and women, of which there are plenty, and they need to be understood better."
Such as?
"Well, I was talking to my producer, Blake, and he said he started playing guitar to impress girls. I think when I started playing guitar, it was to impress my dad.
"So Blake's relationship to his instrument is very different to mine and his reason for writing songs is very different to mine but, at the same time, he is extraordinary. And so those differences can be great.
"You can reduce it down to an Eastern idea that men expend energy and women are self-perpetuating."
One of the album's big themes is how women are observed - both by men and each other.
On Wild Fire, Marling talks about a friend who keeps a "pen behind her ear" and constantly jots down her thoughts in a notepad.
"Of course the only part that I want to read is about her time spent with me," the singer drawls.
"Wouldn't you die to know how you're seen? Are you getting away with who you're trying to be?"
That's a perennial question for a performer - especially one who seems so cautious of the limelight.
"Would I die to know how I'm seen?" she asks herself, when the lyric is brought up. "I don't know!
"I'm aware, obviously, that I'm looked at and considered and reviewed and criticised. But I'm pretty good at steering pretty clear of those [articles], unless they're delivered to me by my mother."
On Nouel, she turns the tables - objectifying one of her real-life friends as a classic muse.
"Oh Nouel, you sing so well / Sing only for me?" Marling pleads, going on to compare her friend to Gustave Courbet's Origine Du Monde - an 1866 painting of a woman sprawled naked on a bed.
"I was interested in what it is like to be made a muse," says Marling. "Nouel is a person who exists, a visual artist I know in Los Angeles, and I took her essence and I exaggerated it into a fantasy.
"She [Nouel] was very flattered by it - but then again she was able to remove herself from it.
"It's her but it's not her. I haven't painted a picture of her - it's my projection of my feelings about how extraordinary I feel she is."
In black and white this all seems very intellectual and, well, pretentious.
Marling is quite aware of how it comes across, poking fun at the "pseudo-science" and "pop psychology" she espouses.
On the album she even sings, "Lately I wonder if all my pondering takes up too much ground?"
But the music breathes warm life into these high concepts, resulting in a romantic, confessional suite of songs.
By the last track, Nothing Not Nearly, Marling has put all the contemplation aside to observe: "Nothing matters more than love. No nothing. Not nearly."
It reflects her current, contented state of mind.
"I'm loving my late twenties," she says. "The closer I get to 30, the more at ease I feel with myself."
Each of her albums has contributed to that sense of self, she continues.
"This one was about understanding femininity and masculinity. The last one was understanding solitude.
"Before that was heartbreak, before that was freedom and before that was anger. It's like I'm tackling the world one emotion at a time!"
So what's next? Rebellion? Passion? Paranoia?
"Possibly. Or fear, given the era that we're seemingly stepping into," she says. "It's not been good."
She talks about the "horrifying but unbearably addictive quality" of President Trump, saying she's constantly checking her phone for the latest update.
While the Trump era has already prompted a surge in political protest songs, Marling has trouble viewing this as a positive.
"I don't think anyone would wish that on the world for the sake of writing a good song. That's not the purpose of art - to encounter animosity for the sake of having something to do.
"A singer, who's now a big singer, once said to me: 'It'd be so cool to be really heartbroken because it'd be good for my songwriting."
"I was like, 'You silly, naive wally!' Never wish that on yourself. It's unbearable."
Semper Femina is out on 10 March. Laura Marling is currently on tour around the UK.
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Midfielder James McCarthy (hamstring) and keeper Maarten Stekelenburg (dead leg) are still out, while new signing Ademola Lookman is cup-tied.
Leicester's Islam Slimani, Riyad Mahrez and Daniel Amartey are also missing because of Africa Cup of Nations duty.
Wilfred Ndidi is available to make his debut after his £15m move from Genk.
England striker Jamie Vardy, who has completed a three-match suspension for his sending-off at Stoke, and midfielder Danny Drinkwater (knee injury) could return as Foxes manager Claudio Ranieri shuffles his squad.
Everton manager Ronald Koeman:
"This competition is a title and if you ask every manager, they like to win titles.
"We know it is difficult, but we take it very seriously. We will go for it. We fight for everything."
Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri:
"It is important the players who are involved now show their best to help the team go forward.
"This is my philosophy. I want to see everyone ready, everybody involved in our project. That is it."
And as the chart below shows, in recent years it has begun loosening the purse strings - in 2005, the Chinese government and Chinese companies collectively invested about $17bn (£11bn) in global assets, according to The Heritage Foundation. Last year they invested almost $130bn.
That sounds like a lot of money, but in the context of global world trade or the economic output of developed economies, it is small change. For example, the total amount of money invested by China into Britain over the past nine years amounts to just 0.7% of the UK's total GDP in 2012.
And Britain is one of the more popular destinations for Chinese investment. It is in the top 10 nations globally and attracts more than double the investment of any other nation in Europe. Globally, Australia comes out top, but even here Chinese investment last year equated to just 0.6% of the country's annual GDP. In developing nations, Chinese investment is more significant. In Nigeria, for example, inflows from China equated to 2% of GDP in 2012.
Almost half of all the money invested overseas by China and Chinese companies in the past nine years went into the energy and power sector. China's demand for energy is expected to triple by 2030 so countries with abundant natural resources will continue to attract the most money from China.
While more Chinese money is invested in the energy sector than in any other in Britain, China holds a number of investments elsewhere, including in Barclays Bank, BP, Diageo and Thames Water. Most are minority stakes, but it does have a controlling interest in some household names. For example, Bright Foods owns a 60% stake in Weetabix, the Wanda conglomerate owns 92% of Sunseeker boats, while Geely Automobile owns Manganese Bronze, the company that makes London taxis.
Some of the companies listed below are not British firms, but the investments shown refer to assets based in Britain. For example, last year China Investment Corporation paid Ferrovial $700m to buy a 10% stake in Heathrow airport, and paid $400m to Deutsche Bank to take a stake in the bank's London offices.
There are four other UK companies that have received monies from China, but are not included in the list as the money went into divisions based overseas. The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOCC) invested almost $1.5bn to take a 33% stake in Tullow Oil's Ugandan operations in 2011. In 2010, CNOCC spent $270m on a 5% stake in BG's energy interests in Australia.
In 2008 and 2009, Aluminium Corporation of China (Chinalco) made two investments totalling $14.3bn in Rio Tinto to take a 12% stake in the mining giant's aluminium operations in Australia, and two years later paid another $1.4bn to Rio for a share of its steel business in Guinea.
Finally, in 2008, oil trader Sinochem paid $470m for a stake in oil and gas exploration company Soco International for a stake in its oil business in Yemen.
Download the full data from the Heritage Foundation.
China is to impose the levy on imports of some specialist, high-tech steel from the EU, South Korea, and Japan.
It comes after Tata Steel announced it was selling its loss-making UK plants, putting thousands of jobs at risk.
The duties were "unwelcome", but "not expected to have much impact", the government said - but Tata said it was worried about the wider market effect.
The company - and UK government - has previously cited cheap steel imports from China as one of the reasons the industry is under pressure.
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The Chinese ministry of commerce said imports of grain-oriented flat-rolled electrical steel - a type of high-tech steel made by Tata's Cogent subsidiary in Newport - would be charged duties ranging from 14.5% to 46.3%.
The US has imposed tariffs of 266% on Chinese steel but Britain blocked efforts at EU level to impose similarly high emergency tariffs.
A government spokesman said the UK had been at the forefront of pressing for European action on unfair steel "dumping" - selling steel very cheaply and regularly at a loss - but it was important for tariffs to be set at the right level, based on clear evidence of unfair trade.
"It is in no-one's interests for there to be an escalation of protectionist tariffs," he added.
Gareth Stace, director of industry body UK Steel, said the direct impact of the new Chinese tariffs was small - but the move represented a "tit for tat trade war that may escalate further".
He said the UK and other EU governments must use "drastic measures" to tackle the "flood" of Chinese imports into Europe.
Tariffs currently imposed in the EU were too low and took too long to come into effect after being agreed, he said.
BBC business correspondent Joe Lynam
This is a warning shot across the bows from the Chinese to the Europeans.
There has been a lot of talk within the EU about slapping huge tariffs on Chinese imported products, and the impact that would have.
The Americans have already done so with tariffs of 266% on Chinese imported steel.
While this particular tariff is going to have virtually no impact on European steel - simply because it is so specialised - this could be viewed as the Chinese getting their revenge in before they're even attacked.
The message is: "We can start at small products, but we can build up to really hurt your goods if you really want to go down this road."
The big picture of course is that China has been accused of "dumping" - selling their steel for below what they sell it for in their home market - and that has destroyed British steel.
The political pressure on the UK government to do something to rescue British steel - a symbolic industry - is ever mounting.
Tata said the type of steel affected by the Chinese tariffs had not been exported "in recent times from our UK operations", but it was concerned about the knock on effect on other countries looking for alternative markets for their products.
It also highlighted the "ongoing disparities between the high tariffs set by other countries and the low tariffs which continue to be set by the EU".
Earlier, Downing Street said David Cameron had raised his concerns about the steel crisis with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington.
Mr Cameron said they needed to work together to tackle "over-capacity".
Commenting on the Tata situation, he said every effort was being made to save jobs after the company's decision to sell its loss-making UK plants - but he warned there were "no guarantees of success".
Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson told the BBC the government had been "on the back foot", and should have changed procurement rules to ensure a role for British steel in big projects such as HS2.
He said Business Secretary Sajid Javid seemed "harnessed to his ideology" and unable to see a role for temporary state intervention.
Tata's UK business - which directly employs 15,000 workers and supports thousands of others - includes plants in Port Talbot, Rotherham, Corby and Shotton.
Steel production makes up 1% of Britain's manufacturing output and 0.1% of the country's economic output.
The search in the Inver Road area is linked to the arrest of a serving Royal Marine last week.
Ciarán Maxwell, who is from the town, was arrested in Somerset as part of the investigation after searches in Larne and Devon.
The 30-year-old marine is still being questioned.
The Metropolitan Police have until 12:20 BST to charge or release Mr Maxwell after his detention was extended by a London court on Friday.
Some homes and at least one business were evacuated while searches were carried out on Tuesday, said DUP councillor Paul Reid.
Larne's Town Park was also closed off by police, but has since reopened.
Meanwhile, police investigating dissident republican activity are questioning a 27-year-old man.
He was arrested on Monday morning in Larne.
His arrest is understood to be connected to the discovery of two arms dumps near the County Antrim town earlier this year.
In March, the PSNI said they had uncovered a "significant terrorist hide" of bomb-making components and explosives at Carnfunnock Country Park.
Among the items recovered were wiring, circuit boards, partially constructed power timer units and a small quantity of explosives.
In May, a second significant arms cache, including an armour-piercing improvised rocket and two anti-personnel mines, was found at Capanagh Forest, near Larne.
Both finds were thought to be linked to dissident republican paramilitaries.
The Red Devils survived a late scare against Spanish side Celta Vigo to join Ajax in the 24 May final in Stockholm.
Mourinho fears Ajax, who finish the Dutch season on Sunday, will be better prepared after a 12-day break.
"This season has been so difficult, so if we manage to win the Europa League it will be amazing," he said.
"It means a chance to win a trophy and the opportunity to be back in the Champions League."
Leading 1-0 from the first leg, United took control of the tie as Marouane Fellaini headed home Marcus Rashford's cross.
Celta, needing two goals, levelled on the night through Facundo Roncaglia to set up a tense final few minutes.
And Celta striker John Guidetti scuffed a golden chance to put the visitors through to their first major European final with the final kick of the game.
Mourinho has prioritised winning Europe's secondary club competition, which guarantees a place in next season's Champions League, in his debut season at Old Trafford.
United have three Premier League games left before they can fully focus on their seventh European final.
The Red Devils, who are sixth and four points adrift of Manchester City in fourth, visit second-placed Tottenham on Sunday.
Mourinho's side also face a trip to Southampton before rounding off their campaign with a home game against Crystal Palace.
The Eagles, who could still be fighting for their top-flight survival, visit Old Trafford three days before the Europa League final.
"Ajax's league finishes Sunday," said Mourinho. "They have 12 days to prepare. We have three games and three days.
"Hopefully Palace have nothing to play for because I will make a lot of changes."
Celta coach Eduardo Berizzo bemoaned the fact United scored with what he said was their "one chance".
"We performed much better than United did at our place," he said. "We possibly deserved to get through.
"Given the huge gap on all levels between the clubs, we managed to bridge that gap.
"I want my team to play the way I live life. We express ourselves through attacking football. I think our opponents wanted to break up our fluidity."
Former England international Chris Waddle, who was at Old Trafford for BBC Radio 5 live:
"Manchester United have always been known as entertainers, but I think they showed against Celta Vigo what they are now, which is a well-disciplined and well-organised team - the bit of them that was off the cuff has gone.
"United were set up defensively and playing on the counter-attack, and doing that they are never going to score a lot goals. You can see why they have struggled to beat teams at Old Trafford this season.
"Yes, results and trophies are what matters to Jose Mourinho, and his side have won the tie and are into the Europa League final, but the way they did it was not very entertaining.
"Trophies are brilliant to lift and they go in the cabinet and add to a club's history. You can look at them and say a team were winners but they do not tell you how well, or how badly, they played to do it.
"In the final they will be playing against an Ajax team who play the way Ajax have always played - entertaining, attack-minded and looking to get on the front foot.
"United won't do that. They will have the same game plan as they did against Celta Vigo - Mourinho is going to set up his side in an identical way and he will not take any risks."
1968 European Cup - WON
Led by Bobby Charlton and George Best, Matt Busby's side became the first English team to win the European Cup with a 4-1 win over Benfica at Wembley.
1991 Cup Winners' Cup - WON
Two goals from Mark Hughes, now Stoke manager, gave United a 2-1 win over Barcelona in Rotterdam. Ronald Koeman, now manager of Everton, scored for Barca.
1999 Champions League - WON
Perhaps United's most famous success. Trailing Bayern Munich in the Nou Camp heading into stoppage time, Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored following David Beckham corners to complete an incredible turnaround and seal an unprecedented Treble.
2008 Champions League - WON
An all-English affair in late-night Moscow. Cristiano Ronaldo and Frank Lampard exchanged goals to take the tie to penalties and, after Ronaldo missed, John Terry had the chance to win it for Chelsea. However, he slipped, missed, and Edwin van der Sar then saved from Nicolas Anelka.
2009 Champions League - LOST
Ronaldo's final game for United ended in defeat as Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi scored to give Pep Guardiola's Barcelona victory in Rome.
2011 Champions League - LOST
A repeat performance from Guardiola's Barcelona as United were outclassed at Wembley. Lionel Messi, Pedro and David Villa scored and Sir Alex Ferguson described Barca as the best team he had ever faced.
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This is the latest in a summer of volcanic activity, with the last eruption just four days ago.
The Colima volcano is also known in Mexico as the Volcano of Fire. It's an active volcano, and has erupted around 30 times since 1585.
Local villages have been covered in ash and some people have had to leave their homes.
The eruption was captured by a fixed web camera, which was placed there in 2013 to monitor the volcano's eruptions.
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One officer was injured when bottles were thrown at police in Agincourt Avenue as a crowd of about 300 people gathered ahead of St Patrick's Day.
The disturbances lasted for over two hours, ending at about 04:30 GMT.
The three men, aged 19, 20 and 21, are due in court next month. The 20-year-old was charged with assault on police.
He has also been charged with disorderly behaviour, obstructing police and resisting police.
The teenager faces a charge of riotous behaviour while the 21-year-old is charged with disorderly behaviour.
There was a heavy police presence in the Holyland on Thursday.
The PSNI said they went to the area in the early hours of Thursday after a crowd was reported to be blocking the road and throwing missiles at homes and cars.
Vehicles parked along the street were damaged during the trouble.
One police officer said some people in the crowd had been singing "pro-IRA songs".
The officer who was injured was hit on the shoulder with a bottle.
Officers were in riot gear and had police dogs.
The PSNI expressed concern that more trouble could erupt in Belfast's Holyand area on Thursday night.
Speaking on BBC's Evening Extra programme, Ch Supt Chris Noble said significant operations are ongoing in the area and that more arrests are expected.
"Where there are offences, we will be dealing with people who are committing them.
"What young people do could have a life-changing effect for them in terms of their education and their employment.
"We're dealing with people who are abusing alcohol and then abusing the community within which they live.
"I would strongly encourage people to consider the long term consequences of engaging in any anti-social or criminal behaviour. This could lead to you receiving a fine and a criminal record."
About twenty staff from Queen's University and Ulster University are spending the day and night in the Holyland area.
The BBC understands that at about 18:00 GMT, the staff were instructed by police to remain in a church in the area for their own safety.
The staff have been working with the PSNI and Belfast City Council to plan for the day for a number of months.
In 2015, a number of students from both universities were disciplined after St Patrick's Day.
Queen's University investigated 82 students, suspending five and issuing fines totalling £5,210.
Ulster University disciplined 84 students.
None were suspended, but a number were issued with fines of between £50 and £100.
On Thursday morning, one student living in the area said the crowd had been good-natured before the police arrived.
Another told the BBC: "It was very hectic, some would say mayhem, it was very crazy.
"There was a lot of jumping on cars, hitting cars, speeding cars, there was a couple of boys getting hit and whatever.
"But at the same time there was a lot of good craic going on."
The area has been the scene of disturbances on previous St Patrick's Days.
In a statement, Queen's University, Belfast, condemned the trouble.
It said: "Staff from the university and the students union are on the ground in the Holyland area, as they will be tonight.
"While the vast majority of Queen's students will celebrate St Patrick's Day in an enjoyable and peaceful manner, Queen's will fully investigate any complaints or reports of anti-social behaviour."
The statement said a "strict off-campus disciplinary code" is in place at the university, and that if any Queen's student is found to have brought the university into disrepute, they will be "subject to the full rigours of this code".
The university said it has been working with the PSNI, Belfast City Council, Ulster University and Belfast Met since January, and that it supports "robust enforcement of legislation in relation to anti-social behaviour".
An Ulster University spokeswoman said: "Given the significant amount of work carried out by all partners in advance of St Patrick's Day, we are disappointed with the behaviour displayed last night.
"The Holyland area of south Belfast attracts a combination of university and college students, non-residents and post-primary students, but, as yet, it is not possible to verify specifically who was responsible for last night's behaviour."
Ray Farley of the Belfast Holyland Regeneration Association described Thursday morning's trouble as disgraceful.
"It's the old expression 'when the drink gets in, the sense goes out'," he said.
"These folks, the next day when they're being disciplined or whatever's happening, they're the saddest people, but when they're with their friends they think they're invulnerable.
"They must understand that this could have serious repercussions because if you are arrested for something like this you won't be able to go to America, you won't be able to get certain jobs, you will have great difficulty.
"So I'd stress to people - please don't get yourself into the situation where you're going to drink to excess."
Briege Ruddy, from College Park Avenue Residents' Association, also condemned the disturbances.
"We will challenge this behaviour, because this is our area, residents have a right to live here, we have a right to sleep and to carry on with our work and we will do that and eventually this will change," she said.
The three men who were charged have all been released on bail and are due in court in Belfast on 13 April.
The Glovers Ladies' have described the 31-year-old England defender as the "biggest signing" in club history.
Yorston leaves Bristol as the club's longest-serving payer, having spent eight years with the Vixens.
"I am disappointed to be losing Corinne. She is a big character and will be missed," Bristol boss Dave Edmondson told the club website.
"At this stage of her career, a new challenge is what she feels she needs and we support her in her decision."
Yeovil manager Jamie Sherwood said Yorston's arrival will be a major boost for the side as they look to improve on their fifth-placed finish in England's second-tier competition last season.
"We truly believe that everyone within the club can benefit from this signing," said Sherwood.
"She is a role model to our younger players within our youth, intermediate and development teams."
Yorston is the latest player to leave Bristol after midfielder Alex Windell recently joined Birmingham City.
Laura Del Rio, Natalia Pablos Sanchon, Jemma Rose and Natasha Harding have also departed.
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Sun Wenlin and Hu Mingliang filed a lawsuit against Changsha city authorities after their application to register a union was rejected.
In January a district court agreed to hear the case, a first in China.
China does not legally recognise same-sex marriage but there is growing awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.
On Wednesday, there were cheers for Mr Sun, 27, and Mr Hu, 37, when they entered the court, from hundreds of supporters who had gathered outside. Authorities allowed about 100 of them inside.
The court dismissed the case a few hours after the hearing started.
The entire case was argued and decided within a few short hours, and the judge was quick to reject China's first legal argument in favour of gay marriage. But many gay rights activists see reason for hope.
The fact the case was heard at all was reason for optimism - the plaintiffs and their lawyer were surprised when the Hunan court agreed to hold a hearing in January. The hearing itself was held in an unusually large courtroom, with uncharacteristically light security outside.
Few believe the Chinese courts are poised to issue dramatic decisions permitting same-sex marriage. But bit by bit, some cases are being won. In December 2014, a Beijing court awarded damages to a man who had suffered electric shock therapy meant to "cure" his homosexuality. Advertisements for the service were ordered to be removed from the internet.
The demand for gay rights is certainly part of the national conversation now in China. Just last week a mass social media campaign in which gay people pledged not to yield to pressure to marry straight people attracted more than 1.5 million views on Weibo.
China's legal courts are moving slowly, but the court of public opinion is still in session.
The couple's lawyer, Shi Funong, said he had expected the judgement to go against them but not so quickly.
"It goes against the spirit of the laws of the People's Republic of China," he said.
Mr Sun said he would appeal against Wednesday's court decision.
The two men had tried to register their union in June last year and filed the lawsuit in December.
Mr Sun said police had visited him after he filed the case to try to persuade him to drop it, but he refused.
"The original text of the Marriage Law does not say one man and one woman, but a husband and a wife," he said in an interview with state media in January. "I personally believe that this term refers not only to heterosexual couples but also to same-sex couples."
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The 66-year-old Australian, who replaced Steve McNamara earlier this month, has a contract to lead England through to the 2017 World Cup.
Bennett, who is yet to announce his backroom team, told BBC Sport: "I am not going to stay as English coach for 20 years - that is not going to happen.
"I want to leave it with people who have a similar philosophy to me."
Bennett, who will combine the role with leading Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League, is not planning wholesale changes to the England set-up.
"I'm very conscious of the English game and England. I am not coming here to teach anyone how to suck eggs," he added.
"I want as much English involvement as I can. I am bringing two staff with me - one of them is an Englishman - and the other is involved in the tactical side. Everyone else will be English."
Former St Helens full-back Paul Wellens, who has taken up a player performance coaching role with Saints, was one of McNamara's backroom staff.
Bennett has remained a stony-faced touchline presence in Australia's NRL during a top-level career that has spanned 27 years, three different clubs and a record seven Grand Final victories.
He says his persona reflects one of the demands he will make of England's players.
"I might be smiling on the inside, I might be pretty twisted on the inside, but I am not there to please anyone else but myself," he said.
"I taught myself a long time ago to be extremely disciplined with my behaviour in the public spotlight and I expect my players to be the same."
Bennett said he would not shirk from the difficult decisions and disagreements that are inevitable when running a top team.
"I don't want them to dislike me, but you are dealing with people and there will always be issues because people take positions on things," he said.
"The bottom line is that if I have to make a hard decision for the benefit of the team and it upsets people, I'm fine with that."
Bennett's appointment means - with Eddie Jones in rugby union and Trevor Bayliss in cricket - Australians are in charge of three of England's major national teams.
Bennett believes work ethic and a willingness to share ideas across sport are one of the strengths of Australian coaching culture.
"There is one common denominator: we are a pretty committed bunch and to coach you have to be committed," he said.
"We share a lot of ideas between sports back home, it is not something we hold back on."
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Wayne Bennett's seven Grand Final wins make him the most decorated Australian coach ever. And his determination to succeed is not confined to the rugby field.
"My daughter has barred me from playing with my grandchildren," he said. "They want to win and so do I, so we get into fights. I can't help it. It is just who I am."
Bennett has no intention of reigning himself in.
"I don't want to stop myself," he said. "I want to do my best and I want to win, whether it is cards or whatever it is. I have been like that all my life.
"In fact I make people stay until I win at cards."
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The Welsh are rightly proud of the stadium which has the cream of European club football battling to reach the Champions' League final there in June this year.
But Ireland's rugby players have little reason to fear Friday night's Six Nations match with Wales at the Principality Stadium - as a rugby nation they have the happy habit of winning there.
Irish teams have won three European Cup Finals and one Six Nations Grand Slam at the venue - all in the space of five years.
They've won the big prizes in green of Ireland, red of Munster and blue of Leinster and the Irish fans will will be back in Cardiff at the end of the week by the thousand and ready to party.
Wales haven't exactly been standing back in admiration of the Irish handiwork - on the contrary.
They beat Ireland to claim the first of the three Welsh Grand Slams of the 21st century, on St Patrick's Day weekend twelve years ago.
And thereby hangs a tale or two.
Wales won 32-20 and what made the occasion all the more memorable was the first Welsh try.
A collector's item if ever there was one because it featured a prop charging down a clearance from a fly-half - not any old fly-half, but one of the all-time greats.
Ronan O'Gara was the number ten and Gethin Jenkins the man who brought him to grief. Rarely can a prop have demonstrated such a nifty bit of footballing skills as Jenkins did that afternoon.
As O'Gara will tell you: a charge-down is an occupational hazard for fly-halves the world over but you never expect it to happen against a loose-head prop.
But Munsterman O'Gara would learn to love the arena - in those days known as the Millennium Stadium - as a home from home.
The following year he was back with Munster, helping them win the European Cup for the first time against Biarritz.
Two years later he and the red army, some 40,000 strong, won a second European title again at the expense of French opposition, this time Toulouse.
And when the Ireland national team came back in 2009 it was to win the ultimate prize in European international rugby, and one that had eluded them since 1948 - the Grand Slam.
Wales, in with a faint sniff of retaining their Six Nations title, led until O'Gara intervened with two minutes to go.
And even then Wales still had one last chance, a sniper's shot at ambushing the Irish slam.
Stephen Jones took aim from just inside his own half and when the ball came down in front of the crossbar those of us who wondered why Wales hadn't given the kick to Gavin Henson, the long-distance specialist, wondered all the more.
Instead all Ireland had to do was catch the ball and belt it into the crowd, Geordan Murphy duly obliged and, at long last, the slam was theirs.
Not everything though has gone swimmingly for the boys in green since then. They lost here six years ago to a try from Mike Phillips which ought not to have been allowed.
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The laws state that a quick throw can only be taken when using the same ball that has been kicked out.
Wales used a different ball and the subsequent confusion between the Scottish touch judge and the South African referee left Ireland's two five-star generals, Brian O'Driscoll and Paul O'Connell, apoplectic with rage.
They had good reason because the seven points it cost them made all the difference.
As for this time, expect to see the fur flying all over the place as per usual.
They may be Celts but there's been no love lost between these two and no reason to believe that peace is about to break out any time soon.
Matthew Gordon was asked by Bristol Crown Court prosecutors if he was at fault for the dangerous condition of the brakes, for not having a transport manager - a legal requirement - and ultimately the crash.
He conceded partial blame, but said he had done the best he could.
Mr Gordon, 30, of Dauntsey, Wiltshire, denies 14 charges against him.
The owner of Grittenham Haulage, he is defending himself following the crash on Lansdown Lane on 9 February last year.
The court heard he did not call the emergency services after the crash and failed to tell a policeman at the scene that he owned the truck.
He said it had been a "mistake" and denied it was because he was worried about the condition of the lorry's brakes.
The jury also heard that in the days before the crash Mr Gordon had sent a text message to his partner describing the driver of the lorry, Phillip Potter, as "slow".
Mr Potter, 20, also of Dauntsey, denies causing the deaths by dangerous and careless driving. He is also charged with causing serious injuries to Karla Brennan and Margaret Rogers - the grandmother of four-year-old victim Mitzi Steady - by dangerous driving.
He denies a total of 10 charges against him.
Peter Wood, 55, from Brinkworth, Wiltshire, a mechanic who carried out safety checks on the truck, denies four charges against him.
In addition to Mitzi, from Bath, who was one of was one of several pedestrians hit by the lorry, Robert Parker, 59, Philip Allen, 52, and Stephen Vaughan, 34, all died in the crash in 2015.
Mr Allen and Mr Vaughan, both from Swansea, and Mr Parker, from Cwmbran, south Wales, were in a car hit by the vehicle.
The trial continues.
Experts from Queensland in Australia had been trying to identify this specific gecko for the last five years.
The gecko, which they named Diplodactylus ameyi, has a distinctive fat tail and a rounded snout.
It is brown with pale spots, which means it is well camouflaged for the dry, hot environment where it lives.
During the day it hides in abandoned spider burrows to keep cool.
Real won their last 12 league games, but Barca ended with five victories in a row after a blip in April saw their lead over Real closed from 10 points.
"We're all disappointed, but with 38 matchdays played, we can't change anything now," said Zidane, who has won 21 of his 26 games in charge.
"Barcelona deserved to win La Liga."
Luis Enrique, who has won the title in both his seasons in charge of Barcelona, agreed with his rival.
"It was a deserved title which shows that the team knows how to bounce back from a bad spell.
"We played very well over the full season, we were on top of the table for many weeks and the most consistent team wins the title."
Captain Andres Iniesta has now won eight La Liga titles, a third of Barcelona's total league championships. Barca have won six of the last eight titles - including two in a row.
"La Liga is glorious," the Spain midfielder said. "It is the competition of stability, the one we are able to win year after year. Whenever you win the league, it is a great season."
Defender Gerard Pique said: "This is a historic time for the club. This is a unique generation of footballers with loads of talent and who are achieving things that have never been done before.
"We had a negative run that meant we had to fight right to the last, but we got our prize in the end."
Both sides have a cup final yet to play. Barca face Sevilla in next Sunday's Copa del Rey final, while Real face city rivals Atletico in the Champions League final on Saturday, 28 May.
Net income was $3.98bn, up from $2.74bn for the same quarter last year.
Google's revenue was $18.7 (£12.1bn) compared with $16.5bn.
Growth came mainly from mobile searches and YouTube users.
In August, the company created Alphabet as the new parent company of Google and its other diverse businesses.
In January, Alphabet will report Google's financial numbers separately from the other businesses, which include experiments with self-driving cars, investing in startups, making Internet-connected thermostats and searching for cures to health problems.
The break out of Google's figures are expected to reveal how much money Google would have made if it had not diverted money into chief executive Larry Page's so-called ``moon shots".
Alphabet shares were up 11% to $722.53 in after hours trading - a record, boosted by news of a large share buyback, which will means fewer investors in future who will therefore take a higher portion of any dividend payout.
YouTube announced on Thursday a plan to offer a monthly commercial free subscription service that will compete with Netflix and Amazon prime.
The company's board approved a plan to buy back a precise $5,099,019,513.59 in shares starting in the fourth quarter.
There has been speculation the number represented the square root of 26 - the number of letters in the alphabet.
Chief financial officer Ruth Porat acknowledged that was indeed the reference during a post-results conference.
The Long March 5 lifted off from the Wenchang space centre in Hainan Province at 20:43 local time (12:43 GMT).
It was carrying an experimental satellite, known as Shijian-17.
The Long March 5 gives China the capability to orbit the heaviest of payloads - such as big telecoms spacecraft and sections of its future astronaut space station.
The specifications suggest it can put about 25 tonnes in a low-Earth orbit (LEO), an altitude of a few hundred km; and up to 14 tonnes in a geostationary orbit some 36,000km above the planet.
This puts the Long March 5 in the same class as America’s current, most powerful rocket - the Delta-IV Heavy.
US companies SpaceX and Blue Origin are developing vehicles that should be able to put 50-plus tonnes in LEO.
The American space agency (Nasa) is also nearing the first flight of its Space Launch System, a monster rocket that will eventually be capable of placing 130 tonnes in low-Earth orbit.
Nasa say it will use this launcher to send astronauts to Mars. Its maiden flight is set for 2018.
A spokesman for the interim President, Michel Temer, said she would have been placed in the stand below him and not at his side.
Her predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has also refused the invitation despite being instrumental in Rio's winning bid to host the games.
Both have said they are being politically persecuted by Mr Temer's party and allies.
Ms Rousseff faces possible removal from office if she loses an impeachment trial shortly after the games and Lula is facing corruption allegations, which he denies.
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Another former President, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, has also said he will not attend the ceremony.
Ms Rousseff has said that she believes she should be at the ceremony alongside Lula.
She told Radio France International on Monday that her government and Lula's had done most of the work to win the Olympics for Rio de Janeiro and find the financing to build the infrastructure for the global sports event.
Diplomats have said the presence of both Michel Temer and Dilma Rousseff at the ceremony would have been awkward for foreign dignitaries.
GHD - "Good Hair Day" - was founded by three entrepreneurs in Bradford in 2001 for £15,000.
Since then its ceramic straightening irons and hairdryers have become popular with stylists and celebrities.
US firm Coty is acquiring the business, where it will sit alongside global hair care brands such as Wella and Clairol.
The deal comes weeks after Coty became the world's third-largest beauty firm following a $12.5bn (£10.3bn) takeover of Procter & Gamble's perfume, hair care and make up businesses.
Lyndon Lea, a partner at Lion Capital, which bought GHD for about £300m in 2013, said: "We are pleased to be selling GHD to Coty, a global leader in the beauty category, where it can take its rightful place among Coty's unique family of beauty brands."
GHD is headquartered in London and has commercial operations in the UK, Australia, US and Europe.
It reported sales of £178m last year and is understood to have made pre-tax profits of £33m.
Shares in Coty rose 0.5% to $23.43 in New York on Monday, but have fallen almost 18% over the past 12 months.
Danielle Cassin, 27, told relatives Levi-Blu Cassin had been unresponsive and not breathing on the morning of his death in February 2013.
Birmingham Crown Court previously heard Levi had died from internal bleeding caused as a result of violence.
His parents Ms Cassin and Mark Piper, 31, deny murder.
Danielle Cassin's half-sister, Kirsty Cassin, told the court they met at hospital after Levi was pronounced dead.
Danielle Cassin told her she had gone to check on Levi and found he was "not breathing and cold to the touch".
Kirsty Cassin also told the jury her half-sister was known to use heroin.
Her behaviour became "erratic" after the defendant rekindled her relationship with co-accused Mr Piper in October 2012, she said.
The court heard police were called in January 2013 after a neighbour witnessed Mr Piper hit Danielle Cassin.
Daniel Cleal, who lived nearby in Chelmsley Wood, West Midlands, said he saw them arguing in their kitchen, a bedroom and the living room.
He said he saw Mr Piper put his hands around Danielle Cassin's neck.
"I saw [him] punch Danielle and she fell to the floor," he said.
Mr Cleal, who said he only knew both defendants by sight, told the court he did not know if Levi had been present during the argument.
Danielle Cassin and Mr Piper, of Nightingale Avenue, Chelmsley Wood, also deny causing or allowing the death of a child, assault, neglect, abandoning a child and causing unnecessary suffering to a child.
The trial continues.
Astley's 50 gave the singer his first UK number one for almost 30 years.
It will compete for the BBC Radio 2 album of the year award with Adele's 25, Coldplay's A Head Full of Dreams, ELO's Alone in the Universe and Michael Kiwanuka's Love & Hate.
But there is no place on the shortlist for David Bowie's Blackstar, which came out days before his death in January.
The nominees were chosen by the Radio 2 playlist committee.
The winner will be announced at the BBC Music Awards on 12 December. The shortlists for other categories, including BBC Music British artist of the year and song of the year, will be announced shortly.
Bowie was nominated for British artist of the year at the inaugural BBC Music Awards in 2014, but lost out to Ed Sheeran.
Rick Astley has enjoyed a successful comeback this year, but if he wins the BBC Music Award it will be far from his first taste of awards glory.
In his first flush of fame in 1988, he won best single at the Brit Awards - as well as worst dressed person in the Smash Hits Readers' Poll.
And, more improbably, at the height of the Rickrolling phenomenon he was voted the best act ever at the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2008.
To be eligible for the BBC Music Award, albums must have been released between 17 October 2015 and 16 October 2016.
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Nokia took over health tech firm Withings in 2016 and recently replaced the Withings Health Mate app with a Nokia-branded version.
Health Mate has been downloaded more than one million times from app stores.
But many users have left one-star reviews, saying the new app removed popular features from the Withings version and had technical issues
The company told the BBC an update would "integrate missing features".
Before being taken over by Nokia, Withings made internet-connected health products such as weighing scales and air quality monitors, which provided data for the Health Mate app.
"Nokia took over and totally trashed the Withings app in one swoop," one user, Tony, told the BBC.
"The first release of the app was so full of bugs it was incredible. Their new app is appalling and everyone wants the old one back, which we loved.
"They've decimated our investment in quite expensive Withings products."
A set of smart scales currently retails in the UK for £90 ($116 in the US), direct from Nokia.
Negative reviews on app stores claim a number of issues, including:
"[The] previous app from Withings had long-term charts and much more," wrote one reviewer called Pander.
"This version is a huge degradation in functionality. This is not why I bought this smart scale."
Nokia told the BBC the Withings Health Mate app had been replaced as part of a transition of Withings products "to the Nokia brand".
"Regrettably, a few users faced bugs and syncing issues, others were frustrated to find some features from the previous version were not included," it said.
"We released an update which corrects many of the issues. Very soon we will have another update to integrate the few missing features.
"We will not be satisfied until the final issues have been addressed to deliver the quality user experience consumers have come to expect from Nokia products."
The social media giant's chief operating officer called for a higher minimum wage, paid family leave and affordable childcare.
Some 40% of US households with children rely on a woman as the key breadwinner, she said in a Facebook post.
"It's time for our public policies to catch up with what our families deserve and what our values demand," she said.
Ms Sandberg, an influential voice in corporate America, is one of the wealthiest American women with a net worth estimated at $1.38bn.
She wrote on Sunday that the US government and employers must do more to help parents, especially single mothers, who are struggling to provide for their children while assuring their safety and well-being.
The widowed mother of two said: "We all have a responsibility to help mothers as well as fathers balance their responsibilities at work and home."
One of the most important actions the government could take is to help millions of families living near the poverty line by raising the federal minimum wage, she said.
"Childcare for two children exceeds the median annual rent in all 50 states. How are parents supposed to work if they don't have a safe and affordable place to leave their kids?"
She continued: "We need paid leave. The United States is one of the only developed countries in the world that doesn't guarantee paid family leave - and we're the only developed country in the world without paid maternity leave.
"That means many moms are forced to return to work right after giving birth to keep their jobs."
She concluded: "I hope we can also use this day to commit to do more for all the mothers who have given so much and deserve even more."
Ms Sandberg's message was accompanied by a picture of her with her mother and mother-in-law on the day of her wedding to former SurveyMonkey chief executive Dave Goldberg, who died in 2015.
In her book Lean In, she encouraged women to be more ambitious in the workplace. Following Mr Goldberg's death, she co-wrote the book Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy that was published this year.
President Donald Trump's daughter and advisor Ivanka Trump has publicly stated her support for paid maternity leave. However, Republicans have resisted proposals to raise such benefits, including increasing the national minimum wage.
Many of the main outlets are state-owned, including two major TV stations, radio networks operated by the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC), and newspapers in Sinhala, Tamil and English.
There are more than a dozen private radios, and a handful of privately-run TV stations. Sri Lanka's privately-owned press and broadcasters often engage in political debate, and criticise government policies.
At the height of the civil war Sri Lanka was described as one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists.
The state of emergency imposed at the beginning of the conflict was lifted in 2011, but Reporters Without Borders says that murders, threats and censorship continue, with top officials "directly implicated" in serious press freedom violations.
The government is particularly sensitive to accusations of human rights abuses in the closing phases of the civil war and subsequently. In 2012, a minister said "mudslinging" would not be tolerated.
In April 2013, Amnesty International said that Sri Lanka was still violently suppressing dissent and that journalists were among the targets of "government-sanctioned abuse".
BBC World Service is carried by the SLBC under an agreement between the broadcasters.
There were some 5.7 million internet users by December 2014 (Internetworldstats.com). The web is a popular and growing medium for news.
The government has stepped up online censorship, blocking access to some independent news websites, reports US-based Freedom House.
Aberystwyth University's Prof Neil Glasser spent nearly two months in 2011 working in the area around James Ross Island where the glacier was found.
The UK's Antarctic Place-Names Committee said its decision reflected Prof Glasser's contribution to polar science.
The ice sheet on the island will now be called the Glasser Glacier.
The new name will be added to the British Antarctic Territory Gazetteer and is available for use on all maps and charts and in all publications.
The glacier stretches for 1.5km and is 500m across (0.9 miles and 1,600ft across).
Professor Glasser said: "I am really honoured to have this glacier named after me. We spent seven weeks on fieldwork in this area of Antarctica in 2011.
"On all our maps and publications it is called 'un-named glacier' but it is great to know that from now on it will be known as Glasser Glacier."
Mr Kerry is the most senior American official to attend the talks since President Obama went to Copenhagen in 2009 - an event that didn't end particularly well.
The Secretary of State has long been the most engaged American politician on the issue of climate and environment and his attendance at these UN negotiations is being seen as further evidence that the US is determined to make up for the failures of Copenhagen in 2009 and deliver a strong agreement in Paris next year.
For once, the US is not being seen as the Great Satan of CO2.
Thanks to their joint initiative with China, the two countries are taking a bow as leaders of the fight against rising temperatures.
The change in atmosphere could be seen on the poker face of US special climate envoy Todd Stern, who in recent days has been a veritable ray of sunshine.
The way he sees it, the deal that is being negotiated here - and will likely be signed in Paris - is a truly historic event.
"We are trying to do an agreement that is intended to last for decades. This is supposed to be not an agreement that we come back and renegotiate every five years, but an agreement that establishes a stable and durable structure."
Here in Lima, the parties are trying to get the "elements" of a deal together, which essentially means a chunky negotiating text with plenty of options still on the table.
One of the ideas that's getting a lot of attention from environmental activists is the aim to have zero emissions by 2050.
This item is still alive in the draft text and has support from a large number of developing countries. Green groups believe that the politicians are heeding the message from the streets.
"The public call for 100% clean energy has gone mainstream, and finally leaders are starting to respond with ambitious targets," said Iain Keith from Avaaz.
But the idea is not popular with the boys from the black stuff, the countries who make their living from oil and coal.
"The zero-emissions concept - or let's knock fossils fuels out of the picture without clear technology diffusion and solid international cooperation programmes - does not help the process," said Saudi Arabia's chief negotiator in Lima, Khalid Abuleif.
"I do not think this is realistic when two billion people do not have access to energy," he added, a tad sniffily.
While arguments about the long term goal are unlikely to be settled by Mr Kerry, his presence might increase the pressure on the countries that are dragging their heels on their commitments.
India has been noticeably silent on the idea that it might peak its emissions at a specified date in the future.
The Indians are said to be feeling a bit bruised after their great ally, China, seems to have sided with the US.
Perhaps they are waiting for the kind of in-depth love and attention the US lavished on China to get them to move forward?
Don't hold your breath says Mr Stern.
"We don't have that kind of process going on with India," he told reporters.
Another challenge for Mr Kerry will be the need to try and usher some recalcitrant countries to join the party - especially Australia.
The Lucky Country has been vilified here for its stance on climate change.
"Since the Abbott government came in, it has replaced Australia's comprehensive climate legislation with a regime where emissions are now set to increase substantially, against decreasing trends in the US," said Bill Hare, from the Climate Analytics think-tank.
"Many in the government are denying the yeti-scale footprint of climate change impacts being felt by people from one end of the country to the other."
The Australians have surprised many attendees by making a $160m contribution to the Green Climate Fund.
According to foreign minister Julie Bishop, it was part of Australia's "commitment to play our part in the global response to climate change".
But money doesn't seem to buy friends here in Lima. Green groups have given the country their mocking "fossil of the day" award several times during this conference of the parties.
Mr Kerry will have his work cut out.
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The swan has reportedly attacked river users on a number of occasions.
The Conservators of the River Cam, who manage the waterway, confirmed they had met the criteria set by Natural England to legally move the bird and his mate.
If approved, the pair will be taken to a site more than 50 miles away and outside the county before the spring nesting season begins.
Dr Philippa Noon, of the conservators, said: "We have on-going concerns for the safety of river users, especially those in small vessels such as kayaks and canoes.
"A suitable receptor site has now been found and we have located a 'competent person' capable of overseeing the move."
Suitable sites need to be more than 50 miles away from the birds' original territory to prevent them finding their way back.
Steve Austin, whose house backs onto the River Cam close to the swan's territory, said he and other residents would be sad to see Mr Asbo go.
"He's never been any trouble to us and I look after him in my garden when busy rowing races take place," he said.
"If I'm perfectly honest, though, it would be for the best. He has five or six cygnets each year and some of them will be killed by the rowers' oars.
"It's not really anyone's fault but they are just babies and they can be pretty stupid."
The application to move Mr Asbo and his mate must be approved before the pair begin to nest, after which it is illegal to move swans.
The poll of more than 900,000 patients found that, in the last two years, the proportion saying it was not easy to get through on the phone rose from 18% to 24%.
When they did get through 11% were unable to get an appointment, the Ipsos MORI poll for NHS England showed.
But overall 75% rated the experience of making an appointment as good.
When they did get to see a doctor, or for some a practice nurse, 86% said their overall experience was good.
It comes after the British Medical Association (BMA) warned last week that patients would face longer waits to see a GP because of a shortage of doctors and squeeze on funding.
Speaking at the BMA's annual conference, BMA GP leader, Dr Chaand Nagpaul, said waits of one or two weeks would "become the norm".
This survey does not measure that, but it does show that access is becoming a problem for a growing minority.
As well as 11% not being able to make an appointment, 8% of those getting an appointment felt it was at an inconvenient time.
When asked about out-of-hours care, which most GPs opt out of providing themselves, two-thirds rated it as good with 17% saying it was poor - up from 13% two years ago.
By Hugh Pym, BBC Health editor
There are almost daily reminders of the pressures on general practice.
A Health Select Committee report, covering England, says more than half of a GP's consulting time is taken up with patients with long-term conditions such as diabetes and arthritis.
Some doctors complain of a struggle to keep up with the workload generated by a growing population and rising demand for services.
Now more than 900,000 patients have had their say through the NHS England GP Patient survey.
The overall degree of satisfaction remains high at around 85%. But all the main indicators show a decline in approval ratings, sometimes 5% over two years.
Access by phone to surgeries and experiences of out-of-hours services are areas where there is a significant minority of unhappy patients.
Ministers point out they have made more money available for general practice through the Prime Minister's Challenge Fund.
But there are increasing question marks over the ability of the primary care system to cope with the demands placed on it.
GPs argue the problem is caused by rising demands not being matched with by a corresponding rise in resources.
The number of annual consultations carried out by general practice has risen by 40 million since 2008, hitting 340 million at the last count.
Meanwhile, figures from the Royal College of GPs (RCGP) show the amount spent on practices has fallen by £400m in real terms over the last three years.
In 2012-13, £8.5bn was invested in general practice, when everything from spending on pay, IT, tests and drugs was taken into account, the RCGP research found.
That compared with £8.3bn in 2009-10, which is the equivalent of £8.9bn in 2012-13 prices.
The Department of Health has already recognised access to GPs is an issue.
It has launched a £50m Challenge Fund to extend opening hours and make greater use of technologies such as Skype and email.
More than 1,100 practices - one in eight of those in England - have signed up.
Dr David Geddes, from NHS England, said: "Overall, these results show that the majority of patients are positive about their GP services, which is testament to the hard work of GPs and their staff.
"But we need to recognise the continuing trend in what patients are telling us about access to services."
However, Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham warned: "It is getting harder and harder to get a GP appointment under David Cameron.
"The next Labour Government will invest £100m to help patients to get appointments within 48 hours or on the same day for those who need it."
Dr Richard Vautrey, of the British Medical Association, said the overall satisfaction results were "remarkable" considering the workload pressures GPs were under.
He added: "It is a concern that the results show signs of slipping backwards. The government must heed these early warning signs, together with the recent falling GP recruitment figures, and urgently invest in general practice."
Connor Tremble, 17, who was autistic, was stabbed 15 times in Oxford by a love rival on 13 February 2014.
The ceremony was held at Shanklin United Reformed Church on the Isle of Wight, where Connor's mother Lisa Tremble now lives.
Reverend Brian Harley said the family "wanted to come together, remember and give thanks for the good things".
He said: "I think it's always difficult when we're dealing with a tragic death.
"Obviously in Connor's case when there is a murder as well it just adds to the sense of grief and anger."
He added: "It's nice that the family a year on want to pause and remember and give thanks as well as try to make sense of the tragic loss they are suffering."
Mrs Tremble and Connor's two sisters took part in the service, during which poems were read out, music performed and a video tribute played by one of Connor's friends.
Will Blencowe, 21, was jailed for life in August after a jury found him guilty of murdering Connor.
Blencowe, of Oxford Road, Banbury, was the ex-boyfriend of Mr Tremble's girlfriend, Aimee Harrison.
On 13 February, he took a taxi to Mr Tremble's home in Faircares Road, Oxford, before repeatedly stabbing him after learning he was seeing Ms Harrison.
Mr Tremble died two days later in hospital.
Playing in only his 13th first-class match, Curran's mid-afternoon burst of three for two in 18 balls left the home side rocking.
Replying to Surrey's 252, the Bears made 247 after a 95-run stand from Keith Barker (62) and Ian Bell (43).
Having led by five runs after the first innings, Surrey then closed on 33-1.
Warwickshire had begun the afternoon decently placed at 91-3, but Curran had Laurie Evans and Tim Ambrose superbly caught by Rory Burns in the gully before trapping Surrey old boy Rikki Clarke lbw with a swinging yorker.
Former Bears skipper Ian Westwood, on his recall as opener after being dropped following early season struggles, went just four runs short of a first Championship half-century.
After adding 40 in 15 overs with Jonathan Trott, both fell in the space of nine balls from Stuart Meaker.
Warwickshire all-rounder Keith Barker told BBC WM:
"The game is in the balance. We have managed to get ourselves back in the game. It would have been better if we had been able to go past them but it is going to be a big day for us tomorrow.
"There are runs to be scored there. You have just got to stay out there long enough for the bad balls to come. It may take a while but you have got to latch on to them if you get the chance.
"There is still a bit of movement in the pitch and we have just got to squeeze them tomorrow and put them under pressure. The pitch might deteriorate a little bit so that will give Jeets something to work with.
"It is effectively a one-innings game so if we can get some wickets tomorrow it will change the game massively."
Surrey bowling coach Stuart Barnes told BBC London 94.9:
"We took 10 wickets in 78 overs, which was the goal at the start of the day. We were not 100 per cent happy with the first session, but we put it right.
"Sam Curran fully deserved his five wickets on the back of a really good first spell, which he followed up with a great second spell after lunch.
"We talked about using the wicket and surface, which has been offering a bit of nip and we were able to swing the ball all day, which helped."
Brig Gen Chris Olukolade told the BBC the aim was to assert Nigeria's "territorial integrity as a nation".
Earlier, a 24-hour curfew was imposed in parts of the city of Maiduguri, where the military said it had arrested 65 "terrorists".
Maiduguri has been an important base for Boko Haram Islamist militants.
Earlier this week, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three north-eastern states - Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe - after a series of deadly attacks by militant groups.
Boko Haram: From preachers to slave raiders
Nigerian military spokesman Brig Gen Olukolade said the army would continue its operation "as long as it takes to achieve our objective of getting rid of insurgents from every part of Nigeria".
He told the BBC World Service Newshour programme that the offensive "knows the targets it is after, and it took a long time to plan and prepare for this".
"It is their (insurgent) bases, their weaponry, their logistics that we are going to deal with in this operation," he added.
Earlier, an army statement named 12 areas of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, which would now be under permanent curfew.
Correspondents say the neighbourhoods listed are considered strongholds of Boko Haram. The whole of Maiduguri was already subject to an overnight curfew.
Witnesses said troops were stopping lorries from entering the city.
The army also said the 65 insurgents had been arrested trying to infiltrate Maiduguri. Those held had been "fleeing from various camps now under attack".
However, there has been no independent confirmation of the arrests.
The army said 10 suspected insurgents were killed in clashes with troops in Maiduguri on Friday and weapons were seized including rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
Nigerian war planes and helicopter gunships also attacked several militant training camps in the north-east on Friday, officials said.
One plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire but officials said it had returned to base safely while the "terrorist base" was "completely destroyed".
US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged the Nigerian army to show restraint and not violate human rights as it pursues the militants.
Mr Kerry said there were "credible allegations" of "gross human rights violations" by the Nigerian military.
Last November, Amnesty International accused Nigeria's security forces of carrying out widespread abuses in their campaign against Boko Haram, including extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances and torture.
The BBC has also received reports of civilians fleeing remote areas in Borno State and arriving in towns on the border with Cameroon.
Cameroon shares hundreds of miles of border with Nigeria and the area adjacent to Borno is considered porous.
Although Cameroon's security forces have stepped up security in the region, a source told French radio that the government in Yaounde had been given no advance warning of the Nigerian campaign.
More than 2,000 people have died in violence in Nigeria since 2010, most of which is blamed on Boko Haram.
The group, whose name means "Western education is forbidden", says its quest is to overthrow the Nigerian government and create an Islamic state.
There has been growing concern that Boko Haram is receiving backing from al-Qaeda-linked militants in other countries.
About 12 people were warned to leave the Weir Caravan Park in Stamford Bridge by the site's owners who began knocking on caravans at 09:00 BST.
The Environment Agency (EA) issued a flood warning for the river at the park, in the early hours.
Two pumps are in use at the scene and the EA said river levels were dropping.
The riverside caravan site has about 100 static pitches and space for touring caravans.
The nearby Swordsman Inn was also flooded with a "couple of inches" of water, according to the manager, but this has been pumped out and the public house is being cleared up.
The Environment Agency (EA) said there had been a significant amount of rain in 24 hours, with up to 40mm falling in places and heavy rain showers are expected to continue on Sunday and next week.
Shakrul Islam, 31, had already used the car as a weapon to scare petrol station staff, a jury was told.
Kyle Clarke, 27, died when he was dragged for half a mile under the car in Bristol in January.
Islam, of South Gloucestershire, who had denied the charge, was convicted of manslaughter, at the city's crown court and sentenced to seven years.
Sentencing the unlicensed driver of Chipping Sodbury, Judge Peter Blair QC said Mr Clarke's death had had "an earth-shattering effect" on his family.
"They were planning on emigrating to Australia and had that day made a final payment for visas," he said.
Islam had previously admitted causing death by dangerous driving.
Mr Clarke's death followed an altercation with garage employee Abu Sayem, who thought they were going to try and drive off without paying for petrol, the court heard.
Mr Clarke was pulled from the car by Mr Sayem, but Islam drove the car at them, knocking Mr Clarke over and trapping him under the car as he drove off.
The vehicle finally came to a halt at traffic lights when members of the public lifted the car up and tried to save Mr Clarke's life.
A post-mortem examination found Mr Clarke had suffered 48 rib fractures, fractures to his breast bone and collarbone and collapsed lungs.
Speaking after the sentencing, Det Supt Sarah Davenport said Islam drove away from the garage "travelling a considerable distance with Kyle trapped under the car".
"When he finally stopped, Kyle had already suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene," she said.
"Our thoughts remain with Kyle's family and friends."
His mother Helen Stockford, said he had been the "soul of the family" and his death was "devastating" for his brothers and sisters.
"He was a good kid - heart of gold. Even in his hardest moments he still managed to find a smile and have a laugh and a joke," she said.
Referring to the move to Australia, Mrs Stockford said her son was "so looking forward to going".
"It just seems so sad because on the verge of us emigrating, it has now come to this," she said.
"We are extremely upset that Kyle isn't with us today. My heart also stands with Mr Islam who has been convicted, because I think he didn't deliberately set out to kill my son."
Mrs Stockford said she and her family did not agree with the conviction and would help Islam with an appeal against if he planned to.
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However, after a chance meeting with the snowboarding Olympic Bronze medal holder, Jenny Jones persuaded me that I should give skiing a try at least once. I never thought I would be taking my first lesson a year later.
Before I got on the snow I had to have an assessment to see what adaptive skis I would be using, testing my strength and balance. After that I just had put on the gear. That turned out to be an ordeal as it took about 10 minutes to get one shoe on!
For some reason, I thought I was going to be going down a big slope on my own in my first lesson and of course that was not the case.
The next question that came into my head was how am I going to get onto the snow on one ski when I can't use my wheelchair? I got my answer soon enough - I had to do it myself.
In the first instance, Steve the instructor said he would have to push me up the kids slope until I was strong enough to do it myself. He then explained that it could take a year of practice to get that strong!
I faceplanted the snow several times but once I eventually managed to balance and move down the slope, it was the best feeling ever. I realised I could really do this and I started to understand why people love this sport!
Then we went on the big slope (apparently one of the biggest indoor slopes in the country!) Steve was on the back and I had to steer. I was terrified and I didn't stop screaming all the way down! I mustn't have been that scared though because it didn't stop me going up for a second try.
For the first time, I saw snow differently and not just an inconvenience that gives you a snowday off work. What I loved about it was how much speed you build up going down the slope and the sense of freedom!
This is definitely in the top five sports I want to continue with after the challenges are over. Look out for me in Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Paralympic games!
I was pretty chuffed when we pulled out Skiing for our second sport in this series of challenges. I once worked in Austria at a ski resort and despite making beds, cleaning toilets and serving dinner at a local chalet I spent a lot of my spare time on the slopes.
Since returning to England though, going to university and finding a job, I just haven't had the time (or money) to get back into it, so I was really looking forward to hitting the slopes once more.
I felt pretty nervous on the day of our ski outing. The thing with skiing is that it's a really 'cool,' fashionable sport and the last thing I wanted was to look like a loser out on the slopes. Anyway, I pulled myself together and slipped on the ski boots in a familiar, awkward fashion.
Steve, the instructor, eased me into it on the nursery slope and it seemed like I'd forgotten everything. I felt like bambi on ice and I certainly couldn't remember how to turn. However, I soon found myself at the foot of the adult slope and strangely excited to take it on!
I don't know what happened up there, but in a split second, everything seemed to click into place; I felt like the king of the slope. Everything I had learnt a few years ago in Austria all came flooding back and I found my inner confidence.
It was really great actually, you get such a buzz from flying down a mountain on a pair of skis and the beauty of it is, that you're in control (sort of). If you want to take a leisurely pace, you can do and equally if you want to be a daredevil, there's room for that too.
I really would love to get back into it. There's nothing more fulfilling than skiing your way down a mountain in some of the most picturesque surroundings in the world. Having said that, it is quite a costly sport and it's not something I'd be able to afford to do on a regular basis.
It's also good to know that it really is like riding a bike and the next time the opportunity comes up, I can slip back into those skis like it was yesterday.
If you are interested in getting into skiing, take a look at the Get Inspired skiing activity guide for details.
Neighbours told her trial they found Stephen Rayner, 25, collapsed in a pool of blood outside the flat the couple shared in Acton, west London, in September last year.
They described hearing "hysterical screams" moments earlier.
Jewellery designer Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hart-Browne, 27, denies murder.
David Winkworth told the Old Bailey he went outside to investigate after hearing the screams.
He told the jury he saw Mr Rayner's legs sticking out on the ground, then noticed Ms Hart-Browne sitting alone on her doorstep repeating "what have I done, what have I done".
Another neighbour, Katie Harrington, described trying to save Mr Rayner's life before paramedics arrived.
She said: "I heard some noise coming from the car park area. I couldn't hear exactly what was said, what was happening.
"A couple of moments later, I heard a female voice that was very distressed saying 'he's been stabbed, he's dead'.
"I put my shoes on and went outside. There was a man on the floor with a large pool of blood and there was a young lady who was leaning over looking and holding his neck.
"I ran inside and got some towels then I went back out there and tried to feel for a pulse."
Ms Harrington said she asked the "hysterical" woman to move away so she could roll him on his side as the ambulance operator gave instructions over the phone.
The court has heard that Ms Hart-Browne says she killed her boyfriend in self-defence during a violent attack by him.
The trial continues.
John Longworth, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), warns that "tawdry political tactics" could deflect from important issues facing the UK economy.
Such a focus, he wrote in a letter to Westminster leaders, had "been sorely lacking in political discourse".
The BCC represents thousands of firms.
"For many businesses, both small and large, one of the greatest sources of challenge and uncertainty in 2015 isn't the state of global markets, but home-grown politics," Mr Longworth cautioned.
He further decried politicians who "race between television studios and events to undercut their rivals' policy pronouncements, to proclaim themselves most 'in touch' with the needs of the people".
"You must focus on the causes, not the symptoms, of the challenges that face our United Kingdom," he said.
The UK's public spending, and wider economic matters affecting the country, will be among the most hotly contested issues in the run-up to the next general-election, scheduled for May 2015.
In his letter - addressed to PM David Cameron, deputy PM and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg, and Labour leader Ed Miliband, as well as other party leaders - Mr Longworth outlined some of the policies on the BCC's wish list.
He said the organisation wanted those in power to support UK companies that are "brave enough to sell products and services across the world," as well as help with training opportunities and new jobs for both the young and old.
The BCC also called for greater devolution across the UK, with more decisions made locally, and an end to what it termed "crushing input taxes".
"Maintaining corporation tax at 20% would be a sound beginning," Mr Longworth added.
But the campaign is still patchy. While the Pakistan Taliban have been forced on to the back foot, other Pakistan-based militant outfits have been left undisturbed.
Publicly, Pakistani officials insist that they no longer make a distinction between the "good" Taliban (proxy forces of the Pakistan state) and the "bad" Taliban (which mount sectarian or anti-state attacks).
But privately they argue the army has to prioritise which groups to confront first. The immediate, urgent task, they say, is to fight the militants who have caused tens of thousands of deaths within Pakistan itself.
It means militant groups such as the Haqqani network, which focuses most of its efforts on Afghanistan, can fight on unimpeded. The group, which is based in Pakistan's tribal areas, is believed to have mounted a series of attacks on Kabul this summer.
It has been a devastating campaign. In the first six months of 2015, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan documented the highest level of civilian casualties in the country since it began keeping authoritative records in 2008.
Similarly, the Afghan Taliban have stepped up their military activity - most recently in the city of Kunduz in the north of Afghanistan.
Kabul for years has complained that many Afghan Taliban leaders live in and around the Pakistani city of Quetta.
When asked about the issue, Pakistani military officials say that, with as many as three million Afghans in Pakistan, it is difficult to be sure who is living where.
The lack of an outright denial is deliberate. The perception that Pakistan controls the Afghan Taliban gives Pakistani officials diplomatic leverage. If the West wants peace in Afghanistan, they are implicitly suggesting, it will have to secure Pakistani co-operation to deliver it.
In fact, history suggests that the Afghan Taliban, while happy to accept Pakistani support, are quite capable of ignoring Islamabad's instructions and formulating their own policies.
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When the new Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani, won power in 2014, he said improving the relationship with Pakistan was a top priority: if Islamabad would cut its links with the Afghan Taliban, then Kabul would try to prevent anti-Pakistan forces finding sanctuary in Afghanistan.
The two countries, he suggested, could only find stability by working together.
But for all the hope that President Ghani engendered, Islamabad and Kabul have reverted to hurling accusations at each other. And the distrust seems set to continue.
Senior Pakistani military officers say one of the reasons they have a continued interest in Afghanistan is because India is extending its influence there.
Islamabad fears that, among other things, Delhi is using its presence in Afghanistan to build a closer relationship with Baloch separatists, who for a decade have been fighting to split away from Pakistan.
The issue is especially sensitive because of Pakistan's plans to construct the China Pakistan economic corridor. The planned trade route will run through Balochistan, close to the Afghan border, down to the new deep-sea port of Gwadar.
Pakistan is hoping the corridor could generate billions of dollars of revenue.
It is a highly complex geostrategic situation.
Put at its most succinct, Pakistani strategists are supporting Islamist militants to counter Indian intelligence officers working with Baloch nationalists to thwart Chinese traders.
It all shows the extent to which the Great Game, in which outside powers struggle for control of Afghanistan, is alive and well.
As has so often been the case in the past, the stability of Afghanistan depends on it being left alone. But the regional powers all see the country as a place that can cause them problems.
The result is that many of Afghanistan's neighbours sponsor local, tribal and religious militias so as to prevent anyone else's proxy getting control.
It is a process Afghan civilians recognise all too well because, more often than not, they are the ones caught in the crossfire.
It also found that adults are still eating too much saturated fat and not enough fruit, vegetables and fibre.
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health called the results "extremely worrying".
Public Health England said it would be challenging the food industry to cut sugar by 20% in its products.
It maintained this would help to reduce child obesity levels.
The National Diet and Nutrition Survey, funded by Public Health England and the UK Food Standards Agency, has been run for the past six years collecting data on diet across the UK.
These latest results were from a survey of 1,288 adults and 1,258 children who completed a three or four-day food diary between 2012 and 2014.
Although sugar intake in children is still too high, there was a slight drop in the volume of sugary drinks consumed among four to 10-year-olds - from 130ml per day in 2008-10 to 100ml in 2012-14.
But sugar still makes up 13% of children's daily calorie intake and 15% of teenagers' daily diet - much more than the 5% recommended limit.
Adults consume a high level of sugar too, making up 12% of their diets on average.
These figures have remained more or less the same since 2008.
When it comes to fruit and vegetables, only 8% of 11 to 18-year-olds meet the five-a-day portions recommendation.
On average, teenagers manage just 2.8 portions per day while adults eat about four portions.
The survey found that people in the UK continue to consume too much saturated fat.
Children aged four to 10 have diets in which 13% of their daily calorie intake comes from saturated fat, compared with a target of under 11%.
The figure is 12.6% for those aged 11 to 18, while adults get 12.7% of their energy from saturated fat.
Average intake of red and processed meat should not exceed 70g per day, but men still eat too much while women are reducing the amount they consume.
Dr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England, said the survey showed that everyone needed to eat more fruit, vegetables, fibre and oily fish while cutting back on sugar, salt and saturated fat.
She said: "While it is encouraging that young children are having fewer sugary drinks, they still have far too much sugar in their diet overall, along with teenagers and adults.
"To help tackle this, PHE is launching a programme to challenge the food industry to remove at least 20% of the sugar in its products by 2020. It's an ambitious programme, a world first, and will be a significant step on the road to reducing child obesity levels."
One in three children currently leaving primary school is overweight or obese and there are concerns that in the future more adults will increase their risk of developing heart disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers.
Prof Neena Modi, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said: "The results of this survey are extremely worrying.
"This is why we are surprised the long-awaited UK government childhood obesity strategy did not include a number of recommendations aimed at protecting children, such as a ban on advertising junk food and limiting their sale around schools."
She called for the measures to be reconsidered.
The head of the group, John Cridland, said firms must be given confidence that ministers really mean to tackle climate change.
The government cut subsidies in the summer because the £7.6bn budget had been exceeded.
Ministers say they are committed to protecting the climate.
They said they would announce replacement renewables policies soon.
Critics say new policies can’t come quickly enough. Mr Cridland said: "The green economy is an emerging market in its own right, brimming with opportunity.
"Yet, with the roll-back of renewables policies and the mixed messages on energy efficiency, the government risks sending a worrying signal to businesses.
"We need all countries to pull in the same direction at the Paris Climate Summit (in November) to give firms the certainty and confidence they need to invest in the green economy for the long run".
The former Treasury chief economist Lord Stern warned: “The test is coming. In the coming few months, will policies be put in place that take account of the great cost of emissions and air pollution?
"If there are not policies, that would be deeply worrying... we are subsidising hydrocarbons big time.”
Critics are also complaining that recent tax changes will actually deter people from taking decisions that help the climate.
The chancellor, for instance, shifted Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) so a Porsche pays as much as a Prius – a decision the AA said would lead to drivers using more polluting cars.
He also placed a £3.9bn carbon tax – the Climate Change Levy – on wind and solar power and biogas, which emit no net carbon.
Lord Stern told BBC News it was “potty” to put a carbon tax on renewables.
His Stern Review in 2006 found that cutting CO2 emissions immediately was far cheaper than paying later to solve problems in a heating world.
The author has since concluded that he underestimated the costs of burning hydrocarbons because he did not include the health costs caused by air pollution from vehicles and industry.
He said the case for low-carbon development taking climate and air pollution into account was “inarguable”.
A Treasury spokeswoman said: "Our support has already driven down the cost of renewable energy significantly. As costs continue to fall it becomes easier for parts of the renewables industry to survive without subsidies."
She said any loss UK renewable generators faced would be small compared with other financial support they received from government.
Defending the decision to impose a carbon tax on green energy, she added that it was right to incentivise the efficient use of renewable power as it would supply 30% of UK electricity in 2020.
Prof Richard Tol, from Sussex University, told BBC News that Lord Stern’s idea of calculating the costs of air pollution alongside the costs of climate damages was appealing – but the sum was simply too complicated, with too many imponderable judgements and values involved.
He said: “A switch from petrol to diesel, for instance, is good for carbon dioxide emissions but bad for particulate emissions. Filters and scrubbers on power plants are good for acid rain but bad for climate change.
“A switch from traditional biomass to fossil fuels is good for indoor air pollution but bad for greenhouse gas emissions. Dearer energy is good for the environment but bad for development.
“Unfortunately, taking a holistic view of energy is not how we organise policy and certainly not how we organise research. We can confidently say that the current energy system is sub-optimal, but we cannot begin to answer the question what the optimal energy system would look like.”
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"I think there is a huge societal pressure on women when it comes to motherhood, this sort of mummy cult that goes on," the actress said.
"I think it sort of makes women feel that they have to be a bit defensive about the choices that they make."
The 33-year-old will soon be seen in The Girl on the Train, in which she plays an alcoholic divorcee.
Her character, Rachel, has unsuccessfully tried to have children.
Blunt, who has two children with actor husband John Krasinski, said modern women faced pressure over "whether they want to be a mother" and "whether they want to breastfeed".
"In the domestic world... women can be a bit cruel about each other, more so than any other environment," she said at the London premiere of her new film on Tuesday.
The actress's comments followed the airing of Motherland on BBC Two, a sitcom pilot about a group of mothers with differing approaches to child-rearing.
The programme drew praise from the Telegraph for its "sharply drawn" depiction of "the cloak and dagger politicking of the stay-at-home parenting circuit".
In The Girl on the Train, Rachel believes she has information relevant to the disappearance of a former neighbour.
The film version of Paula Hawkins' best-selling novel is out in the UK on 5 October.
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Wales' Jones won four bouts in Hamburg to reach the final only for Canadian opponent Ivett Gonda to withdraw.
The London 2012 gold medalist missed March's Dutch Open and April's Presidents Cup with her injury.
The 22-year-old used the German event to improve her fitness ahead of the European Taekwondo Championships in Switzerland later this month.
Jones beat Jennifer Richter of Germany 21-3 in her first match of the day, and Genesis Anduja of the Dominican Republic 14-2 in the second round.
The European Games champion progressed with a 14-2 quarter-final victory over Germany's Rhonda Nat, then beat Belgian's Raheleh Asemani by the same score.
Britain's Feyi Pearce, 19, won a bronze medal in the -58kg category, losing 8-7 to Germany's Amir Mohammad Hosseini in the semi-finals.
Josh Calland, 17, beat fellow Briton Archie Waldock on the way to the quarter-finals of the -58kg division, before losing to South Korea's Kim Tae-Hun.
Gemma Whyley, 28, was one of two coaches involved with the Welsh Paracheer Unified Freestyle Pom team that won gold at the ICU Cheerleading Championships in Orlando, Florida.
A quarter of the team has physical disabilities.
Ms Whyley said: "Winning Wales' ever first gold in cheerleading was a dream come true."
"The build-up from January this year was pretty intense but all the hard work paid off in the end.
"It's something we'll all remember for the rest of our lives."
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US Secretary of State John Kerry has extended his stay to continue negotiations, officials say.
However, a number of foreign ministers have left the talks and China warned compromise was essential, otherwise "all previous efforts will be wasted".
A deal would curb the nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief.
Negotiations between the so-called P5+1 - the US, UK, France, China and Russia plus Germany - and Iran continued on Wednesday at Lausanne's Beau-Rivage Palace hotel after overrunning the self-imposed deadline of 31 March to reach a deal.
On Wednesday evening, a US state department spokeswoman said: "We continue to make progress, but have not reached a political understanding. Therefore, Secretary Kerry will remain in Lausanne until at least Thursday morning to continue the negotiations."
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius is also returning to Lausanne. He had previously said he would return to the talks as soon as it was "useful".
The P5+1 deal seeks to ensure Iran could not assemble a nuclear weapon in less than a year. The Iranians insist that they have no such ambition.
Earlier, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond told the BBC: "I think we have a broad framework of understanding, but there are still some key issues that have to be worked through.
"Some of them are quite detailed and technical so there is still quite a lot of work to do but we are on it now and we'll keep going at it.
Mr Hammond stressed again that he would not sign up to a "bad deal".
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier that "one can say with relative certainty that we at the minister level have reached an agreement in principle on all key aspects of the final settlement of this issue". He has now left the talks.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that "quite a bit" had been accomplished.
He and Mr Kerry held bilateral talks on Wednesday.
However, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on Wednesday admitted that "problems" remained, saying there could not be a deal without a "framework for the removal of all sanctions".
The BBC's Barbara Plett Usher in Lausanne says Mr Araqchi suggested there might be a joint press statement on the progress made and the continuing efforts to try to draft a solution.
This sounds less than the framework on political parameters which the negotiators had been targeting, our correspondent says.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who has now left Lausanne, issued a note of caution.
A Chinese statement read: "It is important to give political guidance to the negotiations... it is important to narrow down the differences.
"If the negotiations are stuck, all previous efforts will be wasted. All parties must be prepared to meet each other half way to reach an agreement."
This is a fluid situation, with little information leaking out of the talks and expectations veering between an imminent deal or none at all.
All negotiators keep saying there has been progress, but not enough yet for an agreement.
The key sticking points are well known: the limits on Iran's freedom to conduct advanced nuclear research and a framework for lifting UN sanctions. These are more complicated than US and European economic sanctions, because they directly target Iran's nuclear programme and would be more difficult to re-impose once lifted.
But the main difficulty might be the competing approaches of the two main negotiators, the Americans and the Iranians.
The Obama administration needs as much detail as possible in this preliminary accord to counter opponents in Congress. The Iranians want as little as possible to keep critics quiet while they focus on getting a final comprehensive settlement.
Any agreement would set the stage for further talks aimed at achieving a comprehensive accord by 30 June.
On Wednesday, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said again that the concessions offered to Iran in Lausanne would ensure a "bad deal" that endangered Israel, the Middle East and the rest of the world.
After months of negotiations, the basic outline of an agreement is well known.
Iran would scale its nuclear programme and subject it to rigorous inspection for at least 10 years. In exchange, there would be an easing and eventual end of crippling UN, US and EU sanctions.
However, there are some issues yet to be resolved. These are thought to include:
Iran's key nuclear sites
Having brought down a bouncing ball on the right, Smith took one touch before powering home a half-volley from 25 yards out.
Zach Clough should have equalised for the visitors but his 73rd-minute effort from six yards was blocked.
A minute later, Chris Forrester had a similar effort blocked for Posh.
Peterborough move up six places to fifth in League One.
The end of Bolton's five-game winning streak in the league leaves them one point behind second-placed Bradford City.
Match ends, Peterborough United 1, Bolton Wanderers 0.
Second Half ends, Peterborough United 1, Bolton Wanderers 0.
Hand ball by Lawrie Wilson (Bolton Wanderers).
Lee Angol (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Liam Trotter (Bolton Wanderers).
Attempt missed. Paul Taylor (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Michael Smith.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. James Henry replaces Sammy Ameobi.
Substitution, Peterborough United. Gwion Edwards replaces Chris Forrester.
Attempt missed. Chris Taylor (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Mark Beevers (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lee Angol (Peterborough United).
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Ryan Tafazolli.
Attempt saved. Lee Angol (Peterborough United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Jack Baldwin (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers).
Attempt missed. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Leonardo Da Silva Lopes (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Chris Taylor (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Leonardo Da Silva Lopes (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Peterborough United. Lee Angol replaces Tom Nichols.
Substitution, Peterborough United. Paul Taylor replaces Shaquile Coulthirst.
Attempt missed. Marcus Maddison (Peterborough United) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Chris Taylor replaces Tom Thorpe.
Attempt missed. Zach Clough (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Josh Vela (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Josh Vela (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Leonardo Da Silva Lopes (Peterborough United) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is too high.
Attempt missed. Michael Smith (Peterborough United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Attempt missed. Zach Clough (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Chris Forrester (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Josh Vela (Bolton Wanderers).
Foul by Ryan Tafazolli (Peterborough United).
Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Michael Bostwick (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by Lawrie Wilson.
Attempt missed. Michael Bostwick (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Marcus Maddison (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Liam Trotter (Bolton Wanderers).
The 30-year-old, recently seen as Nell Gwynn on the West End stage, will play the teenaged warrior from 9 December to 18 February at the Donmar Warehouse.
Arterton, who starred in 2008 Bond film Quantum of Solace, told the Daily Mail that Shaw's play had "a lot of soul".
Yet she admitted that she was not "the obvious choice" to play the title role.
"It's not the type of thing I usually play," the actress told the Mail's Baz Bamigboye. "My characters have usually got a bit more sass."
Notable past Joans include Dame Sybil Thorndike, Dame Joan Plowright and Jean Seberg, who played Shaw's martyred heroine on film in 1957.
Arterton was nominated for back-to-back Olivier awards for her roles in Nell Gwynn and West End musical Made in Dagenham.
The Gravesend-born actress also played the title role in The Duchess of Malfi at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in London in 2014.
Josie Rourke, the Donmar Warehouse's artistic director, said she was "thrilled" to be directing the "luminous and compelling" Arterton at the Covent Garden venue.
Other plays in the theatre's 2016 autumn season include One Night in Miami, which recreates a real-life encounter in 1964 between boxer Cassius Clay, activist Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke and American Football player Jim Brown.
Rourke said the recent death of Muhammad Ali - the name Clay adopted in 1964 - had given Kemp Powers' 2013 play "a new and added poignancy".
One Night in Miami, to be directed by actor and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah, runs at the Donmar from 6 October to 3 December.
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The 20-year-old made 38 appearances for Gateshead this season, having joining in June 2016 after leaving Barnsley.
Smith had played 25 league games for the Tykes in 2015-16 as they won promotion to the Championship.
He has signed a two-year contract with Justin Edinburgh's League One side, providing competition for fellow left-back David Buchanan.
"That's the reason why I've come here, because I feel I can give him competition," Smith told BBC Radio Northampton.
"I can learn stuff off him and make myself a better player, but first and foremost try to take his shirt off him."
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Amanda Walker, 48, from Knaresborough, was admitted to Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Hospital in December 2010 after miscarrying twins.
Her injuries were caused by a medical mask designed to keep her airway open during an operation.
The hospital apologised to Ms Walker, who said the pain was debilitating.
When she woke up from the procedure she had severe pain in her jaw and struggled to open her mouth.
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Her dentist later told her that her jaw was misaligned and there was significant damage to the muscles, tendons and ligaments around it, she said.
"My first MRI scan showed that my injuries were similar to that of a car crash victim they were that severe," Ms Walker said.
She has needed a series of operations to repair the damage, including a partial jaw replacement.
"It changed my diet, left me relying on my family more than ever," she said.
Ms Walker received a written apology from the hospital as well as financial compensation, the exact amount of which has not been revealed.
Dr David Scullion, medical director at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, said: "We have apologised to Ms Walker for the impact this injury has had on her, and I would like to reiterate that apology now.
"We conducted an investigation into Ms Walker's care with us in 2010 and want to give assurance that we have learned all we can from this incident."
More than 10,000 properties were affected when rain overwhelmed the city's drainage system in 2007.
Hull University expert Prof Lynne Frostick said flooding remained a threat despite investment in drainage and pumping stations.
Yorkshire Water said it had spent £30m to improve the sewerage system.
Prof Frostick, co-author of a 2010 report into the flooding, said: "Yorkshire Water has invested quite a lot money into improving some of the pumping facilities and people have been told a bit more about flooding and given more information that would allow them to prepare for flooding.
"But I think if we did get that amount of water again, then I think we'd have flooding. It may not be as bad as last time but we'd still have flooding."
Richard Sears, from Yorkshire Water, said the company had spent £30m on improving pumping systems and building water storage lagoons around Hull.
"We've increased the resilience of our sewerage system," he said
"So, if we did see a repeat of the rainfall event of 2007 Hull would probably still flood, but it wouldn't be on the scale or severity of what we've seen in the past."
An independent review into the 2007 floods said Yorkshire Water had ignored repeated warnings about the state of its drainage and pumping systems.
In 2010, Hull City Council commissioned the report from an independent body chaired by Tom Coulthard, professor of physical geography at Hull University.
It concluded that more than 8,600 homes, 1,300 business and 90 schools suffered flood damage as a result of the heavy rain.
Speaking after a riot at Birmingham prison, Nick Hardwick said there was only "a small window" in which to act.
The Ministry of Justice is recruiting an additional 2,500 prison officers to tackle prison violence.
But Mr Hardwick told the BBC the situation was "very grave" and it would be too long before the extra staff were trained and effective.
Mr Hardwick, formerly Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons, told BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend programme that there were widespread fears of violence in the prison system.
HMP Birmingham, where inmates took over four wings and started fires on Friday, had not even been among the institutions causing the most concern, he said.
"The levels of violence and suicide and self-harm are not only increasing, but the rate at which they are increasing is accelerating.
"Successive ministers cannot say that they were not warned about this."
A gold command centre set up by the National Offender Management Service when trouble broke out in Birmingham is still in operation and continuing to monitor any signs of potential disturbance there and elsewhere.
The BBC understands there was a brief disturbance at Hull prison involving a number of inmates transferred from Birmingham, and one wing was in lock-down for up to two hours.
A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: "HMP Hull, like all prisons across the estate, is being closely monitored for signs of potential unrest.
"We have specially trained prison staff available to respond to any disturbances."
Last month, Justice Secretary Liz Truss announced a £1.3bn investment in new prisons, as well as more prison officers, extra drug tests and greater autonomy for governors.
She has also promised a zero-tolerance approach to attacks on prison staff and said body-worn cameras would be provided at jails across the country.
But Mr Hardwick said the government must take urgent action to reduce the prison population of 85,000 to a more manageable figure.
"We are not prepared to pay for the size of the prison population that we now have, so the balance between the prison population and the number of staff that we've got is now unworkable," he said.
"It would be a mistake to take emergency, reckless measures around the prison population. But if you don't do things in a planned and sensible way then further down the track you may be forced into a much more difficult position."
Alex Cavendish, a former prisoner turned academic who runs the Prison UK blog, also told the BBC he was concerned more prison officers was not the answer.
"I'm not convinced that they will be able to retain them, or that they will be able to get them deployed, trained effectively, onto wings in time to stop the next round of riots.
"And I am very, very much afraid that we are going to see more of this disturbance. Mercifully, at Birmingham nobody was seriously injured or killed, but that cannot be ruled out in the future."
The 33-year-old victim was struck on Tooting Bec Road at the junction of Dr Johnson Avenue, Streatham, at 03:10 BST on Saturday.
Met Police said the man, whose identity is not being released at this stage, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police have released CCTV images of a silver car they want to trace in connection with the incident.
They would also like to speak to the driver of a Hackney carriage taxi who was seen by witnesses near the scene at the time of the collision.
Det Sgt Phil Hames of the Serious Collision Investigation Unit at Merton said: "I need to hear from anyone who witnessed the collision or has information - including reports of a car which sustained unexplained frontal damage overnight - that may help identify the driver or the vehicle involved."
The appeal number for people to call police is 020 85435157.
Max Gradel gave the much-changed Cherries the lead with a low drive that went in off the base of the post.
But the League Two side were level when Cole Stockton controlled a long throw and swept in at the near post.
Wilson - who had two loan spells with Bournemouth in 2007 - won it from 25 yards with a low shot.
Bournemouth will host Championship side Preston in the next round.
Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe:
"The result was the most important thing.
"It was a tough night. Morecambe are a very direct, physical team and they put us under pressure at times. But thankfully we stood up to that.
"I think it was important that we won. We wanted to get through, and that hopefully gives us a platform for Saturday."
Morecambe boss Jim Bentley:
"I'm proud of the team.
"They've given it everything and come off the pitch with no regrets.
"It was a proper game, a great game to be involved in. I'm disappointed but I'm massively proud of the players' efforts.
"Unfortunately we just came up a bit short and go out of the cup but we've got to take confidence from that."
Match ends, Morecambe 1, Bournemouth 2.
Second Half ends, Morecambe 1, Bournemouth 2.
Attempt saved. Ryan Edwards (Morecambe) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Emerson Hyndman replaces Max Gradel.
Ryan Edwards (Morecambe) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box.
Paul Mullin (Morecambe) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Lewis Cook (Bournemouth).
Attempt saved. Benik Afobe (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Paul Mullin (Morecambe) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt saved. Paul Mullin (Morecambe) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Liam Wakefield (Morecambe) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lys Mousset (Bournemouth).
Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Adam Federici.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Ryan Edwards.
Attempt blocked. Lys Mousset (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Tom Barkhuizen (Morecambe).
Simon Francis (Bournemouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Lys Mousset (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right.
Substitution, Morecambe. Rhys Turner replaces Cole Stockton.
Substitution, Morecambe. Paul Mullin replaces Jack Dunn.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Ryan Edwards.
Attempt blocked. Brad Smith (Bournemouth) right footed shot from long range on the left is blocked.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Lys Mousset replaces Lewis Grabban.
Foul by Liam Wakefield (Morecambe).
Brad Smith (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Simon Francis (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kevin Ellison (Morecambe).
Substitution, Morecambe. Kevin Ellison replaces Lee Molyneux.
Attempt missed. Jack Dunn (Morecambe) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Ryan Edwards.
Attempt blocked. Max Gradel (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Foul by Lee Molyneux (Morecambe).
Lewis Cook (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Marc Pugh replaces Junior Stanislas.
Attempt missed. Max Gradel (Bournemouth) left footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt missed. Lee Molyneux (Morecambe) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Michael Rose (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lewis Cook (Bournemouth).
Goal! Morecambe 1, Bournemouth 2. Marc Wilson (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dan Gosling.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Ryan Edwards.
Lancaster has dropped fly-half George Ford in favour of Owen Farrell and brought in Sam Burgess in the centres.
England beat Fiji in their first match, while Wales got the better of Uruguay.
Lancaster said: "The game will be judged a success if we win. If we lose I will be questioned. Clearly my selection heightens it."
Jonathan Joseph's chest injury has prompted the changes in England's backline.
With Burgess paired with Brad Barritt, Lancaster is fielding the 14th centre partnership of his four-year tenure.
Just 11 months since he switched codes, and after only 112 minutes of Test rugby, Burgess will be up against British and Irish Lion Jamie Roberts, capped 72 times by Wales.
"We need to have good defenders to stop Wales on the gain-line," said Lancaster.
"Sam's a good and powerful defender. But also I think he offers us a threat in attack. We don't always have to use the threat that he is. Sometimes you can bypass him."
Mike Ford, formerly England's defence coach, said son George was "devastated" to have been relegated to the bench
Lancaster said: "Obviously George is disappointed, but in the same way it is about how you deal with disappointment.
"In my mind, they are both word-class players and we are just playing in a different way, a different order."
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The Ireland front row looked in discomfort after being replaced early on in the 27-15 defeat by Scarlets.
"Jack got a whack on his arm so we'll see how he is. He may need to get an X-ray," said Leinster coach Leo Cullen.
Sean O'Brien, another Lions squad member, was a late withdrawal from the Leinster bench because of a tight calf.
Flanker O'Brien hasn't played since missing Leinster's European Champions Cup semi-final defeat by Clermont on 23 April because of a hamstring problem.
His ongoing fitness issues are likely to be a concern for Lions coach Warren Gatland, with the squad departing for New Zealand on 29 May.
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Leinster prop Tadhg Furlong, also part of the Lions squad, hobbled off in the second half of Friday's defeat by Scarlets but his issue was said to be cramp.
Lions fly-half Johnny Sexton required treatment during the game but was unscathed afterwards.
Garry Ringrose, a possible contender for a late Lions call-up if any of the selected centres are ruled out, also appears to be fine despite coming off late in the game with a knee injury.
Wales hooker Ken Owens missed Friday's semi-final because of an ankle injury but Scarlets coach Wayne Pivac said on Saturday that the 30-year-old should be fit for the Lions tour.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Amsa) said high winds and rain meant planes could not fly safely.
Malaysian PM Najib Razak says satellite data showed the plane ended its journey in remote seas west of Australia.
In Beijing relatives of passengers clashed with police outside Malaysia's embassy, as China asked to see data on which Malaysia's conclusion was based.
About 200 relatives marched to the diplomatic mission, with scuffles breaking out as they confronted security personnel.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared on 8 March as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. It was carrying a total of 239 people, including 153 Chinese nationals.
A multinational search effort has focused on seas some 2,500km (1,500 miles) to the southwest of the Australian city of Perth.
But in a news conference late on Monday, the Malaysian leader said it had to be concluded "with deep sadness and regret" that according to new data "flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean".
Speaking to media on Tuesday, Malaysia Airlines CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said: "We do not know why, we do not know how this terrible tragedy happened."
But he added: "The announcement made last night and shared with families is the reality that we must now accept."
Malaysia Airlines Chairman Mohammed Nor Yusof described the situation as "an unprecedented event requiring an unprecedented response".
"The investigation under way may yet prove to be even longer and more complex than it has been since 8 March," he said.
"But we will continue to support the families as we have done throughout, and to support the authorities as the search for definitive answers continues."
Planes from several nations have been scouring waters far off Perth for signs of the missing plane, in a search co-ordinated by Australia.
There have been several sightings of debris, but none have yet been confirmed as linked to the plane.
In its statement, Amsa said it had undertaken a risk assessment "and determined that the current weather conditions would make any air and sea search activities hazardous and pose a risk to crew".
"Therefore, Amsa has suspended all sea and air search operations for today due to these weather conditions," it said.
Australia's Defence Minister David Johnston said search efforts were unlikely to start again for "at least another 24 hours".
He described the search as a "massive logistical exercise" in an "extremely remote" part of the world.
Mark Binskin, vice-chief of the Australian Defence Force, said: "We're not searching for a needle in a haystack. We're still trying to define where the haystack is."
China, meanwhile, has asked Malaysia to hand over the data that led it to conclude the plane had flown into the sea.
"We demand the Malaysian side state the detailed evidence that leads them to this judgement as well as supply all the relevant information and evidence about the satellite data analysis," Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Xie Hangsheng said, according to a statement on the ministry's website.
"The search and rescue work cannot stop now. We demand the Malaysian side continue to finish all the work including search and rescue," he added.
Mr Najib said the conclusion the plane was lost was based on new satellite analysis by British firm Inmarsat and information from the UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB).
By Celia HattonBBC News, Beijing
Scenes from Beijing are a demonstration of the extreme levels of anger and frustration felt by relatives of those on the missing plane.
Public street protests are illegal in China but the fact that these relatives were able to organise themselves together, wearing matching T-shirts and carrying professionally printed banners, indicates they feel they have nothing left to lose.
Relatives left their hotel and first boarded three city buses which they said would take them to Malaysia's embassy in downtown Beijing.
But a thin line of Chinese police blocked those buses. So the relatives left the buses, broke through police lines and simply marched to the embassy themselves, chanting slogans like: "We want the truth". Banners read "Mum, Dad, without you what will I do?" and "We want the truth from Malaysia".
Many of the families are convinced that the Malaysian authorities have been distorting facts. Their actions today show they will risk breaking the law and angering the Chinese government in order to get the information they feel they deserve.
Inmarsat had already said it received automated "pings" from the plane over its satellite network after the aircraft ceased radio and radar contact.
Mr Najib said Inmarsat had been able to shed further light on the plane's flight path by performing further calculations "using a type of analysis never before used in an investigation of this sort".
The fact that Malaysian officials sent news of Mr Najib's announcement to some relatives by SMS has attracted criticism.
Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, the airline's CEO, said on Tuesday that SMS was used only as a last resort, when the news could not be delivered in person or by telephone, with the "sole and only motivation" of ensuring that families heard the news first.
In Beijing, meanwhile, relatives of passengers on board the plane released a statement accusing the Malaysian government of trying to "delay, distort and hide the truth".
Dozens of them then left their Beijing hotel on a protest bound for the Malaysian embassy, carrying banners asking Kuala Lumpur to be truthful with the relatives.
Police blocked their buses from leaving, so they left the buses and walked there themselves, with scuffles later erupting outside the diplomatic mission.
In Malaysia, newspapers ran black or darkened front pages in tribute to those now believed to have died.
The mother of Wimbledon champions, Andy and Jamie Murray, had been giving evidence to an inquiry looking at the £37.5m Park of Keir scheme.
Ms Murray and golfer Colin Montgomerie are both backing the plan.
Scottish ministers will decide on its future after Stirling Council turned down approval.
More than 1,000 objections had been lodged with the local authority.
The development - on land between Dunblane and Bridge of Allan - consists of a 12-court tennis venue, golfing facilities, a hotel and spa, and 19 luxury homes on land which is currently allocated as green belt in the local plan.
The Scottish government-appointed Reporter Timothy Brian has been asked to review the decision.
He is taking evidence from a number of interested parties, including Ms Murray.
On Wednesday she told the hearing that she was keen to find a site suitable for a tennis centre in a "central location" of Scotland.
Ms Murray said: "For me being a Dunblane person, when this site was mentioned to me it ticked all of the boxes."
She added that it would "deliver tennis on a big scale and serve the local area too".
Ms Murray explained that the tennis facility would not be viable without the golf academy and housing.
"Tennis doesn't stack up by itself - it has to have other things around it," she said.
Ms Murray added that she wanted the development to to be built debt free in order to keep the costs of hiring the tennis courts down.
She believed the sports facility needed to be open to "as many people as possible, regardless of means".
Ms Murray also told the public inquiry the Park of Keir development team involved her and property firm the King Group but there was no "formal" business partnership
She said a state-of-the-art tennis facility would "complement" community-based tennis clubs.
Stirling Council's planning and regulation panel rejected the planning application in December.
At the time, Mark Ruskell, a Green councillor on Stirling Council, said the decision to reject the Park of Keir application was "democratic and based on agreed national and local planning policies".
However, the developers lodged an appeal with the Scottish government in March.
The appeal document said: "We consider that the net economic and social benefits of the amended proposals are significant and considerably outweigh any perceived local concerns over the scale or type of the enabling housing element or any environmental impact of the proposed development."
It also stated that the developers believed Stirling Council "erred in its policy assessment" by focusing on the "residential element instead of considering the development as a whole".
The hearing, by the Scottish government's planning and environmental appeals division, will take evidence over the next two weeks including from those objecting to the plan.
The residential sports training centre is to be used by schools, clubs elite, athletes and the local community.
It has been designed to ensure it can be used as a fully-inclusive training and events venue for para-sports.
The facility was funded through the Scottish government Commonwealth Games Legacy Fund, sportscotland and North Ayrshire Council.
The design is inspired by the flow of a gymnast's ribbon.
Existing sports and gymnastics halls are connected with world-class training facilities and an accommodation block providing 60 fully-accessible twin bedrooms.
Sports minister Aileen Campbell said: "It's wonderful to see it ready to open and to hear how sportscotland are going to maximise the use of the centre for all.
"Facilities like Inverclyde, and the recently opened Oriam, are not just for elite athletes. They have been designed to ensure that communities can benefit too."
Commonwealth Games judo gold medallist, Graeme Randall, who is a sportscotland lead manager, said the organisation was looking forward to welcoming its first guests.
He said: "While generations of Scotland's best athletes have trained here over the years, at Inverclyde we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to participate and progress in sport."
The Scottish Cerebral Palsy/Stroke/Acquired Brain Injury Squad will be one of the first groups to train at the newly redeveloped centre.
Paralympian and Scotland CP football vice captain, Martin Hickman said: "This is an ideal place for us to come together as a team, allowing us to focus fully on our training knowing that everything we need has been thought about and catered for."
Active Schools co-ordinator Natalie Murray said the centre would inspire local children to make sport a part of their daily lives.
To his supporters he is a heroic revolutionary who overthrew a brutal dictator and has since dedicated his life to improving conditions in one of the region's poorest countries.
To his critics - including many former allies - he is a corrupt and authoritarian ruler who has turned his back on his revolutionary ideals and come to resemble the dictator he deposed.
What is certain is that he has been the dominant political figure in Nicaragua for more than three decades.
Born in 1946 as the son of a shoemaker, Daniel Ortega was still a teenager when he joined the left-wing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN).
It was fighting to overthrow the dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza, whose family had ruled Nicaragua since 1936.
In 1967 Mr Ortega was imprisoned for robbing a bank to raise funds for the revolution.
He spent seven years in jail and was severely tortured before being released along with other Sandinistas in exchange for hostages.
In 1979, following a bitter armed struggle in which 50,000 people were killed, President Somoza fled into exile and the Sandinistas took power, inheriting a country in ruins.
Mr Ortega became a member of the five person Junta of National Reconciliation, and in 1984 was elected president.
Most international observers recognised the vote as generally free and fair, despite opposition complaints.
But US President Ronald Reagan dismissed the election as a "sham" and stepped up his support for armed counter-revolutionary groups known as Contras.
This was the height of the Cold War, and Washington saw the Sandinistas as a front for Soviet and Cuban-style communism and a threat to US-backed governments throughout Central America.
The Sandinista government made important gains, particularly in health, education and land reform.
With his olive green guerrilla fatigues and passionate anti-US rhetoric, Mr Ortega became the new hero of left-wing groups around the world.
But the impact of the Contra war and US sanctions made economic reconstruction impossible.
In presidential elections in 1989, to the surprise of many observers, Mr Ortega was defeated by liberal opposition candidate Violeta Chamorro.
He accepted the result, but said the Sandinistas would continue to "rule from below" through its control of the army and mass organisations such as trade unions.
Further presidential election defeats in 1995 and 2001, combined with allegations of corruption and deep splits within the Sandinista movement, led many to dismiss him as a spent political force.
In 1998 his step-daughter Zoilamerica accused him of repeatedly raping her as a child.
Mr Ortega avoided trial by invoking his immunity as a member of congress, but his personal reputation was in ruins.
But with Latin America's political tide moving back towards the left, and with Nicaragua still plagued by poverty and corruption, in 2006 he made a dramatic comeback to win the presidency again.
The man who returned to power was much changed from the revolutionary of 16 years before.
In a campaign masterminded by his wife Rosario Murillo - a poet he met while in prison - the black and red Sandinista flags were largely replaced by pink campaign posters.
The military fatigues were exchanged for white shirt-sleeves and the Marxist slogans swapped for a vague commitment to "Christianity, Socialism and solidarity".
The US and EU froze aid to his government in 2008 after allegations of widespread fraud in local elections.
But massive loans and cheap oil from a new ally - Venezuela's left-wing President Hugo Chavez - have more than compensated for this, boosting economic growth.
In 2009 Nicaragua's Supreme Court and Supreme Electoral Council removed constitutional obstacles to him standing for another term in office - a move the opposition condemned as illegal.
Critics accuse Mr Ortega of running Nicaragua as a personal fiefdom, and of using Venezuelan money as a slush fund to buy support.
Many former Sandinistas accuse him of betraying his revolutionary ideals in a ruthless pursuit of power.
But he retains strong support among the poor in rural and urban Nicaragua, and was the clear favourite to win re-election.
Alex Gray and Tom Mitchell scored tries for England, who were beaten 25-5 by New Zealand in the semi-final.
The Kiwis came from 21-7 down to beat South Africa 24-21 in the final, Joe Webber going over with the last touch.
Scotland lost 19-7 to Samoa in the Bowl final between the teams who finish third and fourth in their groups.
New Zealand, who claimed a hat-trick of Wellington titles, featured two-time World Cup-winner Sonny Bill Williams, who scored a try with his first touch on his rugby sevens debut in a 38-7 win over Russia on Saturday.
He said: "I'm privileged to be playing with such great players, I've got a lot to work on and it's a learning curve, but I'm just glad to be doing it with these guys."
The 30-year-old has committed to the New Zealand sevens team with the aim of playing at the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
Despite their defeat in Wellington, South Africa top the overall World Series standings after reaching the final.
They are two points clear of Fiji, with New Zealand in third place and England are fourth.
England coach Simon Amor said: "The boys gave it their all this weekend. They didn't quite get it right in attack in those final two games but we have a young team out here and it has been an amazing experience for them playing against two incredibly physical sides, I'm proud of them."
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Consuming more than four portions a week is a risk, suggests the study of nearly 1,000 French people, published in the journal Thorax.
The researchers believe it could be a preservative called nitrite used in meats such as sausages, salami and ham that aggravates the airways.
But experts say the link has not been proved and more investigations are needed.
Rather than worry about one type of food, people should be eating a healthy and varied diet, they advise.
Processed meat has already been linked with cancer.
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Experts say people should eat no more than 70g a day of red and processed meat for good health.
That's about one sausage plus a rasher of bacon a day.
The people in the study had been taking part in a French survey about food and health, spanning a decade from 2003 to 2013.
Around half of them were asthma patients. The rest - the control subjects - had no history of the condition.
The survey looked specifically at asthma symptoms - breathlessness, wheeze, chest tightness - and intake of cured meat: a single portion was two slices of ham, one sausage or two slices of salami.
Among the people with asthma, higher meat consumption was linked with a worsening of their lung symptoms.
People who said they consumed more than four portions a week - eight slices of ham or four sausages, for example - had the biggest deterioration of their asthma by the end of the study.
The experts stress that their work cannot prove diet is definitely to blame. There are lots of factors in a person's life that can make their asthma worse.
The researchers tried to eliminate the most obvious ones, controlling for things like obesity, and the link between processed meat and worsening asthma remained.
Dr Erika Kennington, Head of Research at Asthma UK says: "Although certain foods can be triggers for allergies in some people, there is no specific dietary advice to manage asthma symptoms generally. For most people with asthma, healthy eating advice is exactly the same as it is for everyone else: follow a balanced diet that includes plenty of fresh and unprocessed food and is low in sugar, salt and saturated fat."
Catherine Collins of the British Dietetic Association recommended "a varied and Mediterranean-style diet", containing plenty of fresh produce, "whether you have asthma or not."
Tadas Zaleskas, 26, and Nonita Karajevaite, 24, were both killed on the A47 near Terrington St John, Norfolk, on Sunday.
Ms Karajevaite's death is being treated as suspicious following allegations she was forcibly pushed into the traffic.
Norfolk Police said the footage, taken at Worzals Farm Shop in Walpole Highway, may jog people's memories.
Det Ch Insp Paul Durham said: "We now believe that prior to her arriving at Worzals, Nonita was wearing black trousers with a black and white patterned round-neck cardigan. She was also wearing yellow-framed designer sunglasses and was barefoot.
"It is thought that when she got to the lay-by on the A47, probably due to the weather, she has taken off her cardigan and rolled up her trousers, which gave them the appearance of leggings.
"A key focus on this inquiry is anyone who may have seen the couple as they made their way along the A47 so, with this new information in mind, I'd be keen to hear from anyone who may have seen Nonita to come forward."
The couple, originally from Lithuania, were engaged and lived in nearby Emneth.
Both died when they were hit by a silver Kia car as they walked along the eastbound carriageway near Terrington St John at 14:15 BST.
At 13:20 they had both separately spoken to an assistant at Worzals Farm Shop and asked them to call the police, but they left soon afterwards with no explanation. Police were not called.
On Wednesday one lane of the eastbound carriageway was closed while officers carried out a detailed search of the grass verge.
They recovered clothing, documents and a pair of sunglasses, believed to belong to the couple.
City council leader John Clancy said Birmingham was a "fantastic sporting city", hosting major events including The Ashes and the Rugby World Cup.
The council has launched a feasibility study and claimed the event could generate more than £390m for the region.
The mayor of Liverpool revealed in August that they are also planning a bid.
Other places expected to be in the running include Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea and Edmonton in Canada.
It is 31 years since the city's memorably unpersuasive attempt to host the Summer Olympics of 1992 failed to have the desired effect, but those behind the Commonwealth bid say the city is ready to play host this time.
Mr Clancy said: "We have proven ourselves to be warm, welcoming and friendly hosts to a number of international events in recent years.
"In addition to the huge economic impact, these events showcase the very best of our city and wider region to the world."
Venues that could be used to host events include Villa Park, the Alexander Stadium, Edgbaston Cricket Ground, the NEC and the Genting Arena.
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Karen Bradley, said: "Birmingham is a city with a fantastic sporting pedigree.
"The Commonwealth Games transformed Manchester in 2002 and did the same for Glasgow in 2014, so it's no surprise that Birmingham is interested in hosting the Games in 2026."
She added that the government looked forward to sharing its "knowledge and expertise" with Birmingham and any other interested cities to help them develop "credible and realistic" bids.
Bob Sleigh, chairman of the West Midlands Combined Authority, which is backing Birmingham's bid, said other "incredible" facilities in the region could also be used, such as West Bromwich Albion's Hawthorns stadium and Coventry City's Ricoh Arena.
Candidates have to notify their intention to bid by March 2018, and the winner will be announced in November 2019.
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The Glasgow Cycling app allows cyclists to submit routes, distances travelled, times taken and average speeds.
The anonymous information will be available for free on Future City Glasgow's open data website.
It is hoped the data will inform future investment decisions and improvements to the city's cycling network.
Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson said: "Cycling has huge mental and physical health benefits for individuals as well as environmental advantages for the city.
"The number of cyclists coming into the city has increased drastically but Glasgow City Council is keen to encourage even more people to cycle both for leisure and commuting.
"This new app will provide accurate information which will be extremely helpful when decisions are being made on where and how to upgrade or extend cycling facilities. I hope bikers will seize this chance to contribute directly to work to make Glasgow more bike friendly."
The free app is currently available from the Apple store. An android version will be available soon on Google Play.
Current information about how cyclists travel around Glasgow is limited.
There is an electronic counter on the Anderston footbridge and a manual cordon count takes place every year.
Victoria Leiper of the Glasgow Bike Station urged cyclists to try the app.
She said: "This is our opportunity, as cycle commuters to shape decision-making.
"It is perhaps the most pro-active thing we can do and I certainly plan to use the app every day to submit my own journeys and to encourage our customers at the Glasgow Bike Station to use it as well."
Keith Irving, Chief Executive Cycling Scotland, urged other cities to follow Glasgow's example.
"All councils should be increasing monitoring of cycling levels," he said.
"This initiative by Future City Glasgow combines technology with data to develop information about cycling conditions in Glasgow.
"We hope it will be successful and could feature in a future Cycling Scotland conference as best practice to be copied across the country."
The show at Chatsworth, a Derbyshire stately home, features eight display gardens.
Organisers are expecting almost 90,000 people to visit the event, officially opened by Alan Titchmarsh and Mary Berry, over five days.
Anna Skibniewski-Ball, assistant manager, said she hoped it would be "truly wonderful and inspiring".
The show, which opens to the public on Wednesday, runs until Sunday at the Duke of Devonshire's Chatsworth estate.
Visitors are being warned to expect mixed weather conditions.
Some of the judging has been postponed until later in the week because of rain and high winds.
Alan Titchmarsh, a vice president of the RHS, said he was pleased Chatsworth had got its own show.
He said: "It's immensely exciting, we come to the county fair every year and love the Derbyshire Dales, the folk of Derbyshire are friendly, it's great for it to get its own RHS show."
The RHS, which famously runs the Chelsea Flower Show, said the theme for Chatsworth was "design revolutionaries."
The showground at Chatsworth, which covers 43 acres, will feature more than 350 exhibitors from across the UK.
Three temporary bridges, the longest of which is over 40m in length, have been installed to allow people to explore gardens on both sides of the River Derwent.
The show's largest garden, a modernist quarry plot, features more than 7,000 bedding plants, a 10-metre tall oak tree and more than 20 slate monoliths.
4 November 2015 Last updated at 14:44 GMT
Nottingham City Council had threatened to get an injunction against Mickey Summers after he staged a series of disruptive protests.
Mr Summers had staged loud protests at council meetings and outside an official's house.
The Saudis see growing Iranian influence everywhere - to the north in Iraq and Syria, to the east in its own country and in Bahrain, and now pointedly to the south in Yemen.
But this view belies the complexities of Yemeni domestic politics, overemphasises the role of Iran, and is unlikely to lead to anything approaching a successful conclusion, as is being seen with the Saudi-led bombing campaign, which is yet to achieve its stated aims.
The Houthi moniker, originally but a clan name, has been associated with the Zaidi branch of Shia Islam and, thus, by overly simplified if not erroneous extension, the "Twelver" Shiism predominant in Iran and Shiism in general.
Firstly, Houthis are not all Zaidis, and neither are all Zaidis Houthis. And secondly, Zaidism is considered to be the branch of Shiism least in dispute with Sunni doctrine.
Whatever the religious similarities between the Houthis and Iran, there is an implicit notion that any commonality matters. Whether nominally united or separated by faith, it is seldom as determining a factor in action as it is fatuously perceived.
None of this is to ignore commonalities between Iran and the Houthis.
Both display a vociferous anti-American and anti-Israeli streak, and there are obvious instances of the Houthis co-operating in some way with Iran in recent years.
A day after the Houthis took over the Yemeni capital Sanaa in February, an aviation agreement with Iran was signed and an Iranian Mahan Airlines plane landed in the city.
But simplistically labelling the Houthis as "Iranian-backed" obscures the domestic nature of the conflict which predates the Arab Spring.
Zaidis ruled parts of Yemen for almost 1,000 years until 1962 and were even supported by Saudi Arabia in the 1970s.
But then the Houthis, who emerged as a Zaidi revivalist movement in the 1990s, fought a series of wars between 2004 and 2010 against the Saudi-supported central Yemeni state led by then-President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who also happens to be a Zaidi.
Religious divisions have, therefore, played a surprisingly minor role in the past until they were deepened not least by Saudi Arabia's attempts in the 1990s in particular to spread its own austere version of Sunni Islam in Yemen.
The Houthis believed that such policies were designed to further marginalise their position, given their historic powerbase of Saada province being right on the Saudi border.
The numerous wars fought against government forces gave the Houthis all the training and combat experience that they needed to humiliate Saudi forces when they intervened in Yemen in 2009 and to apparently fare so well against the recent air campaign launched by Saudi Arabia and its allies.
More importantly perhaps, many years of war have festooned Yemen with weapons.
There are plenty of accusations that Iran supplies the Houthis with weapons. Some reports lack credibility, like Saudi-owned al-Arabiya TV's insistence that 185 tons of Iranian weapons miraculously made it through the international naval taskforce currently blockading Yemen.
Other stories, like the Iranian dhow that was stopped on route to Yemen in 2013 with a range of advanced equipment, are far more plausibly an example of Iranian weapons shipping.
While one UN Security Council report noted independent verification was unable to confirm the allegations, a more recent, as yet unreleased one, concluded that a pattern of Iranian support had emerged.
Nevertheless, a perennial problem with such instances is that the evidence of Iranian involvement often comes from sources that have a vested interest in plugging such a line: whether from the Saudi, Yemeni or American side.
External supplies notwithstanding, an obvious source of weaponry for the Houthis came thanks to a new-found agreement with their erstwhile adversary, Ali Abdullah Saleh, who seemed to support the Houthis in their takeover of Sanaa in autumn 2014.
This gave the Houthis the opportunity to help themselves to an unknown quantity of US weaponry from army bases captured curiously easily.
Overall, the perennial resort to the "Iranian-backed Houthi fighters" logic is problematic as it simplifies the conflict too much and mandates too much of an external focus.
If Iran is the major source of supplies, then an air campaign to destroy stores and interdict resupply might make sense. But this logic is being sorely tested by the complete lack of a collapse of the Houthis (quite the opposite, so far) in the face of the bombing onslaught.
Similarly, the urgency to combat the Houthis lest some hypothetical Iranian proxy force develops on the Arabian Peninsula means that, as a direct corollary, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has received a free pass to expand its orbit of power.
Recently, the group reinforced its hold on Mukalla in the southern province of Hadramawt taking over an airport, a military base, and a prison, freeing dozens of prisoners including AQAP leaders.
Given that AQAP remains the core US interest in Yemen, such a turn of events will surely have given its leadership pause to reconsider its open support of the Saudi campaign.
It would not be surprising if US cautions about the knock-on effects of the campaign enabling AQAP played a role in Saudi's announcement on 21 April 2015 that it was ending the air campaign.
But the sense that the Gulf Arab states, led by Saudi Arabia, are simply winging their policy in Yemen is inescapable.
In lieu of anything approaching a cogent, strategic plan, the short-termist resort of bombing to win does not inspire hope for the near future.
Dr David Roberts is a lecturer in the Defence Studies Department at King's College London. He was the Director of the Qatar office of the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi). His book, Qatar: Securing the Global Ambitions of a City State, will be published in 2015. Follow him on Twitter @thegulfblog
The heavy fall was due to restructuring costs and a write-down of some assets.
Without one-off costs, the Canadian mobile phone company posted a $14m profit.
Despite the hit, Blackberry shares gained in early trading as it said losses for the whole year would be lower than expected.
Chief executive John Chen said greater efficiencies and strong growth in software and services would trim its losses.
He said losses would be around 15 cents per share, compared with analysts' forecasts of 33 cents per share.
"They have not put figures behind some of their forecasts in quite some time, and hopefully that speaks to improved visibility into the business," said Morningstar analyst Brian Colello.
Blackberry is moving away from smartphone sales - in which it has less than 1% of the global market - and towards the device software used by companies and governments.
The company said sales of its handsets, which had an average selling price of $290, were below projections in the quarter.
Total revenue across the business dropped 14% to $400m in the three months to the end of May.
The unexpected setback for Hinkley Point came because the UK government said it wanted to delay its final decision on the project.
It would be the UK's first new nuclear plant in decades.
But Wales' Economy Secretary Ken Skates is concerned about the impact on Wylfa.
He said the UK government has a "responsibility not to damage confidence levels of key developers".
"Any review must not derail the important Wylfa development," he added.
Business Secretary Greg Clark has said the UK government will "consider carefully" the Hinkley Point plans before backing them.
There have been concerns that difficulties with Hinkley Point C's project would affect Wylfa Newydd's ability to attract investors.
Mr Skates said: "Following the UK government's decision to undertake a further review of the Hinkley project I have written to the Secretary of State Greg Clark seeking urgent clarification that this will not impact on the Wylfa Newydd development in North Wales.
"Wylfa Newydd is an important strategic infrastructure project for Wales which will help to create high quality jobs as well as be important to the future of steel in Wales.
"The UK government have an important responsibility not to damage confidence levels of key developers such as Horizon Nuclear Power and their Tier one supply chain to invest in Wales."
The UK government has been asked to comment.
The markets shook off comments from Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that interest rates should rise in the coming months.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 44.9 points to 17873.2.
The S&P 500 index gained 8.96 points to 2099.06, while the tech-focused Nasdaq index rose 31.74 points to 4933.5.
Speaking at Harvard University, Ms Yellen said if the economy continued to improve as she expected, the central bank would raise rates in the coming months. The Fed's next meeting is in June.
"The market is giving permission to the Fed to raise rates," said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank. "We'll see what actually happens when they do."
On Friday, US Commerce Department revised its estimate for first quarter growth up to 0.8%, from the sluggish 0.5% originally estimated.
Google's parent company, Alphabet, was up 1.2% after winning a court battle against Oracle. Oracle had alleged Google unfairly used parts of its code in its Android operating system.
Specialty drug company Flexion Therapeutics fell 9.8% a day despite receiving positive guidance from the Food and Drug Administration.
Shares in the company reached a three-month high on Thursday after the FDA gave Flexion its blessing to seek approval for a new treatment for osteoarthritis of the knee.
Monday is a holiday in the US and stock markets will be closed.
Although horses - and some well-endowed giants - are perhaps the most well-known hill figures there are also some more unusual creatures and carvings.
A lion stands proudly in Bedfordshire. A kiwi in Wiltshire is a testament to the homesick New Zealand soldiers once stationed nearby.
Here are the stories behind some of the enormous symbols which have become part of the country's very fabric.
The Uffington Horse, in the Berkshire Downs, is considered the oldest hill figure of them all. Carved in the Iron Age, there has been an unbroken chain of people caring for this prehistoric monument for the past 3,000 years.
Soil tests show the horse has been there since between 1200 BC and 800 BC. There are plenty of legends associated with both the figure and with nearby Dragon Hill. There have even been suggestions the horse is in fact a dragon.
One tale is that King Arthur will one day wake when England is in peril. When Arthur rouses (although legend has it he fought against the English, so it would seem unlikely), the Uffington horse will rise up and dance on Dragon Hill. A similar creature is featured on old Celtic coins from 150 BC.
In fact depictions of horses are fairly common, with at least 24 across Britain - although some can no longer be seen.
Historian Dr Mark Hows, who studies hill figures, believes the figure represents the Celtic goddess Epona, protector of horses, and all the other horses are copies of - or at least inspired by - the Uffington original.
However, only the Osmington White Horse - a 260ft (79m) figure which prances across the South Dorset Downs - has a rider.
It was carved in 1808 in honour of King George III, who was a regular visitor to nearby Weymouth. The figure underwent something of a trial in 1989 when the BBC programme Challenge Anneka decided to restore it - but ended up damaging it.
It was properly redone in time for the 2012 Olympics, when it could be seen by television viewers of sailing events held in Weymouth harbour.
One of the most famous hill figures is the Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset, which Historic England describes as "bold and anatomically impressive".
The 180ft-tall (55m) turf-cut figure of a naked man waving a club has prompted considerable debate over its origins.
Early antiquarians linked him with the Anglo-Saxon deity Helis, while others believe he is the classical hero Hercules. Still others posit he was carved during the English Civil War as a parody of Oliver Cromwell, although he is commonly believed to have some association with a pagan fertility cult.
A further layer of mystery was added in the 1980s when a survey revealed anomalies which suggested he originally wore a cloak and was stood over a disembodied head. There has also been a suggestion his significant anatomy is in fact the result of merging a smaller penis with a representation of his navel during a re-cut by the Victorians.
The giant has caused a few hot flushes in the past. Prudish politicians led to a version on a brewer's logo having his modesty preserved in a Houses of Parliament bar by the addition of a paper fig leaf.
And keeping with a political theme, pranksters recently attached giant letters spelling out "Theresa".
Cerne Abbas is not the only place to boast a giant on its hillside. Wilmington in East Sussex has its own "Long Man" - but he is a more modest sort than his Dorset cousin.
For many years up until the 19th Century, the Long Man was only visible when the sun was in a certain position, but since 1874 its shape has been marked out in yellow bricks.
The Sussex Archaeological Society describes him as "the mysterious guardian of the South Downs" and says there are many theories about his origin.
Some are convinced he is prehistoric, others believe he is the work of an artistic monk from the nearby priory, which would date him from between the 11th and 15th Centuries.
Roman coins bearing a similar figure suggest he belonged to the 4th Century and there may be plausible parallels with a helmeted figure found on Anglo-Saxon ornaments.
We may never know.
In 1919, following the end of World War One, officers commanding restless and homesick New Zealand troops wanted a task to distract their men and keep them out of trouble.
Perhaps inspired by Wiltshire's large number of chalk hill figures - it has 13 horse figures alone - they despatched the soldiers to carve a kiwi in the hillside above Bulford Military Camp.
It was designed by Sgt Maj Percy Cecil Blenkarne from a sketch of a stuffed kiwi specimen in the British Museum.
The figure, the body of which measures 1.5 acres (6,100 m sq), was completed shortly before the troops went home.
It was then looked after by the Kiwi shoe polish company as an advert, until it was covered during World War Two in case it was used as a landmark by enemy aircraft.
Although the carving was neglected and nearly disappeared in the 1970s, it was restored close to its former glory in 1986 by a local scout group - which changed its name to the 1st Bulford (Kiwi) Scouts. It has now been given protected status.
Other remnants of military life can be found on Fovant Down, between Salisbury and Shaftesbury, where military insignia are carved.
Five of the Fovant Badges were created by soldiers during World War One, including the rising sun of the Australian and Commonwealth Military Forces, the Post Office Rifles and the Devonshire Regiment. The ACMF also had men stationed at the nearby Hurdcott army camp, where they cut a map of Australia.
The badges belonging to the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry and the Wiltshire Regiment were built in the early 1950s by the Fovant Home Guard, while the Royal Corps of Signals cut their badge in 1970 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the corps.
But to find the largest of England's hill figures, one has to travel to Bedfordshire.
The giant 147m (483 ft) long lion was carved in 1933 to indicate the location of Whipsnade wildlife park.
Thousands of man hours over 18 months were spent digging the creature out of the hillside with pick-axes.
However, the outbreak of World War Two resulted in it being covered up again, amid fears it could help guide German bombers to the nearby towns of Luton and Dunstable.
Troops were brought in to help camouflage the landmark with brushwood, nets and manure.
After the war the lion was uncovered and spruced up again in 2005.
He is now visible for several miles across the Dunstable Downs.
The two-time Wimbledon champion, 27, was stabbed by an intruder at her home in December.
Czech Kvitova returned at last month's French Open before earning the first comeback win in Birmingham on Monday.
British number two Broady, who beat Alize Cornet in the first round, failed to create a break point.
Broady, 27, was overpowered by Kvitova's trademark serve and booming groundstrokes as the 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon champion wrapped up both sets by winning four consecutive games.
"So far it is working very well. I still have a lot of things to improve but it is good news," said Kvitova, who will compete at Wimbledon when the tournament starts on 3 July.
"I want to play as many matches as I can. It was a dream come to true to play again and it is great preparation for Wimbledon."
The 4-1 shot claimed his second Group One win of the season as veteran trainer Sir Michael Stoute earned a record sixth win in the race.
Having finished second in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, the four-year-old beat 5-2 favourite Churchill, trained by Aiden O'Brien, in the final furlong.
"It all went so smoothly," said Stoute.
"There was not a blip out there. This is his best performance so far."
2,000 Guineas winner Churchill and jockey Ryan Moore battled with James Doyle on Barney Roy for much of the race, but Crowley timed it perfectly to win by two lengths.
BBC horse racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght
Ulysses demonstrated himself a racehorse of the highest calibre as he gave Michael Stoute yet another success in this ever-significant prize.
The best form around was represented and - by winning so comprehensively - he can fairly be called the best colt in Europe. The best female horse, Enable - Ulysses' conqueror in the King George at Ascot - races in this week's Yorkshire Oaks.
An idea of the upward curve of this horse comes from Stoute, who described him with the relatively modest adjective "admirable" after the Eclipse, but this time the beaming smile said "superstar", and he'd know one.
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The Independent Monitoring Board, which ensures fairness and decency for all prisoners, is aiming to increase its membership from eight to 15 for the city centre jail.
Duties include checking on inmates in solitary confinement and ensuring cells are adequate.
Training will be given to new members.
Steve Cocks, chairman of Cardiff IMB, said: "We're desperately trying to get a better range of people on the board.
"We're all basically white British so it would be nice to get ethnic minority representation and also younger people."
He said the role was "challenging but rewarding" - as official representatives of the justice minister, volunteers have "complete access to the prison".
"Our role is to look into all aspects of prison life and bring any concerns to the attention of those responsible," he added.
"We sample food, visit education facilities, monitor the admission of new prisoners, sit in on the governor's disciplinary hearings and a whole range of other tasks.
"We are also called into any serious incidents in the prison, though these are rare."
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Volunteers are being sought to help monitor standards at Cardiff Prison - especially young people and those from ethnic minorities.
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The Blues had Nemanja Matic sent off as they were held to a late 1-1 draw at home to Burnley.
Referring to notes in his post-match BBC interview, Mourinho said: "There are four moments of the game where you can write the story. Minutes 30, 33, 43 and 69. Don't ask me more questions.
"I can't go through the incidents. I am punished when I refer to them."
The key incidents:
Burnley keeper Tom Heaton launches the ball forward and Barnes appears to catch Branislav Ivanovic with a knee to the back of his legs as the two challenge for a header. The Blues defender reacts furiously to the challenge but the referee does not award a free-kick.
Ivanovic is at the centre of the action again. Juan Cuadrado pulls the back back for the Serbia defender and he strikes a first-time shot from the edge of the area which hits the raised arm of Michael Kightly, who is turning his back on the ball. Ivanovic claims handball but referee Martin Atkinson is unmoved.
Burnley defender Jason Shackell is dispossessed by Diego Costa and, in trying to make up for his mistake, the Clarets player appears to push the Chelsea striker. Costa falls to the ground but Atkinson again decides against awarding a spot-kick to the home side. Costa punches the ground in anger.
The midfielder is dismissed for a reactive push on Barnes after a late tackle from the Burnley forward. Mourinho said: "What happened to Matic was in minute 69 and minute 69 had a big relationship with minute 30 because normally that player, if I can call him a player, should have been in the shower in minute 31.
"There wouldn't have been a minute 69 if the person in charge had dealt with minute 30 properly."
Former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin was critical of both Matic's reaction and the original challenge from Barnes.
He said: "You cannot react like that - and Chelsea players have done in the past. I think the tackle by Ashley Barnes deserves a substantial ban though. It was a vile challenge on Nemanja Matic.
"Potentially a leg-breaker."
In January Mourinho was fined £25,000 by the Football Association for comments claiming there is a "campaign" to influence referees' decisions against his Chelsea side.
Costa was then handed a three-game ban for stamping on Liverpool defender Emre Can, with Mourinho again blaming TV pundits for being part of 'a campaign.'
After the draw with Burnley, Mourinho said: "A couple of weeks ago when I was here in the press conference after the Liverpool game in the Capital One Cup, the television subtitles had gone on and on about Diego's 'crimes'.
"Well compare Diego's 'crimes' with what happened against Burnley.
"Have I seen a run of decisions like this? I don't remember. I'm happy that I'm not stupid and I understood everything a couple of months ago. I'm not in the mood to laugh."
Burnley manager Sean Dyche defended his players and refused to be drawn by Mourinho's comments.
"I've only seen it as it happened. It looked like a coming together at an odd angle. Then Matic reacts in the way he did," Dyche said.
"I will look back at it again, but I haven't seen it since. But there's more to talk about than that because it was an excellent performance.
"Barnes was involved in something earlier in what sense? Playing football? A charge in the back? Is there anything else? The grass was too short?
"I have total respect for Jose Mourinho, his players and Chelsea. Fantastic manager, fantastic club."
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Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho blamed four key moments for his side's failure to beat Burnley.
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Trystan Williams was sacked by Springfield Academy in Calne, Wiltshire, after a pupil was seriously injured with a knife in 2013.
Parents have described the school's response as "disproportionate".
Governors said their investigation was "incredibly thorough" and carried out by an independent person.
Mr Williams was investigated by police for 12 months, and bailed 11 times, but was not charged with any offence.
The school's own case was heard by a panel of three governors, with Mr Williams allowed to call and question witnesses.
During a meeting on Wednesday, chair of governors Nina Gibson told parents she understood their "concern and anger" but the case had been properly investigated.
Mr Williams has not taught at the school since October 2013.
The decision to dismiss him was based on a failure to submit written reports about the incident.
Parents at the school have said Mr Williams has "worked wonders" with their children, with many telling the BBC of their anger and astonishment over the sacking.
One said: "I have to believe that justice will be done, I've seen the evidence, I've seen the documentation and the reasoning behind his sacking.
"Even a child from the school would read that documentation and say something isn't right here."
Conservative MP for North Wiltshire James Gray has written to the education secretary and described the sacking as a potentially "significant miscarriage of justice" or "at the very least a disproportionate response to a minor misdemeanour ".
A Wiltshire Council spokesman said it was satisfied the appropriate procedures have been followed.
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In a way, the tough talking has already been done with the outlining of proposals to bring the number of councils down to single figures from the existing 22.
Council leaders desperate to avoid this, and there are plenty of them, will be hoping that Labour is not in a position to deliver on the pledge after next year's assembly election results are known.
Labour does not have a majority at the assembly now and the inability to strike some kind of deal with any of the opposition parties shows no sign of abating.
There is a view among some insiders that these plans will not see the light of day, or as one AM put it to me: "It's like writing the menu for the return journey of the Titanic."
Despite the challenge of having to win a majority next year to ensure the new plan does become a reality, Leighton Andrews clearly feels he has stolen a march on the opposition by making Labour the only party which will campaign on reducing the cost of politics by cutting back on 22 separate entities.
The political calculation is that the majority of people agree with him that 22 is too many.
The other calculation is that while council reorganisation is not up there among the top three issues of health, education and the economy, it at least shows the willingness of the administration to take on the status quo.
Labour has been in power in Cardiff Bay since the start of devolution, and it is sensitive to the accusation of being stale and this could be a way of turning the narrative around.
It could also be a way of turning the narrative away from health which is threatening to dominate next year's assembly elections in a way it has never done before.
None of the council leaders gathering in Swansea will want to be seen to be blocking reform.
When you ask them, the vast majority say they believe change has to happen, but not reform in a way that would see most of them disappear, to be replaced by counties representing areas that were last lumped together in the 70s, 80s and early 90s.
One former leader unkindly suggested that the proposals for eight or nine smacked of a civil servant dusting the plan from the shelf because there had been a failure to come up with any new ideas.
If Labour's proposals come to pass, they will lead to the return of the big beasts of the council world.
The new leaders will command big organisations responsible for delivering services to populations of around half a million people in some cases.
It is this power which is the carrot that Leighton Andrews will dangle for them, claiming that the new bodies will have a far greater national voice and more potential to take on devolved services.
But all of these promises are being made against the backdrop of shrinking budgets, which is causing some in local government to question the very survival of many of the services they carry out.
The issue of cuts is being used in contrasting ways. The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) says the level of cuts is why re-organisation is an unnecessary distraction, while the Welsh government says the cuts are exactly why there should be reform so that an estimated saving of £60m a year can be made.
There will be plenty of claims and counter claims made about the savings and the costs of setting up new organisations and making people redundant.
All said and done, the key question is whether any of these changes will lead to better services for the public. And no-one knows the answer to that question.
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The former world and European medallist missed out on the 800m final in Amsterdam on Thursday after suffering a hamstring injury in the heats.
Meadows, 35, wants to be a mentor for younger athletes and a "real advocate" for anti-doping campaigns.
"It is time to pass over to the next generation," she told BBC Sport.
"I did think my career would either end here or in Rio in a few weeks' time.
"I've done this sport for 28 years, I've given my all and it's taken a lot from me. I definitely won't miss it."
Meadows believes she "fulfilled her potential" in athletics, despite suffering from injury and illness towards the end of her career.
She won a European Indoor Championships 800m gold in 2011, but it is the 2009 World Championships - where she won bronze - that Meadows says will provide her lasting memory of the sport.
"I remember being on the back straight with the Union Jack flag just thinking, 'I'm one of those people you see on TV'," she said.
"Athletics is a great sport. I'm not the tallest, but you should never be determined by your size, your shape, your background."
Meadows has previously admitted feeling very "demoralised" over athletics' doping crisis.
She missed out on a place in the 800m final at the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, in 2011 only to see two of the Russian athletes in that final, Ekaterina Kostetskaya and Yuliya Rusanova, since serve doping bans.
She was also only awarded her 2011 European Indoor Championships gold medal after the event, when Russia's Yevgeniya Zinurova was banned for tampering with urine samples.
Meadows, who has also said she has been cheated out of at least three medals, would now like to contribute to anti-doping campaigns.
"My name is synonymous with anti-doping from some of the experiences I've had," she said.
"I'd love to get involved. I want to create a new message and drive the future of clean sport in Europe and the world."
Doha News said both of the Gulf state's internet service providers had prevented readers reaching the site since Wednesday. It created another domain, but that too stopped working.
"We can only conclude our website has been deliberately targeted," it said.
There has so far been no comment from the ISPs or the Qatari authorities.
Qatar has enjoyed a reputation as a centre for media freedom, owing in part to its funding and hosting of the Al Jazeera news network.
But last year the authorities detained two groups of foreign journalists from the BBC and West German Broadcasting, as they attempted to report on the treatment of migrant workers as the country prepares to host football's World Cup in 2022.
Doha News has been operating for almost eight years and says it has an audience of almost one million unique users a month.
In a statement posted on its website on Thursday, Doha News said its domain had become inaccessible to most online users in Qatar on Wednesday after apparently being blocked simultaneously by the country's two ISPs, Ooredoo and Vodafone.
While it put in requests for information from the authorities it temporarily diverted readers to an alternative domain. However, that also stopped working.
"Given this development and the silence from the government and ISP providers, we can only conclude that our website has been deliberately targeted and blocked by Qatar authorities," the statement said.
"We are incredibly disappointed with this decision, which appears to be an act of censorship."
"We are also puzzled because authorities did not discuss any concerns they had with us before taking such serious action," the statement added.
The AFP news agency noted that Doha News carried an editorial two months ago that alleged that Qatar's cybercrime law was being used to "silence" people.
In August, it published an article by a man on the challenges of being gay in Qatar, where "sodomy" can be punished with one to three years in prison and Muslims convicted of sex-outside marriage can be sentenced to flogging or even death.
This is where the most raucous Connacht fans hang out. Pat Lam and his coaching staff operate at the other side of the stadium, in a quiet room where they can plot in peace.
The visitors - and it's entirely deliberate - have to work amid a racket. "Oh, they make a lot of noise and they bang on the side of the box and shout and roar," says McFarland. "It's great fun."
McFarland should know because for the longest time he was part of this scene, as Connacht as any Englishman can possibly be.
He replaced Shade Munro in the Glasgow set-up in the summer, but for 15 years McFarland was a driving force at the home of Irish rugby's perennial underdog, a dog that this season has bitten back in a major way.
He was a Connacht prop from 2000 to 2006. He was only the second player in their history to play 100 times for the province. Then he was Connacht forwards coach, then assistant coach. He was on the coaching ticket with the Ireland Under-20s and the Emerging Ireland side. His son, Thomas, was born in Galway. Some of the best years of his life were spent out west.
"I love the people and the place," says McFarland. "When we went there a few weeks ago for the last match of the regular season, everybody was very welcoming. But I know when there's a lion waiting in the long grass for me. When we were shaking paws it was ready to bite me - and it did."
Connacht won that game 14-7. Now comes the semi-final in the same sell-out venue.
"It was hard losing. I came home and the weird thing about it was that in the first 24 hours afterwards I was more upset about losing that game than losing any other game in the year.
"We were still in the semi-final, but I was gutted. That feeling demonstrated to me how sucked into the Warriors environment I've been even though it's only been a year. It hurt that much. It was pleasing that it hurt so badly."
McFarland's history with Connacht goes deep, not just in terms of years but in terms of what happened in those years.
At the end of 2002, during his second season, rumours started circulating in Ireland that the IRFU were about to put Connacht to sleep, that they couldn't afford four teams any longer and that the western province were going to be shut down.
McFarland was the Connacht players' representative at the time. In January 2003, a newspaper report effectively brought confirmation that it was all over. That was the way it was done back then. Players found out their fate in a story in the Irish Independent, the source of which was a high-ranking IRFU official.
"I'd been at Richmond when they went bust a few years earlier and I'd learned a few lessons about that experience. I wanted to fight. Everybody stood up."
The public got engaged, the politicians came on board, there was a counter-attack on the IRFU from Connacht about the financial wastefulness in the union.
A story was leaked about an upcoming Six Nations trip to Italy where the IRFU had booked 83 rooms for three nights in one of the city's finest hotels. 'If they want to save money, how is that justifiable?' That was the message from the war cabinet in Connacht. And it put the blazers on the back foot.
"We had a march on the IRFU office in Dublin. I was at it, all the players were. We were told that we shouldn't be up the front when the IRFU came to the door to collect the petition because we'd end up on RTE, so we kinda stayed around the back of it.
"Everybody met in the pub beforehand and by the time the 2000 of us were standing outside Lansdowne Road there was little bit of anger there.
"I love the fact that I played for a team that people looked down on and that I went out and helped fight our corner. We had a group of people at Connacht who really felt they were being put-upon.
"People in the west of Ireland are characterised by resilience. Call it grit if you like, it's a funky word in sports psychology these days. When something comes at you, you always respond. If it's hard, you come back, you take a knock and you get back up again. It's very difficult to defeat an opponent that refuses to lie down."
Connacht's campaign earned a reprieve- and they have slowly built from there, McFarland at the heart of it until last summer when he swapped Galway for Glasgow.
He mentions a conversation he had with Glasgow's defence coach, Matt Taylor, recently. Taylor was talking about something he'd read about the San Antonio Spurs basketball team and a widely-used phrase they use called 'pounding the rock'.
"Think about this enormous rock and you have a sledgehammer and you're pounding away at it and after each blow you get little chips coming off the rock but the effect, visibly, is not huge. If you're willing to keep pounding then you're going to get a result, the more you pound the more stress you will cause the rock and at some point that rock just breaks.
"Pat Lam was pounding the rock at Connacht, so was Eric Elwood before him and Michael Bradley and Steph Nel, who was coach when I joined. They understood that if they kept doing what they really believed in then they were going to have success. Pounding the rock. You see the results today."
This is part of why so many people see a lot of Glasgow in Connacht, because Glasgow pounded the rock themselves for many years and eventually it broke on that memorable day in Belfast last year when they became Pro 12 champions.
McFarland worked with Connacht coach Pat Lam, for two happy years, until his move to Glasgow, a decision he made because he wanted to test himself in a whole new environment.
"It was an opportunity to come to a club that has followed a similar path to Connacht, from underdogs to developing a really good culture."
And now, in this semi-final, new club meets old back in his former home in Galway. Was he surprised by Connacht's victory over Glasgow the last time? "No. I was involved in games with Connacht over the years when they demonstrated exactly the same stuff, the same physicality.
"We learned lessons from the Sportsground. Discipline is a big one. We've got to make sure we are controlled in what we are doing and that we don't give them a chance to get into positions where they can use their strengths. We can improve on the collision area. We need to negate them there.
"We're going up against a group of players who are used to digging deep and fighting. They have a history of that. So do we."
The weather, he says, will be mixed. A little bit dry, a little bit wet, a little bit of everything during the course of the afternoon. Unpredictable, in other words. A bit like the outcome. It's hard to think of Saturday without that image of a man pounding a rock springing to mind.
Hopefully it'll be a day for artistry. Unquestionably it'll be a day for physicality. Above all, perhaps, it'll be a day for mentality, a game between two teams that are so hard to break.
"It'll be great crack," says McFarland. Amid so much uncertainty, that's the one guarantee.
Det Ch Insp Paul Rymarz said aviation law blocks access to some Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) material.
This includes cockpit recordings and footage, witness accounts and specialist reports.
He told a pre-inquest hearing their inquiry "cannot progress effectively" until the court rules.
Without this material "key evidence is missing and experts are not in a position to provide interpretations".
A Hawker Hunter plane crashed into spectators watching the airshow from the A27 at Shoreham last August, killing 11 people.
The pilot, 51-year-old Andrew Hill, survived and has been interviewed under caution.
Mr Rymarz said there was "very good liaison" with the AAIB but police have had to work without its specialist knowledge and key evidence is missing.
Police said 330 statements, 3,500 documents and video and images from more than 200 people now form part of their inquiry.
The senior coroner for West Sussex, Penelope Schofield, plans to hold the full inquest in March next year and expects it to last about eight weeks.
But she said there might be a prosecution and that could "add a further delay to the families having some closure".
A lawyer for six of the bereaved families, James Healy-Pratt, of Stewarts Law, told the BBC they want the inquest to be completed but do not want corners cut.
He said: "We know there is key evidence still subject to a High Court dispute or application between the police and the Department of Transport.
Once that is resolved, we hope there will be a full air accident investigation."
A spokesman for the AAIB told the hearing on Tuesday it had released three bulletins about the crash with its final report expected to be published in "early summer".
The coroner adjourned the proceedings for another pre-inquest hearing on 19 September.
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The city is going to grind to a halt to observe the spectacle. Local bars are opening early to host viewing parties. Democrats and Republicans will be united in rapt attention as the former director has his first opportunity to publicly give his account of his interactions with the president and the circumstances of his dismissal.
Oh, and don't forget - after Mr Comey's public testimony, he'll be answering more sensitive questions from senators in a private hearing. If there are any shocking revelations that come out, their chances of not leaking to the media are just about zero.
Here's a look at the most pressing questions Mr Comey will face during his appearance - and what we can expect from his answers.
In a morning of big questions, this will be the biggest. Back in mid-May, the New York Times reported - based on a contemporaneous memo Mr Comey had written - that the president had asked the then-FBI director to go easy on Mr Trump's former aide.
"I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go," the Times reported that Mr Trump told the director after privately taking him aside in the Oval Office. "He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go."
Mr Flynn, whom the president fired from his job as national security adviser in February, had served as a close foreign policy advisor and surrogate to Mr Trump during the presidential campaign and was even on the short list to be his vice-presidential running mate.
If Mr Comey testifies under oath that he felt pressured to adjust his investigation at the request of the president - and he does in fact have memos to back up these claims - it would bolster the arguments made by Democrats and other Trump critics that the president attempted to obstruct an ongoing investigation.
That's the sort of charge that someday could be a centrepiece of an effort to impeach the president.
Then again, Mr Comey did testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in early May that "in my experience" the FBI had never been pressured to stop an ongoing investigation by the attorney general or senior Justice Department officials (although he was not explicitly asked about the president).
That response hints at the possibility that Mr Comey could downplay any allegations of presidential pressure and turn what was thought to be a looming bombshell into a political dud.
It may be an unlikely outcome, however. According to an ABC News report, while Mr Comey does not plan to accuse the president of obstruction of justice, he will not paint the president's actions in a favourable light.
Assuming the answer to the previous question is in the affirmative - which, according to an article by the Wall Street Journal, it will be - the next question is obvious. Why did the FBI director, a man with a reputation for independence and probity, who stood up to his own administration when he was deputy attorney general back in 2004, hold his tongue for so long?
If Mr Trump was leaning on the FBI director during an ongoing investigation, that surely wasn't the only instance of presidential meddling. Didn't Mr Comey have a responsibility to come forward with these allegations and not simply file some memos and tell a few associates?
Waiting to drop this particular bombshell until after he was fired and publicly ridiculed by the president has opened Mr Comey up to accusations of sour grapes.
Mr Comey, according to reports from his associates, may have decided not to go public because he thought he could be more effective working on the inside and that anyone who replaced him would be more beholden to the president.
We'll see if that's the line he goes with on the big stage.
Speaking of being beholden to the president, another eye-popping revelation from the New York Times last month was that Mr Trump invited Mr Comey to a one-on-one dinner just days after he was inaugurated and, during that meeting, asked the FBI director for his loyalty.
According to the Times, which relied on two sources with knowledge of the meeting, Mr Comey offered his honesty and, when prompted by the president, his "honest loyalty".
The White House denies this version of the events, although it does confirm that the two had dinner. In an interview the president said that Mr Comey - who was three years into a 10-year term - asked the president to keep him on as director.
Mr Comey will surely be asked to give his version of that fateful evening and explain any discrepancies between his version and the president's.
Given that Mr Trump has yet to name Mr Comey's replacement, the notion of a presidential loyalty requirement for the top US law enforcement official will be of considerable interest to the senators who eventually have to vote to confirm the president's nominee.
In the letter Mr Trump sent Mr Comey informing him that he was being fired, the president said he appreciated being told by the director "on three separate occasions" that he was not under FBI investigation.
One of those times, according to the president, was the now-famous dinner.
According to ABC News, Mr Comey will deny that he gave the president any such assurances - setting up yet another direct conflict between the president and director's stories and raising the prospect that Mr Trump is, in fact, within the crosshairs of the ongoing federal probe.
The Washington Post's Robert Costa reports that the president could tweet his reactions to the director's statements on Thursday, so it may not be long before the public hears his take on the matter.
The last time Mr Comey appeared before a Senate committee, on 3 May - just a week before his firing - the then-director was questioned about who may have revealed the identity - or "unmasked" - Trump aides who were inadvertently swept up in US government surveillance of foreign officials.
Under US law, the names of Americans whose communications were intercepted or who came up in conversations between foreign nationals are redacted from intelligence reports unless a national security official requests the information.
Republicans will likely press Mr Comey for further information about unmasking requests and the status of any federal investigations into how the unmasked names of Trump officials - most prominently former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn - leaked to the media.
Even if the questions are tangential to the big story of the day, if Mr Comey stumbles in handling them it could give his critics fodder for making accusations that the director went easy on anti-Trump leakers or was even complicit in the revelations.
The best way for Trump supporters to undermine Mr Comey's testimony as a whole is to somehow paint him as a partisan operative or otherwise not the model of rectitude he makes himself out to be.
According to Mr Comey's previous testimony, he decided to publicly announce the results of the Clinton investigation after Bill Clinton met with then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch at Phoenix Airport in June. He was concerned that their private conversation called the impartiality of any Justice Department findings into question.
During that press conference, Mr Comey said the former secretary of state had been "extremely careless" in her handling of sensitive material - a description that would dog the Democratic candidate until the very end of her presidential campaign.
According to a Washington Post report, however, Mr Comey may have made the announcement without co-ordinating with the Justice Department - a break with FBI tradition - in part because he feared that a Russian intelligence document indicating collusion between the Clinton campaign and the Obama Justice Department could be leaked to the public.
Mr Comey reportedly was concerned the revelation of the document, even though it was almost certainly fraudulent, would undermine the FBI investigation and the credibility of the Justice Department as a whole.
In fact, the FBI director may be questioned extensively on his actions during the 2016 presidential campaign once again, given that the Justice Department has cited Mr Comey's handling of the Clinton investigation as grounds for his dismissal.
If most of Mr Comey's testimony will make the president and his associates sweat, this may be where the former director feels a bit of the heat as well.
This is the biggest of questions hanging over Washington these days, but it's also the least likely to get an answer from Mr Comey.
The former director will almost certainly demur, citing the ongoing independent counsel inquiry headed by his former boss, Robert Mueller.
How he dances around the question is worth watching, however. When former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper was asked a similar question in March, he said he hadn't seen any evidence of collusion - a response that has been cited by the Trump White House from the president on down as evidence that the Russia investigation is a "witch hunt".
Mr Clapper has since clarified that he wasn't privy to details of the FBI investigation and had no access to findings after he left office at the end of January, but that hasn't stopped Trump administration officials from continuing to point to Mr Clapper's original statement as exoneration.
Whatever Mr Comey says on the matter will be parsed down to the pauses and twitches on his face for any indication of where the Russia investigation currently stands.
The ailing baby, named Fiona, had become dehydrated after refusing milk and required an urgent intravenous drip.
Fiona was born six weeks early to 17-year-old hippo Bibi on 24 January.
At birth she weighed 13 kg (29 lbs), which the zoo says is about half the previous lowest recorded birth weight for her species.
The normal range is 25-54 kg and at almost a month old she does not yet weigh 25 kg.
Zoo staff, who have been blogging about the little hippo's progress, said last week that she was teething.
The discomfort may have made her bottle feeding uncomfortable, they said.
When she grew sick and lethargic, the local Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center stepped in to help rehydrate her.
"Preemies have very tiny and unstable veins, and even though our vet team was able to get multiple IVs placed, the veins could not sustain the IV and would blow," said the zoo's curator of mammals Christina Gorsuch.
"Lucky for us, we're right next door to a world-class facility with a whole department dedicated to working with difficult veins."
Two members of the hospital's vascular team brought ultrasound equipment to the zoo on Friday and put an IV catheter into Fiona.
It lasted just 30 minutes before her vein ruptured, but the team were able to secure a line into one of her deep leg veins.
Keepers have been monitoring the IV round the clock since then.
"Five bags of fluid later, Fiona is showing signs of recovery," Ms Gorsuch said.
"She is still sleeping a lot but has started to take bottles again and has periods of carefully-supervised activity. The catheter is still in place."
Baby Fiona is being cared for close to her mother Bibi and father Henry, so the family can hear and smell each other.
She made the history books even before her arrival, when scientists at the zoo captured the first ever ultrasound image of a Nile hippo foetus.
The Vascular Access Team were delighted to help the diminutive beast, whose growing pains have charmed fans online.
"Like many people, we are rooting for Fiona!" said clinical director Sylvia Rineair.
Cincinnati Zoo was in the news last year over the fatal shooting of gorilla Harambe after the animal grabbed a four-year-old boy who had fallen into his enclosure.
The shooting last May sparked angry reaction and prompted a social media backlash that saw the zoo temporarily delete its Twitter account.
Fiona isn't the first of Cincinnati's animal residents to get help from the local children's hospital.
In 2015, Ali the aardvark had CT and MRI scans at Cincinnati Children's after suffering from eye trouble.
The multi-talented team have also helped baby gorillas, and consulted on a polar bear pregnancy test.
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The big match, which kicks off at 17:30 BST, features as part of 17 hours of TV coverage on the BBC.
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Your cup final day starts bright and early as BBC Breakfast kicks things off from 06:00 BST. Keep your eyes peeled for appearances from BBC Sport presenters Jason Mohammad and Dan Walker, as well as former Arsenal player Ray Parlour.
The fun continues on CBBC at 07:45 BST with MOTD Kickabout, while Danny Baker's 5 live show from 09:00 BST will also be cup final flavoured.
Fighting Talk from 11:00 on 5 live comes from Wembley with Pat Nevin taking part, and the build-up continues with Football Focus from noon.
Dan Walker will be joined by cup winners Martin Keown and Ruud Gullit, who will dissect where the big game could be won and lost.
Noon is also the starting point for live text commentary on the BBC Sport website and app - your home for the remainder of the day. Stay in touch with #bbcfacup across social media. Arsenal Ladies defender Alex Scott - a multiple Women's FA Cup winner - is your social media host throughout the day.
A special FA Cup edition of Pointless takes place at 13:15 BST on BBC One before Jason Mohammad presents the FA Cup show from 14:00 BST.
With build-up now in full swing, Jason looks back at the FA People's Cup, recaps the Wenger years (so far) and is joined by comedian and Chelsea fan Omid Djalili.
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The match coverage begins at 16:15 BST live on BBC One and online, as Gary Lineker is joined by Alan Shearer, Frank Lampard, Ian Wright and Ruud Gullit, who will be providing separate analysis on Facebook during the game.
Guy Mowbray is joined by Danny Murphy for television commentary, while on 5 live Mark Chapman presents from Wembley with John Murray, Ian Dennis and Jermaine Jenas on commentary duties.
You can also watch the game with 5 live commentary on the Red Button, and watch the game with Spidercam footage on the BBC Sport website and app.
At half-time you will also be able to choose your FA Cup goal of the season from the following shortlist:
Qualifying - Adam Coombes - Welling United v Swindon Supermarine
R1 - Junior Morais - St Albans v Carlisle
R2 - Adam Morgan - Curzon Ashton v AFC Wimbledon
R3 - Sean McConville - Accrington v Luton
R4 - Steven Defour - Burnley v Bristol City
R5 - Danny Graham - Blackburn v Man Utd
QF - Son Heung-min - Tottenham v Millwall (first goal)
SF - Nemanja Matic - Chelsea v Tottenham
Mr Duggan, 29, was shot by officers in Tottenham, north London, on 4 August 2011 and a gun was found nearby, a trial at the Old Bailey heard.
Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, 30, had denied selling or transferring a prohibited firearm to Mr Duggan.
Mr Duggan's death sparked riots in Tottenham, which led to disorder in a number of English cities and towns.
During the trial the jury heard Mr Duggan collected the BBM Bruni Model 92 handgun in a shoebox just 15 minutes before he was killed.
Prosecutor Edward Brown QC told the court: "The death of Mr Duggan has been regarded as the event that sparked the riots in north London, which then spread across London and then to other cities and which attracted widespread publicity in the United Kingdom and abroad."
He told the jury it was not their task to decide the "rights and wrongs" of Mr Duggan's shooting, which will be examined at the inquest into his death, set to take place in September.
Hutchinson-Foster has admitted using the same gun to beat barber Peter Osadebay at a barber's shop in Dalston, east London, just six days before Mr Duggan's death.
The defendant, a cannabis user with convictions for possession of cocaine and heroin with intent to supply, claimed Mr Duggan had wanted his help to sell some cannabis.
He said that was why his DNA was found on the gun when it was retrieved from Ferry Lane, along with traces of Mr Osadebay's blood.
According to the BBC's Danny Shaw the case has helped clarify events leading up to the shooting of Mr Duggan and the inquest into his death can now go ahead.
Armed police, who gave evidence anonymously, described how they had opened fire on Mr Duggan because they saw him get out of a taxi holding a loaded gun.
The officer responsible for the two shots that fatally wounded Mr Duggan said: "I had an honest-held belief that Mark Duggan was going to shoot me or one of my colleagues, so I brought my MP5 (sub-machine gun) up to the shooting position."
The officer, known only as V53, shot Mr Duggan in the chest and arm.
He told the jury: "Mark Duggan then fell to the floor. I then closed the suspect down."
The court heard Mr Duggan had been under police surveillance before the shooting.
A taxi driver, who also gave evidence anonymously, collected Mr Duggan from Hoxton, east London, and took him to an address in Leyton, where he saw his passenger collect a box from another man.
Asked if he could remember the events clearly, the taxi driver said: "It was such an incident that a person cannot forget about these things, even at night."
He detailed the "hard stop" carried out by police, who surrounded the cab, forcing it to halt.
Police descended on the halted minicab and the driver said he saw his passenger get out and run, followed by the gun shots.
The court heard the driver was was pulled from his cab and and forced to lie face-down on the ground with his hands tied behind his back, where he saw Mr Duggan's body lying nearby.
The driver said: "His mouth was open.
"He was bleeding from the front. They were trying to remove his clothes."
An Independent Police Complaints Commission inquiry into the shooting is on-going.
Chief Supt Dean Haydon, from the Metropolitan Police's Trident Gang Crime Command which tackles gang and gun crime, said: "The Kevin Hutchinson-Foster trial has primarily been about the supply of an illegal firearm and I welcome the verdict of the jury in this case today."
Hutchinson-Foster will be sentenced on 26 February.
The Court of Cassation ordered that the 65-year-old be retried on the charge of conspiring to commit terrorist acts with foreign organisations.
Last week, the court quashed a death sentence handed to Morsi in a separate case revolving around a mass prison break during the 2011 revolution.
But he is still serving lengthy sentences related to two other cases.
Morsi was elected president in 2012 but was removed by the military a year later after protests against his rule.
Maudie tells the true story of Maud Lewis, who overcame her disability to become one of Canada's best-known folk artists. She died in 1970, aged 67.
Hawkins couldn't attend the premiere on Monday as she was filming elsewhere in the city.
But she said in a message that Maud Lewis was the "role of a lifetime".
Hawkins gives an extraordinary performance in which she appears to physically diminish as the film goes on.
One review has already described it as "Oscar-worthy".
The film co-stars Ethan Hawke as the reclusive Everett Lewis, who hires the fragile Maud as his housekeeper.
As she covers the walls of his tiny house in Nova Scotia with her colourful paintings the pair fall into an unlikely romance.
Everett takes over the housework while Maud concentrates on selling her art.
Ethan Hawke, who plays Everett, said after the screening that he regarded Maud Lewis as a "ferocious feminist".
Hawke, who also starred in Toronto's opening night film The Magnificent Seven, said had first become aware of the screenplay after his wife found it on his desk and read it.
"I got home from doing a play one night to find her in tears," he recalled.
"I thought the worst, but she took the script and said, 'you have to do that movie'. I said, 'Okay, I'll read it.'
"And she said, 'I didn't say that. You have to do it'."
Irish director Aisling Walsh described the relationship between Maud and Everett as "a beautiful love story".
She urged the audience to discover more about Lewis's work, which often featured sunny outdoor scenes and cats.
The painted cabin where Lewis and Everett lived is now on display at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.
The Toronto International Film Festival runs until 18 September.
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The South Africa-born back-row will make his first Six Nations start against the French, having become eligible to play for Scotland ahead of last year's World Cup.
"At this level, every game is a must-win game," said Strauss. "Pride-wise, though, this is a must-win game.
"It's very big for us. We feel everything is in place for us."
Strauss wants his team to build on the momentum generated by the victory over Italy in Rome last time out that ended the Scots' nine-match losing run in the Six Nations.
"We feel there has been a constant improvement in the team," he said. "That's a very important factor at this level, trying to build on the positives and trying to get the negatives out of the game.
"Two weeks ago against Italy, things came together nicely. We've got to build on what we did well."
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The form of David Denton resulted in Strauss playing a less prominent role in Scotland's World Cup campaign than many had anticipated, but now he wants to stake a claim for the number eight jersey in Vern Cotter's team.
"It's obviously a very big opportunity for myself," said Strauss, who replaces Glasgow Warriors team-mate Ryan Wilson in the starting XV.
"It's been a bit of a topsy-turvy experience with the World Cup and coming straight back into the Pro12. It's the first time I've experienced something like it.
"It was a very different experience and I struggled a bit with injuries before the Six Nations, which I think threw me off a little bit more.
"But I'm just happy to get back into the squad and get working."
Strauss is keen to make an impact after preparing with the squad for previous games.
"I've been in since the start, but I've been biding my time just training with team, trying to get my fitness back to where it has to be to play a game," he added.
"I've had a few games for the Warriors and I feel like my fitness is where it has to be.
"Everyone wants to start. Everyone wants that jersey."
The boy was struck by the vehicle driven by a 58-year-old man from Carlisle earlier on the A7, between the A6071 junction and Longtown Bridge.
The victim's family have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officers.
The road is closed while police investigate. Officers are appealing for witnesses to the crash to come forward.
Pearson blamed lower enrolments at some US colleges and a drop in school textbook purchases in South Africa.
The FTSE 100 opened lower, but then recovered to close 3.29 points or 0.05% higher at 6,348.42.
Shares in chip designer ARM Holdings rose 6.5% after it reported a 27% rise in third-quarter profits to £128.4m.
The firm - whose designs can be found in iPhones, tablets and many consumer electronic goods - added that full-year revenues were set to hit market forecasts.
Shares in Sky were also among the top risers, climbing 2.5% after the satellite broadcaster reported another strong increase in subscriber numbers.
In the three months to the end of September, it added 77,000 customers in the UK and Ireland - its best performance for four years.
Merlin Entertainments rose 4.7% after the company announced it would open a Legoland amusement park in Shanghai after signing an agreement with China Media Capital.
The deal is being announced as part of the state visit to the UK of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
In the FTSE 250, shares in Home Retail Group sank 15.8% after it issued a profit warning. The firm - which owns Argos and Homebase - said uncertainty over the impact of Black Friday and investment in the Argos delivery service meant full-year profits would be slightly below forecast.
On the currency markets, the pound rose 0.14% against the dollar to $1.5467 and gained 0.15% against the euro to €1.3635.
The commission rejected an application to grant charitable status to The Temple of the Jedi Order.
It said Jediism did not "promote moral or ethical improvement" for charity law purposes in England and Wales.
In the 2011 census, 177,000 people declared themselves Jedi under the religion section, making it the seventh most popular religion.
The following began as a tongue-in-cheek response from some atheists on the UK's 2001 census when a question on religious belief was asked for the first time.
But others took the message from the Star Wars films further, aiming to build a belief system and religious code inspired by the franchise.
In its ruling the Charity Commission said Jediism "lacked the necessary spiritual or non-secular element" it was looking for in a religion.
It said there was insufficient evidence that "moral improvement" was central to the beliefs and practices of Jediism and did not have the "cogency, cohesion, or seriousness" to truly be a belief system.
The commission said to be classed as a religion it must also have a positive beneficial impact on society in general and raised concerns that Jediism may, in part, have an "inward focus" on its members.
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Daniel Jones, leader of the Church of Jediism in the UK, said Jedi would continue to do charity work without any legal status and was convinced "Jediism's status will change in the next five years".
"It's not what anyone in the Jediism community wants to hear, when you have churches like Satan and Scientology with charitable religious statuses," he told the BBC.
Jediism has more adherents than Rastafarians and Jains, according to the 2011 census.
But the number of Jedi fell sharply from 2001, when 390,000 people said they were followers of The Force.
Kenneth Dibble, the chief legal adviser at the Charity Commission, said: "The law relating to what is and is not a charity evolves continuously and, as in this case, can be influenced by decisions in other areas. Our role is critical in interpreting and explaining the extent of what the law considers charitable."
David Cameron has launched a review of the current system, which he says fails to encourage people with long-term, treatable issues to get medical help.
Some 100,000 people with such conditions claim Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), the government says.
Labour said the policy would do nothing to help people to get off benefits.
Campaigners said it was "naive" to think overweight people did not want to change their lives.
There is currently no requirement for people with alcohol, drug or weight-related health problems to undertake treatment.
Mr Cameron has asked Prof Dame Carol Black, an adviser to the Department of Health, to look at whether it would be appropriate to withhold benefits from those who are unwilling to accept help.
Announcing the proposal, he said: "Some [people] have drug or alcohol problems, but refuse treatment.
"In other cases people have problems with their weight that could be addressed - but instead a life on benefits rather than work becomes the choice.
"It is not fair to ask hardworking taxpayers to fund the benefits of people who refuse to accept the support and treatment that could help them get back to a life of work."
David Cameron sees the wide-ranging welfare reforms introduced in this Parliament as part of a "moral mission".
He has said they give new hope to people who have been written off by helping them back to work.
He also knows taxpayers who fund the welfare state like policies which ensure benefits only go to those who need them.
So despite criticism of what some see as an increasingly punitive benefits regime, the Conservatives are floating a new suggestion - possible sanctions for those claimants who refuse help to overcome treatable conditions.
On the same day, during a speech in Wales, Labour's leader will pledge to continue his attack on tax avoidance.
So David Cameron runs the risk of being seen as someone wanting to crack down on some of society's most vulnerable, while Ed Miliband targets the wealthiest.
The truth is both party leaders are trying to persuade "hard-working families" that they're on their side.
Similar proposals have been considered by the government before.
In 2010 and 2012 the Conservatives considered plans to remove or cut benefits for drug and alcohol addicts who refused treatment.
At the time the plans were met with concern by charities, who said there was no evidence benefit sanctions would help addicts engage with treatment.
Dame Carol welcomed Saturday's announcement, saying: "These people, in addition to their long-term conditions and lifestyle issues, suffer the great disadvantage of not being engaged in the world of work, such an important feature of society."
And Minister for Disabled People Mark Harper told the BBC the right interventions could be "very successful".
Terry Hogan, 45, from Ashton-under-Lyne, has been on incapacity benefit - before it became ESA - since 1992 and is also on a weight-management course.
He suffers from fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, type-2 diabetes, depression, lymphoedema, cellulitis, and Klinefelter's Syndrome.
He said his illnesses had caused him to become more sedentary, which in turn led to him putting on weight.
"When I was well enough I did voluntary work," he told the BBC.
"In 2012 I became incapacitated to the point where everything I do leaves me tired and in pain.
"I don't think this review is helpful. If you're overweight on sickness benefits, forcing someone to lose weight and cutting benefits won't help the individual. There may be underlying causes to weight gain.
"I still walk on crutches, am in a lot of pain all of the time, and take a lot of painkillers. I do want to lose weight but it's not that simple."
Susannah Gilbert, from obesity support group Big Matters, said the policy "wouldn't be feasible".
She said: "I think it's naive to think that people don't want to change their life. Many of them have tried every diet under the sun and they still have a weight problem, so to think they don't want to have help isn't true."
Labour's shadow minister for disabled people, Kate Green MP, said the announcement did "nothing to help people off benefits and into work", adding: "David Cameron's government has stripped back funding for drug support programmes and their Work Programme has helped just 7% of people back to work, so it is clear the Tory plan isn't working."
The UK Independence Party also said it was "another example of the way that this government bullies those it has decided are beyond the pale".
Deputy chairman Suzanne Evans said: "The government obviously doesn't care about those with weight or addiction problems, it is just ideologically driven by its contempt for those on benefits and its need to get the benefits bill down at all costs."
ESA was introduced in 2008 to replace incapacity benefit and income support, paid because of an illness or disability.
It requires claimants to undertake a work capability assessment to see how much their illness or disability affects their ability to work.
Once a claim is accepted, those receiving ESA get up to £108.15 a week.
Some 60% of the 2.5 million people claiming ESA have been doing so for more than five years, government figures show.
Police received a report of the attack on the ground floor flat in Mourne View Park, Lisburn, at around 2.30 BST.
Windows were broken and the inside of the property was scorch damaged, but no-one was at home at the time of the incident and there were no reports of any injuries.
Three men were seen leaving the area on foot shortly after the incident.
One was wearing a light coloured hooded top and two others were wearing dark hooded tops.
Special Report: The Technology of Business
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Make a mobile phone call and encryption is there to stop eavesdroppers listening in.
Spend money online and encryption ensures your card number and identity cannot be scooped up and used elsewhere.
And the money that keeps global banking systems lubricated only does so thanks to cryptographic software that turns a stream of data into unintelligible nonsense.
Remove all that encryption and the whole lot comes tumbling down.
If that happens we might return to an era when commerce was mostly done face-to-face and based around who you know.
Yet quantum computers - another modern marvel - are threatening to make this doomsday scenario a reality.
Why?
"Because of the possibilities for massive parallelism," says Prof Mark Manulis, a cryptographic expert from the University of Surrey's department of computing.
In other words, because of a quantum computer's potential ability to do trillions of calculations a second.
When a message is scrambled with a modern encryption system, the keys used to lock it are typically very large numbers - tens, if not hundreds, of digits long.
Finding that key means using a computer to carry out lots of sums and then trying each answer to see if it unlocks a message an attacker is interested in.
The sheer number of possible answers lends protection because it would take centuries, or longer, to find the right key.
Unless large-scale quantum computers are commonplace, says Prof Manulis.
Quantum computers can crank through those sums so fast because their basic building blocks, known as qubits, can be used to represent both a zero and a one at the same time.
By contrast the computational elements, bits, of the classical computers under our desks and on our laps represent either a zero or a one. Not both.
The curious properties of the quantum realm mean that when those qubits work together you get a vast rise in computational power - hence the potential they have to speed things up, find keys and crack codes.
Most significantly affected by the arrival of quantum computers are the public key infrastructure (PKI) systems we use to establish secure channels of communication online.
Typically, when you turn up at a website it is PKI that sets up the initial connection. With that secure channel created, different encryption systems that are much less susceptible to attack by quantum computers are used to protect data shuttling back and forth.
"Public key cryptography is based on problems from number theory, integer factorisation and discrete logarithms, that will be broken once we have powerful quantum computers," said Prof Manulis.
The key word here is "once".
But that once might be a long time coming, believes Dr Stephan Ritter, who studies quantum computers at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany.
"Quantum computers are not very powerful at the moment but they have this potential, and that's what this is about," he told the BBC.
"Experimentally I would say that we are at the stage where it's not even clear which physical elements they will be made of."
Researchers have yet to agree on the best way to build these qubits and how to link them together. So far, Dr Ritter says, only quantum computers with a small handful of qubits have been made - a long way from the hundreds and thousands needed to make it able to do useful work and do it quickly.
"There are proofs of concept of these building blocks but they all have advantages or disadvantages, so it's unclear which will be the best as we go forward," he says.
Despite what Dr Ritter sees as a lack of progress, Canadian firm D-Wave will sell you a working quantum computer if you have $15m (£8.9m) to spare.
The way it operates is controversial and its price suggests it will not be the widely available device that can crack all our codes.
Even when they are available, says Dr Ritter, we should not think of them as wonder machines that speed up any and every batch processing job or database search.
Purest-ever silicon in quantum fix
"They are good for very specific tasks," he says, "but not everything is faster with a quantum computer and there will be many tasks you will not use one for at all."
As a result we should have a few years yet to update and improve our encryption systems as research and development work on quantum computers continues.
That's just as well, says Dr Tanja Lange, a coding theory and cryptology expert from the Technical University of Eindhoven, as it can take a long time for older encryption systems to be swapped out in favour of more secure alternatives.
For instance, she says, it took five to six years to swap out the widely used MD5 data scrambling system once its weakness was demonstrated through a viable attack. Timescales can stretch for systems already used widely in the field, such as those found in cash machines, smart cards and mobile phones.
"However, if a system is absolutely badly broken, roll-out can be faster," she says. "RSA sent new tokens promptly after they had a break-in and credit card companies are used to replacing cards if there is a risk that they were compromised."
What will be harder, she says, is migrating everyone to the software systems that can resist attack by quantum computer. At the very least such systems require much bigger encryption keys and that means they are much less efficient - for which read, slower.
"We hope that with another three to five years of research we can design systems that are smaller, but we're not there yet," she says.
"Currently we can give you a tank with concrete enforcement - it's secure but big.
"We hope to find a way to give you a secure sports car with airbags, ABS and all that neatly hidden away in a sleek design."
BBC Wales Sport is reporting each team announcement as it comes, and highlight athletes to look out for.
Reigning Commonwealth champion Dai Greene, 28, and world record holder Aled Sion Davies, 23, spearhead a 33-strong athletics squad.
Greene took gold in the 400m hurdles in Delhi 2010 and narrowly missed out on a medal in London 2012, where he finished fourth in the final, and fellow hurdler Rhys Williams, the reigning European champion, will also be competing in the 400m hurdles.
Yet neither athlete made it to the final of the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Athletics, with both men going out at the semi-final stage - world champion Jehue Gordon, 25, will represent Trinidad & Tobago and is a favourite to take the gold medal in Glasgow.
This is further complicated as Dai Greene has questioned his chances of securing a medal as he is still recovering after undergoing three hernia operations in 2013. Team Wales have announced that despite this news, as well as the injuries that have ruled out triathletes Helen Jenkins and Non Stanford, and cyclist Becky James, the target of 27 medals will not be revised.
The gold medal prospect in athletics for Wales is double world champion Aled Sion Davies, who followed a gold medal at London 2012 with two further golds at the IPC Athletics World Championships.
Davies is still improving too - on May 31 he set a new world record in the discus F42 category with a throw of 48.78m, and he claims to be "looking forward to beating 50m this year".
Women's doubles pair Carissa Turner and Sarah Thomas will carry Wales' badminton hopes.
Crowned champions at the Iceland International and Portuguese Open, Turner and Thomas are ranked 56th in the world as a doubles pair - although after removing all ineligible athletes from the list, Turner and Thomas would be ranked 15th.
And Turner says that the pair have "a good chance with the right draw" of winning a medal in Glasgow, following a series of good tournament performances in 2014.
The pair won two tournaments and reached two semi-finals in January and March, as well as retaining their titles at the National Championships in February.
Joe Morgan, 35, will compete at his third Commonwealth Games alongside Nick Strange in the men's doubles, with the pair ranked 73rd in the world.
The lawn bowls squad was announced in December 2013 and features 15 competitors ranging in age from 25 to 71. Half the squad will be making their Commonwealth Games debuts.
Robert Weale, 51, is one of the most experienced and decorated athletes travelling to Glasgow, having represented Wales at every Games since 1986 and amassed two gold, three silver and one bronze medal. His most recent gold came in Delhi four years ago.
Weale is the most-capped bowler in Welsh history, with 103 outdoor and 54 indoor, and expected to take his tally to 160 before Glasgow.
Others to watch are Anwen Butten and Caroline Taylor.
Butten has twice won bronze in the pairs event, in 2002 with Joanna Weale and 2010 with partner Hannah Smith.
Taylor, who will partner her in Glasgow, has won three medals at the World Outdoor Championships - a silver in the pairs and bronze in the fours in 2004, and a bronze in the triples in 2012.
A 9-strong amateur boxing team will make the trip to Glasgow.
Andrew Selby, 25, is one of the realistic medal prospects. Competing in the flyweight 52kg category, he is the current world number one in the official International Boxing Association (AIBA) standings.
At the 2011 European Championships in Turkey, he became the first Welshman in 86 years to win gold, and followed that by becoming the first British fighter to defend an amateur title two years later.
Welterweight Fred Evans of Cardiff, who won silver at the 2012 Olympics, will be unable to compete after he was refused accreditation.
Sean McGoldrick, 23, was awarded gold in the bantamweight category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games after the man who beat him in the final was disqualified.
McGoldrick did not compete in the 2012 Olympics, having lost out to eventual gold medallist Luke Campbell in qualifying, but Campbell's decision to turn professional rules him out of the Games and gives McGoldrick a chance to reach the final once again.
Wales' hope for a cycling medal at the Games falls to double Olympic champion Geraint Thomas, after two-time world champion Becky James was forced to withdraw through injury.
They were previously both named in the 17-member cycling squad for events on the road and in the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome.
James, 22, won silver in the sprint and bronze in the 500m time trial in Delhi in 2010 as well as a historic double gold at the , but the world champion has aggravated a knee injury and will now be unable to compete.
Geraint Thomas, who won gold in the team pursuit at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, will be supported by fellow Team Sky rider Luke Rowe on the road.
28-year-old Thomas will be competing in the time-trial in Glasgow and will be buoyed by his silver medal performance at the in Monmouthshire. He also finished eighth in the road race in Abergavenny ahead of the Tour de France, which begins on 5 July.
World team pursuit champion Elinor Barker came fourth in the elite women's time trial, beating Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell as she came just shy of a podium finish, and the 19-year-old has told BBC Wales that she is targeting a gold medal in Glasgow.
World cup medallists Jon Mould, Sam Harrison and Owain Doull will also be hoping to contribute, though it would take a special performance from either of these men to make it to the podium.
Wales have a target of three medals for their squad of 13 gymnasts, with the main hopes coming in the rhythmic gymnastics.
Frankie Jones, 23, took silver at the Delhi games in 2010 in the hoop event and at Glasgow 2014 she will be competing both individually and as part of a team.
Despite her success in Delhi, Jones came bottom of qualification in London 2012 and since then suffered a hip injury that she feared would end her career.
Yet she came second in the British Championships in May 2014 with a single mistake costing her - the gold medal was taken by fellow Welsh athlete Laura Halford, 18, who posted a score of 61.465 across the ball, hoop, ribbon and clubs.
Halford and Jones may be a medal prospect in the team event, where they will compete alongside 19-year-old Nikara Jenkins.
Wales will be sending men's and women's teams to Glasgow for the first time since 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, with the women's side including Xenna Hughes, the daughter of former Wales football manager Mark Hughes.
The women performed well in the third tier of the European Championships in 2013, winning every game to take gold, but a podium finish will likely prove beyond them.
It will be harder for the male team who will play in the Commonwealth Games for the first time since 2002.
In contrast to the women's team, the men's squad will remain in the third tier of the European Championship as they lost to winners Portugal.
Wales have never won a hockey medal at a games and recent results would suggest that it would take a series of inspired team performances to change that.
National coach Craig Ewers will compete as part of a 10-strong team as judo returns for the first time since 2002. The 33-year-old is the only team member with experience of a major multi-sport competition.
Natalie Powell, 23, could be a real prospect for Wales in the -78kg category. following a defeat to eventual gold medallist Marhinde Verkerk from the Netherlands, whilst silver was taken by Slovenian Anamari Velensek.
The last time the world rankings were announced, Powell was ranked 11th in the world with only one athlete ranked higher than her eligible for the Commonwealth Games - Canadian Catherine Roberge.
Sport Wales chair Laura McAllister tipped netball to be the following their impressive World Cup qualification victories over Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and Scotland.
12 players will be sent to Glasgow, with former captain Billy Pritchard recalled following several years out. The squad is without experienced defenders Sara Hale, Rosie Pretorius and Stephanie Williams, who have all been ruled out through injury.
And the situation surrounding ex-coach Melissa Hyndman, will not have made things any easier.
Interim manager Laura Williams, who was responsible for the three victories that secured World Cup qualification, says Wales are in Glasgow.
But Wales are currently eighth in the world rankings and every team above them will be competing at the Commonwealth Games, giving them only a slim chance of reaching the podium.
New Blues centre Adam Thomas, 27, will captain the Wales Sevens side during Glasgow 2014.
Thomas previously led Wales Sevens during the Glasgow and London Sevens competition, having helped former club Pontypridd to their third consecutive Premiership title.
Wales have two full internationals in their side, with Scarlets full back Gareth Owen picked alongside former Dragons winger Will Harries.
But Sevens is one of the few disciplines where all the best competitors are eligible. For a podium finish, Wales would have to get by South Africa, England or Australia - not to mention New Zealand, who have not lost a single match since Sevens' inclusion in 1998.
Though Wales will not have to face Fiji, who beat Wales 26-19 in the 2013 Hong Kong Sevens final, as the Southern Hemisphere side have not been permitted to compete in the Sevens.
Elena Allen, 41, will be competing in the skeet event as part of a 14-strong shooting squad.
She came 14th in the qualifying round of the 2012 Olympics, though none of the shooters who finished ahead of her are eligible for Glasgow, and neither are any of those above her in the world rankings. Their absence should give Allen a realistic chance of a first medal.
The squash side will feature seven players across four events.
David Evans, 39, of Pontypool is a 10-time Welsh national champion, who came first in the mixed doubles at the 2014 British Open alongside Deon Saffrey.
Peter Creed, 27, will also be travelling to Glasgow. He is ranked 77th in the world and has beaten Evans to the Welsh Nationals title in recent years.
Seven swimmers are in the aquatics team, with head coach Martyn Woodroffe calling it "the strongest Welsh team that we've ever sent to a Commonwealth Games".
At the forefront is Jazz Carlin, 23, who will be competing in the 400m and 800m freestyle. She set the fastest 800m freestyle time in the world in April, breaking her own Welsh record.
Carlin won a bronze and silver medal in Delhi four years ago, and her chances in Glasgow are improved as Rebecca Adlington, who beat her to gold in both events in 2010, has retired.
Jemma Lowe, 24, will be competing in the 100m and 200m butterfly in Glasgow and is a realistic prospect for the latter as she holds the British short course record.
Lowe also made it to the final of the 2012 Olympics in this event, coming sixth behind opponents from non-Commonwealth countries China, Japan, Spain, Hungary and the United States.
She has all six Welsh records achievable in the butterfly - the 50m, 100m and 200m in both long and short courses - to her name, and she told BBC Wales that she wants a podium finish in Glasgow after securing 200m gold at the International Swimming Championships.
Georgia Davies, 23, will be competing in the 50m backstroke. Officially, she was 14th fastest in the world when she competed at Antwerp in January but has the quickest time of any of the eligible Commonwealth Games competitors.
A young squad will represent Wales in Glasgow, including 20-year-old twins Angharad and Megan Phillips.
The team also includes Naomi Owen, 25, who has won the Welsh women's singles championship nine times. However, over 300 places separate her from Singaporean Tianwei Feng in the official International Table Tennis Federation rankings.
Charlotte Carey, 17, has been named for the second time, having been part of the squad that travelled to Delhi in 2010. She also faces tough opposition - Singapore have dominated the medals table since the sport joined the Commonwealth Games in 2002.
Wales have only previously managed one medal, when current player-coach Ryan Jenkins took silver in the men's doubles alongside Adam Robertson in 2002.
Wales originally intended to send an experienced side to Glasgow, with former ITU world champions Non Stanford, 25, and Helen Jenkins, 30, joined by 23-year-old Holly Lawrence.
The triathlon had been an event in which Wales had strong medal claims, but their podium hopes have plummeted.
Two-time world champion Jenkins has pulled out of the Games with a foot injury, while Stanford has been ruled out by an ankle fracture.
A replacement has yet to be named for Jenkins, while Stanford has been replaced by Carol Bridge, a 29-year-old athlete who won the Outlaw Half in 2013.
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Michaela Breeze, who won gold at the 2002 and 2006 Games and won silver as she captained the Wales team in Delhi four years ago, hopes to continue her successful record in Glasgow.
She believes the Welsh weightlifters can come back from Glasgow with - one more than the target set by Sport Wales.
Breeze came out of retirement in a bid to compete at the Games and proved her ability by breaking the British snatch record in qualifying.
Wales take a small and experienced team to Glasgow, but every athlete will need to be on top form in order to break the nation's duck.
Wales have never taken a wrestling medal in the history of the Games, and it would be hard to see that changing with the squad sent to Glasgow.
Thomas Hawthorn, 18, is the youngest of the five wrestlers selected and he has no Commonwealth Games experience.
Damion Arzu, 31, Craig Pilling, 27, and Sarah Connolly, 25, all competed in 2010 - though only one of the wrestlers was able to record a victory in Delhi.
Pilling was beaten in the 55kg freestyle bronze medal match by India's Anil Kumar after he defeated Scott Gregory of England in three rounds.
The metre-long piece of wood with nails sticking out was found in a puddle on a well-used byway near the village of Tilshead on Salisbury Plain.
The Wiltshire Trail Riders Fellowship (TRF) said it was "appalled at the trap" which "beggared belief".
Wiltshire Council said it was extremely concerned at the potential for injury and damage the trap could have caused.
A spokesman said anyone using the track, whether on foot, as a horse rider, or in any vehicle, had a legal right to do so.
"We deplore any deliberate attempt to obstruct the byway or to endanger anyone using it," he said.
"If this has been done deliberately [we ask that] the person responsible considers the potential consequences of their actions and does not repeat the offence."
In a posting on Facebook, the Wiltshire TRF said this kind of trap, found on the track between Tilshead and Westdown artillery range, could cause "terrible injury to pedestrians, horses and dogs".
"The intended damage to vehicle tyres is minor by comparison," the posting added.
And the British Horse Society said the presence of such a trap in any location was "extremely concerning" .
Spokesman Mark Weston said as well as doing untold damage to any human, it could have caused serious injury and unimaginable pain to a horse.
The discovery of the trap was discussed by members of the Wiltshire and Swindon Countryside Access Forum on Wednesday afternoon.
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Nev Edwards scored an early try for Sale, before Castres' Florian Vialelle went over, but Julien Dumora's penalty put the hosts 10-7 ahead at the break.
Joe Ford sent over a penalty before Castres' Marc-Antoine Rallier and Sales' Will Addison were sin-binned.
Julien Caminati's late attempt to stop Charlie Ingall saw Sale awarded the decisive penalty try.
The win moves the English Premiership side to within one point of Pool Two leaders Newport Gwent Dragons after three games.
Sale got off to the ideal start, Edwards sprinting away for the game's opening points from an Andrei Ostrikov kick, but Castres heaped the pressure on in search of a reply, which came through Vialelle on eight minutes.
Sharks flanker Magnus Lund was forced off with a head injury before the television match official denied Castres a second try, with replays showing that the Sharks defence did enough to force full-back Caminati into touch.
Ford had a chance to put Sale ahead again, but his penalty on 27 minutes drifted wide. Dumora, however, made no mistake soon after, slotting over to give the French side the lead on 33 minutes.
A combination of probing grubber kicks and scrappy play eventually led to Ford teeing up his second penalty attempt, with the fly-half this time booting the three points to make it 10-10.
Rallier's yellow card following a scuffle saw Ford opt for the posts soon after, but he was off target again before Sales' one-man advantage was lost as Addison was sin-binned.
Sharks pushed for the breakthrough as Ingall went close to touching down, and the video referee eventually gave the penalty try after deciding that Caminati's attempt to stop the winger was illegal.
Castres: Caminati; Martial, Vialelle, Combezou, Decrop; Dumora, Dupont; Taumoepeau, Rallier, Montes; Samson, Moreaux, Caballero, Diarra, Beattie.
Replacements: Beziat, Tichit, Martinez, Desroche, Babillot, Fontaine, Lamerat, Seron.
Sale: Arscott; Edwards, Addison, Jennings, Ingall; Ford, Mitchell, Lewis-Roberts, Briggs, Mujati, Mills, Ostrikov, Lund, Seymour (capt), Easter.
Replacements: Taylor, Flynn, Parker, Beaumont, Neild, Jeffers, James, Haley.
Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)
The new bill prohibits children under the age of 14 from working - but makes an exception for "family businesses", including extended family.
It also reduces the number of jobs 15-18 year olds are banned from doing.
The government says the law will help poor families earn a living and give children a chance to acquire skills.
However, the UN children's agency Unicef and Indian Nobel prize winner Kailash Satyarti are among those to have criticised the bill.
Labour and Employment Minister Bandaru Dattatreya told parliament that the exemptions would allow the government to "practically implement" the act.
"We have enabled many safeguards in the new bill," he said.
Under current legislation, children younger than 14 are only prohibited from working in jobs that are defined as "hazardous".
The new bill, which is awaiting assent from President Pranab Mukherjee, will expand the ban on child labour to all sectors and increase penalties for those employing children.
But activists say that the exemption that allows children to work for family businesses after school hours and during holidays clears the way for children to be employed in industries like diamond cutting, scavenging, brick kilns, slaughterhouses or as domestic help.
"Under the new Child Labour Act, some forms of child labour may become invisible and the most vulnerable and marginalised children may end up with irregular school attendance, lower levels of learning and could be forced to drop out of school," Unicef India's Chief of Education Euphrates Gobina said in a statement.
The agency estimates that there are approximately 10.2 million children working in India.
Indian Nobel peace prize winner Kailash Satyarti said the bill was a "missed opportunity" for India.
"The definition of family and family enterprises is flawed. This Bill uses Indian family values to justify economic exploitation of children. It is misleading the society by blurring the lines between learning in a family and working in a family enterprise," he said in a statement, adding that the government had failed its children once again.
Dan Biggar, Martyn Williams, Adam Warren, Will Harries and Ryan Bevington will all stay at home.
Wing Harry Robinson, prop Rhodri Jones and full-back Liam Williams have all been selected for the three Test series against the Wallabies in Australia.
All three made their Wales debuts in the 30-21 win over the Barbarians.
Saturday, 2 June: Wales 30-21 Barbarians (Millennium Stadium)
Saturday, 9 June: Australia v Wales (Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane; 11:00 BST)
Tuesday, 12 June: Brumbies v Wales (Canberra Stadium, Canberra; 10:30 BST)
Saturday, 16 June: Australia v Wales (Etihad Stadium, Melbourne; 11:00 BST)
Saturday, 23 June: Australia v Wales (Aussie Stadium, Sydney; 06:00 BST)
Howley announced the 34-man squad which will tasked with recording a first Welsh victory on Australian soil since 1969.
Flanker Williams confirmed his retirement in the wake of the win over the Baa-Baas, a game in which he won his 100th cap to join Stephen Jones and Gareth Thomas as Welsh-cap centurions.
Biggar may in any case have been ruled out by a shoulder injury that forced him off at the Millennium Stadium.
And Howley said dropping Biggar was a particularly tough choice.
"For those four who played in this game, they showed outstanding character and professionalism and were an integral part of the win," said Howley.
"They were told earlier in the week - each player at a different time - so they could focus on the preparation and I have huge respect for these guys.
"It was entirely my decision, I didn't discuss it with Warren [Gatland], and it was the hardest thing I have had to do as a coach, in particular for Dan Biggar.
"It is not a reflection on Dan's form and over the last four months he has played particularly well for the Ospreys.
It was entirely my decision, I didn't discuss it with Warren [Gatland], and it was the hardest thing I have had to do as a coach
"James [Hook] is adept at playing at 12 and 10 and is a hugely talented player. His kicking was exceptional and his composure was fantastic under pressure [against the Barbarians]."
Wales' 16 frontline players flew out to Australia earlier this week before the Barbarians game, with defence coach Shaun Edwards, to prepare for the first Test against the Wallabies in Brisbane on 9 June.
Howley was left with 23 players to choose from for the clash with the Barbarians and has cut five players from the squad left behind.
He was quick to highlight the contribution of Cardiff Blues flyer Robinson who crossed for his first Test try for Wales.
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"Harry Robinson was outstanding on the wing when he had time and space," said Howley.
"It was a Test match and we played like it. It was a huge squad effort this week. It wasn't pretty, there was a lot of turnover ball, but there's a lot we can work on in Australia.
"We're looking forward to it, it will be a momentous occasion next Saturday and we'll be going out there with every effort."
Ospreys fly-half Biggar, who left the field midway through the second-half with a shoulder injury, may have been doubtful for the tour but he wasn't selected for the final squad.
Flanker Williams, along with wing Shane Williams, played his last game of rugby at the Millennium Stadium and wasn't expected to make the trip Down Under.
Scarlets centre Warren, who made his Wales debut as a replacement against the Baabaas, Dragons wing Harries and Ospreys prop Bevington were all cut from the squad.
Ian Evans and Alun Wyn Jones will both miss selection for the first Test against Australia. Evans will miss the first Test in Australia to get married, while Jones could also miss out in order to attend his sister's wedding.
Ospreys provide half the pack, with Ian Evans and Alun Wyn Jones in tandem in the second row. Evans will miss the first Test in Australia to get married, while Jones could also miss out in order to attend his sister's wedding.
Wales squad for Australia tour:
FORWARDS: Luke Charteris (Newport Gwent Dragons), Ian Evans (Ospreys), Bradley Davies (Cardiff Blues), Toby Faletau (Newport Gwent Dragons), Rhys Gill (Saracens), Richard Hibbard (Ospreys), Paul James (Ospreys), Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), Adam Jones (Ospreys), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Rhodri Jones (Scarlets), Ryan Jones (Ospreys), Dan Lydiate (Newport Gwent Dragons), Ken Owens (Scarlets), Matthew Rees (Scarlets), Aaron Shingler (Scarlets), Justin Tipuric (Ospreys), Josh Turnbull (Scarlets), Sam Warburton (Cardiff Blues)
BACKS: Ashley Beck (Ospreys), Andrew Bishop (Ospreys), Aled Brew (Biarritz), Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues), Jonathan Davies (Scarlets), Leigh Halfpenny (Cardiff Blues), James Hook (Ospreys), George North (Scarlets), Mike Phillips (Bayonne), Rhys Priestland (Scarlets), Harry Robinson (Cardiff Blues), Rhys Webb (Ospreys), Lloyd Williams (Cardiff Blues), Scott Williams (Scarlets), Liam Williams (Scarlets).
Welshman Doull and England's Dibben won four of five races in the Elite Championship to move to within 19 points of leaders Team Pedalsure.
Double Olympic champion Laura Trott won the women's points, elimination and the scratch race ahead of Katie Archibald.
The event is the fourth of six in the series, with two one-day competitions to come in Manchester in January.
Team Wiggins was formed by 2012 Tour de France winner and four-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Bradley Wiggins specifically to help him compete for qualification for the Rio Olympics.
Doull and Dibben were beaten in the first race of the evening as Australian Sam Welsford, riding for Orica-GreenEdge, took the 250m flying lap in 13.053 seconds.
However, the pair then won the remaining quartet of races - the points, scratch, Madison time trial and team elimination.
Doull admitted on the Revolution Series official website that his team had "a bit of an advantage given that we have access to the track quite a lot in Manchester".
"With the Worlds [Track Championships] only a few months away we're all in really good shape, which definitely helps," he added.
Trott, 23, who won three titles at the European Track Championships in Switzerland in October, was again in fine form, completing a clean sweep of the women's endurance events.
There was also success for a British rider in the women's sprint competition as Victoria Williamson beat France's Melissandre Pain in the final.
Production rose by 5.4% in January and February - the worst since 2008.
China is trying to refocus its economy from investment and export-led growth to consumer spending.
UK finance minister George Osborne said China's slowdown is one of a "dangerous cocktail of risks" hampering recovery from the 2008 financial crisis.
Recent data revealed that Chinese exports fell 25.4% in February compared with the same month last year.
It was the biggest monthly decline since 2009, and ahead of the 11.2% fall recorded in January.
Retail sales in the first two months of the year grew by 10.2% - below analysts' expectations of a 10.9% rise.
Zhou Hao, an economist at Commerzbank, told Bloomberg that the mix of slower industrial output and retail spending "gives us a worrying picture". He said: "The overall growth profile remains still gloomy."
However, Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China, said that the government would be able to achieve a target of an average 6.5% in GDP growth for the next five years without implementing measures to stimulate the economy.
"Excessive monetary policy stimulus isn't necessary to achieve the target," he said. "If there isn't any big economic or financial turmoil, we'll keep prudent monetary policy."
Writing in the UK's Sun on Sunday ahead of presenting a budget on Wednesday, Mr Osborne said falling oil prices, interest rate changes elsewhere and political instability in the Middle East meant "hopes of a strong global recovery have evaporated".
Soldiers and a fighter jet were used in a counter-attack after Islamist fighters overran a checkpoint on the edge of the city.
The insurgents were retreating towards their stronghold in the neighbouring state of Borno, witnesses said.
Nigeria postponed elections due to be held on Saturday due to the insurgency in the north-east.
Before they left, the militants scattered leaflets urging people not to vote in the elections.
All roads in and out of Gombe have been blocked and a 24-hour curfew imposed, reports the BBC's Abdullahi Kaura Abubakar in Abuja.
Gombe - capital of Gombe State - has previously suffered suicide attacks but correspondents say this was the first time Boko Haram launched a direct assault on the city.
Reports said militants first attacked the town of Dadin Kowa, about 40km (25 miles) from Gombe.
Ground troops with air support then battled to keep the insurgents from entering the city, as residents fled into the bush and nearby hills.
Boko Haram controls a swathe of territory in north-eastern Nigeria.
Its insurgency has become a regional crisis with the four affected countries - Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon -agreeing to form a regional military force to try to contain the threat.
In response, the insurgents have stepped up their attacks in Nigeria and neighbouring states.
It emerged on Friday that Boko Haram had attacked Chad for the first time, crossing Lake Chad in four motorboats and raiding a village overnight.
Security sources and witnesses said five people were killed by Boko Haram in the village of Ngouboua, including a local chief, a police officer and three civilians. The Chadian military said two of the attackers were also killed.
Some reports put the civilian death toll higher.
Villagers said about 30 militants took part in the attack, setting fire to two-thirds of homes.
Boko Haram, which wants to create an Islamic caliphate in Nigeria, has killed thousands and forced millions to flee their homes in north-east Nigeria since 2009.
Why is Boko Haram so strong?
Played on a specially-adapted course with bigger-sized holes, footgolf is being introduced at Hazlehead by Sport Aberdeen from Friday.
Aberdeen FC players Peter Pawlett and Mark Reynolds were joined by pupils from Hazlehead Primary for the launch.
Reynolds said after taking a shot: "It's tougher than it looks, but it's enjoyable."
The football and golf crossover is said to be one of the UK's most popular new sports.
Sport Aberdeen's director of operations Keith Gerrard said: "We are very excited to have launched the first footgolf course in the north east.
"The beauty of this sport is that anyone can take part and have a great time."
The Aberdeen FC Community Trust has also been involved in the initiative.
Russia's top investigative body has opened a murder inquiry into the case, which comes after Russia banned US adoptions, citing previous deaths.
Max Shatto - whose Russian name is Maxim Kuzmin - died on 21 January.
Texas officials say they are still investigating the death, and no arrests have been made.
Max Shatto and his two-year-old brother Kristopher were adopted from an orphanage in north-western Russia last year by Alan and Laura Shatto, who live in Gardendale, Texas.
They have not commented publicly on the case.
Laura Shatto told deputies that the two boys had been playing outside together before she left the house and found Max on the ground, Ector County Sheriff Mark Donaldson said.
Deputies arrived at the home as the ambulance was leaving with Max, he said, and the boy was pronounced dead at the hospital a short time later.
Forensic investigator Sondra Woolf said bruises had been found on Max's body, but it was not immediately possible to say whether they were related to the cause of his death. An autopsy is being conducted.
The US state department has said it will help Russian officials make contact with the appropriate authorities in Texas.
"It is a terrible tragedy that this child has died. But none of us, not here, not anywhere in the world, should jump to a conclusion about the circumstances until the police have had a chance to investigate," the state department's Victoria Nuland said on Tuesday.
The boy's death came just three weeks after the Russian parliament, the Duma, enacted legislation ending all adoptions of Russian orphans by Americans.
The move was criticised by the United States and by the opposition in Moscow, and was part of a Russian law passed to retaliate against US legislation which blacklists Russian officials accused of rights abuses.
In the past two decades, Americans have adopted more than 60,000 Russian children.
The deaths of 19 of them in the past 10 years have raised concerns in Russia, particularly the 2008 death of Dima Yakovlev, known in America as Chase Harrison, who died of heatstroke after his adoptive father left him in a car on a hot day.
Miles Harrison was acquitted of his manslaughter at trial.
The 28-year-old Antigua and Barbuda international helped Southend win promotion to League One in 2015, but has started once since November 2015.
Much of his absence has been because of plantar fasciitis, an injury affecting the heel and foot.
Weston has made more than 300 league appearances for clubs including Notts County, Brentford and Gillingham.
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DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James said he would ask a grand jury to indict Officer Robert Olsen, who shot Anthony Hill last year in Georgia.
Mr Olsen was responding to a call about a man behaving strangely outside an apartment building.
Hill, who was 27, had mental health problems, according to his family.
Mr James said the case will be presented to a grand jury on 21 January.
He will ask jurors to indict Mr Olsen on two counts each of felony murder and violating an oath of office, and a count each of aggravated assault and making a false statement.
An emergency caller told police a man had been "acting deranged" and was "crawling around on the ground naked".
DeKalb County Police Chief Cedric Alexander said Hill charged at the officer despite being told to stand down, and Hill was shot twice and died at the scene.
Mr Olsen was placed on administrative leave.
Hill was black and Mr Olsen, who has been on the force for seven years, is white.
A series of officer-involved shootings, largely involving white officers and unarmed black males, have stoked racial tensions across the country.
Hill's girlfriend Bridget Anderson, who had been urging criminal charges, said the news was "surreal".
She now hopes the grand jurors will think the charges are just.
Mr James believes there is a good case.
"We don't seek indictments when we don't believe the facts and circumstances are present and the information is available for us to present to a grand jury to have a positive outcome."
Police said the pedestrians were involved in a collision involving two cars on Drove Road in Gamlingay, at about 10:10 GMT.
The boy was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital by air ambulance.
A police spokeswoman said the driver of one of the cars was also taken to hospital, with non-life threatening injuries.
The road has been closed between Waresley Road and The Cinques.
Denise Clair, who was left "devastated" by a Crown decision not to prosecute, sued striker David Goodwillie.
She also sued Goodwillie's then Dundee United colleague David Robertson.
She claimed they raped her at a flat in Armadale, in West Lothian, after a night out in Bathgate in January 2011.
It was the first civil rape case of its kind in Scotland.
Ms Clair, who previously waived her right to anonymity, said she could not remember what happened after being in a Bathgate bar and woke up in a strange flat the following morning.
The 30-year-old originally sought £500,000 in compensation, but damages were later agreed at £100,000 in the civil action at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.
The mother-of-one maintained she was incapable of giving free agreement to sex because of her alcohol consumption, but Goodwillie, 27, who now plays with Plymouth Argyle, and Robertson claimed that intercourse had been consensual.
A judge said: "Having carefully examined and scrutinised the whole evidence in the case, I find the evidence of the pursuer (the woman) to be cogent, persuasive and compelling."
Lord Armstrong said: "In the result, therefore, I find that in the early hours of Sunday 2 January 2011, at the flat in Greig Crescent, Armadale, both defenders (the footballers) took advantage of the pursuer when she was vulnerable through an excessive intake of alcohol and, because her cognitive functioning and decision-making processes were so impaired, was incapable of giving meaningful consent; and that they each raped her."
The judge said he found neither Goodwillie - who also played for Aberdeen and Blackburn Rovers - or Robertson to be credible or reliable on the issue of whether they had a reasonable or honest belief that she was consenting.
He rejected evidence relied on by the players that Ms Clair was not particularly affected by alcohol and was no more drunk than anyone else in the company they had been in that night.
Lord Armstrong said that prior to the incident the victim had enjoyed life, but her life changed following the decision not to proceed with a prosecution.
Lord Armstrong said: "She found that decision difficult to understand and had felt that she had not been believed."
"She felt that her life had been destroyed by something which had happened although, because of her lack of memory, she was not fully aware of what it was that had caused that effect," he said.
Goodwillie had gone to join Robertson in Bathgate after the pair had played for Dundee United against Aberdeen on 1 January during which Goodwillie scored an equaliser.
He maintained that he did not think Ms Clair was too drunk to consent to sex.
However, a security firm employee working at the nightclub told the court that she had been in need of an ambulance.
Gayle McGregor said: "She wasn't in control of herself. Her eyes were rolling in her head. She couldn't stand up straight. She couldn't speak to me properly. She wasn't compos mentis."
In the action it was said the players offered her a lift home in a taxi, but the driver was requested to drop all three at the flat in Armadale.
A Plymouth Argyle spokesman said: "We note today's judgment from the Court of Session in Edinburgh regarding David Goodwillie.
"We await the full report, which we will consider in detail before making any comment.
"Until such time, David Goodwillie will not be selected to play for Plymouth Argyle."
The Crown Office said it stood by its previous decision not to prosecute the footballers.
A spokesman said: "As Lord Armstrong stated in his judgement, the standard of proof to be satisfied was that of the balance of probabilities which is a less onerous requirement than the standard in criminal cases, which is beyond reasonable doubt.
"Further, there is no requirement of corroboration in civil cases unlike in criminal cases.
"This case was looked at very carefully by Crown counsel who concluded that there was insufficient evidence in law to raise criminal proceedings. As a result no proceedings were instructed."
State broadcaster RTÉ has reported that gardaí (Irish police) are focusing on a gang linked to David Byrne who was shot dead at a boxing weigh-in event in February.
The raids were focused on financial activities and homes of known gang members, as well as accountants and solicitors offices are being searched.
The searches began at 07:00 local time.
The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) co-ordinated the operation and a total of 12 homes and six commercial properties were searched in the west of the city.
It is understood that more than 60 armed officers were involved in the operation, as well as officials from Customs and Revenue.
A total of 29 cars including Mercedes, Lexus, Jeeps, and other SUVs have been loaded onto trucks to be taken away.
Police said a number of items of jewellery "which are believed to be of considerable value" and more than €30,000 of cash (£23,268) have been seized.
The authorities are looking for evidence which will enable them to identify the proceeds of gang crime, such as cash, documents, computers and files.
In a statement, the Garda Siochána said: "The searches are being conducted as part of an on-going investigation into organised crime groups which has been under way for some considerable time. "
The 31-year-old previously spent nine years at Bootham Crescent and was named clubman of the year three times.
Amari Morgan-Smith has also joined the Minstermen on loan until May.
The 27-year-old forward, also at Cheltenham, has made 25 appearances for the League Two side this campaign, scoring twice.
Parslow helped York to the victory in the FA Trophy Final at Wembley and promotion to the EFL in May 2012.
He moved to Whaddon Road in 2015, playing 50 games as he helped them win the 2015-16 National League title.
His last appearance for Cheltenham was in a Boxing Day match against Barnet.
5 January 2017 Last updated at 12:18 GMT
A project called Growing Up Digital spent a year looking into how children use the internet and whether you feel you know enough about the websites and apps you use.
It's been done by the Children's Commissioner for England, whose job it is to understand what children think about the things that affect them.
Her report found that kids are left to learn about the internet on their own and that it's not always easy to understand what happens to photos and information sent on social media. She also thinks that the rules you sign up to when you use apps are far too complicated to be understood.
The report says schools should give lessons to pupils on how to use social media, apps and websites safely, and teach them what their rights are. You've been telling Newsround what you think about this idea.
Ahead of the Autumn Statement - various scientific bodies, MPs and campaign groups have lobbied the government to ensure that the UK's world-leading research base is not overlooked when the Chancellor sets out the government's financial plans next week.
The UK receives £850m in research funds from the European Union each year. Full membership of one of the main EU funding programmes requires free movement of labour. British universities employ 30,000 scientists with EU citizenship.
There have already been reports of UK scientists losing out in EU grant applications and of EU citizens not taking up posts in UK universities because of the uncertainty around funding and the residency status of EU citizens following the referendum result in June.
On the plus side, within days of becoming Prime Minister, Theresa May wrote to senior scientists to say that she wanted to ensure a positive outcome for science in negotiations to leave the European Union.
A few weeks later, the Chancellor, Phillip Hammond, said that the government would underwrite EU research funds obtained before the UK leaves the EU.
So there is not much more the government could have done to reassure the scientific community in the early days following the referendum result.
But now, research leaders want the warm words of the summer turned into firm commitments as the autumn chill of an uncertain future sets in.
Their concern is not just about the money. Free movement enables UK institutions to attract the best scientists from Europe. And the EU research funding system - which requires full members to allow free movement - enables collaborations with researchers from some of the leading labs in Europe.
UK research is among the best in the world. Without the free movement of European scientists, the concern is that this great national resource, which enriches the country and benefits the economy, will slowly be diminished just as other nations are boosting their research efforts.
At a meeting of the Foundation for Science and Technology this week at the Royal Society, senior scientific leaders were advised against whinging.
The former science minister, Lord Willetts, was not quite that blunt as he tactfully told them that unless they were seen to adopt a more constructive approach they would be in danger of being regarded as a privileged elite, putting their own self-serving interest ahead of the wishes of many people in the country.
He gently urged them to be as smart with their lobbying as they are with their research and to play the government's game. As a first step, he said, the science community should make every effort to set up new collaborations with research groups outside Europe.
One of the government's top political priorities is to demonstrate that the country can thrive post-Brexit, so there is plenty of money and enthusiasm from ministers for projects with institutions in the US, China and Commonwealth countries.
Lord Willetts suggested that if researchers try their best to seize the new opportunities Brexit presents, two things might happen. First, they might be pleasantly surprised and get to be involved in some really good, well-funded science. Second, according to the wily Lord Willetts, they would receive a more sympathetic hearing from government for the concessions they are seeking over Brexit.
Chief among these is an exemption for researchers from restrictions on free movement - both from the EU and from other parts of the world. If the research leaders cannot get free movement for scientists then they will seek a simpler, faster and less bureaucratic visa system for them. And the university sector wants to take student numbers out of the immigration figures - because if foreign student numbers are cut, British universities receive less money.
But any relaxation on immigration would be at odds with the government's stated aim of reducing numbers.
One chink of hope for many in the scientific community is that the government's much heralded industrial strategy might come to their rescue. No-one knows quite what the strategy is - so at the moment it is whatever anyone wants it to be.
Scientific leaders want it to be something that provides the political cover for government to be more flexible on immigration and a means by which they can get a huge cash injection.
A vibrant research base, they are telling ministers, could be the engine to the high-tech, high-skills economy that Mrs May has said she wants post-Brexit Britain to be. It would also present the optimistic narrative the government is seeking.
So emboldened by the possibility of research being at the heart of the industrial strategy, four of the UK's national science academies and the Campaign for Science and Engineering (Case) called this week for the government and UK industry to make up for the possible loss of EU funding.
They also asked them to nearly double the amount of public and private money spent on research. The academies and Case want an increase from the current 1.7% of GDP to 3% by 2025. This would bring British R&D spending in line with Germany and increase the UK's annual combined public and private research spending from around £30.6bn to £52bn.
Such a boost in funding would be transformative, according to Naomi Weir of Case.
"It would boost confidence for inward investment, drive growth in the economy, see the creation of high-quality jobs and increase our capacity to tackle national and global challenges in health, energy and the environment," she said.
The research community hopes it will get an indication whether the big increases in funding are on the government's agenda in next week's Autumn Statement. But the chair of the House of Commons Science and Technology select committee, Stephen Metcalfe, said he was "not convinced" that the needs of universities and the research community were at the heart of thinking at the department for exiting the EU.
To make the future of UK science more of a priority, the research community has to do something it failed to do during the referendum campaign.
It needs to reach out to those who felt left behind by our membership of the EU and make the case that it is important to them and their children for the UK to continue to have a vibrant research base.
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The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) is a monthly survey of a panel of firms, tracking indicators such as new orders, employment and exports.
It had shown a fall in activity in July, the first month after the Brexit vote, but has now bounced back.
The survey also points to accelerating inflationary pressures.
This is due to increased import prices because of the fall in value of sterling.
The PMI is produced by Ulster Bank and its chief economist, Richard Ramsey, said that while the headline shows a return to growth there are also "notable weaknesses.'
He said "the two growing concerns are the surge in inflationary pressures and stagnation within the local services sector."
The services sector is the dominant part of Northern Ireland's economy.
The survey showed it had its first fall in employment levels in 39 months and also experienced a drop in new orders.
Mr Ramsey said the full effect of growing inflationary pressure will depend in part on firms' ability and appetite to absorb higher import costs.
But he warned consumers: "Price rises and a squeeze on disposable incomes is already in the pipeline.
"This will hit consumer spending and economic growth in the months ahead."
Villa supporters, angry at the running of their club, halted the match briefly in the 74th minute by throwing beach balls on to the pitch.
Aleksandar Mitrovic headed wide two good second-half chances for Newcastle.
Sunderland, who beat Chelsea, would relegate Rafael Benitez's side with victory over Everton on Wednesday.
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Saturday's Premier League drama and reaction
Newcastle's last relegation from the Premier League, seven years ago, was confirmed with a soporific final-day defeat at Aston Villa.
Against opponents in turmoil off the pitch, and without a Premier League point since 6 February on it, Newcastle once again paid a heavy price for lacking adventure at Villa Park.
Benitez's side managed just one shot on target in a dreadful first half, as Papiss Cisse mis-hit a volley into the ground from Vurnon Anita's cross.
They showed a little more urgency in the second half, with Jack Colback firing over a good chance seconds after the the restart, but still not enough to merit a victory.
Mitrovic's introduction as a substitute for the ineffective Cisse saw the visitors begin to create more chances.
Having lobbed over when put through by Cheick Tiote's hooked pass, the Serbia striker headed wide when well placed, before missing the target again from Chancel Mbemba's delivery, while Georginio Wijnaldum's shot was beaten away by keeper Mark Bunn.
The result did extend Newcastle's unbeaten run to five matches, but they now need help from elsewhere to stand any chance of survival.
Aston Villa fans have become increasingly enraged during an embarrassing season, which has featured a series of protests at recent games.
Supporters registered their frustration this time by bringing hundreds of beach balls into Villa Park, and throwing them on to the field to disrupt play.
One first-half Newcastle attack took place with a giant inflatable football inside the six-yard box, but the main protest took place in the 74th minute, a time picked by fans because Villa were founded in 1874.
Amid the chaos, Villa did at least manage to avoid a 12th successive league defeat, which would have beaten the club record set in 1963, and equalled at Watford last weekend.
That they earned a point was thanks in part to Villa defender Ciaran Clark, who threw himself in the way of a late Wijnaldum shot to block.
The Premier League relegation battle is set for a fascinating finale over the next eight days, with former Liverpool manager Benitez now needing a huge favour from Everton.
Roberto Martinez's side can keep alive Newcastle's survival hopes on Wednesday by avoiding defeat at Sunderland, who will relish the opportunity to relegate their great rivals.
Sam Allardyce's team came from a goal down twice to beat Chelsea 3-2 and climb out of the bottom three - and, like relegation rivals Norwich, they have a game in hand on Newcastle.
It leaves the prospect of Benitez, a manager who began this season in charge of Real Madrid, starting next season in the Championship.
Aston Villa caretaker-manager Eric Black: "Last week, the performance at Watford merited more, but we built on that, worked tirelessly all afternoon and the supporters came with us. I thought the reaction was brilliant. The Villa fans have got a big part to play in getting this club back to the Premier League.
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"It has been difficult to play in a relegation battle, but we have got some outstanding footballers and I thought we coped with them today."
Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez: "We are disappointed. Sunderland won, so all we can do now is wait for the score of their game on Wednesday and try to win our game.
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"We were a little bit anxious in the first half. We were not comfortable in possession. You have to take your chances and we didn't do that.
"We had to change things in the second half. We did that, but it was not enough.."
Newcastle end their season at home to Tottenham on 15 May, the same day that Villa bow out of the Premier League at Arsenal.
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Livermore, 27, joined Hull initially on loan in August 2013 and moves to the Baggies on a four-and-a-half year deal.
"Jake is a fantastic character and as a player is good enough on the ball but also possesses fantastic energy," said West Brom boss Tony Pulis.
West Brom have also enquired about Watford striker Odion Ighalo, 27.
Read more: Hull sign right-back on loan
Talks are only exploratory at this stage but Ighalo has fallen out of favour at Vicarage Road and is a player long admired by Baggies boss Tony Pulis.
The Nigeria international scored 17 goals in 42 games last season as Watford finished 13th in the top flight and reached the FA Cup semi-final. However, he has managed just two goals in 19 appearances so far this season.
Former Tottenham player Livermore is Pulis' first signing of the January transfer window after the club missed out on Morgan Schneiderlin, who joined Everton from Manchester United.
"I watched him a lot when he was at Tottenham and thought he would go on to establish himself as a top-six player," added Pulis, 59.
"Maybe he has just drifted away a little from that - although having said that two promotions and a Cup final with Hull should not be forgotten. But I believe this lad is a very, very good player."
Pulis' side are eighth in the Premier League ahead of a trip to Sunderland on Saturday. Hull sit 18th after beating Bournemouth in a first league win since November and travel to Chelsea on Sunday.
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"This was always going to happen. Don't blame the umpires or the players... blame the ICC. It's an absolute disgrace. An absolute shambles. The final day of the Ashes has ended in a farce. Let's hope that finally those people in Dubai who run the game realise what a mess this is. It's NOT the umpires' fault."
Set a target of 227 by Michael Clarke's ambitious declaration, England needed 21 more from 24 balls with five wickets in hand when play was halted by the umpires at 7.36pm.
The Oval crowd, who had been treated to an incredible final day in which 447 runs were scored and 17 wickets fell, booed in disapproval before gathering to watch England captain Alastair Cook lift the Ashes urn following a 3-0 series win.
England, who have now won three Ashes series in a row for the first time since 1977-1981, celebrated with a lap of honour while fireworks blazed over the pavilion.
Cook said: "It would have been nice to finish with a win but the rules and regulations are there for a reason. The umpires have strict guidelines and, if it was day three, we would have gone off."
Such an absorbing and ultimately controversial conclusion to the series looked unlikely when England began the final day only four wickets down in their first innings.
1st Test: England won by 14 runs, Trent Bridge
2nd Test: England won by 347 runs, Lord's
3rd Test: Match drawn, Old Trafford
4th Test: England won by 74 runs, Chester-le-Street
5th Test: Match drawn, The Oval
But the hosts' aggressive approach on Sunday morning, and Australia's determination to give themselves a chance of a consolation victory, saw Clarke declare his side's second innings on 111-6 at tea and set England a tantalising target in 44 overs.
A partnership of 64 between Cook (34) and Jonathan Trott set England on course before a buccaneering 62 off 55 balls from Kevin Pietersen established the hosts as firm favourites.
After Trott (59) and Pietersen were dismissed in quick succession, Chris Woakes and Ian Bell kept up the pace, but with the light fading rapidly, Australia began to complain.
When Bell was run out by Mitchell Starc for 17, the umpires consulted their light meters, and took the unpopular decision to end the match, denying the full house the finale they desired.
Under International Cricket Council regulations, the umpires were obliged to take the players off once the light had faded to the same level it was when they had stopped play on Thursday evening.
The crowd subsequently jeered the umpires and Clarke during the post-match presentation before applauding Cook's triumphant team as they jogged around the floodlit outfield with flags draped around their shoulders.
Leading run-scorers
562 Ian Bell (Eng) - average 62.44
418 Shane Watson (Aus) - average 41.80
388 Kevin Pietersen (Eng) - average 38.80
381 Michael Clarke (Aus) - average 47.62
367 Chris Rogers (Aus) - average 40.77
Leading wicket-takers
26 Graeme Swann (Eng) - average 29.03
24 Ryan Harris (Aus) - average 19.58
22 Stuart Broad (Eng) - average 27.45
22 James Anderson (Eng) - average 29.59
17 Peter Siddle (Aus) - average 31.58
The victory margin was their biggest in the Ashes since they won 5-1 in 1978-79 and their best at home since their 3-0 win in 1977 - the last time Australia failed to win a single match against their fiercest rivals.
The result also means England move above India into second place in the ICC Test rankings, while Australia drop below Pakistan into fifth.
After widespread criticism of their obdurate batting on Friday, when they scored 215 runs in 98.3 overs, England set off in far more positive fashion as their final six wickets added 130 in 28.4.
Matt Prior made 47 - his highest score of the series - and Graeme Swann smashed 34 off 24 balls before he was the last man out to give debutant James Faulkner his fourth wicket.
If England's approach had been attacking, then Australia's was an all-out assault as they front-loaded their batting order with big-hitters and set out in pursuit of quick runs.
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The result was 111 runs and six wickets in 23 riotous overs, with Stuart Broad taking 4-43 before Clarke, who top-scored with 28 not out, took the decision to declare.
England could easily have batted conservatively to guarantee they finished the series undefeated but they were positive from the outset and would surely have completed a 4-0 victory had the match not been brought to a premature, and farcical conclusion.
"This morning our job was to try and make it as difficult as possible to stop Australia from pushing on for a win and to make our chances of victory easier," added Cook.
"The crowds have been fantastic for all five Tests and I'm privileged to captain this group of guys. Winning this series is the proudest moment of my life."
Set against the backdrop of the Drumlanrig Castle Estate near Thornhill, the multi-stage event takes place on Saturday.
The line-up showcases both emerging and established Scottish talent.
King Creosote headlines a bill which features more than 30 artists ranging from hip-hop outfit Hector Bizerk to nine-piece ska collective, Esperanza.
There's also a strong local contingent including Finding Albert, Barstow Bats, Cammy Black and What About Wolves.
Waving rainbow flags, hundreds took the short march through empty streets.
Authorities had cancelled the event every year since marchers were attacked in 2010 - nine years after Gay Pride was first held in Belgrade.
Serbia is keen to show increasing tolerance as it seeks to join the EU, the BBC's Guy De Launey says.
Keeping Brussels happy is undoubtedly the motivation for allowing the Gay Pride march to go ahead, our correspondent in Belgrade says.
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic had announced he would not attend the event due to prior engagements - but also made it clear he would not have gone even if he had been free.
Our correspondent says that reflects widespread feelings in Serbia.
The patriarch of the influential Orthodox Church has condemned the event.
Two-thirds of respondents to a survey four years ago said they viewed homosexuality as a disease.
But Sunday's march took place without incident, with marchers blowing whistles as a police helicopter flew over them.
Participants marched through the centre of the city to the National Assembly, where ambassadors from numerous European countries addressed the crowd.
"I feel phenomenal. Our efforts of the past three years have borne fruit," organiser Boban Stojanovic told Reuters news agency.
On Saturday evening, anti-gay rights campaigners demonstrated in the capital in anticipation of the Gay Pride march on Sunday.
But the influence of the far right has declined in recent years, our correspondent says, and several government ministers have spoken in favour of the march.
Earlier in September a German LGBT ( lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender) rights speaker was treated in hospital after being beaten in Belgrade.
In response to the attack, Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said: "We will not allow this kind of thing to remain unpunished."
The march in 2010 was the only gay pride parade to go ahead in the Serbian capital since 2001.
Labour says ministers are showing a "dangerous misunderstanding" of issues facing schools in England.
We spoke to parents and ex-pupils with strong opinions on both sides of the debate.
David Noble, 42, East Finchley, London
"I am a Conservative Party activist and married to a primary school teacher. I have two kids going to a new free school. I am very against opening new grammar schools.
"Education is paid for by the taxpayer and so should therefore be uniformly excellent in all state schools. With technology this may one day be achievable.
"Would anybody want a two-tier health service, police force or fire brigade? The answer is no. We should not have this in state education.
"Grammar schools benefit the middle and wealthy classes as those are the people who can pay for tutoring. This is a fact and it outrages me that some in the Conservative Party ignore this.
"I speak to some people who are massively pro-grammar schools purely from the perspective that they see it as saving £15,000 a year on private school education. They would throw the kitchen sink at their kids - by tutoring them - to get them to pass the 11-plus.
"The wealthy and middle classes already have private schools and a postcode lottery that works in their favour, so why give them a third option?
"A better model is streaming or a competitive environment in state comprehensive schools."
Scott Greenwood, 50, Greenwich, London
"The standard of non-grammars is not high enough. I agree that all schools should improve - but how long will that take? Should my son's education suffer whilst they try to sort out the problems?
"My son is 11 and has just started at a grammar school. He was lucky, he was able to take the 11-plus for a school in Kent as there aren't any in Greenwich.
"We did pay for extra tuition, but we also found the time to give him home tuition and installed a real work ethic into him. All the hard work he put in has paid off.
"And he was very keen to go to a grammar school even though most of his friends were going to a different school up the road.
"When we took him to see various schools, he could see the extra subjects and opportunities available at the grammar.
"If he went to a non-grammar he would be so far ahead of most of the other kids that the teachers wouldn't be able to give him the push he needs.
"If we educate all our children to mediocre standards then who will become a doctor, lawyer or a politician? They will only be fit to do menial jobs and not have the skills to become leaders or scientists and push the boundaries."
Maggie Craig, 60, Croydon, Surrey
"I am the middle child, my elder brother and younger sister passed their 11-plus. I failed and went to the comprehensive school.
"After that I felt like a failure. I felt like I was the stupid one in the family. At the time, the view in society was that if you didn't go to a grammar school you had to do the more menial jobs.
"When I left school I felt I had less options and of course I wasn't able to take the same exams as my siblings, doing CSEs instead of O-levels.
"I still had a good time at school and was top of my classes there. But my brother and sister had more chances to go abroad on school trips. I felt I was missing out.
"Later, after I was married and had children I did evening classes to better myself. I had been working in catering for many years but I wanted to get better work. After the classes I got a job in administration.
"It would be stupid to bring grammar schools back and make so many children feel like failures. You shouldn't have to take a test at the age of 11."
Denise Taylor, 72, Merseyside
"I attended a grammar school, I went to university, I became a teacher and then head teacher of a secondary school.
"My parents were very working class, we lived in a council house and we were poor - but they valued education and encouraged me to do well at school.
"At the grammar school there was a strong ethos of achievement and a work ethic which was not disturbed by poor behaviour and disruption of learning in lessons.
"This is the strength of grammar schools. Quite simply the children want to learn, they want work and they do achieve.
"Removal of this from poor working class children with ability has considerably reduced their chances of a good education.
"However, the downside of this for the children who do not secure a place - or who do not have the ability to do so - is unacceptable. Any increase in selection should be accompanied by appropriate support for the education of these children.
"The most important thing for a successful education is the support of parents for the school and the provision of classes with good behaviour and good teaching. This is what grammar schools provide."
Pauline Messenger, 67, Norfolk
"Living in Buckinghamshire, as I did then, my own daughter had access to the grammar school system.
"She attended a highly-respected local grammar, where she gained an excellent education, leading to further education opportunities at university.
"I attended a grammar school in Islington, London and my past experiences there recommended the whole grammar school ethos to me.
"Born into a poor locality, living in a council flat, my grammar school provided me with the opportunity to 'better' myself and have access to a better, greatly improved way of life and better career.
"I very much feel other children from similar backgrounds should have those opportunities.
"For those children with high ability, it is good for them to be in a class along with others possessing equal learning ability because everyone then moves along at the same pace and no-one is held back."
Nathan Williams, BBC UGC and Social News team
But George Nobbs, Labour leader of Norfolk County Council, leading the campaign, has admitted that the proposals are "flawed".
The mayor would look after transport, strategic planning and skills training in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
MPs and other councils in the three counties have criticised plans.
Mr Nobbs said: "There are lots of things to be said for this scheme, and lots of things to be said against it."
Liberal Democrat Group leader Marie Strong questioned the need for a directly-elected mayor.
"We were told the role of mayor was optional; when did it become compulsory?" she asked.
Mr Nobbs replied: "We were told by ministers it's that or nothing."
Conservative group leader Cliff Jordan said the plans so far had generated "a lot of confusion".
The plan is for the mayor to be chosen by voters in the three counties in May next year. He or she will have the power to increase business rates to fund infrastructure projects.
The mayor will be answerable to a cabinet made up of nominees from the 23 local councils.
Some Conservative MPs from the region have said the idea of an elected mayor is not popular with many people, while others said the money on offer - £1bn over 30 years - is "not much".
The Department for Communities and Local Government said: "We are committed to the deal and will continue to work with all the councils. Councils in East Anglia have until June to decide if they want to take part in this historic opportunity."
The 70-7 vote in favour of proceeding with negotiations over devolution masks the fact that nearly every councillor who spoke expressed serious reservations about the plans for a combined authority and directly-elected mayor for Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
"I don't believe an elected mayor is good for Norfolk; I don't believe it's what people want," said Conservative councillor Bill Borrett.
"We were told that the Mayor was optional; when did it become compulsory," asked Marie Strong, the leader of the Liberal Democrat group.
"Why can't we have a referendum, why can't the people of Norfolk vote if they want a mayor or not?" asked UKIP councillor Colin Aldred.
Labour's George Nobbs replied that ministers had made it clear, it was a mayor or no deal.
Mr Nobbs admitted he was doing his best "to sell a pig's ear". "These plans are flawed and they are far from perfect," he said.
He believes that with the extra money and powers on offer, it is worth continuing with the negotiations.
The only councillor in favour was Labour's Mick Castle who said people in London had been suspicious of a mayor but had come round to the idea.
Norfolk joins Cambridgeshire County Council in making it very clear that it is not happy with the deal currently on offer. The negotiations will continue but with the government wanting this to be agreed by all 23 councils by the end of June, there is not very long to go.
East Anglian devolution looks far from certain.
The country was declared free of the virus on 7 November, and the region as a whole was cleared when Liberia was pronounced Ebola-free on Thursday.
Tests on a person who died in northern Sierra Leone proved positive, an Ebola test centre spokesman told the BBC.
The WHO has warned, however, that more flare-ups are expected.
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The Sierra Leone death occurred earlier this week.
Ebola test centre spokesman Sidi Yahya Tunis told the BBC that the patient had died in the Tonkolili district. He had travelled there from Kambia, close to the border with Guinea.
The tests were conducted by British health experts. The BBC's Umaru Fofana in the capital Freetown said health officials were now urgently seeking those who had come into contact with the victim.
Close to 4,000 people have died of Ebola in Sierra Leone, and 11,000 people across the region, since December 2013.
Liberia was the last country to see the end of active transmission of Ebola. But it had been declared clear twice before, only for the infection to re-emerge.
A country is considered free of human-to-human transmission once two 21-day incubation periods have passed since the last known case tested negative for a second time.
11,315
Deaths - probable, confirmed and suspected
(Includes one in the US and six in Mali)
4,809 Liberia
3,955 Sierra Leone
2,536 Guinea
8 Nigeria
Organisers want more police presence in Levenshulme, Manchester, following the attack on the 31-year-old at Cringle Park shortly before midday on Monday.
The march followed a similar event in the area after a 12-year-old girl was raped in a nearby park in September.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said it had "increased patrols in the area" and was "doing everything in our power" to find Monday's attacker.
However Pauline Johnston, from the Love Levenshulme community group, said: "I don't think what they've done has been sufficient at all."
"We want patrols to be stepped up day in and day out, not just reactively."
One marcher said: "We work really hard to make it a beautiful place for everybody to share and we won't have people frightened out of it."
Another participant commented: "I don't think anyone should be scared to walk through their own park, especially in broad daylight."
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Zakaria Bulhan, of south-west London, has been charged with the murder of Darlene Horton, 64, and the attempted murder of five other people.
Two women and three men were injured in the attack on Wednesday.
Mr Bulhan - a Norwegian national of Somali origin - appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
He appeared without legal representation and sat hunched throughout the short hearing with his hand over his mouth.
As the names of the victims were read out in court he held his face in his hands.
When asked if he understood the charges, he nodded giving the judge a thumbs-up gesture.
Mrs Horton had been visiting London with her husband Richard Wagner, who was teaching summer classes.
Florida State University said the couple had planned to return to their home in Tallahassee on Thursday - the day after the attack.
The university's president, John Thrasher, said "there are no words to express our heartache".
A British man who suffered a stab wound to his stomach in the attack remains in hospital in a "serious but stable" condition.
An American man, an Australian man, an Australian woman and an Israeli woman were all discharged from hospital on Thursday, following treatment for their injuries.
Mr Bulhan was remanded in custody until 9 August.
Lock Iain Henderson and winger Craig Gilroy scored the tries for the win which effectively ends any hope Leinster had of making the play-offs.
Leinster had made a superb start with a Ben Te'o try helping them go 10-0 up in the seventh minute.
But they did not score again and Ulster went on to beat their Irish rivals for the first time in four attempts.
The result puts Ulster at the top of the table, at least overnight, and means Leinster's season is effectively over.
It had all started so well for Leinster as they pushed deep into Ulster territory and benefitted from an early penalty strike from Jimmy Gopperth.
After six minutes, things got even better for the visitors as they sought to rescue their already fragile-looking play-off hopes, when Te'o smashed through some weak tackling to score. Gopperth added the extras and Leinster were 10-0 up and looking comfortable.
Ulster needed to respond and they got over the line with Henderson. Ruan Pienaar converted his 12th-minute effort and then added a penalty shortly afterwards to tie the scores.
There then followed a moment of controversy after Henderson was tip-tackled by Sean O'Brien with referee John Lacey and the television match official opting for a yellow card for the Ireland flanker instead of the red one the home crowed were baying for.
Ulster, though, failed to score during O'Brien's absence, but did take the lead just before half-time through another Pienaar penalty.
Midway through the second half, Rob Kearney was sin-binned, giving Pienaar a 63rd-minute penalty which he duly slotted to stretch the lead to 16-10.
Three minutes later the South African nailed a monster effort from just inside Leinster's half and the home side now had a nine-point lead.
Leinster's dismal night was completed with eight minutes remaining when a huge Ulster power play off a scrum on Leinster's line ultimately saw Gilroy dance through for his 11th Pro12 try of the season.
Pienaar converted to make it 26-10 and the game ended with 14-man Ulster - replacement prop Andy Warwick had been binned - defending their line as if their lives depended on it.
Ulster: L Ludik; T Bowe, J Payne, D Cave, C Gilroy; P Jackson, R Pienaar; C Black, R Best (capt), W Herbst, D Tuohy, F Van der Merwe, I Henderson, C Henry, R Wilson.
Replacements: McCloskey for D. Cave (51), Warwick for Black (70), B. Ross for Herbst (70), Diack for Tuohy (65).
Not used: Herring, C. Ross, P. Marshall, Humphreys.
Sin bin: Warwick (78).
Leinster: R Kearney; Z Kirchner, B Te'o, G D'Arcy, L Fitzgerald; J Gopperth, I Boss; C Healy, R Strauss, M Ross, D Toner, M McCarthy, S O'Brien, D Ryan, J Heaslip (capt).
Replacements: Madigan for D'Arcy (63), Reddan for Boss (67), J. McGrath for Healy (58), Cronin for Strauss (58), Furlong for Ross (63), J. Murphy for Ryan (51).
Not used: Marshall, Fanning.
Sin bin: O'Brien (21), R. Kearney (64).
Att: 17,097
Ref: John Lacey (Ireland).
Jeanette Manfra of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) refused to identify the states during her testimony before a Senate panel, citing confidentiality agreements.
But she added there was no evidence to suggest actual vote ballots were altered in the election hack.
US intelligence agencies believe Moscow interfered to help Donald Trump win.
Ms Manfra, the department's acting deputy undersecretary of cyber security, testified on Wednesday before the Senate Intelligence committee, which is investigating Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 election.
"As of right now, we have evidence that election-related systems in 21 states were targeted," she told the panel.
She said DHS still had confidence in the US voting system because they are "fundamentally resilient".
The Kremlin has repeatedly denied any involvement in election cyber hacks while Mr Trump has dismissed allegations that his campaign colluded with Russia as "fake news".
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Tuesday refused to say whether Mr Trump believes Russia interfered in the 2016 election.
"I have not sat down and talked to him about that specific thing," Mr Spicer said during a daily news briefing.
"Obviously we've been dealing with a lot of other issues today. I'd be glad to touch base."
Senator Mark Warner, a top Democrat on the panel, argued on Wednesday the country was "not any safer" in concealing which states were hit in the hack.
Both Arizona and Illinois last year confirmed that their voter registration systems had been attacked by hackers.
Republican Senator Marco Rubio also expressed concern, adding that as the investigation continues "it is important Americans understand how our voting systems work and communicate that in real time".
Ms Manfra's comments echoed earlier testimony by Samuel Liles, acting director of the DHS cyber division.
Mr Liles told Congress DHS detected hacking activities last spring and summer and later received reports of cyber probing of election systems.
But he added: "None of these systems were involved in vote tallying."
Mr Liles also said "a small number of networks were exploited - they made it through the door."
Supporters heading towards the Etihad Stadium before Manchester City's Premier League game against Tottenham on Saturday were heard chanting the abuse on a tram.
The chants were apparently directed at Spurs supporters.
Officers said they were treating the chanting, footage of which has been widely shared online, as a hate crime.
Among the chants, a group of men are heard singing about gas chambers in a reference to the Holocaust.
Supt Steve Howard said: "Greater Manchester Police have been made aware of a video showing people chanting anti-Semitic songs.
"This has yet to be formally reported to police, however we have now launched an investigation and we are treating this as a hate crime.
"We would like to speak to anyone who witnessed the incident or has video footage to contact police as soon as possible.
"There is no place in society for such abhorrent behaviour."
Most Tottenham fans are not Jewish, but the club has a historical association with London's Jewish community.
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Cardiff council said the automated units would close on 31 March before being removed.
Its 20-year operational contract was meant to run until April 2025.
The seven toilets are on Penlline Road, Ty Glas Road, Albany Road, Four Elms Road, Frederick Street, Delta Street and Harrowby Street.
Cabinet member for environment, Bob Derbyshire, said the running costs could "no longer be justified".
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The woman and her sister, 76, were passengers in a blue Ford Focus driven by the sister's 79-year-old husband.
The northbound car collided with a southbound red Seat Altea on the A76, Catrine, at 11:50 on Monday.
The 32-year-old female Seat driver was not injured. Those in the Ford car were treated in hospital and later released.
On Thursday, the 78-year-old rear seat passenger in the Focus became unwell at home and later died in Ayr Hospital.
A post mortem will take place to establish the cause of her death.
Sgt Kevin Blackley, of Police Scotland, said: "At the time of the crash - it was believed that all three passengers of the Ford Focus had suffered minor injuries and were released after treatment.
"This may obviously still be the case and there may another reason as to her illness, however, because she was involved in the collision a few days prior to her death we are appealing for witnesses who saw it happen at the time.
"Anyone who saw the crash or has any information that will assist officers with their inquiry is asked to contact police."
The incident happened on the westbound carriageway between junction 11 at Reading and junction 12 Theale at about 16:50 GMT.
South Central Ambulance Service said a man was struck by a car close to Reading services. An air ambulance has landed on a nearby field.
The road is likely to remain closed for some time and drivers are advised to avoid the area if possible.
Peter Clifford, 61, from Manchester, will contest the election on 4 May on behalf of the Communist League.
He will campaign about issues such as policing, tackling anti-Semitism and "declining" health care conditions.
The successful candidate will lead Greater Manchester Combined Authority, which is made up of the leaders of each of the area's 10 local authorities.
The mayor will chair meetings and allocate responsibilities to the authority's cabinet.
Candidates so far are:
Sean Anstee (Conservative)
Jane Brophy (Liberal Democrat)
Andy Burnham (Labour)
Peter Clifford (Communist League)
Stephen Morris (English Democrats)
Shneur Odze (UKIP)
Will Patterson (Green Party)
Mr Clifford, a production line butcher at Tulip Meats in Dukinfield, said: "I'm standing to help build a movement of working people to replace capitalism which is the source of the problem."
He said his campaign would take him on to door steps across Greater Manchester where he will explain "how working class people made the two great revolutions of the last century in Cuba and Russia".
"We will need to follow their example and to win we will need a working class revolutionary party, independent of the capitalists," he said.
James Stark, 37, Steven Sheldon, 35, and Martin Williams, 36, all from the Cynon Valley in south Wales, died when a lorry and van collided near Chippenham, Wiltshire, on 9 June 2014.
Stephen Jenkins, 38, of Park View Terrace, Abercwmboi, faces three counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
He is due to go on trial in November, Swindon Crown Court heard.
More than 20 rush-hour trains into London from Kent did not run, with some passengers delayed for two hours.
Services between Ashford and London were disrupted when lines were left without power because of overrunning engineering work.
A Southeastern spokesman said services were now "back to normal".
He said the delays caused by the power loss between Maidstone and Swanley "due to overrunning engineering works, which were supposed to be finished on time today.
"We do apologise for the disruption, but it is out of our control - we can only run our services if the track is fit for purpose," he said.
"Around 70% of all delays are down to infrastructure problems and we are challenging Network Rail to ensure that its asset maintenance programme is fit for purpose."
Network Rail responded saying the conductor rail had been damaged when a piece of equipment broke down at Kemsing.
A spokesman said: "We apologise to passengers who were disrupted this morning and would urge passengers to use the delay repay scheme to claim compensation.
During the disruption, passenger Sue Jones tweeted: "Totally fed up - if my performance at work was as poor as the train companies then I would have been fired!"
The bi-annual National Rail Passenger Survey has found the operators with the three lowest ratings all covered south-east England.
Thameslink had the lowest proportion of satisfied passengers at 73%, followed by Southeastern (75%) and Southern (78%).
Earlier this month, Southeastern blamed "bright sunlight" for delays to services through south-east London.
They may have weakened as voters increasingly act like consumers, happy to switch brands.
But the tribes can still be spotted - groups that could only belong in one political party.
They were there on Monday in Chippenham where David Cameron chose to make the first stump speech of his campaign.
It could have been a country fair or an auction room in the Wiltshire town.
This was the tribe and they visibly brightened when he spoke of "moaning, left-wing commentators" and referred to the Labour leader Ed Miliband as "the man who forgot to mention the deficit".
All political parties need to shore up their base. And even though politics may have changed, the old visceral caricatures still have potency.
So Mr Cameron has quite deliberately gone personal.
"When it comes to who's prime minister, the personal is national," he says.
Labour is depicted as a "bunch of hypocritical, holier-than-thou, hopeless, sneering socialists… the same old condescending, bossy, interfering we-know-best attitude of the Hampstead socialist down the ages".
In many political cultures, politicians go after the metropolitan liberal elite.
In France the centre right mocks rich leftists as the gauche caviar.
In the US, the Republicans scornfully denounce the Washington insiders who "know best".
Although Labour has said it will refrain from personal attacks, it portrays Mr Cameron's government as for "the few at the top".
After the Budget, the Labour leader Ed Miliband said "it's a recovery for the few from a government of the few".
Many Labour supporters like to portray the Conservatives as a party of rich donors, backed by the heavy pockets in the City or by those who live "offshore".
As Len McCluskey, general secretary of the Unite union, said: "If you're a hedge fund, a wealthy retiree or a business shy of providing fairly paid, secure employment, [the Chancellor George] Osborne's Britain is the place for you."
On Monday the actor Martin Freeman came out in support of Labour and said "it was a choice between two completely different sets of values".
The Tories, he said, would "take us on a rollercoaster of cuts".
As Andrew Rawnsley recently wrote in the Observer, both parties "campaign as if they are still back in the 1950s when it really was a two-horse race".
In 1955, the Conservatives and Labour took 96% of the vote. This time round they are each struggling to hold on to a third of votes cast.
The same trend is happening in Europe.
In 1980 an average of 9.8% of the electorates in 13 established democracies were party members.
By the end of the 1990s that figure had almost halved. And the trend has accelerated.
As Peter Mair noted in his book Ruling the Void, voters since the 1980s "appear increasingly accidental or even random.
"There is a world of the parties, or a world of political leaders, that is separate from the world of the citizenry."
All over Europe, citizens are moving away from the established political parties - but the election campaign is still pitched as if the old world continued.
Tribal loyalties may be weakening but Mr Cameron is keen to point out that the choice of prime minister is between him and Mr Miliband.
So the core of the Conservative campaign - as underlined in Chippenham - is to portray Labour as about "more taxes, more spending and more debt", with the line: "Don't put it [the recovery] at risk".
Labour also comes with its warnings; of a Tory party set to reduce the size of the state to the smallest in 80 years; of a recovery that has not reached ordinary people; of a Tory party too dangerous to be left in charge of the National Health Service for five more years.
The reality is that the differences between the two main parties are relatively small.
They are both hemmed in by economic reality.
Both recognise there is a funding gap of £30bn that will have to be filled one way or another.
Both parties have ring-fenced the health and education budgets.
In broad terms, Labour says it will cut less than the Tories, and the Tories say they will tax less than Labour.
If the foundation stones are similar, it becomes even more important to find differences, to demand that your opponent reveals precisely where their cuts in welfare spending will fall.
In a tight race, part of the campaigning will be to embed the caricatures, to deepen the doubts.
Much voting comes down to a gut instinct.
The political parties are trying to sow broad messages: "Don't risk the recovery"; or end a government "for the few".
Part of implanting those broad themes is often to go personal.
The public may say they do not like it but it has long been part of politics.
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Farah, 34, said last year that he will focus on marathons after this year's World Championships in London, which run from 4-13 August.
But he will now compete in the Diamond League at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on the track on 20 August.
"I'm sure it will be a day I remember for the rest of my life," he said.
Farah won the 5,000m and 10,000m golds at both the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympics.
And he will attempt a third successive 5,000m/10,000m double at the World Championships next month.
He ran at the Anniversary Games on Sunday at the London Stadium as he finalised his World Championships preparations with a win the 3,000m with a time of 7:35.15.
The five-time world champion added: "I'll be looking for a good final performance to thank the fans for all their support over the years."
The 23-year-old can "breathe independently" without a ventilator but remains in intensive care after a cardiac arrest on Saturday.
A joint statement by the London Chest Hospital and Bolton said he continued "to show signs of improvement".
It added his condition was no longer critical but remained serious.
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An earlier statement had said "he is also moving his arms and legs" but "his long-term prognosis will remain unclear for some time".
The former England Under-21 player has been at the hospital's heart attack centre after suffering the cardiac arrest during Saturday's FA Cup quarter-final at White Hart Lane.
His fiancee, Shauna Magunda, the mother of his son Joshua, posted on Twitter on Monday evening: "All your prayers are working people thank you so so much. Every prayer makes him stronger."
A family friend, Curtis Codrington, also tweeted that he had visited Muamba in hospital on Monday night. He said the player was as "strong as an ox".
"He said my name words can't describe what I just saw," he added. "To see his wife, to be by his side was great."
Club chairman Phil Gartside and manager Owen Coyle visited the player on Monday morning.
In a statement placed on the club website, Gartside said: "The staff at the London Chest Hospital have been nothing short of exceptional and I would like to thank them all at this ongoing critical time.
"The support we had from Tottenham and our own fans was fantastic - the staff, the fans, the players and the officials at the game - it was unbelievable."
Manager Owen Coyle said: "Everybody is praying for Fabrice, which is very important and that has been a real source of strength to the family."
Meanwhile, Bolton captain Kevin Davies said that suggestions about the club withdrawing from the FA Cup because players were too upset to return to White Hart Lane were "irrelevant" as everybody was focused on Muamba's health.
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Bolton's next Premier League game at Aston Villa on Tuesday has been postponed.
Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean also said the club would "do whatever we have to do", and would be happy for Saturday's scheduled Premier League match against Bolton to be called off.
Muamba was born in Zaire, now Democratic Republic of Congo, and moved to England aged 11 as a refugee.
DR Congo FA president Omari Selemani said the midfielder had the support of "65 million" Congolese.
"On the behalf of the Congolese FA, all the Congolese people and myself included, we express our sympathy to Fabrice Muamba."
In the past the player has rejected attempts by the Congolese FA to call him up, choosing instead to play for England at youth level.
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Medics spent six minutes trying to resuscitate Muamba on the pitch after he fell to the ground with no other players around him.
The score was 1-1 when the quarter-final was abandoned after 41 minutes.
It took medical staff two hours to get Muamba breathing again, and they gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation as well as trying to revive him with a defibrillator.
Both sets of supporters chanted Muamba's name as he was taken off the pitch on a stretcher.
Spurs manager Harry Redknapp said at the time: "All we are thinking about now is Fabrice and his family."
Referee Howard Webb called the visibly-shaken players off the field after consulting with Coyle and Redknapp and the game was abandoned.
The IndyCamp group were evicted from their Holyrood camp after 11 months and a lengthy legal case in November.
A panel of judges agreed that the campers were liable for costs.
However, the parliament agreed not to enforce the order until the campers' application for a Supreme Court appeal is settled in the new year.
The camp was set up outside the parliament building in November 2015, with the goal of staying in place until Scotland becomes independent.
The protestors were taken to court by the parliament's corporate body, which argued that they were taking up land that could be used by others and compromising the political neutrality of the Holyrood estate.
Lord Turnbull ruled against the group in the summer after a lengthy legal battle, and his decision was upheld on appeal by the Inner House.
The campers have applied for leave to challenge that ruling in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, and a hearing on that will be held in Edinburgh on 10 January.
In the meantime, the parliament had the group evicted from their camp and put forward a motion to claim costs from the group, citing the cost of the case £105,889.65.
Lady Dorrian, Lord Malcolm and Lord Glennie considered arguments from the parliament's corporate body and the campers at the Court of Session.
Martin Keatings, representing four of the group, said the parliament was using the costs as a "punitive measure" in effect "to teach the respondents a lesson".
He argued that awarding costs would leave the group "destitute", as they "simply don't have the funds to pay" the "unrecoverable amount" sought. He asked the court to refuse the motion or at least mitigate the costs to nil.
Another respondent, Richard McFarlane, told the court that he was "quite frankly skint", adding that in any case, Christ had returned to Earth and had absolved the campers from paying any costs.
He said the group had always been in poverty, saying there was no point in "harassing" them for costs.
One campaigner, who asked to be referred to only as "David" in court, put forward a motion questioning the legitimacy of the court and asking Lady Dorrian, Scotland's second most senior judge, to recuse herself.
He said the "treasonous" court had no jurisdiction as the case was not heard in front of a jury, saying he had "vital evidence" that the case as a whole had been "highly unlawful" and the judgement "null and void". His motion was refused."
The parliament's corporate body - which was represented by law firm Brodies, an advocate and a QC during the case - successfully argued that it was the normal legal convention for the losing side in a case to pay the costs.
Lady Dorrian said: "There is no good reason not to grant the motion. Expenses are awarded to the petitioners."
A spokesman for the Scottish Parliament said: "The SPCB has a duty to use public money prudently, and so welcomes today's decision by the court to award expenses in our favour."
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An £8.6bn deficit on goods was partially offset by an estimated surplus of £7.4bn on services, it said.
The ONS added that in the quarter to April, exports were flat after 0.3% growth in the first quarter, but imports were up 2.1%, the same as in the three months to March.
UK exporters have struggled in the face of weak demand in the eurozone.
Part of the deficit dip was down to a fall in imports of art and furniture, said the ONS. Another factor was less oil being imported.
Last year, companies began stockpiling oil as the price of the commodity collapsed.
The deficit - a description of how much imports exceed exports by value - was less than economists had expected.
"Monthly trade figures are notoriously volatile but today's significant improvement is nonetheless very welcome, but there is no room for any complacency," said David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce.
"The longer-term trend still shows a worsening in the trade position in recent months. It is clear that we are not making enough, sustained, progress in closing the trade gap."
The UK's trade deficit for 2014 widened to £34.8bn, the biggest gap since 2010.
The month saw 462,517 cars registered, up 8.6% on last year, said the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
More than two million cars have been registered so far this year - the first time that the two million mark has been passed in September since 2004.
Car sales have now increased for 43 months in a row, the SMMT said.
March this year saw the the highest monthly level of new car sales this century.
SMMT chief executive Mike Hawes said: "September is traditionally one of the year's biggest months for new car registrations, and last month set an autumn record."
Changes to number plates in September means the month is traditionally one of the busiest of the year.
A spokesman for SMMT said it was too early to say what kind of impact VW's emissions scandal could have on sales.
BBC industry correspondent John Moylan said there were "signs of a growing gap" in the market share of diesel and petrol cars.
"Last year consumers bought more diesel cars than petrol. But in September, 45.9% of car sales were diesel and 51.4% were petrol."
He added that the Volkswagen scandal, with its focus on diesel cars, "is unlikely to help" future diesel sales.
1. Ford Fiesta - 22,807
2. Vauxhall Corsa - 15,670
3. Ford Focus - 14,258
4. Volkswagen Golf - 13,603
5. Volkswagen Polo - 11,026
6. Nissan Qashqai - 10,119
7. Mini - 8,754
8. Vauxhall Astra - 7,920
9, Vauxhall Mokka - 7,670
10. Fiat 500 - 7,460
The parties agreed to back the formation of a minority Labour Welsh Government.
They said it followed "constructive and positive talks" about "shared priorities for the coming assembly, and future working arrangements".
The assembly will reconvene on Wednesday to elect a first minister.
Both party groups met to discuss the proposals on Tuesday.
"We are pleased to confirm that the Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru groups have today contacted the Presiding Officer in order to recall the Assembly tomorrow, and proceed with the nomination procedure for First Minister," the parties said in a joint statement on Tuesday, entitled Moving Wales Forward.
"This will allow the successful nomination of Carwyn Jones as First Minister, and the establishment of a Labour Minority Administration.
"This follows constructive and positive talks about the parties' shared priorities for the coming Assembly, and future working arrangements.
"The First Minister will set out tomorrow the next Government's intentions for the first 100 days, including a commitment to prioritise those areas that enjoy support from across most of the Assembly."
Sources in Plaid and Labour say they have agreed a way for the two parties to exchange ideas and information.
There was no agreement between them on the contentious issue of the M4 relief road, but the sources said the parties had "agreed to progress what they could".
Senior figures from Labour and Plaid Cymru held two days of talks after a Senedd vote was tied 29-29 last Wednesday on whether Mr Jones or Plaid leader Leanne Wood should be first minister.
UKIP and the Welsh Conservatives had backed Ms Wood, while Liberal Democrat AM Kirsty Williams supported Mr Jones.
The tied vote came after Labour fell short of a majority at the 5 May election, leaving it in need of opposition support to govern.
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies accused Plaid Cymru of "locking themselves away and doing a cosy deal with their old friends in the Labour Party".
"Plaid Cymru have shown a distinct lack of appetite and ambition in exploring a new kind of collaborative politics," he said.
Leanne Wood, Plaid leader, said her party looks forward to offering "robust opposition over the next five years".
"The Conservatives failed to make a single gain, or to get a single manifesto commitment implemented during their time as the main opposition party in the last Assembly term. Perhaps that's why their seat share went down.
Lib Dem AM Kirsty Williams said: "I welcome the progress that seems to have been made to securing a successful nomination for First Minister tomorrow.
"For my part, I shall engage constructively with others, seeking to do the best for Wales based on Welsh Liberal Democrats policies and priorities."
UKIP is intending to force a vote on the first minister nominations by putting one of their own ranks forward - although assembly sources say this can not be done under Senedd rules.
But it has emerged that the party plans to nominate neither its UKIP Wales leader Nathan Gill or UKIP Welsh Assembly group leader Neil Hamilton.
David Rowlands, an AM for South Wales East, is instead the intended nominee.
A source said: "If they put up Neil Hamilton he would have had four votes. That's the reality.
A spokesman for the UKIP group said: "It was Neil Hamilton's idea to put Nathan Gill forward, but then Nathan Gill recommended David Rowlands. Neil accepted his recommendation. There was never any consideration that it might be Neil."
On whether the plan could go ahead, the spokesman said: "The standing orders are not clear and they do not say there cannot be any more nominations. That will be up to the presiding officer however."
That was after its independently commissioned report found evidence of a four-year, state-run "doping programme" across the "vast majority" of the 28 Olympic sports.
Russia's full Olympic team would have consisted of 389 competitors. Of those, 271 were cleared to take part by a three-person International Olympic Committee panel.
However, that number is still rising despite the Games now being under way, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) handling a number of appeals.
Here's the list of the sports in which Russian athletes have so far been cleared to compete.
Russians hoping to compete: 67
Decision: Some Russians have been banned and further rulings are still expected following appeals to Cas.
London 2012 bronze medallist Yulia Efimova partially won an appeal against her ban on Thursday, 4 August as Cas said it was wrong to stop athletes going to Rio on the basis they had previously been sanctioned. It sent her case back to swimming's governing body for reconsideration as a matter of urgency and she was cleared to compete later the next day, ahead of her first heats.
Russians competing: Three
Decision: World Archery said the three Russians have been "tested extensively" and had no previous doping convictions. It expressed "shock and concern" over recent allegations but praised the IOC's "courageous decision" not to give Russia a "blanket ban".
Russians competing: None
Decision: All 68 Russian athletes have been banned, though US-based long jumper Darya Klishina has been cleared to compete under a neutral flag.
Yuliya Stepanova, the 800m runner whose evidence helped expose the Russian doping scandal, will not be allowed to do the same, however. The IAAF had previously cleared her to compete, but the IOC's latest ruling disallows any athlete with a previous doping ban.
Stepanova has since questioned that ruling, describing it as "unfair".
Russians competing: Four
Decision: The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has included four Russian players, "pending the validation of the International Olympic Committee".
Russians competing: 11
Decision: Governing body the AIBA reviewed each case and cleared each boxer on Thursday, 4 August - and that decision was ratified by the IOC.
Russians competing: 18
Decision: Eighteen Russians remain eligible after the International Canoe Federation "immediately suspended" five of the 23 qualified, as they were named in the McLaren report, pending further investigation.
However, the ROC says one case is still outstanding.
Russians competing: 11
Decision: Governing body the UCI says 11 of Russia's 17 athletes have been cleared to compete, with three withdrawn by the ROC and another three implicated in the McLaren report into state-sponsored doping - their cases are still outstanding.
Russians competing: Five
Decision: Governing body the FEI says there is "no indication of any organised doping malpractices within the Russian equestrian delegation". It adds there is "absolutely no reason why the Russian equestrian athletes should not compete at Rio".
Russians competing: 16
Decision: Fencing's governing body the FIE cleared all 16 Russians to compete, saying it had "re-examined the results from 197 tests taken by Russian athletes in 35 countries, including Russia, between 2014 and 2016", which were all negative.
Russians competing: One
Decision: On Thursday, 4 August, the IOC panel confirmed the eligibility of Maria Verchenova to compete.
Russians competing: 20
Decision: The International Gymnastics Federation announced on 4 August that the IOC had approved 20 gymnasts.
Russians competing: 14
Decision: The International Handball Federation took "immediate action" to re-test Russian athletes following the IOC's ruling and found "all results are negative".
Russians competing: 11
Decision: The International Judo Federation, whose honorary president is Russian President Vladimir Putin, cleared all Russians to compete, with president Marius Vizer saying they had been tested from last September to May "on many occasions, at many international judo events, abroad from Russia".
Russians competing: Three
Decision: One of the four qualifying Russians, plus a reserve, have been banned by governing body the UIPM, after being implicated in the McLaren report's 'Disappearing Positive Methology' scheme. The remaining three have been cleared to compete.
Russians competing: Six
Decision: Russia's initial squad of 28 was reduced following 22 suspensions. Fisa said the latest banned athletes were "not considered to have participated in doping" but did not meet the IOC's criteria of having been tested in labs outside of Russia. An appeal by 17 rowers failed.
Russians competing: Seven
Decision: World Sailing initially suspended Pavel Sozykin but cleared him to compete alongside his other six team-mates.
Russians competing: 18
Decision: An ISSF statement said all 18 Russian shooters are eligible having not been mentioned in the McLaren report, nor tested positive through further doping controls. The governing body added "all Russian athletes are being carefully monitored" by its intelligence-based testing programme.
Russians competing: Three
Decision: "An investigation which included an individual test analysis of each player, conducted outside the Russian anti-doping system met the necessary requirements," said the International Table Tennis Federation.
Russians competing: Three
Decision: Taekwondo's federation has confirmed all three nominated Russians will compete in Rio.
Russians competing: Eight
Decision: The International Tennis Federation said the nominated Russians have been tested 205 times between them since 2014, adding that is "sufficient" for them to go to Rio.
Russians competing: Six
Decision: Russians can compete.
Russians competing: 30
Decision: Governing body the FIVB said it had "conducted a full examination of the Olympic eligibility" of all Russian volleyball and beach volleyball players and had now submitted them all to the IOC for approval.
It had earlier said Russian athletes had been tested at the same level as all other countries and the majority of the testing analysis of Russian athletes had been conducted outside their homeland.
Russians competing: None
Decision: All eight Russian weightlifters have been banned from the Games.
The International Weightlifting Federation confirmed two had been banned for doping violations, while another four were named in the McLaren report into doping.
Russians competing: 16
Decision: One Russian banned.
United World Wrestling appointed a "special commission with the mandate to review the doping cases related to the Russian wrestlers currently qualified to compete for the Rio Games".
On returning its findings, the governing body said Viktor Lebedev, who returned a positive doping test at the 2006 Junior World Championships, will be banned from competing.
However the ROC said one case is outstanding.
Ibe, 20, has been given permission to speak to the Cherries after a 2015-16 season that saw him make 12 Premier League starts for the Reds.
The transfer would top the reported £10m Bournemouth paid Wolves for Benik Afobe in January.
England Under-21 winger Ibe has made 58 appearances for Liverpool since signing from Wycombe Wanderers in 2011.
Ibe had been earmarked as the natural replacement at Anfield for Raheem Sterling after he made a £49m move to Manchester City last summer.
The youngster's form dipped, however, and he was not a regular under Jurgen Klopp after he succeeded Brendan Rodgers as manager.
Ibe did show a glimpse of his promise with a spectacular goal at West Bromwich Albion in Liverpool's final Premier League game of last season.
Bournemouth are seeking reinforcements after selling Matt Ritchie to Newcastle United in a deal that could eventually be worth £12m.
In a statement, the ELN said it had kidnapped the soldier, Freddy Moreno, on 24 January in the eastern province of Arauca.
It said it was willing to release Mr Moreno ahead of peace talks set for next week.
The talks were previously delayed because of the ELN's failure to release the people it is still holding hostage.
Formal peace talks had been due to start at the end of October but the Colombian government said they would not go ahead if the ELN did not first free Odin Sanchez, a former Congressman the rebels have held since April 2016.
The rebels in turn demanded that the government pardon two of its members serving time in Colombian jails.
The two sides struck a deal and the two ELN members were released on Saturday, the ELN confirmed.
The two are expected to serve as rebel negotiators at the peace talks which are due to start on 7 February in the Ecuadorean capital, Quito.
The ELN has said it will release Mr Sanchez on Thursday.
Mr Moreno is expect to be released on the same day.
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The government reached a peace agreement with Colombia's largest rebel group, the Farc, last year.
Members of the Farc have been gathering in "transition zones", where they are to demobilise and lay down their weapons under the supervision of United Nations monitors.
The last of the Farc rebels are expected to reach the designation demobilisation areas by Wednesday, government officials said.
Britain voted by a margin of 52% to 48% to leave the EU - and the contenders to replace David Cameron as PM have all vowed make it happen.
But 22% of people polled for Newsnight said they don't know if it will, while 16% believe the UK will stay in the EU.
Ipsos MORI interviewed 1,077 people between Wednesday and Thursday.
The poll also suggests almost half of voters - 48% - agree there should be a general election before Britain begins Brexit negotiations so that people can vote on plans for life outside the EU.
It comes after US Secretary of State John Kerry suggested the UK might not follow through with its decision to leave.
The vast majority of those interviewed said they would not change their vote if the UK held a second referendum on EU membership.
But 5% of Leave voters said they would now change their vote compared to just 2% of Remain voters.
Results also show that more than half of voters do not believe their current government and MPs reflect the views of the British public towards the EU - including 67% of Leave voters.
And 59% of respondents said they were not confident in Britain's political leaders to get the best possible terms for Britain - rising to 76% of Remain voters.
Quizzed on two of the most contentious issues of the campaign - free movement and membership of the single market - marginally more voters favoured the UK continuing without restrictions on migration in return for continuing to trade in the single market.
A total of 42% of respondents said Britain should continue to allow EU citizens to live and work in Britain in return for access to the single market - including 18% of Leave voters.
But 38% of those polled said losing access to the single market would be a price worth paying for new curbs on immigration.
The overwhelming finding of the poll was that most voters are sticking to their positions - 83% of Remain voters now feel less hopeful for the future of the UK, compared to the 80% of Leave voters who are now more hopeful.
Interviews with adults aged 18-75 across Great Britain were conducted online. Data are weighted to match the profile of the population, and to the estimated relative vote share of this group in the EU referendum.
More on the polling and latest referendum fallout on Newsnight at 22.30 BST on BBC Two, and available on iPlayer in the UK.
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Crossrail is tunnelling right through the heart of London.
They'll create 73 miles of railway line.
The BBC's Richard Westcott was allowed to take a peek.
The man wrote a message on the gantry in what appeared to be some kind of protest, after he climbed up at about midday on Sunday.
He was arrested for causing a public nuisance when he eventually came down shortly after 16:00 BST on Monday.
Leicestershire Police said negotiators talked him down.
Part of the man's message alleged that someone "tried 2 kill me", and he also referred to "2 murder attempts".
The motorway was closed southbound between junctions 23a and 22 earlier, and there is still a lot of congestion despite it being reopened.
After the man came down, Assistant Chief Constable Phil Kay said: "This man is now in custody and therefore I am not able to say more at this stage about the circumstances that led him to climb the stanchion and remain there for so long.
"I am relieved that this protracted incident has now come to a safe conclusion, but I do not underestimate the incredible gridlock and massive inconvenience that this incident has caused to motorists throughout the UK."
He added that he would like to express his "sincere sympathies to the many tens of thousands of people who have been seriously inconvenienced as a result of this incident".
Diversions were in place since Sunday lunchtime, but police said these alternative routes inevitably became "highly congested" too.
Kirsten Farage said the former UKIP leader had moved out of the family home in Kent and the situation "suits everyone" involved.
The remarks follow an unconfirmed newspaper report that Mr Farage was sharing a house in London with the French director of a think-tank.
Mr and Mrs Farage married in 1999 and have two children.
Mr Farage has not commented on the statement put out by his wife.
German-born Mrs Farage said in a statement to the Press Association: "My husband and I have lived separate lives for some years and he moved out of the family home a while ago.
"This is a situation that suits everyone and is not news to any of the people involved."
She urged reporters not to "doorstep" her family home, saying: "Having press camped out in front of my house is extremely distressing, especially for my children. Please let us get on with our lives."
The Mail on Sunday reported at the weekend that Laure Ferrari - who runs the Institute for Direct Democracy in Europe (IDDE) - has been living in the former UKIP leader's house in Chelsea for the past week.
Mr Farage told the newspaper that he was helping her out because she needed accommodation and had nowhere else to stay.
Ms Ferrari said she had been forced to move out of her own flat after the European Parliament stopped IDDE's funding.
A procession accompanying Mr Chavez's coffin took more than six hours to reach the Military Academy where he will lie in state until Friday.
The government has announced seven days of mourning for the president.
Mr Chavez, a controversial figure and staunch critic of the US, was seriously ill with cancer for more than a year.
He died aged 58 on Tuesday after 14 years as president.
A self-proclaimed revolutionary, he inspired a left-wing revival across Latin America.
By Irene CaselliBBC News, Caracas
Dramatic images are being broadcast on Venezuelan TV stations, as the hearse of Hugo Chavez crosses the city surrounded by a sea of red flags. People are crying and sobbing, screaming the name of the late president, many wearing red T-shirts and carrying his images.
"We carry you in our heart," said one woman sobbing on live television. "Long live Hugo Chavez," she screamed.
Foreign presidents, such as Bolivia's Evo Morales, are taking part in the procession, together with Mr Chavez's family members, Vice President Nicolas Maduro and all top government officials.
This is just the beginning of public events to mourn Mr Chavez. The funeral will be held on Friday, and even greater crowds are expected.
Latin American leaders are in Caracas to pay their respects - among them President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of Argentina, Jose Mujica of Uruguay and Evo Morales of Bolivia.
Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, Chile, Cuba and the Caribbean island of Dominica have declared periods of official mourning.
Another Chavez ally, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, also announced a day of mourning, describing him as a "martyr".
On Wednesday morning, a priest prayed for eternal rest for Mr Chavez in a brief ceremony at the hospital where he died on Tuesday.
Officials then put the flag-draped coffin on top of a waiting hearse surrounded by crowds.
The procession began its slow 8km (five-mile) journey through the streets of Caracas, led by officials including Vice-President Nicolas Maduro and accompanied by cheering red-clad supporters.
Some shouted "Chavez to the pantheon", referring to the mausoleum he built for revolutionary leader Simon Bolivar.
"I'm here to say my final goodbye to my president. There will never be another Chavez. He is the greatest man that this fatherland gave us," said Jose Gregorio Conde, 34, an education worker, quoted by AFP news agency.
Seven hours later, the streets were still filled with people, some of them crying or clutching pictures of the dead leader, as the coffin arrived at the Military Academy.
Mr Chavez's illness prevented him from taking the oath of office after he was re-elected for a fourth term in October.
Announcing the president's death on Tuesday, Vice-President Nicolas Maduro called on the nation to close ranks after its leader's demise.
"Let there be no weakness, no violence. Let there be no hate. In our hearts there should only be one sentiment: Love."
A statement from the military said it would remain loyal to the vice-president and to parliament, it added, urging people to remain calm.
Vice-President Maduro will assume the presidency until an election is called within 30 days.
Foreign Minister Elias Jaua told state television that Mr Maduro would also be the candidate of the governing United Socialist Party (PSUV).
Opposition leader Henrique Capriles, whom Mr Chavez defeated in October's election, offered his condolences to Mr Chavez's family, saying "we were adversaries, but never enemies".
Mr Capriles is widely expected to be chosen to stand against the vice-president.
The BBC's Irene Caselli, in Caracas, says Mr Maduro will probably win, but the question remains whether he will be able to lead Venezuela following the loss of its charismatic president.
The exact nature of Mr Chavez's cancer was never officially disclosed, leading to continuing speculation about his health, and he had not been seen in public for several months.
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Last May, the former army paratrooper said he had recovered from an unspecified cancer, after undergoing surgery and chemotherapy in 2011 and a further operation in February 2012.
Despite this, he won another six-year presidential term in October 2012.
Mr Maduro has mentioned a plot against Venezuela, saying he had no doubt that Mr Chavez's cancer, first diagnosed in 2011, had been induced by foul play by Venezuela's enemies. The US promptly rejected the accusations as "absurd".
Two US diplomats had been expelled from the country for spying on Venezuela's military, Mr Maduro added.
Mr Chavez burst onto Venezuela's national stage in 1992 to lead a failed military coup.
After two years in prison, he returned to politics and was swept to power in a 1998 election.
A self-proclaimed socialist and revolutionary, he won enduring support among the poor and repeated election victories by using Venezuela's oil wealth to pursue socialist policies.
His government has implemented a number of "missions" or social programmes, including education and health services for all.
But his opponents accused him of mishandling the economy and taking the country towards dictatorship. Inequality has been reduced but growth overall has been lower than in some other Latin American economies.
Internationally, he was a staunch critic of US "imperialism" and accused Washington of backing a failed coup against him in 2002.
The US described the death as a "challenging time", reaffirming what it described as its support for the Venezuelan people and its interest in developing a constructive relationship with Caracas.
Later, unnamed Washington officials said a US delegation would be sent to Mr Chavez's funeral.
Analysts say the death could alter the political balance in Latin America - dealing a blow to leftist states while favouring more centrist countries.
There could also be an economic impact given that Venezuela sells oil at below market prices to some neighbouring countries, especially in the Caribbean.
Lawro's opponent for this week's fixtures is comedian Tim Vine.
Vine, who has just released his latest live DVD - 'Tim Timinee Tim Timinee Tim Tim To You' - is a Sutton United fan who is looking forward to their FA Cup second-round tie at home to Cheltenham Town on Saturday (15:00 GMT).
"The great attraction of a small football club is the feel of it," he told BBC Sport. "We all hear the complaints about big clubs being very corporate but you go to Sutton United, there is not a prawn in sight - it is Marmite sandwiches and sausages, and about seven or eight people.
"The FA Cup is special too. It still contains that romance that no other football trophy has, because it reaches to all the small clubs like Sutton who suddenly have a glimpse of glory."
Football Focus comes live from Sutton's Ganders Green Lane home at 12:00 GMT, and Vine will deliver a team-talk to his team during the show.
Host Dan Walker will be joined by Tony Rains and Matthew Hanlan, Sutton's two goalscorers in their famous giant-killing win over Coventry in the FA Cup third round in 1989.
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The six men, who were hanged, were accused of being members of militant group Sinai Province, which has pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS).
They were found guilty of killing of two officers during a gunfight in March 2014.
However, rights groups had called for a retrial for the six men, arguing that the court process was flawed.
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said that three of the men were in custody at that time, and could not have carried out the attack in Arab Sharkas, a village north of Cairo.
Amnesty described the men's trial as "grossly unfair" and said the men said they were tortured into confessing to the charges.
The Sinai Province group has carried out a series of attacks against military targets in Egypt's Sinai peninsula since the army ousted President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
The group has been involved in suicide bombings, drive-by shootings, assassinations and beheadings.
The group was previously called Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Champions of Jerusalem), but announced a name change in November 2014 after pledging allegiance to IS.
The execution comes a day after a court handed down death sentences to Mr Morsi and more than 100 other people, over a mass prison break in 2011.
Shortly after the ruling, gunmen shot dead four people, including three judges, in the northern Sinai city of al-Arish.
Moe Thwe, a protest leader, and seven others were charged with incitement against the state and demonstrating illegally. They deny the charges.
All were refused bail. Another two activists are wanted by police.
The case is seen as a test of how the new government handles growing protests over projects begun under the military.
Farmers around the country say they have been evicted in land grabs to make way for industry. The authorities deny the allegations.
Dozens of people were injured when police broke up protests against the vast Chinese-backed mine at Monywa in the north-west last Thursday.
Kyi Zin Tha of pro-democracy group Generation Wave told BBC Burmese those produced in court on Monday had not been inciting against the state.
He said they had been responding to public anger at the use of force against protesters, including many monks.
About 70 monks were taken to hospital with burns after last week's crackdown on protest camps near Monywa, BBC Burmese says.
The farmers started their protest in June, saying they had been forced to accept a deal two years ago under which they gave up their land in return for new housing and financial compensation.
The mine's billion-dollar expansion project covers several thousand hectares of land in Burma's Sagaing region.
It is owned by the military and Chinese arms manufacturer Norinco.
The company has said that the deal was voluntary, and that only a small minority of farmers rejected it. The government says it is still committed to a full inquiry into the farmers' complaint.
The farmers have little experience of political mobilisation, and have been encouraged by the involvement of political activists and the support of Buddhist monks.
The BBC's Jonathan Head, who recently visited the Monywa mine, says it has now become a national cause, encompassing issues that will be central to Burma's post-military development - land rights, environmental protection, freedom to protest, and balancing the interests of big investors with those of ordinary Burmese citizens.
Of these, land may turn out to be the most explosive issue, and the hardest for the new government to solve, he says.
On-loan Everton striker Dyson gave the hosts the lead from the penalty spot before Clements wrapped up the points, with Brad Halliday grabbing a late consolation for Shaun Derry's side.
After an even first half with few chances, Grimsby began the second half brightly as Jamey Osborne saw a curling effort from the edge of the box deflected over for a corner.
And it was the midfielder who won a penalty moments later as he was brought down by Conor Newton, giving Dyson the chance to slam the ball past goalkeeper Will Norris.
Medy Elito was presented with a chance to bring Cambridge level seconds after coming on as a substitute, but his first-time shot was well-saved by James McKeown.
Clements made it 2-0 late on as he slotted home from Osborne's cutback, but Halliday set up a grandstand finish as he headed in late on.
Grimsby managed to hang onto their lead, though, as Slade made the perfect start to his second stint at Blundell Park.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Grimsby Town 2, Cambridge United 1.
Second Half ends, Grimsby Town 2, Cambridge United 1.
(Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Leon Legge (Cambridge United).
Goal! Grimsby Town 2, Cambridge United 1. Brad Halliday (Cambridge United) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Adam McGurk with a cross.
Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Andrew Boyce (Grimsby Town).
Substitution, Cambridge United. Paul Lewis replaces Liam O'Neil.
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Craig Disley replaces Sam Jones.
Attempt saved. Medy Elito (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Goal! Grimsby Town 2, Cambridge United 0. Chris Clements (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jamey Osborne with a cross.
Attempt missed. Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Danny Collins (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Adam McGurk (Cambridge United).
Jamey Osborne (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Harrison Dunk (Cambridge United).
Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Gavin Gunning.
Chris Clements (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Medy Elito (Cambridge United).
Tom Bolarinwa (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jake Carroll (Cambridge United).
Foul by Gavin Gunning (Grimsby Town).
Luke Berry (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Cambridge United. Adam McGurk replaces Conor Newton.
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Tom Bolarinwa replaces James Berrett.
Sam Jones (Grimsby Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Sam Jones (Grimsby Town).
Luke Berry (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Liam O'Neil (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by James McKeown.
Attempt saved. Medy Elito (Cambridge United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Sam Jones (Grimsby Town) because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Cambridge United. Medy Elito replaces George Maris.
Goal! Grimsby Town 1, Cambridge United 0. Callum Dyson (Grimsby Town) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty Grimsby Town. Jamey Osborne draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Brad Halliday (Cambridge United) after a foul in the penalty area.
Corner, Grimsby Town. Conceded by Leon Legge.
Resuming on 52-2, the Derbyshire skipper added 112 for the third wicket with Wayne Madsen (56).
Luke Wood removed Godleman (121), but Daryn Smit (32) and Tom Taylor (32) helped the visitors to 363 all out.
Smit's stunning catch removed India Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara to leave Notts 67-2, still 67 adrift at stumps.
Nottinghamshire assistant head coach Paul Franks told BBC Radio Nottingham:
"We are behind the game, let's not kid ourselves. I think Derbyshire have played better cricket than would belie their position in the table and we've not been at our best. Let's not hide from that.
"We didn't do enough yesterday with the bat to get into a position where we could then capitalise with the ball.
"We created a chance to dismiss Billy Godleman last night and didn't take it and he made us pay with a hundred, so credit to them for building a very good first innings score and they are now putting us under pressure."
Wayne Madsen told BBC Radio Derby:
"We've competed well yesterday and today. We are happy that we are now in a position where going forward we have a decent chance in this game if we play some good cricket tomorrow and on Monday.
"We knew we wanted to start well and get as close to their score as possible, but if we could get through the first hour with no damage, then good; and that's what we did.
"Our partnership set us up for the day and we were able to take it past them."
The announcement, by the archbishop of Boston, follows a meeting between the Pope and his eight cardinal advisers.
It comes days after the Vatican refused a UN request for information on alleged abuse by priests, nuns or monks.
One of the main Italian associations of clerical abuse survivors has said it has "little trust" in the Vatican.
Pope Francis has said dealing with sex abuse is vital for the Church's credibility.
Earlier this week the Pope expressed his compassion for the many victims of sex abuse by priests around the world.
Cardinal Sean O'Malley, the archbishop of Boston, said the proposed panel of experts could provide codes of conduct for clergymen, guidelines for Church officials and better checks for would-be priests.
"Up until now there has been so much focus on the judicial parts of this but the pastoral part is very, very important. The Holy Father is concerned about that," he said.
"We feel that having the advantage of a commission of experts who will be able to study these issues and bring concrete recommendations for the Holy Father and the Holy See will be very important."
He added that the move was in line with the approach of the former Pope, Benedict XVI, who referred to the "filth" in the Catholic Church. Pope Benedict was, however, accused of failing to do enough to address the problem.
The Commission will keep the Pope informed about programmes in place for the protection of children, will formulate suggestions for new initiatives, the Vatican said in a statement.
The archdiocese of Boston was the centre of a child sexual abuse scandal involving Catholic priests in the US in 2002. It ultimately led to the resignation of the archbishop at the time.
The Catholic Church has faced a raft of allegations of child sex abuse by priests around the world and criticism over inadequate responses by bishops.
Earlier this year the Pope strengthened Vatican laws on child abuse, broadening the definition of crimes against minors to include sexual abuse of children.
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child put a wide-ranging questionnaire to the Holy See - the city state's diplomatic entity - last July, asking for detailed information about the particulars of all sexual abuse cases notified to the Vatican since 1995.
The Vatican refused, saying the cases were the responsibility of the judicial systems of countries where abuse took place.
Vatican officials are due to be questioned about child abuse, among other issues, by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in January.
Saturday's 2-1 Scottish Cup final win over Aberdeen sealed an unprecedented, unbeaten domestic treble for Celtic.
"It's phenomenal," said midfielder Brown, who has won seven league titles, three Scottish Cups and three League Cups with the Glasgow side.
"For the 10 years I've been here this is best, most determined bunch of lads I've ever played with."
No Scottish club had previously won the treble without losing a game, and 31-year-old Brown added: "This is the best achievement anyone can ask for."
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Brown credited "phenomenal manager" Brendan Rodgers for Celtic's stunning season, and looked back at the Northern Irishman's first game in charge - a shock 1-0 first-leg Champions League qualifying defeat by Lincoln Red Imps of Gibraltar.
"From the start of the season, away to Gibraltar, nobody would've expected this," the Scotland international added. "But it shows how well we prepared and how much dedication we put into the whole season.
"What we've just achieved, I don't think it will sink in for a few days."
The treble was sealed against Aberdeen thanks to a late Tom Rogic goal at Hampden on Saturday.
Jonny Hayes had given an impressive Dons outfit an early lead, before Stuart Armstrong quickly levelled with a fine left-footed strike.
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Aberdeen, who also finished second in the Scottish Premiership and runners-up in the League Cup, provided Rodgers' side with possibly their most testing domestic contest of the campaign on Saturday.
And despite their dominance this term, Brown admitted the sense of occasion may have played on the minds of the Celtic players in the first half at Hampden.
"The nerves got to us a little bit in the first half. But we sat down in the dressing room, the gaffer was brilliant, and we went out in the second half and knew what we had to do," he added.
"There's always nerves in big games - and to go through the season undefeated, to win the treble, there's always going to be nerves."
Those worries were gone by the time Rogic netted the late winner, with Celtic having dominated the latter stages of the showpiece.
"Its hard to put into words," said the Australian match-winner. "I don't think it has sunk in yet.
"When we look back on going unbeaten through the season domestically with the amount of games we play, and to clinch the treble like that in the last minute is a pretty cool moment."
The TV chef, who led a successful campaign to improve the quality of school food, said the move "put future generations at risk".
He said: "It's a fact. Children perform better after eating a decent lunch."
The Conservatives want to axe the free meals plan for to save money to plug gaps in England's school finances.
The party hopes to save £650m by ending the right to a free meal for all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2, but has pledged to offer all children a free breakfast.
It said in its manifesto: "We do not believe that giving school lunches to all children free of charge for the first three years of primary school - regardless of the income of their parents - is a sensible use of public money.
"There is now good evidence that school breakfasts are at least as effective in helping children to make progress in school."
But Oliver, whose campaign led to the introduction of tough nutritional guidelines in schools, said: "We've already seen the Childhood Obesity Strategy ripped to shreds, now Theresa May and her government have decided to remove free school lunches from millions of primary children.
"This is a disgrace."
He added: "This move shows a complete lack of understanding of all the data that's been shared and puts our future generations at huge risk, as well as further undermining our teachers who benefit from well-fed kids.
"What are they going to snatch back next?"
National Union of Teachers general secretary Kevin Courtney said cancelling the policy did not make sense, or represent value for money, given the investment many schools had already made in kitchens and staffing to ensure their availability.
"Breakfast clubs are a good addition if properly funded, but getting rid of a universal offer of a hot meal in the day is mean-spirited and wrong-headed.
"It is a long time for a child to go without food from the morning until 15:30, which will be the case for many families in work but struggling."
The National Association of Head Teachers head of policy Valentine Mulholland said it was sad to see the U-turn.
She added: "Many of our members have reported significant improvement in concentration and engagement with learning from pupils since the introduction of the policy, as already evidenced when it was initially piloted."
Labour, which has pledged to introduce free school meals for all primary school children, said the Conservative plan was taking away food from infants to "plug massive holes left by their cuts in school budgets".
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, known as Cites, begins a key meeting this weekend with many African countries are pushing for stronger safeguards for elephants.
It's estimated that around 20,000 are killed each year for their tusks.
But Cites says that tougher rules could backfire and boost the trade in ivory.
Every three years, teams of officials from all the member states meet for the Cites Conference of the Parties (COP).
This is the major decision making body for the UN organisation that regulates trade in endangered species of flora and fauna for 183 members.
Cites works by classifying these species into one of three appendices with different levels of protection and different rules on trade. A more in-depth guide on the organisation's background, working methods and impact can be found here.
This year's meeting in Johannesburg will consider dozens of proposals on regulating the trade in everything from tiny frogs to sharks, to trees and flowers as well as the more high profile threatened species such as rhinos, lions and tigers.
But it is the question of how to deal with the current poaching crisis in elephants that is likely to be top of the bill at this the 17th COP in the Convention's 43 year history.
The latest research indicates that some 30% of Africa's elephants have disappeared in the last seven years alone. The current rate of decline is primarily due to poaching for ivory that ends up in China, Thailand, Vietnam and other markets, mainly in the Far East.
Such has been the scale of the poaching in some parts of Africa, that countries like Tanzania and Mozambique have lost half their elephant populations between 2009 and 2015.
But in Uganda and South Africa, populations have grown while they have remained stable or declined by smaller amounts in countries like Zimbabwe.
At present, all African elephants, except those in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia, are listed in Cites Appendix I, meaning that any commercial trade in specimens or parts is banned.
In the southern African states, the animals are listed as Appendix II, meaning that a trade in hunting trophies for non-commercial purposes is allowed, as is a trade in live animals to "appropriate and acceptable destinations." However their ivory is considered to be in Appendix I and a global ban on legal trade remains in force.
But a coalition of 29 other African countries is pressing for a tightening of the regulations proposing that all elephants on the Continent be listed in Appendix I.
"The evidence for keeping these elephants on Appendix II is entirely lacking," said Prof Phyllis Lee from the University of Stirling, who is a participant in the Kenyan Elephant Forum, which is pushing for greater protection.
"They have suffered a decline, it is projected to continue and the ivory from those populations is present in the trade, all of those are significant grounds for up-listing to Appendix I under Cites regulations."
But Cites disagrees and is recommending that the proposals for up-listing be thrown out. They worry that if the resolution is passed, the extra restrictions could see some countries break away from the Convention and resume an unregulated trade.
"There are 90 days for any country to enter a reservation against that decision, that listing to Appendix I," Cites executive secretary John Scanlon, told BBC News.
"If they enter a reservation, the Convention doesn't apply to them for that particular species, and if other countries also enter a reservation they can trade with each other outside of the scope of the Convention. So there is a degree of risk associated with that."
Conservation groups are divided on the question. Many are in favour of the up-listing, saying the lack of clear data from some southern African states makes it uncertain that the populations of these countries are thriving,
Others, such as WWF, agree with the Cites secretariat, saying that there is already a de-facto ban on ivory around the world and putting all the African elephants on the highest level of protection won't provide any clear benefits and may actually make the situation worse.
"Far from increasing the level of protection, up-listing opens up a loophole window where countries who want to trade can effectively opt out of the treaty as far as elephants are concerned," said Dr Colman O'Criodain from WWF.
"That would allow them to trade and it could spark off a trade in ivory that isn't happening right now.
"We also defend the principle of scientific criteria first and they are deemed not to be met in this case. Of course if there weren't an existing ban on ivory trade, we might feel differently but there is. It's not the most legally tidy, but it works."
There is a great deal of uncertainty as to how the elephant issue will play out - neither the proposal to liberalise the market or to increase protection is likely to achieve the two-thirds majority of delegates needed to change the Convention.
There are worries that if the elephant question becomes so divisive, it may disrupt attempts to protect other, less glamorous species such as pangolins and the African Grey parrot.
However, some observers believe that the convention might rally round another proposal to end domestic sales of ivory - something that occurs for antique ivory in many countries including China and the UK and the US.
"There are a number of governments that have done it, there are a number that are doing it," said Sue Lieberman, from the Wildlife Conservation Society.
"It won't be legally binding but it will push governments to do it, and that will make a massive difference, bigger than putting them on Appendix I."
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Despite hitting his ball into two water hazards, Garcia posted a two-under-par 68 to match overnight leader Brooks Koepka, who shot 71, on 15 under.
Garcia then won at the first extra hole after Koepka drove into water.
"I won a bit like Seve," said Garcia, whose win puts him firmly in contention for Europe's Ryder Cup team.
Europe take on the US in the biennial event in September at Hazeltine, Minnesota.
Garcia, a veteran of seven European teams, five of them victorious, said: "This is going to drop me nicely into the Ryder Cup points league. That means a lot."
Garcia beat Koepka by making par at the first play-off hole. It is his second triumph in this event, after also winning in 2004, and his first PGA Tour victory since 2012.
US Open champion Jordan Spieth, who began the day two off the lead, dropped away with a four-over-par 74 to finish five shots adrift of the leaders.
The Giants won Saturday's first leg 4-2 and increased their advantage when Matt Nickerson netted in the first period.
Ryan Dingle levelled before goals from Blair Riley and Chris Higgins put the visitors 3-1 in front.
Riley struck again in the third quarter as the Giants booked their place in next weekend's play-offs finals.
Steve Saviano, Chris Higgins and Derrick Walser (2) scored Belfast's goals in their first-leg win at the SSE Arena.
The Giants will face the Sheffield Steelers in the semi-finals on Saturday at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham.
League champions Cardiff Devils will take on Dundee Stars in Saturday's other semi with the winners of both games going through to the Grand Final on Sunday.
The two semi-finalists will face-off earlier on Sunday in the Bronze Medal game.
Justice Lowell Goddard said councils in Lambeth, Nottinghamshire and Rochdale councils will also be examined as part of 12 separate investigations in England and Wales.
The scale of the inquiry was "unprecedented" in the UK, but she was determined it would succeed, she added.
The inquiry is due to take five years.
The 12 investigations will look at:
Anyone wishing to contact the inquiry with relevant information can use a dedicated NSPCC helpline on 0800 917 1000.
Justice Goddard said she was confident the range of investigations into "people of public prominence" would "give a voice to victims and survivors".
"To run 12 investigations in parallel represents an organisational challenge that is unprecedented in a public inquiry in the United Kingdom," she added.
"We are determined to succeed."
Lambeth council's leader, Lib Peck, said it had previously investigated crimes committed at its children's homes prior to their closure in 1983, which led to a number of criminal convictions.
But she added that in light of "new national concerns" about how child abuse issues were investigated, "it is right that the very serious events of the past are being looked at again".
Steve Rumbelow, chief executive of Rochdale Borough Council, said it would give its "full support" to the inquiry.
Other institutions to be investigated as part of the inquiry include Medomsley Youth Detention Centre in County Durham, and Cambridge House boys' home and Knowl View in Rochdale - including claims relating to the late Cyril Smith, a Liberal MP.
An investigation will be held into allegations of child sexual abuse involving "people of public prominence" associated with Westminster - including MPs, senior civil servants, and members of the security services. Allegations of cover-up and conspiracy will also be looked at.
And there will also be an investigation into whether there was, within the highest levels of government, a "culture of tolerance" towards those suspected of child sexual abuse.
Liz Dux, a child abuse lawyer whose firm represents many of the victims to whom the abuse inquiry now applies, told BBC Radio 5 live they wanted to see "positive reforms come out of this inquiry to ensure that no other person suffers the way that they have done".
Among religious orders and institutions to be investigated are English Benedictine congregations, and the Anglican Diocese of Chichester in West Sussex, which have both been the subjects of child sexual abuse allegations.
They will be used as case studies to establish whether they are representative of wider child protection failings within their respective churches.
In relation to the Church of England, the case of Peter Ball, a former bishop who was jailed after admitting abusing 18 young men, will be investigated to see whether there were attempts by prominent people to interfere in the criminal justice process.
The Church of England said on Friday that it welcomed Lord Justice Goddard's statement, and referred to the Archbishop of Canterbury's request in July that the Church be one of the first institutions to be considered in the inquiry.
Justice Lowell Goddard, who is leading the inquiry, has described the task ahead of her as daunting. She wasn't overestimating the challenge.
Her terms of reference mean she will have to examine the causes and effects of child abuse in all state or non-state institutions, as far back in history as required.
That could take 10 years. No-one really believes the official estimate, that it could take five.
Over the last four months, her team has been working on the tricky job of setting up a structure capable of achieving this task.
The inquiry still has its critics - but the once-vociferous campaign by victims and survivors who say they don't trust it to get to the truth is less visible than it was earlier in the year.
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British institutions abroad, including the armed forces, Foreign Office and British Council will form another investigation strand.
Other investigations will look at how well abuse victims were treated by the authorities after making allegations, and institutional responses to internet abuse.
All 12 investigations will begin with immediate effect and most, if not all, will culminate in public hearings, Justice Goddard said.
The independent inquiry was launched by Home Secretary Theresa May to look at how institutions and organisations, including the BBC, police, armed forces, schools and children's homes, handled abuse claims.
The scale of the work the inquiry has set itself is staggering, BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said.
It will be the UK's largest-ever public inquiry and is expected to cost tens of millions of pounds.
The time-frame of five years was ambitious, but possible, Justice Goddard said.
The Victims and Survivors Consultative Panel to the inquiry said the investigations would give "public voice" to people who had suffered in silence.
It would also "bring greater understanding of why so many horrific crimes went unreported and undetected for so long", it added.
Last December the force was rated inadequate for the way it handles child abuse and missing people inquires.
A new inspection has found "good progress" with 117 additional staff and officers to investigate domestic abuse, sexual offences and paedophiles.
But the problem of missing children was still not fully understood.
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) also said the force had improved how it deals with child sexual exploitation, although some posts were still to be filled.
Last November an inquiry found Surrey Police failed to deal properly with a mother's concerns her son was being groomed. Breck Bednar, 14, from Caterham was stabbed to death by a teenager he met online.
The recently-appointed chief constable Nick Ephgrave admitted his force had been "in a difficult place".
The county's new police and crime commissioner David Munro praised the progress and said he wanted "improvement embedded within Surrey Police and to ensure that vulnerable victims have a greater voice".
The government lowered the threshold from 5% last year but the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe said the threshold should be abolished.
The ruling paves the way for several smaller parties including the far-right NPD to win seats in the May 2014 vote.
The party has often been accused of promoting neo-Nazi ideology.
By Stephen EvansBBC News, Berlin
The decision by the court opens the way for smaller parties to get seats in the European Parliament.
The far right National Democratic Party (NPD) which takes an extreme anti-immigrant stand often gets 1-2% of the total German vote.
This has been below the threshold to get any seats in the past but would now give it one or two members of the parliament there.
Leaders of the NPD have in the past said that having members in the European Parliament would allow it to unite with other European parties of the far right.
The far less extreme Alternative for Germany (AfD) which campaigns primarily against the euro is currently polling about 7% so the new threshold would not affect its chances of getting seats.
Germany has 96 seats in the new European Parliament. The next group of German MEPs is far more likely to be diverse - and much more likely to have people with extreme views.
Nineteen smaller parties, including the Free Voters, Pirates and Ecological Democratic Party, had argued that the 3% hurdle was unfair and in the interests of the larger parties.
But the main parties in the Bundestag insisted it was in order to prevent political fragmentation in the Brussels parliament.
Germany's national parliament maintains a 5% threshold, because of the fragmentation of parties during the pre-World War Two Weimar Republic which failed to stop Adolf Hitler's rise to power.
The lower 3% threshold was agreed by the Bundestag after the higher hurdle was struck down by the constitutional court at the end of 2011.
The court's judges ruled by a margin of five to three on Wednesday that a threshold was no longer necessary in order to "preserve the European Parliament's ability to function".
Most countries in the 28-member EU have no threshold at all, including the UK. But eight member states do.
Italy and Austria have a 4% threshold while Poland and France maintain a 5% hurdle.
The anti-euro Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has been polling well above the threshold so is unlikely to have been affected by Tuesday's ruling.
If there had been no threshold in Germany at the last European elections, the Free Voters would have won two seats and the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) one seat. Single seats would have also gone to the Pirates and several other fringe groups such as the animal rights and pensioners parties.
Politicians from Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party criticised the ruling, with one member - Steffen Bilger - saying it weakened Germany's position in Europe.
The 20-year-old rejoined the Eagles last month after spending the first half of the season at Home Park.
"I think there is a good chance of him coming back to us before the end of the season," Adams told the club website.
Boateng, who made his Palace debut in an FA Cup tie at Stoke in 2013, impressed in his 19 appearances for the League Two high-fliers, scoring twice.
"He is a player we have missed, from the point of view being in the dressing-room - we have missed having him around - and we have missed the competition for the place as well," Adams added.
The conservative Basque Nationalist Party came top in the poll, closely followed by the Euskal Herria Bildu coalition of left-wing separatists.
In Galicia's regional poll, the centre-right People's Party of PM Mariano Rajoy held on to its absolute majority.
The elections are seen as a key test of the government's austerity policy.
The Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) won 27 seats in the regional parliament, while Bildu took 21.
The opposition Socialist Party trailed in third place with 16 seats, followed by the People's Party (PP) with 10.
The Basque elections have been described as a landmark by analysts.
Bildu was established following the Spanish government's decision to ban the political wing of the armed separatist group Eta nearly 10 years ago.
The party represents the political ambitions of those who in the past supported Eta, although unlike its predecessor, it has publicly condemned the use of violence for political ends.
Both Bildu and PNV are expected to form a coalition, and may then push for a referendum on independence, the BBC's Tom Burridge in Madrid reports.
This would cause a big headache for the central government in Madrid, especially as the result comes weeks before elections in another Spanish region, Catalonia, where calls for a referendum on independence are also growing, our correspondent adds.
PNV leader Inaki Urkullu gave little away about any coalition plans, but told a post-election rally in Bilbao: "A new era has started".
Laura Mintegi, head of the Bildu coalition, told supporters: "It is time to start thinking as a people, as a nation. It is time to stop the orders from Madrid".
Away from the Basque Country, Mr Rajoy enjoyed poll success in his native Galicia after his PP gained three extra seats, to secure 41 seats in the 75-member regional assembly. The Socialists took 18 seats, while two nationalist parties secured 16 seats.
Spain has been in economic difficulty since the 2008 global financial crisis caused a big crash in the property market, triggering huge losses at its banks.
Its recession is forecast to deepen, and the country's 17 regional governments are laden with heavy debts.
Unemployment stands at about 25% nationally, and 21% in Galicia. There have been widespread protests against public spending cuts.
The 32-year-old from Brecon contributed to Team GB's haul of 147 medals by beating Young Dae Joo of Korea in the final of the class 1 table tennis.
It added Paralympic gold to his European title and cemented his world number one status.
"For me there's nothing better than inspiring others," said Davies.
"There's nothing better than seeing someone getting into table tennis or being inspired or getting into sport just by watching myself or one of the others.
"If i could get someone into table tennis I would be very proud to have done that."
Davies has used a wheelchair since being injured playing rugby in 2005.
Following his injury, Davies was introduced to table tennis by fellow Welsh Paralympian, Sara Head, and his rise has been meteoric.
Playing with the bat strapped to his hand, using straps made by his grandparents, Davies said his success in Rio meant all his hard work had been worth it.
"It's been a hard few years," Davies told BBC Radio Wales.
"So to get where I am and to be Paralympic champion, I'm not really sure it's sunk in yet. It was an amazing couple of weeks out in Rio, but to come home with the gold medal makes it all worth it.
"The support has been amazing from back home. I don't think we really realised it till we got back. It was crazy when we got back to the airport. When I got back home to Brecon there was bunting and banners outside the house. It's all been a bit surreal really."
Davies has not ruled out defending his title at the Paralympics in Tokyo in four years, but he will need to check first with someone rather important.
"I'd like to, but we will have to see how the plans go," he added.
"I'm getting married next year so we will see how things go. I'll just take things one step at a time."
Similar claims were made in February last year when government forces finally overran the rebel-held quarter of Baba Amr in Homs.
That turned out not to be the seminal victory the regime had hoped for, although, as with Qusair, both sides had invested the battle there with huge political and symbolic significance.
The fall of Qusair town had become more or less a formality after government forces and their Hezbollah allies won control of most of the surrounding countryside.
In the end, rebel fighters recognised their situation as untenable and withdrew on Tuesday night, apparently under an informal understanding that they would be allowed safe passage. That enabled army troops and Hezbollah to advance into the town unopposed the following morning.
Whether the government victory at Qusair will prove to be a real turning point will depend on the wider ebb and flow of the struggle for control of the country.
But in immediate terms, it is clearly a major blow to the rebels, denying them easy use of an important supply route from friendly, Sunni-populated enclaves in north-east Lebanon to Homs and central Syria.
From Hezbollah's point of view, it gives the Shia movement an easier connection between Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, where Hezbollah holds sway, and the major Syrian cities, as well as the Alawite coastal heartland to the north-west, which could prove vital if Syria eventually heads towards fragmentation.
The move at Qusair was part of a broader regime campaign to sever cross-border supply routes that has scored some success in the south and north as well.
Combined with an aggressive campaign to regain control of the suburbs around Damascus, all this has meant that the threat of a rebel assault on the centre of the capital, which seemed imminent towards the end of last year, has been staved off, at least for the time being.
But diplomats believe these gains could not have been made without help from Hezbollah, not just at Qusair but also around Damascus, where Iraqi Shia militias have also been playing a role.
The assumption is that Hezbollah will continue its spearheading role in other areas, perhaps Homs and Aleppo.
But its resources and manpower are not infinite, and unless there is a wholesale collapse of rebel morale and capabilities, it is hard to imagine regime and allied forces rapidly reconquering the whole country, as government officials have pledged.
But the Qusair affair has highlighted not just the fragmented nature of the rebel fighters on the ground, but also the total disarray of the Istanbul-based political opposition.
While that contrasts with the regime's singleness of purpose, there is a similarly glaring discrepancy between the focused commitment Damascus has been able to count on from its key allies, Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, and the discordant, hesitant and ineffective backing provided to the opposition by its motley array of regional and Western supporters.
If an international peace conference does indeed emerge from the American and Russian proposal, Qusair leaves the opposition in disastrous shape in terms of confronting a tough, cohesive regime team.
1 March 2017 Last updated at 14:23 GMT
Mr McDonnell said "a soft coup" has been launched against Jeremy Corbyn by "elements in the Labour Party".
At Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Dodds compared the comments with talk of a "hard" and "soft" Brexit - and asked when the "soft coup" would be triggered.
Sam Jones gave the Mariners the lead after just seven minutes with a close-range header from Danny Andrew's cross.
The influential Jones was then involved in Grimsby's second goal after 71 minutes. The striker's powerful drive was saved by Charlie Grainger with his feet but the ball cannoned off Callum Kennedy into his own net.
Skipper Craig Disley then produced a sublime piece of skill to place the ball into the path of substitute Scott Vernon, who volleyed the ball into the net from six yards after 87 minutes.
In added time, the unfortunate Kennedy was denied a consolation goal when his long-rage effort struck a post.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Leyton Orient 0, Grimsby Town 3.
Second Half ends, Leyton Orient 0, Grimsby Town 3.
Callum Kennedy (Leyton Orient) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box.
Josh Koroma (Leyton Orient) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Josh Koroma (Leyton Orient).
Zak Mills (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Leyton Orient 0, Grimsby Town 3. Scott Vernon (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Craig Disley.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Scott Vernon replaces Sam Jones.
Delay in match Nicky Hunt (Leyton Orient) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Josh Koroma (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt blocked. Freddy Moncur (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Hand ball by Tristan Abrahams (Leyton Orient).
Delay in match Sam Jones (Grimsby Town) because of an injury.
Foul by Tom Parkes (Leyton Orient).
Sam Jones (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tristan Abrahams (Leyton Orient).
Shaun Pearson (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Own Goal by Callum Kennedy, Leyton Orient. Leyton Orient 0, Grimsby Town 2.
Attempt saved. Sam Jones (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Tristan Abrahams (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Craig Disley (Grimsby Town).
Substitution, Leyton Orient. Tristan Abrahams replaces Sam Dalby.
Attempt missed. Danny Andrew (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Josh Koroma (Leyton Orient).
Danny Collins (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Akwasi Asante replaces Callum Dyson.
Attempt saved. Dominic Vose (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Michael Collins (Leyton Orient) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Michael Collins (Leyton Orient).
Sam Jones (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Steven Alzate (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Disley (Grimsby Town).
Jamey Osborne (Grimsby Town) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Michael Collins (Leyton Orient).
Jamey Osborne (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Dominic Vose (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Jamey Osborne replaces Tom Bolarinwa.
Zak Mills (Grimsby Town) is shown the yellow card.
Sandro Semedo (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
The attack happened at the junction of Renfield Street and Sauchiehall Street, near the former BHS building, at about 03:10 on Sunday 30 April.
The man, who had a large quiff, ran off along Sauchiehall Street and was chased by two members of the public.
He was described as in his mid 30s with an "eastern European appearance".
He was wearing a black leather bomber jacket and white T-shirt.
Det Con Shona MacKinnon, of Police Scotland, said: "Although the woman was physically unhurt she was left very traumatised following this incident.
"Officers have been analysing CCTV footage and speaking to witnesses since the assault took place and we would like to speak to anyone that can provide information and who has not yet spoken to police.
"I am especially keen to speak to the two members of the public who chased after the suspect and ask that they contact police immediately."
Samuel Ciornei denies attacking the teenager near a supermarket in the Renfrewshire town on 7 August.
The charge includes claims that Mr Ciornei got hold of the girl's bike, grabbed her by the hair and threatened her with a piece of glass.
Prosecutors allege he then made her crawl into bushes and held her down before raping her.
Mr Ciornei, who is originally from Romania, faces a separate assault and robbery charge.
It includes claims that he "forcibly" took the girl's bag and stole it, along with a bike helmet.
A number of locations in Barrhead are listed in the charges - one being an "an area of bushes" at the back of an Iceland supermarket.
Louise Arrol, defending, pled not guilty on Mr Ciornei's behalf during a short hearing at the High Court in Glasgow.
Judge Lord Burns set a trial date for June next year.
Blair, capped 85 times, will move to Scotstoun in the summer from Newcastle Falcons, subject to a medical.
The 33-year-old returns to Scotland three years after leaving Glasgow's rivals Edinburgh for French side Brive.
He told Glasgow Warriors website: "I'm excited about moving back to Scotland and joining a very ambitious club."
After a year in France, Blair joined Newcastle and has since made 39 appearances for the Premiership side.
He retired from international rugby in January 2013 having played in three World Cups and being part of the 2009 British and Irish Lions squad, which toured South Africa.
Blair played 158 games for Edinburgh in a 10-year spell, helping them reach the semi-finals of the European Cup in 2012.
He said that one of his reasons for joining Glasgow was the opportunity to work again with head coach Gregor Townsend.
Speaking to BBC's Good Morning Scotland, he said: "He's done a great job with Glasgow. I knew him through playing with him at Scotland level, playing against him when he was at the Borders, and he was the backs coach at Scotland when I was there as well.
"He's a guy I've learned a lot of from a playing side as well as coaching side so I look forward to working with him.
"It's a good pathway for my career coming to the latter stages. It'll be great to play a bit of rugby and learn coaching wise off the likes of Gregor Townsend so it's a good move all round.
"I've got some great memories from playing with Edinburgh and the set-up there at Murrayfield, but Glasgow is a very good fit for me. They approached me very early on to ask what I was doing next year and I'm really pleased to get something organised and sorted with them.
"I coach down here at Newcastle, I coach the local team Ponteland Rugby Club. I really enjoy doing that, and that's the next progression in my career when I stop playing hopefully."
Townsend is looking forward to adding Blair's experience to the playing and coaching group.
"We expect Mike to compete hard for a starting place with our other nines next season and in addition bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to the club," he said.
The Welsh Government has urged social landlords to test if they have aluminium composite material (ACM), which has come under scrutiny since the fire at the London high rise.
Swansea Council is having cladding from four high-rise blocks examined.
The three other blocks and their owners have not been identified.
Ministers have asked social landlords to have the cladding tested at the same centre which is conducting testing in England.
The test - devised in response to the disaster - checks the combustibility of the filler material in between aluminium panels that make up the cladding.
Results from the tests, which are to be paid for by the Welsh Government, are expected within days.
ACM-type cladding was used at Grenfell Tower. However the specific brand - Reynobond PE - is not in use in Wales' social housing stock.
Swansea council is testing four of its 11 high-rise blocks which have ACM - three blocks at Clyne Court in Sketty and one block at Jeffreys Court in Penlan.
Cladding on more than 100 high-rise buildings in England have failed the tests.
Swansea council leader Rob Stewart has expressed fears the tests could fail if they go beyond building regulations.
But the council said it was confident its buildings were safe and insisted that materials used either met or exceeded the current rules.
The authority said the cladding sent for testing had a mineral core rather than a plastic core, and that fire breaks had also been fitted.
Mr Stewart said: "Whilst we know the materials used in our blocks either meet or exceed current building regulations, we have not been told what testing will be carried out.
"If the testing goes beyond those building regulations requirements then we are likely to fail those tests.
"This appears to be what is happening in England where all blocks have failed the tests to date, although we have not been given details of what was tested and which elements have failed.
"I've asked the Welsh Government to clarify what tests will be carried out so that everyone, particularly tenants, are aware of the facts."
To reassure tenants, the council is providing officers on site "at all hours of the day" until the results of cladding tests are known.
It also said it is to install sprinklers in its 11 blocks - at a cost of £1m - and has also committed to remove and replace materials that fail the tests.
It earlier emerged that a number of other organisations are testing cladding in tower blocks that have not used aluminium composite materials. It is understood that they are not using the same test, and it is thought the measure in these cases is being done to reassure tenants.
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "We can confirm that there are seven tower blocks in Wales where ACM cladding is, or is suspected to be, present, and are consequently being tested."
The options for the north-west area of the M60 are part of government plans to boost transport links in the region.
It is part of a Department for Transport (DfT) and Transport for the North (TftN) study that found average peak-time speeds of less than 15mph.
More work is needed to make a case for the various proposals, TftN said.
The report, which includes other road studies for the North of England, is due to be published by the DfT, with the findings feeding into the Autumn Statement on Wednesday.
Chancellor Philip Hammond will give an update on a number of government spending projects, including transport upgrades.
The Treasury has said an extra £1.3bn will be spent UK-wide to tackle congestion.
The road study for the the north-west section of the M60, aimed at tackling "high traffic flows", has considered the following options:
A report on the progress of TftN and the DfT said: "The packages would provide significant improvements on the M60 and wider transport network within the study area.
"They would address the existing and future problems, and should be considered for further development."
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority - which represents the 10 borough councils - is due to note the TftN Strategic Studies update on Friday.
TftN is due to issue a report on priorities and costs, and benefits of its studies across the North in April 2017.
The 30 year old was injured when he and three other officers on foot patrol stopped a wanted man on Westmorland Road in Huyton at about 11:20 BST.
The 18-year-old man tried to flee but was caught by one of the other officers. He remains in custody.
The injured officer was taken to hospital with wounds to his back, which are not thought to be life threatening.
The suspect was arrested on suspicion of rape, relating to an attack in Liverpool in June, and assaulting a police constable.
Deputy Chief Constable Carl Foulkes paid tribute to the officers involved for their quick response to the knife attack.
"After seeing their colleague stabbed, three officers continued to attempt to arrest the man and successfully detained him," he said.
"I would like to commend their bravery and that of the officer who has been injured."
Lynne Jones, from Keswick Flood Action Group, told the Commons Environment Committee she feared her business was now impossible to insure or sell.
Her guest house has been flooded three times in ten years, despite £30,000 spent on "flood-proofing", she said.
Prime Minister David Cameron has defended the amount spent on flood defences in the region.
Ms Jones said she did not know if her insurance company would pay and, if it did, she still faced paying 25% of the final cost because of her policy excess.
"We are all trapped in our homes," she said.
"My property had been up for sale for a year, we've just taken it off the market - it's no point, no-one is ever going to buy it.
"I have got to live with flood risk into my dotage."
Ms Jones said the "devastation" of bridges and roads was a "disaster for a community that's dependent on tourism and people getting from one side of the Lake District to the other".
MPs also heard from business leaders and councillors outlining the estimated £600m damage done to the county and the effect on residents.
Cumbria County Council cabinet member Keith Little said: "In the 2009 floods, the health authority was telling us that up until 2012 people were still coming forward with mental health issues."
It has exposed the deep fissure that runs through society here, and some signs of the direction in which this country appears to be heading.Â
There are still questions as to whether Mumtaz Qadri, the assassin and one of the governor's own bodyguards, acted alone, or with the backing of a radical movement.Â
But his motive appears clear - he was angered by Salman Taseer's stance against Pakistan's stringent blasphemy laws.
The governor felt they discriminated against Pakistan's religious minorities and was the most prominent supporter of a Christian woman in Punjab who was sentenced to death for insulting the Prophet Muhammad, something she denied doing.
'Feted celebrity'
That made him something of a hate figure among some radical, fundamentalist quarters.
For some of them Qadri, the man accused of killing him, has become a feted celebrity.
In the city of Peshawar, a demonstration has been held to celebrate Salman Taseer's murder and there were chants calling for Mumtaz Qadri's release.
"We, all the students, are proud of the job which Mumtaz performed," said one demonstrator. "We all are with him."
"The governor said the blasphemy law was a black law, that's why Mumtaz killed him," says another. "He did a tremendous job."
This is one - admittedly extreme - guise of Pakistan though it has shown itself elsewhere since Mr Taseer's death - on social networking sites, and radio phone-in programmes.
But there are also many Pakistanis who have been profoundly affected by what has happened, and are mourning the loss of a liberal hero.
This evening, at the spot where Mr Taseer was killed in Islamabad, was an altogether different gathering of people from the one in Peshawar, of people with a very different outlook.
For them, Qadri's alleged act was an attempt to rob them of their liberty too.
"It is a very, very shocking incident," said one man at the candlelit vigil in Kohsar Market.
"I would say it's an eye-opener for the mainstream political parties. They should close ranks and deny religious parties the space they have which fuels a lot of radical people like the person who killed Salman Taseer."
"We are small in numbers when we speak against all this extremism that's going on," one lady tells us.
"There are many people who will not come out because they're afraid. My children want to go abroad rather than be suppressed in this manner."
The governor's brutal death could spark debate as to what type of society Pakistanis want for themselves - one which is moderate and progressive, or one which is conservative and hard-line.
But it could also simply have the effect of silencing those, like Mr Taseer, who want to stand up for those they feel are being unfairly persecuted.
In November, when I last met Salman Taseer, he repeatedly voiced his belief that Pakistanis were an inherently liberal, humane people. He insisted they would ultimately reject extremism.
He pointed out that, in elections, religious parties have never done particularly well in Pakistan.
But the manner of Mr Taseer's passing is an indication to many that the radical elements within this society, however small or large they may be in number, are the ones currently forcing the agenda.
Joerg Tiemann said his Urban Burgery sold the burgers garnished with goat's cheese as a "satirical answer" to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
He has now installed security cameras.
Mr Erdogan reacted angrily when a German comic poked fun at him in a poem referring to sex with goats and sheep.
Jan Boehmermann was given police protection after reading his obscene poem on German TV.
The Turkish president filed a criminal complaint against the comic, in a case that prompted a heated debate in Germany over freedom of speech.
German prosecutors are investigating whether he broke a law against insulting foreign leaders.
The Urban Burgery was reopening on Wednesday, Mr Tiemann told the BBC. Its Erdogan-Burgers were by far the most popular item on the menu, accounting for 75% of the outlet's turnover, he added.
He described it as "a classic hamburger, meat or vegetarian, with a thick slice of goat's cheese".
"We'll sell it for as long as people want it or until Erdogan ends his policy," he said.
When asked about the Boehmermann case, Mr Tiemann said his own protest was more a mark of solidarity with two Turkish journalists at the daily Cumhuriyet, who were jailed on 6 May.
Erdem Gul received five years and Can Dundar five years and 10 months, after Cumhuriyet reported that Turkey had tried to ship arms to rebels fighting the Syrian government.
Mr Erdogan's Islamist-rooted AK Party government has drawn international criticism for cracking down on dissent. Turkey has backtracked on freedom of speech and judicial independence, EU officials and human rights activists say.
Mr Tiemann said the threats targeting the Urban Burgery were "mostly commentaries on Facebook - people threatened to send the Grey Wolves to our restaurant".
The Grey Wolves are a Turkish nationalist group dating back to the 1960s, accused of multiple murders of leftists and liberals.
Mr Tiemann said German national security agents had visited the Urban Burgery on Tuesday, and he now had eight 24-hour surveillance cameras.
Three Turkish workers left his business after the threats were made, he told the BBC, but "friends helped out" with that staffing problem.
A drop in output - the first locally in 15 months - is not considered surprising.
Last week, a similar report showed businesses in the UK as a whole had suffered in July.
The Ulster Bank, who released the figures, said there is "some comfort" in that Northern Ireland fared better than the UK average.
The bank looks at the business activity of private sector firms every month, in what is considered a reliable indicator of the economy.
The latest Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) suggests that both output and new orders experienced declines in July when compared to June.
However, it also showed employment increased and some companies were able to win greater export business due to the weakness of the pound.
The bank's chief economist, Richard Ramsey, said: "Overall the latest PMI is no doubt concerning for the Northern Ireland economy.
"But we shouldn't read too much into one month's survey.
"The data flow in the coming months will give a clearer picture of the broader trajectory of the local economy."
Two batches of Dunsyre Blue Cheese are being recalled, but the manufacturer said it was just a precaution.
Fourteen people across Scotland have contracted E. coli, with two cases in England.
Two of those are understood to be in a stable condition in hospital while the rest are recovering at home.
Health Protection Scotland (HPS) said initial investigations showed a number of those affected had consumed Dunsyre Blue, made by Errington Cheese, before they became unwell.
They developed their symptoms between 2 and 15 July, with the cases thought to be spread across seven health boards in Scotland.
About 180kg of the Dunsyre Blue Cheese is being recalled, according to Food Standards Scotland.
The agency said cheese with the batch codes C22 or D14 on its packaging should not be eaten, and should instead be either returned to the retailer or disposed of.
Dr Syed Ahmed, clinical director at HPS, said: "The majority of cases have consumed Dunsyre Blue while eating out, but members of the public who purchased Dunsyre Blue cheese between 18 May and 29 July, and still have the product in their fridges, should return it to the retailer where they purchased the product or dispose of it."
Errington Cheese, based at Carnwath, insisted the outbreak had not yet been definitely linked to their product, and that the recall was a precaution.
Founder Humphrey Errington told BBC Scotland: "As a responsible company, we took the voluntary decision last night to recall the two batches of cheese which they were concerned about.
"At the moment we are doing a lot of testing ourselves and investigation to see whether in fact there is any evidence of a connection".
The company said investigations were being carried out by itself and the food regulator.
The family-run farm and cheese business was started by Mr Errington in the early 1980s and is now managed by his daughter.
The voluntary recall was issued after investigations led by Health Protection Scotland into cases of E. coli O157 pointed to a link with particular batches of Dunsyre Blue, a cheese made with unpasteurised milk.
Food Standards Scotland advises that vulnerable groups, including pregnant women, children and elderly people should not consume unpasteurised milk and dairy products made from unpasteurised milk due to the increased risk of food poisoning.
The agency said it was working closely with South Lanarkshire Council and Errington Cheese to further investigate the matter.
Symptoms associated with E. coli O157 can include stomach cramps, diarrhoea, vomiting and occasionally fever.
Anyone developing symptoms, including bloody diarrhoea, or who is concerned about their symptoms, should contact their GP or telephone NHS 24 on 111 for advice.
The Seagulls, who are a point clear of Newcastle, now must better the Magpies' result next Sunday to finish top.
They fell behind when Josh Brownhill powered home a header from Matty Taylor's cross before the break.
The closest Brighton came to a leveller was a stoppage-time header from Glenn Murray that was straight at Robins' keeper Frank Fielding.
Brighton have now lost both their games since being promoted to the Premier League on 17 April.
The Seagulls will be crowned champions if they beat mid-table Aston Villa on the last day of the season but anything less could see Newcastle win the title instead if they beat Barnsley at St James' Park.
Manager Chris Hughton will have been disappointed with the flat performance his side put on in front of a packed Amex Stadium, with Bristol City centre halves Aden Flint and Bailey Wright able to comfortably deal with a series of harmless crosses as the Seagulls looked for a route back into the game.
Victory for Bristol City dispelled their lingering relegation fears and means Lee Johnson's men have won four of their past five games.
They could and perhaps should have extended the lead given to them by Brownhill's first goal for the club but Taylor totally miscued from close range.
Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Bristol City 1.
Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Bristol City 1.
Hand ball by Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Attempt saved. Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Anthony Knockaert.
Substitution, Bristol City. Callum O'Dowda replaces Jamie Paterson.
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Fikayo Tomori replaces Lewis Dunk.
Attempt blocked. Uwe Hünemeier (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gaëtan Bong.
Attempt blocked. Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dale Stephens with a headed pass.
Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by David Stockdale.
Attempt saved. Jamie Paterson (Bristol City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Bobby Reid (Bristol City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Milan Djuric with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Bruno.
Foul by Dale Stephens (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Milan Djuric (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Solly March following a corner.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Bobby Reid.
Substitution, Bristol City. Milan Djuric replaces Tammy Abraham.
Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Mark Little (Bristol City).
Attempt blocked. Jamie Paterson (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Josh Brownhill (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Bobby Reid (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tomer Hemed (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Joe Bryan (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Bristol City. Bobby Reid replaces Matty Taylor.
Foul by Steve Sidwell (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Tammy Abraham (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Matty Taylor (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Josh Brownhill.
Attempt missed. Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Solly March with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Aden Flint.
Attempt blocked. Tomer Hemed (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno with a cross.
Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Lewis Dunk tries a through ball, but Tomer Hemed is caught offside.
Foul by Tomer Hemed (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Bailey Wright (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Joe Bryan (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Joe Bryan (Bristol City).
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Steve Sidwell replaces Beram Kayal.
Foul by Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion).
BBC Radio 4's Face the Facts spoke to dozens of workers who were paid little or nothing, were not allowed out and were sometimes abused or beaten.
The situations come from "tied" visas - meaning the right to be in the UK can be withdrawn by the employer - and "transit" visas on fishing boats.
Ministers said a review was under way.
Transit visas are being used to bring in recruits to the fishing industry who have no right to set foot on dry land - and therefore no access to UK employment rights.
Face the Facts found this led to some fishing workers spending weeks at a time at sea, sometimes unpaid, sleeping in cramped conditions, often physically and verbally abused.
With tied visas, employees must stay with the employer they arrived to work for - so if they are mistreated and run away, they are likely to be deported.
Modern slavery minister Karen Bradley said: "We do know that there are problems; that's why I've just commissioned an independent review of the visa arrangements for overseas domestic workers."
The government's Modern Slavery Bill, which has cross-party support, will not affect tied or transit visas.
But Ms Bradley said it was the boldest attempt yet in Europe to tackle human trafficking and slavery
It will increase the maximum sentence to life imprisonment, introduce an anti-slavery commissioner and give courts new powers to order compensation.
Face the Facts is broadcast on Radio 4 at 12:15 GMT.
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The 27-year-old made 22 appearances for Treviso in the Pro 12 last season.
Luamanu told the club website: "I'm really excited to have joined Harlequins and I'm looking forward to the challenges ahead."
Quins director of rugby, Connor O'Shea, added: "We look forward to working with a player whose best years can still be ahead of him."
He added: "Mat's sheer size, power and footballing ability will provide a very interesting challenge to teams in the Aviva Premiership and in Europe."
Luamanu has represented New Zealand Schools and won the 2008 Junior World Cup for New Zealand with the under-20s.
Emergency services were called to Shaw Road South, Shaw Heath, Stockport at about 20:15 BST on Wednesday after reports a baby had stopped breathing.
The baby was taken to Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, where police said she died from her injuries.
A 25-year-old man remains in police custody for questioning. A post-mortem examination is due to take place.
Both runways were closed as passengers and crew used emergency chutes.
BA said the Heathrow to Oslo service turned back after a technical fault at 08:43 BST. Witnesses reported seeing flames coming from the engine.
The southern and northern runways had reopened by 11:00 BST and short-haul flights cancelled by BA have resumed.
In total 192 flights were cancelled from Heathrow Airport following the emergency landing, the majority of which were BA flights, and 22 planes were diverted to other airports.
By Tom EdwardsTransport correspondent, London
What today's incident highlights is how one event can have a massive impact on passengers.
Both runways were shut for 30 minutes but as Heathrow operates at 98% capacity of a 480,000-a-year flight cap that has a massive knock-on effect.
When incidents like this have happened before, pro-expansion campaigners have claimed it proves why Heathrow should have a third runway.
Campaigners against expansion use these incidents to say Heathrow is in the wrong place and shouldn't operate at 98%.
But that won't stop the frustration in the terminal with delays just before the half-term getaway.
There are still delays of more than 45 minutes for both departures and arrivals, Heathrow Airport said.
BA said the incident had had "significant impact" on its schedule and delays were expected to last for the rest of the day.
London Ambulance Service said three people on the plane, an Airbus A319 carrying 75 passengers, were treated for minor injuries.
David Gallagher, a passenger on the plane, said: "About eight or nine minutes into the flight there was a loud popping sound, not an explosion but definitely not usual sounds.
"The captain came on very calmly, said he was aware of the situation and that everything was running normally and he was going to run some tests to see what the right course would be.
"Then another five minutes after that there was a loud sound, and this time the right engine was clearly on fire.
"I mean big flames, very visible from the rest of the cabin, and lots of black smoke."
He said a few passengers were visibly upset but the cabin and ground crews were "outstanding and completely calm".
Jez Stamp, from Farnham in Surrey, who was on a plane waiting to take off to Jordan, said: "I could see smoke on the right engine.
"We just saw it come to a halt and fire engines were already there waiting for it and they immediately started hosing the plane down."
Rob Brownell, 33, who saw the plane from Imperial Wharf Station in central London, told the BBC flames were "clearly visible".
He said: "There was this almighty rumbling overhead - I looked up and saw the plane on fire.
"There were flames coming not just from the engine but lapping the wing.
"My initial thought was 'my God this thing is going to blow up'. The wings are full of fuel so I couldn't see how there could not be an explosion."
Normand Boivin, Heathrow chief operating officer, said: "I would like to pay tribute to BA's pilots and Heathrow's fire and airside teams for their quick and professional response."
According to the website planefinder.net, the plane turned over Potter's Bar and Billericay before returning to Heathrow.
Captain Mark Searle, chairman of the British Airline Pilots' Association (Balpa), said: "This was a professional job done by professional people.
"As pilots we spend our whole career training to manage incidents such as this in order to avoid an incident becoming a disaster."
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"Pan" is a remake of Peter Pan and features a lot of famous actors and actresses.
But many people are unhappy with the director's choice to pick Rooney Mara, a white actress, to play the character Tiger Lily.
In many of the past versions of the books and films of Peter Pan, Tiger Lily is thought to be Native American.
Those who don't agree with the casting have launched an online petition which has over 95,000 supporters.
The director says he's presenting the version of Tiger Lily from the original book written by JM Barrie.
"Barrie wrote the character of Tiger Lily and her community not very specifically, and so I followed JM Barrie rather than pressure from outside groups."
Margaret Gibson has been recognised for spending more than 20 years mentoring young people across Scotland.
She is among 10 Scottish winners of a Queen's Award for Enterprise this year.
They include Cumbernauld-based raincoat manufacturer Mackintosh Ltd and Edinburgh travel firm Rabbie's Trail Burners.
Enterprise support professional Ms Gibson is a voluntary mentor with Young Enterprise Scotland and business incubator Entrepreneurial Spark.
She spent more than 20 years with the Prince's Scottish Youth Business Trust, rising to deputy chief executive.
Dundee-based Ms Gibson said: "I am delighted to receive this award - I feel it is not really for me but for all of the young entrepreneurs I have worked with.
"One of the things that I feel most strongly about is the need for young entrepreneurs to make links and connections with people.
"That way, rather than trying to make it on your own, you're part of a big family of people."
Another recipient of the enterprise promotion award is Nelson Gray, who is based in Roslin, Midlothian.
He has been recognised for directly providing numerous start-up and early stage entrepreneurs with funding, support and mentoring.
The other eight awards have gone to companies for achieving outstanding overseas sales growth.
They include Mackintosh Ltd, which manufactures traditional raincoats from its two factories in Cumbernauld and Nelson, Lancashire.
The company sells through distributors in the US and Japan, and via agents in Europe. It also has flagship stores in London and Tokyo.
Another winner is Rabbie's Trail Burners, which provides scheduled mini-coach tours, holiday packages and other travel services for international consumers and trade.
The award panel noted that its passenger numbers on scheduled tours in 2013 reached 61,065 - an increase of 36% from 2011.
With 90% of its clients based overseas, Rabbie's sells through its multi-lingual website, tour operators and local agents overseas.
Other international trade winners include Motherwell-based Consarc Engineering Ltd, which designs, manufactures and installs atmosphere furnaces, and Aberdeenshire-based Aubin Ltd, a supplier of chemical solutions for the oil and gas sector.
Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal stayed on their coat-tails by winning their respective matches.
However, Manchester United lost further ground on the front-runners after dropping more points at home.
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It's very seldom I pick a goalkeeper who hasn't kept a clean sheet and even more uncommon if he's let in two goals. The reality was that Paul Robinson, who was deputising for Tom Heaton, didn't let anything past him. He was beaten by two superbly taken strikes.
I must say I was surprised to see the former Spurs and England goalkeeper involved at all instead of the previously ever-present Heaton, but delighted nevertheless. My immediate thought was: I hope he is going to give a good account of himself.
I don't know why I was so concerned about Robinson, who found himself back in top-flight football after an absence of 1,664 days, because he was brilliant. Burnley might have lost 2-1 at home to Manchester City but it would have been considerably more had it not been for Robinson. Yes, I might be suffering from a little nostalgia but what's wrong with that? Good to have you back, Paul.
Antonio Valencia was unlucky not to get into my team last week after a starring role against Arsenal. However, in another sparkling performance, this time against West Ham, the Ecuador international was once again at his threatening best down the right.
Whenever the full-back plays, he does so with passion and purpose, but never loses his cool. What a pity his manager can't assume the same self-control. Jose Mourinho's protests are becoming tiresome. If it's all a bit too much for the overzealous manager on the touchline, then he should watch the game from the stands. He can't enjoy continually being told to leave the classroom by the referee like a naughty schoolboy.
What a block it was by Angelo Ogbonna to deny Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The game was at a critical stage with the Red Devils in the ascendency when the ball was seized upon up by the Swede with the goal at his mercy. From nowhere, the Italy international made a challenge that saved the day for West Ham.
Could Ibrahimovic have hit the ball first time? Of course he could, but no one thought for a moment that Ogbonna could make up the ground - never mind make the tackle. It was a wonderful piece of defending by the Hammer and one of the many turning points in a terrific match.
For the second consecutive week, Virgil van Dijk makes my team of the week and stars in a match dominated by the Saints. This tenacious, polished defender was signed by former boss Ronald Koeman and remains in touch with the Dutch past master.
Perhaps the defender could ask Koeman what has happened to the manager's Everton team. Last week, I said the Toffees were on the verge of a mini-crisis, yet with the class of players they have, that's the last thing he should be facing. Something is just not right at Everton.
How long can this go on? James Milner is not only playing in a position that normally requires a specialist, but doing it brilliantly. There can only be a handful of top-class wingers whose game has allowed them to become a vital cog in what I would describe as a rather uncertain defensive unit.
Nevertheless, James "I will play anywhere for the team, boss" Milner is giving Liverpool assurance at key moments in games. So much so, it's putting the Reds in a position where we are having to take them seriously as title contenders.
His penalty conversion against an ultra-defensive Sunderland settled Liverpool down at the right time in what might have otherwise been a very tricky fixture.
It was a monumental victory for Chelsea on Saturday. Believe me, as a former Spurs player, I take no comfort in saying this, but Chelsea are starting to play like champions.
It's as though the same players who downed tools under ex-manager Jose Mourinho's leadership are the same ones who appear to be sticking two fingers up to him now.
One of those players is Victor Moses, who the Portuguese totally disregarded during his second spell at the club and who is playing out of his skin at the moment.
Spurs meanwhile, and quite infuriatingly, continue to struggle to win the games that really matter. A lot was made of this fixture as being the revenge match for the humiliating draw at Stamford Bridge last season that ended any thought of Spurs winning the title. The truth is that Tottenham still have a lot of growing up to do.
It's all very well boss Mauricio Pochettino insisting Spurs were the better side, but it's Chelsea who took all the points and were laughing all the way back to SW6.
Boy! Did newly appointed manager Bob Bradley need this result. Swansea's 5-4 win over Crystal Palace came in the most extraordinary of circumstances, but who cares? It also needed his best player to produce it.
Gylfi Sigurdsson is keeping the Swans' heads above water at the moment and proving to be a critical component to the club's survival in the Premier League. Saturday's match was a gripping encounter for all the wrong reasons. Goals were flying in from everywhere and no-one seemed to be in a position to do anything about it.
Let's not kid ourselves, both Swansea and Crystal Palace are in desperate need of some serious surgery.
Last week, Palace boss Alan Pardew told us he and his players had words after their defeat against Manchester City, and they were going to put their run of poor results behind them and get down to business. What did they talk about? The weather?
Well, if they keep defending like that, they will find themselves conducting their business in the Championship.
Last week, I was singing the praises of midfielder Yaya Toure. This week, it's another Manchester City player, but one who seldom gets the plaudits he deserves.
Fernandinho was superb against a Burnley side who at one stage thought they might do to City what they did to Liverpool. However, the Brazilian had other ideas. His selflessness and desire to promote the team's purpose couldn't have been more evident than when he created City's winner out of nothing.
City manager Pep Guardiola is still coming to terms with the rigour of the Premier League and what is required to win it. This is not Spain, where two teams dominate the scene and results are predictable - or Germany, where if Bayern Munich don't win the title, there's a national inquest. This is the Premier League. The most competitive league in the world.
These were two massive goals for Swansea for Leroy Fer, a player who I believe still has to fulfil his potential in the Premier League.
I saw a lot of him at QPR, but he seems more assured and accomplished playing for Swansea. He covers the ground and when required can put his foot in, but his ability to score goals from midfield is without doubt his biggest asset.
However, in all honesty, I cannot see how Swansea can retain their status in the Premier League when they continually move on players such as forwards Wilfried Bony, Bafetimbi Gomis and Andre Ayew - and, of course, defender Ashley Williams - without replacing them and expect to survive.
If ever there was a man born to score goals, it was Sergio Aguero. He has scored 33 goals in the last 34 league matches, which tells its own story.
Against Burnley, he was his usual predatory self. And yet I detected a moment last week - when City boss Pep Guardiola tactically substituted the Argentine for a defender in order to close the game against Crystal Palace - when there was a distinct air of disapproval from Aguero.
For Guardiola, the move might have been justified but, if you don't mind me saying so, it was a dangerous one nevertheless.
When managers go about using world-class strikers as fodder, it runs the risk of hacking them off. They are not there to adorn your every circumstance, but to be treated with the utmost care and attention - a point former City striker Carlos Tevez was keen to make to former City manager Roberto Mancini.
Lose them and it could cost you a title, a cup, a tournament, your job. Your choice.
There has been some debate recently about how many world-class players we have in the Premier League at the moment. Well, I for one believe that Alexis Sanchez is one of them.
It was Sanchez who punished Bournemouth's Steve Cook for what appeared to be a moment of stage fright - one which ended in the most appalling backpass. The Chilean then finished off the Cherries with a simple tap-in, but that was after he had run Bournemouth ragged.
With midfielder Mesut Ozil, another world-class player, available to produce the service in the absence of Santi Cazorla, the result was inevitable. What Arsenal have done is collect three very valuable points in a week where Champions League often takes priority. That is a very dangerous sign for Manchester City and Chelsea.
Its Transfer Matching System (TMS) estimates that since 2013 some 57% of funds have gone into stars' pockets.
Actual transfer fees have accounted for just 41% of the cash, and agent commissions the remaining 2%.
Football clubs in Europe account for four-fifths of the total money spent on wages in those global deals.
The new figures refer to international transfers from one country to another, and do not cover "domestic" transfers between two clubs in the same nation.
In cash terms it means that over the past two years, from international deals, $16.5bn (£10.8bn) has gone on player salaries, $12bn in transfer fees, and $700m to player agents.
"Most of the transfers discussed in the media involve large transfer fees, but in reality, only 13% of all worldwide transfers involve the payment of a fee," said Fifa TMS General Manager Mark Goddard.
"Salaries, though, are part of every single contract."
Increasingly lucrative TV deals have given top-flight English clubs the financial muscle to bring in a plethora of global stars from overseas.
Big signings this summer have included Manchester City's purchase of Kevin De Bruyne from Wolfsburg for £52m and Nicolas Otamendi from Valencia for £32m, while rivals Manchester United bought Anthony Martial from Monaco for £36m and Memphis Depay from PSV for £25m.
And Fifa's analysis of the spending on international transfers during the recently ended summer transfer window shows that English clubs spent a total of $996m (£653m) - more than double any other country.
Meanwhile French clubs spent $270m - a 65% increase on summer 2014, but Spanish clubs, another traditional home for glamour players, particularly from South America, saw summer spending decrease by 23% on 2014, to $495m.
Those three nations, plus Germany and Italy, make up what are known as the "Big Five" European leagues.
These big five countries recorded a total of 1,340 incoming international transfers during this summer's transfer window, an increase of 4% when compared with the same period in 2014.
And the total international transfer spending across these nations reached $2,396m, an increase of 2% on last year's summer window, driven by increased spending in Italy as well as France.
Former Italian football club legend Gianluca Vialli, who starred for Sampdoria, Juventus, and Chelsea, said there were a number of reasons for the increased spending on transfers in Italy, a country where the football economy has been seen as stagnant compared with England or Germany.
"The Italian league has got better TV deals than it previously had, so there is more money available," Mr Vialli told the BBC website at the Soccerex football conference in Manchester.
"But more importantly, I think the football clubs decided that to come out of this 'football recession' it would be better for them to invest in players."
Other findings from Fifa's analysis of international deals involving the Big Five leagues are that:
Fifa's TMS organisation uses modern electronic technology with the aim of making international football transfers more transparent and legally compliant.
Mr Goddard said the system also helped Fifa to gauge the size of the global football transfer industry, and how best to manage it.
For its latest report, Fifa has analysed data supplied to it from 6,500 clubs.
Following on after the heavy financial outlay from clubs in Europe on player wages, teams in the Asian confederation were the next highest spenders on salaries.
In a separate look at the European transfer market, Spanish-based sports business and marketing consultancy Prime Time Sport has released its report into summer player spending.
In a presentation at Soccerex, its chief executive Esteve Calzada said that all clubs, including the biggest in Europe, were now involved in selling players.
He said that previously it was certain teams, such as Porto or Southampton, who had a role in producing home-grown talent for sale to larger clubs on the continent.
"Player trading has now become normal across the board," Mr Calzada said, noting that this was partly a result of Uefa's financial fair play rules, which state that clubs - including the largest - should spend no more than the revenues they generate.
"[Bigger clubs] have to generate income, and find money to buy new players," Mr Calzada added. "Big clubs will now pop up in the lists of the biggest sellers.
"All teams have got used to selling their best players."
He said AS Monaco from the French league was the European leader in player sales income this summer, earning some €160m (£117m) - including cash from the sale of Martial to Manchester United.
However, Mr Calzada said that his team's research showed that. for buying clubs, heavy investment in players did not always translate into immediate trophy success.
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There is growing concern for the 101 people still missing after last week's flash floods and mudslides in the Atacama region, which includes the world's driest desert.
President Michelle Bachelet visited the area on Saturday, promising to provide aid to help recovery efforts.
Chile's emergency services say about 2,700 survivors are now homeless.
Sniffer dogs are being used to try to find people who may be trapped under the mud, which swept down from the Andes mountains in torrents and is now hardening under the desert sun, the BBC's Chile correspondent Gideon Long reports.
About 30,000 people have been affected by the floods - the worst in the Atacama region in 80 years.
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An IS camp was attacked in Sabratha, around 70km (43 miles) west of Tripoli.
The 38 people killed reportedly include Tunisian extremist Noureddine Chouchane, linked to two attacks in Tunisia last year, including one which killed 30 Britons.
The IS group has been active in Libya for more than a year.
The US estimates the group has up to 6,000 fighters there.
Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said the strike was carried out "with the knowledge of Libyan authorities" but declined to confirm exactly who had been informed.
"We took this action against Sabir [Noureddine Chouchan] in the training camp after determining that both he and the ISIL [IS] fighters at these facilities were planning external attacks on US and other Western interests in the region," he was quoted by AFP news agency as saying.
"We see what's happening in Iraq and Syria and we believe that these fighters in Libya posed a threat to our national security interests."
Libya remains in chaos more than four years after the overthrow of former leader Muammar Gaddafi and is being fought over by a number of groups, including IS.
Efforts to agree on a unified government have so far been unsuccessful, with different authorities governing different parts of the country.
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The Pentagon described Chouchane as an "experienced facilitator" who had helped move IS fighters across the Tunisia-Libya border.
American F-15E fighters as well as unmanned aircraft were involved in the raid, the Pentagon said.
The BBC understands that British bases were involved in the attack but no British assets, such as warplanes, were involved.
The mayor of Sabratha put the death toll at 41 and said the majority of those killed were Tunisians.
A statement on the council website said weapons such as machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades had been found at the site.
In November, a US strike in Derna reportedly killed Iraqi IS commander Abu Nabil, also known as Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al-Zubaydi, who was said to be the group's leader in Libya.
The US has launched several unilateral raids and operations in the country since it helped oust Gaddafi.
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Chouchane is also believed to have been behind the attack on the Bardo Museum in Tunis last year, which left 19 people dead.
The gunmen in both the Sousse and Bardo attacks are believed to have trained in Libya, which shares a border with Tunisia.
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The girls were taken by the extremist group, Boko Haram, in April last year.
Some of the girls have since escaped, but more than 200 are still missing.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala, who campaigns for education for all children, says that the Nigerian authorities must keep looking for the girls.
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On 14 April 2014, a group of schoolgirls, aged 16 to 18, were kidnapped as they were preparing for their exams in a boarding school.
They were in the north of the country, an area called Chibok, Borno state. Parts of that area are dangerous because of fighting between the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram and the government of Nigeria.
Boko Haram believe that all children, but particularly girls, should not be allowed to have an education in the same way as most children around the world.
At the time people all over the world who were shocked by the story and they started a campaign called "bring back our girls".
US first lady Michelle Obama, the Prime Minister David Cameron and Malala herself all spoke out against what happened.
Malala was also targeted by extremists in Pakistan, because she spoke out in favour of girls' education.
On her way home from school one day, she was shot by the extremist Islamic group called the Taliban.
She's now fully recovered and travelled to Nigeria last year, to campaign for the schoolgirls release.
"Before meeting the president, I met with those girls who were abducted by Boko Haram," she told Newsround.
"It was really sad to know they were hopeless, and all they wanted was their daughters to come back.
"When I met [Nigeria's] president I asked him to make sure that the government try its best to find a possible solution for releasing the girls."
The extraordinary and upsetting story is still in the minds of many across the world. Campaigners say until these girls are found, they will never be forgotten.
7 May 2015 Last updated at 12:48 BST
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Carfentanyl, a toxic synthetic opioid, is commonly used to tranquilise large animals such as elephants.
Queensland Police said the drug was intercepted in a mail centre. It was first found in Australia last year.
The US Drug Enforcement Agency warned in September that carfentanyl had been linked to a "significant number" of overdose deaths in the US.
Queensland Police Minister Mark Ryan said a 0.002mg dose was enough to cause death.
"Make no mistake, these are not party drugs," Queensland Police Supt Jon Wacker said on Friday.
"These are dangerous drugs and it's not a matter of if it will kill you. This drug will kill you."
Carfentanyl was not a controlled substance in China until this week. Beijing on Thursday regulated carfentanyl and three similar drugs after lobbying from the US.
In October, the Associated Press said it identified 12 Chinese companies willing to export carfentanyl for as little as $2,750 (£2,200) per kilogram.
Queensland authorities feared more of the drug may have entered Australia after the discovery in Brisbane.
Even touching carfentanyl posed a danger, Supt Wacker said.
"It is unclear how it would be marketed here, whether sold in its pure form or mixed with other drugs and sold as the latest 'hook'," he said.
"Either way, we know this drug is lethal and we need to get the warnings out now."
"It's not my thing," admits the 60-year-old British film-maker. "I don't know how to do it. I don't have any interest in it. I'm not of the generation that does it. I was one of the last people I knew to get a phone."
The film, simply titled Jason Bourne, reunites Greengrass with lead actor Matt Damon after their two previous franchise outings, 2004's Bourne Supremacy and 2007's Bourne Ultimatum.
Twelve years on from the events of Ultimatum, Damon's former CIA assassin is living "off the grid" when his old colleague Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) catches up with him, having hacked into the CIA computer.
Greengrass admits he didn't think he'd be back to make another Bourne film. "You don't want to come back and make one that's not very good - that's the terror of it. You've got to be sure you're doing it for the right reason."
When he started working on the script in 2014, the starting point was how much the world had changed since Bourne's last outing. Back then George Bush was US president and the Iraq war was in progress.
Since then, Greengrass notes, there has been a global financial crisis and the rise of smartphones, social media, electronic surveillance and cyber-intelligence. "We had to try and craft a story with Bourne in that landscape," he says.
A key theme in the film is the relationship between personal privacy and state security - there's a direct reference in the screenplay to US whistleblower Edward Snowden, and the plot involves a social network, Deep Dream, that pledges never to share its users' data. A bold claim, perhaps, in this digital age.
Greengrass and Damon had last worked together on Greengrass's Iraq war thriller Green Zone in 2010. So how does Greengrass describe his relationship with the actor after making their fourth film together?
"He's a close friend," Greengrass replies. "I have great trust in him as a person and as an actor. Making movies is both entirely ludicrous and incredibly hard. It's a preposterous way to spend your time.
"You give up a lot for the privilege of doing it and one of the things you get are relationships of immense trust that you see forged in situations of immense stress."
Warming to his theme, the director adds: "It's a circus life, the movies. It's a lot of travelling, a lot of antisocial hours, there's a lot of it that's about escaping from life.
"I have a vivid memory of Matt saying, 'I've given my life for this and I love it.' I was really struck by that simple statement of fact. It was like somebody saying I'm going to be a priest. It's a calling.
"You reflect on these things when you've finished a film because you feel a bit emotional."
Asked about Brexit, Greengrass - who voted Remain - says he has "a dim sense that it's not going to be good" for film-makers.
The industry, he says, was in "a very good place" within the EU.
"Will the damage be bad? I don't think anybody can say for sure. But any radical event like this can't be good for the development of a key strategic industry. But we are going to have to hope because the issues go beyond our industry.
"I'm a born optimist. We are going to have to pick ourselves up and find a way out of this mess."
Whatever happens, it's clear that Greengrass won't be taking to social media to give his opinion. Has anyone ever suggested he should sign up?
"They wouldn't because it would be so ludicrous," he laughs.
"It would be like telling me to wear a suit."
Jason Bourne is in cinemas from 27 July.
Lager Sylt was one of four camps in Alderney, which was occupied by German forces during World War Two.
Only sentry posts, foundations, a small tunnel and three gateposts remain of the site to the south west of the island's airport.
Alderney's government is considering protecting the site by making it a conservation area.
The Germans built hundreds of structures in Alderney, but currently only two of them are on the register of historic buildings: the two fire direction towers, known as the Odeon and the water tower.
If approved at the Alderney States meeting on 18 March the land will be added to the register of historic buildings due to it being "an area of special historic or archaeological interest".
Alderney, along with the other Channel Islands, was demilitarised in 1940 and was occupied by German forces as part of the Nazi expansion into Western Europe.
The Channel Islands, loyal to Britain but lying off the coast of France, were heavily fortified as part of Hitler's Atlantic Wall.
While on the other islands German troops lived alongside residents, Alderney's fate was different.
Nearly all of the island's population had been evacuated to England before the arrival of the first German troops in late June 1940.
Four labour camps were established - named after the German islands Borkum, Helgoland, Norderney and Sylt - to house the workers who would build the fortifications on the island under Organisation Todt and the last of these was later taken over by the SS.
It is not clear how many people were killed in Lager Sylt, but historian Colin Partridge said the records show at least 87 prisoners died.
He said 950 prisoners, along with 70 guards and six Alsatian dogs, were moved from mainland Europe to the camp in March 1943.
Mr Partridge said: "[They were] brutally treated by the SS. There were deaths from hanging for very minor misdemeanours; shot on the slightest pretext.
"For instance, a number of sick workers were herded out through a hole in the perimeter wire and shot on the other side for attempting to escape."
Occupation of the Channel Islands
Dr Caroline Sturdy Colls, from Staffordshire University, has studied the German occupation of Alderney for six years and said the broad story of the island being occupied was well-known, but the history of the slave workers was "lesser known".
She said: "We don't know much about how [the camps] actually operated."
The associate professor said evidence was buried in archives spread across the world and, combined with archaeological surveys, could offer a good picture of the camps' history.
She said: "It's really important the history of these sites is further explored... these were places where slave workers were forcefully interred, in a lot of cases, where the Nazis did perpetrate quite terrible crimes.
"Anyone who goes there at the moment doesn't really get a sense of that... the loss of life and mistreatment that occurred, even a basic history of what went on there."
Matt Birmingham, chairman of the Building and Development Control Committee, said: "The island does have a memorial to the slave workers on the island, the Hammond Memorial, which was put together by the people of the island many years ago.
"The feeling is now that perhaps we need to look more closely at some of the other aspects of what happened in the Second World War.
"I expect this will stir, start up some very interesting and varied discussion about how perhaps we should approach that."
He said: "Obviously Lager Sylt holds a position of uniqueness in the fact that it was the only SS concentration camp on British soil so [the committee] felt we needed to investigate getting better protection for that site."
Mr Birmingham said conservation status would give planners control over how the site was managed in the future.
He said the island's land use plan, due to be reviewed next year, could also be adapted to offer further protection to the area.
IT worker Jac Holmes, from Bournemouth, had been fighting with the main Kurdish force in the northern Syria.
He was detained with Joe Akerman, from Halifax, and Irish citizen Joshua Molloy in an area controlled by the the Kurdistan Regional Government.
Foreign Office officials are due to visit him in prison.
The UK government strongly warns against travelling to the region.
The three men had been returning to the UK at the time of their arrest, the BBC understands.
The group had been waiting some weeks waiting to cross the border, which was closed. They were detained five days ago after attempting to cross another part of the frontier.
It is not known on what grounds they were detained.
Kurdish rights activist Mark Campbell said Mr Holmes was "very tired and in need of rest and recuperation".
"He's done a brave thing in the view of a lot of people and then to have to face all this is just an extra burden.
"He's a very resourceful young man, I think he'll be bearing up under the stress. And probably hoping things will work themselves out."
Despite having no military experience, Mr Holmes first entered Syria with the People's Protection Unit, or YPG, aged 22, in January 2015.
He has previously told the BBC his interest in Syria began in 2011 with his attention gradually shifting to the struggle of the Kurds in the north as IS started to target them.
He started following Kurdish social media accounts, as well as those of Western volunteers fighting with Kurds.
During his first spell in Syria he was shot through the right shoulder while fighting. He returned to the UK in August but said he willing to return to Syria.
More than 250,000 people have been killed since the civil war in Syria began in 2011.
Melissa Lawley scored the winner against two-time runners-up Liverpool.
City will meet Birmingham City in the final on Saturday, 13 May.
The Women's Super League and Continental Cup holders are also in the Champions League semi-finals and start the Spring Series later in April.
Manchester City Women, who have never appeared at England's national stadium, could have been more convincing winners against the Reds.
Jill Scott and World Player of the Year Carli Lloyd were both guilty of missing good opportunities, while Lloyd almost scored a fine solo effort with the game's final attack.
City are now aiming to become the first team to hold all three major domestic club honours at the same time since Arsenal in 2011.
Nick Cushing's side also face French side Lyon over two legs in a Champions League semi-final on 22 and 29 April.
Match ends, Manchester City Women 1, Liverpool Ladies 0.
Second Half ends, Manchester City Women 1, Liverpool Ladies 0.
Attempt missed. Carli Lloyd (Manchester City Women) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Foul by Shanice van de Sanden (Liverpool Ladies).
Jill Scott (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Caroline Weir (Liverpool Ladies) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Ali Johnson (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Keira Walsh (Manchester City Women).
Sophie Ingle (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Carli Lloyd (Manchester City Women).
Attempt missed. Alex Greenwood (Liverpool Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Carli Lloyd (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Alex Greenwood (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Melissa Lawley (Manchester City Women).
Attempt missed. Ali Johnson (Liverpool Ladies) header from a difficult angle on the right is too high.
Gemma Bonner (Liverpool Ladies) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Gemma Bonner (Liverpool Ladies).
Nikita Parris (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Manchester City Women. Toni Duggan replaces Jane Ross.
Carli Lloyd (Manchester City Women) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Alex Greenwood (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nikita Parris (Manchester City Women).
Sophie Ingle (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jane Ross (Manchester City Women).
Caroline Weir (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Carli Lloyd (Manchester City Women).
Substitution, Liverpool Ladies. Ali Johnson replaces Niamh Charles.
Substitution, Liverpool Ladies. Caroline Weir replaces Katie Zelem.
Foul by Shanice van de Sanden (Liverpool Ladies).
Nikita Parris (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Manchester City Women. Nikita Parris replaces Isobel Christiansen.
Kate Longhurst (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Carli Lloyd (Manchester City Women).
Attempt saved. Carli Lloyd (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Ashley Hodson (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Melissa Lawley (Manchester City Women).
Goal! Manchester City Women 1, Liverpool Ladies 0. Melissa Lawley (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lucy Bronze.
Attempt missed. Lucy Bronze (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Melissa Lawley (Manchester City Women) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
Isobel Christiansen (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
The Treasury says there are now more of the new £1 coins, which first entered circulation in March, than the old round pound.
From 15 October, shops can refuse the old version of the coin.
However, most banks and Post Office counters will continue to accept them from customers.
They can be exchanged at any time in the future at the Bank of England in London.
"The clock is ticking. We are urging the public to spend, bank or donate their old pound coins and asking businesses who are yet to do so, to update their systems before the old coin ceases to be legal tender," said Andrew Jones, the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury.
The Royal Mint is striking 1.5 billion new 12-sided £1 coins, which were introduced to help crack down on counterfeiting.
The Mint has claimed the new £1 is the "most secure coin in the world", replacing the previous £1 coin, of which about one in 40 are thought to be fake.
The new coin has a string of anti-counterfeiting details, including material inside the coin itself which can be detected when electronically scanned by coin-counting or payment machines.
Other security measures include an image that works like a hologram, and micro-sized lettering inside both rims.
Thickness: 2.8mm - thinner than old coin
Weight: 8.75g - lighter than old coin
Diameter: 23.43mm - larger than old coin
Number to enter circulation: 1.5 billion - about 23 per person. Old £1 coins will be melted down to make new ones
Outer ring: gold-coloured, made from nickel-brass
Inner ring: silver-coloured, made from nickel-plated alloy
The 29-year-old, previously linked with a move to Norwich City, has agreed a four-year contract after Villa had a bid accepted on Wednesday.
McCormack, who has never played in the Premier League, joined Fulham in 2014 from Leeds United for a reported £11m.
He went on to score 38 league goals in 89 appearances for the Whites, and has also been capped 13 times by Scotland.
Villa say the deal equals the second-highest fee the club has paid in their history - matching the sum invested to bring Stewart Downing from Middlesbrough in 2009.
The £18m paid to Sunderland in January 2011 for former England striker Darren Bent remains the club record.
"He is a player whose goalscoring record has been excellent everywhere he has been and we feel he can be an important addition," said manager Roberto di Matteo.
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A red alert issued via the Aurora Watch mailing list was withdrawn after sensor readings were found to be "spurious".
An investigation revealed a lawnmower had got too close to one sensor, triggering a "massive spike" in data.
Aurora Watch said it was looking into ways to avoid the incident being repeated.
The bogus alert was issued during the afternoon of 23 August, after a magnetometer at Lancaster University recorded a surge in geomagnetic activity.
Aurora Watch is run by scientists at the university and takes readings from lots of magnetometers to work out when the aurora borealis will be visible across Britain.
The project draws on magnetometers in Lancaster, Aberdeen, the Faroe Islands and further field.
The alert was withdrawn four hours after being released as it emerged only one sensor had recorded the spike in activity.
A later update posted to the Aurora Watch webpage said an investigation had revealed that a groundskeeper using a "sit-on mower" to trim grass had been driving too close to the sensor, prompting the spike.
"We'll work with the facilities team to try and avoid an incident such as this occurring in the future," said the scientists.
They explained any metal placed on the instrument or machinery operating nearby could trick it into recording more activity than was actually present.
Readings from the Lancaster sensor were not typically used to trigger alerts, they said, but problems with the main sensor in Aberdeen on 23 August meant it had become the lead monitor.
And it is now undermining the living standards of most people in the UK.
Although the rate of inflation has generally dropped over the last year, prices are still rising above the government's target rate of 2%.
The inflation rate still stands higher than the level of wage rises, so millions of people are seeing their household bills rising - and their income failing to keep pace.
Inflation is the rate of change in the level of prices for goods and services, which affects the purchasing power of money.
It is measured by the Office for National Statistics, which charts the prices of hundreds of goods and services - from basic items such as bread to new products.
On the government's preferred measure of inflation, the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), inflation stood at an annual rate of 2.5% in August, compared with 2.6% in July.
But as with many economic measures, the headline figures do not always tell us the whole story.
So, with prices rising, who is being hit the hardest?
The key is to consider inflation alongside wages and interest rates.
At present, interest rates are at a record low. With the Bank of England's main rate, Bank rate, at 0.5%, savings are not gaining in value very much.
This particularly hits those who have not moved their savings around to get a better rate of interest.
The Bank of England says that the average instant access account offers interest of just 0.21%, while cash Individual Savings Accounts (Isas) offer, on average, just 0.66%.
Following the August inflation figures, financial information service Moneyfacts said that a basic rate taxpayer needed to find a savings account paying 3.12% a year to beat CPI inflation.
A higher rate taxpayer, with an income tax rate of 40%, needed to find an account paying at least 4.2% to beat CPI inflation.
Taxpayers could choose from 198 accounts that negated the effects of tax and inflation out of a total of 1,017 on the market, Moneyfacts said.
"Once again, we have the ridiculous situation where we have more savings accounts that do not beat inflation than those that do," said Sylvia Waycot at Moneyfacts.
"Savers need to be vigilant and take advantage of tax breaks such as Isas and, if they can, lock their money away for a fixed period to ensure better rates."
Anyone on a fixed income or trying to live off the income from savings is suffering from the effects of inflation - because the things they are buying are rising in price, unlike the funds they have to pay for them.
People on low incomes have suffered higher inflation than those on higher incomes in the past decade, according to a study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).
The IFS said the difference in fortunes had been particularly marked since 2008, with pensioners on state benefits especially hard hit.
People on lower incomes spend a higher proportion of their money on gas, electricity and food, while those on higher incomes have benefited more from lower mortgage rates.
Investment company Alliance Trust suggested that in August, all age groups witnessed a lower inflation rate than in July.
However, for the 10th consecutive month, the over-75 age group still had the highest rate of inflation, at 2.8%.
This was primarily the result of the higher proportion of their income that this group spends on domestic gas and electricity, as well as food which has seen a pick-up in prices.
Workers who have seen their wages held down, or even frozen, are seeing their spending power fall.
However, 30 to 64-year-olds witnessed the lowest inflation rate in June, the Alliance Trust said, at 2.3%. The 30 to 49-year-old age group has seen the lowest level of inflation since the start of the year. The latest dip in their inflation rate was a result, in part, of lower clothing and footwear prices.
Inflation is also used in the calculation of some services, such as rail fares.
A formula links some regulated rail fares - such as season tickets and off-peak intercity tickets - to the Retail Prices Index (RPI) measure of inflation in July.
From January, rail fares in England will rise by 6.2%, while in Scotland they will go up by 4.2%. Wales has yet to set a figure for its increase.
There are no fare increases currently planned in Northern Ireland, where fares are not linked to RPI, after a 3% rise in April.
The September measure of inflation will instruct the increase in a number of benefits next April.
While inflation and low interest rates may be eating away at savings, the same effect could be good news for those in debt.
Over time, the value of the debt will reduce, since the amount borrowed will not be worth as much, because of the effects of inflation.
In fact, 4% inflation every year will halve the value of money in 18 years. Inflation at 5% will do the same in just 14 years.
Dolton Powell, 21, died after a party at the All Nations Community Centre in Gloucester on 23 August last year.
But prosecutors said they would review the murder charges earlier this month, following a recent Supreme Court ruling on the joint enterprise law.
It was confirmed at Bristol Crown Court on Monday that the murder charges will remain.
Supreme Court judges had ruled joint enterprise - which has allowed people to be convicted of murder even if they did not inflict the fatal blow - had been wrongly interpreted for more than 30 years.
Russia was told to pay the money to former shareholders in the now defunct oil producer Yukos.
The Hague court said Russian officials had manipulated the legal system to bankrupt Yukos, and jail its boss.
The Russian finance ministry said the ruling was "flawed", "one-sided" and "politically biased".
The ministry added that the Permanent Court for Arbitration in The Hague "had no jurisdiction to consider the questions it was given".
The claim was filed by a subsidiary for the financial holding company GML, once the biggest shareholder in Yukos Oil Co.
GML Executive Director Tim Osborne said: "The majority shareholders of Yukos Oil were left without compensation for the loss of their investment when Russia illegally expropriated Yukos."
"It is a major step forward for the majority shareholders, who have been battling for over 10 years for this decision."
In an interview with the BBC's World Business Report, Mr Osborne added that his next step would be to use local courts worldwide to pursue Russian state property which could be seized as recompense.
Commenting on the tribunal's findings, he told the BBC: "In their view Rosneft, for instance, is an instrumentality of the state and was the vehicle that the Russian state chose to bankrupt and expropriate Yukos."
Pursuing Rosneft for the funds is a "distinct possibility", he said.
However, in a statement, the Russian ministry said: "Because of substantial shortcomings in the rulings of the arbitration court, the Russian Federation will challenge the rulings of the arbitration court in Dutch courts and expects to obtain a fair result there".
GML's lawyer Emmanuel Gaillard said: "This is an historic award. It is now judicially established that the Russian Federation's actions were not a legitimate exercise in tax collection but, rather, were aimed at destroying Yukos and illegally expropriating its assets for the benefit of State instrumentalities Rosneft and Gazprom."
Dr Florian Otto from risk advisory company Maplecroft said that Russia will be hoping to win time and reduce publicity.
He said: "For Russia, paying the money is out of the question, as this could be construed as an acknowledgement that the seizing of Yukos' assets was illegal - a viewpoint the Kremlin will never accept.
"The ruling does not come as a surprise to any of the parties involved, but the coincidental timing with the downing of flight MH17 certainly adds to the pressure Russia is currently exposed to.
"The case serves as a fresh reminder of state interference in business at a time when business confidence is already at a low point".
Lawyers said that if Russia does not voluntarily accept the ruling, it can be forcibly enforced by shareholders seizing assets abroad.
Konstantin Lukoyanov of global law firm Linklaters said: "If it is accepted, it can be carried out voluntarily, or it will be implemented forcibly.
"In that case the seizure of assets abroad is possible. There have been several similar cases."
Leonid Nevzlin, former deputy chairman of Yukos told a Moscow radio station: "I think shareholders are ready for the next stage, if Russia refuses to pay them, to search for and seize Russian assets all around the world."
Yukos was disbanded in 2007 after filing for bankruptcy in 2006.
The company was formerly controlled by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was at one point Russia's richest man. Responding to the news, Mr Khordorkovsky said it was "fantastic" that shareholders were "being given chance to recover assets".
Mr Khodorkovsky built Yukos into Russia's largest investor-owned oil company after the fall of the Soviet Union.
He was arrested in 2003 and spent ten years in jail after being convicted of fraud and tax evasion but was pardoned last December.
The state-owned Rosneft bought the bulk of Yukos assets though auctions after the company, once the country's largest oil producer, was declared bankrupt. Rosneft says all the deals were legal.
Analysis: Andrew Walker, BBC economics correspondent
The judgement is powerful ammunition for President Putin's critics.
For their case, the key words in the ruling are these: "Russian courts bent to the will of Russian executive authorities to bankrupt Yukos, assign its assets to a State-controlled company, and incarcerate a man who gave signs of becoming a political competitor".
That potential political rival - to President Putin - is Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Though he wasn't involved this case, he was at the centre of the events that led to the downfall of Yukos.
The ruling is littered with testimony from witnesses pointing to Mr Putin's anger about Mr Khodorkovsky, particularly when the former Yukos chief raised the issue of corruption.
The court concluded that what happened to him and the company were not the result of proper legal processes.
The five horses - the largest of which is about 0.8m (2ft 8in) in height - and three foals were taken on 13 July from a field near March, Cambridgeshire.
Two were found in Christchurch on Tuesday and five in a field near Beck Row travellers' site in Suffolk on Wednesday, police said.
However, a palomino mare, Barbie, is still missing.
No-one has been arrested in connection with the thefts and inquiries are continuing, Cambridgeshire Police said.
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Thieves cut through a 12,000-volt fence at the house in Stonea to take the animals, which owners Daniel and Jo Everett had bred for showing.
The couple were involved in rescuing some of the animals with police on Tuesday.
"We got a phone call from the police that they had eyes on our horses and to be on stand by," Mrs Everett said.
When they got to the field, she said the "mares were tied with seatbelts around their necks and two had no access to water".
The animals were rounded up and taken back to the stables.
Seven of the eight horses and foals are now home, but all are "thin, dehydrated and confused", she said.
One also has a leg wound which is being treated with antibiotics.
The couple have appealed for the return of mare Barbie, but praised officers involved in the investigation.
"There was a huge police presence. They were amazing and two had come in on their own holiday time," Mrs Everett said.
The A4810 between the Tesco Distribution Centre and Gwent Europark near Magor was closed after the incident at 01:45 GMT on Tuesday.
No other vehicle was involved, and an appeal has been made for witnesses.
Police said Mr Freeman's family is being supported by specialist officers.
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has accepted the plan, state media report, but says "terrorism" must stop as well.
Earlier, Iraq's PM Nouri al-Maliki warned that arming either side in Syria would lead to a "proxy war".
He was speaking at the opening of an Arab League summit in Baghdad - the first such meeting there for decades.
President Assad's remarks were contained in a message to the world's emerging powers - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - who met in Delhi on Thursday.
He said he would work to enforce the peace plan but "terrorism" must stop as well, state news agency Sana reported.
The Syrian government blames the anti-government uprising on foreign-backed terrorists and armed criminal gangs.
The UN-Arab League plan, brokered by envoy Kofi Annan, would see a UN-monitored end to fighting, troops pulled out of opposition areas and access for humanitarian services.
Syria first agreed to the initiative on Tuesday but violence has continued.
A number of explosions were heard in central Baghdad as the summit was getting under way.
Two of the blasts occurred near the Iranian embassy, eyewitnesses said. There were unconfirmed reports that an explosion near the city's secure Green Zone was an IED (improvised explosive device).
Fewer than half the Arab League's 22 heads of state turned up for the summit, reflecting their suspicion of Iraq's government and its close ties to non-Arab Iran. Iran is also Syria's closest ally in the Middle East.
"Based on our experience in Iraq, the option to arm either side of the conflict will lead to a regional and international proxy war in Syria," Mr Maliki said.
The Emir of Kuwait attended the summit - the first visit by a Kuwaiti leader to Baghdad since Kuwait was invaded by Iraq under Saddam Hussein in August 1990.
Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the two Arab states most fiercely opposed to the Syrian government, only sent envoys.
The summit was held in such tight security at the city's former Republican Palace that the venue was not initially disclosed to journalists.
While expectations were not high for the talks, the fact that they were being held in the Iraqi capital at all can be seen as a sign of progress for Iraq, says the BBC's Wyre Davies, in Baghdad.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged Syria "to put commitments into immediate effect".
"The world is waiting for commitments to be translated into action. The key here is implementation: there is no time to waste," Mr Ban told the summit.
The UKwill give £500,000 ($795,000)to Syrian opposition groups, Foreign Secretary William Hague is to announce later on Thursday.
The money will be used for "practical non-lethal support" and to document human rights abuses by the Syrian government, Mr Hague will say in a speech in London.
1.Syrian-led political process to address the aspirations and concerns of the Syrian people
2.UN-supervised cessation of armed violence in all its forms by all parties to protect civilians
3.All parties to ensure provision of humanitarian assistance to all areas affected by the fighting, and implement a daily two-hour humanitarian pause
4.Authorities to intensify the pace and scale of release of arbitrarily detained persons
5.Authorities to ensure freedom of movement throughout the country for journalists
6.Authorities to respect freedom of association and the right to demonstrate peacefully
Both Qatar and Saudi Arabia have voiced their support for arming opposition forces in Syria, and some analysts believe they are already funnelling weapons to the rebels.
Washington has urged countries to maintain pressure on the Syrian government.
The US state department said it had "not seen the promises that Assad made implemented".
The opposition in Syria is sceptical about the terms of Mr Annan's plan, with some saying Mr Assad is merely stalling for time in order to continue his crackdown.
"We are not sure if it's political manoeuvring or a sincere act," said Louay Safi, a member of the opposition Syrian National Council.
"We have no trust in the current regime... We have to see that they have stopped killing civilians."
The UN says more than 9,000 people have been killed during the year-long Syrian revolt.
One plane was approaching the stand and the other was "pushing back" when the incident happened at about 06:45 BST.
The wing-tip of one plane and the tail-cone of another "made contact", said Ryanair spokesman Robin Kiely.
No passengers or crew were injured, an airport spokesman confirmed. The Air Accident Investigation Board is investigating.
Essex Police said it had conducted "routine breath tests" on both pilots after the incident, but there was no evidence of alcohol consumption.
Mr Kiely said passengers were put on other planes after a three-hour delay.
He said Ryanair's engineering team were "investigating, and will repair both aircraft and return them to service as soon as possible".
The crash involved a plane heading to Warsaw and an aircraft from Frankfurt Hahn that had just landed. Both were Boeing 737-800 models, which can carry up to 189 passengers.
One passenger on the Warsaw-bound flight said on Twitter: "Huge loud crashing noise and totally felt the crush sitting at the back. Thank God it only hit the wing as if it was the body of the plane it'd been apocalypse."
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St Peter's Church in Swepstone, Leicestershire, was targeted some time between Sunday evening and Monday morning.
Canon Vivien Elphick said everyone felt "gutted" as they had recently raised £25,000 for general repairs to the church.
A spokeswoman for Leicestershire Police said they were investigating.
The theft was discovered by builders who turned up to work on repairs to stonework at the church.
Canon Elphick said: "We just feel gutted in a sense.
"We have just spent £25,000 on the building and we now have to get a load more to pay for this.
"Fortunately we already had builders on site who have put sheeting over the roof otherwise rain would be going into the building right now."
Cook - aged 31 years, four months and 24 days on Thursday - needs 36 runs to break Indian Sachin Tendulkar's record.
He will be the 12th player to reach the milestone, and the first Englishman.
"I have managed to score consistent runs for England over 10 years - and that gives me more pride than being compared to anyone else," said Cook.
Tendulkar was 31 years, 10 months and 20 days old when he scored his 10,000th run in 2005.
Brian Lara, Kumar Sangakkara, Ricky Ponting, Rahul Dravid, Mahela Jayawardene, Sunil Gavaskar, Jacques Kallis, Allan Border, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Steve Waugh are the other batsmen to reach the milestone.
"It will be a nice moment and you get to join an elite band of Test cricketers," Cook told BBC Test Match Special. "Those guys are far better batters than me.
"If the moment does come this week, it would be a great moment personally.
"You'd be lying if you said you were not thinking about. Can I put it to the back of my mind and focus at the top of the mark? I'm pretty sure I can."
Cook confirmed pace bowler Steven Finn will play in the first Test of the three-match series, ahead of the uncapped Jake Ball.
Finn took 11 wickets at an average of 26 in the 2-1 winter Test series win in South Africa, but his tour was ended early by a side strain.
"He has been outstanding for us when he's been fit," said Cook.
James Vince, the 25-year-old Hampshire captain who has played one one-day international and three Twenty20s, will make his debut at number five following James Taylor's retirement with a heart problem.
Cook said: "The way he has come into the one-day squads and fitted in really well and handled what's around him, he looks a really mature guy and ready to play Test cricket."
Alex Hales, who averaged only 17 in his debut series in South Africa, will open the batting alongside Cook.
Nick Compton made a crucial 85 in the first Test win in Durban but did not pass 50 in the next seven innings, although he is expected to bat at three.
"It's good that people come into the side and know they're not going to get chucked out after a couple of games," said Cook.
"It's very hard to judge a player in one series, away from home.
"We thought it was fair and right that we picked the guys who played in that series, which we won - sometimes people forget that."
Sri Lanka - seventh in the International Cricket Council Test rankings - won 1-0 on their last visit to England in 2014 thanks to a stunning victory at Headingley with one ball to spare.
"The fourth night of that game was the lowest I've felt as England captain," said Cook, who faced calls for his resignation after the match. "That was as dark a time as I can remember."
This is the first time since 1991 that Sri Lanka have toured England without Sangakkara or Jayawardene, who scored a combined 24,214 runs in 183 Tests.
"We don't have the two legends now - we've got to move on," said Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews.
"Now we've got a fearless set of players who are willing to take the English on."
They will be without seamer Dhammika Prasad, who took five wickets in Leeds two years ago, because of a shoulder injury.
"He is our premier fast bowler so it's going to be a big loss," added Mathews.
Cook said: "We know how dangerous Sri Lanka are. They have always punched above their weight."
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"The last time we saw England was at the World Twenty20, when they enjoyed a thrilling ride to the final.
"Although this is a different format, Alastair Cook's men need to continue that momentum.
"For the home side, it is about defeating Sri Lanka and winning the series against Pakistan that follows, all while having an eye on an incredibly difficult upcoming winter and the tour of Australia at the end of next year."
The company said the development on the site of an old quarry would create 55 full-time permanent jobs.
The plant will produce food for the firm's Scottish fish farms as well as those in Norway, Ireland and the Faroe Islands.
Marine Harvest hopes the new plant will be up and running by 2018.
The company made the announcement after consideration of a number of sites on the west coast.
The Kyleakin site is known as Altanavaig (Allt Anabhaig) quarry.
Ben Hadfield, managing director of Marine Harvest Scotland said: "We are delighted to have found a site which sits at the heart of our operations - one that is already an industrial site but which has not been fully utilised for some time.
"We would like to have the chance to bring it back to life and provide well-paid jobs, as well as taking the opportunity to produce our feed in the most sustainable way.
"This is a large investment in Scotland and the development of a feed plant here is part of our overall drive to become a more efficient and sustainable business."
He added: "We hope this will be a major boost for the local economy and we are keen to start discussions with the local community and hear their views about our proposals."
Marine Harvest hopes to replicate the success of a similar plant in Norway which has provided a welcome boost to the local economy by providing jobs directly, as well as generating employment for local contractors and suppliers.
Construction of the plant will take between a year and 18 months.
About four acres of the site will be used to accommodate the buildings which will include the processing plant itself, as well as raw material storage silos, product storage and packaging, a loading area and car parking. The existing pier will need to be extended.
Mr Hadfield said: "The site more than meets our criteria which included a central location for our farms, access to an existing jetty or pier, or the potential to build one, good road transport links and the availability of power and water supplies at a reasonable cost.
"This is a great opportunity for Kyleakin and the local economy and we hope to have the chance to discuss our plans with the local community as soon as possible."
Public exhibitions are to be held in Kyleakin Village Hall on Monday 18 April and Kyle Free Church of Scotland Hall on Tuesday 19 April. Both exhibitions will be open from 11:00 until 20:00.
The exhibitions will explain the work the company plans to undertake to prepare its planning application.
Staff from Marine Harvest will be available to answer questions and explain what studies need to be carried out as part of the planning process. They are also keen to gather information from local people about the site and hear about any issues they may have.
Officials said the police were called after nuns working at the religious community near Buenos Aires saw a man throw plastic bags over a wall.
Jose Lopez was the public works minister in the former government of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
Judges have been investigating several former officials for money-laundering.
Mr Lopez was initially detained at the Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima religious community around 55km (35 miles) west of the capital Buenos Aires for illegal possession of a .22 calibre rifle.
Police then discovered wads of cash in several currencies as well as watches in packages inside the bags.
Local media say around $7m were found in dollars, yen, euros and other currencies.
More money was found by the police in the car in which Mr Lopez had been travelling.
The Buenos Aires provincial security chief, Cristian Ritondo, said Mr Lopez was now being investigated for money laundering.
"He was caught red-handed with six bags, a suitcase, a weapon and he was later identified as a Public Works Minister, Jose Lopez, from the previous government," said Mr Ritondo.
"This person was arrested, in principle, for carrying a weapon. Now he is being detained for possible money laundering or suspected money laundering."
After being questioned at a police station in Buenos Aires, Mr Lopez was pictured being taken away under armed guard, wearing a helmet and a bulletproof vest.
Correspondents say since Cristina Fernandez ended her term in December, the administration of President Mauricio Macri has promised to root out corruption.
"It's almost out of a movie,'' said Marcos Pena, President Macri's Cabinet chief.
"We're shocked because it's not a minor official. He led public works... where we saw so much daily corruption.''
Thomas Llyr Parry, 36, of Holyhead, has not contacted his family since 8 February.
The grey van he was travelling in was found on Tuesday along with some of his belongings in the Bolonia area of Andalucia.
North Wales Police said it was liaising with the Spanish authorities.
Mr Parry left the country at the end of January and is believed to have travelled to France, Portugal and Gibraltar before going to Spain.
He is described as being between 5ft 8in and 5ft 10in tall, of stocky build, with short straight brown hair.
Facilities in Duke Street, Flint, will shut on 1 April while Mold's New Street car park toilets will be offered to the town council or close.
Facilities in Holywell and Talacre will also be offered to community councils.
Councillors discussed the plans on Wednesday but a final decision has yet to be made.
A decision on the future of toilets at Mold bus station will be delayed.
But conservators at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo gave differing accounts of the exact circumstances.
It is not clear whether the mask was damaged during cleaning or if the beard was removed because it was loose.
The 3,000-year-old artefact, with other relics from the boy king's tomb, is among Cairo's biggest attractions.
An inquiry is under way into what happened to one of the country's greatest treasures.
Instead of being taken to a conservation lab, the repair was performed quickly to put the mask back on display, conservators say.
The BBC's Orla Guerin, who has seen the mask, says a glue-like substance is visible along the join between the beard and the rest of the mask. The two pieces were made separately and have always been fixed together.
One of the museum conservators told AP news agency that quick-drying glue was used to re-attach the beard.
A second one who was present at the time of the repair said the glue had dried on the mask and that a colleague used a spatula to remove it, leaving scratches.
Both conservators spoke on condition of anonymity, but they agreed that orders for a quick fix must have come from above.
The director of the Egyptian Museum, Mahmoud Al Hawagi, confirmed to the BBC that a translucent adhesive material had appeared on the burial mask.
The ministry of antiquities was now investigating how this happened, he added.
A photograph has been published which allegedly shows a botched repair taking place last August.
The picture, which has not been independently verified, shows two men in T-shirts and surgical gloves working on the artefact. One has his bare forearm inside the mask.
The Egyptian Museum is among Cairo's top tourist sites, but in some areas ancient artefacts lie unprotected from the public.
Egypt's tourist industry, once a key source of revenue, has yet to recover from the years of turmoil that followed the overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
Tutankhamun's burial mask was discovered in 1922 along with the pharaoh's nearly intact tomb and sparked worldwide interest in archaeology and ancient Egypt.
Larossi Abballa, who was killed in a shootout with police, was loyal to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, they said.
A police commander and his partner were stabbed to death at their home. Their three-year-old son survived.
IS has put out a video showing Abballa confessing to the killings.
The 11-minute video, on the IS news agency Amaq, apparently shows him in the home of the couple before police stormed in.
In it Abballa, 25, urged Muslims in France to target police officers, prison guards, journalists, politicians and mayors. He named several prominent French journalists.
He said he was heeding a call by IS spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, who issued a message before the start of Ramadan inciting Muslims to target civilians in Europe and the US.
The video is apparently the same as one that Abballa posted on Facebook Live, hours before police killed him, in which he swore allegiance to IS.
Abballa's crime was "a terrorist act", President Francois Hollande said, and France still faced "a significant threat".
The attack happened in Magnanville, about 55km (35 miles) north-west of the French capital.
During negotiations prior to the police assault on Monday, Abballa said he had pledged his loyalty to the IS leader three weeks earlier.
When police stormed in they killed Abballa and found the dead woman, whose throat had been slashed. The little boy was in a state of shock.
French media are naming them as Jean-Baptiste Salvaing, 42, and Jessica Schneider, 36.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls called the attack "a watershed in terms of horror - the home, the intimate life of a family, of a couple of civil servants, was targeted".
In 2013, Abballa was jailed for recruiting fighters for jihad in Pakistan.
He had been under recent police surveillance, including a wiretap. Three people linked to Abballa have been arrested and placed in custody.
In the video - later removed from Facebook - Abballa considers what to do with the couple's son, according to French jihad expert David Thomson, who watched it.
"I don't know yet what I'm going to do with him," the killer is heard saying.
He also made a threatening reference to the Euro 2016 football tournament.
France has been under a state of emergency since the Paris attacks of 13 November 2015 in which IS jihadists killed 130 people.
That state of emergency is still in place. France is on high alert as it hosts the Euro tournament, which started last Friday.
It has been confirmed that the cost of policing protests and dealing with disorder during the first two weeks, from 3 to 17 December, was £3.8m.
Policing has remained largely the same since, apart from a holiday lull.
The figure was revealed as police came under attack with petrol bombs and fireworks for a sixth night in east Belfast.
Bricks and bottles have also been thrown by loyalists in Templemore Avenue, off the Lower Newtownards Road.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it could not comment on the final cost because it did not have up to date figures.
A campaign of street demonstrations started just over a month ago, when Belfast councillors voted on 3 December to limit the days when the union flag flies over Belfast City Hall.
Earlier on Monday, Secretary of State Theresa Villiers said Northern Ireland was being "held to ransom by protesters".
She called for an end to all street demonstrations over flags - even peaceful protests - following a fifth night of rioting in east Belfast.
Rioters used hatchets, sledgehammers and petrol bombs to attack police and their vehicles on Newtownards Road.
The PSNI fired plastic bullets and used water cannon in response.
Speaking on BBC Radio, Ms Villiers said: "It's not acceptable that those who say they are defending a union flag are actually doing it by hurling bricks and petrol bombs at police. It's disgraceful, frankly."
The secretary of state described the continuing rioting as "profoundly depressing" and said she was "fully supportive of the great efforts the PSNI are making to crack down robustly on those who continue to break the law".
She called for the protests to "come off the streets" in order to allow local politicians to hold all-party talks over flags and emblems.
"We will not be able to get a solution if Belfast and Northern Ireland are being held to ransom by protesters," she said.
Three police officers were injured and eight people were arrested on Monday night, bringing the total number of arrests since the flag protests began to 104.
Four people were later charged in relation to the violence and appeared in court on Monday.
"All these protests have to stop altogether, even the peaceful protests are causing disruption and even they are making it far more difficult to have a proper dialogue to resolve these kinds of issues," Ms Villiers said.
She added: "Not only is it disgraceful in terms of injuries to police officers and people who live in the areas affected by the riots, it's also doing huge damage to Northern Ireland's image abroad".
The Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Vernon Coaker said the riots had become a matter of "national security" after the police said senior loyalist paramilitaries had been involved in the rioting.
Mr Coaker told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme: "That makes it, as far as I'm concerned an issue of national security and I think we need, and the secretary of state will need, to make an assessment of what the chief constable has said about that and what needs to be done."
The Labour MP also said the Westminster government had a continuing responsibility to support the Northern Ireland peace process and he condemned the latest violence.
"People may disagree with decisions that are taken but in a democracy you cannot have violence on the streets as a way of trying to bring about change to those decisions.
"The first rule of any democracy, the first rule of any political leader is actually to say that violence is totally unacceptable and cannot be justified and in that sense in London, and indeed in Stormont, we stand with the PSNI and those who are trying to prevent the violence from occurring," Mr Coaker said.
The Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association (NIIRTA) has again called for the protests and rioting to end.
"The disruption to traders not just in Belfast City Centre, but in East Belfast is becoming extremely serious," said NIIRTA chief executive Glyn Roberts.
"Many of the areas in east Belfast are crying out for new jobs and private sector investment which is not going to happen while rioting and violence continue.
"This is a political problem and can only be resolved by politics and we would urge all of our political leaders to go the extra mile to resolve the flag issue and other grievances and above all to take this problem off the street"
Monday night was the first time the council met since the vote was passed in December.
Up to 400 people attended what police described as a "largely peaceful" protest outside the building between 18:00 and 19:00 GMT.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has designated 18 days on which the union flag is flown in Northern Ireland in 2013. It may also be flown during the opening and closing of Parliament by the Queen.
Theodore Antonio Paget got into a fight with several people outside Sub8ten in Leicester, and then took a handgun from his waistband.
Doorman Dan Lewis, 32, stepped in to help protect a fellow supervisor but was shot in the groin by Paget.
Paget, of no fixed address, has been found guilty of wounding with intent.
Leicestershire Police said the incident unfolded after Paget - known as Anton - was angry about being told to leave the club's basement, known as The Dungeon, in King Street, at about 6am on 8 May 2016.
'Intensive surgery'
Investigating officer Det Con Chris Fox said: "This was a violent assault on a man who had stepped in to protect a colleague in the face of some considerable danger.
"As a result of the injury he sustained, he had to undergo intensive surgery, and spent many months recovering from his ordeal."
He added that he also hoped the verdict will allow Mr Lewis to move forward.
Paget previously pleaded guilty to unlawfully wounding Mr Lewis, but was found guilty of the more serious charge of wounding with intent by a jury at Leicester Crown Court.
He had earlier also admitted possessing a prohibited firearm and possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear or violence.
Paget will be sentenced on Thursday.
Captain Jean-Francois Perreault, aged 39, and Imran Zafar Syed, who is 37, were remanded in custody.
They were arrested at the airport on Monday on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol.
The Canadian pair were due to fly a Canada-bound Air Transat plane with 345 passengers and nine crew on board.
The flight was held up overnight and eventually lifted off at 10:30 on Tuesday.
Air Transat apologised to those customers affected and offered passengers compensation of 200 Canadian dollars off their next flight as a "goodwill gesture".
In a letter it said: "Please accept our sincere apologies for the disruption caused by the delay of your flight. While it is our policy to do everything within our power to ensure on-time performance, regrettably, this is not always the possible."
The company said the safety of its crews and passengers was its top priority and that it would await the results of court proceedings before commenting further.
The delayed flight took off from Glasgow just after 10:30 on Tuesday.
The pilots were arrested under section 93 of the Act.
It focuses on the limit of any alcohol consumption and says it is an offence to perform or prepare to perform certain aviation-related functions with more than a prescribed level of alcohol in the body.
That limit is set at 20 milligrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood for those activities carried out by aircrew and air traffic controllers. In the case of breath, nine microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres are allowed and in urine the limit is 27 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres.
The drink-drive limit in Scotland is more than twice the blood limit, which currently stands at 50mg in 100ml and reflects the speed of reaction needed by aircrew and air traffic controllers to respond to potential emergency situations.
Aviation functions can be defined as acting as a pilot during a flight, acting as navigator of an aircraft or as a flight radio-telephony operator during a flight, as well as acting as a member of the cabin crew.
Anyone convicted of committing an offence under the act can face up to two years in prison or a fine or both.
Some of the passengers checking in at Glasgow Airport said they were angry at the way they had been treated by the airline and by the lack of information from staff.
One man told BBC Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme: "There is some compensation, money for flying, but I don't think that will be acceptable for anyone who's been inconvenienced for the whole day."
Glasgow-based TV presenters and interior designers, Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan, were due to be on the flight.
They explained that passengers had been told the plane could not take off due to "operational reasons".
Mr Ryan, who along with Mr McAllister presents a TV show in Canada, said it was a "real hassle" that their flight had been delayed "first by a couple of hours, then by 21 hours, and then cancelled".
He added: "That flight for us is essentially our shuttle to work, we come backwards and forwards to Glasgow maybe 20 times, 30 times a year.
"It is one of those things, we have had a lot of really good experiences and one really awful one in light of what has allegedly happened."
A US team is already attempting to study the animals' characteristics by inserting mammoth genes into elephant stem cells.
They want to find out what made the mammoths different from their modern relatives and how their adaptations helped them survive the ice ages.
The new genome study has been published in the journal Current Biology.
Dr Love Dalén, at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, told BBC News that the first ever publication of the full DNA sequence of the mammoth could help those trying to bring the creature back to life.
"It would be a lot of fun (in principle) to see a living mammoth, to see how it behaves and how it moves," he said.
But he would rather his research was not used to this end.
"It seems to me that trying this out might lead to suffering for female elephants and that would not be ethically justifiable."
Dr Dalén and the international group of researchers he is collaborating with are not attempting to resurrect the mammoth. But the Long Now Foundation, an organisation based in San Francisco, claims that it is.
Now, with the publication of the complete mammoth genome, it could be a step closer to achieving its aim.
On its website, the foundation says its ultimate goal is "to produce new mammoths that are capable of repopulating the vast tracts of tundra and boreal forest in Eurasia and North America.
"The goal is not to make perfect copies of extinct woolly mammoths, but to focus on the mammoth adaptations needed for Asian elephants to live in the cold climate of the tundra.
The foundation is supporting a team based at Harvard University, which is using genetic engineering techniques to insert mammoth genes into living elephant cells.
So far, the foundation says it has placed mammoth genes involved in blood, fat and hair into elephant stem cells in order to study the effects of these genes.
The researchers hope to produce mammoth red blood cells to see how much oxygen they might have carried and so learn more about the physiology of the animals. Similar tests, they claim, can be done to investigate how their fat and hair grew.
The Long Now Foundation's stated aim is to insert synthetically created mammoth genetic material inside an elephant egg, which it would then place in a zoo elephant. It believes that cloning attempts can begin by 2018.
Many experts, however, believe that there are considerable obstacles in the way of creating a mammoth in this way. Among them is Prof Beth Shapiro, of the University of California, Santa Cruz, who has written a book called How to Clone a Mammoth.
"There is an enormous difference between having a cell living in a dish in a lab whose genome contains a few changes and having a living animal that is a little bit mammoth-like," she told BBC News.
"We'd have to use that cell to create an embryo, get an embryo into a maternal host, and establish a pregnancy and hope that pregnancy was successful."
Prof Shapiro is opposed to what is known in the field as "mammoth de-extinction".
"Elephants do not fare well in captivity, struggle with assisted reproduction, and should be allowed to make more elephants.
"Secondly, elephants are highly social creatures and there is no reason to suspect that mammoths were not. One mammoth would be necessarily alone in the world. It could not be released into the freedom of the Arctic until there were many of them. Until we can make many mammoths without using elephants, to my mind it is ethically unsound."
Dr Dalén and his colleagues sequenced the mammoth genome in order to learn more about what happened when the creature went extinct around 4,000 years ago on Russia's Wrangel Island.
They compared the DNA of one of the last creatures to have lived with one that lived 45,000 years ago when mammoths were more commonplace.
The study showed that the population on Wrangel Island was so small that the animals became inbred for the last 5,000 years of their existence. Dr Dalén cannot say categorically that inbreeding was the cause or contributed to their eventual demise because it doesn't always have a negative effect, but he thinks that his study makes this a distinct possibility.
"When we look at modern animals we know that most animals that are inbred suffer from it. So we think it is likely that it had some sort of negative effect," he said.
The genetic data also showed that there was a dip in the mammoth population 300,000 years ago.
"We were very surprised by this," Dr Dalén said. "It seems like there was an ancient bottleneck. It was before modern humans were in this region and we are not entirely sure what caused it. A good bet is that it was due to a past change in climate."
Prof Shapiro believes that there is much more to come from the new mammoth DNA.
"We'll probably find answers to questions that we've yet to think of. Genomes are rich sources of information, and we have only tapped the surface of that information," he said.
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They will replace the current 26 district councils and will have responsibility for local planning, housing repairs and demolition.
Officials hope the Local Government Bill will make it through all its stages by February or March of next year.
Elections to the new councils are due to be held in May.
The new councils are Antrim and Newtownabbey; Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon; Belfast; Causeway Coast and Glens; Derry and Strabane; Fermanagh and Omagh; Lisburn and Castlereagh; Mid and East Antrim; Mid Ulster; Newry, Mourne and Down; and North Down and Ards.
The new arrangements would see the number of councillors reduced from 582 to 462.
As before, they will be elected by proportional representation.
Here are the proposed district electoral areas under the 11 new councils.
The Wales international was jailed in 2012 for raping a 19-year-old at a hotel near Rhyl, Denbighshire.
The judges at the two-day hearing reserved their judgement after hearing submissions from Evans' legal team.
Evans, 27, was released from jail in 2014 after serving half of his five-year term.
The panel of three judges heard submissions from both Evans' legal team and the Crown Prosecution Service, with new evidence being considered.
The court was told a decision and reasoning would be given "as soon as possible in April", with reporting restrictions imposed at the start of the hearing kept in place until then.
The former Manchester City, Norwich and Sheffield United player has not been signed by a new club since his release from prison.
The avalanche happened at around midday local time (10:00 GMT) on the 4,000m-high (13,000ft) Dome de Neige des Ecrins mountain, according to reports.
Foreigners are among the dead but nationalities are yet to be revealed.
The Dome de Neige is said to be popular among climbers because of its relatively easy routes to the summit.
The avalanche hit three groups of climbers, officials told local media. Rescuers are still checking to determine there were any more victims.
Christian Flagella, a local police commander, said conditions were currently "winter-like" in the area.
Two first-half goals from Kemar Roofe steered the League Two side to victory over their League One opponents.
David Forde spilled Roofe's near-post shot through his grasp for the opener.
Millwall striker Steve Morison saw a close-range header saved before FA Cup hero Roofe nodded home after John Lundstram's effort had hit the bar.
Roofe also scored twice at the weekend as the U's knocked Premier League strugglers Swansea out of the FA Cup.
His first against Millwall was his 16th of the season, but probably the most fortuitous as Forde spilled the ball into the net.
Roofe was then quickest to react to Lundstram's curling strike, stooping to head home as the ball rebounded off the underside of bar just before the break.
Oxford claimed a late penalty while Benji Buchel saved well from Morrison and Jed Wallace to maintain their two-goal cushion.
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The London to Scotland route was run by National Express before then.
In a separate announcement, the Department for Transport said Virgin would continue to run the West Coast Main Line until April 2017.
Ten of the country's 16 rail franchises are due for renewal before the general election, expected in 2015.
Virgin Trains had previously been running the West Coast Main Line but initially lost that deal when the contract for it was awarded to FirstGroup.
However, this decision was later overturned after the transport secretary found there had been "significant technical flaws" in the franchise bidding process.
This was because of mistakes by Department for Transport staff and three civil servants were suspended. The government also halted rail franchising.
As a result, Virgin was given the right to run the rail line for longer while the franchise bidding system was sorted out, and has now had that extended further, until 2017.
The company is also understood to be keen to bid for the new East Coast contract.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin announced the start of a bidding process for the East Coast franchise on Tuesday.
He also published a detailed timetable for all rail franchise arrangements over the next eight years.
He said: "This programme is a major step in delivering tangible improvements to services, providing long-term certainty to the market and supporting our huge programme of rail investment.
"Above all, in future franchise competitions, we are placing passengers in the driving seat by ensuring that their views and satisfaction levels are taken into account when deciding which companies run our railway services.
"Franchising has been a force for good in the story of Britain's railways, transforming an industry that was in decline into one that today carries record numbers of passengers."
But rail unions are unhappy with the news of the East Coast line being put up for private bidding, pointing out that the private sector had twice given up the franchise before.
Bob Crow, the general secretary of the RMT - Rail Maritime and Transport union - said: "The proposed reprivatisation of the East Coast, after the public sector rescued the service following two private failures, proves conclusively that the political class have learnt absolutely nothing when it comes to our railways.
"This is a politically inspired wrecking move designed to flog off this publicly owned intercity route before the next election, regardless of the consequences."
Manuel Cortes, leader of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association rail union, said: "The £50 million West Coast line fiasco revealed that private franchises are a shambles. So they go and privatise the only successful publicly owned franchise, the East Coast line.
"This is an act of political spite to reward their friends in the City and to tie the hands of an incoming Labour government in 2015. The most expensive rail network in Europe is about to get even more expensive."
Shadow transport minister Maria Eagle also criticised the decision to privatise the line.
"Instead of focusing on the chaos in franchising caused by his government's incompetence, the secretary of state has decided to embark on an unnecessary and costly privatisation of the East Coast intercity services, a privatisation due to take place weeks before the date of the next general election," she said.
The East Coast route, running out of London King's Cross, serves locations including Peterborough, Leeds, York, Newcastle, Berwick upon Tweed, Edinburgh's Waverley station, Glasgow, Inverness and Aberdeen.
The government also announced details of the various franchise deals coming up for bidding, with many of them having been put back, meaning the current operating company will have its franchise extended.
The Great Western franchise, run by FirstGroup and due to end in October this year, will not start until July 2016.
The Northern franchise, due to end in April 2014, will not begin until February 2016 and the South Eastern franchise, also due to end in April 2014, will not start until June 2018.
The first of the new franchises to start will be Essex Thameside, where the franchise ends in May this year and will begin in September 2014.
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Jackson Page trailed Jason Weston 3-1, but won three frames on the trot to eliminate the world number 123.
He attends school in Ebbw Vale and told BBC Radio Wales: "School let me have whatever time off I want because they know there could be a career in it."
"When that black went in, I didn't know what to feel. It was just unreal."
The teenager, who hopes to turn professional "as soon as possible", added: "I was a wildcard [entry] so everyone was telling me just to enjoy it, for experience. But I knew I could still do well and hopefully win a few games and that's what I did first game.
"I'm really happy with that."
Page attends Ebbw Fawr Learning Community in Blaenau Gwent and while his focus is on competing in Cardiff, he will head to Cyprus in March where the European Under-18, Under-21 and men's championships take place.
He has won £2,500 for reaching the second round and would earn another £1,000 if he progresses to the third round.
Another win to reach the last 16 would earn Page £6,000.
Meanwhile, world number three John Higgins, winner of the Welsh Open four times, suffered a shock 4-2 defeat by Sam Baird.
Just 24 hours after his defeat by Barry Hawkins in the World Grand Prix final, Ryan Day beat David Gilbert 4-3, while world number 95 and six-time World Championship finalist Jimmy White was beaten 4-1 by 2016 finalist Neil Robertson.
Stuart Bingham, the 2015 world champion, beat Welshman Matthew Stevens 4-2, Wales' Dominic Dale overcame Zhang Anda 4-0 and Shaun Murphy defeated Jamie Curtis-Barrett 4-0.
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The airline's parent company, Lufthansa, twice flew the 35-year-old to France where the crash happened.
On one occasion she was accompanied by her two children and a friend. All were put up in a luxury hotel in Marseilles.
But investigators later found she had no links to the passenger she had claimed was her cousin.
One hundred and fifty people died in March last year when co-pilot Andreas Lubitz locked himself in the cockpit and deliberately crashed the plane to kill himself.
Among the dead were 16 students and two teachers from a school in western Germany.
The fraudster, named only as Sandra C, claimed to be related to one of the teachers.
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Her trips to the south of France were worth more than 15,000 euros (£13,400).
She was not present at the hearing in Cologne district court for medical reasons but was given a year's suspended prison sentence.
She may reject the verdict, which would send the case to trial.
Ashington-born Wood, 26, is a product of the academy and has played Test and one-day cricket for England, but is currently ruled out by an ankle injury.
The England and Wales Cricket Board imposed sanctions on Durham after giving them a £3.8m rescue package.
"Throughout the year, I was desperate to stay," Wood said.
"I wanted to not just stay for one or two, I wanted to make sure I was here to make a difference for a long period of time.
"The recent setback we have had gives us a chance to make a big impact and hopefully along with my England duties, I can push the club forward in a good light."
Wood, who is centrally contracted by England, is a member of the 'production line' of Durham players to have made the step up to international cricket, following Steve Harmison, Graham Onions and more recently, Ben Stokes.
"I'm a North East lad from the region, I want to make a difference for this club and I've been here since I was 16-17 years old so I'm delighted I can stay on longer and continue my Durham journey," he continued.
Chief executive David Harker said: "We're very pleased to have Mark's services once again and a three-year deal shows commitment from both parties.
"There was a great willingness from both parties to get a new deal sorted and we are delighted to have got this over the line.
"His potential is vast and we're glad to be supporting him throughout a time when he will be reaching the prime stages of his career."
The start of the second half of the match at Roma's Olympic Stadium was delayed due to a saturated pitch.
Sampdoria led 2-1 at the time but following the resumption Roma scored twice, including Totti's 90th-minute penalty to stay unbeaten in Serie A.
Totti, 39, has now scored in 23 consecutive Serie A seasons for Roma.
Sampdoria had won their first three games of the season and hit back after Mohamed Salah's early goal for Roma to lead through goals from Luis Muriel and Fabio Quagliarella.
But former Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko made it 2-2 after 61 minutes before fellow substitute Totti secured victory from the penalty spot with his 249th goal in Serie A after Dzeko had been fouled.
"That was the first time I've ever felt afraid of taking a penalty. You just can't afford to miss under the Curva," Totti told Sky Sports, with reference to the popular Curva Sud end at Roma's home ground.
Totti has started what is expected to be the 25th and final year of his career at Roma, where the former Italy international is the club's record appearance maker with 759 games and highest goalscorer with a total of 305 in all competitions.
Elsewhere, inclement weather also affected Genoa's match against Fiorentina, which was abandoned after 28 minutes when the surface became unplayable.
Mike Hedges, the Labour AM for Swansea East, said the branch would not accept a Ucas letter in Welsh when he tried to get a student account for his daughter.
Mr Hedges said the Swansea branch had told him to "get a copy in English" and he said that was "unacceptable".
Lloyds Bank have apologised for the "error" adding staff would be made aware of correct guidance.
Welsh Language Minister Alun Davies tweeted the move was "completely unacceptable" and added, "they should treat both Welsh and English equally."
He said: "This sort of behaviour from major multinationals is wholly and completely unacceptable."
Mr Hedges told the BBC he had gone into a branch in Swansea to change his daughter's account ahead of her starting at Bangor University in September.
When the bank asked for proof she had been accepted on her course, Mr Hedges claims the Ucas letter they had, written in Welsh, was rejected.
"They just told us that it wasn't company policy and that they couldn't accept it," he said.
"It's unacceptable and wrong. If it was just a matter of not having a Welsh speaking member of staff in branch that day, or having to send it off and taking a few days, I would have understood no problem.
"But not being prepared to accept the document in any way is wrong."
David Williams, spokesman for Welsh language campaigners Cymdeithas yr Iaiths said: "The incident is further evidence of the need to extend language rights to the rest of the private sector, including the banks.
"The bank's behaviour is totally unacceptable."
A spokesman for Lloyds Bank said: "We apologise for our error in this matter.
"We do recognise Ucas offers in the Welsh language and have many customer-facing colleagues who are Welsh speaking.
"We are taking immediate steps to make all our colleagues aware of the correct guidance."
The emergency services had been called out to the incident near Cullen at about 13:20 on Sunday.
RNLI lifeboats from Buckie and Macduff were called out to assist coastguard rescue teams.
The girl was eventually picked up by helicopter and returned uninjured to shore.
It happened on the B9006 near Culloden Moor at about 18:50 on Thursday.
Georgia Gilham, 16, from Inverness, and John Foggo, 18, from North Kessock, were both passengers in a Corsa which collided with a Mercedes.
The 19-year-old male driver of the Corsa and a 16-year-old female passenger suffered serious injuries.
The driver and passenger of the white Mercedes C Class were also taken to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness for treatment and later discharged with no serious injuries.
The road was closed for about seven hours to allow investigations to take place.
Insp Ian Graham said: "Our thoughts are with the families and friends of Georgia and John, who tragically lost their lives as a result of last night's collision.
"I would like to thank those who assisted at the scene and to the fire and ambulance service for their support during the incident.
"Inquiries are still ongoing into the circumstances. I would urge anyone who may have information that would assist, and who hasn't yet come forward, to do so as soon as possible."
Surveyor-General Swarna Subba Rao said an expedition would be sent to the world's highest mountain in two months.
Nepalese officials, however, told the BBC that no agreement had been reached on allowing an Indian team access.
Satellite data has indicated the quake impact reduced the height of the peak.
The most widely recognised height, 8,848m (29,028ft), came from an Indian survey 62 years ago.
Scientists have said that the height of a swathe of the Himalayas dropped by around one metre shortly after the 7.8 magnitude Nepal earthquake.
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They added at the time that a ground survey and GPS or an airborne mission would be needed to determine whether the world's highest peak had seen a change in its height by a few centimetres.
Mr Rao told the BBC that India's central mapping agency, the Survey of India, would "work with the government of Nepal, which has agreed in principle to collaborate" with the measuring efforts.
But Ganesh Bhatta, Nepal's survey department deputy chief, later told the BBC that there was no agreement with India, adding that Nepal was in fact planning its own survey.
A combination of GPS measurement and triangulation is required to measure the exact height of the mountain.
Mr Rao said it was still unclear whether the earthquake had affected Everest's height.
"We don't know what happened, there's been no confirmed report," he said. "Some scientists do believe it has shrunk. But there's a school of thought it may have grown."
He told the Press Trust of India news agency that a 30-strong team would take about a month to make its observations and another 15 days to compute and declare its data.
Now circus skills are being used not as a way of running away, but as a way of preventing marginalised young people from dropping out.
And there is a branch of academic study to examine the social impact of circuses, known as "circademics".
The idea of "social circus" is being used to help youngsters in many different countries. A map from the Cirque du Soleil group shows how such schemes are springing up all over the world.
Practitioners claim that teaching children circus skills helps them to trust other people, improves their "physical literacy", and raises their self-esteem and sense of identity.
These are skills that are particularly useful for young people in conflict zones and divided societies - and there have been projects in places such as Afghanistan, Bosnia and Northern Ireland.
The circus is rarely seen as a threat and this has allowed organisations like Clowns Without Borders to bring circus to families in refugee camps or warzones. This humanitarian project, which aims to relieve suffering through making people laugh, began in the conflict in the 1990s in the break-up of Yugoslavia. It now operates in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.
There has also been the Mobile Mini Circus for Children in Afghanistan, running since 2002. The founder, David Mason, said he wanted to give children "the childhood they had been deprived of after so many decades of war".
Mr Mason said children in warzones can feel powerless and enter "survival mode", but working together as a team to learn new skills and perform them in front of an audience helps them to develop their own identities.
In an attempt to measure the value of such circus education projects, the Circus Research Network was set up last year, bringing together academics and those running "social circus" schemes, into the discipline now referred to as "circademics".
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The head of the network, Ron Beadle of Northumbria University, says the number of research projects into circus is growing rapidly and there is "compelling evidence" that circus benefits disaffected young people.
Prof Beadle wants circus to become an option in the school curriculum. "These transformative effects can be achieved with only an hour of teaching a week, which takes no more time than a PE lesson," he says.
He argues that circus is different to music and sport because learners soon reach a level where they can teach others. 'Teaching other kids gives them an early experience of responsibility which is hugely valuable,' he says.
One of the UK's longest-running circus schools is based in Belfast and celebrates its 30th anniversary this month.
The Belfast Community Circus School was set up as a response to the Troubles and its brightly-painted circus van became a regular sight on the Shankill Road and Falls Road in the 1980s and 1990s.
Will Chamberlain, head of the circus school, said they were quickly accepted by both communities because unlike other activities such as music and sport, circus was not "owned" by any particular religious or political group.
"People thought: 'What could be crazier than starting a circus in Belfast in the middle of the Troubles?' So they left us to it," he said.
For many years the group worked with St Vincent's Centre, a school for 11 to 16 year olds who have been excluded from mainstream education.
Teachers reported improvements in pupils' behaviour, attendance, and literacy rates with only two hours of circus training every week. Soon afterwards, circus became a formal part of the curriculum at St Vincent's.
Today the Circus School's weekly skills workshop in the centre of Belfast is attended by 300 children a week, with 1,200 on a waiting list.
Mr Chamberlain said circus has worked well in Belfast because of the physical risks involved in thrill-seeking activities like walking a tightrope or acrobatics.
"Circus gives an outlet for safe, supported risk-taking to marginalised young people,'" he said.
It also encourages children to trust other people regardless of their religion. "We do not sit down and talk to kids about how they are all the same or anything like that," he said.
"But if you are a Protestant lad on top of a human pyramid and the person holding you up is Catholic, you can't just walk away. You have to trust them."
Social circus does not only aim to change young people who are taught new skills, but also the adults who come to watch them perform.
NoFit State Circus in Wales has run skills workshops with children from the Shirenewton and Rover Way sites for gypsy, Roma and traveller people in Cardiff.
In the most recent project, the circus spent 12 weeks with children from the Rover Way caravan site. At the end, they performed in front of 500 people at an arts festival.
"When people hear there is a circus performance or a free workshop, they tend to show up," says Lynn Carroll, community manager at NoFit State Circus.
"The perceptions that so many people have about the Roma community are terrible and they often come from myths perpetuated in the media.
"When adults see these young people working hard and performing new skills, they learn to ignore these myths and it breaks down barriers between the travelling and settled communities."
Belfast's Will Chamberlain says circus is a valuable outreach tool because it does not require children to be able to read or write and it does not pit them against each other.
"In most activities some kids are better than everyone else at academic work, music or sport, but circus is all about working as a team and achieving your own potential," he says.
"Any child can learn a circus skill, whether it is juggling, trapeze, performing magic tricks. Or even being a clown."
Jitender Singh Tomar, who belongs to the Aam Admi Party (AAP), faces charges of forgery and cheating if he cannot prove he attended university.
Mr Tomar has dismissed the claims as "baseless", but the university says it has no record of his attendance.
The AAP, which was elected in Delhi on a pledge to fight corruption, says the arrest politically-motivated.
"He has been arrested without any notice or prior information. What is BJP government doing?" party leader Sanjay Singh told the Times of India.
Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia told the Economic Times of India that the AAP was being targeted.
"This arrest is illegal. There is an emergency-like situation. This is supposed to be a democracy... Maybe it is an attempt to teach the AAP a lesson."
The AAP won a landslide 67 out of 70 seats in Delhi's council in February's election. It was seen as a major blow to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nationally governing BJP party.
Mr Tomar had submitted documents showing that he held a law degree when he ran for office.
The Delhi bar association filed a police complaint against Mr Tomar on Tuesday, after it repeatedly requested him to provide proof of his qualifications.
The association's chairman, KK Manan, told Z-news that they first received complaints about Mr Tomar's qualifications in January and then again in February.
The Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University in Bihar state has previously said that it has no record of the law minister receiving his degree.
Mr Tomar responded that the university had not denied that he was a student and that "there are so many students they could have forgotten".
He said ministers who disagreed with austerity measures could not stay in the coalition government, hours after four ministers resigned over the issue.
Greek leaders are trying to enact cuts demanded by the EU and IMF for a 130bn-euro ($170bn; £110bn) bailout.
Unions have begun a 48-hour strike, and protesters clashed with police earlier.
The prime minister said he would do "whatever it takes" to get the deal approved in a parliamentary vote set for Sunday.
"We cannot allow Greece to go bankrupt," he told his cabinet, saying it was an "hour of historic responsibility".
"A disorderly default would plunge our country in a disastrous adventure. It would create conditions of uncontrolled economic chaos and social explosion," he said.
Earlier, three ministers from the far-right Laos party, a junior partner in the three-party coalition, quit their jobs as deputy ministers.
The party's leader complained that Greeks were being humiliated by Germany, and announced its 15 deputies would not back the austerity measures.
Deputy Foreign Minister Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou, who quit on Friday afternoon, is the most senior defection so far.
By Mark LowenBBC News, Athens
It is becoming an all-too-familiar scene in Greece: mass protests in a nation squeezed by austerity, and now horrified by the prospect of yet more to come. Thousands arrived to vent their anger, clashing with police.
But still the Eurozone doubts Greece's commitment. Athens must now find another 325m euros of savings, provide a written pledge to honour the cuts and win parliamentary approval for them. Failure would mean bailout funds are withheld and Greece would go bankrupt next month.
The leader of a small far-right coalition party has withdrawn support for the package. Two Socialist deputy ministers have quit. It is a worrying sign that perhaps the country is reaching breaking point. Economically, politically and socially Greece is sacrificing much to stay in the euro - but at an immeasurable cost.
Her Pasok party, the largest in the coalition, also suffered the loss of a deputy labour minister on Thursday.
But analysts say the cuts package should still have enough support in parliament because Pasok and its other coalition ally New Democracy account for more than 230 deputies out of a total of 300.
Earlier, an estimated 17,000 union members and communists took to the streets in a march at the start of a two-day strike.
Protesters also gathered near the parliament building.
Some demonstrators threw stones and petrol bombs at police, who responded by firing tear gas. A small number of people from both sides suffered minor injuries.
Last night the Greeks presented their plans for austerity cuts to a meeting of eurozone ministers in Brussels.
Their proposals include:
But the ministers demanded a further 325m euros in savings for this year. It is thought that the shortfall came because the Greek coalition could not agree to restructuring pensions.
The eurozone and IMF are also insisting that Greek leaders give "strong political assurances" on the implementation of the packages.
The ministers said the conditions must be fulfilled by next Wednesday, in time for another eurozone meeting to consider releasing the bailout funds.
The BBC's Mark Lowen in Athens says Greek politicians are frustrated that their planned cuts did not meet the demands of the eurozone and IMF.
But the government is likely to plough on, he says, because the prospect of bankruptcy and a potential exit from the eurozone strikes fear into the hearts of its leaders.
Greece cannot service its huge debt, and there are fears that a default could endanger Europe's financial stability and even lead to a break-up of the eurozone.
The country is already reeling from the effects of an earlier round of austerity that followed a previous bailout. Those cuts triggered widespread unrest and violent protests.
The country is deep in recession, with unemployment rising above 20%.
Lyle Zimmerman, who moved from the US in 2001, was attacked by Muhiddin Mire at Leytonstone station on 5 December.
The medical researcher said he felt "spectacularly lucky" as a doctor was passing-by and thanked a man and woman who kept Mire away.
Mire, 30, was found guilty of attempted murder at the Old Bailey this month.
Mr Zimmerman, 57, was on his way to play with a band when he was attacked.
"I remember being struck a few times... being kicked, covering my head up with my arms and then the picture goes blank so I assume he must have kicked me hard enough to knock me out.
"I don't have any recollection of the knife or having my throat cut, the next thing I do remember is about five minutes later being on the stairs back up to the platform being attended to by an off-duty GP who was miraculously passing," he said.
He felt "spectacularly lucky - the knife apparently broke on my neck; there was a doctor wandering by".
As the doctor attended to him, a man and a woman confronted Mire.
"These guys are extraordinarily brave - both the man and the woman who verbally engaged and got him to move away from me and the doctor."
Mr Zimmerman said he was determined that the attack would have a "trivial" effect on him after a doctor in the hospital where he was treated said he had "life-changing injuries".
"I remember cheerily waving my hand from the hospital bed and saying: 'No I don't, I'm determined not to let this change my life'."
Mr Zimmerman said he had decided to speak out in the wake of the latest mass shooting in the US, when a lone gunman killed 49 people in Orlando.
He said Mire would have claimed many victims if gun control in the UK had not been so strict.
"I feel more free from the threat of lethal violence, even though somebody apparently tried to remove my head," he added.
Mire will be sentenced on 27 July.
Aruna Shanbaug was left with severe brain damage and paralysed after the 1973 attack by a ward attendant in the Mumbai hospital where she worked.
Her case sparked a debate about India's euthanasia laws. The Supreme Court had rejected a plea to allow her to die.
Her attacker served a seven-year-sentence for attempted murder.
Ms Shanbaug was 25 years old when she was sodomised by a KEM hospital cleaner who strangled her with metal chains and left her to die on 27 November 1973.
She survived, but spent the rest of her life in hospital, force fed twice a day.
Different generations of doctors, nurses and other staff members at KEM Hospital, one of the biggest and busiest in Mumbai, took care of Ms Shanbaug for more than four decades.
Every morning, the doctors and nurses used to care for her. They would do a medical check-up, followed by feeding her food and medicines. The rest of the day would be spent in ensuring that she was moved to avoid bed sores.
Bouquet of flowers were placed near her body after it was brought to the hospital's central hall.
A doctor told the BBC that Ms Shanbaug had become a "family member" for the hospital's staff. "She was one of our own. Her fight was tough and we are glad that we stood by her all those years," he said.
Doctors, nurses and relatives attended Ms Shanbaug's funeral on Tuesday. "My broken, battered baby bird finally flew away. And she gave India a passive euthanasia law before doing so," journalist and author Pinki Virani, who wrote Aruna's Story, a book on the nurse's plight, told the BBC.
Seven of the men hailed from four villages in Tiruvannamalai district - and their families say none of them had worked as woodcutters before.
Police say the dead men were among a group of more than 100 smugglers who were challenged when they were cutting down trees in the remote forests near the popular pilgrimage town of Tirupati in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.
They said when asked to hand over the logs, the woodcutters refused and attacked the police with axes, sticks and stones in two separate areas of the forests.
Police say they acted in self-defence. Now India's National Human Rights Commission has ordered an investigation into the 7 April killings after hearing the testimony of two witnesses.
According to the families of the seven men, four of them worked as painters and masons. The other three worked as a plumber, a tailor and an assistant in a small catering business.
The mother of one of the victims, Magendra, says her son, was a plumber and was even pursuing an distance learning degree in economics. He had also applied for the post of police constable.
Magendra, according to Chitra, was 22 and worked in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, and had "never worked in the forests before".
Thirty-eight-year-old Murugan was a painter and father of two who would travel to nearby towns for work and earn 300 rupees ($4.8; £3.2) a day, says his family.
"A few months ago, he told me to stop working. He told me that he would take care of me," his father Manickam said. The family is landless.
Sasikumar, another victim, was a painter, says his family.
Although he owned two acres of land, a drought had forced him to leave the village and look for painting jobs, his father Annamalai said.
He even went to Malaysia to work for two years before returning in 2009 to get married. The couple had two children, aged two and four.
Palani Velu, 34, was a tailor who had taken a shop on rent, where he would earn 200-400 rupees for stitching a pair of shirt and trouser.
He told his family that he was going to buy buttons and thread and, according to eyewitnesses, ended up on the bus which was stopped by the police.
"Why should he put his life in danger by going to the forests? His wife had given birth to his first child just over a month ago," says his mother Sambhanu.
Perumal's family said he worked as a mason, and that he had never been to Andhra Pradesh.
Muniswamy's family said he was a mason earning 300 rupees a day, and had told his family that he was leaving for a "job" on the fateful day. "Next thing I knew was he had been killed," his widow, Thanjiammal said.
And Murthy's family said he worked in a small catering company. The families insist that none of them had ever gone to a forest to work.
A journalist who has reported on the incident says the victims all come from some of the most impoverished villages in Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu. There are two hilly areas populated by poor tribes people, who are in great demand as woodcutters.
"These villages are in the throes of severe economic crises. There's little water, no industries, no jobs and the farms are often parched. Many of the men are taken to work outside in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh by agents who come here and lure them away with promises of better paying jobs," he says.
"Often they are not told what the job is and they only discover it on reaching the destination. These men may have travelled to the forests before to cut wood in the past, but had not told their families. Or they were being taken there for the first time. That is not clear."
However, he says, what is clear is that the victims were not smugglers, but had been hired by a gang to cut red sandalwood. Sandalwood smuggling is rampant in southern India, with a ton selling for tens of thousands of dollars on the international black market.
What is also clear is there is a "huge demand" for workers from Tamil Nadu to cut wood for smuggling groups in Andhra Pradesh. There are some 3,000 people from Tamil Nadu lodged in prisons in Andhra Pradesh on smuggling charges, by one estimate.
But nobody still knows how the seven men ended up in the woods dead, shot by the police. And rights groups say there are still too many unanswered questions over the killings.
The midfielder stole into the box to nod in from a right-wing corner in the 83rd minute to complete an impressive turnaround for the Iron, who had trailed 2-1 at the break.
Scunthorpe opened the scoring in the third minute, when the Bantams allowed Ivan Toney the time and space to smash the ball home at the far post.
The visitors, though, turned the game on its head in the space of two minutes, with Kevin Toner heading in from a free-kick with 14 minutes gone and Alex Jones finding the bottom corner moments later.
Toney produced a clever bicycle kick from the corner of the six-yard box to lob the home side on to level terms three minutes after the restart, before Crooks gave his side the lead.
A see-saw contest almost took a final twist in stoppage time but City hit the bar from a corner, ensuring the Iron claimed the points.
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Match ends, Scunthorpe United 3, Bradford City 2.
Second Half ends, Scunthorpe United 3, Bradford City 2.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by David Mirfin.
Attempt blocked. James Meredith (Bradford City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Charlie Wyke (Bradford City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
Matt Crooks (Scunthorpe United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Romain Vincelot (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Matt Crooks (Scunthorpe United).
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by David Mirfin.
Attempt blocked. James Meredith (Bradford City) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Jordan Clarke.
Attempt blocked. Daniel Devine (Bradford City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. James Meredith (Bradford City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Matt Crooks (Scunthorpe United).
Romain Vincelot (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Craig Davies replaces Ivan Toney.
Attempt missed. Timothee Dieng (Bradford City) header from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left.
Attempt missed. Matt Crooks (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Scott Wiseman replaces Hakeeb Adelakun.
Attempt saved. Mark Marshall (Bradford City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Matt Crooks (Scunthorpe United).
James Meredith (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Scunthorpe United 3, Bradford City 2. Matt Crooks (Scunthorpe United) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Josh Morris with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Kevin Toner.
Attempt saved. Ivan Toney (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Tony McMahon (Bradford City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Stephen Dawson (Scunthorpe United).
Tony McMahon (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Kevin Toner (Bradford City) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Substitution, Bradford City. Daniel Devine replaces Billy Clarke.
Substitution, Bradford City. Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila replaces Alex Jones.
Foul by Jordan Clarke (Scunthorpe United).
Mark Marshall (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. David Mirfin replaces Charlie Goode because of an injury.
Delay in match Charlie Goode (Scunthorpe United) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Charlie Wyke (Bradford City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Tony McMahon (Bradford City).
Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Timothee Dieng (Bradford City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
The 21-year-old joined the League One side on a two-year contract this summer following his release by Barnsley.
But he injured himself in a pre-season friendly against Nuneaton on Tuesday and although X-rays revealed no broken bones, he needs an operation to reduce the chances of the injury recurring.
"I am gutted for the lad," manager Rob Page told the club website.
"It was one of those things, it wasn't anyone's fault, it was an impact injury and all we can do now is work with Jak to get him fit and ready as soon as possible."
Kearney, 31, required a knee operation two weeks ago and a Leinster statement said this latest injury would rule him out "for a number of weeks".
He has been out since sustaining a knee injury in training before Ireland's Six Nations game against England.
Kearney injured a bicep in Ireland's second Six Nations game against Italy.
Leinster wing Adam Byrne sustained a "low grade" hamstring strain in Saturday's European Champions Cup win over Wasps and will miss the Pro 12 leaders' contest with third-placed Osprey this weekend.
Flanker Rhys Ruddock was ruled out of Saturday's European quarter-final by a calf strain but could return for Saturday's game in Wales along with hooker Sean Cronin, who featured for Leinster A on Friday.
Ireland hooker Cronin had been out of action since January because of a hamstring injury.
Dave Kearney [toe] and Dominic Ryan [knee] are also set to return to Leinster training this week following periods out because of injury.
The Leinster statement also added that Johnny Sexton emerged unscathed from the European quarter-final despite needing shoulder treatment during the game.
They gave out flowers to the passers-by and thanked everybody who stopped.
They said they wanted to show appreciation for the kindness of the community, which has treated them so well.
Ahmad Al Najjar, who has been in the town for four months, said he came up with the idea after the welcome they received.
"It's very nice and quiet and people are so friendly," he told BBC Wales.
"We brought some flowers and each had a piece of paper saying thank you.
"We also got some board and wrote 'thank you for welcoming us' in English and Welsh."
The position is vacant following Southgate's appointment as manager of the senior team on a four-year deal.
U20s coach Aidy Boothroyd had replaced Southgate on a temporary basis.
On the job advert the FA say its goal is to "win the World Cup in 2022 and sustain success thereafter".
Then-FA chairman Greg Dyke targeted winning the 2022 World Cup in Qatar when he took over in 2013, but that was then softened by Dyke's replacement Greg Clarke.
Ex-Coventry and Watford boss Boothroyd was temporarily in charge after Southgate was made interim England manager following Sam Allardyce's exit.
The team qualified for next summer's European Championships in Poland with a game to spare.
Arnold Mouat was last seen at a property in Panbrae Road, Bo'ness at about 23:30 on 6 July.
Mr Mouat subsequently left the address at some point during the night and has not been seen since.
Police officers will be in Bo'ness on Friday to speak to people who may have been in the area on 7 July.
In a statement issued through Police Scotland, Mr Mouat's family said: "We're overwhelmed by the support shown by the local and wider community and are extremely grateful to everyone who has offered to help find Arnold.
"This includes the volunteers who assisted the police with searches yesterday morning and afternoon."
Mr Mouat's family said it had been "a very difficult time for all of us".
The statement continued: "We ask anyone who has information that might assist police with their ongoing search effort to please make contact immediately.
"Likewise, Arnold, if you're reading this then please let us know that you're okay."
A public search of the Bo'ness area attended by 59 volunteers was carried out on Thursday.
Police said local and specialist resources had been deployed across Forth Valley, West Lothian and South Queensferry.
Mr Mouat is white, about 6ft 3in tall, with dark receding hair, a tanned complexion, and speaks with a Shetland accent.
He is believed to be wearing distinctive blue running trainers, but the rest of his clothing is unknown.
Insp Jim Young said: "I'd like to pay tribute to Arnold's family who have shown incredible strength during what is undoubtedly a very difficult time.
"I would also like to thank the public for their assistance throughout this investigation, their support has been crucial.
"Unfortunately we are still looking for that key piece of information that will lead to us finding Arnold and give us the answers his family are desperately seeking."
It is the biggest tranche of funding it has ever announced in the region.
The capital - together with additional top-up cash from Stormont - will allow 4,700 low-rent, social homes to be built over the next five years.
The money is being split between the Choice (£150m) and Apex (£130m) housing associations.
The Luxembourg-based bank lends money on low-interest, long-term deals.
Previously it provided £150m towards the cost of the new Ulster University campus in Belfast.
It has also funded road projects, but until recently its activities in Northern Ireland have been considered modest.
Michael McDonnell, Chief Executive of Choice Housing, said the loan was "the most cost-effective long-term finance arrangement ever used in Northern Ireland".
"Ultimately that means we can make public money go further and put more social homes in the areas where they are needed most."
Martin Doherty, chairman of Apex, said the money will underpin Apex's development plans and enable the association to continue its current programme programme of transforming disused brown field sites in Belfast, such as North Queen Street police station.
The professional, who rides for the UK-based Madison Genesis team, will miss a second successive games after illness forced him out of Jersey 2015.
Horton won criterium and road race gold at the 2013 Island Games in Bermuda.
"Next year there will be proper up and coming talent and it will give them an opportunity to step up and experience the Island Games, which is a step onto the Commonwealth Games," he said.
"I've had several team-mates by my side and it will give those guys that have been with me when I won gold in Bermuda their chance to step up and become team leaders themselves, and get their own opportunities to go out and win medals," he told BBC Radio Guernsey.
Horton's Island Games medals
The 2017 event in Gotland also coincides with the British Road Racing Championships.
"It was another thing to factor in as it would have been quite difficult getting there and it may have been I wouldn't have been able to travel with the team," added Horton.
"But I always have and always will love representing Guernsey and I'm 100% sure that it won't be my last Island Games.
"We've also got the Commonwealth Games to look forward to in 2018 and I'm hoping to pull a Guernsey kit on for that, so it's not over and out for me, that's for sure."
Horton is the latest high-profile Channel Island sportsperson to opt out of Gotland 2017 after Jersey international archer Lucy O'Sullivan and professional tennis player Scott Clayton.
First-quarter GDP growth was 0.6%, faster than the October-to December 2016 figure of 0.4%.
Household and state spending were strong, while firms invested money in construction and equipment, said German statistics authority Destatis.
Foreign trade also helped, as exports increased faster than imports.
Germany has the largest economy in the eurozone and its performance is in marked contrast to that of other big countries, such as Italy and France.
However, its relative strength has prompted concern in Brussels.
In February, the European Commission said Germany's current account surplus - which measures the balance of goods, services and investments into and out of the country - was too big.
It said that cutting that surplus would help the whole of the eurozone.
According to five former energy regulators, such a move would have an "adverse effect" on the market and could have "ominous implications".
Their intervention comes amid speculation that the government is poised to announce price controls for customers on standard energy tariffs.
Last week, the prime minister said she would set out energy plans very soon.
Theresa May stated that the energy market was "manifestly not working for all consumers".
The group of former energy watchdog executives warned that previous high-profile interventions, including banning doorstep selling and simplifying the number of available tariffs, had not resulted in consumers being more engaged in the market.
"Regulatory interventions have been counterproductive", they said, and "the temptation to intervene further should be resisted".
They questioned a core finding of the two-year Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) energy market investigation - that the large firms were making excess profits to the tune of £1bn to £2bn a year.
The group of former regulators said that this was in fact a measure of how much lower prices could be if larger suppliers were more efficient.
They added that consequently the CMA itself stepped back from proposing a wide-ranging price cap, as such a measure would result in substantial losses for the sector.
"Retail energy profits are not excessive, loyal customers are not being ripped off, and there is no need to pressure consumers to be more active," the group said.
The former regulators, Prof Stephen Littlechild, Sir Callum McCarthy, Eileen Marshall, Clare Spottiswoode and Stephen Smith, also warned of unintended consequences should the government opt for a price cap.
"Retail energy price controls would have an adverse effect on a market that is working better than is generally realised - and would have ominous implications for other markets."
While most standard tariffs remain lower than they were three years ago, most of the main suppliers have announced or implemented price rises in recent weeks.
That has put pressure on the government to act.
Last week, 50 MPs backed a motion from the Conservative MP John Penrose calling for immediate action from the government to help the 20 million homes on standard variable tariffs.
He claims millions of customers are being "systematically ripped off" and wants to see a "relative price cap" which would require energy firms to price their more expensive standard tariffs at just 6% above their cheapest deals.
Responding in the Commons, Energy Minister Jesse Norman said that the CMA "did important work in highlighting how much consumers are currently losing out on".
He said that recent price rises had underlined the fact that the majority of consumers pay more than they need to.
And he raised expectations that the government was preparing to act.
"We believe that current practice, as it stands, is not acceptable and we will set out proposals to address these issues shortly."
The CMA investigation proposed a price cap for about four million households that use pre-payment meters.
Consumer body Citizens Advice has called for that cap to be extended to all customers who receive money off their bills via the Warm Homes Discount.
But price comparison service uSwitch has warned that any price cap could lead to higher prices, more disengaged customers and suppliers with no reason to offer good deals.
City analysts have estimated such a cap could knock hundreds of millions of pounds off the profits of the major suppliers.
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The Old Bailey heard the only reason 19-year-old Syed Choudhury did not go was because he could not find someone to travel with.
The Cardiff and Vale College student admitted to engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts.
He will serve three years, four months at a young offenders' institution.
Originally from Bradford, Choudhury was living with his aunt in Cardiff.
The court heard he had been radicalised by people he regarded as elders after he left home to study in Cardiff.
His extreme views were revealed when he ranted to officers about Sharia law, saying he wanted to be the one to bring it to the UK while in custody.
"The bluntness of what you said on that occasion is chilling. It reveals your dangerousness," Judge Peter Rook QC, said.
"However I do accept you are immature. You are impressionable to indoctrination.
"You now say 'I'm lucky I came to prison, I'm lucky I got stopped'.
"You have shown some awareness of how misguided your earlier extremist position was."
The court heard how in July 2014, Choudhury took part in a demonstration in Cardiff protesting about the conflict in Gaza.
He carried a banner proclaiming his support for Islamic State which brought him to the attention of anti-terrorism officers.
Prosecutor Sarah Whitehouse QC said in the weeks following the demonstration, Choudhury accessed websites about travelling to Syria and another one that was entitled "10 reasons to join ISIS".
Ms Whitehouse said he also downloaded images that showed his active interest in extremism and had conversations on social media about travelling to Turkey and Syria to fight.
Choudhury was arrested last December and during interview he repeatedly said he supported IS and that he would be happy to kill non-believers under Islamic State rule.
The court also heard throughout 2014 he was downloading extremist ideology and had saved £3,000 working in a fast food restaurant to fund his jihadi travel.
He was due to go on trial on Wednesday at the Old Bailey, but changed his plea after the jury had been sworn in.
Abdul Iqbal QC, defending, said the evidence showed Choudhury's enthusiasm to travel to Turkey or Syria, but said that Choudhury had not got further than making inquiries.
"There are no direct links with anyone in the area of Turkey or Syria who could assist him," he said.
"Naivety, immaturity and lack of insight are the hallmarks of his character," Mr Iqbal said.
Choudhury was vulnerable and was targeted by older individuals in the Cardiff area who indoctrinated him in extremist views, he added.
Following the sentence, South Wales Police Assistant Chief Constable Nikki Holland Police said: "Cardiff is a multi-cultural city and local policing teams, together with partner agencies, work hard to ensure that the people who live there can do so in a safe and peaceful environment.
"It is therefore vital that those who wish to support violent and murderous actions against others are identified both through rigorous policing and the support of communities who can report suspicious actions and behaviour."
Operation Stronghold will run over the next two weekends.
Similar action has reduced problems elsewhere on the network, the force said.
Insp Mike Jones said: "It's about having officers at key locations at key times to reduce crime and keep the travelling public safe."
Murray was drawn in the same quarter as Roger Federer - meaning the pair could face each other in the last eight.
Murray is chasing a fourth Grand Slam title of his career and his first in Melbourne, where he has reached the final five times.
Britain's word number 10 Johanna Konta will face Kirsten Flipkens from Belgium.
Konta's draw places her in the same quarter as Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova and American champion Serena Williams.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic will be aiming for a record seventh Australian Open title with a first round match against Fernando Verdasco.
If Murray can safely find a way through his first ever week as a top seed at a Grand Slam, then he may have the chance to avenge last year's US Open quarter-final defeat to Kei Nishikori.
But Roger Federer may have something to say about that. Now seeded 17, after six months out through injury, the 17-time Grand Slam champion is in Nishikori's section of the draw.
All the British men will face opening round opponents outside the world's top 50, but the women have a tougher draw.
Kirsten Flipkens brings the experience of a Wimbledon semi-final into her match with Johanna Konta, while Heather Watson and Naomi Broady must both face seeded Australians.
Sam Stosur has a very poor record in front of her home fans, however, which should give Watson cause for optimism.
Spain's Verdasco knocked his compatriot Rafa Nadal out in the opening round last year, but went on to lose to Djokovic in their recent clash at the Qatar Open.
Nadal, seeded ninth, will play German Florian Mayer before a possible quarter-final against Canadian Milos Raonic.
In the women's draw, Williams is aiming for her 23rd grand professional slam title.
Her first match will be against Swiss Belinda Bencic.
Defending champion Angelique Kerber will play 61st-ranked Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko.
World number one Kerber is aiming for her third Grand Slam win following her maiden US Open title last year.
At the Sydney International on Thursday, Konta had a 6-2 6-2 win over Eugenie Bouchard.
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Analysis of wood used to build the settlement suggests it was only lived in for a short time before it was destroyed.
Despite this, archaeologists said the site gives an "exquisitely detailed" insight into everyday Bronze Age life.
Evidence of fine fabric-making, varied diets and vast trading networks has been found during the 10-month dig.
The level of preservation at the site, in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, has been compared to that seen at Pompeii, a Roman city buried by ash when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79.
At least five circular houses raised on stilts above the East Anglian fens have been found.
David Gibson, of the Cambridge Archaeological Unit, University of Cambridge, said the site allowed researchers to "visit in exquisite detail everyday life in the Bronze Age".
"Domestic activity within structures is demonstrated from clothing to household objects, to furniture and diet," he said.
"These dwellings have it all, the complete set, it's a 'full house'.
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After the fire, the buildings sank into a river which has helped preserve them.
Evidence, including tree-ring analysis of the oak structures, has suggested the circular houses were still new and had only been lived in for a few months.
The homes were, however, well equipped with pots of different sizes, wooden buckets and platters, metal tools, saddle querns (stone tools for grinding grains), weapons, textiles, loom weights and glass beads.
Archaeologists say beads found at the site originally came from the Mediterranean or Middle East.
Duncan Wilson, chief executive of Historic England, said: "This has transformed our knowledge of Bronze Age Britain.
"Over the past 10 months, Must Farm has given us an extraordinary window into how people lived 3,000 years ago.
"Now we know what this small but wealthy Bronze Age community ate, how they made their homes and where they traded.
"Archaeologists and scientists around the world are learning from Must Farm and it's already challenged a number of longstanding perceptions."
Must Farm was named best discovery at the 2016 British Archaeological Awards.
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Various factors make it "incredibly difficult" for some inmates on Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences to find such proof, he said.
He wants new criteria for freeing IPP prisoners in England and Wales.
The Ministry of Justice said the suggestion had been "taken on board".
IPP sentences were introduced by Labour in 2005 as a way of stopping the release of dangerous prisoners.
But courts were banned from imposing any more IPP sentences in 2012 amid concerns they were being used to hold people for periods which their original offence did not warrant.
In March, 4,133 IPP prisoners continued to be detained, the majority of whom had been convicted of "violence against the person", sexual offences or robbery.
The Parole Board can approve a prisoner's release after the minimum term - the "punishment" part of their sentence - but only if it is satisfied it is not necessary to hold the inmate in the interests of public protection.
It means the prisoner has to prove they do not present a risk and can be safely managed in the community.
In March, about 80% of IPP prisoners - 3,347 - had already served their minimum term but were still locked up.
In his first interview since taking up his post in March, Prof Hardwick told the BBC that procedural delays, problems accessing offending behaviour courses and finding suitable accommodation made it "incredibly difficult" for some IPP prisoners to prove that it was safe for them to be let out.
"Some of them are stuck, festering, in prison long after the punishment part of the sentence," he said.
Ministry of Justice figures show more than 500 IPP prisoners given tariffs of less than two years were still in prison five or more years later.
"Once it gets to that point, they stop making progress and they start going backwards," said Prof Hardwick.
"So this is, I think, a blot on the justice system and I'm very keen we can do something about it."
He said Liz Truss, the new justice secretary, should consider activating Section 128 of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
The clause allows the justice secretary to alter the test which the Parole Board has to apply when releasing prisoners.
Both houses of Parliament would have to agree to the change, but fresh legislation would not be required.
"There are legislative options that will enable us to change the risk test so it's more about 'is there proof that they're dangerous rather than proof that they're safe?' and there are some other measures that can be taken... to try to cut into that group," Prof Hardwick said.
The former Chief Inspector of Prisons said there were three categories of IPP inmate who would benefit most: Those on very short tariffs but still in custody; prisoners held beyond the maximum sentence for the offence they had committed; and offenders who were too frail or elderly to pose a danger.
The Parole Board is also trying to cut the backlog of prisoners awaiting decisions on their release, by hiring more parole panel members and dealing with cases more efficiently.
Prof Hardwick said it was "crazy" to be paying out compensation to inmates held in custody because their cases were delayed due to a lack of resources.
In 2015-16, there were 463 damages claims lodged, five times the number the previous year, with £554,000 paid out in compensation, compared to £144,000 the year before.
"It's not a good use of taxpayers' money," Prof Hardwick said.
"It would be much better to put the money into ensuring that the system is working efficiently so that people get dealt with fairly and get out when they're supposed to and when the courts intended."
The Ministry of Justice said: "The chair of the Parole Board has made a number of recommendations to improve the parole system and reduce the backlog of IPP prisoners.
"Work is ongoing within the department to address these issues and his recommendations have been taken on board".
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The ITV programme, which was first screened in 1967, also featured Tim Brooke-Taylor, Marty Feldman and Aimi Macdonald.
The sketch show was hugely influential for British comedy and led to the creation of Monty Python in 1969.
The BFI described the discovery as "a crucial find".
"It represents a key moment in the history of British television comedy featuring the combined talents of some of its greatest exponents," BFI television consultant Dick Fiddy said.
"These gifted comedians, all in their 20s and 30s, were let off the leash and allowed to experiment with style and content, resulting in shows which have had an enduring influence on comedy worldwide."
"It was ground-breaking in a sense in that it was very silly," former Goodie member Brooke-Taylor told the BBC's Colin Paterson.
"We were thinking, will we get away with it basically?"
The series featured sketches and gags which the Monty Python team would go on to adopt, including the Four Yorkshiremen skit - recently seen at the Python reunion shows earlier this year - and the line: "And now for something completely different..."
Mr Fiddy added: "Cleese, Feldman, Brooke-Taylor and Chapman created, scripted and starred in ...The 1948 Show, and the fact that the show remains very, very funny 47 years later is a tribute to their extraordinary abilities."
The two episodes were found when Mr Fiddy was invited to explore the collection of Sir David Frost, who died last August, and who was executive producer on the show.
They were contained on two reels of 16mm film and had been filmed directly from a television screen.
Rewatching the material after many years "made me laugh a great deal", admitted Brooke-Taylor.
"I think the sketches would be shorter now, but I'm rather pleased with it."
Some of the sketches were previously released on a comedy record, but this is the first time since their original broadcast that any footage has been available to go with them.
Cleese will present the two episodes, on loan from the Frost family, as part of Missing Believed Wiped - the BFI's annual celebration of recovered TV programmes - on 7 December in London.
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Two episodes of 1960s TV comedy At Last The 1948 Show, which starred pre-Monty Python John Cleese and Graham Chapman, have been found after almost 50 years.
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The deal would be the biggest foreign purchase by a Chinese company.
State-owned ChemChina has offered 480 Swiss francs a share in Syngenta and the stock rose 5.8% to 415 Swiss francs in Zurich on Wednesday.
The Swiss company said it was unanimously recommending the offer.
"This is absolutely not a China nationalisation," Syngenta chairman Michel Demare told CNBC.
"ChemChina has a fantastic track record of having not only bought companies outside of China, but also having kept investing in them and developing them and keeping the culture and values in place and I'm absolutely convinced that the same will happen here."
Mr Demare told analysts that ChemChina was "very interested in securing food supply for 1.5 billion people and as a result, knows that only technology can get them there".
The company would remain based in Switzerland, reflecting its attractiveness as a corporate location, he said.
China's economy may be losing steam, but state companies are still on the acquisition trail. Beijing appears determined to secure strategic assets around the world, and low commodity prices have made foreign firms attractively cheap. ChemChina's bid for Syngenta follows its $8bn takeover of the Italian tyre maker Pirelli last year.
So why does China want Syngenta? Food security is likely to have a lot to do with it. The country has a growing population, agricultural land is shrinking under pressure from urban expansion and farmworkers are migrating to the cities.
Syngenta is a key producer of genetically modified seeds and that expertise could help China increase food production and reduce pesticide use. However, that depends on the government winning over a public known to be concerned about potential health risks from GM crops.
The deal itself may face opposition from American regulators - not on competition grounds, but because Syngenta does billions of dollars worth of business in the US, and Chinese influence could be seen as a potential threat to American food security.
It is also likely to annoy the US giant Monsanto, which had its own bid for Syngenta rebuffed last year.
Syngenta shares have risen almost 40% in the past 12 months following a $46bn takeover bid from Monsanto last year.
The company rejected its approaches, leaving some investors unhappy that Syngenta had not entered into talks with the US company.
Chief executive Mike Mack resigned in October - two months after Monsanto ended its pursuit.
However, a combined Monsanta/Syngenta would have faced considerable regulatory hurdles, as it would have create the world's biggest seeds and crop chemicals maker.
ChemChina, in contrast, does not have a big agricultural chemicals business, but will still need regulatory approval in the US and Europe.
Syngenta, however, remained below the agreed price, with some brokers saying the deal carried high execution risks.
Baader Bank warned in a note: "There are still risks for the deal which might delay the takeover process." Those risks included political opposition in Switzerland and possible moves by competitors to complicate the takeover.
Chief executive John Ramsay said he did not expect any major difficulties. "Syngenta is the world leader in crop protection," he said.
"This deal will enable us to maintain and expand this position, while at the same time significantly increasing the potential for our seeds business."
ChemChina chairman Ren Jianxin said talks had been "friendly, constructive and co-operative". He will become chairman of the Swiss company and four of its existing directors will be on the 10-member board.
The Chinese company owns a variety of businesses, including Italian tyremaker Pirelli, German machinery maker KarussMaffei and Israel's biggest pesticides producer.
The deal would be the second-biggest takeover in the chemicals industry in the past year after the $130bn Dow Chemical/DuPont merger announced in December.
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The chairman of Syngenta has denied that the proposed $43bn (£30bn) takeover by ChemChina amounts to a Chinese nationalisation of the Swiss agribusiness giant.
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Researchers compared the proportion of teenagers in England with good grades with figures for those with places at "high status" institutions.
The gap between the groups is not simply due to grades, they conclude.
"We need to talk about other possible causes," said Dr John Jerrim of London University's Institute of Education.
The researchers also looked at the extent of the access gap between the social classes to elite universities in Australia and the United States.
"Although academic achievement is an important factor, a substantial proportion of the elite university access gap in each country remains unexplained.
"This suggests that there are working-class children whom, even though they have the grades to attend, choose to enter a non-selective institution instead," said Dr Jerrim, who led the research.
The study suggests that children of professionals in England are 3.2 times more likely to go to a Russell Group university than working-class children.
But the study found that the gap was not just down to poorer grades among working-class pupils.
Once the researchers had taken pupils' exam achievements into account, they found that teenagers with good grades from professional families were 1.4 times more likely to go to one of these universities than working-class pupils with similar grades.
The research suggests the access gap is in fact less pronounced in England than in the United States and Australia.
In Australia, children of professionals are 2.7 times more likely to attend a highly selective university than their working-class peers but only half of this difference is explicable by high school grades, say the researchers.
In the United States entry to elite private universities is dominated by students from professional backgrounds who are more than six times more likely to attend than those from working-class families.
The researchers say less than half (48%) of the difference is explained by high grades.
The figures for leading US public universities show wealthier students are 3.3 times more likely to attend, with around 40% of the difference explicable by grades, says the study.
The paper will be presented to a summit on university access organised by the education charity Sutton Trust.
Dr Jerrim will also tell the summit about differences in student funding in the three countries.
Bursaries for low and middle-income students at Harvard, for example, can allow them to graduate "debt free", despite fees of more than £37,000 a year, he will say.
Dr Wendy Piatt, director general of the Russell Group, said the report showed the main reason pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds were less likely to go to leading universities "is because they are not achieving the right grades" in the right subjects.
"It is also the case that some very bright students are not encouraged to apply for leading universities. We cannot offer places to those who do not apply or who have not done the right subjects to study their chosen course.
"Access is an issue for leading universities across the globe - there is no silver bullet to this entrenched problem."
Dr Piatt said the group was working hard to tackle the access gap, "pumping millions more into outreach programmes" and publishing advice to help students choose their A-levels.
Pam Tatlow, chief executive of the million+ group said: "The Sutton Trust wrongly assumes that the interests of well-qualified students are best served if they study at a small number of universities which label themselves as elite.
"Students are much more savvy than this. They understand that high-quality, top-class degrees leading to high-flying, professional careers are available at a wide range of universities. It is therefore unsurprising that they choose to study at these universities."
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Players from both sides will defy a Fifa ban on wearing poppies on their armbands when they meet in a World Cup qualifier at Wembley on Armistice Day.
World governing body Fifa has banned symbols with "political, religious or commercial" meanings.
"The poppy commemorates a lot more than that, it is a history of what we are as a team," said interim boss Southgate.
"It represents the team. It is a very important part of history and tradition of what we are as a nation, to have freedom of speech to make statements as we see fit, owes to those people who gave their lives in two wars.
"It was important that we can wear the armbands and it was great to get that resolved last week and for it not to be a distraction."
Southgate expects another "fantastic atmosphere" when England and Scotland meet, but does not wish to see a return to regular fixtures between the two countries.
The annual Home Internationals, featuring England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, were abolished in 1984 and Southgate says his players already encounter enough "British-type" games in their respective leagues.
"I think both sides would like to test themselves against South American opposition, African opposition, other European countries," he added.
"You need to give players that different type of experience.
"Where everything fits into place about fixture planning and playing different types of opposition, for Scotland and ourselves we get lots of British-type matches every week in our leagues."
Southgate has named a 25-man squad for the games against Scotland on Friday and Spain next Tuesday, 15 November.
Forward Theo Walcott's wife is expecting their second child and Southgate is aware the Arsenal forward could "disappear at any time", but Gunners midfielder Jack Wilshere has been recalled to the squad after making a successful start to his season-long loan at Bournemouth.
"There has never been any questioning his quality, I feel he is a player that can play at the highest level," said Southgate.
Tottenham forward Harry Kane is also available after returning to first-team action on Sunday, but team-mate Dele Alli missed out because of injury.
"The first thing I have to do with Harry is check how he is," added Southgate. "It is great to see him back scoring and back scoring and with a smile on his face.
"He [Alli] is a super player, I like him a lot and have worked with him since he was in the Under-18s. It is a shame for us for him to miss two matches with England."
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In remarks on Sunday, North Korea called President Park Geun-hye a "comfort woman", referring to sex slaves during World War Two.
It accused her of pandering to her "pimp", US President Barack Obama, who visited Seoul last week.
He and Ms Park warned Pyongyang against conducting a fourth nuclear test.
Their warning came after reports of increased activity at North Korea's nuclear test site.
In a statement, North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea accused Ms Park of catering to her "powerful pimp", Mr Obama.
It called Ms Park "a wicked sycophant and traitor, a dirty comfort woman for the US and despicable prostitute selling off the nation".
North Korean state media have carried personal attacks on South Korean leaders on many occasions in the past, but the rhetoric directed at Ms Park - the first female president - appears to be particularly vicious.
On Monday, Seoul's Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Eui-do urged Pyongyang to abide by an earlier agreement to stop the rhetoric.
He said the North's continuing "to issue unspeakable curses and foul words is an immoral act".
"If the North has the slightest feeling for its people... it should stop its senseless behaviour and take the path to co-operation and joint prosperity," he was quoted as saying.
Tensions have been high on the Korean peninsula amid reports based on satellite imagery that Pyongyang could be planning to conduct another nuclear test.
North Korea has carried out three such tests in the past, most recently in February 2013.
All resulted in the imposition of sanctions by the UN, which bars Pyongyang from nuclear tests under resolution 1718.
Last week, Mr Obama said that the US and South Korea stood "shoulder to shoulder, both in face of Pyongyang's provocations and our refusal to accept a nuclear North Korea".
Lawro's opponent for this week's fixtures is tennis legend Boris Becker.
The three-time Wimbledon champion and former coach of Novak Djokovic says he has an allegiance with three English teams, as well as Bayern Munich.
The German explained: "Bayern are my favourite team, and not only because I was on their board of directors for 10 years.
"When I was living in Munich, I became good friends with my hero Franz Beckenbauer, plus people like Uli Hoeness and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and many of the Bayern players, and my knowledge of football is a bit better than your average tennis professional.
"My favourite English team is Chelsea. The reason for that is I used to have a flat in Chelsea, and I befriended Frank Lampard.
"He said that before going to watch any other team I should come to Stamford Bridge because I was going to become a Blue. That was about 15 years ago, and I have stuck with it.
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"I live in Wimbledon now so AFC Wimbledon are my local club. I went to a couple of games and I met the president and I support them and hopefully they will get better and come back to the Premier League.
"And Tottenham are another team I follow. I must say hello to my neighbour, Bill, who is a die-hard Spurs fan and I have been to the Lane a couple of times."
You can make your Premier League predictions now, compare them with those of Lawro and other fans, and try to take your team to the top of the leaderboard by playing the BBC Sport Predictor game.
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
For the midweek Premier League games, Lawro got six correct results, with two perfect scores, from 10 Premier League matches. That gave him a total of 120 points.
He beat Fighting Talk host Colin Murray, who also got six correct results, but with one perfect score, for a total of 90 points.
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Boris's prediction: Palace are struggling a little bit and Chelsea are on a roll. The momentum is with them and I think they will keep it going. 1-2
Match report
Middlesbrough 3-0 Swansea
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Boris's prediction: Both teams are struggling a little bit but I'm going for Boro to win at home. 3-1
Match report
Stoke 2-2 Leicester
Lawro's prediction: 1-2
Boris's prediction: Leicester are doing very well in the Champions League but struggling a bit in the Premier League, especially away. Stoke are in better form. 1-0
Match report
Sunderland 1-0 Watford
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Boris's prediction: 1-0
Match report
West Ham 1-0 Hull
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Boris's prediction: It's a surprise for me that West Ham are not doing too well, but I believe in Slaven Bilic and his players. 2-0
Match report
West Brom 0-2 Man Utd
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Boris's prediction: West Brom, at home, are a difficult team to play. Pulis is a very good manager, and his teams are very well organised. But United will win if they come out of their shells. 1-2
Match report
Bournemouth 1-3 Southampton
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Boris's prediction: 1-1
Match report
Man City 2-1 Arsenal
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Boris's prediction: This is the game of the weekend. For me City are the title favourites, I know Pep from Bayern Munich and he is a great guy and a great manager.
Arsenal are not doing too bad either, though. Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has a very strong team but I believe City will win at home. 2-1
Match report
Tottenham 2-1 Burnley
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Boris's prediction: I think Spurs are a force, especially at home, and they are going to win. 2-0
Match report
Everton v Liverpool (20:00 GMT)
Anyone who has even been to a Merseyside derby under the lights will tell you it is always a fantastic atmosphere in the stands and a bit gladiatorial on the pitch, too.
Liverpool are always quick and close the opposition down. Well, on Monday, you have to feel Everton should do the same.
There was a period in their win over Arsenal that Everton got a few big tackles in. That got the whole stadium going and from then on they were up and running.
That will happen from the first second on Saturday, which is why referee Mike Dean could play as big a part as any of the players.
I think Dean is a very good referee but he has shown more red cards per game than any other official to be in charge of more than five Premier League matches this season, and how he handles those challenges - from both teams - will be a huge factor.
These are always just absolutely mad games and, whoever is top or bottom, form has absolutely no bearing on the outcome.
I am going to go with a draw, purely because I don't know what is going to happen.
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Boris's prediction: What a classic. I can't wait. Everton, with Ronald Koeman at the helm, had a good win over Arsenal on Tuesday - but here I have got to support my countryman Jurgen Klopp. I think his Liverpool side are going to get a draw, at least. 1-1
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro's best score: 160 points (week thirteen v Tim Vine)
Lawro's worst score: 30 points (week four v Dave Bautista)
Transport for London (TfL) had been told in 2013 it would eventually have to be self-sufficient with its operating costs.
Today it was told by when.
There will be no more general grants from the government for day-to-day running of services from 2018 - earlier than TfL thought.
That grant currently stands at £591m a year but it will be tapered down.
How it deals with it isn't clear yet, but TfL will undoubtedly have to be more commercial.
It is currently planning to raise £3.4bn by 2020/21 through property, advertising and similar routes.
And it will have to be more efficient; it is currently planning to cut £16bn by 2020/21. That could affect the number of staff.
There will also probably have to be some choices on infrastructure investment in terms of priorities.
What it means is by 2018 London will be the only city in Europe where there is no day-to-day transport subsidy.
That bad news is tempered with some good news for transport bosses.
Previously a £10bn investment had been announced in the run-up to the election until 2019/20.
Today it has been increased to £11bn, covering another year. It breaks down as follows:
So investment in the big ticket infrastructure items such as the Tube upgrades look like they're OK.
But the purse strings just got a little bit tighter at TfL. Some will say this shows TfL is more than capable of looking after itself and this is a vote of confidence.
Others will say it leaves a big hole in TfL's finances that it will now have a big challenge trying to fill.
Whatever way you dress it up, it is still a big cut to transport funding in London.
British-Australian company Rio Tinto and US-based Alcoa said on Tuesday they would relinquish a 44-year-old agreement with the WA government.
The Mitchell Plateau area in the country's Kimberley region will become part of the Kimberley National Park.
At more than two million hectares, the new park will be Australia's largest.
The termination of the deal between the WA government and the two companies will see more than 175,000 acres incorporated into the new Kimberley National Park.
The area being surrendered by the joint mining venture is known for its rich flora and fauna, as well as the spectacular Mitchell and Merthen Falls and indigenous rock art more than 40,000 years old.
The new park will also incorporate the existing Prince Regent, Mitchell River and Lawley River national parks.
Sam Walsh, chief executive of Rio Tinto, acknowledged that the successful development of an alumina refinery on the site - which was part of the deal - had "always proven to be economically challenging".
Mr Walsh said Rio Tinto was "proud to be able to encourage the government's ambition to establish a new National Park in the Kimberley region, with this significant addition to the conservation area".
Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett said: "The Mitchell Plateau and the Mitchell Falls are spectacular and unique landscapes in Australia and will be the jewels in the crown of the new Kimberley National Park.
"I am delighted that thanks to this agreement, this extraordinary landscape will now be conserved."
Legislation will be introduced in Parliament this week to cancel the mining deal and it is expected to receive cross-party support.
The two mining companies have agreed to contribute approximately A$750,000 (£400,000; $590,000) to restore parts of the landscape which have seen exploratory drilling.
Governor Mark Carney said he did not expect inflation to reach the targeted rate of 2% for three years.
The Bank also cut its prediction for UK economic growth in 2015 to 2.9%.
However, the Bank said it expected average salaries to be growing by 2% by the end of 2015.
Earlier, official figures showed average wages excluding bonuses grew by 1.3%, which was just above the latest rate of Consumer Prices Index inflation and the first time it has risen above that measure in five years.
The Office for National Statistics figures also showed that unemployment in the UK fell by 115,000 in the three months to the end of September, to a total of 1.96 million.
The governor said the UK was witnessing "the start of real pay growth".
"We are seeing encouraging signs with respect of pay... we expect this pick-up to accelerate," he told reporters.
However, the governor had more sombre news on the rate of inflation, which the Bank wants to see reach 2%.
In a news conference at the Bank of England, Mr Carney said it was likely he would soon have to write a letter to the Chancellor, George Osborne, explaining why inflation had dropped below 1%.
But he added that inflation was expected to recover in the long term, and that the Bank would continue to keep its interest rate at 0.5% for some time.
The governor also sounded a warning on the state of Europe's economy.
"A spectre is now haunting Europe," he said, "the spectre of economic stagnation, with growth disappointing again and confidence falling back."
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Elsewhere, South Korea thumped Fiji 8-0 - scoring three times in 90 seconds during the second half.
Nigeria, who arrived in Brazil just six hours before their opening match against Japan kicked off, won 5-4.
Striker Oghenekaro Etebo scored four times for the African side.
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Group A - which features Brazil and South Africa - is a four-way tie after Iraq and Denmark also drew 0-0 in front of a sparse crowd inside the Estadio Nacional Mane Garrincha.
Brazil, who were booed off by some of the crowd, had the best chance of their game but new Manchester City forward Gabriel Jesus hit the post from two yards out.
South Africa's Mothobi Mvala was sent off just before the hour after being shown a second yellow card but the London 2012 runners-up could not find a breakthrough.
The men's football tournament started one day before Friday's opening ceremony because of a packed schedule.
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Group B started with an entertaining 2-2 draw between Sweden and Colombia.
The South Americans took the lead through Teofilo Gutierrez before goals from Mikael Ishak and Astrit Ajdarevic put Sweden in front.
A penalty from Dorlan Pabon ensured the points were shared.
Defending champions Mexico were held to a 2-2 draw by Germany in Group C.
The Mexicans took the lead early in the second half through Oribe Peralta but Arsenal midfielder Serge Gnabry levelled soon after.
Rodolfo Pizarro swept Mexico into the lead again but Matthias Ginter, part of Germany's 2014 World Cup-winning squad, powered home a late header to earn his side a point.
Portugal made a winning start in Group D as they beat Argentina 2-0 at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
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Porto striker Goncalo Paciencia opened the scoring midway through the second half, firing home from outside the box.
A goalkeeping error by Geronimo Rulli gifted Portugal a second as he let Pite's tame shot squeeze through his legs.
The other match in that group saw Honduras hold on to beat Algeria 3-2.
The Central American team had a 2-0 lead at the break thanks to goals from Romell Quioto and Marcelo Pereira.
Algeria pulled one back through Sofiane Bendebka before Anthony Lozano re-established the Hondurans' two-goal lead, before Baghdad Bounedjah's late consolation.
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The newborn infant cleared the virus from their bloodstream, but HIV re-emerged soon after antiretroviral treatment stopped.
Doctors had hoped rapid treatment would might prevent HIV becoming established in the body.
Experts said there was "still some way to go" before a cure was found.
Drug treatments have come a long way since HIV came to global attention in the 1980s and infection is no longer a death sentence.
However, antiretrovirals merely clear the virus from the bloodstream leaving reservoirs of HIV in other organs untouched.
The hope was that acting before the reservoirs formed would be an effective cure.
Doctors at the University of Milan and the Don Gnocchi Foundation in the city have reported a case, in the Lancet medical journal, of a baby born to a mother with HIV in 2009.
Drug treatment started shortly after birth and the virus rapidly disappeared from the bloodstream. HIV was undetectable at the age of three.
The doctors said: "In view of these results, and recent reports of apparent cure of HIV infection, and in agreement with the mother, we stopped antiretroviral therapy."
For one week everything seemed fine, but in the second week, after treatment stopped, the virus had returned.
Prof Mario Clerici, from the University of Milan, told the BBC News website: "Just a couple of hours after infection, the virus has already started seeding the organs and hides so therapy cannot eradicate HIV.
"You can treat patients, but you cannot cure them. Right now it is impossible."
In July, a baby girl in the US born with HIV and believed cured after very early treatment was found to still harbour the virus.
Doctors said tests on the four-year-old child from Mississippi indicated she was no longer in remission.
She had appeared free of HIV as recently as March, without receiving treatment for nearly two years.
"A cure for HIV is still at ground zero," said Prof Clerici.
Commenting on the findings Prof Sanjaya Senanayake, from the Australian National University Medical School, said: "This case shows that undetectable HIV in the blood does not mean that the body is free from virus and that there is still some way to go before a cure is found."
Only one person has been "cured" of HIV.
In 2007, Timothy Ray Brown received a bone marrow transplant from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that resists HIV.
He has shown no signs of infection for more than five years.
At the time it sounded fey and facetious, but as was often the way with him, it turned out to be smart and prophetic.
He was outing a vulgar truth from the closet, which is that most artists like to make money, and the way they do it is by making art - it is their product, it is a commodity.
As we know, Warhol's ideas caught on - and not just in the art world.
They inspired a 16 year old called David Jones from Bromley: a young man fed up with his job in advertising who had a yearning for fame. What, he thought, if I turned myself into a product? What if I became a commodity and the fans my consumers?
After a couple of false starts, he launched his first brand called…David Bowie.
Some time later, in a BBC interview, he rationalised what had been instinctive: "I thought, well here I am. I'm a bit sort of mixed up creatively.
"I've got all sorts of things going on, that I'm doing on stage or whatever. I'm not quite sure if I'm a mime or a songwriter or a singer - or do I want to go back to painting again. Why am I doing these things anyway? And I realised it was because I wanted to be well known, basically.
"And that I wanted to be thought of as someone who was very much a trendy person, rather than a trend. I didn't want to be a trend, I wanted to be the instigator of new ideas. I wanted to turn people on to new ideas and new perspectives. And so I had to govern everything around that.
"So I pulled myself in, and decided to use the easiest medium to start off with - which was rock and roll - and to add bits and pieces to it over the years, so that by the end of it, I was my own medium. That's why I do it, to become a medium."
David Bowie is the Steve Jobs of rock, the Picasso of pop. He synthesises influences past and present, drops them into the Bowie Blender, and serves up something fresh and exciting. Jobs would come up with a new product, Picasso a new style; Bowie launches a new persona.
Take Ziggy Stardust for example. In his DNA you'll find Japanese Kabuki theatre, British rock and roll, and late 1960s dystopian sci-fi. Bowie turned pop art into post modernism, where superficiality and altered images were designed to question the certainty of past generations.
Here was a product wanted by British youth and by Young Americans. A pink-haired, cat-suit-wearing, androgynous-looking style leader - a new hero who dared a generation to be different. Or as those Apple ads would a quarter of a century later say, to think different.
While the Rolling Stones and Dylan were defined by their music and therefore to a certain extent trapped, Bowie was defined more as a character actor - a vaudevillian performer, which meant he was free to ring the ch…ch…changes whenever he wanted.
Here's what Bowie said about that in another BBC interview: "One painting isn't the painter's life. And often a painter will do a lot of paintings and he's only satisfied with a couple in his entire career, and that applies to me definitely.
"I'm only happy with a couple of albums. Occasionally I'll strike on something that's very good. But you can't set out and do a painting and say 'this is it', but it is it. You just hope and try and if it doesn't work, you put it to one side and try another one."
To paraphrase his mentor, Andy Warhol, Bowie's best art has been good for business. For an avant-garde artist his estimated fortune of £100m is impressive, especially as he has stepped off the lucrative touring circuit for most of this century. But it could have been a lot more.
His early publishing agreements and tour arrangements were not the sophisticated financial deals made by someone with a Harvard MBA, but with an A-level in art from a tech college in South London.
And his venture into the world of high finance in the mid-1990s is considered by some to have been part of the 'securitisation' craze that led to today's global financial crisis.
The infamous Bowie Bonds of 1997 saw the worlds of rock and stock merge in a deal in which bonds were issued against Bowie's future income.
But for once the musician's grasp of the zeitgeist had momentarily loosened, and he failed see the negative impact digital downloads was going to have on music sales.
Author Paul Trynka, who wrote the Bowie biography Starman, thinks he knows what led to this loss of trend-spotting form.
"When he got to the point where he realised he didn't own his own music, I believe that inspired a full-blown mental breakdown," he says.
"Everyone talks about his cocaine period - that came at the same time that he realised that his manager, Tony Defries, owned all of his music. Here's a guy who'd made all these massive sacrifices to make music, and he doesn't own it all.
"That really bothered him. He didn't talk about it - and in a way, that in itself is significant. The desire to control his music is what led to the creation of Bowie bonds.
"Ultimately, those bonds were classed as junk. It's something that didn't seem to benefit many artists in the long run - and there are some people who speculated that the notion of issuing bonds kicked off the crash of 2008. So they worked for him, but not for many other people."
What has worked is David Bowie's comeback album The Next Day. Without subjecting himself to any interviews, or taking on an exhausting tour, it has garnered praise, headlines and now a number one spot in the charts - the first time Bowie has enjoyed pole position for 20 years.
And with it comes the launch of a new image; that of a nostalgic legendary rock star called David Bowie. It's a brand he has reinforced by making his own back catalogue the album's subject.
Hence, perhaps, the no interviews policy and a career retrospective at the V&A in which he did not participate: this new persona wants us all to focus on his past, not his present.
Clever stuff. Worthy of Andy Warhol himself.
At each performance, audiences are being invited to turn up dressed as a fish or fisherman to get a complimentary ticket in a private box.
The play, which Rylance co-wrote with American poet Louis Jenkins, opens in November at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
It has had previous runs at Harvard University in Cambridge and St Ann's Warehouse in New York.
According to the play's website, four free tickets will be available for each performance to those who "come dressed as a fish or fisherman (with your fishing rod)".
"Tickets located in Box A and B only, and allocated at the discretion of the Box Office. Don't be shellfish, bring a friend!" it says.
Nice Fish will be directed by Claire van Kampen, who also directed her husband Rylance in her Olivier Award-winning Farinelli and the King in the West End and at Shakespeare's Globe.
The story involves two old friends, Ron (Rylance) and Erik (Jim Lichtscheidl), on a fishing trip to a frozen Minnesota lake. It sees Rylance draw on his experiences as a teenager in the frozen winters of the American Midwest.
Rylance won an Oscar this year for his role in Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies. He also plays the title role in Spielberg's film of Roald Dahl's The BFG.
Nice Fish is at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London, 15 November 2016 - 21 January 2017.
The 40-year-old, who is leaving League One outfit Alloa Athletic, will be introduced to the media on Wednesday.
Ross, who had a two-year spell in the Buddies defence, was appointed manager by Alloa in December 2015.
He told St Mirren's website: "I have fond memories of my time in Paisley as a player and can't wait to get started."
The Buddies, who sit bottom of their table, sacked former Rangers midfielder Alex Rae last month.
St Mirren chairman Gordon Scott, who bought the club in July in association with a fans group, said: "I was very impressed with Jack when we got a chance to meet and am delighted to have him on board as our new manager.
"One of the big plus points for me was Jack being with Hearts at a time when their supporters got involved in the ownership of their club."
Although he was unable to prevent Alloa being relegated from the Championship last season, Ross signed a new one-year contract this summer and they presently sit in third place.
Ross, whose Alloa side won their first 10 games of the season, was a full-back with Clyde, Hartlepool United, Falkirk, St Mirren and Hamilton Academical.
He started his coaching career as assistant manager at Dumbarton before taking over the development team at Hearts.
Alloa have yet to comment other than a website statement thanking Jack for his services and wishing him luck in his new job.
Scotland is now one of the few nations in the world to offer the vaccination to all infants.
The vaccination will be given in three doses at two months, four months and a year.
Babies aged two months when the vaccine is introduced will be eligible.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has also advised that when the programme starts there should be a one-off, catch-up programme for infants aged three months and four months who will be attending for their routine vaccinations.
Additionally, in response to an increase in the number of cases of meningitis W, a MenACWY vaccine will be introduced to replace the MenC vaccine used in the adolescents and university freshers vaccination programmes.
From 1 August that vaccine will be offered to students under the age of 25 attending university for the first time this autumn, along with a catch-up programme for all 14 to 18-year-olds.
Scottish Health Secretary Shona Robison said: "These two new vaccination programmes will offer families in Scotland extra peace of mind.
"We're delighted to be one of the first countries in the world to introduce a nationwide MenB vaccination programme to help tackle the effects of this disease, which can be devastating for children and their families.
"The Scottish government has been consistent in its support for the introduction of this vaccine and today's announcement underlines our commitment to ensuring the health and wellbeing of our children."
She added: "Around 1,200 people - mainly babies and children - get meningitis B each year in the UK, and around one in 10 die from the infection.
"I am also very pleased to see the expedited launch of the MenW vaccine prevention programme for teenagers. This vaccine also protects against MenA, MenC and MenY, making sure young people are protected at such an important time in their academic lives."
Meningitis B is a bacterial infection that particularly affects children under the age of one.
It commonly affects children under five years of age, and is also common among teenagers aged 15 to 19.
The vaccination will be given in three doses at two months, four months and 12 months, with all babies in Scotland aged two months at the point of introduction being eligible.
There are about 1,870 cases of the infection each year in the UK.
Symptoms include a high fever with cold hands and feet, confusion, vomiting and headaches.
Most children will make a full recovery with early diagnosis and antibiotic treatment, although it is fatal in one in 10 cases.
About one in four of those who survive is left with long-term problems such as amputation, deafness, epilepsy and learning difficulties.
Sue Davie, chief executive of Meningitis Now, said: "Today's announcement is a tribute to the tireless and selfless efforts of our supporters, for many of whom sadly these vaccines come too late. We are ready to support the introductions in any way we can."
Mary Millar, Scotland manager of Meningitis Research Foundation, said: "These two programmes are the culmination of years of research which will spare countless families the trauma of seeing a loved one die or left seriously disabled by meningitis and septicaemia."
Gemma Lessells' son Matthew contracted meningitis B in 2010 when he was 13 months old.
The Inverkeithing mother said: "He was quiet and had a temperature at 4pm. He started being sick at 6pm and by 10pm he was in hospital fighting for his life.
"He had cannulas everywhere, they were taking his blood pressure every 15 minutes. His heart rate was 210 and his temperature on admission was 40.9.
"We were incredibly lucky - Matthew survived, though has delayed expressive speech and suffered night terrors following his hospital stay.
"We are also in the process of discussing possible behavioural side effects with his health visitor, but other than that we have a gorgeous healthy happy boy with a laugh that lights up a room
"I would not want any parent or child to go through what we did, and welcome news of the implementation of these two new vaccines in Scotland."
Keith Harrison, who is based in County Donegal, has said that he was the subject of untrue abuse accusations.
On Tuesday, the Irish government agreed to a public inquiry into the handling of allegations against Maurice McCabe.
Sgt McCabe had claimed there was corruption in the Republic of Ireland's driving licence penalty points system.
He was later investigated by the Republic's child and family agency over allegations of abuse, that were later found to be untrue.
A commission has now been established to examine whether there was a smear campaign against Sgt McCabe, orchestrated by senior police officers.
In 2009, Garda Keith Harrison prosecuted a colleague for alleged drink driving, despite opposition from senior officers.
As a result, he claims, he was subjected to bullying and harassment by colleagues.
Garda Harrison's solicitor told Irish broadcaster RTÉ that his client wanted "truth and justice".
In a statement, Garda Harrison said: "I did not become a whistleblower lightly, given the devastating effect it has had on our family.
"Whistleblowers are a fundamental part of any organisation and should be encouraged and supported to do the right thing, without fear or favour, otherwise they will not come forward into the future.
"I demand that my case be included in any inquiry/commission of investigation by the government and political establishment. We will not rest until this happens," he added.
The party's deputy leader Angus Roberson pointed out that Theresa May has pledged to consult with devolved administrations over Brexit.
With an election looming at Stormont, Mr Robertson questioned if Article 50 could be triggered in March as planned.
Mrs May said with ministers still in place, her government was still able to take Northern Irish views on board.
The prime minister was also asked about the Scottish Brexit proposals published by Nicola Sturgeon during her weekly question session, while Labour's Ian Murray accused her of being "a threat to the Union".
Meanwhile, Scottish Brexit minister Mike Russell is in London for talks with his UK government counterpart David Davis.
After deputy first minister Martin McGuinness resigned in protest over the botched handling of a heating scheme, which could cost taxpayers £490m, his party Sinn Féin has said it will not enter negotiations and is preparing for an election.
Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire said it was "highly likely we are heading towards an election".
During prime minister's questions, Mr Robertson, who leads the SNP group at Westminster, said it "stands to reason" that this could affect the timetable for Brexit.
He said: "The prime minister has indicated that she wants to take the views of the elected representatives and the devolved institutions on Brexit seriously.
"So it stands to reason that if there is no Northern Irish assembly, and there is no Northern Irish executive for much of the time before the March timetable she has set before invoking Article 50, then she will be unable to properly consult, to fully discuss and to find agreement on the complex issues during this time period.
"In these circumstances, will the prime minister postpone invoking Article 50, or will she just plough on regardless?"
Mrs May responded: "We want to ensure that we do hear views from all parts of the United Kingdom.
"I'm clear that first of all we can find a resolution to the political situation in Northern Ireland so we can continue to see the assembly government continuing.
"But I've also been clear that in the discussions we have, it is still the case that ministers are in place, and that obviously there are executives in place, and we are able to take the views of the Northern Ireland."
Later in the session, Labour MP Ian Murray said Mrs May's "lack of priority for the single market is putting jobs in Scotland and the economy at risk".
The prime minister has said the UK cannot expect to hold on to "bits" of its EU membership after leaving.
The Edinburgh MP said the suggestion that ties with the single market may be cut meant Mrs May's government "is as big a threat to the Union as the SNP".
He added: "Her government is not worthy of the trust of Scots let alone their blind trust. So will the prime minister take this opportunity to apologise for threatening the Union and give a solemn promise to every single person in this country that they will not be a penny worse off after a Tory Brexit?"
Mrs May accused Mr Murray of "downplaying" the opportunities Brexit could offer the UK..
She said: "You will be very well aware that I want to see the best possible trade deal for the United Kingdom with the EU, the best possible deal for trading with and operating within the single European market.
"Unlike the sort of downplaying that you do about the approach that we are taking I have to say it is this government that is ambitious for the opportunities that are available to this country once we leave the European Union."
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has put forward a set of "compromise" proposals for Brexit, which Mrs May was questioned about by SNP MP Chris Law.
She told the Dundee West MP that her government would set out more detail for its Brexit plans in "a matter of weeks".
The prime minister added: "I would like just to remind the honourable gentleman when he talks about the Scottish Government's plan that of course it is his party, the Scottish Nationalist Party, that wants to leave the United Kingdom and therefore leave the European Union."
Enrique made seven changes to the side that beat Real Betis 6-2 in the champions' previous fixture, with Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Andres Iniesta used as substitutes.
"I am the one ultimately responsible for all the bad things that happen," said Enrique.
The result was Enrique's fifth home loss in two seasons as Barca manager.
Alaves' win, secured by Ibai Gomez's goal after Jeremy Mathieu had equalised for Barcelona just after half-time, was their first in the league at the Nou Camp since 2000.
The defeat came three days before Barcelona host Celtic in their opening Champions League group game on Tuesday night.
"Many of the changes came from the circumstances surrounding us, but we have 22 players and we are going to use everyone this season," added Enrique.
"We lacked fluidity, precision and we were fragile in defence, which is one of the things that normally makes us strong."
Messi and Suarez were among a number of Barcelona players to have been away on World Cup qualifying duty before the game, while Enrique gave debuts to former Ajax goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen and striker Paco Alcacer, who signed from Valencia in August.
The Heritage Lottery Fund has provided £99,600 to create the "Digging In" trenches in Pollok Country Park.
Work will begin in August and the trenches will be open to the public on 19 September during Doors Open Week.
A programme of public events and school visits, where there will be hands-on learning activities and history events, will be held until November 2018.
The reconstructions will be informed by field manuals that were issued to troops, as well as soldiers' diaries and evidence from excavations on the Western Front.
Their location in Pollok Country Park will highlight the role of Pollok House in World War One, from its use as an auxiliary hospital for convalescing soldiers to the memorial commemorating the 58 people from the estate who served in the conflict.
The programme of events aim to convey how soldiers managed to survive in the hostile environment of the Western Front and the conflict's impact on communities on the Home Front.
The trenches will also act as a hub for learning about the war's impact on mental health, the role of women, advances in medicine, technology, aerial photography and mapping, influences on contemporary art and literature, and the origins of the Forestry Commission.
The work is being carried out through a partnership between Northlight Heritage, Glasgow City Council, the University of Glasgow and Stewart's Melville College.
Dr Tony Pollard, director of the Centre for Battlefield Archaeology at the University of Glasgow, said: "As a conflict archaeologist who has excavated trenches and graves on the Western Front, I know it is impossible to step back in time and fully appreciate what it was like to have been there during the Great War.
"But I am really looking forward to Digging In, and applying what I have learned in helping to create a unique learning environment, within which it will be possible for children and adults alike to get a visceral insight into the semi-subterranean world in which soldiers lived and in so many cases died."
Glasgow's Lord Provost Sadie Docherty said: "Digging In is destined to become a huge attraction because we will be recreating, as authentically as possible, the incredibly difficult conditions our military had to endure.
"I'm confident it will have a huge impact on everyone who visits and help highlight the futility of war. Above all, I want as many people as possible to reflect, 100 years later, on the courage and suffering of everyone affected by the conflict.
"Countless stories of personal sacrifice and trauma punctuate the period. It's important we do not forget the profound effect the Great War had on the world."
Boyd arrowed in a low half-volley after a poor headed clearance from returning City captain Vincent Kompany.
The visitors had wasted chances as Edin Dzeko had a shot saved by Tom Heaton and Sergio Aguero headed just over.
Pablo Zabaleta went to ground late on, but City's appeals for a penalty were rejected by referee Andre Marriner.
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The shock defeat means second-placed City remain five points behind leaders Chelsea, who have two matches in hand.
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho said on Friday the title race was already over and that his team would be celebrating in May.
City responded with a disappointing performance and a result that severely dents their hopes of winning a third title in four years.
They had only won three of their past 10 matches in all competitions before facing a Burnley side with only one victory in their previous 11 games in 2015.
But apart from a low save to deny Dzeko, and tame efforts from Aguero and Wilfried Bony that were straight at him, Burnley goalkeeper Heaton had little to do.
Kompany, dropped for City's last match against Leicester, should have done better than head the ball into Boyd's path from Kieran Trippier's free kick. Nevertheless, the Scotland international produced a spectacular finish to shoot past England goalkeeper Joe Hart.
Victory moves Sean Dyche's side, Championship runners-up last season, up a position to 18th, only one point behind 17th-placed Sunderland.
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City's season, meanwhile, is in danger of falling apart. They will need to quickly regroup as they play at the Nou Camp on Wednesday looking to overturn a 2-1 deficit in their Champions League last-16 tie with Barcelona.
Burnley had to ride their luck late on as Aguero headed over, and Zabaleta went down in the penalty area under a challenge from Ben Mee, but referee Marriner waved away City's calls for a penalty.
Not even the introduction of forwards Bony and Stevan Jovetic and midfielder Frank Lampard, making his 600th Premier League appearance, could see the visitors grab an equaliser as the Clarets held on for a memorable victory.
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini said:
"It was a normal performance. I don't think we played very bad. We had three or four chances. Burnley had just one shot on target and scored one goal, but we need to create more chances.
"I don't think we created the amount of chances we need to score goals."
On his side's fading title hopes, Pellegrini added: "Every point we drop will be more difficult. When you have mathematical chances you must try to continue fighting. But the most important thing is to trust in what we are doing, try to win the next game and we will see at the end of the season where we finish."
Match ends, Burnley 1, Manchester City 0.
Second Half ends, Burnley 1, Manchester City 0.
Attempt saved. Scott Arfield (Burnley) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stephen Ward with a headed pass.
Foul by Martín Demichelis (Manchester City).
Ashley Barnes (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Hand ball by Wilfried Bony (Manchester City).
Attempt blocked. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Wilfried Bony.
Substitution, Burnley. Steven Reid replaces Danny Ings.
Attempt missed. Danny Ings (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ashley Barnes.
Foul by Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City).
Jason Shackell (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Wilfried Bony (Manchester City).
Danny Ings (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Burnley. Stephen Ward replaces Sam Vokes.
Attempt missed. Stevan Jovetic (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Frank Lampard (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Hand ball by Ashley Barnes (Burnley).
Attempt blocked. Jesús Navas (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gaël Clichy.
Substitution, Manchester City. Frank Lampard replaces Yaya Touré.
Attempt missed. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Yaya Touré with a cross.
Attempt saved. Ashley Barnes (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sam Vokes.
Attempt saved. Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergio Agüero.
Attempt missed. Fernandinho (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Substitution, Manchester City. Stevan Jovetic replaces David Silva.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Jason Shackell.
Attempt blocked. Yaya Touré (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Silva.
Michael Duff (Burnley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Michael Duff (Burnley).
Attempt missed. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Yaya Touré with a cross.
Offside, Burnley. Kieran Trippier tries a through ball, but Danny Ings is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Fernandinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Ashley Barnes.
Substitution, Manchester City. Wilfried Bony replaces Edin Dzeko.
Goal! Burnley 1, Manchester City 0. George Boyd (Burnley) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
Martín Demichelis (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Martín Demichelis (Manchester City).
Danny Ings (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Edin Dzeko (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by David Silva.
Tycoon Sir Terry Matthews was revealed as part of the group which includes Port Talbot plant boss Stuart Wilkie.
It comes as the UK government said it was prepared to take a 25% stake after a takeover.
UK Business Secretary Sajid Javid said it was "clear evidence" of the extent of that commitment.
It is expected to amount to "hundreds of millions of pounds" of commercial loans, according to the prime minister's office.
The Welsh Government was involved in the joint announcement and said it was part of the financial support package.
First Minister Carwyn Jones said: "We're committed to supporting any credible bid to secure steel making in Wales.
"We have worked with the UK government to put in place this significant package of support and we believe that this will help secure a successful sale of Tata Steel's operations in Wales and the rest of the UK."
The consortium also represents workers, managers, customers, Neath Port Talbot council and includes economists along with Sir Terry, who is chairman of Swansea Bay City Region.
It was brought together by businessman Simon Gibson, an associate of Sir Terry, and met for the first time on Monday and again on Thursday.
It is being led by Newport-born Roger Maggs, who has 27 years experience of the metals industry and was recently appointed chairman of the new Port Talbot Waterfront enterprise zone.
He worked for Alcan Aluminium globally and is the founder, along with Sir Terry, of investment firm, Celtic House Venture.
"It's wonderful news and it gives legitimacy to the efforts that other people are making," said Mr Maggs about hearing of the support package.
"It shows someone believes in the idea."
He said he was "just as determined but much more confident".
Mr Maggs told BBC Wales the management's "wide-ranging" rescue plan, which was rejected by Tata in India, was "viable" and he believed it could be delivered by early 2018.
He said there were economic reasons for wanting to save the plant but he also went around the plant on a seven hour tour last week and spoke to workers.
"The feeling I got from everyone - not what I was expecting - it was obsession with what they were doing, they absolutely love their jobs and I think that's another reason to get stuck in," he added.
Sir Terry said it was a strategically important industry and he would potentially look to invest himself if it was needed.
"I'm looking forward to a future which is the next generation steel - lower power, better quality, global market," he said.
The consortium is in the process of going through the numbers and details of a management buy-out.
BBC Wales revealed earlier this week that Mr Wilkie was involved in a management buy-out proposal for the UK operations.
More details are now emerging of those involved in the proposal.
The steel union Community said it would welcome "prompt discussions with Stuart Wilkie and any management buyout option".
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On Wednesday, Tata said it had reached out to 190 potential bidders for its Port Talbot site.
A spokesman said: "We are trying to find a responsible buyer. We don't want the process to last forever - our main aim is to find the right buyer."
Tata Steel directly employs 15,000 workers in the UK and supports thousands of others, across plants in Port Talbot, Rotherham, Corby, Shotton and Teesside.
The UK operations are losing about £1m a day, but Tata has not set a deadline for a sale.
Tata is selling its entire loss-making UK business and has asked for expressions of interest as part of the sales negotiations process.
The crisis that has hit the steel industry has been driven by falling prices and a global oversupply.
In the UK, high energy costs and cheaper Chinese imports have exacerbated the issue.
Steel company Liberty House, owned by Sanjeev Gupta, has publicly expressed an interest in buying the Port Talbot works.
The man entered Hussain's General Store, in Wellshot Road in the city's Tollcross area, at 18:15 on Monday.
He threatened a member of staff with a firearm before making off with a three-figure sum of cash and cigarettes.
The suspect is described as white and had his face covered with a Burberry or Aquascutum scarf. He is about 5ft 6in tall with a slim build.
At the time of the robbery, he was wearing a dark boiler suit with a cream hooded top underneath.
He was also wearing a baseball cap, black shoes and was carrying a dark holdall over his shoulder.
Afterwards, the man fled into Ardgay Street and got into a silver Vauxhall Astra.
Det Sgt Raymond Hunter, of Police Scotland, said: "We are reviewing available CCTV footage and carrying out door-to-door inquiries.
"I would appeal to anyone who was in the area at the time of the incident to contact us. Did you perhaps notice the man prior to the incident or did you see the suspect leave the shop and get into the silver car?
"If you have any information or knowledge about this crime or the suspect then please do get in touch."
President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov was also quoted in the official media as saying new parties could also be formed, but that it should not happen too soon.
The ex-Soviet state has seen some liberalising reforms in recent years.
But critics say the changes are only cosmetic, and that the government does not tolerate dissent.
Turkmenistan is the only former Soviet republic where all media is state-controlled. The authorities monitor media outlets, operate printing presses and lay down editorial policies.
"I will order proposals to be submitted for the establishment of private newspapers and magazines," Mr Berdymukhamedov said to officials, according to government paper Neutral Turkmenistan.
He suggested that the Union of Private Industrialists and Entrepreneurs take a lead on the issue.
It is unclear whether the move was restricted to business and trade publications.
Turkmenistan is the largest gas producer in Central Asia.
The country has made moves towards liberalisation since the death of its autocratic leader, Saparmurat Niyazov, in 2006.
However opposition figures say it remains one of the most repressive and corrupt regimes in the world.
Reporters without Borders said Turkmen authorities had refused to let a journalist travel to the Netherlands to seek medical treatment for a detached retina.
"The government's refusal to permit it seems to be an act of pointless and incomprehensible cruelty," the media watchdog said in a statement.
Annamamed Myatiyev and his wife, also a reporter, had worked for Neutral Turkmenistan but had been fired.
The club say they are "deeply saddened" by the death of the England Under-20 international, who had been at the club since the age of 13.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with Seb's family and friends at this difficult time," Quins director of rugby Conor O'Shea said.
"He will be sorely missed by the whole squad as well as by the wider club."
Adeniran-Olule, who played three first-team games for Harlequins, represented England at Under-16, Under-18 and Under-20 level.
He made four appearances at the Under-20 World Cup in Italy last year, where England finished runners-up to New Zealand.
O'Shea described the former Whitgift and Wellington College pupil as an "incredible talent", while John Fletcher of the Rugby Football Union said the front-row forward was an "absolute pleasure to be around".
"He was one of the most skilful players in his position I have ever seen," Fletcher, the national academy development manager, told the RFU website.
"He always played the game with a big smile on his face and could do some phenomenal things with the ball.
"As a character he was quiet, had incredible work rate, was popular and first to learn. On the pitch he would get you off your seat and as a front-row player that is fairly rare.
"He should be remembered as a great kid, I loved coaching him. It's a tragic loss."
Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford scored as 67,401 at NRG Stadium watched United win 2-0 in the first Manchester derby outside England.
New signing Lukaku beat City keeper Ederson Moraes to Paul Pogba's pass on 37 minutes. Then Rashford drove in Jesse Lingard's pass two minutes later.
"I'm really pleased," said Mourinho.
"I'm sure Pep [Guardiola] is the same. The most important thing was to give the players high quality training."
City came close to reducing the deficit when Fernandinho's long-range shot was tipped over by Sergio Romero. And City boss Guardiola was delighted with the performance of 17-year-old midfielder Phil Foden, who was making his first-team debut.
"I don't have words to describe what I saw," Guardiola said. "His performance was at another level. He loves the club. He is a City fan. He is a gift.
"Maybe this season he will stay with us because he is special. Creating chances, always in the best position."
It was the first derby since the bombing at Manchester Arena on 22 May and both teams wore shirts with the distinctive 'worker bee' logo, which will be auctioned off to raise money for the victims.
The 'gift' Pep Guardiola spoke of after the game comes from the Manchester City-supporting heartland of Stockport.
Foden has been at the club in some capacity since he was six and scored in last season's FA Youth Cup final against Chelsea.
He also netted for England in their European Under-17 Championship final defeat by Spain in Croatia, where he started every game.
Foden is also a fine passer of the ball and has an uncanny ability to get past opponents.
He is probably too small to be considered for Premier League duty in his favoured central midfield role at present but it is easy, looking ahead, to see him having a similar kind of impact at City as David Silva.
Ukrainian Volodymyr Pidodvirnyy, 37, of Manchester, admitted possessing two false Latvian driving licences as identification documents.
Mold Crown Court heard he obtained a 12-month visa to work in the UK in 2005, but stayed after it expired.
Judge Rhys Rowlands said: "The irony is that having helped to build a prison you end up as an inmate in one."
Immigration enforcement officers raided the site of the new £212m Berwyn Prison on 15 April.
Latvia joined the EU in 2014, so the driving licences were to be used to show Pidodvirnyy could work legally in the UK.
Prosecutor Emmalyne Downing said she had not established whether the defendant had been served with deportation documents and would leave it to the immigration authorities.
Hitesh Keshvala, defending, said his client left Ukraine because of family poverty, worked legally for 12 months at a hotel in Cumbria under a visa, but when it expired he made inquiries about extending it and was told it would be unlikely.
Conditions in Ukraine had not improved so he made a decision to remain in the UK to seek further work.
HMP Berwyn will hold 2,000 inmates when it opens in 2017.
Daniel Fox, 29, from St Helens, was found with a knife wound on the corner of Westfield Street and North John Street at about 03:20 BST on Friday.
A post-mortem examination found he died from a single stab wound to his body.
Leighton William Holt, 20, of Custley Hey, Stockbridge Village, was remanded by Liverpool magistrates' to appear at the city's crown court on 28 November.
Korean Air is believed to be the only major carrier to routinely have the weapons on board.
The airline is ramping up training for staff using the guns after criticism for the way it handled a recent in-flight disturbance.
In that incident, US singer Richard Marx was among passengers who helped restrain an unruly passenger.
Afterwards, both Mr Marx and his wife Daisy Fuentes used social media to claim that the crew was "ill-trained".
Ms Fuentes wrote on Instagram: "They didn't know how to use the Taser and didn't know how to secure the rope" around the passenger.
Taser is a brand name of a electric stun gun. The reference surprised many who did not expect airlines to carry the weapons, which are more commonly used by police.
The carrier told the BBC it first introduced electric stun guns in 2002.
It now carries at least one set of weapons on every plane, with two sets on its A380 jumbo jets.
A Korean Air spokesman said that of the five incidents, three involved the gun being fired.
In those instances, the gun used compressed air to fire darts that release a 50,000-volt electric charge, designed to temporarily paralyse the target.
In the two other cases, the weapon was used as a stun gun, with the electric current fired directly into the passenger, with the weapon held against them at close range.
Korean Air would not give further details about what prompted each incident, when they occurred or what happened to the passengers.
But it confirmed all took place while the aircraft were airborne.
After the incident involving Mr Marx, the airline said it was training its crews to use the weapons more "readily" against violent passengers.
It also invited media to see a session where crew were practising using Tasers.
Korean Air's former president, Chi Chang-hoon, said Asian airlines had not followed US carriers in tackling on-board violence and suggested "Asian culture" was to blame.
However, the airline's spokesman said that current protocol limited cabin crews to using tasers "only during life threatening situation or when the safety of an aircraft is threatened".
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said airlines were not required to inform them if they carried the weapons on board.
Several major carriers contacted by the BBC declined to comment on whether or not they had Tasers on board, citing security concerns.
But some large airlines including Etihad, Malaysia Airlines and India's Jet Airways confirmed they did not carry electric stun guns.
And sources at other global carriers, including Emirates and Lufthansa, also said they were not part of standard on-board kit, although the airlines did not officially confirm this.
However, most airlines do carry equipment to restrain disruptive passengers including ropes, cuffs and adhesive tape.
There is some risk to using Tasers or other similar stun guns, although this tends to revolve around the harm to those hit by them.
In the UK, there have been at least 17 deaths linked to the use of stun guns since they were introduced by police in 2003.
And while not ideal to use one on a plane, there is not thought to be any great risk to the safety of a plane if a Taser was activated.
Bear in mind that proponents of air marshals (see below) argue that even when using regular gunfire on a flight - the level of risk is manageable.
Unruly behaviour on aircraft is a growing problem according to a study by IATA, with a sharp rise of incidents in 2015.
Incidents of people getting in fights, being verbally abusive or refusing to follow cabin crew orders were up by 17%.
Alcohol or drug use was identified as a factor in one-in-four incidents.
In 11% of cases, there was physical aggression or even damage to the aircraft.
Some 10,854 incidents of passengers disrupting flights were reported to IATA last year, up from 9,316 incidents in 2014. That's one incident for every 1,205 flights.
An air marshal is an undercover armed guard on board a commercial aircraft, to counter hijackings and other hostile acts.
In the event of an imminent threat from a passenger, air marshals say they are trained to respond with lethal force.
Their use was ramped up, especially in the US, after the 11 September 2001 attacks.
It is thought there are now several thousand marshals employed by the US Department for Homeland Security, compared with the 33 flying regularly pre-9/11.
Israel's El Al has had armed marshals operating on its flights for more than 30 years.
IATA says that - perhaps not surprisingly - countries which do employ air marshals, do not disclose which flights they are on.
The Violence Research Group analysed data from 91 emergency units across Wales and England.
A total of 210,213 people needed hospital treatment after violent incidents last year, up 1,299 on the previous year.
One expert said the "long, steady decline" in violence may have ended.
There was significant change among the over-50s, with an 8% rise in violence against that age group.
Prof Jonathan Shepherd, the group's director, said: "After successive annual falls in overall levels of violence in England and Wales, this is the first time since 2008 violence in England and Wales serious enough to result in hospital treatment shows no real change.
"This finding is also consistent with the latest report from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, which also found that rates of violent incidents were no different in the year ending September 2015, compared with the previous 12 months.
"It is possible that the long, steady decline in violence in England and Wales has come to an end."
Men and boys were two-and-a-half times more likely than women and girls to receive treatment after suffering violence.
The most at-risk category was men aged 18-30, who were most likely to be treated on a Saturday or Sunday in May, August or December.
Prof Shepherd said cuts in funding for CCTV monitoring and crime analysis could be one reason why overall violence appeared to have levelled.
"Public health practitioners and policy makers responsible for tackling community violence in England and Wales need to take note and consider refreshing current violence prevention initiatives, especially if trends in 2016 are similar," he added.
"I just feel it would not be a relaxing evening at the theatre," he said of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
"I assume every night there are 1,000 Harry Potter fans in the audience," he continued, adding it was "fantastic" they were there to see the play.
Radcliffe is shortly to return to the London stage in an Old Vic revival of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
The 27-year-old said he had read Sir Tom Stoppard's play "at a fairly formative age", having studied it while on the Harry Potter set, and could remember being "baffled and delighted".
First staged in 1966, the play replays Shakespeare's Hamlet from the point of view of two hapless minor characters.
Radcliffe plays Rosencrantz in the 50th anniversary production, while Joshua McGuire plays Guildenstern.
Speaking to the BBC's Rebecca Jones, Radcliffe said he had studied Shakespeare at school but had never performed it on stage.
He said Sir Tom's play, which features the scenes from Hamlet in which Rosencrantz and Guildenstern appear, was "an amazing introduction" to the Bard of Avon's work.
"It's a play so full of ideas there's always going to be something new to play with," he went on, adding he was "starting to enjoy the poetry" of the Shakespeare sections.
The actor also revealed he would "probably just ignore" fans who attempt to record his performance, recalling that people had tried to talk to him on stage when he made his theatre debut in Equus.
Directed by David Leveaux, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead runs from 25 February to 29 April.
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Owner Boyd Tunnock has agreed to give £250,000 to the appeal for an independent station.
He told the BBC Scotland news website he hoped the inshore vessel would be called the Thomas Tunnock lifeboat.
Campaigners said the funding would allow the resumption of operations in St Abbs next year.
The RNLI closed its station in the village earlier this year, ending a 104-year association with the Borders community despite a high profile campaign against the move.
An appeal was then launched to raise £500,000 to fund an independent station.
The Tunnock's donation will allow operations to return to the Berwickshire site but a further £250,000 is required to provide long-term financial support.
Lifeboat appeal chairman Alistair Crowe said: "This is a highly significant development and the emergence of Tunnock's as a major donor has unanimous support from the community of St Abbs.
"On behalf of the St Abbs community I would like to express my sincere gratitude not only to Tunnock's, but also to all our other donations both big and small.
"We look forward to becoming an operational lifeboat station at St Abbs again as soon as arrangements can be put in place, which will include a new purpose built boat."
Mr Tunnock said he wanted to support the appeal and had agreed to provide £250,000.
"That's a lot of caramel wafers," he added.
"I am a sailor and in actual fact I know about the vagaries of the sea, that's why I sent them £10,000," he explained.
That led to further talks with the appeal and an agreement to make an increased donation to a boat, provided it was named the Thomas Tunnock lifeboat - the name of both Mr Tunnock's grandfather and late brother.
The growth figure was far lower than expectations. Analysts had forecast growth would be about 1%.
Harsh winter weather for a second year dampened consumer spending, while energy companies struggling with low oil prices cut investment.
The strength of the dollar also hurt exports, which fell by 7.2%.
A strike by dock workers at normally busy West Coast ports also hindered growth.
But the US Commerce Department said there were signs that activity was picking up in the second quarter.
The US growth figure much lower than the previous three months, when the economy expanded at an annualised pace of 2.2%.
The dollar has risen on the back of expected rate rises by the Fed, and has hit the highest level in more than 10 years against its trading partners.
That has hit the ability of US exporters to sell their wares overseas. Tellingly, services exports continued to grow by 7.3%, since selling services isn't very dependent on the price, but rather relies on the quality of what's proffered. It's also not dependent on ports.
A strong dollar, though, helps consumption and imports, which registered positive growth of 1.8%.
In other words, a strong dollar makes imports cheaper and keeps down price rises. Those imports feed into consumption, which expanded by 1.9%.
That's not the strongest growth rate, since there are also reports that the cold weather made consumers reluctant to venture out and spend.
But it's a positive growth driver alongside investment, which also expanded by 2%. The final component of GDP, government spending, contracted by 0.8% due to continued cutbacks by state and local governments.
So, what growth the US economy eked out was due to private consumption and investment.
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The Commerce Department did not say how much impact the weather, the strong dollar and the ports disruptions had had on growth.
But economists estimated that the unusually cold weather in February could have affected economic growth by as much as half a percentage point, with the port disruptions reducing growth by a further 0.3 percentage points.
Growth in consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of US economic activity, slowed to 1.9%. That compared with 4.4% growth in the fourth quarter of 2014.
The extreme winter weather also meant construction output slowed, while lower oil prices led to a slowdown in US oil production and a reduction in investment.
Business investment in mining, exploration, shafts and oil wells plunged by 48.7% in the quarter, the Commerce Department said.
US oil field services provider Schlumberger has cut its capital spending plans for this year by about $500m to $2.5bn, while Halliburton has reduced investment by about 15% to $2.8bn.
However, economists believe that most of the cuts to investment by energy companies have already taken place, and so energy-related spending will not weigh on growth as much in the second quarter of the year.
Paul Ashworth, chief US economist at Capital Economics, said the US economy "all but stagnated" in the first quarter.
But he added that while the 0.2% annualised gain might raise fears that the recovery was somehow coming off the rails, he anticipated a "marked acceleration in growth" over the remaining three quarters of this year.
"Over the past 12 months, the economy has expanded by 3% and we would expect it to continue growing at around that pace this year too," he added.
The first quarter growth figures come ahead of the outcome of the latest US Federal Reserve meeting.
While no change in interest rates is expected, the Fed's statement will be studied for clues as to when the central bank might start to raise rates.
Detectives called the two attacks at Witton station "horrifying" and said they were launching a major manhunt.
The teenager was with a friend when she was approached by a man who led her to a secluded part of the station and raped her.
Shortly after she flagged down a passing car and was assaulted again.
British Transport Police and West Midlands Police are treating it as two separate reports of rape.
The first attacker is described by police as an Asian man in his early 20s with light skin, brown eyes, skinny build and about 6ft tall.
Police said the second man was also Asian and in his early 20s and about 5ft 6in to 5ft 7in tall. He was of a large build, with a beard and wore a blue jumper and black jeans.
The attacks happened between 19:00 BST on Tuesday and 02:00 on Wednesday.
CCTV has been seized and is being investigated.
Det Ch Insp Tony Fitzpatrick said: "This was a horrifying ordeal for this young girl and we have specially trained officers supporting her.
"It is now vitally important we investigate exactly what happened on Wednesday morning as well as identifying offenders for both of these awful incidents.
"I would be keen to speak with anyone who may have been in the area at the time. If you were passing by the station and saw two girls walking with an older man, then please get in touch immediately.
"Likewise, if you saw any suspicious vehicles close to Witton station close to 2am then please get in touch as soon as possible. Your information could prove vital in our enquiries to identify the perpetrators."
Diners given this extra information ordered and ate less calorific food than other customers, a team at Texas Christian University found.
Knowing it takes two hours of brisk walking to burn off a cheeseburger may be more of a warning than being told how many calories it contains, the researchers say.
They now plan larger trials.
Researchers Dr Meena Shah and Ashlei James divided 300 volunteers aged 18 to 30 randomly into three groups.
One received a menu without any calorie information, another menus with the calories displayed, and the third menus that showed both calories and the amount of exercise needed to burn them off.
All of the menus offered the same choice of food and drink, which included burgers, sandwiches, salad, chips, soft drinks and water.
None of the volunteers was aware of the reason for the study and the researchers took into account hunger levels when interpreting their findings.
The group given the menus with the extra information about how much brisk walking would be needed to burn off the food ordered and ate much less than the group who had menus with no calorie information.
They consumed 100 fewer calories, on average, as a result.
Dr Shah said: "This is the first study to look at the effects of displaying minutes of brisk walking needed to burn food calories on the calories ordered and consumed.
"This study suggests there are benefits."
The researchers say brisk walking is something nearly everyone can relate to.
"We can't generalise to a population over age 30, so we will further investigate this in an older and more diverse group," Dr Shah added.
They will present their findings at the Experimental Biology 2013 meeting in Boston.
Victoria Taylor, senior dietician at the British Heart Foundation, said clearly signposting healthy options and nutritional content helped people make informed choices when ordering food.
But she added: "While displaying the amount of exercise needed to burn calories is an interesting idea, there's more to a heart-healthy diet than calorie counting.
"Restaurants can also take steps to make meals healthier by serving appropriate portion sizes and reducing the amount of salt, saturated fat and sugar in their dishes.
"Whether eating at home or dining out, a balanced diet with plenty of fruit and veg is the best way to protect your heart."
The last IS-held quarter, known as the Old City, was rocked by air strikes and artillery salvos, with local commanders expecting to retake full control soon.
However, they are facing more suicide attacks, including several from female bombers, in the battle's final phase.
The major offensive against IS in Mosul was launched in October 2016.
Thousands of Iraqi security forces, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, Sunni Arab tribesmen and Shia militiamen, assisted by US-led coalition warplanes and military advisers, are involved in the operation.
The government announced the full "liberation" of eastern Mosul in January 2017. But the west of the city has presented a more difficult challenge, with its narrow, winding streets.
"The fighting is becoming harder every day because of the nature of the Old City," Lt Gen Abdulghani al-Assadi, a commander of Iraq's elite Counter-Terrorism Service, was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.
He added that the same conditions that were beneficial for IS fighters also helped to shield Iraqi troops from snipers.
Lt Gen Sami al-Aridhi, another CTS commander, told AFP: "The enemy has been using suicide bombers, especially women, for the past three days in some of the neighbourhoods. Before that, they were using snipers and bombs more."
Some of the suicide bombers were reportedly teenage girls.
There were two female suicide attacks on troops on Monday, while seven other women bearing explosives attempted to approach troops but were intercepted, AP news agency reported.
To prevent such attacks, Iraqi commanders said they were now ordering women fleeing from the Old City to remove veils before approaching soldiers. Men were told to remove their shirts.
The UN has said that IS may be holding more than 100,000 people in Mosul as human shields.
The Iraqi army says it believes there are no more than 300 militants left in Mosul, compared with almost 6,000 at the start of the offensive in October.
Brigadier General Yahya Rasool told state TV that "victory is very near", while another commander has estimated that "the battle will end in five days to a week".
IS fighters seized Mosul in June 2014.
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Alex Danson's double and Helen Richardson-Walsh's penalty stroke mean GB will win at least silver, improving on their bronze at London 2012.
They face the Netherlands, who are aiming for a third straight Olympic gold, in Friday's final at 21:00 BST.
Team GB have won 50 medals in Rio, more than at any other overseas Olympics.
"To fight for an Olympic medal is what gets us up every morning, let alone to be in a gold medal match," said Britain defender Crista Cullen, who came out of retirement in 2015.
"We are hugely proud of where we have got."
Britain have only won two Olympic women's hockey medals - both bronze - in 1992 and 2012.
Britain, coached by Danny Kerry, began the Games having slipped to seventh in the world rankings following a disappointing Champions Trophy in June.
But they were the only team to progress from the Olympic group stage with a 100% record, beating Argentina and Australia - ranked second and third in the world respectively - on their way to the quarter-finals, where they overcame Spain.
"They have developed a gold-medal mentality," said former GB goalkeeper and BBC Sport analyst Simon Mason.
"They want nothing other than to take home gold. It has been incredible to watch.
"This changes the face of hockey, genuinely. To come on the Olympic stage and turn it on the way they have, with injuries, the strength, resilience, athleticism, maturity through this squad, has been a delight to watch."
New Zealand, ranked fourth in the world, had the better opportunities in a goalless opening quarter.
However, Britain's leading scorer Danson opened the scoring when she prodded home, reacting quickest in a goalmouth scramble after the Black Sticks failed to clear a penalty corner.
Olivia Merry lashed wide for New Zealand before Susannah Townsend cleared off the goal-line as GB withstood pressure in the second and third quarters.
Failure to take those chances proved crucial as Britain scored two penalty strokes in the final quarter, despite losing Cullen and Georgie Twigg with head injuries.
Richardson-Walsh, taken out by Kayla Whitelock, flicked in to the keeper's right, and Danson converted from the spot after Lily Owsley was flattened by Liz Thompson.
Earlier, world number ones the Netherlands reached the final with a 4-3 shootout win over Germany after their semi-final finished 1-1.
They are aiming to become the first women's team to win three successive Olympic titles.
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GB goalscorer Helen Richardson-Walsh: "We didn't feel nervous; we were confident.
"They got chances but were never scoring and we were thinking that it was going to be our night."
GB head coach Danny Kerry: "What can I say? Seven games out of seven, not too shabby. The girls executed the game plan superbly. I am very, very proud of them all.
"But there's still one more game to go and they're going to keep their feet on the ground.
"I think the final will be a tight, cagey affair. The Netherlands have some talented players and they will probably start as red-hot favourites but we like it that way."
GB Olympic hockey gold medallist David Faulkner on BBC Radio 5 live:
"I am speechless. You could see the sense of realisation on the girls' faces. Olympic finals do not come along like buses. They have earned their place in the final and everyone in the country should be proud of what they have done."
BBC Sport's Luke Reddy in Rio:
"From missing the opening ceremony for fear of standing up too long to imposing their own social media ban for the Games, this Great Britain side are focused to the core.
"That was evident as they soaked up pressure and took their chances expertly against a side higher in the global rankings.
"If rigid focus isn't enough to win gold, consider momentum. Along with a 100% record on the field, off the field Team GB's army of friends and family get louder and louder. You get the sense something special is happening.
"Team GB were flawless against New Zealand, but the Netherlands are the side everyone feared. Hitting an even higher level will be a necessity."
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The "urban climbers" were chased by the ground's security staff after they broke into Old Trafford in the early hours of Sunday 4 June, the club said.
It happened hours before Michael Carrick's testimonial game and less than two weeks after a terror attack killed 22 people at Manchester Arena.
The club condemned their actions as "stupid and irresponsible".
The group managed to avoid capture and police said no arrests were made.
A Manchester United spokesman said: "Their stupid and irresponsible actions, especially at such a sensitive time, put last Sunday's game at risk and occupied both club staff and, more importantly, police officers in hours of work to make sure that the stadium was safe to stage the match.
"Such efforts appear to be motivated by a trend for similar actions on social media."
He said the group targeted the stadium shortly after getting on to the roof of a hotel in Manchester city centre.
The Man United incident happened just hours before the One Love Manchester concert at the nearby Old Trafford cricket ground on Sunday evening, and after the London Bridge and Borough Market terror attack on Saturday - with security forces on high alert across the country.
"With over 130,000 people coming into the Old Trafford area on Sunday, the last thing [police] needed was to have their time wasted in this way," the Man United spokesman said.
Officers later searched the stadium to confirm it was safe to hold the match, he added.
Last year, United's home match with Bournemouth had to be cancelled after a dummy bomb used in a security exercise was discovered close to kick-off.
Warriors led 15-10 at the break after two first-half Bryce Heem tries, either side of Bill Meakes' Gloucester try.
A second-half pile-up by the posts earned Warriors a third try, credited to hooker Niall Annett.
James Hook's try was part of a 15-point haul, but could not prevent a rare derby defeat for Gloucester.
While Hook also landed both his conversions, as well as kicking two penalties, Tom Heathcote was busy with the boot for the hosts, landing three penalties and two conversions for a successful kicking ratio of five out of seven.
Worcester never trailed after taking a second-minute lead when a speculative kick ahead by Gloucester old boy Ryan Mills bounced kindly for Heem, who brushed aside weak tackles from Rob Cook and David Halaifonua to score.
Despite the setback of losing injured scrum-half Will Heinz, Gloucester levelled when Hook's neat chip ahead was picked up by Meakes, who scored under the posts.
But, within a minute of gaining an extra man when Ross Moriarty was sin-binned, Worcester took advantage again by moving the ball wide for Heem to force his way over.
After Worcester's third try was awarded to Annett, Hook made it tight for the final 15 minutes when he twisted his way over but Heathcote's third penalty put Warriors back to two scores in front.
And Dean Ryan's men saw it through for a third league win in four games - and only a second defeat in six Premiership matches for Gloucester.
Worcester had won only once in their previous seven meetings with Gloucester, having already lost three times against the Cherry and Whites this season (having also met twice in the European Challenge Cup).
But, having won 28-27 on the final day of the Premiership season in May 2014, when Warriors had already been condemned to relegation, this was a second successive Premiership victory at Sixways for Warriors boss Dean Ryan against his former club.
Worcester now stand 13 points clear of bottom club London Irish, who play against Saracens in New Jersey on Saturday night.
Warriors director of rugby Dean Ryan told BBC Hereford & Worcester:
"Sometimes we've had to go outside the group to make it better. The signing of Francois Hougaard has acted as a catalyst and given us confidence.
"We look a decent team now and wins are coming more regularly now.
"That's the first time we've won two on the bounce in the Premiership in four years - and nobody can find the records for when we last did three in a month.
"That's a big challenge for us, going into next week's trip to Harlequins."
Cherry and Whites director of rugby David Humphreys told BBC Radio Gloucestershire:
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"Everything that was good last week was bad. We weren't at the same level as last week. Right from the first minute we were a little bit off the pace. We conceded early, which gave Worcester and their crowd momentum.
"We know in this league whoever you play it'll be a tough afternoon but credit to Worcester.
"The opportunities that came their way, they took. A couple of individual errors meant we conceded a couple of soft tries.
"We've built our game against our set piece and not conceding those soft tries. But we'll have to go away and look at why and make sure that, when we turn up to London Irish, we're in a much better place."
Worcester: Pennell; Heem, Olivier, Mills, Vuna; Heathcote, Hougaard; Rapava Ruskin, Annett, Schonert, O'Callaghan, Barry, Dowson, Kirwan, van Velze (capt).
Replacements: Sowrey, Leleimalefaga, Johnston, Sanderson, Betty, Baldwin, Lamb, Symons.
Gloucester: Cook; Sharples, Meakes, Twelvetrees (capt.), Halaifonua; Hook, Heinz; Wood, Hibbard, Afoa, Savage, Thrush, Kalamafoni, Kvesic, Moriarty.
Replacements: Dawidiuk, Thomas, Doran-Jones, Galarza, Ludlow, Braley, Trinder, McColl.
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In Saturday's earlier game Ireland travel to Italy determined to bounce back after their opening defeat by Scotland, while on Sunday Vern Cotter's buoyant Scots travel to Paris, where they have not won since 1999.
But the undoubted highlight of the weekend is the 130th edition of Wales and England, a fixture that was first played in 1881.
"You go to the hotel and unless you take steps, players get rung incessantly through the night. Those things happen," Jones said.
"You go to the ground and the traffic controller drives slower than the traffic's going to make sure you're late.
"You get to the ground and there's something wrong with your dressing room - there's lights off or the heater's switched off.
"You can't check because they traditionally tell you one thing and something else happens. It happens regularly in South Africa and it happens regularly in Wales."
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Even before Jones aired his concerns the occasion was always likely to be a high-octane affair as, given their long-standing history and neighbourly rivalry, Wales playing England in Cardiff is among the most emotive occasions in world sport.
Wales' assistant coach Robin McBryde believes that the fierce rivalry is an inevitable consequence of the shared history and proximity of the two nations.
"We are neighbours, aren't we? I have got two English brothers-in-law," he said
"It is that English-Welsh rivalry, and wanting to get the better of your neighbour. It's as simple as that."
England have 60 victories to Wales' 57 in the teams' 129 matches with nine draws. However, Wales have a 60% winning record against England in Cardiff.
Jones, whose side have won a national record 15 Tests in a row, has been merrily making mischief since the narrow opening win over France last weekend, suggesting earlier this week that the Welsh are "a cunning lot".
Saturday's match is the sort of occasion which prompts week-long debates about whether the roof on the Principality Stadium will be open or closed.
Wales wanted it closed, to ramp up the noise inside the 72,000-capacity stadium which is renowned for its vertiginous stands and electric atmosphere.
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England, as the away side, had the final say under Six Nations rules and - having said he was not bothered one way or the other earlier in the week - Jones has opted for it to be left open.
While the Australian has been stoking the flames, the hosts have been more circumspect - although Wales defence coach Shaun Edwards was moved to compare Jones to legendary former Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough.
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And despite his barbs the England head coach has not been short of compliments, praising the Principality stadium's "amazing atmosphere".
He added: "How could you not want to play rugby there?
"It is one of the greatest rugby countries in the world, so to play Wales in Cardiff with that sort of atmosphere is one of the great delights of rugby."
Wales have injury worries about winger George North - who is chasing a new record of scoring a try in six championship games in a row - and fly-half Dan Biggar and both will have fitness tests on matchday.
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But there is some good news for them, with world class number eight Taulupe Faletau back in action, although he only makes it as far as the bench after injury.
England have made two changes from the team that edged past France, with winger Jack Nowell recalled and back rower Jack Clifford handed just his second England start as Jones searches for more ball carrying options.
Scotland have lost nine successive games on French soil since they won 36-22 at the Stade de France in 1999 on the final weekend of their triumph in the last Five Nations championship.
How their forwards match up against a formidably physical French pack could be key to halting that losing run.
Scotland flanker Hamish Watson, who weighs in at a relatively lightweight 15st 12lb, says he is confident that he and his team-mates can meet the challenge.
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"They are a big pack and will pose us a different threat to Ireland, We know they are going to scrum well and have been concentrating on that," he said.
"But it's nothing we can't deal with, so I think it will go well."
France coach Guy Noves believes that counterpart Vern Cotter's work is bearing fruit as he approaches the end of his stint with Scotland. Gregor Townsend will take over in June.
"We will mainly adapt to the Scottish rugby that you have seen evolve for four years - a game based on commitment, speed, aggression, with players who have gained confidence in a highly organised collective," he said.
Scotland have made one change with the starting line-up that beat Ireland with John Barclay coming in at blind-side flanker to replace Ryan Wilson, who is out with an elbow infection.
Ireland coach Joe Schmidt will make sure his side are at Rome's Stadio Olimpico in plenty of time for the weekend's opening fixture as he feels that their late arrival at Murrayfield last week contributed to their lacklustre start to the match.
Ireland, whose team bus turned up about 15 minutes late after its police escort reportedly guided it away from an agreed route, conceded three tries in the first half hour to trail by 16 points.
"I don't think it was apathy, there was a bit of anxiety at not having had the full period to warm-up," said Schmidt.
"Players get anxious, they get very routine-based and I do think it's a challenge for a professional player that they can be adaptable in different circumstances, so they can still start well and cope."
Schmidt has kept faith with fly-half Paddy Jackson at 10 with Johnny Sexton still returning to fitness after a calf injury picked up playing for Leinster in January.
Italy, led by former Ireland international Conor O'Shea, have beaten Ireland four times in 26 meetings, with their latest success coming in 2013.
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The road has been shut to traffic in both directions between St Asaph Road and the A55 junction for Abergele.
The crash happened just before 01:00 GMT on Saturday and diversions were put in place.
A man in his 30s was taken to Glan Clwyd hospital following the incident. His injuries are not believed to be serious, the ambulance service said.
Benin's shore includes what used to be known as the Slave Coast, the departure point for captives to be shipped across the Atlantic.
Elements of the culture and religion brought by slaves from the area are still present in the Americas, including voodoo - which has made a comeback in Benin and is even celebrated at the country's annual Voodoo Day.
On the economic side, however, the picture is less bright - Benin is severely underdeveloped, and corruption is rife.
While the country has experienced economic growth over the past few years and is one of Africa's largest cotton producers, it ranks among the world's poorest countries.
To the north, there have been sporadic clashes along Benin's border with Burkina Faso. The trouble has been blamed on land disputes between rival communities on either side of the border.
Population 9.4 million
Area 112,622 sq km (43,484 sq miles)
Major languages French (official) Fon, Ge, Bariba, Yoruba, Dendi
Major religions Indigenous beliefs, Christianity, Islam
Life expectancy 55 years (men), 59 years (women)
Currency 1 CFA (Communaute Financiere Africaine) franc
President: Patrice Talon
Businessman Patrice Talon, known as the "king of cotton", won the 2016 presidential election in a run-off vote in March.
In the first round of the election earlier in the month, Mr Talon came second to Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou, the candidate of the ruling party, who also had the backing of President Boni Yayi. In the run-off, Mr Talon got 65% of the votes while Mr Zinsou secured 35%.
Mr Talon was formerly a close ally of the outgoing president, and financed his campaigns for the 2006 and 2011 elections. He fled to France after being accused of involvement in a plot to poison Mr Boni Yayi in 2012 - an allegation he strongly denies.
Mr Talon received a presidential pardon in May 2014 and returned from exile in October 2015.
On taking up his post in April 2016, he pledged to make tackling terrorism and cross-border crime a priority area, and to strive to promote national unity.
According to the Benin constitution, the president holds executive powers and heads the government and the armed forces.
The International Press Institute (IPI) says Benin has one of the region's "most vibrant media landscapes".
According to US-based NGO Freedom House, "a pluralistic and frequently-politicised press publishes articles that are highly critical of government and opposition party leaders."
Harsh libel laws have been used against journalists. The authorities have suspended newspapers over material deemed to be offensive.
Poverty, poor infrastructure and a small advertising market translate into patchy newsgathering and inadequate newspaper distribution, especially in the countryside.
Some key dates in Benin's history:
1600-1894 - Dahomey was an African kingdom known for its military discipline and powerful arms. Defeated by the French in 1894, it became a self-governing part of the French Community in 1958.
1960 - Dahomey gains independence and is admitted to the UN. Elections won by the Parti Dahomeen de L'Unite. Party leader Hubert Maga becomes country's first president. He is removed by the army's Chief of Staff, Colonel Christophe Soglo. In the next several years, the heads of state change several times.
1972 - Major Mathieu Kerekou seizes power. He remains in power until he is voted out in 1991.
1975 - Dahomey is renamed the People's Republic of Benin.
1989 - Anti-government strikes and demonstrations take place, continuing until 1990 until President Kerekou meets dissident leaders. Agreement on constitutional reform and multi-candidate presidential elections is reached.
1996 - Mathieu Kerekou wins presidential polls.
2004 - Benin, Nigeria agree to redraw their mutual border.
2006 - Political newcomer Yayi Boni, running as an independent, wins the run-off vote in presidential elections. The incumbent, Mathieu Kerekou, is barred from the poll under a constitutional age limit.
2009 - Benin announces discovery of "significant quantities" of oil offshore near Seme, a town on the Nigeria-Benin border.
The YouGov survey, commissioned by Stonewall Scotland, also revealed that a third of teachers hear homophobic language from other staff.
The poll suggests the problem is rife, but only 16% of teachers have had specific training to deal with it.
Some staff also said they were not allowed, or were not sure if they were allowed, to teach about LGBT issues.
The Teachers' Report 2014 showed that 89% of primary school staff and 83% of secondary school staff have not received any specific training on tackling homophobic bullying.
It also revealed that the majority of teachers in both secondary and primary education believe school staff have a duty to prevent and respond to homophobic bullying.
The vast majority of primary school teachers - 92% - said different types of families, including those with same-sex parents, should be addressed in the classroom.
Introduced by the Conservative government in 1988, Section 28 prohibited schools and councils from using lessons or publications to "promote" homosexuality.
The law was scrapped in Scotland in 2000, but the YouGov poll revealed that 75% of primary and 44% of secondary school staff say they either were not allowed to, or were not sure if they were allowed to teach about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues in their school.
Drama teacher John Naples Campbell, who has been teaching for more than 10 years, told the BBC: "There are still a lot of teachers within Scotland who believe that Section 28 is still there, or who were actually trained under Section 28 and haven't been given the training by the Scottish government to actually deal with (the issues) now."
"I think staff need to be more open… we need to be much more confident about being open within our classrooms about issues that affect young people in the world today."
Stonewall Scotland director Colin Macfarlane said it was "troubling" that so many teachers said they had never received specific training on how to tackle homophobic bullying.
He added: "That's why this year Stonewall Scotland launched a Train the Trainer programme which means we can work directly with teachers across Scotland.
"However, the responsibility cannot be ours alone. The Scottish government, local authorities, schools and other agencies must now make it a priority that every single teacher is trained to tackle all types of bullying and abuse in our schools."
A Scottish government spokesman said: "Every secondary school in Scotland has been sent guidance on dealing with homophobia and homophobic bullying, as well as the filmed adaptation of Stonewall's highly successful play for schools.
"Our national approach to anti-bullying sets out a common vision and aims to make sure that work across all agencies and communities is jointly focused on tackling bullying. We expect that all schools develop and implement an anti-bullying policy, which should be reviewed and updated on a regular basis.
"To support this we have established and wholly fund respectme, a national anti-bullying service, to build confidence and capacity to tackle all bullying, including prejudice-based bullying, effectively."
The Teachers' Report 2014 presents the findings from 260 respondents in Scotland. A total of 122 primary staff and 138 secondary staff were surveyed.
Jason Baker discovered the "very rare" find - known as a pig - on an organised rally near Wells at the weekend.
The 2ft (60cm) ingot dates from 164 AD and is inscribed with the name of emperor Marcus Aurelius Armeniacus.
Mr Baker said there had been a "frenzy of finds" so when his detector sounded he "knew it was something good".
The 31-year-old, from Plymouth, has only been metal detecting for 18 months and had signed up for the weekly event, organised by the Southern Detectorists Club.
"Normally I find just a couple of Roman coins and that's normally a good day, so to find something like this has just changed my life," he said.
"There's been one sold - a smaller one - for £36,000 and I've heard a few reports of [some fetching] £250,000."
According to Mr Baker, a member of staff from the Museum of Somerset in Taunton had been at the dig and said it was the "best thing he'd ever seen".
"When the Romans invaded Britain 2,500 years ago, they mined up the lead, cast it into big lead blocks and put the emperor's name on it and sent it back to Rome.
"Basically mine got lost on the process back to Rome," he said.
Sean McDonald, from the club, said the last Roman pig found was in the 18th century.
"It is such a rare find it's hard to put a price on it. A minimum would be £60,000 but it could go over that fivefold," he said.
"It doesn't come under the Treasure Act because it's made of lead - and not silver or gold - so Jason doesn't have to split it 50:50 with the farmer.
"But he is, because he is such a nice bloke."
Angus, Stirling, and Ochil and South Perthshire fell to the Tories, with the SNP retaining Falkirk, Perth and Perthshire North and both Dundee seats.
Kirstene Hair overturned an 11,230 SNP majority to take Angus from Mike Weir, who had held the seat since 2001.
The SNP's Stewart Hosie and Chris Law retained their seats in Dundee East and Dundee West with reduced majorities.
Another SNP MP, Pete Wishart, held on to Perth and Perthshire North with a majority of just 21. He told BBC Scotland: "You don't get nights that are more nerve-jangling than that.
"That was two recounts and a majority of 21 - but I'll take that.
"I'll personally go out and see if I can find those 21 souls and thank them personally.
"I'm just really, really pleased, on a tough night for the SNP."
In Stirling, where voter turnout was 74.3%, Stephen Kerr won the seat for the Conservatives with a majority of 148.
Conservative Luke Graham, who came third in the 2015 election in Ochil and South Perthshire, won the seat from the SNP's Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh with a majority of 3,359.
The SNP's Johnny McNally held Falkirk with a majority of 4,923, a drop of 14,778 from the 2015 election.
8 February 2016 Last updated at 17:44 GMT
The Olympic gymnast crashed into a barrier after successfully completing her jump.
After just two weeks, several stars have already ended up in hospital after competing on the Channel 4 show.
Some fans have even taken to social media to ask for the show to be cancelled because they say too many people are getting hurt.
A Channel 4 spokesperson told Newsround:
"The Jump is now in its third series and since launch 46 celebrities have taken part successfully. Though it is a new course the events have been designed to be no more difficult than in previous years and all contributors have undertaken a rigorous training programme to prepare them for the show. All winter sports carry some element of risk but in light of the number of injuries this year, Channel 4 has asked the producers to review safety procedures again to further reduce the prospect of accident."
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It is understood he had been suffering from a rare heart condition. His funeral will be in Derry on Thursday.
The former IRA leader turned peacemaker worked at the heart of the power-sharing government following the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
The Queen is sending a private message to Mr McGuinness' widow, Buckingham Palace confirmed.
Among the seismic moments in his time in government was the famous handshake with the Queen in 2012 and a toast to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.
The meeting was particularly symbolic as the IRA murdered the Queen's cousin, Lord Mountbatten, while he was on holiday in the Republic of Ireland in 1979.
Colin Parry, whose 12-year-old son, Tim, died in an IRA bomb in Warrington in 1993, said that although he did not forgive the IRA or Martin McGuinness, he found him a man who was "sincere in his desire for peace".
Mr McGuinness became deputy first minister in 2007, standing alongside Democratic Unionist Party leaders Ian Paisley, Peter Robinson and Arlene Foster.
He died in the early hours of Tuesday in a Londonderry hospital with his family by his side.
The Northern Ireland Assembly will be recalled on Wednesday due to Mr McGuinness' death.
A visibly ailing Mr McGuinness stood down from his post in January to protest against the DUP's handling of an energy scandal, in a move that triggered a snap election.
"Bogside Republicans never retire," a defiant but tearful Martin McGuinness told his supporters on the night he called time on his political career.
He never travelled far from his roots but his political journey took him far beyond the comfort of Derry's Bogside.
But Sinn Féin's one-time chief negotiator always found his toughest negotiation was with his own people, especially in his home city where he faced threats from dissident republicans.
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Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams said: "Throughout his life Martin showed great determination, dignity and humility and it was no different during his short illness.
"He was a passionate republican who worked tirelessly for peace and reconciliation and for the re-unification of his country.
"But above all he loved his family and the people of Derry and he was immensely proud of both."
Sinn Féin's northern leader Michelle O'Neill said: "I have known him since I was a child but I am honoured to have worked alongside him. He inspired me and many others."
Prime Minister Theresa May said although she could never "condone the path he took in the earlier part of his life, Martin McGuinness ultimately played a defining role in leading the republican movement away from violence".
"In doing so, he made an essential and historic contribution to the extraordinary journey of Northern Ireland from conflict to peace," she added.
Former US president Bill Clinton said that as Sinn Féin's chief negotiator, Mr McGuinness' "integrity and willingness to engage in principled compromise were invaluable in reaching the Good Friday Agreement".
Former Conservative cabinet minister Lord Tebbit, who was injured and whose wife was paralysed by an IRA bomb in Brighton's Grand Hotel in 1984, described Mr McGuinness as "a coward".
"The reason he suddenly became a man of peace, was that he was desperately afraid that he was going to be arrested and charged with a number of murders."
Julie Hambleton, whose sister, Maxine, was one of the 21 people killed in the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974, said "with his death, the truth is buried".
"Mr McGuinness was very fortunate because he was able to live a full life unlike my sister, unlike 20 other victims and unlike so many other thousands of people who were murdered."
No-one knows how many people Martin McGuinness killed, directly or indirectly.
As a senior commander in the Provisional IRA for many years, there is no doubt there was blood on his hands.
Security sources say he went on to become chief of staff of the organisation from the early 1980s, right through until the end of the IRA's campaign of violence.
Nothing happened in Derry without him knowing.
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Northern Ireland's Chief Constable George Hamilton said: "Martin's journey in life challenges all of us who care about the future; to be prepared to change; to demonstrate leadership; and to work to understand the world, not just from our own perspective, but from the perspectives of everyone in our community."
Northern Ireland's former first minister Arlene Foster called him "first and foremost, a much loved husband, father and grandfather."
Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Enda Kenny said his passing represented a "significant loss, not only to politics in Northern Ireland, but to the wider political landscape on this island and beyond".
DUP MP Nigel Dodds, who survived an IRA gun attack in Belfast in 1996 as he was visiting his sick child in hospital, said: "We can't forget his past.... This will also be a difficult day for victims. But he did help move people forward when it comes to the peace process."
Martin McGuinness grew up in Derry's Bogside, radicalised, he said, by discrimination and murder on the streets of his city.
He had a leading role in the IRA during a time when the paramilitary organisation was bombing his home city.
He was convicted by the Republic of Ireland's Special Criminal Court after being arrested near a car containing explosives and ammunition. He served two prison sentences - he was also convicted of IRA membership.
But his leadership potential was spotted early and he was just 22 when he and Gerry Adams were flown to London for secret talks with the British government: MI5 considered him serious officer material with strategic vision.
The shift to politics came slowly. Martin McGuinness was chief negotiator in the blossoming peace process and took on the post of education minister.
By 2007, he was Northern Ireland's deputy first minister standing alongside First Minister Ian Paisley. The two forged an unlikely alliance - but they were working together for the same goal.
He worked alongside DUP first minister Peter Robinson and, until January, was in office with Arlene Foster.
In recent years, he said: "My war is over. My job as a political leader is to prevent that war and I feel very passionate about it."
Mr McGuinness' funeral will leave his home on Thursday at 13:20 GMT ahead of Requiem Mass at St Columba's Church Longtower at 14::00 GMT. He will be buried in the City Cemetery.
The blaze started at the detached building in Drivers End in Codicote, near Welwyn, during the morning.
There was another fire at the building 20 years ago, after which fire-proof foil was placed under the thatch, which is protecting the main building.
More than 15 fire engines and support vehicles were called to tackle the blaze.
Roads in the area were closed and traffic diverted.
A public consultation on the draft plan is due to end on Friday, and follows more than two years of work by the Snowdon Partnership group.
The proposals will tackle problems posed by increasing visitor numbers, parking and public transport.
The national park's Helen Pye said it was a once in a generation chance.
The former head warden for Snowdon is now the partnership's manager for the park authority overseeing the process.
It has been her job to bring together more than 50 groups and organisations that make-up the Snowdon Partnership, including Natural Resources Wales, the National Trust, Gwynedd and Conwy councils, the Snowdonia Society and the Farmers' Union of Wales.
"In a nutshell - we want to care for Snowdon for future generations," she explained.
"This plan is all about working with the local community, local businesses, our partners to make sure we can look after Snowdon for the future and make it the best possible mountain it can be."
Bringing together so many groups - from farmers, to walkers and government officials - "hasn't been an easy process", Ms Pye admitted.
"There was initially quite differing views as to what should happen on Snowdon - what the issues are.
"But what we have found as the process has gone on, is there is also so much common ground and people have really come together to find those common interests. We really want to look after Snowdon."
The focus on the mountain's future follows a catalogue of concerns over issues like litter, demands on mountain rescue volunteers, and the increase in visitor numbers and events.
Source: Snowdon Partnership draft plan
According to the Snowdon Partnership, the mountain attracts more than 560,000 visitors a year, made up of both walkers and those who take the scenic train journey to the summit.
The economic benefit of visitors to the Snowdonia National Park is estimated to be about £475m every year - with £69m of that coming to the Snowdon area alone.
"At the minute it's seen by many as a visitor attraction. We want people to start thinking of it as a special place to look after," she added.
"That's about respect for the countryside, respect for the wildlife of the area, respect for the communities in the area."
She stressed that the plan is also about getting the basics right too.
"We know that things like parking and transport is a massive issue in the area at the minute," she added.
"For 60 days of the year we are over capacity in terms of car park spacing and stuff like that."
But success for the plan is not just about the visitor experience - it is also about engaging the communities around the base of Snowdon.
"I'd like them saying that we've done a really good job of managing the impact of those visitors - visitors they now see as bringing a real benefit to the area," said Ms Pye.
The disability arts movement began in the 1980s and culminated in the introduction of disability rights legislation in 1995, lasting a few years beyond. During this time, disabled people expressed their frustration in pictures, sculpture and ephemera, in what some call protest art. The aim of the million pound project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, is to capture as much of this collection as possible before it is lost.
Here is a selection of images from the collection.
For more information go to the website of The National Disability Arts Collection and Archive (NDACA) who will be doing more roadshows next year. The collection will be on display from 2017 online, in pop-up galleries, in a national cinema tour, and more.
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Mathew Knight, from Bridport, Dorset, gave a blood sample after being admitted to Southampton Children's Hospital with an infected hip.
Tests revealed a genetic mutation which harmed his immunity to certain types of bacteria.
A genetic research director said the speed of the diagnosis - three weeks - was "like sci-fi dreaming a year ago".
Mathew's problems began at just three months old, when he reacted badly to a BCG vaccination and required the first of several hospital admissions in his life.
The University Hospital Southampton (UHS) said tests revealed a deletion in the gene interferon gamma receptor 1 (IFNGR1).
Dr William Rae, a fellow in clinical immunology at UHS, said: "Due to an inability to respond to interferon gamma correctly, his immune system couldn't function properly, which is why he has been so susceptible.
"This diagnosis means he can receive the best possible treatment, directly targeting the problem with regular injections to boost his immunity against mycobacteria."
The test was part of a wider study, the Exome project, in Southampton and Salisbury, which aims to create a diagnostic test for all genes associated with diseases.
Professor Saul Faust, a director of genetic research at the University of Southampton, said: "Mathew's case is incredible. To go from a sample to molecular genetic diagnosis in three weeks was sci-fi-like dreaming even just a year ago.
"We are now in a really exciting time for medical and scientific breakthroughs, with initiatives such as the 100,000 Genomes Project meaning tests like this could become a routine part of healthcare in the future."
The 100,000 Genomes Project is a UK project which which could lead to targeted therapies for cancer and other diseases.
His televised arrest in September 2014 helped spark pro-democracy protests that would continue for 79 days, paralysing the heart of the city.
But they ultimately failed to win any concessions from the Chinese government on greater voting rights for the territory's residents.
Mindful of that failure, Mr Wong is stepping into an unfamiliar role: general secretary of a new political party called Demosisto.
"Street activism is not enough if we want to fight for a better future," he tells me. "We have to enter the system, create a political party and shape the political agenda, in order to drive forward our movement for self-determination."
Mr Wong recently disbanded his student activist group Scholarism to pave way for the new party.
Its first goal is to contest, and hopefully win, seats in the Legislative Council election in September.
Mr Wong himself, not yet 21, is still too young to run. Three fellow party leaders will stand for election in two districts.
The current council - whose main function is to enact or repeal laws - has 70 lawmakers, of which 27 belong to the pro-democracy camp.
One of them - Sin Chung-kai, a stalwart of the Democratic Party - has expressed concern that Mr Wong's party may "fragment" the pro-democracy vote.
"We anticipate there will be more pan-democratic candidates," he says. "But I'm afraid that won't necessarily translate into more seats elected."
Demosisto shares basic values in common with the traditional pro-democracy parties.
But it does differ on key issues: its emphasis on self-reliance and self-determination, and its insistence on a legally binding referendum allowing voters to determine Hong Kong's political future.
Demosisto is the latest political party established by Hong Kong's new breed of youth demonstrators, known as "umbrella soldiers", but it is hardly alone.
Hong Kong Indigenous, led by Ray Wong and Edward Leung, also intends to field candidates in September.
The group is best known for leading intense clashes with police in the Mong Kok district during the Chinese New Year in February.
Afterward, Mr Leung won a very respectable 15% of the vote in a closely watched by-election, despite facing a rioting charge.
Youngspiration, whose leader is Baggio Leung, is an umbrella soldier party founded last year.
One of its members succeeded in defeating a heavyweight incumbent in a closely fought district council election last year.
Another group, Civic Passion, plans to nominate candidates to run in five districts in the September election.
If they win, they have promised to resign immediately, triggering a referendum on rewriting the Basic Law, Hong Kong's constitution.
The most extreme among the new groups is the Hong Kong National Party, which has promised to fight for Hong Kong independence from China.
The group has received much criticism from officials in Hong Kong and Beijing, which believes its goal is illegal.
On the whole, these groups take a more aggressive, confrontational approach in their dealings with the Hong Kong and Chinese governments than traditional pro-democracy parties.
Mr Sin, the lawmaker, admits it is tough for them to attract younger supporters.
"The traditional political parties won't be able to represent the younger generation. That's why the younger generation wants to form parties of their own," he says.
He says three long-serving legislators from the Democratic Party - Emily Lau, Albert Ho and himself - will not stand for re-election in September to give younger party members a chance.
David Zweig, a professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, believes the rise in "umbrella parties" is a direct consequence of the Chinese government's failure to respond to protesters during the 2014 protests.
"In a report to Chinese officials, I warned them that a lack of response will push groups to become more extreme, and that this could result in violence," he says.
For his part, Joshua Wong says his party rejects violence, but will continue to engage in street politics.
His journey from child activist to party leader has begun.
The 33-year-old, who joined Walsall in July 2012 following his release by Rochdale, has been rewarded for an excellent first season at Bescot.
"I am really pleased to have secured Dean's services for at least another year," said manager Dean Smith.
Holden will take on a dual role as development coach, looking after players in the 18-21 age group.
He will become part of the Bescot backroom team, alongside Smith, his recently-returned number two Richard O'Kelly, physiotherapist Jon Whitney and academy manager Neil Woods.
"He spoke to me during the course of last season about his desire to break into the coaching side of the game," added Smith. "And he has been working hard to get his coaching badges recently.
"The experience and knowledge of the game that he has combined with the respect that he commands throughout the club means that he has all the attributes needed to help develop our young professionals.
"He is a tremendous character to have around the place and, as was proved at the start of last season, he is also a very able centre-back, who will provide competition to the likes of Andy Butler, Paul Downing and Matt Preston."
Holden said: "To be offered this dual role is perfect for me. I'm absolutely buzzing. I've loved every minute of my time here.
"It's such a great environment in which to work and learn. The gaffer has been brilliant from the first time I met him and Richard O'Kelly has a wealth of knowledge on the game.
"This is an unbelievable opportunity to prolong my playing career and also take my first steps into coaching."
As the oil price fell to new 12-year-lows today, Bob Dudley said it would be a year of two halves, with lots of volatility in the first six months when the oil price could still spike downwards.
He said it was "not impossible" that the price could fall as low as $10 as some analysts are predicting but such a price would not be sustained.
"It has been low in the last year, I think it has been lower for longer but it is not lower forever," he told me.
"I think it's going to be a year of two halves.
"We could see some real volatility in the first quarter [and] second quarter.
"And then around April or May as the stock drawdowns [in preparation] for the summer driving season in the northern hemisphere, then I think that given the rise of demand in China and North America . . . in the second half of the year prices would start on an upward trajectory.
"We could see a price $30 to $40 by the middle of the year and I think towards the end of the year it could be into the $50s."
Mr Dudley's bullish assessment comes despite the International Energy Agency warning on Tuesday that the oil market "could drown in oversupply".
And oil prices have been falling again.
"This is a commodity cycle," Mr Dudley said. "Investment is being cut back across the world, that will have an effect down the road."
Mr Dudley said that oil could remain in "the low $20s" a barrel for a number of months and, despite rising towards the end of the year, would be unlikely to increase to $100 a barrel or more.
"The fundamentals of demand are definitely increasing, demand for gasoline in North America, Chinese demand, Indian demand, it's going up. And this [supply and demand] will get back into balance," he said.
Mr Dudley said that despite the lower oil price the North Sea was still viable economically and would be for decades to come.
"It's a particularly challenged area, it's a mature province in oil and gas globally, and the cost structure was challenged at $100 a barrel, and now we are at $28 - so you can imagine," Mr Dudley said.
"We are investing £8bn in the North Sea, large projects are underway today, they should come on stream 2016, 2017, 2018 to the West of Shetland.
"So we are deeply committed to the North Sea."
He said that although there might be further job losses, the majority had already been announced.
Turning to Iran, we touched on the fact that BP was once called the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and had major interests in Iran before being expelled in the 1950s.
I asked Mr Dudley if BP would be interested in investing in Iran again given the imminent lifting of some of the global sanctions on the country.
"We are watching carefully," he answered with a degree of caution given that US sanctions will remain in place.
"We have got to be very careful about that.
"The opportunities there have to be economic.
"It is a hyper-competitive world in oil and gas for investment right now - you have Iran, you have Mexico coming on stream.
"We'll have to choose very carefully.
"I don't think anyone will invest in Iran just because it is Iran. I think it has got to be an economic decision on the use of our very scarce capital."
Emily Thornberry criticised Sky News presenter Dermot Murnaghan for "pub-quizzing" her as they discussed Brexit talks, saying it was "patronising".
The Labour MP declined to name French minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, adding: "Can we talk about some serious stuff?"
Mr Murnaghan said he had asked male politicians similar questions.
He went on to refer to the time in 2011 when he asked the then shadow chancellor Alan Johnson about national insurance rates - a question the Labour MP was unable to answer.
Ms Thornberry was asked if she had taken part in any Brexit talks with her would-be counterparts in Germany and France, and then if she knew the name of the French foreign minister.
"Don't start pub quizzing me, Dermot," she said.
"Don't start pub quizzing me."
She was then asked again if she was able to name the minister.
Ms Thornberry said: "No and I'm not going to start answering your questions on this."
She added: "Do you know what, what really upsets me about your attitude to me is that you do this with me. I don't remember you doing it with anybody else you know.
"Have you done it to David Davis? Have you asked these questions? Do Sky journalists have a go at Boris Johnson on this basis? How about Liam Fox? Do you do pub quizzes with them?
"I mean honestly. Can we talk about some serious stuff?"
Ms Thornberry suggested that Mr Murnaghan should ask her questions about the situation in Syria or North Korea.
Mr Murnaghan then asked her if she knew who the South Korean president was in relation to the recent news that North Korea had carried out a fifth nuclear blast.
"If you want me to go with you to a pub tonight and we can do a pub quiz tonight, let's do it."
She was then asked if knew the president's gender, she said: "I'm not getting drawn by you into this nonsense."
Mr Murnaghan went on to ask Ms Thornberry about anti-Semitism within the Labour Party.
She said Labour is committed to tackling the issue, as well as racism and sexism, whenever it occurs.
She said: "There is always more to be done and do you know what, there is certainly a lot more to be done by the Tories and I certainly think sometimes when it comes to sexism, some Sky presenters need to look at themselves too.
"I really do. It really upsets me that every time I come on here, you do another pub quiz with me because you do not do it with anybody else and I do think that it's patronising."
Mr Murnaghan replied: "It's not, because you are the shadow foreign secretary and this was about the French foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault who Boris Johnson has met now several times."
Ms Thornberry said she wanted to "take this offline because I have got a lot to say to you and I don't think a lot of it ought to be broadcast".
The interview has sparked a wave of debate online.
Isabel Hardman, the assistant editor of The Spectator, tweeted: "Hum. Never realised I could just use "sexism" as a cover-all excuse for not doing my homework."
She later tweeted: "Seriously, though, sexism is still so rife and serious. This kind of thing trivialises it and makes it harder to fight."
Matt Chorley of the Times newspaper tweeted: "It would have been sexist if Murnaghan had asked Thornberry about Bake Off. Or her hairdresser. Not who she might talk to in government."
Leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson tweeted: "Plenty of genuine sexism & misogyny in politics. Don't need prominent women debasing the term to cover their own poor performance. Jeez."
But the Labour MP Paul Flynn came to Ms Thornberry's defence and tweeted: "Possibility of nuclear war is a issue of vital importance that should not be trivialised by Murnaghan's cheap smart-aleck pub-quiz question."
He later added: "Murnaghan repeats cheap trick to grab a headline for himself and his failing show by diverting attention from issue of mega-importance."
A police official told AFP that a search operation for the 43 missing people was under way, but he saw little chance of finding any of them alive.
Three Ukrainian tourists trekking in the area are among the missing.
At least 13 people died when the floods surged down the Seti river on Saturday.
Eight people have been rescued from the surge of water. The area is popular with tourists.
"We have a list of another 43 people who have gone missing. Their chances of survival are almost zero. The three Ukrainians are still missing," district police superintendent Sailesh Thapa told AFP.
Earlier reports said the three missing foreigners were Russians.
Mr Thapa said earth-moving equipment had reached the worst-affected area in an effort to find any bodies buried in the mud.
Fast-flowing floodwaters from the swollen Seti smashed into two buildings and a number of shacks in the village of Kharapani, in Kaski district.
One eyewitness, Uddha Bahadur Gurung, described the moment the surge hit:
"There was nothing unusual. People were enjoying picnics, some were relaxing in the hot spring pools by the river and others working," he told the Kathmandu Post.
"Out of nowhere came this swelling dark murky water with debris, sweeping away many people."
One local woman said she was collecting fire when the flood hit. "We haven't seen such a flash flood in years," she said.
"I saw floods 60 years ago but it was not as severe as now. This time they say everything across the river has been swept away."
The floodwaters also swept into the city of Pokhara, where several people were swept away along with their houses and livestock.
May is the end of the trekking season, but before the monsoon.
The floods are thought to have been caused by waters of the Seti building near its source, high above the snowline, during days of rain and then suddenly bursting free, army spokesman Ramindra Chhetri told AFP.
The discovery was made during a search at a house in Church Street, Portadown, on Wednesday.
Det Ch Insp Stephen Wright said officers had "uncovered a very sophisticated cannabis factory".
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of a range of drugs offences. Plants and cultivation equipment were removed from the house for further testing.
Meanwhile in Limavady, County Londonderry, police uncovered cannabis during a search at Roe Valley Country Park on Wednesday.
Sgt Ian McCluskey said: "The search, in an area known as O'Cahan's Rock, uncovered a large amount of herbal cannabis, thought to be worth somewhere in the region of £40,000."
Born Jean-Baptiste Ndahindurwa, King Kigeli V came to power in 1959 but was only king of Rwanda until 1961, when the monarchy was abolished and he was forced into exile.
He eventually settled in the US where he set up a charity helping Rwandan refugees and orphans.
A 2013 profile in Washingtonian magazine found him living off food stamps in subsidised housing.
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King Kigeli was the last in a line of monarchs from the minority Tutsi ethnic group, which had dominated Rwandan for many years, but the Belgian former colonial power favoured the majority Hutus and backed a coup.
Rwanda was proclaimed a republic in 1961, and a Hutu, Dominique Mbonyumutwa, was made president.
Tens of thousands of Tutsis were forced into exile including King Kigeli, who lived the rest of his life outside Rwanda.
For three decades the country endured ethnic violence, culminating in the 1994 mass slaughter, in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by Hutu extremists.
King Kigeli held onto the hope that he could return to the throne in Rwanda.
A small opposition party argued that the king might be a force of unity in a country still torn by the legacy of the genocide.
As recently as May, the Democratic Green Party had requested the government to allow him to return with the benefits of a head of state, reports AFP news agency.
But without ever returning to Rwanda, King Kigeli died on Sunday morning his website announced.
"He was a devout and dedicated believer and the last anointed African Roman Catholic king to reign over a full country," it said.
It added that "the heir to the Royal throne of Rwanda" will be "announced in good order".
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Daniel King, 37, of Swansea, set up his company D-briefed in October 2013 and told HM Revenue and Customs he intended to re-sell underwear from China.
HMRC said he admitted making up the figures for 10 fraudulent VAT claims, totalling more than £57,564.
He was jailed for two years and three months at Swansea Crown Court.
In a statement from HMRC, the court heard King told investigators he planned on importing the underwear from China to re-sell over the internet.
But he could not produce any documents proving he intended to trade, and the court heard his business was set up simply to conceal his tax fraud.
The fraudulent VAT claims were made between December 2013 and March 2016.
According to HMRC's statement, Recorder Peter Griffiths QC told him: "I am satisfied that you went into this with your eyes wide open and that you knew full well you were acting fraudulently.
"You have gained financially, dishonestly and deliberately and it would be an affront to the public if you were not immediately deprived of your liberty."
King was also ordered to pay £670 as well as a £120 victim surcharge.
Colin Spinks, assistant director of HMRC's Fraud Investigation Service, said afterwards: "King blatantly abused the tax system by setting up a company for the sole purpose of stealing money that should have funded public services.
The HMRC are now "working to recover the money he stole."
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Early performances of the show at London's Barbican had been criticised for opening with the speech.
Kate Maltby of The Times told the BBC: "You're bringing out your big showbiz number at the beginning and it's hard to take seriously after that."
But theatregoers say the speech now appears in the third act of the play.
Several recent performances of the production are believed to have started with a spotlight on Cumberbatch listening to music on a record player - thought to be Nature Boy by Nat King Cole - instead of the famous words.
The run is still in its preview period - when it is common for theatre companies to edit texts and make changes. The play does not officially open until 25 August.
Kate Maltby came in for criticism herself earlier this month, when she was one of several journalists to publish their reviews before the official press night.
Speaking to Radio 4's Today programme, Maltby agreed it was "very unfair" to give "a final verdict on a production on the very first day".
She added: "I don't think it's fair to judge things like the energy and the pace... on the first night.
"The real problem with this production, which is not going to change, is that because it's such a star vehicle they've decided to take Hamlet's most famous speech, 'to be or not to be', which is his speech about suicide - 'Is it worth living?', 'Should we all just kill ourselves?' - that's normally in the middle of the play and it's his low point.
"They've taken that speech and made it the opening scene and not repeated it, so we never get it again at its appropriate emotional moment."
The production is directed by Lyndsey Turner, whose previous work includes Posh and Chimerica. It is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions.
On Wednesday, the company said it would not comment on the preview process, but would let the play speak for itself on opening night.
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The turnout - 42.42% - is higher than an earlier 7% estimate by opposition parties that boycotted the polls.
Backed by President Alassane Ouattara, the change scraps a requirement that both parents of presidential candidates must be native-born Ivorians.
Opponents accuse Mr Ouattara of using it as a way to hand-pick his successor.
In the lead-up to the referendum, there were street protests by opposition supporters against the constitutional reforms.
On Monday, President Ouattara acknowledged that there were some disturbances during the vote, but said they were isolated incidents.
In one instance, youths destroyed some polling stations in the Abidjan district of Yopougon - a stronghold of the opposition Ivorian Popular Front.
The new constitution is billed by President Alassane Ouattara as an opportunity to turn a page on instability, mainly around the divisive issue of identity, which has fuelled decades of civil strife.
The new construction removes the age limit of 75 for those seeking to be elected to the post of president.
Mr Ouattara will be over the current age limit at the end of his current term. Initially, some of his critics accused him of trying to stay in power himself but the draft retains a ban on third terms so he cannot seek re-election.
The new constitution also introduces:
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The blast at Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Ellesmere Port on 14 November 2013 caused more than £20m of damage. No-one was injured.
Operators Essar Oil UK Ltd pleaded guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act.
As well as the fine the firm was also ordered to pay almost £58,000 legal costs.
The Health and Safety Executive, which brought the prosecution, said problems started during the start-up of its main distillation unit when extremely flammable hydrocarbons were allowed to enter an unignited furnace.
The heat from another furnace nearby triggered the explosion which destroyed the furnace and started a number of fires, said the HSE.
It was reported to the European Union as a major accident under schedule 7 of the Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) Regulations 1999.
An HSE investigation found Essar Oil UK Ltd failed to take all measures necessary to prevent or mitigate a major accident with three key failings:
• A safety critical valve was ordered and installed incorrectly and Essar failed to correctly validate its operation
• It failed to adequately assess the installation of a "safety critical trip" in missing it had a by-pass line
• Essar's policy was to isolate main fuel lines to the furnace but hydrocarbons entered the furnace via a secondary fuel line which had not been isolated when shut down
An Essar spokesman said it accepted responsibility from the outset for the incident and that "measures were put in place to ensure it could not happen again".
HSE principal inspector Joanne Eccles said after sentencing: "The industry should take notice of this case, there were no injuries but mistakes were made and could have been prevented."
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Official data released by councils to the BBC, Press Association and ITN shows some areas have seen the voter register increase by more than 10%.
There was a surge in interest after the election was called on 18 April, with 150,000 applications made on that day.
A total of 46.9 million people will be able to vote, up from 45.8m in December 2016.
It is higher than the last general election in 2015, when there were 46.4m registered voters.
In Leeds North West, there are 68,152 eligible voters, 16% up on the total at the end of the year.
Leeds Central was also one of the biggest risers, with 13%.
In 46 of the UK's 650 constituencies, the number of people on the register has fallen since December 2016.
The biggest drop was in Banbury, where there are 6% fewer voters.
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People were given until 22 May to register to vote.
The Electoral Commission had warned that about seven million people across Britain who were eligible to vote were not registered at the time the election was called.
This included 30% of under 34s and 28% of people who had moved home in the past year and not updated their details.
The 150,364 people who applied to register on 18 April was the biggest total recorded for a single day since the EU referendum campaign in 2016.
A spokesman for the Electoral Commission, said: "We work hard to make sure everyone who is eligible has the opportunity to register to vote and knows how to do so. We are pleased to see high numbers of people applying to register to vote before the deadline for the general election on 8 June."
He jumped in the cab and drove off down the tracks.
The unusual joyrider, whose getaway options were clearly limited, fled less than two stations down the line before he was caught and arrested on Sunday.
Police said the 36-year-old, who has confessed to stealing the tram, was an ex-employee of the transport company.
As investigations continued on Monday, they said there was no obvious motive and they do not believe it was an act of revenge against his former bosses.
The man stole the vehicle, operated by Wiener Linien transport company, at Rodaun station in the city's south-west, and took it for a trip along route number 60.
A police officer said the rogue driver made an announcement, telling passengers they should not be on board as it was a special ride, according to Austrian news site Die Presse.
However, the trip down memory lane was cut short, when the company realised something was amiss and shut down the power.
When the real driver returned from his bathroom break, he found an empty space where his tram once was.
He told police he had locked the vehicle and it is unclear how the joyrider was able to take control.
Local media said the former member of staff left his job years ago and had long returned his activation key, which is used to set the trams trundling down the lines.
He was released from police custody but has been charged with theft of a public vehicle.
The investigation is continuing.
The party did not contest the first assembly election that year.
In those days it strongly opposed the very existence of the institution.
And at the general election a couple of years later, UKIP got 12,552 votes across Wales, just 0.9%. It lost all 25 of its deposits.
Spool forward 14 years to the spring of 2015, and UKIP had risen to third in the popular vote in Wales, ahead of Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats.
It got 204,330 votes at the general election - 13.6% - and came second in six constituencies.
That result followed UKIP's success at the European election in 2014 where it finished second in Wales, beaten by Labour by just 4,349 votes.
The rise of the party has brought with it significant growing pains.
The build-up to this election has been beset by arguments over candidate selection.
UKIP originally planned to have a central committee pick its regional candidates, the ones who will have the best chance of getting elected.
That angered some long-serving UKIP Wales members.
The matter was belatedly put to a vote of the membership, but only after some fierce criticism of UKIP Wales leader Nathan Gill.
A petition calling for his resignation was organised in February, amid claims he had failed to show leadership on the selection issue.
Several in the party in Wales felt candidates who were not part of UKIP Wales were being "parachuted in" to a contest where UKIP stood a good chance.
Kevin Mahoney, a councillor in the Vale of Glamorgan, left the party in protest against former Conservative MPs Neil Hamilton and Mark Reckless, and former aide to Nigel Farage Alexandra Phillips, seeking selection.
Behind the scenes, Mr Farage and Mr Gill strongly opposed Mr Hamilton's candidacy.
The argument also brought to the fore bitterness among some members in Wales over the fact Mr Gill was appointed as leader rather than elected.
It is now likely a leadership election will happen after 5 May.
The increased support UKIP has seen in Wales since 1999 has not yet been significantly rewarded in terms of seats.
Nathan Gill is an MEP for Wales but UKIP has no Welsh MPs or AMs.
And it only has one representative in Welsh local government: Gethin James in Ceredigion, who had been elected as an independent.
Because of the proportional representation element of the assembly system, UKIP now has a good chance of picking up some seats to reflect its level of support.
But with UKIP's raison d'etre - getting the UK out of the EU - being put to the vote just weeks after the assembly election, attention in Wales is likely to then switch to the question of what a UKIP group of assembly members is for.
Taiwan's foreign minister announced the relaxing of all 11 measures, including a freeze on hiring Filipino workers.
The Philippine coast guard shot fisherman Hung Shih-cheng on 9 May.
On Wednesday Manila recommended homicide charges against eight coast guards who admitted firing weapons.
"The government of the Republic of China [Taiwan] announces that the sanction against the Philippines is removed immediately after the Filipino side has displayed apology and goodwill in written statements and action," AFP news agency quoted Taiwan's foreign ministry as saying on Thursday.
Mr Hung, 65, was shot in waters which both sides say lie within their 200-nautical-mile from shore exclusive economic zone.
The Philippines initially said the shooting - which sparked a serious diplomatic row - was an act of self-defence, but has now concluded that its coast guard officers used excessive force.
The Philippine president sent special envoy Amadeo Perez to visit the fisherman's family in southern Taiwan on Thursday.
"I have been authorised by President Benigno Simeon C Aquino III to personally convey the president and the Filipino people's deep regret and apology to the family of Mr Hung Shih-cheng over the unfortunate loss of life of their beloved one," said Mr Perez.
The family has accepted the apology and reached an agreement with Manila on compensation for their loss.
The two sides have begun fishing talks in which they both agreed to not use force in dealing with each other's fishermen, reports the BBC's Cindy Sui from Taipei.
They also agreed to inform each other about the arrests of the other's fishermen and to set up a system for handling detentions and release of fishing crews.
Taiwan was angered by what it considered to be a slow and insincere response from the Philippines, our correspondent adds.
Its hiring freeze had prevented around 10,000 Filipino migrant workers from obtaining work permits.
Taiwan's government on Thursday said it hoped to restore good relations with the Philippines.
But it asked Manila to prosecute the responsible officers in a timely manner and schedule a next round of talks on fishing rights to prevent similar incidents from happening again, our correspondent says.
The 25-year-old former Plymouth forward plays in the fifth tier for Camborne but has been an integral part of Cornwall's County Championship success.
"He's the full package," Dawe told BBC Radio Cornwall. "He's extremely skilful, knowledgeable and fit but most of all he puts his head where it hurts.
"If I was given the vote I'd give him world player of the year," he joked.
Matavesi's brothers Josh and Joel will both play in the top tier next season, having signed for Newcastle.
He is expected to feature as Cornwall host Hertfordshire in Camborne on Saturday in a game which will see them reach the Twickenham final for a fifth year running if they avoid defeat.
"I've got a massive amount of respect for him," added Dawe. "He could be a Premiership player, couldn't he?
"What the selectors and coaches have done is nothing short of a miracle really, to get these bunch of players together and produce a really homed unit."
Richard Clarke, who is the Archbishop of Armagh, made the comments at a service held at St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast for the anniversary of the start of WW1.
Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson and Secretary of State Theresa Villiers attended.
Prince Andrew represented the Queen.
Dr Clarke said the occasion prompted "sadness at the loss of so much life, young and old," "pride in the unselfish actions of many people," "horror at the inhumanity that always accompanies war" and "determination that if this Great War was most certainly not a 'war to end all wars', nevertheless you and I will strive to bring God's peace and light into God's world."
During the service, five candles were lit, each representing a year of the war.
A list of names of Ireland's war dead was carried down from the altar and laid next to a candle, which was then lit by Prince Andrew.
Dean John Mann of the cathedral said: "One of the things we're very conscious of is how easy it is for countries to move in to a war situation and how difficult it is to move out of that.
"We're very conscious of what's happening in the world today."
Northern Ireland also marked the 100th anniversary of World War One with a gun salute over Belfast Lough.
A single cannon shot was fired from Grey Point Fort in County Down at 13:00 BST.
The Belfast Lough gun salute was attended by Environment Minister Mark H Durkan, from the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and Jeffery Donaldson from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
Grey Point Fort is a former coastal defence site that overlooks the entrance to the lough.
Situated at Helen's Bay, the artillery site was completed in 1907 to defend the city from naval attack.
The fort has been preserved as a visitor attraction and features a pair of 23ft long bore guns, each of which has a 6in diameter.
Soldiers across Northern Ireland have also attended services and vigils to mark the centenary.
At the headquarters of 38 (Irish) Brigade in Lisburn, County Antrim, members of the armed forces and their families attended a service during which the lights went out one by one until only a candle remained to light the stained glass window. It, too, was extinguished for a two-minutes' silence.
Similar services were held at Palace Barracks in Holywood, County Down, and at Aldergrove, County Antrim, where soldiers and aircrew were joined by air force cadets currently on their summer camp.
Personnel also marked the centenary at Army reserve centres around Northern Ireland.
Speaking at a commemoration in Glasgow Cathedral, First Minister Peter Robinson said: "The key themes of remembrance and reconciliation are relevant to all of us in Northern Ireland as we continue to build a peaceful and shared society.
"It has often been said, but we must never forget the supreme sacrifice of so many to build a better future for us."
Historians have estimated that more than 200,000 Irish-born soldiers served in the British Army and Navy from 1914 to 1918.
The names of 49,400 Irish casualties of WW1 are listed on the Republic of Ireland's National War Memorial at Islandbridge, Dublin.
Many soldiers from Northern Ireland fought for the 36th (Ulster) Division.
The division was one of the few divisions to make significant gains on the first day on the Battle of the Somme in July 1916.
However, it came at a heavy price, with the division suffering 5,500 men killed, wounded or missing in two days of fighting.
The Ulster Tower, a memorial to the men of the 36th Division, is situated in Thiepval in northern France. World War One was one of the costliest conflicts in history with fighting continuing until 11 November 1918.
A candlelit vigil was held later on Monday evening at Belfast City Hall.
Homes and businesses in the Lustrum Beck area were among those worst affected by floods in 2012.
The Environment Agency has issued the grant to protect the 183 properties from future floods.
A spokesman for Stockton Council said it was important they tried their "utmost" to ensure there was no repeat of 2012.
The work will include raising the banks at Browns Bridge, improving the flow of the beck downstream to prevent blockages and improvements at Durham Road bridge to allow water to pass more rapidly and easily.
Councillor David Rose, the council's cabinet member for the environment, said: "We know how devastating flood damage is and want to do our utmost to ensure there is not a repeat of the Autumn 2012 floods in the Lustrum Beck area.
"We have worked tirelessly with the Environment Agency in recent years to find a way of securing funding to allow us to build the much needed flood defences so I'm delighted that this scheme is now set to progress."
Stockton Council has also invested £100,000 in emergency flood barriers and pumps to provide "more on-the-ground flood support" across the borough.
The council and the Environment Agency will start work in the summer.
The robber stole a three-figure sum from the Niddrie Licensed Grocers in Niddrie Mill Drive during the incident, which occurred around 13:10 on Thursday.
Police have appealed for three customers who were in the shop moments before the robbery to get in touch.
The suspect has been described as a white man aged around 30.
He is around 5ft 10in - 6ft tall (1.8m) and of gaunt appearance.
The man was wearing a black hooded top, a black scarf covering his mouth, black jogging trousers and white trainers.
He was carrying a black and white polythene shopping bag and fled the shop on foot.
Police have said he used a handgun during the incident.
Det Sgt Robbie Wallace said: "While the shopkeeper was not physically harmed, this was a very distressing experience for her.
"We are keen to trace the suspect as quickly as possible, and ask that anyone with information should contact police immediately."
The Nanjing Number One Secondary School has rolled out a scheme where student can "borrow" marks to top up low scores so they can pass their tests.
The school said it was aimed at reducing the stress of taking exams.
The scheme has become a talking point in China which has seen rising concern over an education system still reliant on high-pressure examinations.
According to media reports this week, the school introduced the scheme in November last year for 49 students in an elite programme aimed at grooming them for entry into US colleges.
They can "borrow" marks from the bank for certain subjects deemed to require more effort in studying, such as languages, biology, chemistry and history.
So far 13 students have taken part in the scheme.
They incur a debt when they "borrow" marks, and are expected to repay it with marks scored in subsequent tests.
To encourage students to improve in their subjects, they can be charged "interest" if they do not repay their loans quickly enough.
And just like in a real bank, the students will be given "credit scores", based on their behaviour records, school attendance and fulfilment of classroom cleaning duties.
Students can also be "blacklisted" from borrowing if they fail to repay their loans on time.
If teachers approve, they can even ask a classmate to pay their loans on their behalf.
"I missed some classes because I was sick, and I didn't do well in a geography test. But the 'marks bank' gave me a chance to save the situation," one student named Xiaozhu told Yangzi Evening Paper.
The school did not immediately respond to the BBC's request for an interview.
But director Huang Kan said in interviews with Chinese media that the scheme was aimed at changing China's exam culture and "exploring a new evaluation system".
"In past exams, scores have become everything, and the pressure on students has become immense," she said.
"The purpose of an examination is to measure, give feedback, correct, and elevate standards - and not to make things difficult, punish or damage a student's enthusiasm."
She added that the scheme would encourage students to have "greater responsibility and a greater aptitude for learning".
China's education system has often been criticised as being too rigid and reliant on tests such as the infamously gruelling Gaokao national exam.
A 2014 study by a Beijing-based non-profit education group found that most cases of student suicides could be attributed to pressure from school tests.
The "marks bank" has generated intense interest in Chinese media and online.
While some believe it is a good move, others have questioned whether it may inadvertently send the wrong message to students.
"Exams may lose their rigour. If you don't do well in a test you can just take it again. But life often doesn't give you second chances," said one Weibo user.
Beijing News quoted an education expert as saying that the scheme was a "double-edged sword" as some students may take exams less seriously and end up developing "inertia".
But Ms Huang has defended the idea.
"The 'marks bank' is not a charitable institution aimed at giving out marks to lazy students, rather it is a nurturing cradle aimed at giving opportunities to diligent students," she told Xiandai Kuaibao.
Reporting by the BBC's Tessa Wong
UK ministers want Carwyn Jones to hold a referendum on devolving control over 10p in the pound of income tax.
But he appears to have dropped his insistence that a referendum is needed.
The UK government said it was "right" that Mr Jones was "now willing to embrace income tax powers for Wales".
Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats have welcomed the change of stance, but said it should have come sooner.
However, the first minister maintained his insistence that income tax powers should not be devolved until a new funding deal is struck with Westminster.
In a speech in London on Friday he said he will "always consider proposals providing they are fair to Wales".
"I am instinctively pro-devolution and I can see the merits, in principle, in different parts of our Union being able to decide on the balance between levels of taxation, including those on personal incomes, and the level of resources for public services.
"But I have been absolutely clear that until we have a fair funding settlement it is not in the best interests of Wales to have income tax devolved."
The first minister added: "Having the flexibility to set taxes to respond to the needs of Wales and the preferences of Welsh citizens within a fair funding model is a logical next step."
Mr Jones has previously said that a referendum must be held before powers over income tax are given to the Welsh government.
But before the speech he told BBC Wales: "It's beginning to look increasingly strange of course that Scotland is getting a raft of powers - way beyond what Wales would get - without a referendum.
"I've no doubt ... if income tax-varying powers were offered to Northern Ireland there wouldn't be a referendum there, but in Wales we have to have a referendum."
Referendums should be reserved for "major constitutional issues and not for a bit of power here and there", he added.
Asked if Welsh voters should expect a referendum soon, he said: "We are not at that stage. We know the first thing to do is to consider a financial settlement that's fair to Wales and then consider what happens next."
In response, a Wales Office spokesman said: "We note with interest the first minister's comments that a referendum is not needed before income tax is devolved.
"This echoes the views of some others in the emerging debate around more accountable government in Wales."
Plaid Cymru welcomed "any late conversion" of Mr Jones to its position against the need for a referendum on income tax devolution.
Party leader Leanne Wood said: "It's a shame that previously both Labour and the Conservatives together have insisted on putting obstacles in the way of progress on Welsh income tax."
Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams said it "would have been nice" if the first minister had possessed the "strength of character to speak up a little bit earlier".
"I welcome his change of heart, but his challenge now is to convince his party of the same argument," she added.
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said Mr Jones should concentrate his efforts on "the significant problems in the public services he runs, not least within his NHS".
Public spending per head is higher in Wales than in England, but Welsh politicians claim the so-called Barnett formula used by the UK Treasury to allocate resources is too generous to Scotland and Northern Ireland, and underfunds Wales by as much as £300m a year.
The UK government is planning a guaranteed minimum level for the Welsh government's annual grant - expected to be between 13% and 16% higher than English public spending levels.
Opponents say Carwyn Jones has changed his tune.
But the first minister's aides say the opposition is making mischief. This is a change in tone, not policy, they say.
Mr Jones is sticking to his line that Wales needs a guarantee it won't lose out before receiving these tax powers.
However, whereas in the past Labour has stressed the risks of tax devolution, Mr Jones has now laid out a path towards making it happen, providing a deal can be struck on the size of the Welsh budget.
A patient infected in Dallas, Texas, is likely to have been infected by sexual contact, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) told the BBC.
The person had not travelled to infected areas but their partner had returned from Venezuela.
Zika is carried by mosquitoes and has been linked to thousands of babies being born with underdeveloped brains.
It is spreading through the Americas and the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the disease linked to the virus a global public health emergency.
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The American Red Cross has meanwhile urged prospective blood donors returning from Zika-hit countries to wait at least 28 days before donating their blood.
The "self-deferral" should apply to people returning from Mexico, the Caribbean or Central or South America during the past four weeks, the Red Cross said in a statement.
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Meanwhile, Brazil - the country worst hit by the outbreak - has revealed it is investigating 3,670 suspected cases of microcephaly in babies linked to the Zika virus.
A total of 404 cases have so far been confirmed - up from 270 last week - while 709 cases have been discarded, the country's health ministry said.
The ministry also said 76 infant deaths from microcephaly, either during pregnancy or just after birth, were suspected.
Analysis: James Gallagher, health editor, BBC News website
The main way Zika is spread is by mosquitoes.
But if Zika can also spread through sex, then it poses a risk to every country not just those with the Aedes mosquito.
So far, authorities have said sexual transmission is rare, but last year they would have said any case of Zika was rare, too.
This explosive outbreak has caught the world by surprise and many key questions remain unanswered.
Exactly how common or rare is sexual transmission? Can it be spread by the 80% of people who show no symptoms? How long does the virus persist in semen? When is it safe to have sex again?
What should men do after visiting affected countries? Can women also spread the virus through sex?
However, this is not a new HIV/Aids moment. HIV infection is incurable and dramatically shortens lives without daily medication.
Zika infections are short, mild and pose a significant threat only in pregnancy.
Texas has seen seven other Zika cases all related to foreign travel.
But Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director for CDC, said this was the first case it had dealt with involving a "non-traveller".
"We don't believe this was spread through mosquito bites, but we do believe it was spread through a sexual contact."
A statement issued by the CDC said the best way to avoid Zika virus infection was "to prevent mosquito bites and to avoid exposure to semen from someone who has been exposed to Zika".
WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said the latest development would be discussed at its daily meeting later on Wednesday.
"We certainly understand the concern," he told Reuters news agency. "This needs to be investigated to understand the conditions and how often or likely sexual transmission is, and whether or not other body fluids are implicated".
It is not the first known case of sexual transmission in the US. A doctor from Colorado returning from Africa in 2008 is thought to have passed on the infection to his wife. There was a case in 2013 in French Polynesia, according to the CDC website.
The CDC recommends that pregnant women avoid travel to more than two dozen countries with Zika outbreaks, mostly in the Caribbean and Latin America, including Venezuela.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said her government was focused on eradicating the mosquito that transmits the virus and has pledged considerable funds to do so.
European countries were warned on Wednesday that they too needed to make preparations once the Aedes mosquitoes become active on the continent during the spring and summer months.
WHO's Europe Director Zsuzsanna Jakab urged countries to act in a co-ordinated way to control the mosquitoes, inform people about the risks, keep a check on cases, step up research to understand the disease and develop vaccines.
Police Scotland said they were called to the scene, near the Murcar roundabout, at about 09:15 on Saturday morning.
A spokesman said the drivers of both vehicles had been taken to hospital with serious injuries.
The road was closed northbound for several hours to allow officers to deal with the aftermath of the crash.
Police have appealed for witnesses.
Sgt Steve Manson said: "A southbound grey Vauxhall Astra motor car and a northbound silver BMW 320 motor car collided head-on resulting in the drivers, and only occupants, of both vehicles having to be cut free by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.
"Both were taken to hospital with serious injuries."
She was arrested in Fivemiletown last month after the firm told police it had concerns about its accounts.
The 41-year-old is accused of fraud by abuse of position, concealing criminal property and making, having and supplying articles for use in fraud.
She will appear at Dungannon Magistrates' Court on 1 July.
Lynne Sandford, 41, from Dorking, Surrey, has argued for her son Michael, 20, to be returned home after he was placed on suicide watch in prison.
He is due to stand trial in Las Vegas in August and denies several charges.
Ms Sandford said her son has OCD, severe depression and Asperger's syndrome.
It is alleged Mr Sandford tried to snatch a policeman's gun during a rally at a Las Vegas casino on 18 June. Officials claimed he said his plan was "to shoot and kill Donald Trump".
He denied charges of disrupting government business and official functions and being an illegal alien in possession of a gun.
Ms Sandford said: "If found guilty of the charges, Michael could face up to 30 years in prison in the USA.
"He is now shackled and handcuffed in a US mainstream prison, and has been put on suicide watch."
Ms Sandford has set up a crowdfunding campaign on the Crowd Justice website to raise money for his legal team.
She said her son was "totally unable" to deal with the "threats and stresses" of being in a US mainstream prison.
Ms Sandford added: "Because of his severe mental health problems, his family, who love him very much, want him returned to the UK.
"We want him to serve his sentence in a safe institution for vulnerable people, where he can receive appropriate help."
Michael Sandford is due to attend a court hearing on 11 August and stand trial on 22 August.
It means prisoners could serve the last quarter of their sentence under a system called home detention curfew.
The subordinate legislation was approved at the second time of asking.
The committee refused to do so last week after Legal Affairs Minister Annabelle Ewing was unable to provide statistics to support the proposals.
Conservative MSP Margaret Mitchell, the committee's convenor, had accused Ms Ewing of being "totally unprepared" when she appeared before the committee last week.
Ms Ewing returned to the committee on Tuesday morning with the statistics that had been requested, and the committee agreed to approve the changes.
Home detention curfews have been used in Scotland in 2006 and allow prisoners, mainly on shorter sentences, to serve up to a quarter of their sentence - for a maximum of six months and a minimum of two weeks - on licence in the community, while wearing an electronic tag.
The licence requires prisoners to remain at a particular place for a set period each day. Prisoners who fail to comply with the curfew or other licence conditions can be recalled to custody.
The aim is to help the offenders reintegrate into society once they have served their sentence.
The Scottish government is also proposing a radical extension of the ways electronic tags can be used on offenders, which could see sobriety tags, GPS tracking and tagging as an alternative to remand used for the first time.
Dubliner Shiels won the Open race on his Cookstown BE Racing Suzuki and followed it up by taking victory in the feature event of the meeting.
Dunlop, 30, triumphed in the two Supersport 600cc races, aboard the CD Racing Yamaha.
Malachi Mitchell-Thomas came home first in the Supertwins and Magherafelt rider Paul Jordan enjoyed 125cc success.
The opening Supersport race, carried over from Friday, was reduced to five laps after Bolton man Mitchell-Thomas slipped off while holding second place, bringing the red flags out.
Dunlop added to his victory at Tandragee last week by taking the chequered flag from Manxman Dan Kneen, with Derek McGee from Mullingar third.
The Ballymoney man repeated the feat in race two, with McGee getting the better of Mar-Train Yamaha pilot Kneen to occupy the runner-up spot.
Sheils saw off the challenge of McGee in the Open race, with new road racing sensation Mitchell-Thomas completing the rostrum positions.
The 33-year-old former Irish champion made it a double by finishing ahead of team-mate Mitchell-Thomas in the main race of the day, with Kneen coming with a late charge to take third.
McGee, Dunlop and Waterford rider McCormack made up the top six.
The decision was announced in a blog post and will be phased in over coming weeks.
In 2013 Prime Minister David Cameron put pressure on internet service provider [ISPs] to make online filtering mandatory, saying it was the best way to protect children.
His request caused controversy among politicians and the internet industry.
Since then most of the UK's ISPs have offered filtering software for parents concerned about what their children may be able to access online but few have offered this by default, opting instead to allow parents or other customers to turn the filters on if they want them.
Sky's Broadband Shield is designed to filter out content deemed to be unsuitable for children aged under 13. It has been offered as default to new customers for a year.
But now the firm has decided to also offer it to all its existing customers, some 5.3 million in total.
In her blog post, Lyssa McGowan, Sky's brand director, explained why it was changing its policy.
"What we're doing now is simply making sure that the automatic position of Sky Broadband Shield is the safest one for all - that's 'on', unless customers choose otherwise," she said.
In the next few weeks Sky customers who have not chosen to either activate or disable its Broadband Shield would be emailed "giving them the opportunity to make a decision one way or the other", she said.
Once activated, users will not be able to access a filtered site without altering their settings.
Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group (ORG), was dismayed by the news.
"Censorship should never be turned on by default," he said.
"ORG's Blocked project (www.blocked.org.uk) has shown that filters block all kinds of websites, including some that provide useful advice to children and young people. Customers need to understand the implications of filters before deciding whether or not they want them."
All the UK's big four ISPs - BT, Virgin Media, Sky and TalkTalk - offer filtering systems to help parents prevent their children viewing inappropriate material online.
They have said that they will make sure all customers are aware of the filters.
In October, BT started interrupting browsing sessions for customers who had not set up the parental controls asking them whether they wished to activate them but not obliging them to.
Most of the systems used by ISPs work at a network level, which means that all devices that connect to a home router will be subject to the same filtering system.
Andrew Ferguson, founder of broadband news site ThinkBroadband, said that parents should not rely solely on filters to protect their children from online nasties.
"As ever the filters don't block all unsavoury material so are not a replacement for parenting and the embarrassing questions all parents have to face," he said.
The victims have been named locally as 38-year-old mother of three Maria Wallis, originally from Derry, and Kiara Baird, 19, from County Dublin.
The crash happened at about 16.15 local time outside the town of Ballybofey, on the Glenties Road.
Local Sinn Féin councillor Gary Doherty, who knew the mother-of-three, said it was "absolutely tragic".
"Her son actually goes to school with my son. Last night the young people were in a state of shock," he said.
"This woman actually has three children so it is absolutely tragic that this should happen to her.
"Unfortunately we have a long history of road traffic collisions and deaths on our roads and this year has been probably more harrowing than any in recent memory.
"The community will come together at a time like this but I think the wider issues are something that we cannot allow to continue."
The cause of the single car collision is not yet known, and Irish police have appealed for witnesses.
Garda Insp Michael Harrison said: "For some reason or other the vehicle lost control, went off the road, rolled a couple of times and the two ladies unfortunately died as a result of the impact."
A man in his 40s, who was also in the car, was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The county has seen a high number of road deaths in recent months - in July five people were killed on the roads within the space of two days.
Dutchman Van Gerwen lost the first set but recovered to set up an encounter against England's Terry Jenkins.
Jenkins did not lose a leg in trouncing Australian qualifier Laurence Ryder 4-0 and missed a double 12 that would have given him a nine-dart finish.
Fourth seed Gary Anderson beat Jelle Klaasen 4-3 in a classic encounter.
Scotland's Anderson was 3-1 down but finished with a three-dart average of 103.02 to see off the Dutchman, winner of the rival BDO World Championship in 2006.
In other matches, English eighth seed Dave Chisnall lost 4-2 to Benito van de Pas of the Netherlands.
Ninth seed Robert Thornton beat England's Ronnie Baxter, with the Scotsman also coming close to a perfect leg.
Scot Peter Wright, runner-up to Van Gerwen last year, rounded off the afternoon session with a 4-1 win over Belgium's Ronny Huybrechts.
What is an Employee Benefit Trust?
A trust enables an individual to own an asset on behalf of someone else. The first person is the "trustee" and the second is the "beneficiary". Company pension schemes are a common example of a trust.
With EBTs, the employer deposits money in to the trust, which is paid out to the beneficiaries in the form of tax-free loans.
Trusts are often postponed and are sometimes refused by the trustee, who is, in theory, acting independently of the employer.
In many cases, the loans are never repaid.
Why are Rangers in a court dispute with HMRC over EBTs?
Payments from an EBT should not be made on a contractual basis, as it would make them part of an employee's salary and subject to tax and National Insurance.
HMRC claims that Rangers' EBT scheme was a tax scam as it was contractual, which forms the basis of the so-called "Big Tax Case".
HMRC also insists it has proof of this in the form of documents and emails between former directors at Rangers and players' agents.
In 2010, HMRC issued Rangers with a bill for £35m in unpaid tax and interest, and £14m in penalties which Rangers challenged at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, but the verdict has not been announced.
Have any other Scottish football clubs been involved with EBT schemes?
BBC Scotland Investigates wrote to all of the Scottish Premier League's member clubs and asked whether they had ever operated an EBT scheme.
Celtic confirmed that it established one EBT scheme in April 2005, which BBC Scotland understands was for the benefit of the Brazilian midfielder Juninho Paulista. The scheme was worth £765,000 but the club did not declare the trust payment to the Scottish Football Association or the Scottish Premier League.
The payments made to the trust were declared in Celtic's annual report for 2004/2005, but in 2008 the club became aware of an event giving rise to a potential tax liability which was subsequently paid after agreement with HMRC.
The remaining 10 SPL clubs replied and confirmed they had never set up an EBT scheme for any of their employees.
Who set up the EBT scheme for Rangers and the Murray Group?
A former lawyer who advised companies on tax strategy known as Paul Baxendale-Walker. He was struck off the roll of solicitors by a disciplinary tribunal in 2007. Mr Baxendale-Walker is the author of two books on EBT tax strategies and advised Rangers on how to set the scheme up and operate it.
He subsequently became involved in the porn industry, producing, directing and acting in films under the name Paul Chaplin.
How much did Rangers and the Murray Group pay into their EBT schemes?
Between 2001 and 2010, Rangers paid a total of £47.65m in to their Employee Benefit Trust. Details of the amounts paid in to the trust were declared in the club's annual accounts.
Rangers also operated another tax avoidance scheme for two former players, Tore Andre Flo and Ronald De Boer, between 2000-01 and 2002-03 known as a 'Discounted Options Scheme' - commonly referred to as the "Wee Tax Case". HMRC issued Rangers with a bill of about £4m for outstanding amounts owed from the discounted options tax scheme, which was settled, but has not been paid.
BBC Scotland understands the Murray Group paid at least £10m to the trust.
How many beneficiaries were involved the Rangers EBT scheme?
A total of 111 sub-trusts were set up between 2001-2010 for Rangers directors, players and other staff - along with employees of Murray International Holdings and its subsidiary companies.
A total of 53 Rangers players and staff received side contracts giving undertakings to fund their sub-trusts with cash, according to documents seen by BBC Scotland.
How much money did the beneficiaries withdraw in loans from the scheme?
The amounts varied from a total of £6.3m received by Sir David Murray to £7,500 for Bellshill-born defender Steven Smith, who left the club in 2011.
Former Rangers captain Barry Ferguson received a total of £2.5m while ex-Ibrox player/manager Graeme Souness received £30,000 from the scheme almost 10 years after leaving the club.
The average amount received by Rangers and Murray Group employees was about £445,000.
What if Rangers players have received side-letters?
BBC Scotland has also seen evidence, which was submitted to a court, suggesting that 53 Rangers players and staff had side-letters giving undertakings to fund their sub-trusts with cash.
According to the Scottish Football Association's registration rules, payments received by a player solely relating to his playing activities must be fully recorded and declared, otherwise the player has been improperly registered.
If a player is deemed to be improperly registered, the norm is for his team to forfeit any match in which he has participated.
So, could Rangers be stripped of past titles and trophies?
Precedence exists for this kind of rule-breaking and subsequent punishment in football and other sports.
In 1994, Marseilles were found guilty of financial irregularities and a match fixing scandal involving then president Bernard Tapie.
The French club was forcibly relegated to Ligue 1 and lost its 1992-93 Division One title and the right to play in the Champions League in 1993-94, the 1993 European Super Cup and the 1993 Intercontinental Cup.
Rangers: The Men Who Sold the Jerseys was broadcast on BBC One Scotland on Wednesday 23 May, and will be available afterwards for one week on the iPlayer.
The jobless total fell in May by 300 to 31,200.
However, official figures show a continued rise in the long-term problem of economic inactivity, which reflects the number of people neither in work nor looking for a job.
It now stands at 27.2%, after the biggest quarterly jump in eight years.
The last Northern Ireland Executive developed a strategy to tackle the issue, but it was never implemented for budget reasons.
If conditions in Delhi favour slow bowling, uncapped left-armer Liam Dawson would be an option to join Moeen and Adil Rashid in the England line-up.
"It's definitely a possibility," Moeen told BBC Sport.
"We have to look at the wicket and adapt to conditions. If there's spin there, why not?"
If Dawson does make his international debut, it would be a remarkable rise for the 26-year-old, who coach Trevor Bayliss had not seen play in a competitive match before he was named in the England squad in February.
England, World T20 winners in 2010, will move closer to a place in the semi-finals if they defeat Afghanistan, the only nation outside of Test cricket left in the tournament.
Eoin Morgan's men arrive in Delhi on the back of a record run-chase of 230 to beat South Africa in Mumbai on Friday, a victory that halted a run of six successive defeats in white-ball cricket.
"That's given us a boost," said Worcestershire all-rounder Moeen, 28. "Before the defeats we were very confident, so that has been restored a little.
"The guys have been lifted, but not over the top. We know Afghanistan will be a tough game.
"They're a dangerous side who we won't be taking lightly. We have to play against them in the same way we would any other side."
The Bees had the better of the chances in the first half with Harlee Dean, Nico Yennaris and Romaine Sawyers all going close, but the hosts led through Paul Robinson's looping strike.
A fierce Sawyers shot deservedly drew the Championship side level.
Watkins and Shaibu earned victory with a goal in each period of extra-time.
Watkins curled in a fabulous 15-yard strike in time added on in the first period.
And substitute Shaibu sealed a place in the second round with a low right-foot shot with a minute remaining.
Match ends, AFC Wimbledon 1, Brentford 3.
Second Half Extra Time ends, AFC Wimbledon 1, Brentford 3.
Attempt saved. Alfie Egan (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Goal! AFC Wimbledon 1, Brentford 3. Justin Shaibu (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ollie Watkins.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Paul Robinson.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Maxime Colin.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon) because of an injury.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Maxime Colin.
Attempt missed. Florian Jozefzoon (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Anthony Hartigan (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Nico Yennaris (Brentford).
Attempt missed. Josh McEachran (Brentford) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the right.
Second Half Extra Time begins AFC Wimbledon 1, Brentford 2.
First Half Extra Time ends, AFC Wimbledon 1, Brentford 2.
Goal! AFC Wimbledon 1, Brentford 2. Ollie Watkins (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Florian Jozefzoon with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Paul Robinson.
Attempt missed. Harlee Dean (Brentford) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by George Long.
Attempt saved. Henrik Dalsgaard (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Attempt missed. Ollie Watkins (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Brentford. Justin Shaibu replaces Neal Maupay.
Substitution, Brentford. Henrik Dalsgaard replaces Ilias Chatzitheodoridis.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by George Long.
Attempt saved. Florian Jozefzoon (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Attempt blocked. Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Florian Jozefzoon (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
First Half Extra Time begins AFC Wimbledon 1, Brentford 1.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Egli Kaja replaces Andy Barcham.
Second Half ends, AFC Wimbledon 1, Brentford 1.
Adedeji Oshilaja (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Neal Maupay (Brentford).
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Paul Robinson.
Attempt blocked. Harlee Dean (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Andy Barcham.
Attempt blocked. Nico Yennaris (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Barry Fuller.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Yoann Barbet.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Barry Fuller.
Adedeji Oshilaja (AFC Wimbledon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Noor and Alam can't stop hugging and crying. They haven't seen each other for more than seven years.
Noor, who is 22, can't quite believe how much his brother has grown. ''Look, he is a big man'' he says, pointing in disbelief at 16-year-old Alam. ''He was just a child.''
They hold hands as they walk through the wasteland of Calais' so-called ''jungle'' migrant camp. They giggle with delight, ''I'm so happy. Now I know I'll enjoy my life,'' says Noor. ''I found my family.''
The brothers say they became separated in Afghanistan after a local warlord killed their father and burnt their house down. Their mother fled to Pakistan with Alam. Noor was sent by his family to Europe.
Noor arrived in Calais more than seven years ago and then made his way to the UK in the back of a lorry carrying agricultural chemicals, The Home Office gave him leave to remain. Through the Red Cross, he tried and failed to make contact with Alam and his mother. He gave up hope of ever seeing them again.
It was a chance encounter two years ago, in a café in Pakistan, that led to their reunion.
Alam had been sat in the cafe chatting to a man who was visiting from Britain. The man showed Alam pictures on his phone of his life in England. Alam was amazed to see Noor in one of the photos: ''I was so excited. I couldn't control my heart,'' Alam recalls. ''My heart jumped.''
He begged the man to put him in touch with Noor. But the man didn't believe they were brothers and was reluctant to help. He did give Alam his number but once back in the UK, he did not return Alam's calls.
Alam cries as he tells of how his mother died never knowing what had happened to Noor. ''She slept with a photo of him next to her.'' he says. ''She died broken-hearted.'' After she passed away, Alam made his way to Calais, where he has been living for the last eight months.
He approached a BBC Today programme journalist in the camp and begged him to help him find his brother.
A week later, the programme got in touch with the man who had the picture of Noor on his phone. With his help, Noor was found by the programme living in London.
In theory, Alam could legally join his brother in England and apply for asylum under an EU agreement known as the Dublin III. Once in the UK, he would need to prove to the Home Office that he is Noor's brother and take a DNA test.
But he could have to wait many months in Calais for the authorities in both countries to process his claim. The charity Citizens UK, which works with unaccompanied children in the camp, says that more than 150 people are also waiting to be allowed to join relatives in Britain.
Alam is desperate to join his brother in England. Sat on the floor of the plywood hut he now calls home, he tells Noor that most nights he tries to board the lorries heading for the UK.
Noor tells him to stop taking such risks and warns him that children have died trying to make the crossing. He pleads with him to be patient. But as they say goodbye, and hold each other tight, it seems clear that Alam is unlikely to take any notice of his brother's advice.
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Zoe Conway's report is on the Today programme on 12 July and will be available later via BBC iPlayer.
The 40-year-old has made 334 appearances for Boro since joining them in 2008 after leaving Millwall.
Day has won promotion twice with Boro, the first coming in 2010 when they reached the Football League, while the second came the following year through the League Two play-offs.
He will be on the coaching staff under new permanent Boro boss Darren Sarll.
Third Energy submitted an application to extract shale gas at a site near Kirby Misperton in Ryedale in May.
North Yorkshire County Council told the company earlier this month it needed more time to respond to the plans.
It has set a provisional decision date of 9 February. The delay contravenes the government's push to deal with fracking applications in 16 weeks.
Third Energy said it was disappointed by the news.
A decision was expected on 18 November after the initial consultation on the application at the KM8 well site ended in October.
However, the authority requested further information from the company, prompting a new consultation which was due to end on 25 November.
A letter sent to Third Energy this week said it needed further time to speak to the Environment Agency and Highways Authority about the plans.
It said: "Every endeavour continues to be made to process the application with due diligence and timeliness."
The Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) at the University of St Andrews will conduct the three-year study.
Marine scientists will attach telemetry tags harmlessly to the fur at the back of the heads of a number of seals.
The scientists said the tags were lightweight and would drop off when the seals moulted.
The marine tags, which work in a similar way to smartphones, will use technology to send vital information from the seal when it surfaces or beaches directly back to SMRU for analysis.
The technology, provided by Vodafone, is the same as that which is found in new cars, heart monitors and smart meters.
Data will be gathered on a seals' location, dive behaviour and its oceanic environment.
The study by SMRU is being carried out at the request of the Scottish government and Scottish Natural Heritage which have concerns for the future survival of harbour seals in areas of Scotland.
Harbour seals - one of two seal species in the UK - have declined in numbers by up to 90% in some areas in and around the north and east coast of Scotland, including Orkney, since 2000.
Professor John Baxter, marine principal adviser at Scottish Natural Heritage said: "This exciting, collaborative study is vital to help us to better understand the drivers of population change in Scottish harbour seals, and to evaluate the potential conservation and management options open to us."
SMRU's deputy director Dr Bernie McConnell said: "Over the last 15 years, many of the harbour seal populations in the Northern Isles and on the north and east coasts of Scotland have been declining.
"Marine data collected during this project on Orkney will help to assess the causes, management and mitigation options in relation to the harbour seals decline and to prioritise future research directions."
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The hats donated to Royal Derby Hospital help keep the babies warm in the crucial first days after birth and help staff and parents understand which level of care is right for each individual baby.
Jane Haslam, head of midwifery for Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: "[It] is really important to make sure that babies are kept at the right temperature, as if they are too warm or too cold it could be a sign that they are developing an infection.
"This plan helps to make parents and staff aware of the signs indicating changes in temperature, and helps them to take action."
The contest was triggered when Prime Minister David Cameron announced he would resign after the Brexit vote.
The Preseli Pembrokeshire MP could be the first candidate to officially declare.
Mr Crabb is expected to launch his bid with Business Secretary Sajid Javid as his number two on Wednesday.
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Carole Walker, BBC political correspondent, said while his team acknowledge that he will be considered an outsider in the race, he will set out a plan for a route out of the EU and how he would unite the party and country.
A senior Welsh Conservative told BBC Wales: "Stephen Crabb is the future of the Conservative Party.
"He is a Conservative with a whole wealth of life experiences which put him completely in touch with the concerns of real people".
Cardiff North Tory MP Craig Williams said he would support Mr Crabb if he stood because he was the "embodiment of one nation Conservatism".
"Given his background, experience and qualifications, I believe he is the right man to bring the country together after what has been a divisive period."
On Monday Mr Crabb, who campaigned to keep the UK in the EU, said the party needed a leader who could unite the country following the referendum.
"What I want to see is a candidate emerge who understands the enormity of the situation we're in and who has got a clear plan to deliver on the expectations of the 17 million people who voted to come out last week," he said.
Lauren Cox, 27, from Oxted, Surrey, pleaded guilty to four charges of sexual activity with a child under 18 while in a position of trust.
Croydon Crown Court heard that Cox formed a close relationship with the boy when he was 13 and began a sexual relationship with him in 2015.
Police said Cox, who will be sentenced next month, had shown no remorse.
Pc Laura Davies said Cox befriended the boy shortly after starting work at the school in Bromley, south-east London, in 2012, when he was 13.
She said: "She abused her position of trust as a teacher and groomed the boy, which went on to sexual abuse.
"The abuse has had an extremely adverse effect on the boy, with his studies suffering as a result."
PC Davies added: "It's most concerning that she showed no remorse. As professionals, teachers have a specific duty of care to young people, and this was abused."
Scotland Yard said Cox began having sexual contact with the boy in January 2015, sending him explicit pictures and videos of herself.
The relationship ended when the boy's parents suspected something was wrong and Cox was arrested in September the same year.
Michael Travers, 59, from Larkhall, died at a holiday chalet in the Soonhope area of Peebles on Saturday.
In a statement, his family said: "Michael was a much loved husband and father and we are devastated by his death.
"He loved spending time at our holiday home near Peebles and we are comforted that he spent his last few days there."
It added: "We are grateful for the support of friends and family and would ask the media to please leave us alone to grieve privately."
Emergency services were called to the chalet after receiving a report that its three occupants felt unwell.
Mr Travers was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 60-year-old woman and 31-year-old man, reported to be his wife and son, were taken to hospital for treatment.
Liverpool baker Laura Worthington has caused a stir online after shaming companies she claims ask for free cakes in return for publicity.
She says she was asked to provide a birthday cake that would cost more than £100 for the boyfriend of Love Island star Malin Andersson, in return for exposure on social media.
It was the latest in a series of requests asking her for free cakes.
In a message that Laura says she received from company Touch Management, which represents the celebrity, she was asked to make a chocolate cake "the bigger the better, with 26 on it".
"In exchange, she [Malin Andersson] will post a few pics on her social media tagging your brand - it's brilliant promo," it continued.
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The BBC approached Touch Management for a comment but had received no response at the time of writing.
Laura also says that in June, the X Factor requested a cake from her bakery, to welcome back judges to the show.
"It would be a big opportunity for your work to get on national TV," the show wrote, Laura claims.
No-one from X Factor was available to the BBC for comment.
Laura, who is a single mother with three children, says it has been a weekly occurrence in her six years running the bakery.
"I receive these requests all the time from large companies who are acting for people who have more money than I ever will.
"I just decided I'm going to shame them - it is offensive to us who spend our time trying to make our work a success.
"They must have the budget to pay for their own cakes.
"Exposure doesn't pay my bills," she told the BBC.
Laura provides cakes for free to designated charities, but asks that commercial companies pay for their orders.
"I hope that shaming them will make them think twice before asking me and others in creative industries to work for free," she said.
She was applauded on Twitter and Facebook after she outed the companies.
A local designer said on Instagram supported Laura, saying that she faced the same thing.
Journalists and graphic designers also commented.
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But not everyone agreed.
"I've done stuff for free knowing it has more than a monetary value. I don't necessarily see doing freebies as a bad thing. It can be very advantageous," a local photographer wrote on Twitter.
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Some plan to reward Laura for her honesty.
"I'm going to follow you for this. If I'm ever in Liverpool and I need a cake, as unlikely as that may be, I'm going to call you," @SimpleBlinds67 tweeted.
However, others thought shaming was an overreaction.
"I think you're being a little over the top and vindictive. The vast majority of business do sponsored posts. I don't understand your issue," @WeddingAlice said.
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Ms Reno, 78, was at the centre of several political crises while serving under President Bill Clinton between 1993 and 2001.
She was criticised for a deadly raid on the Branch Davidian cult compound in Waco, Texas after just weeks in office.
Sect leader David Koresh and some 80 followers were killed during the raid.
Questions were asked afterwards about the legality of the FBI raid and why it was that so many people were killed.
Ms Reno survived the aftermath of the raid to become the longest-serving attorney-general in the 20th Century from 1993-2001 - and one of President Clinton's most trusted cabinet members.
She also continued to work despite being diagnosed in 1995 with Parkinson's disease, which caused trembling in both her arms.
After Waco, Ms Reno played a role in some of the more high-profile controversies and scandals that rocked the Clinton administration, including:
Towards the end of her career in the spring of 2000, Ms Reno angered her hometown's Cuban-American community by authorising the armed seizure of a 5-year-old boy who was taken from his relatives' home in Miami to be returned to his father in Cuba.
Ms Reno - a self-described "awkward old maid" who was nearly 6ft 2in (1.8m) tall - will be remembered for her cautious but blunt style, on one occasion famously telling reporters: "I don't do spin."
Civil rights activist Rev Jesse Jackson tweeted that Ms Reno was a "personal friend, trailblazer {and] justice seeker".
Her biographer, Paul Anderson, earlier described her as "outspoken, outrageous, absolutely indifferent to others' opinions... truly one of a kind".
Ms Reno also won accolades outside Washington for her plain-spoken manner and folksiness, the Washington Post reports, which included her preference for kayaking on the Potomac River to "hobnobbing on the political cocktail circuit".
She will also be remembered for her frequently recited childhood stories from the Everglades swamps of Florida with a mother who wrestled alligators, the newspaper reports, to a home which included a family of peacocks, all named Horace.
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Christopher Halliwell, 48, was jailed in October for life with a minimum tariff of 25 years for the murder of Sian O'Callaghan, 22, from Swindon.
She was abducted by the taxi driver outside a nightclub in the town and murdered in Savernake Forest.
Attorney General Dominic Grieve had asked the Court of Appeal to rule on whether his sentence was long enough.
Lord Justice Pitchford, announcing the ruling of the three Appeal Court judges, said the judge at Halliwell's trial had been "entitled" to reach the decision she had when setting the minimum term.
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Kenya missed a deadline last week to prove to Wada it was tackling cheating.
It comes after a spate of positive drugs tests among some of the country's athletes and allegations of corruption.
"We have to be much more proactive," said Coe, president of the sport's world governing body the IAAF.
Coe said he would impose serious sanctions on any nation guilty of attempting to cover up drug-taking.
Kenya is to be placed on a 'watch-list' of nations at risk of breaching Wada's code and could be banned from international competition if non-compliant, as happened with Russia's athletes.
"We know that a disproportionate amount of reputational damage is caused by a relatively few countries," he told BT Sport's The Clare Balding Show.
"If it means pulling them out of World Championships or Olympic Games then we will have to do that.
"I know the World Anti-Doping Agency has looked very closely at the Kenyan National Anti-Doping Agency. We, of course, monitor that through the IAAF, so that work is ongoing."
On Tuesday, the chief executive of Athletics Kenya said he wanted to step down temporarily amid allegations he asked athletes for bribes to reduce doping bans.
Isaac Mwangi denies wrongdoing but wants to leave his post for 21 days while the claims are investigated by the IAAF.
For several months, Wada has been trying to persuade Kenya to set up an effective national agency so more drug tests can be conducted, but progress has been slow.
The East African country, whose athletes are dominant in distance running, topped the medal table at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing with seven gold medals.
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But since 2011, more than 40 of its athletes have failed drugs tests.
David Howman, Wada's director general, said "a fully functional" anti-doping agency is "a vital step for a country of Kenya's sporting stature" if it is to "effectively protect clean athletes".
He added that it must be established "at the earliest opportunity".
Meanwhile, former marathon world record holder Wilson Kipsang has urged Kenya's government to strengthen their fight against doping.
Kipsang, 33, is president of the Professional Athletes Association of Kenya and was among 80 athletes who met in Eldoret on Wednesday to formulate an appeal to Kenya's government to fast-track legislation criminalising doping.
He told the Daily Nation newspaper: "We must all step up the fight against doping because if we are banned, Kenya will never be the same again. This is a country which has made its name as an athletics giant."
Since 1945, the world's population has tripled to seven billion, and feeding that population has relied increasingly on artificial fertilisers.
Phosphates, among the most important fertilisers, come from an ore that is in limited supply. It is mined, processed and spread on to our fields, whence it is ultimately washed away into the ocean.
So what will happen if one day we run out of the stuff?
"Crop yields will drop very, very spectacularly," chemist Andrea Sella, of University College, London, told Wednesday's Business Daily programme on the World Service.
"We will be in very, very deep trouble. We have to remember that the world's population is growing steadily, and so demand for phosphorus is growing every year."
As Dr Sella explains, phosphorus is essential for life. The element - which is so reactive that it spontaneously combusts in its pure form - is used by plant and animal cells to store energy.
It also forms the backbone of DNA, and it is an essential ingredient of our bones and teeth.
Farming without it is not a realistic option.
While this may sound rather alarming, there are two important caveats.
First, the supply of phosphates is forecast to last for many decades, if not centuries, to come.
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So humanity is at no immediate risk of running out of the means to feed itself, even at the current rate at which it is gobbling up phosphates.
Second, one of the biggest problems with phosphates over the past 60 years is arguably that they have been far too cheap and abundant.
There has been no incentive to use them sparingly.
Only a small fraction is actually absorbed by plants, and much is washed off by rain.
And this glut of fertilisers being washed into river systems, both phosphates and also nitrates, has created a nasty environmental problem - eutrophication.
This is where the abundant nutrients feed algae in rivers and ponds, creating blooms that turn the water green.
The algae then die, providing a feast for microbes, which in turn multiply and suck the oxygen out of the water, killing off all the fish and other animal and plant life.
It is a common problem in the lower reaches of major rivers such as the Thames and Rhine in Europe, and the Yangtze in China.
Similar algal blooms occur in our oceans, where large areas - notably the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Mexico - have become "dead zones".
Purely from an environmental perspective, the price of phosphates has clearly been too low.
Yet this now appears to be changing. The price of phosphate ores has risen fivefold over the past decade as demand, particularly from the developing world, has grown steadily.
Meanwhile, the cost of fertiliser production has also risen as the richest, cheapest phosphate seams have already been mined.
"Commodities are priced on the cost of extracting the next tonne that you need," says Jeremy Grantham, of US fund managers Grantham Mayo van Otterloo. "It is a hopelessly bad system.
"As long as we can mine a vital resource cheaply, we will price it cheaply, and run through the reserves until they become very expensive. And then we'll start to conserve."
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And then there is the sewage option.
Why not just capture the phosphorus from our own waste and recycle it? Sweden and Germany have been leading the way.
There is also a cottage industry among the eco-friendly in Western countries of "compost toilets".
Now the UK's Thames Water is getting in on the act, launching a new "reactor" that turns sewage sludge into nice clean fertiliser pellets.
How much of future supply could ultimately be provided by recycling is open to debate - Thames Water says 20% using the current technology.
But perhaps the more important point lies in the fact that Thames Water and Canadian partners Ostara, which developed the technology, expect to make a profit.
This should come from selling the pellets as well as from saving the cost of cleaning and replacing pipes that have become blocked by a phosphorus-based sediment called struvite.
Any benefits, as far as the environment or the long-term sustainable usage of a limited resource are concerned, are but a happy by-product.
The important point is that it is the rising price of phosphates that has made it worthwhile to start recycling the stuff.
So should we welcome the higher price? Well, it depends who you are.
In general, the lower your income, the more of it you spend on food and therefore the more sensitive you are to the higher food bills that might come with more expensive fertilisers.
In other words, rising phosphate prices hurt the poor most, which is hardly a recipe for social cohesion.
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As Jeremy Grantham points out, many North African countries depend on food imports, and rising food prices contributed to the discontent behind the 2011 Arab Spring.
One of those countries is Morocco, which by a freak of geography controls about three-quarters of the world's remaining good-quality phosphate reserves.
"Morocco has the most impressive quasi-monopoly in the history of man," says Mr Grantham. "It makes oil look unimportant in comparison."
That could make Morocco a very rich nation in the future, one that the rest of the world will be keen to court.
And it gives the country a great responsibility in pricing its product in a way that eventually weans the world off it in a manageable way - much like Saudi Arabia and oil.
Ironically, the higher prices that monopolists like to set may actually be what the planet needs.
But Morocco's unique position could also make it a centre of intrigue.
For example, much of its phosphates are actually located in the territory of Western Sahara.
It is occupied by the Moroccan military, which currently has an uneasy ceasefire in place with the local Algerian-backed Saharawi resistance.
This poses moral questions for the multinational companies that mine the stuff there, as well as some obvious strategic issues for the rest of the world about securing future food supplies.
Mr Grantham points out that half of nearby Mali - admittedly the sparsely populated Saharan half - was recently briefly overrun by militants affiliated with al-Qaeda, and he warns that Morocco itself may one day become the scene of rising social tensions, terrorism or revolt.
"I would almost guarantee to you that the major militaries of this world are well aware of this problem.
"They would not allow Morocco to become a hopelessly failed state," he says reassuringly.
"You don't want to look forward to the great fertiliser wars of 2042."
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The document, photographed in Downing Street, proposes expanding current grammars before opening new schools.
It then raises doubts whether plans for more selective school places would pass through the House of Lords.
A government spokeswoman said it would be "inappropriate to comment on internal government documents".
"The cat is out of the bag," said Labour's shadow education secretary Angela Rayner.
Liberal Democrat education spokesman John Pugh said: "It looks like a desperate plan to avoid parliamentary scrutiny and their inevitable defeat."
The document, being carried into 10, Downing Street, seems to have been written by Jonathan Slater, permanent secretary at the Department for Education.
It refers to Conservative plans to "open new grammars", although with the provision that they would have to "follow various conditions".
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What does this document tell us? And does it suggest that as well as more grammars, there could be a new style of grammar, admitting pupils on more than test results.
There have been concerns that grammars have a disproportionately affluent intake - and these "conditions" might suggest that new grammars might have obligations to admit more poorer pupils.
There are also hints at a difference in emphasis within Conservative ranks - with the education secretary wanting to expand the current grammars before opening any new schools.
A long-running dispute in Kent was resolved this year when an existing grammar school was allowed to open another branch in another town, on the basis that this was the expansion of an existing school, rather than opening an entirely new school.
Education Secretary Justine Greening is described as wanting new grammars to be presented in the consultation document "as an option" and "only to be pursued once we have worked with existing grammars to show how they can be expanded and reformed".
But the note says: "I simply don't know what the PM [prime minister] thinks of this."
And it says: "I simply can't see any way of persuading the Lords to vote for selection on any other basis."
Before opening any more grammars, the government would have to change the law, which at present outlaws the creation of new grammar schools in England.
If the government thought that this would face too difficult a path through Parliament, existing grammar schools could open such "satellite" campuses on other sites.
There have been suggestions that new grammars could be opened as part of the free school programme, which could be adapted to allow selection by ability.
The prospect of a return to grammar schools has had some strong support among Conservative backbenchers.
They have argued that admission by ability is more likely to promote social mobility, providing an opportunity for bright, poor pupils who do not live in the catchment areas of good schools.
But Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw said this week that the idea that poor children would benefit from a return of grammar schools was "tosh" and "nonsense"
Sir Michael said a return to selection at 11 years old would be a "profoundly retrograde step".
Labour's Angela Rayner said: "Behind closed doors the Tories are planning a return to the bad old days of grammars, ignoring all the evidence which has told us time and again that they do not aid social mobility."
John Pugh, of the Liberal Democrats, said: "This lays bare the desperate lengths the Conservative party are willing to go to deliver grammar schools through the cloak of expansion.
"The government should be ashamed of themselves. If they think this is the right thing to do, they should bring it to Parliament and win the argument."
But Graham Brady, a leading Conservative backbencher and prominent supporter of grammar schools said: "Grammar schools are popular wherever they remain and opinion polls suggest that 75% of people in Britain want more of them.
"It must be good news that the government is looking at repealing a statutory ban new grammar schools.
"Why ban something that is proven to work and popular?"
Mr Brady said grammar schools should be available as "part of the mix where parents and communities want them".
Kevin Courtney, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: "Theresa May said on the steps of Downing Street that she wanted 'a country that works for everyone'.
"Yet now we hear of proposals to take education back to the 1950s, when children were segregated at age 11 and their life chances determined by the type of school they attended.
"Opening new grammar schools would not only be a backward step but is also a complete distraction from the real problems facing schools and education. For every grammar school there are three or four 'secondary modern' schools."
A government spokeswoman said: "The prime minister has been clear that we need to build a country that works for everyone, not just the privileged few.
"We are looking at a range of options to allow more children to access a school that lets them rise as far as their talents will take them.
"Policies on education will be set out in due course, and it would be inappropriate to comment further on internal government documents."
The epicentre of the tremor was detected near Reepham, about five miles (8km) east of Lincoln, at 14:15 BST on Monday.
"People in the area may have heard a bang or felt a shudder for a second or two," said seismologist David Galloway.
Maxine Soroka, of Langworth, said: "I heard it and the house shook, but I had no idea what it was until this morning."
"My parents who live in Reepham said they also heard and felt it," she added.
Lincolnshire Police said it did not receive any reports of damage.
About 250 to 300 earthquakes hit the UK each year, although most go unnoticed by the public, according to British Geological Survey seismologist Mr Galloway.
In 2008, a 5.2-magnitude quake hit Market Rasen - 32,000 times more powerful than the tremor on Monday.
A small number of specially-trained officers in the area have been routinely carrying side-arms since before April last year.
Police in the former Strathclyde and Tayside forces also allowed specialist officers to routinely carry guns before the launch of the new single force.
Police Scotland has adopted the approach across the country.
Fifty nine Highland councillors support a motion by the local authority's depute leader, David Alston, calling for the policy to be reviewed.
Earlier this month, the officer in charge of policing in the Highlands and Islands said he could have done more to make the public aware of changes to firearms policy.
Ch Supt Julian Innes said he "probably had not explained" the police tactic as well as could have.
He told BBC Radio Scotland officers had been carrying Tasers and holstered handguns for 13 months before it had become an issue.
A political row over specially-trained officers routinely carrying side-arms started in May when Independent MSP John Finnie raised concerns about the change in policy.
He said previously firearms officers had to retrieve their weapons from locked safes in armed response vehicles with permission from a senior officer.
Mr Finnie said following the change in policy there had been occasions when firearms officers had supported unarmed police on routine duties, such as dispersing late night crowds from outside pubs and clubs.
The search was part of an investigation into an allegedly fake job given to his wife. He denies any wrongdoing.
Mr Fillon has vowed to continue his presidential campaign, despite growing pressure for him to step down.
He was once seen as the favourite to win the election but his poll ratings have dropped since the scandal emerged.
The allegations circling around the Fillon family focus mainly on his Welsh-born wife Penelope, who is also reported to be facing an investigation.
The Le Canard Enchaine newspaper alleges she was paid €831,400 (£710,000; $900,000) over several years for working as a parliamentary assistant for Mr Fillon and his successor, but had no parliamentary pass - raising questions over whether she did the work she was paid for.
The raid on Thursday morning happened as the candidate visited winegrowers in southern France. His parliamentary office had already been searched last month.
Many on the right will see the operation as another sign of how the scandal has totally eclipsed Mr Fillon's ability to run a campaign, the BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris reports.
For the first time since the affair broke out a month ago, there is open dissension in the ranks about his candidacy, our correspondent adds.
Senior Republicans have gathered support for ex-Prime Minister Alain Juppe, 71, who was defeated by Mr Fillon in the primaries.
On Thursday evening, thousands of supporters turned out to his rally in the town of Nimes. "You have a fighter before you," Mr Fillon told a cheering crowd. "I have no intention of giving in."
On Wednesday, Mr Fillon said he had been summoned to appear before a judge over the case.
He complained he was the victim of a "political assassination", and vowed to continue his run for president - despite previously pledging to stand down if his case was placed under formal investigation.
Following his announcement, several key allies resigned, including his foreign affairs spokesman and deputy campaign director.
Mr Fillon will appear in court on 15 March, just two days before the deadline for candidates to submit their final applications.
The first round of the election takes place on 23 April, followed by a run-off on 7 May.
Jan Jedrzejewski, 41, died in hospital after being found on Keene Street, Lliswerry, last Thursday at 23:00 GMT.
Richard Wallis, 43, Shaquile Crosdale, 18, and Callum Banton, 18, were charged with murder and remanded in custody at Newport Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
A boy, aged 17, appeared separately and was remanded in youth custody.
All four will go before the city's crown court on Wednesday.
Experts say many children do not get a proper workout which helps them develop coordination, strength and agility.
The British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine wants all schools to use a short exercise routine called "five-in-five".
But the government said PE was a matter for individual schools.
Specialists in sports and exercise medicine say that too often PE lessons focus on developing sports skills rather than encouraging flexibility and movement.
The British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine (BASEM) has endorsed a quick training programme designed to address this.
Five-in-five provides five exercises in five minutes. A leading international sports coach, Kelvin Giles, has devised more than 20 five-minute routines.
He has worked with elite sports men and women around the world, from athletics and rugby to football and tennis.
"Catastrophic" fitness
He also spends a lot of time in schools, and said PE lessons in the UK do not give children a proper workout.
Zoe Biggs started the programme with her class of nine and 10-year-olds at Camps Hill Primary School in Stevenage last year.
The children have been delighted as their fitness has improved.
"Some of them really struggled at the beginning, and once they worked at it and persevered they really came alight," said Ms Biggs.
"They looked so happy they could do it and they'd achieved it and done it themselves."
Progress was closely monitored through the academic year.
The improvements - in terms of flexibility, co-ordination and strength - were dramatic.
Children said they enjoyed it.
"It's quite hard at first but when you do lots it's actually quite easy," said one.
Another said it was fun, but confessed that it sometimes left him feeling "hot and bothered".
They have worked their way through several sets of exercises, many of them with catchy names such as "upside-down bug" or "hot-foot lizard".
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"Out of the 40 minutes there's eight minutes of activity going on. Very often the kids are standing around and just listening to the teacher talk. So heart rates aren't being raised. Mechanical efficiency isn't being looked at."
As a result, he says, the level of fitness in most children is "catastrophic".
The five-in-five routines involve squatting, lunging, pushing, bracing and rotating.
"You can get stronger, you can get more stable, you can have a much better posture, by exposing yourself to five minutes a day," said Mr Giles.
The initiative has won the backing of the UK's leading sports doctors. To mark its annual conference in London, the British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine has called on UK governments to incorporate the programme in all schools.
The Association's chairman is former Olympic gold medallist rower, and chief medical officer for the London Olympics, Dr Richard Budgett. He is deeply concerned about PE in schools.
"If you're not a natural athlete, not attracted to sport and exercise, there is a real problem. It's very easy to drop out."
"By using a programme like five-in-five in schools we can get young people with the skills that they can then use as they get older. So they can keep fit, keep their joints working properly and prevent all sorts of diseases, from osteoarthritis through to diabetes and heart disease."
The Department for Education in England says it will be up to schools to decide if they want to adopt this.
It wants them to focus more on competitive sport. Sports physicians say five-in-five will help gifted children to excel, while ensuring all receive a proper physical education.
Webb, 27, has not played since injuring a foot during a World Cup warm-up match against Italy in September.
Wales begin their Six Nations campaign with an away match against Ireland in Dublin on Sunday, 7 February.
Ospreys will also be without back row Tyler Ardron for eight weeks because of a knee injury.
The 24-year-old, who was injured while playing for Canada at the World Cup, had surgery in October.
Ospreys had hoped Webb would make an early return from injury and be available this month.
But, though he has returned to training, he is still short of match fitness.
"His recovery is going well and we're now concentrating on getting him to the physical level he needs to be in order to perform as we want," said Chris Towers, Ospreys' medical performance manager.
"He has begun running again, starting doing some skills work, and the focus is on getting him available for selection at the end of February, which would be five months post-op."
Webb, capped 16 times by Wales, has renewed his national dual contract with Ospreys and the Welsh Rugby Union.
He turned down offers from elsewhere to stay at the region for whom he made his debut in 2007.
The streets of Savile Town in Dewsbury are quiet. A couple of homeowners are tending the neat gardens of these tidy terraced houses and an elderly woman laden with carrier bags makes her way back from the corner shop.
Nobody is willing to share their views on the death of Talha Asmal, a seventeen year old who has reportedly carried out a suicide bombing in Iraq.
In the town centre, away from the teenager's former home, people are more willing to talk.
Sidra Hussain, 21, said: "I believe that if you follow Islam, you can't even take your own life, you know it's the wrong path.
"I'm a Muslim and [what he's done] isn't something I approve of. Islam is about peace and what Isis is doing isn't a reflection of that.
"That young lad was probably gullible and led into it. I think everybody in the community, not just Muslims, need to [stick] together."
"People think they're doing something good, but they aren't. The true meaning of what these youngsters are led into [is something] they don't understand."
Qari Asim, an Imam in Leeds, said radicalisation was not taking place in mosques, but young people were being "brainwashed" online by people for their own "political aims and gains".
Sarah Hussain, 22, said the knowledge the teenager was lured to Syria by Islamic State was "scary".
"I just want everything like that to end, I want Dewsbury to get back to normal," she said.
It's not the first time this West Yorkshire market town has been under scrutiny.
In July 2005, Mohammad Sidique Khan, a 30-year-old married father-of-one, was the oldest of the four suicide bombers who attacked London's transport network. The classroom assistant detonated enough explosives on a Circle Line underground train near Edgware Road to kill himself and six others.
Then, in 2008 Shannon Matthews, "disappeared" from her home in Batley Carr - only to be found three weeks later in her stepfather's uncle's house.
The area has struggled to shake off its bad reputation ever since, said a man, who gave his name as Tom.
"There's nothing in the last few years that's been said about Dewsbury that's good," he said. "It's embarrassing for the town and the community and [this] doesn't paint the town in a good light."
Referring to Talha Asmal, he said: "People have their religions and their beliefs and some are just brainwashed and that's what happened with this lad. He will have thought he was doing it for the greater good.
"But he hasn't become a martyr, he's become a statistic."
What's important to remember is the number of those leaving the country for Syria are small, said Professor Paul Rogers, from Bradford University.
"IS presents itself as a guardian of Islam and for a tiny proportion of people it gets through to them, and IS manipulates them particularly for suicide bombing," he said.
"You can't explain who will do it and in the great majority of cases, family have no knowledge this is going on."
But what can be done to stop another youngster following Talha's lead?
"We've got to get to the root of it," says one man, who wished to remain anonymous. "Communities can't do anything, they can go out and go on demonstrations, but Imams and political leaders need to clean all this rubbish out.
"It gives us a bad name, it gives the town a bad name."
In July, the government announced that all sales of new petrol and diesel cars in the UK will cease by 2040. Volvo, meanwhile, has said every vehicle it launches from 2019 will have an electric motor.
The National Grid predicts that by 2050, there could be up to 26 million electric vehicles on the road in the UK.
They'll all need charging regularly if we're to stay on the move, so how might our homes, roads and forecourts adapt to this exhaust-free future?
The short answer from the National Grid is yes.
How you access that electricity is what requires some thinking.
A top-of-the-range electric car will have a battery capacity of 90kWh. Using an average sized charger (3.5kW) it would take around 19 hours to go from 25% to fully charged.
That's a long time to wait to nip to the shops, but charging time can be cut dramatically by using a larger charger - ideally, you'd plug in something hefty with up to 50kW to reduce the time to about 80 minutes.
However, chargers that big aren't suitable for an average home - a more likely option would be a charger of about 11kW.
A typical home is fitted with a main fuse of 60-80 amps, and the National Grid points out that an 11kW car charger would require 48 amps.
That means using a kettle, oven or immersion heater during charging would cause the main fuse to trip.
So no cuppa while you wait?
Well, one solution could be to increase the amperage of your main fuse.
Only the distribution network operators can do this - as opposed to an electrician or your supplier - and the cost can vary depending on the age of a property.
With a 100 amp fuse, a 22kW charger could be used which would have a faster charge time of around three hours.
This would, however, still require all other electrical appliances in the house to be turned off during charging.
The National Grid predicts that by 2050, if there are 20 million electric cars on the road, about 8.5 million of them will not have the facilities to charge at home.
And for the aforementioned reasons - primarily the need for a cuppa or a hot bath - home charging won't always be the preferred option.
There are currently more than 4,700 locations with charging points around the UK, according to website Zap-Map.com.
New locations are being added daily - with an increase of 480 in the past 30 days alone.
This trend looks set to continue, with petrol stations and motorway services due to be made to install charge points, under the government's Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill.
Electric charging company Ubitricity has begun installing charge points in adapted lamp posts in parts of London.
The posts are fitted with with a charging point which uses the electricity source for the lamp.
This provides on-street parking for electric car users - and uses an established electricity network.
Ubitricity argues it reduces the cost of installing an electric charging point by 90%. The company charges 13p per killowatt hour.
Suppliers such as Ecotricity - who currently have 300 "pumps" in the UK - also offer faster charging points. And car manufacturers themselves are working together to create charging networks.
Smart charging, which intelligently controls when vehicles draw electricity from the grid to avoid peaks and troughs, is one way of managing consumption.
This will be vital, according to think tank Green Alliance, who are warning of potential localised "brown-outs" - a drop in voltage of supply - in wealthier areas where initial electric vehicle take-up will be higher.
It cites an example of "responsive charging" in California, where internet connected chargers respond to signals by reducing or cutting off car charging if the grid is unstable.
The National Grid has set out how it thinks the UK's infrastructure could be reconfigured to cope with a world in which almost all cars will be electric.
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Detectives are investigating acts of violence, disorder and vandalism that took place at the event and have so far made 119 arrests.
The incidents happened after the final whistle at the Hibernian versus Rangers game at Hampden on Saturday 21 May.
A dedicated email address has been set up for anyone with information.
Thousands of Hibs fans jumped the barriers at the final whistle after their team won its first Scottish Cup Final in 114 years.
A number of Rangers fans also came on to the pitch.
The pitch invasion delayed the presentation of the trophy to Hibs and there was no lap of honour.
Police have urged anyone with information about the identities of those pictured to come forward.
The double Six Nations Grand Slam winner is joined by fellow Welshmen John Dawes and Arthur Gould.
Jonny Wilkinson is one of four English players inducted, along with former team-mates Jeremy Guscott and Lawrence Dallaglio and 2014 Women's World Cup winner Maggie Alphonsi.
Former Ireland centre Brian O'Driscoll is also on the list.
Scotland's 1925 Grand Slam-winning captain GPS Macpherson, former Canada wing and Winter Olympic bobsleigh gold medalist Heather Moyse, ex-Japan wing and world-record try-scorer Daisuke Ohata and Daniel Collins - a former Australia and USA international and World War I lieutenant - are the other inductees.
O'Driscoll is recognised for a stellar career during which he led Ireland to their first Six Nations grand slam in 61 years and became his country's record try-scorer and cap-holder with 46 tries in 133 Tests.
Wilkinson is England's record points-scorer and his extra-time drop-goal against Australia clinched the 2003 World Cup for a team which also included number eight Dallaglio.
Centre Guscott's crowning moment was also a drop-goal, as his for the British and Irish Lions against South Africa in 1997 set them up for a series win.
Alphonsi was a key member of the England side that dominated the Six Nations with seven straight titles - six of them Grand Slams - between 2006 and became the first female recipient of the Rugby Writers' prestigious Pat Marshall Award.
As a player, Dawes led Wales to a Grand Slam in 1971 and the Lions to their first series win in New Zealand. As Wales coach, he guided his country to two more Grand Slams in 1976 and 1978.
A charismatic back, Gould was captain for 18 of his 27 Wales caps - a record that lasted almost a century. He retired in 1897 and remained Wales' most-capped centre until overtaken by Steve Fenwick in 1980.
The full list of new inductees (with induction number and country) is:
Brian O'Driscoll (121, Ireland), Shane Williams (122, Wales), Jeremy Guscott (123, England), Lawrence Dallaglio (124, England), Heather Moyse (125, Canada), John Dawes (126, Wales), GPS Macpherson (127, Scotland), Arthur Gould (128, Wales), Jonny Wilkinson (129, England), Daniel Carroll (130, Australia and USA), Daisuke Ohata (131, Japan) and Maggie Alphonsi (132, England).
The designer, who has stepped down as head of the company he founded, is best known for the colourful collared shirts and knit sweaters that became part of the classic American wardrobe.
Mr Lauren, who turns 76 in October, has turned the company that bears his name into a $7.5bn (£5bn) business. He will stay on as chief designer.
He has said his style is modelled after the clothing worn at America's Ivy League colleges.
In his biography he wrote: "I loved the oldness, the custom mood of navy blazers, school crests, rep ties, flannels, and saddle shoes."
To make his label global he translated a style often favoured by older white men into a look for everyone.
It was his 1989 knit sweater featuring a US flag that accomplished this. The sweater would become a top seller and the American flag featuring his initials instead of stars was used as the company's logo for a range of products.
Ten years later he doubled down on his reverence for the American flag, donating $13m (£8.5m) to a Smithsonian museum to help preserve the flag that inspired the country's national anthem.
Mr Lauren counts several of America's biggest celebrities among his friends. Kanye West in particular has established a close relationship with the designer and helped make the label popular among the hip hop star's legions of fans.
Having celebrities wear his styles off and on the red carpet also helped make the brand cool. Beyonce, Pharrell Williams, Gwyneth Paltrow and Taylor Swift are all fans.
Though many associate the Polo Ralph Lauren brand with the cotton collared shirts featuring a pony mounted, mallet-swinging player, Mr Lauren began the Polo brand with ties.
The ties were sold successfully at New York department store Bloomingdales encouraging him to release a full menswear line a year later.
In 1971 he followed up with a line of tailored suits for women and soon after released his iconic, colourful, short-sleeved polo shirts that would become the brand's signature look.
The first Polo Ralph Lauren store opened in Beverly Hills, California, in 1971 and the first international location opened in London's West End in 1981.
Despite being known for his luxury designs, Mr Lauren came from humble beginnings.
Born in the Bronx, New York to Jewish parents, he changed his name from Ralph Lifshitz to Ralph Lauren at 16.
The young Lauren did not start out with any ambition to be a fashion designer. He was working for Brooks Brothers as a salesman when the desire to create his own line of neck-ties struck.
In its 48-year history, the company has gone far beyond runway fashion.
Mr Lauren opened RL Restaurant in Chicago in 1999, followed by ones in Paris and New York. The Ralph Lauren Company includes home goods and fragrance brands.
As a designer he has also embraced sports. The company has sponsored and designed outfits worn by golfers, tennis players and Olympians.
Polo Ralph Lauren was the first label to sponsor Wimbledon in 2006. The brand redesigned the uniforms worn by the ball boys and girls and the judges.
The brand also designed the Team USA uniforms for the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.
These events have enabled the brand to represent the American look on a world stage and incorporate some of the preppy design elements Polo Ralph Lauren is known for.
As the icon prepares to step down as CEO, questions circulate about the impact his successor Stefan Larsson will have.
Mr Larsson is known for increasing sales at low-end retailers Old Navy and H&M.
And with the luxury industry struggling, shareholders have welcomed his appointment.
Faith groups, academy chains, parents and teachers are among those who are now seeing their bids become a reality, alongside private schools transferring to the state sector.
More than half will be open by the end of the week, the rest by the end of the month.
Most have been - or still are - the scene of frantic preparation, with whole new teams of teachers arriving with the decorators, as well as the carpets, books and interactive whiteboards.
Free schools were a centrepiece of the Conservatives' election manifesto - the idea of local people setting up schools fitting in with its Big Society agenda.
They might be relatively small in number - 24 out of England's 20,000 schools - but the government wants more of them and says that number should "at least double" next year.
Very similar to academy schools, they also reflect the way the government wants to revolutionise the system, with schools funded directly by Westminster, semi-independent and outside of local authority control, with the freedom to vary the school day, terms, the curriculum and teachers' pay and conditions.
It is a vision which worries teaching unions and other critics of the policy - who say free schools will take money and pupils from existing schools, increase segregation and division and lead to the break-up of the state school system.
But what is it like to be the people at the cutting edge of the policy - those setting up the schools - and those who oppose them?
Penny Roberts is the driving force behind St Luke's Church of England Primary in Camden, London, which will open to a class of just 15 pupils in a renovated church hall next week.
The school will take children of all faiths and none, giving places to those who live nearest to it, but will have a Christian ethos, she says.
"The vision is for a local school with a close, community ethos to meet local needs," she says.
The mother of two - who practised as an educational psychologist until having her children - thinks she has spent as much as 80 hours a week getting the school off the ground.
"It has all been happening very quickly and I have loved it," she said.
"There is always a decision to be made and you see the results so quickly."
There have been complaints from home though.
"I have not seen the children much this year and my daughters flip between being proud and excited and annoyed by it all," she said.
She says the school has not faced direct local opposition, although some people there might be against the idea of free schools.
At this school as with others, the idea was a parent's - but the backing of another group - in this case the Church of England - was crucial.
"There's a severe shortage of places in Camden, especially in this part of the borough," Penny Roberts explains.
"I saw the policy and the need and first went to the church with the idea of setting up a school here and they were supportive. They have always been very outward-looking. I got a group of parents together and that led to the community getting behind it."
The parents gathered support and signatures for a petition through local parents' networks and mother and toddler groups.
With the Church of England behind her - and a site - things moved very fast. The church teamed her up with "a fabulous project manager", she says.
"It was incredibly quick. The information came after Easter and the forms in early July," she says.
Other parents wanting to set up free schools have turned to groups behind existing academy chains to help make their dreams a reality.
This is what happened in Bristol, where parents made the case for a school in the north-west of the city after setting up a group called Parents' Voice.
Among the parents were Blair King and his wife. and he is now the chairman of the new Bristol Free School's governing body.
The school opens today in its temporary home - a building which used to house the government's Environment Agency. Its permanent home is due to be a former private school.
"I am excited but nervous as well," said Mr King.
"We have had a plan up until now and now we have a school and we have a legal and a moral responsibility to the children and the parents who have put their faith in us.
"It is an enormously privileged position to be in and it is the culmination of two years' work."
Mr King, a self-employed management accountant, described how the school came about.
"My wife and her friend were on a night out and got talking to a prospective MP, Charlotte Leslie [now a Bristol MP] and asked her what she was going to do about secondary schools.
"That led to a meeting in Charlotte's house in September 2009 and the setting up of Parents' Voice.
"She helped us organise ourselves. We did leaflets and collected signatures for a petition and there was a lot of interest and support for a local secondary school."
There was a need for a school for that area of Bristol, Mr King said: "From five local outstanding primary schools, kids are going to 30 different secondaries in and out of Bristol, including independent schools.
"We wanted a local school where kids could stay together and learn together."
He estimates he has spent about 20 hours a week on the project.
The free school has faced strong local opposition - especially from other local secondary school head teachers - who fear it will take money and pupils from their schools and lead to more segregation in the community.
Clare Bradford, head teacher of Henbury School, said: "There is strong evidence that this will have a negative impact on local schools.
"In the four schools local to the Bristol Free School there are more than 300 spare places just in Year 7 [the first year of secondary school], largely due to a bid drop in the demographic.
"How can it be right to spend tax-payers' money on extra provision when all the schools have vastly rising results and value added scores?
"Schools are not businesses. If they fail it is the children who will suffer and the children whose schools will lose teachers and some of their option choices. They are playing a political game with it."
Parents will not be involved in the day-to-day running of Bristol Free School, although they are part of the non-profit-making trust that has been set up to run it.
The trust was set up with "school improvement providers" Education London, which has worked with academy schools and is advising other free school bidders.
About six of the new free schools are being run by groups already operating academy chains and for the leaders of these new schools, it has also been a momentous journey.
The Ark Conway Primary Academy, in London's Hammersmith, is being set up by the Ark education charity in a former library - a Grade II listed building - and is one such school.
It opens next week and as the painters finished and the equipment came in, head teacher Damian McBeath was holding staff training days and visiting each of his 30 new pupils in their homes to find out their interests.
"This week has been incredible," he said.
"I have never been involved in the process of opening a new school before. There were times this summer when I thought 'This is never going to happen'... to see the transformation of the library, the carpets laid and the decoration up - it's amazing."
There had been some touching moments, he said, when he visited the new pupils and their parents.
"It was moving to see their [the parents'] excitement at being at the start of something new," he said.
As for the four-year-olds facing their first day at school, there was a similar if simpler emotion.
"The children see it as an exciting new step - their big school," said Mr McBeath.
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The Reds, who announced a new shirt sponsorship deal on Wednesday, left their kit behind for the trip to Somerset and consequently lined up in the Lady Glovers' yellow away strip at Huish Park - which were also adorned with their opponents' names.
The unfamiliar colours - and names - did not seem to affect the visitors, as Alex Greenwood's penalty, Gemma Bonner's strike and Katie Zelem's double put them 4-0 up.
But WSL 2 champions Yeovil, playing their first ever match in the top flight, were buoyed by a late penalty from the club's top scorer Sarah Wiltshire, who has re-signed for the Spring Series after giving birth earlier this year.
Another positive for Yeovil was that they recorded the largest home attendance in their history, with 1,897 watching their debut in the top division.
In Sunday's other top-flight game, Birmingham City were held to a goalless draw at home to Sunderland.
The Blues, who reached May's Women's FA Cup final after knocking out Arsenal and Chelsea, hit the bar through Ellen White and went close through Paige Williams and Sarah Mayling, but Sunderland held on.
Top-flight newcomers Yeovil join Bristol - who were promoted with them in 2016 - on one defeat so far after the Vixens lost to Reading on Saturday.
For Sunderland - who reverted to part-time status and replaced former boss Carlton Fairweather with Melanie Reay in the winter - Sunday's clean sheet was their first in all competitions since July.
Meanwhile, Arsenal's scheduled game against Notts County on Sunday was cancelled after the news of Notts' liquidation on Friday, leaving nine teams in the top flight this term.
Neither of last year's top two - Manchester City and Chelsea - had a league game on the opening weekend.
Their meeting was rearranged for 25 May because of Saturday's Champions League semi-final first leg, which City lost 3-1 to French holders Lyon.
Stephen Talbot, 63, from Little Downham, Cambridgeshire, was jailed for 15 months in February but the sentence has been cut on appeal to nine months.
Three judges at the Criminal Court of Appeal ruled the jail term was too long but refused to suspend it.
Talbot also admitted perverting the course of justice.
Talbot, whose wife was the rector of Little Downham near Ely, resigned from his police role on 1 October and was arrested the same day.
The court was told he had first tried to destroy a computer hard drive, knowing it contained images of children.
Prosecutor John Farmer told the court Talbot had accessed online pornography between 2009 and 2014 and "developed an interest in eight to 16-year-olds".
The case came to light when he had problems with his internet connection in September 2014, the court heard.
Talbot's barrister Mark McDonald argued the sentence was too tough and should have been suspended.
He said both Talbot and his wife had lost their jobs and had to move out of the area.
The police would not have known about his crimes, or the destroyed hard drive, but for Talbot's own confession, Mr McDonald added.
Mr Justice Spencer said a jail term was correct for the "serious offence" of destroying the hard drive.
But he added: "We are persuaded that the circumstances of this case were so exceptional that a more modest starting point could have been taken by the judge."
The judge, sitting with Lord Justice Lloyd Jones and Judge Eleri Rees, said Talbot had already served most of his new, nine-month, sentence and would shortly be freed.
Jones, who will name his Elite Player Squad on Wednesday, said: "You have to be able to increase the tempo of the game.
"The old days where you could just strangulate teams [are gone]."
England begin their Six Nations campaign against Scotland on 6 February.
Australian Jones, who was appointed in November after Stuart Lancaster was sacked following England's group-stage exit from the World Cup, said any players overlooked for the squad could have no complaints.
"I accept that there will be criticism of the squad, [but] the player that hasn't been selected hasn't done well enough, it's as simple as that," he said.
"The players select themselves because they express themselves in a way that I can see them being a profitable part of a winning England team."
While Jones's stated aim is for England to be "the most dominant team in the world", he admits they must understand the "meat and potatoes" of the game first.
"We've got to get the basics of the game right," he added.
Jones also confirmed that he will act as England's attack coach during the Six Nations, saying his back-room appointments are "all done and dusted" - putting an end to speculation that Northampton's Alex King could join the set-up.
One of the books is a copy of Old King Cole which measures less than 1mm in height!
It was published in 1985 and held the world record for the smallest printed book for 20 years.
It is one of about 80 miniature books which will go on display in Edinburgh until 17 November.
A miniature book is generally defined as one that is less than 7.5cm tall.
In the 1870s, the Glasgow book publisher David Bryce & Son became one of the most successful miniature book publishers in the world.
They found that books sold thousands upon thousands more copies if they were miniature.
Others, like the tiny copy of Old King Cole, are simply published for a bit of fun.
Chairs were thrown outside Sinclair's Oyster Bar in Exchange Square in Manchester city centre.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) tweeted the Polish football fans were held on suspicion of violent disorder.
A GMP spokesperson said the injured man was treated at the scene by paramedics for a head wound and the group of fans dispersed after officers arrived.
In a later tweet, the force said: "A fourth male was arrested after being found hiding in a restaurant near where the other three were detained."
The trouble flared before Manchester City's Champions League group match against Spanish side Sevilla at the Etihad Stadium, which kicked off at 19:45 BST.
Reports have suggested some of the people involved in the trouble were wearing the colours of Polish club Slask Wroclaw, whose fans have clashed with those of Sevilla recently.
The council's head of paid service, Ian Westley, replaces Bryn Parry-Jones who quit last October after a £277,000 severance deal was agreed.
It followed a row over cash payments in lieu of pension contributions which the Wales Audit Office said were unlawful.
He had been Wales's highest paid council chief, earning almost £200,000. His successor will be paid £130,000.
It also emerged the council had been leasing a Porsche sports car for Mr Parry-Jones at the cost of £2,368 a month.
The former chief executive had used "underspend" from his car leasing deal in previous years towards the lease for the car.
The council paid £8,600 to cancel the contract for the Porsche Panamera when he left his post.
Whitehall had tried to "sideline" Wales, he said, pointing to a decision to stop electrification beyond Cardiff.
His comments came ahead of a meeting to discuss Brexit with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh.
Talks between the Welsh and UK governments are due to happen in September.
But Mr Jones said that "so far they have refused to speak to us or Northern Ireland or Scotland."
First Secretary of State Damian Green met Scotland's Brexit Minister Michael Russell in Edinburgh last August, but the talks resulted in no agreement.
UK ministers have said the devolved administrations will not lose any powers as a result of withdrawing from the EU.
Under the plans for the UK government's repeal bill, powers returning from Brussels would be held in Westminster until new rules - on things such as farm subsidies - are agreed between the UK and devolved nations.
However the Welsh Government has described the plans as a "power grab" - and Mr Jones said he did not believe assurances that powers would only remain in London temporarily.
On Tuesday, he Scottish and Welsh governments agreed to propose changes to that bill.
"Why should I believe a UK government that told us it would electrify the mainline to Swansea? That went flying out the window," Mr Jones told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales programme.
"Unfortunately no, I don't believe the UK government on this."
There needed to be a "common way forward" between the "partnership of four nations", he said.
The Welsh Labour leader also denied there was a rift between him and Jeremy Corbyn over the best deal for Britain.
He said Mr Corbyn shared his view that the UK should retain as much access as possible to the European single market, without trade tariffs.
"We're in pretty much the same position," he said.
The UK government played down notions of a rift with the Welsh government, with one source calling the first minister's comments "frustrating".
Senior officials on both sides were talking to each other on a daily basis behind the scenes, the source said.
Prior to Mr Jones's comments, a UK government spokeswoman said: "It is our expectation that the outcome of this process will provide greater decision-making power for each devolved administration and we are committed to positive and productive discussions going forward."
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies, dubbed Mr Jones's meeting in Scotland an "unhelpful sideshow", which he said was "just the latest in a long line of attempts by Carwyn Jones to undermine Brexit".
Gary Weir, 24, was fatally injured near Shettleston Juniors ground in Shettleston Road in the early hours of Sunday 7 August.
Police said five men, three aged 20, one aged 21 and a 19-year-old, had been arrested.
They are expected to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Wednesday.
Three other young men were injured in the same incident which happened as a 21st birthday celebration was taking place at a nearby social club.
The other injured men were treated in hospital but later released.
Horse farmer David Daniel Doran, 42, pleaded guilty midway through his trial to making homeless Darrell Simester, from Kidderminster, perform forced or compulsory labour.
His father Daniel Doran, 67, who faced the same charge, was formally found not guilty at Cardiff Crown Court.
A police complaints body says it will now hold an inquiry into the case.
Judge Neil Bidder QC said this was "a case of 13 years of exploitation".
Mr Simester, 44, whose family thought he was missing, had been living in squalid conditions at Cariad Farm near Newport.
He had been picked up on a dual carriageway by a member of the Doran family following a trip to the seaside at Porthcawl, the jury had heard.
He was offered work at the family farm in Peterstone, Newport.
But the work turned out to be forced labour and his accommodation was a rat-infested shed with no washing facilities.
He ate two meals a day on his own in the outbuilding and for more than a decade he was not given soap and never used a toothbrush.
"I used the horse trough to have a wash," Mr Simester told the jury.
During his time at the farm, he fractured his hip after falling from a horse but continued to work despite the pain he was in and was only taken to hospital two days later where he had to undergo surgery.
He had told the court he was "terrified" of Doran and his father.
On Wednesday, midway through the trial, Doran admitted forcing Mr Simester to work unpaid during the period from April 2010-13.
The judge said there had been a total of 13 years of exploitation although there was no evidence Mr Simester had faced threats of violence while he was there.
The crown decided not to pursue the case against Daniel Doran.
Mr Simester was found in 2013 by police after a campaign by his family led to a tip-off that he was being held at the farm.
The jury heard that his family struggled to recognise him when they tracked him down in a "horrific state" with a chest infection, a hernia and calloused feet.
Prosecutor John Hipkin said: "We have considered the case in consultation with the Simester family and the chief crown prosecutor and the crown will not seek a verdict against the first defendant."
Doran's defence barrister, Nick Barraclough, told the court that he was a "man of good character, with no previous convictions".
After the hearing Catrin Attwell, senior crown prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service Wales complex casework unit, said: "Over a number of years, David Daniel Doran preyed on Darrell Simester's vulnerability.
"This case demonstrates that modern day slavery exists within our local communities. I hope that today's guilty plea will help Darrell Simester and his family as they seek to move forward with their lives."
Doran's sentencing was adjourned for reports to be compiled.
Following the end of the trial, a spokesman for the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said West Mercia Police and Gwent Police have referred conduct matters to the organisation in relation to their investigations into the missing person status of Mr Simester.
South Wales Police have referred a complaint from Mr Simester's mother to the watchdog regarding the force's lack of help and assistance in finding her son.
The IPCC is considering whether Gwent Police has already conducted a satisfactory investigation into this matter and the other two forces have been asked to appoint an officer to lead an investigation.
Roth took over at the museum in 2011 and left last year, having overseen blockbuster shows based on Alexander McQueen and David Bowie.
V&A chairman Nicholas Coleridge said he raised the museum "to new heights".
"Martin will be remembered as a man of prodigious energy, a director with a global reputation," he said.
Under Roth, the V&A was named 2016 Art Fund museum of the year and achieved record visitor numbers.
"He was a born frontman who enjoyed the warm glow of the spotlight, as do most museum directors.
"He put his natural showmanship to good use by raising the V&A's profile and status in the UK and abroad."
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Roth also oversaw the V&A's move towards a presence at the Venice Biennale and helped found the V&A Research Institute, as well as being closely involved in the expansion of the museum in Dundee and Shekou, China.
Coleridge said Roth was "a committed Europhile and cultural ambassador with a philosophical turn of mind, as well as a devoted husband and father", adding: "We will greatly miss Martin, and are profoundly grateful for his considerable contribution to the V&A."
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But the German-born director voiced his concerns about the future after the UK's vote to leave the European Union.
In July last year, he told the BBC the referendum result had worried him, saying it "feels like skiing in very thick fog".
He added that he had received letters from potential funders "asking if we can put things on hold".
Former Labour MP Tristram Hunt quit his seat in Stoke to become the Roth's successor at the V&A earlier this year.
He tweeted: "@V_and_A is hugely saddened by death of Martin Roth - his was a prodigious internationalism & contemporary ambition."
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The charges relate to a 55th-minute incident in Hull's 2-0 defeat at Emirates Stadium on 11 February.
Arsenal's Kieran Gibbs was booked for a foul on Hull winger Lazar Markovic.
Hull were charged with failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion.
The away side's frustrations began in the 34th minute when the ball appeared to come off Alexis Sanchez's hand and ended up in the net.
After consultation with his assistant, referee Mark Clattenburg awarded the goal.
Hull were then chasing the game in the second half when Gibbs, who was the last defender, brought down Markovic, who would have had a clear run through on goal from 30 yards.
When Clattenburg produced a yellow card for the incident, the Hull players surrounded the referee.
It could be Clattenburg's final English top-flight game, as he is quitting his job as a Premier League official to become Saudi Arabia's new head of referees.
The service between Ferryside and Llansteffan was a favourite with 19th and early 20th Century tourists from the south Wales valleys during "miners' fortnight".
But it was discontinued during the 1950s, leaving walkers and cyclists facing an 18 mile (29km) round trip up the estuary.
On Thursday, the plans were submitted to the Coastal Communities Fund for a purpose-built boat which could be plying the route again within two years.
The idea is the brainchild of retired Liverpool University professor Kenton Morgan.
He said: "It's known there are 400,000 annual visitors to Cefn Sidan beach just along the coast, and tens of thousands of visitors to Llansteffan Castle, Ferryside Castle and Laugharne, with its Dylan Thomas links.
"If the plan is approved, the ferry itself will become a tourist attraction."
As the name suggests, the settlement of Ferryside developed around the landing stage of a ferry across the Tywi estuary which may have pre-dated the Norman Conquest.
It is mentioned as early as 1170 when it was granted to the Knights Hospitaller at Slebech Commandery, and was crossed by Gerald of Wales two decades later.
However, with the second-highest tidal range in the UK, crossing the estuary is not without its difficulties.
A conventional boat would require a 820ft (250 metre)-long jetty, owing to the slope of the beach.
To overcome this the group behind the scheme has chosen an amphibious craft, using technology developed by a New Zealand company.
The ferry would be fitted with retractable wheels like an aircraft, which would avoid the need for a jetty.
If successful, the boat would be built in Solva in Pembrokeshire.
Two public meetings have been held and backing has been secured from both the community and county councils.
An initial outline of the plan has been submitted to the Coastal Communities Fund and the next stage will be to submit a full proposal and business plan.
Bill Bowman will take over from North East MSP Mr Johnstone, who died last week after being diagnosed with cancer.
Kincardineshire-born former dairy farmer Mr Johnstone, 55, was the longest-serving Scottish Conservative MSP at Holyrood.
Mr Bowman stood for the Conservatives in Dundee City East earlier this year. He becomes a regional list MSP.
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said Mr Johnstone was "a big man with a big heart" who "embodied politics at its best".
It has been announced that Mr Johnstone's funeral will be at Glenbervie Parish Church on Friday at noon.
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She was speaking after meeting Prime Minister Theresa May in Glasgow for talks ahead of the triggering of Article 50 on Wednesday.
Ms Sturgeon told BBC Scotland's political editor Brian Taylor: "I continued to be frustrated by a process that does not appear to be listening, not just to Scotland, but to any of the devolved administrations and I made that point to her [Theresa May]."
Liberty Global, which also has a 10% stake in UK TV company ITV, has not formally announced its offer and has until 19 November to decide if it will.
The deal would allow Liberty Global to expand its reach in the Caribbean where it lacks a mobile phone presence.
Cable & Wireless said the deal could be a combination of cash and shares.
Liberty Global, which is owned by billionaire John Malone, has a strong foothold in Latin America and growing presence in the Caribbean.
Last month Liberty abandoned talks with Vodafone about a swap of business assets in Europe's mobile phone, broadband and TV markets.
In November 2014, Cable & Wireless paid $1.85bn (£1.2bn) for Columbus International, a fibre-based telecommunications firm that Mr Malone owned a stake in.
The deal gave the Liberty Global owner a 13% voting stake in Cable & Wireless.
Liberty Global operates in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2013 it bought Virgin Media expanding its presence in the UK.
It took seven people to help lift the male Staffordshire bull terrier out of the waterway near Litherland Road in Bootle, Liverpool on Saturday.
A blue rope was tied around its neck and tests indicated it had been strangled, the RSPCA said.
An examination at Greater Manchester Animal Hospital found the dog had been fed and walked before it died.
He was in a good condition with short nails and had eaten recently, the animal welfare charity confirmed.
RSPCA Inspector Helen Smith said it was not clear if the dog was alive when it was thrown in the canal.
She said: "If he was dead when he was thrown in, it would have taken at least two people to get him in there as the dog was heavy, as was the rucksack.
"He could have also been walked down there alive, thrown into the canal and choked by the weight around his neck."
Anyone with information is urged to contact the RSPCA.
The owner of the stores affected, Food Retailer Operations Limited (FROL), was put in administration a month ago after hitting "difficult" trading conditions.
The stores are spread around the UK, from Dorset to Norfolk to Scotland, and were bought from the Co-op in 2016.
The closures do not affect the remainder of the Budgens chain, which has more than 100 stores.
The administrators, PwC, said they had failed to find a buyer for the FROL stores and were looking for firms to take over their leases.
Nine of the 34 closed at the weekend and the remaining 25 will shut for good over the next two weeks.
Mike Denny, joint administrator at PwC, said: "Unfortunately, we have been unable to find a buyer and it is not commercially viable to continue trading the stores.
"We are working closely with the Co-op, USDAW and the relevant government agencies to ensure that all employees receive the maximum levels of practical and financial support through the redundancy process."
The Budgens brand is owned by food wholesale giant Booker, which is currently in the process of being taken over by Tesco.
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VAR was used in awarding Sydney FC a penalty in a 1-1 draw against Wellington Phoenix.
Bobo scored the spot-kick, which came about after the VAR official alerted the referee to a handball by centre-back Marco Rossi from a corner.
Phoenix claimed a foul on Rossi had led to the offence.
Wellington equalised late on through former Celtic striker Michael McGlinchey, who is a New Zealand international.
VAR was first in place for Melbourne City's 1-0 win over Adelaide United on Saturday, but was not needed.
The technology can only review incidents relating to goals, red cards, mistaken identities and penalties.
As part of Fifa's ongoing testing, VARs will be involved for the remaining two rounds of the regular Australian season plus the three weeks of finals.
World governing body Fifa's president Gianni Infantino is keen to employ the system during the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
VAR technology was used to correct two decisions as Spain beat France in a friendly last month, previously having been used in France's 3-1 friendly win in Italy last September.
It could be used in English football as early as August, bringing forward the start of a planned trial by several months.
The Football Association had initially said the technology could be trialled in the FA Cup in January 2018, but could now begin in the EFL Cup first round.
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The visitors hit the post early on through Jordan Chapell's shot and then opened the scoring when Danny O'Brien latched on to Ryan Lloyd's cross.
Ryan Astles doubled the lead from John Rooney's cross but Ross Hannah missed a penalty after a foul on Chapell.
Hannah made up for his miss and gifted Chester their third with a close-range finish following Sam Hughes' set-up.
The visitors moved up to 16th place in the table while Altrincham lie just three points above 21st-placed Halifax, who also have a game in hand.
The appointment followed David Thorburn's decision to stand down after almost four years in the role.
With almost three decades of international banking experience, Mr Duffy, 53, has held a number of key senior roles.
He joins from Allied Irish Banks, where he has been chief executive since December 2011.
Parent company National Australia Bank (NAB) said late last year that it was looking for ways to exit the UK, where it also owns Yorkshire Bank, after several years of poor performance.
The UK business has been hit with high charges to compensate customers for Payment Protection Insurance mis-selling.
In October, NAB announced it was looking at all options for the future of the Clydesdale and Yorkshire banking division.
Those options could include a sale or initial public offering of the business.
Mr Duffy was a former CEO of Standard Bank International with responsibility for operations in the UK, Europe, Latin America and Asia.
He was also previously head of Global Wholesale Banking Network with ING Group and president and chief executive officer of the ING wholesale franchises in the United States and Latin America.
He has been invited to join the boards of Clydesdale Bank PLC and National Australia Group Europe Limited as an executive director.
It is anticipated that, subject to regulatory approval, he will be in the post within the next few months.
Clydesdale Bank board chairman Jim Pettigrew said: "David is a highly effective and motivational leader with a wealth of international banking experience and a strong track record in retail banking.
"In the past three years with AIB, he has delivered an impressive programme of positive change which has been built around the needs of customers.
"A passionate and genuine customer champion, David's broad-based skills, leadership, energy and strategic vision will be invaluable as we move into the next phase of our development."
NAB Group chief executive, Andrew Thorburn, added: "David is uniquely qualified to meet the challenges and opportunities of this important role, particularly as we are examining the broader range of options we announced in October 2014 to accelerate NAB's exit from the UK Banking business."
The newborn child was discovered on 29 January 2016 on land near Imperial Park, Coedkernew.
He had been wrapped in a white towel and placed in a black leather-style bag.
Despite numerous appeals, Gwent Police has still not been able to identify the baby's mother.
Officers said the towel, which had the words "St Annes" hand-written along its edge, came from St Anne's Hospice in Newport.
They have asked if anyone can connect the towel or the bag with a woman or girl who may have been upset, anxious or acting strangely this time last year and who may be doing so again around the anniversary of the birth.
Det Insp Judith Roberts said: "This must be an incredibly distressing time for the mother.
"The anniversary may bring back painful memories and we want to ensure that she is offered the right support.
"Anyone with information is urged to get in touch. If you want to speak with us confidentially or anonymously, that can be arranged."
Anyone with information is asked to call Gwent Police on 101 or contact the force via direct message on Facebook.
The former president, 89, acknowledged his advanced age but said Cuban communist concepts were still valid and the Cuban people "will be victorious".
It was earlier announced that Cuba's President, Raul Castro, would remain party chief for another five years.
Raul Castro, who himself is 84, is due to step down as president in 2018.
But in Cuba the role of Party secretary is considered just as powerful as president, so his announcement that he had been re-elected for another five years was significant.
Some have interpreted Fidel Castro's speech as a goodbye to the Cuban Communist Party faithful. Whether he intended it to be is another matter, but it certainly contained references to his own mortality not previously heard from him.
"I'll soon be 90" the former president told the congress, "something I'd never imagined." His longevity wasn't through effort, he said, but was rather "a whim of fate".
"Soon I'll be like all the others," he said, "to all our turn must come." State television showed at least one person in the audience of loyalists wiping tears from their eyes.
But being Fidel Castro, any admission of fallibility or weakness was immediately followed by a statement of defiance: "The ideas of Cuban Communists will remain as proof on this planet that if they are worked at with fervour and dignity, they can produce the material and cultural goods that human beings need."
Fidel Castro's speech at the five-yearly congress has been interpreted by some analysts as valedictory, but the Castro dominance in Cuban politics looks set to continue for some time yet.
Raul Castro proposed at the weekend that 60 should become the maximum age for joining the Party's central committee. Cuba has an ageing leadership - Mr Castro's deputy in the Party, Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, is 85.
But he also said that there should be a five-year transition period before that comes into force.
He will continue as Party leader until 2021, a move which the BBC's correspondent in Cuba, Will Grant, says will disappoint many Cubans who had hoped that the recent thaw in relations with Washington might also usher in a new generation of reformers in the Communist Party.
Singer Al Green, actress Lily Tomlin and ballet dancer Patricia McBride will also receive the decorations at a White House reception on 7 December.
The movie star said the honour added to being "a fortunate man, in that I love the work I do".
Figures who have influenced US culture through the arts are awarded annually.
It is relatively rare for a British artist, such as Sting, to be recognised. He likened it to receiving an artistic knighthood in the UK.
He told the BBC: "It was very unexpected. I'm thrilled. I'm only the 18th British person to receive it, along with Cary Grant and Julie Andrews.
"I'm definitely the first Geordie ever to get it," said the singer, who was born in Wallsend.
Green, one of the defining voices of Memphis soul, said that his career had been "a funny voyage", while Tomlin, whose screen credits include 9 to 5 and The West Wing, said she was "astounded" to find out that she will be honoured.
McBride, now 72, became the New York City Ballet's youngest principal dancer at the age of 18, a position she held for 28 years.
Kennedy Center chairman David M Rubenstein said the honours "celebrate five extraordinary individuals who have spent their lives elevating the cultural vibrancy of our nation and the world.
"Al Green's iconic voice stirs our souls in a style that is all his own; Tom Hanks has a versatility that ranks him among the greatest actors of any generation.
"One of the world's greatest ballerinas, Patricia McBride, continues to carry forward her legacy for future generations; Sting's unique voice and memorable songwriting have entertained audiences for decades.
"And from the days of her early television and theatrical appearances, Lily Tomlin has made us laugh and continues to amaze us with her acting talent and quick wit," he added.
The five award-winners will be received by President and Mrs Obama before a star-studded gala, which will be subsequently broadcast on US television.
Three others who were in the trailer escaped uninjured, local media report.
In Florida, a 70-year-old man was found dead after flooding. A woman in Georgia was the sixth reported death from the storms.
Bad weather has been battering the US south, leaving thousands without power in Louisiana and Mississippi on Monday.
The car of the Florida man, William Patrick Corley, was found partially submerged near the Shoal River in Mossy Head.
The local sheriff's office said Mr Corley's death was being investigated, but no foul play was suspected.
The National Weather Service has identified storms in central Mississippi near Mendenhall and Mount Olive as tornadoes, based in part on radar signatures.
Both squalls had damaged homes and farm buildings.
More rain warnings were in place for Tuesday, affecting southern Alabama, southwest Georgia and Florida.
But by late morning, the worst of the weather appeared to have passed over as the weather system headed for the Atlantic Ocean.
Southern Alabama and Mississippi have received over eight inches (20cm) of rain since Saturday.
In Louisiana, the Beauregard and Allen areas sustained fairly serious damage, while wind also caused destruction in Houston and throughout East Texas.
The UK-based Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said it assisted in the removal of 31,266 pages last year, compared with 13,182 in 2013.
It said in many cases, each address contained more than one photo or video.
The figures do not necessarily indicate that illegal activity is increasing.
Instead, they may simply reflect that the charity recently began taking a proactive approach, seeking out child abuse imagery rather than just acting on others' reports.
It was able to do this after the UK's four biggest internet service providers committed an extra £1m over four years to fund its efforts.
If the material is hosted overseas, the organisation notifies local authorities and then chases up complaints until the material is removed.
"Our ability to actively seek out child sexual abuse imagery created a significant step-change in the effectiveness of the IWF," said chief executive Susie Hargreaves.
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The IWF said image-hosting platforms that create a specific web address link when a file is uploaded were the most common type of misused service it had encountered, accounting for about 63% of the offending pages detected.
Such systems typically create what appears to be a random string of numbers and digits as the address, making it harder to trace those sharing extreme material.
One expert suggested this might have contributed to their appeal.
"The paedophiles are looking for ways to make it more difficult for law enforcement to detect them sharing child abuse imagery," said Prof Alan Woodward, who advises Europol on the issue.
"There is a lot of research being done on automatically detecting the images themselves and what keywords to look for in related text.
"But if the paedophiles are sharing what is effectively a signpost - written in code that is in no way related to the nature of material linked to online - then there is much less chance of identifying either those sharing such extreme material or where it is located, in order that it can be removed."
The web has any number of photo-sharing, or "image hosting" sites. They are legal, mostly free and easy to use.
Register, log on, upload and you have your own private collection of images. Only people you select can view them and only once you've sent them a link. No one else will know what is in your collection.
The link is just a line of code that reveals nothing. And that is where the problem lies. Paedophiles are becoming increasingly aware that known images of abuse can be tracked and traced if shared conventionally: each image has a unique hash value that can trigger red flags for both email providers and law enforcement.
A line of code or URL directing a user to a private collection on an "image hosting" site is anonymous and triggers no alerts.
The IWF figures seem to back up the theory that paedophiles are increasingly turning to these sites. In 2013 analysts found 5,594 such URLs - a figure that had risen to 19,710 by the following year.
Indeed, that accounts for almost two thirds of all links to obscene material identified by the IWF. Criminals are in effect hiding in plain view on entirely legitimate websites.
In the first two decades of his rule Libya became the world's pariah, as the flamboyant colonel used his country's oil wealth to support groups such as the Irish Republican Army and the Palestine Liberation Organisation.
Western enmity towards Libya reached a peak in 1988 when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Scotland killing 270 people. It would be 15 years before Libya admitted responsibility.
Eventually it was his own people, helped by Western military effort who rose up and finally removed him from power.
Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi was born into a Bedouin family on 7 June 1942, near the Libyan city of Sirte.
As a teenager, he became an admirer of the Egyptian leader, Gamal Abdel Nasser, whose brand of Arab Nationalism struck a chord with the young Gaddafi.
He first hatched plans to topple the monarchy of King Idris, while at military college, and received further army training in Britain.
As Captain Gaddafi, he returned to the Libyan city of Benghazi and, on 1 Sep 1969, launched a bloodless coup while the king was receiving medical treatment in Turkey.
Gaddafi became chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council which was set up to run the country - one of his first acts was to expel his country's Italian population.
Like Nasser, he did not promote himself to the rank of General, as is the custom of most military dictators, but remained a Colonel throughout his rule. This fitted in with his idea of Libya being "ruled by the people".
He laid out his political philosophy in the 1970s in his Green Book, which charted a home-grown alternative to both socialism and capitalism, combined with aspects of Islam.
His rule blended Arab nationalism with a socialist welfare state and popular democracy, although the democracy did not allow for any challenge to his own position as leader.
While small business were allowed to remain in private hands, the state ran the big organisations, including the oil industry.
No-one doubted that he exercised total control, and was ruthless in dealing with anyone who stepped out of line and opposed him.
Gaddafi believed in a union of Arab states and set out to extend Libya's influence throughout the region.
He began by trying to merge Libya with Egypt and Syria but disagreement over the conditions rendered it impossible. A similar arrangement with Tunisia also floundered.
The Muammar Gaddafi story
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Gaddafi's strong support for the Palestine Liberation Organisation also harmed his relations with Egypt which had reached a peace deal with Israel.
He sent Libyan forces into the neighbouring country of Chad in 1973 in order to occupy the disputed Aouzou Strip. Eventually this led to a full-scale Libyan invasion and a war that only ended in 1987.
In 1977 he invented a system called the "Jamahiriya" or "state of the masses", in which power is meant to be held by thousands of "peoples' committees".
His committees called for the assassination of Libyan dissidents living abroad and, during the 1980s, sent hit squads to murder them.
Gaddafi's regime was accused of serious human rights abuses
Libya had a law forbidding group activity based on a political ideology opposed to Gaddafi's revolution.
Campaign group Human Rights Watch claimed the regime has imprisoned hundreds of people and sentenced some to death. Torture and disappearances have also been reported.
By the early 1980s Gaddafi's support for a diverse collection of revolutionary groups brought him into conflict with the West
The UK broke off relations with Libya in 1984, after the killing of Police Constable Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan Embassy in London.
Two years later, the United States bombed Tripoli and Benghazi as a reprisal for alleged Libyan involvement in the bombing of a Berlin nightclub used by American military personnel.
Libya was reportedly a major financier of the "Black September" Palestinian group that was responsible, among others, for the kidnap and killing of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, as well as becoming a supplier of weapons to the IRA.
The Lockerbie bombing eventually triggered a change in the relationship between Gaddafi's regime and the west, although it was 11 years before Gaddafi agreed to hand over the two Libyan nationals who had been indicted for the crime.
Anxious for foreign investment as the price of oil fell, Gaddafi renounced terrorism. A compensation deal for the families of the Lockerbie victims was agreed and UN sanctions on Libya were lifted.
Months later, Gaddafi's regime abandoned efforts to develop weapons of mass destruction, triggering a fuller rapprochement with the West.
American sanctions were also lifted and Libya was reported to be helping western intelligence services in their fight against al-Qaeda
In a climate of rapprochement, then UK Prime Minister Tony Blair went to Libya to meet Gaddafi in a Bedouin tent on the outskirts of Tripoli in 2004.
However, some in the West questioned this new relationship. And in parts of the Arab world, Gaddafi was criticised for cosying up to his old adversaries.
Gaddafi's eccentricity was legendary: He had a bodyguard of woman soldiers, and an almost narcissistic interest in his wardrobe. On one occasion reporters called to a news conference found him ploughing a field.
A tent was also used to receive visitors in Libya, where Gaddafi sat through meetings or interviews swishing the air with a horsehair or palm leaf fly-swatter.
There was also growing unrest among ordinary Libyans who claimed reforms were slow in coming and said they were not benefiting from Libya's wealth. Many public services remained poor and corruption was rife.
That unrest boiled over in 2011 when, spurred on by the toppling of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, and Tunisia's Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, demonstrators took to the streets demanding the end of the Gaddafi regime.
Security forces, including African mercenaries hired by Gaddafi, clashed with anti-government protesters with reports the Libyan air force jets had bombed opposition areas. Hundreds of people were reported to have been killed.
This prompted the UN Security Council to authorise the use of force and Nato countries immediately started bombing loyalist positions.
Gradually, with Nato help, the rag-tag opposition forces advanced across the country, seized the capital, Tripoli, in August and set up a transitional government.
Gaddafi remained at large until 20 October, when he was finally located and killed in his home town of Sirte.
After all his bluster and bravado the longest serving leader in both Africa and the Arab world met an ignominious end.
Keiron Simpson fell around 20ft (6m) from the top of the disused Habergham High School in Burnley at about 21:45 BST on Saturday, police said.
The teenager, who had been with with friends, was taken to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital suffering from a fractured skull and internal injuries.
Lancashire Police believes at this stage that it was a "tragic accident".
Det Insp Alisa Wilson said: "This young man has suffered serious injuries and while detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the fall, at this stage there is nothing to suggest this was anything other than a tragic accident."
Ruth England, the head teacher at Shuttleworth College in Padiham, where Kieron is a pupil, said it was a "very upsetting incident" which has "shocked all of us in the school".
"We have been in touch with Kieron's family to offer our support and let them know that we are all thinking of them and sending our very best wishes for a speedy recovery for Kieron."
The festival allows cinema exhibitors to get a first look at new films as studios and actors present footage from their most-hyped forthcoming projects.
This week, the first scenes from the eagerly-anticipated Fifty Shades of Grey adaptation were unveiled.
The new Hobbit, X-Men and The Amazing Spider-Man films were also teased.
A behind-the-scenes clip of The Hobbit: There and Back Again, which is due in December, showed Orlando Bloom saying to director Peter Jackson, "the better end'', to which Jackson replies, "the happy end.''
Sony Pictures debuted 30 minutes of 3D footage from The Amazing Spider-Man 2, starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone - including scenes explaining the death of Peter Parker's parents.
They also introduced Max Dillon who becomes Electro - played by Jamie Foxx; and Harry Osborn who becomes the Green Goblin - played by Dane DeHaan.
Jupiter Ascending, the new sci-fi fantasy adventure from the Wachowski siblings Andy and Lana, who created The Matrix trilogy, was also unveiled.
Mila Kunis joined her co-star Channing Tatum to promote the film in which Tatum plays a "genetically engineered human and wolf".
"People always say that they're tired of seeing old movies remade and comic book movies made," said Tatum.
"This is a completely-out-of-the-Wachowskis'-brain type of a crazy film," he added.
Other films included Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and The Fault of Our Stars, based on John Green's best-selling tearjerker about two young people with cancer who fall in love.
Its star Shailene Woodley was handed the female star of tomorrow award.
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were awarded a prize for comedy filmmakers of the year after unveiling scenes from their new film The Interview, which stars Rogen and James Franco as two friends asked to assassinate Kim Jong Un, leader of North Korea.
Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann - who was named comedy star of the year - attended the convention to promote their forthcoming film The Other Woman.
Due in US cinemas at the end of next month, it sees Diaz's character discover her boyfriend is actually married to Mann's character, before the pair team up to seek revenge.
A very pregnant Barrymore and Adam Sandler were handed the awards for male and female star of the year, after attending the festival to promote Blended.
The comedy about two families who embark on a trip to Africa reunites the pair who previously starred in 50 First Dates and The Wedding Singer.
A first look at Fifty Shades of Grey, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, suggested it may focus more on the romance than the erotic element of EL James' best-selling novel.
Exhibitors were shown scenes featuring Grey whisking Steel off her feet with a joyride in his helicopter and a fancy make-over.
Johnny Depp presented clips of his new sci-fi drama Transcendence, in which he plays a terminally ill scientist-turned-unruly computer system, alongside British actress Rebecca Hall, Kate Mara and Paul Bettany.
Members of the GMB union have voted overwhelmingly to reject proposals for changes to the terms and conditions for frontline staff.
More than 98% of ballot papers returned opposed the council's proposals after a three-week consultative ballot.
The council has said no decisions have yet been made on the options, which are still at the consultation stage.
The union has described the plans as ''unacceptable, unfair and unsustainable''. The vote opens the way for a second ballot on whether to take industrial action.
Twitter had 320 million average active monthly users, up from 316 million the previous quarter, below investor hopes.
The social networking site reported revenues of $569m, up 58% from $361m during the same period last year.
The company's shares fell 11% after the results announcement.
Competition among social network providers has stepped up.
Advertising revenue was $513m for the period, an increase of 58% from $361m over the prior year.
"We've simplified our roadmap and organization around a few big bets," wrote chief executive Jack Dorsey, "across Twitter, Periscope, and Vine that we believe represent our largest opportunities for growth."
The company also lowered its forecast for fourth quarter revenue to a range between $695 and $710.
This was the company's first quarter with Jack Dorsey serving as permanent head, after his return as interim chief executive in June. Dorsey a co-founder of Twitter left in 2008 and founded electronic payment services Square.
Last quarter he took a critical stance to the potential profitability of some Twitter products.
Since Dorsey's return Twitter has laid off more then 300 members of staff and said it plans to use the saving from these cuts to invest in priority products but did not say which products.
Twitter has launched several new commercial partnerships with Bigcommerce, Demandware, and Shopify. The website also launched new advertising tools targeting events and editing several ad campaigns at once.
During tonight's first World Series baseball match - between the Kansas City Royals and the New York Mets - millions of viewers will see an advert from Twitter promoting its 'Moments' feature.
The ad campaign will run into 2016, and is yet another attempt by Twitter to help normal people (i.e. not media geeks, politicians or trolls) find some kind of continued use for Twitter.
Moments, Twitter chief exec Jack Dorsey hopes, will make it much easier for users to follow events. "You don't have to do any of the work," he said.
Baseball is a sport that loves its statistics. So here's a couple about Twitter right now: 307 million monthly active users, with just 3 million added since June.
That's terrible, and they know it. Big money ads alone won't be enough to change that.
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The company has been going for more than 30 years and is one of the biggest employers in the area.
Its new butchery facility at Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire, has been operating for just over a year and skills are a prime focus.
Staff are trained on the premises but also study at training centres as part of their NVQ qualifications.
Castell Howell now employs 600 people across the business and last year it had sales of £94m.
When the company started its boning line in 2008, the shortage of skilled butchers meant it recruited from eastern Europe.
Migrant workers make up about 5% of the workforce and they are now used in a buddy system to pass skills down to a new generation.
They include 19-year-old apprentice Dewi Davies, from Whitland, who has been working at Castell Howell for three years.
He has already finished third in a Welsh young butchers' competition.
"I just want to develop my skills as a butcher - because it's a trade you can go anywhere with. I just want to keep developing and getting better," he said.
In recruitment, Castell Howell start with an assessment of literacy and numeracy levels and then their school leavers go towards NVQs.
Edward Morgan, butchery director, said skills were vital but fitting in with the rest of the workforce was also essential.
"It's vitally important for all our staff to have the right attitude and if that's right they can build on that with training," he said.
"In Carmarthenshire, there are some large players in the meat industry and there are some skills gaps there but it's incumbent on all companies to take the initiative to train their workers to their requirements."
Middle managers also attend leadership courses at Trinity St David's University.
Castell Howell is now setting up a butchery academy with a local training provider.
MEASURING THE SKILLS GAP
37,200 vacancies
11,600 hard-to-fill vacancies
31% of applicants lack basic numerical skills
23% of applicants lack manual dexterity
47% of applicants lack customer handling skills
A 10-year skills strategy was launched by the Welsh Government in 2014, part of which includes measuring skills performance.
This will include monitoring any changes in the level of investment made by employers in the skills of their workforce.
The latest UK Employer Skills Survey, published in January, showed skill shortages have increased in Wales to 23% of all vacancies.
There were particular problems recruiting machine operators.
But employers reported a reduction in the skills gap of their workforce as a whole. More (50%) were also offering off-the-job training than before.
Two thirds of Welsh workers (66%) were given some training in the last year, but 49% of companies wanted to give more than they did.
However, the survey - which involved more than 200 Welsh companies - showed the challenges ahead.
While computer skills were less of an issue, more applicants for jobs in Wales lacked skills such as basic numeracy, manual dexterity, customer handling skills and the reading and writing of basic instructions than the UK as a whole.
Many small businesses argued it was easier for the bigger companies to absorb the costs of training, but Mr Morgan said the time invested in it was important whatever the size of the company.
"If we train a percentage of our workforce, we lose the same amount of time with them as a small business would.
"But we see it as an investment and every hour spent in the classroom goes towards improving productivity."
In the end, both large and small firms will be looking to see how the parties are offering to help them improve their skill levels and training in the next assembly.
It used to be a rare thing for a brand new artist to debut at the top spot. Whigfield was the first to do it 20 years ago with Saturday Night.
But in 2014, Sam Smith, Ella Henderson and 5 Seconds of Summer all achieved the feat.
It reflects changes in the way fans consume music. Downloads and streaming can give songs a big first-week boost.
But many of the "new" acts who hit number one had also built up a fanbase by guesting on other people's songs first.
Sam Smith, for example, had already scored a number one as a featured artist on Naughty Boy's track La La La before he launched his solo career.
Official Charts Company boss Martin Talbot said the onslaught of new artists kept the charts "fresher than ever".
Mr Probz had the biggest-selling debut single of the year, selling 815,000 copies, while Kiesza's Hideaway was the fastest-selling debut of the year, racking up 135,000 sales in its first week.
This year the Official Charts Company - who compile the UK charts - began including streaming from sites like Spotify, Deezer in the chart.
Radio 1 and 1Xtra's Head of Music, George Ergatoudis, told Newsbeat earlier in the year: "I think there is a real correlation there, that streaming is starting to grow and it's starting to eat into download sales."
Sam Smith was guest vocalist on 2013 Number 1 La La La by Naughty Boy, but Money On My Mind was his first release as a featured artist.
Speaking to Zane Lowe the winner of the BBC's Sound of 2014 admitted to being scared when his debut single came out.
He said: "I didn't want people to think that song was a cheap shot because it sounded like a hit. Before I give you my most personal piece of work, I'm giving you this to dance and I'm giving you this as therapy."
Ella Henderson told Newsbeat she was really nervous about releasing Ghost but had spent so long working on her sound she was proud of whatever she brought out.
The former X Factor contestant said: "It is exciting to hear what people have to say about me who haven't watched X Factor and don't know me. My music is very different to what I did on the show."
Ella's album Chapter One also debuted at number one and she was nominated for Best British Solo Artist and Best British Breakthrough at the Radio 1 Teen Awards.
Alice Levine became the first ever Radio 1 presenter to hit the top spot with a number one single.
She was part of Gareth Malone's All Star Choir who released a cover of Avicii's Wake Me Up to raise money for Children in Need.
The Official Chart Show on Radio 1 is on Sundays from 4pm.
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India invited applications for the role in May but subsequently "endorsed an extension" to his one-year contract.
Captain Virat Kohli denied reports of a row with former India skipper Kumble, 46, before the start of this month's Champions Trophy.
India were beaten by rivals Pakistan in the final on Sunday.
Former leg-spinner Kumble, who played 132 Tests and 271 one-day internationals was appointed coach in June 2016 on a contract that expired after the Champions Trophy.
During his time in charge, India won 12 and lost one of the 17 Tests they played, and claimed ODI series win over New Zealand and England.
India play a five-match ODI series and a T20 in the West Indies starting on Friday.
"As a lad, he used to come to me ask how I'd make him taller. I used to say, 'Greig, I can't make you taller, but I can make you wider and broader like a pocket battleship'.
"Over the years when I've seen him up at Murrayfield, he always comes and says hello and I think, 'Yeah, you've become a pocket battleship, my son. Well done'."
You want to talk about long roads? Well, here you are. Before Saturday's win over Ireland, Laidlaw had played 25 Six Nations games and had won only five - three of them against Italy. In five years of championship rugby the only games he won that he wasn't expected to win was Ireland in 2013 and France 2016. Everything else, bar those Italy matches, were a mixture of disappointment and angst. Mostly angst.
Despite what happened on Saturday - a hit job on one of the world's best teams - you could drag the Scotland captain to the highest rooftop and yet his feet would still be planted on the ground. He's measured, focused, hard-bitten. Excited, for sure, but cool at the same time. It's one win, he says. Just one win.
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You'd need to eat up a lot of road to find somebody who cares more about rugby than Laidlaw. It's a game that's thrilled him and tormented him. As captain of Scotland he's taken more than his share of blows - the late sucker-punch against Italy at Murrayfield in Vern Cotter's first year, the shut-your-eyes despair of the World Cup quarter-final against Australia and then the repeat in the autumn that made you wonder if Scotland would ever develop that killer instinct, that capacity to close out games that they've done enough to win.
And then Argentina came - a test passed. Peace-time rugby, though. "I'd agree with that," he says. "From November to the Six Nations is a different beast. If that (the Ireland comeback on Saturday) had happened to us before, we probably would have lost that game. The record tells you that.
"We believe we're changing but we're not shouting about that. The key is to back it up. It's the next step for this team."
International players talk about the little moment of solitude after a major victory, the scene in the quiet of the dressing room where they sit with their team-mates, spent but happy, and there's nothing that can compare with it. It doesn't last long. The reality of another upcoming battle barges in on their thoughts soon enough, but in those carefree minutes before the mind starts to race again, it's bliss. And that's how it was on Saturday.
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"You sit back in your seat, take a breath and think, 'Oh, happy days'. It's just relief and then it's enjoyment and you get to experience it for a small time and then it's France. You're thinking about what's next. And that's the way it should be.
"We know we're not successful on the back of one game, but this team is learning to adapt to different situations. We're learning how to win tight games. As captain, I'm learning that we're resilient, I'm learning that there are more players round about me now that I can turn to for leadership."
Laidlaw spoke of many players but reserved comment for the two props, the 24-year-old loosehead, Allan Dell and the 21-year-old tighthead, Zander Fagerson. They had a torrid time in what few scrums there were on Saturday, but their work in the loose was outstanding.
"They're strong, strong boys. It was a good Irish scrum but we fixed it. And their work around the field, we're not playing with extra back-rows, but it's not far off it. Delly is excellent around the field. He gives lots of extra things.
"Zander? For a young lad to have to play for 80 minutes and still be getting off the line and making tackles and carrying right to the end is a credit to him."
Anybody who has ever played for Joe Schmidt will tell you about his obsession with detail. If one of his players goes to the toilet, Joe will tell you how long they were in there and how quick their line speed off the bowl was, to the millisecond.
A narrative is built up around successful teams. We hear about their cosmic preparation because we want to know how winning teams are created. We don't tend to ask how the others do it. But the others, Scotland, are every bit as obsessive. It's just that the light isn't shone as brightly upon them.
It's not often that Schmidt gets out-analysed, but he did on Saturday. And it was his big mate, Cotter, and his wider coaching team who orchestrated it. The work they put in, the detail they went into, was key.
The vibe after the weekend was that Scotland may have taken inspiration from how Argentina beat Ireland at the World Cup, exposing their narrowness in defence at the breakdown and then stripping them out-wide.
They didn't. The focus was largely on the two games they played against New Zealand in the autumn - the historic victory in Chicago and the honourable defeat in Dublin.
"We tried to understand why New Zealand lost the first one and why they won the second one. They were the two main ones we looked at it.
"New Zealand made a lot of errors in America and Ireland made minimal errors. When you're playing against this Irish team you can't be loose. You just can't be. They're a fantastic team, but we studied them really hard.
"We looked at their backline and felt we were bigger and stronger, especially in the centre with Alex (Dunbar) and Huw (Jones). Garry Ringrose is not the biggest guy and we really felt we could power-up in the backs and run lines into Paddy Jackson and we did that and they tightened up a little bit, so we were able to subtly shift the ball wide. They came back at us, but we hung in there and dug it out. I thought we deserved to win."
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We drag Laidlaw back to Saturday, but France is his focus now. He's moving there in the summer - Clermont's new scrum-half. That's Clermont - second in the Top 14 right now, first seed in the Champions Cup quarter-finals and supplier of six of the French starting team that played England last weekend.
How's Laidlaw's French? "Un peu. It's going in my right ear and out my left, but I'm trying."
In France's attempt to better themselves we see something of Scotland - big games lost that they might have won. Their last three games under Guy Noves? A two-point loss to Australia, a five-point loss to the All Blacks and, last Saturday, a three-point loss to England.
"They're getting better," says Laidlaw. "Mark my words, this is a very dangerous rugby team and we can't be loose. If you're loose against this lot, they sniff it. We need to play a really smart game.
"No matter where you look they've got strength up front (the relentless captain Guilhem Guirado of Toulon at hooker, the terrific new La Rochelle blindside Kevin Gourdon and Northampton's force of nature Louis Picamoles) and real danger out wide on the wings. Clever players in around nine and 10 as well.
"You can't just run straight into the French. You run straight into the defence then you get slow ball and slow ball is hard to play off. Be smart around the attack, get quick ball, move them around. We'll be fitter than them. They fade. The Top 14 is definitely slower. Speaking to Richie (Gray of Toulouse), it's a slower competition, so we need speed in the play and we need skill to be able to do that."
This issue of France's fitness is an interesting one. In the last year the French have played 11 Tests - four wins and seven losses - and have failed to out-score their opponents in the second half in eight of them.
Scotland haven't won at Stade de France since 1999, of course. They've had their chances, though. In 2001 they were within a converted try until the last kick, in 2005 they led until three minutes from the end, in 2009 there was only six points in it with nine minutes left and in 2015 Scotland trailed by just four points with 77 minutes on the clock.
"We understand where we came from and we understand where we are now. It's always about the next game. We're going over there confident but we know what France are capable of. They're going to start winning very soon."
The challenge is to delay the renaissance for one week longer.
Proposed changes to the company pension scheme could see workers retiring at 65 instead of 60.
But Tata said it was committed to offering "still very competitive" pension arrangements.
It employs 7,000 people in Port Talbot, Llanwern in Newport, Shotton in Deeside, and Trostre, Carmarthenshire.
Tata also has plants at Scunthorpe, Rotherham, Hartlepool and Redcar.
Steel unions Community, GMB and Ucatt said traditionally, because of the demands of the job, it was not uncommon for workers to take early retirement but under the proposals this would go and they would have to work until they were 65.
The company said the scheme was facing a financial shortfall, mainly due to people living longer.
It has been consulting with about 17,000 workers about replacing it with a "more balanced solution" of a defined contribution scheme.
A spokesman said: "We will consider employees' views before making a final decision. Tata Steel remains open to unconditional talks with the unions to find resolutions to the very substantial challenges facing the pension scheme."
Roy Rickhuss, general secretary of Community, said: "This is not a situation we wanted to find ourselves in. The unions were prepared to discuss changes that resolved the challenges faced by the scheme but Tata rejected that constructive offer."
Dave Hulse, national officer for steel at GMB said: "Our members are determined to stand up for their pensions and they will now have the opportunity to show their resolve by voting for strike action."
Unite is expected to follow suit in sending out ballot papers.
Jurgen Klopp's side were protecting a two-goal lead from the first leg at Anfield but Anthony Martial's 32nd-minute penalty offered United brief hope after he was fouled by Nathaniel Clyne.
Jesse Lingard and Juan Mata had missed clear opportunities for United but Liverpool were also a threat as David de Gea saved superbly from Coutinho while Daniel Sturridge hit the bar with a free-kick and Jordan Henderson missed an open goal.
The away goal Liverpool threatened, and which left United needing four on the night, came right on half-time when Coutinho beat Guillermo Varela with ease before lifting a near-post finish past De Gea.
It ended the game as a contest with United unable to rouse themselves again as Liverpool completed the formalities to win the first European meeting between the two clubs.
Sadly, the final stages of the match were marred by clashes between supporters near the Liverpool corner of the ground - and it remains to be seen if Uefa take any action.
Manchester United, in the first half at least, played with a pace, and showed a spirit and endeavour, that has rarely been displayed at Old Trafford this season - but the task was too much.
And that was down to the lamentable performance at Anfield last Thursday when Liverpool dominated every facet of the first leg to secure a two-goal lead that could actually have been much more.
It left United vulnerable to one goal from Liverpool that would leave them needing four, and so it proved when Coutinho's brilliant dribble provided that crucial away strike.
United, from that point on, looked like the team they have been for most of this season - pedestrian, uninspired and struggling to illuminate an Old Trafford stage that has suffered much this season.
And there was suffering in hearing songs of celebration from 3,000 Liverpool fans tucked away in one corner of the stadium as their arch-rivals celebrated victory in the first European meeting between the two sides and a place in the last eight of the Europa League.
It was also further evidence that, for all those who still feel United might be better off without Wayne Rooney, that this team still misses him very badly as he was reduced to watching the game from the stands with his son as the England captain recovers from a knee injury.
Liverpool are progressing rapidly under Klopp, who is putting his imprint on the side six months after he succeeded sacked Brendan Rodgers.
And some of the old European anticipation will be rising at Anfield as they contemplate Friday's quarter-final draw.
Time for some perspective, though, and a warning that Klopp is embarking on a rebuilding programme that will not be a quick fix.
There are still some tasty potential opponents lying in wait, none more so than Klopp's old club Borussia Dortmund, tournament favourites and impressive winners against Tottenham over two legs.
The notion of Klopp facing Dortmund is an enticing one and he would be guaranteed a rapturous reception at the club he took to two Bundesliga titles and the Champions League final.
And that is before you even get to Sevilla, winners in the past two seasons and who cruised into the last eight against FC Basel.
This was another disappointing night in a disappointing season for Manchester United - and there will be extra pain in losing a European tie to such fierce adversaries.
If there is some comfort, it can be gained in the performances of young strike duo Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial.
Rashford, just 18, never gave up at any point, chasing lost causes endlessly while trying to provide United's lost spark.
Martial, 20, tormented Clyne with his pace in the first half to earn - and score - the penalty that gave United some hope.
They are small crumbs of comfort on a miserable night for United but they need all the hope they can get after this.
Liverpool's on-field celebrations were marred by trouble in the stands in the closing minutes and after the final whistle.
BBC Radio 5 live commentator Ian Dennis had a clear view of the disturbances in the crowd and said he saw fighting and seats being ripped out.
"Punches are being traded by rival supporters," he said.
"I have seen three red seats from the Liverpool section being thrown into the Manchester United fans.
"There are about 10 Liverpool supporters sat on the front row of the top tier and there is a human wall of police officers in luminous clothing protecting the Liverpool fans sat in the Manchester United end.
"Uefa will take action - mark my words."
Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal: "I am not angry, I am not frustrated. I was very proud of my players.
"They gave everything and I was very pleased the fans recognised that. They applauded after the match despite us being out - that was remarkable I think.
"I hope Man City is the catalyst. We have to beat City and we have a chance to still qualify (for the Champions League)."
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp: "They got a penalty - it was a penalty - and Phil had a genius moment.
"I love it two minutes before half-time because he twice reacted quicker than his opponent.
"It was the most unexpected that he could do in a situation like this."
Manchester United will travel to the Etihad for a Premier League derby against neighbours Manchester City on Sunday, the same day as Liverpool play Southampton.
Match ends, Manchester United 1, Liverpool 1.
Second Half ends, Manchester United 1, Liverpool 1.
Attempt saved. Divock Origi (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Christian Benteke.
Attempt saved. Divock Origi (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Benteke.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Matteo Darmian.
Attempt missed. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marouane Fellaini following a corner.
Attempt missed. Matteo Darmian (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
Attempt missed. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by James Milner.
Substitution, Liverpool. Christian Benteke replaces Roberto Firmino.
Attempt missed. Daley Blind (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Roberto Firmino (Liverpool).
Foul by Chris Smalling (Manchester United).
Divock Origi (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Bastian Schweinsteiger (Manchester United).
Adam Lallana (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Offside, Liverpool. Mamadou Sakho tries a through ball, but Roberto Firmino is caught offside.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by David de Gea.
Attempt saved. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Adam Lallana.
Attempt saved. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emre Can.
Attempt missed. Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
Substitution, Liverpool. Joe Allen replaces Jordan Henderson.
Substitution, Manchester United. Bastian Schweinsteiger replaces Michael Carrick.
Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mamadou Sakho (Liverpool).
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Matteo Darmian.
Substitution, Liverpool. Divock Origi replaces Daniel Sturridge.
Foul by Antonio Valencia (Manchester United).
Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James Milner (Liverpool).
Attempt missed. Anthony Martial (Manchester United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jesse Lingard.
Substitution, Manchester United. Matteo Darmian replaces Marcos Rojo.
Attempt missed. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the right. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho.
Attempt saved. Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Michael Carrick with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Juan Mata.
Ashley Coe was working on a new solar plant for British Solar Renewables in Devon when a digger operating beneath the overhead cable caused the accident.
He suffered a serious brain injury and two other workers were also hurt, Exeter Crown Court heard.
Sub contractor Pascon was fined £35,000 for failing to manage the work safely.
Mr Coe was working for Walsall-based Pascon when the incident happened in March 2013 at Knockworthy Farm near Huntshaw.
The digger which struck the 33,000 volt cables was reversing while laying a cable in a trench and Mr Coe was helping to control the drum when he suffered the shock.
British Solar Renewables, of Butleigh, Somerset, admitted breaching the construction, design and management regulations by failing to ensure the safety of power cables.
Pascon admitted failing to plan, manage and monitor construction work adequately.
The court was told Mr Coe was left with mobility problems which prevented him from working again. Fellow workers Malcolm Stewart and Andrew Capper suffered less serious injuries.
Simon Morgan, prosecuting, said the cables should have been protected by fencing, goal posts, and bunting to prevent vehicles operating beneath them and a banksman should have been used to ensure safe movement of plant.
BSR were fined £250,000 with £72,000 costs and Pascon were fined £35,000 with £25,000 costs.
Women in Football said its language expert is certain Mourinho used abusive language towards a woman, contrary to the verdict of the FA's chosen expert.
"It's another example of the FA failing to tackle discrimination," it said.
"We are concerned by the serious flaws in the process of such investigations."
The FA studied footage from the 2-2 draw with Swansea on 8 August after a member of the public made a complaint.
It said it was "satisfied the words used do not constitute discriminatory language under FA rules".
Carneiro and head physio Jon Fearn were criticised by Mourinho for treating Eden Hazard with the side a man down.
The club doctor, 42, had her role downgraded before she decided to leave the club.
The Women in Football statement said: "Our own language expert made it abundantly clear that the abusive words used by Mr Mourinho on the touchline that day were specifically directed towards a woman, as indicated by the grammar of his sentence.
"Other Portuguese speakers we contacted in gathering evidence also emphasised this point. We therefore find it extraordinary that any expert or Portuguese speaker would report otherwise."
The FA said it had appointed an independent academic expert in Portuguese linguistics to analyse the footage of the incident, which included the audio recording.
It said in its statement: "Both the words used, as translated and analysed by the independent expert, and the video evidence, do not support the conclusion that the words were directed at any person in particular."
The industry body said it now expects house prices to rise by about 6% in 2016.
Experts say a dash to invest in homes for the rental market is partly responsible, with stamp duty taxes set to rise in April.
Rics says the number of homes up for sale has fallen, down 6% overall.
"The evidence suggests that the market is becoming tighter as housing stocks decrease and more buyers come into the market," said Rics residential spokesman, Tony Filice.
"This is pushing up prices and the expectation amongst surveyors is that this will continue for now."
Keyakizaka46 went on stage in Yokohama on 22 October wearing black capes and caps resembling those of SS officers
Social media users were quick to point out similarities with the uniforms of Hitler's brutal paramilitary force.
Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) said in a statement: "We express our heartfelt apology for causing offence."
It blamed "our lack of understanding" for the incident, which had prompted the Simon Wiesenthal Centre to demand an apology.
The band is a sister act to the country's popular AKB48 super group. Both are produced by Japanese hit-maker Yasushi Akimoto, an executive board member of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics committee.
In a statement on the band's website he also apologised for his "lack of oversight", saying he had not been aware of the clothing choice before the performance and that he did not think the designers had intended the Nazi parallels. Staff will be better educated and outfits will be checked in future, he said.
With Japan determined to make a good impression in 2020 despite spiralling costs and scandal, the girls' outfits prompted some to hope (in Japanese) that the Games' opening ceremony was being prepared with a bit more care.
Ignorance of the offensiveness of Nazi iconography is surprisingly widespread in Japan and across Asia, and commentators have suggested the mostly teenage pop stars themselves were unaware of the significance of their striking look - one that Sony in Japan has had to apologise for before, when boy band Kishidan appeared on TV in similar uniforms in 2011.
After a lifeless first 45 minutes, Elgin took control when Craig Gunn rifled a spot-kick home into the bottom-left corner.
Brian Cameron put the result beyond doubt with a late goal three minutes from time.
East Stirlingshire - who mustered just one shot on target - remain bottom and are now five points behind Berwick.
The political activist, who is serving an 11 year term on subversion charges for calling for greater democracy, has been moved to hospital after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer.
His wife Liu Xia, who is under house arrest, says it is beyond treatment.
The US has called on China to give the couple "genuine freedom".
"We call on the Chinese authorities to not only release Mr Liu but also to allow his wife Ms Liu Xia out of house arrest," US embassy spokeswoman Mary Beth Polley said.
Some American politicians have also called on China to allow the dissident, a key leader in the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, to travel overseas for medical help.
But Chinese foreign spokesman Lu Kang criticised the calls, saying: "China is a country with rule of law. Everyone is equal before the law. All other countries should respect China's judicial independence and sovereignty and should not use any so-called individual case to interfere in China's internal affairs."
Mr Liu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010, with the Nobel committee describing the jailed dissident as "the foremost symbol" of the human rights struggle in China.
He was not allowed to collect his prize and was represented at the awards ceremony by an empty chair. The Chinese government, which regards him as a criminal, was infuriated by the award.
Following the award, Mrs Liu was placed under house arrest, although she was never charged with a crime. The Chinese authorities have never explained why they restricted her movements.
According to friends, Mrs Liu has been allowed to visit her husband, who is being treated in hospital in northern Liaoning Province after being diagnosed a month ago.
The Nobel laureate was diagnosed with cancer on 23 May, lawyer Mo Shaoping told the South China Morning Post. He was released days later and is now being treated in the northern city of Shenyang.
"He has no special plans. He is just receiving medical treatment for his illness," Mr Mo told AFP news agency.
But speaking in a video which was shared online this week, a tearful Mrs Liu said: "[They] cannot perform surgery, cannot perform radiotherapy, cannot perform chemotherapy."
A statement from the government in Liaoning said Mr Liu had been released on medical parole and was being treated by eight tumour experts.
Mr Liu has three years left to serve of an 11-year sentence for "inciting subversion" after drafting Charter 08 - which called for multi-party democracy and respect for human rights in China.
Amnesty International said he should never have been jailed.
It urged China to ensure he received "adequate medical care, effective access to his family and that he and all others imprisoned solely for exercising their human rights are immediately and unconditionally released".
Following his Nobel award, China froze diplomatic ties with Norway - relations were normalised only last December.
Lloyd, 23, came through Vale's academy but made just 18 appearances in all competitions and was released in May.
He spent the past two seasons on loan with Chester, scoring three goals in 63 National League appearances.
Lloyd is Macclesfield's fifth summer signing, following the arrivals of Courtney Richards, Scott Wilson, Shwan Jalal and Jared Hodgkiss.
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Officers sent to the scene at Leighton Court in Turners Hill, Cheshunt, found the woman dead and the man with a knife wound.
They were dispatched at 13:05 GMT after receiving reports of a disturbance.
The man died shortly afterwards from his injuries. The woman is also thought to have been fatally stabbed, a police spokesman said.
The force added they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said everyone had to "step up" to ensure the "golden opportunity" was not missed in Wales.
Firms are preparing to bid for work on the £1.3bn project, which could involve 2,000 jobs.
One company boss urged a commitment to more big infrastructure projects.
An independent review into tidal lagoons on Thursday recommended Swansea Bay's energy project should go ahead, with the prospect of larger lagoons in future.
A final decision now rests with the UK Government.
Helen Kane, chair of the RICS board in Wales, said everyone was working flat out to ensure Wales could meet the potential but support needed to be consistent and funding in place to attract people into 17 trades in surveying and construction.
"It is very feasible we can provide the skills in Wales to boost the economy but we need to work together and start now," she told BBC Wales.
Ms Kane said the HS2 rail project and Hinkley Point would provide competition, with south Wales workers only this week classified as "local" for the purposes of the nuclear power station project on the Somerset coast.
"In all honesty, we're not geared up at the moment [for the lagoon], we've been preparing for it - this is a superb opportunity and we're asking Welsh and UK governments to work together with education and employers so we know where we're going and that we can provided the right skills."
Ian Hoppe, managing director of Braithwaite Structural in Baglan said the lagoon was fantastic news for heavy engineering especially and industry in south Wales was ready to embrace it.
"It's something we'd dearly love to be involved with and it's the type of work suited to our operation," he said.
"There are quite a lot of components around the turbines which would be of interest to us."
Mr Hoppe said currently there was an older age profile in engineering and his firm did not actually have a skills shortage, with a waiting list of people looking to work.
"The industry has had a very difficult period last five to seven years so there are a lot of skilled and well qualified people waiting to find jobs."
But he said there needed to be more infrastructure projects - to generate a demand for skills - which would then lead a new influx of the next generation of engineers.
"There definitely needs to be an emphasis on the projects to create the capacity requirement to bring training up to fulfil that."
If more tidal lagoons go ahead there would be even more demand for skilled workers.
It is thought the lagoon in Swansea could support more than 2,000 jobs and company behind it wants to build lagoons in Cardiff, Newport and Colwyn bay - which is forecast to bring up to 6,500 jobs.
At Neath College they are training students from the age of 16 and there is a confidence among them that there will be jobs out there.
Whereas engineering was perhaps once seen as a contracting industry, that is no longer the case.
James Llewellyn, a lecturer involved with engineering courses, said: "There are more, keen students now pushing forward in engineering because there are massive jobs, globally now and with manufacturing. It's on the rise."
Captain Surgeon Graeme Nicholson told an inquest that official guidelines he authored "should have been followed".
L/Cpl Craig Roberts, 24, of Conwy county, L/Cpl Edward Maher and Cpl James Dunsby died after attempting a 16-mile march in the Brecon Beacons on one of the hottest days of 2013.
He said assessors should have been aware of environmental conditions.
Dr Nicholson wrote the Army's guidance document on climatic illness and injury.
He told the inquest in Solihull, West Midlands, that this was "the standing guidance" and should have been followed by soldier 1A and 1B, who were in charge that day.
This document was primarily used outside the UK in hot conditions, he said.
Coroner Louise Hunt asked how he felt about many witnesses not having any knowledge of the guidance.
"Frustration is the honest statement," he replied.
Keith Morton QC, representing Cpl Dunsby's father, asked: "It's completely unacceptable isn't it that those on the ground were ignorant to it?"
Dr Nicholson said: "That again I would refer back to their chain of command… I do not feel from a personal point of view that it was appropriate."
The inquest continues.
The 30-year-old former Ospreys, Bath and Northampton Saints player has made two appearances for Bristol in the top flight this season.
"It is really unfortunate for Martin," Robinson told BBC Radio Bristol.
Roberts could miss as many as 12 Premiership, European Challenge Cup and domestic cup games.
Meanwhile, Robinson said the club are still waiting for news on how long versatile back Gavin Henson will be sidelined for.
Henson, 34, has not played since having to be withdrawn during Bristol's opening game of the season on 3 September, following a collision with Harlequins' Joe Marler.
"Gavin has got a bruising of the bone and it's very difficult to treat," Robinson explained. "So we're waiting still.
"It's frustration for everybody involved, but most importantly for him, because he wants to get out there and show everybody what he can do.
"When he's unable to do that because of injury, it's disappointing for him."
Family Group was sold for £353,000, The Black Church - a 50th birthday gift from her husband Bobby - fetched £245,000 and The Spire £100,000.
They were sold as part of a wider auction of modern and post-war British art.
The 72-year-old Liverpool-born star died in Spain in August after a 50-year career in entertainment.
Family Group, which was painted in 1939, was described by Sotheby's as representing "a life she would have known growing up in Liverpool".
The Spire, which dates from 1949 is rated as a "typical Lowry".
According to the singer's family, the Black Church as a pun on her stage name, which she changed from Priscilla White.
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Both teams are currently in the Championship but the play-off at Wembley Stadium will change that.
One of the teams will move up to the Premier League and get to play against the best teams in English football next season.
So, will Town be victorious? Or will Reading be celebrating promotion?
Let's hear what the fans think...
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Trailing 6-0 from the first leg, the visitors quickly fell further behind to the first of Anna Gerhardt's two goals.
Scotland international Lisa Evans made it 2-0 but there was some cheer for Hibs when Abigail Harrison thumped in a shot to make it 3-1 at half-time.
The Scottish part-timers fought gamely in the second half but Vivien Miedema completed the scoring for the hosts.
It was Hibs' first appearance in the knockout phase of the tournament, with the gulf in class apparent from the start of last week's encounter at Easter Road.
Hibernian manager Chris Roberts: "The team put in a special performance, demonstrating incredible passion and desire.
"Their work-rate was incredible and we showed a lot of quality on the ball. The goal is a special moment we can remember but the experience overall will help us grow and develop."
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Arthur, 21, was released by Birmingham at the end of the 2016-17 season and signs following a successful trial.
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He could play in the Silkmen's opening game of the National League season against Wrexham on Saturday.
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The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs statistics show that 44.3% of household rubbish was recycled in 2015, down from 44.9% in 2014.
It is the first fall since 2010 when monitoring began, though is still the second-highest annual rate on record.
Waste company Biffa Municipal warned that recyclables that are not clean can cause "lorry-loads" to be rejected.
There is a European Union target for the UK to recycle at least 50% of household waste by 2020.
Levels of waste recycled from England's homes fell in 2015, from 44.8% the previous year to 43.9%, the first time it has dipped below 44% since 2011.
In Northern Ireland, the rate fell from 42.5% in 2014 to 42% 2015.
But recycling levels rose in Scotland in the same period, from 41% to 42%, and in Wales from 54.8% to 55.8%.
David Palmer-Jones, chief executive of SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, called for a "polluter pays" approach to consumer goods which would see producers or manufacturers taxed according to how much material was not recyclable, with the cost added to the product.
"The tax would help pay for better household collection of recyclables and help address the huge funding challenge that local government faces," he said.
He said the company's analysis showed England's recycling rate had dropped for the first time in 16 years since separate records began in 2000.
Biffa Municipal's managing director Roger Edwards said: "We should all work harder to ensure that household recyclables such as paper, card, plastics, and metal and glass containers are as clean as possible when put out for collection, and that they aren't adulterated.
"Contamination can cause entire lorry-loads of recyclables to be rejected, at high cost to already-stretched councils."
Yes: (but check your individual council's policy as they vary)
No:
What can be collected from households varies between councils.
Many other items including textiles, electronics, plastic bags and batteries can also be recycled at designated centres and some supermarkets.
From Tuesday, adults will be regarded as having consented to organ donation unless they have opted out.
More than one million people - 34% of the population - have registered to opt in already and 86,000 have opted out.
Health Minister Mark Drakeford called it a "ground-breaking step which will save lives".
He paid tribute to the cross-party support for the change in the law, which aims to increase the number of donors by 25%.
In the past year, 14 people died whilst waiting for a transplant in Wales, while there are currently 224 people on the waiting list, including eight children.
The so-called soft opt-out system will now apply in these circumstances:
In the rest of the UK, the opt-in system still applies, although ministers in Scotland and Northern Ireland are likely to be watching what happens in Wales closely.
First Minister Carwyn Jones said it was "law making in Wales at its best".
Ministers have said more than two-thirds of people in Wales are now aware of the changes and they hoped a "leap in consent rates" would follow.
Mr Drakeford said: "There are many, many people who would be prepared to be organ donors but the knowledge of their wishes is not available at the point where this very unusual set of circumstances is significant.
"The law is just one thing we're doing; it will be a profound cultural change.
"NHS Blood and Transplant says we need a revolution in consent - we think our law delivers that - and an evolution in practice, and we're part of that UK-wide evolution that will go well beyond 1 December."
He said he was satisfied the balance was right and people had for the very first time the right to register their decision to opt out too.
But the known views of the donor would prevail.
Mr Drakeford said he welcomed the support of faith groups although there was still some opposition to presumed consent.
The Rt Rev John Davies, Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, said the churches were fully supportive of the issue of organ donation but the preference was to see it as a "gift."
"In the deeming of consent, there is always the risk that that idea of gift might vanish," he said.
"From a Christian or moral perspective, I think the idea of giving someone a precious gift is something much better than others presuming that that gift can be eradicated and just taken."
The 24-year-old was out of contract after his one-year deal at National League side Aldershot Town ended.
Beckles has agreed a one-year deal at Stanley, who made the League Two play-off semi-finals last month, with the option of a second year.
"I'm looking forward to the challenge of league football - it's progression to play in the league above," Beckles told the Accrington website.
"The team achieved so much last season and I'm hoping to be part of another successful season here."
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The Sustrans riders cycled via the former home of Emmeline Pankhurst.
They celebrated "the bicycle's role in women's history" and illustrated cycling's "gender imbalance".
Its "Bike Life" survey of 4,000 people in Greater Manchester found that men were more than twice as likely to cycle than women.
Rosslyn Colderley, a director of the group, said: "The Suffragettes got on their bikes to fight for the right to vote... many women told us cycling is not a real choice for them at the moment as they say the roads don't feel safe."
Glynis Francis of Manchester Bike Tours, which helped organise the event, said Manchester streets and parks "are full of the history of the suffragettes on their bicycles".
"Their efforts gave us the right to vote and also helped challenge perceptions about women, such as the clothes we wear... women still love the freedom of the bicycle but our roads can feel dangerous to some. We want to change that."
The event was part of Transport for Greater Manchester's Women on Wheels activities in March and comes ahead of International Women's Day on Tuesday.
The UAE has held Pakistan's home Tests since 2010, after a terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team in 2009.
The first day of the first Test at Abu Dhabi's Zayed Cricket Stadium was marked by poor attendance, with banks of empty seats visible.
"You have to get people watching and they aren't here," said Vaughan.
"It's either too hot or they aren't interested. Forget the money - I'd play this series in Australia."
England bowler Stuart Broad, who is touring the UAE for a second time, admitted the lack of atmosphere does present a different challenge for players who were accustomed to sold-out stadia during last summer's Ashes series against Australia.
Speaking to Sky Sports, he said: "When you are playing an Ashes series in front of a lot of crowds at home, a lot gets you through the day but here it is about your 'inner ticker'... as Vaughany called it."
Vaughan added: "Pakistan played Australia in England and it was quite well supported. Why not take this series to a part of the world where it would be the same?
"There would be ex-pats. You could go to some of the lesser (smaller) grounds in Australia."
Pakistan have not been beaten in seven Test series in the UAE, and Vaughan believes the slow, spin-friendly conditions give them an excessive advantage.
"Home advantage has swayed too far," he said. "There's a fine margin making sure it's not too much."
The collection includes the nearly complete skeletons of Bactrosaurus, a nest of Protoceratops eggs, and the very rare skull of an Alioramus, which was related to the T-Rex.
The skull was confiscated after it was shipped into the US with false papers.
The US has returned 23 dinosaur fossils to Mongolia in the last three years.
Other items returned in this shipment included a Psittcosaurus skull and a Protoceratops skeleton.
US customs officials said the rare Alioramus skull, believed to be around 70 million years old, was part of a shipment put on sale on eBay by a French dealer.
It was shipped into Newark, New Jersey in 2014 with papers claiming the items were replicas and from France.
But the fossils were later confirmed to be real and to have come from Mongolia.
In 2013 the US returned more than a dozen illegally smuggled dinosaur skeletons to Mongolia, including Tyrannosaurus bataars and Oviraptors.
Mongolia has some of the largest dinosaur fossil beds in the world.
A concerned neighbour called police to report domestic violence.
Police officers who arrived at the property also heard screaming coming from inside.
When they tried to break in, the man, wearing headphones, came to the door.
It happened on Tuesday in Buitenveldert, a southern area of Amsterdam.
Police released details of the incident in a Facebook post. They said everyone concerned had laughed about the matter.
Some of the people commenting have suggested that the man should enter The Voice of Holland, a TV talent show.
The name of the man has not been released - nor has the name of the opera he was singing along with.
Cardiff can only make loan signings and pay them up to £10,000 a week under the terms of their transfer embargo.
They say signing the Denmark Under-21 striker, who joined Kortrijk from Danish side OB Odense on Monday, meets Football League rules.
Cardiff want to offload forwards Alex Revell and Federico Macheda by the time the transfer window shuts on Monday.
Zohore, 21, underwent a medical with the Championship club after finalising his transfer to Belgium.
Malaysian businessman Tan owns the Bluebirds, Kortrijk and Bosnian club FK Sarajevo.
A Football League spokesman said: "From the information made available to the Football League, so far, we are satisfied that there isn't any evidence to suggest this transaction is being designed to circumvent the club's Financial Fair Play embargo and that it is consistent with how clubs in common ownership generally operate.
"Common ownership of a number of clubs by a single ownership vehicle is not uncommon in world football, with the success of the Pozzo family whose clubs include Watford being the most prominent current example."
Zohore's arrival follows the departure of striker Joe Mason to Wolves for a fee thought to be around £3.5m.
He started with Copenhagen before moving on to Fiorentina in Italy and then had loan spells at Brondby and Swedish club Gothenburg.
He joined Danish Superliga club OB in February 2015 and has scored seven goals in 16 appearances.
Zohore's father is the second cousin of former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba.
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Fresh from sweeping the board at the Golden Globes, Damien Chazelle's crowd-pleasing Hollywood musical seems unstoppable during awards season.
At the Baftas it is joined in the best film category by Arrival, I, Daniel Blake, Manchester by the Sea and Moonlight.
Whichever takes the top prize on 12 February, it's no guarantee of success at the Academy Awards in Hollywood two weeks later.
For the past two years the Bafta and Oscar winners have been different.
In 2015 Bafta backed Boyhood, while Birdman won in Hollywood. Last year's Bafta went to The Revenant, while the Oscar went to Spotlight.
Ken Loach's drama, about a Newcastle man's struggle against the UK benefits system, is up against the effervescent La La Land in the best film category.
With five nominations in all, I, Daniel Blake is also up for outstanding British film and Loach is in the running for best director.
Hayley Squires, who plays a poverty-stricken young mother, gets a well-deserved nod for best supporting actress.
This is Loach's seventh Bafta film nomination in total. He was last nominated in the best director category for Kes in 1971.
And get this - it's the 50th anniversary of Loach's first Bafta win, for television drama production in 1967.
It's been more than 20 years since Hugh Grant won the lead actor prize for Four Weddings and a Funeral.
That was in 1995. Now he's back with a supporting actor nod for his role in Florence Foster Jenkins as the husband and manager of Meryl Streep's opera-loving heiress.
It's like she never went away. This is Streep's 15th Bafta film nomination - which puts her on a par with Dame Judi Dench.
The US actress won in 2012 for her lead role as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. Her only other win was in 1982 for The French Lieutenant's Woman.
If she wins, might we expect another headline-making speech such as the one she made at the Golden Globes criticising US President-elect Donald Trump?
Snapping at the heels of La La Land's 11 nominations are Arrival and Nocturnal Animals, with nine apiece. Both films star Amy Adams.
Adams is up for leading actress for her role in Arrival as a linguistics professor brought in by the US government to communicate with some alien visitors.
It's her sixth Bafta nomination, although she's never won.
In psychological thriller Nocturnal Animals she plays an art gallery owner who becomes absorbed in the manuscript of an unpublished novel written by her ex-husband.
Despite its impressive array of nods, Tom Ford's film doesn't make the cut for best film.
I, Daniel Blake is up against five contenders that highlight the diversity of British film-making.
Andrea Arnold's road trip drama American Honey gets its sole Bafta nomination here, having triumphed at December's British Independent Film Awards.
Holocaust courtroom drama Denial, starring Rachel Weisz and Timothy Spall, also gets its only Bafta nod.
Also in the running are Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, sight-loss documentary Notes on Blindness and creepy Iran-set chiller Under the Shadow.
Expect to see JK Rowling on the red carpet as one of Fantastic Beasts' producers.
With diversity a key issue within the film industry, awards nominations are under much scrutiny.
There has already been disappointment that Denzel Washington failed to get a best actor nod for Fences and that Moonlight's Barry Jenkins didn't make the list for best director.
Hidden Figures, which tells of a trio of African-American women working at Nasa during the space race, got a single nomination for adapted screenplay, but nothing for cast members Taraji P Henson, Octavia Spencer or Janelle Monae.
Elsewhere Clint Eastwood's aviation drama Sully, starring Tom Hanks, and Martin Scorsese's religious epic Silence were totally snubbed.
There was also nothing for British comedies Absolutely Fabulous, Bridget Jones's Baby and Dad's Army.
Some have also wondered why French actress Isabelle Huppert, whose best actress win for Elle at the Golden Globes was one of the night's big surprises, doesn't get any Bafta recognition.
The answer is simple: Elle wasn't eligible due to its UK release date.
The Bafta Film Awards, hosted by Stephen Fry, take place on 12 February at London's Royal Albert Hall.
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Emergency service crews were alerted at about 14:50 and the teenager was said to be conscious when they arrived.
She was airlifted to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary by a helicopter from RAF Boulmer in Northumberland.
Two coastguard boats, paramedics and an air ambulance were also involved in the rescue.
Unlike most RAM, ReRAM is non-volatile memory, meaning that it retains data without power.
Current types of non-volatile memory, such as flash memory, are used in everything from USB sticks to solid state drives.
But while flash memory is faster than hard disk storage, it is still significantly slower than RAM, particularly when it comes to writing data. This makes it less suitable for the many processes involved in running programs.
That means most computers use forms of memory which require power to constantly "refresh" their contents to prevent it being lost.
In laptop and desktop computers, this is usually Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM).
"When the power disappears, the content of the memory is forgotten," says Dr Richard Boardman from the University of Southampton's school of engineering sciences.
"This process does not take long - within a few seconds it is practically unreadable, even with sophisticated tools. Secondly, because the DRAM must always remain powered, this increases standby consumption for devices, along with the risk that the content will vanish if the power does."
ReRAM - or resistance memory - solves this problem by using materials that change resistance in response to voltage. They then "remember" that level, even when the power is turned off.
Recently, the Japanese memory manufacturer Elpida announced it had produced a prototype ReRAM memory with speeds comparable to DRAM.
"Its most attractive feature is that it can read/write data at high speeds using little voltage," Elpida said in a press release.
"It has a write speed of 10 nanoseconds, about the same as DRAM."
It is not just in speed that DRAM has an advantage over flash - it is also longer lasting.
Memory manufacturers talk about the "endurance" of memory, in other words how often it can be used before it becomes unreliable.
"Flash can only write data tens or hundreds of thousands of times to the same spot before the risk of device failure becomes high," says Dr Boardman.
"This might sound like a lot, but without technologies in place to spread the data writes around, this limit can be reached very quickly."
At present, the endurance of DRAM is effectively a lifetime of usage.
Elpida said that its new prototype had a write endurance of more than a million times.
"It is good progress but they are not at DRAM levels of endurance. There is still a long way to go," says Professor Daping Chu of the University of Cambridge's engineering department.
Elpida has said it will work with Sharp to develop ReRAM chips. Others too are using the technology to develop products.
Last year, Panasonic announced they had plans to go into production with ReRAM, and Hewlett Packard and Hynix Semiconductor have also joined forces to launch products within the next couple of years.
But the innovation will have to compete with a number of rival developments - some of which are already in production.
Everspin makes a type called MRAM (magnetoresistive random access memory), which uses magnetic properties to store data.
Dell already uses the product in some of its servers to ensure its data is protected against power failure. Its downside is that, after decades of research, it remains expensive.
Meanwhile, Micron recently demonstrated its alternative PCM (phase-change memory) format; Samsung is working on STT-RAM (spin transfer torque RAM); Unity Semiconductor is developing CMOx (complementary metal oxide); start-up Adesto says it is close to bringing CBRAM (conductive bridging RAM) to market; and Intel has dubbed its magnetic memory solution "Racetrack".
Professor Chu says that several of these rival next-generation formats match ReRAM's performance.
"Other approaches have proven reliability and similar speeds and the same or higher densities," he says.
However, Dr Will Branford of Imperial College thinks ReRAM still has a chance to come out on top.
"The next generation of RAM will combine the speed of power-hungry DRAM with the non-volatility of flash.
"MRAM, the current leader in this field, is already a commercial product. [But] Elpida's work shows that ReRAM is a viable competitor for this market."
The level of interest in new kinds of RAM memory reflects the commercial potential of any successful product that can compete with both flash and DRAM.
The ultimate ambition, according to Professor Alan Woodward of the University of Surrey, is to produce a type of universal memory "that you can take from one computing device to another".
Of the Elpida prototype he says: "Clearly they've made a significant advance, but others are hot on their heels".
If ReRAM achieves dominance it promises faster running, more energy efficient, quicker-to-reboot PCs, tablets and handsets. It would also make its patent holders rich.
But if manufacturers opt for a rival candidate, it may just become yet another acronym to fall victim to the format wars.
Former Scotland Under-19 international Devlin, 23, becomes the English League One side's fourth summer signing.
He follows the arrivals of fellow Scottish full-back Luke Leahy, Crewe defender Jon Guthrie and goalkeeper Mark Gillespie.
Jon Whitney's Walsall finished 14th in League One last season.
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The Skipchen volunteers have been funded by the Help Refugees group to build a field kitchen in Lesbos.
They picked up an old police van, nicknamed Iffy, and are travelling by road visiting the Calais migrant camp en-route to Greece.
Previously they ran a pop-up cafe in Bristol using unwanted food.
Since the cafe in Stokes Croft closed in May the group have run two trips to the Calais refugee camp and have toured the Bristol area in their food rescue ambulance.
The volunteers plan to set up their field kitchen in Lesbos and run it with a mix of local staff and international volunteers.
Sam Joseph, who co-founded Skipchen, said he would be using social media "to provide a human perspective of the reality refugees are facing on a day-to-day basis".
"What we aim to do is to create the infrastructure to have a long-term kitchen that could be run using local employment, stimulating the Greek economy, as well as relying on the great work of volunteers travelling to the island," he said.
Jack Muldoon slotted the home side ahead when Matt Rhead knocked down Terry Hawkridge's cross.
Half-time substitute McQuilkin fired a free-kick past Lincoln goalkeeper Paul Farman to draw the Harriers level.
The midfielder then headed in Harriers' 83rd-minute winner after Farman had parried Ben Whitfield's initial effort.
Colin Gordon's Harriers, who had lost their previous four games, stay bottom, 11 points adrift of safety with eight games to go.
Harriers boss Colin Gordon told BBC Hereford & Worcester:
"We are standing on the precipice, we know that. It's either going to happen or it's not but there is nothing to fear.
"You've got to be professional, do the job and be as tough as them and you've got to be brave. We controlled the game and showed we are a good team.
"I said to them at half time that I don't know what they fear. I believe in them absolutely, so why have they got this fear about them?"
The Attenborough Hawkweed is one of a group of closely related plants which belong to the daisy family and has probably evolved in the Brecon Beacons since the last ice age.
The hawkweeds are close relatives of dandelions and have similar looking flowers.
Sir David said he was "thrilled".
He added: "Bestowing a name on a new species is surely one of the greatest of biological compliments and I am truly grateful."
Dr Tim Rich, the plant taxonomist who named the new species, said: "Finding a new species is a really exciting moment and something that you dream of as a naturalist.
"I decided to name this special little plant found in the mountains of the Brecon Beacons after David Attenborough as he inspired me to study ecology when I was 17."
He is the first person convicted by Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) to be executed.
The ICT was set up in 2010 to investigate abuses committed during the 1971 conflict.
Mullah was a senior leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party.
At his trial earlier this year, he was described by prosecutors as the "Butcher of Mirpur", a suburb of Dhaka where he is alleged to have carried out his crimes. These included the massacre of unarmed civilians and the killing of intellectuals who supported independence from Pakistan.
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There was a lot of drama in Dhaka before the execution of Abdul Kader Mullah.
His family members met him for a final time late on Thursday. It appeared the government rushed through the execution after days of legal wrangling.
The execution is likely to trigger further tensions in Bangladesh. Mr Mullah's party said the death sentence was politically motivated and there would be dire consequences if it went ahead.
Bangladesh's major Western partners will view the execution with concern. Supporters of the trial would say this is a historic moment as it came just days before Bangladesh's victory day on 16 December.
But many are concerned that this could polarise the country further.
Mullah always denied the charges.
Four other leading figures in Jamaat-e-Islami have also been convicted by the ICT and face the death penalty.
The execution of Abdul Kader Mullah took place at Dhaka Central Jail at 22:01 local time (16:01 GMT) on Thursday evening, officials announced.
His family were allowed a final meeting with the 65-year-old and found him "calm".
"He told us that he is proud to be a martyr for the cause of the Islamic movement in the country," his son, Hasan Jamil, told the AFP after the meeting.
Hundreds of people gathered in central Dhaka to celebrate the news of his death.
But Jamaat-e-Islami - which has warned it will avenge his death - called for a general strike on Sunday.
Security has been tightened in Dhaka and around the country amid fears the execution is likely to inflame tensions.
At least three people are reported to have died on Thursday in sporadic clashes between Jamaat-e-Islami supporters and security forces.
Hanging risks derailing elections
Bangladesh broke away from Pakistan 42 years ago after a war which saw killings on a mass scale, the exodus of more than 10 million refugees and military intervention by neighbouring India.
The government set up the special court to deal with those accused of collaborating with Pakistani forces who attempted to stop East Pakistan, as Bangladesh was then, from becoming an independent country. The two wings of Pakistan were held together mostly by a shared religion.
While many Bangladeshis have welcomed the work of the ICT, Jamaat supporters say it is a politically-motivated attempt to eradicate its leaders.
Human rights groups have also expressed concern that the special court falls short of international standards.
UN human rights commissioner Navi Pillay had written to the Bangladeshi authorities urging them to stay the execution of Abdul Kader Mullah, saying the trial had not met the international standards required for the death penalty.
Mullah had been scheduled to be hanged on Tuesday, before gaining a reprieve pending a last-minute appeal against his death sentence.
His appeal was dismissed earlier on Thursday by the Bangladeshi Supreme Court.
Jamaat is barred from contesting elections scheduled for 5 January but plays a key role in the opposition movement led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
The pace of change is accelerating at a dizzying rate, with profound implications for the way we we work, play and communicate.
So what are the big technology trends to watch out for in 2017?
Cybersecurity will undoubtedly be the dominant theme of 2017, as all tech innovations could be undermined by data thefts, fraud and cyber propaganda.
Forget Kim Kardashian, it's hacking that could break the internet - and much more besides.
As accusations of Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election continue to reverberate around the world, hackers - whether private or state-sponsored - would seem to be getting the upper hand.
Prof Richard Benham, chairman of the National Cyber Management Centre, gives a dire warning: "A major bank will fail as a result of a cyber-attack in 2017 leading to a loss of confidence and a run on that bank."
In November last year, hackers stole £2.5m from 9,000 Tesco Bank customers in a raid the UK's Financial Conduct Authority described as "unprecedented".
And the more connected the world becomes - think connected cars, smart homes, sensor-laden cities - the more opportunities for hackers to break into the system and wreak havoc.
"The internet of things (IoT) and industrial internet of things (IIoT) will play a larger role in targeted attacks in 2017," says Raimund Genes, chief technology officer at cybersecurity company Trend Micro.
"These attacks will capitalise upon the growing acceptance of connected devices by exploiting vulnerabilities and unsecured systems to disrupt business processes, as we saw with Mirai."
The firm also predicts that throughout 2017 criminals will continue renting out their ransomware infrastructures - the tools that enable hackers to break in to your system, encrypt all your data, then demand a ransom to decrypt it.
Hackers can achieve the same result by knocking out your website or factory control systems in a DDoS [distributed denial of service] attack - flooding your computer servers with so many requests that they cease functioning.
And hackers are not just interested in stealing data and making money from it, warns Jason Hart, chief technology officer in charge of data protection at Gemalto, a digital security company.
They're altering it, with potentially dire consequences.
"It's scary, but data integrity attacks have the power to bring down an entire company and beyond; entire stock markets could be poisoned and collapsed by faulty data.
"The power grid and other IoT systems, from traffic lights to the water supply, could be severely disrupted if the data they run on were to be altered," he says.
As well as poorly-secured devices, gullible humans will continue to be targeted, with so-called "business email compromise" fraud continuing to reap rich rewards for criminals, experts predict.
Simply tricking employees in to transferring funds to criminals' bank accounts is lo-tech but surprisingly effective, with Trend Micro reporting that the average payout in the US was $140,000 (£114,000) last year.
"Cyber criminals are targeting human vulnerabilities," says Prof Benham. "Millions is being spent on technology, but nothing on awareness training."
AI was the buzzword of 2016 and looks set to dominate 2017 as well - for better or worse.
Enabling machines to learn, adapt to new circumstances and make decisions for themselves, rather than simply obeying pre-programmed instructions or algorithms, seems to present as many disadvantages as advantages.
The pessimists envisage self-programming machines running amok and breaking free of human control, with potentially apocalyptic consequences.
But optimists believe that applying a more restrictive, less autonomous form of machine learning to the wealth of data we are now generating and storing in the cloud could help identify correlations and patterns that were impossible for humans to see before.
And as more devices and sensors become connected, we will learn even more about the world around us. This ability to make sense of all this data could help us cure disease, tackle climate change, grow food more efficiently and generally run our lives in a much smarter, more sustainable way, proponents believe.
Lots was made of customer service chatbots last year, sometimes described erroneously as AI in action, but most of these were actually pretty dumb, merely guessing the most likely answer to fit the question.
Real AI, underpinned by natural language processing, neural networks and machine learning, will understand how humans think, talk, and categorise concepts, making it smarter and easier to interact with.
And the more people who use it, the more data it will have to learn from and the better it will become.
So we are likely to see a proliferation of smarter virtual assistants, such as Amazon's Alexa, Google's Assistant, Microsoft's Cortana, Apple's Siri, and newcomers like Viv.
Businesses will use their own versions of these AI assistants to make sense of all the data they now have to cope with.
"With AI we have the opportunity to build decision-support systems that see, hear, understand and collaborate with us to help make decisions faster, more relevant and better informed," says Gayle Sheppard, general manager of Saffron Technology, an Intel-owned cognitive computing firm.
Of course, these always-on listening devices connected to the cloud pose another potential security threat, not to mention privacy concerns over what happens to all the data they're hoovering up.
And another worry about AI is that hackers will have access to it as well - it's a cybersecurity arms race.
"AI will power malware, and will use data from the target to send phishing emails that replicate human mannerisms and content," warns Andy Powell, head of cybersecurity at Capgemini UK, an IT consultancy.
"Seeming more lifelike, these AI powered attacks will resonate with the target better than ever before, meaning they'll be more likely to fall victim."
There's simply no escaping the cybersecurity issue in 2017.
While Pokemon Go showed how augmented or mixed reality tech could take the mobile gaming world by storm, 2017 is likely to see more businesses adopting the technology, too.
The marketing opportunities are obvious, with companies like BMW linking up with Accenture and Google Tango to create an app that lets customers visualise what various car models would look like in real-world situations.
Lots of other retailers will be using it to enhance their marketing.
But there are plenty of industrial and educational applications, too, with smart glasses and head-up displays enabling workers to follow instructions, read manuals and navigate workplaces more efficiently.
Virtual reality is still primarily for gaming, but when lighter, faster headsets are combined with haptic technologies, training and teaching applications will become more viable, too.
As AI increasingly takes over from call centre and customer service staff, and automation continues its takeover of manufacturing, the big question is what new jobs there will be for all these redundant workers.
We've already seen how the effects of globalisation and automation have stirred up voters in the US and potentially across Europe this year.
Could there be a new Luddite revolution brewing? After all, who benefits most from cheaper production? It's certainly not the poor.
"We're going to start confronting some hard truths about technology and the labour force," says Tien Tzuo, founder of subscription technology platform Zuora.
"We're going to have to figure out how to create jobs for people in this new economy, and if there literally are going to be fewer jobs, then we'll need to establish some sort of living standard or basic income for people."
So 2017 could also be the year the world is forced to deal - finally - with the tangible impacts of technology upon human society.
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James Chapman said the Brexit secretary had been "hamstrung" by the prime minister's stance on the European Court of Justice (ECJ), among other things.
He said Mrs May would not get a Brexit deal through Parliament unless she showed more "flexibility".
Downing Street and the Department for Exiting the EU declined to comment.
Mrs May has insisted the ECJ will have no jurisdiction over the UK.
But the EU insists that the ECJ must continue to offer legal protection for its citizens in the UK, just as it does now.
The ECJ's main role is to uphold the rules of the single market, rather than rule on criminal matters like the European Court of Human Rights.
Mr Davis has said a new international body will have to be set up to settle disputes between the UK and the EU after Brexit, a job currently done by the ECJ.
Mr Chapman accused Mrs May of taking an "absolutist" position on the ECJ, saying: "She's set a red line effectively for a conference speech that hamstrung these negotiations in my view."
He added: "There have been red lines that have been set for him that make the job he has to do very difficult."
Mr Chapman also warned, in an interview with The Week in Westminster to be broadcast on Saturday at 11:00 BST on BBC Radio 4, that Mrs May would struggle to get her version of Brexit past MPs.
"If she doesn't, in my point of view, show more flexibility, show more pragmatism than she did demonstrate in the Home Office, she won't get this stuff through Parliament."
A former Daily Mail journalist, Mr Chapman was George Osborne's director of communications before becoming Mr Davis's chief of staff at the new department for exiting the EU.
He also revealed that cabinet ministers wanted Mrs May to do a U-turn over plans to pull the UK out of Euratom, the pan-European atomic energy regulator.
Euratom is a separate legal entity from the EU and gives Britain's nuclear industry access to technology and fissile material.
Mr Chapman said the reason for wanting to withdraw from Euratom was to prevent the free movement of nuclear scientists, which is governed by the ECJ.
"Now I would have thought the UK would like to continue welcoming nuclear scientists, who are all probably being paid six figures and are paying lots of tax," he said.
"But we're withdrawing from it because of this absolutist position on the European Court."
He added: "If she doesn't shift on this I think Parliament will do it for her."
He also took a swipe at the ability of ministers in Mrs May's top team, which he said was "not groaning with talent".
"I think a political party is in a bad place when there's more talented people on its back benches than there are on the front benches."
He said the cabinet's leading "Brexiteers", David Davis and Boris Johnson, were "actually pretty liberal on issues like immigration" and would like to "recalibrate" Mrs May's position, "but at the moment she is showing no willingness to do this".
Mr Chapman stopped working for David Davis at the election and is now a partner at lobbying company Bell Pottinger.
Motorcyclist Stephen Probert died at the scene following the collision with a BMW on the A470 Betws-y-Coed-Llanrwst road at 13:30 BST.
His partner Joanne Winder, who was riding pillion, died on Tuesday at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor. Both were from the Colwyn Bay area.
Two other casualties were taken to hospital following the collision.
North Wales Police have appealed for witnesses and are investigating.
Bottles and other items were thrown at officers in London's Hyde Park after the "increasingly large crowd became hostile to police" at about 20:40 BST.
Another officer was hit with a bottle, Scotland Yard said, while two members of the public suffered stab wounds.
All four injured people are being treated in hospital, police said.
The gathering had been attended by police since 15:00. No arrests have been made.
Anyone with information has been urged to contact police or Crimestoppers.
The distress call to Greek emergency services prompted the navy to send a helicopter and a warship to the scene.
But later the coastguard said the captain of the Blue Sky M had been contacted and no-one was in danger.
The incident came two days after a fire broke out on a ferry not far away, leaving at least 10 people dead.
Resources were diverted to the cargo ship from the ongoing search near the wreck of the ferry, Norman Atlantic.
Greek coast guard special missions officers were also seen leaving Corfu for the area, just to the south-west of the small island of Othonoi.
The Moldovan-flagged Blue Sky M was reportedly heading for the port of Rijeka in Croatia.
But according to tracking website MarineTraffic, the ship abruptly changed direction south of Othonoi on Tuesday morning, heading west towards Italy.
The passenger on board the Blue Sky M had reportedly phoned the Greek 112 emergency line, complaining "we are without water, food and blankets".
Unconfirmed reports also referred to armed men being on board, however the ship's captain later said no assistance was being sought.
Weather conditions in the Ionian sea have been poor for several days, hampering the rescue of those on board the Norman Atlantic.
Honda recently had to recall millions of vehicles which were equipped with Takata airbags, some of which exploded.
Injuries and at least five deaths have been linked to the problem.
Earlier this year, Honda reported a sharp drop in third-quarter earnings and cut its profit forecast following the vehicle recall.
A wide range of carmakers use Takata airbags, but Honda has been the worst affected.
The announcement was made along with a number of other management changes and the statement did not mention the airbag issue.
Honda has been fined a record $70m by the US authorities for not passing on more than 1,700 complaints and for not reporting warranty claims.
Mr Ito joined Honda in 1978 as an engineer. He has been president and chief executive since 2009.
It comes as chaplain roles have been advertised for people from different faiths when the prison opens next year on Wrexham Industrial Estate.
But some church leaders have expressed disappointment that speaking Welsh has not been made a priority.
The Prison Service said it would ensure inmates at HMP Berwyn had access to a "chaplain and suitable faith support".
It is due to open in February 2017, and will house 2,000 inmates, making it the UK's largest.
Rev Nan Powell Davies, from the Presbyterian Church in Wales and a former chaplain at Liverpool's Altcourse prison, said: "I'm angered by this.
"One of the main arguments for building a new prison in north Wales was to enable Welsh-speaking prisoners to be treated fairly."
The Union of Welsh Independent Churches has also expressed its disappointment.
The Scotland striker opened the scoring with a neat right-foot finish following a simple through ball from Nir Bitton.
Scott Sinclair capitalised on dreadful defending from Aaron Hughes to tap in the second before Griffiths headed home to finish an excellent move.
Callum McGregor drilled in the fourth before Isma Goncalves smashed in Hearts' consolation at the near post.
The visitors, with Jon Daly in interim charge following the sacking of head coach Ian Cathro, showed positive signs in the early stages.
They showed a whole lot more aggression than they did in the limp League Cup performances against Peterhead and Dunfermline that sealed Cathro's fate, but hard work guarantees you nothing when you come to the home of the champions.
For 20 minutes, the visitors looked at ease. They were defending well, had loads of bite in midfield and in the young winger Lewis Moore they had a player who looked like he could create something given the chance.
Celtic turned the heat up thereafter, though. Jack Hamilton had to parry away a Griffiths shot and only smart defending from Christophe Berra stopped McGregor from turning in the loose ball. Griffiths had another chance soon after. And then another.
This time he put it away after a ball from the back from Bitton was seized on by the striker. Hearts tried to play offside but Rafal Grzelak was caught out, not for the first time. Griffiths went through and scored at the second attempt.
The rest of it was easy for Celtic and a bit of a grind for Hearts. Kyle Lafferty went in the book, so did Michael Smith. Lafferty was fortunate not to get a second yellow later on. He was replaced with 20 minutes to go.
Celtic created more chances with Griffiths being denied by Berra, Forrest being frustrated by Hamilton and, the best opportunity of all, McGregor pulling a shot across the goal and wide after a cheeky Scott Brown back-heel opened up the Hearts defence.
The visitors had a brief flurry at the start of the new half. Berra should have done better with a close-range header from a corner.
Once that chance went begging, Celtic took ownership again, kicking on to build their lead. Sinclair tapped in from a few yards out after Hughes failed to deal with a Celtic corner.
The third arrived soon after. Brown put the excellent McGregor away down the right and he crossed for Griffiths. The striker's diving header increased Hearts' woes. The fact that McGregor looked marginally offside when he took Brown's pass would not have done much to lift their mood either.
McGregor got the fourth - just reward for a Celtic player who does not get the attention of some others around him in that midfield. Sinclair drove hard at a retreating Hearts defence and slipped a pass to McGregor, who promptly thumped a shot straight and true, right over Hamilton's head and into his net.
The competition for places in that Celtic midfield is cut-throat now. Stuart Armstrong, Tom Rogic and Jonny Hayes all started on the bench as Brendan Rodgers' team sent out a crystal-clear message to those living in hope of being the first team to beat them domestically.
That is going to be as difficult this season as it was last season. For Hearts, in their most turbulent week since exiting administration, it proved impossible.
Goncalves' late strike, as he brushed off Jozo Simunovic and beat Craig Gordon at his near post, was all they had to show for their toil.
Match ends, Celtic 4, Heart of Midlothian 1.
Second Half ends, Celtic 4, Heart of Midlothian 1.
Kieran Tierney (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jamie Brandon (Heart of Midlothian).
Tomas Rogic (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Aaron Hughes (Heart of Midlothian).
Foul by Jonny Hayes (Celtic).
Arnaud Sutchuin-Djoum (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Craig Gordon.
Attempt saved. Arnaud Sutchuin-Djoum (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Foul by Scott Sinclair (Celtic).
Jamie Brandon (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Scott Brown (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Christophe Berra (Heart of Midlothian).
Foul by Stuart Armstrong (Celtic).
Arnaud Sutchuin-Djoum (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Celtic. Stuart Armstrong replaces Olivier Ntcham.
Kieran Tierney (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Don Cowie (Heart of Midlothian).
Goal! Celtic 4, Heart of Midlothian 1. Esmael Gonçalves (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Arnaud Sutchuin-Djoum.
Don Cowie (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nir Bitton (Celtic).
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Aaron Hughes.
Scott Brown (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Christophe Berra (Heart of Midlothian).
Foul by Jozo Simunovic (Celtic).
Esmael Gonçalves (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Celtic. Tomas Rogic replaces Callum McGregor.
Attempt missed. Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Goal! Celtic 4, Heart of Midlothian 0. Callum McGregor (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Scott Sinclair.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Conor Sammon replaces Kyle Lafferty.
Kieran Tierney (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Kyle Lafferty (Heart of Midlothian).
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Esmael Gonçalves replaces Rafal Grzelak.
Rafal Grzelak (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jonny Hayes (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Rafal Grzelak (Heart of Midlothian).
Substitution, Celtic. Jonny Hayes replaces Leigh Griffiths.
Goal! Celtic 3, Heart of Midlothian 0. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum McGregor.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Connor Randall replaces Prince Buaben.
Dilwyn Williams, from Caerphilly, died following a collision with two other cars on the A4058 Trehafod bypass in Hopkinstown, near Pontypridd, on Tuesday.
In a tribute, his family said he was a "loveable local character who never missed an opportunity".
Two women who were driving the other cars were taken to hospital.
South Wales Police said at the time their injuries were not thought to be life-threatening.
The 25-year-old, who can play at centre or on the wing, left French Top 14 side La Rochelle this summer.
Alofa began his career in rugby league with Sydney Roosters but switched to union in 2013 and has featured for West Harbour and New South Wales Waratahs.
"He is a dynamic and powerful player with the ability to break the line. His versatility is an added bonus," Quins director of rugby John Kingston said.
Harlequins have not disclosed the length of Alofa's deal at the Twickenham Stoop.
Data published last week showed the country's gross domestic product (GDP) had grown by a staggering 26% in 2015.
The figures were skewed by the activities of multinational companies that use Dublin as a centre for financing and taxation operations.
EU contributions are significantly determined by a country's GDP.
Finance Minister Michael Noonan said Ireland would have to pay an extra 380m euros although mitigating factors would reduce that by 100m euros.
The GDP figure was inflated by one-off items such as companies moving their legal headquarters or intellectual property rights to Ireland.
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Those moves expand the country's stock of assets while adding little to the real economy.
In a reply to a parliamentary question, Mr Noonan said the GDP figure reflected "activities of a small number of large multinational firms and reflects a number of exceptional factors which have limited impact on actual activity in the Irish economy.
"It is important to note that these factors do not reflect activity levels we are seeing on the ground.
"Although these revisions have significantly boosted investment and net export growth, they do not have a direct bearing on employment and wealth creation for Irish citizens."
News of their budget wedding last month went viral on social media and many Kenyans offered to help.
At their first wedding, Wilson and Ann Mutura wore jeans and T-shirts and two steel circles served as rings.
Kenya media estimated their second wedding party cost $35,000 at an upmarket venue in the capital, Nairobi.
The BBC's Peter Mwai in Nairobi says as the couple had already officially tied the knot, they exchanged new rings at the Valentine's Day ceremony.
Our correspondent says some Kenyans online have been questioning why the organisers spent so much money on the party instead of supporting the couple financially.
But Aaltonen Jumba, from Slique Events Planner Ltd - the main organiser of the event, said they had already been helped and this was about the romance.
"The couple have already been supported by others financially. Different people gave different things at different levels. They have been given a greenhouse farm, a honeymoon and have been promised money to start a business," he told the BBC.
"Since that has been taken care of, why not give them the wedding they never had. Everyone needs that dream wedding."
Mr Jumba said it was hard to say exactly how much was spent on the wedding ceremony as different service providers had contributed in kind and money had not changed hands.
Lutz Bachmann escaped a prison sentence but was fined €9,600 (£7,600; $11,000) for calling refugees "scum".
Bachmann branded the case a political show trial. His lawyer said he had not written the remarks, but the court saw a video of him defending them.
His lawyers said they would appeal. Prosecutors, who sought a seven-month jail sentence, are also appealing.
Pegida organises regular demonstrations against Islam and asylum seekers.
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The rallies drew thousands of people a week at their inception in the eastern city of Dresden, and spread across German cities as a protest again Germany's open door policy for refugees, but they have drawn fewer people in recent months.
The anti-immigration demonstrations have often been met by counter-protests. Rival groups of protesters gathered outside the court in Dresden before the hearing on Tuesday.
Lutz Bachmann, 43, was accused of inciting racial hatred in Facebook posts, in which he called refugees "cattle", "scumbags" and "filth".
His lawyer, Katja Reichel, reminded the court that it was possible to hack Facebook accounts.
But the prosecution showed the court a video of Bachmann addressing a Pegida rally in February 2015. In his speech, he said his post used "a few words that any of us would use".
The month before, he had apologised for what he called "ill-considered" remarks.
The judge, Hans Hlavka, told the court that it was "clear" that Bachmann was responsible for the comments. He said the insults could not be considered to be free speech.
Mr Bachmann previously stood down as head of Pegida, after photographs emerged of him dressed as Adolf Hitler.
Three times the tourists led in Perth, through goals from Crista Cullen, Ellie Watton and Helen Richardson-Walsh.
Each time they were pegged back - by Gabrielle Nance, Karri McMahon and Ashleigh Nelson - to keep the series tied before Thursday's fourth match.
Captain Richardson-Walsh won her 355th cap to equal Karen Brown's all-time record.
"I felt my 35 years old out there," she said. "It's a massive honour to equal Karen Brown's record.
"It feels like we've been talking about it for a while so I can't wait to break the record. It'll be really nice to get there - a really huge honour."
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Thomas will share the leadership with Mikel Landa, having previously played a supporting role for his team-mates.
The 100th edition of the Giro, one of cycling's three Grand Tours - alongside the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana - starts in Sardinia on Friday.
"It's one of the biggest challenges of my career," said Briton Thomas, 30.
"I've got a massive few weeks in front of me. I'm just looking forward to racing now. It feels like we've been talking about it forever.
"It's uncharted territory really. I've always been helping other guys so if I do blow up now it doesn't really matter. Hopefully it all goes well."
This year's Giro will comprise a gruelling, 21-stage route, starting in Alghero, Sardinia on Friday and ending in Milan on Sunday, 28 May.
It will be Welshman Thomas' third appearance at the Giro and his 11th Grand Tour start, though his previous outings have been as a support rider for the likes of British three-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome.
Thomas has shone in his role as 'super domestique' in cycling's showpiece events, while he has impressed as a leader in other races, winning the Tour of the Alps in April and Paris-Nice last year.
"Preparations have gone really well. I've got three wins this year which is certainly nice," the Cardiff-born rider told BBC Wales Sport.
"Being a support rider and a leader are two totally different things. I'm just relishing that opportunity and trying to make the most of it.
"It's been a long build-up and something I've been thinking about for a long time, so it will be good to get racing."
If he is to claim the winner's Maglia Rosa (pink jersey) in Italy, Thomas must overcome some formidable competition.
The favourite is Nairo Quintana, who won convincingly when he last appeared at the Giro in 2014.
A former Vuelta champion and runner-up at the Tour de France, the 27-year-old Colombian is a renowned climber who is expected to be well suited to a demanding Giro route.
However, the Movistar rider might be mindful of over-exerting himself as he keeps one eye on preparations for the Tour, which starts in July.
Other leading candidates include defending champion Vincenzo Nibali, one of only six cyclists to have won all three of the Grand Tours.
The 32-year-old Italian, nicknamed 'The Shark', won in dramatic circumstances last year as he capitalised on Dutchman Steven Kruijswijk's late crash to clinch his third Giro title.
"Nibali and Quintana have won this race before, they've got all that experience and, for sure, they're the favourites," said Thomas.
"Myself and Landa, we have a chance - but we're not at that level, I don't think."
Cycling teams tend to choose one rider to spearhead their Grand Tour campaigns, but Thomas will share his new role with Spaniard Landa.
The 27-year-old finished third at the Giro in 2015 while riding for Astana and Thomas believes their styles will be well suited to each other.
"He's obviously a great climber. He's been third in this race before, he's got the experience, he's a great athlete and he'll certainly give us another card to play," Thomas added.
"We can ride off each other. We get on well and I think it can work well. As we get into that last week there will certainly be gaps and one will be ahead of the other.
"Depending on how we're both feeling, I'd happily help him and vice versa. We'll see how it goes."
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Thomas has endured a difficult build-up to the Giro, following the death of his aunt Christine after a battle with cancer last week.
The double Olympic team pursuit champion was also shocked by the death of Italian cyclist Michele Scarponi in April, after the 37-year-old was involved in a collision with a van during a training ride.
Scarponi, a former Giro champion, had finished fourth at the Tour of the Alps, which Thomas won earlier that month.
Asked if his result at the Giro could define his career as a road cyclist, Thomas played down its significance given recent events.
"I don't think it would be a step backwards whatever happens. It's going to be a good challenge and, if it doesn't work out, then it doesn't work out," he said.
"What we've seen lately - what happened with Scarponi and I lost my auntie last week - it puts everything into perspective.
"It's a bike race, there's no point putting extra stress on it. At the end of the day, it's not the end of the world. It's just a great opportunity."
The land had a lease owned by CDNL, set up to oversee the development of the League One club's ground.
However, CDNL was forced into liquidation in 2015.
The club says only now has a deal been reached with administrators and those owed money by the company.
This came after Cobblers chairman Kelvin Thomas and director David Bower bought CDNL.
A club statement said: "Now there are still some steps to take before we are able to start work again, as with any title and land issues it will still take time to regularise the position and agree the legal documentation.
"However, we are a lot closer than we were on Tuesday and we will try and push the legal teams to complete this work as quickly as possible."
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the club's former chairman David Cardoza saw off the latest attempt by Northampton Borough Council to recover public money lost in a failed loan made for the redevelopment of Sixfields in 2013.
A High Court judge has ruled Mr Cardoza does not have to return £180,000 he was paid by the club in 2015 without the case going to a full trial.
The council, which lost more than £10m in a loan scheme for a failed stadium redevelopment, says it will press ahead towards a trial.
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Ball, 23, started against England and Scotland but Racing Metro's Charteris was preferred after that.
Scarlets' Ball has an opportunity to impress Wales coach Warren Gatland against the Dragons on Saturday.
"You've always got to fight for it and obviously at the moments it's Charts' shirt," he said.
"It just shows you that the position is never yours. It's my job to chase him down and grab it back off him.
"He's obviously a different style of player to me and I've got to prove my point of difference to regain my starting position.
"The big thing is how you react to that. You can either go into your shell or you try and crack on and I'm trying to crack on and work my way back in."
Gatland has confirmed he is returning to Wales for the Judgement Day matches at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday, which also sees Cardiff Blues face Ospreys.
New Zealander Gatland and attack coach Rob Howley have said regional form will play a part when the World Cup is selected.
Ball says the priority is to secure victory for a Scarlets side targeting a place in next season's European Champions Cup.
But Ascot-born Ball is well aware a good performance on Saturday could go a long way towards securing a place in the World Cup squad.
"The focus is making that top six with the Scarlets," Ball added.
"You play well and hopefully win the game and obviously impress selectors as well."
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Lock Jake Ball is determined to regain his place in the Wales side after losing his spot to Luke Charteris in the Six Nations.
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There has been a cut in the number of dedicated firearms licensing officers ahead of new controls.
But Asst Ch Con Mark Williams said much of the extra work would be undertaken by community officers who have been given additional training.
An amnesty has been launched to allow owners to surrender their airguns.
The Air Weapon and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 comes into force from 31 December 2016.
Mr Williams told the BBC: "There's been a number of dedicated firearms licensing officers in the past.
"What we've done in recent months is train community officers that work right across Scotland who will also be able to handle the application process for licensing any weapon."
Police are launching an airgun amnesty ahead of new laws which make it illegal to possess one without a licence.
Seventy-two police stations across Scotland will be accepting the weapons during the three-week campaign from 23 May until 12 June.
Powers to legislate on air rifles were devolved to Holyrood in 2012. The cost of the new airgun license has still to be announced but the British Association of Shooting and Conservation said it expects it to be less than the £79.50 shotgun licence.
It has been estimated there could be 500,000 airguns in Scotland but Asst Ch Con Williams said he was confident his officers could cope with large numbers being given up.
He added: "We're certainly prepared for the surrender process and we're prepared with officers and staff across Scotland to manage that and we've trained a number of extra staff to cope with any uplift in demand around the licensing itself."
Ahead of the amnesty being launched, the victim of a recent airgun injury has been speaking about his experience.
Jordan Fyfe was shot while walking his dog in Glasgow.
He said: "I pulled my dog round the corner and saw I'd been shot in the leg. It was embedded in the back of my knee although at that point I didn't know it was still in there."
Mr Fyfe added: "I went home phoned the police and then went to the Royal Infirmary and had an X-ray.
"The next day at half past nine I was in theatre getting it removed under general anaesthetic."
Mr Fyfe said he was lucky to have the pellet removed without any complications.
The campaign to tighten airgun controls gathered momentum after the death of toddler Andrew Morton in Glasgow in 2005. He was shot in the head by a drug addict.
Police Scotland said advice on how to transport the weapons safely, and to find out where the nearest designation station was, could be found on their website.
The Scottish government ran a public consultation on the licensing scheme in 2013.
The idea was rejected by 87% of respondents - with some describing it as "draconian" and "heavy-handed".
But the Scottish government said it was committed to licensing air guns and was looking for views on how this would work in practice.
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A senior officer has insisted Police Scotland will be able to cope with any increased workload caused by the licensing of airguns.
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At least 2,000 people gathered outside to uphold the city's centuries-old right to guard the jewels of its patron saint, San Gennaro (Saint Januarius).
Waving white handkerchiefs, they shouted "Hands off San Gennaro".
Interior Minister Angelino Alfano's decree reclassifies the treasure as religious, not secular, property.
Supporters of the city's claim to the treasure fear that the decree will open the way to the special council which manages the jewels - the Deputation - losing control to the Roman Catholic Church.
The jewels, which were donated by kings and aristocrats after a series of disasters gripped Naples in the 16th Century, are considered one of the world's most valuable collections.
They are dedicated to San Gennaro, a 4th Century Christian martyr whose miraculous preserved blood is said to be conserved in a glass vial in the cathedral.
The city of Naples retained control of the treasure because the chapel inside the cathedral dedicated to the saint was built with city funds, not Church money.
"We're protecting a centuries-old institution, we will not stand for interference from either the Church or the government," Paolo Jorio, director of the San Gennaro museum where the jewels are kept, told AFP news agency.
However, the Italian government argues that the council should be the same as any other caretaker body which manages religious buildings, and wants to give four of the Deputation's 13 seats to the Church.
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Andy Murray was rarely out of the headlines last year with victories at Wimbledon and the Rio Olympics as well as finishing 2016 top of the men's tennis rankings and then being awarded a knighthood.
But who will make 2017 their year?
In a month's time, Scotland will begin their Six Nations campaign against Ireland and all the home nations will be looking to impress ahead of the Lions' tour to New Zealand this summer.
Phil Goodlad: "Stuart Hogg and Jonny Gray are the leading prospects for Scottish involvement in the Lions tour. Hogg travelled four years ago as back-up but in 2017 his pace, running lines and booming clearance kicks for both Glasgow Warriors and Scotland could be potential weapons for the tourists."
Andy Burke: "Hogg stands out as the best hope of a Scot starting in a Lions Test for the first time since 2001. If he performs to his scintillating best in the Six Nations then the Lions 15 jersey should be his."
Tom English: "Gray's excellence has been long appreciated in Scottish rugby but now the rest of the hemisphere is catching up. Competition for places in the Lions second row is massive, Gray is in with a huge chance of being on the plane to New Zealand."
Phil Goodlad: "In the boiler house Gray is a work horse. Tireless at the breakdown and adds huge grunt around the park. Never gives up which is exactly what Warren Gatland's men will have to do if they are to make an impression this summer."
And, closer to home, Clive Lindsay adds: "Edinburgh full-back Blair Kinghorn is likely to receive his first Scotland cap this year."
Scotland's women's and men's national football teams had contrasting fortunes in 2016. Anna Signeul's side sealed a place at Euro 2017 in the Netherlands - a first major tournament for Scotland women.
Chris McLaughlin: "Great chance for one of the world's best players, Kim Little, to shine at a major competition. The 26-year-old Arsenal Ladies midfielder already has 117 international caps to her name and has been widely tipped to be one of the key players in the Netherlands."
David Currie: "Glasgow City goalkeeper Gemma Fay could earn her 200th international cap this year - she has 193 at the moment. Scotland will need her to be in top form at Euro 2017. The Scots face England, ranked fourth in the world, Spain - 14th - and Portugal in the group stage."
In the men's game, Gordon Strachan's side have had a disappointing start to their qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, taking four points from a possible 12 so far. However, Celtic's Stuart Armstrong and Hearts' Jamie Walker are among the Scottish midfielders coming to the fore in the build-up to March's meeting with Slovenia.
Chris McLaughlin: "Armstrong is a young confidence player who is now oozing self belief. Totally transformed under manager Brendan Rodgers, Armstrong is now having the kind of effect at Celtic that he had at Dundee United. If he continues to develop and finally breaks into the international set-up, the Scottish champions could struggle to hold on to him."
Liam McLeod says of Armstrong: "Scotland call-up. Watch this space."
Richard Wilson: "Hearts' most creative player, Jamie Walker, is maturing into an integral part of the Tynecastle side. He is currently the team's top scorer and with his ability to break opposition defences with his passing or running with the ball, he could progress into the Scotland squad in the next 12 months."
Scotland's athletes are between the Olympics and next year's Commonwealth Games but there are European and world events on the horizon.
Jane Lewis: "Laura Muir has already proved herself as a world-class athlete, although 2016 was a mixed year. She broke British records and won the Diamond League title, however there was disappointment at the Olympics in Rio. But Muir is a strong, gutsy character and will no doubt use that to spur her on to further success in 2017. The European Indoor Championships take place in Belgrade in March and then a home World Championships in August await."
Kheredine Idessane: "Andrew Butchart had a breakthrough year in 2016, in which he finished sixth in the Olympic 5,000m final in Rio (won by Mo Farah) and also broke long-standing Scottish records over 3,000m and 5,000m. He'll be a strong medal contender for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on Australia's Gold Coast. From Dunblane, Butchart is a friend of the Murrays, and his girlfriend Caitlin is the step-daughter of Andy Murray's dad, Will."
Jane Lewis: "Callum Hawkins had an impressive 2016 and as a result has already been selected for Great Britain at this summer's World Championships in London. The Kilbarchan long-distance runner finished ninth in the Rio Olympics marathon and capped off a great year by winning the Great Scottish Run half-marathon in Glasgow. The 24-year-old gets his 2017 season up and running at the Edinburgh International Cross Country on Saturday."
Tom English: "2016 was a wretched year for golfer Stephen Gallacher, his form falling off a cliff partly because of a persistent wrist injury. The end of the year suggested he's on his way back, though. His last four tournaments have been promising. Every week is a big week in 2017."
Andy Burke: "Described as 'the finest young talent Scotland has had since Ken Buchanan' by his manager Barry McGuigan, boxer Josh Taylor captured the Commonwealth super lightweight title by stopping Dave Ryan in October and will make his Las Vegas debut later this month on the undercard of the re-match between Carl Frampton and Leo Santa Cruz. A potential all-Scottish showdown with Ricky Burns also looms in the distance, though perhaps not this year."
Jane Lewis: "Duncan Scott already has two Olympic silver medals and he's only 19 years old. The Stirling University swimmer helped Team GB to relay success in the 4x200m freestyle and the 4x100m medley in Rio. His reputation is growing fast and he'll now want to further prove himself among the best. The British Swimming trials in April will be used as selection trials for the World Championships in Budapest in July."
David Currie: "Paul Foster has won the Indoor Bowls World Championships four times already, his new fitness regime might just help him to win it again later this month in Norfolk. He might have to beat five-time winner and best pal Alex 'Tattie' Marshall to do it."
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The new year is under way and the BBC Scotland sport team have been giving their thoughts on the Scots to look out for.
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